University of Southern California
Catalogue
2022–2023
University of Southern California
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Table of Contents
Catalogue Home ............................................................................1
About USC.................................................................................1
Student Life................................................................................1
Campus Maps ..............................................................................1
Administration .............................................................................1
Senior Administration ....................................................................1
Board of Trustees .......................................................................1
Academic Deans ........................................................................2
Admission and Orientation ...................................................................3
Orientation .............................................................................3
New Student Orientation ...............................................................3
Undergraduate Education Admission .......................................................3
Applicants with Disabilities ..............................................................3
Retention of Records ..................................................................3
Application Procedures.................................................................3
School and Department Application Requirements ...........................................4
Admission from Secondary Schools.......................................................5
Grade Point Average ..................................................................5
Standardized Test Requirements .........................................................5
Other Standardized Exams .............................................................5
English Language Prociency Exams for International Students.................................5
Credit by Examination .................................................................5
Admission from Colleges and Universities ..................................................6
Admission of International Students.......................................................6
Graduate and Professional Education Admission .............................................7
Application ..........................................................................7
Online Graduate Programs..............................................................7
Applicants with Disabilities ..............................................................7
Retention of Records and All Application Documents .........................................7
Continuing Registration Requirement......................................................7
Doctoral Admission with Advanced Standing ................................................7
Admission to Candidacy................................................................7
University Faculty .....................................................................7
The Graduate School ..................................................................8
Professional Master's and Doctoral Degrees ................................................8
Dual Degree Programs.................................................................8
Admission of International Students.......................................................8
Graduate Admission ...................................................................8
Tuition and Fees (Estimated), Fall 2022 .........................................................9
Tuition (semester) ......................................................................10
Mandatory Fees (Estimated)..............................................................10
Special Fees (Estimated) ................................................................11
Late Registration and Late Settlement Fees.................................................11
Obligation for Payment..................................................................11
Methods of Payment ....................................................................12
Billing Information......................................................................12
Refund of Tuition .......................................................................12
Tuition Refund Insurance ................................................................12
Exit Loan Counseling ...................................................................12
Tuition Assistance Benets ..............................................................13
Cancellations ..........................................................................13
Drops ................................................................................13
Financing Alternatives ..................................................................13
Prepayment Program (PP) .............................................................13
USC Payment Plan...................................................................13
Private and Federal Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
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Student Health Insurance ................................................................13
Eligible Veterans and Dependents.........................................................13
Naval Reserve Ofcer Training Corps (NROTC)..............................................13
Air Force Reserve Ofcer Training Corps (AFROTC) .........................................14
Army Reserve Ofcer Training Corps (AROTC) ..............................................14
Academic Calendar ........................................................................15
Academic and University Policies ............................................................16
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Registration Procedures and Current Course Offerings.......................................16
Enrollment Status ....................................................................16
Extra Units .........................................................................16
Declaration of Major ..................................................................16
Declaration of Minor ..................................................................16
Classication and Numbering of Courses .................................................16
Unit Value ..........................................................................16
Repeating Courses...................................................................16
Appropriate Course Enrollment .........................................................16
Preparatory Courses .................................................................17
Prerequisites........................................................................17
Corequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Recommended Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Guaranteeing a Space in a Class........................................................17
Pass/No Pass Enrollment Option ........................................................17
Credit/No Credit Courses ..............................................................17
Courses Numbered 490x and 390 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Audited Courses.....................................................................17
Limited Status Enrollment..............................................................17
Dropping and Adding Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Registration in Graduate-Level Courses by Undergraduate Students ............................18
Graduate Credit for 400- and 500-Level Work Taken as an Undergraduate .......................18
USC-UCLA Cross-Registration for Graduate Students .......................................18
Conversion of Non-Degree Option Course Work ............................................18
Permission to Register at Another Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
University Policies......................................................................19
Academic Integrity at USC .............................................................19
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ................................................19
Policy on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities......................................19
University Policies' Websites ...........................................................20
Examinations ..........................................................................20
Final Examinations Make-up Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Administrative Examinations ...........................................................20
Academic Standards....................................................................20
Denition of Grades ..................................................................20
Grade Point Average Categories and Class Levels ..........................................21
Grades of Incomplete (IN) .............................................................21
Missing Grades......................................................................21
Correction of Grades .................................................................21
Disputing a Grade....................................................................21
Academic Dishonesty Sanctions ........................................................21
Repeated Course Work at USC .........................................................21
Excessive Withdrawals (Marks of W) .....................................................22
The Dean's List......................................................................22
Class Rank .........................................................................22
Student Good Standing ...............................................................22
Probation and Disqualication of Undergraduate Students ....................................22
Academic Warning and Dismissal of Graduate Students......................................23
Ethics Guidelines for Graduate Study ....................................................23
Research Involving Human Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Language of Instruction ...............................................................23
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Exception Procedures...................................................................23
USC Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures ......................................23
The Graduate School .................................................................24
Graduate and Professional Programs ....................................................24
Undergraduate Education ...................................................................24
Financial Aid for Undergraduate Students ..................................................24
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy ...............................................25
Withdrawal Implications for Recipients of Financial Aid.......................................29
Financial Aid Policy Regarding Falsication of Financial Aid Information ........................31
Course Work Taken Elsewhere ...........................................................31
Transfer Credit ......................................................................32
Subject Credit and Degree Credit........................................................33
Leave of Absence....................................................................33
Requirements for Graduation.............................................................34
Catalogue Regulations, Policies and Procedures ...........................................34
Graduation Date .....................................................................34
Discontinued Degree Programs .........................................................34
Closed Record ......................................................................34
Degree Requirements ................................................................34
Grade Point Average Requirement.......................................................35
Unit Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Pass/No Pass Graded Work............................................................35
General Education Requirements .......................................................35
Gateway Course.....................................................................35
Upper-division Major Course Work.......................................................35
Minor Programs .....................................................................35
Honors Programs ....................................................................35
Graduation with University Honors.......................................................36
Graduate Credit for 400- and 500-Level Work Taken as an Undergraduate .......................36
General Education......................................................................36
General Education Course Requirements ..................................................36
Core Literacies ......................................................................37
Global Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Writing Requirement..................................................................38
General Education Course Lists.........................................................38
General Education Requirements for Students Who Began College Before Fall 2015 ..............44
Undergraduate Degree Programs .........................................................44
Area of Emphasis ....................................................................44
Combined Program ..................................................................44
Double Major Within the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences..........................44
Other Double Majors .................................................................44
Progressive Degree Programs ..........................................................44
Second Bachelor's Degree.............................................................44
Minor Programs .....................................................................44
International Study Options ..............................................................44
Graduate and Professional Education .........................................................51
Financial Aid for Graduate Students .......................................................51
Withdrawal Implications for Recipients of Financial Aid.......................................53
Financial Aid Policy Regarding Falsication of Financial Aid Information ........................54
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy ...............................................55
Course Work Taken Elsewhere ...........................................................60
Transfer Credit ......................................................................60
Requirements for Graduation.............................................................61
Catalogue Regulations, Policies and Procedures ...........................................61
Graduation Date .....................................................................61
Discontinued Degree Programs .........................................................61
Closed Record ......................................................................61
Degree Requirements ................................................................61
Time Limit for Degree Completion .......................................................62
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Progressive Degree Programs ..........................................................62
Dual Degree Programs................................................................62
Grade Point Average Requirement.......................................................62
Unit Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Residence Requirements ..............................................................62
Pass/No Pass Graded Work............................................................63
Substitution of Course Requirements.....................................................63
Second Master's Degree ..............................................................63
Enrollment Status ....................................................................63
Continuous Enrollment ................................................................63
Leave of Absence....................................................................63
Readmission........................................................................64
Comprehensive and Qualifying Examinations ..............................................64
Application for Graduate Degrees .......................................................64
International Study .....................................................................64
Special Study Options ..................................................................64
Graduate Degree Programs ..............................................................65
University Certicates.................................................................65
Area of Emphasis ....................................................................65
Dual Degree ........................................................................65
Progressive Degree Programs ..........................................................65
Online Programs and Courses ..........................................................65
The Graduate School .......................................................................66
Administration.......................................................................66
History ............................................................................66
Mission ............................................................................66
Graduate School Policies and Requirements................................................66
General Requirements for Graduate Degrees ...............................................67
Theses and Dissertations..............................................................71
Programs, Minors and Certicates............................................................72
Bachelor’s Degree ...................................................................72
Combined Major .....................................................................73
Undergraduate Certicate .............................................................73
Minor..............................................................................74
Interdisciplinary Minors................................................................75
Joint Degree ........................................................................75
Diploma ...........................................................................75
Master of Business Administration .......................................................75
MBA Dual Degree Programs ...........................................................75
Master’s Degree.....................................................................76
Dual Degree ........................................................................78
University Certicate..................................................................79
Graduate Certicate ..................................................................79
Doctoral Degree .....................................................................80
Other Programs .....................................................................81
The Schools and Academic Units.............................................................81
Ofce of the Provost .......................................................................81
International Student Programs...........................................................81
American Language Institute .............................................................82
Neuroscience – Graduate Program ........................................................82
Neuroscience (MS)...................................................................82
Neuroscience (PhD) ..................................................................83
USC Iovine and Young Academy .............................................................84
General Information ..................................................................84
Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation (BS)........................................85
Designing for Digital Experiences Minor...................................................87
Designing for Live Experiences Minor ....................................................87
Designing Multimedia Experiences Minor .................................................87
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Designing Products Minor .............................................................88
Disruptive Innovation Minor ............................................................88
Health Innovation Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
News and Information Innovation Minor...................................................88
Integrated Design, Business and Technology (MS) ..........................................89
Product Innovation (MS)...............................................................89
The Business of Product Innovation Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
The Foundations of Product Innovation Certicate ..........................................90
USC Leventhal School of Accounting .........................................................91
Accounting (BS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Accounting Minor ....................................................................94
Risk Management Minor...............................................................94
Accounting (Data and Analytics) (MAcc) ..................................................95
Accounting (MAcc) ...................................................................95
Business Taxation (Data and Analytics) (MBT) .............................................96
Business Taxation (MBT) ..............................................................96
Business Taxation for Working Professionals (MBT) .........................................97
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation (JD/MBT) .........................................97
USC School of Architecture .................................................................99
Other Programs ....................................................................101
Undergraduate Programs.............................................................101
Graduate Programs .................................................................102
Architectural Studies (BS) ............................................................103
Architecture (BArch) .................................................................105
Architecture and Inventive Technologies (BS) .............................................106
Architecture Minor ..................................................................107
Landscape Architecture Minor .........................................................107
Advanced Architectural Research Studies (City Design and Housing) (MAARS) ..................107
Advanced Architectural Research Studies (Performative Design and Technology) (MAARS).........108
Advanced Architectural Studies (MAAS) .................................................109
Architecture (MArch).................................................................109
Master of Architecture (MArch), Professional Degree .......................................109
Building Science (MBS) ..............................................................111
Heritage Conservation (MHC) .........................................................112
Landscape Architecture (MLArch) ......................................................113
Master of Advanced Architectural Studies/Master of Urban Planning (MAAS/MUP) ................115
Master of Building Science/Master of Heritage Conservation (MBS/MHC) .......................116
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Landscape Architecture (MHC/MLArch) ...............117
Architecture Certicate ...............................................................118
Building Facade Art Science and Technology Certicate .....................................118
Building Science Certicate ...........................................................119
Heritage Conservation Certicate.......................................................119
Landscape Architecture Certicate......................................................119
Sustainable Design Graduate Certicate .................................................120
Architecture (PhD) ..................................................................120
Doctoral Admission with Advanced Standing ..............................................121
USC Roski School of Art and Design .........................................................123
General Information .................................................................123
Art (BA)...........................................................................124
Design (BFA) ......................................................................124
Fine Arts (BFA) .....................................................................125
3-Dimensional Design Minor ..........................................................125
Ceramics Minor ....................................................................126
Communication Design Minor .........................................................126
Drawing Minor .....................................................................126
Intermedia Arts Minor ................................................................126
Painting Minor......................................................................127
Performance Art Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Photography Minor ..................................................................127
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Sculpture Minor ....................................................................128
Two-Dimensional Studies Minor........................................................128
Visual Narrative Art Minor.............................................................128
Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere (MA)...........................................128
Design (MFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Fine Arts (MFA).....................................................................130
Performance Studies Graduate Certicate................................................130
USC Marshall School of Business ...........................................................131
Ofce of Executive Education..........................................................132
Marshall Undergraduate Degrees ........................................................132
Degree Requirements ...............................................................132
Marshall Graduate Programs ............................................................134
Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ...........................................................135
Master of Business Administration (MBA) ................................................135
Specialized Master's Degrees ...........................................................136
Graduate Certicate Programs ..........................................................138
Marshall Master’s Programs Academic Policies ............................................139
Department of Business Communication..................................................140
Department of Data Sciences and Operations ..............................................140
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies .............................................141
Department of Finance and Business Economics...........................................142
Department of Library and Information Science ............................................142
Department of Management and Organization..............................................143
Department of Marketing ...............................................................143
Marshall Research Centers and Institutes .................................................144
Programs ............................................................................145
Articial Intelligence for Business (BS)...................................................145
Business Administration (BS) ..........................................................145
Business Administration (Business Analytics) (BS) .........................................146
Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) (BS).............................................146
Business Administration (Communication) (BS)............................................147
Business Administration (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) (BS) ..............................147
Business Administration (Finance) (BS)..................................................148
Business Administration (International Relations) (BS) ......................................148
Business Administration (Leadership and Innovation) (BS) ...................................149
Business Administration (Marketing) (BS) ................................................149
Business Administration (Real Estate Finance) (BS) ........................................150
Business Administration (Risk Management) (BS)..........................................150
Business Administration (World Program) (BS) ............................................151
Business of Cinematic Arts (BS)........................................................152
Food Industry Management Program....................................................153
Business Economics Minor ...........................................................153
Business Finance Minor ..............................................................153
Business Law Minor .................................................................154
Business Minor.....................................................................154
Business Technology Fusion Minor .....................................................155
Consumer Behavior Minor ............................................................155
Customer Analytics Minor.............................................................156
Dynamics in Workplace Communication Minor ............................................156
Entrepreneurship Minor ..............................................................156
Human Resource Management Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Management Consulting Minor.........................................................157
Marketing Minor ....................................................................157
Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor..........................................157
Organizational Leadership and Management Minor ........................................158
Performance Science Minor ...........................................................158
Real Estate Finance Minor ............................................................158
Social Entrepreneurship Minor .........................................................159
Sports Business and Management Minor.................................................159
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Technology Commercialization Minor....................................................160
Executive MBA Program..............................................................160
Full-time MBA Program ..............................................................160
Internships ........................................................................161
International Management Science (STEM) MBA Program ...................................162
International MBA Program ...........................................................163
MBA Program for Professionals and Managers ............................................163
International Exchange Program .......................................................164
Online MBA Program ................................................................164
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA)....................................165
Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Medicine (MBA/MD)..............................165
Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Pharmacy (MBA/PharmD) .........................165
Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in East Asian Area Studies (MBA/MA) ............166
Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Jewish Nonprot Management (MBA/MA) .......166
Master of Business Administration/Master of Real Estate Development (MBA/MRED)..............166
Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Gerontology (MBA/MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering
(MBA/MS) .....................................................................167
Master of Business Administration/Master of Science, Systems Architecting and Engineering
(MBA/MS) .....................................................................167
Master of Business Administration/Master of Social Work (MBA/MSW) .........................167
Master of Business Administration/Master of Urban Planning (MBA/MUP) .......................167
Business Administration (MS)..........................................................168
Business Analytics (MS)..............................................................168
Business for Veterans (MBV) ..........................................................169
Business Research (MS) .............................................................169
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MS)...................................................169
Finance (MS) ......................................................................170
Food Industry Leadership (MS) ........................................................170
Global Supply Chain Management (OnCampus/Residential) (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Global Supply Chain Management for Executives (MS) (Online)...............................172
Library and Information Science (MMLIS) ................................................172
Management Studies (MMS) ..........................................................173
Marketing (Marketing Analytics) (MS)....................................................173
Marketing (MS).....................................................................174
Social Entrepreneurship (MS) .........................................................175
Master of Science, Social Entrepreneurship/Master of Public Health (MS/MPH) ..................175
Business Analytics Graduate Certicate..................................................175
Financial Analysis and Valuation Graduate Certicate .......................................176
Library and Information Management Graduate Certicate ...................................177
Management Studies Graduate Certicate ...............................................177
Marketing Graduate Certicate.........................................................178
Optimization and Supply Chain Management Graduate Certicate.............................179
Strategy and Management Consulting Graduate Certicate ..................................179
Sustainability and Business Graduate Certicate...........................................180
Technology Commercialization Graduate Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Business Administration (PhD).........................................................181
USC School of Cinematic Arts ..............................................................184
Degree Programs......................................................................185
General Requirements .................................................................187
Tuition and Fees (Estimated) ..........................................................187
Minors, International Programs and Summer Program.......................................188
3-D Animation in Cinematic Arts Minor...................................................189
Animation and Digital Arts Minor .......................................................190
Cinematic Arts Minor ................................................................190
Comedy Minor .....................................................................191
Digital Studies Minor.................................................................191
Documentary Minor .................................................................192
Entertainment Industry Minor ..........................................................192
Future Cinema Minor ................................................................192
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Game Animation Minor...............................................................193
Game Audio Minor ..................................................................193
Game Design Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Game Entrepreneurism Minor .........................................................194
Game Studies Minor.................................................................194
Game User Research Minor...........................................................194
Immersive Media Minor ..............................................................195
Media and Social Change Minor .......................................................195
Science Visualization Minor ...........................................................196
Screenwriting Minor .................................................................196
Themed Entertainment Minor..........................................................197
Business of Entertainment Graduate Certicate ...........................................197
The John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts......................................198
Animation and Digital Arts (BFA) .......................................................198
Animation and Digital Arts (MFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
The Division of Cinema and Media Studies ................................................200
Cinema and Media Studies (BA) .......................................................200
Cinema and Media Studies (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Cinematic Arts Archiving and Preservation Graduate Certicate ...............................201
Cinema and Media Studies (PhD) ......................................................202
Cinematic Arts (Critical Studies) (PhD)...................................................203
MFA Program in Expanded Animation Research + Practice ...................................204
Expanded Animation Research and Practice (MFA) ........................................204
Film and Television Production ..........................................................206
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production (BA) ........................................206
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production (BFA) .......................................207
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production (MFA).......................................209
Interactive Media and Games Division ....................................................210
Game Art (BFA) ....................................................................210
Game Development and Interactive Design (BFA)..........................................210
Interactive Entertainment (BA) .........................................................211
Themed Entertainment (BFA)..........................................................212
Cinematic Arts (Media Arts, Games and Health) (MA) .......................................212
Game Design and Development (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Interactive Media (Games and Health) (MFA) .............................................214
Interactive Media (MFA) ..............................................................215
Media Arts + Practice ..................................................................217
Media Arts and Practice (BA) ..........................................................217
Digital Media and Culture Graduate Certicate ............................................217
Cinematic Arts (Media Arts and Practice) (PhD)............................................218
The Peter Stark Producing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Producing for Film, Television, and New Media (MFA).......................................219
The John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television.................................220
Writing for Screen and Television (BFA)..................................................220
Writing for Screen and Television (MFA) .................................................221
Writing for Screen and Television Certicate ..............................................222
USC Bovard College.......................................................................223
Criminal Justice (MS) ................................................................223
Emergency Management (MS).........................................................223
Hospitality and Tourism (MS) ..........................................................223
Human Resource Management (MS)....................................................224
Project Management (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences ............................................225
Graduate Studies in Letters, Arts and Sciences............................................225
Undergraduate Programs.............................................................225
Advising and Academic Services ........................................................226
USC Dornsife Advising Ofce..........................................................226
Advising for Pre-law Programs.........................................................227
Advising for Graduate School Programs .................................................227
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USC Dornsife Career Pathways........................................................227
Ofce of Experiential and Applied Learning ...............................................227
USC Dornsife Off-Campus Short-Term Programs ..........................................227
Ofce of Overseas Studies............................................................227
Washington D.C. Semester Program ....................................................227
The Joint Educational Project (JEP).....................................................227
The Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.............................................228
Department of Physical Education ......................................................228
Ofce of Pre-Health Advisement .......................................................228
Departments and Programs .............................................................228
General Education Program.............................................................228
American Studies and Ethnicity..........................................................229
American Popular Culture (BA) ........................................................230
American Studies and Ethnicity (African American Studies) (BA) ..............................231
American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies) (BA) ...............................232
American Studies and Ethnicity (BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
American Studies and Ethnicity (Chicano/Latino Studies) (BA) ................................234
American Popular Culture Minor .......................................................234
American Studies and Ethnicity Minor ...................................................235
Jewish American Studies Minor (American Studies) ........................................235
Native American Studies Minor ........................................................235
Latinx and Latin American Studies Graduate Certicate .....................................236
American Studies and Ethnicity (PhD) ...................................................236
Anthropology.........................................................................237
Anthropology (BA) ..................................................................238
Anthropology (Visual Anthropology) (BA).................................................239
Global Studies (BA) .................................................................239
Cultural Anthropology Minor ...........................................................241
Folklore and Popular Culture Minor .....................................................241
Food and Society Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
International Health, Development, and Social Justice Interdisciplinary Minor ....................242
Medical Anthropology Minor ...........................................................243
Southeast Asia and its People Minor ....................................................243
Anthropology (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Visual Anthropology (MVA)............................................................244
Visual Anthropology Certicate.........................................................244
Anthropology (PhD) .................................................................244
Art History ...........................................................................245
Art History (BA).....................................................................246
Art History Minor....................................................................246
Modern Art Markets and Ethics Minor ...................................................247
Visual Culture Minor .................................................................247
Art History (MA) ....................................................................248
History of Collecting and Display Certicate...............................................248
Visual Studies Graduate Certicate .....................................................249
Art History (PhD) ...................................................................249
Biological Sciences....................................................................250
Biological Sciences (BA) .............................................................254
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology) (BS) ................................................255
Biological Sciences (BS) .............................................................256
Biological Sciences (Ecology, Evolution and Environment) (BS) ...............................257
Biological Sciences (Marine Biology) (BS) ................................................258
Biological Sciences (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) (BS) ......................260
Human Biology (BA).................................................................261
Human Biology (BS).................................................................262
Biology and Business Minor ...........................................................262
Biology of Human Movement Minor .....................................................263
Human Disease Minor ...............................................................263
Marine Biology Minor ................................................................263
Natural Science Minor ...............................................................264
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Biology (MS).......................................................................264
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (MS) ........................................264
Marine and Environmental Biology (MS) .................................................265
Molecular and Computational Biology (MS) ...............................................266
Biology (Marine and Environmental Biology) (PhD) .........................................266
Integrative and Evolutionary Biology (PhD) ...............................................266
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography (PhD) ........................................267
Molecular Biology (PhD)..............................................................267
Chemistry............................................................................268
Biochemistry (BS)...................................................................270
Chemistry (BA) .....................................................................271
Chemistry (BS) .....................................................................271
Chemistry (Chemical Biology) (BS) .....................................................271
Chemistry (Chemical Nanoscience) (BS).................................................272
Chemistry (Research) (BS) ...........................................................272
Chemistry Minor ....................................................................273
Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability Minor .........................................273
Chemistry (Chemical Physics) (PhD) ....................................................273
Chemistry (PhD)....................................................................273
Classics .............................................................................274
Classics (BA) ......................................................................274
Classical Greek Minor ...............................................................275
Classical Perspectives Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Classics Minor .....................................................................276
Latin Minor ........................................................................276
Classics (MA) ......................................................................276
Classics (PhD) .....................................................................277
Comparative Literature .................................................................277
Comparative Literature (BA)...........................................................278
Comparative Literature Minor..........................................................279
Translation Studies Certicate .........................................................279
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture .............................................280
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative Literature) (MA) ....................280
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative Media and Culture) (MA) .............280
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (French and Francophone Studies) (MA)............280
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Spanish and Latin American Studies) (MA) .........281
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative Literature) (PhD) ...................281
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative Media and Culture) (PhD) ............281
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (French and Francophone Studies) (PhD) ...........282
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Spanish and Latin American Studies) (PhD).........282
Earth Sciences........................................................................283
Earth Sciences (BA) .................................................................284
Geological Sciences (BS).............................................................284
Physical Sciences (BS) ..............................................................285
Earth Sciences Minor: Climate Change, Stewardship and Resiliency ...........................285
Geobiology Minor ...................................................................285
Geohazards Minor ..................................................................286
Geological Sciences (MS) ............................................................286
Geological Sciences (PhD)............................................................286
East Asian Area Studies ................................................................287
East Asian Area Studies (BA)..........................................................288
East Asian Area Studies Minor .........................................................288
Korean Studies Minor................................................................288
East Asian Area Studies (MA) .........................................................288
Master of Arts, East Asian Area Studies/Master of Business Administration (MA/MBA) .............288
East Asian Area Studies Graduate Certicate .............................................289
East Asian Languages and Cultures ......................................................289
East Asian Languages and Cultures (BA) ................................................290
Chinese for the Professions Minor ......................................................291
Cultures and Politics of the Pacic Rim Minor .............................................291
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East Asian Languages and Cultures Minor ...............................................292
East Asian Languages and Cultures (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
East Asian Languages and Cultures (PhD) ...............................................293
Economics ...........................................................................293
Behavioral Economics and Psychology (BA) ..............................................294
Economics (BA) ....................................................................295
Economics and Data Science (BS) .....................................................295
Political Economy (BA)...............................................................295
Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in Economics (BA) ......................................296
Economics/Mathematics (BS) .........................................................296
Behavioral Economics Minor ..........................................................296
Economics Minor ...................................................................296
Applied Economics and Econometrics (MS) ..............................................296
Economics (MA) ....................................................................297
Economics (PhD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
English (BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Narrative Studies (BA) ...............................................................299
Cultural Studies Minor ...............................................................300
Early Modern Studies Interdisciplinary Minor ..............................................301
English Minor ......................................................................301
Narrative Structure Interdisciplinary Minor ................................................302
English (MA).......................................................................302
Literary Editing and Publishing (MA) ....................................................302
English and American Literature (PhD) ..................................................303
Literature and Creative Writing (PhD) ...................................................304
Environmental Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Environmental Science and Health (BA) .................................................306
Environmental Science and Health (BS) .................................................306
Environmental Studies (BA) ...........................................................306
Concentration in Science and Management ...........................................307
Concentration in Policy and Management.............................................307
Environmental Studies (BS) ...........................................................307
Concentration in Climate and Environment............................................308
Concentration in Environmental Policy ...............................................308
Concentration in Oceans and People ................................................308
Concentration in Sustainability and Society ...........................................308
Environmental Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Environmental Risk Analysis (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Environmental Studies (MA)...........................................................309
French and Italian .....................................................................310
French (BA) .......................................................................310
Italian (BA) ........................................................................311
French Minor ......................................................................311
Italian Minor .......................................................................312
Freshman Seminars ...................................................................312
Gender and Sexuality Studies ...........................................................313
Gender and Sexuality Studies (BA) .....................................................313
Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor ....................................................314
Gender and Social Justice Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
LGBTQ Studies Minor ...............................................................314
Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate Certicate.........................................314
German Studies.......................................................................315
German Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Health and Humanity...................................................................315
Health and Humanity (BA) ............................................................315
History ..............................................................................316
History (BA) .......................................................................318
History and Social Science Education (BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Law, History, and Culture (BA) .........................................................321
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History and Culture of Business Minor ...................................................322
History Minor ......................................................................323
Resistance to Genocide Interdisciplinary Minor ............................................323
History (MA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
History (PhD) ......................................................................323
Interdisciplinary Studies................................................................324
Interdisciplinary Major................................................................324
Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies (BA)......................................325
Interdisciplinary Studies (BA) ..........................................................326
User Experience Minor...............................................................326
International Relations .................................................................327
Intelligence and Cyber Operations (BA)..................................................327
International Relations (BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
International Relations (Global Business) (BA) ............................................330
International Relations and the Global Economy (BA) .......................................331
Global Communication Minor ..........................................................331
International Policy and Management Minor ..............................................332
International Relations Minor ..........................................................332
International Relations (MA)...........................................................332
Joint Educational Project ...............................................................333
Jewish Studies........................................................................333
Jewish American Studies Minor (Jewish Studies) ..........................................333
Judaic Studies Minor ................................................................333
Latin American and Iberian Cultures......................................................334
Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Media and Politics .....................................335
Spanish (BA) ......................................................................336
Latin American Studies Minor..........................................................336
Luso-Brazilian Studies Minor ..........................................................336
Spanish Minor......................................................................337
Learner Centered Curricula .............................................................337
Linguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Computational Linguistics (BS) ........................................................338
Linguistics (BA).....................................................................339
Linguistics and Cognitive Science (BA) ..................................................339
Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures (BA) ....................................339
Linguistics and Philosophy (BA)........................................................340
Linguistics Minor....................................................................340
Language Sciences (MA) .............................................................340
Linguistics (MA) ....................................................................340
Linguistics (PhD) ...................................................................341
Linguistics (Specialization in East Asian Linguistics) (PhD) ...................................341
Mathematical Finance ..................................................................343
Mathematical Finance Minor ..........................................................343
Mathematical Finance (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Mathematics..........................................................................344
Applied and Computational Mathematics (BA).............................................345
Applied and Computational Mathematics (BS).............................................346
Mathematics (BA)...................................................................347
Mathematics (BS)...................................................................347
Mathematics/Economics (BS) .........................................................348
Mathematical Data Analytics Minor .....................................................348
Mathematics Minor ..................................................................348
Statistics Minor .....................................................................349
Applied Mathematics (MA) ............................................................349
Applied Mathematics (MS) ............................................................350
Mathematics (MA) ..................................................................350
Statistics (MS) .....................................................................350
Applied Mathematics (PhD) ...........................................................352
Mathematics (PhD)..................................................................352
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Middle East Studies....................................................................353
Middle East Studies (BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Arabic Minor .......................................................................355
Iranian Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
Middle East Studies Minor ............................................................357
Multidisciplinary Activities ..............................................................357
Neuroscience (Undergraduate) ..........................................................358
Computational Neuroscience (BS) ......................................................358
Neuroscience (BA) ..................................................................359
Neuroscience (BS) ..................................................................360
Neuroscience Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Ocean Sciences.......................................................................362
Ocean Sciences (MS)................................................................362
Ocean Sciences (PhD)...............................................................363
Philosophy ...........................................................................363
Philosophy (BA) ....................................................................364
Philosophy and Physics (BA) ..........................................................365
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA).................................................366
Philosophy, Politics and Law (BA) ......................................................367
Philosophy Minor ...................................................................368
Philosophy of Law, Politics and Economics Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
Philosophy (MA) ....................................................................369
Philosophy and Law (MA).............................................................369
Master of Arts, Philosophy/Juris Doctor (MA/JD) ...........................................369
Philosophy (PhD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Physical Education and Mind Body Health.................................................371
Mind Body Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
Physics and Astronomy ................................................................372
Astronomy (BA) ....................................................................372
Astronomy (BS) ....................................................................373
Biophysics (BS) ....................................................................373
Physical Sciences (BS) ..............................................................373
Physics (BA).......................................................................374
Physics (BS).......................................................................374
Physics/Computer Science (BS) .......................................................374
Astronomy Minor ...................................................................374
Physics Minor ......................................................................375
Physical Biology (MS)................................................................375
Physics (MA) ......................................................................376
Physics (MS) ......................................................................376
Physical Biology (PhD)...............................................................377
Physics (PhD)......................................................................378
Political Science ......................................................................379
Political Science (BA) ................................................................379
Human Rights Minor.................................................................380
Law and Society Minor ...............................................................381
Political Organizing in the Digital Age Minor...............................................381
Political Science Minor ...............................................................382
Practical Politics Minor ...............................................................382
Race, Ethnicity and Politics Minor ......................................................382
Political Science and International Relations...............................................383
Political Science and International Relations (MA)..........................................385
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and International Relations/Juris Doctor (PhD/JD) .........385
Political Science and International Relations (PhD) .........................................385
Center for the Political Future ...........................................................387
Psychology ..........................................................................387
Cognitive Science (BA)...............................................................389
Psychology (BA)....................................................................391
Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in Psychology (BA)......................................391
Consumer Behavior Interdisciplinary Minor ...............................................391
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Psychology and Law Minor............................................................391
Psychology Minor ...................................................................392
Applied Behavior Analysis (MS) ........................................................392
Applied Psychology (MS) .............................................................392
Computational Psychology (MS) .......................................................393
Psychology (MA) ...................................................................393
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Clinical) and Master of Public Health (Health Promotion)
(PhD/MPH) ....................................................................393
Psychology (PhD)...................................................................393
Quantitative and Computational Biology ..................................................394
Quantitative Biology (BS) .............................................................395
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Minor...........................................396
Computational Molecular Biology (MS) ..................................................396
Quantitative and Computational Biology (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (PhD)...........................................397
Religion .............................................................................398
Archaeology (BA) ...................................................................399
Jewish Studies (BA) .................................................................400
Religion (BA) ......................................................................401
Archaeology Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Archaeology of California Minor ........................................................402
Contemplative Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Jewish Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
Religion Minor......................................................................403
Jewish Studies Graduate Certicate ....................................................403
Religious Studies Certicate...........................................................403
Religion (PhD) .....................................................................404
Slavic Languages and Literatures ........................................................405
Central European Studies (BA) ........................................................405
Russian (BA) ......................................................................406
Russian Area Studies Minor ...........................................................406
Russian Minor......................................................................406
Slavic Languages and Literatures (PhD) .................................................406
Sociology ............................................................................407
Health and Human Sciences (BA) ......................................................408
Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Change (BA) ..................................409
Sociology (BA) .....................................................................410
Forensics and Criminality Minor ........................................................411
Managing Human Relations Minor ......................................................411
Photography and Social Change Minor ..................................................412
Sociology Minor ....................................................................412
Science and Technology Studies Graduate Certicate ......................................413
Sociology (PhD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Sophomore Seminars ..................................................................414
Spatial Sciences Institute ...............................................................414
Geodesign (BS) ....................................................................416
Global Geodesign (BS)...............................................................417
Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (BS) ..........................................417
GIS and Sustainability Science Minor ...................................................418
Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
Spatial Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
Geographic Information Science and Technology (MS) ......................................419
Global Security Studies (MA) ..........................................................420
Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (MS)..........................................420
Population, Health and Place (MS) .....................................................421
Spatial Data Science (MS) ............................................................421
Spatial Economics and Data Analysis (MS) ...............................................422
Geographic Information Science and Technology Graduate Certicate..........................422
Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certicate ..............................................422
Geospatial Leadership Graduate Certicate ..............................................423
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Remote Sensing for Earth Observation Certicate..........................................423
Spatial Analytics Graduate Certicate ...................................................423
Population, Health and Place (PhD).....................................................424
Thematic Option ......................................................................425
Thematic Approaches to Humanities and Society Minor .....................................425
The Writing Program...................................................................426
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism .....................................427
School of Communication ..............................................................427
Communication (BA) ................................................................431
Communication Policy and Law Minor ...................................................431
Communication Technology Practices and Platforms Minor ..................................432
Cultural Diplomacy Minor .............................................................432
Culture, Media and Entertainment Minor .................................................433
Justice, Voice, and Advocacy Minor .....................................................433
Media Economics and Entrepreneurship Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
Professional and Managerial Communication Minor ........................................434
Sports Media Studies Minor ...........................................................434
Communication (MA) ................................................................435
Communication Management (MCG)....................................................435
Digital Media Management (MS) .......................................................435
Digital Social Media (MS) .............................................................436
Global Communication (MA) ..........................................................436
Public Diplomacy (MPD)..............................................................436
Public Diplomacy (Practitioner and Mid-Career Professional) (MPD) ...........................436
Master of Communication Management/Juris Doctor (MCG/JD) ...............................437
Master of Communication Management/Master of Arts, Jewish Nonprot Management (MCG/MA)....437
Health Communication Management Graduate Certicate ...................................437
International and Intercultural Communication Management Graduate Certicate .................437
Marketing Communication Management Graduate Certicate.................................437
Media and Entertainment Management Graduate Certicate .................................438
New Communication Technologies Graduate Certicate .....................................438
Strategic Corporate and Organizational Communication Management Graduate Certicate .........438
Communication (PhD) ...............................................................438
School of Journalism ..................................................................440
Journalism (BA) ....................................................................443
Public Relations (BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Advertising Minor ...................................................................444
Food Journalism and Public Relations Minor ..............................................444
Latinx News Media Minor .............................................................445
News Media and Society Minor ........................................................445
Nonprots, Philanthropy and Volunteerism Interdisciplinary Minor .............................445
Podcasting Minor ...................................................................446
Public Relations Minor ...............................................................446
Sports Media Industries Minor .........................................................446
Journalism (MS) ....................................................................446
Public Relations and Advertising (MA) ...................................................447
Specialized Journalism (MA) ..........................................................448
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) (MA) ..................................................451
Journalism Certicate................................................................452
Public Policy Advocacy Graduate Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
USC Kaufman School of Dance .............................................................453
Dance (BFA).......................................................................453
Choreography for Stage and Screen Minor ...............................................456
Dance in Entertainment Minor .........................................................457
Dance Minor .......................................................................457
Hip-Hop, Street and Social Dance Forms Minor ...........................................458
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC ...................................................460
Craniofacial and Dental Technology Minor................................................464
Advanced Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (MS)..........................................465
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Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry (MS) ..................................................465
Biomedical Implants and Tissue Engineering (MS) .........................................466
Community Oral Health (MS) ..........................................................466
Geriatric Dentistry (MS) ..............................................................466
Advanced Orthodontics Certicate......................................................467
Community Oral Health Certicate......................................................467
Geriatric Dentistry Graduate Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468
Oral Pathology and Radiology Certicate.................................................468
Orofacial Pain Certicate .............................................................468
Dental Surgery (DDS)................................................................468
Advanced Placement Doctoral Dental Degree.............................................472
Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists ......................................472
Craniofacial Biology ...................................................................474
Craniofacial Biology (MS).............................................................474
Craniofacial Biology Certicate.........................................................475
Craniofacial Biology (PhD) ............................................................475
Advanced Programs in Dental Education..................................................476
Advanced Periodontology Certicate/Master of Science, Craniofacial Biology ....................477
General Practice Residency...........................................................477
Advanced Endodontics Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478
Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry Certicate .....................................479
Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry Certicate/MS, Craniofacial Biology .................479
Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.................................................480
Advanced Orofacial Pain Certicate.....................................................480
Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Certicate .................................................481
Advanced Periodontology Certicate ....................................................481
Advanced Prosthodontics Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482
Integrated MD Degree/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Certicate Program.......................483
USC School of Dramatic Arts ...............................................................485
Acting, Stage and Screen (BFA)........................................................486
Musical Theatre (BFA) ...............................................................487
Theatre (BA).......................................................................488
Theatre, Acting Emphasis (BA) ........................................................488
Theatre, Comedy Emphasis (BA).......................................................489
Theatre, Design Emphasis (BA)........................................................490
Theatre, Design Emphasis (BFA).......................................................490
Theatre, Sound Design Emphasis (BFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
Theatre, Stage Management Emphasis (BFA).............................................492
Theatre, Technical Direction Emphasis (BFA) .............................................493
Visual and Performing Arts Studies (BA) .................................................493
Comedy (Performance) Minor .........................................................494
Performing Arts Studies Minor .........................................................495
Performing Leadership Minor ..........................................................495
Performing Social Change Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Playwriting Minor ...................................................................495
Theatre Minor ......................................................................496
Applied Theatre Arts (MA) ............................................................496
Theatre (MFA) .....................................................................496
USC Rossier School of Education ...........................................................498
Graduate Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Credential Programs ...................................................................499
Special Programs .....................................................................500
Programs ............................................................................501
Education and Computing Minor .......................................................501
Education and Society Minor ..........................................................501
Mathematics Education Minor .........................................................501
Multilingualism and Multiculturalism Minor ................................................501
The Dynamics of Early Childhood Minor .................................................501
Educational Counseling (MEd).........................................................501
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Enrollment Management and Policy (MEd) ...............................................502
Learning Design and Technology (MEd) .................................................502
Marriage and Family Therapy (MS) .....................................................502
Multiple Subject (MAT) ...............................................................502
Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (MEd) ....................................503
School Counseling (MEd).............................................................503
School Leadership (MEd).............................................................503
Single Subject (MAT) ................................................................504
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (World Masters in Language Teaching) (MAT) ....504
Teaching, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MAT) ...........................505
Gifted Education Certicate ...........................................................505
Learning Design and Technology Graduate Certicate ......................................506
Pupil Personnel Services Certicate ....................................................506
Educational Leadership (EdD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
Global Executive (EdD) ..............................................................507
Organizational Change and Leadership (EdD) ............................................507
Urban Education Policy (PhD) .........................................................507
USC Viterbi School of Engineering...........................................................509
Degrees and Accreditation ..............................................................509
Undergraduate Degrees and Requirements ................................................510
Graduate Degrees and Requirements .....................................................513
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering...................................................517
Aerospace Engineering (BS) ..........................................................518
Mechanical Engineering (BS)..........................................................519
Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering (BS) ......................................520
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics) (MS) ..........521
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (Dynamics and Control) (MS) .........................521
Aerospace Engineering (MS) ..........................................................521
Aerospace Engineering/Engineering Management (MS) .....................................522
Mechanical Engineering (MS) .........................................................522
Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Power) (MS) ............................................522
Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Management (MS) ....................................522
Aerospace Engineering (PhD) .........................................................522
Mechanical Engineering (PhD).........................................................522
Astronautical Engineering ..............................................................523
Astronautical Engineering (BS) ........................................................523
Astronautical Engineering Minor........................................................523
Astronautical Engineering (MS) ........................................................524
Astronautical Engineering Certicate ....................................................525
Astronautical Engineering (PhD) .......................................................525
Biomedical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526
Biomedical Engineering (BS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527
Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Emphasis, (BS)...............................527
Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Emphasis, (BS) .............................528
Biomedical Engineering, Molecular and Cellular Engineering Emphasis, (BS) ....................528
Biomedical Data Analytics (MS) ........................................................529
Biomedical Engineering (Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics) (MS) .......................529
Biomedical Engineering (MS)..........................................................529
Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering (MS) ..........................................530
Health, Technology and Engineering Graduate Certicate....................................530
Biomedical Engineering (PhD) .........................................................530
Chemical Engineering – Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science .....................................................................531
Chemical Engineering (BS) ...........................................................532
Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering Emphasis (BS) ..............................532
Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Emphasis (BS) ............................533
Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology Emphasis (BS) .....................................534
Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering Emphasis (BS)................................534
Chemical Engineering, Polymer/Materials Science Emphasis (BS).............................535
Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Energy Emphasis (BS) ..................................535
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Nanotechnology Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536
Chemical Engineering (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537
Chemical Engineering (PhD) ..........................................................537
Materials Science – Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science .....................................................................537
Materials Engineering (Machine Learning) (MS) ...........................................538
Materials Engineering (MS) ...........................................................538
Materials Science (MS) ..............................................................539
Materials Science (PhD)..............................................................539
Petroleum Engineering – Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science .....................................................................540
Petroleum Engineering Minor..........................................................540
Petroleum Engineering (Digital Oileld Technologies) (MS)...................................540
Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience Technologies) (MS) ....................................540
Petroleum Engineering (MS) ..........................................................541
Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering/Master of Science, Engineering Management (MS/MS) ...541
Digital Oileld Technologies Certicate ..................................................541
Unconventional Resources in Petroleum Engineering .......................................541
Petroleum Engineering (PhD)..........................................................542
Civil Engineering – Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ............542
Applied Mechanics (BS) ..............................................................543
Civil Engineering (BS) ...............................................................544
Civil Engineering, Building Science Emphasis (BS).........................................544
Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management Emphasis (BS) ...................545
Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Emphasis (BS) ................................545
Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Emphasis (BS) ....................................546
Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering Emphasis (BS) ..............................547
Construction Planning and Management Minor ............................................547
Civil Engineering (Advanced Design and Construction Technology) (MS)........................548
Civil Engineering (MS) ...............................................................548
Construction Management (MCM) ......................................................548
Transportation Systems Management (MS)...............................................549
Transportation Systems Graduate Certicate .............................................549
Civil Engineering (PhD) ..............................................................550
Environmental Engineering - Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ...550
Environmental Engineering (BS) .......................................................551
Environmental Engineering (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (PhD) ...........................................552
Computer Engineering Program .........................................................552
Computer Engineering (MS)...........................................................552
Computer Engineering (PhD) ..........................................................553
Computer Science.....................................................................553
Computer Engineering and Computer Science (BS) ........................................555
Computer Science (BS) ..............................................................556
Computer Science Games (BS) ........................................................557
Computer Science/Business Administration (BS)...........................................558
Computer Science Minor .............................................................559
Computer Science Dual Degree with Tsinghua University School of Information Science and
Technology (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559
Computer Science (Articial Intelligence) (MS) ............................................560
Computer Science (Computer Networks) (MS) ............................................560
Computer Science (Computer Security) (MS) .............................................561
Computer Science (Data Science) (MS) .................................................561
Computer Science (Game Development) (MS) ............................................561
Computer Science (High Performance Computing and Simulations) (MS) .......................562
Computer Science (Intelligent Robotics) (MS) .............................................562
Computer Science (MS) ..............................................................562
Computer Science (Multimedia and Creative Technologies) (MS)..............................563
Computer Science (Scientists and Engineers) (MS) ........................................563
Computer Science (Software Engineering) (MS) ...........................................563
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Software Architecture Graduate Certicate ...............................................564
Computer Science (PhD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .564
Data Science Program .................................................................564
Data Science (BA) ..................................................................565
Foundations of Data Science Minor .....................................................565
Communication Data Science Dual Degree with Tsinghua University School of
Journalism and Communication (MS) ................................................566
Applied Data Science (MS) ...........................................................566
Communication Data Science (MS) .....................................................567
Cyber Security Engineering (MS).......................................................567
Environmental Data Science (MS) ......................................................568
Healthcare Data Science (MS).........................................................568
Applied Data Science Graduate Certicate ...............................................569
Data Science Foundations Graduate Certicate ...........................................569
Electrical and Computer Engineering – Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering .................................................................570
Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS)................................................572
Internet of Things Engineering Minor ....................................................572
Applied Physics (MS) ................................................................573
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Analog, Mixed-Signal and Radio-frequency
Integrated Circuits) (MS) ..........................................................573
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Machine Learning and Data Science) (MS).................573
Electrical Engineering (Computer Architecture) (MS)........................................574
Electrical Engineering (Computer Networks) (MS)..........................................574
Electrical Engineering (Electric Power) (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
Electrical Engineering (MS) ...........................................................575
Electrical Engineering (VLSI Design) (MS)................................................575
Electrical Engineering (Wireless Networks) (MS)...........................................576
Electrical Engineering/Engineering Management (MS) ......................................576
Financial Engineering (MS) ...........................................................577
Quantum Information Science (MS) .....................................................577
Electrical Engineering (PhD) ..........................................................578
Engineering ..........................................................................578
Engineering Innovation for Global Challenges Minor ........................................578
Engineering in Society Program .........................................................579
Green Technologies ...................................................................579
Green Technologies (MS).............................................................579
Industrial and Systems Engineering – Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering ..................................................................580
Industrial and Systems Engineering (BS).................................................581
Engineering Management Minor .......................................................582
Analytics (MS) .....................................................................582
Engineering Management (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583
Health Systems Management Engineering (MS) ...........................................583
Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS) ................................................584
Operations Research Engineering (MS)..................................................584
Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering/
Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)..........................................584
Health Systems Operations Graduate Certicate...........................................585
Industrial and Systems Engineering (PhD)................................................585
Information Technology Program ........................................................585
3D Computer Graphics and Modeling Minor ..............................................585
Applied Analytics Minor ..............................................................586
Articial Intelligence Applications Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586
Blockchain Minor ...................................................................586
Cloud Computing with DevOps Minor ...................................................586
Computer Programming Minor .........................................................586
Connected Devices and Making Minor...................................................587
Cybersecurity Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587
Digital Forensics Minor...............................................................587
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Enterprise Information Systems Minor ...................................................587
Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur Minor ...............................................588
Mobile App Development Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
Technical Game Art Minor ............................................................588
Video Game Production Minor .........................................................588
Video Game Programming Minor.......................................................589
Web Development Minor .............................................................589
Manufacturing Engineering .............................................................589
Manufacturing Engineering (MS) .......................................................589
Product Development Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590
Product Development Engineering (MS) .................................................590
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Program ..............................................591
Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems) (MS) ..........................................591
Civil Engineering (Water and Waste Management) (MS).....................................591
Mechanical Engineering (Energy Conversion) (MS) ........................................591
Systems Architecting and Engineering Program............................................592
Systems Architecting and Engineering (MS) ..............................................592
Master of Science, Systems Architecting and Engineering/
Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)..........................................593
Network Centric Systems Graduate Certicate ............................................593
Systems Architecting and Engineering Graduate Certicate ..................................593
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology ...................................................594
Human Development and Aging (BS)....................................................597
Human Development and Aging, Health Science Track (BS)..................................598
Human Development and Aging, Honors Programs (BS) ....................................598
Lifespan Health (BS) ................................................................599
Geroscience Minor ..................................................................599
Individuals, Societies and Aging Minor ...................................................600
Science, Health and Aging Minor .......................................................600
Advanced Placement Gerontology (MS) .................................................600
Aging Services Management (MA)......................................................600
Applied Technology and Aging (MS).....................................................601
Foodservice Management and Dietetics (MA) .............................................601
Gerontology (MA) ...................................................................602
Gerontology (MS) ...................................................................602
Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics (MS) ...................................................603
Long Term Care Administration (MA) ....................................................604
Medical Gerontology (MA) ............................................................604
Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity (MS) ................................................605
Nutritional Science (MS)..............................................................606
Senior Living Hospitality (MA) .........................................................606
Master of Science, Gerontology/Doctor of Pharmacy (MS/PharmD) ............................608
Master of Science, Gerontology/Juris Doctor (MS/JD).......................................608
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA) ...................609
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Health Administration (MS/MHA) .....................609
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Public Administration (MS/MPA) ......................609
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Social Work (MS/MSW) ............................610
Doctor of Pharmacy/Graduate Certicate in Gerontology ....................................610
Gerontology Graduate Level Certicate ..................................................611
Gerontology Online Graduate Level Certicate ............................................611
Biology of Aging (PhD) ...............................................................611
Gerontology (PhD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .612
Longevity Arts and Sciences (DLAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613
USC Independent Health Professions at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry ....................614
Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy.....................................................614
Biokinesiology (MS) .................................................................615
Biokinesiology (Sports Science) (MS) ...................................................615
Doctor of Physical Therapy/Master of Public Health (DPT/MPH)...............................616
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Biokinesiology (PhD) ................................................................616
Professional Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (DPT)...........................617
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy........................618
Occupational Therapy (BS) ...........................................................619
Occupational Science Minor...........................................................620
Occupational Therapy (MA) ...........................................................620
Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign® Graduate Certicate ....................................621
Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Graduate Certicate .............................622
Entry-Level Occupational Therapy (OTD) ................................................622
Occupational Science (PhD) ..........................................................624
Occupational Therapy (OTD) ..........................................................626
USC Gould School of Law ..................................................................628
Legal Studies (BS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632
Law and Migration Studies Minor .......................................................633
Law and Social Justice Minor..........................................................633
Law and Technology Minor............................................................634
Legal Studies Minor .................................................................634
Alternative Dispute Resolution (LLM)....................................................634
Comparative Law (MCL)..............................................................635
Dispute Resolution (MDR) ............................................................635
International Business and Economic Law (LLM) ..........................................635
International Trade Law and Economics (MITLE) ..........................................635
Master of Laws (LLM)................................................................636
Master of Studies in Law (MSL) ........................................................636
Privacy Law and Cybersecurity (LLM) ...................................................637
Juris Doctor/Doctor of Pharmacy (JD/PharmD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637
Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and International Relations (JD/PhD) .........638
Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, Philosophy (JD/MA) ...........................................638
Juris Doctor/Master of Communication Management (JD/MCG) ...............................638
Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration (JD/MPA) ......................................638
Juris Doctor/Master of Public Policy (JD/MPP) ............................................639
Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate Development (JD/MRED) .................................639
Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Gerontology (JD/MS) .....................................639
Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work (JD/MSW).............................................639
Alternative Dispute Resolution Certicate ................................................639
Business Law Certicate (On-Campus) ..................................................640
Business Law Certicate (Online) ......................................................640
Certicate in U.S. Legal Studies........................................................640
Compliance Certicate ...............................................................641
Entertainment Law and Industry Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641
Financial Compliance Certicate .......................................................641
Health Care Compliance Certicate .....................................................641
Human Resources Law and Compliance Certicate ........................................641
Law, Social Justice and Diversity Certicate ..............................................642
Media and Entertainment Law Certicate.................................................642
Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Certicate................................................642
Public Interest Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .642
Social Work Administration Graduate Certicate ...........................................643
Technology and Entrepreneurship Law Certicate..........................................643
Transnational Law and Business Certicate ..............................................643
Law (JD) ..........................................................................644
Keck School of Medicine of USC ............................................................647
Admissions ..........................................................................647
Tuition and Fees ......................................................................649
Grading and Evaluation ................................................................649
Programs ............................................................................649
Global Health Studies (BS)............................................................649
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies (BS) .....................................650
Addiction Science Minor..............................................................651
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Cinema-Television for the Health Professions Minor ........................................651
Cultural Competence in Medicine Minor..................................................652
Environmental Health Minor ...........................................................652
Global Health Minor .................................................................652
Health Care Studies Minor ............................................................652
Health Communication Minor ..........................................................653
Nutrition and Health Promotion Minor ...................................................653
Public Health Minor .................................................................653
Speech-Language and Hearing Professions Minor .........................................653
Substance Abuse Prevention Minor .....................................................654
Academic Medicine (MACM) ..........................................................654
Addiction Science (MS) ..............................................................655
Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology (MS) ..............................................655
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (MS) ...............................................656
Biomedical Sciences (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .656
Biostatistics (MS) ...................................................................656
Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations (MS) ...................................657
Global Medicine (MS)................................................................658
Integrative Anatomical Sciences (MS) ...................................................660
Medical Physiology (MS) .............................................................660
Molecular Epidemiology (MS)..........................................................661
Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry (MS) ...............................................662
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MS) ............................................662
Molecular Pathology and Experimental Medicine (MS) ......................................663
Narrative Medicine (MS)..............................................................664
Neuroimaging and Informatics (MS).....................................................664
Pain Medicine (MS) .................................................................664
Physician Assistant Practice (MPAP) ....................................................665
Public Health (MPH).................................................................667
Public Health (MPH) (Online) ..........................................................669
Public Health Data Science (MS) .......................................................670
Speech-Language Pathology (MS) .....................................................670
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .671
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine with Research Year (MS) ........................672
Translational Biomedical Informatics (MS) ................................................672
Translational Biotechnology (MS).......................................................673
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Business Administration (MD/MBA)..............................674
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) ......................................674
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science, Global Medicine .....................................675
Master of Public Health/Doctor of Pharmacy (MPH/PharmD) .................................675
Master of Public Health/Master of Science, Social Entrepreneurship (MPH/MS) ..................675
Master of Public Health/Master of Social Work (MPH/MSW)..................................676
Master of Science, Global Medicine/Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD/MS) .........................676
Medicine (MD/PhD) .................................................................676
Keck School of Medicine-Caltech MD/PhD Program ........................................677
Academic Medicine Certicate .........................................................677
Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations Certicate ...............................677
Community Health Promotion Certicate .................................................677
Epidemiology Certicate..............................................................678
Global Health and Human Rights Leadership Graduate Certicate.............................678
Global Health Communications Graduate Certicate........................................678
Global Medicine Graduate Certicate....................................................679
Pain Medicine Certicate .............................................................679
Pain Science Certicate ..............................................................679
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Global Health and Development Graduate Certicate .......679
Project Management in Global Health and Development Graduate Certicate ....................679
Spatial Sciences for Global Health Graduate Certicate .....................................680
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Certicate ....................................680
Translation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Sciences Certicate ...........................680
Translational Biotechnology Certicate ..................................................681
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Biostatistics (PhD) ..................................................................682
Cancer Biology and Genomics (PhD)....................................................683
Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine (PhD).................................683
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice ....................................................684
Epidemiology (PhD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685
Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Pathogenesis (PhD)...................................687
Integrative Anatomical Sciences (PhD) ..................................................687
Medical Biophysics (PhD).............................................................688
Medicine (MD) .....................................................................688
Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research) (PhD) .....................................691
Department of Anesthesiology ..........................................................692
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine........................................693
PhD Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (PIBBS)................................694
Department of Family Medicine ..........................................................695
Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences ............................................696
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology .....................................697
Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery ...............................697
USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute ..........................697
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine .........................................698
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience ..............................................700
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences.......................................700
Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine .................................702
Department of Translational Genomics....................................................703
USC Thornton School of Music..............................................................704
Choral Music (BA) ..................................................................707
Choral Music (BM) ..................................................................707
Composition (BM)...................................................................708
Jazz Studies (BM) ..................................................................709
Music (BA) ........................................................................711
Music Industry (BM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712
Music Industry (BS) .................................................................713
Music Production (BM) ...............................................................714
Performance (Classical Guitar) (BM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715
Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon), (Saxophone), (French Horn), (Trumpet),
(Trombone), (Tuba) or (Percussion) (BM) .............................................716
Performance (Organ) (BM)............................................................717
Performance (Piano) (BM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718
Performance (Popular Music) (BM) .....................................................719
Performance (Studio Guitar) (BM) ......................................................720
Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or (Harp) (BM) .......................722
Performance (Vocal Arts) (BM).........................................................724
Jazz Studies Minor ..................................................................725
Music Industry Minor ................................................................725
Music Production Minor ..............................................................726
Music Recording Minor...............................................................726
Musical Studies Minor ...............................................................726
Musical Theatre Minor ...............................................................727
Popular Music Studies Minor ..........................................................727
Songwriting Minor...................................................................727
Artist Diploma Program ..............................................................727
Arts Leadership (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727
Choral Music (MM) ..................................................................728
Community Music (MM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .729
Composition (MM) ..................................................................730
Conducting (MM) ...................................................................730
Contemporary Teaching Practice (MM) ..................................................731
Early Music Performance Emphasis (MA) ................................................732
Jazz Studies (MM) ..................................................................732
Music History and Literature Emphasis (MA) ..............................................733
Music Industry (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .733
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Performance (Classical Guitar) (MM)....................................................734
Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon), (Saxophone), (French Horn), (Trumpet),
(Trombone), (Tuba) or (Percussion) (MM).............................................735
Performance (Keyboard Collaborative Arts) (MM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .735
Performance (Organ) (MM) ...........................................................736
Performance (Piano) (MM)............................................................737
Performance (Studio Guitar) (MM) ......................................................737
Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or (Harp) (MM) .......................738
Performance (Vocal Arts) (MM) ........................................................739
Popular Music Teaching and Learning (MM) ..............................................740
Sacred Music (MM) .................................................................741
Screen Scoring (MM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741
Teaching and Learning (MM) ..........................................................742
Arts Leadership Graduate Certicate ....................................................743
Performance Graduate Certicate ......................................................743
Choral Music (DMA) .................................................................743
Composition (DMA) .................................................................746
Jazz Studies (DMA) .................................................................748
Music, Historical Musicology Emphasis, (PhD) ............................................750
Performance — Organ, Percussion or Winds (DMA)........................................751
Performance — Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass or Harp (DMA)..........................753
Performance — Vocal Arts (DMA) ......................................................755
Performance — Classical Guitar (DMA)..................................................757
Performance — Early Music (DMA) .....................................................758
Performance — Keyboard Collaborative Arts (DMA) ........................................760
Performance — Piano (DMA)..........................................................762
Performance — Studio Guitar (DMA)....................................................764
Sacred Music (DMA) ................................................................766
Teaching and Learning (DMA) .........................................................769
USC School of Pharmacy ..................................................................772
Programs ............................................................................773
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BA) ......................................................776
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BS) ......................................................777
Pharmacology and Drug Development (BA) ..............................................778
Pharmacology and Drug Development (BS) ..............................................779
Biopharmaceutical Business Minor .....................................................781
Foundation in Regulatory Sciences Minor ................................................781
Science and Management of Biomedical Therapeutics Minor .................................781
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (PhD) .............................................782
Biopharmaceutical Marketing (MS) .....................................................782
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (MS) .............................................782
Healthcare Decision Analysis (MS) .....................................................782
Management of Drug Development (MS).................................................783
Medical Product Quality (MS)..........................................................783
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (MS) ............................................783
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (MS) ..............................................783
Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) ........................................................784
Regulatory Management (MS) .........................................................784
Regulatory Science (MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784
Doctor of Pharmacy/Doctor of Philosophy (PharmD/PhD)....................................784
Doctor of Pharmacy/Juris Doctor (PharmD/JD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Business Administration (PharmD/MBA) .........................786
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Public Health (PharmD/MPH) .................................786
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Gerontology (PharmD/MS) ............................787
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Global Medicine (PharmD/MS) .........................787
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Regulatory Science (PharmD/MS) ......................788
Healthcare Decision Analysis (PharmD/MS) ..............................................789
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Graduate Certicate .........................................789
Biopharmaceutical Marketing Certicate .................................................789
Clinical Research Design and Management Certicate ......................................789
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Food Safety Certicate...............................................................790
Healthcare Analytics and Operations Certicate ...........................................790
Healthcare Decision Analysis Certicate .................................................790
Medical Product Quality Graduate Certicate .............................................791
Patient and Product Safety Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .791
Preclinical Drug Development Certicate.................................................791
Regulatory and Clinical Affairs Certicate ................................................792
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (PhD).............................................792
Health Economics (PhD) .............................................................793
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (PhD)............................................795
Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)........................................................796
Pharmacy (PharmD).................................................................796
Regulatory Science (DRSc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799
PhD Programs in Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800
Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (MPTX) .......................801
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSCI) ....................................801
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (CXPT) ........................801
USC Price School of Public Policy ...........................................................803
Undergraduate Degrees ................................................................804
Graduate Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805
Dual Degree Programs .................................................................806
Doctoral Degrees......................................................................807
Programs ............................................................................809
Public Policy (BS)...................................................................809
Real Estate Development (BS).........................................................810
Urban Studies and Planning (BS).......................................................811
Construction Planning and Management Minor (Public Policy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811
Education Policy Minor...............................................................812
Health Administration Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .812
Health Policy Minor..................................................................812
Law and Public Policy Minor...........................................................812
Nonprots, Philanthropy and Volunteerism Minor ..........................................812
Real Estate Development Minor........................................................813
Urban Sustainable Planning Minor......................................................813
Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .813
Health Administration (Executive MHA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .814
Health Administration (MHA) ..........................................................815
International Public Policy and Management (IPPM) ........................................816
Leadership (Executive ML)............................................................816
Master of Public Administration with Seoul National University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .817
Nonprot Leadership and Management (MNLM) ...........................................817
Planning and Development Studies (MPDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .818
Public Administration (MPA) ...........................................................819
Public Policy (MPP) .................................................................820
Public Policy Data Science (MS) .......................................................821
Urban Planning (Executive MUP Online) .................................................822
Urban Planning (MUP) ...............................................................822
Master of Health Administration/Master of Science in Gerontology (MHA/MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Urban Planning (MHC/MUP) ........................825
Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Urban Planning (MLArch/MUP) .....................826
Master of Public Administration/Master of Arts, Jewish Nonprot Management (MPA/MA) ...........827
Master of Public Administration/Master of Science in Gerontology (MPA/MS).....................828
Master of Public Administration/Master of Social Work (MPA/MSW) ............................828
Master of Public Health/Master of Urban Planning (MPH/MUP) ...............................829
Master of Public Policy/Juris Doctor (MPP/JD) ............................................829
Master of Public Policy/Master of Urban Planning (MPP/MUP) ................................830
Master of Real Estate Development/Juris Doctor (MRED/JD) .................................831
Master of Real Estate Development/Master of Business Administration (MRED/MBA)..............831
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere (MUP/MA) .....832
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Master of Urban Planning/Master of Public Administration (MUP/MPA) .........................832
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Real Estate Development (MUP/MRED) ....................833
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Social Work (MUP/MSW) ................................833
Urban Education Policy/Public Policy (PhD/MPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833
City/County Management Certicate ....................................................834
Health Management and Policy Programs Certicate .......................................835
Homeland Security and Public Policy Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .835
International Policy and Planning Certicate ..............................................835
Nonprot Management and Policy Certicate .............................................836
Political Management Certicate .......................................................836
Public Financial Management Certicate .................................................836
Public Management Certicate.........................................................837
Public Policy Certicate ..............................................................837
Real Estate Development Certicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .837
Social Innovation Certicate...........................................................837
Social Justice Certicate .............................................................837
Sustainable Policy and Planning Certicate...............................................838
Transportation Planning Certicate .....................................................838
Policy, Planning, and Development (DPPD)...............................................838
Public Policy and Management (PhD) ...................................................839
Urban Planning and Development (PhD) .................................................840
Aerospace Studies ....................................................................842
Military Science .......................................................................842
Naval Science ........................................................................843
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work .............................................844
Social Work and Juvenile Justice Minor..................................................846
Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)............................................846
Social Work (Integrative Social Work) (MSW) .............................................846
Social Work (MSW) .................................................................847
Military Social Work and Veteran Services ............................................849
Master of Social Work/Doctor of Philosophy (MSW/PhD) ....................................849
Master of Social Work/Juris Doctor, Law (MSW/JD) ........................................850
Master of Social Work/Master of Arts, Jewish Nonprot Management (MSW/MA) .................850
Master of Social Work/Master of Business Administration (MSW/MBA) .........................851
Master of Social Work/Master of Public Administration (MSW/MPA) ............................851
Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health (MSW/MPH)..................................851
Master of Social Work/Master of Science, Gerontology (MSW/MS) ............................852
Master of Social Work/Master of Urban Planning (MSW/MUP) ................................852
Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice Graduate Certicate .................................852
Advanced Integrative Social Work and Nursing Practice Graduate Certicate ....................852
Aging and Health Graduate Certicate...................................................853
Child and Family Well-Being Graduate Certicate ..........................................853
Ending Homelessness Graduate Certicate...............................................853
LGBTQ+ Afrmative Care Graduate Certicate ............................................854
Social Inquiry for Community, Social and Environmental Justice Graduate Certicate ..............854
Social Work Practice in Addiction Graduate Certicate ......................................854
Trauma Informed Practices in Educational Settings Graduate Certicate ........................854
Visual Social Work Graduate Certicate .................................................855
Youth Justice Graduate Certicate ......................................................855
Social Work (DSW)..................................................................855
Social Work (PhD) ..................................................................856
Courses of Instruction .....................................................................859
About the Catalogue .....................................................................1320
Contact Us .......................................................................1320
Credits ..........................................................................1320
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Administration
Senior Administration
USC is governed by a Board of Trustees and led by President
Carol L. Folt in conjunction with a senior administrative team
responsible for managing institutional operations through
administrative units and schools. Additionally, the Academic
Senate, Undergraduate Student Government, and Graduate and
Professional Student Senate have power to make studies, reports
and recommendations to the president in matters pertaining to
their constituencies.
Carol L. Folt
President
Charles F. Zukoski
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Monique S. Allard
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
Mike Bohn
Director of Athletics
Amy Diamond
Chief Investment Officer
Samuel Garrison
Senior Vice President,
University Relations
Rodney B. Hanners
CEO of Keck Medicine of USC
and President and CEO of USC Health System
Kyle Henley
Senior Vice President of Communications
Beong-Soo Kim
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Christopher Manning
Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
Ishwar K. Puri
Vice President of Research
Steven D. Shapiro
Senior Vice President for Health Affairs
James M. Staten
Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer
Tracey L. Vranich
Interim Senior Vice President for University Advancement
Felicia A. Washington
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
David W. Wright
Senior Vice President, Administration
Rene Pak
Chief of Staff
Board of Trustees
Voting Members
Stephanie A. Argyros
Real Estate Principal, Arnel Development
Marc R. Benioff
Chair and Co-CEO, Salesforce
Corii D. Berg
Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
Lionsgate Entertainment, Inc.
Robert D. Beyer
Chairman, Chaparal Investments
David C. Bohnett
Chair, David Bohnett Foundation
Robert A. Bradway
Chairman and CEO, Amgen
Rick J. Caruso
Founder and CEO, Caruso
David H. Dornsife
Chairman of the Board, The Herrick Corporation
Michele Dedeaux Engemann
Community Leader
Michael A. Felix
Senior Vice President (Retired), Capital Group Companies
Carol L. Folt
President, University of Southern California
John M. Iino
Global Chief Diversity Officer, Reed Smith, LLP
Stephen M. Keck
Managing Director, TCW / Co-President, W. M. Keck Foundation
Kenneth R. Klein
Technology Company Executive
Jaime L. Lee
CEO, Jamison Realty, Inc.
Kathy Leventhal
Community Leader
William J. McMorrow
Chairman and CEO, Kennedy Wilson
John Mork
Chief Executive Officer, EnerG-ID Solutions Corporation
Oscar Munoz
Executive Chairman, United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Rod Y. Nakamoto
Co-founder, theUgroup at Merrill Lynch
Carmen Nava
Senior Vice President – Premium Care and Customer Loyalty
(Retired), AT&T’s Entertainment Group
Shelly L. Nemirovsky
Community Leader
Dominic Ng
Chairman and CEO, East West Bank
Suzanne Nora Johnson (Chair)
Vice Chairman (Retired), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Amy A. Ross
Biotechnology Executive (Retired)
Frederick J. Ryan Jr.
Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Founding Chairman and CEO, WellPoint
William E. B. Siart
Chairman, ExED
Jeffrey H. Smulyan
Chairman of the Board, Emmis Communications
Heliane M. Steden
Managing Director (Retired), Merrill Lynch
Ronald D. Sugar
Chairman Emeritus, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Tracy M. Sykes
Community Leader
Daniel M. Tsai
Chairman, Fubon Group
Wenxue Wang
Founder and Chairman, China Fortune Land Development
Life Trustees
Wallis Annenberg
Chair, President, and CEO, Annenberg Foundation
Wanda M. Austin
President and CEO (Retired), The Aerospace Corporation
Joseph M. Boskovich Sr.
Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, and Founder,
Old West Investment Management, LLC
Charles G. Cale
Managing Member, Griffin Opportunities, LLC
Ronnie C. Chan
Chairman, Hang Lung Group Limited and
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Chris Cox
President, Morgan Lewis Consulting LLC (Retired);
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Retired)
Frank H. Cruz
President, Cruz & Associates
Suzanne Dworak-Peck
Ambassador, International Federation of Social Workers
Daniel J. Epstein
Executive Chairman and Founder, ConAm Management
Stanley P. Gold
Chairman, Shamrock Holdings, Inc.
Gavin S. Herbert
Founder (Retired), Allergan Inc.
Ming Hsieh
Chairman and CEO, Fulgent Therapeutics
Tamara Hughes Gustavson
Chairman and Trustee, American Homes 4 Rent
Ray R. Irani
Chairman and CEO, Ray Investments, LLC
Glorya Kaufman
Founder, The Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation
Lydia H. Kennard
Chief Executive Officer, KDG Construction Consulting
John F. King
President and CEO (Retired), Weingart Center Association
John Kusmiersky
CEO, The Brickstone Companies
Daniel D. Lane
Chairman and CEO, Lane/Kuhn Pacific, Inc.
Claude Mann
Philanthropist
Kathleen L. McCarthy
Chairperson, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation
Jerry W. Neely
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Smith International, Inc.
C. L. Max Nikias
President Emeritus, University of Southern California
Joan A. Payden
President and CEO, Payden & Rygel
J. Kristoffer Popovich
Chairman, Hoffman Associates
Frank Price
Chairman and CEO, Price Entertainment, Inc.
Blake Quinn
Chairman and CEO, Quinn Group, Inc.
Bruce M. Ramer
Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.
Lorna Y. Reed
Community Leader
Edward P. Roski Jr.
President and Chairman of the Board, Majestic Realty Co.
William J. Schoen
Chairman, The Schoen Charitable Foundation
Robert H. Smith
Robert H. Smith Investments and Consulting
Steven Spielberg
Chairman, Amblin Partners
Richard J. Stegemeier
Chairman Emeritus, Unocal Corporation
Mark A. Stevens
Managing Partner, S-Cubed Capital; Special Limited Partner
and Former Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital
Ratan N. Tata
Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons; Chairman, Tata Trusts
Ronald N. Tutor
Chairman and CEO, Tutor Perini Corporation
Peter V. Ueberroth
Co-owner, Pebble Beach Company
Andrew J. Viterbi
President, Viterbi Group, LLC
Willis B. Wood Jr.
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Pacific Enterprises
Honorary Trustees
Miriam Adelson
Founder and Chairperson, Adelson Clinic for
Drug Abuse Treatment and Research
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
U.S. Marine Corps Major General and NASA Administrator
(Retired)
Jeanie M. Buss
Co-owner, CEO, and Governor, Los Angeles Lakers
Helene Galen
Foundation Chair, Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children
Jane Harman
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Dallas Price-Van Breda
Philanthropist
Academic Deans
Anthony Bailey
USC Bovard College
Willow Bay
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
USC School of Architecture
Pinchas Cohen
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Elizabeth M. Daley
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Geoffrey Garrett
USC Marshall School of Business
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Dana Goldman
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Andrew T. Guzman
USC Gould School of Law
USC Libraries
William W. Holder
USC Leventhal School of Accounting
Josh Kun
USC Thornton School of Music
Haven Lin-Kirk
USC Roski School of Art and Design
Amber Miller
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Carolyn C. Meltzer
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Pedro Noguera
USC Rossier School of Education
Vassilios Papadopoulos
USC School of Pharmacy
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Thanassis Rikakis
USC Iovine and Young Academy
Julia M. Ritter
USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Emily Roxworthy
USC School of Dramatic Arts
Avishai Sadan
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Yannis C. Yortsos
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Admission and Orientation
Orientation
New Student Orientation
"Welcome Trojans" is what we call USC orientation because
it welcomes new students to the Trojan Family. It is designed
to promote success for all graduate and undergraduate
students beginning their studies at USC. The university strongly
recommends that all students participate in Welcome Trojans
orientation events to familiarize themselves with the campus
services and academic requirements that will be useful in their
transition to USC.
During Welcome Trojans, undergraduate students will meet with
academic advisers to plan their first-semester schedule. There
will also be opportunities for guests to participate in information
sessions that are designed to help them in their new role as a
support team member for their student.
All international students will be required to complete passport
verification (PPV) online. For more details, visit the Office of
International Services (OIS) website at ois.usc.edu/new-students/
firstweeks/passport-verification-ppv/.
The Office of Orientation Programs also offers a centralized
orientation for graduate students, although individual departments
may provide their own, more in-depth programs as well. Students
will receive instructions on making reservations for the appropriate
orientation event. Sessions for graduate assistants are also
available through the Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET).
For information about CET's programs, see Special Study Options
in the Catalogue, or visit cet.usc.edu. Email [email protected] to
subscribe to the Friends of CET weekly updates.
The New Student Fee is a one-time assessment in the first
semester for all services pertaining to onboarding new students.
Visit orientation.usc.edu for additional information.
Undergraduate Education Admission
Offices of Admission and Financial Aid
(213) 740-1111
Admission to undergraduate programs is granted by the
USC Office of Admission. This office receives and processes all
applications, evaluates credentials, and sends notifications of
acceptance to applicants who qualify for entrance. Admission to
the university's degree programs must be granted in all cases
by the USC Office of Admission and the appropriate selection
committees. Only a letter from the Office of Admission grants
official admission.
As a private university, USC seeks a wide geographical
distribution among its student body, and evaluates its out-of-state
applicants using the same criteria as those used for California
residents. Tuition and fees are the same for all students,
regardless of state or country of residence.
The University of Southern California admits qualified
individuals as students regardless of race, color, religion, gender,
national origin, age, handicap, sexual orientation or status as a
disabled veteran. After admission, students are accorded equal
rights to participate in all university-sponsored programs and
activities. The university does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, handicap, sexual
orientation or status as a disabled veteran in the administration of
its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletics
and other student activities.
Applicants with Disabilities
The University of Southern California is committed to full
compliance with the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). As
part of the implementation of this law, the university will continue
to provide reasonable accommodation for academically qualified
students with disabilities so that they can participate fully in the
university's educational programs and activities. Although USC is
not required by law to change the "fundamental nature or essential
curricular components of its programs in order to accommodate
the needs of students with disabilities," the university will
provide reasonable academic accommodation. It is the specific
responsibility of the university administration and all faculty serving
in a teaching capacity to ensure the university's compliance with
this policy.
The general definition of a student with a disability is any person
who has "a physical or mental impairment which substantially
limits one or more of such person's major life activities," and any
person who has "a history of, or is regarded as having, such an
impairment." Reasonable accommodations are determined for
students based on an interactive review process, incorporating
the student's self-report, supporting documentation according to
the university's documentation guidelines, requirements of the
student's program of study and university policies.
Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) is designated
by the university as the unit responsible for ensuring equal access
in compliance with state and federal disability law as it relates to
students with disabilities. OSAS serves undergraduate, graduate
and professional students; on-ground and online students; and
students in all credit-granting programs of study.
For information about how to connect with OSAS, as well as
information about the university's documentation guidelines,
please visit our website: osas.usc.edu.
Retention of Records
Credentials submitted to the Office of Admission become the
property of the university and cannot be returned to the student
or duplicated for any purpose. For more information about the
retention of university records, see our record management policy.
Application Procedures
Students submit applications online through the Common
Application at commonapp.org. A nonrefundable fee will be
charged with the completed application, although students with
financial need may request a fee waiver. For specific application
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deadlines and requirements, refer to admission.usc.edu or the
Meet USC brochure.
Credentials for admission must include complete records of
all previous high school and college or university work and any
required test scores.
The application for admission and complete credentials should
be submitted via the Common App by the appropriate deadlines.
Factors given prime consideration for admission to
undergraduate study are an applicant's previous academic
success and the quality of all records presented. To ensure
diversity in the composition of the student body, other
considerations may include outstanding talent and abilities,
extracurricular activities and letters of recommendation.
Deferring Admission
In specific cases relating to medical issues, religious obligations
or required military/national service, admission deferrals may be
available. However, deferral requests for other reasons generally
will not be granted. New students who have committed to enroll at
USC but fail to do so will forfeit their spot in the entering class and
will need to reapply (with no guarantee of admission) should they
wish to attend the university in a future term.
Students wishing to request an admission deferral should
contact their admission counselor.
School and Department Application
Requirements
Because of strong competition for admission, several schools
and academic departments require supplementary application
materials and may employ separate deadlines.
Leventhal School of Accounting Transfer applicants
interested in accounting must first apply to business administration.
A formal request to transfer to the Leventhal School of Accounting
can be made once the resident introductory accounting course(s)
are successfully completed. High school students who have
demonstrated exceptional scholastic aptitude for the accounting
major will be considered for admission as first-year students.
For more information, write or call the USC Marshall School of
Business, Office of Undergraduate Admission, Los Angeles, CA
90089-0805, (213) 740-8885, email lsoa_undergrad@marshall.
usc.edu or [email protected] or visit marshall.usc.edu/
departments/leventhal-school-accounting.
School of Architecture (BArch, BS, Architectural Studies)
A portfolio is required of all applicants. Transfer students should
note that the core curriculum will take five years to complete. For
more information, write or call the USC School of Architecture, Los
Angeles, CA 90089-0291, (213) 740-2420, email uscarch@usc.
edu or visit arch.usc.edu.
Roski School of Art and Design (BFA and BA) Portfolios are
required of all applicants to the BFA and BA programs. Applicants
may contact the USC Roski School of Art and Design, Watt
Hall 104, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292, (213) 740-2787, email
[email protected] or visit roski.usc.edu/admissions/undergraduate-
admission for questions about applications and required
supplementary materials.
Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts,
Technology and the Business of Innovation (BS) To apply, first-
year and transfer applicants must submit the Common Application
and supplemental portfolio materials by the appropriate deadline
listed on the admission website. The portfolio includes a one-
minute proposal video and samples of creative work. For more
information, please call (213) 821-6140, email iovine-young@
usc.edu or visit iovine-young.usc.edu.
Marshall School of Business Students may be admitted as
incoming first-year students, as USC undergraduates transferring
from another major or as students transferring from another
college or university. Transfer students will be considered for
admission to the Marshall School of Business once they have
completed the prerequisite college writing and business calculus
courses. Students should contact the Marshall School for a
detailed list of equivalent courses. For further information, write or
call the USC Marshall School of Business, Office of Undergraduate
Admission, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0805, (213) 740-8885, send
email to [email protected] or refer to marshall.usc.edu.
School of Cinematic Arts (Animation and Digital Arts,
Cinema and Media Studies, Film and Television Production,
Interactive Entertainment, Media Arts and Practice, and
Writing for Screen and Television) To apply for admission,
first-year and non-USC transfer applicants must submit the
Common Application, USC Writing Supplement and SlideRoom
application. Current USC transfer applicants must submit the
SCA Supplemental Application for Admission and SlideRoom
application. All application requirements are due by the appropriate
deadline listed on the admission website. Transfer applicants to
the Writing program should note that the major will take four years
to complete. Detailed application procedures may be found at
cinema.usc.edu and any questions may be directed to the SCA
Office of Admissions at (213) 740-8355 or admissions@
cinema.usc.edu.
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
(Communication, Journalism and Public Relations)
Current USC students who are interested in applying to an
Annenberg major should contact the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism, Admissions Office, Los Angeles,
CA 90089-0281, (213) 821-0770, email [email protected] or visit
annenberg.usc.edu.
Glorya Kaufman School of Dance (BFA) Admission to USC
Kaufman is competitive: The school looks to enroll about 24
students. In addition to the Common Application, applicants must
submit the USC Kaufman Portfolio via SlideRoom. All required
materials must be received by the appropriate deadline listed
on the admission website. Finalists will be invited to audition in
person. Current USC students and transfer students are welcome
to apply but should note that the BFA in Dance is a four-year
program. For more information, contact the USC Kaufman School
at 849 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089-3521, email
[email protected] or visit kaufman.usc.edu.
School of Dramatic Arts (BFA and BA) Applicants must
complete both the Common Application and SlideRoom
supplemental application in order to be considered for admission.
The appropriate deadline by which students should submit their
application materials can be found on the admission website. An
audition/interview is required for admission to the BFA program.
Creative submission videos are required for BA applicants.
Applicants will be notified of the dates and locations for auditions
and interviews after the departmental application is received.
Additional information is available by calling (213) 740-1286 or
visiting dramaticarts.usc.edu.
Viterbi School of Engineering Applicants to engineering and
computer science majors must respond to the two additional short-
answer questions on the USC Writing Supplement. For first-year
applicants to all majors in engineering and computer science, four
years of mathematics are required for admission consideration,
with calculus in progress or completed by senior year. Three
years of natural sciences are also required. Transfer applicants
to all majors in engineering and computer science should have
completed two or more semesters of college-level calculus
and meet USC admission requirements. Transfer students are
encouraged to complete additional pre-engineering course work
as available; visit viterbiadmission.usc.edu/transfer for a list of
relevant courses. For more information, contact the Viterbi School
of Engineering Admission and Student Engagement Office at
(213) 740-4530 or [email protected].
Thornton School of Music The deadline for all major programs
in music (first-year and transfer) can be found on the admission
website. All required supplementary materials must be received by
this date. An audition (including prescreen material by the stated
deadline) is required for most majors. Application and audition
requirements can be found at music.usc.edu or by contacting the
Thornton School of Music Office of Admission, uscmusic@
usc.edu, (213) 740-8986.
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USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy This program accepts applications
from first-year students only. For information about admission
criteria, program course sequence and application procedures,
visit chan.usc.edu. Alternatively, write or call the USC
Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy at 1540 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003,
(866) 385-4250.
School of Pharmacy The Trojan Admission Pre-Pharmacy
(TAP) program is a unique program for entering first-year students:
a pre-pharmacy/doctor of pharmacy curriculum that affords
students continuity in their professional education. Students
admitted to TAP begin their pre-pharmacy course work at USC in
the freshman year and are given priority admission status to the
USC School of Pharmacy, provided they meet specified criteria. All
applicants should contact the School of Pharmacy for instructions
at USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, PSC 206A, Los
Angeles, CA 90089-9121, (323) 442-1466 or pharmacyschool.usc.
edu/programs.
Admission from Secondary Schools
Prospective first-year students are evaluated on the content and
rigor of their high school course work, their grades, standardized
test scores, activity summary, essay, short answers and counselor/
teacher recommendations. There are no absolute "cutoffs"
or minimums for grades, rank in class or test scores. We are
interested in the interplay of these elements as well as personal
accomplishments and potential for success.
Academic Expectations
Outside of mathematics, no specific curriculum is prescribed or
required, though students offered admission typically pursue the
most rigorous program available to them in English, science, social
studies, foreign language and the arts. Students are expected to
have earned a grade of C or better in at least three years of high
school mathematics, including Advanced Algebra (Algebra II).
Transfer applicants may also meet this requirement by completing
Intermediate Algebra or a higher-level math class at the college
level with a grade of C or better. Careful attention is paid to
preparation for the intended major.
Grade Point Average
When assessing grade point average, consideration is also
given to class rank and to the strength and frequency of Advanced
Placement, International Baccalaureate or A-Level course work
in a student's curriculum, if this course work is offered by the
student's school. Naturally, we are interested in consistently strong
academic performance throughout the four-year high school
record. However, we realize that some bright students, for one
reason or another, may encounter difficulties in ninth grade. In
these cases, special attention is given to steady and substantial
improvement throughout the sophomore, junior and senior years.
Standardized Test Requirements
SAT and ACT
USC has adopted a test-optional policy for applicants applying
to the 2022-2023 academic year. This means that prospective first-
year students may apply without submitting SAT or ACT scores,
though students may still choose to submit SAT or ACT scores
if they wish. Please see admission.usc.edu/apply/test-optional-
policy-faq for additional information.
For students who choose to submit test scores, USC will
record the highest scores for those who have taken tests more
than once. For the SAT, the highest scores for both the Evidence-
Based Reading and Writing and the Mathematics sections will be
recorded, even if achieved in different sittings. For the ACT, USC
will take the highest of each sub score and average them into a
new composite.
For more information on the SAT exam, visit collegeboard.org;
for the ACT exam, visit act.org.
Other Standardized Exams
Although USC's test optional policy extends to all students, we
find it helpful to have externally graded or examined work when
evaluating first-year applicants who do not attend a regionally
accredited high school (e.g., students who are home-schooled, or
who attended some non-accredited parochial or community-based
programs).
Therefore, we recommend submitting either SAT/ACT results,
SAT subject exam results, AP exam results, or transcripts from
college courses or other accredited online schooling programs if
possible.
First-year applicants who have taken Advanced Placement
(AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) or A-Level examinations are
encouraged to provide those results.
English Language Proficiency Exams for
International Students
International students (see USC's definition of international
students below) applying for undergraduate admission whose
native language is not English must demonstrate English
proficiency by submitting the results from one of the following
tests:
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
• PTE Academic test
• Duolingo English Test*
Test scores must be recent, earned within two years of the
application date. International first-year applicants with minimum
scores of 650 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading test or a 27
on the ACT English are exempt from having to submit these test
scores.
*Please note that although the Duolingo English Test may be
submitted to demonstrate English proficiency, it will not waive the
International Student English Exam (ISE Exam) requirement.
Credit by Examination
Students may earn a total of 32 semester units of credit toward
their bachelor's degree by examination. Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate and A-Level credit is granted at
USC for exams taken before matriculation at a two-year or four-
year college and will be evaluated solely according to USC's
standardized exam policies. Refer to the Transfer Credit Services'
website at arr.usc.edu/transfercredit for more complete information
regarding transfer credit for these standardized exams.
Students who have also earned credit for college courses
taken while in high school should refer to the Course Work Taken
Elsewhere page.
Advanced Placement Examinations (AP)
USC grants college credit for the Advanced Placement
Examinations of the Educational Testing Service. A student may be
granted 4 semester units of credit for most AP tests with scores of
four or five. Results should be sent directly from the College Board
to: University of Southern California, Transfer Credit Services,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0912. For specific AP credit information,
call the Office of Admission at (213) 740-1111 or visit arr.usc.edu/
transfercredit.
International Baccalaureate (IB)
USC grants either 20 units of credit to students who earn
the International Baccalaureate diploma with a score of 30 or
higher, or 6 units for each score of 5 or higher on the IB Higher
Level exams, for a maximum of four exams, whichever is higher.
International Baccalaureate results should be sent directly from the
International Baccalaureate Organization to: University of Southern
California, Transfer Credit Services, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0912.
For more information, visit arr.usc.edu/transfercredit.
Secondary School Exams (A-Level, etc.)
USC typically awards 8 semester units for most A-Level
exams with an appropriate score from schools in a British-style
educational system. Results must be sent directly from the
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examining agency, not from the student or the student's former
school. Secondary schools in many other countries offer some
kind of comprehensive exam similar to the British A-Level.
These exams may be eligible for transfer credit. See arr.usc.edu/
transfercredit for information about the process of evaluation,
which requires a fee paid by the student.
Subject Credit by Special Examination
See the Subject Credit by Special Examination section for
further information.
Admission from Colleges and Universities
An applicant may be admitted by transfer from a fully
accredited college, university or community college, under the
following conditions: (1) if the applicant has completed 30 or more
transferable college semester units with an appropriately strong
grade point average in an academically rigorous selection of
courses; (2) if the applicant is not under the penalty of academic or
disciplinary disqualification at any college or university previously
attended and is entitled to an honorable dismissal; and (3) if
proof of high school graduation on a high school transcript, or
the equivalent (such as a GED or finishing certificate), has been
provided as part of the application materials. If fewer than 30
transferable semester units have been completed at the time of
application, the applicant may choose to submit — in addition to
the high school transcript — the results of the SAT or the ACT
assessment test. See admission.usc.edu/apply/test-optional-
policy-faq for more information.
Students intending to transfer to USC should refer to the
Transferring to USC brochure for detailed information about the
university's transfer, admission and credit policies. Call the USC
Office of Admission at (213) 740-1111 or visit admission.usc.edu/
transferring.
The amount of advanced standing granted to a student
transferring from another institution is determined in each
individual case by the Office of Academic Records and Registrar. A
minimum of 64 units toward the bachelor's degree must be earned
in residence at USC. For a degree in Architecture, a minimum of
80 units must be earned in residence at USC. A maximum of 70 of
the transferable units for this program may be earned at two-year
colleges. For students in Engineering's "3-2" Program, at least
48 units must be earned in residence at USC. Two-thirds of any
transferable course work must be completed at one of USC's four-
year partner institutions.
It is the student's responsibility to report all college-level
course work completed outside USC to the Office of Admission
when completing the application form. Omitting such information
constitutes a violation of the applicant's affidavit and may result in
the revocation of admission to the university.
Records of all courses including correspondence study,
extension or summer session courses taken in other institutions
after the student's admission to USC must also be filed with the
Office of Academic Records and Registrar immediately following
completion of the work.
Admission of International Students
The University of Southern California has an outstanding record
of commitment to international education. From a small presence
during our early history, our international enrollment grew to an
average of 200 students by the 1930s. After declining international
enrollments in the years surrounding World War II, USC began
rebuilding and in 1951 began providing specialized admission
services to international students. By 1964, more than 1,000
international students were enrolled at USC. Today, the Office of
Admission serves thousands of prospective students each year
by providing both general and specialized information and by
maintaining the expertise necessary to evaluate academic records
from the various educational systems around the world. The Office
of Admission also issues the required eligibility certificates for
students who require non-immigrant student visas to study in the
United States.
At USC, an international student is an individual of foreign
nationality who will be entering or has already entered the United
States with a student visa. However, students already residing in
the United States and holding other non-immigrant visas (such
as E2, H2 or L2) are also international students and may remain
on those visas to pursue their studies at USC, if they so choose.
International students do not qualify for need-based financial aid.
U.S. permanent residents, naturalized U.S. citizens and U.S.
citizens residing and attending school outside the United States
are not considered international students and are eligible for need-
based financial aid.
English Language Requirements
Academic success at USC is strongly dependent upon the
ability to communicate in English. Listening, speaking, reading and
writing proficiency must be well developed in order to assimilate
large amounts of difficult material under limited time conditions
with full comprehension. Such proficiency is much greater than
that required for ordinary everyday living. Therefore, every effort
should be made to acquire English proficiency prior to entering the
university.
Admitted international students whose first language is not
English are normally required to take the International Student
English Examination (ISE Exam) before the beginning of the first
term of study. The examination results determine whether students
must take additional English course work for academic purposes.
The ISE Exam is administered by the American Language Institute
(ali.usc.edu).
International students who meet one of the following conditions
may be exempt from taking the ISE Exam:
• International students who have completed their entire
bachelor's degree at regionally accredited universities
located in the United States or in another country in which
English is both the language of instruction and the only
official language of the country.
• Applicants to master's programs who have attained an
Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 90, with no less than
20 on each sub-score; or an IELTS score of 6.5, with no less
than 6 on each band score.
• PhD and undergraduate applicants who have achieved an
Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 100 with no less than
20 on each sub-score; or an IELTS score of 7, with no less
than 6 on each band score.
USC does not accept "superscores" or TOEFL "MyBest scores."
Some departments may have higher requirements for English
proficiency than what is listed above. USC must receive scores
electronically from the testing service for them to be considered
official. Photocopies or paper copies of scores are not acceptable.
Scores must be received no later than the Friday before classes
begin. Students should contact the American Language Institute
(ALI) Office before the deadline to confirm that their scores have
been received.
American Language Institute
Any student who has not demonstrated adequate English
proficiency based on the criteria outlined above will be required to
enroll in courses at the American Language Institute (ALI) at USC.
The ALI provides courses designed to improve an international
student's oral and written communication skills in English. The
extent to which a student may be required to take courses
at the ALI is determined by the student's performance on the
International Student English Examination (ISE Exam) or, in the
case of potential teaching assistants, the ITA Exam.
ALI tuition units are charged at the regular university rate.
Entering students who need English language classes should be
aware that the ALI course requirements will likely increase the
overall cost of their degree program. ALI classes can normally be
taken concurrently with a student's other university classes and
must be completed at the earliest opportunity.
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Graduate and Professional Education
Admission
Office of Graduate Admission
gradadm.usc.edu
At the graduate level, admission to graduate and professional
programs is granted by the dean of the school conferring the
degree. However, only a letter from the university's Office of
Graduate Admission constitutes an official offer of admission;
correspondence with department chairs, program directors or
individual faculty members does not constitute admission.
The University of Southern California admits qualified
individuals as students regardless of race, color, religion, gender,
national origin, age, handicap, sexual orientation or status as a
disabled veteran. After admission, students are accorded equal
rights to participate in all university-sponsored programs and
activities. The university does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual
orientation or status as a disabled veteran in the administration of
its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletics
and other student activities.
Application
The USC Application for Graduate Admission (usc.liaisoncas.
com) should be used by all applicants to all programs except law,
medicine, the physician assistant program, and some professional
programs in the schools of dentistry and pharmacy, and the
divisions of physical therapy, occupational therapy and public
health. Applicants should confirm application requirements with
their intended school or academic program before application
submission.
Online Graduate Programs
Admission to the University of Southern California's online
graduate programs is offered to candidates meeting the
university's admission standards. USC's online programs are
designed to be as rigorous and comprehensive as their traditional
on-campus counterparts. Official offers of admission to some of
our online programs may come directly from the administering
school or college.
Prospective online program students must submit an application
for admission, application fee, official academic records and
supplemental documents as required by their intended program.
Applicants are encouraged to contact the department, program or
school to which they are applying for further program information
and additional requirements.
Applicants with Disabilities
The University of Southern California is committed to full
compliance with the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). As
part of the implementation of this law, the university will continue
to provide reasonable accommodation for academically qualified
students with disabilities so that they can participate fully in the
university's educational programs and activities. Although USC is
not required by law to change the "fundamental nature or essential
curricular components of its programs in order to accommodate
the needs of students with disabilities," the university will
provide reasonable academic accommodation. It is the specific
responsibility of the university administration and all faculty serving
in a teaching capacity to ensure the university's compliance with
this policy.
The general definition of a student with a disability is any person
who has "a physical or mental impairment which substantially
limits one or more of such person's major life activities," and any
person who has "a history of, or is regarded as having, such an
impairment." Reasonable accommodations are determined for
students based on an interactive review process, incorporating
the student's self-report, supporting documentation according to
the university's documentation guidelines, requirements of the
student's program of study and university policies.
Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) is designated
by the university as the unit responsible for ensuring equal access
in compliance with state and federal disability law as it relates to
students with disabilities. OSAS serves undergraduate, graduate
and professional students; on-ground and on-line students; and
students in all credit-granting programs of study.
For information about how to connect with OSAS, as well as
information about the university's documentation guidelines,
please visit our website: osas.usc.edu.
Retention of Records and All Application
Documents
All documents and credentials submitted to the Office of
Admission, at the time of application and thereafter, become the
property of the university and cannot be returned to the student or
duplicated for any purpose.
Continuing Registration Requirement
The minimum standard for graduate admission is a U.S.
bachelor's degree or its equivalent (as determined by the USC
Office of Admissions), from a regionally accredited institution (for
schools located in the United States) or an institution officially
recognized by the ministry of education of the country in which it
is located. The Graduate School and some professional schools
have additional minimum requirements for applicants seeking
degrees. Continuing registration requirement status is applied
to those students who have not yet met all requirements for
admission to full graduate status or who have not filed all relevant
documents with the appropriate school or department. Students
admitted in this status must satisfy their continuing registration
requirements by the end of the first term of enrollment, or within
the time period deemed appropriate by the department, program
or Office of Degree Progress. Students who fail to satisfy their
continuing registration requirement within the allotted time frame
will not be allowed to register for classes for future terms.
Students who have continuing registration requirement holds on
their records for academic standards must complete a stipulated
number of units of graduate-level course work with no grade below
a B in each class and must be recommended for regular admission
by a faculty committee. Once those academic requirements have
been met within the stipulated term period, the department chair
or program director can authorize registration for the following
semester. If these requirements are not met, the student may be
dismissed from the program.
Individual exceptions must be approved by the dean of the
degree-conferring unit.
Doctoral Admission with Advanced
Standing
Some doctoral programs at USC admit students with Advanced
Standing (entry with an appropriate completed graduate degree
from an accredited institution).
A minimum of 36 units of course work beyond the first graduate
degree, exclusive of 794 Doctoral Dissertation preparation, is
required for the doctoral degree if students are admitted with
Advanced Standing. Additional course work may be required if
deemed necessary by the student's faculty. See the Course Work
Taken Elsewhere page.
Admission to Candidacy
Admission to graduate study does not imply admission to
candidacy for an advanced degree and gives no right or claim to
be so admitted. Candidacy is determined after the student has
demonstrated the ability to do graduate work with originality and
independence at USC.
University Faculty
Faculty members shall not be candidates for degrees in the
same schools in which they have appointments. In addition,
assistant professors on the tenure track should not simultaneously
be candidates for degrees anywhere at the university. Individual
exceptions to either of these policies may be made only with the
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approval of the provost or of a special committee appointed by
the president. Individual exceptions are considered when the
individual submits a request for tuition waiver, which is forwarded
for approval to the vice provost for faculty affairs. The form should
be accompanied by a memo from the dean of the school. For
candidacy within the same school, the dean's memo explains how
conflict of interest issues will be dealt with; for assistant professors
on the tenure-track, the memo explains how pursuit of the degree
will advance rather than detract from meeting the criteria for
tenure.
The Graduate School
The Graduate School establishes and monitors the standards
under which students are admitted for study in all graduate degree
programs except the Doctor of Dental Surgery, Juris Doctor and
Doctor of Medicine. An alphabetical listing of degree programs
by school can be found under Programs, Minors and Certificates.
Details of admission standards are provided in the Graduate
School section of this catalogue and in the sections of schools and
departments providing the curricula for these programs.
Professional Master's and Doctoral Degrees
Details of admission standards to professional degrees
available at USC are detailed in appropriate school listings as well
as on the Office of Graduate Admission website .
Dual Degree Programs
Applicants wishing to pursue a dual degree program offered by
the university must apply separately to each degree program, meet
the admission requirements of each school, and be admitted by
both academic units. Applicants to a professional degree program
should consult the particular school for information on admission
requirements and programs of study.
Admission of International Students
The University of Southern California has an outstanding record
of commitment to international education. From a small presence
during our early history, our international enrollment grew to an
average of 200 students by the 1930s. After declining international
enrollments in the years surrounding World War II, USC began
rebuilding and in 1951 began providing specialized admission
services to international students. By 1964, more than 1,000
international students were enrolled at USC. Today, the Office of
Graduate Admission serves thousands of prospective students
each year by providing both general and specialized information
and by maintaining the expertise necessary to evaluate academic
records from the various educational systems around the world.
The Office of Graduate Admission also issues the required
certificates of eligibility (I-20 or DS-2019) to admitted students
who certify to attend USC so that they can apply for a student or
scholar visa to enter the United States.
At USC, an international student is an individual of foreign
nationality who will be entering or has already entered the United
States with a non-immigrant student visa. However, students
already residing in the United States and holding other non-
immigrant visas (such as E2, H1 or L2) are also international
students and are eligible to pursue their degrees at USC on these
visas, if they so choose. International students do not qualify for
need-based financial aid. U.S. permanent residents, naturalized
U.S. citizens and U.S. citizens residing abroad and attending
school outside the United States are not considered to be
international students and are eligible for need-based financial aid.
Graduate Admission
Graduate applicants are required to submit the following
documents:
1. Application for Admission;
2. Application fee paid by credit card; the fee is non-refundable
and cannot be deferred;
3. Official scores of standardized exams as required by your
program. All scores must be sent electronically by the testing
agency. International students only: English-proficiency
scores per university-wide English proficiency requirements.
All scores must be sent to USC electronically by the testing
agency;
4. One official copy of academic records from every
postsecondary institution attended. If your studies were
conducted in a language other than English, you must
provide records in the original language of instruction, along
with certified English translation;
5. International students only: Documented evidence of financial
support with a passport copy (see financial guarantee
statement); and
6. Letters of recommendation, as per the guidelines provided by
the intended program of study.
Additional information may be required by the academic
departments. General admission guidelines are available by
country on the USC Graduate Admission website and subject to
change without prior notice.
English Language Requirements
Academic success at USC is strongly dependent upon the
ability to communicate in English. Listening, speaking, reading and
writing proficiency must be well developed in order to assimilate
large amounts of difficult material under limited time conditions
with full comprehension. Such proficiency is much greater than
that required for ordinary everyday living. Therefore, every effort
should be made to acquire English proficiency prior to entering the
university.
Admitted international students whose first language is not
English are normally required to take the International Student
English Examination (ISE Exam) before the beginning of the first
term of study. The examination results determine whether students
must take additional English for academic purposes course work.
International students who meet one of the following conditions
may be exempt from taking the ISE Exam:
• International students who have completed their entire
bachelor's degree at regionally accredited universities
located in the United States or in another country in which
English is both the language of instruction and the only
official language of the country.
• Applicants to master's programs who have attained an
Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 90, with no less than
20 on each sub-score; or an IELTS score of 6.5, with no less
than 6 on each band score.
• PhD and undergraduate applicants who have achieved an
Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 100 with no less than
20 on each sub-score; or an IELTS score of 7, with no less
than 6 on each band score.
USC does not accept "superscores" or TOEFL "MyBest scores."
Some departments may have higher requirements for English
proficiency than what is listed above. USC must receive scores
electronically from the testing service for them to be considered
official. Photocopies or paper copies of scores are not acceptable.
Scores must be received no later than the Friday before classes
begin. Students should contact the American Language Institute
(ALI) Office before the deadline to confirm that their scores have
been received.
American Language Institute
Any matriculated student who has not demonstrated adequate
English proficiency based on the criteria outlined above will be
required to enroll in courses at the American Language Institute
(ALI) at USC. The ALI provides courses designed to improve an
international student's oral and written communication skills in
English. The extent to which a student may be required to take
courses at the ALI is determined by his or her performance on the
International Student English Examination (ISE Exam) or, in the
case of potential teaching assistants, the ITA Exam.
ALI tuition units are charged at the regular university rate.
Entering students who need English language classes should be
aware that the ALI course requirements will likely increase the
overall cost of their degree program. ALI classes can normally be
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taken concurrently with a student's other university classes and
must be completed at the earliest opportunity.
Teaching Assistantships
All new teaching assistants (TAs) for whom English is a second
language must demonstrate their competence in spoken English
before assuming classroom or laboratory duties. Normally, new
international teaching assistants (ITAs) demonstrate their English
proficiency by taking the ITA Exam, administered by the American
Language Institute (ALI) located on the USC University Park
Campus.
The exam must be taken before assuming classroom or
laboratory duties and no later than the first day of classes. The ITA
exam is graded on a scale of 1 to 7. Those who achieve a score of
6 or higher are cleared for classroom duties and have no English
oral skills requirement. Those who score 5 or 5.5 are cleared for
classroom duties, but are required to enroll in an English language
course through the ALI while performing their ITA responsibilities.
Those who score below 5 on the exam are not cleared for
classroom duties. These students are normally required to enroll in
an English language course offered by ALI until adequate English
proficiency is obtained. For more information, call (213) 740-0079
or visit ALI's website at ali.usc.edu.
Those ITAs denied clearance for teaching duties may have
their offer of graduate assistantship withdrawn or alternative
responsibilities assigned. An ITA who is denied clearance to teach
should immediately seek assistance from the chair of the ITA's
home department or program director.
Financial Guarantee Statement
The United States government requires all international
applicants to provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living
expenses before a formal letter of admission or the forms needed
for obtaining a visa will be issued. International students are
also required to have health and accident insurance. The cost of
university-provided insurance will be added to the student's fees
unless the student presents proof of adequate coverage.
Each applicant relying on personal or family support must
furnish, at the time of application, an official financial-guarantee
letter — preferably a bank letter — indicating the sponsor's name
and address and verifying the ability to pay the annual cost in
education-related expenses for the first academic year. This
document must be verified by a bank seal. It is not necessary to
show proof of funding in order to be considered for admission to
USC. However, it is crucial for students to submit their financial-
guarantee letters once they have submitted their applications in
order to expedite the issuance of the I-20/DS-2019 in the timeliest
manner possible, if they are admitted to the university.
Prospective doctoral students do not need to submit a financial-
guarantee letter since most admitted students will be fully funded
by the university. Applicants whose financial support will come
from their home governments or other official agencies (e.g.,
AMIDEAST, IIE, etc.) must submit similarly appropriate documents
from their sponsors.
International students cannot meet the full amount of their
educational expenses by working while in the United States. The
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) only allows
students to work on and off-campus under limited circumstances,
and employment opportunities are further limited by legislation that
requires holders of student visas to be full-time students.
Additionally, all international students must submit a copy of a
valid passport.
Official Document to Enter the United States
The Office of Admission will issue the I-20 (for the F-1 visa)
or DS-2019 (for the J-1 visa), whichever is appropriate, for the
student to apply for the visa required to enter the United States.
Any students entering the United States by means of these
documents issued by USC must register for the semester to which
they are admitted to USC.
Registration Requirements for International
Students
International students must maintain full-time student status
as determined by the Office of International Services and the
departmental adviser. Such students are not eligible to be
considered students without formal registration and are in violation
of immigration laws when not properly registered. International
students are also restricted in terms of the number of online
courses they can apply to full-time enrollment. Any international
student having questions about registration requirements should
consult the Office of International Services, Royal Street Parking
Structure, Suite 101.
Admission Evaluations
Admission evaluations for international students are completed
by the Office of Admission. Official transcripts for all previous
academic work completed should be directed to the Office of
Admission. Evaluations by credential evaluations services/
companies are not accepted.
Tuition and Fees (Estimated), Fall 2022
Tuition is payable in advance unless special arrangements
are made for deferred payments as described below. Tuition is
the same for resident and nonresident students. Registration is
completed when the bill has been settled.
Auditors pay the regular tuition rate. Auditors are not required
to participate in class exercises (discussions and examinations);
they receive no grades or credit and there is no transcript notation
of courses taken for audit. An instructor, dean or university officer
may give permission to an individual to attend a class as a guest.
Otherwise, attendance in class is limited to enrolled students.
These fees are based upon current information available at the
time of publication and are subject to possible later change. The
university reserves the right to change without notice any of the
terms stated herein.
The number of units for which tuition is charged is indicated by
the unit number below the title of each course listed in the Courses
of Instruction.
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Tuition (semester)
Undergraduate Students
(12–18 units) $31,734.00
unit basis 2,137.00
Graduate Students
(15–18 units) 31,734.00
unit basis 2,137.00
Advanced Dentistry (per trimester) 36,496.00
Dentistry (per trimester)
Session 006 36,108.00
Special Dental International Students
(per trimester) Session 008 36,108.00
Engineering Graduate units (500 level and above)
unit basis 2,309.00
Law (Juris Doctor)
flat fee basis (12–17 units) 36,399.00
unit basis 2,815.00
Medicine Session 003
flat fee basis 34,580.00
Master of Physician Assistant Practice
flat fee basis 31,734.00
Pharmacy Session 004, 005
flat fee basis (15–18 units) 31,209.00
unit basis 2,080.00
Graduate Cinema Session 037
unit basis (no flat fee) 2,272.00
Business Graduate (500-level and above)
unit basis 2,197.00
Doctor of Physical Therapy
full year for year 1 and 2 students 77,315.00
partial year for year 3 students 46,711.00
Entry-Level Doctorate in Occupational Therapy
per trimester 29,918.00
Master of Real Estate Development Session 038
flat fee basis (16-18 units) 37,920.00
unit basis 2,370.00
Mandatory Fees (Estimated)
Application Fee, undergraduate (not refundable) 85.00
Application Fee, graduate applicants (not refundable)* 90.00
*Please note that professional programs have their own separate fees (e.g. MD, JD, DDS, PharmD)
Commitment Deposit, undergraduate (not refundable but applicable to tuition and fees) 300.00
Commitment Deposit, graduate and professional (not refundable but applicable to tuition and fees): Students
should consult their academic department or school.
Orientation Fee
New Student Fee (undergraduate) 450.00
New Student Fee (graduate) 55.00
Student Health Center Fee (for students with a load of 6 units or more)
Fall 2022 527.00
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Student Programming Fee, per semester
Undergraduate 64.00
Graduate (UPC, HSC and nearby campuses) 40.00
Graduate (All other locations and online) 20.00
Norman H. Topping Student Aid Fund, per semester, all students 8.00
Special Fees (Estimated)
Parking Fees: please visit the Transportation website at usc.edu/parking.
Deferment Service Charge
Thirty days deferments are granted for up to $2,000 of the tuition balance. There is a non-refundable service charge of 5 percent of the
deferred amount due at the time the deferment is granted, in addition to the remaining billing balance.
Student Identification Card (USCard)
Replacement with mag stripe 25.00
Replacement with Prox contactless 25.00
Required of all students. Students must be registered before a card is issued. The fee may be assessed for each replacement of
identification card.
Laboratory Fees 5.00 – 500.00
For certain laboratory courses in architecture, biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, fine arts, geological sciences, physical
education and physics. These fees are variable, and students should consult the current Schedule of Classes for amount of individual
fees.
Dissertation Fee 115.00
For USC Libraries and Graduate School processing of doctoral dissertation
Thesis Fee 105.00
For USC Libraries and Graduate School processing of master's thesis
Application for re-entry no charge
Special Subject Examination (one-half per-unit rate regardless of units per course) 1,068.50
Late articulation petition fee 150.00
Articulation of international undergraduate transfer credit 205.00
Diploma reissue fee 125.00
Petition processing fee for registration exceptions 150.00
Late Registration and Late Settlement Fees
First week 100.00
Second week 100.00
Third week 100.00
Registration is not permitted after the third week of classes.
Finance Charges
The university currently assesses a monthly finance charge
on all past due balances. The current annual rate is 12 percent,
subject to change.
Returned Items
A "returned check charge" of $25 is assessed for a check or
electronic fund transfer returned by the bank for any reason. If
a bank card transaction is disallowed by the bank, the student
account will be subject to a $25 returned item charge. Under
California Civil Code #1719, a returned check may create a liability
for treble (three times) the amount owed, but not less than $100.
Any returned items will void outstanding deferments, making
all balances due in full immediately. The university may, at its
option, cancel enrollment of any student whose check is returned
unpaid by the bank. If the university does not exercise this option,
the student will be responsible for all tuition and fees incurred.
Students and parents should be aware that non-local checks may
be held by the bank for the maximum time allowed by law. Please
allow ample time for non-local funds to be made available by the
date payment is due.
Obligation for Payment
Request for registration constitutes a legal financial obligation
to which students will be held liable if they do not follow the proper
procedure to change or cancel their registration through the Office
of Academic Records and Registrar. They must receive written
confirmation (the Registration Confirmation form) to verify that their
requested change has been made.
By registering, students agree to be held responsible for all
tuition and fees, including, but not limited to, payments denied by
student loan lenders, agencies of the United States government,
and agencies of foreign governments.
Tuition and fees for all students, including those whose tuition
has been deferred, become an obligation in accordance with the
provisions of the Withdrawal Refund Policy as follows: Tuition
and fees are due, in full, by the settlement deadline. Failure to
make payments of any indebtedness to the university when due,
including but not limited to tuition, deferred tuition, housing, student
loans, lab fees and USCard, is considered sufficient cause, until
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the debt is settled with the university to (1) bar the student from
classes and examinations; (2) withhold diploma or scholastic
certificate; (3) bar the student from university housing; (4) suspend
all university services and privileges; (5) suspend the student;
(6) assign the student to a collection agency (students who have
been assigned to an outside collection agency may be required
to pay in advance for all future registrations and services); and
(7) report the student to a credit bureau. This policy will be equally
enforced against debts discharged through bankruptcy.
Permission to cancel enrollment does not constitute, nor shall it
be construed as, a waiver by the university of a student's financial
obligation. Students are still responsible for all outstanding debts
and contracts with the university. Furthermore, students must
not have any delinquent financial obligations to USC at the time
classes begin or their registration may be revoked.
For additional information please contact the Cashier's Office,
Student Union 106 (STU 106), (213) 740-7471.
Methods of Payment
You may pay your bill online (sfs.usc.edu/epay), by mail or in
person. If you are paying by mail, be sure to mail your payment
early enough for the university to receive it by the settlement
deadline.
USCe.pay allows you to manage your student account online.
You can pay your tuition and fees by transferring funds from your
savings or checking account (via ACH) or by wire. As of July
1, 2020, USC will no longer accept credit cards for payment of
tuition and fees. You can also print e-receipts and view your billing
statements or current account information. In addition, you can
set up individual guest user access for parents or anyone else
you choose so they can make payments on your account. For
more information, visit sfs.usc.edu/epay. To access your USCe.
pay account, log in to myUSC (my.usc.edu) and select the USCe.
pay link.
In fall and spring semesters, USC offers a monthly payment
plan. An application must be made each term after the student has
registered for classes but before the settlement deadline.
More detailed information about student accounts, settlement
options and procedures is available at sfs.usc.edu.
Financial Aid
Financial aid recipients will have most of their available
financial aid (such as scholarships, grants, loans and graduate
assistantship tuition awards) applied to their university accounts
each semester as direct credits against their total charges. Federal
and state aid such as Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants, Cal Grants, Direct Loans and Direct PLUS
Loans are applied only to tuition, mandatory fees, room and board
unless the student has completed a Title IV Charges and Credit
Balance Authorization to grant permission to apply these funds
to other charges. Federal and state aid will disburse to student
accounts no sooner than 10 days before the first day of classes for
the term. Students must complete all application steps and meet
all disbursement requirements before funds will be applied to their
accounts. For details, visit financialaid.usc.edu.
Federal Work-Study awards are not reflected as credits on a
student's account. These awards are earned through employment,
either on-campus or with an approved off-campus employer. The
student is paid by check or direct deposit bi-weekly for hours
worked and may earn up to the amount of the Federal Work-Study
award under the program.
Billing Information
Monthly billing notifications on all active student accounts are
emailed to the student's official USC email address (ends in
@usc.edu) and to their designated guest users. USC does not
mail printed statements to currently enrolled students.
In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act, university representatives will not disclose any specific
information about a student's account to any third party (including
family members) without the student's permission. Information
about granting permission is available on the Student Financial
Services website for parents and sponsors (sfs.usc.edu/epay/).
Although the university will accept payments from a third party,
the student is responsible for settling all debts to the university by
the appropriate deadlines.
Refund of Tuition
Tuition is refundable entirely at the discretion of the university.
Refunds will be computed as of the date on which a student
cancels or drops a course through the Registration Department.
Request for a refund must be made to the Cashier's Office.
Refunds for the regular/general 12- to 15-week fall or spring
session are made through the end of the third week of classes (the
refund deadline). No refunds are issued for classes canceled after
the deadline.
If you are enrolled in any other fall or spring session, or if
you are enrolled in the summer, a different refund deadline may
apply. Verify the refund deadline for a specific course on the USC
Schedule of Classes by clicking the calendar icon that appears
next to the course.
If students receive Title IV federal financial aid funds (Pell
Grant, SEOG, Federal Direct Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Loan)
and withdraw from all classes after the refund deadline, they may
be required to return any "unearned" Title IV federal financial
aid, even if they are not entitled to a refund of tuition. Refer to
Withdrawal Implications for Recipients of Financial Aid for more
information.
Tuition Refund Insurance
Elective insurance is available that provides full coverage for
tuition and mandatory fees (excluding health insurance) for you if
you suffer a serious illness or accident that makes it necessary for
you to leave the university before the semester is completed.
What Tuition Refund Insurance Covers
The insurance covers 85 percent of the tuition and mandatory
fees (excluding the student health insurance fee) for the semester
if a student withdraws from all classes due to injury, sickness or
psychological and emotional conditions (as defined in the DSM-IV
manual). The plan covers payments made directly by the student,
loans, grants or scholarships. USC grants and scholarships are
credited back to the university and loans may be credited back to
the lender as determined by the Financial Aid Office.
By default, at the time you register, Web Registration will enroll
you in Tuition Refund Insurance. This will result in a charge equal
to approximately .30 of 1 percent of your tuition and mandatory
fees, which will be added to your student account.
If you wish to remove Tuition Refund Insurance after you
have registered, you may make the change on Web Registration
by clicking the Tuition Refund Insurance tab and following the
prompts. You may decline tuition refund insurance up until the end
of week three (session 001) or the 20 percent mark of all other
sessions in the fall or spring semester. For all summer sessions,
the deadline is the 80 percent mark of session 050, deadline to
drop with a mark of W.
The Tuition Refund Plan is offered through a private insurance
carrier, A.W.G. Dewars, Inc. (collegerefund.com/usc). Further
information and application brochures are available from the
Cashier's Office and Academic Records and Registrar. Information
is also available online at arr.usc.edu/registration-counseling/
registration/usc-tuition-refund-insurance-program/.
Exit Loan Counseling
All students who borrowed a Direct Loan or Direct Graduate
PLUS Loan must complete exit loan counseling when they
graduate, withdraw or are no longer enrolled at least half time.
Exit loan counseling is a two-part requirement for borrowers of
Direct and/or Direct Graduate PLUS loans. First, a borrower
must complete online exit loan counseling at iGrad. This online
process takes about 30 minutes. Second, a borrower must also
participate in an in-person exit loan counseling information session
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or an exit loan counseling webinar. Information and schedules for
in-person exit loan counseling and webinars is available online at
financialaid.usc.edu at the end of each semester.
Students who have borrowed a Health Professions Student
Loan, Loans for Disadvantaged Students, Primary Care Loan
or any academic loan, must complete an online session at
heartlandecsi.com. Diplomas and transcripts will not be released if
the student does not complete exit loan counseling.
Tuition Assistance Benefits
The Tuition Assistance Benefits program provides USC tuition
payments for eligible faculty and staff, their spouses or registered
domestic partners, and their children who are admitted in a USC
degree program. The amount of tuition payment varies based
on who is taking the class, the type of class and the maximum
number of units eligible for assistance. Tuition assistance is limited
to tuition and does not apply to any fees or books.
An employee must be eligible for tuition assistance (i.e.,
met any waiting period requirement, etc.) on or before the first
day of classes and on or after the last day of the semester (for
summer, it is the end of the semester not the end of the individual
sessions) for which application is made. The academic calendar
for each semester will provide the official start and end dates
for all semesters. Please see the Tuition Assistance Benefit
Program Document for complete information regarding eligibility
and requirements, available online at USC Benefits – Tuition
Assistance (employees.usc.edu/tuition-assistance-employees/)
for a complete definition of who is tuition benefits eligible and
requirements.
A student who receives tuition assistance is responsible for
payment of a prorated amount of tuition assistance if a post-
registration audit reveals any change in employment status of
the employee or sponsoring employee during the semester(s)
or tuition assistance has been applied to any ineligible tuition or
fees or the maximum allowed units of tuition assistance has been
exceeded.
Applications for tuition assistance are available online in the
tuition benefits section of the USC Benefits website.
General information about the tax liability for certain types of
tuition assistance is included in the Tuition Assistance Benefit
Program Document on the USC Benefits website. Questions
regarding tax liability should be directed to the USC Payroll Office.
For additional information on tuition assistance, contact the HR
Service Center at (213) 821-8100 or email [email protected].
Tuition assistance eligibility does not guarantee the student
admission to the university. The prospective student must apply for
university admission through the USC Admission Office.
Only those USC classes that can be applied to the student's
degree at USC are eligible for Tuition Assistance Benefits. Special
education programs, seminars, certificate programs and other
classes not listed in the USC Catalogue are not eligible for tuition
assistance.
Cancellations
Defined as complete withdrawal from the semester or session,
cancellation refunds are computed based on the date the
application to cancel enrollment is presented to the Registration
Department.
Drops
Drops are defined as withdrawal from one class or part of
registration. The refund schedule applies as of the date the drop is
processed by the Registration Department.
This policy is enforced equally for settled and unsettled
registrations.
Financing Alternatives
Prepayment Program (PP)
This option offers individuals the opportunity to stabilize tuition
costs by avoiding future tuition increases. Under this plan, the
university will accept the prepayment of the student's total USC
tuition plus mandatory fees at the current tuition rate for up to
the next four or five years. The student must be admitted to the
university before establishing a prepayment account. For further
information, contact Student Financial Services at (213) 740-4077
or visit our website at sfs.usc.edu.
USC Payment Plan
The USC Payment Plan, administered by Student Financial
Services, enables students and parents to pay tuition, fees and
university housing and meal plan charges in monthly installments
rather than in a single payment at the beginning of each semester.
Payments are made over a five-month period for each semester,
beginning August 1 for the fall semester and January 1 for the
spring semester, and may be made only by electronic transfer. A
trimester plan is offered for a few programs. For more information,
visit our website at sfs.usc.edu. There is a small application fee
each semester. The student must be in good financial standing at
the university. For further information, contact Student Financial
Services, (213) 740-4077 or by email at [email protected].
Application must be made on USCe.pay. For more information,
please visit our website at sfs.usc.edu.
Private and Federal Financing
USC participates in a number of long-term financing options that
are available to all families regardless of eligibility for scholarships
or financial aid. These programs can relieve students' and families'
cash-flow restrictions and enable them to meet their expected
contributions for the cost of college education. Information about
loan programs is available online at financialaid.usc.edu or at the
USC Financial Aid Office.
Student Health Insurance
Please see studenthealth.usc.edu/fees-deadlines/ for
information on the USC Student Health services available through
the Student Health Fee (SHF) and the coverage provided through
the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP).
Eligible Veterans and Dependents
Eligible veterans and dependents must register with the
Veterans Certification Office each semester in order to claim GI
Bill® or Vocational Rehabilitation benefits. Students may expect an
educational allowance based only on courses that are a legitimate
part of the degree program approved for veterans. The student
must notify the Veterans Certification Office immediately upon any
change of major or leave of absence. In addition, direct monthly
enrollment verification with the VA is now required via text or email
for Post 9/11 GI Bill® recipients who receive MHA and/or kicker
payments.
The Veterans Certification Office is located in John Hubbard
Hall, Room 101, (213) 740-4619, [email protected]. Virtual meetings
are available here.
For more information, visit usc.edu/va.
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
(NROTC)
The Department of Naval Science courses are structured
primarily to meet commissioning requirements of the Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program but are open
to all undergraduate students. The NROTC program eventually
leads to a commission as an officer in the United States Navy or
the United States Marine Corps. Most USC NROTC midshipmen
apply and compete for a national scholarship while seniors in high
school. The scholarship pays full tuition, fees, a book stipend and
a $250 to $400 monthly subsistence stipend to help defray living
expenses, or students may elect to take a scholarship toward room
and board. The university also provides an additional automatic
scholarship of $4,000 per year for each NROTC scholarship
recipient to help pay for living expenses. Students who directly
enroll in the NROTC college program may compete for Navy/
Marine Corps scholarships. College program students receive
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no NROTC financial aid until they are selected for a scholarship,
are qualified medically, and meet naval body composition and
fitness standards. College program students who are not selected
for a scholarship may apply for advanced standing status during
their sophomore year, which enables them to continue in the
program and makes them eligible to receive a subsistence stipend
beginning in their junior year. Upon completion of the bachelor's
degree and NROTC requirements, scholarship and advanced
standing students are commissioned as active duty Ensigns in the
U.S. Navy or as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps, and
proceed to advanced training in the Navy Officer communities of
aviation, submarines, surface ships, and naval special warfare or
Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialties such as aviation,
infantry, intelligence, artillery, etc. For specific information, contact
the Department of Naval Science at (213) 740-2663 or visit usc.
edu/dept/nrotc.
Air Force Reserve Officer Training
Corps (AFROTC)
The Department of Aerospace Studies and the Air Force
Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is open to all students
pursuing a degree at USC. The open enrollment classes consist
of one hour of academics for AEST 100a, AEST 100b and AEST
200a, AEST 200b, and three hours of academics for AEST
300a, AEST 300b and AEST 400a, AEST 400b. Additionally, the
Department of Aerospace Studies offers Leadership Laboratory
courses. Prerequisites to enroll in Leadership Laboratory include
enrollment in at least one AEST course, and application to become
an AFROTC cadet. Students who are dual-enrolled as AFROTC
cadets receive competitive opportunities to travel to various
leadership symposia and professional development opportunities
during the academic year and over the summer. AFROTC offers a
variety of scholarships, some of which pay the full cost of tuition,
books and fees. AFROTC cadets on scholarship and all juniors
and seniors receive a monthly tax-free stipend. The university
also provides an additional automatic scholarship of $4,000
per year for each AFROTC scholarship recipient to help pay for
living expenses. The USC Price School of Public Policy offers
an additional scholarship for one unit in excess of 18 units per
semester. Upon successful completion of AFROTC academic
classes and leadership laboratories, students will qualify for a
commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force
or United States Space Force. For more information, you may visit
our website at priceschool.usc.edu/programs/afrotc/ or contact
the Department of Aerospace Studies (AFROTC) by email at
[email protected] or by phone at (213) 740-2670.
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
(AROTC)
The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps is one of the most
demanding and successful leadership programs in the country
focused on educating, training, and commissioning leaders of
character for the Army. Courses take place both in the classroom
and in the field throughout the academic year. Students also
have opportunities to attend additional summer programs, such
as Airborne or Air Assault School as well as a myriad Army
internships. Upon completion, an Army ROTC graduate earns
the rank of Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. The USC Army
ROTC program has a limited number of full-tuition scholarships
for full-time undergraduate and graduate students. Scholarships
are offered on a competitive basis to all qualified applicants and
are not based on financial need. Students (cadets) may compete
for either Active or Reserve Component Duty. All scholarship and
contracted cadets receive a monthly stipend of $450 and a book
stipend per semester. The university also provides an additional
$4,000 scholarship per year for each AROTC scholarship recipient
to offset living expenses. All enrolled cadets receive uniforms,
military science textbooks, and any other required items from
the department. The AROTC program runs concurrent with
all academic majors offered by the university. Prior to degree
completion, students will choose from 17 Army officer career fields.
Veterans, Reservists, National Guard members, and AROTC
Basic Camp graduates qualify for advanced placement. For further
information, visit the Army ROTC office located in the Physical
Education Building, Room 110, call (213) 740-1850 or visit the
website at uscrotc.com and follow our Instagram at usc_army_rotc.
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Academic Calendar
Fall Semester 2022
68 instructional days
Open Registration Mon-Fri August 15-19
Move-In Wed August 17
Classes Begin Mon August 22
Labor Day Mon September 5
Fall Recess Thu-Fri October 13-14
Veterans Day Fri November 11
Thanksgiving Holiday Wed-Sun November 23 – November 27
Classes End Fri December 2
Study Days Sat-Tue December 3-6
Exams Wed-Wed December 7-14
Winter Recess Thu-Sun December 15 – January 8
Spring Semester 2023
69 instructional days
Open Registration Thu-Fri January 5-6
Classes Begin Mon January 9
Martin Luther King’s Birthday Mon January 16
President’s Day Mon February 20
Spring Recess Sun-Sun March 12-19
Classes End Fri April 28
Study Days Sat-Tue April 29 – May 2
Exams Wed-Wed May 3-10
Commencement Fri May 12
Summer Session 2023
57 instructional days
Registration Mon-Tue May 15-16
Classes Begin Wed May 17
Memorial Day Mon May 29
Juneteenth Mon June 19
Independence Day Mon-Tue July 3-4
Classes End Tue August 8
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Academic and University Policies
Students are expected to be familiar with university policies and to monitor their own academic progress. They should keep all records of
official grades earned, degree requirements met, transfer credits accepted and actions taken on requests for substitutions or exceptions to
university policies and regulations.
Registration
Registration Procedures and Current
Course Offerings
The fall, spring and summer issues of the Schedule of Classes
contain details describing registration procedures, including the
Web registration process, courses offered, course descriptions,
faculty listings, time and meeting place of classes, textbook
information and course syllabi. The Schedule of Classes is
available before registration each semester at classes.usc.edu.
It is recommended that students register as early as possible
using Web registration to save time and avoid inconvenience.
Registration appointment times and permit to register information
are available to continuing students in October and March at
my.usc.edu and on OASIS. New students will receive their permits
to register during their orientation sessions. Open registration for
all students continues the week prior to the start of the semester.
Enrollment Status
A student is considered to be enrolled full time in a semester
when the student has registered for 12 or more units as an
undergraduate student, 8 or more units as a master's level
student or 6 or more units as a doctoral level student. All
graduate assistants are classified as full-time students during the
semester(s) of their appointments as long as they are enrolled for
the minimum units required for their assistantship. The number
of courses for which a student has registered is not a basis for
determining full-time enrollment status. Units taken for audit do not
apply to enrollment status calculation. Other than units, there are
additional circumstances that confer full-time enrollment status.
These include enrollment in: 594 Master's Thesis, 794 Doctoral
Dissertation, Studies for the Qualifying Examination (GRSC 800a,
800b, 800z) and GRSC 810 Studies for Master's Examination,
as well as other courses and programs as determined by the
Registrar of Academic Records and Registrar. Verification of
student enrollment status is provided by the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar (JHH Lobby), arr.usc.edu. Third-party
requests for degree and enrollment information are provided
by National Student Clearinghouse, studentclearinghouse.org.
Enrolled students can also obtain verification on OASIS by logging
in to my.usc.edu, clicking on OASIS and clicking on Record
Ordering Services.
Extra Units
A normal academic load is 16 units per semester for
undergraduate students and 8 units (500-level) for graduate
students. The university recommends that undergraduate
students register for no more than 18 units and graduate students
for no more than 16 units. Registering for more than 18 units
for undergraduate students will result in an additional charge
equivalent to the number of units beyond 18 times the per-unit
rate published on the Tuition and Fees page. Permission to enroll
in more than 20 units requires approval from the school or home
department of the student's major.
Declaration of Major
All undergraduate students must record their primary major by
the start of their junior year (on completion of 64 semester units).
All major and minor programs of study should be recorded three
semesters before the intended graduation date. Undergraduate
academic departments can also perform changes of major for their
students.
Declaration of Minor
Application for a minor must be made to the department or
professional school offering the minor.
Classification and Numbering of
Courses
The first digit of the course number indicates the year level of
the course: 000 — non-credit preparatory courses, 100 — first
undergraduate year, 200 — second undergraduate year, 300 —
third and fourth undergraduate years without graduate credit,
400 — third and fourth undergraduate years with graduate credit
for graduate students, 500 — first graduate year, 600 — second
graduate year, 700 — third graduate year.
Upper-division courses (300- and 400-level courses) are
generally more sophisticated and demanding. They may have
prerequisites or other limitations on enrollment and are usually
intended for students who have some preparation, either in the
specific discipline or more generally in academic study. They tend
to concentrate more narrowly and intensively in scope than lower-
division courses in the same discipline.
The lowercase letters ab, abcd, etc., indicate the semesters
of a course more than one semester in length. In such courses
the a semester is prerequisite to the b semester, and so on.
Courses designated g are available for general education credit.
Courses designated w offer general education credit for Global
Perspectives in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World.
Courses designated p offer general education credit for Global
Perspectives in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations.
Courses designated m for multiculturalism meet the diversity
requirement. Capital L indicates that all or part of the work is
supervised laboratory or other work. Courses designated x are
restricted in some manner. The course description will specify
the restriction. Courses designated with a z are for repeated
registrations for 0 credit, for which 2 units of tuition are charged.
The following are not available for graduate credit: courses
numbered 000–399 and 490, courses designated g (general
education), Senior Seminar courses, courses designated x where
the description specifically excludes graduate credit.
Unit Value
The unit value of courses is indicated for each term of the
course by a numeral in parentheses after the course title.
All courses are on the semester unit basis. It is the student's
responsibility to verify with the instructor that the number of units
in which he or she has registered in any variable unit course is
correct. If the units are incorrect, the student must correct them
through Web Registration or by submitting a request to the
Registrar One Stop Center.
Repeating Courses
Ordinarily, courses may not be repeated for credit. For courses
that may be repeated for credit, the maximum amount of credit is
indicated after the unit value. Courses that may be repeated for
credit reflect instances in which the subject matter is progressive in
nature, or where special topics or directed research offerings exist,
all reflecting unique course work.
Appropriate Course Enrollment
It is recommended that students register in courses appropriate
to their academic standing — lower-division students in courses
below 300, upper-division students in courses below 500, graduate
students in courses numbered 500 or higher.
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Preparatory Courses
Preparatory courses (course numbers below 100) impart
the minimum skills required for college-level work. Students
completing preparatory course work may receive unit credit toward
enrollment status but do not receive degree credit.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites are courses that must be passed and/or specific
background that must be demonstrated prior to advancing to the
next course in a prescribed sequence of courses. Passage of
appropriate examinations or consent of the academic unit offering
the course will waive prerequisites. However, a prerequisite course
within the same discipline taken after the higher level course has
been passed will not be available for unit or grade point credit.
Corequisites
Corequisites are courses that must be taken at the same time
as, or passed prior to, the designated course. Passage of the
appropriate examinations or consent of the academic unit offering
the course will waive corequisites. However, a corequisite course
within the same discipline taken after the designated course has
been passed will not be available for unit or grade point credit.
Recommended Preparation
Recommended preparation indicates course work or specific
background that is advisable but not mandatory in preparing the
student for the designated course.
Guaranteeing a Space in a Class
Registration in a class does not by itself guarantee a space
in that class. An instructor may replace any student who without
prior consent does not attend these class sessions: (a) the first
two class sessions of the semester, or (b) the first class session
of the semester for once-a-week classes. It is then the student's
responsibility to withdraw officially from the course. Any class
added, whether by Web Registration or by request to the Registrar
One Stop Center, after the first week of classes should receive the
approval of the instructor.
Pass/No Pass Enrollment Option
Students may enroll for courses with the Pass/No Pass grade
option on Web Registration. USC allows students to decide the
grade option for any course up until the 20 percent mark of the
session in which the course is offered. For the specific deadline to
change the grade option of a course, click the Calendar icon next
to the course on the Schedule of Classes.
As of fall 2015, students who register for a course on a Pass/No
Pass basis may request to change the grade option to letter grade
45 percent into the session in which the course is offered. For the
specific deadline to change the grade option of a course, click the
three-digit session number or the Calendar icon next to the course
on the Schedule of Classes.
Certain undergraduate courses (e.g., courses offered by the
WRIT department) must be taken for a letter grade. Graduate
students must receive departmental approval to enroll in a
graduate course on a Pass/No Pass basis. Refer to the Pass/
No Pass Graded Work section in the USC Catalogue for details
on degree credit restrictions on courses taken on a Pass/No
Pass basis. Students should consult an academic adviser before
enrolling in any course on a Pass/No Pass basis.
In cases where a student has registered for a course on a Pass/
No Pass (P/NP) basis and an academic integrity violation has
occurred, a penalty letter grade may be assigned (i.e., "F"), rather
than assigning a mark of Pass or No Pass.
Credit/No Credit Courses
Certain courses have been authorized by the University
Committee on Curriculum to be graded Credit/No Credit. Students
may not enroll in a course on a Credit/No Credit basis unless the
course is listed as being offered as Credit/No Credit.
Courses Numbered 490x and 390
Many academic units offer courses numbered 490x and 390.
These courses are offered on a letter-graded basis only and
carry certain restrictions that are uniformly applied throughout the
university.
490x Directed Research (1-8, max 12)
Courses numbered 490x are open to students who have
demonstrated the ability to do independent work in the discipline.
The courses require consent of the instructor and a written
contract of course requirements signed by both the instructor and
department chair. They are not available for graduate credit and
are not open to students with less than 2.0 GPA overall or with any
academic holds that restrict registration. A student may accumulate
a maximum of 12 units of 490x in any one department and 16 units
toward the degree.
390 Special Problems (1-4, max 4)
Courses numbered 390 are available only to seniors in their
last semester who are made aware of a unit shortage after the
enrollment period for that semester has passed. Students notified
of a unit shortage prior to the close of the enrollment period are
expected to register for regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment
in a 390 class is available only by petition to the Committee on
Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP). A 390 is a supervised,
individual studies course. The student and instructor must prepare
a written contract of course requirements for presentation with the
petition to CAPP. The petition must be recommended by the dean
of the academic unit in which the student is seeking a degree.
Evidence must be provided that the unit shortage was the result
of circumstances beyond the student's control. Credit for only one
390 registration is accepted toward the student's baccalaureate
degree.
Audited Courses
Students may elect to audit courses during the first three weeks
of the semester (or the third week equivalent for any session
that is scheduled for less than 15 weeks). Consult the Schedule
of Classes for the deadline to select the audit grade option for a
specific course. A course taken for audit (V) will be assessed at
the current tuition rate. A course taken for audit (V) will not receive
credit and will not appear on the USC transcript or grade report. A
course taken for audit is not included in enrollment for purposes of
receiving financial aid.
Limited Status Enrollment
Limited status enrollment allows persons who have not been
admitted to the university to take a limited number of courses at
USC.
Eligibility for Limited Status Enrollment
Students who have not yet completed a bachelor's degree are
not eligible for limited status enrollment if they have been denied
admission to USC or if they have been academically disqualified or
suspended from any community college, college or university.
At the post-baccalaureate level, limited status enrollment is
not available to students who have been denied admission to the
department offering the course unless prior approval is granted by
the department and the appropriate dean.
International Students
Limited status enrollment does not fulfill requirements for
issuing a student visa. Non-immigrant visa holders must have
the approval of the Office of International Services (Royal Street
Structure, PSD 101) before registering for classes.
Limited Status Enrollment Eligibility for
Non-immigrant Visa Holders
1. B-1 and B-2 status holders are not eligible for Limited Status
enrollment at USC.
2. F-1 status applicants who are on another institution's I-20 are
eligible for Limited Status enrollment if they will concurrently
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enroll at the I-20 school and USC. A letter from the
international office at the I-20 school verifying enrollment will
be required when submitting your Limited Status application.
F-1 status applicants who are currently not maintaining
immigration status/or will not be enrolled at the I-20 school
are not eligible for Limited Status enrollment at USC.
3. Individuals on other visa categories such as A, E, H, J,
etc. and TN are eligible for Limited Status enrollment if
maintaining status on that visa category. A copy of the
passport and I-94 card will be required when submitting the
Limited Status application.
Restrictions on Limited Status Enrollment
A pre-baccalaureate limited status student may not register for
more than 16 units; a post-baccalaureate limited status student
may not register for more than 12 units.
Exceptions to this policy will be considered by the Office
of Admission for USC employees and for post-baccalaureate
students who submit a disclaimer of intent to pursue a USC
degree.
Prior approval of the department offering the course is required
for all limited status enrollment. If a limited status student is
subsequently admitted to regular standing, no more than the first
16 undergraduate or the first 12 graduate units taken through
limited status enrollment can be applied toward a degree. In
very rare situations, individual undergraduate exceptions may be
approved by the dean of the degree-conferring unit. For graduate
students, the rare exception must be approved by the Vice Provost
for Academic Programs. International students must show proof
of proper visa type and demonstrate English language proficiency
prior to enrollment in the Limited Status program.
Dropping and Adding Courses
Courses may be added only during the 20 percent mark of
the session. After registering, it is the student's responsibility to
officially drop from a course if he or she decides not to continue
in a course. All such changes must be processed by Web
Registration or sending an email to the Registration Department.
Failure to withdraw officially will result in the mark of "UW," which
is computed in the GPA as zero (0) grade points. A student may
drop a course without academic or financial penalty up until the
20 percent mark of the session in which the course is offered.
If the course is dropped after the 20 percent mark and before
45 percent of the session, the course does not appear on the
official transcript only, but the course tuition and fees will be
assessed to the student's account. If the course is dropped after
the 45 percent mark, it will be recorded with a mark of "W" on the
official transcript. No course may be dropped after the 80 percent
mark of a session. A student may not withdraw from a course
in which he or she committed or was accused of committing
an academic integrity violation. Please refer to the Schedule of
Classes to see session dates.
Registration in Graduate-Level
Courses by Undergraduate Students
Exceptional undergraduate students may enroll in a graduate
course. In order to do so, students must receive approval of the
instructor. Students must have prior approval from the chair of the
major department to count the course for undergraduate credit or
audit the course. The student's major department will notify the
Registrar One Stop Center regarding the manner in which the
graduate course will be used. In no case will a student be allowed
to enroll in and receive credit for a graduate course if the student's
cumulative USC GPA is below 2.0
Graduate Credit for 400- and 500-Level
Work Taken as an Undergraduate
An undergraduate student who is within 12 semester units of
the bachelor's degree and has a cumulative grade point average
of at least 3.0 may request to enroll in and reserve for graduate
credit a limited amount of work at the 400 and 500 levels during
the last semester as a senior, provided that the semester program
does not exceed 16 semester units. A written request should be
submitted to the Registrar One Stop Center and should bear the
endorsements of the chair of the student's major department and
of the department in which the reserved work is to be taken. One
Stop staff verify that the units being reserved are not needed to
fulfill requirements for the bachelor's degree.
USC-UCLA Cross-Registration for
Graduate Students
As part of an academic resource-sharing program, USC
graduate students have an opportunity to take a portion of their
program at UCLA. This cross-registration opportunity is only
available for courses or seminars not offered at USC and only to
selected students. For further information on requirements, contact
the USC Graduate School office (Student Union 301).
Credit (CR) will be granted only for work completed with a
grade of B (3.0) or higher. The student's transcript will show that
the course was taken at UCLA and also record the name of the
course. Units attempted at UCLA are on the quarter system. USC
students who complete course work at UCLA will have those units
converted to semester units for each unit completed at UCLA.
Library privileges will be extended at UCLA but other privileges or
services cannot be offered.
Conversion of Non-Degree Option
Course Work
A student may file a Request for NDO Course Conversion
form with the Registration Department to have USC courses
previously taken under a non-degree option (NDO) converted to
unit credit and thus appear on the USC transcript. Such a request
must include all NDO courses previously attempted; requests for
partial conversion will be denied. Conversion for credit requires
retroactive registration in the term in which the course was
attempted, including payment of the tuition differential between
the NDO rate originally paid and the tuition rate in effect at the
time of conversion. As in all USC courses taken in Limited Status,
converted courses may not be considered for degree credit at
USC unless the student is formally admitted to full standing at
the university. Upon formal admission, only the first 16 NDO units
taken that are available for credit toward the intended degree may
be applied for baccalaureate credit, and only the first 12 NDO
units taken that are available for credit toward the intended degree
may be applied toward a graduate degree. Degree credit for units
beyond the first 16 undergraduate or 12 graduate available units
will not be allowed. All courses converted will appear on the USC
transcript and will be included in the calculation of the USC GPA,
regardless of whether they are being applied specifically toward
the degree being pursued.
Permission to Register at Another
Institution
Students who wish to take course work at another institution
while continuing as enrolled students at USC will be required
to obtain various levels of permission to do so. For details, see
the Course Work Taken Elsewhere section (undergraduate) or
(graduate).
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University Policies
Academic Integrity at USC
The university as an instrument of learning is predicated on
the existence of an environment of integrity. As members of the
academic community, faculty, students and administrative staff
share the responsibility for maintaining this environment. Faculty
have the primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining
an atmosphere and attitude of academic integrity such that the
enterprise may flourish in an open and honest way. Students
share this responsibility for maintaining standards of academic
performance and classroom behavior conducive to the learning
process. Administrative staff are responsible for the establishment
and maintenance of procedures to support and enforce those
academic standards. Thus, the entire university community bears
the responsibility for maintaining an environment of integrity and
for confronting incidents of academic dishonesty.
Guidelines governing academic integrity can be found in the
Student Handbook at policy.usc.edu and on the Office of Academic
Integrity website at academicintegrity.usc.edu/.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act
The University of Southern California maintains the privacy of
student education records and allows students the right to inspect
their education records as stated in the university's Student
Education Records policy, consistent with the requirements of the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). The
entire text of the university's policy is located in the Office of the
General Counsel, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
and the Registrar's Office. Additional information regarding FERPA
is also available on the Registrar's website, usc.edu/ferpa.
Faculty and staff who request access to student academic
records in order to execute their normal duties must first review the
information found on the FERPA website and complete the tutorial
before access will be granted.
Students wishing to review or seeking to amend their education
records should submit a written request to the university office in
which the record is maintained.
At the discretion of university officials, USC may release certain
information classified as directory information unless the student
requests that such information not be released. A complete listing
of directory information is in the FERPA section of the Registrar's
website, usc.edu/ferpa.
Students wishing to restrict release of directory information
may do so by submitting a completed Student Request to Restrict
Directory Information form to the Registrar's Office. Such requests
remain in effect for the academic year. Students wishing only
to have their information withheld from the online USC Student
Directory should contact the Registrar's Office (lobby of John
Hubbard Hall).
Recognizing that many students wish to share information from
their educational records with their parents and family members,
USC has developed an online system that will accomplish the
following:
• allow students to grant their parents access to education
records;
• allow parents to view elements of the education records that
are available in USC's central student information system.
Students may log in to my.usc.edu and click on OASIS, USC's
web-based student information system, and use the "Establish
Guest Access" feature to grant others permission to education
records. Instructions for logging into OASIS and granting access
are provided on the university's FERPA website at usc.edu/ferpa.
Parents who wish to gain access to information from the
education records of their student will not be provided the
information unless the student has granted access through OASIS
or has completed the appropriate release form authorizing the
university to release specific information from their education
records to approved individuals.
If students grant access through OASIS, parents and family
members may access education records information online
through the OASIS for Guests website. For more information
regarding FERPA, including forms and instructions to log in to
OASIS or OASIS for Guests, parents and students should visit the
university's FERPA website at usc.edu/ferpa.
Policy on Accommodations for
Students with Disabilities
The University of Southern California is committed to full
compliance with the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). As
part of the implementation of this law, the university will continue
to provide reasonable accommodation for academically qualified
students with disabilities so that they can participate fully in the
university's educational programs and activities. Although USC is
not required by law to change the "fundamental nature or essential
curricular components of its programs in order to accommodate
the needs of students with disabilities," the university will
provide reasonable academic accommodation. It is the specific
responsibility of the university administration and all faculty serving
in a teaching capacity to ensure the university's compliance with
this policy.
The general definition of a student with a disability is any person
who has "a physical or mental impairment which substantially
limits one or more of such person's major life activities," and any
person who has "a history of, or is regarded as having, such an
impairment." Reasonable accommodations are determined for
students based on an interactive review process, incorporating
the student's self-report, supporting documentation according to
the university's documentation guidelines, requirements of the
student's program of study and university policies.
Procedures for Obtaining Accommodations
Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Office
of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) prior to or during the first
week of class attendance or as early in the semester as possible.
It is the student's responsibility to complete a student application
and provide documentation that verifies the student's disability
in a timely way. OSAS will work with the student to determine
reasonable accommodations and may also work with the course
instructor, the department and/or school and program to facilitate
implementation of accommodations.
See osas.usc.edu for documentation guidelines, policies and
procedures.
Academic Accommodations
Students who would like to make use of their OSAS-approved
accommodations should provide an Accommodation Letter to their
instructor as early in the semester as possible. Course instructors
should require that a student present the Accommodation
Letter from OSAS if academic accommodations are requested.
Instructors should be aware that students may register with
OSAS at any point during a semester or their academic
career. Instructors may not establish a deadline for providing
Accommodation Letters or notification of OSAS-registration.
However, students are expected to provide reasonable advanced
notice to instructors regarding use of accommodations within a
course. Please consult with OSAS for any questions regarding
reasonable timing.
The USC Gould School of Law has a unit-specific policy for
handling requests for academic accommodations; however, all
students with disabilities should register with OSAS. Refer to the
Law School Student Handbook.
Course instructors are encouraged to consult with OSAS for
assistance in providing reasonable accommodations for students.
Students requesting academic accommodations must have
verification of disability.
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Grievance Procedures
The University of Southern California is committed to full
compliance with laws protecting individuals with disabilities.
Students are encouraged to raise concerns and seek resolution
if they believe they have not been properly accommodated or
provided auxiliary aids or services. Additionally, students are
encouraged to seek support if they believe they have experienced
discriminatory behavior based on their disability status. Detailed
information about resolving concerns or filing a formal grievance
can be found at osas.usc.edu.
University Policies
USC's Policy website at policy.usc.edu contains all university
policies, including links to student policies.
The Office for Equity, Equal Opportunity, and Title IX website
contains the non-discrimination policy.
Examinations
Final Examinations Make-up Policy
When a final examination falls at a time that conflicts with
a student's observance of a holy day, faculty members must
accommodate a request for an alternate examination date at a
time that does not violate the student's religious creed.
A student must discuss a final examination conflict with
the professor no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled
examination date to arrange an acceptable alternate examination
date.
Administrative Examinations
The following administrative examinations are given at USC:
Placement Examinations
Placement examinations determine the student's level of ability
and appropriate placement in mathematics, chemistry and foreign
languages. These exams carry no unit credit but can be used to
fulfill a prerequisite for a course or to fulfill a required or elective
subject area.
Placement exams for mathematics, chemistry and foreign
languages are administered by the Language Center.
Mathematics exams place into MATH 108, MATH 117, MATH
118 and MATH 125. Chemistry exams place into CHEM 050,
CHEM 102, CHEM 105a and CHEM 105b.
Foreign language exams place into elementary and
intermediate courses. Students may fulfill the foreign language
requirement through a placement exam. Transfer courses in
foreign languages do not fulfill the prerequisite for the next course
in the sequence; students are required to take the USC placement
exam to continue in language courses at USC. Transfer students
may be advised to repeat, without additional credit, a semester
or semesters of instruction to qualify for the next level in the
sequence if their skills are judged insufficient at the time of testing.
Placement exams are administered throughout the academic
year and during summer on the USC campus.
The International Student English (ISE) Exam is administered
by the American Language Institute. For exam information
regarding the ISE exam, contact the American Language Institute,
Royal Street Structure 106, (213) 740-0079, [email protected].
All exams require a USC ID and/or proof of USC enrollment.
For additional information concerning chemistry, foreign
language or mathematics placement exams, contact the Language
Center, THH 309, (213) 740-1188, and language.usc.edu.
University Writing Examination
Due to changes in the University policy regarding SAT and ACT
scores for the current academic year, the Writing Program will not
require students to take the University Writing Examination before
enrolling in WRIT 150. See The Writing Program section.
Equivalency Examinations
Equivalency examinations are given at the discretion of the
academic unit to determine whether upper division transferred
course work may be applied as subject credit to the major
requirements for the degree. Passing the examination does not
provide additional unit credit. Contact the appropriate academic
unit for specific details.
Subject Credit by Special Examination
Special examinations for subject credit establish subject credit
in a subject area in which the student is sufficiently prepared but in
which no previous credit has been accepted or attempted toward
the USC degree.
Students who would like to request a waiver from the normal
course requirements may request that the chair of the department
in which the course is offered allow them to take a special
examination challenging the course for subject credit only. The fee
for the examination is one half of a unit per examination.
With the permission of the dean of the academic unit in which
the student is a degree candidate, the student may file a Request
for Credit by Special Examination form in the Grade Department
(John Hubbard Hall lobby). The following rules apply:
1. Credit by special examination is available to undergraduate
students only.
2. No more than one special examination may be taken in a
given course.
3. Special examinations will not be allowed in any course for
which a student has received an unsatisfactory grade or
mark on the transcript (e.g., W, UW, IN, IX, F or D) at USC or
elsewhere.
4. A special examination will not be allowed if the course is a
prerequisite to or sequentially precedes a course or courses
that appear on a college level transcript, unless USC allows
similar courses to be taken out of sequence.
5. Credit cannot be earned by special examination for the
writing requirement, the first three semesters of any foreign
language or MATH 040x.
6. Native speakers of a foreign language may challenge only
literature or linguistics courses offered through the respective
language department.
7. Results of all special examinations taken for subject credit
only will appear on the USC transcript with a grade of "CR"
(credit) or "NC" (no credit) and will not reflect unit value.
Academic Standards
Definition of Grades
The following grades are used: A — excellent; B — good; C —
fair in undergraduate courses and minimum passing in courses
for graduate credit; D — minimum passing in undergraduate
courses; F — failed. In addition, plus and minus grades may be
used, with the exceptions of A plus, F plus and F minus. The grade
of F indicates that the student failed at the end of the semester or
was doing failing work and stopped attending the course after the
twelfth week of the semester. Minimum passing grades are D- for
undergraduate credit and C for graduate credit. Additional grades
include: CR — credit (passing grade for non-letter-graded courses
equivalent to C- quality or better for undergraduate courses and
B (3.0) quality or better for graduate courses); NC — no credit
(less than the equivalent of a C- for an undergraduate and a B for
a graduate, non-letter-graded course); P – pass (passing grade
equivalent to C- quality or better for undergraduate letter-graded
courses and B (3.0) quality or better for graduate courses taken
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on a Pass/No Pass basis); NP – no pass (less than the equivalent
of a C- for an undergraduate and a B (3.0) for a graduate, letter
graded course taken on a Pass/No Pass basis).
The following marks are also used: W — withdrawn; IP —
interim mark for a course exceeding one semester (failure to
complete courses in which marks of IP [in progress] appear will
be assigned grades of NC); UW —unofficial withdrawal (assigned
to students who stopped attending prior to the drop deadline but
failed to withdraw); MG — missing grade (an administrative mark
used in cases when the instructor fails to submit a final course
grade for a student); IN — incomplete (work not completed
because of documented illness or some other emergency
occurring after the twelfth week of the semester; arrangements for
the IN and its completion should be initiated by the student and
agreed to by the instructor prior to the final exam); IX — lapsed
incomplete.
Grade Point Average Categories and
Class Levels
A system of grade points is used to determine a student's grade
point average. Grade points are assigned to grades as follows for
each unit in the credit value of a course: A, 4 points; A-, 3.7 points;
B+, 3.3 points; B, 3.0 points; B-, 2.7 points; C+, 2.3 points; C, 2
points; C-, 1.7 points; D+, 1.3 points; D, 1 point; D-, 0.7 points; F,
0 points; UW, 0 points; IX, 0 points. Wherever these letter grades
appear in this catalogue or other university documents, they
represent the numerical equivalents listed above. Marks of CR,
NC, P, NP, W, IP, MG and IN do not affect a student's grade point
average.
Grade Point Average is calculated and truncated; it is not
rounded.
There are four categories of class level: Undergraduate,
Graduate, Law and Other. Undergraduate comprises freshman
(less than 32 units earned); sophomore (32–63.9 units earned);
junior (64–95.9 units earned) and senior (at least 96 units earned).
Graduate comprises any course work attempted while pursuing
a master's and/or doctoral degree. Law comprises any course
work (offered by the USC Gould School of Law) attempted
while pursuing a Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degree. Other
comprises any course work attempted while not admitted to a
degree program or course work not available for degree credit.
Grades of Incomplete (IN)
Conditions for Completing a Grade of
Incomplete
If an IN is assigned as the student's grade, the instructor will
fill out the Assignment of an Incomplete (IN) and Requirements
for Completion form, which will specify to the student and to the
department the work remaining to be done, the procedures for its
completion, the grade in the course to date and the weight to be
assigned to the work remaining to be done when computing the
final grade. A student may complete the IN by completing only the
portion of required work not finished as a result of documented
illness or emergency occurring after the twelfth week of the
semester. Previously graded work may not be repeated for credit.
Time Limit for Completion of an Incomplete
One calendar year is allowed to complete an IN. Individual
academic units may have more stringent policies regarding these
time limits. If the IN is not completed within the designated time,
the course is considered "lapsed," the grade is changed to an "IX"
and will be calculated into the grade point average as 0 points.
Courses offered on a Credit/No Credit basis or taken on a Pass/
No Pass basis for which a mark of Incomplete is assigned will be
lapsed with a mark of NC or NP and will not be calculated into the
grade point average.
Extension of Time for Completion of an
Incomplete
Completing the IN within the one-year period should be the
student's highest priority. A student may petition the Committee
on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP) for an extension of
time for the completion of an IN. Extensions beyond the specified
time limit are rarely approved if the student has enrolled in
subsequent semesters.
In all cases, a petition for an extension of time for completion of
an IN must have departmental approval and include a statement
from the instructor explaining what is needed to complete the
course and why the instructor feels the student should be given
even further time for completion.
Missing Grades
Marks of MG must be resolved before a degree or certificate will
be awarded. If a student wishes to graduate and chooses not to
resolve the mark(s) of MG, the mark(s) will be defaulted to mark(s)
of UW and will be calculated into the grade point average as 0
grade points.
Time Limit for Resolution of a Missing
Grade
One calendar year is allowed to resolve an MG. If an MG is not
resolved within one year, the grade is changed to UW and it will be
calculated into the grade point average as 0 grade points. Courses
offered on a Credit/No Credit basis or taken on a Pass/No Pass
basis for which an MG was not resolved within one year will be
changed to a mark of NC or NP and will not be calculated into the
grade point average.
Courses offered on a Credit/No Credit basis or taken on a Pass/
No Pass basis for which an MG was not resolved within one year
will be changed to a mark of NC or NP and will not be calculated
into the grade point average.
Correction of Grades
A grade once reported to the Office of Academic Records and
Registrar may not be changed except by request of the faculty
member to the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures
on a Correction of Grade form. Changes should be requested only
on the basis of an actual error in assigning the original grade, not
on the basis of a request by the student or special consideration
for an individual student. Students are not permitted to complete
course work after the semester has ended.
Disputing a Grade
The instructor's evaluation of the performance of each individual
student is the final basis for assigning grades. Through orderly
appeal procedures, students have protection against prejudiced or
capricious academic evaluation.
Academic Dishonesty Sanctions
When a student is found responsible for a violation of university
standards pertaining to academic dishonesty, the Vice President
for Student Affairs (or designee) will inform the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar. In appropriate cases, the Office of
Academic Records and Registrar will post the sanction information
on the student's academic records. Disciplinary sanctions noted
on student records include suspension and expulsion from the
university and revocation of admission and degree. Disciplinary
grade sanctions (e.g., F in course) are not distinguished on a
student's transcript from marks assigned for academic work
accomplished. In cases of suspension or expulsion, the student's
registration for the current term may be cancelled with marks
of "W."
Repeated Course Work at USC
Under certain conditions, a student may repeat a course for
grade point credit. In no case will additional unit credit be allowed
for repeated courses or duplicated work. No student may repeat
a course for grade point credit in which a grade of B- or better
was received. A prerequisite course may not be repeated after
a student has completed a course for which it is designated a
prerequisite. (See prerequisites in the Registration section of the
Catalogue.)
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Undergraduate students who want to repeat a course in which a
grade of C+, C or C- was received and have the subsequent grade
calculated in the grade point average must petition the Committee
on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP) for permission to do
so prior to re-registering in the course. Post hoc approval will not
be granted.
Graduate students may repeat a course in which a grade of
C- or below was received, but both grades will be calculated in
the grade point average. Graduate students who want to repeat
a course in which a grade of C+ or C was received and have the
subsequent grade calculated in the grade point average must
petition the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures
(CAPP) for permission to do so prior to re-registering in the course.
Post hoc approval will not be granted.
A special provision governs the repeat of courses by students
who enter USC as first-time freshmen. These students may repeat
a maximum of three courses taken during the first two semesters
at USC in which grades of D+ or below (including UW and IX)
were received, and only the subsequent letter grade, even if lower,
will be calculated in the grade point average. The courses must
be repeated at USC for a letter grade, and both courses with the
grades received will appear on the transcript. The same course
may be repeated no more than once for the benefit of substitution
of grade. Students who have been assigned a grade as a result
of a Student Conduct sanction may not repeat the course under
this provision. Students who were admitted for spring and were
first-time freshmen elsewhere in the previous fall may repeat a
maximum of two courses taken during the first semester at USC in
which grades of D+ or below were received with the same set of
provisions stated above. Students who were admitted as transfer
students for either fall or spring may repeat a maximum of one
course taken during the first semester at USC in which a grade of
D+ or below was received with the same set of provisions stated
above. An exception is the case in which a student earns a grade
of C- in a course for which a grade of C or higher is required
for application to major or minor requirements. In this case the
subsequent grade will be calculated in the grade point average
without the requirement of a petition.
Excessive Withdrawals (Marks of W)
An undergraduate student who withdraws (a mark of W) from
at least 8 units in one semester or from at least 16 units overall
must undergo mandatory academic advisement before the student
can enroll in a subsequent semester. A restriction enforces this
requirement. A student must have his or her academic adviser
remove the restriction. This is a one-time requirement. Students
will not be denied registration in future terms once advisement
has taken place. This advisement is intended to provide students
with information and guidance on the negative consequences that
excessive withdrawals have on successful and timely completion
of degree programs.
The Dean's List
Any undergraduate student with a declared major who earns a
grade point average of 3.5 or higher on 12 units or more of letter-
graded course work in any one semester is placed on the Dean's
List for that semester. Grades of IN must be removed before
eligibility is determined for that semester. Academic transcripts do
not carry the Dean's List notation.
Class Rank
The University of Southern California does not calculate or
support a class rank for its undergraduate students. While most
graduate programs do not rank students, requests for graduate
student class rankings should be directed to the dean of the
particular school in which the graduate degree was earned.
Student Good Standing
Students are considered to be in good academic standing if
they are eligible to register for classes. Disciplinary good standing
is determined by the Office of Academic Integrity.
Probation and Disqualification of
Undergraduate Students
An overall USC grade point average (GPA) of at least C
(2.0) on course work taken at USC is required for completion of
undergraduate degrees.
Academic Probation
A student whose overall USC GPA falls below 2.0 is placed on
academic probation. Continued enrollment requires clearance
from a counselor in the Office of Academic Review and
Retention. Actions such as Corrections of Grades, Completion
of Incompletes, Removal of Missing Grades and Exceptions
Requests will not result in academic statuses being retroactively
changed.
Mandatory Advisement
A student whose overall GPA falls below 2.0 is required to seek
academic advisement prior to course selection each semester.
Proof of advisement must be filed with the Office of Academic
Review and Retention before any registration request will be
processed. The Office of Academic Review and Retention will only
accept an official Academic Review Advisement Record form with
an authorized school signature as proof of advisement. This form
may be obtained in Figueroa Building 107.
Advising
Students on academic probation must meet with a counselor in
the Office of Academic Review and Retention at least three times
during each semester. Students in the Success Support program
must meet with an Academic Review Counselor at least once
during each semester.
Academic Disqualification
Students on academic probation who do not raise their overall
GPA to 2.0 after two semesters of enrollment, exempting summer
enrollment, will be academically disqualified. However, if a student
earns a minimum semester GPA of 2.3 in the second or any
subsequent probation semester but has not yet reached the overall
2.0 GPA, the student will not be disqualified and will be allowed to
enroll for an additional semester.
Readmission after Academic
Disqualification
Petitions for readmission after academic disqualification are
initiated by the student through the Office of Academic Review
and Retention. Completion of approved course work from
another institution is a requirement for petitioning for readmission.
Disqualified students must meet with a counselor from the Office
of Academic Review and Retention before enrolling in courses at
another institution. The counselor will provide the Readmission
Pre-Approval Form on which both the Office of Academic Review
and Retention and the student's academic department must sign
approval.
Before petitioning for readmission, a disqualified student
must complete a minimum of 12 semester units of preapproved,
transferable course work applicable to USC degree requirements
with a minimum 3.0 GPA. As readmission to the university is
never guaranteed, any indication of strong academic performance
beyond the 12 units required would strengthen a readmission
petition. All grade issues at USC (IN, MG, etc.) must be resolved
prior to submission of a readmission petition.
Students must petition for readmission by September 30 for
spring semester, and by January 31 for fall semester. Since a
student's readmission petition must be reviewed and approved
by the CAPP readmission petition panel before he or she can
register, under no circumstances will a petition be accepted after
the deadline. A nonrefundable fee of $150 must accompany the
readmission petition.
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Academic Warning and Dismissal of
Graduate Students
Faculty advisers and departments take factors other than
satisfactory grades and adequate GPAs into consideration in
determining a student's qualifications for an advanced degree.
A student's overall academic performance, specific skills
and aptitudes, and faculty evaluations will be considered in
departmental decisions regarding a student's continuation in a
master's or doctoral degree program.
Satisfactory progress toward an advanced degree as
determined by the faculty is required at all times. Students who fail
to make satisfactory progress will be informed by their department
or committee chair or school dean. The faculty has the right to
recommend at any time after written warning that a student be
dismissed from a graduate program for academic reasons or that a
student be denied readmission. Procedures on disputed academic
evaluations are described in the Student Handbook.
Ethics Guidelines for Graduate Study
As participants in an enterprise that depends on academic
freedom and integrity, faculty members and graduate students
have a special obligation to promote conditions that maintain free
inquiry and the highest standards of integrity. USC faculty have
developed guidelines to serve as a resource for students finding
their way through the often complex academic relationships of a
major research university. These guidelines for ethical faculty and
graduate student relations are available from the Graduate School.
Research Involving Human Subjects
Graduate student researchers are required to obtain approval
from the USC Institutional Review Boards whenever research,
whether funded or unfunded, involving human subjects is
proposed. The Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are fully
authorized to review all proposals and projects which involve the
use of human subjects. "Human subject" means a living individual
about whom an investigator conducting research obtains (a)
data through intervention or interaction with the individual or (b)
identifiable private information. The university IRBs have been
established to meet federal regulations. The IRBs are required to
assure that: (1) research methods are appropriate to the objectives
of the research; (2) research methods are the safest, consistent
with sound research design; (3) risks are justified in terms of
related benefits to the subjects; (4) subjects' privacy is protected;
(5) subjects participate willingly and knowingly to the extent
possible; and (6) research projects are "monitored" by the IRBs.
Language of Instruction
English is the language of instruction at USC. All courses are
taught in English with the exception of a few advanced language
courses.
Exception Procedures
Exceptions to particular university regulations and degree
requirements will be considered only if there is no prohibition
stated in this catalogue. Where exceptions are specifically
prohibited, none will be granted. A student who wants an individual
exception must follow the procedure specified in this catalogue
for the particular regulation or requirement. If no procedure is
specified, it may still be possible to request an exception. Such
exceptions, however, are rarely granted.
Requests for exception to established university academic
regulations or procedures are generally heard by: (1) the
Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP);
(2) the dean of the academic unit in which the student is seeking
a degree; or (3) the dean or director of the office responsible for
administering the policy. Requests for credit for courses taken out
of sequence are heard by the dean of the academic unit offering
the course that was taken out of sequence. Students who wish
to request an exception should first consult an academic adviser
about the appropriate process to follow.
While the university is sensitive to the educational advantages
of a flexible curriculum, it is also conscious of a responsibility
to ensure equity for all students. Permission to deviate from
published regulations is neither automatic nor pro forma; each
request is considered on its own merits and in light of the
petitioner's complete academic record.
USC Committee on Academic Policies
and Procedures
The Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures
(CAPP) studies the effects of university academic requirements,
regulations and policies, recommends new and revised academic
policies and procedures to the office of the president through
the provost, and regularizes policies and procedures so that the
number of petitions can be reduced.
CAPP also rules on requests for exceptions to academic
regulations and requirements printed in the University Catalogue
through Academic Petitions Panels. In most instances, the
Academic Petitions Panels act as the body with original
jurisdiction, but in some cases will delegate authority for approvals
to another.
The assumptions and procedures that guide Academic Petitions
Panels actions are the following:
• The student is responsible for complying with deadlines
established in the academic calendar.
• All academic work should be accurately reflected in the
student's record. The record is to be faithful to the actual
experience. Cosmetic corrections or adjustments are not
sanctioned.
• Care must be taken not to establish the petition process
as an alternative to being held to the adopted academic
requirements.
• Decisions should be focused on the academic basis for
petition, rather than the consequences (real or imagined) that
may face the student.
The Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures receives
reports from Degree Progress, the Petitions Services Department,
and the Academic Petitions Panels. The committee reports to the
office of the president through the provost and works closely with
the vice provost for academic programs, the university registrar,
and the vice president for student affairs.
Registration-related Exceptions
Requests for an exception to published registration procedures
and enrollment deadlines are heard by the University Registrar.
Detailed information is available at usc.edu/askusc and searching
registration petition.
Any request to change the official registration for a semester
retroactively must be submitted within 24 months of the end of the
semester in question. The 24-month period starts with the last day
of final examinations for the semester in question. If appropriate,
the time limit can be waived by the dean of the academic unit in
which the student is seeking a degree for a period not to exceed a
total of five years, if adequate attendance and grading information
is available and reasonable cause for the delay exists.
Degree Requirement-related Exceptions
Requests for exception to specific degree requirements are
generated in the academic unit. Most requests will be forwarded
by the adviser to CAPP for review. For a list of department-initiated
petitions presented to CAPP for review see Petition Services.
Some exceptions are made by the dean of the academic unit and
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are recorded on the Student Academic Record System (STARS)
report by the academic department, using the exception process.
The Graduate School
Requests for an exception to the policies and procedures
governing Graduate School degree programs will be considered
upon submission of a petition to the Graduate School stating the
specific request, supported by adequate reasons and information.
The signatures and recommendations of the faculty adviser or
committee chair and department chair are required.
Graduate and Professional Programs
Requests for exception to the policies and procedures
governing graduate degree programs that do not fall under the
jurisdiction of the Graduate School should be directed to the dean
of the degree-conferring unit.
Undergraduate Education
Financial Aid for Undergraduate
Students
Students at USC benefit from federal, state and university
need-based financial aid programs administered by the Financial
Aid Office and from scholarships administered by the Office of
Admission and various academic departments. USC also offers
an interest-free monthly payment plan, a tuition pre-payment plan,
and participates in long-term student and parent educational loan
programs.
Although international students are not eligible for need-based
financial aid, they may be eligible for scholarships offered by their
schools or departments. International students should contact their
departments directly for information about existing opportunities.
International students may also be eligible for private educational
loans.
The Financial Aid Office may change these policies at any time
to ensure continued compliance with changes in federal and state
regulations governing student financial aid. As a result, students
must refer to the current catalogue regulations. Unlike degree
requirements, changes in regulations, policies and procedures are
immediate and supersede those in any prior catalogue.
Application Procedures and Eligibility
Requirements for Financial Aid
Detailed information, application procedures and deadlines for
financial aid are available online at financialaid.usc.edu. To be
eligible for federal, state and university need-based financial aid
programs, students must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or
other eligible non-citizens; have a valid Social Security number;
meet Selective Service registration requirements; have a high
school diploma, GED or equivalent; meet Satisfactory Academic
Progress (SAP) requirements; and meet all other eligibility
requirements. Students must also complete all application
requirements by the relevant deadline(s). For most federal and
state awards, a minimum of half-time enrollment is required.
Full-time enrollment is required for most university awards.
Enrollment status will be calculated based only on those courses
that are required for, or that can be applied as an eligible elective
credit toward, a student's degree or certificate program. Students
awarded a California Dream Grant are considered for limited
university financial aid.
Scholarships
Scholarships awarded on the basis of academic achievement,
leadership, service and talent are available through the Office of
Admission, most academic departments at USC, alumni groups,
and outside agencies and foundations. Some of these awards
require a separate application. In some cases, financial need is
also considered. For more information, visit usc.edu/scholarships
and usc.scholarshipuniverse.com.
Grants
The Financial Aid Office awards need-based University Grants
to eligible students with demonstrated need who meet all financial
aid application deadlines.
Federal Pell Grants and Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants (SEOG) are available for students with
exceptional financial need. The SEOG is awarded only to eligible
students who meet all application deadlines.
Cal Grants A and B are administered by the California Student
Aid Commission. All undergraduate aid applicants who are
residents of California are required to apply. Cal Grant A provides
funds for partial tuition and fees. Cal Grant B recipients receive a
subsistence award the first year and receive a subsistence award
and tuition award in subsequent years.
Federal Work-Study
The Federal Work-Study program enables eligible students
to earn funds through employment either on campus or with
an approved off-campus employer. Only students who meet all
application deadlines and federal eligibility requirements are
considered for this program.
Federal Student and Parent Loans
Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans are also available to
eligible students. Repayment begins six months after the borrower
graduates, withdraws or ceases to be enrolled at least half time.*
Direct Parent PLUS Loans are available to parents of
dependent** undergraduate students who meet the credit criteria
established by the U.S. Department of Education. Payments may
be deferred while the student is enrolled at least half time.*
*Enrollment status will be calculated based only on those courses
that are required for, or that can be applied as an eligible elective
credit toward, a student's degree or certificate program.
**Undergraduate students considered dependent for the purpose
of receiving federal financial aid
Private Financing Programs
Private financing programs are available to help students
and parents meet the costs of education by providing long-term
financing options. Students should exhaust all federal Title IV
assistance available, including Federal Pell Grants, the Direct
Loan and the Direct Parent PLUS Loan, before considering a
private student loan program. The repayment terms of federal
programs may be more favorable than the terms of private loan
programs. Unlike private loan programs, federal student loans are
required by law to provide a range of flexible repayment options,
including but not limited to, income-based repayment and income-
contingent repayment plans, and loan forgiveness benefits. Direct
Loans are available to students regardless of income.
For more information about student loan programs, visit
financialaid.usc.edu/loans.
Financial Aid for Double Majors or Dual
Degrees
Federal and state regulations governing the Federal Pell Grant,
Federal SEOG Grants and the Cal Grant limit these awards to
students who have not yet earned a baccalaureate or professional
degree. Similarly, the university limits awards of the university
need-based grant and Federal Work-Study to students who have
not yet earned their first bachelor's degree.
Students who are planning to double major or pursue a dual
degree should carefully plan their academic course work with their
academic adviser to ensure that they remain eligible for federal,
state and university financial aid. The best approach is to make
sure you complete the requirements for both degrees or majors
simultaneously in the same semester. Once the requirements
for one major/degree have been satisfied, a student will only be
eligible for limited financial aid (Federal Work-Study and Direct
Loans) as a second bachelor's student.
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Financial Aid for a Second Bachelor's
Degree
Students who are pursuing their second bachelor's degree are
eligible for a limited number of financial aid programs, specifically
Direct Loans. Parents of dependent* students may also borrow
Direct Parent PLUS Loans.
*Undergraduate students considered dependent for the purpose of
receiving federal financial aid
Financial Aid for Enrollment in a
Progressive Degree Program
The Financial Aid Office determines aid eligibility based on a
student's class level. For information on how specific types of
aid may be affected by class level, refer to financialaid.usc.edu/
general/special-programs/progressive-degrees.html.
Class Level Determination for Progressive
Degree Programs
While classified as undergraduates, students are assessed
the undergraduate tuition rate, and their enrollment status and
financial aid eligibility are determined by undergraduate standards.
While classified as graduate students, students are assessed
the graduate tuition rate, and their enrollment status and financial
aid eligibility are determined by graduate standards.
A progressive degree student transitions from undergraduate to
graduate class level as soon as any one of the following conditions
is met:
1. the bachelor degree is conferred; or
2. the student is awarded a graduate research or teaching
assistantship as contracted through the academic
department and the Graduate School; or
3. the student earns a total of 144 units.
Bachelor Degree Conferred
The Office of Academic Records and Registrar determines
when a student has completed their bachelor degree and
manages the process of posting degrees to a student's record.
Students wishing to change the degree date from that indicated
on their STARS Report should request an updated degree term
at the Registrar One Stop Center, John Hubbard Hall (JHH 114)
or [email protected]. Students may also update their expected
graduation date at my.usc.edu.
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship
Research and teaching assistantships are awards contracted
through the student's academic department and the Graduate
School and are exclusively available to graduate students. A
progressive degree student who is awarded a research or teaching
assistantship will be reclassified as graduate student beginning the
semester the student first receives the award.
The 144-Unit Limit
Assuming one of the other two conditions have not already
been met, a progressive degree student is classified as an
undergraduate up to and including the semester the student earns
a total of 144 units.
All units earned at USC, from both undergraduate- and
graduate-level course work, will be counted toward the 144-unit
limit. Any and all units earned during summer semesters will be
counted, as well as units earned during semesters that were not
funded with financial aid.
All transfer units, including units accepted from Advanced
Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, will also be
counted toward the 144-unit limit. Requirements that were met by
transfer courses cannot be substituted by subsequently taken USC
courses, and USC will not delete or discount accepted transfer
course work from the transcript.
Transfer course work determined not to be applicable toward
subject-specific requirements, e.g., General Education and
major requirements, nor applicable as "free" electives toward
the bachelor degree program's minimum unit requirement, may
increase the unit limit above the standard 144. This determination
is based on the student's major(s) at the time of admission to the
progressive degree program. Any subsequent change of major
or addition of a major may change how transfer units are applied
toward subject-specific requirements and free electives, and the
unit limit may increase or decrease accordingly. However, the
applicability of transfer units is determined from objective transcript
data and is therefore not open to appeal.
Class level is determined dynamically based on currently
available data in the student transcript. Any changes, updates or
corrections to a student's transcript that alter the total number of
units earned will affect progress toward the unit limit and class
level transition.
Financial Aid for Limited Status Enrollment
Students not admitted to a degree-seeking program who enroll
as limited-status students are not eligible for most types of federal,
state or university financial aid. Students who have completed
their degree or certificate programs, but continue to enroll, will be
considered limited-status students and are thereby ineligible for
financial aid.
Financial Aid Consortium Agreements
Students admitted to a degree-seeking program at USC who
enroll in course work at another eligible "host" institution, where
the course work has been pre-approved as transferable for credit
toward their USC degree, may have those courses considered in
USC's determination of their eligibility for limited federal financial
aid. The student's total USC and/or non-USC enrollment must
be at least half-time (the equivalent of at least 6 USC units per
semester) and a Financial Aid Consortium Agreement must be
completed prior to the semester or semesters the student enrolls
at the host institution. Financial Aid Consortium Agreements are
contingent upon the host school agreeing to participate.
Financial Aid Consortium Agreements are not available for
students participating in the Postbaccalaureate Premedical
Program. For more information, visit financialaid.usc.edu/general/
special-programs/consortium-agreements.html.
Financial Aid for Students Enrolled in
Undergraduate Course Work for Admission
to Graduate Degree
Students enrolled at least half-time in undergraduate courses
required for admission to a graduate degree program may be
eligible for limited Direct Loan program funds. At this time, the
only such program that USC offers is the Postbaccalaureate
Premedical Program. For more information, visit financialaid.usc.
edu/general/special-programs/postbaccalaureate-premedical-
program.html.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
Policy
Purpose
To be eligible for federal, state and university aid, students are
required by the U.S. Department of Education (34 CFR 668.34)
to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress toward their degree
objectives. USC has established this SAP policy to ensure student
success and accountability and to promote timely advancement
toward degree objectives.
The following guidelines provide academic progress criteria for
all undergraduate students receiving financial aid at USC. The
guidelines are based on reasonable expectations of academic
progress toward a degree and should not be a hindrance to any
student in good academic standing.
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Table 1
Programs Subject to Financial Aid SAP Policy
Federal and State Programs USC Programs
Federal Pell Grant University Grant
Federal Work-Study
Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants
Direct Subsidized Loan
Direct Unsubsidized Loan
Direct Parent PLUS Loan
California State Cal Grant
Table 2
Programs Not Subject to Financial Aid SAP Policy
USC and Outside Programs+
USC Merit Scholarships USC Alumni Scholarships
USC Topping Scholarships USC Departmental Awards
USC Assistantships USC Employee Tuition Assistance Benefits
Sponsored Agency Awards (Including Department
of Defense and Veterans Awards)
Outside Agency Scholarships
+Recipients of these awards should contact the awarding agencies/departments for rules
regarding award retention.
Definition of Undergraduate SAP
To be eligible for financial aid identified in Table 1,
undergraduates must maintain SAP as defined by the following
three criteria:
• Grade Point Average (GPA): You must meet a minimum
cumulative GPA of 2.0 each enrolled semester.
• Pace of Progression: You must successfully complete a
minimum of 67 percent of all cumulative attempted* units
each enrolled semester. This Pace of Progression ensures
completion of the degree within the Maximum Time-Frame.
• Maximum Time-Frame: You must complete your degree
within a specified amount of time. The Maximum Time-Frame
is based on the published length and unit requirements for
your degree program(s). You will be eligible for the maximum
attempted units or the maximum SAP semesters, whichever
comes first.
If you do not meet the Pace of Progression or GPA
requirements, you will be placed on a one-time, one-semester
financial aid SAP Warning Period. If the minimum requirements
are not met by the end of the Warning Period, you will no longer
be considered to be making SAP and will become ineligible for
financial aid without an approved, written SAP Appeal.
If you have reached the Maximum Time-Frame, you will be
ineligible for further financial aid without an approved, written
SAP Appeal. The Financial Aid Office will never increase the
Maximum Time-Frame past 150 percent of the published degree
requirements. As soon as a student is mathematically incapable of
completing a degree program within 150 percent of the published
requirements, the student will be ineligible for financial aid from
that point forward.
Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirement
Undergraduate students must meet a minimum cumulative GPA
of 2.0. Refer to Tables 3 and 4 below to understand how specific
grades and course types affect students' cumulative grade point
averages.
Table 3
Impact of Grades on Cumulative GPA Calculation
Grade Earned Counted in Grade Point Average
A, B, C, D, F (+/-) Yes
CR — Credit, P — Pass, IP — In Progress No
NC — No Credit, NP — No Pass No
IN — Incomplete No
IX — Expired Incomplete Yes
W — Withdrawal No
UW — Unofficial Withdrawal Yes
V — Audit No
NS — Not Submitted No
MG — Missing Grade No
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Table 4
Impact of Course Type on Cumulative GPA Calculation
Course Type Counted in Grade Point Average
Preparatory course work (course numbers below 100) No
Repeated course work (previous passing grade) No
Repeated course work (previous failing grade) Yes (both grades counted)
Transfer course work (pre- and post-matriculation) No
Students enrolled in progressive degree programs who are
currently classified as undergraduate students (see the Financial
Aid for Enrollment in a Progressive Degree Program section
above) must also maintain a minimum cumulative undergraduate
GPA of 2.0.
For more information about grading policy, please visit the USC
Department of Grades on the Registrar's website at usc.edu/
grades.
Pace of Progression Requirement
Undergraduate students must successfully complete a minimum
of 67 percent of all cumulative attempted units each enrolled
semester. This Pace of Progression ensures completion of the
degree within the Maximum Time-Frame.
Full-time undergraduate students are encouraged to attempt
at least 16 units per semester to ensure that degree objectives
can be reached within the Maximum Time-Frame. Students who
attempt a lower number of units per semester should work closely
with their academic adviser to ensure degree progress.
Pace of Progression is calculated by dividing the cumulative
number of units the student has successfully completed by the
cumulative number of units the student has attempted.
For purposes of Pace of Progression and Maximum Time-
Frame, "attempted units" includes most types of course work in
which you are enrolled past the course's deadline to drop and
receive a tuition refund. After this deadline, "dropped" course
work is considered withdrawn units attempted for the purposes of
SAP, even if the withdrawal does not result in a "W" mark on your
transcript. To verify your course session's deadline to drop for a
tuition refund, please refer to the USC Schedule of Classes at
classes.usc.edu.
Courses that are successfully petitioned for deletion through
the Office of Academic Records and Registrar will be considered
neither attempted nor completed for the purposes of Pace of
Progression and Maximum Time-Frame.
Table 5
Impact of Grades on Pace of Progression and Maximum Time-Frame
Grade Earned
Pace of Progression
Counted Toward
Maximum Time-FrameUnits Completed Units Attempted
A, B, C, D (+/-) Yes Yes Yes
CR, P Yes Yes Yes
IN, IP, W, NS, MG No Yes Yes
F, IX, NP, NC, UW No Yes Yes
V No No No
Table 6
Impact of Course Types on Pace of Progression and Maximum Time-Frame
Course Type
Pace of Progression
Counted Toward
Maximum Time-FrameUnits Completed Units Attempted
Undergraduate and graduate course work (course
numbers 100 and above)
Yes Yes Yes
Preparatory course work (course numbers below 100) No No No
Repeated course work (previous passing grade) Yes Yes Yes
Repeated course work (previous failing grade) Yes Yes Yes
Transfer course work (pre- and post-matriculation) Yes Yes Yes
Course work dropped after Last Day to Drop and
Receive a Refund, but before Last Day to Withdraw
without a "W" on Transcript
No Yes Yes
Course work successfully petitioned for deletion from
the transcript by the Registrar
No No No
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Maximum Time-Frame Requirement
Students must complete their degree objective within a
specified amount of time. The time frame will depend on the
student's enrollment status and educational objective. Students will
be eligible for the maximum attempted units or the maximum SAP
semesters, whichever comes first.
Maximum Units and Semesters
Undergraduate students in single-degree, four-year programs
requiring 128 units are eligible for financial aid for a maximum of
144 total attempted units or a maximum of nine SAP semesters,
whichever comes first. The time frame will be increased as
necessary for single-degree programs requiring more than 128
units. For example, students pursuing a five-year, single-degree
program, such as the Bachelor of Architecture, will be eligible to
receive financial aid for a maximum of 176 attempted units or 11
SAP semesters.
SAP Semesters
Each semester in which a student attempts 12 or more units is
counted as a full (1.0) SAP semester. Each semester in which a
student attempts 6 to 11 units is counted as a one-half (0.5) SAP
semester. Semesters in which a student attempts fewer than 6
units are not counted as SAP semesters.
Additionally, both pre- and post-matriculation transfer units may
be counted as SAP semesters. The total number of transfer units
is divided by an average of 16 units per semester and rounded
down to the nearest half-SAP semester.
Special Financial Aid Considerations for Students
Completing Minors, Double Majors or Dual Degrees
Students pursuing minors, double majors or dual degree
programs are subject to the same Maximum Time-Frame
Allowance requirements as students pursuing a single major or
degree. Students may appeal for allowance past the Maximum
Time Frame, not to exceed 150 percent of the time frame to
complete one undergraduate degree.
How and When Satisfactory Academic
Progress is Monitored
The Financial Aid Office evaluates the three SAP criteria for all
undergraduate financial aid applicants at the end of each enrolled
semester after grades have been made official by the Office of
Academic Records and Registrar.
Potential Delay of Disbursements Due to Monitoring
of Satisfactory Academic Progress
Financial aid may not be disbursed to a student's account
until SAP has been evaluated. The Financial Aid Office cannot
complete the SAP evaluation until prior semester grades have
been officially posted by the Office of Academic Records and
Registrar. An otherwise eligible student who is in a one-semester
SAP Warning Period or on an SAP Contract may experience a
delayed financial aid disbursement if grades are not made official
before the beginning of the subsequent semester. No exceptions
can be made to this process.
Notification of Satisfactory Academic
Progress Status
Students who have successfully met SAP requirements will not
receive an SAP notification. The Financial Aid Office will notify any
student who does not meet SAP requirements via the student's
USC email address. Students who are notified that they do not
meet the SAP requirements for financial aid should consult their
academic advisers.
Financial Aid SAP Warning Period
Students who do not meet the GPA or Pace of Progression
requirements will be placed on a one-time, one-semester financial
aid SAP Warning Period. Students may continue to receive
financial aid while in this one-semester Warning Period without a
written appeal. Students who are in an SAP Warning Period are
encouraged to seek both academic and financial aid advisement. If
the minimum requirements are not met by the end of the Warning
Period, the student will no longer be considered to be making SAP
and will become ineligible for financial aid without an approved,
written SAP Appeal. The one-semester financial aid SAP Warning
is only available to students one time throughout their degree
program.
Failure to Maintain Satisfactory Academic
Progress
Students who fail to meet GPA or Pace of Progression
standards by the end of the one-time, one-semester Warning
period, or who have reached the Maximum Time Frame, will
be ineligible for financial aid without an approved, written SAP
Appeal. The Financial Aid Office will never increase the Maximum
Time Frame past 150 percent of the published requirements for
one undergraduate degree program. As soon as a student is
mathematically incapable of completing a degree program within
150 percent of the published requirements, the student will be
ineligible for financial aid from that point forward.
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility with a Grade
Change or Academic Improvement
Students who have lost financial aid eligibility as a result of
insufficient GPA or Pace of Progression can be reinstated by a
grade change or by successfully completing sufficient units or
bringing up their GPA to meet the accepted standards by the end
of their warning period. The student must notify the Financial Aid
Office in writing once the requirements have been met.
Financial aid cannot be reinstated retroactively. If the grade
change will take more than one semester to complete, it may be
more expeditious to reinstate eligibility with an approved, written
SAP Appeal.
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility with an SAP
Appeal for Maximum Time Frame
Students who need additional time to complete their degrees
must meet with their academic adviser to complete a SAP Appeal
Form. Students must also update their expected graduation date
with the Degree Progress Office. The Financial Aid Office may
increase the maximum time frame for students who have changed
majors, are adding a minor or a major, or have experienced a
one-time extenuating circumstance such as illness or injury that
has since been resolved. However, the Financial Aid Office will
not approve any appeal when the additional time required for
completing the degree objective(s) extends beyond 150 percent of
one undergraduate degree.
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility with an SAP
Appeal for GPA and/or Pace of Progression
Students who are not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress
GPA and/or Pace of Progression requirements by the end of the
one-time, one-semester Warning Period may appeal to have their
financial aid eligibility reinstated on a semester-by-semester basis.
Students must meet with their academic adviser to complete an
SAP Appeal Form. The following can be considered: extended
illness; one-time extenuating circumstances that have since been
resolved; and enrollment limitations due to academic advisement.
SAP Appeal Form and Letter
The student and the academic adviser must submit a
Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal form with complete
supporting documentation to the Financial Aid Office. The SAP
Appeal Form must contain the specific academic plan for the
student that the adviser has approved. For the appeal to be
approved, the academic plan must lead to graduation within 150
percent of the published time frame and unit requirements to
complete one undergraduate degree program.
The student must also provide a written letter that addresses
the reasons for the appeal.
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Students requesting an extension past the Maximum Time
Frame should address the following points in their letters of
appeal:
(1) What prevented the student from completing their degree
program(s) within the Maximum Time Frame?
(2) How does the student intend to ensure completion of
the degree program(s) within no more than 150 percent of the
published time frame to complete one undergraduate degree
program?
Students appealing due to unsatisfactory GPA and/or Pace of
Progress, or failing to meet the terms of an existing SAP contract,
should address the following points in their letters of appeal:
(1) What caused the work at USC to fall below acceptable
standards? Students should think carefully and provide a specific
explanation.
(2) How have those conflicts been resolved?
(3) How will the student maintain good academic standards and
progress toward the degree if the appeal is granted?
Limitations on Approvals for SAP Appeals
The Financial Aid Office will never increase the Maximum Time
Frame past 150 percent of the published degree requirements for
one undergraduate degree. As soon as a student is mathematically
incapable of completing their degree objective(s) within 150
percent of the published requirements for one undergraduate
degree, the student will be ineligible for financial aid from that point
forward.
Minors, double majors and/or dual degree programs must be
completed within 150 percent of the requirements to complete one
undergraduate degree.
Notication of SAP Appeal Decisions
SAP Appeals will be evaluated and the Financial Aid Office will
notify the student of the decision via email at the student's USC
email address.
The Financial Aid SAP Contract
Appeals for insufficient Pace of Progression and/or GPA
are approved through the use of a semester-by-semester SAP
Contract. Appeals for extensions to the Maximum Time Frame
may also result in an SAP Contract to ensure completion within
150 percent of the time frame to complete one undergraduate
degree. Students must adhere to the academic plan and terms
and conditions of the SAP Contract to maintain future financial aid
eligibility. The Financial Aid Office will review a student's academic
progress each semester to ensure the student has met the specific
terms of the student's contract.
The SAP Contract is a written agreement between the student,
the academic adviser and the Financial Aid Office in which the
student commits to following a specific academic plan that leads
to graduation. Reinstated eligibility through a contract may alter
the type and amount of financial aid for which a student is eligible.
Terms of the SAP Contract may be stricter than the standard SAP
regulations cited in this section. Acceptance of the approved SAP
Contract supersedes all other SAP regulations. Any deviation by
the student from the terms of the contract results in the forfeiture of
future financial aid eligibility.
Submitting SAP Appeals after Failing SAP Contract
Students on SAP Contracts as a result of an approved appeal
who fail to meet the terms of their accepted SAP Contracts are
ineligible for future financial aid but may submit a subsequent SAP
Appeal. However, these appeals are granted on an exception
basis. Students will be required to document specifically the
exceptional circumstances that caused them to fail their SAP
Contract and how those problems have been resolved.
Financial Aid Application and SAP Appeal Deadlines
Students appealing their Satisfactory Academic Progress
status must meet all financial aid application deadlines and other
eligibility requirements.
Students should not submit SAP Appeals for GPA or Pace of
Progression deficiencies when they are in a Financial Aid SAP
Warning period. These preemptive appeals are unnecessary and
will be withdrawn. Rather, students should wait until they have
been notified by the Financial Aid Office that they are ineligible for
financial aid due to an SAP deficiency. SAP Appeals for Maximum
Time-Frame Allowance may be submitted at any time, but students
should first ensure that the Degree Progress Office has updated
their expected graduation term.
An SAP Appeal must be submitted before the end of the
semester for which the aid is sought. Financial aid cannot be
reinstated retroactively for a past semester.
Withdrawal Implications for Recipients
of Financial Aid
During the Drop/Add Period
During the university's published drop/add period, students who
drop or reduce their enrollment may be eligible for a 100 percent
refund of tuition for classes dropped.
Financial aid recipients must immediately notify the Financial
Aid Office in writing when a drop from one or more classes during
the drop/add period results in an enrollment status different
from the enrollment status on which their current financial aid
eligibility was based. The same applies if one or more classes are
cancelled.
The Financial Aid Office will review the student's new enrollment
and, if appropriate, revise the student's eligibility based on the new
enrollment status.
If a financial aid recipient drops from all classes or drops to
less than half-time status during the drop/add period, all financial
aid awards must be returned to their respective programs.
Students who drop from all classes or drop to less than half-time
status during the drop/add period are considered never to have
established eligibility for financial aid. If the student was given
financial aid funds for other expenses, the student will be expected
to return those funds to the university.
After the Drop/Add Period
Students who are recipients of Title IV federal student aid
are also covered by federal Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4)
regulations. Title IV federal student aid is awarded to a student
under the assumption that the student will attend for the entire
period for which the assistance is provided and thereby "earn" the
award. When a student ceases academic attendance prior to the
end of that period, the student may no longer be eligible for the full
amount of federal funds that the student was originally scheduled
to receive.
If a Title IV recipient withdraws from all classes on or before
the session is 60 percent complete, based on their last date of
attendance, federal policy requires that any "unearned" Title IV
federal student aid be returned to the U.S. Treasury, even if the
student is not entitled to a refund of tuition.
A student is required to immediately notify the Registrar when
the student stops attending classes. If the student fails to notify
the Registrar's Office, it is possible that the 50 percent point
in the term will be used to determine the student's last date of
attendance, in accordance with federal regulations. If a student
withdraws from all classes*, the Financial Aid Office will determine
if that student's period of attendance resulted in the earning of all
federal student aid awarded for that term. If it is determined that
not all the scheduled federal aid has in fact been earned, then the
Financial Aid Office will calculate the amount to be returned to the
federal student aid programs. The Financial Aid Office will bill the
student via the student's university account for the amount to be
returned. It is the student's responsibility to contact the Cashier's
Office to settle the bill.
*Note to students in modular programs: In a modular program, one
or more of the student's enrolled courses do not span the length
of the entire semester. Students in modular courses who withdraw
from one or more courses but are still registered for future courses
within the term will be required to confirm their future enrollment
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plans. For students who fail to confirm or fail to re-enroll, the
Financial Aid Office will determine whether you have completed
module(s) that contain 49 percent or more of the number of days
in the payment period. If you have completed 49 percent or more,
you are not considered to have withdrawn for R2T4 purposes. If
you have completed less than 49 percent, the Financial Aid Office
will calculate the portion of your financial aid that has been earned
based on your latest date of attendance. Refunds to the U.S.
Treasury may be required.
Additional Responsibilities of Students Who
Withdraw
Any time a student withdraws from one or more courses, the
student should consider the potential effect on their Satisfactory
Academic Progress (SAP) status.
Whenever a student's enrollment drops to less than half time
or the student withdraws completely, or if a student takes a leave
of absence, they must notify the lender, holder or servicer of any
loans. Student borrowers of federal or university loans must also
satisfy exit loan counseling requirements at iGrad.
It is also the student's responsibility upon withdrawal from
all classes to notify the Student Financial Services Office, the
Housing Services Office, the Transportation Services Office and/
or the USCard Office, if the student has charges from these offices
on their student account. Students who have withdrawn from
studies may be entitled to a prorated cancellation of charges from
these offices.
Leave of Absence
Financial aid recipients considering a leave of absence should
be aware of the financial aid implications. Although obtaining
an approved leave of absence from their programs does allow
students to re-enroll in the university without formal re-admission, it
does not allow them to avoid Return to Title IV calculations or defer
their loan repayment. The university reports student enrollment to
the National Student Clearinghouse throughout the academic year.
Lenders and federal loan service agencies subsequently query
this database to determine if a student has maintained continuous
half-time or greater enrollment.
Student Loan Repayment
If students are on a leave of absence from the university, their
lender or federal loan service agency will move their loan from
an "in-school" status to a grace or repayment status as required.
While on a leave of absence, students may be able to postpone
repayment by obtaining a deferment or forbearance from their loan
servicer(s) as a result of unemployment or economic hardship.
Students should contact their loan servicer(s) for more information
about loan repayment. Students may review their federal loan
history and determine their loan service agencies by visiting the
Federal Student Aid website at studentaid.gov . Once they re-enroll
on a half-time or greater basis, they may be able to request
deferment for "in-school" status.
Tuition Refund Insurance Plan
To complement its own refund policy, the university makes
available to students Tuition Refund Insurance, an insurance
policy designed to protect the investment students and their
families make in education. The Financial Aid Office strongly
encourages all financial aid recipients to take advantage of this
plan. If a student formally withdraws from all classes after the end
of the drop/add period and they are covered by Tuition Refund
Insurance, the student may receive:
• A credit to the student account equal to 85 percent of
charges for tuition and mandatory fees, if the withdrawal is
the result of a documented injury, sickness, or psychological
or emotional condition (as defined in the DSM-IV manual).
The Tuition Refund Insurance credit will be applied first to any
outstanding charges on the student's university account, including
any charges resulting from the return of Title IV federal student
aid. Recipients of university and/or federal financial aid will then
receive a cash refund equal to the amount of cash payments made
to the account plus any loan payments still on the account (after all
returns of Title IV aid have been made in accordance with federal
policies, if applicable). The remainder of the insurance credit
will be used to repay university financial aid grant or scholarship
programs.
Brochures about Tuition Refund Insurance requirements
and claim forms are available in the Cashier's Office and the
Registrar's Office. All questions about the insurance plan should
be directed to these offices.
Notes on Federal Policy
Title IV Federal Student Aid
Students are considered recipients of Title IV federal student
aid if they have received funds from one or more of the following
programs to meet educational expenses for the semester in
question: Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants (SEOG), Direct Loans (Subsidized or
Unsubsidized), or Direct Graduate or Parent PLUS Loans.
FAFSA and Verification
The deadline for receipt of a 2022-23 FAFSA by the Department
of Education is June 30, 2023. To receive financial aid funds, a
complete, valid FAFSA must be received at USC by the last day of
the student's 2022-23 enrollment.
Financial aid applicants selected for verification are required
to submit documentation before any financial aid funds will
be awarded or disbursed. The deadline to submit verification
documentation is 120 days after the student's last date of
enrollment for 2022-23, or September 10, 2023, whichever is
earlier. USC will continue to accept verification documentation until
this date.
Applicants are notified of any changes to their financial aid
eligibility on their Financial Aid Summary and Tasks (FAST) page.
The FAST page also indicates any outstanding documentation
or tasks that need to be completed for aid to be processed or
disbursed.
Period of Enrollment
At USC, the periods of enrollment are generally measured
using the session(s) in which the student enrolled on a semester
basis, starting on the first day of classes and ending on the final
day of examinations for a given term. For purposes of Title IV
federal student aid, any scheduled break of five or more days will
not be included in the measurement of the enrollment period. For
programs offered in modules (sessions that do not span the entire
length of the semester), breaks of more than five days between
modules will not be included in the measurement of the enrollment
period.
Measurement of Earned Title IV Federal Student Aid
When a student withdraws from all classes or withdraws from
one or more classes while attending a modular program, the
Financial Aid Office will calculate the percentage of earned Title
IV federal student aid using the date of withdrawal. The earnings
calculation is based on the number of days of enrollment, up to
and including the day of withdrawal, divided by the total number
of days in the enrollment period. In most cases, when a total
withdrawal is determined to occur on or before the 60 percent
point in a semester, some federal aid will need to be returned.
Return of Title IV Federal Student Aid
To satisfy federal regulation, returns to Title IV financial aid
programs must be made in the following order:
• Direct Unsubsidized Loans
• Direct Subsidized Loans
• Direct PLUS Loans
• Federal Pell Grants
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
(SEOG)
• Other Title IV federal programs
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Financial Aid Policy Regarding
Falsication of Financial Aid
Information
The types of information covered by this policy include all
documents and information submitted to apply for and/or receive
need-based financial aid, scholarships and private financing funds.
These documents and information include, but are not limited to,
the following:
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Student Aid Report (SAR)
• CSS Financial Aid/Profile Application and CSS Noncustodial
Parent Profile Application
• Financial Aid Supplement
• Student and parent federal income tax forms and other
income documentation
• Documentation of U.S. citizenship or eligible non-citizen
status
• Documentation of housing/living arrangements
• Academic documents relating to high school diploma or
college course work
• Loan applications, promissory notes and related
documentation
• Specific program applications
• Federal Work-Study time sheets
• Any university financial aid forms and related documentation
• Any written, electronic or verbal statements sent to or made
to a university employee regarding the student's financial aid
application or other financially related documents
The integrity of the documents and the honesty of the
information presented through them are critical to the financial
aid process. Students should be aware that they will be held
responsible for the integrity of any financial aid information
submitted either by them or on their behalf.
If the university determines that a student or parent has
provided falsified information, or has submitted forged documents
or signatures, the following steps may be taken without prior
notification to the student or parent:
1. An incident report will be filed with USC’s Office of Academic
Integrity, following procedures outlined in the Student
Handbook. Pending resolution of the complaint, the Financial
Aid Office may restrict the distribution of any further aid to the
accused student.
2. If the Financial Aid Office or the student conduct
review process finds that a violation has occurred, the
consequences may include, but are not limited to, the
following:
• The student will be required to make full restitution of any
and all federal, state, private and/or university scholarship,
grant, loan or work funds to which they were not entitled.
• Until full restitution is made, all federal, state and university
funds will be withheld from the student, including all funds
disbursed in past or in current terms.
• No arrangements will be made with the Cashier's Office
or Collections Office on the student's behalf to settle their
account. The student will be responsible for all charges
incurred on the student's account because of the loss of
federal, state or institutional financial aid funds.
• If the student is determined to be ineligible for financial aid
because of a basic eligibility criterion, no further federal,
state or university funds will be provided to the student in
any future terms of enrollment at the university.
• The student may be ineligible for future participation in
some or all financial aid programs for a minimum of one
year or longer. In some cases, the student will not be
eligible to receive funds from that program in any future
terms of enrollment at the university.
• The student will not receive funds to replace those lost
because they are considered ineligible due to dishonesty.
3. In addition to any consequences directly related to the
student's financial aid, the student may be assigned
disciplinary sanctions as described in the Student Handbook.
4. As required by federal and state law, the USC Financial
Aid Office will report any infraction to the appropriate office
or agency. These include, but are not limited to, the U.S.
Department of Education Office of the Inspector General,
state agencies or other entities that may take whatever
action is required by federal and state law. In this report, the
Financial Aid Office will describe in detail the incident, the
response from the Financial Aid Office and any additional
actions taken by or pending with the university.
Course Work Taken Elsewhere
Admitted students receive a transfer credit report prepared by
Transfer Credit Services showing unit and subject credit granted
for college courses and relevant exams, such as AP, IB and
A-levels.
Students are required to submit complete, official transcripts of
all course work attempted at any postsecondary institution as soon
as final grades are posted. All post-secondary transcripts must be
submitted regardless of the type of course(s) or the quality of the
work. A student's failure to provide transcripts for all course work
attempted prior to enrollment at USC or while away from USC
may result in denial of transferred course work and a charge of a
violation of the university's academic integrity policies.
Accreditation
The University of Southern California affirms the practice of
accreditation of American post-secondary academic institutions
by the six regional accreditation agencies: the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools, the Higher Learning
Commission, the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Acceptance of
course work and/or degrees completed by undergraduate and
graduate students applying to the University of Southern California
will be based on accreditation by these six agencies. Certain
graduate schools, seminaries, conservatories and professional
institutions of national renown that are not accredited by a regional
agency may be considered for graduate transfer work by Transfer
Credit Services in consultation with the USC department or
professional school to which the student is applying.
Acceptance of course work and/or degrees from post-secondary
institutions overseas will be based on the recognition and approval
of the college or university as a degree-granting institution by the
ministry of education within the respective country.
Non-transferable Course Work
USC's transfer policies have been established to enable
students to achieve an undergraduate degree that will reflect
traditional academic study and research. For that reason, the
following types of nontraditional course work will not transfer to
USC for undergraduate credit:
• Life experience; portfolio work; continuing education; work
experience; formally structured courses offered by civilian
non-collegiate sponsors such as businesses, corporations,
government agencies and labor unions, even if evaluated by
the American Council on Education (ACE).
• Extension courses not accepted toward a degree by the
offering institution.
• Equivalency examinations.
• Remedial (e.g., mathematics below college algebra), college
preparatory and personal development/life skills courses.
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• Independent study, directed study, internships and
correspondence courses from two-year schools.
• Areas of study offered by other accredited institutions
toward the baccalaureate but not offered by USC, such as
agriculture, business office procedures, hotel management,
interior design, food services, industrial mechanics, fire
science, police academy and similar technical or professional
programs.
• Undergraduates will not receive credit for graduate-level
transfer courses.
In addition, no more than 4 units of English as a Second
Language (toward the maximum of 12 ESL/ALI units that may
apply to a degree) will transfer. Also, a maximum of 4 units of
physical education activity courses and music ensemble will
transfer. A maximum of 8 units of dance, 12 units of physical
education theory courses and 16 units of individual instruction in
music will transfer. A maximum of 12 units of acting, 12 units of
theatre production, and 12 units of theatrical stage management
will transfer.
Course Work Requiring Review
USC will determine on a case-by-case basis whether to grant
credit for certain types of courses taken at accredited institutions.
Courses that require review by Transfer Credit Services include:
• Independent study, directed study and internships taken at
four-year schools.
• Courses in which the traditionally expected number of contact
hours may not have occurred, including distance learning,
televised, online or correspondence courses, and courses
taught in non-traditional time modes such as concentrated
"intensive" sessions or special weekend modules.
• Transfer credit from studio courses in fine arts, music and
theatre is limited. See articulation agreements or usc.edu/
transfercredit.
Articulation Agreements
Articulation agreements with select California community
colleges are issued by Transfer Credit Services and indicate
courses available for transfer to USC. These agreements can be
found at usc.edu/transfercredit. These agreements are revised
periodically and are subject to change, depending on course
content, availability and changes in USC's academic policies.
Articulation agreements are not issued for four-year colleges and
universities.
Credit for Military Education
Academic credit will be awarded for course work taken at one of
the regionally accredited U.S. military academies upon receipt of
official transcripts.
The university will also evaluate course work/experience
completed through the armed services and may award credit for
such courses if they meet the following criteria:
• Students must provide an official Joint Services Transcript
(JST).
• Course work must be evaluated by ACE as upper-division
credit.
USC will not grant credit for the following:
• DD-214 or DD-295.
• Course work not offered in an area of study taught at USC.
• Course work/experience not evaluated by ACE.
• Course work from the Community College of the Air Force.
• DSST, CLEP and DLPT exam scores.
• Other Learning Experiences (OLEs).
College Courses Taken During High School
Enrollment
All undergraduate students entering USC may receive a
combined maximum of 32 elective units for college courses taken
before high school graduation and/or examinations (e.g., AP or
IB) taken before matriculation at a two-year or four-year college.
A maximum of 16 of these 32 units will be allowed for college
courses taken before high school graduation. These courses must
appear on the college transcript and be part of the regular college
curriculum. These courses must also be taught by college faculty
in a format open to regularly enrolled postsecondary students at
that college. These courses will not receive course equivalence or
credit toward writing or foreign language requirements, although
they may fulfill general education categories where appropriate.
However, departments may use them as a basis to waive
prerequisites or specific course requirements on a case-by-case
basis. Students who completed more than 16 units of college
courses in lieu of examinations may submit an articulation petition
to receive up to a maximum of 32 units for these classes.
Students may not receive credit for both an AP exam (or IB or
other international exam) and a college course taken before high
school graduation covering the same subject matter, nor for an AP
and IB exam covering the same subject matter.
Besides earning elective units, some AP tests and international
exams fulfill general education requirements. Finally, scores of 4
or 5 on AP tests in modern languages if taken in spring 2007 or
later will satisfy the third semester foreign language requirement.
Details will be reported on the student's transfer credit report. A
list of exams that will satisfy general education requirements is
available online at arr.usc.edu/students/transfer-credit-services/
under the Exam Credit link.
Students who began full-time college study at four-year
institutions before completing their high school diplomas can
submit transcripts for special evaluation. These programs, which
typically are conducted on a college campus and are taught by
regular faculty, will be evaluated on an individual basis. More
than 16 units may be granted. Students entering full-time college
programs at two-year colleges before graduating from high school
are subject to the 16-unit maximum stated above.
Transfer Credit
Transfer Credit Report
A transfer credit report (TCR) is prepared prior to enrollment
for every new undergraduate transfer student admitted to regular
standing. To ensure complete evaluation of transfer courses, it is
the student's responsibility to submit complete, official transcripts
from all post-secondary schools in which course work was
completed as soon as final grades are posted. All post-secondary
transcripts must be submitted regardless of the type of course(s)
or the quality of the work. The purpose of the transfer credit
report is to acknowledge officially all work transferable toward
the USC degree sought by the student. The university expects
undergraduate transfer students to assist in completing a final
review of all transfer courses by the end of their first semester of
study.
Students should review their transfer credit reports for accuracy
and report any missing courses or incorrect information to Transfer
Credit Services. To request a change in the way a transfer course
has been evaluated, students may initiate an articulation petition at
usc.edu/OASIS. All articulation petitions regarding courses taken
before entering USC should be initiated as soon as possible after
matriculation, and no later than the end of the first semester of
study.
Total transferable units attempted and total transferable units
applied toward the degree are posted on the transfer credit
report. For the purposes of making an admissions decision, all
grades (including grades of D and below) are calculated into the
grade point average and are used in calculating a total grade
point average for graduation. Neither subject nor unit credit will
be granted for courses that have been graded with less than a
C- (1.7). USC does not honor other colleges' "academic renewal"
or "academic forgiveness" programs that permit students to
improve a substandard grade. If you repeat a transferable course
for which you earned a grade of D+ or lower, both grades will be
included in your transfer GPA. If the grade on the first course was
a C- or higher, only the first grade is included. Your transfer GPA
is different from the GPA earned in courses you take at USC. The
transfer GPA and your USC GPA are kept separate until it is time
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to determine if you are eligible to graduate and earn graduation
honors. See the Graduation with University Honors section of this
catalogue.
For limitations on use of transfer courses to fulfill general
education and writing requirements see the General Education
program.
Subject Credit and Degree Credit
Subject credit does not carry unit value toward units required for
a degree but may fulfill a required or elective subject area. Degree
credit is defined as units that may be applied toward the units
required for a USC degree.
Transfer Unit Limitations
A student may earn a maximum of 64 units of credit toward a
bachelor's degree from other accredited institutions. The BArch
degree and the Engineering "3-2" Program allow a maximum of
80 units of transfer credit, of which no more than 70 units may be
from two-year colleges. Students will receive only subject credit for
work completed in excess of the unit limitations.
Once a student has attained junior-level standing by completing
64 units applicable to the undergraduate degree (with USC course
work alone or in combination with transfer units), transfer credit will
be further limited to no more than 8 additional units. In the case of
the BArch degree, no more than 8 additional units may be allowed
for transfer credit after completion of 84 college-level units.
Transfer Credit for Repeated Course Work
Degree credit will not be given for a transferred undergraduate
course that a student has previously completed with earned credit
at USC.
Subject credit only will be given for a transferred undergraduate
course previously taken at USC, under the following conditions:
(1) When the student took the course at USC, he or she received
a passing grade or mark that failed to meet departmental or
university requirements, and (2) the student obtained prior
approval from the department offering the USC course on the USC
transfer course work pre-approval form at usc.edu/transfercredit.
Subject and unit credit will be given for a transferred
undergraduate course previously taken at USC, under the
following conditions: (1) When the student took the course at
USC, he or she received a failing grade or mark, and (2) the
student obtained prior approval from the department offering the
USC course on the USC transfer course pre-approval form from
the Summer Courses for USC Students page at arr.usc.edu/
students/transfer-credit-services/. Credit may not be awarded in
cases where the failing grade was issued because of an academic
integrity violation.
Permission to Register at Another
Institution
Undergraduate Transfer Credit Limitations
As defined in the Residence Requirement, once students enroll
at USC, only courses taken during a summer semester will be
considered for transfer credit. No transfer work may be used to
satisfy any Core Literacy requirements or the writing requirement
if those courses are taken after a student has enrolled at USC,
but transfer work may be used to satisfy Global Perspectives
requirements. In addition, transfer courses taken after enrollment
at USC cannot be used to fulfill upper-division requirements in the
major without prior approval, using the request for Exception to
Residence form available from the student's major adviser or, for
exploratory students, from Academic Exploration Advising in the
office of the vice provost for academic programs. Transfer courses
may not fulfill upper-division requirements in the minor under any
circumstances.
Students are advised to consult their major department or
Academic Exploration Advising (AEA) before taking college course
work at another institution. Students should also consult Transfer
Credit Services to ensure that the work will transfer.
Procedure
If students wish to take summer course work elsewhere after
admission to USC, they must first obtain appropriate pre-approval.
Even if there is an articulation agreement, pre-approval is
necessary to assure the student's eligibility. Most students can
use the online pre-approval process available on OASIS. In some
cases, the paper pre-approval form must be used. It is available at
arr.usc.edu/students/transfer-credit-services/.
Once the course work has been completed elsewhere, students
must request the other institution to send an official transcript to
USC so that the course work can be evaluated and transferred.
Students are required to provide transcripts of all course work
attempted at any post-secondary institution, regardless of the type
of course(s) or the quality of the work. A student's failure to provide
transcripts for all course work attempted while away from USC
may result in denial of transferred course work and a charge of a
violation of the university's academic integrity policies.
Students should request an electronic transcript or a secure
PDF transcript be sent to [email protected]. Confidential paper
transcripts can be sent to the USC Registrar One Stop Center,
700 Childs Way, JHH 106, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0912. Paper
transcripts must arrive in a sealed envelope directly from the
issuing institution.
To avoid a possible delay in graduation, official transcripts from
post-secondary institutions should be submitted as soon as the
course work is completed and graded by the transfer institution. It
is advisable to complete all transfer work prior to the final semester
of enrollment at USC. If transcripts for transfer course work are not
available during the final USC semester, it will likely delay degree
posting and result in a later degree date.
Students who have questions concerning the transfer credit
shown on the transfer credit report should visit askUSC - Home,
or inquire by email at [email protected]. Any questions
regarding the applicability of previous course work toward major
requirements should be referred to the student's academic adviser.
Leave of Absence
Students may encounter professional, medical, legal,
educational or personal reasons that compel them to interrupt their
academic program. An undergraduate student in these situations
should declare a leave of absence using the resources at loa.usc.
edu. If, as a result of the leave, the student exceeds the time limits
for completion of degree or general education requirements, the
student may not be allowed automatically to continue to follow
the original catalogue of enrollment. Students who fail to declare
a leave of absence may encounter difficulties with residence
requirements and financial aid when returning to USC.
Financial aid recipients considering a leave of absence should
be aware of the financial aid implications. For more information,
refer to Withdrawal Implications for Recipients of Financial Aid in
the Financial Aid for Undergraduate Students section.
A leave of absence does not exempt students from the
residence requirement, nor does it automatically grant permission
to transfer work from another college or university to USC.
Students are discouraged from planning to study at all while on
a leave of absence, but if college study is necessary, the student
should apply for a Request for Exception to Residence (described
under Residence Requirement below).
Consequences for a leave of absence are different for graduate
students than for undergraduate students. Consult loa.usc.edu
carefully. International students must follow specific steps when
taking a leave of absence from the university. Contact the Office of
International Services as soon as a leave becomes necessary.
Program Reactivation
Students who have failed to attempt course work for at least
one semester within an academic year without filing a Leave of
Absence form will have their POST (Program of Study) expired.
Returning undergraduates will be required to meet with their
department adviser and complete and sign a POST Reactivation
form before registration will be permitted. Graduate students who
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wish to return will be governed by applicable university policies,
including the continuous enrollment requirement.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of 64 units toward the bachelor's degree must
be earned in residence at USC, with the following exceptions:
students earning a bachelor's degree in architecture must earn 80
units in residence; students in engineering's "3-2" program must
earn at least 48 units in residence.
Once a student matriculates at USC, all courses taken for
subject or unit credit in the fall and spring semesters must be
taken in residence. Only transfer work that appears on the transfer
institution's transcript for a summer term will be accepted. In
addition, all upper-division units required for the major and minor
must be earned in residence. However, a student's department
may apply upper-division courses taken elsewhere prior to
matriculation to major requirements on a case-by-case basis.
In rare circumstances, permission may be granted in advance
to take a course out of residence. This permission is documented
on the Request for Exception to Residence form. The form, which
is available from the student's major adviser, is used to record
major department approval to use the course toward the major.
Questions about the residence requirement may be addressed to
Transfer Credit Services, (213) 740-4628 or transfercredit@usc.
edu.
Academically disqualified students must meet with a counselor
from the Office of Academic Review and Retention for advisement
and forms for departmental preapproval rather than using the
Request for Exception to Residence form.
After completion of 64 college-level units applicable to the
undergraduate degree, no more than eight additional units may
be allowed for transfer credit. In the case of the BArch degree,
no more than 8 additional units may be allowed for transfer credit
after completion of 84 college-level units.
Units earned in overseas studies programs approved by USC's
University Committee on Curriculum and in courses approved by
consortial or other institutional agreements are considered to be
taken in residence.
Residence Requirement for a Second
Bachelor's Degree
For students with their first bachelor's degree from USC,
32 units applicable to the degree beyond the number of units
required for the first USC bachelor's degree must be completed
in residence. Students who have not exceeded the transfer unit
residence restriction for the first USC bachelor's degree may apply
the remaining number of units available for transfer to this 32-unit
residence requirement.
For students with their first bachelor's degree from another
institution, the second bachelor's degree requires 64 units
applicable to the degree completed in residence, except for the
BArch degree, which when earned concurrently with the MArch
degree requires 32 units applicable to the degree completed in
residence.
Requirements for Graduation
Catalogue Regulations, Policies and
Procedures
In addition to degree requirements outlined below,
undergraduate and graduate students are also subject to current
catalogue regulations, policies and procedures. Examples include,
but are not limited to, the policy on the grade of incomplete and
graduation with honors. Unlike degree requirements, changes in
regulations, policies and procedures are immediate and supersede
those in any prior catalogue.
Graduation Date
A student will be awarded the graduation date for the term in
which degree requirements, including submission of supporting
documents, have been met. Although course work may have been
completed in a prior term, the degree will be awarded only for
the term for which all academic and administrative requirements
have been fulfilled. Students wishing to change the degree
date from that indicated on the STARS Report may do so under
Other Services in usc.edu/OASIS. You may only set a term three
semesters in advance. If your expected graduation date is more
than three semesters away, please email Degree Progress.
Discontinued Degree Programs
Students pursuing major or minor programs that the
university discontinues will be allowed to complete them within a
specified time limit. The time limit will be specified at the point of
discontinuance of a major or minor program and begins at that
point. It is determined according to the student's progress toward
degree completion and will not exceed five years for any student.
Closed Record
The academic record of a student who has completed the
program of study or ceased attendance is considered closed.
Once a student's record is closed, no further additions or changes
may be made. This includes, but is not limited to, such things
as registering in additional course work, resolution of marks of
incomplete (IN) and missing grade (MG), declaration of minors,
etc.
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate degree requirements consist of grade
point averages, residence requirements, general education
requirements, the writing requirement, the diversity requirement,
pre-major and major requirements, and minor requirements.
Undergraduate students may elect to follow (a) the degree
requirements in the catalogue current in their first term of
enrollment after admission or readmission at USC or (b) degree
requirements in a subsequent catalogue as long as they were
enrolled in a term in which it was in effect. However, students
may not mix catalogues. An exception is that students may follow
the requirements for a minor from a different catalogue year than
the major; and students pursuing two majors may follow major
requirements from different catalogue years.
While there are no specific time limits for completing the
bachelor's degree, over the years many departments change their
major requirements in accordance with developments in the field
and department. Occasionally, general education requirements are
changed or a degree program is discontinued.
Therefore, undergraduate students who do not complete their
degrees within six consecutive years from the beginning of the
semester of their first completed USC course work will not be
allowed automatically to continue following their pre-major, major
and minor requirements as specified above. (This time limit
includes semesters during which students are not enrolled.) The
pertinent department chair will decide what pre-major, major and
minor requirements each student must follow and communicate
the decision to the student in writing.
Students who do not complete their degrees within 10
consecutive years from the beginning of the semester of their first
completed USC course work will not be allowed automatically to
continue their general education requirements. (This time limit
includes semesters during which students are not enrolled.) The
General Education Office will decide what general education
requirements each student must follow and communicate the
decision to the student in writing.
An appeal of a department's decision may be made to the
dean of the appropriate academic unit or the Provost's Office
for academic units without departments. An appeal of a general
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education decision may be made to the Committee on Academic
Policies and Procedures (CAPP).
Grade Point Average Requirement
A grade point average of at least C (2.0) on all baccalaureate
units attempted at USC, as well as on the combined USC-
transfer GPA, is required for undergraduate degrees. A minimum
cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in all upper-division courses
applied toward the major is also required, regardless of the
department in which the courses are taken. The university will not
deviate from policies governing the calculation of the grade point
average through inclusion or exclusion of course work.
Unit Requirement
Students are required to take a minimum of 128 baccalaureate
units at the undergraduate level (of which not more than 4 units
may be physical education units). A student may earn a maximum
of 16 units for individual instruction in music at the 101/201/301
levels and comparable transfer courses. Of the 128 unit minimum
at least 32 units must be upper-division course work. Students
must also complete all upper-division course work in the major
at USC. The university will not deviate from the minimum
unit requirements stated above or the additional unit-specific
requirements. Some disciplines require more than the minimum
requirements. Check individual department listings for specific
requirements.
Unit credit indicates the number of semester units earned in the
course; these units may or may not be applicable to the degree.
Degree credit indicates the units are applicable to the degree.
Pass/No Pass Graded Work
A maximum of 24 units of undergraduate course work taken
on a pass/no pass basis may be used toward an undergraduate
degree and a maximum of 4 of these 24 units may be applied to
the general education requirements. WRIT 130, WRIT 150 and
WRIT 340 will not fulfill undergraduate writing requirements if
taken on a Pass/No Pass (P/NP) basis.
Use of Pass/No Pass course work to fulfill major requirements
must be approved in writing by the academic department.
Course work required for a minor may not be taken on a P/NP
basis. Individual academic departments may have placed further
restrictions on whether a course taken on a Pass/No Pass basis
can be used to fulfill specific requirements.
In cases where a student has registered for a course on Pass/
No Pass (P/NP) basis, and the student is subsequently found to
have committed an academic integrity violation in the course, the
instructor may elect to assign a penalty letter grade, rather than
assign a mark of Pass or No Pass.
General Education Requirements
General education and writing requirements for all students
are provided on the General Education Program page. Additional
specific information is included with the information on individual
majors.
Gateway Course
A gateway course is a lower division 3–4 unit course that
introduces and showcases the minor or major curricula of an
academic field of study. It is intended to be a student's first
exposure to a field of study.
Upper-division Major Course Work
The university requires that all undergraduate students
successfully complete at USC all the upper-division courses that
are applied to their major. Substitution of a comparable upper-
division course for a required one may be entered in the STARS
exception process by the departmental adviser with the support
of the department. Substitutions and waivers of USC or transfer
courses for upper-division requirements for majors are to be
limited to a combination of 25 percent. Substitution of courses
with the same departmental prefix are exempted from this limit.
Lower-division courses cannot be substituted for upper-division
course requirements.
Minor Programs
Application for a minor must be made to the department or
professional school and an appropriate endorsement must appear
on a change/addition of major or minor degree objectives form.
Students who decide not to complete a declared minor must
formally drop the minor program. Failure to drop a declared minor
may delay the awarding of the student's degree.
The following guidelines apply to minor programs:
1. Minor programs are available to students matriculated in
an undergraduate degree program and must be completed
simultaneously with the major degree program.
2. Minors constituted of course work from a single department
may not be earned by students majoring in that department.
3. Students may take an interdepartmental minor in which
their major unit participates as long as at least 16 units
required for the minor are not courses offered by the major
department.
4. Students must take at least 16 units, which are unique to
the minor (i.e., not required to fulfill the student's major or
another minor).
5. All upper-division course work required for the minor must
be taken at USC.
6. Departments at their discretion may substitute no more than
25 percent of the required units defined in the catalogue
for a given minor program. Substitution of courses with
the same departmental prefix are exempted from this limit.
Lower-division courses cannot be substituted for upper-
division course requirements.
7. Departments at their discretion may waive no more than
4 units for minor programs with 17 to 20 units or no more
than 8 units for minor programs with more than 20 units for
each student. The number of units unique to the minor after
any departmental waivers or substitutions must total at least
16 units.
8. No course work required for the minor may be taken on a
Pass/No Pass basis.
9. A minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA must be achieved in all
courses applied toward the minor. A higher minimum may
be required by the sponsoring department or unit.
10. Students whose major degree programs do not include a
language requirement need not satisfy that requirement to
earn a minor from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences or a professional school that has a language
requirement unless the minor specifically requires the
language.
11. Completion of the minor program will be recorded on the
transcript. The student receives a separate minor certificate
for each minor program completed.
12. Undergraduate students may elect to follow the minor
requirements in (a) the catalogue current in their first term
of enrollment after admission or readmission to USC, or
(b) a subsequent catalogue year if the minor was newly
introduced or revised after their term of admission or
readmission. This does not affect the catalogue year they
follow for their major.
Honors Programs
Departmental Honors
The following departments have received approval from the
university Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for their majors to
graduate with departmental honors:
Accounting (BS); American Studies and Ethnicity; Anthropology;
Art History; Biochemistry; Biological Sciences (BA and BS);
Business (BS); Chemistry (BA and BS); Cinematic Arts (Critical
Studies); Classics; Communication; Comparative Literature;
Earth Sciences; East Asian Languages and Cultures; Economics;
English; French; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Geodesign;
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Geological Sciences; History; Human Development and Aging
(BS); International Relations; Linguistics; Linguistics/Philosophy;
Linguistics/Psychology; Mathematics (BA and BS); Media Arts and
Practice (Digital Studies minor); Neuroscience; Philosophy; Policy,
Planning, and Development; Political Science; Psychology; Public
Relations; Religion; Sociology; Spanish; and Spatial Sciences.
The minimal requirements for receiving departmental honors
are that the student: (1) satisfactorily completes course work for an
honors project and (2) achieves no less than a 3.5 GPA (A = 4.0) in
the major at the time of graduation. Each program, department or
school will designate what it considers the appropriate course work
and honors project.
Departmental honors are noted on academic transcripts but not
on the diploma.
Renaissance Scholar Honors
The Steven and Kathryn Sample Renaissance Scholars
program recognizes select undergraduate students who have
excelled in their studies while completing a major and a minor
(or two majors) in widely separated fields of study. In order to be
designated a USC Renaissance Scholar candidate, a student must
be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and
must have his or her fields of study certified to meet the breadth
with depth requirement.
To be designated a Renaissance Scholar upon graduation, a
student must graduate within five years of matriculation at USC,
with a minimum 3.5 overall grade point average, a minimum
3.5 grade point average in each of the major(s) and/or minor(s)
course requirements and with university honors. A student with
multiple certified program combinations (three or more academic
programs) may fulfill the 3.5 major and/or minor grade point
average requirement with a minimum of two programs from one of
his or her certified pairings of academic programs.
Renaissance Scholar honors are noted on academic transcripts
but not on the diploma.
Discovery Scholar Honors
The Discovery Scholars program recognizes undergraduate
students who have excelled in their studies while demonstrating
the ability to create exceptional new scholarship or artistic works.
In order to be designated a USC Discovery Scholar candidate, a
student must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree
program and must meet the criteria established by his or her
school for outstanding original research or creative work. The
criteria may include submission of a research thesis, an artistic
portfolio or some other evidence of original contributions to the
discipline. Faculty letters of recommendation may also be required.
To be designated a Discovery Scholar upon graduation, a
student must graduate within five years of matriculation at USC
with a minimum 3.5 overall grade point average and with university
honors.
Discovery Scholar honors are noted on academic transcripts but
not on the diploma.
Global Scholar Honors
The Global Scholars program recognizes undergraduate
students who have excelled in their studies both at home and
abroad. Applicants must have participated in one or more
international programs administered by USC or an outside
institution for a minimum of 10 weeks. In order to be designated
a USC Global Scholar candidate, a student must be currently
enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and must submit
a capstone paper, project or research paper based on criteria
established by his or her school, as well as a reflective essay.
Faculty letters of recommendation may also be required.
To be designated a Global Scholar upon graduation, a student
must graduate within five years of matriculation at USC with a
minimum 3.5 overall grade point average and with university
honors.
Global Scholar honors are noted on academic transcripts but
not on the diploma.
Distinction in Liberal Arts Honors
See Thematic Option for a full description of this honors
program.
Graduation with University Honors
To be eligible for undergraduate honors at graduation, a
minimum overall grade point average of 3.5 for cum laude, 3.7
for magna cum laude and 3.9 for summa cum laude is required.
Students must meet these averages, both on residence work
attempted and on combined transferred and residence work
attempted. The honors award is then determined by either the GPA
for the residence work or the GPA for the combined transferred
and residence work, whichever is lower. USC does not honor
other colleges' academic "renewal" or "forgiveness" programs that
permit students to improve a substandard grade. If you repeat a
transferable course for which you earned a grade of D+ or lower,
both grades will be included in your transfer GPA. If the grade on
the first course was a C- or higher, only the first grade is included.
The university will not deviate from policies governing the
calculation of the grade point averages required for graduation with
honors through inclusion or exclusion of course work. University
honors are noted on academic transcripts and the diploma.
Graduate Credit for 400- and 500-Level
Work Taken as an Undergraduate
An undergraduate student who is within 12 semester units of
the bachelor's degree and has a cumulative grade point average
of at least 3.0 may request to enroll in and reserve for graduate
credit a limited amount of work at the 400 and 500 levels during
the last semester as a senior, provided that the semester program
does not exceed 16 semester units. A written request should be
submitted to the Registrar One Stop Center and should bear the
endorsements of the chair of the student's major department and
of the department in which the reserved work is to be taken. One
Stop staff verify that the units being reserved are not needed to
fulfill requirements for the bachelor's degree.
General Education
All students who began college in fall 2015 or later at USC (or
who began elsewhere in fall 2015 and then transfer to USC) must
satisfy the General Education Program that began in fall 2015,
which includes six Core Literacy and two Global Perspectives
requirements. Together these provide training in the liberal arts —
the critical skills necessary for a free person to function effectively,
thoughtfully and productively in a complex world. This General
Education program has been designed to nurture habits of thought
essential for professional success and personal development, and
to establish a background for lifelong learning.
No transfer work may be used to satisfy any Core Literacy
requirements if those courses are taken after a student has
enrolled at USC, but transfer work may be used to satisfy Global
Perspectives requirements. Transfer students and students
who begin at USC in spring must complete at least two Core
Literacy requirements in Dornsife College on the USC campus.
For additional information about General Education policies visit
dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge.
General Education Course
Requirements
The General Education Program includes two kinds of course
requirements — Core Literacies and Global Perspectives.
Students can satisfy one Core Literacy with an appropriate
General Education Seminar.
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Core Literacies
There are six categories of Core Literacies, in which eight
courses are required. All students must complete one course
in each of the Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and
Quantitative Reasoning, and two courses in each of Humanistic
Inquiry and Social Analysis.
GE-A. The Arts
The goal of general education classes in the Arts is to help
students understand the rich history of the creative arts and to
enable students to situate themselves within its traditions. Courses
in the Arts category raise important questions about creative
activity in the visual arts, literature, music, film, theatre or dance.
Each course addresses at least four of the five learning objectives
for this category, teaching students to engage with, to analyze,
and to make creative work; to connect works of art to concurrent
political, religious and social conditions; and to appreciate the
theoretical and aesthetic contexts in which works of art are
created. Courses may be taught from a disciplinary perspective but
must be addressed to a non-specialist audience. Course materials
and expectations do not presuppose familiarity with the discipline
through which the course is offered.
GE-B. Humanistic Inquiry
Courses in humanistic inquiry encourage close engagement
with works of the imagination—in words, sights and sounds—
understanding what it might mean to live another life. In these
courses students explore language as a medium of artistic
expression and communication, studying systems of language and
thought to understand different cultures (their concepts, values
and histories) in relation to one another. Courses in the Humanistic
Inquiry category study forms of representation and methods of
interpretation, learning broad perspectives that are chronological,
disciplinary, and cross-disciplinary. Students immerse themselves
in arts and letters to think about their own place in history and
contemporary society and to inquire into our shared future.
Students learn to read and interpret analytically, to think critically
and creatively, and to write and speak persuasively, developing
habits of mind that enable them to evaluate ideas from multiple
perspectives and to articulate informed opinions on issues of
importance in today's complex world.
GE-C. Social Analysis
The social sciences seek to explain the causes and
consequences of a range of complex phenomena, including how
human action shapes and is shaped by economic organizations,
political institutions, and social and cultural settings. These
phenomena include the role of gender, sexuality, race, class and
other aspects of identity across time in the United States and
around the world. Courses in this area introduce students to the
methods and analytical approaches of the social sciences and
demonstrate how these tools help us understand our world. In the
Social Analysis category students learn to apply the methods of at
least one social science discipline to the study of human behavior
in economic, political, cultural and/or social settings; to understand
the nature of empirical evidence and assess the usefulness of
qualitative and quantitative evidence in explaining specific social
phenomena; and to demonstrate an understanding of the interplay
between individual and collective human action, organizations, and
institutions in social and cultural settings.
GE-D. Life Sciences
Courses in the Life Sciences explore aspects of biological,
evolutionary and/or environmental science with both descriptive
and quantitative elements, placed in the context of research
and specifically the contributions of USC scientists to our
understanding of living systems. These courses train students to
understand the basic concepts and theories of science and the
scientific method, with a major emphasis on the impact science
has on society and the environment. Students learn about the
process and methods underlying scientific inquiry and how to
obtain accurate experimental results; they are trained in the
formulation of empirically testable hypotheses and develop an
understanding of the distinction between unsupported assertions
and conclusions based on sound scientific reasoning. Students
acquire substantive knowledge in science and technology; they
understand the processes by which scientists investigate and
answer scientific questions and can articulate the basic principles
used to explain natural phenomena.
GE-E. Physical Sciences
The physical sciences deal with analysis of natural phenomena
through quantitative description and synthesis. Students learn
to solve scientific problems and to understand the processes by
which scientific knowledge is obtained, evaluated and placed
in the context of societal relevance. In the Physical Sciences
category students learn to appreciate the difference between
scientific laws, theories, hypotheses and speculation; to think
critically about historical and contemporary issues in science and
technology; to draw conclusions from empirical scientific data and
to communicate experimental results and observations to others.
All courses in the Physical Sciences require a section of laboratory
or field experience in which students collect, analyze and present
their data. Students acquire substantive knowledge in science and
technology; they understand the processes by which scientists
investigate and answer scientific questions and can articulate the
basic principles used to explain natural phenomena.
GE-F. Quantitative Reasoning
The Quantitative Reasoning category engages students in
the analysis and manipulation of data and information related to
quantifiable objects, symbolic elements, or logic in order to help
them navigate the complexity and sophistication of the modern
world. All Quantitative Reasoning courses, be they formal, abstract
or empirical, are designed to increase the capacity of students
to evaluate chains of formal reasoning and to assess the validity
of mathematical, logical or statistical inferences. Each course
in this category aims to develop one or more of three sets of
skills: formal reasoning (the use of formal logic or mathematics),
abstract representation (the use or construction of symbolic or
diagrammatic representations), and empirical analysis (the use of
statistical inference).
Global Perspectives
The requirements in Global Perspectives prepare students to
act as socially responsible members of the global community,
respectful of the values and traditions of diverse cultures, aware
of the structures of power that affect people differently by race,
class, gender and other socially constructed categories, sensitive
to the interplay between worldwide problems and specific, local
challenges. The Global Perspectives requirement includes two
courses, one in each area. The first examines the contemporary
situation (GE-G), while the second explores some dimensions of
the historical context that has given rise to the current global scene
(GE-H). While no course can meet all of these objectives, these
requirements help students appreciate the dynamics at work in
complex global issues and their varying local forms.
Students can count each Global Perspectives course to meet
a Core Literacy requirement as well, if the course has been
approved to meet both requirements. No other courses can be
double-counted to satisfy more than one General Education
requirement.
GE-G. Citizenship in a Diverse World
Courses in this category enhance understanding of citizenship
and moral agency within the context of today's increasingly global
society, exploring differences and similarities across diverse
communities and cultures. Courses can cover a diverse range of
issues, such as political, legal, ethical or cultural aspects of U.S.
society in a global context, or the ways in which other societies
and cultures construct what it means to be a citizen and a moral
agent. Courses in this category can draw upon various disciplinary
perspectives or methods, such as political, social or economic
analyses, moral philosophy and social justice, cultural studies,
and critical theory. However, all courses must confront questions
of social responsibility and citizenship in the context of differing
political, social, legal or economic institutions during the present
global era.
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GE-H. Traditions and Historical Foundations
Courses in this area examine the historical and cultural
foundations of contemporary and past societies by studying
enduring literary, political, economic, philosophical, legal, ethical
or religious traditions. Courses can examine multiple aspects
of a single culture (for example, the literary and philosophical
heritage of classical Greece or imperial China) or can trace the
development of a fundamental idea or tradition across multiple
cultures (for example, the attitude toward the natural world or the
definition of a warrior). Upon the completion of their Traditions
and Historical Foundations course, students should be familiar
with the history of a significant tradition, practice, institution or
idea; understand the historical transmission of such practices and
ideas within a significant cultural tradition; be familiar with writers,
artists, practitioners, thinkers, groups, and/or leaders and be able
to analyze the significant texts that are part of such a history; and
understand the continuity between the past examples of a tradition
and their later manifestations.
In addition, all entering freshmen are expected to complete a
General Education Seminar during their first year at USC. These
seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy requirements above.
Writing Requirement
In their writing classes, students learn to think critically, to build
sound arguments and to express their ideas with clarity. The
writing requirement comprises two courses; most students meet
this requirement with:
Lower-division requirement:
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
Upper-division requirement:
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Note:
Certain groups of students may meet this requirement
with other course work. For more information on the writing
requirement, see here.
General Education Course Lists
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts
•
ACAD 309g Dreams & Madness: The Art of Japan's Golden
Age of Animation Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
• AHIS 121gp Foundations of Western Art: Renaissance to
Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300 Units: 4
• AHIS 126g Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 215g Studies in Architecture and Urbanism Units: 4
• AHIS 220g Medieval Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 240g Introduction to American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and Difference Units: 4
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
• AHIS 304gm Art, Power and Identity in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• AHIS 366g Picturing Democracy: American Art and Visual
Culture, 1750-1900 Units: 4
• AHIS 367g Early American Modernism: American Art and
Visual Culture, 1876-1939 Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 373g History and Theory of Photography Units: 4
• AMST 325gw The Middle East in Hollywood Units: 4
• ART 141xg Creating and Understanding Visuals Units: 4
• CLAS 170gp Classics of Music and Literature: from Ancient
Greece Through Contemporary LA Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• COMM 396g Fashion, Media and Culture Units: 4
• CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CTAN 200g The Rise of Digital Hollywood Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4
• CTWR 211g The Television Writer: An Agent of Change
Units: 4
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DES 123xg The Design Challenge: Exploring the Design
Process Units: 4
• DES 323g Design Theory Units: 4
• EALC 360g Performing Japan: Bodies, Media, and Textuality
Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• GESM 110g Seminar in the Arts Units: 4
• GESM 111g Seminar in the Arts Units: 4
• HIST 260g Dramatizations of Korean History Units: 4
• ITAL 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society Units: 4
• ITAL 360g Italian Cinema Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• PHYS 111gx Representations of Physics and Astronomy in
the Arts Units: 4
• THTR 194g Women and Performance Units: 4
• THTR 195g Theatre on Film Units: 4
• THTR 196g Shakespeare on Film Units: 4
• THTR 197g Comedy and Performance Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• ARCH 214ag World History of Architecture Units: 3 and
• ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture Units: 3
• MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry
•
AHIS 100g Introduction to Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 201g Digging into the Past Units: 4
• AHIS 381g Visual Cultures of Asia Units: 4
• AMST 150gw The American War in Viet Nam Units: 4
• AMST 201g LGBTQ America Units: 4
• AMST 205g Introduction to American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 206gm The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Units: 4
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 331gw The Black Atlantic: Narratives of Migration and
Travel Units: 4
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
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• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 160gp Ancient Lives Units: 4
• CLAS 180g Classical Mythology and the Mythic Imagination
Units: 4
• CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition
Units: 4
• CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama Units: 4
• CLAS 348g Athens in the Age of Democracy and Empire
Units: 4
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• COLT 102g On Location: The Place of Literature in Global
Cultures Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• COLT 251g Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since
1800 Units: 4
• COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions Units: 4
• COLT 360gp Fictions of Africa Units: 4
• COLT 374gm Women Writers in Europe and America Units: 4
• COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature Units: 4
• EALC 110gp East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition
Units: 4
• EALC 125g Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Cinema
and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 130gp Introduction to East Asian Ethical Thought
Units: 4
• EALC 145g Introduction to Chinese Culture, Art and
Literature Units: 4
• EALC 150gw Global Chinese Cinema and Cultural Studies
Units: 4
• EALC 255gw Southeast Asian Literature and Film Units: 4
• EALC 333g Introduction to Korean Film Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 344gp Korean Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
Units: 4
• EALC 346g Hallyu, the Korean Wave Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 352g Chinese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 358g Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture
Units: 4
• ENGL 170g The Monster and the Detective Units: 4
• ENGL 172g The Art of Poetry Units: 4
• ENGL 174g Reading the Heart: Emotional Intelligence and
the Humanities Units: 4
• ENGL 176g Los Angeles: the City, the Novel, the Movie
Units: 4
• ENGL 200g Introduction to Colonialism/Postcolonialism
Units: 4
• ENGL 230g Shakespeare and His Times Units: 4
• ENGL 270g Studying Narrative Units: 4
• ENGL 280g Introduction to Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ENGL 297g Introduction to the Genre of Nonfiction Units: 4
• ENGL 298g Introduction to the Genre of Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 299g Introduction to the Genre of Poetry Units: 4
• ENGL 325g Pre-Modern Wonders: Magic, Monsters and
Marvels Units: 4
• ENGL 333g Literature of Gandhi's India Units: 4
• ENGL 342g Women in English and American Literature after
1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 344gm Sexual/Textual Diversity Units: 4
• ENGL 350g Literature of California Units: 4
• ENGL 352g Bookpacking Units: 4
• ENGL 355g Anglo-American Law and Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 361g Contemporary Prose Units: 4
• ENGL 363g Contemporary Drama Units: 4
• ENGL 371g Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
• ENGL 373g Literature and Society Units: 4
• ENGL 376g Comics and Graphic Novels Units: 4
• FREN 270gw Black Europe Units: 4
• FREN 307g Public Memory and the Ghosts of History
Units: 4
• FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in Francophone
Literature Units: 4
• FREN 370gm Equality and Difference around the
Enlightenment Units: 4
• FREN 372gp Medicine, Health and the Body in Literature and
Culture Units: 4
• FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing Memory Units: 4
• FREN 375gmw Global Narratives of Illness and Disability
Units: 4
• GERM 360g 20th Century German Prose: Texts and Films
Units: 4
• GERM 372g Literature and Culture in Berlin in the 1920s
Units: 4
• GERM 375g The German Exile Experience Units: 4
• GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4
• GESM 121g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4
• HIST 100gm The American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 102gm The Worlds of Medieval Europe Units: 4
• HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 104gp Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 105g The Korean Past Units: 4
• HIST 106g Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History
Units: 4
• HIST 107gp Introduction to the History of Japan Units: 4
• HIST 108g Histories of South Asia Units: 4
• HIST 109g The Latin American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 185g A Survey of Armenian History Units: 4
• HIST 210gw How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S.
Citizenship Units: 4
• HIST 220gp Murder on Trial in America Units: 4
• HIST 235g War and the American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 240gp The History of California Units: 4
• HIST 245mgp How Sex Changed: US History, 1870-the
Present Units: 4
• HIST 271g Telling Native American Stories Units: 4
• HIST 272g Women and Gender in the Ancient and Spanish
Americas Units: 4
• HIST 275g The Worlds of the Silk Road Units: 4
• HIST 278gp Ottomans and Empire: Anatolia, the Middle East,
and the Mediterranean World Units: 4
• ITAL 300g Inventing Modern Italy Units: 4
• ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• ITAL 382g Dante Units: 4
• JS 100gp Jewish History Units: 4
• JS 258gp Food, Faith and Conflict Units: 4
• JS 314gp Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims
Units: 4
• JS 315g Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds Units: 4
• JS 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion and Archaeology in
Israel Units: 4
• LING 322g Language Contact and Language Acquisition
Units: 4
• MDES 325g Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4
• MDES 343g Modern Arab Culture and Literature Units: 4
• PHIL 100g Central Problems of Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 102gp Historical Introduction to Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 103g Philosophy, Politics and Economics in Europe,
from Renaissance to Enlightenment Units: 4
• PHIL 104g Ancient Foundations of Western Thought Units: 4
• PHIL 110g Modern Foundations of Western Thought Units: 4
• PHIL 130g The Physical World and Our Place In It Units: 4
• PHIL 138g Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
• PHIL 141gp The Professions and the Public Interest in
American Life Units: 4
• PHIL 166gw Current Moral and Social Issues Units: 4
• PHIL 168g The Meaning of Life Units: 4
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• PHIL 172gmw Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others
Units: 4
• PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice Units: 4
• PHIL 178gw Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain Units: 4
• PHIL 236g Issues in Space and Time Units: 4
• PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and Consciousness Units: 4
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 255gp Existentialism in Philosophy, Literature and Film
Units: 4
• PHIL 256g Science, Religion, and the Making of the Modern
Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 260gw Ethical Theory and Practice Units: 4
• PHIL 265g Ethics, Technology and Value Units: 4
• PHIL 284gp Ideas on Trial Units: 4
• PHIL 288gp Love and its Representation in Western
Literature, Film, and Philosophy Units: 4
• PORT 250g Visions of Brazil Units: 4
• REL 111g The World of the Hebrew Bible Units: 4
• REL 112g Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 114g The Mediterranean: A Religious History Units: 4
• REL 115g Jerusalem, City of Three Faiths Units: 4
• REL 116g Jews in the Modern Middle East Units: 4
• REL 121g The World of the New Testament Units: 4
• REL 125gp Introduction to Christianity: Antiquity to 1500
Units: 4
• REL 132g Origins of Western Religions Units: 4
• REL 134g Introduction to Buddhism Units: 4
• REL 135g Chinese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 136g Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions and
Culture Units: 4
• REL 137g Introduction to Islam Units: 4
• REL 138g Japanese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 141g Global Religions in Los Angeles Units: 4
• REL 147g Religion, Media and Popular Culture Units: 4
• REL 311g The Bible in Western Literature Units: 4
• REL 317g The Bible in Its Ancient Context Units: 4
• REL 324g Sex and the Bible: Gender, Sexuality, and
Scripture Units: 4
• REL 325g Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World
Units: 4
• REL 326gp Historical Jesus Units: 4
• REL 327g Heretics, Martyrs, and Miracles Units: 4
• REL 334g Religion and Colonial Encounter Units: 4
• REL 342g Buddhist Modernism Units: 4
• REL 359g Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• SLL 110g Russia in the Modern Era Units: 4
• SLL 302g Modern Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
• SLL 344g Tolstoy: Writer and Moralist Units: 4
• SLL 345g Literature and Philosophy: Dostoevsky Units: 4
• SLL 348g The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov Units: 4
• SPAN 290gp Introduction to Latin American and Iberian
Studies Units: 4
• SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
American Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 219gp Introduction to Feminist Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 221g Introduction to Queer Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 227gp Death and Gender in Urban Contexts Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• CORE 101g Symbols and Conceptual Systems: Thematic
Option Honors Program Units: 4
• CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors
Program Units: 4
• CRIT 160g Critical Theory in Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTWR 100g Story: Character, Conflict, and Catharsis
Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• ENGL 261g English Literature to 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 262g English Literature since 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 263g American Literature Units: 4
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• SPAN 380g Literature of Mexico Units: 4
GE-C: Social Analysis
•
AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 135gmw Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
Units: 4
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
• AMST 204g Introduction to Native Studies Units: 4
• AMST 211g Sex in America Units: 4
• AMST 215gw Race and Mixed Race Units: 4
• AMST 220gmw The Making of Asian America Units: 4
• AMST 230g Introduction to African American Studies Units: 4
• AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora Units: 4
• AMST 252gmw Black Social Movements in the U.S. Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
• ANTH 202g Archaeology: Our Human Past Units: 4
• ANTH 205g Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural
Research Units: 4
• ANTH 235g The Changing Pacific: History, Culture, Politics
Units: 4
• ANTH 250g Race and Sexual Politics in Southeast Asia
Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 315gw Native North Americans Units: 4
• ANTH 316gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 344g Social Memory Units: 4
• ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
• ANTH 371gm Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs
Units: 4
• ANTH 377g Archaeological Interpretation of Complex
Societies Units: 4
• CLAS 190g History of Science: Antiquity to the Scientific
Revolution Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• EASC 150gp East Asian Societies Units: 4
• EASC 160gmp China and the World Units: 4
• ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
• ENST 150gx Environmental Issues in Society Units: 4
• GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
• GESM 131g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• HIST 211gp Race in America Units: 4
• HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
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• HIST 237gp Fascism Units: 4
• HIST 250g Climate Change: Science, History and Solutions
Units: 4
• HIST 251gp History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Units: 4
• HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the Law Units: 4
• HIST 266gp Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present
Units: 4
• HIST 268g Kings, Courts, and Clerics: Foundations of East
Asian Political Culture Units: 4
• IR 101gxw International Relations Units: 4
• JS 180gp Judaism Units: 4
• JS 211gw The Holocaust Units: 4
• JS 328gw Blacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances Units: 4
• JS 379gm Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in the 21st
Century Units: 4
• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• LING 115gw Language and Society Units: 4
• MDES 213gp Iran: From Antiquity to Modernity Units: 4
• MDES 301g The Global Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 342g Arab Intellectuals in Question Units: 4
• POSC 100g Theory and Practice of American Democracy
Units: 4
• POSC 110g Ideology and Political Conflict Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 220g Critical Issues in American Politics: Presidential
Election in Real Time Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges Units: 4
• PSYC 353g Close Relationships Units: 4
• REL 303g Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental
Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 376g Religion and Human Rights Units: 4
• SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the American Dream Units: 4
• SOCI 142gm Diversity and Racial Conflict Units: 4
• SOCI 150gm Social Problems Units: 4
• SOCI 155gm Immigrant America Units: 4
• SOCI 169gm Changing Family Forms Units: 4
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 210g Science, Technology, and Social Conflict Units: 4
• SOCI 215g Sociology of Wall Street Units: 4
• SOCI 220gm Questions of Intimacy Units: 4
• SOCI 225gw Sociology of Health and the Body Units: 4
• SOCI 235g Migration, Law and Society Units: 4
• SOCI 242g Sociology, Demography and Health Units: 4
• SOCI 250gmw Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
Units: 4
• SOCI 255g Sociology of Globalization Units: 4
• SOCI 270g Sociological Theory Units: 4
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 214g Human Populations and Natural Hazards Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation Units: 4
• CORE 104gw Change and the Future: Thematic Option
Honors Program Units: 4
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 353g Social and Behavioral Foundations of Health
and Aging Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• MOR 385gm Business, Government and Society Units: 4
• PPD 240g Citizenship and Public Ethics Units: 4
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4
• PSYC 367g Stress, Health, and the Mind-Body Connection
Units: 4
• SWMS 105g Identity Development of the Contemporary
Female Units: 4
• SWMS 106g Identity Development of the Contemporary Male
Units: 4
• SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
GE-D: Life Sciences
•
BISC 101Lgx Cellular and Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 102Lgx Humans and Their Environment Units: 4
• BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life
Units: 4
• BISC 104Lgx How the Body Works Units: 4
• BISC 110g Good Genes, Bad Genes Units: 4
• BISC 112Lxg Data, Denial or Doom?: Talking about Climate
Change Units: 4
• BISC 115Lxg The Biology of Food Units: 4
• BISC 140g Our Blue Planet in a Changing Climate Units: 4
• BISC 150Lgx The Nature of Human Health and Disease
Units: 4
• BISC 180Lgx Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
• CHEM 204Lg Pandemics Shaping Our World: Past, Present
and Future Units: 4
• GEOL 126Lg The History of Life on Earth: A View from the
Museum Units: 4
• GEOL 165g Metals and Life on Earth Units: 4
• GERO 315g A Journey into the Mind Units: 4
• GESM 140g Seminar in the Life Sciences Units: 4
• GESM 141g Seminar in the Life Sciences Units: 4
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• HBIO 202Lg Nutrition for Life Units: 4
• HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport Units: 4
• HBIO 250g The Pharmacology of Performance-Enhancing
Drugs Units: 4
• LING 110Lg In a Word Units: 4
• LING 275Lg Language and Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 246Lg Foundations of Cognitive Science Units: 4
• PSYC 165Lg Drugs, Behavior and Society Units: 4
• PSYC 215Lg Music, Mind and the Brain Units: 4
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• QBIO 110g Drug Discovery: From Genes to Medicines
Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• CHE 301g Introduction to Engineering Biology Units: 4
• CORE 103g The Process of Change in Science: Thematic
Option Honors Program Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
GE-E: Physical Sciences
•
ASTR 100Lgx The Universe Units: 4
• ASTR 200Lg Life in the Universe Units: 4
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
• CHEM 205Lgx Chemical Forensics: The Science, and Its
Impact Units: 4
• GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
• GEOL 107Lg Oceanography Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• GEOL 125Lg Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution
Units: 4
• GEOL 130Lg The Nature of Scientific Inquiry Units: 4
• GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
• GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4
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• GEOL 240Lg Earthquakes Units: 4
• GEOL 241Lg Energy Systems Units: 4
• GESM 150Lg Seminar in the Physical Sciences Units: 4
• GESM 151Lg Seminar in the Physical Sciences Units: 4
• LING 285Lg Human Language and Technology Units: 4
• PHYS 100Lgx The Physical World Units: 4
• PHYS 110Lgx The Physical World and the Universe Units: 4
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 200Lgx The Physics and Technology of Energy
Units: 4
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• PHYS 125Lg Physics for Architects Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning
•
BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• COMM 301Lg Empirical Research in Communication Units: 4
• CSCI 100xg Explorations in Computing Units: 4
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• GEOL 145g Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics Units: 4
• GEOL 157Lg The Logic of Climate Change: From Data to
Deeds Units: 4
• GESM 160g Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning Units: 4
• GESM 161g Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning Units: 4
• HIST 393g Quantitative Historical Analysis Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• IR 211g International Relations: Approaches to Research
Units: 4
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 325g Language and Number Units: 4
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 117g Introduction to Mathematics for Business and
Economics Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MEDS 300g Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research
Units: 4
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 252g The Ways of Paradox Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PSYC 240gx Scientific Inquiry and Reasoning in Health Care
Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• SSCI 135g Maps in the Digital World Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• ARCH 213a Building Structures and Seismic Design Units: 3
• ARCH 213b Building Structures and Seismic Design Units: 3
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
•
AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 135gmw Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
Units: 4
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• AMST 150gw The American War in Viet Nam Units: 4
• AMST 215gw Race and Mixed Race Units: 4
• AMST 220gmw The Making of Asian America Units: 4
• AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora Units: 4
• AMST 252gmw Black Social Movements in the U.S. Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 325gw The Middle East in Hollywood Units: 4
• AMST 331gw The Black Atlantic: Narratives of Migration and
Travel Units: 4
• ANTH 315gw Native North Americans Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World -
Managing Diversity Units: 4
• COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature Units: 4
• COMM 324mw Intercultural Communication Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• EALC 150gw Global Chinese Cinema and Cultural Studies
Units: 4
• EALC 255gw Southeast Asian Literature and Film Units: 4
• FREN 270gw Black Europe Units: 4
• FREN 375gmw Global Narratives of Illness and Disability
Units: 4
• HIST 210gw How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S.
Citizenship Units: 4
• HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the Law Units: 4
• IR 101gxw International Relations Units: 4
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4
• JOUR 200w The Power and Responsibility of the Press
Units: 4
• JS 211gw The Holocaust Units: 4
• JS 328gw Blacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances Units: 4
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 250w Children and the Law Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LING 115gw Language and Society Units: 4
• MDES 201w The Middle East: Global and Environmental
Perspectives Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• PHIL 166gw Current Moral and Social Issues Units: 4
• PHIL 172gmw Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others
Units: 4
• PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice Units: 4
• PHIL 178gw Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain Units: 4
• PHIL 260gw Ethical Theory and Practice Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges Units: 4
• PUBD 369w Public Diplomacy and Global Citizenship
Units: 4
• REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
• SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the American Dream Units: 4
• SOCI 225gw Sociology of Health and the Body Units: 4
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• SOCI 250gmw Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
Units: 4
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 175w Food, Health and Place Units: 4
• SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
• THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• CORE 104gw Change and the Future: Thematic Option
Honors Program Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 424w Citizenship and Migration in International Politics
Units: 4
• IR 444w Theories of Global Society Units: 4
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
•
AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
• AHIS 121gp Foundations of Western Art: Renaissance to
Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300 Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• ANTH 316gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• ARCG 323p Roman Archaeology: History, Methods and Field
Work Units: 4
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 160gp Ancient Lives Units: 4
• CLAS 170gp Classics of Music and Literature: from Ancient
Greece Through Contemporary LA Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition
Units: 4
• CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions Units: 4
• COLT 360gp Fictions of Africa Units: 4
• CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• EALC 110gp East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition
Units: 4
• EALC 130gp Introduction to East Asian Ethical Thought
Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 344gp Korean Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EASC 150gp East Asian Societies Units: 4
• EASC 160gmp China and the World Units: 4
• FREN 372gp Medicine, Health and the Body in Literature and
Culture Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• HIST 104gp Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 107gp Introduction to the History of Japan Units: 4
• HIST 211gp Race in America Units: 4
• HIST 220gp Murder on Trial in America Units: 4
• HIST 237gp Fascism Units: 4
• HIST 240gp The History of California Units: 4
• HIST 245mgp How Sex Changed: US History, 1870-the
Present Units: 4
• HIST 251gp History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Units: 4
• HIST 266gp Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present
Units: 4
• HIST 278gp Ottomans and Empire: Anatolia, the Middle East,
and the Mediterranean World Units: 4
• JS 100gp Jewish History Units: 4
• JS 180gp Judaism Units: 4
• JS 258gp Food, Faith and Conflict Units: 4
• JS 314gp Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims
Units: 4
• JS 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion and Archaeology in
Israel Units: 4
• LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System Units: 4
• LAW 275p Equal by Law: The History of Civil Rights Law in
the United States Units: 4
• LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• PHIL 102gp Historical Introduction to Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 141gp The Professions and the Public Interest in
American Life Units: 4
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 255gp Existentialism in Philosophy, Literature and Film
Units: 4
• PHIL 284gp Ideas on Trial Units: 4
• PHIL 288gp Love and its Representation in Western
Literature, Film, and Philosophy Units: 4
• REL 125gp Introduction to Christianity: Antiquity to 1500
Units: 4
• REL 146gp Spirituality in America Units: 4
• REL 326gp Historical Jesus Units: 4
• REL 345p Islamic Mysticism: Sufism Units: 4
• RXRS 201p The History and Geography of Drugs Units: 4
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
• SPAN 290gp Introduction to Latin American and Iberian
Studies Units: 4
• SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
American Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 219gp Introduction to Feminist Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 227gp Death and Gender in Urban Contexts Units: 4
Courses for Specific Students
The following courses are approved to meet this requirement for a
specific group of students:
• CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors
Program Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
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General Education Requirements for Students Who Began College
Before Fall 2015
For more information about the general education requirements
that apply to students who began college prior to fall 2015, see the
USC Core/General Education section in the 2014-2015 Catalogue.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
USC is a major university providing diverse academic programs.
As such it has evolved into a complex organization. The basic
underlying principle in its organization is simple: groups of faculty
with similar areas of knowledge and interest are grouped together
to form departments or schools. These units work together in
determining the courses to be offered, requirements for degrees,
and the content and rationale underlying their curricula.
In practice, the organization becomes more complex. Certain
areas of study are based on broad areas of knowledge, which
need to draw faculty from several departments.
The basic undergraduate degrees are the Bachelor of Arts
and the Bachelor of Science. Students may obtain these degrees
in a variety of majors that have been formally approved. More
specialized degrees, such as a Bachelor of Music, require more
undergraduate study devoted to professional training.
Area of Emphasis
An Area of Emphasis is a specific focus within a major. Areas of
Emphasis are specified following the appropriate majors, typically
in parentheses, and do not appear on diplomas but are indicated
on transcripts.
Combined Program
A combined program is an organized set of requirements from
two academic units in a single undergraduate degree program that
combines two majors. Examples are: Linguistics/Philosophy and
Physics/Computer Science.
Double Major Within the Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A double major consists of two majors, which allow the student
to earn the same degree, either a BA or BS degree, conferred by
the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. The Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences offers two kinds of majors,
"departmental" and "interdepartmental" (see USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences). A double major may consist
of two departmental majors, two interdepartmental majors, or
one departmental and one interdepartmental major. All double
majors require a minimum of 12 upper-division courses. Some
upper-division courses may count for both majors. For double
departmental majors two upper-division courses may count toward
both majors. For departmental and interdepartmental majors, three
upper-division courses may count toward both majors. The student
receives a single diploma.
Other Double Majors
Double majors may be offered in other schools. The two majors
must be offered by different departments but lead to the same
degree, such as a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Music.
Double majors consisting of two majors in the same department
are not permitted. The student receives a single diploma.
Progressive Degree Programs
The progressive degree plan enables an undergraduate
student to begin an integrated program of study joining bachelor's
degree and master's degree programs in the same or different
departments. This option is available to outstanding USC
undergraduates who have completed 64 units of course work at
USC, and often results in a more expeditious completion of the
master's degree than otherwise would be possible.
Students are admitted to the master's degree at the completion
of the sixth semester. Progressive degree students must
fulfill all requirements for both the bachelor's degree and the
master's degree except for the combined total number of units
for the degrees. The bachelor's degree can be awarded first.
Further details about progressive degrees can be found in the
Requirements for Graduation section.
Second Bachelor's Degree
A second bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 32 units
beyond the number required for the first. If the first bachelor's
degree was earned at USC, a minimum of 32 units for the second
must be completed at USC. If the first bachelor's degree was
earned at another institution, a minimum of 64 units toward the
second must be completed at USC. (See the policy on residence
requirements for a second bachelor's degree, under Course Work
Taken Elsewhere.)
For some degrees, more than the 32 units beyond the first
bachelor's degree will be required because all requirements for
both degrees must be met. The student receives a separate
diploma for each degree upon completion.
The first and second bachelor's degrees may be completed at
the same time but there is no requirement that they be.
Minor Programs
In addition to the degree programs listed throughout the
Catalogue, many academic units offer minor programs. A list
of minors appears after the list of undergraduate degrees. The
requirements for each minor are listed in the appropriate school
section. A separate minor certificate is issued for each minor a
student completes. Minors are also recorded on the student's
transcript.
International Study Options
International Study Programs
USC's undergraduate international study programs, many
of which are administered by the Office of Overseas Studies in
USC Dornsife, enable students to learn in a different educational
and cultural context for a semester or academic year. Some of
the programs require a background in the language of the host
country; others are conducted entirely in English. Units earned are
considered USC units and affect residency in the same manner.
However, overseas semester courses are not offered for general
education credit. Students receive regular USC credit and may
apply financial aid and scholarships to the semester and year
programs described here. The semester and year programs
detailed below are offered through the Dornsife Office of Overseas
Studies or Annenberg International Programs. Please visit the
Dornsife Office of Overseas Studies located in Taper Hall (THH),
Room 341, call (213) 740-3636, email [email protected]
or visit dornsife.usc.edu/overseas-studies for more information, or
contact the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism,
ASC G30, call (213) 821-1276, email [email protected] or visit
annenberg.usc.edu/international. USC Dornsife also offers
short-term, faculty-led programs outside the United States. For
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more information, please visit dornsife.usc.edu/flp or email flp@
dornsife.usc.edu. For information on undergraduate international
study programs offered by undergraduate schools other than USC
Dornsife, please refer to those schools' sections in this catalogue
as well as their websites.
Argentina
Semester or Year in Buenos Aires
Students are directly enrolled at the Universidad de San Andrés.
The host university's Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS)
provides students with the opportunity to take courses with local
students in subject areas such as economics, history, international
relations, literature and political science specifically related to Latin
America. All courses are taught in Spanish. Study abroad students
are required to take a Spanish language course in addition to their
courses in Latin American studies. Students live in homestays
arranged by the program or in self-arranged apartments. A
minimum of six semesters of college-level Spanish with a B
average or better is required to be eligible for this program.
Australia
Semester or Year in Brisbane
The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia's premier
higher education institutions. Brisbane, with more than one million
residents, is Australia's third-largest and fastest-growing city.
USC undergraduates enroll in regular university courses in a wide
variety of subjects. Courses are available in the humanities, social
sciences, science and engineering. Students may choose to live
on or off campus.
Semester or Year in Canberra
Located in the capital city of Canberra, the Australian National
University (ANU) offers USC undergraduates the opportunity
to study alongside Australian students for a semester or year.
Courses are available in the schools of arts and social sciences,
Asian studies, economics and commerce, engineering and
computer science, law and science. Fine arts and design majors
may pursue studio arts and design courses at the ANU School of
Art. The Australian National Internship Program offers a 4-credit
internship in Australian Parliament, the Australian Public Service
or a nongovernmental organization. Interns attend academic
seminars and complete a research project in addition to the intern
duties they perform. Students live in university-affiliated residence
halls.
Semester or Year in Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is Australia's oldest university
and is consistently ranked within the top 30 universities in the
world. USC students enroll in regular university courses and study
alongside local students in an array of academic disciplines.
Courses are available in the humanities, sciences, social sciences,
film, engineering and urban planning. Students live in residential
colleges or apartments surrounding the main campus.
Semester at the University of
New South Wales, Sydney
This spring semester program offers students the chance to
live and study in Australia's most exciting city. Students choose
from a wide variety of courses offered at the University of New
South Wales (UNSW), one of Australia's "Group of Eight" premier
universities. UNSW is located near the hub of Sydney's central
business district. The program will give students the chance
to explore mass media and communication in a challenging
environment with a distinct world view, very different from that
of the United States. The program is open to all majors, with
priority given to communication, journalism and public relations
majors. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this
program. For further information, contact the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism, ASC G30, call (213) 821-1276,
email [email protected] or visit annenberg.usc.edu/international.
Semester in Yungaburra
Through the School for Field Studies, students spend
a semester at a field station in a rain forest in far northern
Queensland, home to an amazing variety of exotic birds,
plants and wildlife. Students enroll in four courses: Rainforest
Ecology, Principles of Forest Management, Economic Policy and
Socioeconomic Values, and Directed Research. The courses
involve a great deal of hands-on fieldwork, and the directed
research projects provide invaluable experience for students
interested in graduate studies or in work dealing with the
environment. Students share four- to eight-person cabins.
Botswana
Semester or Year in Gaborone
USC students may enroll in the Arts and Sciences or
Community Public Health tracks offered at the University of
Botswana (UB) through the Council on International Educational
Exchange (CIEE). Arts and Sciences students directly enroll in
UB courses, choosing from a wide array of courses within the
faculties of engineering and technology, humanities, natural
sciences and social sciences. Students in the Community Public
Health track take a combination of specialized CIEE public health
courses, a field practicum and direct enrollment courses at UB.
All students are required to take Setswana Language and Culture
Practicum. As Gaborone is a hub for international development
agencies and local NGOs, students are encouraged to commit
to regular volunteering assignments, where they engage with the
community and gain a greater understanding of contemporary
Botswana culture and its role in Southern Africa. Students live in
UB residence halls or with a host family in Gaborone.
Brazil
Semester in São Paulo
The CET Brazil program in São Paulo has a special focus on
social justice and inequality. In addition to a core course on social
movements within Brazil, students take a Portuguese language
class and thematic English-taught electives in the social sciences.
Students with a higher level of Portuguese can take a CET elective
in Portuguese or directly enroll in one or two classes at the
Universidade Pontificia de São Paulo. To better engage with the
community, students live in apartments with Brazilian roommates
who provide an access point into local life, and even travel to
Salvador da Bahia to take on learning by experiencing. Students
must have completed two semesters of college-level Portuguese,
or the equivalent, to be eligible for this program.
Chile
Semester or Year in Santiago
In conjunction with the Council on International Educational
Exchange (CIEE), USC provides the opportunity for study at the
Universidad de Chile, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
and/or the Universidad Diego Portales, all located in Santiago,
the capital of Chile. All courses are taught in Spanish. Courses
are available in such disciplines as art, anthropology, economics,
geography, history, international relations, literature, philosophy,
political science, psychology, sociology, Spanish and theology.
Students live with Chilean host families. Students who have
completed six semesters of Spanish, or the equivalent, are eligible
to apply.
China
Semester or Year in Beijing
The program at Peking University in Beijing, offered through
CIEE, provides students with the opportunity to study at China's
most prestigious liberal arts institution and to improve their
Mandarin Chinese in a city where the standard dialect is used.
The focus of the program is intensive language learning, with
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instruction available at many levels of ability. Students may take
one English-taught area studies course. Students who have a very
advanced level of Chinese and attend the program in the spring
semester may take regular Peking University courses alongside
Chinese students. Students live in an off-campus international
student dorm or in a homestay with a Chinese family. Students
must have completed three semesters of Mandarin or the
equivalent to be eligible for the program.
Fall or Spring Semester in Hong Kong
The semester program offers students the opportunity to
learn about Chinese culture at the Chinese University in Hong
Kong, a bilingual institution. The program also gives students
the experience of living in Hong Kong, where they can witness
the "one country, two systems" experiment. Courses in English
are offered in fine arts, literature, history, Japanese studies,
intercultural studies, music, philosophy, computer science,
anthropology, economics, international relations, as well as
journalism and communication. For students interested in
Chinese language, courses are offered in Putonghua (Mandarin)
or Cantonese. (Please note that these language courses will not
count toward the EALC major/minor.) Students take five classes
worth 3 units each, for a maximum of 15 USC units. This program
allows communication majors to earn up to 12 upper-division units
of major credit and journalism and public relations majors to earn
up to 9 upper-division units of major credit. Students reside in
dormitories with Chinese or international roommates. A minimum
USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this program. The
program is open to all majors, with priority given to communication,
journalism and public relations majors. For further information,
contact the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism,
ASC G30, call (213) 821-1276, email [email protected] or visit
annenberg.usc.edu/international.
Semester or Year in Hong Kong
(Dornsife Exchange)
Dornsife majors (only) may spend a semester at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong (CUHK) taking courses in the faculties of
arts, sciences or social sciences. The language of instruction for
most CUHK courses is English. Students are encouraged to also
take Cantonese, Mandarin or a course directly related to Hong
Kong. Students live on campus in student dorms.
Semester or Year in Shanghai
Students may spend a semester or year in Shanghai
participating in the CIEE-run China in a Global Context program
or Accelerated Chinese Language program. The CIEE Shanghai
Study Center is located on the campus of East China Normal
University. Students in a Global Context program take 6 units
of Mandarin and three 3-unit Chinese studies courses taught in
English. The courses offered are in fields such as international
relations, political science, political economy, economics, gender
studies, global studies, history, cinema and sociology. Students
interested in a more intensive language program may join the
Accelerated Chinese Language program, in which they take 12
units of Chinese and a 3-unit elective. Students live either with a
Chinese host family within easy walking distance of the university
or in an on-campus international student residence hall with a
Chinese roommate. To be eligible for this program, students must
have completed at least two semesters of college-level Mandarin.
Ecuador
Semester in the Galápagos
Students have the opportunity to spend a semester on the
island of San Cristóbal in the Galápagos Islands, which are
among the world's most biologically diverse island locations. IES
Abroad arranges for students to study at the Galápagos Academic
Institute for the Arts and Sciences (GAIAS), a remote campus of
the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). Before students
head to the Galápagos Islands, the program begins with a month
in Quito. While there, students participate in an orientation, a
1-credit Spanish class, and the first course in their academic
track. The remaining months are spent on San Cristóbal Island.
Additional course-related trips allow students to spend time in
other locations in Ecuador based on their track. The program
offers three tracks, each consisting of five courses or modules.
The tracks are Evolution, Ecology and Conservation; Marine
Ecology; and People, Politics and the Environment. Students
live in a private room in a homestay in Quito and the Galápagos
Islands. Students must have completed at least two semesters of
Spanish or the equivalent and one college-level biology or ecology
course to be eligible for the program.
Semester or Year in Quito
Students choose either the Area Studies and Language track
or the Direct Enrollment at the Universidad San Francisco de
Quito (USFQ) through IES Abroad. Students in the Area Studies
and Language track take an IES Abroad Spanish language class
and several IES Abroad area studies courses taught in Spanish.
Students may directly enroll in up to two regular USFQ courses.
Students in the Direct Enrollment track take five USFQ courses
alongside USFQ students. Students live in a private room in a
homestay. For the Area Studies and Language track, students
must have completed at least Spanish 260 or the equivalent. For
the Direct Enrollment track, they must have completed at least one
upper-division Spanish course taught entirely in Spanish.
England
Semester or Year at the University of
Sussex in Brighton
USC students are directly enrolled in University of Sussex
courses with British students. Situated near the seaside resort
town of Brighton, the university is only an hour by train from
London and just a half-hour from Gatwick Airport. Brighton has
a very active arts scene and a lively nightlife, and 10 percent of
the residents are university students. The University of Sussex is
especially strong in American studies, cognitive science, computer
science, English, international development studies, international
relations, neuroscience, biological sciences, psychology and
sociology. Students live in university housing either on or off
campus.
Semester or Year at the University of Bristol
The University of Bristol offers a wide range of academically
rigorous direct enrollment courses, in which study-abroad students
study alongside full-time Bristol students. Bristol is routinely
ranked within the top 10 universities in the United Kingdom. In
undergraduate studies, the university is particularly strong in health
sciences, biological sciences, engineering, sociology, politics and
international relations, geography, English, history, film, theater
and social policy. Bristol is unique in that it allows study-abroad
students to create their own program of study, and select courses
from any of the available departments, even if they are not majors
in those fields. In southwest England, Bristol is just 90 minutes
from London and is a thriving urban center with an active arts
scene and its own international airport. Students live in university
housing either on or off campus.
Semester or Year at Queen Mary University
of London
This program is open only to majors in Cinematic Arts;
Engineering; Comparative Literature; English/Creative Writing/
Narrative Studies; Gender Studies; History/Law, History and
Culture; International Relations/IRGB/IRGE; Political Science and
Theatre. Students directly enroll at Queen Mary in four courses,
at least two of which must be for major credit. They may take
the remainder of their courses in any department except law and
medicine. Queen Mary is located in the East End of London.
Students live in on-campus housing at Queen Mary on a space-
available basis.
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Year at the London School of Economics
and Political Science (LSE)
This program is open only to Dornsife students. Juniors and
seniors can spend a year at LSE, which has an outstanding
international reputation in all of the social sciences, including
anthropology, economics, international history, international
relations, philosophy, political science and sociology. LSE also
offers mathematics and statistics. Students spend an academic
year at LSE on the general course, where they take four year-
long courses alongside British and other international students.
More than half of the 6,000 full-time students come from outside
the United Kingdom, lending to a very international atmosphere.
University housing is located throughout central London. Students
must have at least junior standing and a cumulative GPA of 3.3
or higher to be eligible for this program; students in quantitative
majors such as economics and mathematics need a 3.5 GPA in
major courses.
Semester or Year at King's College, London
This program is open only to majors in Biological Sciences,
English, Human Biology, International Relations and Neuroscience.
Juniors and seniors directly enroll at King's College, one of the top
universities in the United Kingdom. King's is strong in biological
sciences and offers a special class for pre-med students, which
combines classroom study with clinical attachments focusing
on different aspects of medical practice. Students interested in
security or peace and conflict studies can enroll in the War Studies
Department, one of the few university departments in the world
devoted to the study of war as a phenomenon. USC students must
plan to take at least two courses for major credit to be eligible for
this program. University housing is located throughout central
London, and students can expect to commute to campus. Students
must have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher to be eligible for this
program.
Fall or Spring Semester in London
(Annenberg Majors Only)
Undergraduate communication, journalism and public relations
students may spend a fall or spring semester at a dedicated
study center, where they enroll in 12-16 units of upper-division
Annenberg major course work. In addition to their studies, students
tour publishing and broadcasting companies, meet communication
executives and government policy-makers and gain exposure to
British media, culture and civilization. A minimum USC cumulative
GPA of 3.0 is required for this program. For further information and
program requirements (which vary by Annenberg major), contact
the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, ASC
G30, (213) 821-1276, email [email protected], or visit annenberg.
usc.edu/international.
Semester at University College London
(UCL)
Juniors and seniors with majors in Art History, Earth Sciences,
Geology, Neuroscience and Psychology may spend a semester at
UCL, one of the top universities in the United Kingdom. Students
will have a home department at UCL and must take two of their
four courses in their home department. Remaining courses can
be taken in any department except English (unless one is also an
English major) and fine arts. USC students are directly enrolled
in courses with British students. University housing is located
throughout central London, and students can expect to commute
to campus. A GPA of 3.3 or higher is required to be eligible for this
program.
Semester at the British American Drama
Academy (Theatre/Acting)
In conjunction with Sarah Lawrence College and the British
American Drama Academy (BADA), USC theatre/acting majors
and minors spend a semester in London. The London Theatre
program is designed to expose American undergraduates to the
rigor of professional British training in acting by helping them
improve their ability to perform plays from the classical repertoire
and develop techniques and approaches to acting that will stand
them in good stead in any role. The program is taught by a faculty
that includes some of Britain's most distinguished actors and
directors. Students will take courses that include scene study
workshops in Shakespeare, high comedy, modern drama, acting
in performance, voice, movement, stage fighting, theatre history
and dramatic criticism. Students attending a one-year program
will add classical acting for stage and screen to their academic
program for the second semester. Students live in flats with other
program participants. Students must audition for the program, and
admission is competitive.
Semester at Sotheby's Institute of Art,
London
This intensive semester program is designed for those who
are interested both in art history and the business practices of
the art world. Through lectures, seminars and visits to specialist
museums and collections, and many key commercial galleries,
students are introduced to the history of art and design and the
ways in which art has been made, sold and collected. In the fall
semester students focus on modern and contemporary art and
in the spring semester students can choose between modern
and contemporary art or art from 1600 to 1900. In the business
component of the program, students examine established art
markets in the developed world and emerging art markets in the
developing world, together with legal and management issues
related to global art business practice, with a particular emphasis
on the international auction house system. Students arrange their
own housing.
France
Semester or Year in Paris
USC students can study for a semester or year on the USC
Paris program. In addition to French language courses at the
Sorbonne, the program offers USC upper-division French courses
and English-taught USC courses in art history, economics and
international relations. Students at an advanced level of French
may take one or two courses alongside French university students
at the Institut Catholique, where courses are available in the
following areas: art history, economics, history, international
relations and sociology. Students with a high level of French may
participate in an internship. The program also offers weekend trips
to regions such as Normandy and Provence, and day trips to sites
of cultural importance near Paris. Students live with French host
families. Students must have completed at least two semesters of
college-level French.
Spring Semester or Year in Paris
Juniors and seniors majoring in Economics, International
Relations (including IRGB and IRGE) and Political Science (only)
may spend the spring semester or academic year studying at the
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), one of the
top-ranked universities in France. Students choose the English
track, English/French track or French track for their courses
in international relations, political science and economics. All
students take a French language course or elective course taught
in French each semester regardless of which track they are in.
Students live in private accommodation throughout Paris. To be
eligible for this program, students need a 3.3 USC GPA, junior
standing, and three to five semesters of French (depending
on the track selected). Students must make their own housing
arrangements.
Germany
Semester or Year in Berlin
In conjunction with the Institute for the International Education
of Students (IES), USC offers a program of study at the IES
Center and Humboldt University, perfectly situated for exploring
the city. Students receive intensive German language instruction
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during the first three weeks of the program, then enroll for the
remainder of the semester at Humboldt University (in the spring
semester only) and/or courses offered at the IES Center (in the
fall or spring semester). All courses are taught in German and are
available in such disciplines as economics, history, politics, art
history, business, classics, international relations, political science,
psychology, religion and sociology. Students are housed in private
German homes and apartments. Students must have completed
four semesters of college-level German to be eligible for this
program.
Greece
Semester or Year in Athens
Students may spend a semester or year in Athens, Greece,
where the ancient world comes alive. A vibrant capital city, Athens
is a center of international business and the hub of an efficient and
extensive transportation system that makes the beauty of Greece
readily accessible. This program is administered by College Year in
Athens, and students take courses with other American students.
All students are required to enroll in Modern Greek as one of
their five courses. The areas of study are art and archaeology,
environmental studies, ethnography, history, languages (ancient
Greek, Latin and modern Greek), literature, philosophy, political
science and international relations, religion, and urban planning
and sustainability. Students live in simply furnished apartments
with other American students or in homestays with a Greek family.
India
Fall Semester in Bodh Gaya
In the Buddhist Studies in Bodh Gaya program offered by
Carleton College, students explore Buddhism in India through
interdisciplinary courses and Buddhist meditation traditions and
have a unique opportunity to conduct rigorous independent
research in the field. Through comparative study, the program
examines each of the three major Buddhist traditions and their
historical development: Therevada, Mahayana and Vajrayana.
The program is based at the Burmese Vihar, or monastery, where
students live and learn. For two-and-a-half millennia, Bodh Gaya
has been a magnet for pilgrims from all Buddhist cultures who
come to venerate this sacred site, each in a fashion unique to
his or her own tradition. There is no language requirement, and
students may choose to take either Hindi or Tibetan language as
an elective. All majors are welcome.
Ireland
Semester or Year in Dublin
USC Dornsife majors may spend the semester or academic
year studying at Trinity College Dublin, one of the top-ranked
universities in Europe and the premier research university in
Ireland. Students study alongside Irish and international students.
A wide range of courses is offered in the major fields. Students
must take at least half their course work in their major field. USC
students should be well into their major course work so that they
have a strong foundation on which to build while taking advanced
courses at Trinity. To be eligible for this program, students need
a 3.1 USC GPA, junior standing, and a minimum of three major
courses completed at the time of application. Political Science
majors need a 3.3 GPA, and Economics and Philosophy majors
need a 3.5 GPA.
Semester or Year in Galway
Students may spend a semester or year studying at the
National University of Ireland, Galway. Located in western Ireland,
Galway is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and
plays a dynamic and pioneering role in theatre, arts and culture.
Students may take courses in a wide variety of fields including
arts and letters, sciences and engineering. Students are directly
enrolled in the university and take courses alongside Irish
students. The program requires a 3.0 GPA and junior standing.
Israel
Semester or Year in Jerusalem
USC undergraduates may spend a semester or year at Hebrew
University of Jerusalem (HUJ). The program begins with a three-
week pre-semester period of intensive Hebrew language study.
Study-abroad students are based at HUJ's Rothberg International
School (RIS), where the medium of instruction is English. USC
students take courses at RIS in fields such as archaeology, art
history, environmental studies, history, international relations,
Jewish and religious studies, Middle East and Islamic studies,
literature, political science, neuroscience and psychology. Students
may also take Arabic. Although most regular HUJ courses are
taught in Hebrew, there are well over a dozen regular HUJ courses
offered in English. All USC students are encouraged to take at
least one regular HUJ course taught in English. Students live in
campus dormitories. Students must have completed one semester
of college-level Hebrew or the equivalent to participate in this
program.
Italy
Semester or Year in Florence
USC undergraduates have the opportunity to spend a semester
or year in Florence studying Italian language and literature, art
history, economics, gender studies, history, international relations,
political science and studio arts. Classes are taught mostly
in English at Syracuse University's study center in Florence.
Students with advanced proficiency in Italian may take courses
at the University of Florence. Courses are complemented by
field trips to cities such as Assisi, Rome and Venice. Students
live in homestays with Italian hosts. Studio arts students may
also choose to stay in an apartment with other program students.
Students must have completed at least two semesters of college-
level Italian to be eligible for this program.
Spring Semester in Rome (Annenberg
Majors Only)
Undergraduate communication, journalism and public relations
majors may study in Rome for a semester at a dedicated study
center where they will enroll in 16 units of ASCJ credit. Students
study Italian media, communication style and basic Italian
language. In addition to their studies, students tour publishing and
broadcasting companies, meet communication executives and
government policy-makers and gain exposure to Italian media,
culture and civilization. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0
is required for this program. For further information and program
requirements, contact the Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism, ASC G30, (213) 821-1276, email ascintl@
usc.edu, or visit annenberg.usc.edu/international.
Semester or Year in Milan
Through the Institute for the International Education of Students
(IES), undergraduates have the opportunity to spend a semester
or year studying in Milan, the commercial and financial center
of contemporary Italy. The IES Milan Center is located near the
Università Cattolica, IES' main partner institution in Milan. USC
students may participate in the Italy Today track. Beginning/
intermediate students of Italian enroll in IES area studies taught
in English in addition to Italian language courses. IES area
studies courses are available in such disciplines as art history,
cinema, environmental studies, theatre, history, literature, music,
psychology, political science and sociology. Students with
advanced Italian select from IES area studies courses taught in
Italian and are encouraged to choose one or two courses from
among a wide variety of offerings at several universities in Milan.
Students are housed in apartments with American and Italian
roommates, homestays, or at an international honors dorm.
Students must have completed two semesters of college-level
Italian to be eligible for this program.
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Semester in Rome
Classics, Archaeology, Art History and History majors (only)
may study in Rome for a semester at the Intercollegiate Center
for Classical Studies (ICCS), a program administered by Duke
University. Students study ancient history and archaeology,
intermediate and advanced Greek and Latin, basic Italian
language, Renaissance and Baroque art history, and material
heritage conservation. Field trips and extended study tours are
essential components of the program. Students live and study at
the ICCS Center, a three-story building located a few minutes by
bus from the center of Rome. Two semesters of Latin or ancient
Greek are prerequisites for this program.
Japan
Semester or Year in Nagoya
A program of study is available at the Center for Japanese
Studies at Nanzan University in Nagoya. The program for
international students is well known for its strength in Japanese
language training. Nagoya is two hours from Tokyo by bullet train
and one hour from the ancient capital city of Kyoto. Courses are
available in such disciplines as Japanese arts, business, culture,
economics, history, international relations, linguistics, literature,
religion and political science. Intensive language training is offered
at all levels of proficiency. Students live in Japanese homes or
dormitories.
Year at Waseda University in Tokyo
Students may study for an academic year at Waseda University,
one of Japan's foremost private institutions of higher learning.
The university is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. The
academic program at Waseda's School of International Liberal
Studies combines Japanese language courses and English-
taught lecture courses on the history, culture, literature, arts,
politics and economics of Japan and East Asia. The intensive
Japanese language courses, offered at eight levels of proficiency,
assist students in the development of listening, speaking, reading
and writing skills. Students live with Japanese families or in the
privately owned dorms throughout the Tokyo area.
Spring or Year at Sophia University in Tokyo
Students may spend the spring semester or full year at
Sophia University in Tokyo through the Council on International
Educational Exchange. Students can experience life in Tokyo and
take courses alongside Japanese students and other international
students. Sophia University is a top-ranked Japanese university
and is conveniently located in west-central Tokyo. Students are
enrolled in Sophia's Faculty of Liberal Arts, where they take
Japanese language courses as well as English-taught courses in
Asian Studies (anthropology, art history, comparative literature,
economics, history, international relations, linguistics, literature,
religion, philosophy, political science and sociology). Students
highly proficient in Japanese can take courses in Japanese
linguistics. Students live in Japanese homes or privately owned
dormitories throughout the Tokyo area.
Semester or Year at Tokyo International
University near Tokyo
Founded in 1965, Tokyo International University is located in the
city of Kawagoe, about 25 miles from central Tokyo. The university
offers a program for international students through the Japanese
Studies Program in the International Center. Students enroll in
an 8-unit Japanese language course and select the remainder
of their courses, taught in English, from anthropology, cinema,
culture, economics, history, literature, philosophy and political
science. In the spring semester, students with a very advanced
level of Japanese may take some courses in Japanese alongside
Japanese students. Students live in Japanese homes.
Jordan
Semester or Year in Amman (Arabic and
Area Studies Program)
Students may study for a semester or year at the AMIDEAST
Study Center in Amman. As Jordan is deeply enmeshed in the
international relations of the region, students may find no better
place to study pressing Middle Eastern issues and Levantine
Arabic. This program provides undergraduates with the opportunity
to study Arabic semi-intensively and take courses on the Middle
East in a variety of academic disciplines such as anthropology,
art history, gender studies, history, international relations, political
science and religion, all while immersed in Jordanian culture.
Students take Blended Modern Standard Arabic & Colloquial
Jordanian Arabic (8 units) and area studies courses taught in
English. Students choose to live with a Jordanian host family or in
an apartment with other students. Two semesters of college-level
Arabic or the equivalent are required to participate in this program.
Semester or Year in Amman (Advanced
Arabic Language Program)
This is an intensive Arabic program offered by CIEE in Amman.
Students must have completed at least five semesters of Arabic
with a 3.3 GPA or better to be eligible for this program. Students
take 6 units of advanced Modern Standard Arabic and a 4-unit
course called Advanced Topics in Arabic Conversation, which
involves the use of colloquial Jordanian Arabic. Students also take
Arabic Writing for 3 units and one 3-unit elective taught entirely in
Arabic. Electives include contemporary Arab media, Arabic poetry
and introduction to Islam. Students participate in a mid-semester
Arabic-language rural retreat. Students live with a Jordanian host
family.
Mexico
Semester or Year in Mexico City
Students with an advanced level of Spanish may directly enroll
in courses alongside students of the Universidad Iberomericana
(Ibero) in the Santa Fé area of Mexico City. Ibero is one of
Mexico's top private educational institutions and enrolls 11,000
students across 34 undergraduate programs. Ibero offers
courses across many disciplines in three divisions: Humanities
and Communication; Science, Art and Technology; and Social
Sciences. Students wishing to fortify their Spanish can take a
Spanish course for foreign students. Students are able to take
part in a variety of activities at Ibero including sports classes, team
sports, and arts workshops. Students may also volunteer for a few
hours per week with a partner NGO. Students live in homestays
arranged through the university or self-arranged apartments. To
be eligible for the program, students must have completed at least
one upper-division Spanish course taught entirely in Spanish, or
the equivalent.
Semester in Oaxaca
USC students may participate in the Migration, Borders,
and Transnational Communities program run by the School for
International Training. The aim of the program is to discover the
contemporary realities of international undocumented migration
and border enforcement and their immense human impact and
political and social tension in the context of Mexico, Central
America and the United States. Students will study the effects of
large-scale migration on communities and get an understanding
of the factors that contribute to undocumented migration. During
the seven weeks of the program when students are based in
the city of Oaxaca, students live with a host family. Students will
also live with host families during extended excursions into rural
communities. Students also visit border communities on the
U.S. side of the northern border and on the Mexican side of the
southern border with Guatemala. Students are introduced to field
study methods and spend the last several weeks of the semester
completing an independent study project. Four semesters of
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college-level Spanish, or the equivalent, are required to participate
in this program.
Morocco
Semester or Year in Rabat
Students may spend a semester or year with the AMIDEAST
Area & Arabic Language Studies program. Students' unique
access to Moroccan culture provides them with insights into the
country's varied and complex approach to the pressing social,
religious and cultural issues of the Middle East and North Africa.
In addition to studying both Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and
colloquial Moroccan Arabic, students take two or three area
studies courses taught in English from a variety of disciplines
including Middle East and North Africa studies, political science,
religion, sociology, gender studies and history. Classes are
conducted at the AMIDEAST Center in the Agdal district of Rabat
and instruct students from U.S. universities. Students live with a
Moroccan host family. A minimum of two semesters of college-level
Arabic is required to be eligible for this program.
The Netherlands
Semester or Year in Maastricht
This program is restricted to Dornsife majors, Price students
majoring in Public Policy or Urban Studies, Keck undergraduates
majoring in Global Health and Gerontology majors. Students
spend the semester or academic year studying at Maastricht
University, the most international and fully bilingual (Dutch and
English) university in the Netherlands. Students directly enroll in
courses with local and international students and have access to
hundreds of courses taught in English. Students will be enrolled
in one of five academic clusters focused on Europe: Economics in
Europe; European Politics, Law and International Relations; Public
Health and Medicine in Europe; Psychology and Neuroscience in
Europe; and European History, Culture and Arts. All students take
a course in basic Dutch. Students live in an off-campus dorm with
other international students.
New Zealand
Semester or Year in Auckland
Undergraduates have the opportunity to study for a semester
or year at the University of Auckland. Auckland is a modern
cosmopolitan city with a population of 1.5 million people, roughly
one-third of New Zealand's entire population. The University
of Auckland is highly ranked in the Asia-Pacific region. USC
students enroll in regular university courses at the city center
campus and study alongside local students in a wide variety of
subjects. Courses are available in the humanities, social sciences,
science, engineering and cinematic arts. Students live in university
residence halls.
Semester or Year in Dunedin
Founded in 1869, the University of Otago is the oldest
established university in New Zealand. It has an international
reputation for the quality of its teaching and research. Study-
abroad students are able to take a broad range of subjects
across the university's four academic divisions: commerce,
health sciences, humanities and sciences. Students majoring in
anthropology, English, theatre, cognitive science, psychology,
and natural and environmental sciences will find strong programs
offering a wide variety of courses. The university offers a true
campus lifestyle and the city of Dunedin, in which the university
is located, offers a rich cultural life as well as proximity to outdoor
activities. Students live in university-affiliated apartments.
Poland
Semester in Krakow
Undergraduates may spend a semester or year at the Center
for European Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. The
program is open to Dornsife majors who take at least one course
for major credit. The program is designed to provide Central and
Eastern European perspectives on the contemporary as well
as historical events and transformations occurring in Europe
through in-depth study of European political, economic and social
realities. Students take four European Studies courses taught in
English and a Polish language course. Students live in university
dormitories with Polish and international students.
Russia
Semester or Year in St. Petersburg
USC offers undergraduates a semester or year-long opportunity
to study in St. Petersburg through CIEE. Students with two or more
semesters of Russian can participate in the Russian Area Studies
Program, which is ideal for students of history, international
relations and political science. The Russian Language Program is
for students with four or more semesters of Russian and focuses
on language, literature and Russian culture. Students have their
own room with a Russian family in a private apartment. The
program includes many day trips to important sites and overnight
excursions to locations such as Moscow, Novgorod, the Pskov
region and Tallinn (Estonia).
Scotland
Semester or Year in Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 and offers
excellence in teaching and research over a wide range of
disciplines. USC students are directly enrolled in courses with
British students. Courses are available in more than 50 disciplines
including archaeology, architecture, biological sciences, classics,
computer science, ecology, economics, engineering, international
relations, linguistics, mathematics, physics, psychology and
religious studies. USC students live in university residence halls,
student houses or university flats.
South Africa
Semester or Year in Cape Town
Students may spend a semester or year studying at the
University of Cape Town (UCT) through the Council on
International Educational Exchange (CIEE). All program
participants are required to take at least one course with specific
African content. Courses may be taken in all UCT faculties except
health sciences and law. Students live in privately run student
apartments close to campus or with a South African host family.
Students must have at least junior standing at the start of the
program.
Semester in Durban
USC students may participate in the Community Health and
Social Policy program run by the School for International Training
(SIT). Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal province, is a hub for health
teaching, research and practice in both Western and traditional
healing systems. Through extensive field visits, lectures and an
independent research project, students examine the historical,
political, economic, cultural and geographic forces that shape the
history of public health interventions in South Africa. Students
are introduced to field study methods and spend the last several
weeks of the semester completing an independent study project.
Students also enroll in intensive Zulu language study.
South Korea
Semester or Year in Seoul
Students who have completed two semesters of college-level
Korean have the opportunity to spend a semester or year at Yonsei
University in Seoul. Students enroll in a Korean language course
and two or three English-taught Asian studies courses available
from the following areas: anthropology, art history, business,
economics, history, international relations, literature, philosophy,
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politics, religion and sociology. Students live in the international
student dormitory on campus on a space available basis.
Spain
Semester or Year in Bilbao
USC offers undergraduates the opportunity to study for either a
semester or year at the University of Deusto, which was founded
by Jesuits in 1886 and is among Spain's top universities. Bilbao is
considered the financial and cultural center of the Basque country
in northern Spain. Students focus on intensive language study and
take additional course work in Spanish, Basque and European
studies. Students may choose to live in dormitories, student
apartments or homestays.
Fall Semester in Madrid
USC students who have completed at least SPAN 260 may
spend the fall semester in the Boston University in Madrid's
Spanish & European Studies Program. In this program, located
at the International Institute in central Madrid, students take
four upper-division courses, all of which are taught in Spanish.
The program offers courses in Spanish language and literature,
anthropology, art history, cinema, gender studies and politics.
Students with a very high level of Spanish may participate in an
internship. Students live in a homestay with Spanish hosts.
Spring Semester in Madrid
USC students can spend the spring semester in the USC
Madrid program. The program offers SPAN 260, SPAN 261, USC
upper-division Spanish courses, and an English-taught art history
course at the program base, the International Institute, in central
Madrid. Students taking SPAN 260 and SPAN 261 in Madrid take
one or more English-taught courses alongside Spanish university
students at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid located in the
suburb of Getafe. Students in higher levels of Spanish may also
opt to take English- or Spanish-taught courses at Carlos III. The
program offers several excursions to different regions of Spain
and day trips to sites near Madrid in addition to outings to cultural
events in Madrid. Students live in a homestay with Spanish hosts.
Tanzania
Semester in Rhotia
Through the School for Field Studies, USC offers
undergraduates the opportunity to study for a semester in
Tanzania. Students live in close proximity to wildlife and local
communities on the African savanna. Through conducting
research and fieldwork and attending lectures, students explore
human-wildlife conflicts from the perspective of local ranchers,
communities and park managers. The field station where students
are based is near Lake Manyara National Park.
Non-USC Programs
Students who wish to participate in a non-USC approved
semester or year overseas study program and receive credit
transferable to USC must initiate a Request for Exception to
Residence in their academic department or school.
Graduate and Professional Education
Financial Aid for Graduate Students
Graduate students at USC benefit from federal financial aid
programs administered by the Financial Aid Office and from
scholarships, fellowships and assistantships administered by the
Graduate School, the Office of the Provost, and various academic
departments. Several federal agencies and private foundations
offer support for students engaged in research in specific fields
of study. In addition, many corporations provide fellowships or
tuition reimbursements for their employees. USC also offers an
interest-free monthly payment plan and participates in long-term
loan programs. Students may apply for one or more kinds of aid,
depending on eligibility.
Although international students are not eligible for federal
financial aid, they may be eligible for scholarships, fellowships and
graduate assistantships offered by their schools or departments.
International students should contact their departments directly
for information about existing opportunities. International students
may also be eligible for private educational loans.
The Financial Aid Office may change these policies at any time
to ensure continued compliance with changes in federal and state
regulations governing student financial aid. As a result, students
must refer to the current catalogue regulations. Unlike degree
requirements, changes in regulations, policies and procedures are
immediate and supersede those in any prior catalogue.
Financial Support Through Graduate
Fellowships and Assistantships
Prospective and continuing students seeking financial support
will find opportunities to fund their graduate study through
individual schools and departments and through the Graduate
School. In general, graduate fellowships and assistantships are
offered only to students pursuing the PhD degree.
Acceptance of Offers of Financial Assistance
USC subscribes to the following resolution of the Council of
Graduate Schools in the United States regarding deadlines and
acceptance of offers for graduate scholars, fellows, trainees and
assistants:
Acceptance of an offer of financial assistance (such as graduate
scholarship, fellowship, traineeship or assistantship) for the next
academic year by an actual or prospective graduate student
completes an agreement that both the student and the university
are expected to honor. In those instances in which the student
accepts the offer before April 15, and subsequently desires to
withdraw, the student may submit in writing a resignation of the
appointment at any time through April 15. An acceptance given
or left in force after April 15, however, commits the student to not
accept another offer without first obtaining written release from the
institution to which a commitment has been made. Similarly, an
offer by an institution after April 15 is conditional on presentation
by the student of the written release from any previously accepted
offer.
Teaching and Research Assistantships, and
Graduate Assistant Lectureships
Teaching and research assistantships and graduate assistant
lectureships are awarded each year by departments and programs
of the university to PhD students on the basis of scholastic
accomplishment, academic promise and competence. They fall
under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Procedures and
practices can be found in The Handbook for Teaching Assistants,
Research Assistants, and Graduate Assistant Lecturers on the
Graduate School website. Only students making good progress
to the degree with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 on all units
attempted at USC, acceptable TOEFL or IELTS scores, and who
are regularly enrolled in USC graduate degree programs are
eligible for appointment as teaching and research assistants and
graduate assistant lecturers and may be offered a semester-by-
semester appointment up to a maximum of one year at a time. All
teaching and research assistants and graduate assistant lecturers
are under direct and assigned supervision of regular faculty
members and report regularly on the conduct and performance of
their responsibilities to the supervising faculty. Assistant lecturers
may be appointed only with the approval of the dean of the school
in which the student is earning the degree. The Handbook for
Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, and Graduate Assistant
Lecturers can be found at graduateschool.usc.edu/current-
students/guidelines-forms-requests/#ga-handbook.
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Application Procedures and Eligibility
Requirements for Federal Financial Aid
Detailed information, application procedures and deadlines
for federal financial aid are available online at financialaid.usc.
edu. To be eligible for federal financial aid programs, students
must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or other eligible
non-citizens; have a valid Social Security number; meet Selective
Service registration requirements; enroll at least half-time; meet
Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements; and meet all
other eligibility requirements. Enrollment status will be calculated
based only on those courses that are required for, or that can be
applied as an eligible elective credit toward, a student's degree or
certificate program. Students must also complete all application
requirements by the relevant deadline(s). With certain exceptions,
as noted below, students must be enrolled in a degree-seeking
program or eligible certificate program at USC to be eligible for
federal financial aid.
Federal Work-Study
The Federal Work-Study program enables eligible students
to earn funds through employment either on campus or with an
approved off-campus employer. Only full-time (enrolled in 8 or
more units), on-campus students with high financial need who
meet all application deadlines are considered for this program.
Federal Loans
Direct Unsubsidized Loans are available to eligible students.
Interest accrues from the date of disbursement. Repayment begins
six months after students graduate, withdraw or drop below half-
time status.
Direct Graduate PLUS Loans are available to students who
meet the credit criteria established by the U.S. Department of
Education. Students who do not meet the credit criteria may apply
with an endorser (co-borrower) who does. There is no grace
period on the Direct Graduate PLUS Loan. Repayment begins the
day after the loan is fully disbursed; however, students can defer
repayment while enrolled in school at least half time, and for an
additional six months after they graduate or drop below half-time
status.*
The Health Professions Student Loan program provides funds
to students in pharmacy and dentistry. The federal government
pays the interest while students are in school. Repayment begins
12 months after they graduate or drop below half-time status.*
For details about federal loan programs and application
requirements, visit financialaid.usc.edu/loans.
*Enrollment status will be calculated based only on those courses
that are required for, or that can be applied as an eligible elective
credit toward, a student's degree or certificate program.
Private Financing Programs
Private financing programs are available to help students meet
the costs of education by providing long-term financing options.
Students should exhaust all federal Title IV assistance available,
including the Direct Unsubsidized Loan and the Direct Graduate
PLUS Loan, before considering a private student loan program.
The repayment terms of federal programs may be more favorable
than the terms of private loan programs. Federal student loans are
required by law to provide a range of flexible repayment options,
including but not limited to, income-based repayment and income-
contingent repayment plans, and loan forgiveness benefits, which
other student loans are not required to provide. Direct Loans are
available to students regardless of income.
Teacher Education Assistance for College
and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant
USC does not participate in the TEACH program.
Financial Aid for Enrollment in a
Progressive Degree Program
The Financial Aid Office determines aid eligibility based on a
student's class level. For information on how specific types of
aid may be affected by class level refer to financialaid.usc.edu/
general/special-programs/progressive-degrees.html.
Class Level Determination for Progressive Degree
Programs
While classified as undergraduates, students are assessed
the undergraduate tuition rate, and their enrollment status and
financial aid eligibility are determined by undergraduate standards.
While classified as graduate students, students are assessed
the graduate tuition rate, and their enrollment status and financial
aid eligibility are determined by graduate standards.
A progressive degree student transitions from undergraduate to
graduate class level as soon as any one of the following conditions
is met:
1. the bachelor is degree conferred; or
2. the student is awarded a graduate research or teaching
assistantship as contracted through the academic
department and the Graduate School; or
3. the student earns a total of 144 units.
Bachelor Degree Conferred
The Office of Academic Records and Registrar determines
when a student has completed their bachelor degree and manages
the process of posting degrees to a student's record. Students
wishing to change the degree date from that indicated on their
STARS Report should request an updated degree term from the
Registrar One Stop Center at [email protected]. Students may
also update their expected graduation date at my.usc.edu.
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship
Research and teaching assistantships are awards contracted
through the student's academic department and the Graduate
School and are exclusively available to graduate students. A
progressive degree student who is awarded a research or teaching
assistantship will be reclassified as graduate student beginning the
semester they first receive the award.
The 144-Unit Limit
Assuming one of the other two conditions have not already
been met, a progressive degree student is classified as an
undergraduate up to and including the semester they earn a total
of 144 units.
All units earned at USC, from both undergraduate- and
graduate-level course work, will be counted toward the 144-unit
limit. Any and all units earned during summer semesters will be
counted, as well as units earned during semesters that were not
funded with financial aid.
All transfer units, including units accepted from Advanced
Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, will also be
counted toward the 144-unit limit. Requirements that were met by
transfer courses cannot be substituted by subsequently taken USC
courses, and USC will not delete or discount accepted transfer
course work from the transcript.
Transfer course work determined not to be applicable toward
subject-specific requirements, e.g., General Education and
major requirements, nor applicable as "free" electives toward
the bachelor degree program's minimum unit requirement, may
increase the unit limit above the standard 144. This determination
is based on the student's major(s) at the time of admission to the
progressive degree program. Any subsequent change of major
or addition of a major may change how transfer units are applied
toward subject-specific requirements and free electives, and the
unit limit may increase or decrease accordingly. However, the
applicability of transfer units is determined from objective transcript
data and is therefore not open to appeal.
Class level is determined dynamically based on currently
available data in the student transcript. Any changes, updates or
corrections to a student's transcript that alter the total number of
units earned will affect progress toward the unit limit and class
level transition.
Financial Aid for Enrollment in a Certificate
Program
Students enrolled at least half time in a graduate certificate
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program may be eligible for the Direct Unsubsidized Loan and
Direct Graduate PLUS Loan if the program has been determined
to be eligible for federal financial aid. Contact your academic
department or program or the Financial Aid Office for information
about whether your program qualifies for financial aid.
Financial Aid for Limited Status Enrollment
Students not admitted to a degree-seeking program or eligible
certificate program at USC but enroll as limited-status students are
not eligible for federal financial aid, unless they meet the exception
noted in the Preparatory Course Work section. Students who have
completed their degree or certificate programs, but continue to
enroll, will be considered limited-status students and are thereby
ineligible for financial aid.
Financial Aid Consortium Agreements
Students admitted to degree-seeking or eligible certificate
programs at USC who enroll in course work at another eligible
"host" institution, where the course work has been pre-approved
as transferable for credit toward their USC degrees or certificates,
may have those courses considered in USC's determination
of their eligibility for limited federal financial aid. The student's
total USC and/or non-USC enrollment must be at least half-time
and a Financial Aid Consortium Agreement must be completed
prior to the semester or semesters the student enrolls at the
host institution. Financial Aid Consortium Agreements are
contingent upon the host school agreeing to participate.
Financial Aid Consortium Agreements are not available for
students participating in the Postbaccalaureate Premedical
Program.
For more information, visit financialaid.usc.edu/general/special-
programs/consortium-agreements.html.
Financial Aid for Students Enrolled in
Undergraduate Course Work for Admission
to Graduate Degree
Students enrolled at least half-time in undergraduate courses
required for admission to a graduate degree program may be
eligible for limited Direct Loan funds. At this time, the only such
program that USC offers is the Postbaccalaureate Premedical
Program. For more information, visit financialaid.usc.edu/general/
special-programs/postbaccalaureate-premedical-program.html.
Withdrawal Implications for Recipients of
Financial Aid
During the Drop/Add Period
During the university's published drop/add period, students who
drop or reduce their enrollment may be eligible for a 100 percent
refund of tuition for classes dropped.
Financial aid recipients must immediately notify the Financial
Aid Office in writing when a drop from one or more classes during
the drop/add period results in an enrollment status different from
the enrollment status on which their current financial aid eligibility
was based. The same applies if one or more classes are canceled.
The Financial Aid Office will review the student's new enrollment
and, if appropriate, revise the student's eligibility based on the new
enrollment status.
If a financial aid recipient drops from all classes or drops to
less than half-time status during the drop/add period, all financial
aid awards must be returned to their respective programs.
Students who drop from all classes or drop to less than half-time
status during the drop/add period are considered never to have
established eligibility for financial aid. If the student was given
financial aid funds for other expenses, they will be expected to
return those funds to the university.
After the Drop/Add Period
Students who are recipients of Title IV federal student aid
are also covered by federal Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4)
regulations. Title IV federal student aid is awarded to a student
under the assumption that the student will attend for the entire
period for which the assistance is provided and thereby "earn" the
award. When a student ceases academic attendance prior to the
end of that period, the student may no longer be eligible for the full
amount of federal funds that the student was originally scheduled
to receive.
If a Title IV aid recipient withdraws from all classes on or before
the session is 60 percent complete, based on their last date of
attendance, federal policy requires that any "unearned" Title IV
federal financial aid be returned to the U.S. Treasury, even if the
student is not entitled to a refund of tuition.
A student is required to immediately notify the Registrar when
the student stops attending classes. If the student fails to notify
the Registrar's Office, it is possible that the 50 percent point
in the term will be used to determine the student's last date of
attendance, in accordance with federal regulations. If a student
withdraws from all classes*, the Financial Aid Office will determine
if that student's period of attendance resulted in the earning of all
federal financial aid awarded for that term. If it is determined that
not all the scheduled federal aid has in fact been earned, then the
Financial Aid Office will calculate the amount to be returned to the
federal financial aid programs. The Financial Aid Office will bill the
student via the student's university account for the amount to be
returned. It is the student's responsibility to contact the Cashier's
Office to settle the bill.
*Note to students in modular programs: In a modular program, one
or more of the student's enrolled courses do not span the length
of the entire semester. Students in modular courses who withdraw
from one or more courses, but are still registered for future courses
within the term, will be required to confirm their future enrollment
plans. For students who fail to confirm or fail to re-enroll, the
Financial Aid Office will determine whether you have completed
module(s) that contain 49 percent or more of the number of days
in the payment period. If you have completed 49 percent or more,
you are not considered to have withdrawn for R2T4 purposes. If
you have completed less than 49 percent, the Financial Aid Office
will calculate the portion of your financial aid that has been earned
based on your latest date of attendance. Refunds to the U.S.
Treasury may be required.
Additional Responsibilities of Students Who
Withdraw
Any time a student withdraws from one or more courses, the
student should consider the potential effect on their Satisfactory
Academic Progress (SAP) status. Please review the SAP section
for more information about SAP requirements.
Whenever a student's enrollment drops to less than half time or
the student withdraws completely, or if a student takes a leave of
absence, the student must notify the lender, holder or servicer of
any loans. Student borrowers of federal or university loans must
also satisfy exit loan counseling requirements at studentaid.gov.
It is also the student's responsibility upon withdrawal from
all classes to notify the Student Financial Services Office, the
Housing Services Office, the Transportation Services Office and/
or the USCard Office, if the student has charges from these offices
on their student account. Students who have withdrawn from
studies may be entitled to a prorated cancellation of charges from
these offices.
Leave of Absence
Financial aid recipients considering a leave of absence should
be aware of the financial aid implications. Although obtaining
an approved leave of absence from their programs does allow
students to re-enroll in the university without formal re-admission, it
does not allow them to avoid Return to Title IV calculations or defer
their loan repayment. The university reports student enrollment to
the National Student Clearinghouse throughout the academic year.
Lenders and federal loan service agencies subsequently query
this database to determine if a student has maintained continuous
half-time or greater enrollment.
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Student Loan Repayment
If students are on a leave of absence from the university, their
lender or federal loan service agency will move their loan from
an "in-school" status to a grace or repayment status as required.
While on a leave of absence, students may be able to postpone
repayment by obtaining a deferment or forbearance from their loan
servicer(s) as a result of unemployment or economic hardship.
Students should contact their loan servicer(s) for more information
about loan repayment. Students may review their federal loan
history and determine their loan service agencies by visiting the
Federal Student Aid website at studentaid.gov. Once they re-
enroll at a half-time or greater basis, they may be able to request
deferment for "in-school" status.
Tuition Refund Insurance Plan
To complement its own refund policy, the university makes
available to students Tuition Refund Insurance, an insurance
policy designed to protect the investment students and their
families make in education. The Financial Aid Office strongly
encourages all financial aid recipients to take advantage of this
plan. If a student formally withdraws from all classes after the end
of the drop/add period and they are covered by Tuition Refund
Insurance, the student may receive:
• A credit to their student account equal to 100 percent of
charges for tuition and mandatory fees for the term, if the
withdrawal is the result of documented personal illness or
accident; or
• A credit to their student account equal to 80 percent of the
charges for tuition and mandatory fees for the term, if the
withdrawal is the result of a documented mental/nervous
disorder.
The Tuition Refund Insurance credit will be applied first to any
outstanding charges on the student's university account, including
any charges resulting from the required Return of Title IV Funds
(R2T4) to the federal student aid programs for the term. Recipients
of university and/or federal financial aid will then receive a cash
refund equal to the amount of cash payments made to the account
for the term, plus any loan disbursements for the term still on
the account (after all returns of Title IV aid have been made in
accordance with federal policies, if applicable). The remainder of
the insurance credit will be used to repay university financial aid
grant or scholarship programs.
Brochures about Tuition Refund Insurance requirements
and claim forms are available in the Cashier's Office and the
Registrar's Office. All questions about the insurance plan should
be directed to these offices.
Notes on Federal Policy
Title IV Federal Student Aid
Students are considered recipients of Title IV federal student
aid if they have received funds from one or more of the following
programs to meet educational expenses for the semester in
question: Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants (SEOG), Direct Loans (Subsidized or
Unsubsidized), or Direct Graduate or Parent PLUS Loans.
FAFSA and Verification
The deadline for receipt of a 2022-23 FAFSA by the Department
of Education is June 30, 2023. To receive financial aid funds a
complete valid FAFSA must be received at USC by the last day of
the student's 2022-23 enrollment.
Financial aid applicants selected for verification are required
to submit documentation before any financial aid funds will
be awarded or disbursed. The deadline to submit verification
documentation is 20 days after the student's last date of enrollment
for 2022-23, or September 10, 2023, whichever is earlier. USC will
continue to accept verification documentation until this date.
Applicants are notified of any changes to their financial aid
eligibility on their Financial Aid Summary and Tasks (FAST) page.
The FAST page also indicates any outstanding documentation
or tasks that need to be completed for aid to be processed or
disbursed.
Period of Enrollment
At USC, the periods of enrollment are generally measured
using the session(s) in which the student enrolled on a semester
basis, starting on the first day of classes and ending on the final
day of examinations for a given term. For purposes of Title IV
federal student aid, any scheduled break of five or more days will
not be included in the measurement of the enrollment period. For
programs offered in modules (sessions that do not span the entire
length of the semester), breaks of more than five days between
modules will not be included in the measurement of the enrollment
period.
Measurement of Earned Title IV Federal Student Aid
When a student withdraws from all classes, or withdraws from
one or more classes while attending a modular program, the
Financial Aid Office will calculate the percentage of earned Title
IV federal student aid using the date of withdrawal. The earnings
calculation is based on the number of days of enrollment, up to
and including the day of withdrawal, divided by the total number
of days in the enrollment period. In most cases, when a total
withdrawal is determined to occur on or before the 60 percent
point in a semester, some federal aid will need to be returned.
Return of Title IV Federal Student Aid
To satisfy federal regulation, returns to Title IV financial aid
programs must be made in the following order:
• Direct Unsubsidized Loans
• Direct Graduate PLUS Loans
• Other Title IV Federal Programs
Financial Aid Policy Regarding
Falsication of Financial Aid
Information
The types of information covered by this policy include all
documents and information submitted to apply for and/or receive
need-based financial aid, scholarships, federal student and
parent loans, and private financing funds. These documents and
information include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Student Aid Report (SAR)
• Financial Aid Supplement
• Federal income tax forms and other income documentation
• Documentation of U.S. citizenship or eligible non-citizen
status
• Documentation of housing/living arrangements
• Academic documents relating to high school diploma or
college course work
• Loan applications, promissory notes and related
documentation
• Specific program applications
• Federal Work-Study time sheets
• Any university financial aid forms and related documentation
• Any written, electronic or verbal statements sent to or made
to a university employee regarding the student's financial aid
application or other financially related documents
The integrity of the documents and the honesty of the
information presented through them are critical to the financial
aid process. Students should be aware that they will be held
responsible for the integrity of any financial aid information
submitted either by them or on their behalf.
If the university determines that a student or parent has
provided falsified information, or has submitted forged documents
or signatures, the following steps may be taken without prior
notification to the student or parent:
1. An incident report will be filed with USC’s Office of Academic
Integrity following procedures outlined in the Student
Handbook. Pending resolution of the complaint, the Financial
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Aid Office may restrict the distribution of any further aid to the
accused student.
2. If the Financial Aid Office or the student conduct
review process finds that a violation has occurred, the
consequences may include, but are not limited to, the
following:
• The student will be required to make full restitution of any
and all federal, state, private and/or university scholarship,
grant, loan or work funds to which they were not entitled.
• Until full restitution is made, all federal, state and university
funds will be withheld from the student, including all funds
disbursed in past or in current terms.
• No arrangements will be made with the Cashier's Office
or Collections Office on the student's behalf to settle their
account. The student will be responsible for all charges
incurred on the student's account because of the loss of
federal, state or institutional financial aid funds.
• If the student is determined to be ineligible for financial aid
because of a basic eligibility criterion, no further federal,
state or university funds will be provided to the student in
any future terms of enrollment at the university.
• The student may be ineligible for future participation in
some or all financial aid programs for a minimum of one
year or longer. In some cases, the student will not be
eligible to receive funds from that program in any future
terms of enrollment at the university.
• The student will not receive funds to replace those lost
because they are considered ineligible due to dishonesty.
3. In addition to any consequences directly related to the
student's financial aid, the student may be assigned
disciplinary sanctions as described in the Student Conduct
Code (11.80).
4. As required by federal and state law, the USC Financial
Aid Office will report any infraction to the appropriate office
or agency. These include, but are not limited to, the U.S.
Department of Education Office of the Inspector General,
state agencies or other entities that may take whatever
action is required by federal and state law. In this report, the
Financial Aid Office will describe in detail the incident, the
response from the Financial Aid Office and any additional
actions taken by or pending with the university.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
Policy
Purpose of SAP Regulations
To be eligible for federal financial aid, graduate and professional
students are required by the U.S. Department of Education (34
CFR 668.34) to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress toward
their program objectives. USC has established this SAP policy to
ensure student success and accountability and to promote timely
advancement toward program objectives.
The following guidelines provide academic progress criteria for
all graduate and professional students receiving financial aid at
USC. These guidelines are based on reasonable expectations of
academic progress toward a program objective and should not be
a hindrance to any student in good academic standing.
Table 1
Programs Subject to Financial Aid SAP Policy
Federal Programs
Federal Work-Study Loans for Disadvantaged Students
Direct Unsubsidized Loans
Direct Graduate PLUS Loans
Health Professions Student Loans
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Primary Care Loans
Table 2
Programs Not Subject to Financial Aid SAP Policy
USC and Outside Programs*
USC Merit Scholarships USC Alumni Scholarships
USC Topping Scholarships USC Departmental Awards
USC Assistantships USC Employee Tuition Assistance Benefits
Sponsored Agency Awards (Including Department of
Defense and Veterans Awards)
Outside Agency Scholarships
*Recipients of these awards should contact the awarding agencies/departments for rules governing
award retention.
Definition of Graduate SAP
To be eligible for financial aid as identified above, a graduate
student must maintain SAP as defined by all of the following three
criteria:
• Grade Point Average (GPA): You must meet a minimum
cumulative GPA each enrolled semester
• Pace of Progression: You must successfully complete a
minimum of 67 percent of all cumulative attempted* units
each enrolled semester. This Pace of Progression ensures
completion of the degree within the Maximum Time Frame.
• Maximum Time Frame: You must complete your degree
within a specified amount of time. The Maximum Time Frame
is based on the published length and unit requirements for
your degree program(s). You will be eligible for the maximum
attempted units or the maximum SAP semesters, whichever
comes first.
If you do not meet the Pace of Progression or GPA
requirements, or if you have reached the Maximum Time Frame,
you will be ineligible for further financial aid without an approved,
written SAP Appeal.
The Financial Aid Office will never increase the Maximum Time
Frame past 150 percent of the published degree requirements.
As soon as a student is mathematically incapable of completing a
degree program within 150 percent of the published requirements,
the student will be ineligible for financial aid from that point
forward.
Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirement
Graduate and professional students must maintain a minimum
cumulative GPA of 3.0. In some cases, the University Committee
on Curriculum has approved different GPA requirements for
professional schools including but not limited to the programs in
the following table. To confirm your own program's specific GPA
requirements, please inquire with your academic department.
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Table 3
Exceptional Grade Point Average Requirements for Graduate/Professional Programs
Program of Study
Program of
Study Code
GPA
Requirement
Alternative Dispute Resolution (GCRT) 1564 2.6
Alternative Dispute Resolution (LLM) 1636 2.6
Business Administration/Pharmacy (MBAD) 799 2.5
Business Law (On Line) (GCRT) 1573 2.6
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (PHD) 1376 2.5
Compliance (On Line) (GCRT) 1670 2.6
Dentistry (DDS) 414 2.0
Dentistry (Dentistry-International) (DDS) 428 2.0
Dispute Resolution (MDR) 1658 2.6
Entertainment Law and Industry (GCRT) 1672 2.6
Financial Analysis and Valuation (GCRT) 1340 3.6
Financial Compliance (GCRT) 1729 2.6
Gerontology (GCRT) 633 2.5
Gerontology/Juris Doctor (MS/JD) 1012 2.9
Human Resources Law and Compliance (GCRT) 1727 2.6
International Business and Economic Law (LLM) 1741 2.6
Juris Doctor/Business Administration (JDMBA) 715 2.9
Juris Doctor/Communication Management (JDCMG) 1326 2.9
Juris Doctor/Communications Management (JDMA) 785 2.9
Juris Doctor/Pharmacy (JDDP) 1154 2.9
Juris Doctor/Public Administration (JDMPA) 1131 2.9
Juris Doctor/Public Policy (JDMPP) 1119 2.9
Law (JD) 379 2.9
Law (LLM) 394 2.6
Law (MCL) 1270 2.6
Law (On Line) (LLM) 1528 2.6
Law/Business Taxation (JDMBT) 723 2.9
Law/Economics (JDMA) 724 2.9
Law/International Relations (JDMA) 783 2.9
Law/Philosophy (JDMA) 952 2.9
Law/Real Estate Development (JDRE) 1140 2.9
Law/Religion (JDMA) 784 2.9
Law/Social Work (JDMSW) 778 2.9
Pharmacy (PHARD) 1312 2.5
Pharmacy and Global Medicine (PDMS) 1479 2.5
Pharmacy/Gerontology (PHRMS) 1220 2.5
Pharmacy/Healthcare Decision Analysis (PHMS) 1548 2.5
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHPD) 902 2.5
Pharmacy/Public Health (PHMPH) 1185 2.5
Pharmacy/Regulatory Science (PHMS) 1328 2.5
Physical Therapy (DPT) 979 2.75
Physical Therapy (On Line) (DPT) 1704 2.75
Studies in Law (On Line) (MSLW) 1633 2.6
Studies in Law (On-Campus/Residential) (MSLW) 1722 2.6
Summer Master of Laws (LLM) 1639 2.6
Taxation (LLM) 1379 2.6
Transnational Law and Business (GCRT) 1699 2.6
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Students with No Graduate GPA
Students enrolled in progressive degree programs who are
currently classified as undergraduate students (see the Financial
Aid for Enrollment in a Progressive Degree Program section
above) must maintain a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA
of 2.0. Progressive Degree students who are currently classified
as graduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative
graduate GPA of 3.0, or the exceptional minimum cumulative GPA
respective to their graduate program as listed above.
Students who have no GPA because all their course work has
been taken as Credit (C)/No Credit (NC) or Pass (P)/No Pass (NP)
are considered to have a sufficient GPA as long as they have no
grades of NC or NP. A grade of In Progress (IP) is also considered
a passing grade.
Refer to Tables 4 and 5 to understand how specific grades and
course types affect students' cumulative grade point averages:
Table 4
Impact of Grades on Graduate Cumulative SAP GPA
Grade Earned Counted in Grade Point Average
A, B, C, D, F (+/-) Yes
CR — Credit, P — Pass, IP — In Progress No
NC — No Credit, NP — No Pass No
IN — Incomplete No
IX — Expired Incomplete Yes
W — Withdrawal No
UW — Unofficial Withdrawal Yes
V — Audit No
NS — Not Submitted No
MG — Missing Grade No
Table 5
Impact of Course Type on Graduate Cumulative GPA
Course Type Counted in Grade Point Average
Preparatory course work (including all undergraduate
course work regardless of course level)
No
Repeated course work (previous passing grade) No
Repeated course work (previous failing grade) Yes (both grades counted)
Transfer course work (pre- and post-matriculation) No
For more information about grading policy, visit the USC
Department of Grades on the Registrar's website at usc.edu/
grades.
Pace of Progression Requirement
Graduate and professional students must successfully complete
a minimum of 67 percent of all cumulative attempted units each
enrolled semester. This Pace of Progression ensures completion
of the degree within the Maximum Time Frame.
Pace of Progression is calculated by dividing the cumulative
number of units the student has successfully completed by the
cumulative number of units the student has attempted.
For the purposes of Pace of Progression and Maximum Time
Frame, "attempted units" includes most types of course work in
which you are enrolled past the course's deadline to drop and
receive a tuition refund. After this deadline, "dropped" course
work is considered withdrawn units attempted for the purposes of
SAP, even if the withdrawal does not result in a "W" mark on your
transcript. To verify your course session's deadline to drop for a
tuition refund, please refer to the USC Schedule of Classes at
classes.usc.edu.
Courses that are successfully petitioned for deletion through
the Office of Academic Records and Registrar will be considered
neither attempted nor completed for the purposes of Pace of
Progression and Maximum Time Frame.
Review Tables 6 and 7 to understand how grades and course
types will affect the Pace of Progression calculation:
Table 6
Impact of Grades on Pace of Progression and Maximum Time Frame
Grade Earned
Pace of Progression
Counted Toward
Maximum Time FrameUnits Completed Units Attempted
A, B, C, D (+/-) Yes Yes Yes
CR, P Yes Yes Yes
IN, IP, W, NS, MG No Yes Yes
F, IX, NP, NC, UW No Yes Yes
V No No No
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Maximum Time Frame Requirement
Students must complete their program objective within a
specified amount of time. The time frame will depend on the
student's enrollment status and educational objective. Students will
be eligible for the maximum attempted units or the maximum SAP
semesters, whichever comes first.
Changing Graduate Programs of Study at USC
If you successfully finished a previous program of study, that
course work will not affect the maximum unit and semester
allowances for your new program of study.
However, if your course work can also be applied to the new
program of study, it will be counted as prematriculation units and
will reduce your maximum unit and semester allowances for the
new program of study.
Any previous course work you completed at USC as part of an
unfinished program of study will reduce your maximum unit and
semester allowances for the new program of study.
SAP Semesters for Doctoral Students
Each semester in which a doctoral student attempts 6 or more
units, or attempts a full-time exception course as defined below,
is counted as a full (1.0) SAP semester. Each semester in which
a doctoral student attempts 3 to 5 units is counted as a half (0.5)
SAP semester. Semesters in which a doctoral student attempts
fewer than 3 units that are not full-time exception courses are not
counted as SAP semesters.
SAP Semesters for Master's Degree and Graduate
Certicate Students
Each semester in which a master's degree or a graduate
certificate student attempts 8 or more units, or attempts a full-time
exception course as defined below, is counted as a full (1.0) SAP
semester. Each semester in which a master's degree or eligible
graduate certificate student attempts 4 to 7.5 units is counted as a
half (0.5) SAP semester. Semesters in which a master's degree or
a graduate certificate student attempts fewer than 4 units that are
not full-time exception courses are not counted as SAP semesters.
Full-Time Exception Courses
Other than the number of units attempted, there are additional
circumstances that confer full-time enrollment status. These
include enrollment in thesis or dissertation courses, courses with a
prefix of 594, 694, 791, 794, 800 or 810 as well as other courses
and programs as determined by the Office of Academic Records
and Registrar. Any semester in which a student attempts a full-time
exception course will be counted as 1.0 SAP semester, regardless
of the number of units enrolled or concurrent course work.
Maximum Unit Allowance
Students pursuing graduate and professional degrees and
eligible graduate certificates can apply for financial aid for up to
the maximum number of units of course work required for the
particular program of study, plus the equivalent units for one
full-time semester course load (see Table 8). Due to program
length, this allowance may not apply to some graduate certificate
programs if it causes the Maximum Unit Allowance to exceed 150
percent of the program's published unit requirements.
Table 8
Full-Time Course Load for Determining
Maximum SAP Units and Semesters
Program Full-Time Course Load
Doctoral programs 6 units or exception course
Master's degree programs and
graduate certificates
8 units or exception course
Maximum Semester Allowance
To determine the maximum number of full-time semesters of aid
available for a graduate or professional program of study, divide
the number of units required for the particular program by the
full-time semester course load for that program according to Table
8. Due to program length, this allowance may not apply to some
graduate certificate programs if it causes the Maximum Semester
Allowance to exceed 150 percent of the program's published time
frame.
After rounding up to the nearest whole number, add one
additional full-time semester to determine the maximum allowed
for the program.
The USC Catalogue specifies a maximum time frame for some
doctoral programs. In such cases, maximum SAP semesters will
be based on the catalogue rather than the calculation above.
Review the examples to understand how the maximum SAP
units and semesters are calculated.
Example 1
Maximum SAP Semester and Unit Calculation for a
Doctoral Degree
A doctoral program that requires 60 units for graduation:
Maximum SAP Semesters = 60 units/6 units+ 1 full-time semester
Maximum SAP Semesters = 10 + 1 full-time semester
Maximum SAP Semesters = 11 full-time semesters
Table 7
Impact of Course Type on Pace of Progression and Maximum Time Frame
Course Type
Pace of Progression
Counted Toward
Maximum Time FrameUnits Completed Units Attempted
Graduate-level course work Yes Yes Yes
Preparatory course work (including all
undergraduate course work regardless of course
level, taken for credit or no credit)
No No No
Repeated course work (previous passing grade) Yes Yes Yes
Repeated course work (previous failing grade) Yes Yes Yes
Transfer course work (pre- and post-matriculation) Yes Yes Yes
Course work dropped after Last Day to Drop and
Receive a Refund, but before Last Day to Withdraw
without a "W" on Transcript
No Yes Yes
Course work successfully petitioned for deletion
from the transcript by the Registrar
No No No
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Example 2
Maximum SAP Semester and Unit Calculation for a
Master's Degree or Graduate Certificate
A master's or graduate certificate program that requires 28 units
for graduation:
Maximum SAP Semesters = 28 units/8 units + 1 full-time semester
Maximum SAP Semesters = 4* + 1 full-time semester
Maximum SAP Semesters = 5 full-time semesters
*Rounded up from 3.5
How and When Satisfactory Academic
Progress is Monitored
The Financial Aid Office evaluates the three SAP criteria for
graduate and professional financial aid applicants annually. The
evaluation will occur after the end of the summer semester when
the summer has been considered part of the prior academic year
for financial aid purposes. Students who do not enroll in summer
courses or whose summer is considered part of the upcoming
academic year will be monitored at the end of the spring semester.
When a full-time graduate student can be expected to complete
a program of study within one academic year (two semesters
or fewer), the Financial Aid Office will evaluate SAP at the end
of every enrolled semester. These programs generally include,
but are not limited to, graduate certificate programs that can be
completed in 16 units. Certain master's degree programs that
require more than 16 units, but are designed to be completed
within one academic year (two semesters), will also be evaluated
after each enrolled semester.
Potential Delay of Disbursements Due to Monitoring
of Satisfactory Academic Progress
Financial aid may not be disbursed to a student's account
until SAP has been evaluated. The Financial Aid Office cannot
complete the SAP evaluation until prior semester grades have
been officially posted by the Office of Academic Records and
Registrar. An otherwise eligible student may experience a delayed
financial aid disbursement if grades are not made official before
the beginning of the subsequent semester. No exceptions can be
made to this process.
Notification of Satisfactory Academic
Progress Status
Students who have successfully met SAP requirements will not
receive a SAP notification. The Financial Aid Office will notify any
student who does not meet SAP requirements via email at the
student's USC email address. Students who are notified that they
are SAP ineligible for financial aid should consult their academic
advisers.
Failure to Maintain Satisfactory Academic
Progress
There are no financial aid SAP Warning Periods for graduate/
professional students who are evaluated annually.
Students who fail to meet GPA or Pace of Progression
standards or who have reached the Maximum Time Frame will
be ineligible for financial aid without an approved, written SAP
Appeal. The Financial Aid Office will never increase the Maximum
Time Frame past 150 percent of the published requirements for
one undergraduate degree program. As soon as a student is
mathematically incapable of completing a degree program within
150 percent of the published requirements, the student will be
ineligible for financial aid from that point forward.
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility with a Grade
Change
Students who have lost financial aid eligibility as a result of
insufficient GPA or Pace of Progression can be reinstated by
a grade change if the grade change allows them to complete
sufficient units and/or improve their GPA to meet stated
requirements. The student must notify the Financial Aid Office in
writing that the grade has been changed and requirements have
been met.
Financial aid cannot be reinstated retroactively. If the grade
change will take more than one semester to complete, it may be
more expeditious to reinstate eligibility with an approved, written
SAP Appeal.
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility with an SAP
Appeal for Maximum Time Frame
Students who need additional time to complete their degrees
must meet with their academic adviser to complete an SAP Appeal
form. Students must also update their expected graduation date
with the Office of Degree Progress. The Financial Aid Office may
increase the maximum time frame for students who have changed
programs, are adding a program or have experienced a one-time
extenuating circumstance such as illness or injury that has since
been resolved. However, the Financial Aid Office will not approve
any appeal when the additional time required for completing the
program objective extends beyond 150 percent of the published
requirements.
Regaining Financial Aid Eligibility with an SAP
Appeal for GPA and/or Pace of Progression
Students who are not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress
GPA and/or Pace of Progression requirements may appeal to
have their financial aid eligibility reinstated on a semester-by-
semester basis. Students must meet with their academic adviser
to complete an SAP Appeal Form. The following conditions can be
considered in your appeal: extended illness, one-time extenuating
circumstances that have since been resolved, and enrollment
limitations due to academic advisement.
SAP Appeal Form and Letter
The student and adviser must submit a Satisfactory Academic
Progress appeal form with complete supporting documentation
to the Financial Aid Office. The SAP Appeal form must contain
the specific academic plan for the student that the adviser has
approved. For the appeal to be approved, the academic plan
must lead to graduation within 150 percent of the published time
frame and unit requirements to complete the program objective.
The student must also provide a written letter that addresses the
reasons for the appeal.
Students requesting an extension past the Maximum Time
Frame should address the following points in their letters of
appeal:
(1) What prevented the student from completing the program
objective within the Maximum Time Frame?
(2) How does the student intend to ensure completion of
the program objective within no more than 150 percent of the
published time frame to complete the program of study?
Students appealing due to unsatisfactory GPA and/or Pace of
Progress, or failing to meet the terms of an existing SAP contract,
should address the following points in their letters of appeal:
(1) What caused the work at USC to fall below acceptable
standards? Students should think carefully and provide a specific
explanation.
(2) How have those conflicts been resolved?
(3) How will the student maintain good academic standards and
progress toward the program objective if the appeal is granted?
Limitations on Approvals for SAP Appeals
The Financial Aid Office will never increase the Maximum Time
Frame past 150 percent of the published degree requirements for
one graduate/professional degree or eligible graduate certificate.
As soon as a student is mathematically incapable of completing
the program objective within 150 percent of the published
requirements, the student will be ineligible for financial aid from
that point forward.
Notication of SAP Appeal Decisions
SAP Appeals will be evaluated and the Financial Aid Office
will notify the student of the decision via the student's USC email
address.
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The Financial Aid SAP Contract
Appeals for insufficient Pace of Progression and GPA are
approved through the use of a semester-by-semester SAP
Contract. Appeals for extensions to the Maximum Time Frame
may also result in an SAP Contract to ensure completion within
150 percent of the published program time frame. Students must
adhere to the academic plan, and terms and conditions of the SAP
Contract to maintain future financial aid eligibility. The Financial Aid
Office will review a student's academic progress each semester to
ensure they have met the specific terms of their contract.
The SAP Contract is a written agreement between the student,
the academic adviser and the Financial Aid Office in which the
student commits to following a specific academic plan that leads to
graduation. Reinstated eligibility through a contract may alter the
type and amount of the financial aid for which a student is eligible.
Terms of the SAP Contract may be stricter than the standard SAP
regulations cited in this section.
Acceptance of the approved SAP Contract supersedes all other
SAP regulations. Any deviation by the student from the terms
of the contract will result in the forfeiture of future financial aid
eligibility.
Submitting SAP Appeals after Failing SAP Contract
Students on SAP Contracts as a result of an approved appeal
who fail to meet the terms of their accepted SAP Contracts are
ineligible for future financial aid, but may submit a subsequent
SAP Appeal. However, these appeals are granted on an exception
basis. Students will be required to document specifically the
exceptional circumstances that caused them to fail their SAP
Contract and how those problems have been resolved.
Financial Aid Application and SAP Appeal Deadlines
Any student who is appealing their Satisfactory Academic
Progress status must meet all financial aid application deadlines
and other eligibility requirements.
An SAP Appeal must be submitted before the end of the
semester for which the aid is sought. Financial aid cannot be
reinstated retroactively for a past semester.
Course Work Taken Elsewhere
Admitted students receive a transfer credit report showing unit
and subject credit granted for graduate courses.
For course work taken at universities within the United States,
the Degree Progress Department will prepare the transfer credit
report. For course work taken at universities outside the United
States, the Graduate Admissions Office will review the academic
credentials and the academic department or program will
determine subject credit granted.
Accreditation
The University of Southern California affirms the practice of
accreditation of American post-secondary academic institutions
by the six regional accreditation agencies: the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools, the Higher Learning
Commission, the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Acceptance of
course work and/or degrees completed by undergraduate and
graduate students applying to the University of Southern California
will generally be based on accreditation by these six agencies.
Certain graduate schools, seminaries, conservatories and
professional institutions of national renown that are not accredited
by a regional agency may be considered for graduate transfer
work by Transfer Credit Services in consultation with the USC
department, program or professional school to which the student
is applying.
Acceptance of course work and/or degrees from post-secondary
institutions overseas will be based on the recognition and approval
of the college or university as a degree-granting institution by the
ministry of education within the respective country.
Proof of Prior Degree
Students applying for graduate degrees conferred by the
Graduate School must hold a baccalaureate degree or its
equivalent from an accredited college or university comparable
in standard to that awarded at USC. Students who have earned
a master's degree from an accredited U.S. institution with a GPA
of 3.0 or higher may have the baccalaureate degree requirement
waived after review. Diplomas granted for a preponderance of
life experience, portfolio or equivalency examinations are not
considered appropriate preparation for acceptance into USC's
graduate degree programs and are not the equivalent of USC's
undergraduate degrees. Verification of a completed undergraduate
degree must be provided before enrollment in a second semester
at USC.
Transfer Credit
Transfer of Course Work
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. Faculty of the student's
degree program determine whether such credit is applicable
toward a specific graduate degree, subject to approval by the dean
of the degree-conferring unit. The faculty's decision should be
made no later than the end of the first year in a master's program
or the second year in a doctoral program.
Credit will only be allowed for courses (1) from an accredited
graduate school, (2) of a quality of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 grading
scale, (3) constituting a fair and reasonable equivalent to current
USC course work at the graduate level and (4) logically fitting into
the program for the degree. The university also evaluates courses
completed through the armed services and may grant credit for
such courses as detailed in the subsequent Credit for Military
Education section (see below). Transfer course work is applied as
credit (CR) toward the degree and is not included in the calculation
of a minimum grade point average for graduation.
Graduate transfer credit will not be granted for life experience,
credit by examination, extension courses not accepted toward
a degree by the offering institution, correspondence courses or
thesis supervision. Graduate transfer credit will not be granted for
course work taken elsewhere after a student has been admitted
and enrolled at USC unless the student receives prior written
approval from the department. Students may not take courses
elsewhere as a substitute for courses in which they have received
grades that fail to meet departmental or university requirements.
Transfer work must have been completed within seven years of
admission to a USC master's degree program (or 10 years for a
doctoral program) to be applied toward that degree. Departments
have the option of reevaluating transfer work when a student is
readmitted to a USC graduate degree program. Requests for
exceptions should be directed to the dean of the degree program
for approval.
The faculty of a degree program may establish limits on the
number of transfer credits stricter than those of the university,
which follow:
1. Courses used toward a degree completed elsewhere may not
be applied toward a master's degree at USC. If courses were
not used toward a completed degree, the maximum number
of transfer credits that may be applied toward a master's
degree, subject to departmental approval, is no more than
25 percent of the minimum units required for the program.
Except in formally designated dual degree programs, the
same limits apply if a student wishes to apply credits from
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any advanced degree previously completed at USC toward a
master's degree.
2. A maximum of 30 units of transfer credit may be applied
toward a doctoral degree.
3. It is not permitted to apply more than 6 units of transfer credit
toward a doctoral degree with Advanced Standing. Admission
with Advanced Standing is based upon a completed graduate
degree. The only course work available for transfer credit
is course work taken after completion of that degree. No
exceptions are allowed.
4. A maximum of 4 units of transfer credit may be applied
toward an approved dual degree program.
The University Committee on Curriculum (UCOC) must approve
policies and procedures for considering individual exceptions
within any specific program of study. Program exceptions to the
transfer of course work policies require the approval of the UCOC
and are listed in the departmental sections of this catalogue.
Departments establishing lower maximum limits may waive their
own policy (within the university's limits) by approval of the dean of
the degree-conferring unit.
Credit for Military Education
Academic credit will be awarded for graduate level course work
taken at a regionally accredited U.S. military institute/college upon
receipt of official transcripts.
The university will also evaluate course work/experience
completed through the armed services and may award credit for
such courses if they meet the following criteria:
• Students must provide official Joint Services (JST) or Coast
Guard Institute (CGI) transcripts to Degree Progress.
• Course work must be evaluated by ACE as graduate credit.
• Students must submit an articulation petition for each course
in which credit is requested. Each petition must include a
statement of faculty support.
USC will not grant credit for the following:
• DD-214 or DD-295.
• Course work not offered in an area of study taught at USC.
• Course work/experience not evaluated by ACE.
• DSST and CLEP exam scores.
• Other Learning Experiences (OLE's).
Application of Previous USC Course Work
to a Current Degree
USC course work taken prior to matriculation to a current USC
degree program must have been completed within seven years
of admission or readmission to a master's degree program (or 10
years for a doctoral program) to be applied toward that degree.
Exceptions require approval from the Vice Provost for Academic
Programs.
Credit Evaluation
The purpose of the evaluation is to verify all previously earned
degrees and may list graduate course work completed at other
institutions which is available for consideration toward the USC
degree. Students who intend to apply transfer course work toward
a USC degree program can request a comprehensive credit
evaluation through the Degree Progress Department. Only courses
with a grade of B (3.0) and above are available for transfer.
These courses do not apply toward a specific USC degree unless
approved by the student's major department or program and
school.
Concurrent Enrollment
If a student in a graduate degree program is simultaneously
enrolled elsewhere, he or she may not seek to transfer credits
to USC for those studies without advance permission from the
dean of the degree program (except for concurrent enrollment
at UCLA. See the Academic and University Policies section for
details). Failure to secure such permission will result in invalidation
of course work taken during periods of unauthorized concurrent
enrollment.
Requirements for Graduation
Catalogue Regulations, Policies and
Procedures
In addition to degree requirements outlined below,
undergraduate and graduate students are also subject to current
catalogue regulations, policies and procedures. Examples include,
but are not limited to, the policies on the grades of incomplete
(IN), missing grade (MG) and continuous enrollment for graduate
students. Unlike degree requirements, changes in regulations,
policies and procedures are immediate and supersede those in
any prior catalogue.
Graduation Date
A student will be awarded the graduation date for the term in
which degree requirements, including submission of supporting
documents, have been met. Although course work may have been
completed in a prior term, the degree will be awarded only for
the term for which all academic and administrative requirements
have been fulfilled. Application for the degree is a requirement
for all graduate degrees. Students wishing to change the degree
date from that indicated on the STARS Report may do so under
Other Services in usc.edu/OASIS. Degrees are not awarded
retroactively.
Discontinued Degree Programs
Students pursuing major programs that the university
discontinues will be allowed to complete them within a specified
time limit. The time limit will be specified at the point of
discontinuance of a major program and begins at that point. It is
determined according to the student's progress toward degree
completion and will not exceed five years for any student.
Closed Record
The academic record of a student who has completed the
program of study or ceased attendance is considered closed.
Once a student's record is closed, no further additions or changes
may be made. This includes, but is not limited to, such things
as registering in additional course work, resolution of marks of
incomplete (IN), missing grade (MG), etc.
Degree Requirements
All graduate students must meet both university degree
requirements and those degree requirements specific to their
program of study to receive an advanced degree. University
degree requirements consist of grade point averages, unit,
residence and time limit requirements. Degree requirements
specific to a student's program of study consist of course,
examination and research requirements. University degree
requirements and degree requirements specific to the program of
study are collectively defined as degree requirements. Graduate
students may elect to follow (a) the degree requirements in the
catalogue current for the semester of their admission to the degree
program or (b) degree requirements in subsequent catalogues
as long as they are continuously enrolled (see Continuous
Enrollment). However, they may not mix catalogues. Graduate
students who discontinue their enrollment without a leave of
absence approved by the dean of the degree program (see Leave
of Absence) will be subject to the degree requirements in effect
for the semester of their readmission to the program. Students
requesting exceptions to the catalogue year should petition the
dean of the degree program.
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Time Limit for Degree Completion
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
stated degree objective at all times. Progress is measured from
the beginning of the first course at USC applied toward a specified
degree, and all requirements for that degree must be completed
within a specified time. The maximum time limit allowed for each
degree is considerably greater than what is needed to complete all
requirements. Departments may set more stringent time limits than
those specified in this section.
The time limit for completing the master's degree is five years.
The time limit for completing the doctoral degree is eight years.
For students who earned an applicable master's degree within
five years prior to admission to the doctoral program, the time limit
for completing the doctoral degree is six years from the date of
admission to the doctoral program. An academic department or
program may grant an extension of one semester at a time, up to a
maximum of two years. For PhD students all extensions must also
have the approval of the dean of the degree program.
In unusual cases, a student's committee and the department
chair or program director may petition the Graduate School for
further extensions.
Students who have exceeded the time limit for completing their
degree program will not be permitted any further registrations. If
granted an extension of time, the dean of the degree-conferring
unit will permit registration for the specified period of extension.
Approved leaves of absence (up to a total of two years or four
semesters) are not counted in the time allowed for completion of
degree requirements.
The time limits apply unless otherwise designated by the
faculty and previously approved by the University Committee on
Curriculum for a particular degree program.
Progressive Degree Programs
Applicants for a progressive degree program will have
completed at least 64 total units of undergraduate course work,
excluding AP, IB or transfer units earned prior to graduation from
high school. Applicants may apply in their junior (recommended)
or senior year but no later than the semester prior to beginning
graduate course work. Applicants do not have to submit GRE
scores but are expected to have at least a 3.0 GPA at the time of
application.
The Application for Admission to a Progressive Master's
Program must be approved by the authorized signers of the
bachelor's and the master's degree-granting schools at USC
and submitted to the Degree Progress Department. Refer to the
Progressive Degree website for information about how to apply.
Progressive degree program students must fulfill all the
requirements for both the bachelor's degree and the master's
degree. The total number of units for the master's degree,
however, may be reduced by a maximum of one-third. A
minimum of two-thirds of the units required for the master's
degree must be at or above the 500 level. Students will be
subject to undergraduate academic progress standards while
in undergraduate status and master's academic progress
standards while in graduate status. The degrees may be awarded
separately, but the master's degree will not be awarded before the
undergraduate degree. The time limit for completing a progressive
degree program is 12 semesters.
Financial aid eligibility differs for students in progressive
degree programs. Please visit Financial Aid for Enrollment in a
Progressive Degree Program for more details.
Additional information about specific progressive degree
programs is listed in the corresponding school section.
Dual Degree Programs
Dual degree programs offer graduate students the opportunity
to concurrently complete requirements for two degrees. Students
enrolled in dual degree programs must complete all requirements
for the dual degree program and then will be awarded both
diplomas at the same time. The academic units that offer these
programs frequently adjust the requirements for each degree
to take into account the correlations between required course
work. Students who have completed all the requirements for
one of the degree programs and who decide to withdraw from
the dual degree program may receive the appropriate single
diploma. Students who have withdrawn from the dual degree
program to receive the appropriate single diploma and later decide
to complete the second degree must apply for admission, be
admitted and then fulfill all requirements for the second degree.
Detailed information regarding dual degree programs is listed in
the appropriate school section.
Grade Point Average Requirement
At no time should the overall GPA drop below 3.0. A minimum
grade of C (2.0) is required in a course to receive graduate credit.
Work graded C- or below is not acceptable for subject or unit
credit toward any master's or doctoral program. An overall grade
point average of at least 3.0 on all units attempted at USC while
a graduate student is required for graduation, whether or not all
such units are applied toward the degree. In some cases, the
University Committee on Curriculum has approved different GPA
requirements for professional schools. The university will not
deviate from policies governing the calculation of the grade point
average through inclusion or exclusion of course work.
Unit Requirement
The course of study for the master's degree must include
at least 24 units in required and elective courses. In addition,
students in a program requiring a thesis must register for 4
units of 594ab Master's Thesis. The minimum unit requirement
for a master's degree is established at the time the program
is approved and may not be waived. At least 20 of these units
must be completed at USC. The minimum number of units for a
doctoral degree is 60, at least 24 of which (exclusive of Doctoral
Dissertation 794) must be completed at USC. In addition, at least
one-half of the total number of units applied toward a graduate
degree must be completed at USC. The minimum number of units
for a doctoral degree with Advanced Standing upon entrance is 36.
No exceptions are allowed.
A department or school that has a graduate program approved
by the university requiring a higher minimum may not waive that
requirement. The unit requirement for a dual degree program is
established at the time the program is approved by the university
and may not be waived.
Regardless of the number of units specified in the university
catalogue as required for a graduate degree, at least two-thirds
of the units applied toward the degree (including transfer work
and not including 594 or 794) must be at the 500 level or higher.
Students with Advanced Standing in doctoral programs may
not apply additional 400-level course work toward that degree;
individual exceptions will not be allowed. Some degree programs,
where designated by the faculty and approved by the University
Committee on Curriculum, permit a higher maximum number of
400-level units.
Unit credit indicates the number of semester units earned in the
course; these units may or may not be applicable to the degree.
Degree credit indicates the units are applicable to the degree.
Residence Requirements
A minimum of 20 graduate units of USC course work is required
for the master's degree; 24 units for the doctoral degree.
Each degree-conferring unit may establish a school residence
policy. School residence requirements as presented in the
USC Catalogue are approved by the University Committee on
Curriculum and are to be interpreted consistent with university
policies on continuous enrollment, leaves of absence, transfer
of credit and time limits for completion of graduate degrees.
Individual exceptions must be approved by the Vice Provost for
Academic Programs.
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Pass/No Pass Graded Work
Graduate students may elect to enroll in courses on a pass/
no pass basis with department or program approval. Course
work taken on a pass/no pass basis cannot be applied toward a
graduate degree. If a student later requires the course for a degree
program (because of a change in degree objective or a decision to
obtain an additional degree), the degree-granting unit can decide
to allow subject credit for the course and require a substitute
course for the unit credit. Individual departments may have placed
further restrictions on whether a course taken on a pass/no pass
basis can be used to fulfill specific requirements.
All students should consult their academic advisers before
enrolling in any course on a pass/no pass basis.
Substitution of Course Requirements
Students admitted to graduate degree programs are
expected to complete the degree requirements listed in the
USC Catalogue. A maximum of 25 percent of the stated degree
course requirements (exclusive of 594 Master's Thesis and 794
Doctoral Dissertation) may be approved for waiver or substitution
by other USC course work, directed research or transfer course
work. Substitution of courses with the same prefix are exempted
from this limit, as are transfer courses in the same discipline and
graduate degree programs with three or fewer specified required
courses as part of the entire degree program.
Individual academic programs/departments may approve
substitutions and waivers within this limit for their programs. In
rare instances, the program or department can request approval
of additional substitutions from the dean of the degree program.
Waivers or substitutions of over 25 percent should be very rare
and will be periodically reviewed by the Vice Provost for Academic
Programs.
Programs establishing a lower maximum substitution limit may
waive their own policy by approval of the dean of the academic
school. Waiver or substitution of course requirements does not
reduce the minimum number of units required for the degree.
Second Master's Degree
A "second master's degree" is any master's degree pursued
after a first master's degree is earned at USC. The maximum
number of units that may be applied toward the second master's
degree for course work taken from a first master's degree at USC
is no more than 25 percent of the minimum units required for the
program. Second master's degrees are not allowed in the same
program of study for students who earned their first master's
degree at USC.
For students who earned their first master's degree at another
institution, no course work may be repeated from the first program
of study and no unit credit from the first program of study may be
counted toward the second master's degree. Subject credit could
be awarded if approved through a petition process to the dean
of the degree program. Program exceptions require approval
of the University Committee on Curriculum and are listed in the
departmental sections of this catalogue. No individual exceptions
are allowed.
Enrollment Status
To be considered full time, a master's level student must
be enrolled in a minimum of 8 units of 400- and 500-level
course work, and a doctoral level student must be enrolled in
a minimum of 6 units of 500-level and above course work. All
graduate assistants are classified as full-time students during the
semester(s) of their appointments as long as they are enrolled for
the minimum units required for their assistantship. In order to make
normal progress toward the timely completion of course work for
a graduate degree, most students will be enrolled for 12 units; 16
units will constitute a maximum load. Students wishing to carry
more than 16 units must have prior permission from the degree-
conferring unit; such permission will be granted only in exceptional
circumstances.
A student who has completed all course work for the master's
degree will be considered full time when properly enrolled in
either 594 Master's Thesis or GRSC 810 Studies for Master's
Examination.
A student who has completed all course work for the doctoral
degree (except dissertation registration) will be considered full
time during the semester in which the student is preparing for
the doctoral qualifying examination, provided the Appointment or
Change of Qualifying Exam or Dissertation Committee form has
been submitted and approved for that semester and the student
is enrolled in the course GRSC 800a GRSC 800b GRSC 800z
Studies for the Qualifying Examination. Students should not enroll
in more than two semesters of GRSC 800a GRSC 800b. Students
who need an additional semester — GRSC 800z — will receive a
warning letter that includes clear conditions for continuation in the
program, including benchmarks and deadlines. If these conditions
are not met, the student may be dismissed. Doctoral students who
have been advanced to candidacy, that is, who have completed
all course work and have passed the qualifying examination, will
be considered full time when properly enrolled in 794 Doctoral
Dissertation. In addition to GRSC 800a GRSC 800b GRSC
800z /GRSC 810 and 594 Master's Thesis and 794 Doctoral
Dissertation, there are several other courses and programs as
determined by the Registrar of Academic Records and Registrar
for which enrollment confers full-time status. Students should
consult their academic unit for this information.
International students on student visas must be enrolled as
full-time students or must receive authorization from the Office
of International Services to enroll in fewer than the minimum
units. Such students are not eligible to be considered students
without formal registration and are in violation of immigration
laws when not properly enrolled. Any international student having
questions about his or her registration should consult the Office for
International Services.
Continuous Enrollment
Students are considered to be pursuing advanced degrees only
when they are formally enrolled. Students admitted to a graduate
degree objective are required to be enrolled at USC for fall and
spring semesters each year until all degree requirements have
been satisfactorily completed within the time limit. Enrollment in
graduate-level course work is necessary to meet this requirement.
Graduate students who fail to register are no longer considered to
be enrolled in a graduate degree program. After an unauthorized
absence, formal readmission is required. Students who have been
granted a leave of absence do not need to apply for readmission
following the approved leave. Where appropriate to the design of
a given academic program, the faculty of the program may obtain
the permission of the University Committee on Curriculum for a
different definition of continuous enrollment.
A master's candidate who is writing a thesis and has completed
all course work for the degree must enroll in the appropriate
thesis registration until the thesis has been approved. A doctoral
candidate who has passed the qualifying examination must enroll
each fall and spring semester in 794 Doctoral Dissertation until
the dissertation has been approved. It is expected that students
will enroll in no more than eight semesters of 794 Doctoral
Dissertation. Please note that some courses with no academic
credit require payment of tuition. Most classes with course
numbers ending in z (e.g., 594z and 794z) require payment of
2 units of tuition.
Exceptions to continuous enrollment are subject to policies
governing leaves of absence and readmission.
Leave of Absence
Interruptions of enrollment can cause problems in the continuity
of course work within a student's graduate program and, therefore,
leaves of absence are generally discouraged.
A student in good standing and making satisfactory progress
toward a degree who must interrupt studies for compelling reasons
may petition for a leave for a stated period, usually one semester.
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Students with serious medical conditions should consult the
Medical Leave policy, which is not the same as a general leave
of absence. Students who find it necessary to be excused from
registration must request a leave of absence by the last day
to drop or add courses. The request should include a plan for
academic progress upon return. A leave must be requested before
the drop-add deadline and approved by the dean of the degree
program, the committee chair and the department chair or program
director, if applicable. During the period of leave, a student is not
entitled to assistance from the faculty or use of university facilities.
If granted, the leave is recorded on the student's transcript and
the period of leave is not counted in the time allowed for the
completion of degree requirements. Within the degree time limit, a
leave of absence may be allowed for one semester at a time, up
to a maximum of four semesters. A student who does not return
to enrolled status at the end of an approved period of leave is no
longer considered to be pursuing an advanced degree. Students
who fail to apply for a leave of absence or for whom a leave has
been denied (or has expired) are subject to policies governing
continuous enrollment and readmission.
Financial aid recipients considering a leave of absence should
be aware of the financial aid implications. For more information,
refer to the Withdrawal Implications for Recipients of Financial Aid
section in Financial Aid for Graduate Students.
Readmission
A student who leaves the university without obtaining a formal
leave of absence from graduate study is not automatically
readmitted. A student wishing to apply for readmission to a
graduate degree program must first get the recommendation of the
department chair or program director and submit an Application for
Readmission to the dean of the degree program. However, if the
cumulative GPA is below 3.0, or if readmission is sought after more
than two years of an unapproved absence, the Application for
Readmission must be sent to the Graduate School for approval.
The readmission approval process must be completed by the first
day of classes for the term in which resumption of graduate studies
is sought. Approvals are to be based on the academic merits of
the student's request and the likelihood of academic success and
completion of the degree. If readmitted, the student will be subject
to all of the current University Catalogue requirements for the
degree in effect at the time of readmission. Individual exceptions to
the Catalogue year require the approval of the dean of the degree
program. Students seeking readmission after an absence of more
than 10 years may be required to re-apply to the university.
A student may not be readmitted into a program of study that
has been terminated. The student must either be subject to
retroactive enrollment or admission to the new program of study
with the corresponding catalogue requirements.
Comprehensive and Qualifying
Examinations
In graduate degree programs that require a comprehensive
examination and for all doctoral qualifying examinations, a student
who fails the examination may be permitted, at the discretion of
the faculty, to take it a second time. For time limits on retaking
the comprehensive examinations, consult The Graduate School
section of the Catalogue.
Requests for exception must be approved by the Graduate
School.
A student may not take the comprehensive or qualifying
examination more than twice and must be appropriately enrolled
at USC during the semester in which any such examination
is taken or retaken. A student who fails the comprehensive or
qualifying examination a second time may not continue in the
degree program after the end of the semester in which the second
examination was taken. No exceptions are allowed.
Application for Graduate Degrees
Application for the degree is required for all graduate degrees.
Application for the master's degree should be made in the
student's academic unit in the semester preceding the one in
which the student hopes to graduate and prior to enrolling in
594a. Application for the PhD should be made when the student
has passed the qualifying exam and been admitted to candidacy.
At least one semester prior to expected graduation, the student
must contact his or her academic adviser and have the application
submitted online. When the application is received by the Degree
Progress office, a STARS report will be issued to the student. The
degree cannot be conferred if no application has been submitted.
Theses and Dissertations
See the Theses and Dissertation section in The Graduate
School section.
International Study
Graduate Study Abroad
The Graduate School provides referral to information sources
about nationally competitive fellowships, grants, awards and
opportunities for graduate study abroad.
Any non-USC administered overseas study programs or any
courses taken abroad by currently enrolled USC students must be
reviewed and pre-approved by the student's home program and
school, and the Offices of Admission and Degree Progress prior to
enrollment.
School Programs
Many schools and departments offer international study
opportunities and internships. Refer to the school sections of the
Catalogue for specific information.
Special Study Options
Center for Excellence in Teaching
Grace Ford Salvatori, Suite 227
(213) 740-3959
FAX: (213) 821-2474
Email: [email protected]
cet.usc.edu
Director: Ginger Clark, PhD
Mission
The Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) promotes a vibrant
culture of teaching and learning for the university community, for
schools and for faculty by:
1. Ensuring that USC's core values and strategic priorities are
reflected in the university's teaching mission.
2. Serving as a resource for developing, evaluating and
rewarding teaching excellence.
3. Providing best practices in instruction and course design.
Strategy
Ensuring that USC's core values and strategic priorities are
reflected in the university's teaching mission
CET serves as a resource for the university community by:
• Consulting on policies that elevate the status of teaching so
that pedagogical best practices are part of the core criteria
for academic excellence.
• Developing culturally responsive and evidence-based training
for teaching.
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• Supporting the cultivation of inclusive curricula and
classroom environments, where diverse perspectives are
both respected and challenged.
• Providing guidance on establishing and sustaining
interdisciplinary approaches to education that lead to a
convergence of knowledge and training.
• Offering support in incorporating civic engagement into
curricula, leveraging Los Angeles as a rich training ground for
applying course content to real-world challenges.
• Supporting distinguished teaching honors.
Serving as a resource for developing, evaluating and rewarding
teaching excellence
CET serves as a resource for schools by:
• Providing assistance in establishing school-based plans for
teaching excellence.
• Providing resources and consulting on building school-based
infrastructure for teaching development, evaluation and
reward.
• Training Faculty Fellows who will facilitate teaching
development cohorts within their schools.
Providing best practices in instruction and course design
CET serves as a resource for faculty and future faculty by:
• Providing resources and training on foundational principles
of inclusive teaching and learning and best pedagogical
practices.
• Training and supporting new and future faculty members as
they establish their pedagogical practices.
• Offering confidential consultation and customized training
opportunities.
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Grace Ford Salvatori, Suite 211
3601 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4019
(213) 740-5485
Email: [email protected]
postdocs.usc.edu
Elizabeth Graddy, Executive Vice Provost
Robin Romans, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Anthony Carlos, Senior Manager for Postdoctoral Affairs
A key component of USC's research engine is its postdoctoral
community and workforce. Thus, building a vibrant postdoctoral
scholars program is an essential part of the Provost's efforts
to expand sponsored research. There are currently about 600
postdoctoral scholars across USC's academic units. From the
time they arrive at USC through the end of their postdoctoral
appointment, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs provides support,
resources and a suite of Provost Signature Programs that propel
these scholars toward careers as independent researchers,
academics and leaders of their chosen fields.
Supporting our postdoctoral scholars also provides an important
opportunity to enhance diversity across the academy. And as we
grow our community, we continue our mission and commitment
to 1) promote and support the fair and equitable treatment of
postdocs through the course of their career development and
advanced training, 2) enhance their postdoctoral experience, and
3) cultivate a sense of community across USC.
For more information, visit the website at postdocs.usc.edu.
Graduate Degree Programs
The basic graduate degrees are the Master of Arts, Master of
Science, the Doctor of Philosophy and the professional doctoral
degree.
The Master of Arts degree is normally given for study in the
humanities and social sciences. The Master of Science degree is
normally given for study in the natural sciences and engineering.
Other master's degrees are granted by USC for proficiency in
professional fields. Master's degree programs are subject to the
policies of the Graduate School.
All Doctor of Philosophy degrees must meet the standards of
scholarship and other regulations established by the Graduate
School. With the exception of Doctor of Dental Surgery, Juris
Doctor and Doctor of Medicine, all professional doctoral programs
are subject to the policies of the Graduate School.
University Certificates
In addition, the university also offers a number of graduate
certificate programs. Graduate credit certificate programs must
be approved by the University Committee on Curriculum and
meet the following requirements: (1) a minimum of 12 units is
required; the maximum number of units may vary; (2) for certificate
programs of 16 units or fewer, all course work must be at the 500
level or above. For programs of more than 16 units, not more than
25 percent of the total units for the program may be at the 400
level; (3) for completion, a minimum cumulative USC grade point
average of 3.0 must be achieved on all course work applied to the
certificate; (4) all course work must be earned at USC, except for
programs of more than 16 units, in which case not more than 25
percent of the course work may be transfer credit.
Area of Emphasis
An Area of Emphasis is a specific focus within a major that
has been formally approved. Areas of Emphasis are listed within
parentheses following the appropriate majors and do not appear
on diplomas but are indicated on transcripts.
Dual Degree
A dual degree program joins two distinct graduate degree
programs under a single, new program and POST (program of
study) code. (Applicants to dual degree programs must apply
separately to each degree and be admitted to both programs.
After admission to both degree programs, the student is assigned
the single, dual degree POST code.) Upon completion of the dual
degree program, two degrees (and two diplomas) are awarded.
Both degrees in a dual degree program must be awarded with the
same conferral date.
Progressive Degree Programs
A progressive degree program enables a USC undergraduate
to begin work on a master's degree while completing requirements
for the bachelor's degree. The degree may be in the same
or different departments but should be in a similar field of
study. Students in a progressive degree program must fulfill all
requirements for both the bachelor's degree and the master's
degree except for the combined total number of units for the
degrees. The master's degree may be awarded simultaneously
with but not before the bachelor's degree is awarded.
Online Programs and Courses
The university does not distinguish online programs and
courses from those offered on campus. Requests to provide
information about which programs and courses are offered online
will be denied.
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The Graduate School
Administration
Andrew McConnell Stott, PhD, Vice Provost for Academic
Programs and Dean
Meredith Drake-Reitan, PhD, Associate Dean
Laura Yoneda, Associate Dean
History
Graduate studies had their formal beginnings at the University
of Southern California in 1910, and 1923 marked the official
constitution of the Graduate School of the university.
Mission
The mission of the Graduate School is to promote a
distinguished educational experience at the graduate level for an
outstanding and diverse student body, to support and celebrate
graduate student achievements, and to provide leadership in the
establishment and communication of policies, standards, and
processes related to graduate education.
The Graduate School awards fellowships to incoming PhD
students who show outstanding promise, and provides advanced
fellowships on a competitive basis to students who have done
outstanding work in their programs at USC. The Graduate School
also provides academic professional development activities for
students across the university.
The Vice Provost for Academic Programs has academic
oversight responsibility for all graduate programs at the university.
Excellence in graduate and professional education is critically
dependent on the exchange of scholarly ideas across a diverse
community of faculty and students. The values that characterize
these interactions include dedication to excellence, mutual respect,
fairness, collegiality, honesty and integrity.
Graduate School Policies and
Requirements
Admission
Admission to degree or certificate programs in the Graduate
School is processed through the USC Office of Graduate
Admission, which receives all applications, evaluates credentials
and issues notification letters. Admission to the university,
under the standards of the Graduate School, is decided by the
appropriate academic department or program. With the exception
of a few professional and online programs, only a letter from
the Office of Graduate Admission grants official admission to a
graduate degree objective in the university. The Graduate School
establishes and monitors the standards under which students are
admitted for study in degree programs. The following are the basic
requirements: (1) a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a
regionally accredited college or university, comparable in standard
to that awarded at USC; (2) for international applicants, a valid
score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL),
International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or
Pearson Test of English (PTE); (3) intellectual promise, including
evaluation of grade point averages (GPA) that indicates an
ability to do acceptable graduate work; and (4) strong personal
qualifications.
Credentials and academic records for admission must include
a complete set of records of all previous college or university
work. For applicants whose previous studies were conducted
in a language other than English, the official original language
academic records will likely be required in addition to full word-
for-word English-language translations. These translations should
be provided by either the originating institution or a certified
translation service. Academic records must be registrar-issued and
not marked unofficial or student-generated.
Applicants are advised that individual departments and
programs may establish additional admission standards, such as
requiring the submission of the appropriate GRE Subject Test or
the submission of academic letters of recommendation directly to
the department or program at USC. The applicant should contact
the department or program of interest for information on additional
required supplementary documents. See the departmental
sections of this catalogue or visit the department or program
website.
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
Applicants will also be asked to provide satisfactory scores on
the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), unless the program
has received an exemption reviewed by the GRE Graduate Task
Force and approved by the Vice Provost for Academic Programs.
Test scores on the GRE that are more than five years old at the
start of the intended first term at USC are not accepted. Students
are advised to repeat the GRE if they have not taken the test
within five years.
Some programs may require other standardized test scores,
such as the GMAT. They may also accept alternate test scores
appropriate to the area of study, such as the MCAT. This will be
advertised on the program's admissions requirement page.
English Proficiency
Graduate applicants are expected to demonstrate English
proficiency as part of the application process. International
graduate applicants must submit scores from the TOEFL (Test
of English as a Foreign Language), IELTS (International English
Language Testing System) or PTE (Pearson Test of English). USC
does not set minimum scores for admission purposes. However,
meeting university scoring standards is important for placement
purposes, and will determine if an admitted international student
is exempt from taking the International Student English (ISE)
examination. International applicants are exempt from submitting
English proficiency scores under certain circumstances. Please
see the Graduate Admission website for more details. Official
scores must be received electronically from the testing service,
and tests must be taken no earlier than two years (24 months)
prior to the start of the student's first term at USC.
Deadlines and Notification
The completed application for admission and all required
supporting documents should be submitted to the Office of
Graduate Admission based on the published deadline for the
program of interest.
Some departments and programs only admit graduate students
to begin study in the fall semester. Departmental and program
deadlines are listed on the department or program websites
as well as on the online application for each program. Unless
an academic program advertises a different deadline, priority
consideration for PhD student funding will be given to those
applicants who submit all application materials by December
1. The university will continue to accept and consider graduate
applications submitted after December 1.
The Office of Graduate Admission issues all decisions
electronically. With the exception of a few professional and online
programs, only a letter from the Office of Graduate Admission
grants official admission to a degree objective in the university.
Correspondence with department chairpersons, program directors
or individual faculty members does not constitute admission.
Acceptance with a Degree Objective
Students will be admitted with a specified degree objective.
Admission to a degree objective and permission to enroll does not
imply that the student is or will be automatically guaranteed the
right to continue in a degree program or to be a candidate for an
advanced degree.
Exclusions on the Basis of Conduct Violations
Students previously expelled from the university for any reason
are barred from re-applying to USC.
Applicants whose applications are found to include false
information, falsified documents, and/or fraudulent test scores
(collectively, "Fraudulent Applications") prior to receiving a decision
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on their application will be summarily denied admission and barred
from re-applying to USC. In the case of applicants who are found
to have submitted a Fraudulent Application after receiving an
offer of admission but prior to the first day of classes, the offer of
admission will be revoked and the applicant will be barred from
re-applying to USC, regardless of whether or not the applicant has
accepted the offer. If the applicant has already paid an enrollment
deposit, the deposit will be refunded. In the case of students who
have already attended classes at USC, allegations of admissions
violations will be reviewed in accordance with the USC Student
Handbook.
Classification of Admission Status
Full Graduate Standing
Students who have been accepted for admission, have met all
the basic admission requirements and filed all relevant documents
with the Office of Graduate Admission are considered admitted to
full graduate standing. Occasionally, applicants for admission may
lack one of the qualifications listed above or may have difficulty
producing appropriate documentation; such students may be
enrolled with continuing registration requirements.
Continuing Registration Requirement
Students admitted with continuing registration requirements
have not yet met all requirements for admission to full graduate
status or have not filed all relevant documents with the Office
of Graduate Admission. See the Graduate and Professional
Education section for policies governing enrollment as a student
with continuing registration requirements. Full graduate student
standing is not granted until all registration requirements have
been met within the time limit given.
Limited Status Students
Some students may wish to enroll in graduate-level courses
for personal satisfaction or professional enhancement without
currently seeking a graduate degree. Students may be permitted
to enroll with permission from the department or program.
Such students should obtain a special Limited Status form from
the Office of Academic Records and Registrar at the time of
registration. This will permit them to register in the classification of
limited status. See the Academic and University Policies section
for policies governing limited status enrollment. Limited status
enrollment is not to be construed as admission.
Doctoral Admission with Advanced Standing
Students can be admitted with Advanced Standing (entry with
an appropriate completed graduate degree from an accredited
institution) to all programs in which the PhD degree is conferred
by the Graduate School at USC with approval from the Vice
Provost for Academic Programs. See the Transfer of Course Work
section under Course Work Taken Elsewhere in Graduate and
Professional Education for more information.
Advancement to Candidacy
Admission to graduate study does not imply advancement to
candidacy for an advanced degree and gives no right or claim
to be so admitted. Candidacy is determined after the student
has demonstrated the ability to do graduate work with originality,
excellence and independence at USC.
General Requirements for Graduate
Degrees
The foundation for a master's or doctoral degree is a
baccalaureate degree or its equivalent, comparable in standard
to that awarded at USC, from a regionally accredited college or
university. Many doctoral students will already have received a
master's degree. Select doctoral programs at USC may require
students to have a master's degree as an admission criteria.
University policies governing unit, grade point average
and time limit requirements are stated in the Academic and
University Policies section of this catalogue. Graduate students
should also consult this section for policies on transfer of credit,
concurrent enrollment, continuous enrollment, leaves of absence,
readmission, and waiver and substitution of course requirements.
Unit Requirements
The course of study for the master's degree must include
at least 24 units in required and elective courses. In addition,
students in a program requiring a thesis must register for 4 units of
594ab Master's Thesis.
A minimum of 60 units of course work beyond the baccalaureate
is required for the PhD degree, including research courses and 4
units of 794ab Doctoral Dissertation. No more than 8 units of 794
may be received or applied toward the degree.
A minimum of 36 units of course work beyond the first graduate
degree, exclusive of 794 Doctoral Dissertation, is required for
doctoral degree students admitted with Advanced Standing.
Additional course work may be required if deemed necessary by
the student's faculty.
Residence
Residence is a period of intensive study completed at USC.
For the master's degree a minimum of 20 units of course work
applicable toward the degree must be completed on the University
Park and/or Health Sciences Campuses and/or at one of the
university's approved off-campus study centers.
For the PhD degree, a minimum of 24 units applicable
toward the degree, exclusive of 794 Doctoral Dissertation, must
be completed on the University Park and/or Health Sciences
Campuses. Internships, fieldwork and other off-campus
experiences do not count toward residency.
It is not intended that the PhD degree be conferred as a
certificate of residence, however faithful or extended, or as a
certificate of the satisfaction of unit requirements, which are to
be regarded as largely preliminary. It has been found that the
scholastic requirements for the degree cannot be completed in
less than the equivalent of three full years of work devoted wholly
to graduate study and research with appropriate facilities and
under university supervision.
Exception to Graduate School Policy
Exceptions to certain policies and procedures governing
Graduate School degree programs will be considered by the
Vice Provost for Academic Programs upon the submission of a
specific request supported by adequate reasons, information and
documentation, if needed. The signatures and recommendation
of the faculty adviser or committee chair, the department chair
or program director, and, in some cases, the dean of the degree
program, are required. Requests must be initiated and submitted
on behalf of the student by the department's or program's staff
adviser. After training on the Graduate School's online request
system, advisers may access the necessary forms through the
Graduate School's website.
Academic Warning and Dismissal
Faculty advisers, departments and programs take factors other
than satisfactory grades and adequate GPAs into consideration
in determining a student's qualifications for an advanced
degree. A student's overall academic performance, specific
skills and aptitudes, and faculty evaluations will be considered
in departmental or program decisions regarding a student's
continuation in a master's or doctoral degree program.
Satisfactory progress toward an advanced degree as
determined by the faculty is required at all times. Students who fail
to make satisfactory progress, will be informed by their department
chair, program director or school dean. The faculty has the right
to recommend at any time after written warning that a student be
dismissed from a graduate program for academic reasons or that a
student be denied readmission.
Written warning letters must include specific benchmarks
describing how the student can, within a reasonable time frame,
succeed in the program. The university's warning and dismissal
templates are available from the Graduate School. Warning letters
should be sent as early as possible so that the student can take
advantage of the recommended remedial action.
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General Requirements for Progressive Degree
Programs
A progressive degree program enables a USC undergraduate
to begin work on a master's degree while completing requirements
for the bachelor's degree. The degree may be in the same or
different department or program but should be in a similar field of
study. See the Graduate and Professional Education section for
detailed information.
Departmental Requirements
The requirements and regulations set forth in this portion of
the catalogue are to be construed only as minimal requirements
established by the Graduate School. In addition, the student is
obligated to meet all the requirements established by the individual
department or program as described in the departmental sections.
Advisement and Program of Study
Academic advisement of entering graduate students will
be provided by a designated faculty member in the student's
home department or program. Ideally, during the first semester
of graduate enrollment a formal program of study should be
developed and agreed upon in writing. This academic plan should
include: (1) the sequence of required and elective courses, with a
diversity of faculty instruction and a reasonable balance between
course work and directed research appropriate for the degree; (2)
evaluation of available transfer credit for application toward the
degree; and (3) the schedule and procedures for departmental or
program evaluation of the student. The program of study should
be on file in the student's department or program and may be
modified in keeping with the student's progress toward the degree
objective. This should become the responsibility of the student's
qualifying exam committee when it has been established.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
Although the Graduate School does not require a foreign
language examination, some departments and programs do have
specific language requirements for their graduate programs.
The foreign language requirement is determined by the
individual departments, programs or schools, subject to approval
by the University Committee on Curriculum. For the PhD student,
these requirements should be met well in advance of the qualifying
examination.
When proficiency in a foreign language or a research tool is
required, the evidence attesting to proficiency may not be more
than five years old. This regulation applies regardless of the form
of the evidence.
For specific information, see Foreign Language/Research Tool
Requirement under the appropriate department and program
sections of this catalogue.
General Requirements for the Master's Degree
Course Requirements
The Graduate School confers the master's degree upon
the satisfactory completion of a carefully planned curriculum.
A comprehensive examination or summative experience may
replace a thesis in certain departments and programs. A student
must enroll in GRSC 810 during the semester in which the
comprehensive examination is to be taken if not otherwise
enrolled. Consult the appropriate departmental section of this
catalogue for specific course requirements.
For those master's degrees not conferred by the Graduate
School, the degree-conferring school determines if a thesis,
comprehensive exam or other summative experience is required.
When the summative experience is not a thesis or
comprehensive examination, the nature of the summative
experience needs to be explicitly defined including the method
by which the student's performance will be assessed and how
the results of that assessment will be recorded. The summative
experience requirement will often be satisfied by passing a course
designed specifically for this purpose.
See Transfer of Course Work in the Course Work Taken
Elsewhere section for the maximum number of units of transferred
course work that may be applied toward a master's degree. Except
in formally designated dual degree programs, this same policy
regulates the number of credits that may be applied toward a
master's degree from an advanced degree previously completed
at USC.
Master's Committee
The student's master's committee directs the student's program
of study and thesis and/or comprehensive examination. The
master's committee consists of at least three and no more than
five members. At least two of the members must be full-time
faculty in the student's home program, and may be tenured,
tenure track or RTPC (research, teaching, practice, clinical).
The committee chair must have an appointment in the student's
program. All committees must have a majority of members from
the student's home program. A member may be another faculty
member from the student's home program, an outside member
from another program at USC, or an external member who is
either faculty at another institution or a significant practitioner in
the field. If a member is external to USC, the external member's
CV must be uploaded with the appointment of committee form.
Application for the Master's Degree
At least one semester preceding the one in which the student
expects to receive the degree and prior to registration in 594a
Master's Thesis, the student should ask the academic department
or program to request an online degree check from Degree
Progress. Application is made online by the academic department
or program and then transmitted to the Degree Progress
Department following approval of the program of studies by the
student's home department. Degree Progress will prepare a
Degree Audit Report (STARS Report) reflecting course work and
requirements completed and those remaining to be met.
Master's Examinations
A student who fails the master's examination may be permitted,
at the discretion of the faculty, to take it a second time. The
retaking of a failed master's examination must be completed
before the end of the second consecutive semester (excluding
summer session) following the first examination. Requests for
exception must be approved by the department chair or program
director. A student may not take the master's examination more
than twice and must be appropriately enrolled at USC during the
semester in which such an examination is taken or retaken. A
student who fails the master's examination a second time may
not continue in the degree program after the end of the semester
in which the second examination was taken. No exceptions are
allowed.
Master's Thesis
The thesis is supervised throughout its preparation by the
student's master's committee. It is desirable for the student to have
a conference with each committee member promptly following the
approval of the topic. Thereafter, thesis work is normally under the
immediate supervision of the committee chair. Final acceptance is
based upon the unanimous recommendation of all members of the
committee.
A student who is required to write a thesis must submit a
satisfactory outline and comprehensive bibliography for the
proposed thesis and demonstrate a mastery of the subject
satisfactory to the master's committee. The student's thesis or
master's committee is responsible for the content, adherence
to departmental formatting requirements, and bibliographical
consistency of the thesis.
During the five-year time limit allowed for completion of the
degree and following the completion of all course work, the student
must enroll in 594 Master's Thesis for two consecutive semesters
and for each semester thereafter, until the thesis has been
approved and the approval of the master's thesis form has been
signed by the student's master's committee. Registration for the
thesis in two semesters is the minimum requirement entitling the
student to thesis supervision by the master's committee. No more
than 4 units of credit in 594 may be received regardless of the
number of semesters the student may be required to be enrolled.
Students may not register for more than 2 units of 594 during a
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given semester; individual exceptions require the approval of the
dean of the degree program.
Leave of Absence
Students who find it necessary to be excused from registration
in 594 for a semester must request a leave of absence by petition
to the dean of the degree program prior to the beginning of the
semester. See Leave of Absence in the Financial Aid for Graduate
Students section. Approval of the committee chair, department
chair or program director, and dean of the degree program are
required. During a leave of absence, students will not be entitled to
assistance from the master's committee or to the use of university
facilities. Considerations for approving a leave of absence include
the student's progress to date in meeting the time schedules for
the completion of degree requirements. Students with serious
medical conditions should consult the Health Leave of Absence
policy, which is not the same as a general leave of absence.
Final Approval of the Thesis
If a thesis defense is required: After the thesis defense has
been completed and after the committee determines that no
further changes are required of the thesis manuscript, each
committee member electronically certifies on the Approval to
Submit Defended and Final Copy of Master's Thesis form that: (1)
the defense was appropriately rigorous; (2) the student's thesis
is original and represents advanced scholarly work in keeping
with the standards of the given field; and (3) the thesis defense
process was fair and in keeping with USC's academic and ethical
standards. This includes adherence to departmental formatting
requirements. No changes can be made to the manuscript's
content after the Approval to Submit form is complete. The
Approval to Submit form is electronically available through Thesis
Center, the Graduate School's online thesis and dissertation
processing system.
Master's Thesis Submission
Master's thesis manuscripts must be submitted to Thesis Center
on the Graduate School website. Please refer to the Theses and
Dissertations section for information on the submission process.
General Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy
Degree
Qualified students will be received as applicants for candidacy
for the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in departments
and programs that are adequately equipped with staff, library
and laboratory facilities to furnish the necessary training and
opportunities for original research.
Screening Procedures
A screening examination or other procedure designated by the
department or program is to be administered before the student
has taken more than 24 units (including research courses).
Passing this procedure is prerequisite to continuation in the
doctoral program. Students who fail the screening procedure will
be advised that they are not recommended to continue in the PhD
program and that any additional work may not be counted toward
the degree. Failure to undertake the screening procedure before
completion of 24 units of course work may jeopardize additional
units. Ideally, a faculty member will be appointed to serve as
the student's adviser until the student establishes an approved
qualifying exam committee.
Course Requirements
The subject or field of concentration is called a major.
The major is usually a departmental major, although several
interdepartmental majors have been authorized.
Undergraduate prerequisite and graduate course work will
be required in accordance with the regulations of the major
department or program and the recommendation of the student's
qualifying exam committee. Consult the appropriate departmental
section of this catalogue for specific course requirements.
Appointment of the Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is responsible for supervising
the student's preparation for the exam and for the fair and timely
administration and evaluation of the written and oral parts of the
examination. The Appointment or Change of Qualifying Exam or
Dissertation Committee form, available on the Graduate School
website, is used to establish the qualifying exam committee. The
form requires the signature of each member of the committee,
the department chair or program director, and the dean or dean's
designate. The completed form is filed in the student's home
department or program.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five members.
The committee chair and at least two additional members must
have an appointment in the student's program.
Because the goal of USC PhD programs is to create scholars
who will shape their fields in a wide range of settings, the
university encourages PhD students to take advantage of the
full array of faculty expertise available at USC. This includes the
expertise of tenured, tenure track and RTPC (research, teaching,
practice, clinical) faculty. A USC faculty member from outside
the student's home program is called an "outside member." The
committee may also include a faculty member from an institution
other than USC, called an "external member."
Any faculty member – external, outside, or from the
student's home program – who serves on PhD dissertation and
qualifying exam committees must have a professional profile
that demonstrates academic impact on the field in significant,
measurable ways. The judgment about these qualifications will be
made on the basis of hard evidence: for example, peer-reviewed
publications in major journals and presses, grant funding, and
exceptionally influential practice in a given field, taking into account
the person's total career, current stage of career and any changes
in performance in a more recent period.
Faculty who are evaluated on the basis of criteria other than
those noted above will not normally be considered appropriate
members of PhD and qualifying exam committees, except by
explicit permission of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs
acting on the advice of the dean of the school.
For faculty within the student's home program and external
faculty members, qualification to serve will be judged by the
dean of the school that houses the student's PhD program. The
CV of the external member must be uploaded along with the
Appointment of Committee form to Thesis Center and will become
part of the official record.
For outside faculty – faculty outside the student's program but
internal to USC – the judgment of qualification to serve will be
made by the dean of the school of the outside faculty member's
primary appointment.
Some schools and programs require "outside members," and
others do not. If an outside or external member is required, this
must be specified in the program's or school's section in the
Catalogue.
Changes in Qualifying Exam Committees
The Appointment or Change of Qualifying Exam or Dissertation
Committee form, available on the Graduate School website, must
be completed whenever a change is made in a qualifying exam
committee. All such changes must be made in advance of the
qualifying examinations. Informal substitutions for either the written
or oral parts of the qualifying examination are not permitted.
Changes in a qualifying exam committee are not permitted
between the written and oral portions of the examination. The
examinations must be scheduled at times when it is possible for
all members of the committee, including the outside member, to
participate. Changes made without the prior approval of the dean
of the degree program are not recognized and may result in the
invalidation of the examination.
A student may not change committee members after failing
the qualifying examination the first time. The student must be
reexamined by the same faculty on the same subject matter. If a
faculty member is unable to serve on the committee (for example,
due to serious illness, retirement or transfer to another institution),
the dean of the degree program must be notified in writing in
advance of the rescheduled exam in order to approve the change.
The faculty replacement must be approved by the dean of the
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degree program and the student must file a change of committee
form well in advance of the exam.
Qualifying Examination
The examination qualifying a student for candidacy for the
PhD degree is designed to test the student's fitness to undertake
independent research. It is comprehensive in nature and includes
both written and oral parts.
Prior to taking the qualifying examination, the student must have
met all of the university's and program's requirements for the PhD
degree, except the dissertation and successful qualifying exam.
The student must have a GPA of at least 3.0 on all USC course
work available for graduate credit and the approval of his or her
qualifying exam committee to proceed to the exam. Students with
a master's degree in the same or similar field may be approved
to take the qualifying examination after the completion of 12 units
and successful passage through the screening process. The GPA
and qualifying exam committee approval requirements are the
same as for students without a prior master's degree in the field
of study. If not otherwise enrolled, a student must enroll in GRSC
800a and GRSC 800b Studies for the Qualifying Examination
during the semester in which the qualifying examination is to be
taken. Students are allowed to enroll in GRSC 800a and GRSC
800b Studies for the Qualifying Examination a maximum of three
times, first in GRSC 800a, followed by GRSC 800b and, only if
necessary, GRSC 800z.
Because two semesters of preparation for the qualifying
examination should suffice in the vast majority of cases, programs
with students enrolling in GRSC 800z will be required to get
D-clearance from the Graduate School. In addition, the student's
program will be expected to issue a warning letter laying out
academic expectations and a path toward timely completion of the
PhD.
The oral portion of the examination must be completed within
60 days of the submission of the completed written portion to the
qualifying exam committee. If the student's written examination
is satisfactory, the student may proceed to the oral portion of the
exam. If additional material is to be covered in the oral portion, the
student should be notified of the content expectations in advance.
For the PhD Qualifying Examination, committee members may
participate remotely.
There are three possible results of a qualifying exam:
• Pass, and proceed to candidacy based on a positive vote by
members of the committee.
• Fail, with the option to retake either specific sections
of the exam or the whole exam, at the discretion of the
committee. The student may not be required to repeat
parts of the qualifying examination that were passed on
the first administration. The retaking of a failed qualifying
examination or any portion of a qualifying examination must
take place between one and six months from the date of the
first examination. If not otherwise enrolled, the student must
be enrolled in GRSC 800a and GRSC 800b Studies for the
Qualifying Examination in the term in which any portion of the
exam is repeated.
• Fail, with the result of dismissal from the program.
If the committee concludes that the written portion of the exam
is so weak that the oral portion cannot counterbalance the poor
performance, the student does not proceed to the oral and the
exam is failed. The committee may provide the option of a retake,
but is not required to do so. If the committee decides that a retake
is not warranted, the student is dismissed from the program.
A student who fails the qualifying exam a second time is
automatically dismissed from the program.
Report on the PhD Qualifying Exam
At the conclusion of the qualifying exam, each member of the
committee is asked to certify on the Report on the PhD Qualifying
Examination that: (1) the exam was appropriately rigorous; (2)
the student's performance on the exam was at the doctoral level;
and (3) the entire qualifying examination process was fair and in
keeping with USC's academic and ethical standards. The Report
on the PhD Qualifying Examination is available to graduate
advisers on the Graduate School website in myGradSchool.
Advancement to Candidacy
Graduate students are officially advanced to candidacy for the
PhD degree when they have completed the residency requirement
and passed the written and oral portions of the PhD qualifying
examination upon the favorable recommendation of the qualifying
exam committee to the Graduate School.
Application for the PhD
After being advanced to candidacy, students must contact
their academic department or program to initiate an online
degree check that is transmitted to the Degree Progress
Department. Degree Progress counselors prepare a Degree Audit
Report (STARS Report) for each student listing any remaining
requirements. The requirements will not be checked or the degree
conferred if the student has not applied.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee is appointed as soon as possible
after the qualifying examination has been passed and a
dissertation topic approved. The committee should be appointed at
least one month before the dissertation defense. The Appointment
or Change of Qualifying Exam or Dissertation Committee form,
available on the Graduate School website, is used to establish
the dissertation committee. The form requires the signatures of
each member of the committee, the department chair or program
director, and dean or dean's designate. The completed form is filed
in the student's home department or program, and a signed copy
provided to the student.
The dissertation committee is composed of at least three and
no more than five members. The committee chair must have an
appointment in the student's program. All committees must have a
majority of members from the student's home program.
Because the goal of USC PhD programs is to create scholars
who will shape their fields in a wide range of settings, the
university encourages PhD students to take advantage of the
full array of faculty expertise available at USC. This includes the
expertise of tenured, tenure track and RTPC (research, teaching,
practitioner, clinical) faculty. A USC faculty member from outside
the student's home program is called an "outside member." The
committee may also include a faculty member from an institution
other than USC, called an "external member."
Any faculty member – external, outside, or from the
student's home program – who serves on PhD dissertation and
qualifying exam committees must have a professional profile
that demonstrates academic impact on the field in significant,
measurable ways. The judgment about these qualifications will be
made on the basis of hard evidence: for example, peer-reviewed
publications in major journals and presses, grant funding, and
exceptionally influential practice in a given field, taking into account
the person's total career, current stage of career, and any changes
in performance in a more recent period.
Faculty who are evaluated on the basis of criteria other than
those noted above will not normally be considered appropriate
members of PhD and qualifying exam committees, except by
explicit permission of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs
acting on the advice of the dean of the school.
For faculty within the student's home program and external
faculty members, qualification to serve will be judged by the dean
of the school that houses the student's PhD program. The CV of
the external member must be uploaded along with the appointment
of committee form and will become part of the official record.
For outside faculty – faculty outside the student's program but
internal to USC – the judgment of qualification to serve will be
made by the dean of the school of the outside faculty member's
primary appointment.
Some schools and programs require "outside members," and
others do not. If an outside or external member is required, this
must be specified in the program's or school's section in the
Catalogue.
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Final Approval of the Dissertation
After the dissertation defense has been completed, and the
committee determines that no further changes are required of
the dissertation manuscript, each member of the committee
electronically certifies on the Approval to Submit Defended and
Final Copy of Doctoral Dissertation that: (1) the defense was
appropriately rigorous; (2) the student's dissertation makes an
original and substantial contribution to its field of study; and
(3) the defense process was fair and in keeping with USC's
academic and ethical standards. This includes adherence to
departmental formatting requirements. No changes can be made
to the manuscript's content after the Approval to Submit form is
complete. The Approval to Submit form is electronically available
through Thesis Center, the Graduate School's online thesis and
dissertation processing system.
The committee must unanimously agree in order for the student
to pass the defense.
Doctoral Dissertation
A dissertation is an original contribution to current knowledge
in the field and a demonstration that the PhD candidate has
achieved sufficient mastery in the field to pursue independent
research and scholarship. A dissertation represents the individual
candidate's research and writing. In fields where collaborative
research has become the norm, the candidate is the sole author of
the dissertation. Candidates must specify their contribution to the
research and delineate colleagues' contributions.
Dissertations are expected to be written in English. Exceptions
require the approval of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs or
his or her designee prior to beginning the work and will be granted
only when there is strong scholarly justification.
The student is expected to be enrolled in 794 Doctoral
Dissertation each semester, except summer sessions, after
admission to candidacy until all degree requirements are
completed. Registration for 794 for the two semesters (excluding
summer sessions) immediately following admission to candidacy
is the minimum requirement entitling the candidate to dissertation
supervision by the dissertation committee. Enrollment in 794 prior
to admission to candidacy is not permitted and such registration
is invalid. If the dissertation is not completed and accepted within
two semesters the candidate must continue to register for 794
each semester thereafter until the dissertation has been approved
and the approval of the PhD dissertation has been signed by
the dissertation committee. Students are expected to complete
and defend their dissertation in less than five semesters of 794.
Students may enroll in 794 during one summer session but may
not register for more than 2 units of 794 during a given semester;
individual exceptions require the approval of the dean of the
degree program. No more than 8 units of credit in 794 may be
received, regardless of the number of semesters in which the
candidate enrolls. Department or program approval is required for
registration in 794.
Leave of Absence
A candidate who finds it necessary to be excused from
registration in 794 for a semester must request a leave of
absence by petition to the dean of the program of study prior
to the beginning of the semester. See Leave of Absence in the
Financial Aid for Graduate Students section. Endorsements from
the dissertation committee chair and department chair or program
director are required. During a leave of absence the candidate will
not be entitled to assistance from the dissertation committee or to
the use of university facilities. Considerations for approving a leave
of absence include the student's progress to date in meeting the
time schedules for the completion of degree requirements.
PhD students with serious medical conditions should consult
the Health Leave of Absence policy, which is not the same as a
general leave of absence. PhD students on an approved Health
Leave will enroll in GRSC 803 to ensure continued access to the
stipend and health insurance.
PhD students considering Parental Leave should consult the
USC Graduate School. PhD students on an approved Parental
Leave will enroll in GRSC 804 to ensure continued access to the
stipend and health insurance.
Defense of the Dissertation
After passing all required courses and the qualifying
examination, and after meeting all other requirements, the
candidate must write and defend the dissertation. The doctoral
dissertation must be an original contribution to scholarship or
scientific knowledge and must exemplify the high degree of
scholarly advancement and power of investigation demanded
by the university for final recommendation to the doctorate. The
dissertation defense is the culminating activity in the assessment
of whether this standard has been met.
While the oral examination is open to the general university
community, only the members of the dissertation committee
have the authority to recommend acceptance of the dissertation.
Their recommendation must be unanimous. For the dissertation
defense, some committee members may participate remotely.
The committee chair and the student must be present, unless
the relevant dean and the Vice Provost for Academic Programs
provide express written permission for remote participation.
Members who participate remotely will be noted on the dissertation
Approval to Submit forms.
If the defense is satisfactory, the committee signs the electronic
Approval to Submit Defended and Final Copy of Dissertation
form. If additional work is required, the electronic form must be
signed only after full completion. Departments and programs
differ concerning the time of the defense of the dissertation.
The student's dissertation committee is responsible for the
content, adherence to departmental formatting requirements, and
bibliographical consistency of the dissertation.
Dissertation Submission
Doctoral dissertation manuscripts must be submitted to Thesis
Center on the Graduate School website. Refer to the Theses
and Dissertations section for more information on the submission
process.
Theses and Dissertations
Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Required documentation is electronically submitted to the
Graduate School through Thesis Center, the Graduate School's
online thesis and dissertation processing system, available on the
Graduate School website. All documentation must be submitted
by the deadline date and time. Documents are reviewed by
the academic services coordinator. When the documentation
is determined to be complete, the candidate is cleared to
electronically submit the dissertation manuscript.
Required documentation for doctoral students includes: 1)
the electronic "Approval to Submit Defended and Final Copy of
Doctoral Work" form (also called the "Approval to Submit" form);
2) the "Appointment or Change of Qualifying Exam or Dissertation
Committee" form and; 3) the electronic Certificate of Completion of
the Survey of Earned Doctorates.
For master's students, required documentation includes: 1) the
"Approval to Submit Final Copy of Master's Thesis" form and 2) the
"Appointment or Change of Master's Committee" form.
The "Appointment or Change of Qualifying Exam or Dissertation
Committee" form, and the electronic Certificate of Completion of
the Survey of Earned Doctorates, required for doctoral students,
are submitted as PDFs. The "Approval to Submit Defended and
Final Copy of Doctoral Work" form is electronically available
through Thesis Center.
Thesis/dissertation manuscripts may only be submitted after
the required documentation has been submitted and reviewed.
Required documentation and thesis/dissertation manuscripts are
reviewed in the order received. Students have three months from
the date the committee chair signs the "Approval to Submit" form
to complete any required formatting corrections to Thesis Center.
Early Submission Option: Students who submit the necessary
documentation according to the deadlines on the Thesis Center
website will be exempt from the requirement to register for 594
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or 794 in that semester. Otherwise, to maintain continuous
enrollment, student must register for 594 or 794. International
students considering the Early Submission Option should check
with the Office of International Services to ensure the lack of
course registration will not affect their visa status.
Acceptance by the University
The university must accept all theses and dissertations in
an approved, final and electronic form before the degree can
be conferred. The student's committee must have approved
all documents before submission to the Graduate School. The
student remains in contact with the Graduate School during the
corrections process. Thesis manuscripts must be submitted to the
Graduate School through Thesis Center on the Graduate School
website.
At the time of submission, all manuscripts should be formatted
and edited according to the style determined by the student's
department or program.
If the formatting of the manuscript requires corrections, the
student makes the corrections and uploads a revised PDF of the
manuscript for approval by the academic services coordinator. All
revised manuscripts are processed in the order received.
After a manuscript has been approved by the academic
services coordinator, the student uploads an identical copy of the
final PDF of the manuscript to the USC Libraries.
Schedule of Deadlines
The Graduate School provides a schedule of specific dates for
completing the thesis or dissertation submission for the student to
qualify for graduation in the corresponding semester. These dates
are published on the Graduate School website. Regardless of the
date of submission, students must submit complete documentation
and finish all corrections to the manuscript before the degree can
be conferred. Upon completion of all requirements, the official USC
transcript will serve as evidence of the degree until the diploma is
received.
Publication
All theses and dissertations will be made available via the USC
Libraries.
Thesis/Dissertation Fees
The doctoral candidate's fee of $115 covers USC Libraries and
Graduate School processing fees. The master's candidate's fee of
$105 covers USC Libraries and Graduate School processing fees.
The fees are assessed by the academic services coordinator after
the required documentation has been submitted, and the charges
appear on the student's account.
Programs, Minors and Certificates
The programs marked with an asterisk fall under the jurisdiction
of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Bachelor’s Degree
• Accounting (BS)
• Acting, Stage and Screen (BFA)
• Aerospace Engineering (BS)
• American Popular Culture (BA)
• American Studies and Ethnicity (African American Studies)
(BA)
• American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies)
(BA)
• American Studies and Ethnicity (BA)
• American Studies and Ethnicity (Chicano/Latino Studies)
(BA)
• Animation and Digital Arts (BFA)
• Anthropology (BA)
• Anthropology (Visual Anthropology) (BA)
• Applied and Computational Mathematics (BA)
• Applied and Computational Mathematics (BS)
• Applied Mechanics (BS)
• Archaeology (BA)
• Architectural Studies (BS)
• Architecture (BArch)
• Architecture and Inventive Technologies (BS)
• Art (BA)*
• Art History (BA)
• Artificial Intelligence for Business (BS)
• Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation (BS)
• Astronautical Engineering (BS)
• Astronomy (BA)
• Astronomy (BS)
• Behavioral Economics and Psychology (BA)
• Biochemistry (BS)
• Biological Sciences (BA)
• Biological Sciences (Biotechnology) (BS)
• Biological Sciences (BS)
• Biological Sciences (Ecology, Evolution and Environment)
(BS)
• Biological Sciences (Marine Biology) (BS)
• Biological Sciences (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental
Biology) (BS)
• Biomedical Engineering (BS)
• Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Emphasis,
(BS)
• Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Emphasis,
(BS)
• Biomedical Engineering, Molecular and Cellular Engineering
Emphasis, (BS)
• Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BA)
• Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BS)
• Biophysics (BS)
• Business Administration (BS)
• Business Administration (Business Analytics) (BS)
• Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) (BS)
• Business Administration (Communication) (BS)
• Business Administration (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
(BS)
• Business Administration (Finance) (BS)
• Business Administration (International Relations) (BS)
• Business Administration (Leadership and Innovation) (BS)
• Business Administration (Marketing) (BS)
• Business Administration (Real Estate Finance) (BS)
• Business Administration (Risk Management) (BS)
• Business Administration (World Program) (BS)
• Business of Cinematic Arts (BS)
• Central European Studies (BA)
• Chemical Engineering (BS)
• Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering Emphasis
(BS)
• Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Emphasis
(BS)
• Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology Emphasis (BS)
• Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering Emphasis
(BS)
• Chemical Engineering, Polymer/Materials Science Emphasis
(BS)
• Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Energy Emphasis (BS)
• Chemistry (BA)
• Chemistry (BS)
• Chemistry (Chemical Biology) (BS)
• Chemistry (Chemical Nanoscience) (BS)
• Chemistry (Research) (BS)
• Choral Music (BA)*
• Choral Music (BM)
• Cinema and Media Studies (BA)*
• Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production (BA)*
• Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production (BFA)
• Civil Engineering (BS)
• Civil Engineering, Building Science Emphasis (BS)
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• Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering and
Management Emphasis (BS)
• Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Emphasis (BS)
• Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Emphasis (BS)
• Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering Emphasis
(BS)
• Classics (BA)
• Cognitive Science (BA)
• Communication (BA)*
• Comparative Literature (BA)
• Composition (BM)
• Computational Linguistics (BS)
• Computational Neuroscience (BS)
• Computer Engineering and Computer Science (BS)
• Computer Science (BS)
• Computer Science Games (BS)
• Computer Science/Business Administration (BS)
• Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies (BA)
• Dance (BFA)
• Data Science (BA)*
• Design (BFA)
• Earth Sciences (BA)
• East Asian Area Studies (BA)
• East Asian Languages and Cultures (BA)
• Economics (BA)
• Economics and Data Science (BS)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS)
• English (BA)
• Environmental Engineering (BS)
• Environmental Science and Health (BA)
• Environmental Science and Health (BS)
• Environmental Studies (BA)
• Environmental Studies (BS)
• Fine Arts (BFA)
• French (BA)
• Game Art (BFA)
• Game Development and Interactive Design (BFA)
• Gender and Sexuality Studies (BA)
• Geodesign (BS)
• Geological Sciences (BS)
• Global Geodesign (BS)
• Global Health Studies (BS)
• Global Studies (BA)
• Health and Human Sciences (BA)
• Health and Humanity (BA)
• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies (BS)
• History (BA)
• History and Social Science Education (BA)
• Human Biology (BA)
• Human Biology (BS)
• Human Development and Aging (BS)
• Human Development and Aging, Health Science Track (BS)
• Human Development and Aging, Honors Programs (BS)
• Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (BS)
• Industrial and Systems Engineering (BS)
• Intelligence and Cyber Operations (BA)
• Interactive Entertainment (BA)*
• Interdisciplinary Studies (BA)
• International Relations (BA)
• International Relations (Global Business) (BA)
• International Relations and the Global Economy (BA)
• Italian (BA)
• Jazz Studies (BM)
• Jewish Studies (BA)
• Journalism (BA)*
• Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Media and Politics
• Law, History, and Culture (BA)
• Legal Studies (BS)
• Lifespan Health (BS)
• Linguistics (BA)
• Linguistics and Cognitive Science (BA)
• Mathematics (BA)
• Mathematics (BS)
• Mechanical Engineering (BS)
• Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering (BS)
• Media Arts and Practice (BA)*
• Middle East Studies (BA)
• Music (BA)*
• Music Industry (BM)
• Music Industry (BS)
• Music Production (BM)
• Musical Theatre (BFA)
• Narrative Studies (BA)
• Neuroscience (BA)
• Neuroscience (BS)
• Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Change (BA)
• Occupational Therapy (BS)
• Performance (Classical Guitar) (BM)
• Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon),
(Saxophone), (French Horn), (Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba)
or (Percussion) (BM)
• Performance (Organ) (BM)
• Performance (Piano) (BM)
• Performance (Popular Music) (BM)
• Performance (Studio Guitar) (BM)
• Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or
(Harp) (BM)
• Performance (Vocal Arts) (BM)
• Pharmacology and Drug Development (BA)
• Pharmacology and Drug Development (BS)
• Philosophy (BA)
• Philosophy and Physics (BA)
• Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA)
• Philosophy, Politics and Law (BA)
• Physical Sciences (BS)
• Physical Sciences (BS)
• Physics (BA)
• Physics (BS)
• Physics/Computer Science (BS)
• Political Economy (BA)
• Political Science (BA)
• Psychology (BA)
• Public Policy (BS)
• Public Relations (BA)*
• Quantitative Biology (BS)
• Real Estate Development (BS)
• Religion (BA)
• Russian (BA)
• Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in Economics (BA)
• Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in Psychology (BA)
• Sociology (BA)
• Spanish (BA)
• Theatre (BA)*
• Theatre, Acting Emphasis (BA)*
• Theatre, Comedy Emphasis (BA)*
• Theatre, Design Emphasis (BA)*
• Theatre, Design Emphasis (BFA)
• Theatre, Sound Design Emphasis (BFA)
• Theatre, Stage Management Emphasis (BFA)
• Theatre, Technical Direction Emphasis (BFA)
• Themed Entertainment (BFA)
• Urban Studies and Planning (BS)
• Visual and Performing Arts Studies (BA)*
• Writing for Screen and Television (BFA)
Combined Major
• Economics/Mathematics (BS)
• Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures (BA)
• Linguistics and Philosophy (BA)
• Mathematics/Economics (BS)
Undergraduate Certificate
• Food Industry Management Program
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Minor
• 3-D Animation in Cinematic Arts Minor
• 3-Dimensional Design Minor
• 3D Computer Graphics and Modeling Minor
• Accounting Minor
• Addiction Science Minor
• Advertising Minor
• American Popular Culture Minor
• American Studies and Ethnicity Minor
• Animation and Digital Arts Minor
• Applied Analytics Minor
• Arabic Minor
• Archaeology Minor
• Archaeology of California Minor
• Architecture Minor
• Art History Minor
• Artificial Intelligence Applications Minor
• Astronautical Engineering Minor
• Astronomy Minor
• Behavioral Economics Minor
• Biology and Business Minor
• Biology of Human Movement Minor
• Biopharmaceutical Business Minor
• Blockchain Minor
• Business Economics Minor
• Business Finance Minor
• Business Law Minor
• Business Minor
• Business Technology Fusion Minor
• Ceramics Minor
• Chemistry Minor
• Chinese for the Professions Minor
• Choreography for Stage and Screen Minor
• Cinema-Television for the Health Professions Minor
• Cinematic Arts Minor
• Classical Greek Minor
• Classical Perspectives Minor
• Classics Minor
• Cloud Computing with DevOps Minor
• Comedy (Performance) Minor
• Comedy Minor
• Communication Design Minor
• Communication Policy and Law Minor
• Communication Technology Practices and Platforms Minor
• Comparative Literature Minor
• Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Minor
• Computer Programming Minor
• Computer Science Minor
• Connected Devices and Making Minor
• Construction Planning and Management Minor
• Construction Planning and Management Minor (Public Policy)
• Consumer Behavior Interdisciplinary Minor
• Consumer Behavior Minor
• Contemplative Studies Minor
• Craniofacial and Dental Technology Minor
• Cultural Anthropology Minor
• Cultural Competence in Medicine Minor
• Cultural Diplomacy Minor
• Cultural Studies Minor
• Culture, Media and Entertainment Minor
• Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim Minor
• Customer Analytics Minor
• Cybersecurity Minor
• Dance in Entertainment Minor
• Dance Minor
• Designing for Digital Experiences Minor
• Designing for Live Experiences Minor
• Designing Multimedia Experiences Minor
• Designing Products Minor
• Digital Forensics Minor
• Digital Studies Minor
• Disruptive Innovation Minor
• Documentary Minor
• Drawing Minor
• Dynamics in Workplace Communication Minor
• Early Modern Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
• Earth Sciences Minor: Climate Change, Stewardship and
Resiliency
• East Asian Area Studies Minor
• East Asian Languages and Cultures Minor
• Economics Minor
• Education and Computing Minor
• Education and Society Minor
• Education Policy Minor
• Engineering Innovation for Global Challenges Minor
• Engineering Management Minor
• English Minor
• Enterprise Information Systems Minor
• Entertainment Industry Minor
• Entrepreneurship Minor
• Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability Minor
• Environmental Health Minor
• Environmental Studies Minor
• Folklore and Popular Culture Minor
• Food and Society Minor
• Food Journalism and Public Relations Minor
• Forensics and Criminality Minor
• Foundation in Regulatory Sciences Minor
• Foundations of Data Science Minor
• French Minor
• Future Cinema Minor
• Game Animation Minor
• Game Audio Minor
• Game Design Minor
• Game Entrepreneurism Minor
• Game Studies Minor
• Game User Research Minor
• Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor
• Gender and Social Justice Minor
• Geobiology Minor
• Geohazards Minor
• German Studies Minor
• Geroscience Minor
• GIS and Sustainability Science Minor
• Global Communication Minor
• Global Health Minor
• Health Administration Minor
• Health Care Studies Minor
• Health Communication Minor
• Health Innovation Minor
• Health Policy Minor
• Hip-Hop, Street and Social Dance Forms Minor
• History and Culture of Business Minor
• History Minor
• Human Disease Minor
• Human Resource Management Minor
• Human Rights Minor
• Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence Minor
• Immersive Media Minor
• Individuals, Societies and Aging Minor
• Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur Minor
• Intermedia Arts Minor
• International Health, Development, and Social Justice
Interdisciplinary Minor
• International Policy and Management Minor
• International Relations Minor
• Internet of Things Engineering Minor
• Iranian Studies Minor
• Italian Minor
• Jazz Studies Minor
• Jewish American Studies Minor (American Studies)
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• Jewish American Studies Minor (Jewish Studies)
• Jewish Studies Minor
• Judaic Studies Minor
• Justice, Voice, and Advocacy Minor
• Korean Studies Minor
• Landscape Architecture Minor
• Latin American Studies Minor
• Latin Minor
• Latinx News Media Minor
• Law and Migration Studies Minor
• Law and Public Policy Minor
• Law and Social Justice Minor
• Law and Society Minor
• Law and Technology Minor
• Legal Studies Minor
• LGBTQ Studies Minor
• Linguistics Minor
• Luso-Brazilian Studies Minor
• Management Consulting Minor
• Managing Human Relations Minor
• Marine Biology Minor
• Marketing Minor
• Mathematical Data Analytics Minor
• Mathematical Finance Minor
• Mathematics Education Minor
• Mathematics Minor
• Media and Social Change Minor
• Media Economics and Entrepreneurship Minor
• Medical Anthropology Minor
• Middle East Studies Minor
• Mind Body Studies Minor
• Mobile App Development Minor
• Modern Art Markets and Ethics Minor
• Multilingualism and Multiculturalism Minor
• Music Industry Minor
• Music Production Minor
• Music Recording Minor
• Musical Studies Minor
• Musical Theatre Minor
• Nanotechnology Minor
• Native American Studies Minor
• Natural Science Minor
• Neuroscience Minor
• News and Information Innovation Minor
• News Media and Society Minor
• Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism Interdisciplinary
Minor
• Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism Minor
• Nutrition and Health Promotion Minor
• Occupational Science Minor
• Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor
• Organizational Leadership and Management Minor
• Painting Minor
• Performance Art Minor
• Performance Science Minor
• Performing Arts Studies Minor
• Performing Leadership Minor
• Performing Social Change Minor
• Petroleum Engineering Minor
• Philosophy Minor
• Philosophy of Law, Politics and Economics Minor
• Photography and Social Change Minor
• Photography Minor
• Physics Minor
• Playwriting Minor
• Podcasting Minor
• Political Organizing in the Digital Age Minor
• Political Science Minor
• Popular Music Studies Minor
• Practical Politics Minor
• Professional and Managerial Communication Minor
• Psychology and Law Minor
• Psychology Minor
• Public Health Minor
• Public Relations Minor
• Race, Ethnicity and Politics Minor
• Real Estate Development Minor
• Real Estate Finance Minor
• Religion Minor
• Resistance to Genocide Interdisciplinary Minor
• Risk Management Minor
• Russian Area Studies Minor
• Russian Minor
• Science and Management of Biomedical Therapeutics Minor
• Science Visualization Minor
• Science, Health and Aging Minor
• Screenwriting Minor
• Sculpture Minor
• Social Entrepreneurship Minor
• Social Work and Juvenile Justice Minor
• Sociology Minor
• Songwriting Minor
• Southeast Asia and its People Minor
• Spanish Minor
• Spatial Studies Minor
• Speech-Language and Hearing Professions Minor
• Sports Business and Management Minor
• Sports Media Industries Minor
• Sports Media Studies Minor
• Statistics Minor
• Substance Abuse Prevention Minor
• Technical Game Art Minor
• Technology Commercialization Minor
• The Dynamics of Early Childhood Minor
• Theatre Minor
• Thematic Approaches to Humanities and Society Minor
• Themed Entertainment Minor
• Two-Dimensional Studies Minor
• Urban Sustainable Planning Minor
• User Experience Minor
• Video Game Production Minor
• Video Game Programming Minor
• Visual Culture Minor
• Visual Narrative Art Minor
• Web Development Minor
Interdisciplinary Minors
• Narrative Structure Interdisciplinary Minor
Joint Degree
• Communication Data Science Dual Degree with Tsinghua
University School of Journalism and Communication (MS)
• Computer Science Dual Degree with Tsinghua University
School of Information Science and Technology (MS)
• Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (PhD)
Diploma
• Artist Diploma Program
Master of Business Administration
• Executive MBA Program
• Full-time MBA Program
• International Management Science (STEM) MBA Program
• International MBA Program
• MBA Program for Professionals and Managers
• Online MBA Program
MBA Dual Degree Programs
• Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA)
• Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Medicine (MBA/
MD)
• Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Pharmacy
(MBA/PharmD)
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• Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in East
Asian Area Studies (MBA/MA)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Jewish
Nonprofit Management (MBA/MA)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Real Estate
Development (MBA/MRED)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in
Gerontology (MBA/MS)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in
Industrial and Systems Engineering (MBA/MS)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Science,
Systems Architecting and Engineering (MBA/MS)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Social Work
(MBA/MSW)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Urban Planning
(MBA/MUP)
Master’s Degree
• Academic Medicine (MACM)
• Accounting (Data and Analytics) (MAcc)
• Accounting (MAcc)
• Addiction Science (MS)
• Advanced Architectural Research Studies (City Design and
Housing) (MAARS)
• Advanced Architectural Research Studies (Performative
Design and Technology) (MAARS)
• Advanced Architectural Studies (MAAS)
• Advanced Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (MS)
• Advanced Placement Gerontology (MS)
• Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (Computational Fluid
and Solid Mechanics) (MS)
• Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (Dynamics and
Control) (MS)
• Aerospace Engineering (MS)
• Aerospace Engineering/Engineering Management (MS)
• Aging Services Management (MA)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (LLM)
• Analytics (MS)
• Animation and Digital Arts (MFA)
• Anthropology (MA)
• Applied Behavior Analysis (MS)
• Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology (MS)
• Applied Data Science (MS)
• Applied Economics and Econometrics (MS)
• Applied Mathematics (MA)
• Applied Mathematics (MS)
• Applied Physics (MS)
• Applied Psychology (MS)
• Applied Technology and Aging (MS)
• Applied Theatre Arts (MA)
• Architecture (MArch)
• Art History (MA)
• Arts Leadership (MS)
• Astronautical Engineering (MS)
• Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (MS)
• Biokinesiology (MS)
• Biokinesiology (Sports Science) (MS)
• Biology (MS)
• Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry (MS)
• Biomedical Data Analytics (MS)
• Biomedical Engineering (Medical Imaging and Imaging
Informatics) (MS)
• Biomedical Engineering (MS)
• Biomedical Implants and Tissue Engineering (MS)
• Biomedical Sciences (MS)
• Biopharmaceutical Marketing (MS)
• Biostatistics (MS)
• Building Science (MBS)
• Business Administration (MS)
• Business Analytics (MS)
• Business for Veterans (MBV)
• Business Research (MS)
• Business Taxation (Data and Analytics) (MBT)
• Business Taxation (MBT)
• Business Taxation for Working Professionals (MBT)
• Chemical Engineering (MS)
• Choral Music (MM)
• Cinema and Media Studies (MA)
• Cinematic Arts (Media Arts, Games and Health) (MA)
• Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production (MFA)
• Civil Engineering (Advanced Design and Construction
Technology) (MS)
• Civil Engineering (MS)
• Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems) (MS)
• Civil Engineering (Water and Waste Management) (MS)
• Classics (MA)
• Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (MS)
• Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations (MS)
• Communication (MA)
• Communication Data Science (MS)
• Communication Management (MCG)
• Community Music (MM)
• Community Oral Health (MS)
• Comparative Law (MCL)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative
Literature) (MA)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative
Media and Culture) (MA)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (French and
Francophone Studies) (MA)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Spanish and
Latin American Studies) (MA)
• Composition (MM)
• Computational Molecular Biology (MS)
• Computational Psychology (MS)
• Computer Engineering (MS)
• Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) (MS)
• Computer Science (Computer Networks) (MS)
• Computer Science (Computer Security) (MS)
• Computer Science (Data Science) (MS)
• Computer Science (Game Development) (MS)
• Computer Science (High Performance Computing and
Simulations) (MS)
• Computer Science (Intelligent Robotics) (MS)
• Computer Science (MS)
• Computer Science (Multimedia and Creative Technologies)
(MS)
• Computer Science (Scientists and Engineers) (MS)
• Computer Science (Software Engineering) (MS)
• Conducting (MM)
• Construction Management (MCM)
• Contemporary Teaching Practice (MM)
• Craniofacial Biology (MS)
• Criminal Justice (MS)
• Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere (MA)
• Cyber Security Engineering (MS)
• Design (MFA)
• Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (MS)
• Digital Media Management (MS)
• Digital Social Media (MS)
• Dispute Resolution (MDR)
• Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (MRED)
• Early Music Performance Emphasis (MA)
• East Asian Area Studies (MA)
• East Asian Languages and Cultures (MA)
• Economics (MA)
• Educational Counseling (MEd)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (Analog, Mixed-Signal
and Radio-frequency Integrated Circuits) (MS)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (Machine Learning and
Data Science) (MS)
• Electrical Engineering (Computer Architecture) (MS)
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• Electrical Engineering (Computer Networks) (MS)
• Electrical Engineering (Electric Power) (MS)
• Electrical Engineering (MS)
• Electrical Engineering (VLSI Design) (MS)
• Electrical Engineering (Wireless Networks) (MS)
• Electrical Engineering/Engineering Management (MS)
• Emergency Management (MS)
• Engineering Management (MS)
• English (MA)
• Enrollment Management and Policy (MEd)
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MS)
• Environmental Data Science (MS)
• Environmental Engineering (MS)
• Environmental Risk Analysis (MS)
• Environmental Studies (MA)
• Expanded Animation Research and Practice (MFA)
• Finance (MS)
• Financial Engineering (MS)
• Fine Arts (MFA)
• Food Industry Leadership (MS)
• Foodservice Management and Dietetics (MA)
• Game Design and Development (MS)
• Geographic Information Science and Technology (MS)
• Geological Sciences (MS)
• Geriatric Dentistry (MS)
• Gerontology (MA)
• Gerontology (MS)
• Global Communication (MA)
• Global Medicine (MS)
• Global Security Studies (MA)
• Global Supply Chain Management (OnCampus/Residential)
(MS)
• Global Supply Chain Management for Executives (MS)
(Online)
• Green Technologies (MS)
• Health Administration (Executive MHA)
• Health Administration (MHA)
• Health Systems Management Engineering (MS)
• Healthcare Data Science (MS)
• Healthcare Decision Analysis (MS)
• Heritage Conservation (MHC)
• History (MA)
• Hospitality and Tourism (MS)
• Human Resource Management (MS)
• Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (MS)
• Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS)
• Integrated Design, Business and Technology (MS)
• Integrative Anatomical Sciences (MS)
• Interactive Media (Games and Health) (MFA)
• Interactive Media (MFA)
• International Business and Economic Law (LLM)
• International Public Policy and Management (IPPM)
• International Relations (MA)
• International Trade Law and Economics (MITLE)
• Jazz Studies (MM)
• Journalism (MS)
• Landscape Architecture (MLArch)
• Language Sciences (MA)
• Leadership (Executive ML)
• Learning Design and Technology (MEd)
• Library and Information Science (MMLIS)
• Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics (MS)
• Linguistics (MA)
• Literary Editing and Publishing (MA)
• Long Term Care Administration (MA)
• Management of Drug Development (MS)
• Management Studies (MMS)
• Manufacturing Engineering (MS)
• Marine and Environmental Biology (MS)
• Marketing (Marketing Analytics) (MS)
• Marketing (MS)
• Marriage and Family Therapy (MS)
• Master of Laws (LLM)
• Master of Public Administration with Seoul National University
• Master of Studies in Law (MSL)
• Materials Engineering (Machine Learning) (MS)
• Materials Engineering (MS)
• Materials Science (MS)
• Mathematical Finance (MS)
• Mathematics (MA)
• Mechanical Engineering (Energy Conversion) (MS)
• Mechanical Engineering (MS)
• Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Power) (MS)
• Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Management (MS)
• Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering (MS)
• Medical Gerontology (MA)
• Medical Physiology (MS)
• Medical Product Quality (MS)
• Molecular and Computational Biology (MS)
• Molecular Epidemiology (MS)
• Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry (MS)
• Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MS)
• Molecular Pathology and Experimental Medicine (MS)
• Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (MS)
• Multiple Subject (MAT)
• Music History and Literature Emphasis (MA)
• Music Industry (MS)
• Narrative Medicine (MS)
• Neuroimaging and Informatics (MS)
• Neuroscience (MS)
• Nonprofit Leadership and Management (MNLM)
• Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)
• Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity (MS)
• Nutritional Science (MS)
• Occupational Therapy (MA)
• Ocean Sciences (MS)
• Operations Research Engineering (MS)
• Pain Medicine (MS)
• Performance (Classical Guitar) (MM)
• Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon),
(Saxophone), (French Horn), (Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba)
or (Percussion) (MM)
• Performance (Keyboard Collaborative Arts) (MM)
• Performance (Organ) (MM)
• Performance (Piano) (MM)
• Performance (Studio Guitar) (MM)
• Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or
(Harp) (MM)
• Performance (Vocal Arts) (MM)
• Petroleum Engineering (Digital Oilfield Technologies) (MS)
• Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience Technologies) (MS)
• Petroleum Engineering (MS)
• Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (MS)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS)
• Philosophy (MA)
• Philosophy and Law (MA)
• Physical Biology (MS)
• Physician Assistant Practice (MPAP)
• Physics (MA)
• Physics (MS)
• Planning and Development Studies (MPDS)
• Political Science and International Relations (MA)
• Popular Music Teaching and Learning (MM)
• Population, Health and Place (MS)
• Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (MEd)
• Privacy Law and Cybersecurity (LLM)
• Producing for Film, Television, and New Media (MFA)
• Product Development Engineering (MS)
• Product Innovation (MS)
• Project Management (MS)
• Psychology (MA)
• Public Administration (MPA)
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• Public Diplomacy (MPD)
• Public Diplomacy (Practitioner and Mid-Career Professional)
(MPD)
• Public Health (MPH)
• Public Health (MPH) (Online)
• Public Health Data Science (MS)
• Public Policy (MPP)
• Public Policy Data Science (MS)
• Public Relations and Advertising (MA)
• Quantitative and Computational Biology (MS)
• Quantum Information Science (MS)
• Regulatory Management (MS)
• Regulatory Science (MS)
• Sacred Music (MM)
• School Counseling (MEd)
• School Leadership (MEd)
• Screen Scoring (MM)
• Senior Living Hospitality (MA)
• Single Subject (MAT)
• Social Entrepreneurship (MS)
• Social Work (Integrative Social Work) (MSW)
• Social Work (MSW)
• Spatial Data Science (MS)
• Spatial Economics and Data Analysis (MS)
• Specialized Journalism (MA)
• Specialized Journalism (The Arts) (MA)
• Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
• Statistics (MS)
• Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (MS)
• Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine with Research
Year (MS)
• Systems Architecting and Engineering (MS)
• Teaching and Learning (MM)
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (World
Masters in Language Teaching) (MAT)
• Teaching, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
(MAT)
• Theatre (MFA)
• Translational Biomedical Informatics (MS)
• Translational Biotechnology (MS)
• Transportation Systems Management (MS)
• Urban Planning (Executive MUP Online)
• Urban Planning (MUP)
• Visual Anthropology (MVA)
• Writing for Screen and Television (MFA)
Dual Degree
• Advanced Periodontology Certificate/Master of Science,
Craniofacial Biology
• Doctor of Medicine/Master of Business Administration (MD/
MBA)
• Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health (MD/MPH)
• Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science, Global Medicine
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Doctor of Philosophy (PharmD/PhD)
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Juris Doctor (PharmD/JD)
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Business Administration
(PharmD/MBA)
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Public Health (PharmD/MPH)
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Gerontology
(PharmD/MS)
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Global Medicine
(PharmD/MS)
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Regulatory Science
(PharmD/MS)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and International
Relations/Juris Doctor (PhD/JD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Clinical) and Master of
Public Health (Health Promotion) (PhD/MPH)
• Doctor of Physical Therapy/Master of Public Health (DPT/
MPH)
• Healthcare Decision Analysis (PharmD/MS)
• Juris Doctor/Doctor of Pharmacy (JD/PharmD)
• Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and
International Relations (JD/PhD)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, Philosophy (JD/MA)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation (JD/MBT)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Communication Management (JD/
MCG)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration (JD/MPA)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Public Policy (JD/MPP)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate Development (JD/MRED)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Gerontology (JD/MS)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work (JD/MSW)
• Master of Advanced Architectural Studies/Master of Urban
Planning (MAAS/MUP)
• Master of Arts, East Asian Area Studies/Master of Business
Administration (MA/MBA)
• Master of Arts, Philosophy/Juris Doctor (MA/JD)
• Master of Building Science/Master of Heritage Conservation
(MBS/MHC)
• Master of Communication Management/Juris Doctor (MCG/
JD)
• Master of Communication Management/Master of Arts,
Jewish Nonprofit Management (MCG/MA)
• Master of Health Administration/Master of Science in
Gerontology (MHA/MS)
• Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Landscape
Architecture (MHC/MLArch)
• Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Urban Planning
(MHC/MUP)
• Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Urban Planning
(MLArch/MUP)
• Master of Public Administration/Master of Arts, Jewish
Nonprofit Management (MPA/MA)
• Master of Public Administration/Master of Science in
Gerontology (MPA/MS)
• Master of Public Administration/Master of Social Work (MPA/
MSW)
• Master of Public Health/Doctor of Pharmacy (MPH/PharmD)
• Master of Public Health/Master of Science, Social
Entrepreneurship (MPH/MS)
• Master of Public Health/Master of Social Work (MPH/MSW)
• Master of Public Health/Master of Urban Planning (MPH/
MUP)
• Master of Public Policy/Juris Doctor (MPP/JD)
• Master of Public Policy/Master of Urban Planning (MPP/
MUP)
• Master of Real Estate Development/Juris Doctor (MRED/JD)
• Master of Real Estate Development/Master of Business
Administration (MRED/MBA)
• Master of Science, Gerontology/Doctor of Pharmacy (MS/
PharmD)
• Master of Science, Gerontology/Juris Doctor (MS/JD)
• Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Business
Administration (MS/MBA)
• Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Health
Administration (MS/MHA)
• Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Public
Administration (MS/MPA)
• Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Social Work (MS/
MSW)
• Master of Science, Global Medicine/Doctor of Pharmacy
(PharmD/MS)
• Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering/
Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)
• Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering/Master of
Science, Engineering Management (MS/MS)
• Master of Science, Social Entrepreneurship/Master of Public
Health (MS/MPH)
• Master of Science, Systems Architecting and Engineering/
Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)
• Master of Social Work/Doctor of Philosophy (MSW/PhD)
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• Master of Social Work/Juris Doctor, Law (MSW/JD)
• Master of Social Work/Master of Arts, Jewish Nonprofit
Management (MSW/MA)
• Master of Social Work/Master of Business Administration
(MSW/MBA)
• Master of Social Work/Master of Public Administration (MSW/
MPA)
• Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health (MSW/MPH)
• Master of Social Work/Master of Science, Gerontology
(MSW/MS)
• Master of Social Work/Master of Urban Planning (MSW/
MUP)
• Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial Practices
and the Public Sphere (MUP/MA)
• Master of Urban Planning/Master of Public Administration
(MUP/MPA)
• Master of Urban Planning/Master of Real Estate
Development (MUP/MRED)
• Master of Urban Planning/Master of Social Work (MUP/
MSW)
• Medicine (MD/PhD)
• Urban Education Policy/Public Policy (PhD/MPP)
University Certificate
• General Practice Residency
Graduate Certificate
• Academic Medicine Certificate
• Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice Graduate Certificate
• Advanced Endodontics Certificate
• Advanced Integrative Social Work and Nursing Practice
Graduate Certificate
• Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry Certificate
• Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry Certificate/MS,
Craniofacial Biology
• Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Advanced Orofacial Pain Certificate
• Advanced Orthodontics Certificate
• Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Certificate
• Advanced Periodontology Certificate
• Advanced Pharmacy Practice Graduate Certificate
• Advanced Prosthodontics Certificate
• Aging and Health Graduate Certificate
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate
• Applied Data Science Graduate Certificate
• Architecture Certificate
• Arts Leadership Graduate Certificate
• Astronautical Engineering Certificate
• Biopharmaceutical Marketing Certificate
• Building Facade Art Science and Technology Certificate
• Building Science Certificate
• Business Analytics Graduate Certificate
• Business Law Certificate (On-Campus)
• Business Law Certificate (Online)
• Business of Entertainment Graduate Certificate
• Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies
• Child and Family Well-Being Graduate Certificate
• Cinematic Arts Archiving and Preservation Graduate
Certificate
• City/County Management Certificate
• Clinical Research Design and Management Certificate
• Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations
Certificate
• Community Health Promotion Certificate
• Community Oral Health Certificate
• Compliance Certificate
• Craniofacial Biology Certificate
• Data Science Foundations Graduate Certificate
• Digital Media and Culture Graduate Certificate
• Digital Oilfield Technologies Certificate
• Doctor of Pharmacy/Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
• East Asian Area Studies Graduate Certificate
• Ending Homelessness Graduate Certificate
• Entertainment Law and Industry Certificate
• Epidemiology Certificate
• Financial Analysis and Valuation Graduate Certificate
• Financial Compliance Certificate
• Food Safety Certificate
• Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign® Graduate Certificate
• Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate
• Geographic Information Science and Technology Graduate
Certificate
• Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certificate
• Geospatial Leadership Graduate Certificate
• Geriatric Dentistry Graduate Certificate
• Gerontology Graduate Level Certificate
• Gerontology Online Graduate Level Certificate
• Gifted Education Certificate
• Global Health and Human Rights Leadership Graduate
Certificate
• Global Health Communications Graduate Certificate
• Global Medicine Graduate Certificate
• Health Care Compliance Certificate
• Health Communication Management Graduate Certificate
• Health Management and Policy Programs Certificate
• Health Systems Operations Graduate Certificate
• Health, Technology and Engineering Graduate Certificate
• Healthcare Analytics and Operations Certificate
• Healthcare Decision Analysis Certificate
• Heritage Conservation Certificate
• History of Collecting and Display Certificate
• Homeland Security and Public Policy Certificate
• Human Resources Law and Compliance Certificate
• Integrated MD Degree/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Certificate Program
• International and Intercultural Communication Management
Graduate Certificate
• International Policy and Planning Certificate
• Jewish Studies Graduate Certificate
• Journalism Certificate
• Landscape Architecture Certificate
• Latinx and Latin American Studies Graduate Certificate
• Law, Social Justice and Diversity Certificate
• Learning Design and Technology Graduate Certificate
• LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care Graduate Certificate
• Library and Information Management Graduate Certificate
• Management Studies Graduate Certificate
• Marketing Communication Management Graduate Certificate
• Marketing Graduate Certificate
• Media and Entertainment Law Certificate
• Media and Entertainment Management Graduate Certificate
• Medical Product Quality Graduate Certificate
• Network Centric Systems Graduate Certificate
• New Communication Technologies Graduate Certificate
• Nonprofit Management and Policy Certificate
• Optimization and Supply Chain Management Graduate
Certificate
• Oral Pathology and Radiology Certificate
• Orofacial Pain Certificate
• Pain Medicine Certificate
• Pain Science Certificate
• Patient and Product Safety Certificate
• Performance Graduate Certificate
• Performance Studies Graduate Certificate
• Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Global Health and
Development Graduate Certificate
• Political Management Certificate
• Preclinical Drug Development Certificate
• Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Certificate
• Project Management in Global Health and Development
Graduate Certificate
• Public Financial Management Certificate
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• Public Interest Certificate
• Public Management Certificate
• Public Policy Advocacy Graduate Certificate
• Public Policy Certificate
• Pupil Personnel Services Certificate
• Real Estate Development Certificate
• Regulatory and Clinical Affairs Certificate
• Religious Studies Certificate
• Remote Sensing for Earth Observation Certificate
• Science and Technology Studies Graduate Certificate
• Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Graduate
Certificate
• Social Innovation Certificate
• Social Inquiry for Community, Social and Environmental
Justice Graduate Certificate
• Social Justice Certificate
• Social Work Administration Graduate Certificate
• Social Work Practice in Addiction Graduate Certificate
• Software Architecture Graduate Certificate
• Spatial Analytics Graduate Certificate
• Spatial Sciences for Global Health Graduate Certificate
• Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Certificate
• Strategic Corporate and Organizational Communication
Management Graduate Certificate
• Strategy and Management Consulting Graduate Certificate
• Sustainability and Business Graduate Certificate
• Sustainable Design Graduate Certificate
• Sustainable Policy and Planning Certificate
• Systems Architecting and Engineering Graduate Certificate
• Technology and Entrepreneurship Law Certificate
• Technology Commercialization Graduate Certificate
• The Business of Product Innovation Certificate
• The Foundations of Product Innovation Certificate
• Translation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Sciences
Certificate
• Translation Studies Certificate
• Translational Biotechnology Certificate
• Transnational Law and Business Certificate
• Transportation Planning Certificate
• Transportation Systems Graduate Certificate
• Trauma Informed Practices in Educational Settings Graduate
Certificate
• Unconventional Resources in Petroleum Engineering
• Visual Anthropology Certificate
• Visual Social Work Graduate Certificate
• Visual Studies Graduate Certificate
• Writing for Screen and Television Certificate
• Youth Justice Graduate Certificate
Doctoral Degree
• Aerospace Engineering (PhD)
• American Studies and Ethnicity (PhD)
• Anthropology (PhD)
• Applied Mathematics (PhD)
• Architecture (PhD)
• Art History (PhD)
• Astronautical Engineering (PhD)
• Biokinesiology (PhD)
• Biology (Marine and Environmental Biology) (PhD)
• Biology of Aging (PhD)
• Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
• Biostatistics (PhD)
• Business Administration (PhD)
• Cancer Biology and Genomics (PhD)
• Chemical Engineering (PhD)
• Chemistry (Chemical Physics) (PhD)
• Chemistry (PhD)
• Choral Music (DMA)
• Cinema and Media Studies (PhD)
• Cinematic Arts (Critical Studies) (PhD)
• Cinematic Arts (Media Arts and Practice) (PhD)
• Civil Engineering (PhD)
• Classics (PhD)
• Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (PhD)
• Communication (PhD)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative
Literature) (PhD)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Comparative
Media and Culture) (PhD)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (French and
Francophone Studies) (PhD)
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (Spanish and
Latin American Studies) (PhD)
• Composition (DMA)
• Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (PhD)
• Computer Engineering (PhD)
• Computer Science (PhD)
• Craniofacial Biology (PhD)
• Dental Surgery (DDS)
• Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine (PhD)
• Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• East Asian Languages and Cultures (PhD)
• Economics (PhD)
• Educational Leadership (EdD)
• Electrical Engineering (PhD)
• Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (PhD)
• English and American Literature (PhD)
• Entry-Level Occupational Therapy (OTD)
• Epidemiology (PhD)
• Geological Sciences (PhD)
• Gerontology (PhD)
• Global Executive (EdD)
• Health Economics (PhD)
• History (PhD)
• Industrial and Systems Engineering (PhD)
• Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Pathogenesis (PhD)
• Integrative Anatomical Sciences (PhD)
• Integrative and Evolutionary Biology (PhD)
• Jazz Studies (DMA)
• Law (JD)
• Linguistics (PhD)
• Linguistics (Specialization in East Asian Linguistics) (PhD)
• Literature and Creative Writing (PhD)
• Longevity Arts and Sciences (DLAS)
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography (PhD)
• Materials Science (PhD)
• Mathematics (PhD)
• Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
• Medical Biophysics (PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Molecular Biology (PhD)
• Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (PhD)
• Music, Historical Musicology Emphasis, (PhD)
• Neuroscience (PhD)
• Occupational Science (PhD)
• Occupational Therapy (OTD)
• Ocean Sciences (PhD)
• Organizational Change and Leadership (EdD)
• Performance - Organ, Percussion or Winds (DMA)
• Performance - Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass or Harp
(DMA)
• Performance - Vocal Arts (DMA)
• Performance — Classical Guitar (DMA)
• Performance — Early Music (DMA)
• Performance — Keyboard Collaborative Arts (DMA)
• Performance — Piano (DMA)
• Performance — Studio Guitar (DMA)
• Petroleum Engineering (PhD)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Philosophy (PhD)
• Physical Biology (PhD)
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• Physics (PhD)
• Policy, Planning, and Development (DPPD)
• Political Science and International Relations (PhD)
• Population, Health and Place (PhD)
• Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research) (PhD)
• Professional Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
(DPT)
• Psychology (PhD)
• Public Policy and Management (PhD)
• Regulatory Science (DRSc)
• Religion (PhD)
• Sacred Music (DMA)
• Slavic Languages and Literatures (PhD)
• Social Work (DSW)
• Social Work (PhD)
• Sociology (PhD)
• Teaching and Learning (DMA)
• Urban Education Policy (PhD)
• Urban Planning and Development (PhD)
Other Programs
• General Education
The Schools and Academic Units
• Office of the Provost
• USC Iovine and Young Academy
• USC Leventhal School of Accounting
• USC School of Architecture
• USC Roski School of Art and Design
• USC Marshall School of Business
• USC School of Cinematic Arts
• USC Bovard College
• USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
• USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
• USC Kaufman School of Dance
• Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
• USC School of Dramatic Arts
• USC Rossier School of Education
• USC Viterbi School of Engineering
• USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
• USC Independent Health Professions at the Herman Ostrow
School of Dentistry
• USC Gould School of Law
• Keck School of Medicine of USC
• USC Thornton School of Music
• USC School of Pharmacy
• USC Price School of Public Policy
• USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Office of the Provost
International Student Programs
English Language Requirements
Academic success at USC is strongly dependent upon the
ability to communicate in English. Listening, speaking, reading and
writing proficiency must be well developed in order to assimilate
large amounts of difficult material under limited time conditions
with full comprehension. Such proficiency is much greater than
that required for ordinary everyday living. Therefore, every effort
should be made to acquire English proficiency prior to entering the
university.
Admitted international students whose first language is not
English are normally required to take the International Student
English Examination (ISE Exam) at the beginning of the first term
of study. The examination results determine whether students
must take additional English for academic purposes course work.
International students who meet one of the following conditions
may be exempt from taking the ISE Exam:
• International students who have completed their entire
bachelor's degree (typically four years) at a regionally
accredited university located in the United States or in
another country in which English is both the language of
instruction and the only official language of the country.
• Applicants to master's degree programs who have attained
an Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 90, with no less than
20 on each sub-score; or an IELTS score of 6.5, with no less
than 6 on each band score.
• PhD and undergraduate applicants who have achieved an
Internet Based TOEFL (iBT) score of 100 with no less than
20 on each sub-score; or an IELTS score of 7, with no less
than 6 on each band score.
USC does not accept "superscores" or TOEFL "MyBest scores."
Some departments may have higher requirements for English
proficiency than what is listed above. USC must receive scores
electronically from the testing service for them to be considered
official. Photocopies or paper copies of scores are not acceptable.
Scores must be received no later than the Friday before the
classes of their first semester begin. Students should contact the
American Language Institute (ALI) Office before the deadline to
confirm that their scores have been received.
American Language Institute
Any student not demonstrating adequate English proficiency will
be required to enroll in courses at the American Language Institute
(ALI) at USC. The ALI provides courses designed to improve an
international student's oral and written communication skills in
English. The extent to which a student may be required to take
courses at the ALI is determined by the student's performance on
the International Student English Examination (ISE Exam) or, in
the case of potential teaching assistants, the ITA Exam.
ALI tuition units are charged at the regular university rate.
Entering students who need English language classes should be
aware that the ALI course requirements will likely increase the
overall cost of their degree program. ALI classes can normally be
taken concurrently with a student's other university classes and
must be completed at the earliest opportunity. See the ALI website
for more information.
Teaching Assistantships
All new teaching assistants (TAs) for whom English is a second
language must demonstrate their competence in spoken English
before assuming classroom or laboratory duties. Normally, new
international teaching assistants (ITAs) demonstrate their English
proficiency by taking the ITA Exam, administered by the American
Language Institute (ALI) located on the USC University Park
Campus.
The exam must be taken before assuming classroom or
laboratory duties and no later than the first day of classes. The ITA
exam is graded on a scale of 1 to 7. Those who achieve a score of
6 or higher are cleared for classroom duties and have no English
oral skills requirement. Those who score 5 or 5.5 are cleared for
classroom duties, but are required to enroll in an English language
course through the ALI while performing their ITA responsibilities.
Those who score below 5 on the exam are not cleared for
classroom duties. These students are normally required to enroll in
an English language course offered by ALI until adequate English
proficiency is obtained. For more information, call (213) 740-0079
or visit ALI's website at ali.usc.edu.
Those ITAs denied clearance for teaching duties may have
their offer of graduate assistantship withdrawn or alternative
responsibilities assigned. An ITA who is denied clearance to teach
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should immediately seek assistance from the chair of his or her
home department or program director.
USC International Academy
The USC International Academy offers three avenues of
study to prepare international students for admission to USC
and other U.S. universities through intensive English instruction,
test preparation and maximum academic support. Qualified
students may also apply for admission with continuing registration
requirements to select USC master's programs through the
academy's Pre-Master's Program. For further information
about admissions, courses and program dates, visit the USC
International Academy's website at international.usc.edu or email
American Language Institute
PSD 106
(213) 740-0079
FAX: (213) 740-8549
Email: [email protected]
ali.usc.edu
Director: James Valentine, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): James Polk, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Lucienne Aarsen, MA; Reka
Clausen, MA; Tracy Levin, PhD
Master Lecturers: Kimberley Briesch-Sumner, MA; Barry Griner,
MA; Nina Kang, EdD, MLS; Eric H. Roth, MA; Anastassia
Tzoytzoyrakos, MA
Senior Lecturers: Juli Ann Kirkpatrick, MA; Mary Ann Murphy, MA
Lecturer: Olivia Martinez, MA
Purpose of the Program
The American Language Institute provides instruction in
English as a Second Language for international students who
need or desire to improve their English language skills in order to
participate successfully in their degree programs. Before beginning
studies with ALI, all students must be admitted to the university in
a degree program. The institute also provides student advisement
and enrichment opportunities, such as conversation groups, book
club and writing labs.
Placement in the Program
Most international students entering USC must take the
International Student English Examination (ISE Exam). The
examination is offered immediately prior to the beginning of
classes each semester. The purpose of this examination is to
evaluate the level of a student's proficiency in English and to
determine how well prepared the student is to undertake his or her
degree studies in English. On the basis of the scores achieved,
students are placed at the appropriate levels of instruction or are
exempted from having to receive English language instruction.
Elective Credit
Undergraduates may earn up to 12 units of credit toward
their degree for ALI courses numbered 100 or above. Some
departmental restrictions may apply.
Limitation on Enrollment
International students placed into ALI classes must commence
their ALI course work in their first semester at USC and must
register in ALI courses each fall and spring semester until their ALI
requirements are satisfied. Students must successfully complete
their ALI required courses within four semesters in order to remain
academically eligible to pursue a degree program. Students
who receive a final grade of "No Credit" more than once in any
of their ALI required classes will not be allowed to continue to
complete their ALI requirement and may have to withdraw from the
university.
Students not meeting the ALI requirement will not be allowed
to continue at USC. The Committee on Academic Policies and
Procedures will consider appeals if submitted within 10 working
days of being dropped from ALI. Contact the Academic Review
Department at [email protected] for additional details.
Neuroscience – Graduate Program
ngp.usc.edu
Director: Jason Zevin, PhD
Application deadline: December 1
Breadth of interests and training are major features of the
graduate program in neuroscience. Wide and varied skills in many
research areas characterize the faculty of the program. Close
contact between faculty and students is considered of major
importance in this highly interdisciplinary field.
Training is given in several areas of specialization: behavioral
and systems neuroscience, cellular and molecular neurobiology,
cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience,
neuroengineering, brain diseases, and neuroscience of aging and
development.
Applicants should normally have defined an interest in one
or two specializations. A final choice of the specialization will be
made during the first year through laboratory rotations.
Admission Requirements
A baccalaureate degree in a field relevant to the student's
graduate goals is required.
Appropriate fields would include neuroscience, biology,
chemistry, computer science, linguistics, psychology and many
areas of engineering. Undergraduate study should provide
evidence of substantive research experience, and proficiency in
mathematics, including statistics. Students planning to enter the
specialization in computational and mathematical neuroscience
should have taken course work in calculus and, where possible,
linear algebra and computer programming. Applicants who are
accepted with minor deficiencies are expected to correct these
during the first year.
Master's Degree
Neuroscience (MS)
Director: Jason Zevin, PhD
The MS degree program in Neuroscience is a terminal degree
for students admitted into the Neuroscience PhD program who
cannot complete the PhD program for personal or medical
reasons. Enrollment of graduate students as master's degree
candidates is not encouraged and is reserved for special
circumstances that must be approved by the Executive Committee
of the Neuroscience Graduate Program. The master's curriculum
includes all course work required of PhD students for a minimum
of 24 units and successful completion of both the written and oral
portions of the qualifying examination. Students may opt for a
thesis or non-thesis master's degree. The thesis master's degree
requires presentation of a written thesis based on original research
to a Neuroscience thesis committee and submission of the thesis
to the Graduate School for publication. The non-thesis master's
degree requires a formal research paper that is approved by three
members of the Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty. The
qualifying examination will serve as the comprehensive master's
examination for non-thesis master's degrees. Students must also
satisfy residency and other requirements of the Graduate School.
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Doctoral Degree
Neuroscience (PhD)
Director: Jason Zevin, PhD
Application deadline: December 1
Breadth of interests and training are major features of the
graduate program in neuroscience. Wide and varied skills in many
research areas characterize the faculty of the program. Close
contact between faculty and students is considered of major
importance in this highly interdisciplinary field.
Training is given in several areas of specialization: behavioral
and systems neuroscience, cellular and molecular neurobiology,
cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience,
neuroengineering and neuroscience of aging and development.
Applicants should normally have defined an interest in one
or two specializations. A final choice of the specialization will be
made during the first year.
Admission Requirements
A baccalaureate degree in a field relevant to the student's
graduate goals is required.
Appropriate fields would include neuroscience, biology,
chemistry, computer science, linguistics, psychology and many
areas of engineering. Undergraduate study should provide
evidence of proficiency in mathematics, including statistics.
Students planning to enter the specialization in computational
and mathematical neuroscience should have taken course work
in calculus and, where possible, linear algebra and computer
programming. Applicants who are accepted with minor deficiencies
are expected to correct these during the first year.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are awarded under the jurisdiction of the
Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation
section and The Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Advisory Committee
The student will be advised during the first year by the Graduate
Advisement Committee. As soon as the student has selected a
specialization, an Advisory Committee of appropriate faculty will
be appointed. This committee will be chaired by the thesis adviser,
when chosen. The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to help
the student in the selection of courses and research; to monitor
the student's progress; to ensure preparation for the qualifying
examination; and to administer that examination.
Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units is required, consisting of formal courses,
seminars and research credits. At least 24 of the 60 units are to be
formal graduate course work (lecture or seminar courses). During
the first year the student is expected to complete the core courses
in neuroscience (NSCI 524 and NSCI 525), one key course, INTD
500 Responsible Conduct of Research, and two semesters of
NSCI 539. Other courses in the area of specialization may also be
taken in the first year and will be taken in subsequent years.
Core Courses: NSCI 524 and NSCI 525 Advanced Overview of
Neuroscience (8 units), will be taken by all students in the fall and
spring of their first year to provide an integrated multilevel view
of neuroscience. To take the core course, students should have
mastered the material currently taught in BISC 421. (Students will
be expected to review a detailed syllabus and reading list for BISC
421 to identify their level of knowledge prior to their arrival at USC
and will receive advice at Orientation on whether to take BISC 421
or read recommended material to remedy their deficiencies.)
Key Courses: All students will be required to complement their
thesis-directed studies with a "breadth with depth" requirement by
taking two key courses, one each from two different tracks listed
below. Each key course will be for 3 or 4 units. (At least one of
these courses will serve to advance thesis-related study as well.)
• Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience Track
• Cognitive Neuroscience Track
• Computational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Track
• Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience Track
All students are required to take INTD 500 Responsible
Conduct of Research (1 unit), as well as a 4-unit approved
statistics course (PM 510, PSYC 501 or equivalent).
Students may request permission to have non-NSCI advanced
courses satisfy the track requirements.
It is required that all neuroscience PhD students demonstrate
competence in statistics in fulfillment of their PhD requirements.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination concentrates on the student's ability
to demonstrate a grasp of the major area of interest chosen and
its relation to other areas of training offered in the program. The
examination is partly written and partly oral and is designed to test
the student's ability to meet the demands of the profession.
Dissertation
An acceptable dissertation based on completion of an original
investigation is required. The candidate must defend an approved
draft of the dissertation in an oral examination.
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USC Iovine and Young Academy
The USC Iovine and Young Academy offers a world-unique,
integrated learning experience in human-centered design,
technology, entrepreneurship and communication. Students
develop a powerfully agile mindset and 21st century expertise in
strategic leadership, product innovation and experiential computing
for purpose-driven societal change. Established with a visionary
gift from entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young,
the Academy merges academic rigor with immersive, real-world
challenges with leading companies and institutions to prepare
students to thrive in an ever-changing global economy.
Students who complete the undergraduate course of study
in the Academy will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in
Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation and possess
an unprecedented combination of knowledge and skill. Crafted
through a unique and groundbreaking integration of its core
disciplines, the degree facilitates each individual’s ability to
engage differently and successfully with a dramatically changing,
tech-driven global marketplace. Students develop expertise in
integrating divergent ideas and develop new ways of working,
learning and collaborating in key emerging specializations such
as design strategy, digital transformation, business innovation,
experiential computing, sustainable development, health
innovation and participatory wellness, inclusive learning and
purpose-driven entrepreneurship.
The Academy’s online MS Integrated Design, Business and
Technology graduate degree program provides an interdisciplinary
education that merges educational and professional disciplines
central to our changing world. The program creates leaders with
diverse and creative ways of thinking and doing – professionals
trained to recognize and cultivate innovation, catalyze change
and leverage new opportunities to not only support, but also help
shape and build our rapidly evolving economy.
Academy students fine-tune their ideas and complete working
models, systems or prototypes in Iovine and Young Hall. The
facility offers approximately 10,000 square feet of makerspace
and cutting-edge technologies, workshops and flexible studios to
nurture collaboration, to engender innovation and to support the
development of creative ideas, inventions and startups.
Students work both individually and in self-directed teams,
and they are guided by faculty and industry mentors who include
artists, designers, technologists, founders, venture capitalists,
public policy leaders, philanthropists, global entrepreneurs and
more.
Iovine and Young Hall
3780 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-3571
(213) 821-6140
FAX: (213) 821-1440
Email: [email protected]
iovine-young.usc.edu
Senior Administration
Thanassis Rikakis, DMA, Dean
Michael Crowley, PhD, Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs; Faculty
Director, MSIDBT Program
Patrick Dent, MS, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Yolanda DiConti, Executive Assistant to the Dean
Karine Kim, MA, Senior Associate Director, Communications
Matthew Manos, MFA, Director, Challenge-based Learning
Imre Meszaros, EdD, Assistant Dean, Graduate and Professional
Programs
Lynn Miles, Senior Associate Dean, Advancement and External
Relations
Raul Petris, Associate Dean, Finance and Administration
Jessica Vernon, MEd, Associate Dean, Admission and Student
Affairs
Davina Wolter, BFA, BA, Assistant Dean, Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity and Access (IDEA) Initiatives
Faculty
Professors: Michael Crowley, PhD; Velina Hasu Houston, PhD
Associate Professors: Elizabeth Amini, MBA; Stephen Child, MFA;
Grant Delgatty, BS; Patrick Dent, MS; Matthew Manos, MFA;
Douglas Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professors: Lisa Krohn, MFA; Yihyun Lim, MArch; Aaron
Siegel, MFA; Chris Swain, BS; Davina Wolter, BFA, BA
Lecturers: Trina Gregory, MS; Trent Jones, BS; Nayeon Kim, BS;
Zune Nguyen, BS; Robert Parke, MS
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence: Jean-Michel Arnoult, BA; Tina
Sharkey, BA
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Scott Armanini, MBA
Adjunct Lecturers: Carsten Becker, MA; Safir Bellali, BS; Estevan
Carlos Benson; Robert Checchi, MFA; Jay Clewis, MS; Adam
Hughes, BSME; Michael Overing, JD; Leon Rodriguez, BS; Emily
Schneider, MS; Jacob Spurlock, MS; Sue-Tze Tan, MS
Emeritus Professor: Phil More, PhD
General Information
Degrees Offered
The Iovine and Young Academy offers a Bachelor of Science
in Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation; a Master of
Science in Integrated Design, Business and Technology; and a
Master of Science in Product Innovation and graduate certificates
in the Business of Product Innovation and the Foundations of
Product Innovation.
Minimum Grade Requirement
Iovine and Young Academy undergraduate majors must
receive a minimum final grade of B- (2.7) in all required
courses offered by the Iovine and Young Academy. Failure to
meet this requirement will result in the following:
For final grades of C+, C or C- in a required Academy
course, the student must enroll in an approved 1-unit Academy
Independent Study designed to ensure the student has obtained
sufficient skill and knowledge in the subject area. The student
must enroll in the Independent Study in the semester immediately
following the term in which the insufficient grade was received
(excluding summer session) and must receive a minimum
final grade of B- in the Independent Study. Failure to receive a
minimum final grade of B- in the Independent Study will result in a
determination of unsatisfactory academic progress, and ineligibility
to continue in the major. Substitutions for the Independent Study
may occur at the discretion of the director, based on an evaluation
of the academic needs of the student, and/or course or instructor
availability.
For final grades of D+, D, D-, F or NC in a required Academy
course, the student must repeat the course in order to ensure
sufficient skill and knowledge in the subject area. The student
must repeat the course in the semester immediately following
the term in which the insufficient grade was received (or at the
earliest opportunity, i.e., in the next semester it is offered), and
must receive a minimum final grade of B- in the repeated course.
Failure to receive a minimum final grade of B- in the repeated
course will result in a determination of unsatisfactory academic
progress, and ineligibility to continue in the major. Students may
repeat a maximum of two required Academy courses. Receipt of a
D+, D, D-, F or NC in a third required Academy course will result in
ineligibility to continue in the major.
Note: If a student’s grade results in the need to seek
remediation as described above, students are advised that, due to
prerequisites and other program elements, such remediation may
affect the student’s ability to register for subsequent course work
and could result in a delay of the anticipated graduation date.
Minor Programs
The Iovine and Young Academy offers minors as supplements
to major fields of specialization in other departments and schools.
The minors offered in the Academy include: Disruptive Innovation,
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Designing for Digital Experiences, Designing for Live Experiences,
Designing Multimedia Experiences, Designing Products, Health
Innovation, and News and Information Innovation. There is a
separate application for Academy minors available at iovine-
young.usc.edu. Candidates for the minors in the Iovine and Young
Academy will be counseled by an academic adviser in the school.
Undergraduate Admission
Admission to the Iovine and Young Academy is granted through
the USC Office of Admission. The incoming freshmen and external
transfer application deadline for Fall 2023 is December 1, 2022.
Specific requirements and additional information are available at
iovine-young.usc.edu/admissions/index.html.
Entrance Requirements for Current USC Students
as Internal Transfers
The Academy will consider entrance into the major for current
USC students. While completed USC course work will be taken
into account, there is no guarantee it will be credited toward
Academy requirements. For example, a sophomore may not
be able to transfer to the Academy with sophomore standing.
Credit and standing will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Admission to the Academy is limited to fall semester only. The
application deadline for Fall 2023 is January 1, 2023. Specific
requirements and additional information are available at
iovine-young.usc.edu/admissions/index.html.
Entrance Requirements for External Transfers
The Academy will consider entrance into the major for current
students at other two-year and four-year higher education
institutions. While completed course work will be taken into
account, there is no guarantee it will be credited toward Academy
requirements. For example, a sophomore may not be able to
transfer to the Academy with sophomore standing. Credit and
standing will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Admission
to the Academy is limited to fall semester only. The application
deadline for Fall 2023 is December 1, 2022. Specific requirements
and additional information are available at iovine-young.usc.edu/
admissions/index.html.
Graduate Admission
Admission to the Academy’s Master of Science in Integrated
Design, Business and Technology program is offered for fall,
spring and summer semesters. Specific requirements and
additional information are available at online-iovine-young.usc.edu/
admissions.
Advisement
Academic advisement is provided to Academy major and
minor students. The staff advisers provide information regarding
academic life at the university, program requirements, policies
and procedures to assist students with their degree completion.
Undergraduate majors are required to meet with the adviser before
registering each semester. Appointments may be scheduled at
most times during the academic year.
Waiver of Course Requirements
Under special circumstances course waivers and substitutions
may be granted. All course waivers and course substitutions must
be approved by the dean of the Academy or their designee.
Tuition and Fees
Undergraduate and graduate programs are assessed at the
university-wide tuition rate. The university reserves the right to
assess new fees or charges. The rates listed are subject to change
without notice by action of the Board of Trustees.
Bachelor’s Degree
Arts, Technology and the Business of
Innovation (BS)
This unique Bachelor of Science degree offers a highly select
group of students an integrated, four-year course of study that
provides in-depth learning in four core areas deemed new
literacies for the 21st century: art and design; engineering and
computer science; business and venture management; and
communication. Through the Academy’s Core, students learn
applied skills and gain understanding of the theories, concepts
and “language” common to each area, and the innovative potential
where they intersect. Academy electives serve to customize
each student’s experience to their individual strengths or desired
focus. Courses such as Design Strategy and Industry Practicum
place students inside powerful professionalizing experiences
with industry collaborators, providing unparalleled preparation for
careers or graduate study. The fourth-year “Garage Experience”
provides an advanced workshop environment for student teams to
develop original ideas and take them from concept to prototype,
leading to new products, systems and services. Throughout the
program students are taught to think seamlessly across multiple
disciplines, and to apply a vast array of relevant technologies and
techniques toward innovative problem solving.
The degree requires a total of 128 units, including 76 units in
the Core and 12 units in major electives. Students must select
elective courses from the Academy’s current offerings in areas
such as product, experience, or multimedia design; design
strategy and human-centered design; creativity and innovation;
venture management; the business of products; technology; and
communication or from specialized electives as they become
available, such as branding new ventures, intellectual property
and machine learning. In consultation with their academic adviser,
students may also petition to create unique degree paths by
selecting courses from academic units or disciplines outside
of the Academy. In addition to required courses, students may
elect to register for other Academy experiences such as summer
study abroad, Impact and Industry Labs (see CurriculumPlus for
complete details) and internships.
Required Core Courses
Lower Division (48 units)
• ACAD 174 Innovators Forum Units: 2 (needs to be taken
twice)
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 177 Digital Toolbox: Design Units: 2
• ACAD 178 Digital Toolbox: Motion Graphics Units: 2
• ACAD 180 Digital Toolbox: Sound and Audio Units: 2
• ACAD 187 Digital Toolbox: 3D Design Units: 2
• ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 182 Case Studies in Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 240 Materials: Denim to Nanotubes Units: 4
• ACAD 275 Dev I Units: 4
• ACAD 276 Dev II Units: 4
Choose one from the following:
• ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences Units: 4
• ACAD 281 Designing Live Experiences Units: 4
Choose one from the following:
• ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media Units: 4
• ACAD 245 Designing Products I Units: 4
• ACAD 277 Dev III: Designing Applications for Emerging
Platforms Units: 4
Upper Division (28 units)
• ACAD 302 The Hacker Imagination: from Ancient Greece to
Cupertino Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
• ACAD 360 Design Strategy: Problem Solving for
Organizations Units: 4
• ACAD 376 Industry Practicum I: Designing and Implementing
Real-World Solutions Units: 4
• ACAD 475a The Garage Experience Units: 4
• ACAD 475b The Garage Experience Units: 4
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Choose one 4-unit course or two 2-unit courses from the
following:
• ACAD 377 Industry Practicum II: Designing and
Implementing Real-World Solutions Units: 4
• ACAD 450 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• IDSN 515 Professional Practices Residential Units: 2
• PRIN 550 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
Major Electives
Complete 12 units from the following. ACAD 217 and ACAD 450
may not double-count as a core course and an elective course. A
course in more than one elective area may not be double-counted.
Design
• ACAD 188 Digital Toolbox: Modeling Products I Units: 2
• ACAD 189 Digital Toolbox: Modeling Products II Units: 2
• ACAD 200 Advanced Sound and Audio Units: 4
• ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media Units: 4
• ACAD 317 Designing Media Studio Units: 4
• ACAD 345 Designing Products II Units: 4
• ACAD 445 Designing Products III Units: 4
• ACAD 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 (select offerings)
• By advisement, select offerings in the Academy’s IDSN and
PRIN graduate programs
Technology
• ACAD 344 Advanced iOS App Development Units: 4
• ACAD 365 Managing Data in C++ Units: 4
• ACAD 382 Mobile Game Development Units: 4
• ACAD 404 Advanced Front-End Web Development Units: 4
• ACAD 405 Advanced Back-End Web Development Units: 4
• ACAD 425 Web Application Security Units: 4
• ACAD 442 Mobile App Project Units: 4
• ACAD 449 Data Mining: Descriptive and Predictive Units: 4
• ACAD 460 Web Application Project Units: 4
• ACAD 476 Technologies for Interactive Marketing Units: 4
• ACAD 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 (select offerings)
• ITP 388 Developing Connected Devices Units: 4
• ITP 468 Connected Devices Project Units: 4
• By advisement, select offerings in the Academy’s IDSN and
PRIN graduate programs
Venture Management
• ACAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
Units: 4
• ACCT 387 Risk Management in Entertainment, Sports and
the Arts Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and Development
Units: 4
• MOR 461 Design of Effective Organizations Units: 4
Communication
• ACAD 206 Communication and Culture Units: 4
• ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media Units: 4
• ACAD 255 Advancing Journalism with Human-Centered
Design Units: 4
• ACAD 256 Designing for News and Information Units: 4
• ACAD 317 Designing Media Studio Units: 4
• ACAD 375 Business and Professional Communication
Units: 4
• JOUR 200w The Power and Responsibility of the Press
Units: 4
• JOUR 210x Basics of News Production for Non-Majors
Units: 2
• JOUR 472 Strategies for Monetizing New Media Units: 4
Mechanics and Materials
• ACAD 203 Statics Units: 3
• ACAD 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• ACAD 308 Computer-Aided Design for Bio-Mechanical
Systems Units: 3
• ACAD 312L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
Health Innovation
• ACAD 260 Introduction to Healthcare Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 261 Human Health and Technology Units: 4
• ACAD 362 Analytics for Health Innovators Units: 4
• ACAD 463 Evidence Based Medicine for Health Innovators
Units: 2
• ACAD 464 Mining Health Data Through Machine Learning
Units: 4
Other
• ACAD 301 Understanding Play Units: 4
• ACAD 350 International Experience Units: 2
• ACAD 450 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• ACAD 490 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ACAD 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 (select offerings)
• By advisement, other ACAD offerings as they may arise
• By advisement, select offerings in the Academy’s IDSN and
PRIN graduate programs
General Education Requirements
The university’s general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information about USC’s general
education requirements, see the General Education Program for
more information.
Sample Four-Year Program
Year 1 - Fall
• ACAD 174 Innovators Forum Units: 2
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 177 Digital Toolbox: Design Units: 2
• ACAD 180 Digital Toolbox: Sound and Audio Units: 2
• ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation Units: 4
• General Education Seminar Units: 4
Total units: 18
Year 1 - Spring
• ACAD 174 Innovators Forum Units: 2
• ACAD 178 Digital Toolbox: Motion Graphics Units: 2
• ACAD 187 Digital Toolbox: 3D Design Units: 2
• ACAD 182 Case Studies in Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 275 Dev I Units: 4
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
Total units: 18
Year 2 - Fall
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 240 Materials: Denim to Nanotubes Units: 4
• ACAD 276 Dev II Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
Total units: 16
Year 2 - Spring
• ACAD 360 Design Strategy: Problem Solving for
Organizations Units: 4
• General Education Units: 4
Choose one from the following:
• ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences Units: 4
• ACAD 281 Designing Live Experiences Units: 4
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Choose one from the following:
• ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media Units: 4
• ACAD 245 Designing Products I Units: 4
• ACAD 277 Dev III: Designing Applications for Emerging
Platforms Units: 4
Total units: 16
Year 3 - Fall
• ACAD 302 The Hacker Imagination: from Ancient Greece to
Cupertino Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
• ACAD 376 Industry Practicum I: Designing and Implementing
Real-World Solutions Units: 4
• General Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
Year 3 - Spring
Choose one 4-unit course or two 2-unit courses from the following:
• ACAD 377 Industry Practicum II: Designing and
Implementing Real-World Solutions Units: 4
• ACAD 450 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• PRIN 550 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• IDSN 515 Professional Practices Residential Units: 2
• Major Elective Units: 4
• General Education Units: 8
Total units: 16
Year 4 - Fall
• ACAD 475a The Garage Experience Units: 4
• Major Elective Units: 4
• General Education Units: 8
Total units: 16
Year 4 - Spring
• ACAD 475b The Garage Experience Units: 4
• Major Elective Units: 4
• General Education Units: 4
Total units: 12
Minor
Designing for Digital Experiences Minor
The Designing for Digital Experiences minor provides students
in all fields of study an opportunity to gain essential knowledge and
skills in interaction design. Courses focus on the tools required to
implement powerful interactive visual and touch experiences, as
well as the conceptual and theoretical knowledge necessary to
apply universal standards for human-centered design. The minor
is of particular interest to students wishing to further develop
highly sought-after specializations such as interaction design, data
visualization, app design, social media marketing and digital art
direction.
Additional electives, including in other schools at USC, will be
considered through student advisement.
Information on how to apply for the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu
Required Courses (16 units)
Students must complete the following 16 units:
• ACAD 177 Digital Toolbox: Design Units: 2
• ACAD 178 Digital Toolbox: Motion Graphics Units: 2
• ACAD 275 Dev I Units: 4
• ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Students must complete 8 units from the following:
• ACAD 180 Digital Toolbox: Sound and Audio Units: 2
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 276 Dev II Units: 4
• ACAD 277 Dev III: Designing Applications for Emerging
Platforms Units: 4
• ACAD 490 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ACAD 491 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
Units: 4
Designing for Live Experiences Minor
The Designing for Live Experiences minor provides USC
students, in all fields of study, the opportunity to gain essential
knowledge and skills as related to human-centered interactivity
and learning in and with our physical environments. Courses focus
on the practical tools needed to assess, interpret, ideate, and
solve for successful interactions and memory making. Benefits
of considered physical experience design solutions lead to a
repeat customer base, meaningful community engagement, and
relevance in the competitive landscape of service and education
design. This minor is of particular interest to students wishing to
expand their understanding of user interactions with spatial design
and how to capture prolonged, and repeat engagement.
Additional electives, including in other schools at USC, will be
considered through student advisement.
Information on how to apply for the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu
Required Courses (16 units)
Students must complete the following 16 units:
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 177 Digital Toolbox: Design Units: 2
• ACAD 187 Digital Toolbox: 3D Design Units: 2
• ACAD 281 Designing Live Experiences Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Students must complete 8 units from the following:
• ACAD 178 Digital Toolbox: Motion Graphics Units: 2
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 240 Materials: Denim to Nanotubes Units: 4
• ACAD 490 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ACAD 491 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• ARCH 106x Workshop in Architecture Units: 2
• ARCH 465 The Landscape Imaginary Units: 4
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 332 Lighting Design I Units: 4
Designing Multimedia Experiences Minor
Entrepreneurs, content creators and experience designers
in today’s tech- and visuals-rich market environments must
understand how multimedia platforms interconnect. Facility with
state-of-the-art 2D, 3D and immersive visual and audio tools, and
the ability to combine and integrate them successfully to create
compelling and persuasive experiences, is essential. The learning
approach in this minor combines design-driven, user-focused
theory with hands-on, practical tools and production skills that
include photo, video, audio, graphics, motion graphics, motion
capture and more. Within a studio critique model, technology and
visual design fundamentals are combined with entrepreneurial
and design thinking perspectives. These skills and techniques
will augment and enhance the knowledge students learn in their
USC majors, allowing them to excel in virtually any future field of
endeavor.
Additional electives, including in other schools at USC, will be
considered through student advisement.
Information on how to apply to the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu
Required Courses (20 units)
Students must complete the following 20 units:
• ACAD 177 Digital Toolbox: Design Units: 2
• ACAD 178 Digital Toolbox: Motion Graphics Units: 2
• ACAD 180 Digital Toolbox: Sound and Audio Units: 2
• ACAD 187 Digital Toolbox: 3D Design Units: 2
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media Units: 4
• ACAD 317 Designing Media Studio Units: 4
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Electives (4 units)
Students must complete 4 units from the following:
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 200 Advanced Sound and Audio Units: 4
• ACAD 275 Dev I Units: 4
• ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
• ACAD 491 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• ACAD 490 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Designing Products Minor
The minor in Designing Products provides a deeper
understanding of the design process leading to the creation of
consumer products and services, including the fundamentals of
design strategy and human-centered design as they relate to
successful ideation and launch of new ideas. Students will learn
the methods by which professional product design decisions are
made through an intense studio-based curriculum, and will be
guided through hands-on application of acquired knowledge and
skills in the areas of user research, market opportunity, consumer
insights, competitive analysis, ideation, 3D form development,
production methodologies, branding, packaging, marketing and
distribution. Utilizing state-of-the-art physical and digital production
facilities in Iovine and Young Hall, the Designing Products minor
course of study focuses not just on the process of refining a
product’s function and aesthetic qualities, but also on determining
its relevance to society, and its desirability, feasibility and viability
as a potential solution to problems facing for- or non-profit market
environments.
Information on how to apply for the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu.
Required Courses (24 units)
Students must complete the following 24 units:
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 188 Digital Toolbox: Modeling Products I Units: 2
• ACAD 189 Digital Toolbox: Modeling Products II Units: 2
• ACAD 240 Materials: Denim to Nanotubes Units: 4
• ACAD 245 Designing Products I Units: 4
• ACAD 345 Designing Products II Units: 4
• ACAD 445 Designing Products III Units: 4
Disruptive Innovation Minor
Disruptive innovation results from a discovery that radically
changes an existing economic or social system. Successful
entrepreneurs understand that disruption is only the beginning,
and lasting innovation requires both creativity in generating fresh,
bold new ideas, and an understanding of the constant interplay of
economic, technological, cultural and social forces that drive the
use and consumption of products, goods and services. Innovators
who maintain success and momentum over long periods have
learned to anticipate and adapt to trends by focusing on the needs
and opportunities presented by society itself, and by utilizing
the techniques of human-centered design to identify and solve
problems that matter. This minor offering from USC’s revolutionary
Iovine and Young Academy offers a uniquely interdisciplinary,
hands-on approach to provide students with the knowledge and
skills to understand, nurture and drive innovation. The course work
in this minor delivers a range of fundamental theories, frameworks
and experiences to augment and enhance the knowledge
students are gaining in their majors with an understanding of the
techniques, methods and methodologies of the world’s greatest
innovators.
Additional electives, including in other schools at USC, will be
considered through student advisement.
Information on how to apply for the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu
Required Courses (20 units)
Students must complete the following 20 units:
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 182 Case Studies in Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
• ACAD 360 Design Strategy: Problem Solving for
Organizations Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Students must complete 4 units from the following:
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 245 Designing Products I Units: 4
• ACAD 260 Introduction to Healthcare Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 275 Dev I Units: 4
• ACAD 302 The Hacker Imagination: from Ancient Greece to
Cupertino Units: 4
• ACAD 490 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ACAD 491 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
Health Innovation Minor
The potential for innovation at the intersection of health,
medicine, design and technology is exploding. In order to take full
advantage of the entrepreneurial and research opportunities in
this space, a new style of undergraduate education is necessary
for a new generation of learners – agile and adaptive thinkers who
cross easily from discipline to discipline, steadily advancing the
role that technology plays in our present and our future. Because
of their strong interdisciplinary foundations, the USC Iovine and
Young Academy and the USC Keck MESH Academy are uniquely
poised to take the lead in the design and implementation of
such a curriculum, one that will provide the knowledge and skills
necessary to succeed in the emerging field of health innovation.
Information on how to apply for the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu .
Required Courses (22 units)
Students must complete the following 22 units:
• ACAD 174 Innovators Forum Units: 2
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 260 Introduction to Healthcare Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 261 Human Health and Technology Units: 4
• ACAD 362 Analytics for Health Innovators Units: 4
Electives (6 units)
Students must complete a minimum of 6 units from the following:
• ACAD 245 Designing Products I Units: 4
• ACAD 360 Design Strategy: Problem Solving for
Organizations Units: 4
• ACAD 463 Evidence Based Medicine for Health Innovators
Units: 2
• ACAD 464 Mining Health Data Through Machine Learning
Units: 4
• MEDS 260 Challenges in the Forefront of Biomedical Ethics
Units: 2
• MEDS 270 Public Health Literacy, History and Pandemics
Units: 4
• PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management
Units: 4
• PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care Systems Units: 4
News and Information Innovation Minor
Technology has disrupted the news and information sphere
at a frenetic pace. Almost anyone with a message now has the
means to distribute it widely, but competition is fierce, attention
spans are short and trust is low. The surge of information has
weakened traditional journalistic gatekeepers and emboldened
actors unconcerned with the public good. Solving the most
important challenges of our time, including climate change, rising
levels of inequality and global instability, will require citizens armed
with accurate and reliable news and information. The News and
Information Innovation minor combines Annenberg’s journalistic
expertise with the collaborative team- and design-based strategies
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fostered at the Iovine and Young Academy to give students from
across the university the mindset and skills needed to be thought
leaders and change agents in the information ecosystem. Through
this minor, students have the opportunity to think differently about
how journalism functions in order to innovate the practice through
human-centered-design, product innovation, entrepreneurialism,
and service design.
Additional electives, including in other schools at USC, will be
considered through student advisement.
Information on how to apply for the minor can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu.
Required Courses (16 units)
Students must complete the following 16 units:
• ACAD 174 Innovators Forum Units: 2
• ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media Units: 4
• ACAD 255 Advancing Journalism with Human-Centered
Design Units: 4
• JOUR 200w The Power and Responsibility of the Press
Units: 4
• JOUR 210x Basics of News Production for Non-Majors
Units: 2
Electives (8 units)
Students must complete 8 units from the following:
• ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization Units: 4
• ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation Units: 4
• ACAD 187 Digital Toolbox: 3D Design Units: 2
• ACAD 206 Communication and Culture Units: 4
• ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media Units: 4
• ACAD 256 Designing for News and Information Units: 4
• ACAD 275 Dev I Units: 4
• ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences Units: 4
• ACAD 302 The Hacker Imagination: from Ancient Greece to
Cupertino Units: 4
• ACAD 324g The Practice of Design: Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4
• JOUR 460 Social Responsibility of the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 472 Strategies for Monetizing New Media Units: 4
• JOUR 489 Hands-on Disruption: Experimenting with
Emerging Technology Units: 2
• JOUR 495 Journalism for Mobile and Emerging Platforms
Units: 2
• PR 488 Multimedia PR Content: Visual Communication of
Information Units: 2
Master’s Degree
Integrated Design, Business and Technology
(MS)
The Master of Science in Integrated Design, Business and
Technology is an online graduate degree program that provides a
first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary education at the intersection of the
educational and professional disciplines central to our changing
world. The program creates leaders with diverse and creative
ways of thinking and doing – trained to recognize and cultivate
innovation, catalyze change, and leverage new opportunities to
not only support, but also help shape and build our rapidly evolving
economy.
This program brings together faculty and experts from across
the USC campus. Instructors work in cross-disciplinary teams,
covering subjects that include conceiving and developing solutions
to complex design, business and technological challenges;
using data and research to create a portfolio of problem-solving
approaches, and how to manage and adapt to uncertainty.
The Master of Integrated Design, Business and Technology
is a master of science degree offered predominantly online and
is composed of both asynchronous and synchronous sessions.
Students also participate in two, intensive residential experiences
– the first to be held on the University of Southern California’s
campus in Los Angeles and the second at locations across the
United States.
For admission requirements, refer to design.usc.edu/
admissions/admissions-requirements.
Program Requirements
At least 38 units are required for the Master of Science in
Integrated Design, Business and Technology. The course of study
can be completed in five terms, and must include:
Required Residential Courses
• IDSN 510 Integrative Practices Residential Units: 2
• IDSN 515 Professional Practices Residential Units: 2
Required Core Courses
• IDSN 540 Processes and Perspectives Units: 4
• IDSN 545 Integrative Project Units: 3
• IDSN 550 Opportunity and Uncertainty Units: 4
• IDSN 560 Narrative and Storytelling Units: 4
• IDSN 585 Capstone Units: 3
Select 6 Units from the Following Courses
• IDSN 520 Design Essentials Units: 3
• IDSN 525 Business Essentials Units: 3
• IDSN 530 Technology Essentials Units: 3
Select 10 Units from the Following Electives
• IDSN 428 Overview of Intellectual Property Laws for
Creatives and Entrepreneurs Units: 1
• IDSN 505 Intensive Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 (1-6 units)
• IDSN 515 Professional Practices Residential Units: 2
• IDSN 520 Design Essentials Units: 3
• IDSN 525 Business Essentials Units: 3
• IDSN 528 Using Intellectual Property Laws to Protect Your
Products and Ideas Units: 2
• IDSN 530 Technology Essentials Units: 3
• IDSN 533 Visual Software Development Units: 2
• IDSN 536 Designing Networked Objects: From IoT to Smart
Environments Units: 3
• IDSN 546 Integrative Studio Units: 2 (2-4 units)
• IDSN 565 Sound and Story Units: 2
• IDSN 570 Decisions and Solutions Units: 4
• IDSN 577 Finance for Entrepreneurs Units: 3
• IDSN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (1-4 units)
• IDSN 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (1-8 units)
Product Innovation (MS)
The Master of Science in Product Innovation addresses the
21st century need for advanced, cross-disciplinary knowledge and
skills across the product development landscape. Building on a
foundation that explores new paradigms for physical, virtual and
hybrid product design, students are able to tailor the program to
develop design specializations that range from physical objects,
to digital and interactive systems and experiences, to unique
offerings that require knowledge and experience across multiple
realms. Applied techniques and methodologies are augmented
at each level of the program with specially crafted courses that
provide essential theoretical and cultural context for advanced
work, and by modules and courses covering critical elements of
product venture development, including strategies for launch,
management and growth. Utilizing the Academy’s network
of leading industry partners, a strong emphasis is placed on
collaborations between student teams and select companies and
institutions, as well as other opportunities that provide real-world
challenges for enhanced learning.
Applicants should hold an undergraduate degree in a design-
related field, including: all areas of design, such as graphic,
industrial, product (including fashion), and UI/UX or interaction
design (including games); select areas of engineering; and
architecture. Applicants who possess equivalent professional
experience or who hold degrees in other fields, including business,
are welcome to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case
basis.
Applicants who cannot demonstrate sufficient design-based
skills may be required to complete additional course work before
registering for degree requirements or electives.
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Program Requirements:
At least 64 units, including 52 units in the core and 12 units of
electives.
Core Courses (52 units):
• PRIN 501 The Creator’s Mindset Units: 4
• PRIN 502 History and Theory of Product Innovation Units: 2
• PRIN 503 Principles of Human-Centered Design Units: 2
• PRIN 504 Aesthetics of Form I Units: 4
• PRIN 505 Aesthetics of Form II Units: 4
• PRIN 510 Foundation Studio Units: 4 *
• PRIN 515 Maker Foundation I Units: 2 *
• PRIN 516 Maker Foundation II Units: 2 *
• PRIN 520 Creators Studio Units: 4
• PRIN 525 Physical Maker Lab Units: 2
• PRIN 526 Virtual Maker Lab Units: 2
• PRIN 530 Business Essentials for Product Innovators
Units: 4
• PRIN 531 Product Venture Design and Foresight Units: 4
• PRIN 532 Leading Product Enterprises Units: 4
• PRIN 535 Entrepreneur Lab Units: 2
• PRIN 550 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• PRIN 575a The Garage Experience Units: 2
• PRIN 575b The Garage Experience Units: 2
Electives (take an additional 12 units from the
following):
• PRIN 525 Physical Maker Lab Units: 2 **
• PRIN 526 Virtual Maker Lab Units: 2 **
• PRIN 535 Entrepreneur Lab Units: 2 **
• PRIN 550 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• PRIN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 ***
Note:
**Topics and titles for sections PRIN 525, 526, and 535 rotate on
a regular basis. Sections bearing the same title or content may not
be repeated for credit towards the degree.
***PRIN 590 may be applied as an elective for up to eight units.
Additional courses within the Iovine and Young Academy or other
departments and schools at USC are eligible for elective credit in
the MS-PRIN degree based on advisement and approval by the
Associate Dean for Admission and Student Affairs.
Sample Schedule Semester 1
16 units
• PRIN 501 The Creator’s Mindset Units: 4
• PRIN 502 History and Theory of Product Innovation Units: 2
• PRIN 503 Principles of Human-Centered Design Units: 2
• PRIN 510 Foundation Studio Units: 4
• PRIN 515 Maker Foundation I Units: 2
• PRIN 516 Maker Foundation II Units: 2
Sample Schedule Semester 2
16 units
• PRIN 504 Aesthetics of Form I Units: 4
• PRIN 520 Creators Studio Units: 4
• PRIN 525 Physical Maker Lab Units: 2
• PRIN 526 Virtual Maker Lab Units: 2
• PRIN 530 Business Essentials for Product Innovators
Units: 4
Sample Schedule Semester 3
16 units
• PRIN 505 Aesthetics of Form II Units: 4
• PRIN 531 Product Venture Design and Foresight Units: 4
• PRIN 535 Entrepreneur Lab Units: 2
• PRIN 550 Industry and Impact Projects Units: 2
• PRIN 575a The Garage Experience Units: 2
• Elective Units: 2
Sample Schedule Semester 4
16 units
• PRIN 532 Leading Product Enterprises Units: 4
• PRIN 575b The Garage Experience Units: 2
• Elective Units: 10
Graduate Certificate
The Business of Product Innovation
Certificate
The Certificate in The Business of Innovation will provide
students with a strong foundation in areas of entrepreneurship
specific to developing and launching consumer products and
product-based companies. Students will gain knowledge in
critical areas including: historical milestones of product design
and product innovation and how these products opened up new
business opportunities to disrupt the status quo; developing
and launching products, from product roadmapping, to value
chain, to brand and marketing strategy; identifying and activating
groundbreaking opportunities in new product development; and
launching product-based ventures and enterprises.
Information on how to apply to the certificate can be found at:
iovine-young.usc.edu
Required Courses (16 units)
• PRIN 502 History and Theory of Product Innovation Units: 2
• PRIN 530 Business Essentials for Product Innovators
Units: 4
• PRIN 531 Product Venture Design and Foresight Units: 4
• PRIN 532 Leading Product Enterprises Units: 4
• PRIN 535 Entrepreneur Lab Units: 2
The Foundations of Product Innovation
Certificate
The Certificate in The Foundation of Product Innovation
provides students with a strong foundation in the theory and
practice of consumer product design and development. Students
will gain knowledge in critical areas including: the mindsets,
personalities and social, cultural and political factors that led to the
world’s greatest breakthroughs; the process of bringing a product
from concept to market, including theory and applied techniques
for both physical and virtual products; advanced visualization
concepts, techniques and tools used to communicate ideas,
solve problems and enhance collaboration for product design and
development; and explorations of digital design tools, including
industry standard software.
Students will then apply what they have learned through
product design studios and labs utilizing the Academy’s state of
the art maker facilities. In addition to the methods and practices
of traditional product design, the course sequence explores new
paradigms for physical, virtual, and hybrid products, ranging
from objects and built environments, to digital, immersive and
interactive experiences. Information on how to apply to the
certificate can be found at: iovine-young.usc.edu
Required Courses (16 units)
• PRIN 501 The Creator’s Mindset Units: 4
• PRIN 502 History and Theory of Product Innovation Units: 2
• PRIN 503 Principles of Human-Centered Design Units: 2
• PRIN 510 Foundation Studio Units: 4
• PRIN 515 Maker Foundation I Units: 2
• PRIN 516 Maker Foundation II Units: 2
USC LEVENTHAL SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING 91
USC Leventhal School of Accounting
The USC Leventhal School of Accounting is dedicated to
maintaining a leadership position in accounting education and
research. We are committed to educational programs that
seek to establish in each graduate the potential for career
development into the highest executive levels of public accounting,
controllership, financial management and management of
accounting information systems. The accounting curriculum
explores not only the state of the art but also seeks to explore the
accounting discipline's future structures and directions. Relevant
concepts and techniques from other academic disciplines are
drawn upon and integrated into all accounting programs.
Accounting education has been an integral part of USC since
1920, when the Department of Accounting offered a Bachelor of
Science degree in business administration with an emphasis in
accounting. The Leventhal School of Accounting was established
in 1979 in recognition of the growing importance of accounting to
our economy and broader society. It continues to rank as one of
the premier AACSB-accredited accounting programs in the nation.
Currently the Leventhal School of Accounting undergraduate
program offers a Bachelor of Science accounting degree. Honors
students may be eligible for early admission to the graduate
program, an efficient way to complete both undergraduate and
graduate degrees. An accounting minor is also offered to students
outside the USC Marshall School of Business. The school also
offers a minor in risk management. Graduate programs include
Master of Accounting; Master of Accounting with an emphasis
in Data and Analytics; Master of Business Taxation; a Master of
Business Taxation (Data and Analytics); a Master of Business
Taxation for working professionals; and a Juris Doctor/Master of
Business Taxation in conjunction with the USC Gould School of
Law. A PhD degree with an accounting major is offered through the
doctoral program in the Marshall School of Business.
USC Leventhal School of Accounting
Accounting 101
(213) 740-4838
FAX: (213) 747-2815
Email (graduate students): [email protected];
(undergraduate students) [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/leventhal
Administration
William W. Holder, DBA, CPA, Dean, Alan Casden Dean's Chair of
Accountancy
Mark L. DeFond, PhD, CPA, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Lori Smith, BS, CPA, Assistant Dean, Master's Programs
Smrity Randhawa, PhD, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Program*
Faculty
George Bozanic and Holman G. Hurt Chair in Sports and
Entertainment Business: S. Mark Young, PhD*
Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair in Accountancy: Richard Sloan, PhD
A. N. Mosich Chair in Accounting: Mark L. DeFond, PhD, CPA*
Accounting Associates Professor of Accounting: Clive Lennox,
PhD
Accounting Circle Professor of Accounting: Regina Wittenberg
Moerman, PhD
Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professor of Accounting: Mark
Soliman, PhD
Joseph A. DeBell Professor of Business Administration: TJ Wong,
PhD
Robert R. Dockson Professor in Business Administration: Patricia
Dechow, PhD
Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting: Sarah E. Bonner, PhD,
CPA*
KPMG Foundation Professor of Accounting: K.R. Subramanyam,
PhD
Professors: Randolph P. Beatty, PhD, CPA; Sarah E. Bonner, PhD,
CPA*; Patricia Dechow, PhD; Mark L. DeFond, PhD, CPA*; William
W. Holder, DBA, CPA; Clive Lennox, PhD; Daniel E. O'Leary,
PhD, CPA, CMA, CISA; Richard Sloan, PhD; Mark Soliman, PhD,
CPA; K.R. Subramanyam, PhD; Charles W. Swenson, PhD*,
CPA; Regina Wittenberg-Moerman, PhD; TJ Wong, PhD; S. Mark
Young, PhD*
Associate Professors: John J. Barcal, JD, CPA*; Shane M.
Heitzman, PhD; Tracie Majors, PhD, CPA; Maria Ogneva, PhD;
Shiing-Wu Wang, PhD*
Assistant Professors: Shelley Xin Li, PhD; Matthew Shaffer, PhD;
Lorien Stice-Lawrence, PhD; David Tsui, PhD; Forester Wong,
PhD
Professors of Clinical Accounting: Ruben A. Davila, JD, MBA, CPA;
CPA*; Cecil W. Jackson, PhD, CPA; Rose M. Layton, MAcc, CPA*;
Shirley Maxey, BA*; Patricia Mills, JD, LLM; Francisco Román,
PhD; Andreas Simon, PhD
Associate Professors of Clinical Accounting: Smrity Randhawa,
PhD*; Lori Smith, BS, CPA; Zivia Sweeney, MBA, CPA*; Taylor
Wiesen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Accounting: Michael C. Paranal, JD
MBA, MBT, CPA
Professors of the Practice of Accounting: Tony Aaron, MBA; John
Owens, BS
Associate Professors of the Practice of Accounting: George
Braunegg, MBA, CPA; Kristen Jaconi, JD*
Senior Lecturer: Gregory M. Kling, MST
Emeritus Professors: Merle Hopkins, PhD; Joseph L. Keller, MS,
CPA; Thomas W. Lin, PhD, CMA; Kenneth A. Merchant, PhD,
CPA; Theodore J. Mock, PhD; ZoeVonna Palmrose, PhD; Leslie
Porter, PhD; Kenneth Simmonds, MBA, CPA
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degree Programs
Undergraduate Degree
Bachelor of Science, Accounting
The USC Leventhal School of Accounting offers the Bachelor
of Science, Accounting (BS) degree designed to provide students
with a broad foundation in accounting and business while helping
them develop research, communication, critical reasoning and
data analysis skills necessary for entry and success in business
enterprises and the accounting profession. The undergraduate
curriculum also prepares students for entry into the professional
program leading to a Master of Accounting or Master of Business
Taxation degree.
Graduate Degrees
Master of Accounting
The Master of Accounting (MAcc) program provides an
integrated curriculum designed to prepare graduates for careers
in professional accounting, public accounting, industry and
government. Students have the opportunity to study accounting
in greater depth and in more areas of specialization than in
undergraduate accounting programs or MBA programs with
concentrations in accounting. Students have flexibility in elective
choices to reflect their career goals.
Master of Accounting (Data and Analytics)
The Master of Accounting, Data and Analytics emphasis (MAcc
D+A) delivers a firm foundation in accounting, audit and financial
reporting with a focus on data and analytics and the enabling of IT
capabilities. The exclusive career focus for the D+A emphasis is
on the role of an auditor.
Master of Business Taxation
The Master of Business Taxation (MBT) degree is offered to
both full-time and part-time students. The program is designed
for accountants, attorneys and business professionals who wish
to learn or improve skills and knowledge through participation in
advanced tax study. Students have flexibility in elective choices
to reflect their career focus and goals. The part-time program is
referred to as the MBT for Working Professionals (MBTWP).
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Master of Business Taxation (Data and Analytics)
The Master of Business Taxation with an emphasis in data and
analytics (MBT D&A) delivers a firm foundation in taxation with
a focus on data and analytics and the enabling of IT capabilities.
This program provides a rigorous approach and will require
students to develop strong analytical skills while focusing on such
areas as tax research, corporate taxation, accounting methods
and multijurisdictional taxation. Tax instruction is further enhanced
by incorporating data analysis into the tax curriculum with the goal
of providing students with an understanding of how to capture
data, analyze it, draw conclusions and present those conclusions
to disparate audiences.
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation
The USC Gould School of Law and the Leventhal School of
Accounting offer this dual degree program. Admission to the JD
program offered by the Law School is required before applying to
the MBT program offered by the Leventhal School of Accounting.
Doctor of Philosophy
The Marshall School of Business offers the Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD) degree in conjunction with the Graduate
School. A student electing to major in accounting may design a
research program that emphasizes auditing, financial accounting,
information systems, management accounting or taxation. More
information on the doctoral program is available in the USC
Marshall School of Business section of this catalogue, or contact
the doctoral office at (213) 740-0674 or the director of doctoral
studies in accounting at (213) 740-4838.
Admission to Master's Programs
The Leventhal School of Accounting seeks individuals who
have the potential for outstanding achievement in accounting
or taxation. The Admissions Committee uses the holistic review
model. Candidates are reviewed on the merits of their application
and the merits of the applicant pool for the year in which they seek
admission.
Applicants to the full-time programs are not required to have
previous work experience. Applicants to the part-time MBT
program (MBTWP) are required to have a minimum of one year
full-time professional experience related to taxation after receiving
an undergraduate degree.
Application to the Programs
An admission decision requires the following: (1) a completed
USC Leventhal School of Accounting online graduate application
(available at gradadm.usc.edu/); (2) a non-refundable application
fee; (3) one official transcript from the registrar of each college
or university attended (undergraduate and/or postgraduate); (4)
two letters of recommendation; (5) a professional résumé; (6)
an official Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score
report or, for JD/MBT applicants or attorneys, an official Law
School Admission Test (LSAT) score report; and (7) an essay.
Finalists must also complete an interview.
Applicants for the JD/MBT dual degree program should apply
to the Leventhal School of Accounting for admission to the MBT
program in the second semester of their first year in the USC
Gould School of Law. In addition, current Law School transcripts
and a "letter in good standing" from the registrar of the Law School
must be submitted as part of the application. The same Leventhal
School of Accounting admission criteria apply to the MBT portion
of the JD/MBT program.
International Students
In addition to the application requirements noted above, all
international students must submit TOEFL or IELTS scores. A letter
of financial support is also required.
MAcc/MBT for Current USC Students
The Leventhal School of Accounting offers the opportunity to
earn both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in five years
or less. This simplified, early admission process is for current USC
students who have demonstrated exceptional academic success
in undergraduate studies and who have completed a minimum of
70 units of course work. Strong SAT scores may be substituted for
GMAT scores for continuing USC students only.
Please see a Leventhal School of Accounting academic adviser
for further information and to develop a course plan proposal.
Application Deadlines
Full-time MAcc and MBT – Applicants are urged to file a
completed application as early as possible. For applications to
the full-time programs that begin in summer or fall, the online
application system is generally open beginning early October. For
more information regarding application deadlines go to our website
marshall.usc.edu/programs/graduate-accounting-programs.
MBT for Working Professionals – For more information
regarding application deadlines go to our website marshall.usc.
edu/programs/graduate-accounting-programs.
Residence Requirements
Subject to approval of the Leventhal School of Accounting,
the maximum number of transfer credits that may be applied
toward the master's degree is 3 units. To be applied to the degree,
transfer work must have been completed within five years of
admission to the master's program. Graduate transfer credit will
not be granted for course work taken elsewhere after a student
has been admitted and enrolled at USC. Credit will only be allowed
for courses (1) from an AACSB-accredited graduate school, (2)
of a quality of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 grading scale, (3) constituting
a fair and reasonable equivalent to current USC course work at
the graduate level, and (4) fitting into the logical program for the
degree. Transfer course work is applied as credit (CR) toward the
degree and is not included in the calculation of a minimum grade
point average for graduation.
Waivers
With the written approval of the Leventhal School of Accounting,
waiver of required courses may be granted to students based upon
prior academic work. All waived courses must be replaced with
approved electives. Students should carefully read their program
evaluation form to know what electives must be taken if they are
granted subject waivers.
Bachelor's Degree
Accounting (BS)
The USC Leventhal School of Accounting Bachelor of Science,
Accounting (BS) degree is designed to provide students with a
broad foundation in accounting and business to prepare them
for entry into the professional program leading to a Master
of Accounting or Master of Business Taxation degree. The
undergraduate curriculum also provides the background necessary
for direct entry into the accounting profession. The BS, Accounting
degree is a 128-unit program.
Admission
Students may be admitted to the program as incoming
freshmen, as USC undergraduates transferring from another
major or as students transferring from another college or
university. Admission to Leventhal is dependent on admission
to the university and on academic performance, particularly in
quantitative areas. USC students who have not been admitted to
the major or the minor in the Marshall School of Business and/
or the Leventhal School of Accounting may complete a maximum
of 12 units from the Marshall School of Business and/or the
Leventhal School of Accounting. No further course work may be
taken unless a student is admitted.
Leventhal/Marshall Honors
Leventhal/Marshall Honors is available upon graduation to
majors in accounting or business administration and results in
a special designation of departmental honors on a student's
transcript. Acceptance to the program requires completion of at
least 64 units of course work (including transfer units), a GPA
of 3.5 or higher in course work to be applied to the major, an
application, and a successful interview with the director of the
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program. Achievement of Leventhal/Marshall Honors requires
completion of ACCT 493 Honors Research Seminar prior to the
senior year, a thesis (research project and paper) conducted
under the guidance of a Leventhal or Marshall faculty member
during the senior year, and minimum GPA of 3.5 in upper-division
Leventhal School of Accounting and Marshall School of Business
courses applied to the major. For additional information, contact
the Leventhal School of Accounting Undergraduate Program Office
in ACC 101, (213) 740-4838.
Advisement
Academic advisement is provided through the Leventhal School
of Accounting Undergraduate Program Office in Accounting 101,
(213) 740-4838. Students are required to meet with an academic
adviser before registering and this requirement remains in effect
until 24 USC units are completed. However, all students are
encouraged to see an academic adviser on a regular basis.
A record of each student is kept on file. Appointments for
advisement may be scheduled at most times during the academic
year. However, during busy times such as the preregistration,
registration and drop/add periods, advisers may be available on a
walk-in basis only.
The Leventhal Undergraduate Program Office and Marshall
Undergraduate Student Services offer students assistance in
networking, finding internships, resume writing, interviewing
techniques and other career-related issues.
Transferring College Credit
College Courses
USC has established articulation agreements with most
community colleges throughout California. Most academic
courses are acceptable for transfer credit from a two-year school,
but students may not receive credit for specialized, technical or
remedial courses.
Courses that do not appear on the articulation agreement
are not transferable. A maximum of 64 semester units may be
transferred. Check with the Degree Progress Department (JHH
010) for questions about transferable courses or see a counselor
in Accounting 101.
Official transcripts of college work taken elsewhere must
be submitted, at the time of application, to the USC Office of
Admission. A credit evaluation will be completed, which will
list transfer courses accepted for credit. All business courses
completed at a two-year college, if transferable, will be considered
elective credit.
There is one exception to this policy. Students may transfer two
semesters of introductory accounting and receive credit equivalent
to one semester of introductory accounting at USC. Then students
can register for BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of Accounting
Information and complete their accounting course requirement in
one semester at USC. In this case, students would not be required
to take BUAD 280 or BUAD 281.
Four Year Colleges
Most courses are acceptable for unit credit from all fully
accredited four-year institutions. If the courses do not satisfy
specific subject requirements at USC, they will be accepted for
elective course credit.
Students are urged to complete all their required business
administration courses at USC. All business courses from four-
year institutions, if transferable, will be considered elective credit
unless a challenge examination is passed. Only core classes, with
the exception of BUAD 497, may be challenged. Students should
consult with an academic adviser in Bridge Hall 104 to initiate the
challenge examination process.
USC Core Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. See General Education for more information.
Business Foundation Requirements
All students in the Leventhal School accounting undergraduate
degree program take business foundation courses that focus
on necessary analytic skills and theoretical knowledge in math,
statistics, accounting and economics. Fundamental knowledge
of the functional business disciplines and the strategic interplay
among them completes the business core.
Accounting/Business Foundation Courses
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4 or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 or
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 * or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118 is contingent on successful completion
of MATH 117 or obtaining an acceptable score on the math
placement exam or AP calculus or IB mathematics exam.
All prerequisites for business and all accounting and business
courses must be taken for a letter grade.
A maximum of 24 units of undergraduate course work taken
on a pass/no pass basis may be used toward the BS, Accounting
degree. No more than 4 units of credit (or one course) counting
toward the general education categories may be taken on a pass/
no pass basis. The writing course cannot be taken on a pass/no
pass basis.
The Bachelor of Science, Accounting degree includes
the following required accounting courses in addition to the
accounting/business foundation courses listed above.
Required Accounting Courses
• ACCT 370 External Financial Reporting Issues Units: 4
• ACCT 371 Introduction to Accounting Systems Units: 4
• ACCT 430 Accounting Ethics Units: 4
• ACCT 451 Tax Analysis with Data Analytics Units: 4
• ACCT 456 Auditing with Data Analytics Units: 4
Elective Courses
Complete at least 8 units of upper-division elective courses from
the following:
• ACCT 372 Internal Reporting Issues Units: 2
• ACCT 377 Valuation for Financial Statement Purposes
Units: 2
• ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
Units: 4
• ACCT 416 Financial Reporting and Analysis Units: 2
• ACCT 462 Detecting Fraudulent Financial Reporting Units: 2
• ACCT 463 Internal Audit Units: 2
• ACCT 470 Advanced External Financial Reporting Issues
Units: 4
• ACCT 472 Managerial Accounting Units: 2
• ACCT 476 Performance Measurement Issues Units: 2
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• ACCT 477 Intermediate Fair Value Issues in Accounting
Units: 2
• ACCT 479 Accounting Systems Development Units: 4
• ACCT 493 Leventhal Honors Research Seminar Units: 2
• ACCT 494 Marshall Honors Research and Thesis Units: 2
Note:
*If not already completed as a required course
Minor
Accounting Minor
A minor in accounting is available to students in all schools
and departments except the Marshall School of Business. The
minor provides the opportunity for non-business majors to gain
an understanding, from the perspective of the user of accounting
information, of how accounting is used in the business world.
To be approved for the accounting minor, students must have
completed a minimum of 32 units of college-level courses and
attained a minimum GPA of 2.75.
Successful completion of the minor requires at least 16-18 units
with a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the courses applied to the minor.
Minor Course Requirements
Choose one of the following four options:
(2-8 units) *
• BUAD 200x Economic Foundations for Business Units: 2
or
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 and
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
or
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4 **
and
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4 **
or
• BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 ** or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4 **
and
• BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 ** or
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4 **
Required Courses (12 units)
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
or
• BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of Accounting
Information Units: 4
or
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3 and
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• ACCT 415x Intermediate Financial Accounting for Non-
Accounting Majors Units: 4
Electives: Complete 4 units from the following:
• ACCT 372 Internal Reporting Issues Units: 2 **
• ACCT 374 Introduction to Tax Issues Units: 2 **
or
• ACCT 451 Tax Analysis with Data Analytics Units: 4 **
• ACCT 416 Financial Reporting and Analysis Units: 2 **
• ACCT 462 Detecting Fraudulent Financial Reporting
Units: 2 **
Notes:
*Students who have earned scores of 4 or 5 on both the AP
Microeconomics and the AP Macroeconomics exams will be
waived out of the first requirement.
**Prerequisites and/or Corequisite required. Plan carefully.
Risk Management Minor
The minor in Risk Management provides students with the
fundamental knowledge of risk management - a crucial component
of contemporary management, corporate governance and decision
making under uncertain conditions.
The required courses provide the foundation of the risk
management framework and present alternative business models
of insurance, the most common form of risk transfer. The electives
provide opportunities to more deeply understand facets of risk
and the environments in which they arise as well as specific
methodologies of mitigation.
Industries currently seeking risk management professionals
include entertainment, tech, aviation, hospitality, healthcare,
manufacturing, insurance and many others.
A student declaring the minor in Risk Management also has
the opportunity to participate in the Risk Management Mentorship
Program and be paired with a mentor from the risk management
industry for the academic year.
The minor is available to students in all schools and
departments except for students pursuing the Business
Administration (Risk Management) (BS) emphasis.
To declare this minor, students must have completed a
minimum of 32 units of college-level course work and have a
minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Successful completion of the Risk Management Minor requires
16 units with a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the following courses:
Required Courses
• ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
Units: 4
Choose one of the following:
• ACCT 385x Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
Units: 4
• ECON 361 Understanding Financial Crises Units: 4 *
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
Electives
Complete at least 8 units from the following:
• ACCT 385x Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
Units: 4 ***
• ACCT 387 Risk Management in Entertainment, Sports and
the Arts Units: 4
• ACCT 388x Innovating Risk Solutions in Disruptive
Environments Units: 4
• BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• COMM 309 Communication and Technology Units: 4
• COMM 422 Legal Issues and New Media Units: 4
• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries
Units: 4 *
• ECON 361 Understanding Financial Crises Units: 4 * ***
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4
• FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and Risk Analysis
Units: 4 *
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 *
• ITP 125L From Hackers to CEOs: Introduction to Information
Security Units: 2
• ITP 325 Ethical Hacking Units: 4 *
• ITP 370 Cybersecurity Management and Operations Units: 4
• ITP 375 Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Investigations
Units: 4 *
• ITP 471 Consultancy Skills for Cyber Security Risk
Management Units: 4 Units: 4
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• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4 ***
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4 **
• PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4 ***
* Prerequisite required that is not part of this minor.
** PPD will waive the prerequisite.
*** If not applied to the minor as a required course.
Master's Degree
Accounting (Data and Analytics) (MAcc)
The Master of Accounting program with an emphasis in data
and analytics combines course work from the Leventhal School
of Accounting and Marshall's Data Sciences and Operations
department. Advances in computing technology are fundamentally
changing the way audits are conducted. The data and analytics
emphasis of the MAcc is designed to train auditors for the data
age.
The program employs a rigorous case analysis approach that
requires students to exercise their analytical abilities and develop
both teamwork and professional communication skills.
Integrated into the data and analytics emphasis is an audit
internship during the spring semester encompassing both audit
and data and analytics in an integrated fashion. This required
element of the program builds a critical bridge for the student
between his or her academic and work lives, ultimately enriching
both.
Application
The data and analytics emphasis of the MAcc is open only to
individuals who have earned the equivalent of a four-year bachelor
of accounting degree from an accredited program. Applicants
also must have an offer letter for a spring internship at a "big four"
or major national public accounting firm or equivalent. Spring
internships must run from January through April and integrate both
audit and data analytics.
Program Requirements
The Master of Accounting, Data and Analytics emphasis
requires up to 31.5 units including fundamentals, core
requirements and electives. Students with prior study in statistics
who pass the challenge exam for Data Driven Decision Making
receive a waiver reducing the units required to earn the degree to
30.
Fundamentals (1.5 Units)
• GSBA 545 Data Driven Decision Making Units: 1.5
Core (27 Units)
• ACCT 527 Financial Statement Analysis - Audit Perspective
Units: 1.5 *
• ACCT 540 Technological Innovations in Accounting and
Auditing Units: 3
• ACCT 541L Auditing in the Enhanced Data Age Units: 3 **
• ACCT 542 Fraud Analytics in the Audit Units: 1.5 *
• ACCT 548L IT Audit and Data Applications Units: 3 **
• ACCT 549 Advanced Enterprise Systems and Technologies
Units: 3
• ACCT 585 Professional Responsibilities in Accounting
Units: 3
• ACCT 595 Internship in Accounting Units: .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3 ***
• DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3 ***
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
Note:
* Prerequisites required
** Corequisites
*** 3-unit version required
Electives (3 Units)
Working with an adviser, students select a minimum of 3 units from
the following.
• ACCT 559 Strategy and Operations Through CFO Lens
Units: 3
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 522 Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods
Units: 3
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
• DSO 552 SQL Databases for Business Analysts Units: 1.5
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
Accounting (MAcc)
The Master of Accounting program (MAcc) prepares graduates
for careers in public accounting, industry and government. The
program offers students technical and conceptual knowledge,
professional development, research and lifelong learning, ethical
and professional standards and globalization and diversity. For
details on these student learning outcomes, see the program
Website at marshall.usc.edu/macc.
The program employs a rigorous case analysis approach that
requires students to exercise their analytical abilities and develop
both teamwork and professional communication skills.
Application
An undergraduate accounting or business major is not
necessary, nor is work experience a requirement. The program
enrolls students in the summer or fall based on their academic
backgrounds. For application information visit marshall.usc.edu/
macc/admissions.
Program Requirements
The Master of Accounting degree requires 45 units, including
fundamentals, core requirements and electives.
The Leventhal School of Accounting Master's Program Office
evaluates the academic background of each admitted student to
determine the courses required to complete the program.
Students admitted for summer term start with ACCT 525
Intensive Accounting Principles and Practices — an eight-week,
40 hours-per-week course for students who have not completed
undergraduate degrees or other extensive course work in
accounting. This course must be completed successfully prior to
beginning the core in the fall.
Students admitted for fall term generally hold a bachelor's
degree in Accounting and are waived from the 15-unit ACCT 525
class reducing the number of units required to earn the degree to
30.
USC BS in Accounting students may qualify for waiver of an
additional 6 units reducing the number of units required to earn
the degree to 24. (USC BS in Accounting students should meet
with a graduate adviser during their junior year to determine if they
qualify.)
Degree Requirements
Fundamentals (15 units)
• ACCT 525x Intensive Accounting Principles and Practices
Units: 15
Core Program (13.5 Units)
• ACCT 528 Fair Value Accounting: GAAP, IFRS and Emerging
Issues Units: 1.5
• ACCT 549 Advanced Enterprise Systems and Technologies
Units: 3
• ACCT 557 Advanced Financial Statement Auditing Topics
Units: 3
• ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
• ACCT 585 Professional Responsibilities in Accounting
Units: 3
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Elective Course Work (16.5 Units)
• Select a minimum of 10.5 units of ACCT 5xx electives
• Select a maximum of 6 units of Marshall (BAEP, BUCO,
DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT, MOR) 500-level electives.
Business Taxation (Data and Analytics) (MBT)
Understanding taxation is critical to every business decision
and many personal decisions as well. Whether you are preparing
for a career as a tax professional in public accounting, industry,
government or the investment arena or are starting your own
business, tax planning must be done. Because of the complexity
of the tax law and its pervasive influence, people facing tax
decisions routinely call on tax professionals for advice in planning
and structuring their affairs in order to comply with the law and to
ensure economic good sense.
The practice of tax is becoming increasingly analytic and data
driven. The environment demands great thinking about business,
financial and taxation issues. It includes sophisticated IT systems
and demands leading edge processes to understand and interact
with those systems.
The Master of Business Taxation with an emphasis in data and
analytics (MBT D&A) delivers a firm foundation in taxation with
a focus on data and analytics and the enabling of IT capabilities.
This program provides a rigorous approach and will require
students to develop strong analytical skills while focusing on such
areas as tax research, corporate taxation, accounting methods,
and multijurisdictional taxation. Tax instruction is further enhanced
by incorporating data analysis into the tax curriculum with the goal
of providing students with an understanding of how to capture
data, analyze it, draw conclusions and present those conclusions
to disparate audiences.
Admission requirements can be reviewed by visiting marshall.
usc.edu/programs/graduate-accounting-programs/master-
business-taxation/admissions.
Application
The MBT with data and analytics is open to individuals who
have earned the equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree from
an accredited program. An undergraduate degree in accounting or
business is not necessary, nor is work experience a requirement.
The program enrolls students in the summer or fall based on their
academic background. For application information visit marshall.
usc.edu/mbt/admissions.
Program Requirements
The Master of Business Taxation with an emphasis in data
and analytics (MBT D&A) degree requires 46.5 units, including
fundamentals, core requirements and electives.
Academic Background Review and Waivers
The Leventhal School of Accounting Master's Program Office
evaluates the academic background of each admitted student to
determine the courses required to complete the program.
Students admitted for summer term start with ACCT 525x
Intensive Accounting Principles and Practices -- an eight-week,
40 hours-per-week course for students who have not completed
undergraduate degrees or other extensive course work in
accounting. This course must be completed successfully prior to
beginning the core in the fall.
Students admitted for fall term holding a bachelor's degree
in Accounting are waived from the 15-unit ACCT 525x course,
reducing the number of units required to earn the degree to 31.5.
Fundamentals (15 units)
• ACCT 525x Intensive Accounting Principles and Practices
Units: 15
Core Program (22.5 units)
• ACCT 529 Tax Data Analytics Units: 3
• ACCT 531T Taxation of Cross-Border Transactions Using
Data Analytics Units: 3
• ACCT 551T Taxation of Partnerships and S-Corps Units: 3
• ACCT 554T Research, Theory and Ethics in Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 561T Income Tax of Corporations and Their
Shareholders Units: 3
• ACCT 580T Tax Accounting Methods Units: 3
• DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3
(3-unit version required)
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
(1.5-unit version required)
Electives (9 Units)
• Complete at least 6 units of ACCT and/or DSO 500-level
electives.
• Complete up to 3 units of FBE, GSBA, and/or MOR 500-level
electives.
• All courses taken must be approved by the Leventhal MBT
academic adviser.
Total Units Required: 46.5
Business Taxation (MBT)
Understanding taxation is critical to every business decision
and many personal decisions as well. Whether you are preparing
for a career as a tax professional in public accounting, industry,
government or the investment arena or are starting your own
business, tax planning must be done. Because of the complexity
of the tax law and its pervasive influence, people facing tax
decisions routinely call on tax professionals for advice in planning
and structuring their affairs in order to comply with the law and to
ensure economic good sense.
The Master of Business Taxation (MBT) program is designed
to develop the skills and expertise professionals need to assist
individuals and firms trying to cope with myriad tax legislation and
regulation at both the federal and local levels. The program offers
students: 1) technical and conceptual knowledge; 2) professional
development; 3) research and lifelong learning; 4) ethical and
professional standards; and 5) globalization and diversity. For
details on these student learning outcomes, see the program
Website at marshall.usc.edu/mbt/academics.
Application
An undergraduate accounting or business major is not
necessary, nor is work experience a requirement. The program
enrolls students in the summer or fall based on their academic
backgrounds. For application information visit marshall.usc.edu/
mbt/admissions.
Program Requirements
The Master of Business Taxation degree requires 48 units,
including fundamentals, core requirements and electives.
Academic Background Review and Waivers
The Leventhal School of Accounting Master's Program Office
evaluates the academic background of each admitted student to
determine the courses required to complete the program.
Students admitted for summer term start with ACCT 525x
Intensive Accounting Principles and Practices -- an eight-week,
40 hours-per-week course for students who have not completed
undergraduate degrees or other extensive course work in
accounting. This course must be completed successfully prior to
beginning the core in the fall.
Students admitted for fall term generally hold a bachelor's
degree in Accounting and are waived from the 15 unit ACCT 525x
class reducing the number of units required to earn the degree to
33.
USC BS in Accounting students may qualify for waiver of an
additional 6 units reducing the number of units required to earn
the degree to 27. (USC BS in Accounting students should meet
with a graduate adviser during their junior year to determine if they
qualify.)
Any of the groups listed above who have taken an equivalent
of GSBA 548 Corporate Finance may petition to waive out of the
requirement, reducing the number of units required to complete
the degree by 3 units.
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Degree Requirements
Fundamentals (18 units)
• ACCT 525x Intensive Accounting Principles and Practices
Units: 15
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
Core Program (18 Units)
• ACCT 530L Ethics for Professional Accountants Units: 3
• ACCT 550T Tax Research and Professional Responsibilities
Units: 3
• ACCT 551T Taxation of Partnerships and S-Corps Units: 3
• ACCT 560T Tax Theory and Ethics Units: 3
• ACCT 561T Income Tax of Corporations and Their
Shareholders Units: 3
At least one from the following (to be determined by previous
course work)
•
BUCO 504T Writing for Accounting and Tax Professionals
Units: 3 or
• GSBA 523T Communication for Accounting and Tax
Professionals Units: 3 or
• BUCO 503 Advanced Managerial Communication Units:
1.5, 3
Elective Course Work (12 Units)
Select at least 9 units from the following list. Three additional units
may be selected from this list or any 500-level elective from ACCT,
BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR.
• ACCT 533 Mergers and Acquisitions: Tax Planning and
Strategy Units: 1.5
• ACCT 563T Federal Estate and Gift Taxes Units: 3
• ACCT 567T Taxation of Transactions in Property Units: 3
• ACCT 568T International Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 569T Advanced Partnership Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 570T State and Local Tax Concepts Units: 3
• ACCT 571T Taxation of Business Owners and High Net-
Worth Individuals Units: 3
• ACCT 573T Federal Tax Procedure Units: 3
• ACCT 576T Tax Consolidations Units: 3
• ACCT 578T Advanced Corporate Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 580T Tax Accounting Methods Units: 3
• ACCT 583 Income Tax Accounting and Auditing Units: 3
• ACCT 584 Family Wealth Preservation Units: 3
Business Taxation for Working Professionals
(MBT)
The Master of Business Taxation — Working Professionals
(MBT.WP) program is designed for students who wish to remain
fully employed while pursuing their graduate studies. The program
is very flexible, allowing students to complete classes either on
ground at the University Park Campus or online. Entering students
must have a minimum of one year of experience in tax.
The Master of Business Taxation (MBT.WP) program offers
students: 1) technical and conceptual knowledge; 2) professional
development; 3) research and lifelong learning; 4) ethical and
professional standards; and 5) globalization and diversity. For
details on these student learning outcomes, see the program
Website at marshall.usc.edu/mbt/academics.
Application
An undergraduate accounting or business major is not
necessary though one year of work experience in tax is required.
The program enrolls students in the summer or fall. For application
information visit marshall.usc.edu/mbtwp/admissions.
Program Requirements
The program requires completion of 30 units. Degree
requirements consist of five core courses and five elective
courses. Applicants who hold a master's degree from an
AACSB accredited institution may be able to waive out of the
communication requirement and complete the MBT.WP in 27 units.
Degree Requirements
Core Program (12 Units)
• ACCT 550T Tax Research and Professional Responsibilities
Units: 3
• ACCT 551T Taxation of Partnerships and S-Corps Units: 3
• ACCT 560T Tax Theory and Ethics Units: 3
• ACCT 561T Income Tax of Corporations and Their
Shareholders Units: 3
At least one from the following
(to be determined by previous course work)
• GSBA 523T Communication for Accounting and Tax
Professionals Units: 3 or
• BUCO 503 Advanced Managerial Communication Units: 1.5,
3 or
• BUCO 533 Managing Communication in Organizations
Units: 1.5, 3
Elective Course Work (15 Units)
Select at least 9 units from the following list. Six additional units
may be selected from this list or any 500-level elective from ACCT,
BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR.
• ACCT 533 Mergers and Acquisitions: Tax Planning and
Strategy Units: 1.5
• ACCT 563T Federal Estate and Gift Taxes Units: 3
• ACCT 567T Taxation of Transactions in Property Units: 3
• ACCT 568T International Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 569T Advanced Partnership Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 570T State and Local Tax Concepts Units: 3
• ACCT 571T Taxation of Business Owners and High Net-
Worth Individuals Units: 3
• ACCT 573T Federal Tax Procedure Units: 3
• ACCT 576T Tax Consolidations Units: 3
• ACCT 578T Advanced Corporate Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 580T Tax Accounting Methods Units: 3
• ACCT 583 Income Tax Accounting and Auditing Units: 3
• ACCT 584 Family Wealth Preservation Units: 3
Dual Degree
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation
(JD/MBT)
Dual Degree Program
The Leventhal School of Accounting, in conjunction with the
USC Gould School of Law, offers a dual degree program leading
to the degrees of Juris Doctor and Master of Business Taxation
(JD/MBT). This program permits a student to pursue a specialized
program in taxation through courses in the Marshall School of
Business, the Leventhal School of Accounting and the USC Gould
School of Law.
The MBT portion of the program requires 42 units, including 9
units of law school courses that are recognized by the Leventhal
School of Accounting toward the MBT degree. JD/MBT Students
must complete 76 law units to satisfy the JD portion of the dual
degree.
Unit Requirements
The total number of units required for the MBT portion of the JD/
MBT program will vary, depending on the educational background
of the individual student. Units are divided into four categories and
students are required to maintain an overall graduate grade point
average of 3.0.
The Leventhal School of Accounting Master's Program Office
evaluates the academic background of each admitted student to
determine if any of the 12 units of course work in Group I can be
waived.
The courses in Groups II, III and IV are required of all JD/MBT
students and total 30 units, including no more than 9 units of Law
School courses.
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First Year
Required USC Gould School of Law courses
Second, Third and Fourth Years
Law courses, including the law courses listed below, and 21-33
units of Marshall School of Business and Leventhal School of
Accounting courses as follows:
Group I Courses (Up to 12 Units)
• ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and Reporting Units: 3
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
• GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management Units: 1.5, 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
Group II Courses* (A Minimum of 9 Units)
• ACCT 550T Tax Research and Professional Responsibilities
Units: 3
• ACCT 561T Income Tax of Corporations and Their
Shareholders Units: 3
• LAW 600 Taxation Units: 3 or 4
Group III Courses* (A Minimum of 6 Units)
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 607 Gifts, Wills, and Trusts Units: 3 or 4
• LAW 717 Estate Planning Units: 3
• LAW 842 Partnership Taxation Units: 2, 3, 4
Note: *Students should seek counseling at the Law School
regarding all LAW courses.
Group IV Courses (A Minimum of 15 Units)
Select at least 15 units from the following list. Three additional
units may be selected from this list or any Marshall (ACCT, BAEP,
BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR) 500-level elective.
• ACCT 533 Mergers and Acquisitions: Tax Planning and
Strategy Units: 1.5
• ACCT 551T Taxation of Partnerships and S-Corps Units: 3
• ACCT 563T Federal Estate and Gift Taxes Units: 3
• ACCT 567T Taxation of Transactions in Property Units: 3
• ACCT 568T International Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 569T Advanced Partnership Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 570T State and Local Tax Concepts Units: 3
• ACCT 571T Taxation of Business Owners and High Net-
Worth Individuals Units: 3
• ACCT 573T Federal Tax Procedure Units: 3
• ACCT 576T Tax Consolidations Units: 3
• ACCT 578T Advanced Corporate Taxation Units: 3
• ACCT 580T Tax Accounting Methods Units: 3
• ACCT 583 Income Tax Accounting and Auditing Units: 3
• ACCT 584 Family Wealth Preservation Units: 3
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USC School of Architecture
The USC School of Architecture offers undergraduate and
graduate education in architecture and architectural studies,
landscape architecture, heritage conservation and building
science. Its faculty is active in professional practice, design
research and in extended professional education.
Work in the school is conducted in an intellectual climate, which
promotes inquiry, introduces principles and values, and teaches
the disciplines necessary to work in collaboration with other
professionals to develop design and research excellence.
The school is located in the center of Los Angeles, the
second largest urban region in the country, which offers a unique
understanding of 21st century growth and change. In such
an environment the possibilities for teaching and learning are
extraordinary.
The school is highly selective in its admissions and enjoys
the strong support of alumni and the professions it serves. The
opportunity exists for students to have close contact with faculty,
other students and practicing architects.
An architecture curriculum was initiated at USC in 1914. In
1919, a Department of Architecture was created and a separate
School of Architecture was organized in 1925. The school shares
Watt and Harris Halls with the USC Roski School of Art and Design
and the Fisher Museum of Art.
USC School of Architecture
Watt Hall 204
(213) 740-2723
FAX: (213) 740-8884
arch.usc.edu
Administration
Willow Bay, MBA, Interim Dean
Douglas E. Noble, PhD, Chair, PhD Program, Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs
Joon-Ho Choi, PhD, Associate Dean of Research & Creative
Work; Director, Center for Wellness and the Built Environment
Esther Margulies, MLArch, Diversity and Inclusion Liaison
Kyle Konis, PhD, Director, Chase L. Leavitt Graduate Program of
Building Science
Trinidad Rico, PhD, Director, Heritage Conservation Programs
Alison Hirsch, PhD, Director, Landscape Architecture and
Urbanism Programs
Alvin Huang, MArch, Director, Graduate & Post-Professional
Architecture Programs
Doris Sung, MArch, Director, Undergraduate Architecture
Programs
Lauren Matchison, MArch, Director, Pre-College Programs
Faiza Moatasim, PhD, Director, Center for City Design
Faculty
Della and Harry MacDonald Dean's Chair in Architecture: TBA
Judge Widney Professor of Architecture: Frank O. Gehry, FAIA,
MArch
Professors: Milton S. F. Curry, MArch; Diane Ghirardo, PhD; John
V. Mutlow, MArch (UD); Victor Regnier, MArch*; Marc Schiler, MS,
ArchSci; John Wilson, PhD
Visiting Professor: Trinidad Rico, PhD
Associate Professors: Joon-Ho Choi, PhD; Vittoria Di Palma, PhD;
Alison Hirsch, PhD; Alvin Huang, MArch; Kyle Konis, PhD; Charles
Lagreco, MFA (Arch); Amy Murphy, PhD; Douglas E. Noble, PhD;
Alexander Robinson, MLArch; Doris Sung, MArch
Assistant Professors: Sascha Delz, DSc; Aroussiak Gabrielian,
PhD; Faiza Moatasim, PhD; Ginger Nolan, PhD; Bhavna Sharma,
PhD
Professors of the Practice of Architecture: Yo-ichiro Hakomori,
PhD; Wesley Jones, MArch; Karen M. Kensek, MArch; Esther
Margulies, MLArch; Gary Paige, BArch; Hadrian Predock, MArch;
Trudi Sandmeier, MA
Associate Professors of the Practice of Architecture: Valery
Augustin, MArch; Lauren Matchison, MArch; Scott Mitchell, MArch;
Lee Olvera, MArch; Selwyn Ting, MArch; Olivier Touraine, Dipl Ing
(Arch)
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Architecture: Geoffrey von
Oeyen, MArch
Adjunct Professors: Michael Arden, MA; Vinayak Bharne,
MArch; T. Jeff Guh, PhD; Eric Haas, MArch; Peyton Hall, MED;
Mia Lehrer, MLArch; Rob Ley, MArch; David C. Martin, MArch;
Lawrence Scarpa, MArch; Warren Techentin, MArch; Patrick Tighe,
MArch; Roland Wahlroos-Ritter, Dipl Ing
Adjunct Associate Professors: Tigran Ayrapetyan, MS; Mina
Mei-Szu Chow, MArch; Mario Cipresso, MArch; Victoria Coaloa,
MArch; John Dutton, MArch; Miller Fong, BAArch; John Frane,
MArch; Sophia Gruzdys, MArch; Jerry Hastings, BS; Jessica
Henson, MLArch; Michael Hricak, MArch; Andy Ku, MArch; Lisa
Little, MArch; Aaron Neubert, MArch; Scott Uriu, BArch, Eui-Sung
Yi, MArch
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Rob Berry, MArch; Mary Casper,
MArch; Lauren Dandridge Gaines, BS; Janek Dombrowa, BS
(Arch); Peter Ekman, PhD; Kathryn Horak, MHP; Christof Janzten,
MArch; Erin Kasimow, MArch; Eric Nulman, MArch; Jay Platt, MS;
Farnoosh Rafaie, MArch; Marcos Sánchez, MArch; Takako Tajima,
MLArch; Brian Tichenor, MLArch
Lecturers: Kais Al-Rawi, MArch; Victoria Turkel Behner, PhD;
Jasmine Benyamin, PhD; Hallie Black, BArch; Isaac Brown,
PhD; Gesa Buttner-Dias, MArch/MS; Kate Chiu, MArch; Matt
Conway, MArch; Meredith Drake Reitan, PhD; Lauren Elachi,
MLA; Wendy Fok, DDes; David Gerber, DDes; Richard Gooding,
MS; Jesse Hammer, MArch; Sarah Hammond, BArch; Katherine
Harvey, MLA; Douglas Kent, MS/MLA; Alfie Koetter, MArch;
Andrew Kovacs, MArch; Jimenez Lai, MArch; John Lesak,
MArch; Alejandra Lillo, MArch; Ryan Tyler Martinez, MArch; Farre
Nixon, MArch/MLA; Amanda Ortland, MArch; Ioni Papaioannou,
MBS; Michael Patterson, PhD; Rodolfo Reis-Dias, BArch; Parsa
Rezaee, MArch; Mary Ringhoff, MA; Juan Salazar, MArch; Kris
Sandheinrich, MFA; Lee Schneider; Santosh Shahi, PhD; Kevin
Sherrod, MArch; Teddy Slowik, MArch; Ismael Soto, MArch; John
Southern, MArch; Gideon Susman, PhD; Sanjeev Tankha, MBS;
Jennifer Toy, MLArch/MUP; Elizabeth Valmont, PhD; Yaohua
Wang, MArch; Jia Zhou Zhu, MArch
Citizen Architect Fellow: Gillian Shaffer Lutsko, MArch
Postdoctoral Fellow, USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities:
Jessica Varner, PhD
Emeritus Faculty: James Ambrose, MS; Kenneth Breisch, PhD;
Frank Dimster, MArch; Robert S. Harris, MFA (Arch); Ralph
Knowles, MArch*; Graeme M. Morland, DiplArch; Goetz Schierle,
PhD; Roger Sherwood, MSArch, MCRP; James Steele, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degree Programs
The School of Architecture offers curricula leading to the
following degrees.
Bachelor of Architecture: a five-year undergraduate
accredited professional degree program.
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies: a four-year
undergraduate non-professional architectural studies degree
program providing specialization in related fields and an alternative
path to graduate studies in architecture and other design fields.
Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Inventive
Technologies: This program will look at architecture and the
architectural market through a lens of entrepreneurship as
students develop critical thinking skills to address the wicked
problems of the 21st century, such as climate change, social
justice, health and wellness, and our increasingly virtual world.
Minor in Architecture: provides the flexibility of complementing
a student's major with an area of specialization. Not available for
architecture majors.
Minor in Landscape Architecture: provides students with the
ability to integrate the natural and cultural profession of landscape
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architecture into their course of study. Not available for architecture
majors.
Master of Advanced Architectural Studies: a 48-unit,
three-semester program for students who hold a first professional
degree from an accredited school of architecture.
Master of Advanced Architectural Research Studies, City
Design and Housing Emphasis: a 42-unit, three-semester
program for students who hold a first professional degree from an
accredited school of architecture.
Master of Advanced Architectural Research Studies,
Performative Design and Technology Emphasis: a 42-unit,
three-semester program for students who hold a first professional
degree from an accredited school of architecture.
Master of Architecture: a 102-unit, three-year accredited
degree for students who have completed a bachelor's degree
with a major other than one of the design professions; a 64-unit,
two-year accredited degree for students holding a pre-professional
degree with a major in architecture.
Master of Heritage Conservation: a 48-unit program designed
to prepare individuals for work in heritage conservation and its
allied disciplines, including architecture, urban planning, cultural
resource management, real estate development, construction and
materials conservation.
Master of Landscape Architecture: a 96-unit, six-semester
curriculum for students with no prior degree in architecture,
landscape architecture or environmental design; a 64-unit, four-
semester curriculum for students who hold a first non-accredited
degree in architecture, landscape architecture or environmental
design.
Master of Building Science: a 48-unit, two-year program
for applicants who hold an architecture, engineering or science-
related degree (e.g., Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of
Architectural Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering,
Environmental Studies, Physics or Mathematics). Students with
five-year professional degrees in architecture and a minimum of
five years of experience may be given advanced standing.
Dual Degree in Advanced Architectural Studies and Urban
Planning: a 72-unit program leading to the post-professional
Master of Architecture and the Master of Urban Planning degrees.
Admission to both degree programs is required.
Dual Degree in Building Science and Heritage
Conservation: a 72-unit program leading to the Master of Building
Science and Master of Heritage Conservation degrees. Admission
to both degree programs is required.
Dual Degree in Heritage Conservation and Urban Planning:
a 60-unit program leading to the Master of Heritage Conservation
and Master of Urban Planning degrees. Admission to both degree
programs is required.
Dual Degree in Heritage Conservation and Landscape
Architecture: a 87- or 111-unit program leading to the Master
of Heritage Conservation and Master of Landscape Architecture
degrees. Admission to both degree programs is required.
Dual Degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban
Planning: a 84- or 110-unit program leading to the Master of
Landscape Architecture and Master of Urban Planning degrees.
Admission to both degree programs is required.
Certificate in Architecture: The focus of this program is
on understanding the broad and complex role of architecture
within the urban and cultural context. Studies focus on cities and
architecture throughout the world where conditions of increasing
density, environmental challenges and cultural complexity require
design initiatives that support amenity, sustainability and cultural
meaning. The certificate is open to graduate students not pursuing
a Master of Architecture degree.
Certificate in Building Façade Art Science and Technology:
The program is designed to provide students with the deep
knowledge and skills necessary for careers in the increasingly
technical eld of façade system design, fabrication, delivery and
operation.
Certificate in Building Science: This program is intended as a
supplementary credential for students enrolled in graduate course
work in architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation,
urban planning or related disciplines, and also for practicing
design and planning professionals with undergraduate or graduate
degrees and related experience.
Certificate in Heritage Conservation: This program is
for those who wish to augment their current work in heritage
conservation, and for graduate students who wish to obtain a
complementary specialization in conjunction with their degree.
Certificate in Landscape Architecture: This program provides
an opportunity for professionals and graduate students to develop
understandings and skills related to the basic subjects inherent in
the field of landscape architecture.
Certificate in Sustainable Design: This certificate provides
students with the tools necessary to understand and quantify
sources of energy use in buildings and landscapes and to use
design of natural and man-made systems to reduce their energy
use. Environmental, economic and socially responsible solutions
will be explored through the course work.
National Architecture Accrediting Board Statement
In the United States, most registration boards require a degree
from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite
for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB),
which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional
degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S.
regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the
Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture and the Doctor
of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year, three-
year or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of
its conformance with established educational standards.
Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree
programs may require a pre-professional undergraduate degree in
architecture for admission. However, the pre-professional degree
is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The University of Southern California School of Architecture
offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:
Bachelor of Architecture (160 undergraduate credits)
Master of Architecture (pre-professional degree + 64 graduate
credits)
Master of Architecture (non-professional degree + 102 graduate
credits)
Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2023
Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure Initiative
The USC School of Architecture is one of the initial 14
accredited architecture schools in the United States accepted to
participate in the National Council of Architectural Registration
Board's (NCARB) Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure
Initiative (IPAL). IPAL monitors and provides support for obtaining
architectural registration in designated professional accredited
programs with an integrated approach to Architectural Experience
Programs (AXP) and Architectural Registration Exam requirements
required for licensure.
Participation in the IPAL program does not change any of the
existing professional degree requirements. With guidance and
support, both BArch and MArch students at the USC School of
Architecture will be encouraged to take advantage of the increased
access to state and national licensure examinations concurrent
with enrollment in their degree studies. The programs will provide
support and encourage architectural experience in the professional
community, which will allow the opportunity to significantly reduce
the amount of time necessary to become a licensed architect while
increasing the awareness and interaction between professional
and academic experiences.
National Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board
Statement
The USC Master of Landscape Architecture first professional
curricula (three-year and two-year curricula) are accredited by the
American Society of Landscape Architects Landscape Architecture
Accreditation Board (LAAB). The LAAB conditions of accreditation
(including the student performance criteria) are posted on the
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ASLA website, asla.org/AccreditationLAAB.aspx. The last review in
November 2017 was completed successfully and we were granted
the maximum renewal until December 2022.
Other Programs
Exploration of Architecture Summer Program for
High School Students
The School of Architecture offers a four-week program for
high school students (must have completed ninth grade by the
start of the program) who have no previous experience but are
interested in architecture. The program, which began in 1983, is
particularly rewarding for students who are contemplating a career
in architecture. However, all students find the exposure to the
unique problem-solving methodologies of architecture a benefit
regardless of their final career choice. Living on campus in a USC
residence hall, high school students experience what it is like to
be a university student. They participate in studio classes with
professional critics and present their ideas in reviews attended by
parents and friends.
The program also exposes them, through case studies,
sketching exercises and field trips, to some of the most dramatic
and impressive historical and modern architecture of Los Angeles.
Obtain program details by visiting the School of Architecture
website or by calling (800) 281-8616.
The Building Science Program in Civil Engineering
The Sonny Astani Department of Civil Engineering offers an
undergraduate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in building science.
The curriculum includes most of the work that is required for the
major in structures, plus 30 units in architectural studies offered
by the School of Architecture. See the USC Viterbi School of
Engineering, Civil Engineering section of this catalogue for further
information.
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Architecture
The NAAB-accredited professional undergraduate program is
designed to provide an exceptional university education. Students
study architecture as well as other basic disciplines throughout the
five-year program. We encourage students to pursue minors or
elective courses to combine their interest in architecture with fields
such as entrepreneurship, construction management, real estate
development or animation and digital arts.
Beginning in the first semester, students will be immersed in
both architectural and general university studies. The first six
semesters provides a foundation in understanding architecture
through studies in design, technology, and history, concluding with
integrative studies that help develop a deeper understanding of
becoming an architect. The remaining four semesters provide the
opportunity to explore many aspects of architecture and to develop
individual strengths and interests. One of these semesters will
include domestic or international off-campus instruction. Studies
will conclude with a comprehensive project with a component of
directed research defined by the student based on choice and
initiative.
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
This four-year, non-professional architectural studies degree
program provides specialization in related fields and an alternative
path to graduate studies in architecture or fields. Students
accepted into the professional Bachelor of Architecture program
are eligible to elect this degree option at the end of the second
year of study.
The curriculum includes a core program in the first two years
identical to the Bachelor of Architecture professional degree
program. In the second two years, students explore many aspects
of architecture and related fields and develop individual strengths
and interests. Students take a specialization course in the second
year, which introduces them to related fields and alternative
degree options. Students who do not wish to pursue the five-year
Bachelor of Architecture, can elect to move into the four-year,
non-professional Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BS
in A.S.) program with a degree plan identifying electives that fulfill
an area of concentration. The four-year program concludes with
a capstone seminar, which allows all degree candidates to work
collaboratively on areas of common interest.
Bachelor of Science in Architecture and
Inventive Technologies
In this program, students will learn to be leaders who develop
innovative architectural products, an architecture-related field
that is underrepresented but growing. This program will look
at architecture and the architectural market through a lens of
entrepreneurship as students develop critical thinking skills to
address the wicked problems of the 21st century, such as climate
change, social justice, health and wellness, and our increasingly
virtual world.
Students will be taught to think about the problems related
to architecture and the built environment in more product-
oriented or service-related (i.e. construction/assembly methods,
manufacturing, delivery, life-cycle, digital apps) ways.
Off-Campus Programs and Other
Enrichment Opportunities
Each year, a set of different off-campus programs are offered
to our fourth-year undergraduate students during their topic studio
semesters. These may consist of semester-long programs with
recent studies in Italy, Spain and Asia. Each of these semester-
long offerings consists of a coordinated 17-unit, full semester
program that includes a studio course in design and required
seminars in history and theory; technology; and cultural studies.
Students must be in good academic standing to be considered
and to participate. Students may also participate in off-campus
programs that require substantial travel outside of Los Angeles to
a regional location within the continental United States.
Some examples of recent programs include:
Spring Program in Italy: Milan-Como
For many years, selected students have been able to
participate in the Anthony A. Marnell II Italian Architecture Studies
Program, located in Milan, a city at the forefront of Italian modern
architecture and the center of Italian design. Students are housed
and have classroom and studio space in Como, a small and
pleasant lakeside town about 30 miles from Milan. The Milan-
Como Program is one of only two U.S. school of architecture
programs in this part of Italy. Strong relationships are fostered with
the place, its people and its culture. Visits are planned within Italy
and throughout Europe to expose the students to the full range of
historical and contemporary architecture.
Fall Program in Spain: Barcelona
The School of Architecture's study abroad program in
Barcelona provides a place for fourth year architecture students
in a course of study in urbanism and architecture of the city. The
goal is to provide a broad overview of that city's major urban and
architectural sites, topography and systems of urban organization.
Students will be immersed in the issues of urban design and
architecture that have shaped the city, and will develop critical
thinking and methodologies of analysis by designing in the urban
context. The course of study will examine this fascinating culture
that is committed to design and architectural practices that engage
and challenge European traditional and modernist orthodoxies.
Barcelona is both a modern and historical site, beginning as
a small Roman colony from the time of Augustus, and surviving
Visigothic, Moorish and Frankish invasions. Its political and
economic history has shaped the city, with the most forceful
expression of its national aspiration occurring in the 19th century,
the time most associated with the architect Antonio Gaudí. It
is city committed to a culture of visual design that has realized
many ambitious urban plans, growing from its commitment to
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representing national pride. It is a dynamic site for the study of
ancient and contemporary urbanism as it has achieved word-
class status among cities as a locus for new world architecture.
The program will combine field work, precedent analysis and
discussions with the broader design community in Barcelona.
Examples of public space and architecture from antiquity to the
21st century will be studied as part of the context of a city that has
successfully projected its future without neglecting its past and
present. Visits are planned within Spain and throughout Europe to
expose students to the full range of historical and contemporary
architecture.
Fall Program in Asia: Architecture and Landscape
Urbanism
The Asian Architecture and Landscape Urbanism program
provides participating students the opportunity to engage and
comprehend the full depth and global ramifications of the rapid
changes that are taking place in countries such as Japan,
South Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. The
complex and multiple factors that inform urbanism and define the
built environment will be explored and analyzed both in terms
of historical cultural source and contemporary manifestation.
Participants in these academic engagements will include regional
as well as international professionals, academics, historians,
economists and local inhabitants through direct engagements
required of the course curriculum. Students will bring this
knowledge and point of view back to the school after their
semester away to expand the discussion of urbanism to the larger
community of students and faculty at the School of Architecture.
Exhibits of Student Work
Throughout the year, selected students are given the
opportunity to show work in organized exhibitions, as well as to
be included in our ongoing student work publication INDEX. The
school seeks multiple formats and opportunities to have student
work shown in the community at large and at cultural institutions
throughout the city and the world, with recent exhibits in Shanghai,
France, Italy and Washington, DC.
Field Trips
Field trips to locations in the larger California region as well as
through the United States are organized each year in support of
various aspects of the academic program. In addition, students
regularly visit the many sites of significance in the local Los
Angeles area on an almost weekly basis for their general course
work and personal interest.
Lectures and Exhibitions
The school provides significant service to the community and
profession through public programs, and the participation of
faculty members in community and professional activities. With
the support and cooperation of the Architectural Guild, the school
generates a vigorous program of lectures, exhibitions and tours.
Some of the world's most distinguished and emerging
architects, landscape architects and designers have lectured at
USC. These include Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Mario Botta, Yona
Friedman, Peter Cook,Yung Ho Chang, Thom Mayne, Michael
Maltzan, Hitoshi Abe, Mia Lehrer, Fumihiko Maki, Jean Nouvel,
Will Bruder, Francois Roche, Enrique Norten, Adriaan Geuze,
Kazuyo Sejima, Ai Wei Wei, Rem Koolhaas, Shigeru Ban, Hans
Hollein, Charles Waldhem, Nader Tehrani, Cesar Pelli, Javier
Sanchez, Laurie Olin, Eric Owen Moss and Pei Zhu.
The school also provides the Helen Lindhurst Architecture
Gallery and the Verle Annis Gallery for major architectural
exhibitions by visiting guests, USC faculty, students and alumni.
Graduate Programs
The school offers interrelated graduate programs in
architecture, landscape architecture, building science and heritage
conservation as well as three dual degree programs with the USC
Price School of Public Policy.
Admission to Graduate Programs
Credentials for admission must include a complete record of all
previous college or university work. The applicant must request the
registrar of each college or university attended to forward official
transcripts of record directly to the Office of Admission.
Following are the basic requirements for admission to the
graduate programs: (1) the appropriate degree from an accredited
college or university; (2) satisfactory scores on the verbal,
analytical and quantitative portions of the aptitude test of the
Graduate Record Examinations; (3) intellectual promise and clear
study intentions that indicate an ability to do acceptable graduate
work; (4) a portfolio of design work*; and (5) strong personal
qualifications.
All students must speak and write English. Foreign students
must demonstrate such ability by taking the TOEFL or IELTS test
before leaving their home countries, and, if necessary, by further
tests upon arrival on campus.
International students may be required to enroll in American
Language Institute (ALI) English courses, based on scores on the
English Placement Tests. The cost of these additional courses is
the responsibility of the student. In addition, international students
should be aware that they may have to defer enrollment in some
major courses because of the ALI courses, extending the number
of semesters required to complete the program and increasing the
overall tuition expense. International students are urged to read
with care all information sent to them about English requirements
and to take as many English language courses as possible prior to
coming to the United States.
*The Master of Building Science and Master of Heritage
Conservation programs accept computer programs, papers and
other work as portfolio work.
Correspondence with the dean or individual faculty members does
not constitute admission to the Graduate School or to the School
of Architecture. Only a letter from the Director of Admissions grants
official admission.
Graduate Program Policies
Graduate students are expected to complete between 12 and
16 units per semester, spring and fall, depending on the program
in which they are enrolled.
A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required in a course to receive
graduate credit. A grade point average of at least B (3.0) on all
units attempted at USC toward a graduate degree is required for
graduation. A total grade point average of at least a B (3.0) in all
courses applied toward completion of a certificate is required prior
to being awarded a particular certificate. Course work taken on a
pass/no pass basis cannot be applied toward a graduate degree
or a certificate. If a student does not meet these minimum grades
the faculty member should meet with the student to provide timely
advisory reviews.
Failure to complete program course work on schedule
will result in the loss of financial awards from the School of
Architecture and/or may result in suspension from the program
upon recommendation from the program director and approval
by the Dean of the School of Architecture and the Vice Provost
for Academic Programs. Additional semesters may be taken to
complete the thesis or directed design research when appropriate.
All appeals will be reviewed initially by the director(s) of the
appropriate graduate program and then by a committee consisting
of all graduate program directors (with the exception that design
courses will be reviewed by the design review committee). Their
recommendation(s) will be forwarded to the dean for consideration
and action, and then forwarded to the Vice Provost for Academic
Programs. All communications must be in writing.
Thesis Committees
In the School of Architecture's master's programs, thesis
committees must include a minimum of three members. The chair
will be a full-time faculty member in the student's discipline in
architecture. The second member must be a full- or part-time USC
faculty member, not necessarily from the School of Architecture.
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The third member may be either a USC faculty member or a
practitioner with a special expertise in the field; she or he may
be full-time or part-time, tenure track, non-tenure track, or a non-
academic practitioner. Thesis committees are ultimately subject to
approval by the school dean.
Summer Graduate Studies Abroad
The School of Architecture offers programs for summer
graduate study abroad. The purpose of the programs is to offer
graduate architecture students the opportunity to study the built
fabric of another culture firsthand and engage in a focused urban
studies problem in that culture. The programs also strive to expand
appreciation of the importance of development in the current world
market and show practitioners USC graduates' ability to engage in
and contribute to international development.
Exhibits of Student Work
Throughout the year, selected students are given the
opportunity to show work in organized exhibitions, as well as to
be included in our ongoing student work publication INDEX. The
school seeks multiple formats and opportunities to have student
work shown in the community at large and at cultural institutions
throughout the city and the world, with recent exhibits in Shanghai,
France, Italy and Washington, DC.
Field Trips
Field trips to locations in the larger California region as well as
through the United States are organized each year in support of
various aspects of the academic program. In addition, students
regularly visit the many sites of significance in the local Los
Angeles area on an almost weekly basis for their general course
work and personal interest.
Lectures and Exhibitions
The school provides significant service to the community and
profession through public programs, and the participation of
faculty members in community and professional activities. With
the support and cooperation of the Architectural Guild, the school
generates a vigorous program of lectures, exhibitions and tours.
Some of the world's most distinguished and emerging
architects, landscape architects and designers have lectured at
USC. These include Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Mario Botta, Yona
Friedman, Peter Cook, Yung Ho Chang, Thom Mayne, Michael
Maltzan, Hitoshi Abe, Mia Lehrer, Fumihiko Maki, Jean Nouvel,
Will Bruder, Francois Roche, Enrique Norten, Adriaan Geuze,
Kazuyo Sejima, Ai Wei Wei, Rem Koolhaas, Shigeru Ban, Hans
Hollein, Charles Waldhem, Nader Tehrani, Cesar Pelli, Javier
Sanchez, Laurie Olin, Eric Owen Moss and Pei Zhu.
The school also provides the Helen Lindhurst Architecture
Gallery and the Verle Annis Gallery for major architectural
exhibitions by visiting guests, USC faculty, students and alumni.
Summer Program in Heritage Conservation
This program offers three weeks of classes with noted experts
from Southern California and the United States. Taken together
the courses act as a general introduction to the field of heritage
conservation. In addition to examining the history and philosophy
of the conservation movement as it has evolved during the past
century, lectures and field trips to historic sites throughout the
Los Angeles area will introduce students to a broad range of
legal, economic, aesthetic and technical issues associated with
the documentation, conservation and interpretation of historic
structures, landscapes and communities.
For more information, call (213) 821-2168.
Bachelor's Degree
Architectural Studies (BS)
Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies
The Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies program
begins intensively with architectural studies in the first two years
and provides a mix of architectural and general university studies
throughout the program. The curriculum includes a core program
in the first two years identical to the Bachelor of Architecture
professional degree program. The last two years provide the
opportunity to explore many aspects of architecture and related
fields and to develop individual strengths and interests. Students
take an introductory course in specialization in the second year,
which provides an introduction to related fields and alternative
degree options. Students can elect to move into the four-year non-
professional BS in Architectural Studies program with a degree
plan identifying electives fulfilling an area of concentration. The
program is concluded with a seminar with all degree candidates,
allowing for collaborative work on areas of common interest.
Admission as a First-year Student
All applicants to the School of Architecture must complete the
Common Application and submit it to the USC Office of Admission
along with Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or other test scores.
All applicants, including international students, must submit a
portfolio.
Admission with Advanced Placement
It is possible, in selected instances, that a transfer student
from an accredited community college or other university may
be eligible for advanced placement at the second-year level
if previous work includes a minimum of 32 semester units of
acceptable academic credit in a pre-architecture program.
The academic credit must include at least 8 semester units in
architectural design or environmental design. Students accepted
for advanced placement must still comply with all requirements for
the degree.
Advanced placement applicants are required to submit a design
portfolio to the School of Architecture at the time of application.
Summer Transfer Courses
A summer design studio allows highly qualified students
transferring from community college or other university programs
to be evaluated for advanced placement in the fall semester.
Applicants must submit a university application and portfolio by
February 1 for consideration. During the summer studio, transfer
students must demonstrate significant design and drawing skill to
justify advanced placement. Transfer students who are admitted
with fewer than 32 units of college level work and who have only
limited drawing or design skills may be considered for placement
in the first year of the four-year program. Previous academic
work may in part be applied toward required and elective
courses for the four-year BS in Architectural Studies program.
For more information about this program, contact the school at
(213) 740-2420.
Advisement
The School of Architecture maintains student advisers for the
benefit of all students in the school. All incoming students will
participate in new student orientation and receive information
about course requirements and planning. An individual
appointment with an adviser may be scheduled at any time during
the academic year to review course work in progress or to plan for
future semesters.
Design Studio Grade Point Average Requirement
Less than average work in design studio is not considered
sufficient for a continuation in the design studio sequence.
Students must receive a grade of C (2.0) or above in each
semester of design in order to continue in the design sequence.
Students in the first two years of the program are required to
repeat the course until such a grade is achieved.
Pass/No Pass Courses
Architecture students are permitted to take a maximum of
24 units of non-architecture electives, exclusive of the writing
requirements, MATH 108 and the PHYS 125 requirement, on
a pass/no pass option. No more than 4 units of pass/no pass
courses may be applied to general education requirements; no
more than 4 units may be taken in one semester. Students who
have taken non-architecture courses pass/no pass in the past (i.e.,
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before admission to architecture) may count such pass/no pass
courses toward, but not in addition to, the maximum of 24 units.
Time Limits
While there are no specific time limits for completing the BS in
Architectural Studies degree (except in the case of discontinued
programs) the School of Architecture may require additional course
work of students who remain in the degree program beyond six
years.
Four-Year Curriculum for the Bachelor of
Science in Architectural Studies Degree
First Year, First Semester
• ARCH 102a Architectural Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication
Units: 2
• ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community Units: 2
• General Education Seminar Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4 or General
Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
First Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 102bL Architectural Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 214ag World History of Architecture Units: 3 *
• PHYS 125Lg Physics for Architects Units: 4 **
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
Total units: 15
Second Year, First Semester
• ARCH 202aL Architectural Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 213a Building Structures and Seismic Design
Units: 3 ***
• ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture Units: 3 *
• General Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
Second Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 202bL Architectural Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 211 Materials and Methods of Building Construction
Units: 3
• ARCH 213b Building Structures and Seismic Design
Units: 3 ***
• General Education
Total units: 16
Third Year, First Semester
• ARCH 215 Design for the Thermal and Atmospheric
Environment Units: 3
• ARCH 313 Design of Building Structures Units: 3
• ARCH 314 History of Architecture: Contemporary Issues
Units: 3
• ARCH 370 Architectural Studies — Expanding the Field
Units: 2
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Total units: 15
Third Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 315 Design for the Luminous and Sonic Environment
Units: 3
• ARCH 411 Architectural Technology Units: 3
• ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and
Office Administration Units: 3
• General Education Units: 4
• Professional Architecture Electives Units: 3
Total units: 16
Fourth Year, First Semester
• ARCH 470a Architectural Studies Capstone Units: 1
• Professional Architecture Electives Units: 13
• General Education Units: 4
Total units: 18
Fourth Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 470b Architectural Studies Capstone Units: 3
• Electives Units: 8
• Professional Architecture Electives Units: 5
Total units: 16
Total minimum units required: 128
*ARCH 214a, ARCH 214b fulfill the General Education
requirement in Category A: The Arts.
**PHYS 125 fulfills the General Education requirement in Category
E: Physical Sciences. The PHYS 125 requirement may also be
fulfilled by PHYS 135a, PHYS 135b; 4 units will be applied toward
the BArch and 4 will count as electives.
***ARCH 213a ARCH 213b fulfills the General Education
requirement in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning.
Requirements for BS in Architectural Studies
Degree
A total of 25 units of professional electives, including ARCH 470
Capstone Seminar, are required in an area of specialization, which
must be selected from the accepted professional elective offerings
in the School of Architecture or with consultation and approval of
the program adviser. This is in addition to the core, elective and
general education requirements of the Bachelor of Architecture
degree, which are identical for the first two years of the Bachelor of
Science in Architectural Studies.
In the third and fourth year of the program, the requirements
for the Bachelor of Architecture design studios, ARCH 302a,
ARCH 302b and ARCH 402a, ARCH 402b — 24 units — are
changed to the professional electives requirement. The full degree
requirements are described above.
Core Requirements
Students MUST complete the following core courses as a
prelude to the upper-division professional electives and degree
requirements: ARCH 102a, ARCH 102b, ARCH 105, ARCH 114,
ARCH 202a, ARCH 202b, ARCH 211, ARCH 213a, ARCH 213b,
ARCH 214a, ARCH 214b, ARCH 314, ARCH 370, MATH 108,
PHYS 125 and WRIT 150.
General Education Requirements
All students who begin college in fall 2015 or later at USC (or
who begin elsewhere in fall 2015 and then transfer to USC) must
satisfy the 2015 General Education Program, which includes six
Core Literacy and two Global Perspectives requirements. Together
these provide training in the liberal arts — the critical skills
necessary for a free person to function effectively, thoughtfully and
productively in a complex world. This General Education program
has been designed to nurture habits of thought essential for
professional success and personal development, and to establish
a background for lifelong learning.
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
In addition, all entering freshmen are expected to complete a
General Education Seminar during their first year at USC. These
seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy requirements above.
To fulfill a minimum 128 units for the Bachelor of Science
in Architectural Studies, courses in the Global Perspectives
categories should be used to satisfy requirements in the Core
Literacies as well. A single course can satisfy one Global
Perspective and one Core Literacy requirement.
For more information about the general education requirements,
see https://dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/2015ge-requirements/.
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Architecture (BArch)
Bachelor of Architecture
The bachelor's degree program begins intensively with
architectural studies in the first year and provides for a mix
of architectural and general university studies throughout the
program. The curriculum includes two cycles of development. The
first cycle of six semesters provides a foundation in understanding
architecture, concluding with integrative studies after two years of
introductory work. The second cycle, four semesters, provides the
opportunity to explore many aspects of architecture and to develop
individual strengths and interests. One of these semesters must
include participation in our Off-Campus Program as a requirement
towards graduation. During this period, a comprehensive design
studio project is undertaken in the fall of the fifth year. The spring
of the fifth (and final) year culminates in the development of that
comprehensive building project in the context of a professional
practice course, coupled with a research design studio taken along
the lines of the students' own interests.
Admission as a First Year Student
All applicants to the School of Architecture must complete the
Common Application and submit it to the USC Office of Admission
along with Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or other test scores.
All applicants, including international students, must submit a
portfolio.
Admission with Advanced Placement
It is possible, in selected instances, that a transfer student
from an accredited community college or other university may
be eligible for advanced placement at the second-year level
if previous work includes a minimum of 32 semester units of
acceptable academic credit in a pre-architecture program.
The academic credit must include at least 8 semester units in
architectural design or environmental design. Students accepted
for advanced placement must still comply with all requirements for
the degree.
Advanced placement applicants are required to submit a design
portfolio to the School of Architecture at the time of application.
Summer Transfer Courses
A summer design studio and drawing course allows highly
qualified students transferring from community college or other
university programs to be evaluated for advanced placement in
the fall semester. Applicants must submit a university application
and portfolio by February 1 for consideration. During the summer
transfer courses, students must demonstrate significant design
and drawing skills to justify advanced placement. Successfully
completing these summer transfer courses allows students
to reduce the required 10-semester design sequence by two
semesters, reducing USC residency to four years. This either
provides for advanced placement into the second year or gives
credit for ARCH 102a, ARCH 102b and ARCH 105 if these courses
are passed with grades of B or above. For more information,
contact the school at (213) 740-2420.
Transfer students who are admitted with fewer than 32 units of
college-level work and who have only limited drawing or design
skills may be considered for placement in the first year of the
five-year design sequence. Previous academic work may in part
be applied toward required and elective courses for the five-year
Bachelor of Architecture program.
Advisement
The School of Architecture maintains academic advisers for
the benefit of all students in the school. All incoming students
will participate in new student orientation and receive information
about course requirements and planning. An individual
appointment with an adviser may be scheduled at any time during
the academic year to review coursework in progress or to plan for
future semesters.
Degree Requirements
Accredited degree programs awarding the BArch degree must
require a minimum of 150 semester credit hours or the quarter-
hour equivalent, in academic course work in general studies,
professional studies and electives. The curriculum leading to
the architecture degree must include at least 45 credit hours,
or the quarter-hour equivalent, outside of architectural studies
either as general studies or as electives with content other than
architectural.
Design Studio and Degree Seminar Grade Point
Average Requirement
Less than average work in design and design research is not
considered sufficient for a professional degree. Students must
receive a grade of C (2.0) or above in each semester of design
and design research (ARCH 102a, ARCH 102b, ARCH 202a,
ARCH 202b, ARCH 302a, ARCH 302b, ARCH 402a, ARCH 402b,
ARCH 500a, ARCH 501, ARCH 502a) in order to continue in the
design sequence and to graduate. Students will be required to
repeat the course until such a grade is achieved.
Transfer Limit for Design Studio Credit
School of Architecture majors enrolling for a semester of study
off campus are limited to the transfer of only one design studio
course within the ARCH 402a, ARCH 402b sequence. Approval
of transfer credit will be dependent upon portfolio review by an
appointed faculty review committee.
Pass/No Pass Courses
Architecture students are permitted to take a maximum of
24 units of non-architecture electives, exclusive of the writing
requirements, MATH 108 and the PHYS 125L requirement, on a
pass/no pass basis. No more than 4 units of pass/no pass courses
may be applied to general education requirements; no more than
4 units may be taken in one semester. Students who have taken
non-architecture courses pass/no pass in the past (i.e., before
admission to architecture) may count such pass/no pass courses
toward, but not in addition to, the maximum of 24 units.
Schedule Choices
Students in upper division (ARCH 402a, ARCH 402b) may
substitute any fall or spring semester by completing degree
requirements, including design studio, by enrolling during summer
session. This substitution does not provide for acceleration of the
degree but does allow for make up so that students may get back
on schedule for the five-year degree.
Time Limits
While there are no specific time limits for completing the
bachelor's degree (except in the case of discontinued programs)
the School of Architecture may require additional course work of
students who remain in the degree program beyond six years.
Five-Year Curriculum for the Bachelor of
Architecture Degree
First Year, First Semester
• ARCH 102a Architectural Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication
Units: 2
• ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community Units: 2
• General Education Seminar Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4 or General
Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
First Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 102bL Architectural Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 214ag World History of Architecture Units: 3 *
• PHYS 125Lg Physics for Architects Units: 4 **
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
Total units: 15
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Second Year, First Semester
• ARCH 202aL Architectural Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 213a Building Structures and Seismic Design
Units: 3 ***
• ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture Units: 3 *
• General Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
Second Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 202bL Architectural Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 211 Materials and Methods of Building Construction
Units: 3
• ARCH 213b Building Structures and Seismic Design
Units: 3 ***
General Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
Third Year, First Semester
• ARCH 215 Design for the Thermal and Atmospheric
Environment Units: 3
• ARCH 302aL Architectural Design III Units: 6
• ARCH 314 History of Architecture: Contemporary Issues
Units: 3
• ARCH 313 Design of Building Structures Units: 3
Total units: 15
Third Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 302bL Architectural Design III Units: 6
• ARCH 315 Design for the Luminous and Sonic Environment
Units: 3
• ARCH 411 Architectural Technology Units: 3
• General Education Units: 4
Total units: 16
Fourth Year, First Semester
• ARCH 402aL Architectural Design IV Units: 6
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
• General Education Units: 4
• Electives Units: 4
Total units: 18
Fourth Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 402bL Architectural Design IV Units: 6
• ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and
Office Administration Units: 3
• Architecture History Elective Units: 2-4
• Electives Units: 3-5
Total units: 16
Fifth Year, First Semester
• ARCH 500aL Comprehensive Architectural Design Units: 6
• ARCH 501 Critical Topics in Architecture Units: 2
• Electives Units: 8
Total units: 16
Fifth Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 502aL Architectural Design V Units: 6
• ARCH 526 Professional Practice: Legal and Economic
Context, Project Documentation Units: 3
• Electives Units: 7
Total units: 16
Total minimum units required: 160
*ARCH 214a, ARCH 214b fulfill the General Education
requirement in Category A: The Arts.
**PHYS 125 fulfills the General Education requirement in Category
E: Physical Sciences. The PHYS 125 requirement may also be
fulfilled by PHYS 135a, PHYS 135b; 4 units will be applied toward
the BArch and 4 will count as electives.
***ARCH 213a, ARCH 213b fulfills the General Education
requirement in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning.
Core Requirements
In order to take advantage of elective opportunities at the upper
division level, students MUST complete the following courses
before the end of the integrative semester (third year, second
semester): ARCH 102a, ARCH 102b, ARCH 105, ARCH 114,
ARCH 202a, ARCH 202b, ARCH 211, ARCH 213a, ARCH 213b,
ARCH 214a, ARCH 214b, ARCH 215, ARCH 314, MATH 108,
PHYS 125 and WRIT 150.
Additional Requirements
Allocation of Elective Units
Professional Architecture Electives
A minimum of 12 units in architecture is required.
Architecture History Elective
A minimum of 2 units in architecture history is required.
Free Electives
A minimum of 8 units in any area of liberal arts or sciences
excluding MATH 108, PHYS 125 or PHYS 135a, PHYS 135b).
General Education Requirements
All students who begin college in fall 2015 or later at USC (or
who begin elsewhere in fall 2015 and then transfer to USC) must
satisfy the 2015 General Education Program, which includes six
Core Literacy and two Global Perspectives requirements. Together
these provide training in the liberal arts — the critical skills
necessary for a free person to function effectively, thoughtfully and
productively in a complex world. This General Education program
has been designed to nurture habits of thought essential for
professional success and personal development, and to establish
a background for lifelong learning.
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
In addition, all entering freshmen are expected to complete a
General Education Seminar during their first year at USC. These
seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy requirements above.
To fulfill a minimum 160 units for the Bachelor of Architecture
degree, courses in the Global Perspectives categories should be
used to satisfy requirements in the Core Literacies as well. A single
course can satisfy one Global Perspective and one Core Literacy
requirement.
For more information about the general education requirements,
see https://dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/2015ge-requirements/.
Architecture and Inventive Technologies (BS)
Technology and innovation are becoming increasingly important
in the field of architecture and new technological developments
have the potential to enable a built environment that is much more
sustainable, socially responsible and resilient than it is today.
Rather than training students to follow the traditional model of
client-based professional services, students will learn to be leaders
who develop innovative architectural products, an architecture-
related field that is underrepresented but growing. This program
will look at architecture and the architectural market through a lens
of entrepreneurship as students develop critical thinking skills to
address the wicked problems of the 21st century, such as climate
change, social justice, health and wellness, and our increasingly
virtual world. Students will be taught to think about the problems
related to architecture and the built environment in more product-
oriented or service-related (i.e. construction/assembly methods,
manufacturing, delivery, life-cycle, digital apps) ways.
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Required Courses
The degree requires a total of 128 units, including 70 units
of core seminars, workshops and major electives; 48 units from
the university's General Education program and 10 units of free
electives.
Lower Division (31 units)
• ARCH 104 History and Theory of Architecture, Technology,
Innovation Units: 3
• ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication
Units: 2
• ARCH 108 Idea to Reality Units: 3
• ARCH 109 Design Foundation Workshop Units: 4
• ARCH 207 Computer Applications in Architecture Units: 2
• ARCH 211 Materials and Methods of Building Construction
Units: 3
• ARCH 218 Resilient Design Units: 3
• ARCH 219 Design at the Scale of the Human Body
Workshop Units: 4
• ARCH 228 Social Environments Units: 3
• ARCH 229 Shelter Design Workshop Units: 4
Upper Division (30 units)
• ARCH 318 Experimental Futures Units: 3
• ARCH 319 Architectural Product Design Workshop Units: 4
• ARCH 328 Entrepreneurial Practices for Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 329 Professional Practicum Workshop Units: 4
• ARCH 431 Nonconventional Materials for the Built
Environment Units: 3
• ARCH 470a Architectural Studies Capstone Units: 1
• ARCH 470b Architectural Studies Capstone Units: 3
• ARCH 521 Health and the Designed Environment:
Landscape, Place, and Architecture Units: 4
• ARCH 581 Techniques in Digital Fabrication Units: 3
• ARCH 588 Physical Computing: Linking Architectural
Computing with the Physical World Units: 3
Electives
Nine units of electives are required, to be chosen from the
School of Architecture; Iovine and Young Academy, Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Science, Roski School of Art and
Design, or the Price School of Public Policy. Elective classes must
be approved by the School of Architecture Academic Adviser.
Free Electives
Ten units of free electives are required, which may be chosen
from across the university.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. See the General
Education page for more information.
Minor
Architecture Minor
The minor in architecture provides the flexibility of
complementing a student's major with an area of specialization.
Taking a minor in architecture is a unique opportunity for a student
to stimulate his or her imagination and learn creative approaches
to problem solving.
Admission Requirements
Students in good academic standing who have completed the
freshman year are eligible.
Course Requirements
The requirements for the minor include three required courses
(8 units) and a minimum of 12 units of upper division courses.
Required Courses
• ARCH 106x Workshop in Architecture Units: 2
• ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community Units: 2
• ARCH 304x Intensive Survey: Prehistory to the Present
Units: 4
Note:
Students may elect to take the upper division courses in an area
of specialization, such as architectural history and theory, historic
preservation, computers and design, visual communication,
landscape architecture, public places — urban spaces, housing or
practice management. This minor is not available to architecture
majors.
Landscape Architecture Minor
The minor provides students with the ability to integrate the
ecological and cultural dimensions of landscape architecture into
their course of study. Studies are about repairing and sustaining
natural systems in cities, about the history of human settlements,
places, and gardens in urban landscapes, and about the cultural
and aesthetic meanings of landscape architecture design. This is
an excellent emphasis for students in environmental studies, civil
engineering, planning and anthropology. This minor is not available
to architecture majors.
Admission Requirements
Students in good academic standing who have completed the
freshman year are eligible.
Course Requirements
The minor in landscape architecture consists of three required
courses (10 units) and a minimum of 10 units of upper-division
courses.
Required Courses
• ARCH 203 Visualizing and Experiencing the Built
Environment Units: 4
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
Upper Division Courses (10 Units)
• ARCH 303 Principles of Spatial Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 432 People, Places and Culture: Architecture of the
Public Realm Units: 4
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 536 The Landscape Planning Process Units: 3
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture
History Units: 3 (max 6)
Note:
Non-architecture students must obtain written approval from
their academic unit in order to take a 500-level course. For more
information, contact an architecture adviser, [email protected].
Master's Degree
Advanced Architectural Research Studies
(City Design and Housing) (MAARS)
The Master of Advanced Architectural Research Studies, City
Design and Housing empahsis is a 42-unit multi-disciplinary
graduate degree program at the USC School of Architecture that
prepares participants to study, analyze and design within complex
urban systems. Focusing on the 21st-century city the program
will address specific urban challenges through a combination of
explorative design studio and advanced topical research. Working
across disciplines and at multiple scales, this degree concentration
moves between real-world issues and innovative architectural
approaches to explore ideas for radically re-thinking the ways in
which we can design, build and inhabit our cities in more inclusive
and equitable ways.
The program will leverage Los Angeles as a laboratory to
examine the forces that shape local and global cities. Addressing
a diverse set of factors that are linked to city design and housing –
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such as urban development and housing policies, real estate and
housing finance, history and theory, technology and infrastructure,
and ecology and climate change – the program will introduce
students to broad methodological tools for critically analyzing
contemporary challenges of urban systems and housing and will
strengthen their skills to employ research and design to create
more equitable, sustainable and resilient urban environments and
housing schemes.
The CD+H program’s design and research efforts will be
framed by three topical trajectories: a) urban housing (low-cost,
collective, affordable, informal, densification, etc.); b) urban
inequalities (racial segregation, economic disparities, gentrification,
homelessness, digital divide, migration, etc.); and c) urban
infrastructures (street design, public transportation, walkability,
public space, programmatic and zoning issues, etc.). In addition,
the one-year course will switch between the local context of Los
Angeles and a selected global city (Latin America, Asia, Africa).
In order to more thoroughly study the international context – and
potentially establish more sound collaborations with institutions
and stakeholders abroad – the same international context will be
part of the program in a two or three-year cycle.
Finally, to connect students with real-world contexts, challenges
and experiences, the CD+H program seeks to include various
travel components throughout the year, which could potentially
be linked to the PD+T and SP+SJ cohorts. Semester 1 will
incorporate field trips in the Los Angeles and Southern California
region. In Semester 2, the program’s focus on an international
context will be supplemented by a week-long trip to the respective
city. For semester 3, the program intends to provide students the
option of an immersive trip in a foreign or domestic location for
their final project. The USC School of Architecture is developing
the Latin Americas Cities Initiative and Asia Cities Initiative, which
will be expected to interface with the MAARS CD+H, PD+T and
SP+SJ programs.
Completion of the degree requires 42 units, including 8 units of
Architecture Directed Design Research.
Core Requirements (28 units)
This degree is intended for qualified students who have completed
a professional degree in architecture (BArch/MArch) with interest
in advanced non-professional graduate study pursuing careers in
urban design, urban planning, community development, as well as
adequate and affordable housing design.
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 529 Urban Housing: Programs, Precedents, and
Recent Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 543 Research Methods Units: 1
• ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 702L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Themes Units: 6
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6
Electives (14 units)
The curriculum is designed to be flexible to allow students to
customize elective courses to a specific topic of interest within
the thematic framework of the degree program. A list of electives
currently offered for all themes is summarized below. Additional
electives outside of the School of Architecture are possible upon
approval.
Architecture and Housing
• ARCH 414 Perspectives in History and Theory in Architecture
Units: 2
• ARCH 527 Case Studies: The Development of Urban
Housing Units: 2
• ARCH 528 Urban Housing: Types and Typologies Units: 2
• ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
Sustainability and Systems
• ARCH 447 Ecological Factors in Design Units: 3
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 640 Climate, Sustainability and Environmental
Planning Units: 4
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
Urbanism and Landscape
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
or
• ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture
History Units: 3 or
• PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
Advanced Architectural Research Studies
(Performative Design and Technology)
(MAARS)
The Master of Advanced Architectural Research Studies,
Performative Design And Technology Emphasis is a 42-unit
graduate design program at the USC School of Architecture
that focuses on the integration of architectural design, building
performance and technology, within the context of digital design
and fabrication. As a design-centric approach to building science
concepts in the spirit of Ralph Knowles and the legacy of the
Natural Forces Laboratory at the USC School of Architecture,
issues of sustainability, structure, daylighting and thermal comfort
will be explored in the context of architectural design. In this
program, students will explore digital and analog techniques
for discovering form through variable material and geometric
organizations and force simulations, while simultaneously
considering the design opportunities being afforded by advances
in computation and fabrication technologies. The proposed
curriculum will respond to emerging shifts in the architecture,
engineering and construction (AEC) industry towards integrated
technologies, increased efficiency, and productivity, and a digital
workforce driven by digital, sensing and intelligent technologies.
An integrated design curriculum that incorporates these concepts
will support students in developing the skill necessary to
foster innovation in practice with a focus on: data, technology,
integration, performance, ecology and sustainability.
A travel component will be included in Semester 1 through field
trips in the Los Angeles and Southern California region to connect
students with the real-world context and challenges faced in urban
cities. In Semester 2, a week-long trip to a foreign or domestic
location will provide students with a global context and interface
and connect with the CD+H program. Students will have an option
in Semester 3 to participate in an extended and immersive trip in a
foreign or domestic location that will support completion of the final
project. The USC School of Architecture is developing the Latin
Americas Cities Initiative and Asia Cities Initiative, which will be
expected to interface with the MAARS CD+H and PD+T programs.
Completion of the degree requires 42 units, including 8 units of
Architecture Directed Design Research.
Core Requirements (28 units)
This degree is intended for qualified students who have
completed a professional degree in architecture (BArch/MArch)
with interest in advanced non-professional graduate study who
are pursuing careers in architectural design, structural design,
parametric design, design optimization, environmental design and
performative architecture.
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 543 Research Methods Units: 1
• ARCH 607 Advanced Computation Units: 2
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication Units: 2
• ARCH 702L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Themes Units: 6
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• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6
Electives (14 units)
The curriculum is designed to be flexible to allow students to
customize elective courses to a specific topic of interest within
the thematic framework of the degree program. A list of electives
currently offered for all themes is summarized below. Additional
electives outside of the School of Architecture are possible upon
approval.
Design
• ARCH 581 Techniques in Digital Fabrication Units: 3
Integration
• ARCH 418 Designing with Natural Forces Units: 3
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4
• ARCH 518 Advanced Surface Tectonics: Methods in Material
and Enclosure Units: 2
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
Materials
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4
• ARCH 512 Material + Process: Material Systems Units: 2
Systems
• ARCH 447 Ecological Factors in Design Units: 3
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
• ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for Healthy Indoor
Environments Units: 3
• ARCH 588 Physical Computing: Linking Architectural
Computing with the Physical World Units: 3
Advanced Architectural Studies (MAAS)
This program is dedicated to cutting edge research and
experimentation, and seeks to explore in a highly innovative
fashion the cultural and technological landscapes of Los Angeles.
Through its range of experimental 'Labs', the program is structured
under three distinct veins of inquiry [1] architectural urban studies
using Los Angeles as a laboratory to engage global issues; [2]
advanced computation/fabrication technologies and material
processes; and [3] performative architecture with an emphasis
on sustainable systems. These specific design and research
directions are diversely initiated by our faculty and fully supported
by additional resources from the University of Southern California
and the city of Los Angeles.
The Master of Advanced Architectural Studies is a three-
semester advanced degree program. Consisting of two option-
based topic studios followed by an in-depth Directed Design
Research project [DDR], and coordinated seminar courses each
for the first two semesters, the degree is focused on advanced
and emerging topics in architecture. The design and research
directions are diversely initiated by our faculty and fully supported
by additional resources from the University at-large and the city of
Los Angeles.
Candidates for admission must have a five-year Bachelor of
Architecture degree or its equivalent. Completion of the degree
requires 48 units, including 28 units of required studio and seminar
courses, [including 8 units Directed Design Research or Thesis],
and 20 units of approved electives, over three semesters of
residency.
Required Courses
• ARCH 606 Advanced Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 607 Advanced Computation Units: 2
• ARCH 608 Urban Theory: Los Angeles Case Study Units: 2
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication Units: 2
• ARCH 702L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Themes Units: 6
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6
or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
48-Unit Sample Curriculum – Master of Advanced
Architectural Studies (MAAS) Post-Professional
Degree
First Semester
•
ARCH 606 Advanced Architectural Theory Units: 2 *
• ARCH 607 Advanced Computation Units: 2 *
• ARCH 608 Urban Theory: Los Angeles Case Study Units: 2 *
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication Units: 2 *
• ARCH 702L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Themes Units: 6
Total units: 14
Second Semester
•
ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6 (max 12)
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2 or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2
• Elective Units: 8
Total units: 16
Third Semester
•
ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6 or
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
• Electives Units: 12
Total units: 18
Note:
*ARCH 606 and ARCH 607 will be taken the first half of the
semester and ARCH 608 and ARCH 609 in the latter half of the
semester.
Architecture (MArch)
Programs
The USC School of Architecture offers two distinct master's
programs related to the study of architecture: the Master of
Architecture professional degree (MArch) and the Master of
Advanced Architectural Studies postprofessional degree (MAAS)
for students who already hold a professional degree in architecture
or its equivalent.
Master of Architecture (MArch), Professional
Degree
The school's Master of Architecture is a NAAB accredited
professional degree program in the area of architectural
design. It is intended for individuals who have completed a
bachelor's degree with a major other than one of the design
professions, (typically requiring three years of residency); or, with
advanced standing, for those individuals with a pre-professional
undergraduate degree in architectural studies (typically requiring
two years of residency).
This degree fully prepares graduates for the present and future
professional activities in the ever-evolving field of architecture. As
an accredited professional degree, it provides a solid intellectual
base of knowledge in history, technology, professional practice
and theory. Particular emphasis is put on each of the six-semester
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design studio sequences, where students learn to synthesize
the social, environmental and tectonic thinking through informed
design practice. The studios culminate in an option-based studio
and directed design research sequence, pursuing exploration
of advanced and emerging topics. Exploring the many elective
opportunities within the school, students are encouraged to
develop a tailored curriculum, and if possible, to complete one of
the several graduate certificates offered by the school or within the
university.
Degree Requirements
A minimum one-semester college-level course in physics or
calculus is required.
In order for the MArch degree to be conferred, students
must complete 102 credit units of both required professional
and elective course work during three years of residency, or for
students admitted with advanced standing, a minimum of 64 units
of both required professional and elective course work during
two years of residency. Students must also continually meet the
established standards for graduate study at USC.
To meet NAAB accreditation requirements, all students must
complete (before graduation) a combined total of 168 credit hours
of study at the undergraduate and graduate level, of which at least
30 semester credit hours must be at the graduate level as well as
a minimum of 45 units of non-architectural content.
Advanced Standing
Students seeking advanced standing must have a four-year
architectural studies degree from: a U.S. school with an accredited
professional architecture program; a U.S. school that is accredited
by a regional accrediting body, without an accredited professional
architecture program; or an international program that is deemed
equivalent.
All students who meet the pre-professional undergraduate
degree requirement and wish to be considered for advanced
standing must undergo a course-by-course review. Students must
provide significant evidence from the course work completed at
the undergraduate level in order for waivers to be considered
or granted for USC MArch required Basic Studies courses. This
review is conducted after admission to the program, during the
summer prior to starting course work.
Basic Studies courses include: ARCH 511L Building Systems:
Materials and Construction, ARCH 514a Global History of
Architecture, ARCH 514b Global History of Architecture, ARCH
523aL Structural Design and Analysis, ARCH 523bL Structural
Design and Analysis, ARCH 575a Systems, ARCH 575b Systems,
ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration.
MArch students with advanced standing are required to
complete a minimum two year residency, or 4 semester units of
study at USC.
Summer Semester
A robust curriculum is available during the summer semester
between the fourth and fifth semesters [of the full sequence;
between the second and third of the advanced standing]. A
combination of internationally based studios, field studies and the
full first semester sequence of the MAAS is available to provide
students diverse and advanced opportunities that can expand their
degree offerings.
Admission with No Previous Professional
Education (+3)
Students admitted with no previous professional education
must complete 102 units, including 74 units of specified courses,
20 units of electives and 8 units of Directed Design Research or
Thesis. Electives must be part of a curricular plan approved by the
program director.
Required Courses for the 102 unit MArch +3
Curriculum
• ARCH 409L Design Foundation Units: 2
• ARCH 410 Computer Transformations Units: 2
• ARCH 505aL Graduate Architecture Design I Units: 6
• ARCH 505bL Graduate Architecture Design I Units: 6
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4
• ARCH 514a Global History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 514b Global History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 523aL Structural Design and Analysis Units: 3
• ARCH 523bL Structural Design and Analysis Units: 3
• ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and
Office Administration Units: 3
• ARCH 526 Professional Practice: Legal and Economic
Context, Project Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 563 Contemporary Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 564 Descriptive and Computational Architectural
Geometry Units: 2
• ARCH 575a Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 575b Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 605aL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 605bL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6
or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
102-unit Sample Curriculum – MArch. Professional Degree
First Semester
• ARCH 409L Design Foundation Units: 2 *
• ARCH 410 Computer Transformations Units: 2 *
• ARCH 505aL Graduate Architecture Design I Units: 6
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4
• ARCH 514a Global History of Architecture Units: 3
Total units: 17
Second Semester
• ARCH 505bL Graduate Architecture Design I Units: 6
• ARCH 514b Global History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 523aL Structural Design and Analysis Units: 3
• ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and
Office Administration Units: 3
• ARCH 575a Systems Units: 3
Total units: 18
Third Semester
• ARCH 523bL Structural Design and Analysis Units: 3
• ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 605aL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
Total units: 17
Fourth Semester
• ARCH 563 Contemporary Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 564 Descriptive and Computational Architectural
Geometry Units: 2
• ARCH 575b Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 605bL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• Electives Units: 4
Total units: 17
Fifth Semester
• ARCH 526 Professional Practice: Legal and Economic
Context, Project Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
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• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2 or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2
• Electives Units: 6
Total units: 17
Sixth Semester
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6 or
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
• Electives Units: 10
Total units: 16
Note:
*ARCH 409 and ARCH 410 will be taken as a fall semester special
session prior to the first day of classes.
Admission with Advanced Standing (+2)
Advanced standing students must complete 64 units, including
34 units of specified courses, 22 units of electives or basic studies
requirements and 8 units of Directed Design Research or Thesis.
Electives and basic studies courses must be part of a curricular
plan approved by the program director.
Required Courses for the 64 unit +2 Curriculum
• ARCH 410 Computer Transformations Units: 2
• ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and
Office Administration Units: 3
• ARCH 526 Professional Practice: Legal and Economic
Context, Project Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 563 Contemporary Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 564 Descriptive and Computational Architectural
Geometry Units: 2
• ARCH 605aL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 605bL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6 or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
64-unit Sample Curriculum
Year One, Semester One
• ARCH 410 Computer Transformations Units: 2
• ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 605aL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• Elective or Basic Studies Units: 4
Total units: 16
Year One, Semester Two
• ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and
Office Administration Units: 3
• ARCH 563 Contemporary Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 564 Descriptive and Computational Architectural
Geometry Units: 2
• ARCH 605bL Graduate Architecture Design II Units: 6
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
Total units: 17
Year Two, Semester One
• ARCH 526 Professional Practice: Legal and Economic
Context, Project Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2 or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2
• Elective or Basic Studies Units: 5
Total units: 16
Year Two, Semester Two
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6 or
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
Elective or Basic Studies Units: 9
Total units: 15
Building Science (MBS)
The Chase L. Leavitt Graduate Building Science program in
the USC School of Architecture is a global leader in architectural
technology education - the intricacies of structure, environmental
controls, sustainability, materials and methods, and computing,
with a special strength in façade research. The Master of Building
Science curriculum encourages "breadth with depth," providing
students with a solid platform of core knowledge that they can then
amplify through their individual research projects. Electives allow
students to stretch in a variety of directions, both within the field
and beyond into the related disciplines of heritage conservation,
landscape architecture, and architecture.
Graduate building science degree programs at USC are a
half-century old, although the pedagogy has been an integral
part of the School of Architecture for more than a century. Some
of the great innovators of our field are either graduates or faculty
associated with our program. The confluence of an outstanding
faculty, dedicated students, an exceptional curricular structure,
good facilities and a long history of collaborative scholarly
achievement creates an unparalleled academic home for those
interested in cutting-edge research and technological innovation.
Degree Requirements
The Thesis Track consists of 18 units of specified courses to
include three core seminars and one research seminar; 17 units
of elective courses; and 13 units of thesis and thesis preparation.
Completion of this track requires 48 units.
The Non-Thesis Track consists of 18 units of specified courses
to include three core seminars and one research seminar, 1 unit
of thesis preparation, 17 units of electives and 12 units from a
specified list of courses. Students are required to declare their
intention for the Non-Thesis Track by the end of their first year of
studies and must receive admission approval from the Director of
the Master of Building Science program. Completion of this degree
requires 48 units.
Core seminars are:
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
Research seminars are:
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4 or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
48-Unit Sample Curriculum For Thesis Track
First Year, First Semester
• Core seminar(s) and/or research seminar(s) Units: 12
• ARCH 596 Building Science Thesis Preparation Units: 1
Total units: 13
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First Year, Second Semester
• Core seminar and/or research seminar Units: 4
• Electives Units: 7
Total units: 11
Second Year, First Semester
• ARCH 692aL Building Science Thesis Units: 6
Electives
Total units: 12
Second Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 692bL Building Science Thesis Units: 6
• ARCH 694 Research Publication Methods for Building
Science Units: 2
Electives
Total units: 12
48-Unit Sample Curriculum for Non-Thesis Track
Non-Thesis Track Building Science Elective Options (must
choose 12 units)
•
ARCH 418 Designing with Natural Forces
• ARCH 419 Architectural Sustainability Tools and Methods
• ARCH 507 Theories of Computer Technology
• ARCH 512 Material + Process: Material Systems
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
• ARCH 517 Current Topics in Building Science
• ARCH 518 Advanced Surface Tectonics: Methods in Material
and Enclosure
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings
• ARCH 543 Research Methods
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment
• ARCH 564 Descriptive and Computational Architectural
Geometry
• ARCH 573 Seismic Design
• ARCH 574 Parametric Design
• ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for Healthy Indoor
Environments
• ARCH 577L Lighting Design
• ARCH 579 Sustainable Building and Environment using
LEED Metrics
• ARCH 581 Techniques in Digital Fabrication
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
(Note: Students may obtain credit for either ARCH 613L or ARCH
615L in the non-thesis option, but not both. They must select one
of these two courses as part of their regular core).
First Year, First Semester
•
Core seminar(s) and/or research seminar(s) Units: 12
• ARCH 596 Building Science Thesis Preparation Units: 1
Total units: 13
First Year, Second Semester
•
Core seminar and/or research seminar Units: 4
• Electives Units: 7
Total units: 11
Second Year, First Semester
•
Elective Units: 10
• Select 2 units of Building Science elective course work from
above list
Total units: 12
Second Year, Second Semester
•
Select 10 units of Building Science elective course work from
above list
• ARCH 694 Research Publication Methods for Building
Science Units: 2
Total units: 12
Advanced Standing for Students with a
Five-Year Professional Degree in Architecture
Applicants who have completed a five-year Bachelor of
Architecture degree and at least five years of teaching or practice
(may be combined), may be qualified for advanced standing. Each
student will be considered individually. In such cases, the degree
requirements are 36 units, including 16 units of specified courses,
13 units of thesis and thesis preparation and 7 units of electives.
Students with advanced standing will typically be able to complete
the degree program in three regular semesters. Admission
with advanced standing is determined at the time of review for
admission to the program.
36-Unit Advanced Standing Sample Curriculum
First Year, First Semester
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
• ARCH 596 Building Science Thesis Preparation Units: 1
Total units: 13
First Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4 or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• ARCH 692aL Building Science Thesis Units: 6
Electives
Total units: 12
Second Year, First Semester
• ARCH 692bL Building Science Thesis Units: 6
Electives
Total units: 11
Heritage Conservation (MHC)
Completion of this degree requires 48 units and includes 26
units of specified courses, 5 units of thesis preparation and thesis,
and 17 units of elective courses as approved by the program
director.
Master of Heritage Conservation
Los Angeles provides a unique laboratory in which to learn and
challenge conservation issues. As a relatively young and diverse
global city, it is the ideal place to explore a relatively young and
diverse global discipline. Our wealth of recent past resources
raise a new set of research challenges and the city's richly
diverse communities woven throughout the tapestry of the built
environment push us to acknowledge the many layers of history
and meaning revealed in the city. It is also a place forever seeking
the new, providing opportunities to protect the best of the past
while embracing the landmarks of the future.
Embedded in the School of Architecture at USC, heritage
conservation students are instantly part of a multidisciplinary
environment, linking landscape architecture, building science,
architecture, and conservation. As such, the program curriculum is
designed to expose students to a broad range of topics including
materials conservation, policy and planning, conservation theory,
global conservation efforts, architectural and landscape history,
best-practices in resource documentation and evaluation,
sustainability, and historic site management. Students are also
encouraged to take advantage of the many academic resources
in the broader university, including taking courses in real estate,
regional history, urban planning, and spatial sciences. Program
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faculty are leaders in the field, a blend of academics and
practitioners that grapple with conservation in real time, seeking
creative solutions that balance the integrity of the past with a
sustainable future. Through this broad exposure, students begin to
formulate their professional path within the discipline.
Required Courses
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
• ARCH 691z Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 0
48-Unit Sample Curriculum
First Year, First Semester
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
• Electives Units: 2
Total units: 12
First Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
Total units: 12
Second Year, First Semester
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• Elective Units: 7
Total units: 12
Second Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
• Electives Units: 8
Total units: 12
Requirements for Advanced Standing
Students must have one of the following: an accredited
graduate certificate in historic preservation or heritage
conservation; professional degree or professional registration in
architecture or engineering; graduate degree in a related field,
such as architectural history, planning or history; and at least five
years of teaching or practice (may be combined). Each student
will be considered individually. Qualified students will be admitted
to a three-semester program at the time of review of admission.
Students with advanced standing must complete 36 units.
Required Courses
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
• ARCH 691z Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 0
36-Unit Sample Curriculum
First Year, First Semester
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
• Electives Units: 2
Total units: 12
First Year, Second Semester
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
Total units: 12
Second Year, First Semester
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
• Electives Units: 3
Total units: 12
Landscape Architecture (MLArch)
Landscapes are the dynamic synthesis of natural systems,
sociocultural forces and the physical material of the constructed
world. The Graduate Program of Landscape Architecture +
Urbanism uses the complex regional geography of Southern
California as its primary laboratory to generate and test responses
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to the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges, including
resounding impacts of climate change, rapid urbanization,
social and environmental injustice, and the interface of nature
and technology. Looking regionally and globally, we conduct
rigorous design-research to develop multi-scalar innovations in
performative regional infrastructures, equitable urban frameworks
and public spaces, and healthful biophysical systems. We focus on
pressures of urbanization and how to utilize landscape strategies
to shape those systems, spaces, cities and infrastructures to
imagine more resilient futures – socially and ecologically.
We are fortunate to inhabit one of the most culturally and
environmentally diverse geographies in the world - within an hour’s
drive from the Pacific Ocean, the San Gabriel Mountains and the
western edge of the Sonoran Desert. Clearly Southern California
offers a wide range of landscape challenges to which we apply
design exploration, strategic thinking, technical resolution and
creative expression. Those challenges include increasing water
scarcity impacting urban and agricultural territories, warming
temperatures, rising sea levels, reduced biodiversity, wildfire-
flood-debris flow cycles, as well as deeply institutionalized
practices of discrimination that have marginalized and burdened
communities of color, and rapid urban development that is leaving
many populations behind or displaced. More optimistically, there
is an increasing investment in public space, urban nature and
environmental resilience in our region, which is characteristically
experimental and creative.
Our program curriculum is focused on a balanced core
of design studios, media and fabrication, history and theory,
performance technologies, plant materials and ecology,
construction and practice, and urbanism. It is field-based and
hands-on. The studio sequence begins with local urban sites
where intensive field work is critical to site understanding and
builds up to territorial-scale design-research studios. Students
synthesize their courses in media, history, plant materials, ecology,
construction and urbanism with their studio work. Second-year
studios provide opportunities to investigate design responses
to urban development, as well as climate change causes and
impacts, and have options both to travel outside the region and
to collaborate with architecture students in an integrated setting.
Elective courses in our curriculum come from a wide range of
offerings in the School of Architecture and other courses including
those in urban planning, spatial sciences, art and cinema. We
have a number of international opportunities to study other
geographies – both during the summer global studies programs
and studios within the curriculum.
Our curriculum is increasingly focused on opportunities for
applied research that has real impact on the ground or in shaping
policy. The aim of the program is to develop critical thinkers and
design leaders unafraid to tackle some of the most contested
landscapes and environmental questions of our day.
Master of Landscape Architecture
Individuals who have completed a four-year Bachelor of Arts
or Bachelor of Science degree, or its equivalent, with no prior
accredited degree in landscape architecture, are eligible for
admission to the program. Preference for admission is given to
those who have completed a balanced undergraduate education
that includes study in the arts, sciences and humanities. Applicants
must document successful completion of a college-level course
in the natural sciences. Preparation in the visual arts is strongly
encouraged. Courses in the humanities, ecology, history of art,
landscape architecture and architecture are strongly encouraged,
although not required.
96-Unit Curriculum
Students admitted with no previous professional education must
complete 96 units (during three years of residency), including 77
units of specified courses, 10 units of electives, and 9 units of
Advanced Design Research. Electives must be part of a curricular
plan approved by the program director.
96-Unit Sample Curriculum
Year One, Semester One
• ARCH 439 Landscape Architecture Foundations Workshop
Units: 2
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 539L Media for Landscape Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 541aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
Total units: 18
Year One, Semester Two
• ARCH 534 Landscape Construction: Topographic Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 541bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
Total units: 17
Year Two, Semester One
• ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 538L Planting Design Units: 2
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 639 Media for Landscape Architecture: Dynamic
Systems Units: 3
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Total units: 16
Year Two, Semester Two
• ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 635 Landscape Construction: Assembly and
Documentation Units: 3
Total units: 15
Year Three, Semester One
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 698aL Advanced Design-Research Units: 3
• Elective Units: 4
Total units: 15
Year Three, Semester Two
• ARCH 530 Landscape Architecture Practice Units: 3
• ARCH 698bL Advanced Design-Research Units: 6
• Elective Units: 6
Total units: 15
Requirements for Advanced Placement
Applicants who have completed a LAAB (Landscape
Architectural Accreditation Board), or equivalent, degree in
landscape architecture may be granted advanced placement
of two semesters, subject to the review of the admission
committee. Applicants granted advanced placement may be
able to waive certain course requirements for the MLA program
by demonstrating equivalencies in any of the required courses.
The program director and faculty in charge of the specific
curriculum areas will determine the studio and professional course
requirements for each MLA student admitted with advanced
placement. The following courses are prerequisites to be
completed prior to matriculation or, on specific notice, in the first
year of the program: history of landscape architecture (ARCH
565 or equivalent), landscape architecture construction (ARCH
534, ARCH 635 or equivalent), plant materials (ARCH 537, ARCH
538 or equivalent), media (ARCH 539 or equivalent), GIS and
landscape architecture (SSCI 572 or equivalent).
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66-Unit Sample Curriculum
Advanced placement students must complete 66 units,
including 52 units of specified courses, 5 units of electives, and 9
units of Advanced Design Research. Electives must be part of a
curricular plan approved by the program director.
Year One, Semester One
• ARCH 439 Landscape Architecture Foundations Workshop
Units: 2
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Total units: 17
Year One, Semester Two
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
• Elective Units: 2
Total units: 17
Year Two, Semester One
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• ARCH 639 Media for Landscape Architecture: Dynamic
Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 698aL Advanced Design-Research Units: 3
Total units: 17
Year Two, Semester Two
• ARCH 530 Landscape Architecture Practice Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 698bL Advanced Design-Research Units: 6
• Elective Units: 3
Total units: 15
Requirement for Advanced Placement with a
B.Arch
This curricular track would be for students with the Bachelor of
Architecture (B.Arch) to receive advanced standing to the Master
of Landscape Architecture degree. Incoming students will start
the 3-year track requirements and then accelerate in the second
year with compressed requirements from those three years while
reducing the number of studio requirements (from 6 to 4). This
curriculum ensures that students receive appropriate training in
design, ecology, plants, media, history and construction required of
this accredited degree as well as professional expectations. Due
to the compressed timeframe for this advanced standing track,
electives units are not required.
NOTE: Acceptance into this accelerated curriculum is at the
discretion of the Admissions Committee and the MLA+U Program
Director.
66-Unit Sample Curriculum
Advanced placement students must complete 66 units,
including 57 units of specified courses and 9 units of Advanced
Design Research.
Year One, Semester One
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 539L Media for Landscape Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 541aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Total units: 18
Year One, Semester Two
• ARCH 534 Landscape Construction: Topographic Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 541bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
Total units: 17
Year Two, Semester One
• ARCH 538L Planting Design Units: 2
• ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• ARCH 639 Media for Landscape Architecture: Dynamic
Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 698aL Advanced Design-Research Units: 3
Total units: 19
Year Two, Semester Two
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 698bL Advanced Design-Research Units: 6
Total units: 12
Electives
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 407 Advanced Computer Applications Units: 4
• ARCH 440m Literature and the Urban Experience Units: 4
• ARCH 447 Ecological Factors in Design Units: 3
• ARCH 507 Theories of Computer Technology Units: 3
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 524 Professional Practicum Units: 1 (max 2)
• ARCH 536 The Landscape Planning Process Units: 3
• ARCH 540 Topics in Media for Landscape Architecture
Units: 2 (max 6)
• ARCH 546 Topics in Landscape Architecture: Issues and
Practices Units: 2
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture
History Units: 3 (max 6)
• ARCH 606 Advanced Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 608 Urban Theory: Los Angeles Case Study Units: 2
• ARCH 635 Landscape Construction: Assembly and
Documentation Units: 3
• PPD 527 The Social Context of Planning Units: 2
• PPD 530 Historical Analysis of Urban Form and Planning
Practice Units: 2
• PPD 533 Planning History and Urban Form Units: 2
• PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
Dual Degree
Master of Advanced Architectural Studies/
Master of Urban Planning (MAAS/MUP)
The Master of Urban Planning/Master of Advanced Architectural
Studies dual degree program facilitates highly related cross-
disciplinary studies in architecture and in planning at the master's
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level. This program offers students interested in developing a
career in urban design an opportunity to make more substantial
commitments in both disciplines and to achieve a more coherent
and extensive knowledge in the design of built environments and
public policy. This dual degree program normally requires five
semesters in residence.
Qualified students who are admitted to the graduate programs
in both the School of Architecture and the USC Price School of
Public Policy may complete both degrees in a highly integrated
five-semester program. Such students must already possess a
five-year professional degree in architecture.
Requirements
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are
72 units, including 36 units in architecture and 36 units in urban
planning, as follows:
Architecture
• ARCH 606 Advanced Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 607 Advanced Computation Units: 2
• ARCH 608 Urban Theory: Los Angeles Case Study Units: 2
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication Units: 2
• ARCH 702L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Themes Units: 6
• ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate Architecture Design –
Topics Units: 6
• ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 2 and
• ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed Design Research Option
I Units: 6 or
• ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 2 and
• ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis Option II Units: 6
• Elective* Units: 8
Note:
*5 units of electives taken within the School of Architecture.
Urban Planning
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of
Urban Planning program: Arts and Culture, Design of the Built
Environment, Planning for Climate Change and Sustainability,
Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic Development,
and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students must select
a concentration gateway and methodology course (4 units each,
8 units total). Please see the Master of Urban Planning section of
the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and course lists.
Electives
Students select 6 units of electives in urban planning.
Note: Students in this dual degree will be waived out
of PPD 528 in the MUP core as the design skills will
be covered in the ARCH design classes.
Master of Building Science/Master of Heritage
Conservation (MBS/MHC)
The Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Building
Science dual degree program facilitates highly related cross-
disciplinary studies in heritage conservation and in building
science at the master’s level. The primary objective of the dual
degree curriculum is to impart to students a basic familiarity with
the origins and development of the philosophies, theories, and
practices of building science and heritage conservation. This
curriculum has been developed so that students will graduate from
this program with a broad practical knowledge of the techniques
and strategies for conserving the existing built environment
through the lens of science and technology. Students will be
expected to understand the critical methodological tools necessary
for a professional engaged in the investigation, interpretation, and
evaluation of the urban built environment.
Requirements
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are
72 units, including 36 units in Heritage Conservation and 36 units
of Building Science. As a full-time program of study, students
are expected to take 18 units each semester during two years of
residency.
Thesis
The thesis topic chosen must be relevant to both degrees.
There must be one thesis committee member from each degree
program; the third committee member should be selected relative
to the topic selected.
Heritage Conservation Requirements
The Heritage Conservation requirements of the dual degree
are 36 units, including 28 required units and 8 units of general
electives from the School of Architecture.
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
Building Science Requirements
The Building Science requirements of the dual degree are
36 units, including 19 required units, 12 units of Building
Science Thesis and 5 units of electives from a specific list.
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
• ARCH 596 Building Science Thesis Preparation Units: 1
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4 or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• ARCH 692aL Building Science Thesis Units: 6
• ARCH 692bL Building Science Thesis Units: 6
• ARCH 694 Research Publication Methods for Building
Science Units: 2
Building Science Electives
Select a minimum of 5 units from this list or with approval by the
Director of the Graduate Building Science program.
• ARCH 418 Designing with Natural Forces Units: 3
• ARCH 419 Architectural Sustainability Tools and Methods
Units: 3
• ARCH 472 Building Skins: Materials and Methods for
Facades and Enclosures Units: 2
• ARCH 507 Theories of Computer Technology Units: 3
• ARCH 512 Material + Process: Material Systems Units: 2
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• ARCH 518 Advanced Surface Tectonics: Methods in Material
and Enclosure Units: 2
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 572 Advanced Building Skins: Designing High-
Performance Facade Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 573 Seismic Design Units: 2
• ARCH 574 Parametric Design Units: 3
• ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for Healthy Indoor
Environments Units: 3
• ARCH 577L Lighting Design Units: 4
• ARCH 579 Sustainable Building and Environment using
LEED Metrics Units: 3
• ARCH 588 Physical Computing: Linking Architectural
Computing with the Physical World Units: 3
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• ARCH 672 Future Building Skins: Advanced Applications in
Architecture Units: 3
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of
Landscape Architecture (MHC/MLArch)
The Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Landscape
Architecture + Urbanism dual degree program facilitates highly
related cross-disciplinary studies in heritage conservation and in
landscape architecture at the master’s level. The primary objective
of the dual degree curriculum is to impart to students a basic
familiarity with the origins and development of the philosophies,
theories, and practices of landscape architecture and heritage
conservation. This curriculum has been developed so that students
will graduate from this program with a broad practical knowledge
of the techniques and strategies for conserving the existing built
environment through the lens of cultural landscape studies and
landscape architecture. Students will be expected to understand
the critical methodological tools necessary for a professional
engaged in the investigation, interpretation, and evaluation of the
cultural landscapes that surround us.
Qualified students who are admitted to the Master of Heritage
Conservation and the Master of Landscape Architecture +
Urbanism program in the School of Architecture may complete
both degrees in a highly integrated five- to seven-semester
program.
Completion of the dual degree requires 37 units of courses in
heritage conservation (including 5 units of thesis) and either 50
units of landscape architecture (for those students admitted with
advanced placement); or 74 units of landscape architecture (for
those students admitted to the three-year curriculum).
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of
Landscape Architecture (Advanced Placement)
Qualified students who have completed a pre-professional
undergraduate degree in landscape architecture or environmental
design, or a professional degree in architecture and are admitted
to the graduate landscape architecture + urbanism program in the
School of Architecture with advanced placement may complete
both degrees in a highly integrated five-semester program.
Completion of the dual degree with MLArch advanced
placement requires 87 units, including 37 units of courses in
heritage conservation (including 5 units of thesis) and 50 units of
courses in landscape architecture + urbanism.
Heritage Conservation
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 559 Cultural Resource Management Units: 3
• ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture
History Units: 3
• ARCH 570 Cultural Landscape Practicum Units: 3
Thesis:
Thesis requirements:
• The topic chosen must be relevant to both degrees.
• There must be one committee member from each degree
program – the third committee member should be selected
relative to the topic selected.
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
Total units for MHC: 37
Landscape Architecture
• ARCH 530 Landscape Architecture Practice Units: 3
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• ARCH 569 The Invented Landscape of Southern California
Units: 3
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Electives:
3 units of elective courses taken in the School of Architecture.
*Electives must be 400-level and above.
Studios:
•
ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
Total units for MLArch: 50
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of ARCH 558 in
the MHC core as design knowledge is obtained in the landscape
architecture + urbanism courses. Students in this dual degree
will also be waived out of the ARCH 554 practicum requirement
as students will instead be required to take ARCH 559, Cultural
Resource Management and ARCH 570, the Cultural Landscape
Practicum.
Total units for dual degree: 87
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master
of Landscape Architecture (Three-Year
Curriculum)
Qualified students admitted to the Master of Landscape
Architecture + Urbanism three-year curriculum in the School of
Architecture may complete both degrees in a highly integrated
seven-semester program.
Completion of the dual degree with the MLArch three-year
curriculum requires 111 units, including 37 units of courses in
heritage conservation (including 5 units of thesis) and 74 units of
courses in landscape architecture + urbanism.
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Heritage Conservation
• ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern
California Units: 3
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 559 Cultural Resource Management Units: 3
• ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture
History Units: 3
• ARCH 570 Cultural Landscape Practicum Units: 3
Thesis:
Thesis requirements:
• The topic chosen must be relevant to both degrees.
• There must be one committee member from each degree
program – the third committee member should be selected
relative to the topic selected.
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
Total units for MHC: 37
Landscape Architecture
• ARCH 439 Landscape Architecture Foundations Workshop
Units: 2
• ARCH 530 Landscape Architecture Practice Units: 3
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 534 Landscape Construction: Topographic Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 538L Planting Design Units: 2
• ARCH 539L Media for Landscape Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• ARCH 569 The Invented Landscape of Southern California
Units: 3
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• ARCH 635 Landscape Construction: Assembly and
Documentation Units: 3
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Studios:
• ARCH 541aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 541bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of ARCH 558 in
the MHC core as design knowledge is obtained in the landscape
architecture + urbanism courses. Students in this dual degree
will also be waived out of the ARCH 554 practicum requirement
as students will instead be required to take ARCH 559, Cultural
Resource Management and ARCH 570, the Cultural Landscape
Practicum.
Total units for MLArch: 74
Total units for dual degree: 111
Graduate Certificate
Architecture Certificate
The focus of this program is on understanding the broad and
complex role of architecture within the urban context. Studies
focus on cities throughout the world where conditions of increasing
density, environmental challenges and cultural complexity require
design initiatives that support amenity, sustainability and cultural
meaning. The certificate is open to graduate students not pursuing
a Master of Architecture or Master of Advanced Architectural
Studies degree.
Course Requirements
Completion of the certificate program requires a minimum of
14 units.
Core Courses
• ARCH 514a Global History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 514b Global History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2 *
• ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 563 Contemporary Architectural Theory Units: 2
• Electives Units: 2
Sample Electives
(or as approved by the program faculty adviser or director)
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case Studies Units: 2
• ARCH 564 Descriptive and Computational Architectural
Geometry Units: 2
• ARCH 606 Advanced Architectural Theory Units: 2
• ARCH 607 Advanced Computation Units: 2
• ARCH 608 Urban Theory: Los Angeles Case Study Units: 2
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication Units: 2
• ARCH 614 Contemporary Issues in Architecture: A Critical
Dialectic Units: 3
Note:
*Students in the Master of Heritage Conservation Program should
substitute core class ARCH 558 with another elective. Students
with a previous design based degree (or are currently enrolled in
one), may be able to substitute ARCH 558 for an elective.
Building Facade Art Science and Technology
Certificate
Nothing in architecture combines attributes of performance and
appearance as does the building skin. As the nexus of myriad,
often competing, variables, the façade system is the linchpin to
resilience and sustainability pursuits in buildings and urban habitat.
This certificate program empowers students in their academic and
professional pursuits, opens doors for the young practitioner, and
provides a foundation for excellence that can be built upon over
the course of a career.
The Graduate Certicate program in Building Façade Art
Science and Technology is designed to provide students with
the deep knowledge and skills necessary for careers in the
increasingly technical eld of façade system design, fabrication,
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delivery and operation. Study areas include design, fabrication
and construction processes, an expanding materials palette,
energy and carbon performance, resilience and sustainability
considerations, health, comfort and wellness attributes,
computational analytics and digital workflows and the aesthetics of
the building skin.
Applicants for the Graduate Certificate Program in Building
Façade Art Science and Technology who are currently enrolled
in a master's program at USC and are in good standing with a
3.0 GPA only need to submit the appropriate paperwork to add
the certicate program, which may be obtained from the student
services adviser.
Applicants for the Graduate Certificate Program in Building
Façade Art Science and Technology who are not matriculated in a
master's-level program at USC must submit a formal application
for admission to the certicate program, provide transcripts of all
college work, a résumé and one letter of recommendation.
The Graduate Certificate Program in Building Façade Art
Science and Technology requires a minimum of 14 units.
Course Requirements
Completion of the certificate program requires a minimum of
14 units.
• ARCH 512 Material + Process: Material Systems Units: 2
• ARCH 572 Advanced Building Skins: Designing High-
Performance Facade Systems Units: 3
• ARCH 672 Future Building Skins: Advanced Applications in
Architecture Units: 3
• Elective Units: 6
Sample Electives
Choose 6 units from this list or as approved by the program faculty
adviser.
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
• ARCH 523aL Structural Design and Analysis Units: 3
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 574 Parametric Design Units: 3
• ARCH 578 Technology-Enabled Architecture, Engineering
and Construction (AEC) Projects Units: 4
• ARCH 581 Techniques in Digital Fabrication Units: 3
• ARCH 607 Advanced Computation Units: 2
• ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication Units: 2
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• ARCH 619 Digital Fabrication - Materials and Methods of
Production Units: 3
Building Science Certificate
Building science at USC recognizes that exemplary architecture
requires a creative response to natural forces, based on informed
good judgment in the areas of architectural technology. The
Certificate in Building Science is intended as a supplement
for students enrolled in graduate course work in architecture,
landscape architecture, historic preservation, urban planning or
related disciplines.
Course Requirements
Completion of the certificate requires a minimum of 14 units.
Students must take three core courses. Electives in building
science may be taken to complete the program requirements.
Required Courses
Choose three of the following six courses:
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4 or
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• Elective(s) in Building Science Units: 2
Sample Electives
(or as approved by the program faculty adviser or director)
• ARCH 507 Theories of Computer Technology Units: 3
• ARCH 517 Current Topics in Building Science Units: 1
(max 6)
• ARCH 518 Advanced Surface Tectonics: Methods in Material
and Enclosure Units: 2
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 573 Seismic Design Units: 2
• ARCH 577L Lighting Design Units: 4
• One from the list of required courses that was not yet
selected Units: 4
Note:
Courses for this certificate cannot also be required courses in the
student's major in the School of Architecture.
Heritage Conservation Certificate
This program is directed at professionals who wish to augment
their academic credential for their involvement in heritage
conservation projects and at graduate students who wish to
complement a degree in architecture, landscape architecture,
planning, public art administration, geography, anthropology, or
other related disciplines.
Required Courses
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• Electives Units: 2
Sample Electives
(or as approved by the program faculty adviser or director)
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
Landscape Architecture Certificate
This program is intended to introduce at the graduate level
the basic subjects inherent to the field of landscape architecture:
plant materials suitable to urban conditions; urban utility and
transportation systems in relation to topography, natural drainage
and pathways; plant and wildlife communities; as well as inquiries
about landscape infrastructure and ecology, and the history of
human settlement in the evolution of urban landscapes. Southern
California and Los Angeles provide an exceptionally valuable
natural and socio-cultural laboratory for landscape architecture
studies.
Course Requirements
Completion of the certificate program requires a minimum of
12 units.
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Required Courses
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture
History Units: 3
Sustainable Design Graduate Certificate
The Sustainable Design Graduate Certificate is a
multidisciplinary program open to USC students pursuing
graduate degrees in many disciplines that may be interested in the
sustainability of the built environment.
Sustainability is an imperative for our planet as climate change,
population growth and dwindling oil supplies are all reminders
that our resources are finite and we need a new paradigm to
adjust to these global changes. The built environment represents
the majority of our energy use and design can help reduce both
the embodied and operational energy of our buildings and urban
landscape.
This certificate provides students with the tools necessary to
understand and quantify sources of energy use in buildings and
landscapes and to use design of natural and man-made systems
to reduce their energy use. This certificate will give students
the background to help them make sustainable design choices
through informed decision-making that considers the performance
of the built environment related to the energy required to make it,
the energy it absorbs or releases, the energy required to maintain
it, and the energy required to replace it. Environmental, economic
and socially responsible solutions will be explored through the
course work.
Applicants for the Certificate in Sustainable Design who are
currently enrolled in a program at USC and are in good standing
with a 3.0 GPA only need to submit the appropriate paperwork for
adding the certificate program, which may be obtained from the
student services adviser.
Applicants for the Certificate in Sustainable Design who are
not matriculated in a master's-level program at USC must submit
a formal application for admission to the certificate program,
provide transcripts of all college work, a resume and one letter of
recommendation.
Course Requirements
Completion of the certificate program requires a minimum of
14 units.
Core Courses
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for Healthy Indoor
Environments Units: 3
• Electives Units: 4 *
Sample Electives **
(or as approved by the program faculty adviser or director)
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4 (whichever one not used above)
• ARCH 517 Current Topics in Building Science Units: 1 ***
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4 or
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 ***
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4
• PPD 644 Shaping the Built Environment Units: 4
• PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities Units: 4
Notes:
** Electives for the certificate may not include courses required by
the student's other degree programs.
*** When approved by the director of the Chase L. Leavitt
Graduate Program of Building Science
For current USC students enrolled in the
Master of Building Science program
Core Courses
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4 * or
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4 *
or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4 *
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for Healthy Indoor
Environments Units: 3
• Electives Units: 4
Sample Electives
(or as approved by the program faculty adviser or director)
• ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction
Units: 4 ** or
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4 **
or
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4 **
• ARCH 517 Current Topics in Building Science Units: 1 ***
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment Units: 2
• ARCH 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 ***
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4
• PPD 644 Shaping the Built Environment Units: 4
• PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities Units: 4
Notes:
*If not used as a required course for MBS degree
**If not used as a required course for MBS degree and not used as
a core course above
*** When approved by the director of the Chase L. Leavitt
Graduate Program of Building Science
Each academic unit, department or program will determine the
number of units completed that may be applied to the student's
master or doctoral degree.
Doctoral Degree
Architecture (PhD)
The School of Architecture offers the PhD in Architecture,
designed to prepare individuals for university level teaching and
professional research and for leadership positions in industry and
professional architectural practice. Doctoral students must consult
the Graduate School section for regulations and requirements
pertaining to its degrees. Students should also consult the
Academic Policies section for additional information.
Completion of degree requirements is assumed to take a
minimum of three years of approved graduate study and research
beyond the bachelor's degree in a related field or a bachelor's
degree and related practical experience. For the PhD student
without Advanced Standing, a minimum of 48 graduate units
completed in residence on the University Park Campus in Los
Angeles is required. Full-time study is represented by enrollment
in six units during the semester. Usually, the school and the
student's qualifying exam committee insist on a clear and mutually
understood commitment of time and energy by the student to
ensure significant involvement in the doctoral learning experience.
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Application and Admission
Admission to the PhD is granted by the Dean of the School
of Architecture. However, only a letter from the Office of
Graduate Admission constitutes an official offer of admission;
correspondence with department chairs or individual faculty
members does not constitute admission.
Priority consideration for PhD student funding will be given to
those applicants who submit all application materials by December
1. The university will continue to accept and consider applications
submitted after December 1. Those who wish to submit
applications after the deadline should check with the School of
Architecture. Applications for admission to the PhD program are
made once each year for fall semester admission.
The admission decision is made using criteria which include
verification that the applicant has a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university, has maintained a high grade
point average in the last 60 units of undergraduate work and has
earned a competitive score on the verbal and quantitative portions
of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Other elements of
the applicant's educational and experiential background are also
evaluated, including performance in other advanced degrees.
Each applicant should submit the following: (1) one copy of
official transcripts of all previous college and university work (be
sure that these official transcripts show an awarded degree where
appropriate); (2) one copy of GRE scores; (3) copy of TOEFL
or IELTS scores for international students whose first language
is not English; (4) a 1000-word essay discussing the applicant's
background; reasons for wanting to pursue a doctoral degree; and
identifying his or her personal, educational and professional goals;
(5) an up-to-date resume, including academic and professional
accomplishments; (6) three letters of recommendation, at least
two from previous instructors, others from instructors or from
professional supervisors or colleagues (the letters should indicate
the applicant's academic and professional accomplishments and
potential); (7) a completed USC Graduate Admission Application,
along with the nonrefundable application fee; and (8) samples of
work such as a portfolio, publications, software programs, etc.
The program is intended for people with considerable intellectual
interests. Additional requirements for international students are
listed under Admission of International Students.
Upon admission to the program, each student will be assigned a
faculty adviser who will oversee his or her program.
Doctoral Admission with Advanced
Standing
Students entering with a Master of Architecture degree or
Master of Building Science degree (or their equivalent) from USC
or another university may be admitted with Advanced Standing.
A minimum of 36 units of course work beyond the first graduate
degree, exclusive of 794 Doctoral Dissertation preparation, is
required for doctoral degree students with a USC Master of
Building Science degree admitted with Advanced Standing. For
those students entering with a Master of Architecture degree
or Master of Building Science degree (or their equivalent) from
another university and admitted with Advanced Standing, a
minimum of 40 units of course work beyond the first graduate
degree is required. Additional course work may be required
if deemed necessary by the student's faculty. See Doctoral
Admission with Advanced Standing in the The Graduate School
section.
Transfer Credits
The application of any available transfer credits toward a
graduate degree at USC will be determined by the School of
Architecture, based on the semester units available for transfer
as shown in the Transfer Credit Statement. Work experience
in architecture or closely related activities should be of benefit
to the students involved, but will not be considered equivalent
to academic education. A maximum of 6 units of transfer credit
may be applied toward a doctoral degree for those admitted
with Advanced Standing. Admission with Advanced Standing is
based upon a completed master's degree. The only course work
available for transfer credit is course work taken after completion
of that degree. No exceptions are allowed.
Students entering the doctoral program with a master's degree
or graduate course work in a field other than architecture work
may receive up to 12 units of transfer credit toward the PhD
Deferral of Enrollment
Admission to the university is granted for a specified semester,
and it is expected that students will begin their programs during
that semester. The school will normally allow students to defer
their enrollment up to one year from the admission semester.
Students who wish to defer enrollment should notify the school in
writing no more than 60 days before the beginning of the semester
of admission or they may be required to reapply for admission.
Please note that more stringent regulations apply to international
students. See the Graduate Admission section for further
information.
Admission to Candidacy
Acceptance to graduate standing does not in itself imply that
the student is admitted or will be admitted to candidacy for an
advanced degree. Application for admission as a candidate for an
advanced degree is a separate and subsequent step. See The
Graduate School section for further information.
General Requirements for the PhD Degree
Screening Procedures
PhD students are required to pass a screening procedure
before the student has taken more than 24 units (including
research courses). Passing this procedure is prerequisite to
continuation in the doctoral program. This is designed to ensure
that only those students who have demonstrated intellectual
and scholarly potential continue in the program. Students who
fail the screening procedure will be advised that they have not
been recommended to continue in the PhD program and that any
additional work may not be counted toward the degree.
Prior to screening, each student prepares a résumé and a
preliminary statement describing the fields of specialization. After
passing the written screening examination, the student meets with
the committee to discuss the proposal for course work, fields of
specialization and research interests. The committee chair serves
as the student's principal adviser in preparing for the qualifying
examination.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Each student selects a qualifying exam committee, which
officially oversees the student's academic program through the
qualifying examination. The qualifying exam committee should
be established at least one semester prior to taking the qualifying
examination. This should be accomplished by the beginning of
the second year, following successful screening. An appointment
of committee form, which can be obtained from the Graduate
School Website, should be used to establish the qualifying exam
committee. Students initiate the paperwork and submit the signed
form to the dean's office.
Five committee members are designated to provide guidance
in the field developed by the student. A minimum of three
members, including at least one tenured member, must be
from among the faculty participating in the PhD in Architecture
degree program, and at least one member must be from outside
the School of Architecture. This committee bears responsibility
for recommending the student for admission to candidacy.
After approval of the student's program and time schedule, the
program is submitted in writing to the doctoral director. Students
will formalize their relationship with their committees through
the development of a study plan which specifies all courses
completed, date of screening decision, the area of concentration,
and which courses will be taken and when, in order to prepare for
the qualifying examination. This study plan will be signed by the
student, the members of the qualifying exam committee and the
faculty doctoral director. It will be filed in the doctoral office.
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Qualifying Examination
Students must complete at least 24 units of course work in the
doctoral program with a GPA of at least 3.0 before attempting the
qualifying exam.
The qualifying exam committee prepares a comprehensive
written examination covering the field of study. The exact format for
the written portion is determined by each committee in advance.
Answers to the questions in the written portion are graded by all
committee members. Following completion of the written portion,
the entire committee conducts an oral examination of the student,
focusing on material both complementary and supplementary
to the written examination but relevant to the field and overall
program selected by the student. Upon passing both portions of
the qualifying examination, the student becomes a candidate for
the PhD degree.
The objective of the qualifying examination is to evaluate the
student's knowledge and to serve as an instrument to demonstrate
competence in the student's chosen field of concentration in
preparation for candidacy. Qualifying examinations are scheduled
once each year during August. The oral phase of the examination
must be completed within 60 days following the written segment.
Both parts of the examination must be passed in order to qualify.
Failure on one of the two parts of the examination does not require
retaking both parts. Only the part failed must be redone.
The examination will be collaboratively designed by the
instructors of the core courses and oriented toward testing
students' ability to integrate material from these courses. A portion
of this examination will focus on methodological issues. The
written portion of the examination will be administered during a
full-day session.
The process of grading examinations will be accomplished in
two ways. For the written examination, the grading will be done
by a committee comprising the core course instructors and the
doctoral director. For the oral examination, grading will stay with
the qualifying exam committee. Upon passing both the core and
oral portions of the examination, the student will be expected to
reduce the qualifying exam committee to a dissertation committee.
See General Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Dissertation Committee
Once students pass the qualifying examination, the qualifying
exam committee recommends the student for candidacy and a
dissertation topic is approved, a dissertation committee must be
formed as soon as possible. The size may range from three to five
members, one member of which must be from outside the school.
Dissertation Proposal
After the successful completion of the qualifying examination,
the doctoral student will be required to present a complete
research proposal for the dissertation. The proposal will be
circulated for review and evaluation by the dissertation committee.
This proposal should include the methodology, research design,
literature review and instrumentation (if applicable). After this step
has been completed, further work leading to the completion of the
dissertation is authorized.
Defense of the Dissertation
Oral defense of the dissertation before the dissertation
committee is usually made on a preliminary draft. After the
dissertation committee has approved the dissertation in substance,
the candidate must defend it before the committee and other
interested doctoral program faculty and colleagues. Successful
completion of the oral defense marks the ultimate step for the
candidate within the School of Architecture. The candidate must
be certain that the dissertation also meets specific university
requirements before acceptance by the Graduate School. See the
The Graduate School section for further information.
All theses and dissertations submitted in fulfillment of
requirements for graduate degrees must conform to university
regulations with regard to format and method of preparation.
Unit Requirement and Time Limit
The PhD degree in Architecture requires a minimum of 72 units
(including a minimum of 4 units of ARCH 794a, ARCH 794b, or
ARCH 794z) of graduate level course work, and has a minimum
residency requirement of three years. Students must maintain a
3.0 average GPA and complete all required course work within five
years. The maximum time for the completion of all requirements
for the doctoral degree is eight years.
A leave of absence can be granted upon approval of the
guidance or dissertation committees. There is no automatic
readmission if the student fails to maintain continuous registration
or fails to meet academic standards.
Core Curriculum
Year 1: Basic and professional studies
Acquire at a minimum the knowledge that is characteristic of the
master's degree students or equivalent and define the research
program.
Year 2: Advanced studies
Year 3: Research and dissertation
While a Master of Architecture or related degree is not a
prerequisite for admission, those students entering the doctoral
program without a master's degree in architecture or related field
will be required to complete a core curriculum.
Required Courses
• ARCH 419 Architectural Sustainability Tools and Methods
Units: 3
• ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures Units: 4
• ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems
Units: 4
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems Integration Units: 4
• ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures Research Units: 4
• ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental Systems Research
Units: 4
• ARCH 790 Doctoral Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• ARCH 791 Proposal for Doctoral Dissertation Units: 1
A minimum of 4 units of:
•
ARCH 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• ARCH 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• ARCH 794z Doctoral Dissertation Units: 0
USC ROSKI SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN 123
USC Roski School of Art and Design
With a faculty of international distinction, the USC Gayle Garner
Roski School of Art and Design offers emerging artists, designers,
curators and critics a creative and intellectual atmosphere in
which to study. Located at one of the world's leading research
institutions, Roski encourages interdisciplinary exploration
throughout USC's 19 professional schools — including six devoted
to the arts. And by studying in Los Angeles, students can enhance
their education with access to numerous museums as well as
an extensive number of galleries, design firms, artist studios and
music and film industries, providing a wealth of internship and
employment opportunities for a successful future.
Roski's BA program is a liberal arts degree, ideal for students
who want to combine art with a study in a related field — or
a completely different one. Though the emphasis remains
on a studio practice, the flexibility of the BA allows students
to pursue electives, a minor or a second major to develop a
diverse academic career. For a more intensive undergraduate
arts degree, the BFA in Fine Arts program allows students to
immerse themselves fully in the creative process, spending the
vast majority of their class time in studio courses developing
high levels of proficiency. A distinguished and dedicated faculty
mentors art students in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture,
ceramics, photography, digital media and critical studies. And the
BFA in Design is a four-year, pre-professional degree leading to
a variety of careers in advertising, publication, fashion, sports,
entertainment and film design, among others.
At the graduate level, the MFA in Fine Arts program is
recognized nationally for its breadth and intensity, as well as for
a faculty of renowned practicing artists. The two-year, studio-
based program offers a multi-disciplinary platform for diverse
and experimental practices. The MFA in Design is a five-term,
studio-based program that encourages a unique and relevant
contemporary design practice for a rapidly changing world. The
third graduate degree offered at USC Roski is the MA in Curatorial
Practices and the Public Sphere, a platform for scholarship in
contemporary art. The program aims to bring students to a high
level of understanding of the history and theory of curatorial
practices, with attention paid to questions of how curating activates
art in relation to a range of audiences and interacts with diverse
communities.
The Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial
Practices and the Public Sphere (MUP/MA) dual-degree program,
offered by the USC Roski School and the USC Price School of
Public Policy, provides an opportunity for students to become
successful professionals in the arena of organizing art projects in
urban public space, planning and community development.
The Graduate Certificate in Performance Studies provides deep
training in the hybrid disciplinary areas of performance, live art,
time-based media, and performance theory and history for USC
students studying related disciplines.
All Roski graduate programs are housed in the new, state-of-
the-art, Roski Graduate Building in the heart of the Los Angeles
Arts District. The new facility includes individual work spaces/
studios, a well-equipped Makerspace, conference rooms and the
2,000-square-foot Roski Graduate Gallery.
USC Roski encourages students to expand their horizons
through a diverse community, global initiatives and interdisciplinary
opportunities. These goals better prepare them to forge entirely
new paths for an arts education, utilizing every advantage of a
great university to drive change, challenge others and create a
better future for themselves and for the world.
Watt Hall 104
(213) 740-2787
FAX: (213) 740-8938
Email: [email protected]
roski.usc.edu
Administration
Dean: Haven Lin-Kirk, MFA
Faculty
Professors: Nao Bustamante, MFA; Patty Chang, MFA; Jud Fine,
MFA; April Greiman, BFA; Amelia Jones, PhD; Mary Kelly, MFA;
Suzanne Lacy, PhD; Keith Mayerson, MFA; Ruth Weisberg, MA*
Professor of Teaching, Critical Studies: Karen Moss, PhD
Associate Professors of Art: Bob Alderette, MFA; Edgar
Arceneaux, MFA
Associate Professors of Critical Studies: Andrew Campbell, PhD,
Jenny Lin, PhD
Associate Professors of Practice, Art: David Kelley, MFA; Ruben
Ochoa, MFA; Jennifer West, MFA
Associate Professors of Practice, Design: Sherin Guirguis, MFA;
Ewa Wojciak, MFA
Associate Professors of Teaching, Art: Caroline Clerc, MFA;
Thomas Mueller, MFA; Julia Paull, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Design: Alice Fung, MArch
Assistant Professors of Critical Studies: Andrew Campbell, PhD;
Jenny Lin, PhD
Assistant Professors of Teaching, Art: Karen Leibowitz, MFA;
Marisa Mandler, MFA
Assistant Professors of Teaching, Design: China Adams, MFA;
Jason Ellenburg; Brian O'Connell, MFA; Osvaldo Trujillo, MFA;
Alexis Zoto, MFA
Part-time Lecturers: Eugene Ahn, MA; Sam Alden; Marta
Bernstein; Ariel Brice, MFA; Laurie Burruss, MFA; Penny Collins;
Paul Donald, MFA; Charla Elizabeth, MSc; Xavier Fumat, MFA;
Julia Haft-Candell, MFA; Ashley Hagen; Peter Holzhauer, MFA;
Samuel Jernigan, MFA; Eric Junker, MFA; Helen Kim, MFA;
Melanie Nakaue; Brian Olson, BA; Vasun Pachisia; Helene Reiner,
BFA; Peter Robbins, MFA; Jean Robison, MFA; Stephanie Sabo,
MFA; Jovi Schnell, MFA; Betsy Seder, MFA; Anastasia Triviza,
MFA; Zoë van Dijk; Anuradha Vikram, MA; Angie Wang, MFA;
Shoshi Watanabe; Christina Webb, MFA
Emeritus Professors: Robbert Flick, MFA; Ron Rizk, MFA; Jay
Willis, MA; Margaret Lazzari, MFA*
Emeritus Associate Professors: Karen Koblitz, MFA; Ann Page,
BFA
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
General Information
Degrees Offered
At the undergraduate level, the school offers the Bachelor of Art
in Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and the Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Design. The Bachelor of Art in Art is offered in conjunction with the
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. The Roski School
of Art and Design also offers 11 minor programs in studio arts and
design including a Communication Design minor in conjunction
with the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School
for Communication and Journalism and a Visual Narrative Art
minor in conjunction with the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Degrees offered at the graduate level are: Master of Fine Arts in
Art, Master of Fine Arts in Design, and Master of Arts in Curatorial
Practices and the Public Sphere. A dual degree is also available:
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial Practices
and the Public Sphere (MUP/MA) plus a graduate certificate in
Performance Studies.
Minimum Grade Point Average
Requirements
A minimum grade of C (2.0) or higher is required in all studio
and art history courses for all undergraduate majors and minors
in the Roski School of Art and Design. A grade of C- or lower will
not satisfy a major or minor requirement. A minimum grade point
average of 3.0 must be maintained by all candidates for the Master
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of Fine Arts in Art, Master of Fine Arts in Design and Master of
Arts.
Undergraduate Admission
Admission to the Roski School of Art and Design at the
undergraduate level is granted through the USC Office of
Admission. Freshman applicants applying by December 1 for the
fall semester will receive priority consideration for admission to the
university and for merit scholarship. January 15 is the deadline for
general consideration. The deadline for transfer applicants for the
fall semester is February 15.
Undergraduate applicants must upload a portfolio of images and
an artist statement at the school's website. Specific requirements
and additional information are available at roski.usc.edu/undergrad
or email [email protected].
Students who have not been admitted to the Roski School of Art
and Design may complete a maximum of 20 units of Roski course
work at USC. No further course work may be taken until admitted.
Students who are interested in becoming Roski majors or minors
should meet with the Roski School's advisers as soon as possible,
preferably during their first semester taking art classes. Advisers
can be contacted through the school's Advisement Office, Watt
Hall 104, (213) 821-1290, for assistance.
Graduate Admission
Applications for admission to the graduate programs are
evaluated by the USC Office of Graduate Admission before being
forwarded to the school. Students must be admitted by both the
USC Graduate School and the Roski School of Art and Design.
The Graduate School's general admission requirements include
official transcripts of all previous college and university work, and
three letters of recommendation from instructors or persons able
to comment on the applicant's creative work and/or scholarly
potential.
Applicants to the MFA degrees must upload a portfolio of
images and an artist statement at the school's website. Specific
requirements and additional information are available at roski.usc.
edu/academic/mfa.
Advisement
Academic advisement is provided to fine arts majors, minors
and graduate students through the Advisement Office in Watt Hall
104, (213) 821-1290. All students who are interested in taking art
courses are welcomed and encouraged to make an appointment
for advisement as well. The staff advisers provide information
regarding academic life at the university, program requirements,
policies and procedures to assist students with their degree
completion. Majors are required to meet with advisers before
registering each semester. Appointments may be scheduled at
most times during the academic year. For more information, see
roski.usc.edu/resources/student.
International Study Options
Roski majors may take advantage of art courses offered
through study abroad programs. For more information, see Roski's
study abroad page at roski.usc.edu/academic/study-abroad.
Please contact the USC Overseas Studies Office in CAS
104, (213) 740-3636, or dornsife.usc.edu/overseas-studies/ for
complete information, program requirements and applications.
Minor Programs
The Roski School of Art and Design offers minors in art
and design as supplements to major fields of specialization in
other departments and schools for students whose academic
programs do not permit the opportunity to pursue one of the
school's regular degree options. There are seven intensive
studio minors — in painting, drawing, photography, ceramics,
sculpture, two-dimensional studies and intermedia arts — and
four interdisciplinary minors in communication design, 3-D design,
performance art and visual narrative art. There is a separate
application for Roski minors available at roski.usc.edu/academic/
minors.
Candidates for the minors in the Roski School of Art and Design
will be counseled by an academic adviser in the school.
Bachelor's Degree
Art (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts program offers a more flexible and broad
academic education than the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree
while still providing a meaningful experience in the studio area
and preparation for many design and art-related careers. The
degree provides the student with the opportunity to double major
or to combine an art major with a minor in various fields. Some
possibilities for minors include communication, multimedia,
education, business, film, animation and many other options.
Curriculum Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) requires a total of 128 units including
68 units of major requirements (52 units in Art courses and 16
units in Critical Studies courses, some of which overlap with the
university's required GE courses). In addition to the required
courses, BA students have a minimum of 24 non-specific elective
units that can be selected from a variety of university courses,
based on their personal and professional goals and in consultation
with their academic adviser. Electives are typically clustered in a
particular field as in a minor, but may be spread across different
areas.
Required Courses
Three 4-unit foundation courses are required for students
admitted to the BA, Art:
•
ART 105 Art and Design Studio I Units: 4
• ART 106 Art and Design Studio II Units: 4
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
Two 2-unit Studio Critique courses are required in the second
and third year:
•
ART 280 Studio Critique I Units: 2
• ART 380 Studio Critique II Units: 2
In the senior year, the following 4-unit course is required.
•
ART 485 Studio Capstone Units: 4
The following Critical Studies courses are required:
•
CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 160g Critical Theory in Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
and
• One 400-level Critical Studies seminar Units: 4
Art Electives
Select 12 additional units from any lower-division ART or DES
courses, and 20 additional units from any upper-division ART or
DES courses.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. See the General
Education for more information.
Design (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Design requires a total of
128 units, including 74 units of DES and CRIT requirements.
In addition to the required courses, BFA Design students are
encouraged to explore in greater depth an area of design in which
they have an interest. Students should select electives based
on their personal and professional goals and in consultation with
academic advisers. Electives are typically clustered in a particular
field, but may be spread across different areas
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Required Lower-Division Courses
28 units of lower-division Roski DES courses are required as
follows:
• ART 105 Art and Design Studio I Units: 4
• ART 106 Art and Design Studio II Units: 4
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
• DES 102 Design Fundamentals Units: 4
• DES 202 Design II Units: 4
• DES 203 Digital Tools for Design Units: 2
• DES 213 Digital Tools in 3D Design Units: 2
• DES 230 3D Design: Materials and Tools Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Courses
34 units of upper-division Roski DES courses are required as
follows:
• DES 302 Design III Units: 4
• DES 303 Web Design Units: 2
• DES 322 Publication Design Units: 4
• DES 323g Design Theory Units: 4
• DES 332a Typography Units: 2
• DES 332b Typography Units: 2
• DES 402 Advanced Design Projects Units: 4
• DES 413 Professional Practice in Design Units: 4
• DES 419 Professional Internship in the Arts Units: 2
• DES 432 Special Projects in Design Units: 2
• DES 494a Senior Thesis Units: 2
• DES 494b Senior Thesis Units: 2
Required Critical Studies Courses
The following Critical Studies courses are required for the BFA
major that also satisfy up to five categories of General Education
requirements:
• CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 160g Critical Theory in Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
Electives
26 units of electives are required, to be chosen from either
Roski courses or non-Roski courses from across the university,
allowing for a minor to complement the design course work.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. See the General
Education page for more information.
Fine Arts (BFA)
The BFA is a four-year studio intensive program in preparation
for a career in the fine arts, design and/or related fields or pursuit
of a master of fine arts degree. With few required courses or
electives and a wide variety of media from which to choose, the
BFA provides ample opportunity to explore and develop a strong
personal vision in art.
Introductory courses focus on technique and conceptual context
while building a solid grounding in critical theory. Advanced
students work on self-generated independent projects under the
guidance and mentoring of individual faculty members. Emphasis
in the last year is on the production of a major body of work and
professional quality portfolio.
Curriculum Requirements
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) requires a total of 128 units,
including 78 units of major requirements (66 units in Art courses
and 12 units in Critical Studies courses, some of which overlap
with the university's required GE courses). In addition to the
required courses, BFA students have a minimum of 22 non-specific
elective units that can be selected from a variety of university
courses, based on their personal and professional goals and in
consultation with their academic adviser. Electives are typically
clustered in a particular field as in a minor, but may be spread
across different areas.
Required Courses
Three 4-unit foundation courses are required for students
admitted to the BFA, Fine Arts
•
ART 105 Art and Design Studio I Units: 4
• ART 106 Art and Design Studio II Units: 4
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
Two 2-unit Studio Critique courses are required in the second
and third year:
•
ART 280 Studio Critique I Units: 2
• ART 380 Studio Critique II Units: 2
In the senior year, a 4-unit capstone and one 2-unit thesis
courses are required:
•
ART 485 Studio Capstone Units: 4
• ART 494a Senior Thesis Units: 2
The following 4-unit Critical Studies courses are required:
•
CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 160g Critical Theory in Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
Fine Arts Electives
Select 16 additional units from any 100–299 ART courses, and
28 additional units from any 300–499 ART courses. Up to 4 units
of DES courses may be counted toward the required 16 additional
units from any 100-299 ART courses. Up to 12 units of DES
courses may be counted toward the required 28 additional units
from any 300-499 ART courses.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. See General Education
for more information.
Minor
3-Dimensional Design Minor
A minor in 3-Dimensional Design offers USC students in all
fields of studies the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in
3-D thinking, imaging and production. Course work will focus on
the process behind creating well-designed, expressive functional
objects and spaces (both actual and virtual). The minor would
be of particular interest to students wishing to further develop
specializations such as package design, product design, and
environmental design (way-finding, signage, display).
Required lower division courses (10 units)
• DES 102 Design Fundamentals Units: 4
• DES 213 Digital Tools in 3D Design Units: 2
• DES 230 3D Design: Materials and Tools Units: 4
Upper-Division Courses (12 units) chosen from
the following:
• ART 444 Modeling and Mold Making Units: 2
• DES 302 Design III Units: 4
• DES 303 Web Design Units: 2
• DES 313 Graphic Design in Fashion Units: 4
• DES 323g Design Theory Units: 4
• DES 332a Typography Units: 2
• DES 332b Typography Units: 2
• DES 402 Advanced Design Projects Units: 4
• ITP 415 3-D Design and Prototyping Units: 2
Total Minimum Units: 22
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Optional lower-division course(s) chosen from
the following:
• ART 140 Sculpture I Units: 4
• DES 202 Design II Units: 4
• DES 203 Digital Tools for Design Units: 2
• ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation, and Visual
Effects Units: 2
Ceramics Minor
Students enrolled in this minor will be introduced to the rich
traditions of ceramic practice — from wheel throwing to 3-D
modeling — while encouraging the use of materials and methods
as vehicles for individual expression in contemporary art. They
will be exposed to lectures and readings in the history of clay
and critical writings on the subject. A variety of classes is offered
including beginning and advanced ceramics, wheel throwing, clay
and glaze formulation, art and technology, modeling and mold
making, sculpture, visual literacy and theory and criticism. As
students advance in the level of their studies, they can choose
to follow a traditional approach to clay and/or pursue exploration
and experimentation with the medium including freedom to create
mixed-media pieces or to bring technology into their work. The
goal is to create a strong foundation in clay significant to the
career path of their choosing. The total number of units is required
for this minor is 20.
Required lower-division course (4 units)
• ART 130 Ceramics I Units: 4
Three required upper-division courses (10
units)
• ART 330 Ceramics II Units: 4
• ART 331 Clay and Glazes Units: 2
• ART 430 Topics in Advanced Ceramics Units: 4 max 12
Upper-division electives (6 units)
• ART 441 Installation Art Units: 4
• ART 442 Art and Technology Units: 4
• ART 443 Woodworking Units: 2
• ART 444 Modeling and Mold Making Units: 2
• ART 445 Metal Units: 2
Communication Design Minor
The core of this minor is communication design. In addition to
courses in design, visual literacy and digital imaging, this minor
includes optional courses in business, communication, public
relations and marketing, allowing students to translate their design
foundation in ways that are directly relevant to their career paths.
The total number of units required for the minor is 24.
Required Course (4 units)
• DES 102 Design Fundamentals Units: 4
One lower-division course (4 units), chosen
from the following:
• ART 150 Introduction to Photography: Process and Concept
Units: 4
• ART 260 Introduction to Video: Projection and Virtual Worlds
in Art Units: 4
• CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• DES 202 Design II Units: 4 (corequisite: DES 203 or former
FADN 203)
Four upper-division courses (16 units), chosen
from the following:
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• ART 360 Video Installation and Moving Image Environments
Units: 4
• ART 361 Post-Internet Art and Aesthetics Units: 4
• ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia Units: 4
• BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• COMM 321 Communication and Social Media Units: 4
• COMM 339 Communication Technology and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media Units: 4
• COMM 375 Business and Professional Communication
Units: 4
• DES 302 Design III Units: 4
• DES 303 Web Design Units: 2
• DES 313 Graphic Design in Fashion Units: 4
• DES 323g Design Theory Units: 4
• DES 332a Typography Units: 2
• DES 332b Typography Units: 2
• DES 333 New York Design Study Tour Units: 2
• DES 402 Advanced Design Projects Units: 4 max 12
• DES 432 Special Projects in Design Units: 2
• DES 433 International Design Study Tour Units: 2
• MKT 405 Marketing Communication and Promotion Strategy
Units: 4
• MKT 406 Practicum in Marketing Communication and
Promotion Design Units: 4.0
• MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Units: 4
• PR 340 Introduction to Advertising Units: 4
• PR 342 Advertising Media and Analysis Units: 4
Drawing Minor
Students enrolled in the minor in drawing will develop their
creativity and technical drawing skills, as well as deepen their
understanding of contemporary art. Foundation courses provide
the fundamentals of spatial rendering, composition, figure drawing
and visual expression. Advanced courses require more ambitious
projects, personal direction, research and sustained focus. The
minor is available to all USC students who wish to develop their
abilities to communicate through visual means, or who wish to
develop skills for conceptualization and problem solving. The
minor in drawing can assist the students in art-related work, as
well as creative pursuits such as printed works with images,
games and animation. A total of 20 units are required for this
minor.
Required Lower-Division Courses (8 Units)
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
• ART 120 Painting I Units: 4
Three Upper-Division Courses (12 units)
chosen from the following:
Three upper-division courses (12 units) chosen from the following:
• ART 310 Drawing II Units: 4
• ART 311 Anatomical Drawing from Life Units: 2
• ART 312 Comics Project Units: 4
• ART 370 Printmaking Units: 4
• ART 410 Topics in Advanced Drawing Units: 4 (max 12)
• ART 415 Studies in Drawing and Painting Units: 4
• ART 470 Topics in Advanced Printmaking Units: 4 (max 12)
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
Intermedia Arts Minor
This minor deals with technology in art making including
digital photography, digital video and the Internet. Course work
includes choice of classes in history of photography, digital media,
visual literacy and computer imaging. The professional aspects
of this minor assist students in developing careers in fine arts,
communication, design, engineering, film, journalism and in any
area where there is a need for flexible and creative imaging using
digital media. The total number of units required for the minor
is 20.
Required Lower-Division Courses (8 Units)
• ART 150 Introduction to Photography: Process and Concept
Units: 4
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• ART 260 Introduction to Video: Projection and Virtual Worlds
in Art Units: 4
Three Upper-Division Courses (12 units)
Choose from the following courses:
• ART 350 Intermediate Photography: Studio, Field,
Independent Projects Units: 4
• ART 360 Video Installation and Moving Image Environments
Units: 4
• ART 361 Post-Internet Art and Aesthetics Units: 4
• ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia Units: 4 max 8
• ART 460 Post-Material Studio Units: 4 max 8
• ART 484 Contemporary Issues in Art Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
Painting Minor
Within both western and non-western traditions, painting has
a long history as a site for aesthetic experience and cultural
questioning. This minor allows students to immerse themselves
in painting, as well as developing a grasp of the critical issues
surrounding it. Foundation courses provide the fundamentals
of color, composition, medium and drawing. Advanced courses
require more ambitious projects, personal direction, research
and sustained focus. Students majoring in many areas of the
humanities may pursue this minor to augment their understanding
of one of the key media in the arts. The minor is available to all
USC students who wish to develop their painting skills. A total of
20 units are required for this minor.
Required lower-division courses (8 units):
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
• ART 120 Painting I Units: 4
Three upper-division courses (12 units) chosen
from the following:
• ART 312 Comics Project Units: 4, max 8
• ART 320 Painting II Units: 4
• ART 370 Printmaking Units: 4
• ART 415 Studies in Drawing and Painting Units: 4
• ART 420 Topics in Advanced Painting Units: 4 (max 12)
• ART 470 Topics in Advanced Printmaking Units: 4 (max 12)
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
Performance Art Minor
This interdisciplinary minor is designed for students who wish
to engage in the experimental discipline of performance art, a
mode of creative expression in which live or mediated bodies
perform in theatrical or virtual settings for an audience. The minor
offers two required courses, one in video and media installation
and one in performance art, along with a broad range of electives
from Roski* and partner schools in Kaufman School of Dance, the
School of Dramatic Arts, Thornton School of Music, the School
of Cinematic Arts and Dornsife College. It is open to any USC
student regardless of prior experience, especially those interested
in creating new stories, actions or personas or those who want to
explore the kind of disciplinary boundary-breaking and individual
expressivity that is characteristic of the field. Practitioners
in performance art come from a variety of backgrounds and
crossovers between performance art with studies in popular
culture, social media, community activism, theater and dance are
common. Performance art also highlights intersections among
postcolonial and decolonial, ethnic and sexuality/gender studies,
making it an effective medium to explore and express identity and
its politics. Total number of units required is 20**.
*Roski majors are required to include at least 16 units of electives
that are unique to this minor (i.e., not included in their major and
outside of Roski). Please consult with your academic adviser
before adding this minor.
**It is highly recommended to take at least one Critical Studies
elective course.
Required Courses (8 units)
• ART 260 Introduction to Video: Projection and Virtual Worlds
in Art Units: 4
• ART 462 Performance Art Workshop Units: 4
Upper Division Electives* (12 units)
*At least one Critical Studies (CRIT) course highly recommended
• ART 361 Post-Internet Art and Aesthetics Units: 4
• ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia Units: 4
• ART 460 Post-Material Studio Units: 4
• ART 461 Techniques in After Effects Units: 2
• ART 463 Performance Art and the Frame Units: 2
• ART 484 Contemporary Issues in Art Units: 4
• CRIT 415 Performance: Event, Action, Situation Units: 4
• CRIT 425 Identity and Visual Representation Units: 4
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 453 3-D Animation for Motion Graphics Units: 2
• CTAN 466 Projection Mapping Design and Production
Units: 2
• CTAN 495 Visual Music Units: 2
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTPR 457 Creating Poetic Cinema Units: 2
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• IML 328 Sonic Media Art Units: 2
• IML 365 Future Cinema Units: 4
• IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and Immersive Docu-
Narratives Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
• THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4
Photography Minor
The photography minor provides an in-depth experience
in all aspects of photography. The well-equipped darkrooms
allow individual hands-on exploration of black and white
and color processes, camera types, historical and traditional
printing methods, lighting and film processing as well as digital
technologies and issues. It also includes a foundation in photo
theory and criticism. This minor is appropriate for students
interested in an intense experiential exploration of the medium of
photography. The total number of units required for the minor is 20.
Two lower-division courses (8 units):
• ART 150 Introduction to Photography: Process and Concept
Units: 4
• ART 255 Black and White Film and Darkroom Photography
Units: 4
Required upper-division course (8 units):
• ART 350 Intermediate Photography: Studio, Field,
Independent Projects Units: 4
• ART 450 Topics in Advanced Photography Units: 4
One upper-division course (4 units) chosen
from the following:
• AHIS 373g History and Theory of Photography Units: 4
• AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to Photography Units: 4
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• ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia Units: 4
• ART 450 Topics in Advanced Photography Units: 4 max 12
• ART 460 Post-Material Studio Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
Sculpture Minor
This minor focuses on making, organizing and manipulating
objects and their spatial relationships in a range of materials such
as wood, fiberglass, clay, plaster, latex and metal. Course work
includes choice of classes in sculpture, ceramics, visual literacy,
public art, moldmaking, metal and casting. The three-dimensional
skills taught in this minor intersect with many other disciplines
including architecture, cinematic arts, special effects, engineering
design, urban planning and any other areas where skills in
maquette and model building are relevant. The total number of
units required for the minor is 20.
Required Lower-Division Course (4 Units)
• ART 140 Sculpture I Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Courses (8 units)
• ART 340 Sculpture II Units: 4
• ART 440 Topics in Advanced Sculpture Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (8 units)
• ART 441 Installation Art Units: 4
• ART 442 Art and Technology Units: 4
• ART 443 Woodworking Units: 2
• ART 444 Modeling and Mold Making Units: 2
• ART 445 Metal Units: 2
Two-Dimensional Studies Minor
This minor is designed for students who wish to augment their
understanding of art in general in two-dimensional areas, rather
than complete a minor that focuses on one medium. This minor
provides a broad scope of courses in 2-D media and studies. This
minor is open to any USC student, especially those interested
in animation to sharpen their drawing, color and compositional
skills. Students interested in the vast varieties of digital visual
communication can develop better color and compositional skills.
Total number of units required is 24.
Required Courses (24 Units)
Three lower-division courses (12 units) chosen
from the following:
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
• ART 120 Painting I Units: 4
• ART 150 Introduction to Photography: Process and Concept
Units: 4
• DES 102 Design Fundamentals Units: 4
Three upper-division courses (12 units) chosen
from the following:
• ART 310 Drawing II Units: 4
• ART 311 Anatomical Drawing from Life Units: 2
• ART 312 Comics Project Units: 4 max 8
• ART 320 Painting II Units: 4
• ART 350 Intermediate Photography: Studio, Field,
Independent Projects Units: 4
• ART 370 Printmaking Units: 4
• ART 410 Topics in Advanced Drawing Units: 4 max 12
• ART 415 Studies in Drawing and Painting Units: 4
• ART 420 Topics in Advanced Painting Units: 4 max 12
• ART 470 Topics in Advanced Printmaking Units: 4 max 12
Visual Narrative Art Minor
This interdisciplinary minor is designed for students who wish
to concentrate on Visual Narrative Art (which could be any genre
or platform of art, including fine art, illustration and cartooning
and more). This minor provides a broad scope of courses in
2-D media, rendering and narrative art studies. This minor is
open to any USC student ** especially those interested in telling
stories through pictures -- fine art, illustration, comics, journalism,
narrative studies, cinema and media studies, animation and digital
arts, film and television production, interactive media and game
design and more. Students will create works that have a narrative
intent, telling stories and creating worlds through the language
of images and words. Students interested in the vast varieties of
visual communication and media can develop better rendering (in
all genres), composition, and word/image storytelling skills. Total
number of units required is 20.
**Roski majors are required to include at least 16 units of
electives that are unique to this minor (i.e., not included in their
major and outside of Roski). Please consult with your academic
adviser before adding this minor.
Required Courses (8 units)
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
• ART 314 Illustration for Art and Design Units: 2
• DES 203 Digital Tools for Design Units: 2
Upper Division Electives (12 units)
• ART 310 Drawing II Units: 4
• ART 312 Comics Project Units: 4
• ART 320 Painting II Units: 4
• ART 410 Topics in Advanced Drawing Units: 4
• ART 420 Topics in Advanced Painting Units: 4
• CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 436 Writing for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 460 Character Design Workshop Units: 2
• CTAN 485L Pipeline and Character Modeling for Animation
Units: 2
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4
• CTPR 448 World Building Design Studio Units: 2
• CTPR 455 Survey of Production Design Units: 2
• CTPR 456 Introduction to Art Direction Units: 2
• ENGL 343m Images of Women in Contemporary Culture
Units: 4
• ENGL 372 Literature and Related Arts Units: 4
• ENGL 376g Comics and Graphic Novels Units: 4
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
• THTR 331 Costume Design I Units: 4
• THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 407b Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 433a Costume Design II Units: 3
• THTR 433b Costume Design II Units: 3
Master's Degree
Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere
(MA)
The MA Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere is an
intensive master's-level program in the practice and history of
curating studied through the lens of critical theory and the history
of art. With a focus on the research and exhibition of contemporary
art, as well as attending to art historical curating and broader
conceptions of curating such as performance art programming,
instructors with international careers lead students in asking social
questions about the exhibition of art (broadly construed) in relation
to its publics. Over two years of full-time academic study, students
explore modes of curatorial practice in a curriculum combining
seminars and professional training. Courses are led by USC
Roski's internationally acclaimed faculty, which includes renowned
artists, scholars, critics and curators.
The MA features courses that focus on the history of art,
exhibitions and aesthetics, with a focus on contemporary art and
theory. Other courses emphasize direct practical experience
leading toward the realization of art exhibitions, but also
performance art programming and other hybrid modes of arts
curating.
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Admission Requirements
Requirements for admission: (1) a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree, or equivalent, from an accredited school; (2)
a minimum 3.0 overall GPA; (3) three letters of recommendation;
(4) two writing samples (one academic paper and the admission
essay). The GRE General Test is required. International applicants
are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System
(IELTS).
Thesis Requirements
The thesis committee is established and contingent upon
satisfactory completion of the second semester's course work.
Advancement to candidacy is determined by the director of the
program, in consultation with other faculty.
Roski MA thesis committees will comprise three faculty
members. Two members will be Roski faculty, defined as any
faculty currently teaching in either the MA or the MFA program
with either full-time, part-time or adjunct appointments, tenure
track or non-tenure track. The third member can be any full-time
tenure track or non-tenure track USC faculty member, either within
the Roski School or from outside Roski. Thesis committees are
ultimately subject to approval by the school dean.
Curatorial Practicum Requirement
All students participate in the group curatorial practicum course
for three consecutive terms (which complements the thesis
requirement).
Program Requirements
A minimum of 39 units is required, taken during a consecutive two-
year period, distributed as follows:
Required Courses
• ART 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar Seminar Units: 2 – must
be taken twice for a total of 4 units
• CRIT 510 History and Theory of Art and Exhibitions Units: 4
• CRIT 512 Art and Curatorial Visits Units: 2
• CRIT 525 Making and Curating Art: Pedagogy and Praxis
Units: 4
• CRIT 555 Methods of Curating: Introduction to Curatorial
Practicum Units: 4
• CRIT 556 Curatorial Practicum: Individual/Group Projects
Units: 4
• CRIT 557 Curatorial Practicum: Group Project Summation
Units: 4
• CRIT 591 Field Internship Experience Units: 1
• CRIT 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CRIT 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CRIT 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
Electives (4 units of which must be Roski electives)
Units: 39
Elective Requirement
Candidates for the Master of Arts, Curatorial Practices and the
Public Sphere must complete a minimum of 8 units of 400- or
500-level electives, 4 units of which must be from the Roski School
and 4 units of which can be from another relevant area in the
university (with departmental approval).
Design (MFA)
A five-term program administered in collaboration with
the Graduate School, the Master of Fine Arts in Design is a
professional degree in the practice of design. A progressive
degree option is available on a competitive basis to current
Roski undergraduate students. With a faculty of influential
design professionals and an expansive, retrofitted building in
the downtown arts district, the MFA Design program seeks to
be an ambitious and far-reaching addition to educational design
community in Southern California.
In addition to mentored relationships with the design faculty,
students participate in regular seminars, discussions and studio
visits with leading visiting designers, writers and theorists from
around the world. The Roski School's partnership and affiliation
with the contemporary design community in Los Angeles, such as
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), is a critical component
of the MFA Design program.
The opportunity to gain experience as a teaching assistant is
available on a competitive basis. All incoming students, regardless
of country of citizenship, are considered for departmental funding
and teaching assistantships.
THESIS AND COMPLETION
The Roski MFA Design thesis committee will comprise three
faculty members. Two members will be Roski faculty, defined as
currently teaching in the Roski graduate program with either full-
time, part-time or adjunct appointments, tenure-track or non-tenure
track. A third member can be any full-time tenure track or non-
tenure track USC faculty member, either within the Roski School
or from outside Roski. Thesis committees are ultimately subject to
approval by the school dean.
Master of Fine Arts Design students are evaluated by faculty
during reviews held near the end of each semester.
Before a student is recommended for the Master of Fine Arts,
a comprehensive review of past work and professional goals is
held. A written thesis, documented with visual material, and a
practice-based component, such as an exhibition of work, a public
presentation, community project or a course syllabus at the end of
the course of study, complete the Master of Fine Arts program. A
minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on all graduate work is
required for the Master of Fine Arts degree.
ADMISSION
Admission is competitive and based on an application and
portfolio submission at Slideroom.com.
An undergraduate degree in Design or its equivalent with a GPA
of at least 3.0 is required. Applications are accepted in the spring
for the fall. Preference will be given to full-time students, although
part-time study can be accommodated with the director's approval.
Application materials include the following:
1. USC Graduate Application
2. Transcripts (waived for Progressive Degree applicants)
3. Three letters of recommendation
4. Personal statement and CV
5. A portfolio of 20 images, submitted at slideroom.com
6. Results of the TOEFL or IELTS (international students only)
See the Roski website roski.usc.edu for additional information
about the MFA Design program.
Program Requirements
At least 56 units are required for the Master of Fine Arts in Design,
to be distributed as follows:
Required Courses (30 units)
• DES 503 Contemporary Issues in Design Units: 4
• DES 513 Visiting Designers Forum Units: 2 (4 units required)
• DES 514 Designers in Residence Forum Units: 2 (4 units
required)
• DES 520 Individual Studies Units: 2 (8 units required)
• DES 523 Design Theory Units: 4
• DES 550 Advancement Units: 2
• DES 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• DES 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• DES 594z Master's thesis Units: 0
Elective Courses (26 units)
• 18 units of 400-level or higher course work within Roski
School of Art and Design, 10 of which must be at the
500-level or higher
• 8 units of 400-level or higher course work outside Roski
School of Art and Design
Suggested Roski courses include:
• DES 433 International Design Study Tour Units: 2
• DES 530 Design Studio Co-Lab Units: 2
• DES 540 Design Pedagogy Units: 4
• DES 543 Design Study Tour Units: 2
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• DES 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• DES 591 Field Internship Experience Units: 2
Note: All elective courses (Roski and non-Roski) must be
approved by the Director of the MFA Design program.
Fine Arts (MFA)
A two-year program administered in collaboration with the
Graduate School, the Master of Fine Arts is a professional degree
in the practice of art preparing students to pursue careers as
professional artists. With an influential and innovative faculty and
expansive facilities, the MFA program is one of the most ambitious,
energetic and forward-thinking MFA programs in the United States.
In addition to close, constant interaction with the faculty artists,
students participate in regular seminars, lectures, discussions,
and studio visits with leading visiting artists, critics, curators and
theorists from around the world. The school's immersion in the
contemporary art community is a critical component of the MFA
program.
The opportunity to gain experience as a teaching assistant is
available on a competitive basis. All incoming students, regardless
of country of citizenship, are considered for departmental funding
and teaching assistantships.
Program Requirements
At least 48 units are required for the Master of Fine Arts, to be
distributed as follows:
• ART 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar Seminar Units: 2 (4 units
required)
• ART 520 Individual Studies Units: 2 (8 units required)
• ART 525 Making and Curating Art: Pedagogy and Praxis
Units: 4 (Enroll in CRIT 525)
• ART 535 Group Critique Units: 2 (6 units required)
• ART 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• ART 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• ART 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
• CRIT 510 History and Theory of Art and Exhibitions Units: 4
and 18 units of 400- or 500-level electives:
• 8 units outside of the Roski School and
• 8 units of departmental electives within the Roski School
• 2 units either outside the Roski School or within the Roski
School
Note:
Roski MFA thesis committees will comprise three faculty
members. Two members will be Roski faculty, defined as any
faculty currently teaching in either the MA or the MFA program
with either full-time, part-time or adjunct appointments, tenure
track or non-tenure track. The third member can be any full-time
tenure track or non-tenure track USC faculty member, either within
the Roski School or from outside Roski. Thesis committees are
ultimately subject to approval by the school dean.
Master of Fine Arts students are evaluated by faculty during
reviews held near the end of each semester. Before a student is
recommended for the Master of Fine Arts, a comprehensive review
of past work and professional goals is held. An exhibition of work
at the end of the course of study and a written thesis, documented
with visual material, complete the Master of Fine Arts program.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 on all graduate work is
required for the Master of Fine Arts degree.
Graduate Certificate
Performance Studies Graduate Certificate
This 16-unit graduate certificate program is meant to
complement PhD and MA studies in related areas such as English,
Comparative Literature, Art History, Cinema Studies, etc., by
affording students interested in live and time-based art media,
courses and a specialization based on studying these modes of
creative work.
With a focus on the deep history of discourse and media
relating to performance, screen imagery, embodied and visual art
work, the program intersects with ethnic studies, gender/sexuality
studies, cinema studies, drama, dance and broad concerns
addressing how bodies in performance or in visual images
construct or resist identifications.
Application for the certificate is open to all USC graduate
students in fall and spring semesters, and must be submitted by
the end of the first year of a graduate program. The minimum GPA
requirement is 3.0.
Required Courses (8 units)
The required core courses are intended to supply both a
horizontal and a vertical understanding of performance studies.
Emphasis will be placed on the student putting her or his practice
(whether artistic or scholarly) in the context of both an overview of
the field and deep examples of performance practices, approached
either through a scholarly framework or via hands on and practice-
based strategies.
CRIT 500 provides a broad historical chronology and an
understanding of the histories of theory and practice; CRIT 560
and CRIT 570 provide deep analysis and hands-on research skills.
Note: If desired a student may take both CRIT 560 and CRIT
570 with the second counting as a Roski elective.
• CRIT 500 Theory and History of Performance Studies
Units: 4
and
• CRIT 560 Visual Theory/Performance Theory Units: 4 or
• CRIT 570 Performance Theory and Praxis Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Electives include courses in Roski and those ratified courses
by affiliate faculty beyond Roski, or courses approved by the
Graduate Program Director. Participating programs currently
include Cinema Studies, Architecture, Dramatic Arts, Dance,
Music, American Studies and Ethnicity, Sexuality and Women's
Studies, Communication, East Asian Languages and Cultures,
Art History, English and Philosophy. All these courses are 4 units
unless otherwise noted. In all cases students must get approval
from the Graduate Program Director based on current content of
the class.
Some suggested elective courses include the following:
• AHIS 505 Seminar in Feminist Theory and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• AMST 552 Archives and Subcultures Units: 4
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• COMM 563 Black Popular Culture: Theory and Central
Debates Units: 4
• CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video Units: 4
• THTR 578 Theatre of the Oppressed: Theory, Games, and
Techniques Units: 4
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 131
USC Marshall School of Business
Consistently ranked among the nation's premier schools, the
USC Marshall School of Business offers impressive international
and experiential opportunities backed by path-breaking research,
close industry engagement, and the uniquely powerful Trojan
Network. USC Marshall draws on the region's cultural diversity,
entrepreneurial spirit and economic dynamism to produce leaders
for the unlimited opportunities and unprecedented responsibilities
of business today.
USC Marshall integrates its foundational core curriculum
with a range of dynamic, experiential learning opportunities,
giving students the ability to practice and apply what they
learn to real-world situations. That curriculum spans a range
of disciplines and specializations including Business Analytics,
Communication, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance,
Leadership and Innovation, Marketing, Real Estate Finance, and
Risk Management.
The Leventhal School of Accounting, one of the nation's top
ranked accounting schools and housed within Marshall, educates
the next generation of leaders in that field. The Lloyd Greif
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies is an exceptional resource
for all students interested in developing a more sophisticated
entrepreneurial mindset. Three joint-degree programs with
Cinematic Arts, Computer Science, and International Relations
further elevate an approach that prepares students for the real
world, right now.
Hands-on learning opportunities are of paramount importance
and are embedded throughout the educational experience. The
Experiential Learning Center and the USC Marshall Student
Investment Program are just two examples of many that offer
students invaluable experiential opportunities.
Combining a world-class faculty, international student body and
strategic location at the gateway to the Pacific Rim, USC Marshall
is a pioneer in global business education. International experience
is a required component of all residential MBA degree programs.
Undergraduates have access to numerous overseas programs
including study abroad and international internships in addition
to week-long global learning experiences and the one-of-a-kind
World Bachelor in Business.
With cross-disciplinary excellence spanning the performing arts
to the data sciences, USC and Marshall provide students with the
power to combine multi-faceted fields of study and to build the
skills that today's transforming economy demands. Many Marshall
undergraduates choose complimentary minors, while graduate
students have the option to earn dual degrees or certificates
of specialization. Whether through one of five MBA offerings or
11 specialized master's programs, Marshall offers flexibility for
graduate students looking to propel their careers.
Marshall's resourcefulness and resiliency continue to set
us apart. The school prepares leaders who are visionary and
adaptable; ready for today's jobs and future careers not yet
imagined and that the Marshall community will help shape.
Recognizing its outsized role to play in the evolution of business
toward a more sustainable, equitable and engaged future, USC
Marshall is powering that change through groundbreaking ideas
translated to real-world outcomes.
Leadership of the USC Marshall School of Business
Geoffrey Garrett, PhD, Dean, Robert R. Dockson Dean's Chair in
Business Administration
TBD, PhD, Deputy Dean
William Holder, DBA, MAcc, Dean of the Leventhal School of
Accounting; Alan Casden Dean's Chair; Professor of Accounting
Dean's Cabinet
Sara Bamossy, BA, Chief Marketing Officer, Associate Dean,
Marketing and Communications
Peter Cardon, PhD, MBA, Chair of the Faculty Council; Professor
of Clinical Business Communication
Janet Horan, MPA, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Associate Dean,
Finance and Administration
Suh-Pyng Ku, PhD, Vice Dean, Graduate Programs; Professor of
Clinical Finance and Business Economics
Patricia Mills, JD, LLM, Vice Dean for Teaching and Innovation;
Professor of Clinical Accounting
Rachel Morrell, MPA, Chief Development Officer, Associate Dean,
External Relations
Ramandeep Randhawa, PhD, Vice Dean for Undergraduate
Programs; Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
Violina Rindova, PhD, Interim Vice Dean, Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion; Captain Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic
Entrepreneurship; Professor of Management and Organization
Sha Yang, PhD, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs;
Ernest Hahn Professor of Marketing
Undergraduate Programs Administration
Tiffiani Frye, Assistant Dean and Director, Undergraduate
Admissions and Outreach
Onma Lwin, MS, Director, Undergraduate Career Services
Maureen McHale, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director,
Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs
Sean O'Connell, MA, Director, Undergraduate International
Programs
Jerry Giaquinta, PhD, JD, Academic Director, World Bachelor in
Business Program
Marion Philadelphia, EdD, Academic Director, Business of
Cinematic Arts Program
Cynthia McCloud, MBA, Director, Food Industry Programs
Graduate Programs Administration
Evan Bouffides, MBA, MPW, MA, Assistant Dean and Director,
MBA Admissions
Mark Brostoff, MHA, Assistant Dean and Director, Graduate
Career Services
Susan Hunt, PhD, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs
Anakkarat Barth, MA, Director, Office of Global Programs and
Partnerships
Sriram Dasu, PhD, Academic Director, International Experiential
Programs
Philip Griego, MBA, Assistant Dean and Director for Online
Programs
Scott M. Abrams, MBA, Academic Director, Full-Time MBA
Program
Leticia Porter, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director, Full-Time MBA
Program
Rahsan Akbulut, PhD, Academic Director, MBA.PM Program
Jennifer Siemer, MEd, Director, MBA.PM Program
Miriam Burgos, MBA, Interim Academic Director, Executive MBA
(EMBA) Program
Brigitte M. Engel, BS, Director, EMBA Program
Carl Voigt, PhD, Academic Director, IBEAR MBA Program
Richard Drobnick, PhD, Director, IBEAR MBA Program
Miriam Burgos, MBA, Academic Director, Online MBA Program
Brittany Hawkins, MEd, Associate Director, Online MBA Program
Rahsan Akbulut, PhD, Associate Vice Dean, Graduate Programs
Sara McLachlan, MA, Senior Associate Director, Specialized
Master's Programs
Lori Smith, BS, CPA, Assistant Dean, Master of Accounting and
Master of Business Taxation (Leventhal School of Accounting)
Cathy Cowan, BS, Director, Master of Accounting and Master of
Business Taxation (Leventhal School of Accounting)
Ashley Flinn, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Accounting and
Master of Business Taxation (Leventhal School of Accounting)
Dawn Porter, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in
Business Analytics
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Nina Richardson, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in
Business Analytics
Steven Mednick, JD, MPA, Academic Director, Master of Science
in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Beverlee Turner, Associate Director, Master of Science in
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Julia Plotts, MBA, Academic Director, Master of Science in
Finance
Melisa Hanparsun, BA, Associate Director, Master of Science in
Finance
Cristal Montes, BA, Associate Director, Master of Science in
Finance
Nick Vyas, EdD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Global
Supply Chain Management
Katy Lin, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Global
Supply Chain Management
Christopher Stewart, EdD, Interim Director, Master of Management
in Library and Information Science
Alexis Hackathorn, MA, Coordinator of Student Services, Master
of Management in Library and Information Science and Graduate
Certificate in Library and Information Management
Diane Badame, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in
Marketing
Garrett Ludlum, BS, Associate Director, Master of Science in
Marketing
Adlai Wertman, MBA, Academic Director, Master of Science in
Social Entrepreneurship
JJ Lee, MBA, Director, Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship
Anthony Borquez, EdD, Academic Director, Graduate Certificate in
Technology Commercialization
Kevin C. Fields, JD, Academic Director, Master of Business for
Veterans
James Bogle, MBA, Director, Master of Business for Veterans
Dina Mayzlin, PhD, Associate Dean, PhD Program
Julie Phaneuf, BS, Associate Director, PhD Program
Office of Executive Education
The USC Marshall Office of Executive Education offers a variety
of non-degree and certificate programs for individual contributors
seeking to enhance their business-related skill sets, as well as for
aspiring and current managers, leaders and executives in both
fully customized and open enrollment programs.
Areas of expertise include strategy, leadership, innovation,
digital transformation, entrepreneurship and business acumen.
In addition to a variety of individual courses within our areas
of expertise, Executive Education offers non-degree certificate
programs in online (synchronous and asynchronous), face-to-face,
and blended formats. Non-degree certificate programs include:
• Data-Driven Decision-Making Certificate
• The Disruptive Innovation Certificate
• Management Consulting Certificate
• Digital Transformation Certificate
• Humanistic Leadership Certificate
• Software Development and Network Security Certificates
- Secure Software Development (ISC)
2
- Cyber Security Networks (Cisco)
- Cyber Security Architect (ISC)
2
USC Marshall Executive Education also offers programs
customized specifically for corporations and organizations with
a focus on high-impact performance learning journeys including
classroom and/or virtual instruction, simulations, personalized
leadership assessments, coaching, and real-world practice and
applications.
In addition to a Certificate of Completion, Executive Education
participants receive digital badges that highlight their skill
development and learning accomplishments.
To learn more about our programs and upcoming offerings,
please visit our Executive Education Programs website. For further
information, contact the Office of Executive Education by phone at
(213) 740-8990 or by email at [email protected].
Marshall Undergraduate Degrees
Bachelor of Science
The business administration major combines a strong grounding
in business fundamentals and expertise in select functional
areas with extensive exposure to the liberal arts. The curriculum
is designed with significant flexibility so that students can
complement their studies in business with a minor in a field outside
business.
Marshall School programs lead to a Bachelor of Science
degree with a major in Business Administration. Marshall students
may major in Accounting through the USC Leventhal School of
Accounting (part of the Marshall School). See USC Leventhal
School of Accounting for a complete listing of information regarding
courses, programs and requirements. See Accounting (BS) for
specific degree requirements.
The Marshall School offers ten emphasis programs including
Business Analytics, Communication, Entrepreneurship and
Innovation, Finance, Leadership and Innovation, Marketing, Real
Estate Finance, and Risk Management. Students in the BS in
Business Administration (World) program earn bachelor's degrees
from USC, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(HKUST) and Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).
Marshall collaborates with other USC schools to offer
several specialized programs. The program with the School of
Cinematic Arts leads to a BS in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Cinematic Arts, and the program with the School of
International Relations leads to a BS in Business Administration
with an emphasis in International Relations. The Marshall School
and the Viterbi School of Engineering offer a combined degree
program leading to a bachelor's degree in Computer Science/
Business Administration (BS) administered by the Viterbi School of
Engineering. The Marshall School and the Viterbi School also offer
a joint degree program leading to a bachelor's degree in Artificial
Intelligence for Business (BS) administered by the Marshall
School. The Marshall School and the School of Cinematic Arts
also offer a joint degree program leading to a bachelor's degree
in Business of Cinematic Arts (BS) administered by the Marshall
School.
The Marshall School also offers a variety of minors for non-
business majors.
Educational Objectives
The undergraduate programs in business administration have
three main goals: (1) graduates will have a grounding in skills and
concepts that are fundamental to business; (2) graduates will have
deep expertise in one or more specific areas of business, selected
according to the student's personal and professional goals and
objectives; and (3) graduates will have extensive exposure to the
liberal arts, usually with a formal minor in a field outside business.
Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
students will need to consider themselves (and to be considered
by other people) a generally well-educated person. It requires
eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global
Perspectives (which may double-count with courses in the Core
Literacies) and two courses in writing. The current GE program is
effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later and for
transfer students who began college elsewhere in fall 2015 or later
and subsequently transferred to USC. For more information about
USC's general education requirements, see the General Education
page for more information.
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Marshall Majors
The major requirements for each degree are found on the
catalogue page for each major:
• Artificial Intelligence for Business (BS)
• Business Administration (BS)
• Business Administration (Business Analytics) (BS)
• Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) (BS)
• Business of Cinematic Arts (BS)
• Business Administration (Communication) (BS)
• Business Administration (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
(BS)
• Business Administration (Finance) (BS)
• Business Administration (International Relations) (BS)
• Business Administration (Leadership and Innovation) (BS)
• Business Administration (Marketing) (BS)
• Business Administration (Real Estate Finance) (BS)
• Business Administration (Risk Management) (BS)
• Business Administration (World Program) (BS)
Certificate Program
Marshall offers an undergraduate certificate in Food Industry
Management for individuals currently employed in the food
industry. For more information see the Food Industry Management
Program page.
Marshall Minors
Marshall offers minors in a range of business disciplines. Please
see the catalogue page for each minor for a complete description
and degree requirements.
• Business Minor
• Business Economics Minor
• Business Finance Minor
• Business Law Minor
• Business Technology Fusion Minor
• Consumer Behavior Minor
• Customer Analytics Minor
• Dynamics in Workplace Communication Minor
• Entrepreneurship Minor
• Human Resource Management Minor
• Management Consulting Minor
• Marketing Minor
• Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor
• Organizational Leadership and Management Minor
• Performance Science Minor
• Real Estate Finance Minor
• Risk Management Minor
• Social Entrepreneurship Minor
• Sports Business and Management Minor
• Technology Commercialization Minor
The Leventhal School of Accounting offers the Accounting
Minor to students in all schools and departments except the
Marshall School of Business. Leventhal also oversees the Risk
Management Minor, which is open to students in all schools and
departments except Accounting.
Marshall participates with other USC academic units that
administer a number of interdisciplinary minors:
• Advertising Minor
• Applied Analytics Minor
• Biology and Business Minor
• Communication Design Minor
• Game Entrepreneurism Minor
• Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur Minor
• Managing Human Relations Minor
• Mathematical Finance Minor
• Media Economics and Entrepreneurship Minor
• Risk Management Minor
Admission
Students may be admitted as incoming freshmen, as students
transferring from another college or university, or as USC
undergraduates transferring from another major. Admission to the
Marshall School requires admission to the university and depends
on academic performance, particularly in quantitative areas. USC
students who have not been admitted to the major or a minor in
the Marshall School may register for a maximum of 12 units from
the Marshall School and/or the Leventhal School. Information and
guidelines for students applying to USC Marshall as freshmen
and those transferring to USC from another university are
available at the USC Undergraduate Admission and USC Marshall
Undergraduate Admissions websites. Admission to the Computer
Science/Business Administration program requires admission
to USC and the Viterbi School of Engineering. Information and
guidelines for USC undergraduates who wish to transfer to
Marshall from another major at USC can be found on the Marshall
Undergraduate Programs website for current students or contact
Marshall Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs.
Transferring College Credit
Community College Courses
USC has established articulation agreements with most
community colleges in California. Most academic courses are
acceptable for transfer credit from a two-year school, but students
will not receive credit for remedial course work. A maximum
of 64 semester units may be transferred. There are university
restrictions that apply to transferring course work from other
institutions that may affect the above rule.
Official transcripts of college work taken elsewhere must
be submitted at the time of application to the USC Office of
Admission. ECON 351x and ECON 352x must be taken in
residence at USC, and all business courses completed at a two-
year college, if transferable, will be considered elective credit.
There is one exception to this policy: Students may transfer two
semesters of introductory accounting and receive credit equivalent
to one semester of introductory accounting at USC. Then students
can register for BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of Accounting
Information.
Four-Year Colleges
Most courses of an academic nature are acceptable for unit
credit from all fully accredited four-year institutions. If they do not
satisfy specific subject requirements at USC, they will usually be
accepted for elective course credit.
Students are urged to complete all their required business
courses at USC. ECON 351x and ECON 352x must be completed
at USC. All business courses from four year institutions, if
transferable, will be considered elective credit unless a challenge
examination is passed. All upper-division core classes, with the
exception of BUAD 497 Strategic Management and BUAD 425
Introduction to Business Analytics, may be challenged. Students
should consult with an academic adviser to initiate the challenge
examination process.
Registration
Students register for Marshall courses using the Web
Registration system, according to their scheduled appointment
times. Appointment times are based on number of units completed.
For example, seniors have the first opportunity to register. It is
important to register as soon as one's appointment allows or
priority standing will be lost. There are no waiting lists for Marshall
undergraduate courses. USC students who have not been
admitted to the Marshall School may register for a maximum of 12
units in the Marshall School and/or the Leventhal School.
Global Opportunities
The Marshall School offers students a variety of opportunities to
cultivate a global perspective. Classes such as international trade
and commercial policy, financial management of multinational
corporations, international finance, multinational marketing, and
international management practices and negotiation broaden
students' understanding of managing a global business.
Opportunities to travel and study outside the United States allow
students to develop skills for functioning in different cultures,
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societies and economic environments, and to understand a wide
variety of international business practices. Contact Marshall
Undergraduate International Programs or Undergraduate Advising
and Student Affairs for information about international study
opportunities at Marshall, including:
GLP/LInC/TIE
Students are encouraged to take advantage of one of Marshall's
international experiential learning programs. Each includes
a nine-day faculty-led trip to a city outside the United States,
where students meet with business, political and civic leaders.
The Learning about International Commerce (LInC) Program is
a 2-unit class open to freshmen students who apply. The Global
Leadership Program (GLP) is a two-course sequence open by
invitation to select first-year students in the incoming freshman
class. GLP invitations are extended by the USC Marshall
Undergraduate Admissions Office. The Transfer International
Experience (TIE) Program consists of two 1-unit classes or one
2-unit class, open to transfer students who apply.
International Exchange Program
The International Exchange Program is a one-semester
exchange program with a host institution in Asia, Australia, South
America or Europe during either the fall or spring semester.
Exposure to international cultures and practices in business and
non-business settings provides another level of understanding of
international business. Students complete between four to eight
courses at the host institution (15-18 USC units). All instruction
is in English, so foreign language proficiency is not required.
Courses completed at the host school are graded credit/no credit
on the student's USC transcript. The courses are selected from a
list approved by the Marshall School of Business and satisfy the
business elective requirement.
International Summer Program
The Marshall School offers unpaid international internship
programs in London, Madrid, Berlin, Dublin, Prague, Hong Kong,
Milan and Singapore during the summer session. The program
provides students with theoretical and practical experiences
working and navigating within the international business
environment. The program consists of an eight- to ten-week
internship abroad. Funded internships in Bangkok and Jakarta are
also offered.
Research Opportunities
BUAD 490 Directed Research provides an opportunity to
pursue research above and beyond the normal course offerings.
This course is open to juniors and seniors with a 3.0 or better
grade point average who have obtained approval from a faculty
sponsor and associated department chair prior to registration.
Units are assigned on a variable basis with a maximum of 12 units
toward an undergraduate degree, 4 units per semester. Students
may also work with faculty as research assistants. For additional
information, contact Marshall Undergraduate Advising and Student
Affairs.
Marshall Honors Program
Marshall Honors, available upon graduation to majors in
business administration or accounting, provides a special
designation of departmental honors on a student's transcript.
Acceptance to the program requires completion of at least 64
units of course work (including transfer units), an overall GPA of
at least 3.3, a GPA of 3.5 or higher in course work to be applied to
the major, and a successful application. Achievement of Marshall
Honors requires completion of BUAD 493 Marshall Honors
Research Seminar prior to the senior year, completion of BUAD
494 Marshall Honors Research and Thesis during the senior year,
and a minimum GPA of at least 3.5 in upper-division Marshall
School and Leventhal School courses applied to the major. For
additional information, contact Marshall Undergraduate Advising
and Student Affairs.
Honor Societies
Beta Gamma Sigma is the national honor society for business
students. The Marshall School of Business chapter has been
active since 1923. Juniors in the top 10 percent of the class and
seniors in the top 10 percent of the class are invited to join.
Marshall Undergraduate Advising and
Student Affairs
Academic advisement is provided through the Marshall Office
of Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs, which supports
the education and development of undergraduate students by
providing a broad array of co-curricular and academic support
programs and services. Incoming freshman and new transfer
students are required to meet with an academic adviser before
registering, and this requirement is in effect until 24 USC units
are completed. All students are encouraged to see an academic
adviser on a regular basis, and continuing students may schedule
appointments throughout the year.
The Marshall First-Year Experience (Marshall FYE) includes a
wide variety of programs to support and engage new freshman
and transfer students throughout their first year at USC. Marshall
FYE is designed to help students navigate academic and career
resources, become involved in student life, and foster a sense of
belonging within the Marshall community.
The Transfer Success Program provides selected incoming
transfer students with the opportunity to build a community among
other transfer students and maximize their experience at USC
Marshall.
The Marshall Academic Resources (MARs) Program provides
free group tutoring through its Core Review Sessions for select
Marshall core courses. Core Review Sessions, led by Peer
Academic Leaders, are a supplement to classroom instruction and
designed to assist students at all academic levels. Participating
in Core Review Sessions early and regularly supports student
success and learning.
Marshall Recognized Student Organizations serve as a vehicle
for Marshall students to develop and practice their leadership and
networking skills through participation in various professional,
academic, and social organizations. The Marshall School has
more than 40 student organizations including Marshall Business
Student Government.
The Marshall School offers a number of scholarships available
to continuing students. Awards recognize academic excellence
and/or outstanding service at Marshall, and provide funding
applied toward tuition for one academic year.
Marshall Undergraduate Career Services
The Marshall School recognizes the importance of integrating
education with experience. Marshall Undergraduate Career
Services seeks to enhance the Marshall undergraduate student
experience by engaging students in services designed to help
them cultivate, refine, and plan for their professional development.
In cooperation with the USC Career Center, we provide a
variety of workshops, recruiting events, networking opportunities,
and individual advising appointments to educate and empower
students in their pursuit of internship and full-time opportunities.
Students also have access to weekly newsletters, industry specific
opt-in email announcements, and alumni mentorship programs.
Those who actively participate in these events while
establishing and achieving meaningful career goals, will maximize
their opportunities for employment after graduation.
Marshall Graduate Programs
The Marshall School of Business prepares individuals to
become leaders at every level of management. Today's successful
businesses demand flexibility, innovation, creativity, teamwork and
leadership from their employees. The Marshall School's goal is to
help students meet those demands through a rigorous grounding
in all functional areas of business and the honing of analytical and
interpersonal skills required to address real business problems.
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Marshall faculty include authorities recognized around the world
for their contributions to business theory and practice. They are
also distinguished by their dedication to teaching excellence.
The Marshall School of Business offers six graduate degrees:
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); the Master of Business
Administration (MBA); the Master of Science (MS) in Business
Administration, Business Analytics, Business Research,
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Global Supply Chain
Management, Marketing, and Social Entrepreneurship; the Master
of Business for Veterans (MBV); the Master of Management in
Library and Information Science (MMLIS); and the Master of
Management Studies (MMS). The Marshall School jointly sponsors
a Master of Arts in Long Term Care Administration.
Graduate certificates are also offered in business analytics,
financial analysis and valuation, library and information
management, management studies, marketing, optimization and
supply chain management, strategy and management consulting,
sustainability and business, and technology commercialization.
Admission Requirements
A bachelor's degree equivalent to a four-year U.S.
undergraduate degree from an accredited institution (regardless
of field or major) is required for admission to any graduate degree
program at the Marshall School of Business.
All applicants are required to submit the following documents:
(1) completed application form; (2) a nonrefundable application
fee; (3) responses to required essay questions; (4) history of
full- and part-time work experience or résumé; (5) one official
transcript from the registrar of each college or university attended
(undergraduate and postgraduate, if applicable) whether the
degree was completed or not. If all college or postgraduate work
has not been completed, transcripts must be sent again when
work in progress is completed and the degree posted. Transcripts
written in languages other than English must be accompanied by
a certified English translation. Degrees earned in non-anglophile
countries must be verified through IERF.
Some programs require letters of recommendation and
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate
Record Examinations (GRE) scores. Some programs require an
interview and/or a recorded video statement.
All international students who did not earn a four-year
bachelor's degree from a college or university in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand
must submit recent scores from the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing
System (IELTS) or the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE).
Proof of financial support is required of admitted international
applicants.
To ensure a place in a program and adequate time to receive an
admission decision, it is important to send completed application
materials well in advance of the semester for which the applicant
wishes to register. If work is still in progress to complete a
bachelor's degree, the applicant must state specifically what
courses are in progress, what must be done to finish and the
estimated date of completion. Admission is contingent upon official
verification of a bachelor's degree.
Additional program-specific admission criteria are available on
each program's website. Links are available at marshall.usc.edu/
programs.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy program in business administration
is designed to produce research-oriented graduates who, from
positions in academia, can advance business practice and
enhance the contributions that businesses make to the larger
community. These goals can be advanced through research
contributions in theory, concepts, methods and practices, and
education of the next generation of business leaders. For more
information see Business Administration (PhD) and marshall.usc.
edu/phd.
Master of Business Administration
(MBA)
MBA students gain an understanding of the forces confronting
business around the world and are encouraged to take an active
role in making a difference — to seek out opportunities for
personal and professional growth and to empower others in the
pursuit of shared goals. The Master of Business Administration is
offered through five distinct programs.
While the five programs are designed to meet the needs of
different types of students, all programs have the same goals
(albeit different weight): providing students with the personal
skills and development necessary to become effective leaders;
developing a thorough understanding of business fundamentals
such as economics, accounting, finance, marketing, and data
analytics as well as being motivated and able to build and work in
high-performing teams. Each student is challenged to develop self-
understanding, an appreciation for the complexities of business
organizations, and the ability to offer creative solutions to business
problems.
Full-Time MBA Program
The Marshall MBA program is designed for individuals who can
leave the world of work and immerse themselves "full time" in two
years of graduate education. It provides a foundation for success
that balances analytical and critical thinking with real-world
application.
During the first year, our approach to leadership and business
education combines case analysis, management simulations,
consulting projects for real business problems, executive seminars
and international travel with traditional methods for establishing
a conceptual understanding of the general management role
in a global context. Career Insight Seminars improve students'
functional and industry awareness and as a result enhance
decision-making in the areas critical to career development,
satisfaction and success. Elective options in the second semester
allow students to complement the core curriculum with informed
choice and individualized interests. Summer internships help
students apply their knowledge in practice and prepare for the job
market.
In year two, students continue to chart their own course of
study. A wide array of elective courses offers students immersion in
specific functional areas, disciplines and industries. The selection
allows students to gain an in-depth understanding of a particular
subject or to continue to pursue a broad-based management
education. For more information see the Full-time MBA Program
page and ftmba.marshall.usc.edu.
Part-Time MBA Program for Professionals and
Managers
The MBA Program for Professionals and Managers (MBA.
PM) allows fully employed individuals to pursue an MBA degree
while continuing their career. The curriculum is similar to the
curriculum offered to full-time MBA students but is structured to
allow completion of the program in 33 months or less. The first
year consists of core (required) courses, and candidates choose
one of three schedule options: (1) Monday and Wednesday
(6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.), (2) Tuesday and Thursday (6:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.), or (3) Saturday (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.). The second
and third years consiste almost entirely of electives, and schedules
vary by student. For more information see the MBA Program for
Professionals and Managers program page and marshall.usc.edu/
mbapm.
International MBA Program (IBEAR MBA) and the
International Management Science (STEM) MBA
Program
The IBEAR MBA is a full-time, 12-month residential mid-career
international MBA program. IMBA participants average 36 years
of age and 12 years of work experience and come from about 15
countries.
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With a strong focus on outcomes and career development,
IBEAR MBA students complete 19 courses and earn 56 units over
six intense 8-week terms. The IBEAR MBA curriculum includes
core courses, a choice of over 100 electives offered by the
Marshall School and other USC graduate schools, 11 certificate
specializations, domestic and international experiential learning
trips, three executive leadership retreats, and a 4-month long
management consulting project.
The IBEAR MBA program also offers a STEM-certified track
as part of its curriculum. Students who opt for this track pursue
the International Management Science (STEM) MBA. The STEM
track recognizes the efforts of individuals who choose to focus
their MBA studies on quantitative and data-driven business-related
fields such as statistics, mathematical techniques, analytics,
data warehousing, data mining, operations and supply chain
optimization, finance, forecasting, digital marketing and modeling.
IBEAR MBA graduates join a network of 2,000+ well-placed
alumni in more than 50 nations. For more information see the
International MBA Program and the International Management
Science (STEM) MBA Program pages in this Catalogue and the
IBEAR MBA Program website.
Online MBA Program
The Online MBA (OMBA) program enables students to develop
expertise in business administration, management and leadership.
The program is delivered through both self-paced, asynchronous
course work and real-time, interactive class sessions using flexible
online technologies. The program content covers practical and
strategic skills expected of today's global leaders, which include
mastering essential knowledge in core subject areas, developing
critical managerial skills, and framing and analyzing contemporary
business problems in order to lead team or a company.
The program is structured so that it can be completed in 21
months. After beginning the program with a one-week residential
intensive on the USC campus, students complete course material
on a flexible schedule customized to their own needs and
attend live class sessions online, making the program especially
convenient to students who are currently employed and wish to
remain at their jobs while enrolled. Content is delivered by faculty
who are subject matter experts both in practice and research
from different disciplines teaching in a team format to integrate
understanding of business fundamentals, internal and external
operations, business environments and leadership. For more
information see the Online MBA Program and marshall.usc.edu/
online-mba.
Executive MBA Program (Hybrid)
The Executive MBA program provides those with significant
work experience, particularly mid- to senior-level professionals
who have high potential as business and industry leaders, a
chance to complete an MBA without interrupting their careers. The
hybrid program is structured to be completed in 22 months with 25
percent of the program meeting virtually in a synchronous format
and 75 percent of the program meeting in-personis on campus.
Classes meet online weekly, Tuesday evenings (6:00 p.m. - 8:00
p.m.) and on campus in-person twice a month on Saturdays (7:50
a.m. - 5:30 p.m.).
This program uses a non-traditional, interdisciplinary approach
to executive and management education through "themes"
that integrate various functional areas and address classic, yet
dynamic business issues.
Through the integrated curriculum, participants develop a
complete understanding of decision-making, a focus on the
future and the international context of business as well as strong
interpersonal, leadership and analytical skills. More specifically,
participants achieve advanced skills in corporate and international
finance, marketing, environmental and strategic analysis,
information technology, organizational leadership, managerial
communication and corporate relations. Core faculty include the
school's most senior, experienced members as well as nationally
renowned academic and business specialists. Over the course
of the program students participate in a week-long domestic
residential session, a week-long international residential, and
seven immersive residential weekends. For more information see
the Executive MBA Program and visit marshall.usc.edu/EMBA.
Dual MBA Degree Programs
Dual degree programs offer graduate students the opportunity
to complete concurrently the requirements for two separate
degrees with modified degree requirements.
Admission criteria for applicants to dual degree programs co-
sponsored by the Marshall School of Business are the same as
Master of Business Administration program admission criteria.
Dual degree programs may be completed in conjunction with
the Marshall MBA, MBA.PM or IBEAR MBA programs. Students
interested in completing a dual degree program should apply to
the specific MBA program suited to the individual's needs.
The Marshall School offers the MBA in conjunction with a
number of other programs at USC:
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in East
Asian Area Studies (MBA/MA)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in
Gerontology (MBA/MS)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in
Industrial and Systems Engineering (MBA/MS)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Jewish
Nonprofit Management (MBA/MA)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA)
• Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Medicine (MBA/
MD)
• Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Pharmacy
(MBA/PharmD)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Real Estate
Development (MBA/MRED)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Social Work
(MBA/MSW)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Science,
Systems Architecting and Engineering (MBA/MS)
• Master of Business Administration/Master of Urban Planning
(MBA/MUP)
Specialized Master's Degrees
Master of Accounting and Master of
Accounting (Data and Analytics)
The Master of Accounting (MAcc) program provides an
integrated curriculum designed to prepare graduates for careers
in the profession of accounting, whether that is related to public
accounting, business and industry, government, finance, or
advisory and consulting services. For more information, visit
Accounting (MAcc).
The Master of Accounting program with an emphasis in data
and analytics combines course work from the Leventhal School
of Accounting and Marshall's Data Sciences and Operations
department. The data and analytics emphasis of the MAcc is
designed to train auditors for the data age. For more information
visit Accounting (Data and Analytics) (MAcc).
Master of Science in Business Analytics
The Master of Science in Business Analytics is designed for
managers who want to develop their analytical skills and recent
college graduates with strong analytical skills who are interested
in pursuing a career in business analytics. The program provides
students with tools, ideas and frameworks that will aid them in
making business decisions in a scientific manner, based on actual
data, to improve the performance of their organization. For more
information see Business Analytics (MS) and visit marshall.usc.
edu/MSAnalytics.
Master of Business Taxation and Master of
Business Taxation (Data and Analytics)
The Master of Business Taxation (MBT) program is designed
for accountants, attorneys and business professionals who wish
to develop in-depth knowledge of taxation with an emphasis on
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research, analytical, and tax planning skills to assist all types of
businesses and individuals. For more information see Business
Taxation (MBT) and Business Taxation for Working Professionals
(MBT).
The Master of Business Taxation with an emphasis in data and
analytics (MBT D&A) delivers foundational knowledge of taxation
and as equips students to integrate data tools to analyze business
and tax objectives, issues, and problems. For more information
see Business Taxation (Data and Analytics) (MBT).
Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and
Innovation (MS)
The Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
is designed to develop the entrepreneurial knowledge, skill
sets, and decision-making frameworks required to recognize
and evaluate business opportunities and to create and guide a
new entrepreneurial entity either individually or within a larger
organization. The program is intended for students seeking to
pursue careers in entrepreneurship, corporate venturing and
innovation, or technology commercialization. The degree can be
completed on either a full-time basis in one year or on a part-time
basis over two years, and classes are offered primarily at night
to accommodate the needs of working professionals. For more
information see Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MS) and visit
marshall.usc.edu/msei.
Master of Science in Finance (MS)
The Master of Science in Finance is designed to provide
individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to become
experts in finance and thus advance their careers in business. The
program provides individuals with tools, ideas and frameworks that
will aid them in applying finance principles to businesses. For more
information see Finance (MS) and visit marshall.usc.edu/msf.
Master of Science in Global Supply Chain
Management (MS) for Executives (Online)
The Marshall School of Business offers individuals across the
United States and around the world an opportunity to expand
their knowledge of management of the ever-changing world
of global supply chains. The program provides managers with
tools, ideas and frameworks that will aid them in improving the
performance of the global supply chains that they manage. Along
with the core GSCM courses, we offer a variety of electives that
can help broaden the horizon in business analytics, enterprise
excellence, supply chain finance, and emerging technologies in
supply chain. Courses are taught online so that, with the exception
of two experiential travel experiences and in-person orientation,
the degree can be completed from anywhere in the world. Two
travel experiences to global distribution hubs are included in the
program. In-person midterms and final exams may be required
for some courses, in which case they will be administered in cities
near student population concentrations. For more information see
Global Supply Chain Management for Executives (MS) (Online)
and visit marshall.usc.edu/MSGSCM.
Master of Science in Global Supply Chain
Management (MS) (On-Campus)
The Marshall School of Business, jointly with the Viterbi School
of Engineering, offers individuals an opportunity to expand their
knowledge of the management of global supply chains. The
program focuses on teaching the necessary knowledge and skills
in areas like inventory management; sustainable supply chains;
strategic procurement; outsourcing; logistics and distribution;
information technology and its role in managing global supply
chains; and supply chain optimization. Along with the core GSCM
courses, we offer a variety of electives that can help broaden the
horizon in business analytics, enterprise excellence, supply chain
finance, and emerging technologies in supply chain. This 30-unit
on-campus program can be completed in 16 months. For more
information see Global Supply Chain Management (OnCampus/
Residential) (MS) and visit marshall.usc.edu/MSGSCM.
Master of Management in Library and
Information Science (MMLIS)
The Master of Management in Library and Information Science
program is designed to prepare librarians and information science
professionals for high-level careers. Accredited by the American
Library Association and offered 100 percent online, the MMLIS
is the nation's only library science degree to be offered by a top-
ranked business school. Differentiated from traditional Master of
Library and Information Science (MLIS) degrees, USC's MMLIS
curriculum offers a solid foundation of course work that explores
leadership and management strategies as well as business
operations in the information professions. Students enter the
program as a cohort in either the fall or spring semester and
work closely with their fellow students and professors during their
studies. For more information see Library and Information Science
(MMLIS) and visit the MMLIS website.
Master of Arts in Long Term Care
Administration
This program is designed to prepare competent individuals to
administer the long-term needs of America's elderly population. It
is jointly offered by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology,
the Marshall School of Business, and the USC Price School of
Public Policy. For more information, see the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology.
Master of Science in Marketing (MS) and
Master of Science in Marketing (Marketing
Analytics) (MS)
The Master of Science in Marketing is designed to develop
an in-depth knowledge of relevant and innovative marketing
skills and techniques for students interested in pursuing a career
in marketing or enhancing their existing marketing career. The
degree can be completed on full-time basis in one calendar year
or part-time. For more information see Marketing (MS) and visit
marshall.usc.edu/MSMKT.
The Master of Science in Marketing (Marketing Analytics)
provides students with tools, concepts, frameworks and critical
thinking skills needed to position themselves as leaders in
quantitative marketing roles. For more information see Marketing
(Marketing Analytics) (MS) and visit marshall.usc.edu/MSMKT.
Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship (MS)
The Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship gives
students the opportunity to learn business and entrepreneurship
skills within a framework of combining both financial and social
missions. The degree can be completed on either a full-time basis
in one year or on a part-time basis over two years. Classes are
offered primarily at night or on weekends to accommodate the
needs of working processionals. For more information see Social
Entrepreneurship (MS) and visit marshall.usc.edu/MSSE.
Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship/Master of Public Health
(MSSE/MPH) Dual Degree Program
The Marshall School of Business and the Keck School of
Medicine leverage resources and expertise with this program
designed for students who want to gain the skills to make
sustainable change in the field of public health. By combining
fundamental business and entrepreneurship skills with the
expertise gained through the Master of Public Health, graduates
will be uniquely equipped to address global health challenges. For
more information see Master of Science, Social Entrepreneurship/
Master of Public Health (MS/MPH).
Master of Business for Veterans (MBV)
The Master of Business for Veterans (MBV) is a 25-unit
fully-accredited master's degree program that takes one year to
complete. The foundation of the program is a highly rigorous,
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general business curriculum delivered by Marshall's world-class
faculty. Certain aspects of the curriculum are tailored to meet
the specific needs of military professionals' acculturation into the
unfamiliar environment of civilian business. MBV also offers a
comprehensive career development program that provides the
skills, support and connectivity to complete the transition to new
careers. The MBV program is delivered in bi-weekly sessions
on Fridays and Saturdays on the University Park Campus in
downtown Los Angeles, which allows students to remain fully
employed while pursuing their degree. For more information see
Business for Veterans (MBV) and visit marshall.usc.edu/MBV.
Master of Management Studies (MMS)
The Master of Management Studies is designed to provide
students who have completed graduate business course work
equivalent to the first year of a traditional two-year MBA program
with an opportunity to pursue further studies at the USC Marshall
School of Business. The degree can be completed on either a full-
or part-time basis, and classes are available during both daytime
and evening hours. For more information see Management
Studies (MMS) and visit marshall.usc.edu/MMS.
Master of Science in Business
Administration (MS)
The Master of Science in Business Administration is designed
to provide students with an opportunity to pursue an area of
specialization subsequent to successfully completing the Master
of Business Administration (MBA). The program is especially
valuable for those who wish to enhance their knowledge base
in a specialized area of business. In cooperation with a faculty
member, the student in this program designs a course of study to
meet his or her individual needs. The degree can be completed
on either a full- or part-time basis, and classes are available
during both daytime and evening hours. For more information
see Business Administration (MS) and visit marshall.usc.edu/
ms-busad.
Master of Science in Business Research
(MS)
The Master of Science in Business Research is designed
to provide an alternative for Marshall PhD students. Marshall
does not accept applications for admission to this program. See
Business Research (MS).
Graduate Certificate Programs
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics is designed for
individuals who want to develop the analytical skills needed to
work with today's complex data sets in the support of business
decision-making. The certificate can be completed on either a full-
or part-time basis, and classes are available during both daytime
and evening hours. For more information see Business Analytics
Graduate Certificate and visit marshall.usc.edu/GCRTAnalytics.
Graduate Certificate in Financial Analysis
and Valuation
The Graduate Certificate in Financial Analysis and Valuation
is designed to offer students the intensive instruction and training
needed to successfully compete in rapidly developing global
financial markets. Course work in the fundamental theories and
practice of financial accounting, financial analysis, valuation, credit
analysis, and financial instruments and markets expands analytical
capacities to better understand and develop strategic financial
decisions. For more information see Financial Analysis and
Valuation Graduate Certificate and visit marshall.usc.edu/FAV.
Graduate Certificate in Library and
Information Management
The 100 percent online Graduate Certificate in Library and
Information Management is designed to help professionals
advance their careers and become leaders in their fields. The
certificate's business-focused curriculum utilizes the information
learned in an MLIS degree as a foundation to thoroughly explore
advanced theories in business, management and leadership
specialized to the library and information management field.
For more information see Library and Information Management
Graduate Certificate. For questions about the certificate, please
email [email protected] or call (213) 740-2741
or visit librarysciencedegree.usc.edu.
Graduate Certificate in Management Studies
The Graduate Certificate in Management Studies is designed to
provide students who have completed graduate business course
work equivalent to the first year of a traditional two-year MBA
program with an opportunity to pursue further studies at the USC
Marshall School of Business. The certificate can be completed
on either a full- or part-time basis, and classes are available
during both daytime and evening hours. For more information see
Management Studies Graduate Certificate and visit marshall.usc.
edu/gcms.
Graduate Certificate in Marketing
The Graduate Certificate in Marketing is designed for individuals
who want to develop the analytical and technical skills needed
to work with today's complex marketing issues in the support
of effective business decision-making. The certificate can be
completed on either a full- or part-time basis, and classes are
available during both daytime and evening hours. For more
information see Marketing Graduate Certificate and visit marshall.
usc.edu/GCRTMarketing.
Graduate Certificate in Optimization and
Supply Chain Management
The Optimization and Supply Chain Management Program is
offered by the Marshall School of Business in partnership with
the Viterbi School of Engineering. The program offers individuals
opportunities to expand their knowledge of the rapidly expanding
uses of technology in the management of global supply chains.
The certificate may be completed on either a full- or part-time
basis. Most classes applicable to the program are offered during
both daytime and evening hours. For more information see
Optimization and Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate
and visit marshall.usc.edu/oscm.
Graduate Certificate in Strategy and
Management Consulting
The Graduate Certificate in Strategy and Management
consulting is designed for individuals who want to develop the
analytical skills needed to consult on complex strategic and
organizational issues in support of effective business renewal. The
certificate can be completed on either a full- or part-time basis,
and classes are available during both daytime and evening hours.
For more information see Strategy and Management Consulting
Graduate Certificate and visit marshall.usc.edu/GCRTSMC.
Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and
Business
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Business is
designed to offer individuals the instruction and training they need
to help shape solutions to social and environmental sustainability
challenges, both from within and from outside the business sector.
Course work includes sustainability strategies and practices,
business law and ethics, and sourcing management. The program
is suited to students coming from a broad range of backgrounds.
For more information see Sustainability and Business Graduate
Certificate and visit marshall.usc.edu/SUSB.
Graduate Certificate in Technology
Commercialization
The Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization,
offered through the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies,
provides technology commercialization skills in an academic/real
world environment that combines theory and practice. Through a
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living laboratory academic program, students experience the entire
spectrum of the commercialization process: invention, product
development, technical and market feasibility analysis, intellectual
property acquisition, business development and venture funding.
Working with USC scientists and engineers, students have the
potential to become stakeholders in a new technology venture.
They are also eligible to apply for summer internships sponsored
by industry partners to give them additional experience in
taking a new technology to market. The program is particularly
well suited to those in science, engineering and business. For
more information see Technology Commercialization Graduate
Certificate and visit marshall.usc.edu/tccm.
Marshall Master's Programs
Academic Policies
Academic Policies — Master's
Programs
Waivers
Subject waiver of required courses may be granted to students
based on prior academic work subject to university policy
limitations, program structure, and in some cases by examination.
In most cases waived courses must be replaced with electives of
equal unit value.
Further information regarding the waiver policy in the Marshall
School of Business may be obtained from the program adviser for
the applicable degree program following admission.
Change of Degree Program
Students who are currently enrolled in one degree program
who wish to change their degree status to another program
must formally apply for admission to that program through USC
Admissions. Details concerning individual student requirements
in other degree programs may be obtained by contacting the
applicable program office.
Continuous Enrollment/Leave of Absence/
Withdrawal/Reinstatement
Once admitted to a graduate degree program, the student must
enroll at USC each fall and spring semester each year until the
student has satisfactorily completed all degree requirements. MBA.
PM students must enroll at USC each fall, spring and summer term
until they have satisfactorily completed all degree requirements.
If for military, medical, religious or job-related reasons a student
must skip a semester, the student must petition for a leave of
absence. The petition should be submitted to the student's
program adviser no later than the first day of class for the
semester of the leave.
If granted, the period of leave is not counted in the time allowed
for the completion of degree requirements, and the student is
allowed to complete the degree requirements in effect when he or
she was originally admitted.
Once a leave is approved, it is the student's responsibility to
withdraw from any classes for which the student has already
enrolled. An approved leave may not exceed one academic year.
If one academic year is insufficient, the student may petition for
up to two more semesters (a second year) of leave. A student
whose leave exceeds two academic years or who fails to maintain
continuous enrollment without obtaining an approved leave must,
when ready to return to school, apply for readmission to the
program. Contact the program adviser for the applicable program.
Students who must completely withdraw from a program must
notify their program office of their withdrawal from the program.
Students should contact their program office for more information
or assistance.
Marshall School of Business Second Master's
Degree Policy
A "second master's degree" is any master's degree pursued
after a first master's degree is earned at USC. The maximum
number of units that may be applied from a master's degree
previously completed at USC toward a subsequent Marshall
master's degree is 3 units. This policy also applies when two
master's degrees are being completed simultaneously. No more
than 3 business-related units can be applied from the other
master's degree. (This Marshall unit maximum supersedes any
USC unit calculations related to second master's degrees.)
Second master's degrees are not allowed in the same program of
study for students who earned their first master's degree at USC.
For students who earned their first master's degree at another
institution, no course work may be repeated from the first program
of study and no unit credit from the first program of study may
be counted toward the second master's degree. No individual
exceptions are allowed.
Course Work at Another Institution
Once matriculated into a Marshall School of Business program,
a student must receive prior permission by petition from the
appropriate Marshall program office to take course work (a
maximum of 6 units) at another institution. Only course work
from an AACSB accredited business school can be accepted,
and the units approved to be taken at another institution must be
the last remaining units needed to complete Marshall's degree
requirements. A grade of B or better must be earned. Permission is
granted only in exceptional circumstances.
Limited Status
The Marshall School of Business does not allow students to
take graduate (500-level) electives on any conditional or special
status basis prior to application and an official admission decision
except under the following condition: students completing a
Master of Business Administration program at another accredited
university outside of the Los Angeles area may take up to 12 units
in the Marshall School of Business to complete their degrees,
provided that a letter from the associate dean or program director
at the student's university verifies that the student is in good
academic standing and identifies the courses that will be accepted
for credit by the university granting the degree.
Marshall master's degree alumni are welcome to return as
Limited Status students subject to satisfaction of prerequisites and
space available.
Auditing
Auditing of Marshall graduate courses (ACCT, BAEP, BUCO,
DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT, MOR courses numbered 500 and above)
is not allowed.
Grade Point Average Requirements
Master's students must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (A
= 4.0) or better to stay in good academic standing. Students who
are not in good academic standing are subject to dismissal.
Grades
Grades below C (2.0) in all master's degree courses are not
acceptable. If a lower grade is earned in a required course, the
course must be repeated at USC and a grade of C or above must
be earned. Degree credit will not be given for courses with grades
of C- and below, but the grades are computed into the grade point
average. Such courses should be repeated in the next semester
in which the course in question is offered and must be repeated
within one calendar year. Satisfactory completion of all required
courses must occur prior to or concurrently with the beginning of
advanced course work.
Academic Warning
Master's students who, in a term, do not earn or maintain a 3.0
(A = 4.0) grade point average are placed on academic probation.
Continued enrollment in the program requires the permission
of the academic director of the program. Students who fail to
achieve a 3.0 upon completion of the required number of units for
any degree may, with the prior endorsement from the academic
director of the program and approval by the Marshall Vice
Dean for Graduate Programs, be allowed to take a maximum of
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12 additional units at USC to obtain the required GPA. Petitions to
take additional units should be submitted to the student's program
adviser well in advance of the term in which additional units will be
attempted.
Dismissal
A student may be dismissed from a master's program whenever,
in the judgment of the program's academic director; it is unlikely
that the student will successfully complete his or her program.
Department of Business Communication
The Department of Business Communication offers core and
elective classes in a variety of topics relating to interpersonal,
internal and external communication in organizations, business
writing and oral communication and presentations, group and
team communication processes, persuasion, networking and
leadership. Courses also focus on critical thinking and decision-
making processes, cross-cultural business communication, media-
mediated communication, and ethics.
The importance of effective communication to the success of
individuals and organizations and their stakeholders has increased
exponentially in the age of globalization and the Internet. New
media technologies are changing communication at the workplace
and influencing how business is conducted. Understanding
communication theory, concepts, practice and skills will help
students advance themselves and their organizations regardless
of their positions or industries. The ability to communicate
strategically in times of calm or crisis is essential for career
success.
Undergraduate Minor
• Dynamics in Workplace Communication Minor
Undergraduate Major
• Business Administration (Communication) (BS)
Department of Business Communication
Marshall School of Business
Accounting 400
(213) 740-0627
FAX: (213) 740-9428
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/faculty/buco
Chair: Kirk Snyder, EdD
Faculty
Professors of Clinical Business Communication: Jolanta Aritz,
PhD; Stephen Byars, PhD; Pete Cardon, PhD*; Ellen-Linnea
Dipprey, MPW*; Jerry Giaquinta, PhD, JD; Lucy Lee, PhD*;
Sharoni Little, PhD*; Greg Patton, PhD*; Marion Philadelphia,
EdD*; Kirk Snyder, EdD*
Associate Professors of Clinical Business Communication: Lee
Cerling, PhD; Stacy Geck, MA*; Stephen J. Lind, PhD; James
Owens, EdD; Naomi Warren, PhD*
Assistant Professors of Clinical Business Communication: Lindsey
Bier, PhD; Yijia (Veronica) Guo, PhD; Andrew Ogilvie, PhD
Senior Lecturers: Clark C. Hansen, MA; Janna Wong-Healy, MPW
Lecturer: Maria Colman, MBA
Emeritus Professors: J. Douglas Andrews, PhD; Sandra Chrystal,
PhD*; Paul Frommer, PhD; James Gosline, MPW
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Department of Data Sciences and Operations
The Data Sciences and Operations (DSO) department equips
students with the skills to excel in today's firms operating in the
age of digital products, data-driven decision making, sustainability,
platforms, and supply chain ecosystems.
The department offers courses that stem from three different
disciplines - information systems, operations management and
statistics.
• The information systems group offers courses, many with
field-based projects, that expose students to emerging
technologies, digital transformation, and digital business
models, highlighting new ways to transform data into value
for the firm and consumer.
• Operations management course work, including hands-on
projects with industrial partners, shows students how to
design businesses that are flexible enough to capitalize
on data-driven insights and robust enough to survive the
unexpected.
• Statistics courses teach students to transform "big data"
from e-commerce and smart devices into usable insights,
competitive analyses, and forecasts.
Across all courses, the emphasis is not only on rigorous core
knowledge, but on developing practical, real-world skills (e.g., by
learning project management, statistical software such as R, or
coding languages such as Python).
Career opportunities include both traditional roles in analytics,
data science, consulting, product development, and supply-chain
management as well as a variety of emerging roles leveraging new
technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning
(ML), blockchain, the internet of things (IoT), and new economic
business models including cryptocurrency, API economy, data
monetization, and mesh economic structures.
Undergraduate Minors
• Business Technology Fusion Minor
• Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor
Undergraduate Major
• Business Administration (Business Analytics) (BS)
Graduate Programs
Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)
The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS) is designed
to empower managers and recent college graduates with
necessary skills (computing, modeling and strategy) to leverage
big data for making effective business decisions, and improving
organizational performance.
Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management
(MSGSCM)
The Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management
focuses on a world-class academic foundation in Supply Chain
Management with real-world applications in the form of live
projects for leading companies as well as international and
domestic site visits. We uniquely prepare our students for an
increasingly global, complex and ever-evolving world.
• Global Supply Chain Management (OnCampus/Residential)
(MS)
• Global Supply Chain Management for Executives (MS)
(Online)
Graduate Certificate
• Business Analytics Graduate Certificate (GCRT-BUAN)
• Optimization and Supply Chain Management Graduate
Certificate (GCRT-OSCM)
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 141
Data Sciences and Operations
Marshall School of Business
Bridge Hall 308
(213) 740-0172
FAX: (213) 740-7313
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/dso
Chair: Greys Sosic, PhD
Faculty
Centennial Chair in Business Administration: Yingying Fan, PhD
E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration: Greys Sošić,
PhD
Kenneth King Stonier Chair in Business Administration: Jinchi Lv,
PhD
Justin Dart Professor of Operations Management: Paat
Rusmevichientong, PhD
Kenneth King Stonier Professor of Business Administration: Omar
El Sawy, PhD
Dean's Associate Professorship in Business Administration: Jacob
Bien, PhD
Robert R. Dockson Assistant Professor in Business Administration:
Kimon Drakopoulos, PhD
Professors: Sriram Dasu, PhD*; Omar El Sawy, PhD; Yingying
Fan, PhD; Jinchi Lv, PhD; S. Rajagopalan, PhD*; Ramandeep
Randhawa, PhD; Paat Rusmevichientong, PhD; Greys Sošić, PhD
Associate Professors: Jacob Bien, PhD; Vishal Gupta, PhD; Adel
Javanmard, PhD; Gourab Mukherjee, PhD; Tianshu Sun, PhD; Xin
Tong, PhD
Assistant Professors: Mohammed Alyakoob, PhD; Andrew Daw,
PhD; Kimon Drakopoulos, PhD; Paromita Dubey, PhD; Zijun Gao,
BS; Grace Gu, PhD; Chamsi Hssaine, MS; Milan Miric, PhD;
Matteo Sesia, PhD; Peng Shi, PhD; Somya Singhvi, PhD; Mika
Sumida, PhD: Angela Zhou, PhD
Professors of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations: Arif Ansari,
PhD*; Murat Bayiz, PhD*; Dawn Porter, PhD; Douglas Shook,
PhD*
Associate Professors of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations:
Robertas Gabrys, PhD; Alireza Kabirian, PhD; Hiroshi Ochiumi,
PhD; Francis Pereira, PhD; Philip Rogers, PhD; Abbass Sharif,
PhD; Ashok Srinivasan, PhD; Nick Vyas, EdD
Assistant Professors of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations:
Feng Chen, PhD; Charlie Hannigan, PhD; Lorena Martin, PhD;
Inga Maslova, PhD; Austin Pollok, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor of Data Sciences and Operations:
Beibei Li, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Sciences and Operations:
Daniela Saban, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Yehuda Bassok, PhD*; Richard B. Chase,
PhD; Delores Conway, PhD*; Ann Majchrzak, PhD; Richard
McBride, PhD; Bert M. Steece, PhD*; Jonathan S. Yormark, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
The Greif Center offers a wide range of courses in
entrepreneurship designed for students who want to start or own
a high-growth business, join an emerging business or participate
in an entrepreneurial venture in an established corporation
(intrapreneurship). Students can develop an entrepreneurial
mindset, learn about the entrepreneurial process and enhance
their conceptual and practical skills to pursue new business
opportunities. Wide exposure is given to all types of entrepreneurs
and industries. The highly experiential courses span the
entrepreneurial process from opportunity discovery to venture
initiation, growth and exit, and are designed to teach relevant
frameworks and theory as well as to develop an entrepreneurial
mindset and skills through hands-on application. The Greif Center
also offers co-curricular programs such as venture competitions,
speaker events, and an incubator, and it maintains an active
alumni network.
Programs
Greif Center Undergraduate Minors:
• Entrepreneurship Minor
• Social Entrepreneurship Minor
Interdisciplinary Minors:
• Game Entrepreneurism Minor (with the School of Cinematic
Arts)
• Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur Minor (with the Viterbi
School of Engineering)
• Media Economics and Entrepreneurship Minor (with the
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)
• Performance Science Minor (with the Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences)
• Technology Commercialization Minor (with the Viterbi School
of Engineering)
Undergraduate Major:
• Business Administration (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
(BS)
Master's Degrees:
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MS)
• Social Entrepreneurship (MS)
Dual Degree Program:
• Master of Science, Social Entrepreneurship/Master of Public
Health (MS/MPH)
Graduate Certificate:
• Technology Commercialization Graduate Certificate
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Marshall School of Business
Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall, 5th Floor
Tel: (213) 740-0641
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/entrepreneur
marshall.usc.edu/greif
Director: Elissa Grossman, PhD
Managing Director: Monica Dean, MBA
Research Director: Violina Rindova, PhD
Faculty
Orfalea Director's Chair in Entrepreneurship: Elissa Grossman,
PhD
David C. Bohnett Chair in Social Entrepreneurship: Adlai Wertman,
MBA
Captain Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship:
Violina Rindova, PhD
Professors of Clinical Entrepreneurship: Elissa Grossman, PhD*;
Jill R. Kickul, PhD; Thomas Knapp, MBA*; Rohit (Dan) Wadhwani,
PhD; Adlai Wertman, MBA
Associate Professors of Clinical Entrepreneurship: Susan
Harmeling, PhD; Steven Mednick, JD, MPA*
Assistant Professors of Clinical Entrepreneurship: Anthony
Borquez, EdD; Katrina Brownell, PhD; Glenn Fox, PhD; Hovig
Tchalian, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship: Albert Napoli, MBA
Emeritus Professors: Kathleen R. Allen, PhD*; Patrick Henry,
MBA*; Gene Miller, JD, MBA
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
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Department of Finance and Business Economics
The department of Finance and Business Economics (FBE)
offers classes in the fields of finance, business economics,
business law and real estate. Subjects include microeconomics,
macroeconomics, economic forecasting, corporate finance,
investments and valuation, financial institutions and markets,
risk management, and real estate finance, among others. These
subjects are important for business planning and consulting,
evaluation of capital investments and corporate strategies, and
securities investment analysis, advising and trading.
Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Minors
• Business Economics Minor
• Business Finance Minor
• Business Law Minor
• Real Estate Finance Minor
Majors
• Business Administration (Finance) (BS)
• Business Administration (Real Estate Finance) (BS)
Graduate Programs
• Finance (MS)
• Financial Analysis and Valuation Graduate Certificate
Finance and Business Economics Department
Marshall School of Business
Hoffman Hall 231
701 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1422
(213) 740-6515
FAX: (213) 740-6650
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/fbe
Chair: Kevin J. Murphy, PhD
Associate Chair: Tyrone Callahan, PhD
Faculty
Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance: Lawrence E. Harris, PhD
Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance: Kevin J. Murphy, PhD
Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise: John G.
Matsusaka, PhD
Robert G. Kirby Chair in Behavioral Finance: David A. Hirshleifer,
PhD
James McN. Stancill Chair in Business Administration: Vincenzo
Quadrini, PhD
Charles E. Cook Community Bank Chair of Finance: Gerard
Hoberg, PhD
Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship:
Arthur Korteweg, PhD
Professors: Patricia Dechow, PhD (Accounting); Richard Green,
PhD (Price School); Lawrence Harris, PhD; David A. Hirshleifer,
PhD; Gerard Hoberg, PhD; Ayse Imrohoroglu, PhD; Selahattin
Imrohoroglu, PhD; Anthony M. Marino, PhD; John G. Matsusaka,
PhD; Kevin J. Murphy, PhD; Christopher Parsons, PhD; Vincenzo
Quadrini, PhD; Rodney Ramcharan, PhD; Romain Ranciere,
PhD (Economics); Lukas Schmid, PhD; Neeraj Sood, PhD (Price
School)
Associate Professors: Kenneth Ahern, PhD; Odilon Camara, PhD*;
Tom Chang, PhD; Cary Frydman, PhD; Christopher Jones, PhD;
Scott Joslin, PhD; Arthur Korteweg, PhD*; Selale Tuzel, PhD
Assistant Professors: Neha Bairoliya, PhD; Diego Daruich, PhD;
Ricardo De la O, PhD; Marco Giacoletti, PhD; Erica Jiang, PhD;
Chad Kendall, PhD; Mete Kilic, PhD; Yaron Levi, PhD; Wenhao Li,
PhD; Alejandro Martínez-Marquina, PhD; Ekaterina Neretina, PhD;
Emily Nix, PhD; Andrii Parkhomenko, PhD; Joao Ramos, PhD;
Sandra Rozo, PhD; Miao (Ben) Zhang, PhD
Professors of Clinical Finance and Business Economics: Tyrone
Callahan, PhD; Baizhu Chen, PhD; C. Kerry Fields, JD*; Suh-Pyng
Ku, PhD; Julia Plotts, MBA*
Associate Professors of Clinical Finance and Business Economics:
Scott M. Abrams, MBA; Rahsan Akbulut, PhD*; Ayca Altintig, PhD;
Duke Bristow, PhD*; Kevin C. Fields, JD*; Fatemeh Ibrahimi-
Nazarian, PhD*
Assistant Professors of Clinical Finance and Business Economics:
Erin Kaplan, PhD; Shane Shepherd, PhD
Senior Lecturer: Mohammad Safarzadeh, PhD
Adjunct Professor: Steve Moyer, JD
Visiting Associate Professors: Jason Roderick Donaldson, PhD;
Giorgia Piacentino, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Guilford C. Babcock, PhD; Robert Bridges,
MRED; Tim Campbell, PhD; Henry R. Cheeseman, JD; Harry
DeAngelo, PhD*; Linda De Angelo, PhD*; Dennis W. Draper, PhD;
Richard Eastin, PhD; Wayne Ferson, PhD; Douglas H. Joines,
PhD; Lloyd Levitin, JD; Aris Protopapadakis, PhD; Alan C. Shapiro,
PhD; Mick Swartz, PhD; Mark Weinstein, PhD; Randolph W.
Westerfield, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Department of Library and Information Science
Offered through the USC Marshall School of Business in
partnership with USC Libraries, the 100% online Master of
Management in Library and Information Science (MMLIS) uniquely
combines strength in LIS-based course work with management,
communication and business fundamentals.
The USC MMLIS is accredited by the American Library
Association and provides students with a robust leadership,
management, and library and information sciences focus for
students. Each course is taught through real-world, experience-
based learning and teamwork, with faculty support and guidance.
This approach encourages critical and creative thinking and the
development of the skills necessary for high-level careers in the
library and information science fields.
MMLIS courses are taught by faculty from various USC schools
and departments, including the Marshall School of Business and
USC Libraries as well as accomplished practitioners in the field.
Cohorts are admitted in the fall and spring semesters. Classes are
also available in the summer for continuing students. The program
can be completed in as few as 20 months.
For professionals who hold a master's in library science and
seek to advance their careers, the online Graduate Certificate in
Library and Information Management is offered to help develop
advanced leadership and management skills.
• Library and Information Science (MMLIS)
• Library and Information Management Graduate Certificate
Library and Information Science
Doheny Memorial Library 314
(213) 821-1641
librarysciencedegree.usc.edu
Director: Christopher Stewart, EdD
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 143
Department of Management and Organization
The department of Management and Organization (MOR)
offers courses in human resources, negotiations, organizational
behavior, organization theory and management strategy. The
management function is concerned with setting corporate strategy
to gain competitive advantage in a dynamic, global environment;
designing the organization to implement the strategy; and leading
organizational members to achieve strategic objectives. In carrying
out their responsibilities, managers must balance the demands of
the competitive environment with the resources and capabilities
inside the organization. The department's classes help students
learn how to be effective managers by developing skills in team
building, decision-making, strategy formulation, organizational
design, motivating employees and human resource development.
Management and Organization Department
Marshall School of Business
Hoffman Hall 431
(213) 740-0728
FAX: (213) 821-6000
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/mor
Chair: Kyle J. Mayer, PhD
Faculty
Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration: Nandini
Rajagopalan, PhD*
Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair in Business Administration: Peer C.
Fiss, PhD
McAlister Associate Professor in Business Administration: Cheryl
J. Wakslak, PhD
Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship:
Nate Fast, PhD
Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy: Paul Adler, PhD
Captain Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship:
Violina Rindova, PhD
University Professor of Education and Business: Shaun R. Harper,
PhD
Dean's Associate Professor in Business Administration: Nan Jia,
PhD
Dean's Associate Professorship in Business Administration:
Qingyuan Lori Yue, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor of Business: Edward E. Lawler
III, PhD
Professors: Paul Adler, PhD*; Peter J. Carnevale, PhD; Thomas
G. Cummings, PhD; Peer C. Fiss, PhD*; Geoffrey Garrett, PhD;
Shaun R. Harper, PhD; Peter H. Kim, PhD; Edward E. Lawler III,
PhD; Kyle J. Mayer, PhD*; Nandini Rajagopalan, PhD*; Violina
Rindova, PhD
Associate Professors: Arvind Bhambri, DBA; Nathanael J. Fast,
PhD; Shon R. Hiatt, PhD*; Nan Jia, PhD; Florenta Teodoridis,
PhD; Leigh P. Tost, PhD; Sarah S. M. Townsend, PhD; Cheryl J.
Wakslak, PhD; Scott S. Wiltermuth, PhD; Qingyuan Lori Yue, PhD
Assistant Professors: Eric M. Anicich, PhD; Melody Chang, PhD;
John Eklund, PhD, DPhil; Daniel Fehder, PhD; Erin Frey, PhD; Hyo
Kang, PhD; Joseph Raffiee, PhD
Professors of Clinical Management and Organization: Rebecca
(Becky) Heino, PhD; Thomas H. Olson, PhD*; Carl W. Voigt, PhD*
Associate Professors of Clinical Management and Organization:
Christine El Haddad, PhD*; S. Amy Sommer, PhD; Christopher
Stewart, PhD
Assistant Professors of Clinical Management and Organization:
Christopher G. Bresnahan, PhD*; Jody Tolan, EdD
Lecturer: Michael Mische, MBA*
Emeritus Professors: Philip H. Birnbaum-More, PhD; Judith
Blumenthal, PhD; John W. Boudreau, PhD; Trudi Ferguson, PhD;
L. Katharine Harrington, PhD; Julia Liebeskind, PhD; Morgan W.
McCall, Jr., PhD; Kathleen Reardon, PhD; Robert B. Turrill, PhD
Research Professor Emeritus: James O'Toole, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Department of Marketing
Marketing is the process of generating, articulating, and
delivering customer value. Successful marketing results in
beneficial exchanges of goods, services, or ideas that meet
organizational goals. It requires the execution of product
development, pricing, promotion and distribution. Modern
marketing stresses research and analysis to understand markets
and to identify customer needs, develop products, set prices,
coordinate promotions or sales programs, and manage distribution
channels. Students interested in careers in product or brand
management, consumer trends, consumer data analytics, retailing,
e-commerce, sales, advertising or market analysis will find courses
in marketing valuable.
Marketing Department
Marshall School of Business
Hoffman Hall 331
(213) 740-5033
FAX: (213) 740-7828
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/marketing
Chair: Anthony Dukes, PhD
Faculty
Robert E. Brooker Chair of Marketing: Anthony Dukes, PhD
Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair in Strategic Public Relations and
Business Communication: Robert Kozinets, PhD
Richard and Jarda Hurd Chair in Distribution Management: Gary L.
Frazier, DBA*
Jerry and Nancy Neely Chair in American Enterprise: Gerard J.
Tellis, PhD
Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing: Shantanu Dutta,
PhD
Robert E. Brooker Professor in Marketing: Dina Mayzlin, PhD
Joseph A. DeBell Endowed Professorship in Business
Administration: Joseph Nunes, PhD
Ernest Hahn Professor of Marketing: Sha Yang, PhD
Kenneth King Stonier Assistant Professor of Business
Administration: Davide Proserpio, PhD
Provost Professor of Psychology and Business: Wendy Wood,
PhD
Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing: Norbert Schwarz,
PhD
Professors: Kristin Diehl, PhD*; Anthony Dukes, PhD*; Gary L.
Frazier, DBA*; Shantanu Dutta, PhD; Robert Kozinets, PhD; Dina
Mayzlin, PhD; Joseph C. Nunes, PhD; Norbert Schwarz, PhD;
Gerard Tellis, PhD; Allen Weiss, PhD; Wendy Wood, PhD; Sha
Yang, PhD*
Associate Professors: Lan Luo, PhD*; Joseph Priester, PhD*;
Sivaramakrishnan Siddarth, PhD*; Gulden Ulkumen, PhD
Assistant Professors: Eva Buechel, PhD; Linda Hagen, PhD;
Nikhil Malik, PhD; Alex Miller, PhD; Davide Proserpio, PhD; Dinesh
Puranam, PhD; Stephanie Tully, PhD; Kalinda Ukanwa, PhD;
Yanhao "Max" Wei, PhD
Professors of Clinical Marketing: Diane Badame, PhD*; Rex
Kovacevich, MBA*
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Associate Professors of Clinical Marketing: Miriam Burgos, MBA*;
Kristen Schiele, PhD; Dennis Schorr, PhD; Therese Wilbur, MBA*
Assistant Professors of Clinical Marketing: Lars Perner, PhD*;
Arianna Uhalde, PhD
Associate Professor of the Practice: Laurence Vincent, MBA*
Emeritus Faculty
Emeritus Professors: James G. Ellis, MBA; Ben M. Enis, PhD;
Valerie S. Folkes, PhD; Deborah J. MacInnis, PhD; Dennis Rook,
PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Marshall Research Centers and Institutes
Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM)
1149 South Hill Street, 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 740-0980
FAX: (213) 821-2477
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/CTM
Executive Director: Jerry Power, MSc
Center for Effective Organizations
USC Center
1149 South Hill Street, Suite 950
MC: ATT-950
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 740-9814
FAX: (213) 740-4354
Email: [email protected]
ceo.usc.edu
Director and Distinguished Professor of Business: Edward E.
Lawler III, PhD
Senior Research Scientists: John W. Boudreau, PhD; Alec R.
Levenson, PhD; Susan A. Mohrman, PhD; Christopher G. Worley,
PhD
Affiliated Research Scientists: Jay A. Conger, PhD; Gerald E.
Ledford Jr., PhD; Theresa M. Welbourne, PhD
Global Branding Center
HOH 804, Mail Code: 0443
Los Angeles, California 90089-0443
(213) 740-5033
FAX: (213) 740-7828
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/gbc
Director: C.W. Park, PhD
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall, 5th Floor
(213) 740-0641
FAX: (213) 740-2976
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/entrepreneur
Director: Elissa Grossman, PhD
Executive Director: David Belasco, JD
Center for Global Innovation
HOH 614, Mail Code 0443
Los Angeles, California 90089-0443
(213) 740-5031
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/cgi
Director: Gerard Tellis, PhD
Associate Director: Steven Mednick, JD, MPA
Associate Academic Director: Lan Luo, PhD
Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
1149 S. Hill Street, Suite 950
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 821-4079
marshall.usc.edu/cgscm
Executive Director: Nick Vyas, MBA
Center for Global Supply Chain Management
1149 S. Hill Street, Suite 950
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 821-4079
Email: Nick.V[email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/cgscm
Executive Director: Nick Vyas, MBA
Initiative and Referendum Institute
Marshall School of Business and Gould School of Law
Media inquiries: (213) 740-9690, lridgeway@law.usc.edu
Other inquiries: [email protected]
Executive Director: John Matsusaka, PhD
Director of Communications and Media Relations: Leslie Ridgeway
Center for Investment Studies
Accounting 301A
3660 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0804
(213) 821-1126
marshall.usc.edu/cis
Director: Suh-Pyng Ku, PhD
Jerry and Nancy Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and
Decision Making
1149 South Hill Street
Suite 900, MC: ATT 900
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Director: James O'Toole, DPhil
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 331B
650 Childs Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
(213) 740-5000
FAX: (213) 740-6170
usc.edu/lusk
Director: Richard Green, PhD
Institute for Outlier Research in Business (iORB)
Bridge Hall 101
3670 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0802
(213) 8216579
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/iorb
Director: Gerry Tellis, PhD
SEC and Financial Reporting Institute
Accounting 121
(213) 740-0572
FAX: (213) 747-2815
Email: [email protected]
Director: Lori Smith, BS, CPA
Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
3670 Trousdale Parkway
Bridge Hall 105
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0803
(213) 740-7587
Email: [email protected]
marshall.usc.edu/bsel
Director: Adlai Wertman, MBA
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 145
Bachelor's Degree
Artificial Intelligence for Business (BS)
The Bachelor of Science degree program in Artificial Intelligence
for Business is offered jointly by the Marshall School of Business
and the Viterbi School of Engineering. It offers qualified students
an opportunity to gain an educational foundation in both areas.
The degree cannot be combined as an additional major in
either Business Administration or Engineering. The degree is
administered by the Marshall School of Business.
This degree requires at least 128 units.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken
Composition/Writing Requirements (8 units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 *
* Note: A section of WRIT 340 titled "Advanced Writing for
Business" is recommended for BUAI majors.
General Education (28 units)
• General Education (Units: 28)
Math Requirement (4 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
* Note: A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B
may receive subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students
should speak with their academic advisers for additional
information.
MATH 125g satisfies GE category F: Quantitative Reasoning.
Major Requirements (88 units)
Business Requirements (42 units)
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
Artificial Intelligence Requirements (36 units)
Introductory Courses (10 units)
•
DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 351 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
AI Foundational Courses (20 units)
•
DSCI 281 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning Units: 4
• DSCI 282 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for Human
Interaction Units: 4
• DSCI 283 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
Units: 4
• DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
Units: 4
or
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
Units: 4
Ethics Courses (6 units)
•
DSCI 429 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• ENGR 270 Ethics for Engineers Units: 2
Integrative Requirements (10 units)
• BUAD 112 AI for Business Freshman Academy Units: 2
• DSO 429 Digital Transformation of Business: AI and Smart
Contracts Units: 4
• DSO 488 Hands-on AI for Business Units: 2
• MOR 458 Technology Strategy: The Case of AI Units: 2, 4
(2 units required for this program)
Total units: 128
Business Administration (BS)
The business administration major combines a strong grounding
in business fundamentals and expertise in select functional
areas with extensive exposure to the liberal arts. The curriculum
is designed with significant flexibility so that students can
complement their studies in business with a minor in a field outside
business.
Business Core Requirements
Business Administration majors must complete the business
core. The business core contains foundational courses that
provide analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in math,
statistics, accounting and business economics as well as
communication skills pertinent to the business field; functional
courses in business disciplines such as finance, marketing,
organizational behavior and operations; and integrative courses in
strategy and data analysis.
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Business Electives Requirement
In addition to business core courses, students are required to
gain a deeper understanding of a specific aspect of business in
which they have an interest. Business administration majors must
complete 12 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
three 4-unit courses) offered by the Marshall School, specifically
300- or 400-level courses with a prefix ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO,
FBE, FIM, MKT or MOR. Students can also satisfy the business
electives requirement through participation in a Marshall School
sponsored international exchange program. FIM courses are open
only to students in the non-degree FIM certificate program.
Electives should be selected based on a student's personal and
professional goals and in consultation with an academic adviser.
The Marshall School's academic departments and centers can
also help students select courses that are particularly useful for
careers in fields covered by the department or center. Electives
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are normally clustered in a particular field, but may be spread
across different fields.
Non-Business Course Work
MATH 118gx, WRIT 150, WRIT 340, ECON 351x, ECON 352x
and all courses required for the major must be taken for a letter
grade. ECON 351x and ECON 352x must be taken in residence
at USC.
In addition to meeting university GPA requirements, a minimum
overall/cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (A = 4.0) in upper-
division business courses is required for graduation.
Free Electives
The business curriculum allows for 32 units of free electives.
Students are strongly encouraged to pursue a minor, study
a language and/or take advantage of the university's many
opportunities to study abroad.
Minors
USC offers more than 150 minors, spanning a wide variety of
fields. The business curriculum is designed to allow every student
enough flexibility to pursue a minor outside of business, in the
belief that a strong undergraduate education must be well-rounded
and incorporate the liberal arts as well as business classes. Minors
allow students to gain substantial expertise in a field outside
of business by taking classes in another of USC's top-ranked
departments and schools. Students with an officially declared
minor may apply for the honor of being named a Renaissance
Scholar if they meet the other program conditions.
Because some classes required for particular minors may
have limited availability, students are encouraged to work closely
with their academic advisers to develop plans for their minors.
The Marshall Office of Undergraduate Advising can help plan
for minors and provide information on the various minors offered
throughout the university and how they complement different
business tracks.
Business Administration (Business Analytics)
(BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Business Analytics provides specialized skill sets
for students who plan a career in today's business world, where
analytics is at the forefront. The degree signals to potential
employers that the graduate is ready to utilize the tools and
techniques that aim to turn data into meaningful business insights.
Students will obtain the necessary skills for defining business
analytics for data-driven decision making along with the hands-on
experience using analytics to solve real-world problems.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who have satisfied the following three conditions:
(1) have attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least
one semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit
for the course BUAD 311 Operations Management. Students
who wish to transfer to this program should visit the Office of
Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs in the Marshall School
of Business.
Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including 12 upper division-units in the emphasis.
Business Core Requirements
Business Administration majors must complete the business
core. The business core contains foundational courses that
provide analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in math,
statistics, accounting and business economics as well as
communication skills pertinent to the business field; functional
courses in business disciplines such as finance, marketing,
organizational behavior and operations; and integrative courses in
strategy and data analysis.
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Complete 12 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
three 4-unit courses) offered by the Data Sciences and Operations
department in the Marshall School, specifically 300- or 400-level
courses with a prefix DSO that are available for credit toward the
major.
Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) (BS)
This program consists of courses offered by both the Marshall
School and the School of Cinematic Arts. Students completing the
program receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
with an emphasis in Cinematic Arts. The program is available to
entering freshmen only.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business as well as an
additional 24 units in cinematic arts, which specifically address the
business side of the industry.
Business Requirements
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4 or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or *
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
• Electives-Business 300- or 400-level ACCT, BAEP, non-core
BUAD, BUCO, DSO, FBE, MKT or MOR Units: 12
Total business units: 60
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118 is contingent on successful completion
of MATH 117 or obtaining an acceptable score on the math
placement exam or AP calculus or IB mathematics exam. The
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 147
MATH 118 requirement may be waived with an AP Calculus AB or
BC score of 4 or higher, or an IB math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125. Eligible students should speak with
their academic adviser for additional information.
Cinematic Arts Requirements
• CNTV 441 Business and Cinematic Arts Entertainment
Practicum Units: 2
• CNTV 458 Producing and Marketing Feature Length Films
Units: 2
• CNTV 463 Television: Integrating Creative and Business
Objectives Units: 2
• CNTV 467 The Future of Digital Media and the Entertainment
Industry Units: 2 or
• CNTV 428 Fundamentals of Entertainment Law and
Dealmaking Units: 2
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video Units: 4 or
• CNTV 481 Entertainment Industry Launchpad Units: 4
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production
Techniques Units: 4
• CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From Story Concept to
Exhibition Units: 2
Total Cinematic Arts units: 24
Total program units: 84
Business Administration (Communication)
(BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with
an emphasis in Communication provides specialized skill sets
for students that they will apply to succeed in the workplace,
regardless of their chosen profession. Students will learn to
apply emotionally intelligent and strategic communication, and
utilize rapidly evolving communication technologies, to facilitate
effective workplace processes among organizational stakeholders.
The degree signals to potential employers that the graduate is
ready to lead and motivate teams in-person and virtually and
facilitate complex communication situations among diverse groups
and individuals across cultures to support the success of the
organization.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who satisfy the following three conditions: (1) have
attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least one
semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit for the
course BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business. Students
who wish to transfer to this program should visit the Marshall
Undergraduate Advising Office.
Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including at least 12 upper-division units in the area of emphasis.
Business Core Requirements
Business Administration majors must complete the business
core. The business core contains foundational courses that
provide analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in math,
statistics, accounting and business economics as well as
communication skills pertinent to the business field; functional
courses in business disciplines such as finance, marketing,
organizational behavior and operations; and integrative courses in
strategy and data analysis.
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Complete 12 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
three 4-unit courses) offered by the Business Communication
department in the Marshall School, specifically 300- or 400-level
courses with a prefix BUCO that are available for credit toward the
major.
Business Administration (Entrepreneurship
and Innovation) (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Innovation provides specialized
skills and tools for students wishing to found new ventures, work
as a part of a founding team, work within an early stage venture,
or develop the mindset for innovating within existing organizations.
The degree signals to potential employers that the graduate is a
capable problem-solver who understands how to build, launch,
and grow new initiatives.
The degree focuses not solely on founders and founding
processes, but on developing the entrepreneurial mindset more
generally – on adaptable thinking as an essential organizational
skill; on assessing and managing risk in dynamic, uncertain
environments; and on recognizing, evaluating, and implementing
new business opportunities.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who satisfy the following three conditions: (1)
have attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least
one semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit
for one of the following courses: BAEP 423, BAEP 450, or BAEP
451. Students who wish to transfer to this program should visit
the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs in the
Marshall School of Business.
Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including at least 12 upper-division units in the area of emphasis.
Business Core Requirements
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
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• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Required Course
Complete one of the following courses:
• BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
Electives
Complete 8 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
two 4-unit courses) offered by the Lloyd Greif Center for
Entrepreneurial Studies in the Marshall School, specifically 300- or
400-level courses with a prefix BAEP that are available for credit
toward the major.
Please note that the required courses listed above (BAEP 423,
BAEP 450 and BAEP 451) duplicate credit and cannot be used to
satisfy the elective requirement of this emphasis.
Business Administration (Finance) (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Finance provides specialized skill sets for students
wishing to work in finance industry. The degree signals to potential
employers that the graduate is ready to perform complex tasks
involving finance, economics and state-of-the-art computer
modelling.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who satisfy the following three conditions: (1)
have attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least
one semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit for
the course BUAD 306 Business Finance. Students who wish to
transfer to this program should visit the Office of Undergraduate
Advising and Student Affairs in the Marshall School of Business.
Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including at least 12 upper-division units in the area of emphasis.
Business Core Courses
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118 gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Complete 12 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
three 4-unit courses) offered by the Finance and Business
Economics department in the Marshall School, specifically 300- or
400-level courses with a prefix FBE that are available for credit
toward the major.
Business Administration (International
Relations) (BS)
This program consists of courses offered by both the Marshall
School of Business and the School of International Relations.
Students completing the program receive a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration with an emphasis in International
Relations.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business as well as an
additional 24 units in international relations from the courses listed
below.
Business Requirements
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4 or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 * or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
• Electives: 300- or 400-level ACCT, BAEP, non-core BUAD,
BUCO, FBE, DSO, MKT or MOR Units: 12
Total business units: 60
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118 is contingent on successful completion
of MATH 117 or obtaining an acceptable score on the math
placement exam. The MATH 118 requirement may be waived with
an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher, or an IB math score
of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125. Eligible students should speak with
their academic adviser for additional information.
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International Relations Requirements
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
International Political Economy Courses (4 units)
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
International Relations Regional Courses (8 units)
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs
Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• IR 383 Conflict Mediation & Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 468 European Integration Units: 4
International Relations Electives (8 units)
Choose two from the list below or the two lists immediately above:
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 327 International Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 341 Foreign Policy Analysis Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 381 Introduction to International Security Units: 4
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4
• IR 402 Theories of War Units: 4
• IR 427 Seminar on Economics and Security Units: 4
• IR 444w Theories of Global Society Units: 4
• IR 483 War and Diplomacy: The U.S. in World Affairs Units: 4
Total international relations units: 24
Total program units: 84
Business Administration (Leadership and
Innovation) (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with
an emphasis in Leadership and Innovation prepares students
for leadership roles in a variety of organizations in a world of
increasing global, technological and regulatory change. The
program aims to train inspirational leaders who bring together
diverse groups to achieve transformational innovation for
sustained competitive advantage.
With this degree, students will learn how to create an inspiring
vision and strategy for innovation in their organization, effectively
lead high performing innovation teams, create a culture of agility
and innovation, and effectively identify and solve critical problems
in order to build sustainable competitive advantage and satisfy a
diverse set of stakeholders.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who satisfy the following three conditions: (1)
have attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least
one semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit for
the course BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership.
Students who wish to transfer to this program should visit the
Office of Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs in the
Marshall School of Business.
Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including at least 12 upper-division units in the area of emphasis.
Business Core Courses
Business Administration majors must complete the business
core. The business core contains foundational courses that
provide analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in math,
statistics, accounting and business economics as well as
communication skills pertinent to the business field; functional
courses in business disciplines such as finance, marketing,
organizational behavior and operations; and integrative courses in
strategy and data analysis.
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Complete 12 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
three 4-unit courses) offered by the Management and Organization
department in the Marshall School, specifically 300- or 400-level
courses with a prefix MOR that are available for credit toward the
major.
Business Administration (Marketing) (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Marketing provides students with specialized training
in marketing strategy, execution, and evaluation. With this degree,
students will deepen their understanding of various aspects of
marketing such as product development, communication and
promotion, consumer insights, ethics and regulation, customer
analytics, and data-driven marketing.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who satisfy the following three conditions: (1) have
attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least one
semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit for the
course BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals. Students who wish
to transfer to this program should visit the Office of Undergraduate
Advising and Student Affairs in the Marshall School of Business.
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Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including at least 12 upper-division units in the area of emphasis.
Business Core Courses
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Complete 12 units of upper-division elective courses (typically
three 4-unit courses) offered by the Marketing department in the
Marshall School, specifically 300- or 400-level courses with a
prefix MKT that are available for credit toward the major.
Business Administration (Real Estate Finance)
(BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Real Estate Finance provides specialized skill sets for
students wishing to work in real estate finance and development.
The degree signals to potential employers that the graduate is
ready to perform complex tasks involving real estate finance,
economics and state-of-the-art computer modelling.
Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who have attained sophomore standing and have
completed at least one semester in residence at USC. Students
who wish to transfer to this program should visit the Marshall
Undergraduate Advising office (see marshall.usc.edu/current-
students/academic-advising).
Students who wish to pursue the Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration (Real Estate Finance) as a second
bachelor's degree must satisfy all university requirements for a
second bachelor's and complete 32 units unique to the Business
Administration (Real Estate Finance) major.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and
16 upper-division units in the emphasis.
Business Core Courses
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118 is contingent on successful completion
of MATH 117 or obtaining an acceptable score on the math
placement exam. The MATH 118 requirement may be waived with
an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB math score
of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Real Estate Finance Emphasis Requirements
Required Course (4 units)
• FBE 391 Real Estate Finance and Investment Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
A minimum of 8 units must come from the Real Estate Finance
Electives list. The sum of units from Real Estate Finance Electives
and Non-Real Estate Electives must total at least 12.)
Real Estate Finance Electives: 8-12 units
•
FBE 427 Real Estate Law Units: 4 ***
• FBE 465 Real Estate Analysis and Computer Modeling
Units: 2 ***
• FBE 466 Management of Real Estate Development:
Feasibility Studies Units: 4 ***
• FBE 470 Advanced Real Estate Analysis Units: 4 ***
• FBE 489 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 4 ***
• FBE 491 Real Estate Finance Colloquium Units: 2 ***
Non-Real Estate Electives: 0-4 units
•
BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 4 ***
• FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity
Units: 4 ***
• FBE 435 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 4 ***
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4 ***
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4 ***
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 ***
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
***Prerequisites required. Plan carefully.
Business Administration (Risk Management)
(BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with
an emphasis in Risk Management provides students with an
understanding of the processes and tools necessary for effective
risk management across a variety of industries, including financial
services, technology, real estate, healthcare, pharmaceuticals,
entertainment, sports, and insurance, to name a few. The degree
signals to potential employers that the graduate has acquired skills
that are useful in facing the challenges of an increasingly complex
and interconnected business environment.
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Requirements for Admission
This program is available only to current Marshall and Leventhal
undergraduates who satisfy the following three conditions: (1) have
attained sophomore standing, (2) have completed at least one
semester in residence at USC, and (3) have earned credit for the
course ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management.
Students who wish to transfer to this program should visit the
Office of Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs in the
Marshall School of Business.
Students may earn only one emphasis within the BS in
Business Administration degree. Students pursuing this emphasis
are not eligible to earn the Risk Management Minor.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program, students must satisfy all requirements
for the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
including at least 16 upper-division units in the area of emphasis.
Business Core Requirements
Business Administration majors must complete the business
core. The business core contains foundational courses that
provide analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in math,
statistics, accounting and business economics as well as
communication skills pertinent to the business field; functional
courses in business disciplines such as finance, marketing,
organizational behavior and operations; and integrative courses in
strategy and data analysis.
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
*Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
**A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
Emphasis Requirements
Required Course
• ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
Units: 4
Electives
Complete at least 12 units of electives.
Complete 4-12 units from the following courses:
• ACCT 385x Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
Units: 4
• ACCT 387 Risk Management in Entertainment, Sports and
the Arts Units: 4
• ACCT 388x Innovating Risk Solutions in Disruptive
Environments Units: 4
Complete any additional units needed from the following
courses:
• ACCT 463 Internal Audit Units: 2 *
• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4
• FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and Risk Analysis
Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4
* Prerequisite required that is not part of this major.
Business Administration (World Program) (BS)
The World Bachelor in Business (WBB) Program offers students
the opportunity for immersive study at three highly regarded
business schools, one in each of the major economic/cultural
zones of the world: the Americas, Asia and Europe. The program is
designed and offered in cooperation with the Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Bocconi University.
Students spend at least one year at each campus and receive a
degree from each university. The program is available to entering
freshmen only. Prospective students should consult with the
USC Marshall Undergraduate Admissions office for program and
admissions information.
Requirements for Completion
Specific courses completed at each university are used to fulfill
specific requirements at the other universities. To successfully
move through the curriculum, which includes the ability to begin
coursework at partner institutions, and graduate (obtain all three
degrees/diplomas), students must satisfy the academic standards
and policies of all partner institutions and successfully complete
the required coursework each term.
The USC degree requirements published here are those of the
USC Marshall Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
program. Students should consult with the WBB program
academic adviser at each university.
Students should note the following USC degree requirements
for the WBB program:
• A minimum of 32 units must be taken in residence at USC.
The units applied toward this requirement must be taken for a
letter grade and cannot be taken on a P/NP or CR/NC basis.
• In addition to meeting university GPA requirements, a
minimum grade of C- must be earned on all upper-division
course work taken at USC and required for the major.
• A minimum grade of C- for course work completed at HKUST
and Bocconi University must be earned for the course credits
to transfer to USC.
• USC GPA calculations will be based on course work
completed at USC.
Sample Program
WBB students spend the first year taking classes in Los
Angeles at USC, the second year taking classes in Hong Kong
at HKUST and the third year taking classes in Milan at Bocconi
University. In the final year, students choose their location of study
in consultation with the program directors. Each year includes at
least one cohort class designed specifically for the WBB program.
The following sample program is typical for most WBB students.
It is not the only possible program of study, but it does serve as a
representative guideline. Students will meet with a WBB program
academic adviser at each location to ensure that each student's
program of study will fulfill WBB program requirements.
Year One - USC
• BUAD 111 World Bachelor in Business Program Freshman
Academy Units: 2
• BUAD 114 Global Social Impact Units: 2
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• GE-D Life Sciences Units: 4
• GE-E Physical Sciences Units: 4
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• GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4 * or
• GESM 121g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4 *
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 **
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Total units: 36
* Satisfies GE-B requirement.
** Satisfies GE-F requirement.
Year Two - HKUST
• ACCT 2010-Principles of Accounting I Units: 3
• C-Comm Chinese Communications Units: 3
• Common Core Arts (select courses) Units: 3*
• Common Core Humanities (select courses) Units: 3**
• ECON 2123 Macroeconomics Units: 3
• ISOM 2010 Intro to Information Systems Units: 3
• ISOM 2500 Business Statistics Units: 3
• ISOM 2700 Operations Management Units: 3
• MGMT 2110 Organizational Behavior Units: 3
• WBBA 2010 Understanding Business in Asia Units: 2
• WBBA 2020 Seminars in Asia's Business Units: 1
Total units: 30
*Satisfies USC GE-A The Arts requirement.
**Satisfies USC GE-B Humanistic Inquiry requirement.
Year Three - Bocconi
• 30056 European Economic Policy Units: 3*
• 30361 Doing Business in Europe Units: 1
• 30364 Accounting Module II (Managerial Accounting) Units: 3
• 30367 Finance Module I (Financial Markets and Institutions)
Units: 3
• 30366 Finance Module II (Corporate Finance) Units: 3
• 30372 Global History Units: 3**
• 30375 Mathematics — Module II (Applied) Units: 3
• 30430 Law Module I (Public Law) Units: 3
• 30431 Law Module II (Private Law) Units: 3
• 30444 Public Management (Business Government Relations)
Units: 3
• 303xx Second Language Units: 3
Total units: 31
* Satisfies USC GE-C Social Analysis and GE-G Citizenship in a
Diverse World requirements.
** Satisfies USC GE-C Social Analysis and GE-H Traditions and
Historical Foundations requirements.
Year Four, Option One - USC
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4 or
• FBE 429 International Business Law Units: 4
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4 or
• BUCO 425 Ethics and Professional Communication Units: 4
Free electives Units: 8-12
Total units: 32-36
Year Four, Option Two - HKUST
• ACCT 3610 Function of Law in Society and Business Units: 3
• LABU 2060 Effective Communication in Business Units: 3
• MGMT 2130 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Units: 2
• MGMT 4210 Corporate Strategy Units: 3
• WBBA 4010 Capstone Project Units: 4
• Electives Units: 15-18
Total units: 30-33
Year Four, Option Three - Bocconi
• 30012 Business Strategy Units: 4
• 30058 Comparative Business and European Law Units: 3
• 30223 Marketing Communication Units: 3
• 30296 Global Sustainability Strategy Units: 3
• Final Paper Units: 2
• Electives Units: 15-18
Total units: 30-33
Business of Cinematic Arts (BS)
The combined Bachelor of Science degree program in the
Business of Cinematic Arts offers qualified students an opportunity
to gain an educational foundation in both areas.
The degree cannot be combined as an additional major with
either business administration or cinematic arts. The degree is
administered by the Marshall School of Business.
Degree Requirements
This degree requires at least 128 units.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken.
Composition/Writing Requirement (8 units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 *
* Note: The section of WRIT 340 titled "Advanced Writing for
Business: Entertainment Industry" is strongly recommended
for BCA majors when available.
General Education (24 units)
• General Education Units: 24
Major Requirements (84 Units)
Business Requirements (48 units)
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 425 Introduction to Business Analytics Units: 2
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
Note:
* Placement into MATH 118gx is contingent on successful
completion of MATH 117g or obtaining an acceptable score on
the math placement exam. The MATH 118gx requirement may be
waived with an AP Calculus AB or BC score of 4 or higher or an IB
math score of 5 or higher.
** A-level mathematics examination scores of A or B may receive
subject credit for MATH 125g. Eligible students should speak with
their academic advisers for additional information.
MATH 117g, MATH 118gx and MATH 125g satisfy GE category F:
Quantitative Reasoning.
Cinematic Arts Requirements (24 units)
• CNTV 428 Fundamentals of Entertainment Law and
Dealmaking Units: 2
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• CNTV 441 Business and Cinematic Arts Entertainment
Practicum Units: 2
• CNTV 458 Producing and Marketing Feature Length Films
Units: 2
• CNTV 463 Television: Integrating Creative and Business
Objectives Units: 2
• CNTV 481 Entertainment Industry Launchpad Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4 *
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production
Techniques Units: 4
• CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From Story Concept to
Exhibition Units: 2
* Satisfies GE Category A: The Arts.
Electives (12 units)
Business Electives (8 units)
Complete at least 8 units of upper-division elective courses
offered by the Marshall School, specifically 300- or 400-level
courses with a prefix ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, MKT or
MOR. Students can also satisfy the business electives requirement
through participation in a Marshall School sponsored international
exchange program.
Cinematic Arts Electives (4 units)
•
CNTV 375 Breaking Into the Entertainment Industry Units: 2
• CNTV 457 The Entertainment Entrepreneur: Getting Your
First Project Made Units: 2
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• CTPR 425 Production Planning Units: 2
• CTPR 426 The Production Experience Units: 2
• CTPR 458 Organizing Creativity: Entertainment Industry
Decision Making Units: 2
• CTPR 460 Film Business Procedures and Distribution
Units: 2 or 4
• CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy Units: 2
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 422 Creating the Dramatic Television Series Units: 2
• CTWR 430 Comedy Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2
Free Electives (12 units)
The curriculum of this program allows for as many as 12 units of
free electives.
Total units: 128
Undergraduate Certificate
Food Industry Management Program
Certificate Program
The Food Industry Management Program offers courses
emphasizing leadership and management aspects of the food
industry. Completion of the program is acknowledged by a Food
Industry Management Certificate awarded by the University.
To qualify for admission and a scholarship grant for the food
industry management program, students must be currently
employed in a management position in the food retailing,
wholesaling or manufacturing industry and recommended by
their employer. Also, they must have completed at least 64
undergraduate units (or have completed a bachelor's degree) with
an academic standing adequate for admission to USC.
To earn a certificate students must complete 18 required units
during this one-semester program.
Spring Semester
• FIM 410 Leadership in the Food Industry Units: 2
• FIM 481 Marketing Management in the Food Industry Units: 4
• FIM 482 Communication Management in the Food Industry
Units: 4
• FIM 485 Financial Analysis and Valuation in the Food
Industry Units: 4
• FIM 497 Strategic Management in the Food Industry Units: 4
Total units: 18
Minor
Business Economics Minor
This minor is available to students of all majors except
business, accounting and economics. This minor teaches students
to think strategically about business. It integrates economic ideas
with practical applications in the real world. Students who minor in
business economics learn to think like leaders in business firms.
This minor approaches problems conceptually, proceeding from
the general economic theories to specific real world applications.
This gives students a higher level of understanding of business
opportunities and problems.
Many students in disciplines other than business need
economic skills that focus on business. This minor teaches a
combination of the ideas, skill sets and methodological approaches
used in business economics. Students develop economic
reasoning skills related to real-world problems and opportunities.
To enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA of
at least 2.75. Completion of this minor requires a minimum GPA of
2.0 for the 20 units applied to the minor.
Required Courses (12 Units)
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4
or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4
or
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Choose two from the list below:
• FBE 402 Government and Business Units: 4
• FBE 416 Managerial Economics Units: 4 *
• FBE 424 Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Units: 4 *
• FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and Risk Analysis
Units: 4 *
• FBE 462 International Trade, Finance and Commercial Policy
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Prerequisite required
Business Finance Minor
The minor in business finance offers non-business/non-
accounting majors an opportunity to expand their career
opportunities by gaining a background in financial concepts,
valuation and financial strategy. It provides students with the
necessary tools to measure benefits and related costs that will
enable them to make better business decisions. Problem-solving
and quantitative skills that are widely used in business will enable
students to work on special projects or management teams —
opportunities that might not have been available had it not been for
this minor. Eighteen units are required.
To enroll students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA
of at least 2.75. Completion of this minor requires a minimum of
18 units.
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Required Courses
Economics *
Choose one of the following five options (units 2-8):
• BUAD 200x Economic Foundations for Business Units: 2
or
• BUAD 201x Introduction to Business for Non-Majors Units: 4
or
• BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 ** or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4 **
and
• BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 ** or
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4 **
or
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 and
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
or
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4 **
and
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4 **
Accounting
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
Finance
• BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
Electives **
Choose two from the list below:
• FBE 405 Behavioral Finance Units: 4
• FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 4
• FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity
Units: 4
• FBE 424 Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Units: 4
• FBE 431 Financial Policies and Corporate Governance
Units: 4
• FBE 432 Corporate Financial Strategy Units: 4
• FBE 433 Corporate Governance and CEO Pay Units: 4
• FBE 435 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities Units: 4
• FBE 436 Financial Management of Multinational
Corporations Units: 4
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4
• FBE 440 Trading and Exchanges Units: 4
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4
• FBE 460 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring Units: 4
• FBE 462 International Trade, Finance and Commercial Policy
Units: 4
Notes:
*Students who have earned scores of 4 or 5 on both the AP
Microeconomics and the AP Macroeconomics exams will be
waived out of the first (Economics) requirement (BUAD 200, BUAD
201, 351/352 or ECON).
**Prerequisite or corequisite required
Business Law Minor
A minor in business law is available to students in all schools
and departments except business majors.
The minor in business law will provide students with practical
legal knowledge of substantive business law topics and current
legal issues. The minor provides skill sets to identify and manage
issues encountered within personal and business contexts
including litigation, contract law, employment and human
resources, real and personal property law. This minor exposes
students to such topics as: commercial transactions, constitutional
law, Internet and online commerce; intellectual property and
entertainment law; bankruptcy and securities law; law of business
and non-profit organizations; and international law.
It also prepares students for career opportunities in
management, technology and politics. The minor is an excellent
preparation for further legal education.
To enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA of
at least 2.75.
A minimum of 16 units is required to complete the minor.
Required Courses
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
Electives
Choose two of the following:
• FBE 427 Real Estate Law Units: 4
• FBE 428 Introduction to Employment Law Units: 4
• FBE 429 International Business Law Units: 4
• LAW 350 Law and Entrepreneurship Units: 4
Business Minor
The minor in business is available to students in all schools
and departments except the Marshall School of Business and
the Leventhal School of Accounting. The minor provides the
opportunity for students to gain understanding of key concepts and
tools of business.
To enroll in the business minor, students must have completed
a minimum of 32 units of college-level courses and attained a
minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Successful completion of the business minor requires at least
23 units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the courses
applied to the minor.
Minor Course Requirements
Choose one of the following five options: (units 2-8)
• BUAD 200x Economic Foundations for Business Units: 2 *
or
• BUAD 201x Introduction to Business for Non-Majors Units: 4
or
• BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
and
• BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 or
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
or
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 and
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
or
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4 and
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
Additional Required Course Work:
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4 or
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3 or
• BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of Accounting
Information Units: 4
• BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4 or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management
for Non-Majors Units: 2 or
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
Notes:
*Students who have earned scores of 4 or 5 on both the AP
Microeconomics and the AP Macroeconomics exams will be
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waived out of the first requirement (BUAD 200, BUAD 201,
351/352 or ECON).
Business Technology Fusion Minor
The minor in business technology fusion is available to students
in all schools and departments except business majors. This
minor requires 20 units to complete. To enroll, students must have
completed a minimum of 32 units of college-level course work and
have a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.75.
Course Requirements
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• DSO 435 Enterprise Data Architecture Units: 4
Electives
Choose from the following to achieve a total of at least 12 units:
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• DSO 401 Data Analysis with Spreadsheets Units: 2
• DSO 431 Digital Innovation as Competitive Advantage
Units: 4
• DSO 443 Business Model Innovations in the Media Industries
Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• DSO 462 Managing a Small Business on the Internet Units: 2
• DSO 464 Deep Learning for AI and Business Applications
Units: 4
• MOR 458 Technology Strategy: The Case of AI Units: 2, 4
Consumer Behavior Minor
Consumer behavior studies inform decision makers in the
business, government and non-profit sectors on how consumer
decisions, preferences, activities and other behaviors are
influenced by factors such as culture, subculture, demographics,
sensation, thinking, conscious and unconscious information
processing, knowledge organization, beliefs, interpersonal
communication, learning from experience and values. This is an
interdisciplinary field, drawing on such disciplines as marketing,
psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, linguistics, ethnic
studies, gender studies, geography, history, cognitive science and
communications to understand the experiences of contemporary
consumers across the world.
To enroll in this minor, students must have completed a
minimum of 32 units of college-level courses and have a minimum
overall GPA of 2.75.
This minor requires 18-20 units.
Required Courses
• MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
Electives
Complete at least 10 units consisting of at least three courses from
the list below subject to the following constraints:
• A minimum of 18 units (including MKT 450 and PSYC 100Lg)
must be unique to the minor (i.e., not be countable toward
requirements for the major). This does not include any
prerequisites for courses listed.
• At least 16 units of all courses taken for the minor are not
offered by the student's major department. For Business
Administration and Accounting majors, courses with prefixes
of BUAD, DSO and MKT are considered to be offered by the
student's major department.
• No more than two of the courses chosen from the list below
may be offered by the same department.
• At least one of the courses chosen below has a prefix other
than COMM, MKT and BUAD.
• Courses taken at institutions other than USC (i.e.,
International Exchange programs and transfer credits) cannot
substitute for any of the minor requirements.
American Studies
• AMST 205g Introduction to American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 385 African American Culture and Society Units: 4
Anthropology
• ANTH 205g Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural
Research Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology Units: 4 **
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 375 Anthropology for Consulting and Design Units: 4
• ANTH 460 Economic Anthropology Units: 4 **
Business Administration
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
Communication
• COMM 302 Persuasion Units: 4
• COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media Units: 4 *
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 396g Fashion, Media and Culture Units: 4 **
Comparative Literature
• COLT 102g On Location: The Place of Literature in Global
Cultures Units: 4
• COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
Units: 4
Data Science and Operations
• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
Economics
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries
Units: 4 *
• ECON 346 Economics of Transition and Development: China
Units: 4 *
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4 *
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4 *
• ECON 420 Experimental Economics Units: 4 *
• ECON 432 Economics of Happiness Units: 4 *
English
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
History
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
Information Technology Program
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2 or
• ITP 116 Accelerated Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
Marketing
• MKT 402 Introduction to Marketing Analytics Units: 4 *
• MKT 404 Happiness and Wellbeing in the Marketplace
Units: 4
• MKT 405 Marketing Communication and Promotion Strategy
Units: 4 *
• MKT 410 Professional Selling Units: 4 *
• MKT 465 Multicultural Marketing Units: 4 *
Policy, Planning, and Development
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4
Psychology
• PSYC 240gx Scientific Inquiry and Reasoning in Health Care
Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 *
• PSYC 451 Formation and Change of Attitudes Units: 4 * **
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4 * **
• PSYC 456 Conservation Psychology Units: 4 *
Sociology
• SOCI 155gm Immigrant America Units: 4
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• SOCI 210g Science, Technology, and Social Conflict Units: 4
• SOCI 242g Sociology, Demography and Health Units: 4 *
• SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4 **
Notes:
* Prerequisites required
** Courses not offered regularly
(Prerequisites will not be waived for upper-division courses;
students must complete the prerequisite courses needed in
addition to the courses for this minor.)
Total requirements: at least five courses:
18-20 units
Customer Analytics Minor
At the heart of most modern organizations, such as Google,
Amazon, Netflix and Facebook, lies a strong Customer Analytics
function. Customer Analytics uses vast amounts of data to
generate insights that help firms and policy makers to make data
driven decisions about customers. Insights into customer behavior,
attitudes, demographics and pyschographics can prove to be a
sustainable advantage for firms.
This minor draws on empirical methods and applications
from fields such as marketing, economics, entrepreneurship,
information sciences, international relations, political sciences
and sociology to better understand its multidimensional prime
constituent - the customer.
This minor is available to students in all schools and
departments outside of the Marshall School of Business and
Leventhal School of Accounting. To enroll in this minor, students
must have completed a minimum of 32 units of college-level
courses and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
This minor requires 20 units.
Required Courses
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• MKT 402 Introduction to Marketing Analytics Units: 4
Electives
Complete at least 12 units from the lists below subject to the
following constraints:
• A minimum of 16 units (including BUAD 307 and MKT 402)
must be unique to the minor (i.e., cannot be countable toward
requirements for the student's major).
• At least 16 units of all courses taken for the minor are not
offered by the student's major department.
• A minimum of 4 units must be taken from each of the two
groups listed below.
Marketing Applications and Consumer Decision
Making
Complete at least 4 units from the following group:
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4 or
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• DSO 431 Digital Innovation as Competitive Advantage
Units: 4
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MKT 405 Marketing Communication and Promotion Strategy
Units: 4 *
• MKT 425 Digital Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4 *
• MKT 445 New Product Development and Branding Units: 4 *
• MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Units: 4
• MKT 465 Multicultural Marketing Units: 4
• MKT 488 Marketing Capstone: From Strategy to Execution
Units: 4 *
* Prerequisite required.
Research Techniques
Complete at least 4 units from the following group:
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4 or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
or
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• COMM 301Lg Empirical Research in Communication Units: 4
• DSO 401 Data Analysis with Spreadsheets Units: 2
• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
• JOUR 494 Python Coding for Data Journalism Units: 2
• MKT 470 Marketing Research for Consumer Insights Units: 4
Total units required: 20
Dynamics in Workplace Communication Minor
Whether navigating the culture of a start-up, a Fortune 100
company, or in any domestic or international workplace situation,
strategic and emotionally intelligent communication is essential.
This minor has a high emphasis on application practice to prepare
students to succeed in their work environment. Courses feature
experiential components and/or offer opportunities to connect
with professionals and outside constituencies to learn hands-on
about communication challenges and how to develop effective
communication strategy.
This minor is available to students in all schools and
departments except the Marshall School of Business and the
Leventhal School of Accounting. To declare this minor, students
must have a declared major and must have completed 32 units of
college level courses with a cumulative USC GPA of at least 2.75.
Students taking this minor should, if possible, enroll in the
business version of the upper division USC writing requirement:
WRIT 340 Advanced Writing.
Successful completion of the minor requires a minimum
cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the courses applied to the minor.
Required Courses (8 units)
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
Complete one of the following:
• BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World -
Managing Diversity Units: 4
• BUCO 460 International Business Communication Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Business Communication (4-8 units)
Complete at least one of the following BUCO courses:
• BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World -
Managing Diversity Units: 4 *
• BUCO 425 Ethics and Professional Communication Units: 4
• BUCO 445 Communicating to Lead and Persuade Units: 4
• BUCO 458 Managing Communication and New Media
Units: 4
• BUCO 460 International Business Communication Units: 4 *
• BUCO 485 Business Communication Management for
Nonprofits Units: 4
* May be completed as an elective if not applied as a
required course.
Free Electives (0-4 units)
Complete any of the following as needed to total 16 units:
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BAEP 472 The Science of Peak Performance Units: 2
• BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 491 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BUCO 450 Communication for Organizations: Exploring
Creativity Units: 2
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
• MOR 471 Managing and Developing People Units: 4
Entrepreneurship Minor
The minor in entrepreneurship is available to students in all
schools and departments except business majors. It provides
an understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial
mindset. To enroll in this minor, students must have completed
a minimum of 32 units of college-level course work and have a
minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
The minor requires a minimum of 17 units to complete.
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Core Requirements
• BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
or
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4
or
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
or
• BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4
• BAEP 453 Venture Management Units: 4
or
• BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching and Scaling Your
Startup Units: 4
Electives
Choose from the following to achieve a total of at least 17 units for
the minor:
• BAEP 455 Founder's Dilemmas Units: 4
• BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• BAEP 469 Growth Hacking: Scaling Startups Units: 2
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BAEP 474 The Entrepreneur's Guide to Intellectual Property
Units: 2
• BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 491 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BAEP 495 Practicum in Business Issues (Internship) Units: 1
• BAEP 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and
Development Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4
Human Resource Management Minor
The minor in human resource management is available to
students in all schools and departments except business majors.
It is appropriate for students pursuing careers in human resource
management, as well as for students pursuing management
positions where they will be interfacing with or relying on the
human resource function for support. To enroll in this minor,
students must have completed a minimum of 32 units of
collegelevel courses and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Completion of the human resource management minor requires a
minimum GPA of 2.0 in the following business minor courses:
Minor Course Requirements
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• MOR 471 Managing and Developing People Units: 4
Electives
Choose three courses from the following (12 units):
• FBE 428 Introduction to Employment Law Units: 4
• FBE 433 Corporate Governance and CEO Pay Units: 4 *
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
• MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and Development
Units: 4
• MOR 461 Design of Effective Organizations Units: 4
• MOR 463 Organization Change and Development Units: 4
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
• MOR 472 Power, Politics and Influence Units: 4
• MOR 473 Designing and Leading Teams Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite that is not part of this minor required
Management Consulting Minor
The minor in Management Consulting is available to students
in all schools and departments except business majors. The
minor develops skills used by professional consultants to assist
organizations and businesses in identifying and addressing their
issues and problems.
To enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level courses and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Completion of this minor requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the
following courses:
Course Requirements
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• MOR 462 Management Consulting Units: 4
Electives
Choose three courses from the following (12 units):
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
• MOR 451 Mastering Decision Making Units: 4
• MOR 458 Technology Strategy: The Case of AI Units: 2, 4
• MOR 461 Design of Effective Organizations Units: 4
• MOR 463 Organization Change and Development Units: 4
• MOR 465 Strategy in an Age of Disruption Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
• MOR 467 Strategic Management of Innovation Units: 4
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
• MOR 470 Global Leadership Units: 4
• MOR 472 Power, Politics and Influence Units: 4
• MOR 473 Designing and Leading Teams Units: 4
• MOR 492 Global Strategy Units: 4
Marketing Minor
The minor in marketing is available to students in all schools
and departments except business majors. Marketing studies
processes that organizations use to identify and serve the needs
of customers.
The marketing minor provides a business-related education
that will supplement many undergraduate majors, and enhance
the career prospects for students whose majors could incorporate
a marketing dimension or application. This minor should appeal
to any student interested in an early marketing career, which
includes, but is not limited to, professional sales, retailing,
marketing research, product management and advertising.
Eligible students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level course work and have a minimum GPA of 2.75.
BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals must be completed as a
required prerequisite. Students must successfully complete 16
units of MKT electives to satisfy this minor.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Minor
The minor in operations and supply chain management is
available to students in all schools and departments except
business majors. This minor requires 20 units to complete. To
enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units of
college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA of at
least 2.75.
Minor Course Requirements
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• DSO 482 Supply Chain Management Units: 4
One of the following
• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4 or
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4 or
• DSO 483 Operations Consulting Units: 4
Electives
Choose from the following to achieve a total of at least 8 units:
• DSO 401 Data Analysis with Spreadsheets Units: 2
• DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4
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• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4 *
• DSO 433 Designing Digital Processes and User Experiences
Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4 *
• DSO 462 Managing a Small Business on the Internet Units: 2
• DSO 483 Operations Consulting Units: 4 *
• DSO 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 **
* If not applied to the minor as a required course.
** Subject to approval by the program director prior to
registration.
Organizational Leadership and Management
Minor
The minor in organizational leadership and management
is available to students in all schools and departments except
business majors. Students in the minor learn about personal and
organizational leadership, ethics of the workplace, leading in a
global context and organizing and planning for effective personal
and organizational performance.
To enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level courses and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Completion of this minor requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the
following courses:
Course Requirements
Complete both of the following courses.
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• MOR 470 Global Leadership Units: 4
Electives
Choose three courses from the following (12 units):
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
• MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and Development
Units: 4
• MOR 451 Mastering Decision Making Units: 4
• MOR 458 Technology Strategy: The Case of AI Units: 2, 4
• MOR 462 Management Consulting Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
• MOR 471 Managing and Developing People Units: 4
• MOR 472 Power, Politics and Influence Units: 4
• MOR 473 Designing and Leading Teams Units: 4
• MOR 492 Global Strategy Units: 4
Performance Science Minor
The minor in Performance Science teaches the science, best
practices and applied processes to instill a high-performance
mindset though a multi-disciplinary curriculum spanning business,
psychology, biology, philosophy and athletics. This interdisciplinary
minor will enable students to understand brain and body
function, human behavior, psychology, emotion and leadership,
all with the goals of optimizing individual mindsets, maximizing
performance and creating a culture of high performance within
their organizations.
To enroll in this Performance Science minor, students must
have completed 32 units of college-level courses and attain a
minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Completion of the minor requires 20 units.
Core Requirement
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BAEP 472 The Science of Peak Performance Units: 2
Complete at least 4 units from each of the following
categories: Mind, Business, Body.
MIND:
• GERO 315g A Journey into the Mind Units: 4
• OT 325 The Brain: Mind, Body, and Self Units: 4
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4 *
BUSINESS:
• BAEP 455 Founder's Dilemmas Units: 4
• BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World -
Managing Diversity Units: 4
• MOR 451 Mastering Decision Making Units: 4
BODY:
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
• HP 440 Happiness, Well-Being, and Health Units: 4
• PSYC 367g Stress, Health, and the Mind-Body Connection
Units: 4 *
*Prerequisite required.
Total Core: 16 units
Electives
Complete at least 4 units from the list of courses below or the
courses listed above that are not applied as a "required course."
MIND:
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4 *
BUSINESS:
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4
or
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and Development
Units: 4
• MOR 461 Design of Effective Organizations Units: 4
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
• MOR 471 Managing and Developing People Units: 4
BODY:
• HBIO 202Lg Nutrition for Life Units: 4
• HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport Units: 4
• PHED 106a Physical Conditioning Units: 1
• PHED 160 Stress Management for Healthy Living Units: 2
*Prerequisite required.
Total Units Required: 20
Real Estate Finance Minor
The minor in real estate finance is available to all students
except business administration, accounting, and real estate
development majors. It provides students with training in the
areas of business, finance, real estate law, design, and urban
economics. It provides an opportunity for students to gain thorough
exposure to the topics of real estate investing, finance and
development. Upon successful completion of this minor, students
will have achieved a basic understanding of the interplay of the
various disciplines involved in contemporary real estate ownership
and investment and how they impact the areas of the student's
specific interests and expertise.
Those completing this minor will master techniques in valuing
income-producing properties, analyze financial instruments such
as mortgages and loans, understand the roles of debt and equity,
gain insights into the processes of design and construction, as well
as understand the dynamics of how real estate markets affect the
underlying values of real property assets, as well as the role real
estate markets play in the overall economy.
To enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level course work and attained a minimum overall GPA
of at least 2.75. Successful completion of this minor requires 24-26
units including a minimum of 16 upper-division units in the minor
and a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for the 24-26 units.
Required Courses (12-14 Units)
Accounting: 4 or 6 units
Choose one option from the following: Units: 4-6
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4 or
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3 and
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
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Business Finance: 4 units
• BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance Units: 4 *
Real Estate Finance: 4 units
• FBE 391 Real Estate Finance and Investment Units: 4 ** or
• FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and
Development Units: 4
Electives (12 Units with no more than 4 units of
Non Real Estate electives)
Real Estate Electives: 8 - 12 units
Choose 8 - 12 units from the following. (The number of units of
Real Estate Electives plus Non-Real Estate Electives will total 12.)
• FBE 427 Real Estate Law Units: 4
• FBE 465 Real Estate Analysis and Computer Modeling
Units: 2 **
• FBE 466 Management of Real Estate Development:
Feasibility Studies Units: 4 **
• FBE 470 Advanced Real Estate Analysis Units: 4 **
• FBE 489 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 4 **
• FBE 491 Real Estate Finance Colloquium Units: 2 **
Non-Real Estate Electives: 0 - 4 units
Choose 0 - 4 units from the following:
• BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 4 **
• FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity
Units: 4 **
• FBE 435 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 4 **
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4 **
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4 **
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 **
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
Notes:
*ACCT 410 or BUAD 280 and BUAD 281 must be taken before
BUAD 215.
**Prerequisites required. Plan carefully.
Social Entrepreneurship Minor
The minor in social entrepreneurship provides students from
all undergraduate majors with a foundation in the context and
practice of social entrepreneurship, nationally and internationally.
The minor provides an understanding of social entrepreneurship
and its relationship to government and public policy as well as
an understanding of management skills specific to starting and
maintaining a social enterprise. The curriculum includes options
allowing the student to tailor course work to his or her individual
academic interests and professional aspirations.
To enroll in this minor, students must have completed 48 units of
college level courses with a cumulative USC GPA of at least 2.75.
Course Requirements (14 Units)
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• BAEP 491 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2 or
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2 or
• BAEP 497 Field Project in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
Electives
Complete at least 7 units from the following:
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4 *
• BAEP 471 Social Innovation Design Lab Units: 4
• BUCO 485 Business Communication Management for
Nonprofits Units: 4
• CE 469 Sustainable Design and Construction Units: 2
• COMM 402 Public Communication Campaigns Units: 4
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• PPD 478 Social Innovation Units: 4
• PSYC 456 Conservation Psychology Units: 4 **
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
Notes:
*Prerequisite: BAEP 310 or BAEP 423 or BAEP 450 or BAEP 451
or BUAD 301
**Prerequisite: PSYC 100
Sports Business and Management Minor
The worldwide and national sports industry is large and
growing, with a significant presence in Southern California. The
sports industry has significant ties to entertainment, real estate,
games and special events, as well as media, journalism and
other industries. The sports industry provides a unique business
context, with specific needs in marketing, finance, economics, data
analytics, risk management, communication, human resources,
law and other business disciplines. The Sports Business and
Management minor provides students the opportunity to combine
courses in core management disciplines with complementary
courses specific to sports business.
The Sports Business and Management minor is available to
students in all schools and departments outside of the Marshall
School of Business and Leventhal School of Accounting. To enroll
in this minor, students must have completed 32 units of college-
level courses and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Successful completion of the Sports Business and Management
minor requires a minimum of 20 units and a minimum cumulative
GPA of 2.0 in the courses applied to the minor.
Required Courses (8 units)
• BUAD 201x Introduction to Business for Non-Majors Units: 4
• MOR 479 The Business of Sports Units: 4
Elective Courses (12 units)
General Business and Management
Select at least 4 units from the following:
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4 or
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World -
Managing Diversity Units: 4
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• DSO 443 Business Model Innovations in the Media Industries
Units: 4
• FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and
Development Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
Sports Business
Select at least 4 units from the following:
• ACCT 387 Risk Management in Entertainment, Sports and
the Arts Units: 4
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BAEP 472 The Science of Peak Performance Units: 2
• MOR 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Sports Business Innovation - Impacts on Decision Making
Units: 4
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Technology Commercialization Minor
This interdisciplinary minor includes courses from both the
business and engineering schools and provides education in
the economic, technological and entrepreneurial aspects of
commercializing new technologies. The minor is designed for
students from a range of backgrounds (e.g., majors in engineering,
life sciences or business) who are interested in starting their own
technology-based ventures, working for technology-based start-up
companies or pursuing corporate careers that may involve the
commercialization of new technologies. In the minor, students
learn about conceptualizing, developing and managing new,
technology-based ventures and projects.
To enroll, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units
of college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA of
2.75. To complete the minor, students are required to complete
the two required courses (7 units) and enough elective courses
to achieve a total of 16 units outside of their major. Business
majors thus require 23 total units and other majors 16 total units to
complete the minor.
Required Courses
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4
• BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3 *
Note:
*BUAD 301 is a prerequisite to BAEP 452 and must be taken first.
Electives
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching and Scaling Your
Startup Units: 4
• BAEP 455 Founder's Dilemmas Units: 4
• BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 469 Growth Hacking: Scaling Startups Units: 2
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BAEP 474 The Entrepreneur's Guide to Intellectual Property
Units: 2
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• CE 473 Engineering Law, Finance and Ethics Units: 3 or
• ENGR 509 Patent Law for Scientists and Engineers Units: 3
• ENGR 493 Dean's Seminar in Entrepreneurship: Disruptive
Technologies with an Entrepreneurial Mindset Units: 2
• ISE 344 Engineering Team Management Units: 3
• ISE 440 Work, Technology, and Organization Units: 3
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
• ITP 466 Building the High Tech Startup Units: 4
• ITP 476 Technologies for Interactive Marketing Units: 4
• MKT 445 New Product Development and Branding Units: 4
Master of Business Administration
Executive MBA Program
The Executive MBA program is structured for mid-career to
upper-career professionals who are fully employed. Rather than
a program of traditional course disciplines (e.g., accounting,
marketing, finance) the EMBA program offers a more thematic
approach — integrating the material and often delivering it with
faculty from different disciplines teaching in a team format. Core
faculty include the school's most senior, experienced members as
well as nationally renowned academic and business specialists.
This program is delivered on Fridays and Saturdays (full days)
for a two-year period at either the USC campus in downtown Los
Angeles or in San Diego. As with the other USC Marshall MBA
programs, an extensive international trip is integrated into the
program.
Application
Application to the EMBA program does not require GMAT
or GRE scores. In addition to the other general admission
requirements, applicants should have 10 years of work experience
that includes substantial managerial responsibilities. The Executive
MBA Admissions office may be contacted at (213) 740-7846; Fax
(213) 749-8520; or email: [email protected]. Apply
online at gradadm.usc.edu.
Program Structure
This program uses a non-traditional interdisciplinary approach
to executive and managerial education though "themes" that
integrate various functional areas and address classic, yet
dynamic, business issues.
The program begins with a six-day domestic residential
session. Thereafter, the 21-month MBA program meets Fridays
and Saturdays throughout the year with a short summer break. An
eight-day international trip is scheduled during the first theme of
the program's second year.
Year 1
Theme I
• GSBA 560 The Perspective of Top Management Units: 2
Theme II
• GSBA 561 Evaluating Market Performance Units: 9
Theme III
• GSBA 562 Management of Operations Units: 11 or
• GSBA 562a Management of Operations Units: 1
• GSBA 562b Management of Operations Units: 10
Theme IV
• GSBA 563 Technology and Information Systems
Management Units: 6 or
• GSBA 563a Technology and Information Systems
Management Units: 2
• GSBA 563b Technology and Information Systems
Management Units: 4
Theme V
• GSBA 564 Functional Strategies and Implementation Units: 2
Year 2
Theme VI
• GSBA 570 The Role of the Senior Executive Units: 2
Theme VII
• GSBA 571 Environmental Analysis: Establishing Competitive
Advantage Units: 9
Theme VIII
• GSBA 572 Strategic Planning for Growth Units: 11 or
• GSBA 572a Strategic Planning for Growth Units: 3
• GSBA 572b Strategic Planning for Growth Units: 8
Theme IX
• GSBA 573 Managing Strategic Change and Implementation
Units: 6 or
• GSBA 573a Managing Strategic Change and Implementation
Units: 5
• GSBA 573b Managing Strategic Change and Implementation
Units: 1
Theme X
• GSBA 574 The Executive of the Future Units: 2
Total units required for degree: 60
Full-time MBA Program
The Marshall full-time MBA curriculum is a comprehensive two-
year (63-unit) learning experience to develop outstanding leaders
who act with positive impact and character in a rapidly changing
economic, social and political world.
A core of essential courses is designed to build the foundation
of skills required of all leading executives, develop collaborative
talent, cultivate innovation and expand the student's vision with
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a global perspective. An individualized program of study, which
begins in the second semester of the first year, allows students
to acquire knowledge and skills in specialized functions within
specific industries.
Recognizing that success in business requires more than a
thorough knowledge of the vernacular of business, the full-time
MBA curriculum is both broad and deep, offering students an
opportunity to learn about business from varying perspectives.
Full-time MBA students develop:
• a strategic perspective that understands the global dynamics
of worldwide industries and new markets;
• an ability to integrate decisions and solutions across
disciplines in complex decision-making environments;
• a world view that understands and appreciates different
cultures and economies;
• a clear framework for ethical and values-based, decision-
making supported by unyielding personal integrity and the
confidence to act accordingly; and
• a professional presence and the ability to articulate a vision
needed to motivate others and lead diverse teams of people.
Full-time MBA graduates are collaborative by nature, innovative
in spirit and global in perspective.
The Faculty
Instructors in the full-time MBA program are an inspired group
of teachers who are passionate about nurturing the development
of their students and are committed to the program and to
innovative implementation. Scholars bring their latest thinking into
the classroom and convey it so that students embrace ideas and
learning with excitement and a willingness to demonstrate that
learning and enthusiasm in their careers.
Recognized experts, academic specialists and industry leaders
are actively involved in the program. Faculty known for their
work in Marshall research centers offer industry collaboration.
Many faculty connect with other schools in the university, tap into
the strengths of innovative Southern California industries and
engage our alumni across industries and globally. The valuable
contributions of experience and expertise from individuals and
organizations outside Marshall weave theory with practice.
An Advanced Learning Environment
The educational approach of the full-time MBA is a careful
balance of case learning along with course work, lectures,
experiential exercises and field studies. Students are members of
supportive and challenging learning communities. The experience
is hands-on and teamwork based, with extensive opportunities to
work with real companies and managers on real projects.
Classes are taught in state-of-the-art case rooms. The
Experiential Learning Center offers students opportunities for
experimentation, video practice, simulation exercises and group
preparation.
The full-time program is rigorous, intellectually demanding and
time intensive. Students typically spend 60–80 hours per week on
course work and projects.
Application
The program enrolls students one time per year in the fall. To
obtain information regarding application criteria, class profiles,
deadlines and notification dates or to apply, visit marshall.usc.edu
or contact the Marshall MBA Admission Office in Popovich Hall
(JKP) 308 - phone (213) 740-7846, fax (213) 749-8520 or email
Summer Preparation
The average full-time MBA student is returning to school after
completing five years of full-time employment. To help students
prepare for their return to academia and refresh their knowledge
of business fundamentals, Marshall provides non-credit tutorials
and workshops via online/distance formats. Students complete the
summer preparation materials and master the information before
arriving on campus.
Orientation programs take place during the latter half of July.
Early Start to First Year
The academic program begins the first week of August with a
three-week intensive term that includes graded course work in
leadership, strategy, microeconomics and professional values.
The fall semester academic program continues with classes,
workshops and study sessions meeting Monday through Friday.
Focus on Collaboration
The ability to work in and manage teams is important in
business. Building these skills during the program is a key part of
each student's leadership growth.
Students are assigned to small teams for the first semester
of study. These teams are composed of students with diverse
backgrounds and experiences to enhance the overall learning
experience for each team member. Teamwork is crucial to success
in a variety of settings including group projects, study groups and
competitive assignments. A greater understanding of teams is
bolstered through formal discussions and presentations throughout
the year.
In addition to formal team projects, a strong community of
mutual support develops from the important role informal study
groups play in the school's academic culture.
The Core: An Integrated Program of Study
Although the curriculum lists a series of required courses to be
taken during the first year of the full-time MBA program, students
are, in many ways, pursuing one nine-month course because the
individual courses and materials covered are highly integrated.
The first-year teaching team develops and evaluates
selected assignments jointly, linking concepts across courses,
and occasionally team teaching, examining complex business
programs from multiple perspectives.
Communication for Management
Communication for Management is a business communication
course comprising class sessions, tailored workshops and ongoing
individual and group coaching. First-year students are immersed in
developing their presentation skills, interpersonal communication
skills and emotional intelligence — the ability to understand and
respond to the human side of business — all skills required of
successful leaders.
Career Insight Seminars
Identifying and exploring potentially satisfying career paths is
the starting point for effective lifelong career management success
and the key to personal and professional growth and satisfaction.
To support students in this process, all candidates attend a
series of "Career Insight" seminars during the first semester of
the program. These seminars improve students' functional and
industry awareness, provide a deeper understanding into the
future of business and industry, and as a result enhance decision-
making in the areas critical to career development, satisfaction and
success.
PRIME
The global vision generated during the first year of the MBA
culminates with PRIME. The final component of the Global Context
of Business course, PRIME takes on-campus classroom study
abroad for nine days. Integrating the classroom and international
travel components of the course, students conduct research on
industry- and company-specific business issues and report their
findings in major presentations. Recent PRIME locations include
Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Internships
Practical experience is critical to success in business. Marshall
has developed an extensive network of prospective employers
who offer internships during the summer between their first and
second year. Successful internships often lead to job offers.
International Exchange Program
The Marshall School offers a range of international semester-
long exchange programs in cooperation with leading business
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schools around the world. Since many of the programs are
taught in English, language proficiency is not a requirement for
all countries. Students must complete the MBA core courses
and maintain a 3.0 GPA in order to participate in the exchange
program. This program is open to full-time MBA and MBAPM
students.
Program Structure
A total of 63 units is required. The following outlines the typical
full-time student's schedule:
First Year "Core" Required Courses - First Semester
• GSBA 509 Marketing Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3 (3 units)
• GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management Units: 1.5, 3
(1.5 units)
• GSBA 524 Data Science for Business Units: 2, 3 (3 units)
• GSBA 532 Leading People, Teams and Organizations
Units: 2
• GSBA 540 Contemporary Issues in Competitive Strategy
Units: 1.5
• GSBA 541 Foundations of Your Professional Value Units: .5
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3 (3 units)
Total units: 17.5
Second Semester
• GSBA 503 Contemporary Issues in Competitive Global
Strategy Units: 1.5
• GSBA 504a Operations Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 527 Structured Analysis for Unstructured Problems
Units: 1, 1.5
(1.5 units)
• GSBA 552 Problem Solving and Decision Making: An
Integrative Approach Units: 1.5
• GSBA 580 The Global Context of Business - PRIME Units: 2
• Graduate business electives Units: 7.5 (500-level ACCT,
BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR)
Total units: 15.5
Summer
• GSBA 595 Internship in Business Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
(maximum 1.5 units applicable to this degree)
Second Year
Additional graduate business elective courses (500-level ACCT,
BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR) sufficient to bring
the total to at least 63 units required to complete the degree.
Total units required for degree: 63
Note: USC reserves the right to change, add or delete its course
offerings and programs without notice.
International Management Science (STEM)
MBA Program
The IBEAR MBA program is an accelerated global MBA for
experienced managers and professionals. The curriculum contains
internationalized core courses in its first three terms and selected
international business electives thereafter. It concludes with a
challenging consulting project in terms four and five.
The value of a business education focusing on quantitative and
scientific methods has long been recognized. The Management
Science specialization of the Master of Business Administration
recognizes the efforts of individuals who choose to focus their
MBA studies on quantitative business-related fields such as
statistics, mathematical techniques, analytics, data warehousing,
data mining, operations and supply chain optimization, finance,
forecasting, digital marketing and modeling.
A core of essential courses is designed to build the foundation
of skills required of all leading executives, develop collaborative
talent, cultivate innovation, build analytical skills, and expand the
student's vision and ethical framework with a global perspective.
An individualized program of study allows students to acquire
knowledge and skills in their preferred STEM-related disciplines.
Application
In addition to the general admission requirements, applicants
should have a minimum of six years work and/or graduate study
experience. Current participants average 11 years of experience
and are 34 years of age. Scholarships are available to domestic
and international students.
The Management Science specialization of the IBEAR MBA is
open only to individuals who have been admitted to the Marshall
IBEAR MBA program.
IBEAR MBA students who wish to transition to the STEM IBEAR
MBA submit a petition to the academic director of the IBEAR MBA
program during the first term of the program. The petition must
include a brief essay explaining why the student would benefit
academically and succeed in the STEM MBA program.
For more information, contact the IBEAR MBA Program; (213)
740-7140; Email [email protected]; Web: marshall.usc.
edu. Apply online at gradadm.usc.edu.
Program Structure
This intensive full-time program begins in late June and ends
in late June each year. It begins with a one-week orientation/
transition program to assist international and domestic participants
in adjusting to graduate school and life in Los Angeles.
"Core" Required Courses
Successfully complete all of the required (core) courses in the
USC Marshall IBEAR MBA program.
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
• GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management Units: 1.5, 3
• GSBA 523 Communication for Management Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 524 Data Science for Business Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3
• GSBA 529 Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage
Units: 3
• GSBA 534 Operations Management Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 543 Managerial Perspectives Units: 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 549 The Firm in the National and International
Economy Units: 3
• GSBA 583 The Global Context of Business (IELP) Units: 2
• GSBA 584a International Business Consulting Project
Units: 2
• GSBA 584b International Business Consulting Project
Units: 1
• GSBA 595 Internship in Business Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
(maximum 1.5 units applicable to this degree)
Total "Core" Required Units: 36.5
Management Science Electives
Successfully complete at least 18 units selected from the list
below.
• ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
• DSO 506 Sourcing and Supplier Management Units: 1.5
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 516 Probability and Data Modeling Units: 1.5
• DSO 520 Logistics Management Units: 3
• DSO 522 Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 529 Advanced Regression Analysis Units: 3
• DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods
Units: 3
• DSO 531 Digital Foundations for Business Innovation
Units: 1.5
• DSO 536 Monte Carlo Simulation and Decision Models
Units: 1.5
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
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• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
• DSO 548 Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain
Management Units: 3
• DSO 549 Application of Lean Six Sigma Units: 3
• DSO 551 Digital Transformation in the Global Enterprise
Units: 3
• DSO 552 SQL Databases for Business Analysts Units: 1.5
• DSO 553 NoSQL Databases in Big Data Units: 1.5
• DSO 554 Digital Strategies for Sustainability in Global
Markets Units: 3
• DSO 556 Business Models for Digital Platforms Units: 3
• DSO 559 Introduction to Python for Business Analytics
Units: 3
• DSO 560 Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing
Units: 1.5
• DSO 562 Fraud Analytics Units: 3
• DSO 565 Supply Chain Analytics Units: 3
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 572 Strategies for Digital Analytics Units: 1.5
• DSO 574 Using Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Units: 3
• DSO 580 Project Management Units: 3
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
• DSO 582 Service Management: Economics and Operations
Units: 3
• DSO 583 Operations Consulting Units: 3
• DSO 586 Global Healthcare Operations Management
Units: 3
• DSO 588 Supply Chain Finance Units: 3
• DSO 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 *
• FBE 506 Quantitative Methods in Finance Units: 3
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
• FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3
• FBE 543 Forecasting and Risk Analysis Units: 3
• FBE 550 High Yield Bond Investing - Managing Credit Risk
Units: 1.5
• FBE 551 Quantitative Investing Units: 3
• FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Units: 3
• FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk Units: 3
• MKT 512 Customer Insights and Analysis Units: 3
• MKT 526 Advertising and Social Media: Strategy and
Analytics Units: 3
• MKT 536 Pricing Strategies Units: 3
• MKT 543 Market Demand and Sales Forecasting Units: 3
• MKT 556 Internet Marketing Units: 3
• MKT 566 Decision Making Using Marketing Analytics Units: 3
• MKT 567 Marketing Metrics for Business Decisions Units: 3
• MOR 558 Technology Strategy in the Age of AI Units: 3
• MOR 562 Strategic Choice and Valuation Analysis Units: 3
* Selected offerings of DSO 599 may be applicable to this
program, subject to approval by the academic director.
Students must petition prior to registration.
General Business Electives
Complete a selection of graduate business electives (500-level
ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR) sufficient
to bring the total units completed to at least 56.
Total units required for degree: 56
Note: USC reserves the right to change, add or delete its course
offerings and programs without notice.
International MBA Program
The IBEAR MBA program is an accelerated global MBA for
experienced managers and professionals. The curriculum contains
internationalized core courses in its first three terms and selected
international business electives thereafter. It concludes with a
challenging consulting project in terms four and five.
A core of essential courses is designed to build the foundation
of skills required of all leading executives, develop collaborative
talent, cultivate innovation, build analytical skills, and expand the
student's vision and ethical framework with a global perspective.
An individualized program of electives allows students to acquire
knowledge and skills in their preferred disciplines.
Application
In addition to the general admission requirements, applicants
should have a minimum of six years of work and/or graduate study
experience. Current participants average 11 years of experience
and are 34 years of age. Scholarships are available to domestic
and international students.
For more information, visit marshall.usc.edu/ibear or contact the
IBEAR MBA Program: phone (213) 740-7140 or email ibearmba@
marshall.usc.edu.
Program Structure
This intensive full-time program begins in late June and ends in
late June each year. It begins with a three-week transition program
to assist international and domestic participants in adjusting to
graduate school and life in Los Angeles.
Required Courses
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
• GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management Units: 1.5, 3
• GSBA 523 Communication for Management Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 524 Data Science for Business Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3
• GSBA 529 Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage
Units: 3
• GSBA 534 Operations Management Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 543 Managerial Perspectives Units: 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
• GSBA 549 The Firm in the National and International
Economy Units: 3
• GSBA 583 The Global Context of Business (IELP) Units: 2
• GSBA 584a International Business Consulting Project
Units: 2
• GSBA 584b International Business Consulting Project
Units: 1
• GSBA 595 Internship in Business Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
(maximum 1.5 units applicable to this degree)
Electives
Complete a selection of graduate business elective courses
(500-level ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR
courses) sufficient to bring the total units completed to at least 56.
Total units required for degree: 56
MBA Program for Professionals and Managers
The MBA Program for Professionals and Managers (MBA.
PM) is a part-time, comprehensive MBA program that allows fully
employed individuals to pursue their MBA degree. The program
offers flexibility and a rich array of elective courses. Students in
the MBA.PM program complete the degree in 33 months attending
classes in fall and spring semesters and summer sessions. The
degree can be completed in as little as two years for students who
accelerate or up to five years for students who prefer a slower
pace.
The MBA.PM offers the following advantages:
• the scheduling design allows students to complete the
degree in a timely way, while continuing to work full time;
• program flexibility allows students to tailor their selection of
elective courses to their individual interests;
• PM.GLOBE, a course which includes an international
trip, gives all MBA.PM students first-hand exposure to
international markets;
• a cohesive group of student colleagues proceeds through
the core together, providing opportunities for building
relationships with other talented and ambitious individuals;
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• special academic and social activities enhance the richness
of the MBA experience; and
• interaction between faculty and students enhances the
overall learning experience.
The first year of the MBA.PM program is also offered at the
Orange County Center in Irvine. All students take most of their
elective courses at the University Park Campus in Los Angeles.
Students attend core classes either two nights per week or on
weekends (Saturdays plus an occasional Sunday) for 12 months.
Students must complete the core courses in the prescribed
sequence and within the prescribed time frame. Elective courses
are offered on a semester basis during the remaining portion of the
program, including summer session.
During the elective portion of the program, MBA students
are encouraged to pursue a course of study that meets their
professional goals. Students design their course of study by
taking electives offered in the Marshall School and by sometimes
taking courses in other areas of the university. Up to 9 units of
graduate-level electives may be taken at USC outside the Marshall
School of Business for elective credit provided the student shows
sufficient reason why a selected course is relevant to the Marshall
School of Business program. Permission to take courses outside
the Marshall School must be requested via petition to the MBA.PM
Program Office in Popovich Hall 106.
International Exchange Program
The Marshall School offers a range of international semester-
long and summer exchange programs in cooperation with leading
business schools around the world. Since many of the exchange
programs are taught in English, language proficiency is not a
requirement for all countries. Students must complete the MBA
core courses and maintain a 3.0 GPA in order to participate in
the exchange program. This program is open to fulltime MBA and
MBA.PM students.
Application
The program enrolls students one time per year in the fall. To
obtain information regarding application criteria, class profiles,
deadlines, and notification dates or to apply, visit marshall.usc.edu/
mbapm or contact the Marshall MBA Admission Office in Popovich
Hall (JKP) 308 - phone (213) 740-7846, fax (213) 749-8520, email
Sample Program
A total of 63 units is required for the program. The following
outlines the typical MBA.PM student's schedule:
First Year "Core" Required Courses - Fall Term
• GSBA 525 Introduction to Management and Strategy Units: 1
(Pre-Fall)
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3 (3-unit version required)
• GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management Units: 1.5, 3
(1.5-unit version required)
• GSBA 523 Communication for Management Units: 2, 3 (2-
unit version required)
(begins during Pre-Fall)
• GSBA 527 Structured Analysis for Unstructured Problems
Units: 1, 1.5
Total units: 8.5
Winter Term A&B
• GSBA 506a Applied Managerial Statistics Units: 1.5
• GSBA 506b Applied Managerial Statistics Units: 1.5
• GSBA 522a Managerial Perspectives Units: 1.5
• GSBA 522b Managerial Perspectives Units: 1.5
• GSBA 541 Foundations of Your Professional Value Units: .5
• GSBA 550a Entrepreneurship Units: .5
• GSBA 550b Entrepreneurship Units: 1
Total units: 8
Spring Term
• GSBA 519a Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage
Units: 1.5
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3 (3-unit version
required)
Total units: 7.5
Summer Session
• GSBA 519b Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage
Units: 1.5
• GSBA 534 Operations Management Units: 2, 3 (3-unit
version required)
• GSBA 581 Technology Innovation and Management
Units: 1.5
Total units: 6
Second Year - Fall Semester
• GSBA 544 The Firm in the Global Economy Units: 1.5
• Graduate business electives Units: 6 (500-level ACCT,
BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR)
Total units: 7.5
Spring Semester
• GSBA 582 The Global Context and International Business
Units: 1.5
• Graduate business elective(s) Units: 4.5 (500-level ACCT,
BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR)
Total units: 6
Summer Session
• Graduate business electives Units: 6
(500-level ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or
MOR)
Third Year - Fall Semester
• Graduate business electives Units: 7.5
(500-level ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or
MOR)
Spring Semester
• Graduate business electives Units: 6
(500-level ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or
MOR)
Total units required for degree: 63
Note: USC reserves the right to change, add or delete its course
offerings and programs without notice.
Online MBA Program
The Online MBA (OMBA) program is structured for students
who are currently employed and wish to remain within the
labor force while earning a degree. The OMBA Program offers
an integrative approach to core business disciplines including
accounting, finance, data sciences, marketing, management,
operations and entrepreneurship. The program is delivered by
full-time faculty from different disciplines teaching in a team format
to integrate understanding of business fundamentals, internal and
external operations, business environments and leadership. The
program capitalizes on the unique opportunities inherent in online
delivery to maximize student engagement through critical thinking,
analytics and communication.
Application
The program accepts applicants for fall and spring semesters.
Applications are submitted online through the Marshall School of
Business application Website at app.applyyourself.com/?id=usc-
mba. International applicants are advised to see the instructions
for international students published in the USC Graduate
Admissions Website.
Program Structure
The OMBA program uses an interdisciplinary approach to
business education that enables students to develop an expertise
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in business administration in order to perform more effectively as
business leaders, corporate managers and entrepreneurs.
The program begins with a five-day domestic residential
session, after which the 21-month MBA Program meets online.
The program requires 51 units. First semester courses include
GSBA 501 and GSBA 505, which are prerequisites for the
remaining courses. GSBA 535, GSBA 537, GSBA 538 and GSBA
539 may be taken in any order.
Required Courses - Residential Intensive
• GSBA 501 The Role of the Manager Units: 3
First Semester
• GSBA 505 Fundamentals of Business Units: 10
Remaining Required Courses
• GSBA 535 Opportunity Recognition and Implementation
Units: 9.5
• GSBA 537 Managing Inside the Firm Units: 9.5
• GSBA 538 Managing Outside the Firm Units: 9.5
• GSBA 539 Business Environment and Leadership Units: 9.5
Total units: 51
For more information, visit http://onlinemba.marshall.usc.edu or
email [email protected].
Note: USC reserves the right to change, add or delete its course
offerings and programs without notice.
MBA Dual Degree Programs
Juris Doctor/Master of Business
Administration (JD/MBA)
The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the USC
Gould School of Law offers a program leading to the degrees of
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration.
Application
Applicants to this program must apply to both schools
individually and take both the Graduate Management Admission
Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and the
Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Applicants should apply either
simultaneously to both programs or during the first year in the USC
Gould School of Law. Certification for eligibility for the dual degree
program must be provided by the Law School prior to admission to
the dual degree program by the Marshall School of Business.
Program Requirements
The total number of units required for the MBA portion of the
program is 48. Dual degree program students may not count
courses taken outside the Marshall School of Business toward the
48 units.
The total number of Law units required for the JD portion of the
program is 76. Further requirements are detailed in the JD Student
Handbook. Dual degree program students may not count courses
taken outside the Gould School of Law toward the 76 units.
First Year: Required Law School courses.
Second Year: Required MBA courses and graduate business
electives.
Third and Fourth Years: Law courses sufficient to bring the
total units completed in the Gould School of Law to at least 76
and graduate business electives sufficient to bring the total units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48.
The JD and MBA degrees are awarded simultaneously upon
completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Doctor of
Medicine (MBA/MD)
In response to the ongoing reorganization of health care
delivery systems and the growing awareness of the impact of
business decisions on health care, the Keck School of Medicine
of USC and the Marshall School of Business jointly offer an
innovative program for individuals seeking knowledge in both
medicine and business administration. The program is designed
to prepare its graduates to assume leadership in the design and
management of health care systems.
Completion of the MBA/MD program spans five years.
Interested students apply during their second or third year
of medical school and begin required MBA courses following
successful completion of the first two or three years of medical
school. The remaining time is devoted to the clinical clerkships of
the Keck School of Medicine and completion of elective courses in
the Marshall School.
Application
MBA/MD students should apply during their second or third
year of medical school in the Keck School of Medicine. Application
to the MBA/MD does not require GMAT or GRE scores. All other
requirements for admission to the Marshall MBA program must
be fulfilled by the medical student for admission to the Marshall
School. Only students who have successfully completed at least
two years in the Keck School of Medicine will be considered for
admission to the Marshall School of Business.
Program Requirements
At the conclusion of the program, students will have completed
48 units in the Marshall School of Business, including required and
elective courses, and four years of courses in the Keck School of
Medicine.
First and Second Years: Required medicine courses.
Third or Fourth Year: Required MBA courses and graduate
business electives.
Remaining Years: Keck School of Medicine core, selective
and elective clerkships, and graduate business elective courses
sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall School
of Business to at least 48. Dual degree program students may
not count courses taken outside the Marshall School of Business
toward the 48 units.
The MD and the MBA degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Doctor of
Pharmacy (MBA/PharmD)
Responding to the growing demand on pharmacists to be
knowledgeable in both science and business administration, the
USC School of Pharmacy and the Marshall School of Business
joined forces in 1988 to offer the MBA/PharmD dual degree
program.
MBA Admission Requirements
Applicants to this program must have earned a baccalaureate
degree equivalent to a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university. PharmD students should apply for
admission to the MBA program during the first year of pharmacy
studies. Only students who successfully complete the first year
in the School of Pharmacy will be allowed to enroll in the MBA
program.
Program Requirements
The program involves completion of the first year in the School
of Pharmacy, the second year in the Marshall School of Business,
and the balance of the dual degree program during the third
through fifth years.
A total of 48 units of business course work is required. Dual
degree program students may not count courses taken outside
the Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units. See the USC
School of Pharmacy for PharmD requirements.
First Year: Required Pharmacy School courses.
Second Year: Required MBA courses and graduate business
electives.
Third to Fifth Years: Remaining Pharmacy courses and
graduate business electives sufficient to bring the total units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48.
The MBA and PharmD degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of both the Marshall School of Business and the
School of Pharmacy requirements.
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Master of Business Administration/Master of
Arts in East Asian Area Studies (MBA/MA)
The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the East
Asian Studies Center (USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences) offers a joint MBA/MA degree program that combines
graduate business education with training in the cultures and
societies of East Asia. Students may complete the degree on a
full- or part-time basis.
Application
Students must apply to both the Marshall School of Business
and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. GRE
scores are not required for admission to the dual degree program,
but may be submitted in lieu of GMAT scores.
Program Requirements
Students enrolled in the program are required to complete a
minimum of 72 units. All students must complete 48 units in the
Marshall School of Business. In East Asian Area Studies (EASC),
students have the option of taking five courses and writing a
thesis (for a total of 24 units) or taking six courses and passing a
comprehensive examination (for a total of 24 units).
Required courses that must be taken in the Marshall School
of Business include: all required courses in an MBA program
and graduate business electives sufficient to bring the total units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48. Dual
degree program students may not count courses taken outside the
Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.
See East Asian Area Studies in the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences for East Asian Area Studies course
requirements and the foreign language requirement.
The MBA and MA degrees are awarded simultaneously upon
completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master of
Arts in Jewish Nonprofit Management
(MBA/MA)
In cooperation with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion's Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management,
the Marshall School of Business offers the dual degree program
Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Jewish
Nonprofit Management. This degree program prepares students to
apply business and management concepts to the nonprofit sector.
Application
Applicants to the MBA/Master of Arts in Jewish Nonprofit
Management program should apply to the Marshall School
of Business and to the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit
Management at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion concurrently.
Degree Requirements
For the Marshall School portion of the dual degree program:
all courses required in an MBA program and graduate business
electives sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall
School of Business to at least 48. Dual degree program students
may not count courses taken outside the Marshall School of
Business toward the 48 units.
Students must also complete a minimum of 34 units in the
Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management at Hebrew Union
College - Jewish Institute of Religion to complete the MA in Jewish
Nonprofit Management.
Sample Student Program
Summer I: Hebrew Union College required courses
Fall I, Spring I: MBA required courses and one Hebrew Union
College elective
Summer II: MBA and Hebrew Union College required courses
Fall II: Hebrew Union College required courses and MBA
electives
Spring II: Hebrew Union College required courses, MBA
GLOBE, and MBA elective courses
Fall, Spring III (optional): MBA electives
The MBA and the MA degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of their respective degree requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master of
Real Estate Development (MBA/MRED)
The Master of Business Administration/Master of Real Estate
Development dual degree program enables students to expand
their skills in planning, land development, marketing, decision
sciences, accounting, management, finance and economics.
A more sophisticated real estate market makes this diversity of
training essential for many students pursuing careers in real estate
finance and development.
Completion of the MRED portion of the program requires
that students have use of an approved laptop computer and
demonstrate calculator and spreadsheet skills; a calculator and/or
spreadsheet class is offered online.
Application
Students must apply to both the Marshall School of Business
and the USC Price School of Public Policy. Please consult the
Admission section of each school for specific requirements.
Program Requirements
A total of 82 units is required. Required courses include:
• all "required" courses in a Marshall MBA program (Full-Time,
MBA Program for Professionals and Managers, International
MBA, Executive MBA, Online MBA, Management Science
MBA, International Management Science, MBA)
• FBE 565 Economics of Urban Land Use: Feasibility Studies
Units: 3
• FBE 588 Advanced Real Estate Law Units: 3
• additional graduate business electives sufficient to bring the
total units completed in the Marshall School of Business to
at least 48
• policy, planning, and development courses (34 units)
Additional Information
Dual degree program students may not count courses taken
outside the Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.
Comprehensive Examination: Students are required to complete
a comprehensive examination administered by faculty members
from both the Marshall School of Business and the USC Price
School of Public Policy.
See Master of Real Estate Development/Master of Business
Administration (MRED/MBA) for MRED course requirements.
The MBA and the MRED degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master of
Science in Gerontology (MBA/MS)
The MBA/MS dual degree program combines knowledge of
the older population with the skills of business management.
The program prepares graduates for a number of roles in both
public and private sector organizations including the marketing of
products or services to seniors, human resource development with
older workers and retirement benefits.
Application
Applicants to the MBA/MS in Gerontology should apply to both
schools simultaneously.
Gerontology Requirements
The Master of Science in Gerontology requires 30 units of
course and fieldwork, which cover the core content of the MS
program. See the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology page
for course requirements.
Business Administration Requirements
The Master of Business Administration component requires 48
units of credit. Required courses include:
• all required courses in an MBA program;
• MOR 548 Competitive Advantage Through People;
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• one of the following marketing electives: MKT 512 Consumer
Insights and Analysis, MKT 525 Consumer Behavior, MKT
560 Marketing Strategy;
• additional graduate business electives sufficient to bring the
total units completed in the Marshall School of Business to at
least 48.
Dual degree candidates may not count courses taken outside
the Marshall School of Business for the 48 units.
The MBA and MS degrees are awarded simultaneously upon
completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master of
Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering
(MBA/MS)
The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the Daniel
J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
offers a program leading to the degrees of Master of Business
Administration/Master of Science in Industrial and Systems
Engineering.
Application
Applicants to the MBA/MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering
program should apply to both schools simultaneously.
Program Requirements
This alternative requires 66 units for graduates of industrial and
systems engineering undergraduate curricula and leads to both a
Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering and the
Master of Business Administration.
The total number of units required for the MBA portion of the
program is 48.
Required business courses include all required courses in an
MBA program and graduate business electives sufficient to bring
the total units completed in the Marshall School of Business to at
least 48.
Dual degree program students may not count courses taken
outside the USC Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.
See Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering/
Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA) for industrial and
systems engineering course requirements.
The MBA and the MS degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master
of Science, Systems Architecting and
Engineering (MBA/MS)
The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the Viterbi
School of Engineering offers a dual degree program leading to
the degrees of Master of Business Administration and Master of
Science in Systems Architecting and Engineering.
Application
Applicants to the MBA/MS, Systems Architecting and
Engineering program should apply to both schools simultaneously.
Applicants must satisfy the admission requirements of both the
MBA program selected and the MSSAE program. For this program
GRE scores are preferred.
Program Requirements
This alternative requires at least 72 units and leads to both a
Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in
Systems Architecting and Engineering.
The total number of units required for the MBA portion of the
program is at least 48.
Required business courses include all required courses in an
MBA program and graduate business electives sufficient to bring
the total units completed in the Marshall School of Business to at
least 48.
Dual degree program students may not apply courses taken
outside the USC Marshall School of Business to the MBA
requirements.
See Master of Science, Systems Architecting and Engineering/
Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA) for systems
architecting and engineering course requirements.
The MBA and the MS degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master of
Social Work (MBA/MSW)
The Master of Business Administration/Master of Social Work
dual degree program develops knowledge and skills in working
with individuals, families and groups, as well as organizational
dynamics, marketing, decision sciences, accounting and human
relations. Students interested in working in the management
of human services and not-for-profit organizations will develop
knowledge of human resources, philanthropic and corporate
social responsibility, organizational development and information
management.
Application
Prospective students must apply to both the Marshall School
of Business and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work.
Program Requirements
The MBA/MSW degree program requires completion of a total
of 96 units (48 in the Marshall School of Business and 48 in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work).
Course requirements in the Marshall School of Business include
all courses required for an MBA program and graduate business
electives sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall
School of Business to at least 48. Dual degree program students
may not count courses taken outside the Marshall School of
Business toward the 48 units. See the Suzanne Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work section for Social Work (MSW) course
requirements.
The MBA and the MSW degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Business Administration/Master of
Urban Planning (MBA/MUP)
The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the USC
Price School of Public Policy offers a program leading to the
degrees of Master of Business Administration and Master of Urban
Planning.
The Master of Business Administration/Master of Urban
Planning dual degree program enables students to understand
the conduct and requirements of business, accounting, corporate
and strategic planning, real estate marketing and finance.
Students also gain expertise in public policy, city planning and the
interpretation of government regulations. Exposure to both fields
becomes an educational as well as professional asset for careers
in either public service or private enterprise.
Application
Applicants to this program should apply to both schools
simultaneously.
Program Requirements
A total of 84 units is required for the dual degree: 48 units of
work in the Marshall School of Business and 36 units from the
USC Price School of Public Policy. Students can complete the
program on either a full- or part-time basis. The program normally
requires five semesters of full-time study in residence.
Required courses that must be taken in the Marshall School
of Business include: all required courses in an MBA program
and graduate business electives sufficient to bring the total units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48. Dual
degree program students may not count courses taken outside the
Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.
See the USC Price School of Public Policy for Master of Urban
Planning course requirements.
The MBA and MUP degrees are awarded simultaneously upon
completion of all program requirements.
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Master's Degree
Business Administration (MS)
The Master of Science in Business Administration (MS) is
designed to provide those who have already completed an
MBA with an opportunity to pursue further study in an area of
specialization currently available to Marshall MBA students. The
degree is available only to those holding MBA degrees from
institutions accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB). It may be completed on either
a full- or part-time basis. Classes applicable to the degree are
offered during both daytime and evening hours.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the MS in
Business Administration Website at marshall.usc.edu/ms-busad for
more information about this very flexible curriculum.
Admission Requirements
Applicants may apply for admission to begin the program in the
summer term or the fall or spring semesters. Application deadlines
vary by semester, citizenship and registration goals. Details are
available under the Calendar tab at marshall.usc.edu/ms-busad.
Successful applicants should have earned a GPA of 3.3 or
greater in their MBA course work, scored at least as well as an
average Marshall MBA student on the GMAT or the GRE and have
significant full-time work experience.
Application Procedure
Submit an online application to the MS program through
the USC Graduate Admissions Website (gradadm.usc.edu/).
International applicants are advised to see the instructions for
international students published in the USC Graduate Admissions
Website (gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/).
• Current USC students and USC MBA alumni are not required
to submit an application fee, new test scores or transcripts to
verify degrees earned prior to their attendance at USC.
• Applicants who completed the MBA at an institution other
than USC must submit all application documentation
identified in the online application instructions including the
application fee, official GMAT or GRE scores and transcripts.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/msba.
Program Structure and Unit Requirements
MS in Business Administration applicants are invited to consider
areas of specialization available to Marshall MBA students. While
the student identifies an area of interest as part of the application
process, final determination of course work requirements is made
under the guidance of and subject to approval by a faculty adviser.
The academic department reviewing the application recommends
a faculty adviser for the new student, but applicants may request
a specific faculty adviser from among the faculty of the Marshall
School of Business.
Together the student and the faculty adviser determine which
courses the student must complete. An evaluation of work
previously completed determines if prior work needs updating to
prepare for new course work. If it is determined that preliminary
courses are needed, the number of units needed to complete the
Master of Science degree will increase. The student's program is
then documented on an official program of study and filed with the
MS program adviser.
Completion of the Master of Science degree requires a
minimum of 24 graduate units for all candidates.
None of the GSBA prefixed classes required for completion of
a Marshall MBA program may be applied toward the Master of
Science in Business Administration unless they are required to
update prior work and are added to the 24-unit total.
No courses numbered lower than 500 may be included in this
program. No more than two courses or 8 units may be taken in
graduate course work outside the Marshall School of Business.
Business Analytics (MS)
The Master of Science in Business Analytics provides students
with the skill and knowledge to become experts in business
analytics and to advance their careers in the area of data analytics.
Students in the program acquire the statistical and optimization
tools necessary to analyze large and unstructured data sets
and make optimal decisions to improve the performance of their
organization. In addition, students develop the ability to effectively
present complex data to high-level decision-makers. This
program concentrates on business applications across different
industries and functions including marketing, finance, operations
management, retail, manufacturing, banking and health care.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy most of the admission requirements
for all Marshall master's degree programs. A few years of work
experience is preferred, but not required. GMAT or GRE scores
are required. For international applicants TOEFL, IELTS or PTE
scores required.
Application Procedure
Prospective students may apply to begin the program in the fall
semester only. Applications are submitted online through the USC
graduate admissions website at gradadm.usc.edu. International
applicants are advised to see the instructions for international
students published in the USC Graduate Admissions website
(gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/).
A complete application includes the online application form, an
application fee, test scores, responses to several short-answer
questions, and transcripts from all institutions attended since the
applicant last applied to USC.
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required
to submit an application fee, new test scores (if previously
submitted) or transcripts to verify degrees earned prior to
their attendance at USC.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/msba or write
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Business Analytics degree requires 33
units. The program may be completed full-time (3-5 courses per
semester) or part-time.
Students who have taken one or more of the required courses
elsewhere may petition to replace these courses with courses
from the electives list and/or appropriately related courses
offered by the Marshall School of Business or the Viterbi School
of Engineering. Such a replacement must be approved by the
program director prior to registration for the course.
Required Courses
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3
(normally 3 units)
• DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods
Units: 3
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 552 SQL Databases for Business Analysts Units: 1.5
• DSO 553 NoSQL Databases in Big Data Units: 1.5
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 595 Internship in Data Sciences or Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
(Curricular Practical Training) (maximum 1.5 units)
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 545 Data Driven Decision Making Units: 1.5
At least one from the following:
• DSO 556 Business Models for Digital Platforms Units: 3
• DSO 573 Data Analytics Driven Dynamic Strategy and
Execution Units: 3
• DSO 574 Using Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Units: 3
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Electives
Complete courses from the following list sufficient to total the 33
units required to complete the program.
• Any 500-level DSO course not completed as a requirement
(above)
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy Units: 4
• FBE 551 Quantitative Investing Units: 3
• MKT 512 Customer Insights and Analysis Units: 3
• MKT 536 Pricing Strategies Units: 3
• MKT 566 Decision Making Using Marketing Analytics Units: 3
• MKT 567 Marketing Metrics for Business Decisions Units: 3
Business for Veterans (MBV)
This program is offered in an intensive format for veterans
who wish to gain formal business knowledge and develop critical
thinking skills to manage or grow a business. Significant project
and course work is completed primarily through residential
sessions with supplemental content delivered via distance
learning. Class sessions meet over 20 full-day sessions each
semester for two semesters with minimal interruption to the
careers of working veterans. The program is offered on the
University Park Campus in downtown Los Angeles.
Applications are due by May 20 for a program start date in
mid-July. Application information is available online at marshall.
usc.edu/MBV. For additional information, contact the Master of
Business for Veterans office at (213) 740-5719 or by email at
This program requires 25 units that will be taken in lockstep
fashion. These courses are thematic semesters that are
interdisciplinary in nature.
Fall
• BAEP 553 Cases in New Venture Management Units: 1.5, 3
• GSBA 561 Evaluating Market Performance Units: 9
Spring
• BAEP 549 The Entrepreneurial Journey Units: 2
• GSBA 572 Strategic Planning for Growth Units: 11
Total units: 25
Business Research (MS)
The Master of Science in Business Research is an alternative
available to only Marshall PhD students.
Admission
Marshall does not accept applications for admission to this
program. A student admitted to the Marshall PhD program may
later request conversion or be invited by the faculty to complete
the master's degree in lieu of the PhD. Requests for conversion
are subject to approval by the Marshall vice dean who oversees
the PhD program.
For more information, contact the PhD program office for a
referral to the MSBR adviser.
Program Requirements
The degree requires a minimum of 30 graduate units for all
candidates.
Upon admission to the PhD program, the student works with
a faculty adviser who oversees the selection of course work,
taking into account the student's prior academic preparation.
The curriculum requires completion of PhD program core
courses focusing on research methods and theory in an area of
specialization. Additional courses are drawn from the Marshall
School of Business and other participating departments at USC
including economics, psychology, mathematics, sociology,
engineering, communication and others.
No courses numbered lower than 500 may be applied in this
program. All courses applied to the degree must be letter-graded
and completed in residence at USC. No transfer units or graduate
units from a degree previously completed at USC can be applied
to the MS in Business Research.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MS)
The Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
is designed to develop the entrepreneurial knowledge, skill
sets and decision-making frameworks required to recognize
and evaluate business opportunities and to create and guide
a new entrepreneurial entity either individually or within a
larger organization. The curriculum focuses on topics such as
entrepreneurial decision-making, business model formulation,
feasibility analysis, leading innovation and change, and how to
access and deploy capital and other resources for the successful
launch of a new venture. The degree can be completed on either a
full- or part-time basis, and classes are offered primarily at night to
accommodate the needs of working professionals.
Admission Requirements
To qualify for admission to the MSEI program, prospective
students must hold a four-year bachelor's degree, or equivalent.
Applicants in the process of finishing an undergraduate
degree may apply, with acceptance contingent on finishing
the undergraduate degree. Admission decisions are based
on consideration of the applicant's previous academic record,
résumé, letters of recommendation and responses to several
essay questions. Full-time work experience is encouraged but not
required. International applicants are required to submit TOEFL,
IELTS or PTE scores. This requirement is waived for students
who have completed their entire bachelor's degree program at
a regionally accredited university located in the United States or
officially recognized university in another country where English is
both the language of instruction and the only officially recognized
language of the country. Proof of financial support is required of
admitted international applicants.
Application Procedure
Applications are accepted for fall semester enrollment only.
Submit an online application to the program through the USC
admissions website here.
A complete application includes the online application form, test
scores for international applicants, responses to several questions,
an application fee, two letters of recommendation and copies of
transcripts from all institutions attended.
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required to
submit an application fee or transcripts to verify degrees
earned prior to their attendance at USC.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions.
For additional detailed information visit marshall.usc.edu/MSEI
or write to [email protected] or call (213) 821-0877.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
requires 27 units.
Required Courses
• BAEP 549 The Entrepreneurial Journey Units: 2
or
• BAEP 551 Introduction to New Ventures Units: 3
• BAEP 552 Venture Feasibility Units: 3
• BAEP 554 Venture Initiation Units: 3
• BAEP 558 The Entrepreneurial Advisor: Problem Solving for
Early-Stage Companies Units: 1.5, 3
(3 units required)
Elective Courses
Select courses from the following to total 27 units.
• BAEP 553 Cases in New Venture Management Units: 1.5, 3
• BAEP 555 Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipate and Avoid Startup
Pitfalls Units: 3
• BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization Units: 3
• BAEP 559 Investing in New Ventures Units: 3
• BAEP 560 Acquiring Your Own Business or Opportunity
Units: 3
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• BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in Innovative Industries: Life
Sciences Units: 1.5
• BAEP 562 Entrepreneurship in eCommerce Units: 1.5
• BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• BAEP 565 Venture Lab Units: 3
• BAEP 575 Entrepreneurship in the Media and Entertainment
Industry Units: 1.5
• BAEP 585 Seminar: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Units: 1.5
• BAEP 591 Social Entrepreneurship Units: 2, 3
• BAEP 599 Special Topics Units: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3
• BUCO 503 Advanced Managerial Communication Units: 1.5,
3
• CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
• FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 3
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
Units: 3
• MKT 528 Sales Management: The Art and Science of Sales
Units: 3
• MKT 530 New Product Development Units: 3
• MKT 533 Branding Strategy Units: 1.5, 3
• MKT 556 Internet Marketing Units: 3
• MOR 554 Leading Innovation and Change Units: 3
• MOR 567 Interpersonal Influence and Power Units: 3
• MOR 569 Negotiation and Deal-Making Units: 3
• MOR 570 Leading Effective Teams Units: 3
• MOR 579 The Business of Sports Entertainment Units: 3
Total units: 27
Finance (MS)
The Master of Science in Finance (MS) is designed to provide
individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to become
experts in finance and thus advance their careers. The program
provides individuals with tools, ideas and frameworks that will aid
them in applying finance principles to businesses.
The program lays the groundwork with core courses in
accounting, economics, finance and statistics. The foundation is
supplemented with courses on the role of finance in corporations,
investment analysis and portfolio theory, and forecasting and
risk. In addition, students personalize their degree with a choice
of elective courses covering topics like real estate, mergers and
acquisitions, and hedge funds.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy most, but not all of the general
admission requirements for Marshall graduate programs. GMAT or
GRE scores are required. Full-time work experience is not required
for admission to the MS, Finance.
Admission decisions are based on consideration of the
applicant's previous academic record, resume, test scores (if
provided), letter of recommendation and responses to several
questions included in the application. Individuals who are admitted
must have completed the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor's
degree prior to the start of classes.
Application Procedure
Applications are submitted online through the USC Graduate
Admissions website at gradadm.usc.edu/. International applicants
are advised to see the instructions for international students
published in the USC Graduate Admissions website (gradadm.usc.
edu/apply/international-students/).
A complete application includes the online application form,
an application fee, responses to several questions, test scores
(if applicable), one letter of recommendation, and transcripts
from all institutions attended since the applicant last applied to
USC. (Current USC students and USC alumni are not required to
submit an application fee or transcripts from institutions attended
prior to USC. Applicants who have never applied for admission
to USC must submit official transcripts from all institutions of
higher education attended.) For additional information, including
application deadlines, visit marshall.usc.edu/MSF.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Finance degree requires 36 units.
Students who have taken (at USC or elsewhere) one or more
of the required "core" courses (at the graduate/post-baccalaureate
level) may petition to waive out of the duplicate courses. It is
expected that individuals holding accredited graduate degrees
in related fields may be able to waive out of some or all four
core courses, reducing the total number of units required to earn
the degree to as few as 24. Waivers must be requested in an
attachment to the application for admission and approved by the
academic director prior to the start of the program.
A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all course work applied to
the degree and an overall graduate GPA at USC of at least 3.0 are
required for graduation.
Required "Core" Courses
• FBE 506 Quantitative Methods in Finance Units: 3
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
(3 units for this program)
• GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management Units: 1.5, 3
(3 units for this program)
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
(3 units for this program)
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5
Additional Required Courses
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
• FBE 531 Corporate Financial Policy and Corporate
Governance Units: 1.5, 3
(3 units for this program)
• FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Units: 3
Electives
Complete courses from the following sufficient to total the units
required to complete the program.
FBE ELECTIVES: Any 500-level FBE course not completed as a
requirement (above)
NON-FBE ELECTIVES: Up to 6 units may be selected from the
following courses:
• ACCT 532 Financial Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions
Units: 1.5
• ACCT 533 Mergers and Acquisitions: Tax Planning and
Strategy Units: 1.5
• ACCT 559 Strategy and Operations Through CFO Lens
Units: 3
• ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and Reporting Units: 3
• ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
• MOR 542 Strategic Issues for Global Business Units: 3
• MOR 559 Strategic Renewal and Transformation Units: 3
• MOR 562 Strategic Choice and Valuation Analysis Units: 3
• MOR 569 Negotiation and Deal-Making Units: 3
• MOR 588 Corporate Strategy and Competitive Dynamics
Units: 1.5, 3
Total Units: 36
Food Industry Leadership (MS)
The food industry is rapidly changing, and future executives
will need new tools and innovative solutions for how to be
both proactive and reactive to new food trends, new consumer
demands and new paradigms for how food is developed, sourced,
acquired and consumed.
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The Master of Science in Food Industry Leadership provides
tools, concepts, frameworks and practical hands-on projects in
areas such as new/current technologies, strategic planning and
managing change as a senior leader. This unique curriculum
integrates the functional areas of business with cutting-edge theory
and practical application to help students understand how all of the
pieces of an entire organization fit together and work dynamically
to support the success of local and global businesses.
The Food Industry Leadership program builds a cohort-based
learning environment and includes both on-campus and online
components.
Admission Requirements
In addition to the general USC admission requirements,
applicants should have 10-15 years of work experience in the food
industry and specific expertise in retail, consumer manufactured
goods, wholesale, broker and/or other food distribution verticals.
Alternatively, candidates may have management/leadership
experience and have recently switched careers to join the industry.
Candidates must demonstrate meaningful and progressive
administrative or management responsibilities from employment,
committees, or volunteer activities.
GMAT or GRE test scores are not required. International
applicants who did not spend four years completing a bachelor's
degree at an American, British, Canadian or Australian college or
university must submit TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores. For USC's
admissions policy related to English language competency, see
https://gradadm.usc.edu/lightboxes/international-students-english-
proficiency/. Successful applicants will submit TOEFL scores no
lower than 100 or IELTS scores no lower than 7.0.
Application Procedure
Applications are submitted online through the USC Graduate
Admissions Website (http://gradadm.usc.edu/). International
applicants are advised to see the instructions for international
students published in the USC Graduate Admissions Website
(http://gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/).
A complete application includes the online application form,
an essay, an application fee, two letters of recommendation, and
official copies of transcripts from all institutions attended since high
school.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/fil, email fil@
marshall.usc.edu, or call 213-740-8948.
Degree Requirements
The online Master of Science in Food Industry Leadership degree
requires 30 units.
• BUCO 534 Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Inclusion
Units: 1
• FIM 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation in the Food
Industry Units: 2
• FIM 550 Perspectives on the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 554 Leading Change in the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 560 Decision Making in the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 564 Innovation in the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 567 Influence and Power in the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 569 Negotiation in the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 571 Leadership in the Food Industry Units: 1
• FIM 574 Food Industry for the Future Units: 1
• FIM 591 Food Industry Leadership Capstone Project Units: 3
• GSBA 507 Organizational Behavior Units: 2
• GSBA 513 Interpersonal and Team Communication Units: 1
• GSBA 514 Leadership Communication Styles and Strategies
Units: 1
• GSBA 515 Communicating Professional Presence Units: 1
• GSBA 529 Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage
Units: 3
• GSBA 536 Accounting for Management Decision Making
Units: 2
• GSBA 546 Strategic Marketing Management Units: 2
• MKT 546 Digital Marketing Units: 1
• MOR 563 Advanced Strategy: Competing in Dynamic
Environments Units: 3
Total Units: 30
Global Supply Chain Management
(OnCampus/Residential) (MS)
The residential Master of Science in Global Supply Chain
Management provides individuals with the necessary skills
and knowledge to become experts in the area of supply chain
management and thus advance their careers. The program
focuses on topics like strategic procurement, outsourcing, logistics
and distribution, the role of information technology in managing
global supply chains and how these impact the process of
developing new products. The aim is to provide the students with
a framework that integrates different topics and an understanding
of the trade-offs and relationships between these topics. Two
experiential courses provide natural settings to study, understand
and appreciate the complex nature of this field.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to this program are required to satisfy the general
Marshall admission requirements. Admission decisions are based
on consideration of the applicant's previous academic record,
résumé, letters of recommendation, responses to several essay
questions and an interview video presentation. A few years of
work experience is preferred, but not required. For international
applicants TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores are required.
Application Procedure
Prospective students may apply to begin the program in the fall
semester only. Applications are submitted online through the USC
Graduate Admissions website at gradadm.usc.edu/. International
applicants are advised to also consult the instructions for
international students published in the USC Graduate Admissions
Application website (gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-
students/).
A complete application includes the online application form, an
application fee, test scores, responses to several short-answer
questions, two letters of recommendation and transcripts from all
institutions of higher education attended.
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required
to submit an application fee, new test scores (if previously
submitted) or transcripts to verify degrees earned prior to
their attendance at USC.
• Individuals who have applied for admission to a USC
graduate program before but were not admitted may not
have to submit new test scores or original transcripts.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions.
For additional information, email [email protected].
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management
degree requires 30 units including at least 20 units of required
course work plus up to 10 units of course work chosen from a list
of electives.
Individuals who have taken (at USC or elsewhere) one or more
of the required courses may petition to replace these courses with
selections from the list of electives or appropriately related courses
offered by the Marshall School of Business or the Viterbi School
of Engineering. Such a replacement must be approved by the
program director prior to registration for the alternate course.
Required Courses
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
• DSO 549 Application of Lean Six Sigma Units: 3
• DSO 557a Global Supply Chain Management in International
Settings Units: 1.5
• DSO 557b Global Supply Chain Management in International
Settings Units: 1.5
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
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• DSO 595 Internship in Data Sciences or Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
(maximum 1.5 units applicable to this degree)
• GSBA 534 Operations Management Units: 2, 3 *
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
*Must be completed in the first semester (3 units).
Electives
Select courses from the following list to total the 30 units required
to complete the program.
• Any 500-level DSO course not completed as a requirement
(above)
• CE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operational Analysis
Units: 4
• ISE 506 Lean Operations Units: 3
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
• MOR 569 Negotiation and Deal-Making Units: 3
• MOR 557 Strategy and Organization Consulting Units: 3
Total units: 30
Global Supply Chain Management for
Executives (MS) (Online)
The online Master of Science in Global Supply Chain
Management program is designed to facilitate the needs of
professionals and executives in the United States and around the
world who wish to expand their knowledge of the rapidly changing
world of global supply chain management.
Courses are transmitted from studio classrooms via an
extensive Internet-delivery system to enable the students
to access their classes from anywhere. Lectures are made
accessible for the entire semester, allowing students to review
a complex lesson or prepare for exams. All classes are taught
in English. Using the Internet, students are required to work in
teams and are encouraged to interact with the instructors and their
classmates.
Two international travel experiences to global distribution hubs
are included in the program. Participation in both trips is required
for graduation. Some courses may require in-person midterm and
final examinations. These exams will be administered in cities near
student population concentrations, requiring that students travel to
reach these locations.
Admission Requirements
In addition to the general Marshall admission requirements,
applicants should have at least three years of full-time work
experience. Admission decisions are based on consideration
of the applicant's previous academic record, résumé, letters of
recommendation, responses to several essay questions and an
interview video presentation. TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores and
GMAT or GRE test scores are not required for this program.
Application Procedure
Submit an online application to the program through the USC
graduate admissions website at gradadm.usc.edu. International
applicants are advised to view the information for international
students published at gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-
students/.
Deadlines and other application details can be found at
marshall.usc.edu/msgscm/admissions.
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required to
submit an application fee or transcripts to verify degrees
earned prior to their attendance at USC.
• Individuals who have applied for admission to a USC
graduate program before but were not admitted may not
have to submit new test scores or original transcripts.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions including the application
fee and copies of transcripts.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/msgscm or
email [email protected] .
Degree Requirements
The online Master of Science in Global Supply Chain
Management degree requires 30 units.
Individuals who have taken (at USC or elsewhere) one or more
of the required courses may petition to replace these courses with
selections from the list of electives or appropriately related courses
offered by the Marshall School of Business or the Viterbi School
of Engineering. Such a replacement must be approved by the
program director prior to registration for the alternate course.
Required Courses
• DSO 520 Logistics Management Units: 3
• DSO 549 Application of Lean Six Sigma Units: 3
• DSO 557a Global Supply Chain Management in International
Settings Units: 1.5
• DSO 557b Global Supply Chain Management in International
Settings Units: 1.5
• DSO 580 Project Management Units: 3
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
• GSBA 534 Operations Management Units: 2, 3 *
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
* Must be completed before or in the first semester (3 units).
Electives
Select courses from the following list to total the 30 units required
to complete the program.
• Any 500-level DSO course not completed as a requirement
(above).
• ISE 506 Lean Operations Units: 3
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
Total units: 30
Library and Information Science (MMLIS)
The Master of Management in Library and Information Science
is designed to educate professional librarians for leadership from
every level of the enterprise in academic, public and corporate
environments. Graduates will identify and analyze critical issues
and leverage resources and expertise to build community and
organizational assets.
The program provides a solid foundation of course work
followed by elective options culminating in the capstone project.
Each semester students enroll in a 2-unit course in which they
investigate critical issues, connect with leaders, undertake
research with faculty and otherwise extend their learning and
understanding.
The capstone project provides an opportunity for students to
demonstrate their learning during the MMLIS experience and
achievement of the core competencies for the program.
Courses are offered entirely online each fall and spring
semester and during the summer. The program is offered through
small cohorts.
Application
To qualify for admission to the MMLIS program, prospective
students must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited
institution and have earned an undergraduate GPA of at least
3.0. (Neither the GMAT nor the GRE is required for application/
admission to this program.) International applicants are required
to submit a TOEFL score and must have earned a score of at
least 100, with at least 20 in each section. (Students who have
completed their entire bachelor's degree program at regionally
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accredited universities located in the United States or in another
country in which English is both the language of instruction and
the official language of the country are exempt.) Proof of financial
support is required of admitted international applicants.
Applicants will also submit a professional résumé, a statement
of purpose, two letters of recommendation and transcripts from
each institution of higher education attended.
For more information write to [email protected].
edu or contact the program administrator at (213) 640-4034.
Curriculum
The MMLIS degree requires 40 semester units — 28 units of
foundation and other required courses, 9 units of electives, and 3
units of Capstone.
Required Foundation Courses (18 units)
Must be completed prior to taking electives.
• GSBA 502 Management Communication for Leaders Units: 3
• GSBA 509 Marketing Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
(1.5 units)
• LIM 500 Fundamentals of Library and Information Science
Units: 3
• LIM 502 Collection Development and Management Units: 3
• LIM 503 Information Description, Organization, and Retrieval
Units: 3
• LIM 504 Research Methods in Library and Information
Management Units: 3
Other Required Courses (10 units)
• LIM 535 Library Information Sources and Services Units: 2
• LIM 536 Library Project Management Units: 2
• LIM 537 Legal, Ethical and Strategic Fundamentals for
Library Managers Units: 2
• LIM 593 Independent Research in Library and Information
Management Units: 2
• LIM 595 Internship in Library and Information Management
Units: 2
Students may repeat LIM 593 for 2 units in lieu of completing
an internship.
Electives (9 units)
Elective offerings vary from semester to semester.
Capstone (3 units)
• LIM 598 Capstone in Library and Information Management
Units: 3
Total units required for the degree: 40
Management Studies (MMS)
The Master of Management Studies (MMS) is designed to
provide those who have already completed the equivalent of
the first year of an accredited traditional two-year MBA with an
opportunity to pursue further study in an area of specialization
currently available to Marshall graduate students.
Completion of the Master of Management Studies degree
requires a minimum of 26 graduate units for all candidates.
Courses applicable to the degree are offered during both
daytime and evening hours. The degree may be completed on
either a full- or part-time basis. International students should
expect to complete the program within two semesters.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to review the full list
of specialized master's programs offered by the Marshall School
of Business (marshall.usc.edu/masters) before applying for
admission to this program. Also, visit the Master of Management
Studies website at marshall.usc.edu/mms for more information
about this very flexible curriculum. Information about the areas of
concentration offered to Marshall graduate students is available at
marshall.usc.edu/ecg.
Admission Requirements
Applicants may apply for admission to begin the program in the
summer term or the fall or spring semesters. Application deadlines
vary by semester, citizenship and registration goals. Details are
available under the Dates and Deadlines tab at marshall.usc.edu/
mms.
The equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree is required
for admission. Additionally, applicants must have completed the
equivalent of the first year of a traditional two-year MBA accredited
by the AACSB, EQUIS, ACBSP, AOCTE, IACBE or AMBA.
Successful applicants should have earned a GPA of 3.3 or greater
in their graduate business course work and scored in at least the
80th percentile on the GMAT or the GRE.
Application Procedure
Submit an online application to the MMS program through the
USC Graduate Admissions Website (http://gradadm.usc.edu/).
International applicants are advised to see the instructions for
international students published in the USC Graduate Admissions
Application (http://gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/).
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/mms.
Program Structure and Unit Requirements
Master of Management Studies applicants are urged to consider
areas of specialization available to Marshall graduate students
published at marshall.usc.edu/ecg. The applicant is asked to
identify areas of interest as part of the application process, but
is free to choose course work from the full range of graduate
electives offered by Marshall.
An evaluation of work previously completed determines
if specific content areas are missing. If it is determined that
preliminary courses are needed, the number of units needed to
complete the Master of Management Studies degree will increase.
Completion of the Master of Management Studies degree
requires a minimum of 26 graduate units.
None of the GSBA-prefixed classes required for completion of
a Marshall MBA program may be applied toward the Master of
Management Studies unless they are required to update prior work
and are added to the 26-unit total.
No courses numbered lower than 500 may be included in this
program. No more than two courses or eight units may be taken in
graduate course work outside the Marshall School of Business.
Successful completion of the program is documented on the
student's USC transcript and acknowledged by a diploma awarded
by the university.
Marketing (Marketing Analytics) (MS)
The Master of Science in Marketing (Marketing Analytics)
provides students with tools, concepts, frameworks and
critical thinking and innovative skills needed for more effective
development, enhancement and refinement of marketing
techniques critical to the success of local and global businesses.
Students will develop skills to position themselves as leaders
in quantitative marketing methods, gaining exposure to in-
demand programming languages such as R and Python for
marketers, as well as strategies and techniques for predictive
modeling, consumer analysis, customer segmentation and micro-
targeting. Practical hand-on projects in areas such as technology,
biotechnology, healthcare, entertainment, sports entertainment and
marketing start-ups provide students with opportunities to apply
the classroom experience to the real world.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the standard USC and Marshall
graduate admission requirements. At least two years of full-time
work experience is preferred. GMAT or GRE scores are required.
The GMAT is preferred. International applicants who did not spend
four years completing a bachelor's degree at an American, British,
Canadian or Australian college or university must submit TOEFL,
IELTS or PTE scores.
Individuals applying for admission to the Graduate Certificate in
Marketing should not apply for admission to this program also.
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Application Procedure
Prospective students apply for admission to begin the program
in the summer term.
Applications are submitted online through the USC Graduate
Admissions application website at gradadm.usc.edu. International
applicants are advised to see the instructions for international
students published in the USC Graduate Admissions website.
A complete application includes the online application form,
official test scores, essays, an application fee, two letters of
recommendation and official transcripts from all institutions of
higher education attended. Current USC students and USC alumni
are not required to submit an application fee, new test scores (if
previously submitted) or transcripts to verify degrees earned prior
to their attendance at USC.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/MSMkt.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Marketing requires 30 units including
21 units of required course work and at least 9 units of electives
with a GPA of at least 3.0 for all units applied to the degree. The
program may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.
Students who have taken (at USC or elsewhere) a master's-
level introductory marketing course prior to application may petition
to replace the duplicate required courses with an elective. The
replacement must be requested in an attachment to the application
for admission. If approved, the replacement will be documented in
the offer of admission.
Required Courses (21 units)
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3 *
(3-unit version required)
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3 *
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5 *
• GSBA 545 Data Driven Decision Making Units: 1.5
• MKT 556 Internet Marketing Units: 3
• MKT 560 Marketing Strategy Units: 3
* Must be taken in the first term/semester or prior to
admission.
At least two from the following:
• MKT 512 Customer Insights and Analysis Units: 3
• MKT 543 Market Demand and Sales Forecasting Units: 3
• MKT 566 Decision Making Using Marketing Analytics Units: 3
Elective Courses (9 units)
Complete enough units from the following to total 30 units
(required to complete the program).
Analytics Courses
• DSO 516 Probability and Data Modeling Units: 1.5
• DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 529 Advanced Regression Analysis Units: 3
• DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods
Units: 3
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
• DSO 552 SQL Databases for Business Analysts Units: 1.5
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 574 Using Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Units: 3
• MKT 512 Customer Insights and Analysis Units: 3 **
• MKT 526 Advertising and Social Media: Strategy and
Analytics Units: 3
• MKT 530 New Product Development Units: 3
• MKT 536 Pricing Strategies Units: 3
• MKT 543 Market Demand and Sales Forecasting Units: 3 **
• MKT 566 Decision Making Using Marketing Analytics
Units: 3 **
• MKT 567 Marketing Metrics for Business Decisions Units: 3
** If not completed as a required course.
General Marketing Courses
Up to 3 units may be selected from the following:
• MKT 525 Consumer Behavior Units: 3
• MKT 533 Branding Strategy Units: 1.5, 3
• MKT 555 Marketing Channels Units: 1.5, 3
• MKT 580 Fostering Creativity Units: 1.5, 3
• MKT 586 Fashion, Luxury and Lifestyle Marketing Units: 3.0
• MKT 589 CMO on Shareholder Value Units: 1.5
Total Units Required: 30
Marketing (MS)
The Master of Science in Marketing provides students with
tools, concepts, frameworks and critical thinking and innovation
skills needed for more effective development, enhancement and
refinement of marketing techniques critical to the success of local
and global businesses.
The degree focuses on theories and applications of consumer
behavior in marketing, as well as psychological, social, cultural and
ethnic factors influencing consumer behavior. Practical hand-on
projects in areas such as technology, biotechnology, healthcare,
entertainment, sports and marketing start-ups provide students
with opportunities to apply the classroom experience to the real
world.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the standard USC and Marshall
graduate admission requirements. At least two years of full-time
work experience is preferred. GMAT or GRE scores are required.
The GMAT is preferred. International applicants who did not spend
four years completing a bachelor's degree at an American, British,
Canadian or Australian college or university must submit TOEFL,
IELTS or PTE scores.
Individuals who are specifically interested in statistical
evaluation and marketing analytics should consider applying to
the Master of Science in Marketing (Marketing Analytics) program.
Individuals applying for admission to the Graduate Certificate in
Marketing should not apply for admission to this program also.
Application Procedure
Prospective students apply for admission to begin the program
in the summer term.
Applications are submitted online through the Marshall School
of Business application website at gradadm.usc.edu. International
applicants are advised to see the instructions for international
students published in the USC Graduate Admissions Website.
A complete application includes the online application form,
official test scores, an essay, an application fee, two letters of
recommendation and official transcripts from all institutions of
higher education attended. Current USC students and USC alumni
are not required to submit an application fee, new test scores (if
previously submitted) or transcripts to verify degrees earned prior
to their attendance at USC.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/MSMkt.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Marketing requires 30 units including
19.5 units of required course work and 10.5 units of electives
with a GPA of at least 3.0 for all units applied to the degree. The
program may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.
Students who have taken (at USC or elsewhere) a master's-
level introductory marketing course prior to application may petition
to replace the duplicate required course with an elective. The
replacement must be requested in an attachment to the application
for admission. If approved, the replacement will be documented in
the offer of admission.
Required Courses (19.5 Units)
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3 *
• GSBA 542 Communication for Management Units: 1.5 *
• MKT 525 Consumer Behavior Units: 3
• MKT 543 Market Demand and Sales Forecasting Units: 3
or
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3
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• MKT 556 Internet Marketing Units: 3
• MKT 566 Decision Making Using Marketing Analytics Units: 3
• MKT 560 Marketing Strategy Units: 3
Note:
* Must be taken in the first term/semester or prior to admission.
Elective Courses (10.5 units)
Complete at least 10.5 units of 500-level ACCT, BAEP, BUCO,
DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR course work to reach the total
number of units required to complete the program. (Enrollment in
electives is subject to satisfaction of any prerequisite requirements
in addition to the units required for the degree.) Students may
petition to apply to the program marketing-related courses offered
by other USC Schools. For a list of pre-approved courses, visit the
program web page here.
Total Units Required: 30
Social Entrepreneurship (MS)
The Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship offers
students a unique combination of business entrepreneurship skills
delivered within the context of achieving both social and financial
missions.
The courses focus entirely on the business aspects of social
entrepreneurship including feasibility, planning, marketing,
management, finance and execution. Social, environmental and
health issues are integrated into the readings, cases, teaching,
guest lectures, exercises and assignments. The program also
includes a for-credit practical capstone project in which students
have the option to develop a business plan for a new social
enterprise.
This program requires 30 units and can be completed in one
year (full time) or two years (part time). Courses are offered in
the evenings and on weekends on the University Park Campus in
downtown Los Angeles.
Admission Requirements
Applicants apply online and must fulfill the general Marshall/
USC admission requirements for graduate programs. Admission
decisions into the MSSE program will be based on an applicant's
previous academic record, résumé, a letter of recommendation
and a response to an essay question. TOEFL, IELTS or PTE
scores will be required for international applicants who have not
completed the equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree (all four
years) at an institution in a country where English is the primary
official language. GMAT or GRE scores are recommended, but will
not be required for this program.
Application Procedure
Submit an online application to the program through the USC
Graduate Admissions website (gradadm.usc.edu/). International
applicants are advised to view the information for international
students at gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/.
A complete application includes the online application form,
an application fee, a response to the essay question, one letter
of recommendation and copies of transcripts from all institutions
attended since the applicant last applied to USC.
For more information about the program and detailed
information about the application requirements and procedures,
please visit marshall.usc.edu/MSSE, write to SocialEntrepreneur@
marshall.usc.edu, or call (213) 740-7587.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship requires 30
units.
Required Courses
• BAEP 566 Cases in Feasibility Analysis for Social Ventures
Units: 3
• BAEP 571 Social Innovation Design Units: 3
• BAEP 589 Social Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
(normally 2 units)
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3
• GSBA 529 Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage
Units: 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
(normally 2 units)
Elective Courses
Complete at least 12 units of 500-level ACCT, BAEP, BUCO,
DSO, FBE, GSBA, MKT or MOR course work to reach 30
units. (Enrollment in electives is subject to satisfaction of any
prerequisite requirements in addition to the 30 units required for
the degree.)
Total units: 30
Dual Degree
Master of Science, Social Entrepreneurship/
Master of Public Health (MS/MPH)
The Master of Public Health/Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship (MPH/MSSE) dual degree program is designed
for individuals who wish to create sustainable solutions to public
health challenges through the creation of innovative enterprises
and organizations. This program combines the business aspects
of social entrepreneurship with the knowledge and understanding
of public health challenges and how to improve the health of
individuals, communities, and populations, locally and globally. It
will enable graduates to become agents of change by equipping
them with the tools to build innovative enterprises that balance
financial sustainability with public health impact, preparing them
uniquely to become leaders in the field.
Application and Admission
Applicants to the MSSE/MPH should apply for admission to
both schools simultaneously.
Information about the application process and admission
requirements for the MSSE degree is available on the MSSE
website at marshall.usc.edu/msse/admission.
Information about the application process and admission
requirements for the MPH degree is available on the MPH website
at pphs.usc.edu.
Degree Requirements
The total unit requirement for the MPH/MSSE dual degree is
62 units: 24 units for the MSSE degree and 38 units for the MPH
degree.
Students are required to complete 24 units, including
all "Required Courses," in the Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship curriculum. Dual degree program students
may not count courses taken outside the USC Marshall
School of Business toward the MSSE degree. Visit the Social
Entrepreneurship (MS) section of this Catalogue for MSSE degree
requirements.
Students are required to complete 38 units of MPH specific
course work, including 18 units of MPH core course work and 20
units of concentration specific course work. Students may choose
from any concentration within the MPH program.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the MSSE
curriculum and a 3.0 in the MPH curriculum, in addition to having
a minimum 3.0 cumulative overall GPA in all graduate course work
taken at USC in order to meet graduation requirements.
The MSSE and the MPH degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Graduate Certificate
Business Analytics Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics provides
students with the tools, ideas and frameworks that will aid them
in making business decisions in a scientific manner. These
statistical and optimization tools, necessary for analyzing large and
unstructured data sets, are applied to actual data in the classroom,
teaching students in the program how to make optimal decisions to
improve the performance of their organization.
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Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the standard Marshall graduate
admission requirements. A few years of work experience is
preferred, but not required. GMAT or GRE scores are required.
International applicants who did not spend four years completing a
bachelor's degree at an American, British, Canadian, or Australian
college or university must submit TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores.
Individuals applying for admission to the Master of Science
in Business Analytics should not also apply for admission to this
program.
Application Procedure
Prospective students who have not previously taken graduate-
level (post-baccalaureate) business statistics must apply to begin
the program in the fall semester. Prospective applicants who have
taken a graduate-level business statistics course may apply to
begin the program in the fall, spring, or summer.
Applications are submitted online through the USC Graduate
Admissions website (gradadm.usc.edu/). International applicants
are advised to see the instructions for international students
published in the USC Graduate Admissions website (gradadm.usc.
edu/apply/international-students/).
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required
to submit an application fee, new test scores (if previously
submitted), transcripts to verify degrees earned prior to their
attendance at USC, or letters of recommendation.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions.
Degree Requirements
The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics requires 15 units
that include required course work and electives. The program may
be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.
Students who have taken master's-level managerial statistics
at another institution or as part of another program at USC prior
to application may petition to replace the managerial statistics
requirement with elective units. Such a replacement must be
requested as an attachment to the application for admission and, if
approved, will be included in the offer of admission.
Required Courses
• GSBA 506a Applied Managerial Statistics Units: 1.5 and
• GSBA 506b Applied Managerial Statistics Units: 1.5
or
• GSBA 545 Data Driven Decision Making Units: 1.5
or
• GSBA 524 Data Science for Business Units: 2, 3
• DSO 510 Business Analytics Units: 1.5, 3
Electives - Select from the following to total 15 units.
• DSO 516 Probability and Data Modeling Units: 1.5
• DSO 522 Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 529 Advanced Regression Analysis Units: 3
• DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods
Units: 3
• DSO 534 Discrete-Event Simulation for Process
Management Units: 1.5
• DSO 536 Monte Carlo Simulation and Decision Models
Units: 1.5
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
• DSO 548 Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain
Management Units: 3
• DSO 552 SQL Databases for Business Analysts Units: 1.5
• DSO 559 Introduction to Python for Business Analytics
Units: 3
• DSO 562 Fraud Analytics Units: 3
• DSO 565 Supply Chain Analytics Units: 3
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 572 Strategies for Digital Analytics Units: 1.5
• DSO 573 Data Analytics Driven Dynamic Strategy and
Execution Units: 3
Additional Electives: Up to 6 units may be selected from the
following:
• DSO 531 Digital Foundations for Business Innovation
Units: 1.5
• DSO 551 Digital Transformation in the Global Enterprise
Units: 3
• DSO 554 Digital Strategies for Sustainability in Global
Markets Units: 3
• DSO 556 Business Models for Digital Platforms Units: 3
• DSO 574 Using Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Units: 3
• DSO 580 Project Management Units: 3
Note:
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics may be completed in
conjunction with course work required for the program in which the
student is already enrolled. Applicability of these courses to the
student's primary degree program is determined by the student's
home department. Current MBA students may apply all 15 units of
the graduate certificate program to their MBA degree.
For USC alumni, courses completed in conjunction with the
individual's prior degree may not be credited toward the certificate.
Appropriate substitutions for required courses will be determined
and documented by the program director.
Successful completion of the program is documented on the
student's transcript and acknowledged with a certificate (diploma)
awarded by the university.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/
GCRTAnalytics.
Financial Analysis and Valuation Graduate
Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Financial Analysis and Valuation
program is designed to enhance the individual's graduate
education through a concentrated curriculum in financial
accounting, financial analysis, valuation, credit analysis, and
financial instruments and markets.
Admission
To qualify for admission to the program, individuals must have
completed basic graduate-level (post-baccalaureate) courses
in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and corporate finance
comparable to the first-year MBA curriculum while earning a
minimum graduate GPA for those courses (combined) of 3.5.
Prospective students may apply to begin the programs in the
fall, spring or summer term. Applications are submitted online
at http://gradadm.usc.edu/. A complete application includes the
online application form, responses to several essay and additional
information questions, letters of recommendation and transcripts
from any institutions attended since the applicant last applied to
USC. (The application fee is not required of current USC students
and USC alumni. Letters of recommendation are not required of
current USC MBA students and USC MBA alumni.)
For more information, visit marshall.usc.edu/fav.
Program Requirements
The program requires successful completion of 15 units.
Students select one of the following options. Some courses
are offered for either 1.5 units or 3 units in a given semester.
Individuals who elect to take a 1.5-unit class must make up the
other 1.5 units with a course selection from the same option.
Earning the certificate requires a combined GPA of at least 3.6 for
all courses applied to the certificate.
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Corporate Finance Option
Required
• ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and Reporting Units: 3
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
At least two of the following:
•
ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
• FBE 531 Corporate Financial Policy and Corporate
Governance Units: 1.5, 3
• FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy Units: 3
At least one of the following:
•
ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
• FBE 523 Venture Capital and Private Equity Units: 3
• FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 3
• FBE 531 Corporate Financial Policy and Corporate
Governance Units: 1.5, 3
• FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy Units: 3
• FBE 558 Law for Structuring, Financing, and Managing
Businesses Units: 3
• FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk Units: 3
• FBE 560 Mergers and Acquisitions Units: 3
Investment Management Option
Required
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
• FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Units: 3
At least one of the following:
•
ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and Reporting Units: 3
• ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
At least two of the following:
•
ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and Reporting Units: 3
• ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
• FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3
• FBE 540 Hedge Funds Units: 3
• FBE 543 Forecasting and Risk Analysis Units: 3
• FBE 554 Trading and Exchanges Units: 3
• FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk Units: 3
• FBE 589 Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities and
Markets Units: 3
Student Investment Fund Program
Under the auspices of the Center for Investment Studies is
the Student Investment Fund (SIF) program. During this year-
long seminar in applied portfolio management, a select group of
students learn the theory and practice of investment management
by managing actual USC endowment funds.
Students who are selected to participate in the Marshall Student
Investment Fund (SIF) program are required to complete the
following:
Required
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
• FBE 553a Applied Portfolio Management Units: 3 *
• FBE 553b Applied Portfolio Management Units: 3 *
• FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3
At least one of the following:
•
ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and Reporting Units: 3
• ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis Units: 3
Notes:
*Prerequisite required.
If a course in the SIF option is taken for 1.5 units, the remaining
units may be completed with a course selected from the
Investment Management option above to reach the 15 units
required to complete the program.
Note
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the
Graduate Certificate in Financial Analysis and Valuation may
be completed in conjunction with course work required for the
program in which the student is already enrolled. Applicability
of these courses to the student's primary degree program is
determined by the student's home department. Current MBA
students may apply all 15 units of the graduate certificate program
to their MBA degree. For USC alumni, courses completed in
conjunction with the individual's prior degree may not be credited
toward the certificate. Appropriate substitutions for required
courses will be determined and documented by the program
director.
Successful completion of the program is acknowledged by a
certificate awarded by the university.
Library and Information Management
Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Library and Information
Management is designed to provide specialized knowledge in
library management and leadership for information professionals
who are current holders of the equivalent MLIS degree looking for
career advancement. The certificate is offered entirely online.
Admission
To qualify for admission to the Graduate Certificate program,
prospective students must hold a bachelor's degree from a
regionally accredited institution and have earned an undergraduate
GPA of at least 3.0. Prospective students must also hold a
master's degree from an American Library Association accredited
program.
Neither the GMAT nor the GRE is required for application/
admission to this program. International applicants are required
to submit a TOEFL score and must have earned a score of at
least 100, with at least 20 in each section. Students who have
completed their entire bachelor's degree program at regionally
accredited universities located in the United States or in another
country in which English is both the language of instruction and
the official language of the country are exempt. Proof of financial
support is required of admitted international applicants.
Applicants will also submit a professional résumé, a statement
of purpose, two letters of recommendation and transcripts from
each institution of higher education attended.
For more information write to [email protected]
or contact the program administrator at 213-640-4034.
Program Requirements
The Graduate Certificate in Library and Information
Management requires 16 units. Each student will develop an
individual academic plan and course of study under a faculty
member's guidance, subject to the program director's approval.
• LIM electives Units: 12
• LIM 536 Library Project Management Units: 2
• LIM 593 Independent Research in Library and Information
Management Units: 2
Notes:
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the
Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Management
may be completed in conjunction with course work required for
a program in which the student is already enrolled. Applicability
of these courses to the student's primary degree program is
determined by the student's home department.
Successful completion of the program is acknowledged by a
certificate awarded by the university.
Management Studies Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Management Studies is designed
to provide those who have already completed the equivalent of
the first year of a traditional two-year MBA with an opportunity to
pursue further study in an area of specialization currently available
to Marshall graduate students.
Completion of the Graduate Certificate in Management Studies
requires a minimum of 12 graduate units for all candidates —
usually four, 3-unit courses.
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The certificate may be completed on either a full- or part-time
basis. Classes applicable to the certificate are offered during both
daytime and evening hours.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the Graduate
Certificate in Management Studies Website at marshall.usc.edu/
gcms for more information about this very flexible curriculum.
Applicants interested in accounting or taxation should consider
applying for admission to the Master of Accounting or the Master of
Business Taxation program offered by the USC Leventhal School
of Accounting. Information about the areas of concentration offered
to Marshall graduate students is available at marshall.usc.edu/ecg.
Admission Requirements
Applicants may apply for admission to begin the program in the
summer term or the fall or spring semesters. Application deadlines
vary by semester, citizenship and registration goals. Details are
available under the Calendar tab at marshall.usc.edu/gcms.
The equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree is required
for admission. Additionally, applicants must have completed the
equivalent of the first year of a traditional two-year MBA accredited
by the AACSB, EQUIS, ACBSP, AOCTE. IACBE or AMBA.
Successful applicants should have earned a GPA of 3.3 or greater
in their graduate business course work and scored at least as well
as an average Marshall MBA student on the GMAT.
Application Procedure
Submit an online application through the USC Graduate
Admissions Website (http://gradadm.usc.edu/). International
applicants are advised to see the instructions for international
students published in the USC Graduate Admissions website
(http://gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/).
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/gcms.
Program Structure and Unit Requirements
Applicants are urged to consider areas of specialization
available to Marshall graduate students published at marshall.usc.
edu/ecg. The applicant is asked to identify areas of interest as part
of the application process, but is free to choose course work from
the full range of graduate electives offered by Marshall.
An evaluation of work previously completed determines
if specific content areas are missing. If it is determined that
preliminary courses are needed, the number of units needed
to complete the Graduate Certificate in Management Studies
certificate will increase.
Completion of the Graduate Certificate in Management
Studies certificate requires a minimum of 12 graduate units for all
candidates.
None of the GSBA-prefixed classes required for completion of
a Marshall MBA program may be applied toward the certificate
unless they are required to update prior work and are added to the
12-unit total.
No courses numbered lower than 500 may be included in this
program. All courses applied toward the certificate must be taken
within the Marshall School of Business. Acceptable course prefixes
include ACCT, BAEP, BUCO, FBE, GSBA, IOM or DSO, MKT and
MOR.
Successful completion of the program is acknowledged by a
certificate awarded by the university.
Marketing Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Marketing provides students with
the tools, ideas and frameworks that will aid them in making
business decisions in an application-based manner, based
on actual case studies and relevant projects, to improve the
performance of their organization. Students in the program
acquire the marketing principles, techniques and tools necessary
to analyze marketing situations and develop effective integrated
strategic marketing plans to improve the performance of their
organization.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the standard USC and Marshall
graduate admission requirements. Two years of fulltime work
experience is preferred. GMAT or GRE scores are required.
International applicants who did not spend four years completing a
bachelor's degree at an American, British, Canadian or Australian
college or university must submit TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores.
Individuals applying for admission to the Master of Science in
Marketing should not apply for admission to this program also.
Application Procedure
Prospective students who have not previously taken a master's/
graduate-level (post-baccalaureate) introductory marketing course
must apply to begin the program in the summer term. Prospective
applicants who have taken a master's/graduate-level marketing
course may apply to begin the program in the fall, spring or
summer.
Applications are submitted online through the USC Graduate
Admissions Website at http://gradadm.usc.edu/. International
applicants are advised to see the instructions for international
students at http://gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/.
A complete application includes the online application
form, test scores, an essay, an application fee, two letters of
recommendation and official transcripts from all institutions
attended since the applicant last applied to USC.
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required
to submit an application fee, new test scores (if previously
submitted), transcripts to verify degrees earned prior to their
attendance at USC, or letters of recommendation.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions.
Degree Requirements
The Graduate Certificate in Marketing requires 15 units
including one required course and 500-level MKT electives
with a GPA of at least 3.0 for all units applied to the certificate.
The program may be completed on a full-time (3-5 courses per
semester) or part-time basis.
Students who have taken a master's-level introductory
marketing course at another institution prior to application may
petition to replace Marketing Management with an elective.
Such a replacement must be requested as an attachment to the
application for admission and, if approved, will be included in the
offer of admission.
Required Courses
• GSBA 509 Marketing Management Units: 1.5
or
• GSBA 528 Marketing Management Units: 3
Electives: Complete successfully sufficient units of
500-level MKT course work to total 15 units.
No more than 3 units of CR/NC course work can be applied to
the certificate.
Note:
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the
Graduate Certificate in Marketing may be completed in conjunction
with course work required for the program in which the student
is already enrolled. Applicability of these courses to the student's
primary degree program is determined by the student's home
department. Current USC MBA students may apply all 15 units of
the graduate certificate program to their MBA degree.
For USC alumni, courses completed in conjunction with the
individual's prior degree may not be credited toward the certificate.
An appropriate substitution for the required course will be
determined and documented by the program director.
Successful completion of the program is documented on the
student's transcript and acknowledged with a certificate (diploma)
awarded by the university.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/
GCRTMarketing.
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Optimization and Supply Chain Management
Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Optimization and Supply Chain
Management is offered by the Marshall School of Business in
partnership with the Viterbi School of Engineering. The program
offers individuals opportunities to expand their knowledge of the
rapidly expanding uses of technology in the management of global
supply chains.
The certificate may be completed on either a full- or part-time
basis. Most classes applicable to the program are offered during
both daytime and evening hours. Many of the courses included in
the curriculum are available online.
Admission
Applicants should have a foundational knowledge (academic or
experiential) of statistics and operations management.
Prospective students may apply to begin the programs in the
fall, spring or summer term. Applications are submitted online at
gradadm.usc.edu. A complete application may include the online
application form, responses to several essay and additional
information questions, test scores, transcripts from all institutions
attended since high school, and an application fee. For more
information, visit marshall.usc.edu/oscm.
The graduate certificate requires successful completion of 15
units with a minimum GPA of at least 3.0 for all units (combined)
applied to the certificate.
Required Courses
• DSO 565 Supply Chain Analytics Units: 3
or
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
or
• DSO 505 Sustainable Supply Chains Units: 1.5 and
• DSO 506 Sourcing and Supplier Management Units: 1.5
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3
or
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3
or
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
Electives
Complete 9 units from the list below (if not completed as a required
course).
• CE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operational Analysis
Units: 4
• DSO 505 Sustainable Supply Chains Units: 1.5 *
• DSO 506 Sourcing and Supplier Management Units: 1.5 *
• DSO 520 Logistics Management Units: 3
• DSO 522 Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting
Units: 1.5, 3
• DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 3 *
• DSO 548 Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain
Management Units: 3 Units: 3
• DSO 549 Application of Lean Six Sigma Units: 3
• DSO 565 Supply Chain Analytics Units: 3 Units: 3 *
• DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data, Models, and Effective
Decisions Units: 3 *
• DSO 580 Project Management Units: 3 or
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
• DSO 582 Service Management: Economics and Operations
Units: 3
• DSO 583 Operations Consulting Units: 3
• GSBA 504a Operations Management Units: 1.5 and
• GSBA 504b Operations Management Units: 1.5
or
• GSBA 534 Operations Management Units: 2, 3
• ISE 506 Lean Operations Units: 3
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3 *
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
* If not applied as a required course.
Note:
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to
graduate certificate programs may be completed in conjunction
with course work required for a graduate degree program in
which the student is already enrolled. Applicability of courses
to the student's primary degree program is determined by the
student's home department. For USC alumni, courses applied to
the individual's previously completed degree may not be credited
toward a certificate.
Successful completion of a graduate certificate program is
acknowledged by a certificate awarded by the university.
Strategy and Management Consulting
Graduate Certificate
The Strategy and Management Consulting graduate certificate
provides students with the tools, concepts and frameworks that
will aid them in leading the process of strategy development
and management consulting to improve business performance.
Evidence-based frameworks and hands-on projects will enhance
students' skill sets in diagnosing strategic issues in complex
settings. Different types of intervention strategies and contingency
frameworks will provide students with an extensive and robust
toolkit that can be applied in multiple industry settings.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the standard Marshall graduate
admission requirements. A few years of work experience is
preferred, but not required. GMAT or GRE scores are required.
International applicants who did not spend four years completing a
bachelor's degree at an American, British, Canadian or Australian
college or university must submit TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores.
Application Procedure
Applications are submitted online through the USC Graduate
Admissions Website at gradadm.usc.edu/. International applicants
are advised to see the instructions for international students at
gradadm.usc.edu/apply/international-students/.
A complete application includes the online application form, an
application fee, test scores, an essay and official transcripts from
all institutions attended since the applicant last applied to USC.
• Current USC students and USC alumni are not required
to submit an application fee, new test scores (if previously
submitted), or transcripts to verify degrees earned prior to
their attendance at USC.
• All other applicants must submit all documentation identified
in the online application instructions.
Degree Requirements
The graduate certificate in Strategy and Management
Consulting requires 15 units. The program may be completed
on a full-time (8-15 units per semester, depending on course
availability) or part-time basis.
Required Course
• MOR 557 Strategy and Organization Consulting Units: 3
Electives
Complete 12 units from the following:
• DSO 583 Operations Consulting Units: 3
• MOR 542 Strategic Issues for Global Business Units: 3
• MOR 554 Leading Innovation and Change Units: 3
• MOR 555 Designing High Performance Organizations
Units: 3
• MOR 559 Strategic Renewal and Transformation Units: 3
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• MOR 560 Managerial Judgment and Decision-Making
Units: 3
• MOR 561 Strategies in High-Tech Businesses Units: 3
• MOR 562 Strategic Choice and Valuation Analysis Units: 3
• MOR 564 Strategic Innovation: Creating New Markets
Units: 3
• MOR 565 Alliances and Cooperative Strategy Units: 3
• MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability and Competitive
Advantage Units: 1.5, 3
• MOR 570 Leading Effective Teams Units: 3
• MOR 588 Corporate Strategy and Competitive Dynamics
Units: 1.5, 3
Note
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the
graduate certificate in Strategy and Management Consulting may
be completed in conjunction with course work required for the
program in which the student is already enrolled. The student's
home department determines applicability of these courses to the
student's primary degree program. Current Marshall MBA students
may apply all 15 units of the graduate certificate program to their
MBA degree.
Courses completed in conjunction with a previously completed/
awarded degree may not be credited toward the certificate.
Appropriate substitutions for required courses will be determined
and documented by the program director. Successful completion
of the program is documented on the student's transcript and
acknowledged with a certificate (diploma) awarded by the
university.
For additional information, visit marshall.usc.edu/GCRTSMC or
write to GCRT[email protected].
Sustainability and Business Graduate
Certificate
Business is increasingly involved in social and environmental
issues. On the one hand, government and civil society are exerting
increasing pressure on the business sector to help address
the world's pressing social and environmental sustainability
challenges. On the other hand, a growing number of businesses
are seeking to respond proactively to these challenges. The
Sustainability and Business Graduate Certificate prepares
students to help shape solutions to social and environmental
sustainability challenges, both from within and from outside the
business sector.
The program was designed with several audiences in mind:
current Marshall graduate students already strong on the business
side, current graduate students outside Marshall who may have
strength on the sustainability side but want more strength on the
business side, and individuals not yet enrolled but eager to deepen
their understanding of the field.
Admission
Applicants must meet the same Marshall School of Business
admissions requirements as degree seeking students. Some
exceptions are made for current USC students and USC alumni.
Visit marshall.usc.edu/SUSB for details.
Applicants may apply for admission to begin the program in
the fall or spring semesters as well as in the summer, depending
on course availability. Applications are submitted online through
the USC Graduate Admissions Website at gradadm.usc.edu/.
International applicants are advised to see the instructions for
international students published at gradadm.usc.edu/apply/
international-students/.
Program Requirements
The program requires completion of 15 units.
Core: Complete at least 6 units from the following:
• BAEP 589 Social Entrepreneurship Units: 2 or
• BAEP 591 Social Entrepreneurship Units: 2, 3
• BAEP 564 Investing in Impact Ventures Units: 3
• DSO 505 Sustainable Supply Chains Units: 1.5
• DSO 506 Sourcing and Supplier Management Units: 1.5
• DSO 554 Digital Strategies for Sustainability in Global
Markets Units: 3
• FBE 557 Business Law and Ethics Units: 3
• MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability and Competitive
Advantage Units: 1.5, 3
Electives: Complete 0-9 units from the following to
total 15 units:
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
• ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for Healthy Indoor
Environments Units: 3
• ARCH 579 Sustainable Building and Environment using
LEED Metrics Units: 3
• CHEM 581 Current Topics in Sustainable Energy Generation
and Storage Units: 2
• CMGT 577 Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility
Units: 4
• DSO 586 Global Healthcare Operations Management
Units: 3
• ENE 502 Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Units: 4
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4
• ENST 520 Environmental Law and Policy Units: 4 or
• LAW 655 Environmental Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• ENST 530 Environmental Risk Analysis Units: 4 or
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
• GEOL 525 The Science of Climate Change Units: 4
• ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-Environment
Interaction Units: 3
• PM 555 Environmental Health, Policy and Practice Units: 4
• PM 557 Global Environmental Health Units: 4
• PPD 568 Environmental Governance and Sustainability
Units: 2
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPD 644 Shaping the Built Environment Units: 4
• PPD 688 Business and Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Units: 4
• PPD 692 Transportation and the Environment Units: 4
• PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities Units: 4
• PPDE 634 Methodology, Methods and Tools for Urban
Sustainability Units: 2, 3, 4
• PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design and Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 662 China from a US Policy Perspective Units: 4
• PSYC 456 Conservation Psychology Units: 4
• SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Units: 4
• SOWK 684 Community Practice for Social Innovation Units: 3
Note:
Given the growing number of courses relevant to this certificate
at USC, students may petition the director to include courses
not listed here. Petitions must be received and approved prior to
registration for the course to be applied to the certificate.
Students may also earn credit toward the certificate electives
with up to 4 units of Independent Study (e.g., Marshall 592 or 593)
or Directed Research (590 in non-Marshall departments) subject to
approval by the faculty directors.
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to
the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Business may
be completed in conjunction with course work required for the
program in which the student is already enrolled. Applicability
of these courses to the student's primary degree program is
determined by the student's home department. For USC alumni,
courses completed in conjunction with a previously conferred
degree may not be credited toward the certificate.
Successful completion of the program is acknowledged by a
certificate (diploma) awarded by the university.
For more information, please visit marshall.usc.edu/SUSB.
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 181
Technology Commercialization Graduate
Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization is
designed to let students experience the entire spectrum of the
commercialization process — invention, product development,
technical and market feasibility analysis, intellectual property
acquisition, business planning and venture funding.
This program is particularly well suited to master's and PhD
candidates in science, engineering, and business, but we
encourage students from other disciplines who are interested
in technology businesses to apply. Also, you do not need to be
a matriculated student at USC to undertake the program. Any
individual who holds an undergraduate degree equivalent to a
four-year U.S. bachelor's degree is welcome to apply.
Prospective students may apply to begin the program in the
fall, spring, or summer term. Applications are submitted online via
gradadm.usc.edu/apply/. For details, visit marshall.usc.edu/tccm.
Two required courses and 6 units of electives (for a total of 12
units) must be completed to earn the certificate.
Required Courses
• BAEP 552 Venture Feasibility Units: 3 or
• BAEP 556 Technology Feasibility Units: 3
• BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization Units: 3
Electives - Select a minimum of 6 units from the
following.
• BAEP 553 Cases in New Venture Management Units: 1.5, 3
• BAEP 554 Venture Initiation Units: 3
• BAEP 555 Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipate and Avoid Startup
Pitfalls Units: 3
• BAEP 559 Investing in New Ventures Units: 3
• BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in Innovative Industries: Life
Sciences Units: 1.5
• BAEP 562 Entrepreneurship in eCommerce Units: 1.5
• BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• BAEP 565 Venture Lab Units: 3
• BAEP 575 Entrepreneurship in the Media and Entertainment
Industry Units: 1.5
• CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
• MOR 564 Strategic Innovation: Creating New Markets
Units: 3
Notes:
For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the
Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization may
be completed in conjunction with course work required for the
program in which the student is already enrolled. Applicability
of these courses to the student's primary degree program is
determined by the student's home department. For USC alumni,
courses completed in conjunction with the individual's prior degree
may not be credited toward the certificate.
Successful completion of the program is acknowledged by a
certificate awarded by the university.
Doctoral Degree
Business Administration (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy program in business administration
is designed to produce research-oriented graduates who, from
positions in academia, can advance the state-of-the-art of
business practice and enhance the contributions that business
can make to the larger community. These goals can be advanced
through research contributions in theory, concepts, methods and
practices, and contributions to the education of the next generation
of business leaders. USC Marshall offers the PhD in Business
Administration in the following five departments: Accounting,
Finance and Business Economics, Data Sciences and Operations,
Management and Organization, and Marketing.
All students admitted to the Marshall PhD degree program are
supported by graduate assistantships or fellowships that require
a full-time commitment to the program. No part-time or evening
programs are available. PhD students begin their program in
early August and are expected to be in residence 12 months
each year throughout the program. Until the time the student is
granted permission to take the qualifying examination, successful
completion of at least six units per consecutive semester is
required.
This degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Students should also refer to The Graduate School section
of this catalogue. All courses applied toward the degree must be
accepted by the Graduate School and relevant to the student's
program of study. In most cases, the PhD degree takes five years
to complete.
Admission
The PhD program in Business Administration welcomes
applications from students with high intellectual aptitude who plan
to pursue academic careers in research and teaching. Students
with strong backgrounds in mathematics, psychology, the social
sciences, engineering, computer science and the other sciences
are encouraged to apply for admission. A master's degree or MBA
is not a requirement for entry into the PhD program; students
may enter with only a bachelor's degree. Prior academic research
experience is desirable.
Students who wish to apply for admission to the PhD program
should visit marshall.usc.edu/phd to obtain additional information
about the PhD program and an online application. Only online
applications are accepted. Students with additional questions that
are not covered on the Website may contact the Marshall School
PhD Program office at (213) 740-0676 or [email protected].
Applicants should secure three letters of recommendation.
The PhD committee prefers that all recommendations be written
by academics who are familiar with the applicant's scholastic
and research capabilities. An applicant who has been away from
an academic environment for a significant period of time may
substitute one academic reference with a non-academic reference.
Applicants also provide transcripts, GRE or GMAT scores, TOEFL
or IELTS scores (if appropriate) and a statement of purpose.
Applicants are encouraged to send a statement of research
experience and a research writing sample, if available.
Consideration is given to the rigor of the undergraduate and
master's curricula, academic performance, scores on the GRE
or GMAT, the quality of the statement of purpose, fit with the
department, the applicant's oral and written communication skills
and letters of recommendation.
Campus interviews for top applicants may be initiated by the
departments. In cases where in-person interviews cannot be
arranged, alternative arrangements will be made.
Funding
All admitted students receive a fellowship or graduate
assistantship, full tuition, health and dental insurance and payment
of mandatory student health center fee for a minimum of five
years dependent on continued satisfactory academic progress.
This progress is assessed by the PhD program based on students
maintaining at least the minimum enrollment, a GPA of at least 3.0,
and satisfactory performance in graduate assistant assignments.
Teaching and teaching assistant assignments are made only after
a student has passed the qualifying examination. For research
assistant assignments, students are engaged with a faculty
member in a businessrelated, applied-learning, scholarly activity to
learn the skills necessary to conduct independent research.
Degree Requirements
The Doctor of Philosophy in business administration is based
on a program of study and research culminating in the completion
of a dissertation in the major field of study. A minimum of 60 units
of course work beyond the baccalaureate is required for the PhD
degree, including research courses and a minimum of 4 units and
a maximum of 8 units of GSBA 794a Doctoral Dissertation, GSBA
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794b Doctoral Dissertation, GSBA 794c Doctoral Dissertation,
GSBA 794d Doctoral Dissertation and GSBA 794z Doctoral
Dissertation. For students who already possess an advanced
graduate degree, a minimum of 40 semester units of course
work beyond that degree is required, of which a maximum of
4 units may be GSBA 794a Doctoral Dissertation, GSBA 794b
Doctoral Dissertation, GSBA 794c Doctoral Dissertation, GSBA
794d Doctoral Dissertation and GSBA 794z Doctoral Dissertation.
Doctoral students are subject to disqualification at any time that
the Marshall School of Business determines that they are deficient
in academic achievement. All students must maintain a 3.0 GPA at
all times.
Screening Procedure
In addition to the papers and examinations assigned in first-year
courses, a screening process will occur in May. This process
will include a review of each student's grades, an analysis of
competence in written communications and reports from faculty
members who have had in-class or other responsibility for the
student. In most departments, a screening exam is required. The
nature of the exam varies by department. Generally, a screening
examination or other procedure designated by the department
(Accounting, Finance and Business Economics, Data Sciences
and Operations, Management and Organization, and Marketing)
is to be administered before the student has taken more than
24 units (including research courses). However, the Accounting
and Finance and Business Economics departments require their
students to take the departmental course requirements until the
end of the second year; students must take up to 36 units before
the departmental screening procedure is administered. Based
upon this review, the PhD committee will determine whether the
student should continue in the PhD program. Students who have
not performed satisfactorily will be dropped from the program. The
review shall normally be completed and results communicated to
students by July 1. In some cases a first-year summer project may
be taken into account in determining whether a student should
continue in the program.
Qualifying Exam Committee and Dissertation
Committee
Students are responsible for finding a qualifying exam
committee chair among the student's home department faculty
by the fall semester of the second year. The qualifying exam
committee should be established within the student's home
department at least two semesters prior to taking the qualifying
examination and after the student has passed the screening
procedure. The qualifying exam committee comprises a minimum
of five tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure track USC faculty,
three of whom must be from the student's home department. At
least one faculty member from the home department must be
tenured. One member must be from outside the student's home
department (within or outside of Marshall). The qualifying exam
committee advises the student on courses during the first two
years and oversees and grades the qualifying examination.
Within 90 days of passing the qualifying exam, the dissertation
committee chair must be identified. The dissertation committee
must be appointed within six months after the qualifying
examination has been passed and a dissertation topic approved.
The committee should be appointed at least one month before the
dissertation defense. The appointment of dissertation committee
form, available on the Graduate School Website, is used to
establish the dissertation committee. The dissertation committee
is normally composed of three members, although additional
members may be included at the student's and committee chair's
discretion. The committee chair and at least one additional
member must be affiliated with the student's home department.
Faculty eligible to serve as committee members include tenured
and tenure-track faculty, and nontenure track faculty of outstanding
stature who have a documented record of exceptional expertise
and superior achievement in a field relevant to the dissertation. At
least two members of the committee should be tenured or tenure-
track, including the committee chair.
The Marshall School of Business PhD program requires an
outside member for both the qualifying exam committee and
dissertation committee. The outside member may be a faculty
member from another department within Marshall or from another
school within USC. Students may also include a person from a
different university as an additional member with the permission of
the associate dean; however, this person cannot substitute for the
required outside member.
Course Requirements
Each student must successfully complete one course in
microeconomics or behavioral sciences, one course in statistics
and one course in research design plus the core courses in his or
her field of specialization. Advanced course work is specified by
the student's guidance committee in preparation for the qualifying
examinations in the area of specialization. The areas are:
accounting, data sciences and operations, finance and business
economics, management and organization, and marketing.
Qualifying Examination
The examination qualifying a student for candidacy may be
comprehensive in nature. It is designed to determine the student's
competence in the area of specialization.
The qualifying examination consists of two sections: written
and oral. The written section must be passed before the oral
section; if a student does not pass the written examination, the oral
examination need not be administered.
In preparing for the qualifying examination, students form a
qualifying exam committee. This committee helps the student
prepare for the exam and also administers the written and oral
section of the examination. See also The Graduate School section
of this catalogue.
Dissertation
The final phase of the program is the completion of a
dissertation. The dissertation must be based on an original
investigation that makes a substantive contribution to knowledge
and demonstrates the student's capacity for independent, scholarly
research. The quality of the dissertation should meet the standards
for publication in leading academic journals in the field.
Typically, research in business administration involves studies
that advance the body of knowledge concerned with issues and
solution of problems confronting managers and administrators.
As a result, a dissertation will (1) develop or extend theories,
techniques or models relevant to managerial problems; (2)
demonstrate original applications or adaptations of existing
theories, techniques or models to managerial problems in a
specific area; (3) develop innovative formulations and analyses of
complex managerial problems and propose creative approaches
to their solution; and/or (4) employ scientific research methodology
to test empirically the validity of existing theories, techniques
or models and their application to specific types of managerial
problems.
A dissertation committee chair shall be requested by the student
and appointed by the dean of the PhD program within 90 days
after the student has passed the qualifying examination. The
remaining faculty on the dissertation committee shall be appointed
within six months after the student has passed the qualifying
exam.
The dissertation committee must consist of at least three
tenured or tenure-track faculty, two of whom must be from the
student's home department. At least one faculty member from the
home department must be tenured.
One member must be from outside the student's department
and the Marshall School of Business. Students may add additional
faculty to the committee, especially those who might provide
valuable expertise that improves the dissertation. It is important
that the student select faculty members who are committed and
interested in serving on the committee, since a quality dissertation
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requires extensive interaction with and a sizable time commitment
from individual faculty members. See also the Qualifying Exam
Committee and Dissertation Committee section above for further
details.
Defense of the Dissertation
When the dissertation committee agrees that the candidate has
essentially completed the research and a satisfactory draft of the
dissertation has been written, a final oral examination is held. This
examination is open to all members of the faculty of the school
and the university. Final judgment of the dissertation and the oral
defense is rendered by the members of the dissertation committee.
The dissertation must be accepted unanimously by the dissertation
committee. Further information on procedures is contained in the
The Graduate School section of this catalogue.
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USC School of Cinematic Arts
The USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is one of the
nation's preeminent centers for the creation, study, research and
development of film, television and interactive media. With nearly
200,000 square feet of facilities, the school confers degrees
ranging from the bachelor's to the doctorate. SCA is composed of
seven divisions and one stand-alone MFA program: the John C.
Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; the Division of Cinema
and Media Studies; Expanded Animation; Film and Television
Production; Interactive Media and Games; Peter Stark Producing
Program; the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and
Television; and Media Arts + Practice. The school also has two
organized research units — the Institute for Multimedia Literacy
and the Entertainment Technology Center.
Since its founding in 1929 as the first course of study in film
at any college or university in the United States, USC's cinema
program has consistently set academic and professional standards
for excellence. In addition, the school has a record-breaking
number of endowed chairs in the discipline; production facilities
that rival industry counterparts and extraordinary faculty and staff.
Thanks to SCA's location in Los Angeles, students have access
to the country's leading film, television, animation and video
game producers; world-class literary and talent agencies; libraries
and archives brimming with research materials; and alumni that
support the school and the men and women in its academic body.
The school is also home to USC's Trojan Vision television station.
The USC School of Cinematic Arts recognizes that a student
can only truly excel in his or her chosen area of expertise after
exposure to all elements of the art form. Consequently, there is an
emphasis on cross-disciplinary course work that ensures writers
get behind the camera; cinema and media studies scholars edit
footage; and production majors examine the canon from a rigorous
academic perspective.
Administration
Elizabeth M. Daley, PhD, Dean
Akira Mizuta Lippit, PhD, Vice Dean of Faculty
Michael Renov, PhD, Vice Dean, Academic Affairs
Andreas Kratky, PhD, Associate Dean, Research
Evan Hughes, MA, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
Office of Student Services
(213) 740-8358
Email: [email protected]
cinema.usc.edu
The John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts
Teresa Cheng, Division Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCB 210
(213) 740-3986*
FAX: (213) 740-5869
The Division of Cinema and Media Studies
Priya Jaikumar, Division Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCA 320
(213) 740-3334*
Expanded Animation Research + Practice MFA Program
Everett Lewis, Co-Director
Sheila M. Sofian, Co-Director
School of Cinematic Arts - SCA 250
(213) 740-5889*
Film and Television Production
Gail Katz, Division Chair
Susan Arnold, Vice Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCA 434
(213) 740-3317*
Interactive Media and Games Division
Danny Bilson, Division Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCI 201M
(213) 821-4472*
FAX: (213) 821-2665
Media Arts + Practice
Holly Willis, Division Chair
Elizabeth Ramsey, Vice Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCI 101
(213) 821-5700*
The Peter Stark Producing Program
Ed Saxon, Division Chair
Nina Yang Bongiovi, Producer-in-Residence and Associate Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCA 366
(213) 740-3304 *
The John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television
David Isaacs, Division Chair
School of Cinematic Arts - SCA 335
(213) 740-3303*
FAX: (213) 740-8035
Summer Program
David Weitzner, Director
School of Cinematic Arts - SCA 250
(213) 740-3327*
*For information regarding admission, call (213) 740-8358.
Faculty
Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Endowed Dean's Chair in Cinema-
Television: Elizabeth M. Daley, PhD
Dana and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli Endowed Chair in Producing:
John Watson, MA
The Mark Burnett Summer Program Endowed Chair: David
Weitzner, BA
The Joseph Campbell Endowed Chair in Cinematic Ethics:
Theodore Braun, MFA
The Sergei Eisenstein Endowed Chair in Cinematic Design: Bruce
A. Block, MFA
Electronic Arts Endowed Chair in Interactive Entertainment: Tracy
Fullerton, MFA
Hugh M. Hefner Endowed Chair for the Study of American Film:
Tara McPherson, PhD
The John C. Hench Endowed Division Chair: Teresa Cheng, BA
The Michael Kahn Endowed Chair in Editing: Nancy Forner, BA
The Mona and Bernard Kantor Endowed Chair in Production: Mark
J. Harris, BA
The Kortschak Family Endowed Division Chair in Film and
Television Production: Gail Katz, MBA
The George Méliès Endowed Chair in Visual Effects: Michael Fink,
MFA
William Cameron Menzies Endowed Chair in Production Design:
Alex McDowell, BFA
John H. Mitchell Endowed Chair in the Business of Entertainment:
Bonnie Chi, BA
Stephen K. Nenno Endowed Chair in Television Studies: Ellen
Seiter, PhD
Jack Oakie Chair in Comedy: Jack Epps Jr., BA
Mary Pickford Endowed Chair: Gail Katz, MBA
The Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of
Race and Popular Culture: Todd Boyd, PhD
John Ricitiello Endowed Chair in Games and Interactive Media:
Danny Bilson, BA
Kay Rose Endowed Chair in the Art of Sound and Dialogue
Editing: Midge Costin, MA
The T.C. Wang Family Endowed Chair in Cinematic Arts: Akira
Mizuta Lippit, PhD
The Haskell Wexler Endowed Chair in Documentary: Michael
Renov, PhD
The Robin Williams Endowed Chair in Comedy: Barnet Kellman,
PhD
Dino and Martha De Laurentiis Endowed Professorship: Mary
Sweeney, MA
Presidential Professor of Cinematic Arts: George Lucas, BA
Judge Widney Professor: Robert Zemeckis, BFA
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Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic
Arts: Henry Jenkins, PhD
The Mark Burnett Summer Program Endowed Chair: Kenneth
Williams
Distinguished Professor: Mark J. Harris, BA
Professors: Tom Abrams, MFA; Danny Bilson, BA; Bruce Block,
MFA; Don Bohlinger, MFA; Mark Bolas, MS; Todd Boyd, PhD; Ted
Braun, MFA; Teresa Cheng, BA; Midge Costin, MA; Elizabeth M.
Daley, PhD; Jack Epps Jr., BA; Michael Fink, MFA; Scott S. Fisher,
MS; Tracy Fullerton, MFA; Mark J. Harris, BA; David Howard,
MFA; Aniko Imre, PhD; David Isaacs, BA; Priya Jaikumar, PhD;
Henry Jenkins, PhD; Jeremy Kagan, MFA; Gail Katz, MBA; Barnet
Kellman, PhD; Scott Kroopf, BA; Lisa Leeman, BA; Akira Mizuta
Lippit, PhD; Tara McPherson, PhD; Christine Panushka, MFA;
Amanda Pope, BA; Jason Reisig, BFA; Michael Renov, PhD;
Howard A. Rodman, BA; Ellen Seiter, PhD; Tom Sito, BFA; Kathy
Smith, BA; Sheila M. Sofian, MFA; Mary Sweeney, MA; Michael
Taylor, BA; Robert Townsend, DFA: John Watson, MA; Holly Willis,
PhD
Associate Professors: Linda Brown, MFA; J. D. Connor, PhD;
Pamela Douglas, MA; Lan Duong, PhD; Nitin Govil, PhD; Helaine
Head, BA; Georgia Jeffries, BA; Andreas Kratky, PhD; Richard
Lemarchand, BA; Everett Lewis, MFA; Andrew Nealen, PhD; Laura
Isabel Serna, PhD; Peter Sollett, BFA; Stephanie Spray, PhD
Assistant Professor: Giancarlo Cornejo, PhD
Professors of Practice: David Balkan, BA; Irving Belateche, MA;
Gordon Bellamy, BA; Peter Brinson, MFA; Vicki Callahan, PhD;
Christopher Chomyn, MFA; Stephen Flick, BA; Nancy Forner, BA;
Pablo Frasconi, BFA; Brenda Goodman, BS; Marientina Gotsis,
MFA; Eric Hanson, BA; Virginia Kuhn, PhD; Elisabeth Mann,
MFA; Alexander McDowell, BFA; Thomas Miller, MD, MFA; Maks
Naporowski, BA; Michael Patterson, BFA; Candace Reckinger,
MFA; John Rosenberg, MFA; Robert Schiler; Mark Shepherd,
MFA; Ronald Taylor, BA; Sonja Warfield, BA; David Weber, MFA;
William Yahraus, MA
Associate Professors of Practice: Steve Albrezzi, BA; Susan
Arnold; Janet Batchler; Kiki Benzon, PhD; Michael Bodie, MFA;
Richard Burton, BA; Reine-Claire Dousarkissian, MA; Dianne
Farrington, MA; Evan Hughes, MA; DJ Johnson, MFA; Suhail
Kafity; Margaret Moser, MFA; Angelo Pacifici, BArch; Michael
Provart, MFA; Elizabeth Ramsey, PhD; Jesse Vigil, MFA; Jennifer
Warren, BA; Shelly Wattenbarger, MFA; Tristan Whitman, MFA
Assistant Professors of Practice: George Carstocea, PhD; Jeremy
Deneau, BA
Visiting Associate Professors: James Huntley, MS; Aisling Kelliher,
PhD; Jennifer Wild, PhD
Visiting Professors: Kara Keeling, PhD; Edward Saxon, MFA
Part-time Faculty: Bayo Akinfemi; Albert Albaladejo; Jesse Albert;
Ioan Allen; Kate Amend; Yvette Amirian; Kari Antholis; Jordan
Ariel; Andrew Balis; David Baron; Deborah Baron; Craig Barron;
Maurice Bastian; Diego Berdakin; Sandra Berg; Alan Berger;
Fred Bernstein; Dick Block; Mitch Block; Skye Borgman; Sean
Bouchard; John Bowman; Elizabeth Brauer; John Brennan; Paul
Bricault; Musa Brooker; Michael Broukhim; Robert Brown; Bonnie
Bruckheimer; Ed Callahan; Trey Callaway; Martzi Campos; John
Carpenter; Will Carter; Susan Cartsonis; Phil Casnoff; Michael
Cassutt; Julian Cautherly; Bonnie Chi; Peter Chung; Jacque Cofer-
Edmonds; Simon Coke; Michael Connors; Akela Cooper; Ken
Cosby; Sean Covel; Tim Curnen; Martin Daniel; Kristen W. Davis;
Johanna Demetrakas; Dariush Derakhshani; Annie DeSalvo;
Heather Desurvire; Jon Dudkowski; James Egan; David Fain;
Siavash Farahani; Ben Fast; Ron Fernandez; Jason Figliozzi;
Bruce Finn; Mike Fischer; Paul Foley; Eric Freiser; Joe Garlington;
Bonnie Garvin; Paul Gerard; Larry Gertz; Jeffrey Glaser; Karl
Gnass; David Goetsch; Eric Goldberg; Jane Goldenring; Jarrett
Golding; Richard Goldsmith; Margie Goodspeed; Ian Goodwin;
Janet Graham-Borba; Mimi Gramatky Stradling; Amanda Green;
Sharon Greene; Jordan Halsey; Jeffrey Hammer; Suzanne
Hargrove; Pete Hawkes; Chevon Hicks; Liz Hinlein; Joe Hoffman;
Todd Hoffman; Alan Holzman; Sean Hood; Caroline Hu; Joan
Hyler; Jason Inouye; Alex Jablonski; Brandon Jeffords; Yong Duk
Jhun; Jeanne Jo; Toni Ann Johnson; Moses Journey; Juli Juteau;
Aaron Kaplan; Roeban Katz; Collin Kelly; Thomas Kemper; Liz
Keyishian; Tim Kirkman; Randal Kleiser; Michael Kontopoulos;
Jeffrey Korchek; Paul Kowalski; Marianne Krawcyzk; Stu Krieger;
Jon Kroll; Lucas Kuzma; Morgan Land; Sheldon Larry; Clifford
Latimer; Ken LaZebnik; Domin Lee; Elizabeth Lee; Robert Levin;
Adam Levine; Andrew Licht; Dan Lupovitz; John Mahoney; Abram
Makowka; Laird Malamed; Leonard Maltin; Carolyn Manetti; David
Maquiling; Peter Marx; Leslie Mathieson; Frank McAdams; Jim
McGinn; Rebekah McKendry; Mary McNamara; Bill Mechanic;
Dagen Merrill; Monica Mitchell; Chris Morocco; Tatiana Mulry;
Robert Nashak; Rob Nederhorst; John Nee; Sahand Nikoukar;
Joseph Nussbaum; Dave O'Brien; Jim O'Keeffe; Sev Ohanian;
Bob Osher; Joel Parker; Rick Parks; Justin Parpan; Joe Peracchio;
Rod Perth; Brian Peterson; Paul Petschek; Wendy Phillips; Mary
Posatko; Anne Postman; Kate Powers; Wayne Powers; Bill Prady;
Ross Putman; Robert Ramsey; Phil Ramuno; Gary Randall; Amy
Reed; Sandy Reisenbach; Lyz Renshaw; Silvia Rigon; Vincent
Robert; Sam Roberts; Peter Robinson; Jason Rosenfield; Roland
Rosenkranz; Torrie Rosenzweig; Jeremy Royce; Nina Sadowsky;
Leander Sales; Mike Saltzman; Henry Sanchez; Jimena Sarno;
James Savoca; Julie Sayres; Nevin Schreiner; Phil Schwartz;
Matthew Scott; Debby Seibel; Joselito Seldera; Bita Shafipour;
Rick Shaine; Toi Juan Shannon; Bobby Smith, Jr.; Katie Smith;
Jim Staahl; Josh Staub; Katherine Steinbach; Noah Stern; Scott
Sturgeon; Danny Sussman; Neely Swanson; Beth Sweeney; Ella
Taylor; Aaron Thomas; John Underkoffler; Marcel Valcarce; Pam
Veasey; Ligiah Villalobos; Jeffrey Vlaming; Gary Wagner; Dahvi
Waller; Gene Warren III; Miles Watkins; David Weitzner; Nicole
West; David White; William Whittington; Tyger Williams; Chase
Winton; Cynthia Woll; Russ Woody; Frank Wuliger; Chris Wyatt;
Qianqian Ye; Ashley York; Gil Zimmerman; Ed Zobrist
University Professor Emerita: Marsha Kinder, PhD
Professor Emerita: Doe Mayer, MA
Professors Emeriti: Drew Casper, PhD; Ron Curfman, MFA; Trevor
Greenwood, MA; Richard Harber, MA; David E. James, PhD;
Richard Jewell, PhD; Edward Kaufman, PhD; Woody Omens, MA;
Morton Zarcoff, MA
Associate Professors Emeriti: Robert Miller, PhD; Dennis Wixon,
PhD
Research Professor Emeritus: Richard Weinberg, PhD
Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Cinematic Arts: Jason
Squire, MFA
Degree Programs
The USC School of Cinematic Arts offers professional and
academic degree programs at the bachelor's, master's and
doctoral levels.
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Animation and
Digital Arts
This is a program designed for students who wish to receive
intensive training in all aspects of pre-production and production to
ideate, design and create animated works. The BFA in Animation
and Digital Arts is granted through the School of Cinematic Arts.
The degree requires 128 units. For more information, see full
program description.
Bachelor of Arts, Cinema and Media Studies
This degree is granted through the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the School of
Cinematic Arts and requires 128 units. For more information, see
full program description.
Bachelor of Arts, Cinematic Arts, Film and
Television Production
This degree is a two-year program for transfer students. The
BA is granted through the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts
and requires 128 units. For more information, see full program
description.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cinematic Arts, Film
and Television Production
This degree is a four-year program only available to incoming
freshmen. The BFA in Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production is granted through the School of Cinematic Arts
and requires 128 units. For more information, see full program
description.
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Game Art
Dedicated to creating beautiful art assets for interactive
media and technologies, this program focuses on Games
with concentrations that might include character animation,
environmental design, visual effects, 3-D pipelines and interactive
animation. Students study within the framework that combines a
broad liberal arts background with specialization in a profession.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art is granted through the the
School of Cinematic Arts. The degree requires 128 units. For more
information, see full program description.
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Game Development
and Interactive Design
Dedicated to immersive experience design and core best
practices from the games industry, this program is for students
who are passionate about the games industry and driven to
innovate the emerging future of entertainment. The BFA in Game
Development and Interactive Design is granted through the
School of Cinematic Arts. The degree requires 128 units. For more
information, see full program description.
Bachelor of Arts — Interactive
Entertainment
Dedicated to immersive experience design and emerging
technologies, this program is for students who are driven to
innovate at the intersection of traditional media, games, and
whatever happens next. The Bachelor of Arts in Interactive
Entertainment is granted through the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the School
of Cinematic Arts. The degree requires 128 units. For more
information, see full program description.
Bachelor of Arts — Media Arts and Practice
This program is for students who want to harness the power
of digital storytelling and media design to communicate across
diverse fields beyond the entertainment industry. This degree is
granted through the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts. The
degree requires 128 units. For more information, see full program
description.
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Themed
Entertainment
In this unique four-year program, students study within a
framework that combines a broad liberal arts background with a
specialization track within the Themed Entertainment Industry.
The degree requires 128 units, including 62 units in the major. For
more information, see full program description.
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Writing for Screen
and Television
This is a unique program designed for students who wish
to receive intensive training for non-fiction and fiction writing
for screen and television. The BFA in Writing for Screen and
Television is granted through the School of Cinematic Arts. The
degree requires 128 units. For more information, see full program
description.
Bachelor of Science, Business of Cinematic
Arts
The combined Bachelor of Science degree program in the
Business of Cinematic Arts offers qualified students an opportunity
to gain an educational foundation in both areas. For more
information, see the Business of Cinematic Arts (BS) full program
description.
Master of Arts, Cinema and Media Studies
This degree is granted by the USC Graduate School in
conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts. This program
requires 36 units. For more information, see full program
description.
Master of Arts, Cinematic Arts (Media Arts,
Games and Health)
This program requires 36 units. For more information, see full
program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Cinematic Arts, Film
and Television Production
This professional degree requires 52 units. For more
information, see full program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Writing for Screen and
Television
This program requires 44 units. For more information, see the
full program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Animation and Digital
Arts
This program requires 50 units. For more information, see the
full program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Expanded Animation
Research and Practice
This program requires 50 units. For more information, see the
full program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Interactive Media
This program requires 50 units. For more information, see the
full program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Interactive Media
(Games and Health)
This program requires 50 units. For more information, see the
full program description.
Master of Fine Arts, Producing for Film,
Television, and New Media
The Peter Stark Producing Program requires 44 units. For more
information, see the full program description.
Master of Science, Game Design and
Development
This program requires 38 units. For more information, see the
full program description for Game Design and Development (MS).
Doctor of Philosophy, Cinema and Media
Studies
The PhD is based on a program of study and research
culminating in the completion of a dissertation in the major field of
study. A minimum of 68 semester units (exclusive of dissertation
registration) beyond the baccalaureate is required. Applicants
who have completed a Bachelor of Arts or Master of Arts degree
in Cinematic Arts, or a closely related field, may apply to the
PhD program. The doctoral degree is granted by the Graduate
School in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts. For more
information, see the full program description.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cinematic Arts
(Media Arts and Practice)
The PhD in Media Arts and Practice program offers a rigorous
and creative environment for scholarly innovation as students
explore the intersection of design, media and critical thinking while
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defining new modes of research and scholarship for the 21st
century. Core to the program is its transdisciplinary ethos; after
completing foundational course work, students design their own
curricula, drawing on expertise across all divisions and research
labs within the School of Cinematic Arts. The doctoral degree is
granted by the Graduate School in conjunction with the School
of Cinematic Arts. For more information, see the full program
description.
Writing for Screen and Television Certificate
The Writing for Screen and Television Certificate provides
an established writer, domestic or international, with a one-year
program of study. It is meant to accommodate a writer who has
already attained significant recognition and would like to learn
the craft of screenwriting. Sixteen units are required. For more
information, see the full program description.
Graduate Certificate in the Business of
Entertainment
This certificate program provides graduate-level education in
various aspects of the business of film, television and new media.
It requires 16 units. For more information, see the full program
description.
Graduate Certificate in Cinematic Arts
Archiving and Preservation
This certificate program is designed specifically for students
and practitioners who want to use their education and skills
for advancing the knowledge of film, television and interactive
media through the preservation and dissemination of the
historical artifacts that form the underpinnings of scholarship in
the performing arts. Through this program, students will gain the
knowledge, tools and skills necessary to preserve the materials
that make up the history of entertainment and to lead scholars
through the research maze to the completion of books or media
in their fields of study. This certificate requires 12 units. For more
information, see the full program description.
Graduate Certificate in Digital Media and
Culture
This certificate program is for graduate students from across the
USC campus who want to explore the shifting nature of scholarly
expression, pedagogical practice and research in the 21st century.
It combines seminars with hands-on, lab-based workshops
devoted to basic image manipulation, video editing, social media
and Web design to facilitate sophisticated critical thinking and
practice in and through multimedia. The program requires 12 units.
For more information, see the full program description.
General Requirements
Acceptance of Transfer Units
The School of Cinematic Arts rarely accepts media production
courses taken at other institutions to fulfill degree and minor
requirements. Basic media history and theory courses can
sometimes be accepted for transfer credit. Please check with
the program administrator or a student affairs counselor for more
detailed information.
No transfer credit will be accepted in lieu of CTPR 290, CTPR
294, CTPR 295, CTPR 310, CTPR 507 and CTPR 508 and any
advanced film production courses.
No transfer credits are accepted for the Peter Stark producing
track, the graduate programs in animation and digital arts,
screenwriting and interactive media.
Transfer policies for PhD degrees require advisement and
approval of the division chair.
Waiver of Course Requirements
Under special circumstances waivers and substitutions are
granted; check with the Cinematic Arts Office of Student Affairs. All
course waivers and substitutions are reviewed by committee and
must be approved by the associate dean of academic affairs.
The following courses cannot be waived for students majoring
in Film and Television Production: CTIN 584a, CTIN 584b, CTIN
584c, CTIN 584z, CTPR 290, CTPR 294, CTPR 295, CTPR 310,
CTPR 480, CTPR 507, CTPR 508, CTPR 546L, CTPR 547L,
CTPR 581a, CTPR 581b, CTPR 581c, CTPR 581z, CTPR 582a,
CTPR 582b, CTPR 582z, CTPR 583, CTPR 587a, CTPR 587b,
CTPR 587c, CTPR 587z.
The following courses cannot be waived for students majoring in
the BA in Interactive Entertainment, the BFA in Game Art, and the
MFA in Interactive Media: CTAN 280, CTAN 480, CTIN 190, CTIN
290, CTIN 483, CTIN 484L, CTIN 488, CTIN 489L, CTIN 491L,
CTIN 532L, CTIN 534L, CTIN 541, CTIN 542, CTIN 544, CTIN
548, CTIN 594a and CTIN 594b.
Student Advisement
Each program has its own advisement system. Check with the
program administrator or with the Cinematic Arts Office of Student
Affairs. Cinematic Arts student affairs counselors are available to
answer questions about degree programs, grades, advisement
and other matters.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in all
required and prerequisite courses in order to progress to the next
course level. Students may attempt to improve a grade lower than
a C (2.0) only one time by registering and retaking the specific
course. Departmental approval is required in order to retake a
School of Cinematic Arts course.
In addition, a minimum grade point average must be achieved
to earn all cinematic arts degrees (see the individual program
descriptions). For example, undergraduates and graduates must
earn a minimum grade of C (2.0) in all required cinematic arts
courses. However, graduate students must also achieve a B (3.0)
average in all courses required for the degree.
Undergraduate students in the film and television production
program who achieve a grade lower than a C (2.0) in CTPR 290
(BFA only), CTPR 294, CTPR 295 or CTPR 310, and graduate
students in the production program who earn a grade lower
than a C (2.0) in CTPR 507 or CTPR 508 may petition to retake
the required sequence only once. Permission to retake any
prerequisite or core production courses requires prior departmental
committee approval.
Undergraduate students in the media arts and practice program
who achieve a grade lower than a C (2.0) in IML 201 may petition
to retake the course only once.
Students who do not satisfy the degree requirement after
repeating a class will be disqualified from the program.
Tuition and Fees (Estimated)
Students in the School of Cinematic Arts' graduate programs
pay differential tuition (see the Tuition and Fees section for
current tuition rates). Undergraduate programs are assessed the
university-wide tuition rate. In addition, some classes are charged
lab fees, as noted in the Schedule of Classes, and insurance fees.
The university reserves the right to assess new fees or charges.
The rates listed are subject to change without notice by action of
the Board of Trustees.
Attendance Policy
The School of Cinematic Arts curriculum relies heavily on
in-class participation and interaction between faculty and
students. Many of our courses are taught in a collaborative
workshop environment and our theoretical lectures are driven
through in-depth classroom discussion and analysis. We hold
collaboration and constructive criticism as foundational to all of
our learning environments and essential to the methodologies of
our instruction. Student attendance is not only fundamental, but
mandatory for the structure and success of our program for both
the individual student and the educational experiences of other
students within our community.
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Minors, International Programs and
Summer Program
Minor in Animation and Digital Arts
The minor in animation offers students an introduction to the
theory and practice of animation, including its relationship to
the history of art and cinema, creative writing, and basic film
production. It provides students with an opportunity to create both
personal and collaborative work in a wide range of genres, from
traditional character to contemporary experimental and computer
animation. The program requires 24 units. For more information,
see the full program description.
Minor in Cinematic Arts
A minor in cinematic arts is available to USC undergraduate
students in all schools and departments. The minor provides the
opportunity for students to become familiar with various aspects of
media study. The program requires 20 units. For more information,
see the full program description.
Minor in Comedy
The minor in comedy is designed to train students in the
creation of comedic entertainment in film, television and new
media. The program utilizes both analysis courses and creative
workshops to train students in comedic theory and practice.
Through elective choices students may focus their studies on a
number of cinematic disciplines as they pertain to the creation
of comedic content, including writing sit-coms, directing comedic
actors and producing sketch comedy. The program requires 16
units. For more information, see the full program description.
Minor in Digital Studies
The minor in digital studies explores the rich potential of digital
media for critical analysis and creative discovery. Learning the
exciting and dynamic potential of a broad array of tools and
technologies, students create innovative projects, from photo
essays to web-based documentaries, from interactive videos
to sophisticated Websites, and from typography in motion to
3-D visualizations. The program requires 20 units. For more
information, see full program description. Minor students may also
choose to earn an Honors designation by completing 6 additional
units of course work, culminating in a capstone thesis during the
student's final year.
Minor in Documentary
The minor in documentary is designed to train students in the
preparation and production of documentary media. Courses are
designed to give students insight into the history of documentary
as well as experience with both the traditional and emerging
forms of the genre. For more information, see the full program
description.
Minor in Entertainment Industry
The minor in entertainment industry provides students
interested in media content creation with a focused curriculum that
will give them insight into the economic factors and professional
practices that influence the creative process, and how they interact
with social, historical, technical and aesthetic elements. For more
information, see the full program description.
Minor in Future Cinema
The minor in Future Cinema explores the frontier of audiovisual
storytelling building on the cutting edge research within the
School of Cinematic Arts. Students will explore the creative and
technological transformations of an industry in transition as cinema
becomes live, playable, immersive, mobile, virtual, crowdsourced
and more. The program requires 20 units. For more information
see the full program description.
Minor in Game Animation
The skills of the modern animator, visual effects artist, motion
capture professional and many others are of great value in the
games industry when paired with an understanding of how these
assets can be used in games and systems. The game animation
minor provides an educational path that teaches both systems
thinking and the skills and creativity of an animator. The program
requires 24 units. For more information, see the full program
description.
Minor in Game Audio
Game audio professionals must not only be competent in one
area (e.g., expressly in music composing or in audio recording),
but also in other areas of audio and in theories of procedurality and
interaction. This minor provides a grounding in game design and
systems thinking, while providing a theoretical backing and skills
in audio design and composition to prepare students to design
successful audio for the games industry. The program requires 24
units. For more information, see the full program description.
Minor in Game Design
Design for games is a young, exciting field applicable to media
artists working all over the world, in different aspects of the
industry and with many different tools. The game design minor
teaches basic iterative design and prototyping skills while providing
students the opportunity to explore design for new technologies
and the skills of user assessment and usability testing. The
program requires 24 units. For more information, see the full
program description.
Minor in Game Entrepreneurism
The modern media, technology and entertainment fields are
built on the backs of new businesses and new ideas. To start
a successful business, you need skills and knowledge of the
processes for setting up a business, finding investment and turning
your creative project from prototype to finished project. The game
entrepreneurism minor provides an educational path that teaches
hard business thinking for creative entrepreneurs. The program
requires 24 units. For more information, see the full program
description.
Minor in Game Studies
Games are a major cultural form, with game sales now
exceeding box office revenue in the United States. Attention
to games and interactive media is growing, and it has become
necessary to understand them as meaningful systems, reflect
on their cultural influence, and to help guide their evolution with
insightful criticism. The game studies minor prepares students
with fundamental underpinnings in media criticism and games. For
more information, see the full program description.
Minor in Game User Research
Game and interaction design are deeply dependent upon
human-computer interaction and the ability to use research
methods to improve player experience. This minor is designed to
give students an underpinning in game design, interface design
and research methods, while teaching a full set of skills for
playtesting and usability practice. The program requires 24 units.
For more information, see the full program description.
Minor in Immersive Media
The minor in immersive media is designed to train students
to create projects in virtual reality, augmented reality, and other
immersive media formats. The core program requirements provide
the solid fundamentals needed to understand, conceive of, and
create immersive work. Through elective choices students may
focus their studies on theory, on specific fields of immersive,
on creative expression, or on building technology. The program
requires 24 units. For more information, see the full program
description.
Minor in Media and Social Change
The minor in media and social change provides the opportunity
for students who are interested in media content creation and
research to take classes in a focused curriculum on the various
aspects of media for change. Students will gain insight into
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the professional practices of creating media content, analyzing
existing content, and learning how they can influence the future
by integrating social issues into the work they are doing in related
fields. The program requires 20 units. For more information, see
the full program description.
Minor in Science Visualization
The minor in science visualization offers an introduction to
science visualization methodology and practice focused in an area
of relevant research. The minor is structured to provide the skills
and knowledge needed in science visualization, and will culminate
in a capstone project under the close supervision of faculty in both
animation and science. The program requires 16 units. For more
information, see the full program description.
Minor in Screenwriting
The minor in screenwriting provides thorough training in the
craft of writing for screen and television. Students learn the
fundamentals of character, conflict and scene structure and build
on their skills through each course as they write feature and
television scripts in all genres and explore areas of their interest.
Students may apply in the spring or fall semester. The program
requires 16 units. For more information, see the full program
description.
Minor in Themed Entertainment
From cruise ships to casinos to immersive educational retreats,
themed entertainment design involves submerging a real, live
human being into a story in a truly robust, physical way. As new
tools for entertainment and education develop, they continually
push toward enabling players to completely become the heroes
and heroines of their own stories. The themed entertainment minor
focuses on history, theory and skills of themed entertainment
design. The program requires 24 units. For more information, see
the full program description.
Minor in 3-D Animation in Cinematic Arts
The minor in 3-D animation in cinematic arts offers an
introduction to basic animation principles and history, as well as
creative and skill-based instruction in 3-D computer animation.
Through elective choices students may focus their studies on their
specific area of interest, including visual effects, motion capture,
virtual reality, modeling, or character animation. The program
requires 16 units. For more information, see the full program
description.
Minor in Cinema-Television for the Health
Professions
This 24-unit minor is designed for students who plan to enter
careers or professional programs in medicine after graduation
and are interested in working with film and television producers
to disseminate accurate health information to the public. See the
Keck School of Medicine of USC for course requirements.
Minor in Video Game Design and
Management
The video game design minor integrates theoretical concepts
and practical skills to prepare students for a career in interactive
entertainment, specifically the video game industry. Through
integration of two major disciplines (cinematic arts and information
technology), students will be exposed to a variety of design
concepts related to creating video games. See the Information
Technology Program for course requirements. For specific
information on admission and application procedures, contact the
School of Cinematic Arts at (213) 821-2515 or the Information
Technology Program at (213) 740-4542.
Minor in Performing Arts Studies
The minor in Performing Arts provides an interdisciplinary
inquiry into the nature and aesthetics of the performing arts. It
combines the disciplines of cinematic arts, dance, music and
theatre. The minor is a unique course of study that looks at how
the performing arts contribute to a culturally literate society. See
USC School of Dramatic Arts for requirements.
International Programs
Global Exchange Workshop
"The Global Exchange Workshop" is an intensive, seven-week
workshop in documentary filming that pairs graduate students
from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the Communication
University of China (CUC) to make short documentaries on Los
Angeles and/or Beijing as global cities. Participating students
enroll in CTPR 515 Global Exchange Workshop (2 units).
With faculty guidance from both universities, the students
must negotiate cultural differences both in front of and behind
the camera. In the process, both students and faculty directly
experience the other culture and learn how it defines globalism
in general, sees its own city in global terms, combines theory
and practice, and processes a new set of perceptions and lived
experience.
Interested students should contact Professor Pablo Frasconi of
the division of Film and Video Production at pfrasconi@cinema.
usc.edu.
Summer Program
The USC School of Cinematic Arts Summer Program is a
six-week program that offers classes from different facets of
the entertainment industry, all for college credit. Participants
from around the world have an opportunity to attend intensive,
creatively demanding and satisfying filmmaking courses. Please
note: the SCA Summer Program consists of collegiate-level
courses and is not a continuing education or certificate earning
program.
Minor
3-D Animation in Cinematic Arts Minor
The minor in 3-D animation in cinematic arts offers an
introduction to basic animation principles and history, as well as
creative and skill-based instruction in 3-D computer animation.
Through elective choices students may focus their studies on their
specific area of interest, including visual effects, motion capture,
virtual reality, modeling or character animation. The program
requires 16 units.
To be eligible for the 3-D animation in cinematic arts minor, a
student must be in good academic standing and have a declared
major. To declare the minor a student must submit a Change of
Major/Minor form to the John C. Hench Division of Animation and
Digital Arts in SCB 210.
Core Requirements (6 units)
• CTAN 330 Animation Fundamentals Units: 2
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
Electives (10 Additional Units)
• CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTAN 455L Organic Modeling for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 460 Character Design Workshop Units: 2
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 463L Creative Workflow in Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and Rendering Units: 2
• CTAN 465L Digital Effects Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 485L Pipeline and Character Modeling for Animation
Units: 2
• CTAN 497L Procedural Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 502L Experiments in Immersive Design Units: 2
• CTAN 504L Creative Production in Virtual Reality Units: 2
• CTAN 508L Live Action Integration with Visual Effects
Units: 2
• CTAN 563 Advanced Character Animation Performance
Units: 2
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• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2
• CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance Units: 2
Enrollment in 500-level courses requires special permission.
Grade Point Averages
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Animation and Digital Arts Minor
The minor in animation offers students an introduction to
the theory and practice of animation, including its relationship
to the history of art and cinema, creative writing and basic film
production. It provides students with an opportunity to create both
personal and collaborative work in a wide range of genres, from
traditional character to contemporary experimental and computer
animation. This includes painting, cel, stop motion, collage, mixed
media, 2- and 3-D computer animation software and interactive
digital media. Successful completion of a final project is required.
Most students will enter the minor in animation program in their
sophomore year at USC.
A student enrolled on the undergraduate level at USC may
apply to minor in animation if he or she is maintaining normal
degree progress.
Animation minor applications are reviewed by a panel of faculty
members, with admissions made for the fall semester only. A
maximum of 12 students will be admitted per year.
Application Procedures
To be considered for admission to the minor in animation,
the applicant is required to submit the following materials: (1)
Cinematic Arts departmental application, (2) academic records
including current USC transcripts, (3) personal statement, (4) two
letters of recommendation, and (5) portfolio (prints, slides, CD,
DVD, film and/or video). Applications and admission information
can be obtained from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Animation
and Digital Arts Program Office, (213) 740-3986 or online at
cinema.usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Course Requirements
The following courses are to be taken in a prescribed sequential
order. Twenty-four units are required.
In addition, CTAN 450c is a capstone production class. It is
a very time intensive class that will require a very large amount
of work. The film project undertaken under CTAN 450c must be
completed by the end of the semester enrolled in CTAN 450c in
order to pass the class and receive the minor. It is recommended
that you do not take a heavy course load during the semester that
you enroll in CTAN 450c.
Please note that by the time you enroll in CTAN 450c, you
must have completed all of the other minor requirements before
requesting access to CTAN 450c.
Courses
Year One
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTAN 448 Introduction to Film Graphics — Animation
Units: 4
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
Year Two
• CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production
Techniques Units: 4
• CTAN 436 Writing for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 450a Animation Theory and Techniques Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
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Year Three
• CTAN 450b Animation Theory and Techniques Units: 2
• CTAN 450c Animation Theory and Techniques Units: 2
Cinematic Arts Minor
The minor in cinematic arts combines an introduction to this
exciting and influential field with a diversified set of classes in
critical studies, production, screenwriting, the entertainment
industry, animation and interactive media. The curriculum is
purposely flexible; students may choose to sample different areas
in their upper-division courses or emphasize a single primary
interest, such as production.
To be eligible for the cinematic arts minor, a student must be in
good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the cinematic arts minor a student must submit a Change of Major/
Minor form to Cinematic Arts Office of Student Services, SCB 105.
Course Requirements for the Minor
A total of 20 units is required for the minor in cinematic arts, one
4-unit lower-division course and 16 upper-division units.
Lower-division Requirement
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4 * or
• CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video Units: 4
Note:
*Gateway course
Upper-division Requirement
8 units from the following:
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 450a Animation Theory and Techniques Units: 2
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTCS 303 Japanese Anime Units: 2
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 466 Theatrical Film Symposium Units: 4
• CTCS 467 Television Symposium Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTPR 327 Motion Picture Cinematography Units: 3
• CTPR 335 Motion Picture Editing Units: 3
• CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production
Techniques Units: 4
• CTPR 409 Practicum in Television Production Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTPR 460 Film Business Procedures and Distribution
Units: 2 or 4
• CTPR 461 Managing Television Stations and Internet Media
Units: 2
• CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
Units: 4
• CTWR 409 Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Character,
Conflict and Story Units: 4
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• IML 320 Designing and Writing for Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4
• IML 365 Future Cinema Units: 4
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4
• IML 456 Nature, Design and Media Units: 2
• IML 458 The Embedded Story: Designing Digital Landscapes
and Languages Units: 2
Plus 8 additional upper-division units of Cinematic
Arts electives
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Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Comedy Minor
The minor in comedy is designed to train students in the
creation of comedic entertainment in film, television and new
media.
Application Procedures
To apply to the minor in comedy, a student must be in good
academic standing, have a declared major, and be currently
enrolled in or have completed with a passing grade CTWR 404
Foundations of Comedy.
Applicants are required to submit the following materials:
(1) Cinematic Arts departmental application, (2) curriculum vitae
highlighting comedy experience, and (3) a personal statement of
250 words or less. Applications and admission information can
be obtained from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Writing for
Screen and Television division, (213) 740-3303.
Course Requirements for the Minor
A total of 16 units is required to complete the comedy minor.
Required Course (2 Units)
• CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy Units: 2
Elective Courses (14 Units From The
Following)
• CTWR 324 Introduction to Half-Hour Television Writing
Units: 2 *
• CTWR 403 Writing the Narrative Podcast Series Units: 2
• CTWR 407 Creating the Comedic Character Units: 2
• CTWR 409 Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Character,
Conflict and Story Units: 4
• CTWR 430 Comedy Writers and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 434 Writing the Half-Hour Comedy Series Units: 2
max 6*
• CTWR 437 Writing the Original Situation Comedy Pilot
Units: 4 max 8*
• CTWR 438 Linked Narrative Storytelling for the Web Units: 2,
4 max 8
• CTWR 477 Staff Writing the Sketch Comedy Show Units: 2
max 6*
• CTWR 487 Staff Writing the Multi-Camera Television Series
Units: 4 max 8*
• CTWR 497 Staff Writing the Single-Camera Half-Hour Series
Units: 4 *
• CTPR 371 Directing for Television Units: 4
• CTPR 464 Directing the Television Sketch Comedy Show
Units: 2 max 4
• CTPR 476 Directing The Comedic Scene Units: 2
• CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
Units: 4 max 8
*Prerequisite required
• CTPR 491 Viral Comedy Units: 2
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Grade Point Averages
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Digital Studies Minor
The minor in digital studies explores the rich potential of digital
media for critical analysis and creative discovery. Learning the
exciting and dynamic potential of a broad array of tools and
technologies, students create innovative projects, from photo
essays to Web-based documentaries, from interactive videos to
sophisticated Websites, and from typography in motion to 3-D
visualizations. Elective courses explore media for social change,
tangible computing, transmedia expression and more, allowing
students to use media in pursuit of their own interests and to
enhance their major.
All digital studies courses combine theory and practice in lab-
based seminars featuring hands-on tutorials to support students in
producing sophisticated media-rich work. Participants in this minor
gain powerful skills useful in future endeavors within or beyond
academia, where the ability to work effectively with media is a
crucial job skill.
Information about courses and other program offerings can
be obtained by emailing the Media Arts and Practice program at
Program Requirements
A minimum of 20 units is required to complete the minor. All
courses must be taken for a letter grade.
Introductory Courses
• IML 104 Introduction to Digital Studies Units: 2 and
• IML 140 Workshop in Multimedia Authoring Units: 2 or
• IML 201 The Languages of Digital Media Units: 4
Media Arts Platform Courses
Choose 12 units from the following courses:
• IML 230 Fundamentals of Media Design Units: 4
• IML 288 Critical Thinking and Procedural Media Units: 4
• IML 300 Reading and Writing the Web Units: 4
• IML 328 Sonic Media Art Units: 2
• IML 335 Digital Narrative Design I Units: 2
• IML 354 Introduction to 3-D Modeling Units: 2
• IML 400 Creative Coding for the Web Units: 4 *
• IML 404 Tangible and Spatial Computing Units: 4 *
• IML 428 Exploring and Creating Sonic Environments
Units: 4 *
• IML 430 Visual Communication and Experience Design
Units: 4 *
• IML 435 Digital Narrative Design II Units: 4 *
• IML 436 Hypercinemas Studio Units: 4 *
• IML 454 Advanced Techniques of Spatial Representation
Units: 4 *
• IML 481 Mixed Realities: Histories, Theories and Practices
Units: 4
*Prerequisite required.
Media Arts Electives
Choose 4 units from the following courses:
• IML 309 Integrative Design for Mobile Devices Units: 4
• IML 310 Professionalism for Media Arts Units: 2 *
• IML 320 Designing and Writing for Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4
• IML 365 Future Cinema Units: 4
• IML 385 Design Fiction and Speculative Futures Units: 4
• IML 419 Emotion in Digital Culture Units: 4
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4
• IML 422 Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 450 Critical Play and Documentary Games Units: 4
• IML 456 Nature, Design and Media Units: 2
• IML 458 The Embedded Story: Designing Digital Landscapes
and Languages Units: 2 *
• IML 466 Digital Studies Symposium Units: 2
• IML 475 Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
• IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and Immersive Docu-
Narratives Units: 4
• IML 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
*Prerequisite required.
Honors Thesis Track
Students who wish to pursue the honors track must submit
an application to their minor adviser. If approved, students will
complete a capstone thesis project during their senior year in
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order to earn an honors designation. Students must enroll in the
following thesis courses:
• IML 346 Methods in Digital Research Units: 2 *
• IML 440 Thesis Studio Units: 4 *
*Prerequisite required.
Documentary Minor
The minor in documentary is designed to train students in
the preparation and production of documentary media. Courses
are designed to give students insight into both the history of
documentary as well as access to new and emerging forms of the
media.
To be eligible for the documentary minor, a student must be in
good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the cinematic arts minor a student must submit a Change of Major/
Minor form to Cinematic Arts Office of Student Services, SCB 105.
Core Requirement
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
Electives
Take 12 units from the following courses:
• CTIN 479 Documentary and Activist Games Units: 2
• CTPR 404 Practicum in Podcast Production Units: 2
• CTPR 431 Developing the Documentary Production Units: 2
• CTPR 474 Documentary Production Units: 4
• CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production Units: 2
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4
• IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and Immersive Docu-
Narratives Units: 4
Entertainment Industry Minor
The minor in the entertainment industry provides students
interested in media content creation with a focused curriculum that
will give them insight into the economic factors and professional
practices that influence the creative process, and how they interact
with social, historical, technical and aesthetic elements. To be
eligible for the entertainment industry minor, a student must be
in good academic standing, have a declared major, and have
completed CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema or CTCS 191
Introduction to Television and Video with a C or better. To declare
the minor, a student must submit a Change of Major/Minor form to
Cinematic Arts Student Services, SCB 105.
Course Requirements for the Minor
A total of 18 upper-division units is required for the minor in the
Entertainment Industry.
Courses
• CNTV 375 Breaking Into the Entertainment Industry Units: 2
• CNTV 440 The Business of the Entertainment Industry:
Motion Pictures, Television, Animation, Video Games, and
Interactive Entertainment Units: 2
• CNTV 495 Internship in Cinematic Arts Units: 1, 2, 4 *
• CTPR 458 Organizing Creativity: Entertainment Industry
Decision Making Units: 2
*Note: CNTV 495 must be taken for two (2) units.
One of the following:
• CTCS 466 Theatrical Film Symposium Units: 4
• CTCS 467 Television Symposium Units: 4
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
• CTPR 386 Art and Industry of the Theatrical Film Units: 4
One of the following:
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
Four units from:
• CNTV 457 The Entertainment Entrepreneur: Getting Your
First Project Made Units: 2
• CNTV 474 Digital DNA: Media Redefined Units: 2
• CNTV 522 The Television Industry: Networks, Cable and the
Internet Units: 4 *
• CNTV 523 Feature Film Financing and the Studio System
Units: 4 *
• CNTV 524 Digital Technologies and the Entertainment
Industry Units: 4 *
• CNTV 525 Entertainment Marketing in Today's Digital
Environment Units: 4 *
• CNTV 562 Seminar in Motion Picture Business Units: 4 *
• CNTV 563 The Business of Representation Units: 4 *
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From Story Concept to
Exhibition Units: 2
• CTPR 425 Production Planning Units: 2
• CTPR 438 Practicum in Producing Units: 2 +
• CTPR 460 Film Business Procedures and Distribution
Units: 2 or 4
• CTPR 461 Managing Television Stations and Internet Media
Units: 2
• CTPR 491 Viral Comedy Units: 2
• CTPR 496 The Film Industry: Career Challenges and
Choices for Women Units: 2
• CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• IML 466 Digital Studies Symposium Units: 2
*Taking graduate-level courses requires special permission.
+ Prerequisite required.
Note:
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Future Cinema Minor
The minor in future cinema explores the frontier of audiovisual
storytelling, building on the cutting edge research within the
School of Cinematic Arts. Students will explore the creative and
technological transformations of an industry in transition as cinema
becomes live, playable, immersive, mobile, virtual, crowdsourced
and more.
Combining history, theory and practice, the minor prepares
students to engage with new forms of cinematic expression with an
awareness of critical context and a methodology for understanding
the changing roles of storytelling in the 21st century.
Information about declaring the minor, courses and other
program offerings can be obtained by emailing the Media Arts and
Practice program at [email protected].
Program Requirements
A total of 20 units is required to complete the minor. All courses
must be taken for a letter grade.
Introductory Courses
Choose 8 units from the following courses:
• IML 365 Future Cinema Units: 4
• IML 475 Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4 +
Electives
Choose 12 units from the following courses:
• CNTV 474 Digital DNA: Media Redefined Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 502L Experiments in Immersive Design Units: 2 +
• CTAN 504L Creative Production in Virtual Reality Units: 2 * +
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2 * +
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTWR 405 Storytelling for Virtual and Augmented Reality
Units: 2 *
• CTWR 438 Linked Narrative Storytelling for the Web Units: 2,
4 *
• IML 309 Integrative Design for Mobile Devices Units: 4
• IML 320 Designing and Writing for Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4
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• IML 335 Digital Narrative Design I Units: 2
• IML 354 Introduction to 3-D Modeling Units: 2
• IML 385 Design Fiction and Speculative Futures Units: 4
• IML 404 Tangible and Spatial Computing Units: 4 *
• IML 436 Hypercinemas Studio Units: 4 *
• IML 454 Advanced Techniques of Spatial Representation
Units: 4 *
• IML 456 Nature, Design and Media Units: 2
• IML 458 The Embedded Story: Designing Digital Landscapes
and Languages Units: 2 *
• IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and Immersive Docu-
Narratives Units: 4
• IML 481 Mixed Realities: Histories, Theories and Practices
Units: 4
• IML 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 *
* Prerequisite required.
+ Enrollment in graduate course work requires special
permission.
Game Animation Minor
To create animations for a game requires an understanding
that visual art forms one part of a game system or algorithm, and
even animation poses and rigging must often be thought of in
terms of programming-like logic. The skills of the modern animator,
visual effects artist, motion capture professional and many others
are of great value in the games industry, but very few of these
professionals have both training in visual artistry and the systemic
thinking necessary for game design. This minor provides an
educational path that teaches both systems thinking and the skills
and creativity of an animator.
To be eligible for the game animation minor, a student must be
in good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the game animation minor a student must get permission from
the Interactive Media Division (SCA 222) and submit a Change of
Major/Minor form to Cinematic Arts Student Services (SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor
A total of 16 units is required for the game animation minor,
including a minimum of 14 upper-division units.
Core Requirements (10 units)
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2 *
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and Rendering Units: 2 *
• CTIN 291 Advanced Games Crew Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
Electives (6 Additional Units)
• CTAN 330 Animation Fundamentals Units: 2
• CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 460 Character Design Workshop Units: 2
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 465L Digital Effects Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2 * +
• CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance Units: 2 * +
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2 *
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
+Enrollment in CTAN 564 and CTAN 565 requires special
permission.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Game Audio Minor
To implement audio into a game requires an understanding that
audio forms one part of a game system or algorithm, and even
composition must often be thought of in terms of programming-
like logic. Game audio professionals must not only be competent
in one area (e.g., expressly in music composing, or in audio
recording), but in other areas of audio as well. This minor provides
a grounding in game design and systems thinking, while providing
a theoretical backing and skills in audio design and composition
to prepare students to design successful audio for the games
industry.
To be eligible for the Game Audio minor, a student must be in
good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the Game Audio minor a student must get permission from the
Interactive Media Division (SCA 222) and submit a Change of
Major/Minor form to Cinematic Arts Student Services (SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor
A minimum of 24 units is required for the Game Audio minor, 6
lower-division units and a minimum of 16 upper-division units.
Lower-division Core Units (6 Units)
• CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media Units: 2
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
Upper-division Core Units (12 Units)
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4
Electives (Minimum 6 Additional Units, At Least
4 Upper-division)
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4 4
Units: 4
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• CTIN 493L Advanced Game Project II Units: 2 *
• CTPR 473 Spotting Music for Cinema Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2 *
• MUCO 221ax Composition for Non-Majors Units: 2
• THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design Units: 3
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Game Design Minor
Game design is the next great design field, and individuals of
many professions and skill sets will benefit from understanding
how to design for interactivity and new technology. The game
design minor teaches basic iterative design and prototyping skills
while providing students the opportunity to explore design for
new technologies and the skills of user assessment and usability
testing.
To be eligible for the game design minor, a student must be in
good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the game design minor a student must get permission from the
Interactive Media Division (SCA 222) and submit a Change of
Major/Minor form to Cinematic Arts Student Services (SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor
A total of 24 units is required for the game design minor, 10
lower-division units and 14 upper-division units.
Lower-division Core (10 Units)
• CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media Units: 2
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
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Upper-division Core (8 Units)
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4
Electives (6 Additional Units)
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 405L Design and Technology for Mobile Experiences
Units: 2
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar Units: 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• CTIN 493L Advanced Game Project II Units: 2 *
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Game Entrepreneurism Minor
A minor for students interested in building a business in the
games and digital media industry. Building on the business,
production and management courses in the Interactive Media
Division, this minor culminates in our advanced game project
course and provides students with hands-on mentorship in starting
actual companies based on the work they are doing in these
concurrent classes. The minor provides a basis in theories of
design and production for games, as well as a strong grounding in
the business knowledge necessary to become an entrepreneur.
To be eligible for the game entrepreneurism minor, a student
must be in good academic standing and have a declared major.
To declare the game entrepreneurism minor a student must get
permission from the Interactive Media Division (SCA 222), and
submit a change of major/minor form to Cinematic Arts Student
Services (SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor
A minimum of 16 units is required for the game entrepreneurism
minor.
Upper-division Core (10 Units)
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4 or
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4 *
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
Electives (6 Additional Units)
• BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching and Scaling Your
Startup Units: 4 *
• BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• CTIN 432 Polishing and Publishing Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 459L Game Industry Workshop Units: 4 *
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 497 Interactive Media Startup Units: 1
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Game Studies Minor
Games are a major cultural form, with game sales now
exceeding box office revenue in the United States. Attention
to games and interactive media is growing, and it has become
necessary to understand them as meaningful systems, reflect
on their cultural influence, and to help guide their evolution with
insightful criticism. The game studies minor prepares a student
with fundamental underpinnings in media criticism and games.
To be eligible for the game studies minor, a student must be in
good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the game design minor a student must get permission from the
Interactive Media and Games Division (SCI 201) and submit a
Change of Major/Minor form to Cinematic Arts Student Affairs
(SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor:
A total of 24 units is required for the game design minor, at least
6 lower-division units and at least 14 upper-division units.
Lower-division Core Units (6 Units)
• CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media Units: 2
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
Upper-division Core Units (10 Units)
• CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games Units: 4
• CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
Electives (8 Additional Units)
• AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
• AHIS 429 Studies in Art, Science, and Technology Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• ANTH 475 Anthropological Film Analysis Units: 4
• COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media Units: 4
• COMM 350 Video Games: Content, Industry, and Policy
Units: 4
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• IML 466 Digital Studies Symposium Units: 2
• JOUR 381 Entertainment, Business and Media in Today's
Society Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Game User Research Minor
Game and interaction design are deeply dependent upon
human-computer interaction and the ability to use research
methods to improve player experience. Game user research is
a critical aspect of game design and development that involves
management of playtests and usability tests of the software,
technology and rules. Along with the ability to analyze and design
for optimal player experience, this field combines the ability to
analyze large batches of data, and an understanding of how to
build applications that mine data from users; these skills form
the backbone of an incredibly valuable team member for digital
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entertainment products. The Interactive Media and Games Division
at the School of Cinematic Arts is a leading facility in the teaching
of usability, research, and playtesting practices in this field, and
the game user research minor is designed to give students an
underpinning in game design, interface design and research
methods, while teaching a full set of skills for playtesting and
usability practice.
To be eligible for the game user research minor, a student
must be in good academic standing and have a declared major.
To declare the game design minor a student must get permission
from the Interactive Media and Games Division (SCI 201) and
submit a Change of Major/Minor form to Cinematic Arts Student
Affairs (SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor
A total of 16 units is required for the game user research minor,
2 lower-division units and a minimum of 12 upper-division units.
Lower-division Core Units (2 Units)
• CTIN 291 Advanced Games Crew Units: 2
Upper-division Core Units (8 Units)
• COMM 301Lg Empirical Research in Communication Units: 4
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
Electives (6 Additional Units)
• CTIN 110 Statistical Analysis for Games: Storytelling with
Numbers Units: 4
• CTIN 432 Polishing and Publishing Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4 *
• CTIN 493L Advanced Game Project II Units: 2 *
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2 +
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4 *
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
+Enrollment in CTIN 510 requires special permission.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Immersive Media Minor
A minor in immersive media is open to all undergraduate
students at USC. This interdisciplinary minor provides the
opportunity for technically minded students, business and
entrepreneurially driven students, and/or creatively driven students
to gain knowledge about the virtual reality industry and how to
create content effectively. Students can add depth within a specific
area by selecting elective courses within the same area or can add
breadth by choosing elective courses from two separate areas.
To be eligible for the immersive media minor, a student must be
in good academic standing and have a declared major. To declare
the immersive media minor a student must get permission from
the Interactive Media Division (SCI 201), and submit a change of
major/minor form to Cinematic Arts Student Services (SCB 105).
Lower Division Requirements
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop Units: 4
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
Upper Division Requirements
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
Capstone Units
• CTAN 502L Experiments in Immersive Design Units: 2 +
• CTAN 504L Creative Production in Virtual Reality Units: 2 * +
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• IML 436 Hypercinemas Studio Units: 4 *
Electives
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4 *
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2 *
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and Rendering Units: 2 *
• CTAN 465L Digital Effects Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 485L Pipeline and Character Modeling for Animation
Units: 2
• CTAN 495 Visual Music Units: 2
• CTAN 497L Procedural Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 508L Live Action Integration with Visual Effects
Units: 2 * +
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2 * +
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 479 Documentary and Activist Games Units: 2
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4 4 Units: 4
• CTIN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2 +
• CTWR 405 Storytelling for Virtual and Augmented Reality
Units: 2 *
• CTXA 410 Audio Design for Animation and Immersive Media
Units: 2 2 Units: 2
• IML 335 Digital Narrative Design I Units: 2
• IML 354 Introduction to 3-D Modeling Units: 2
• IML 385 Design Fiction and Speculative Futures Units: 4
• IML 475 Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
• IML 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• IML 543 Transdisciplinary Media Design Practicum Units: 4 *
+
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4 +
• ITP 380 Video Game Programming Units: 4 *
Note:
*Prerequisite Required.
+Enrollment in graduate-level courses requires special permission.
Media and Social Change Minor
The minor in Media and Social Change provides the opportunity
for students who are interested in media content creation and
research to take classes in a focused curriculum on the various
aspects of media for change. Students will gain insight into
the professional practices of creating media content, analyzing
existing content, and learning how they can influence the future
by integrating social issues into the work they are doing in related
fields.
Information about declaring the minor, courses and other
program offerings can be obtained by emailing the Media Arts and
Practice program at [email protected].
Program Requirements
A total of 20 units is required to complete the minor. All courses
must be taken for a letter grade.
Introductory Courses
Choose 4 units from the following courses:
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTWR 211g The Television Writer: An Agent of Change
Units: 4
• IML 295Lm Race, Class and Gender in Digital Culture
Units: 4
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Electives, Group I
Choose 12 units from the following courses:
• CTIN 479 Documentary and Activist Games Units: 2
• CTPR 474 Documentary Production Units: 4
• CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production Units: 2
• IML 320 Designing and Writing for Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4
• IML 385 Design Fiction and Speculative Futures Units: 4
• IML 419 Emotion in Digital Culture Units: 4
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4
• IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and Immersive Docu-
Narratives Units: 4
Electives, Group II
Choose 4 units from the following courses:
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 408 Contemporary Political Film and Digital Media
Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
Science Visualization Minor
The minor in Science Visualization offers an introduction to
science visualization methodology and practice focused in an area
of relevant research. The minor is structured to provide the skills
and knowledge needed in science visualization, and will culminate
in a capstone project under the close supervision of faculty in both
animation and science. The program requires 16 units.
Most students will enter the minor in science visualization
program in their sophomore year at USC.
Application Procedures
To be eligible for the Science Visualization Minor, a student
must be in good academic standing, maintaining normal degree
progress, and have a declared major. Students who are not
science majors should provide a recommendation from an
Animation faculty member. To declare the minor a student must
submit the USC Change of Major/Minor form to the John C. Hench
Division of Animation and Digital Arts in SCB 210, (213) 740-3986.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Course Requirements
The following courses are to be taken in the prescribed
sequential order, starting with CTAN 330 and finishing with CTXA
423L, the capstone class. Sixteen units of course work are
required.
Courses
• CTAN 330 Animation Fundamentals Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 497L Procedural Animation Units: 2
Six units from the following list:*
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2 **
• CTAN 450a Animation Theory and Techniques Units: 2
• CTAN 455L Organic Modeling for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and Rendering Units: 2 **
• CTAN 465L Digital Effects Animation Units: 2
• CTXA 410 Audio Design for Animation and Immersive Media
Units: 2
• CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production Units: 2 **
• IML 230 Fundamentals of Media Design Units: 4
• IML 288 Critical Thinking and Procedural Media Units: 4
• IML 300 Reading and Writing the Web Units: 4
• IML 335 Digital Narrative Design I Units: 2
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4
• IML 354 Introduction to 3-D Modeling Units: 2
• IML 400 Creative Coding for the Web Units: 4
• IML 422 Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 456 Nature, Design and Media Units: 2
Note:
*Juniors or seniors with a 3.0 GPA in good standing may elect
to take graduate courses CTAN 502L (2), CTAN 504L (2), CTAN
508L (2), CTAN 564L (2), CTAN 565L (2), CTXA 524, CTXA 575
and CTXA 588.
**Prerequisite required.
Two unit capstone course:
• CTXA 423L Visualizing Science Production Units: 2
Screenwriting Minor
The minor in screenwriting is designed to train students in the
creatively challenging field of writing for screen and television.
Students learn the fundamentals of writing for film and television
with the opportunity to specialize in writing feature length
screenplays, teleplays in both drama and comedy, or analysis of
the craft of screenwriting.
Application Procedures
To apply to the minor in screenwriting, a student must
be in good academic standing, have a declared major, and
have previously completed with a passing grade CTWR 409
Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Character, Conflict, and Story.
Applications and information can be obtained at the Writing
Division office, SCA 336, (213) 740-3303 and online at cinema.
usc.edu.
Course Requirements for the Minor
The minor in screenwriting is a specialized course of study for
students who desire a solid foundation in the craft of screenwriting.
A total of 16 units is required to complete the screenwriting minor,
10 units from fundamental courses and 6 units of electives.
Fundamentals And Feature Development
(10 Units)
• CTWR 409 Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Character,
Conflict and Story Units: 4
• CTWR 321 Introduction to Hour-Long Television Writing
Units: 2 * or
• CTWR 324 Introduction to Half-Hour Television Writing
Units: 2 *
• CTWR 415a Advanced Writing Units: 2 *
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
*Prerequisite Required.
Total units: 10
Additional Electives (6 Units)
• CTWR 402 Writing and Social Change Units: 2
• CTWR 403 Writing the Narrative Podcast Series Units: 2
• CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy Units: 2
• CTWR 407 Creating the Comedic Character Units: 2
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 415b Advanced Writing Units: 2 *
• CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 421 Writing the Hour-Long Dramatic Series Units: 2
max 4 *
• CTWR 422 Creating the Dramatic Television Series Units: 2
max 4
• CTWR 430 Comedy Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 433 Adaptations: Transferring Existing Work to the
Screen Units: 2
• CTWR 434 Writing the Half-Hour Comedy Series Units: 2
max 6 *
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• CTWR 435 Writing for Film and Television Genres Units: 2,
3, 4 max 8 *
• CTWR 437 Writing the Original Situation Comedy Pilot
Units: 4 max 8 *
• CTWR 438 Linked Narrative Storytelling for the Web Units: 2,
4 max 8
• CTWR 439 Writing the Original Dramatic Series Pilot Units: 4
max 8 *
• CTWR 441 Writing Workshop in Creativity and Imagination
Units: 2
• CTWR 449 Rewriting the Original Dramatic Series Pilot
Units: 4 max 8*
• CTWR 453 Advanced Feature Rewriting Units: 4 max 8 *
• CTWR 468 Screenwriting in Collaboration Units: 4 max 8 *
• CTWR 477 Staff Writing the Sketch Comedy Show Units: 2
max 6*
• CTWR 487 Staff Writing the Multi-Camera Television Series
Units: 4 max 8*
• CTWR 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
*Prerequisite Required
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Averages
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Graduate Courses
Students may not apply more than 16 units of graduate level
course work toward their university degree.
Themed Entertainment Minor
Who designs theme parks, museums, fireworks shows, water
fountain spectaculars and parades? Themed entertainment
designers do. From cruise ships to casinos to immersive
educational retreats, they design almost anything that involves
submerging a real, live human being into a story in a truly robust,
physical way. As new tools for entertainment and education
develop, they continually push toward one, common goal: a
single place where movies, games, theme parks and museums
converge. It is a non-dystopian kind of Westworld where we truly
and completely become the heroes and heroines of our own
stories. And it is the ultimate adventure because there is nothing
(at least nothing that we notice) between our full, physical selves
and the stories we want to live.
To be eligible for the themed entertainment minor, a student
must be in good academic standing and have a declared major.
To declare the themed entertainment minor a student must get
permission from the Interactive Media and Games Division (SCI
201) and submit a Change of Major/Minor form to Cinematic Arts
Student Services (SCB 105).
Course Requirements for the Minor:
A total of 24 units is required for the themed entertainment
minor: 4 lower-division units and 20 upper-division units.
Lower-Division Core Units (4 Units)
• CTIN 191 Survey of Themed Entertainment Units: 4
Upper-Division Core Units (14 Units)
• CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTPR 456 Introduction to Art Direction Units: 2
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
Electives (6 Additional Units)
• COMM 306 Innovation, Entertainment, and the Arts Units: 4
• COMM 430 Global Entertainment Units: 4
• CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 460 Character Design Workshop Units: 2
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• CTPR 423 Introduction to Special Effects in Cinema Units: 2
• CTPR 458 Organizing Creativity: Entertainment Industry
Decision Making Units: 2
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 331 Costume Design I Units: 4
• THTR 332 Lighting Design I Units: 4
• THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 407b Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade of C (2.0) in each course is required. A grade
of C- (1.7) or lower does not fulfill a minor requirement.
Graduate Certificate
Business of Entertainment Graduate
Certificate
The graduate certificate in the business of entertainment
program provides graduate-level education in various aspects of
the business of film, television and new media.
Select 16 units from the following:
Courses (16 Units)
• CNTV 521 The World of the Producer Units: 4
• CNTV 522 The Television Industry: Networks, Cable and the
Internet Units: 4
• CNTV 523 Feature Film Financing and the Studio System
Units: 4
• CNTV 524 Digital Technologies and the Entertainment
Industry Units: 4
• CNTV 525 Entertainment Marketing in Today's Digital
Environment Units: 4
• CNTV 561 Publicity for Cinema and Television Units: 4
• CNTV 562 Seminar in Motion Picture Business Units: 4
• CNTV 563 The Business of Representation Units: 4
• CNTV 589 Graduate Film Seminar Units: 2 or 4 (max 8)
Note:
Successful completion of a graduate certificate program is
acknowledged by a certificate awarded by the university.
Admission to the graduate certificate in the business of
entertainment program is only open to current USC graduate
students. Courses credited to graduate certificate programs may
be completed in conjunction with course work required for a
graduate degree program in which the student is already enrolled.
Applicability of courses to the student's primary degree program is
determined by the student's home department.
Applicants must have earned an undergraduate degree with at
least a 3.0 GPA. For further information contact the School of
Cinematic Arts Office of Industry Relations, SCA 235, bset@
cinema.usc.edu.
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The John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts
Inspired by one of the most inventive and prolific Disney artists
and Imagineers, the John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital
Arts embraces diversity of genre, topics, culture and animation
approaches. The program focuses on creative collaboration
and critical thinking and attracts top students from around the
world who aspire to be the next generation of filmmakers and
storytellers.
Bachelor's Degree
Animation and Digital Arts (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation and Digital Arts is a
unique four-year program, offered by the School of Cinematic
Arts that combines a liberal arts background with the practice of
animation to prepare students for a professional career in this
field. Areas of concentration might include character animation,
experimental animation, visual effects, 3-D computer animation,
motion graphics, immersive media, interactive animation,
documentary animation and science visualization.
Each fall, a class of 16 undergraduate animation and digital arts
students is selected to begin the program. A total of 128 units is
required for the completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree; 61
of these units taken in a prescribed sequential order. There are no
spring admissions.
Applicants must submit a supplemental application and
materials to the Undergraduate Animation and Digital Arts Program
in Slideroom via the Common Application. For specific instructions,
contact the Cinematic Arts Office of Admission, University Park,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213) 740-8358 or online at cinema.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information about USC's general
education requirements, see General Education .
Four-Year Major Requirements (61 units)
Year One, First Semester
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTAN 101L Introduction to the Art of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
Take two units of movement classes from the PHED/DANC/
THTR courses listed below
Total units: 8
Year One, Second Semester
• CTAN 102L Introduction to the Art of Movement Units: 2
• CTAN 110 Design Fundamentals for Animation I Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
Total units: 10
Year Two, First Semester
• CTAN 210 Design Fundamentals for Animation II Units: 2
• CTAN 220 Introduction to Storyboarding Units: 2
• CTAN 436 Writing for Animation Units: 2
Total units: 6
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTAN 201L Intermediate Animation Production Units: 3
• CTAN 202L Introduction to 3-D Character Animation Units: 3
• ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
or
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
Total units: 14
Year Three, First Semester
• CTAN 301L 3-D Character Performance Animation Units: 3
• CTAN 320 Cinematography for Animators Units: 2
Total units: 5
Year Three, Second Semester
• CTAN 305 Professionalism of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 336 Ideation and Pre-Production Units: 2
Take one CTCS course from the list below
Total units: 8
Year Four, First Semester
• CTAN 401a Senior Project Units: 4
Take two units from the following:
• CNTV 495 Internship in Cinematic Arts Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTAN 496 Directed Studies Units: 2
• CTIN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Total units: 6
Year Four, Second Semester
• CTAN 401b Senior Project Units: 4
Total units: 4
Two units must be selected from the following:
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
-- Physical Education
• PHED 104a Self-Defense Units: 1
• PHED 104b Self-Defense Units: 1
• PHED 120a Yoga Units: 1
• PHED 120b Yoga Units: 1
USC Kaufman School of Dance
• DANC 181a Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181b Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184a Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184b Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184c Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188a International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188b International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189a Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189b Tap Dance Units: 2
USC School of Dramatic Arts
• THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre Games Units: 2
• THTR 216 Movement for Actors Units: 2
One course must be taken from the following
list:
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
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Additional Requirements
Areas of Concentration
Areas of concentration might include character animation,
experimental animation, 3-D computer animation, visualizing
science, interactive animation and visual effects. Students work in
consultation with the undergraduate coordinator and faculty to help
them decide their course of study while at USC.
Senior Project
In the spring semester of their third year students develop their
senior project through CTAN 336 Ideation and Pre-Production
under the guidance of the lecturer. This project will focus on an
area of concentration studied throughout the BFA by the student.
At the end of this class, students present their senior project
concepts for review to the Division of Animation and Digital Arts
faculty. Progression into CTAN 401a, CTAN 401b is contingent
upon faculty committee approval.
In the final year, students concentrate on their senior projects,
completing production and post-production. The student's project
will be presented to the committee upon completion.
Completion is defined as a fully rendered, animated piece with
a completed sound track. In the case of installation work, the piece
must be mounted in a suitable space with all sound and animated
components completed and functional.
In the case of an interactive work, the piece must be fully
functional with completed animation, sound and interactivity.
In addition to completion of the senior project, the student
must provide the faculty committee with written and visual
documentation of the research. This can be documented as a
publishable paper (2,000 words), Website or interactive DVD.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in all
required and prerequisite courses. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will
not fulfill a major requirement.
Students who do not earn the minimum grade of C (2.0) in
CTAN 101, CTAN 102, CTAN 110, CTAN 201, CTAN 202, CTAN
210, CTAN 220, CTAN 301, CTAN 320, or CTAN 401a, CTAN
401b after repeating these requirements will be disqualified from
the program.
Limitations on Enrollment
Registration in graduate-level courses (numbered 500 and
above) for undergraduate credit requires prior approval from the
School of Cinematic Arts.
Curriculum Review
Cinematic arts majors are expected to meet with an adviser
every semester to review their progress. Contact the Cinematic
Arts Animation and Digital Arts Division Office, University Park,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213) 740-3986 or online at cinema.
usc.edu.
Master's Degree
Animation and Digital Arts (MFA)
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Animation and Digital Arts is a
three-year (six semester) graduate program designed for students
who have clearly identified animation and digital art as their
primary interest in cinema. The program focuses on animation
production, including a wide range of techniques and aesthetic
approaches, from hand-drawn character animation to state-of-the-
art interactive digital animation. While embracing traditional forms,
the program strongly encourages innovation and experimentation,
and emphasizes imagination, creativity and critical thinking.
Students should graduate with a comprehensive knowledge of
animation from conception through realization; an understanding
of the history of the medium and its aesthetics; in-depth knowledge
of computer animation software and the most important elements
of digital and interactive media.
The program requires a minimum of 50 units: 36 units are in
prescribed, sequential courses in the School of Cinematic Arts.
The other 14 units are cinematic arts electives, 4 of which must
be taken at the 500-level. A thesis is required for the MFA degree.
Ongoing workshops in new technologies, traditional and digital
media provide additional educational opportunities for students.
Admission is granted once a year in the fall; there are no
spring admissions. Approximately 10 students will be enrolled in
each incoming class. In addition to practical production, students
would be notified of opportunities for extracurricular projects and
internships that they may apply for. These experiences augment
the work within the program and facilitate the student's transition
into the profession. Prior knowledge of fundamental digital
animation concepts and techniques is recommended.
Applicants for the MFA in Animation and Digital Arts must apply
online. For specific instructions, including deadline information,
please visit cinema.usc.edu.
The Graduate School Two-Thirds Rule
The school requires 50 units minimum to graduate from the
MFA in Animation and Digital Arts program, and two-thirds must
be at the 500 level, not including 4 units of CTAN 594a Master's
Thesis, CTAN 594b Master's Thesis.
Requirements for the MFA in Animation and
Digital Arts
Year One, First Semester
• CTAN 425 Studio Careers: Story to Screen Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 500 Animation: The Art and the Industry Units: 2
• CTAN 519 Design Fundamentals for Animation Units: 3
• CTAN 530 Fundamentals of 2-D Animation Units: 2
Year One, Second Semester
• CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics Units: 1
• CTAN 535 Fundamentals of 3-D Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 547 Animation Production I Units: 3
• CTWR 510 Fundamentals of Storytelling for Animation
Units: 2
Year Two, First Semester
• CTAN 555 Animation Design and Production Units: 4
• CTAN 586 Animation Storyboarding Practicum Units: 2
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTAN 505 The Business of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 522 Animation Department Seminar Units: 1
• CTAN 588 Cinematic Storytelling for Animators Units: 2
• CTAN 591 Animation Pre-Thesis Seminar Units: 2
Year Three, First Semester
• CTAN 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
Year Three, Second Semester
• CTAN 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Total required units: 36
*A minimum total of 14 elective units must be taken.
Cinematic Arts Electives
To complete the 50 units required for the MFA in Animation and
Digital Arts, students are required to take a minimum of 14 School
of Cinematic Arts elective units. A minimum of four elective units
must be taken at the 500-level.
Additional Requirements
Thesis Project
In order to begin work on the thesis project, students must first
successfully propose their project to a committee of MFA animation
and digital arts program faculty. Their proposal is prepared during
the spring semester of their second year as part of their pre-thesis
class CTAN 591.
In order to pass the pre-thesis class, the thesis proposal must
be presented and approved by the thesis committee at the end
of the fourth semester. Students cannot change their approved
thesis project after the completion of CTAN 591. Throughout the
pre-thesis and thesis years of study, students will meet regularly
with an MFA animation and digital arts faculty adviser(s) and thesis
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committee to develop and refine the proposal and discuss the
progress of their work. The adviser(s) may be a member of the
thesis committee and/or other faculty as appointed by the Chair in
consultation with the pre-thesis instructor.
The proposal itself will include a written treatment and an
oral presentation of the project. It will describe aesthetic issues
to be explored and specific techniques to be employed in its
realization. It will also include a storyboard or visualization, budget
and schedule, in addition to supporting materials created by the
student demonstrating his/her/their ability to pursue the project.
The thesis committee will make comments and decide whether
the student may go forward with his/her/their project. Upon
acceptance, the student will begin work on the project, otherwise
revising the proposal and meeting again with the committee.
A mid-residency review of the thesis project will take place in
the first semester of the final year of study. The student must show
that deadlines set in the proposal have been met and that progress
consistent with the proposal has been made. The committee
may, if necessary, suggest modifications to the project, which the
student is then obligated to implement.
In the final year, students concentrate on their thesis projects,
completing production and post-production. The student's thesis
will be presented to the committee upon completion. Thesis
projects must be completed at the end of the sixth semester prior
to Commencement to meet MFA graduation requirements.
Completion is defined as a fully rendered, animated piece with a
completed sound track (guide mix acceptable). In the case of live
action and visual effects projects, at least 70 percent of the final
film must be animated. In the case of installation work, the piece
must be mounted in a suitable space with all sound and animated
components completed and functional. In the case of an interactive
work the piece must be fully functional with completed animation,
sound and interactivity.
Criteria for successful completion include: 50 percent originality,
50 percent quality of execution.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A grade point average of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be
maintained in all USC course work toward the master's degree.
Courses in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not
apply toward a graduate degree. Courses below a C must be
repeated.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The time limit to complete all
requirements is three years from the first course at USC applied
toward the Master of Fine Arts degree. Course work more than
seven years old is invalidated and will not be applied toward the
degree.
The Division of Cinema and Media Studies
The Division of Cinema and Media Studies of the School
of Cinematic Arts offers programs leading to the Bachelor of
Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. This
comprehensive curriculum includes courses that analyze the
power and responsibility of American and international film and
television and new media technologies from formal/aesthetic,
historical, economic and ideological perspectives.
The division is committed to understanding media texts and
practices in relation to the world they represent; it studies not only
the meanings of these texts but also the processes by which these
meanings are constructed.
Please note: the Cinematic Arts Archiving and Preservation
graduate certificate program is currently on hold.
Applicants for the BA or MA or PhD degrees must submit the
supplemental application and materials to the Cinema and Media
Studies Program. For specific instructions, contact the Cinematic
Arts Office of Admission, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-
2211, (213) 740-8358, or online at cinema.usc.edu.
Bachelor's Degree
Cinema and Media Studies (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema and Media Studies is
granted by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts. Undergraduate
students take their preprofessional courses in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, including the general
education requirements. Major courses are selected from the
curriculum of the School of Cinematic Arts. The degree requires
128 units, including 32 lower-division and 24 upper-division units
in cinematic arts. A maximum of 40 School of Cinematic Arts
upper-division units will apply to the BA degree. Before graduating,
cinema and media studies majors are encouraged to take at least
one small non-lecture class that emphasizes student critical writing
or research papers. This category may include (but is not limited
to): CTCS 402, CTCS 411, CTCS 412, CTCS 414, sections of
CTCS 464 or CTCS 469 that require a D clearance, CTCS 494,
and CTCS 495.
Required Production Course
Undergraduates admitted to the Cinema and Media
Studies Program are required to take CTPR 290 Cinematic
Communication. CTPR 290 introduces the interrelationship of
visuals, sound and editing in cinematic communication. Students
participate in directing and producing workshops as well as
individual and group projects. Approximately $1,000 should be
budgeted for miscellaneous expenses and insurance fees.
Required Courses
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video Units: 4
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• CTCS 473 Film and Media Theory Units: 4
• CTPR 290 Cinematic Communication Units: 4, 6
One course from the following:
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
Four courses from the following:
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 402 Practicum in Film/Television Criticism Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• CTCS 417 African American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTCS 494 Advanced Cinema and Media Studies Seminar
Units: 4
• CTCS 495 Honors Seminar Units: 4 *
*Honors students only.
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Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned in all required and
prerequisite courses. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will not satisfy a
major requirement.
Honors Program
Cinema and Media Studies offers an honors track for advanced
students. Admission to the honors track is made at the end of
the junior year and requires a 3.5 overall GPA. Completion of
the honors track is dependent upon successful completion of
a designated honors section of CTCS 495 during the senior
year. In this course, students will work with faculty in a seminar
environment and produce an advanced term paper based on
original research and analysis.
Limitations on Enrollment
No more than 40 upper-division units can be taken within the
major without prior approval of the Dean, USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Registration in graduate level courses (numbered 500) for
undergraduate credit requires prior approval from the School of
Cinematic Arts.
Curriculum Review
Cinematic arts majors are expected to meet with an academic
adviser every semester to review their progress. Contact the
Cinematic Arts Student Services Office, SCB 105, (213) 740-8358,
for an appointment.
Master's Degree
Cinema and Media Studies (MA)
The Master of Arts degree in Cinema and Media Studies is
administered through the Graduate School. Candidates for the
degree are subject to the general requirements of the Graduate
School (see The Graduate School section). Thirty-six units are
required at the 400 level or higher, including a comprehensive
examination. At least two-thirds of these units must be at the 500
level or higher.
Media Production and Practice Courses
Each graduate student must pass one of the following 4-unit
media production and practice classes with a grade of C or
better. These courses provide a basic primer in media production
and practice considered necessary for graduate studies in the
program, so students can have a working knowledge of techniques
and methods.
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTPR 507 Production I Units: 4
• IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and the Archive Units: 4
• IML 502 Techniques of Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4 (4
units only)
Required Courses
• CTCS 500 Seminar in Film Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 506 Critical Studies Colloquium/Professional Seminar
Units: 2
Three of the following:
• CTCS 501 World Cinema Before 1945 Units: 2
• CTCS 502 World Cinema After 1945 Units: 2
• CTCS 503 Survey History of the United States Sound Film
Units: 2
• CTCS 504 Survey of Television History Units: 2
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
Two of the following:
• CTCS 510 National/Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 517 Topics in Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 567 Seminar in Film/Television and a Related Art
Units: 4
• CTCS 569 Seminar in Film and Television Authors Units: 4
• CTCS 585 Seminar in Film/Television Critical Theory and
Production Units: 4
• CTCS 587 Seminar in Television Theory Units: 4
Note:
In addition, 12 units of cinematic arts electives are required.
Additional Requirements
Comprehensive Examination
As the final requirement for the MA degree, the comprehensive
examination will be taken in the final spring semester of course
work. There is no thesis option. The examination will consist
of written responses to three questions selected from a list of
fields, the appropriate fields chosen with the guidance of a faculty
adviser.
If the student has completed all course work and is only taking
the comprehensive examination, he or she must register in GRSC
810 Studies for Master's Examination.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A grade point average of 3.0 must be maintained in all
graduate-level course work. Courses in which a grade of C- (1.7)
or lower is earned will not apply toward a graduate degree.
Policies
The following policies apply to each student admitted to the MA
program:
Students must maintain full-time enrollment except in a case
of emergency in which the student can petition the department to
enroll in fewer units.
Students who do not earn the minimum grade of B (3.0) in
CTCS 500 or satisfy the degree requirements after repeating a
required course will be disqualified from the program.
Time Limit
Although students are normally expected to complete the
degree in two years, the degree must be completed within five
years of the beginning of graduate work at USC.
Curriculum Review
At the beginning of their matriculation, and each semester
thereafter, each MA candidate will confer with a designated faculty
adviser who will monitor the student's progress.
Graduate Certificate
Cinematic Arts Archiving and Preservation
Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Cinematic Arts Archiving and
Preservation is open to all USC graduate students interested in the
history and preservation of film, television and digital media. The
certificate is designed specifically for students and practitioners
who want to use their education and skills for advancing the
knowledge of media through the preservation and dissemination of
the historical artifacts that form the underpinnings of scholarship in
the performing arts. Through this certificate, students will gain the
knowledge, tools and skills necessary to preserve the materials
that make up the history of entertainment and to lead scholars
through the research process to the completion of books or media
in their fields of study.
The Cinema and Media Studies Archiving and Preservation
Graduate Certificate consists of 12 units, two 4-unit classes and
two 2-unit internships. For more information please contact the
Division of Cinema and Media Studies SCA 320, 213-740-3334.
Certificate Requirements
• CTCS 520 Film History Through the Archives and Special
Collections Units: 4
• CTCS 521 Media Archiving: History and Practice Units: 4
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• CNTV 595 Professional Practicum Units: 1, 2, 4 *
* CNTV 595 Must be taken twice for 2 units each.
Doctoral Degree
Cinema and Media Studies (PhD)
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema and Media
Studies is administered through the Graduate School. The PhD
program is tailored to the individual student's particular needs
and interests. The overall course of study will be designed by
the student, the student's designated adviser and, following the
screening procedure, the student's qualifying exam committee
chair (see Screening Procedure under Media Production and
Practice Courses).
Degree Requirements
Each PhD candidate must complete 68 units beyond the
bachelor's degree, 43 of which must be at the 500 level or higher.
(Up to 30 units may be transferred from graduate work completed
at other institutions.) Dissertation units are not counted toward the
68-unit total. The required units will include seven to 12 courses in
cinematic arts and 8 to 16 units in the minor area. The minor will
be chosen by the student in close consultation with the adviser and
will be in an academic field that supports the student's dissertation
topic. Each student must complete the following course work
toward the 68-unit total.
These courses should be taken before the screening procedure.
• CTCS 500 Seminar in Film Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 506 Critical Studies Colloquium/Professional Seminar
Units: 2
• CTCS 510 National/Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 688 Advanced Methods and Approaches Units: 4
Media Production and Practice Courses
Each candidate for the PhD must complete one of the following
4-unit courses with a grade of C or better. If the student enters the
program with a master's degree in cinematic arts and possesses
production experience, the student may request a waiver of this
requirement. The waiver requires passing a written examination
and submission of films/videos to the production faculty for review.
This course should be taken before the screening procedure.
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTPR 507 Production I Units: 4
• IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and the Archive Units: 4
• IML 502 Techniques of Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4 (4
units only)
Two of the following:
• CTCS 673 Topics in Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 677 Cultural Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 678 Seminar in Film Theory and Medium Specificity
Units: 4
• CTCS 679 Seminar in Genre and/or Narrative Theory
Units: 4
Screening Procedure
The Graduate School requires that programs administer an
examination or other procedure at a predetermined point in the
student's studies as a prerequisite to continuation in the doctoral
program. This procedure is designed to review the student's
suitability for continuing in the chosen PhD program. The School
of Cinematic Arts has determined that this procedure will occur
no later than the end of the student's third semester of graduate
course work at USC beyond the master's degree. The screening
procedure process will include the following steps:
1. If the faculty has determined during the admissions process
that a comprehensive examination will be required as part of
the screening procedure, an examination will be administered
as appropriate. If the examination is passed to the faculty's
satisfaction, the student may proceed to the next step in the
screening procedure process. If the student fails to pass
the examination, the faculty will determine if the student
will be allowed to retake the examination the following
semester before proceeding to the next step in the screening
procedure process.
2. The student will be interviewed and his or her progress in
the program will be reviewed by the faculty to determine if
the student will be approved for additional course work. If
approved to continue, a qualifying exam committee chair
will be selected by the student, with the approval of the
faculty, who will serve as the student's adviser. It is strongly
recommended that full-time study be pursued following the
successful completion of the screening procedure.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Following a successful screening procedure, the student,
in consultation with the qualifying exam committee chair and
the Cinema and Media Studies faculty, will formally establish a
five-member qualifying exam committee. The composition of the
qualifying exam committee will be as specified by the Graduate
School. For the PhD in Cinema and Media Studies, the committee
is ordinarily composed of four Cinema and Media Studies faculty
members and an outside member from the candidate's minor area.
Foreign Language Requirement
The Cinema and Media Studies faculty will advise each
student as to whether or not a foreign language is required. This
requirement is determined by the student's dissertation topic. The
requirement must be met at least 60 days before the qualifying
examination.
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Working closely with the qualifying exam committee chair, the
student will prepare to present his or her dissertation proposal
to the full faculty. This will be a formal written proposal that
will include a statement of the proposed topic, four fields for
examination derived from the general dissertation topic area
(including a field from the minor area), a detailed bibliography, and
an appropriate and comprehensive screening list of film/television
titles. Formal presentation of the dissertation proposal will occur
no later than the end of the semester prior to taking the qualifying
examinations. The qualifying exam committee must approve the
dissertation topic. Once the dissertation topic has been approved,
the student will complete the Request to Take the PhD Qualifying
Examination form available from the program coordinator.
Qualifying Examinations
Written and oral examinations for the PhD are given twice a
year, in November and April. Questions for the written portion of
the examination will be drafted by members of the qualifying exam
committee who will also grade the examination. The qualifying
examination comprises four examinations administered one each
day for four days during a five-day period.
The oral examination will be scheduled within 30 days after the
written examination. All qualifying exam committee members must
be present for the oral portion of the qualifying examination.
Admission to Candidacy
A student is eligible for admission to candidacy for the PhD
degree after: (1) passing the screening procedure; (2) presenting
the dissertation proposal and having it approved; (3) satisfying
the language requirement, if applicable; (4) completing at least 24
units in residence; and (5) passing the written and oral portions of
the qualifying examination. Admission to candidacy is by action of
the Graduate School.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee is composed as specified by
regulations of the Graduate School. A dissertation based on
original investigation and showing technical mastery of a special
field, capacity for research and scholarly ability must be submitted.
CTCS 794
Registration for dissertation units, CTCS 794a and CTCS 794b,
in the two semesters following admission to candidacy is the
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minimum requirement. These units cannot be applied toward the
required 68 unit total. The student must register for CTCS 794a,
CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS 794d, CTCS 794z each semester
after admission to candidacy until the degree requirements are
completed. No more than 8 units of credit can be earned in CTCS
794a, CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS 794d, CTCS 794z.
Defense of Dissertation
An oral defense of the dissertation is required of each PhD
candidate. The dissertation committee will decide whether the
examination is to take place after completion of the preliminary
draft or the final draft of the dissertation. The oral defense must be
passed at least one week before graduation.
Policies
The following policies apply to each student admitted to the PhD
program.
Residency Requirements
At least one year of full-time graduate study (24 units excluding
registration for CTCS 794a, CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS
794d, CTCS 794z) must be completed in residence on the main
USC campus. The residency requirement may not be interrupted
by study elsewhere. Residency must be completed prior to the
qualifying examination.
Grade Point Average
An overall GPA of 3.0 is required for all graduate work. Courses
in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not apply toward
a graduate degree.
Leaves of Absence
A leave of absence may be granted under exceptional
circumstances by petitioning the semester before the leave is
to be taken. Refer to "Leave of Absence" in the Graduate and
Professional Education section.
Changes of Committee
Changes in either the qualifying exam or dissertation committee
must be requested on a form available from the Graduate School
Website.
Completion of All Requirements
Everything involved in approving the dissertation must be
completed at least one week before graduation. Approval by
the dissertation committee, the Office of Academic Records and
Registrar, and the thesis editor must be reported and submitted to
the Graduate School by the date of graduation.
Time Limits
The maximum time limit for completing all requirements for the
PhD degree is eight years from the first course at USC applied
toward the degree. Students who have completed an applicable
master's degree at USC or elsewhere within five years from
the proposed enrollment in a PhD program must complete the
PhD in six years. Extension of these time limits will be made
only for compelling reasons upon petition by the student. When
petitions are granted, students will be required to make additional
CTCS 794a, CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS 794d, CTCS 794z
registrations. Course work more than 10 years old is automatically
invalidated and cannot be applied toward the degree.
Cinematic Arts (Critical Studies) (PhD)
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy with an emphasis in Critical
Studies is administered through the Graduate School. The PhD
program is tailored to the individual student's particular needs
and interests. The overall course of study will be designed by
the student, the student's designated adviser and, following the
screening procedure, the student's qualifying exam committee
chair (see Screening Procedure under Graduate Preparation
Production Courses).
Admission
A bachelor's or master's degree in cinematic arts, or a closely
related field, is required for admission to the PhD program.
Applicants with only a bachelor's degree must successfully fulfill all
of the USC Critical Studies MA degree requirements as part of the
degree program (see Screening Procedure).
Course Requirements
Each PhD candidate must complete 68 units beyond the
bachelor's degree, 43 of which must be at the 500 level or higher.
(Up to 30 units may be transferred from graduate work completed
at other institutions.) Dissertation units are not counted toward the
68-unit total. The required units will include seven to 12 courses in
cinematic arts and 8 to 16 units in the minor area. The minor will
be chosen by the student in close consultation with the adviser
and will be in an academic field which supports the student's
dissertation topic. Each student must complete the following
course work toward the 68 unit total:
1. CTCS 500, CTCS 506, CTCS 510, CTCS 587, CTPR
507. These courses should be taken before the screening
procedure.
2. Two of the following: CTCS 673, CTCS 677, CTCS 678,
CTCS 679, CTCS 688. These courses should be taken
before the qualifying examination.
Graduate Preparation Production Course
Each candidate for the PhD must complete CTPR 507
Production I 4 with a grade of C or better. If the student enters the
program with a master's degree in cinematic arts and possesses
production experience, the student may request a waiver of this
requirement. The waiver requires passing a written examination
and submission of films/videos to the production faculty for review.
CTPR 507 Production I 4 is designed to introduce the
fundamental principles of motion picture production. The course
also introduces students to visual and auditory communication
and individual filmmaking. Each student makes several non-
dialogue personal projects, serving as writer, producer, director,
cinematographer, sound designer and editor and takes a crew role
on a collaborative project. Projects are shot on digital cameras
and edited on non-linear systems. Approximately $1,200 should
be budgeted for miscellaneous expenses, lab and insurance fees.
This course should be taken before the beginning of the screening
procedure.
Screening Procedure
The Graduate School requires that programs administer an
examination or other procedure at a predetermined point in the
student's studies as a prerequisite to continuation in the doctoral
program. This procedure is designed to review the student's
suitability for continuing in the chosen PhD program. The School
of Cinematic Arts has determined that this procedure will occur
no later than the end of the student's third semester of graduate
course work at USC beyond the master's degree. The screening
procedure process will include the following steps:
1. If the faculty has determined during the admissions process
that a comprehensive examination will be required as part of
the screening procedure, an examination will be administered
as appropriate. If the examination is passed to the faculty's
satisfaction, the student may proceed to the next step in the
screening procedure process. If the student fails to pass
the examination, the faculty will determine if the student
will be allowed to retake the examination the following
semester before proceeding to the next step in the screening
procedure process.
2. The student will be interviewed and his or her progress in
the program will be reviewed by the faculty to determine if
the student will be approved for additional course work. If
approved to continue, a qualifying exam committee chair
will be selected by the student, with the approval of the
faculty, who will serve as the student's adviser. It is strongly
recommended that full-time study be pursued following the
successful completion of the screening procedure.
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Qualifying Exam Committee
Following a successful screening procedure, the student, in
consultation with the qualifying exam committee chair and the
Critical Studies faculty, will formally establish a five-member
qualifying exam committee. The composition of the qualifying
exam committee will be as specified by the Graduate School.
For the PhD in Cinematic Arts (Critical Studies), the committee is
ordinarily composed of four Critical Studies faculty members and
an outside member from the candidate's minor area.
Foreign Language Requirement
The Critical Studies faculty will advise each student as to
whether or not a foreign language is required. This requirement
is determined by the student's dissertation topic. The requirement
must be met at least 60 days before the qualifying examination.
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Working closely with the qualifying exam committee chair, the
student will prepare to present his or her dissertation proposal
to the full faculty. This will be a formal written proposal which
will include a statement of the proposed topic, four fields for
examination derived from the general dissertation topic area
(including a field from the minor area), a detailed bibliography, and
an appropriate and comprehensive screening list of film/television
titles. Formal presentation of the dissertation proposal will occur
no later than the end of the semester prior to taking the qualifying
examinations. The qualifying exam committee must approve the
dissertation topic. Once the dissertation topic has been approved,
the student will complete the Request to Take the PhD Qualifying
Examination form available from the program coordinator.
Qualifying Examinations
Written and oral examinations for the PhD are given twice a
year, in November and April. Questions for the written portion of
the examination will be drafted by members of the qualifying exam
committee who will also grade the examination. The qualifying
examination comprises four examinations administered one each
day for four days during a five-day period.
The oral examination will be scheduled within 30 days after the
written examination. All qualifying exam committee members must
be present for the oral portion of the qualifying examination.
Admission to Candidacy
A student is eligible for admission to candidacy for the PhD
degree after: (1) passing the screening procedure; (2) presenting
the dissertation proposal and having it approved; (3) satisfying
the language requirement, if applicable; (4) completing at least 24
units in residence; and (5) passing the written and oral portions of
the qualifying examination. Admission to candidacy is by action of
the Graduate School.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee is composed as specified by
regulations of the Graduate School. A dissertation based on
original investigation and showing technical mastery of a special
field, capacity for research and scholarly ability must be submitted.
CTCS 794
Registration for dissertation units, CTCS 794a and CTCS 794b,
in the two semesters following admission to candidacy is the
minimum requirement. These units cannot be applied toward the
required 68 unit total. The student must register for CTCS 794a,
CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS 794d, CTCS 794z each semester
after admission to candidacy until the degree requirements are
completed. No more than 8 units of credit can be earned in CTCS
794a, CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS 794d, CTCS 794z.
Defense of Dissertation
An oral defense of the dissertation is required of each PhD
candidate. The dissertation committee will decide whether the
examination is to take place after completion of the preliminary
draft or the final draft of the dissertation. The oral defense must be
passed at least one week before graduation.
Policies
The following policies apply to each student admitted to the PhD
program.
Residency Requirements
At least one year of full-time graduate study (24 units excluding
registration for CTCS 794a, CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS
794d, CTCS 794z) must be completed in residence on the main
USC campus. The residency requirement may not be interrupted
by study elsewhere. Residency must be completed prior to the
qualifying examination.
Grade Point Average
An overall GPA of 3.0 is required for all graduate work. Courses
in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not apply toward
a graduate degree.
Leaves of Absence
A leave of absence may be granted under exceptional
circumstances by petitioning the semester before the leave is
to be taken. Refer to "Leave of Absence" in the Graduate and
Professional Education section.
Changes of Committee
Changes in either the qualifying exam or dissertation committee
must be requested on a form available from the Graduate School
Website.
Completion of All Requirements
Everything involved in approving the dissertation must be
completed at least one week before graduation. Approval by
the dissertation committee, the Office of Academic Records and
Registrar, and the thesis editor must be reported and submitted to
the Graduate School by the date of graduation.
Time Limits
The maximum time limit for completing all requirements for the
PhD degree is eight years from the first course at USC applied
toward the degree. Students who have completed an applicable
master's degree at USC or elsewhere within five years from
the proposed enrollment in a PhD program must complete the
PhD in six years. Extension of these time limits will be made
only for compelling reasons upon petition by the student. When
petitions are granted, students will be required to make additional
CTCS 794a, CTCS 794b, CTCS 794c, CTCS 794d, CTCS 794z
registrations. Course work more than 10 years old is automatically
invalidated and cannot be applied toward the degree.
MFA Program in Expanded Animation Research + Practice
Master's Degree
Expanded Animation Research and Practice
(MFA)
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Expanded Animation
Research and Practice (XA) is designed to provide an advanced
level, self-directed education and research experience in the
field of animation and digital media across industry, academia
and the arts. The program welcomes individualist artists who are
passionate about the art form, strive for excellence, are interested
in social impact and share a commitment to significantly push
boundaries in the field of animation.
The XA program's goal is to nurture 21st-century animation
professionals, leaders, directors and visionaries while exploring
and innovating new forms of impactful animation research
and academic excellence. The curriculum privileges flexibility,
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interactivity, creativity and research. Graduates design their own
highly individual career pathways while maintaining an ability to
draw from a wide variety of courses in the School of Cinematic
Arts and collaborate with other schools at USC through the arts,
humanities, STEM and social sciences.
The XA program foregrounds animation as a global journey of
expression. Our research concentrations include Experimental
Animation, Narrativity, Documentary Animation, Performance
Gesture, Animation for Robotics, Virtual Humans and AI, Advanced
Character Performance, Cinematic Installations, Fine Art Animation
Practice, Gesture Movement, Sound Design, Dreams and
Consciousness and Science Visualization.
The Expanded Animation program is a future-facing MFA
that focuses on diversity, critical thinking, community and
aesthetically emboldened risk taking. The program faculty and
alumnx advisory board draw from the LGBTQ+, Latinx, Black,
Asian and API, international and feminist communities. Committed
to mentoring each student's unique and individual vision, the
XA program emphasizes advanced animation practice bridging
multiple disciplines and schools at USC and in Los Angeles (itself
an international arts locus), as well as internationally through
internships, residencies, academic research, teaching and
exhibition opportunities.
The Expanded Animation program is a three-year, six-
semester degree and requires a minimum of 50 units: 30 units
are prescribed sequential courses in Expanded Animation with an
additional 20 units of electives from the School of Cinematic Arts, 6
of which must be from a prescribed list. A thesis project is required
for the MFA degree.
Prior knowledge of fundamental animation concepts and
techniques is recommended. Admission is granted once a year
in the fall; there are no spring admissions. Approximately ten
students will be enrolled in each incoming class.
For more information on the application deadline, see cinema.
usc.edu/admissions.
The Graduate School Two-Thirds Rule
The school requires 50 units minimum to graduate from the
MFA in Expanded Animation program, and two-thirds must at the
500-level, not including 4 units of CTXA 594a and CTXA 594b
Master's Thesis.
Requirements for the MFA in Expanded
Animation
Year One, First Semester
• CTXA 501 Animated Art and the Principles of Motion Units: 2
• CTXA 522 Advanced Animation Research Seminar Units: 1
• CTXA 540 Survey of World Animation, 1900-1980 Units: 2
• CTXA 544 Art of Animation Units: 3
• CTXA 579 Expanded Animation Units: 2
Year One, Second Semester
• CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics Units: 1
• CTXA 535 Writing and Story Art for Vision and Motion
Units: 2
• CTXA 547 Expanded Animation Production I Units: 3
• CTXA 561 Theory and Practice in Contemporary Animation
Units: 2
Year Two, First Semester
• CTXA 545 Art of Movement in Virtual Space Units: 2
• CTXA 560 Animation Sound Design Practice Units: 2
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTXA 537 Applied Expanded Animation Units: 2
• CTXA 591 Expanded Animation Pre-Thesis Seminar Units: 2
Year Three, First Semester
• CTXA 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
Year Three, Second Semester
• CTXA 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Six units from the following:
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2
• CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance Units: 2
• CTCS 500 Seminar in Film Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTCS 510 National/Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 677 Cultural Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 688 Advanced Methods and Approaches Units: 4
• CTXA 423L Visualizing Science Production Units: 2
• CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production Units: 2
• CTXA 524 Contemporary Topics: Animation Dreams and
Consciousness Units: 2
• CTXA 525 Gesture Movement for Animation Units: 2
• CTXA 550 Stop Motion Puppet and Set Design Units: 2
• CTXA 551 Stop Motion Performance Units: 2 *
• CTXA 575 Cinematic and Media-Based Installations Units: 2
• CTXA 584 Advanced Virtual Media Previs Laboratory
Units: 2 *
• CTXA 588 Animation for Virtual Characters, Robotics and AI
Units: 2 *
• CTXA 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4
• IML 456 Nature, Design and Media Units: 2
• IML 555 Digital Pedagogies Units: 4
*Prerequisite required.
Total Required Units: 36
*A minimum total of 14 elective units must be taken.
Cinematic Arts Electives
To complete the 50 units required for the MFA in Expanded
Animation, students are required to take a minimum of 14 School
of Cinematic Arts elective units.
Thesis Project
In order to begin work on the thesis project, students must
first successfully propose their project to a committee of MFA
Expanded Animation faculty. Their proposal is prepared during
the spring semester of their second year as part of their pre-thesis
class CTXA 591. A thesis project can be a collaboration with other
graduates, departments or schools.
In order to pass the pre-thesis class, the thesis proposal must
be presented and approved by the thesis committee at the end
of the fourth semester. If the student elects to change their thesis
proposal, they will need to arrange for an additional meeting with
the committee to seek the committee's approval. Throughout the
pre-thesis and thesis years of study, students will meet regularly
with an MFA Expanded Animation faculty adviser to develop and
refine the proposal and discuss the progress of their work. The
adviser will be a member of the thesis committee.
The proposal itself will include a written treatment of the project
with a discussion of similar work in the field and its relationship to
the proposed project. It will describe esthetic issues to be explored
and specific techniques to be employed in its realization. It will
also include storyboard or visualization documentation, budget,
and schedule, in addition to supporting materials created by the
student demonstrating his/her/their ability to pursue the project.
The faculty committee will make comments and decide whether
the student may go forward with his/her/their project. Upon
acceptance, the student will begin work on the project, otherwise
revising the proposal and meeting again with the committee.
A mid-residency review of the thesis project will take place in
the first semester of the final year of study. The student must show
that deadlines set in the proposal have been met and that progress
consistent with the proposal has been made. The committee
may, if necessary, suggest modifications to the project, which the
student is then obligated to implement.
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In the final year, students concentrate on their thesis
projects, completing research, production and post-production.
The student's thesis will be presented to the committee upon
completion
Completion is defined as a fully rendered, animated work with
a completed soundtrack (guide mix acceptable). In the case of
installation or gallery work the piece must be mounted in a suitable
space with all sound and animated components completed and
functional.
In the case of an interactive, VR, AR or AI driven work the
piece must be fully functional with completed animation, sound,
programming, and interactivity.
In addition to completion of the thesis project the student must
provide the thesis committee with written and visual documentation
of the research. This will be documented as a website or PDF.
The documentation will comprise the following and could include a
publishable research paper:
Synopsis
Artist's statement and/or research paper
Learning objectives - focus of research
Type of project – animation, installation, AR, VR, AI, interactive etc.
Research presentation in what format/medium the project will be
seen
Script and storyboard or conceptual drawings if applicable
Style approach, including source references for image shot
structure etc.
Sound design and references
Collaborators - if any
Audience - who is it intended for and who will benefit from the
research
Budget
Marketing and distribution plan
Criteria for successful completion include: 40 percent originality,
40 percent quality of execution and 20 percent research
documentation.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A grade point average of at least 3.0 (A= 4.0) must be
maintained in all USC course work toward the master's degree.
Courses in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not
apply toward a graduate degree. Courses below a C must be
repeated.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The time limit to complete all
requirements is three years from the first course at USC applied
toward the Master of Fine Arts degree. Course work more than
seven years old is invalidated and will not be applied toward the
degree.
Film and Television Production
The Division of Film and Television Production of the School of
Cinematic Arts offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts, the
Bachelor of Fine Arts and the Master of Fine Arts degrees.
The primary goals of the degree programs in film and television
production are to develop the student's ability to express original
ideas on film or video and to instill a thorough understanding of the
technical and aesthetic aspects of motion pictures and television.
Courses in production provide individual and group filmmaking
experiences and the opportunity to learn all aspects of filmmaking
in a collaborative environment.
Bachelor's Degree
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts in Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production is granted through the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts.
Students study within a framework that combines a broad liberal
arts background with specialization in a profession. Bachelor of
Arts students are enrolled in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences, where they take their preprofessional courses,
including the general education requirements. Major courses are
selected from the curriculum of the School of Cinematic Arts. The
degree requires 128 units, including 16 lower-division units and 26
upper-division units in Cinematic Arts. A maximum of 40 School of
Cinematic Arts upper-division units will apply to the BA degree.
Applicants must submit a supplemental application and
materials to the Undergraduate Production Program. For specific
instructions, contact the Cinematic Arts Office of Admission,
University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213) 740-8358 or
online at cinema.usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information, see General Education.
Production Sequence
Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinematic Arts,
Film and Television Production are required to take CTPR 294
Directing in Documentary, Fiction and New Media and CTPR 295L
Cinematic Arts Laboratory the first semester they are enrolled
in the program. These courses are taken in preparation for the
next phase of the production sequence, CTPR 310 Intermediate
Production.
In CTPR 294, students explore the basic concepts of directing
in television, documentary and dramatic narrative by working with
actors, documentary production and the creation of short television
projects.
In CTPR 295, students study the aesthetics and tools of the
major disciplines of cinematic arts: producing, cinematography,
sound and editing.
CTPR 310 Intermediate Production is the second phase of
the production sequence. In this workshop, students work in
small crews, learning to collaborate and explore the expressive
principles of visual and audio communication; idea development
and realization using image, movement, pace, the spoken word
and other sounds. Most equipment and materials are provided by
the school; however, approximately $2,000 should be budgeted for
miscellaneous expenses and insurance fees.
To qualify for enrollment in CTPR 310, students must fulfill all
requirements outlined in the guidelines distributed in CTPR 294.
Following CTPR 310, students must take CTPR 450 The
Production and Post-Production Assistant, and refine their areas
of interest by taking advanced-level practicum courses within the
major disciplines of production: directing, editing, cinematography,
sound, producing and production design. Thereafter students
complete the final phase of the production sequence by taking
one of the following courses: CTPR 480, CTPR 484, CTPR 486 or
CTPR 547.
In CTPR 480 Advanced Production Workshop, production
students form crews in which directors, producers,
cinematographers, editors and sound designers collaborate to
produce, shoot, edit and deliver a fictional narrative, documentary
or experimental project in one semester.
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Equipment and facilities are provided by the school. There are
extra personal expenses associated with all production workshops.
To qualify for enrollment in CTPR 480, students must fulfill all
requirements outlined in the CTPR 480 guidelines distributed in
CTPR 450.
CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop is a
class in which students will produce a half-hour situation comedy
pilot in one semester.
CTPR 486 Single Camera Television Dramatic Series is an
intensive group workshop experience in the collaborative process
of producing an episodic television drama.
CTPR 547 is an intensive workshop where students shoot and
finish documentary projects up to about 25 minutes in length.
CTPR 310, CTPR 480, CTPR 484, CTPR 486 and CTPR 547L
cannot be waived or substituted with another course or transfer
credit under any circumstances.
Course Requirements
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4 or
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• CTPR 294 Directing in Documentary, Fiction and New Media
Units: 4
• CTPR 295L Cinematic Arts Laboratory Units: 4
• CTPR 310 Intermediate Production Units: 4, 6
• CTPR 450 The Production and Post-Production Assistant
Units: 2
• CTWR 413 Writing the Short Script I Units: 2
and a choice of:
• CTPR 431 Developing the Documentary Production Units: 2
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 414 The Screenplay Units: 2
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
One of the following cinema and media studies courses:
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 402 Practicum in Film/Television Criticism Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• CTCS 417 African American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
Three of the following production practicum courses:
• CTPR 421 Practicum in Editing Units: 2
• CTPR 424 Practicum in Cinematography Units: 2
• CTPR 438 Practicum in Producing Units: 2
• CTPR 440 Practicum in Sound Units: 2 max 4
• CTPR 465 Practicum in Production Design Units: 2
• CTPR 478 Practicum in Directing Units: 2
One of the following courses:
• CTPR 480 Advanced Production Workshop Units: 4 max 12
• CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
Units: 4
• CTPR 486 Straight to Series: Production of Episodic TV
Drama Units: 4
• CTPR 547L Production III, Documentary Units: 6 *
Note:
*Enrollment in CTPR 547 requires special permission.
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in all
required and prerequisite courses. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will
not fulfill a major requirement.
Students who do not earn the minimum grade of C (2.0) in
CTPR 294, CTPR 295 and CTPR 310 after repeating these
requirements will be disqualified from the program.
Limitations on Enrollment
No more than 40 upper-division units can be taken in the major
without approval of the dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences.
Registration in graduate level courses (numbered 500) for
undergraduate credit requires prior approval of the School of
Cinematic Arts.
Curriculum Review
Cinematic arts majors are expected to meet with an adviser
every semester to review their progress. Contact the Cinematic
Arts Student Services Office (SCB 105), (213) 740-8358, for an
appointment.
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production is a unique four-year program, offered by the School
of Cinematic Arts, that combines a liberal arts background with
comprehensive specialization in a profession. Students are
provided an intensive production experience combined with
requirements and electives from other School of Cinematic Arts
programs including Cinema and Media Studies, Writing, Animation
and Interactive Media. The degree requires 128 units, including 68
units in Cinematic Arts, many of which are taken in a sequential
order.
Applicants must submit a supplemental application and
materials to the Undergraduate Production Program. For specific
instructions, contact the Cinematic Arts Office of Admission,
University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213) 740-8358 or
online at cinema.usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing.
Production Sequence
Candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film
and Television Production are required to take CTPR 285
Lateral Thinking for Filmmaking Practice, CTPR 290 Cinematic
Communication, CTPR 294 Directing in Documentary, Fiction
and New Media and CTPR 295L Cinematic Arts Laboratory.
These courses are taken in the first two years of the program in
preparation for the next phase of the production sequence, CTPR
310 Intermediate Production.
CTPR 285 introduces contemporary concepts of production,
emphasizing the variety of contemporary media and significant
related concepts. Students will create mini-projects using laptops,
phones and networks.
CTPR 290 introduces the interrelationship of visuals, sound
and editing in cinematic communication. Students participate
in directing and producing workshops as well as individual and
group projects. Approximately $1,000 should be budgeted for
miscellaneous expenses and insurance fees.
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In CTPR 294, students explore the basic concepts of directing
in television, documentary and dramatic narrative by working with
actors, documentary production and the creation of short television
projects.
In CTPR 295, students study the aesthetics and tools of the
major disciplines of cinematic arts: producing, cinematography,
sound and editing.
CTPR 310 Intermediate Production is the second phase of
the production sequence. In this workshop students work in
small crews, learning to collaborate and explore the expressive
principles of visual and audio communication; idea development
and realization using image, movement, pace, the spoken word
and other sounds. Most equipment and materials are provided by
the school; however, approximately $2,000 should be budgeted for
miscellaneous expenses and insurance fees.
To qualify for enrollment in CTPR 310, students must fulfill all
requirements outlined in the CTPR 310 guidelines distributed in
CTPR 294.
Following CTPR 310, students must take CTPR 450 The
Production and Post-Production Assistant, and refine their areas
of interest by taking advanced-level practicum courses within the
major disciplines of production: directing, editing, cinematography,
sound, producing and production design. Thereafter students
complete the final phase of the production sequence by taking
one of the following courses: CTPR 480, CTPR 484, CTPR 486 or
CTPR 547L.
In CTPR 480 Advanced Production Workshop, production
students form crews in which directors, producers,
cinematographers, editors and sound designers collaborate to
produce, shoot, edit and deliver a fictional narrative, documentary
or experimental project in one semester.
Equipment and facilities are provided by the school. There are
extra personal expenses associated with all production workshops.
To qualify for enrollment in CTPR 480, students must fulfill all
requirements outlined in the CTPR 480 guidelines distributed in
CTPR 450.
CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop is a
class in which students will produce a half-hour situation comedy
pilot in one semester.
CTPR 486 Single Camera Television Dramatic Series is an
intensive group workshop experience in the collaborative process
of producing an episodic television drama.
CTPR 547L is an intensive workshop where students shoot and
finish documentary projects up to about 25 minutes in length.
CTPR 285, CTPR 290, CTPR 294, CTPR 295, CTPR 310,
CTPR 480, CTPR 484, CTPR 486 and CTPR 547L cannot be
waived or substituted with another course or transfer credit under
any circumstances.
Course Requirements
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• CTPR 285 Lateral Thinking for Filmmaking Practice Units: 2
• CTPR 290 Cinematic Communication Units: 4, 6
• CTPR 294 Directing in Documentary, Fiction and New Media
Units: 4
• CTPR 295L Cinematic Arts Laboratory Units: 4
• CTPR 310 Intermediate Production Units: 4, 6
• CTPR 450 The Production and Post-Production Assistant
Units: 2
• CTWR 413 Writing the Short Script I Units: 2
One course from the following:
• CTWR 414 The Screenplay Units: 2
• CTPR 431 Developing the Documentary Production Units: 2
and a choice of:
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
One of the following cinema and media studies courses:
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 402 Practicum in Film/Television Criticism Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• CTCS 417 African American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
Three of the following production practicum courses:
• CTPR 421 Practicum in Editing Units: 2
• CTPR 424 Practicum in Cinematography Units: 2
• CTPR 438 Practicum in Producing Units: 2
• CTPR 440 Practicum in Sound Units: 2
• CTPR 465 Practicum in Production Design Units: 2
• CTPR 478 Practicum in Directing Units: 2
One of the following production courses:
• CTPR 480 Advanced Production Workshop Units: 4
• CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
Units: 4
• CTPR 486 Straight to Series: Production of Episodic TV
Drama Units: 4
• CTPR 547L Production III, Documentary Units: 6 *
*enrollment in CTPR 547 requires special permission
One course from the following:
• CTPR 458 Organizing Creativity: Entertainment Industry
Decision Making Units: 2
• CTPR 466 The Art of the Pitch Units: 2
• CNTV 495 Internship in Cinematic Arts Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTPR 496 The Film Industry: Career Challenges and
Choices for Women Units: 2
Four units from the following:
• CTAN 436 Writing for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 448 Introduction to Film Graphics — Animation
Units: 4
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
max 4
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 495 Visual Music Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
• CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar Units: 2 max 4
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4 max 8
• IML 400 Creative Coding for the Web Units: 4
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4
• IML 466 Digital Studies Symposium Units: 2
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in all
required and prerequisite courses. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will
not fulfill a major requirement.
Students who do not earn the minimum grade of C (2.0) in
CTPR 285, CTPR 290, CTPR 294, CTPR 295 and CTPR 310 after
repeating these requirements will be disqualified from the program.
USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS 209
Limitations on Enrollment
Registration in graduate-level courses (numbered 500) for
undergraduate credit requires prior approval from the School of
Cinematic Arts.
Curriculum Review
Cinematic Arts majors are expected to meet with an adviser
every semester to review their progress. Contact the Cinematic
Arts Student Services Office (SCB 105), (213) 740-8358, for an
appointment.
Master's Degree
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production (MFA)
The Master of Fine Arts, Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production, requires a minimum of 52 units in cinematic arts at the
400 or 500 level. At least two-thirds (35) of the units must be at the
500 level. A thesis is not required for the MFA degree.
Applications for the graduate production program are accepted
for both fall and spring semesters. See a current Graduate Study
Application for deadlines. Applicants must submit supplemental
applications and materials to the Graduate Production Program.
For specific instructions, contact the Cinematic Arts Office of
Admission, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213)
740-8358 or online at cinema.usc.edu.
Graduate First Year Production Courses
CTPR 507, which brings together students from other School
of Cinematic Arts divisions, introduces the fundamental principles
of motion picture production, emphasizing visual and auditory
communication. Projects are shot using digital cameras and edited
on non-linear systems. Approximately $1,200 should be budgeted
for miscellaneous expenses, lab and insurance fees. Production
students must take CTPR 507 concurrently with CNTV 530 and
CTWR 505 in the first semester.
In CTPR 508, students produce short films in small crews.
The primary goal is to communicate effectively through sound/
image relationships. Most equipment and materials are provided
by the school, but approximately $2,000 should be budgeted for
miscellaneous expenses, lab and insurance fees.
Students who earn a grade of C- (1.7) or less in either CTPR
507 or CTPR 508 will be disqualified, and will not be able to
continue in the MFA program. In any other required Production
course, students earning lower than a C (2.0) may repeat the
requirement on a one-time-only basis upon approval of the division
chair. Students earning a C- (1.7) or less after being allowed to
repeat a required production course will be disqualified from the
program, and will not be allowed to continue.
Our program is distinguished by the understanding and
hands-on practice our graduates achieve in all mediamaking
disciplines; at the same time, each student pursues specialized
interests in years two and three. To qualify for the MFA, each must
demonstrate mastery of at least one of six disciplines: writing,
producing, directing, cinematography, editing or sound. In the
discipline chosen, the candidate must register for and complete an
advanced project, as well as the defined prerequisites.
CNTV 530, CTPR 502, CTPR 507, CTPR 508, CTPR 546 and
CTPR 547 cannot be waived or substituted with transfer credit
under any circumstances.
Three-Year Requirements for the MFA in
Production
Year One, First Semester
• CTPR 507 Production I Units: 4
• CTWR 505 Creating the Short Film Units: 2
• CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics Units: 1
• CTPR 502 Collaboration and Creativity Units: 1
Total units: 8
Year One, Second Semester
• CTPR 508 Production II Units: 6
• CTWR 516 Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
Total units: 8
Year Two, First and Second Semesters
• CTPR 506 Visual Expression Units: 2
At least 6 units from the following cinema and media studies
courses:
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 501 World Cinema Before 1945 Units: 2
• CTCS 502 World Cinema After 1945 Units: 2
• CTCS 503 Survey History of the United States Sound Film
Units: 2
• CTCS 504 Survey of Television History Units: 2
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTCS 510 National/Regional Media Units: 4 max 12
• CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 567 Seminar in Film/Television and a Related Art
Units: 4
• CTCS 569 Seminar in Film and Television Authors Units: 4
• CTCS 585 Seminar in Film/Television Critical Theory and
Production Units: 4
• CTCS 587 Seminar in Television Theory Units: 4
Year Three, First and Second Semesters
Advanced Project Requirement
A minimum of 4 units is required. Students must complete the
prerequisites and follow the guidelines for the course(s) chosen:
• CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
Units: 4
• CTPR 486 Straight to Series: Production of Episodic TV
Drama Units: 4
• CTPR 546L Production III, Fiction Units: 6
• CTPR 547L Production III, Documentary Units: 6
Elective Units
Of the 52 minimum unit requirement for the degree, students can
take up to 24 elective units, 16 of which must be CTPR courses.
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirements
A grade point average of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be
maintained in all USC course work toward the master's degree.
Courses in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not
apply toward a graduate degree.
Graduate Level Course Requirement
At least two-thirds of the 52 units required for the MFA degree
must be 500 level. Students are, therefore, allowed to take a
maximum of 17 units at the 400 level.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degree at all times. The time limit to complete all
requirements is three years from the first course at USC applied
toward the Master of Fine Arts degree. Course work more than
seven years old is invalidated and will not be applied toward the
degree. Students are expected to meet with a faculty adviser every
semester.
Graduate Review
One year prior to graduation, students must see their academic
adviser for a curriculum and graduation degree check. Contact the
Production Faculty Office for forms (213) 740-3317.
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Academic Warning and Dismissal of
Graduate Students
Faculty advisers and departments take factors other than
satisfactory grades and adequate GPAs into consideration in
determining a student's qualifications for an advanced degree.
A student's overall academic performance, specific skills
and aptitudes, and faculty evaluations will be considered in
departmental decisions regarding a student's continuation in a
master's or doctoral degree program.
Satisfactory progress toward an advanced degree as
determined by the faculty is required at all times. Students who fail
to make satisfactory progress will be informed by their department
or committee chair or school dean. The faculty has the right to
recommend at any time after written warning that a student be
dismissed from a graduate program for academic reasons or that a
student be denied readmission. Procedures on disputed academic
evaluations are described here.
Interactive Media and Games Division
The Interactive Media and Games Division offers the following
degrees: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Game Development and Interactive Design, Bachelor of Arts in
Interactive Entertainment, Master of Arts in Cinematic Arts (Media
Arts, Games and Health), Master of Science in Game Design and
Development, and two Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media
as well as a number of courses in computer-based entertainment
for non-majors. The fundamental philosophy of the division is
coherent with that of the school's program, stressing creativity of
expression, experimentation and excellence in execution.
Bachelor's Degree
Game Art (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art is a unique four-year
program offered by the School of Cinematic Arts. Students
study within the framework that combines a broad liberal
arts background with specialization in a profession. Areas of
concentration might include character animation, environmental
design, visual effects, 3-D pipelines and interactive animation.
Undergraduate students take their pre-professional courses in
the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, including
the general education requirements. Major courses are selected
from the curriculum of the School of Cinematic Arts. The degree
requires 128 units, including 52 units in the major.
Applicants must submit a supplemental application and
materials to the Interactive Media and Games Division in
Slideroom via the Common Application. For specific instructions,
contact the Cinematic Arts Office of Admission, University Park,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213) 740-8358 or online at cinema.
usc.edu.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art requires a minimum of
128 units.
Required Courses
• ART 207a Two-Dimensional Art Workshop Units: 2
• ART 207b Two-Dimensional Art Workshop Units: 2
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2 *
or
• ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation, and Visual
Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 280 Intermediate Character Animation for Games
Units: 4
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTAN 480 Advanced Character Animation for Games Units: 2
• ITP 351 3D Character Modeling for Games Units: 4
• CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4 4 Units: 4
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4
*Students choosing CTAN 452 will need to select CTIN 289
as one of their degree electives in order to qualify for CTIN
489, a required course.
Electives
At least 6 units must be taken from the following list:
• CSCI 281 Pipelines for Games and Interactives Units: 4
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4 *
• CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 455L Organic Modeling for Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 460 Character Design Workshop Units: 2
• CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and Rendering Units: 2 *
• CTAN 465L Digital Effects Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 485L Pipeline and Character Modeling for Animation
Units: 2
• CTAN 497L Procedural Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2 **
• CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance Units: 2 **
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4 4
Units: 4
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2 *
• CTIN 493L Advanced Game Project II Units: 2
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 361 Character Rigging for Games Units: 4
• ITP 371 Technical Character Animation for Games Units: 4
*Prerequisite required.
**Prerequisite required. Enrollment in graduate courses
requires special permission.
Movement
At least 2 units must be taken from the following list:
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 181a Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre Games Units: 2
• THTR 216 Movement for Actors Units: 2
Theory
At least 4 units must be taken from the following list:
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 191 Survey of Themed Entertainment Units: 4
Game Development and Interactive Design
(BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Development and Interaction
Design is a unique four-year program, offered by the School of
Cinematic Arts, that combines a liberal arts background with
comprehensive specialization in a profession. Students study
within a framework learned from the games industry, which
combines a broad liberal arts background with industry specific
knowledge and project based collaborative work. Undergraduate
students take their pre-professional courses in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, including the general
education requirements. Major courses are selected from the
curriculum of the School of Cinematic Arts. The degree requires
128 units, including a minimum of 56 units in the major.
Core Requirements
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
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• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media Units: 2 Or
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 291 Advanced Games Crew Units: 2
• CTIN 389 Game Development Principles Units: 4
• CTIN 391 Fundamentals of User Research and Experience
Units: 2
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
Professional Electives
At least 6 units from the following list:
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 409 Producing Interactive Projects Units: 2
• CTIN 411 Tabletop Game Mechanics Seminar Units: 2
• CTIN 412 Interactive Systems Design Units: 2
• CTIN 420 Tabletop Roleplaying Games Units: 2
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4
• CTIN 478 Level Design Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 481 Augmenting Reality: Worldbuilding for Games and
Spaces Units: 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 487 Streaming Explorations: Games and Entertainment
for Community Units: 2
• CTIN 497 Interactive Media Startup Units: 1
• ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation, and Visual
Effects Units: 2
Theory Requirement
At least one of the following courses:
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games Units: 4
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
Capstone Requirement
One of the following courses:
• CTIN 459L Game Industry Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
Interactive Entertainment (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Entertainment is granted
through the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts. Students
study within a framework, which combines a broad liberal arts
background with specialization in a profession. Undergraduate
students take their pre-professional courses in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, including the general
education requirements. Major courses are selected from the
curriculum of the School of Cinematic Arts. The degree requires
128 units, including a minimum of 48 units in the major.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. See General Education Program for more
information.
Required Production Courses
Undergraduates admitted to the Interactive Entertainment
Program are required to take CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop or
CTPR 290 Cinematic Communication a filmmaking course.
CTIN 290 and CTPR 290 introduce the interrelationship of
visuals, sound and editing in cinematic communication. Students
participate in directing and producing workshops as well as
individual and group projects. Approximately $1,000 should be
budgeted for miscellaneous expenses and insurance fees.
Required Courses
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2 or
• CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4
• CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop Units: 4 or
• CTPR 290 Cinematic Communication Units: 4, 6
At least 6 units of the following are required:
• CSCI 380 Video Game Programming Units: 4 *
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4 *
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTIN 291 Advanced Games Crew Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 409 Producing Interactive Projects Units: 2
• CTIN 420 Tabletop Roleplaying Games Units: 2
• CTIN 432 Polishing and Publishing Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4 *
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar Units: 2
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2 *
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 493L Advanced Game Project II Units: 2 *
Note:
*Prerequisite required
At least one of the following is required:
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 191 Survey of Themed Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games Units: 4
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4 *
• GESM 161g Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required
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At least one of the following is required:
• CTIN 459L Game Industry Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I Units: 4
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
Note:
Two additional upper-division units of Cinematic Arts electives
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in all
required and prerequisite courses. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will
not fulfill a major requirement.
Students who do not earn the minimum grade of C (2.0) in CTIN
190, CTIN 488 or CTIN 489 after repeating these requirements will
be disqualified from the program.
Limitations on Enrollment
Registration in graduate-level courses (numbered 500) for
undergraduate credit requires prior approval of the School of
Cinematic Arts.
Curriculum Review
Cinematic arts majors are expected to meet with an adviser
every semester to review their progress. Contact the Interactive
Media Program Office, SCA 223, (213) 821-4472, for an
appointment.
Themed Entertainment (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Themed Entertainment is a unique
four-year program offered by the School of Cinematic Arts.
Students study within the framework that combines a broad liberal
arts background with a specialization track within the Themed
Entertainment Industry. Areas of concentration might include show
design, interactive arts, production, project management.
Undergraduate students take their pre-professional courses in
the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, including
the general education requirements. Major courses are selected
from the curriculum of the School of Cinematic Arts. The degree
requires 128 units, including 62 units in the major.
Required Core
Required Core Sequence of Themed Entertainment Design and
Production
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTIN 191 Survey of Themed Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 252 Themed Concept Development: Creativity,
Research, Ideation Units: 2
• CTIN 295 Themed Entertainment Project Crew Units: 2
• CTIN 395 Miniature Golf Design Units: 4
• CTIN 396 Miniature Golf Production Units: 4
• CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4
• CTIN 457 Themed Entertainment Business Operations
Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 495 Advanced Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4
• CTIN 496 Advanced Themed Entertainment Production
Units: 4
Introductory Elective Core
At least 8 units from the following courses:
• AME 101L Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and
Graphics Units: 3
• ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication
Units: 2
• ARCH 106x Workshop in Architecture Units: 2
• ART 207a Two-Dimensional Art Workshop Units: 2
• ART 207b Two-Dimensional Art Workshop Units: 2
• ART 260 Introduction to Video: Projection and Virtual Worlds
in Art Units: 4
• CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural Media Units: 2
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• DES 123xg The Design Challenge: Exploring the Design
Process Units: 4
• EE 105 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Units: 4
• ISE 105 Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering
Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation, and Visual
Effects Units: 2
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 241 Methods and Materials Units: 2
Intermediate Elective Core
At least 8 units of the following courses:
• ARCH 207 Computer Applications in Architecture Units: 2
• BUCO 450 Communication for Organizations: Exploring
Creativity Units: 2
• CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation Units: 2
• CTIN 409 Producing Interactive Projects Units: 2
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 481 Augmenting Reality: Worldbuilding for Games and
Spaces Units: 2
• CTPR 425 Production Planning Units: 2
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• EE 109L Introduction to Embedded Systems Units: 4
• IML 320 Designing and Writing for Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4
• THTR 232 Stage Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 236 Stage Sound Units: 2
• THTR 303 Projection Design I Units: 3
• THTR 335 Scenic Construction Units: 3
Advanced Elective Core
At least 6 units of the following courses:
• ARCH 423 Light, Color and the Character of Material Units: 2
• BUCO 445 Communicating to Lead and Persuade Units: 4
• CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4
• CTPR 406 Visual Story and Communication Units: 2
• CTPR 465 Practicum in Production Design Units: 2
• CTWR 541 Dreams, the Brain, and Storytelling Units: 2
• IML 422 Information Visualization Units: 4
• THTR 308 Programming for Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 438 Technical Theatre Units: 3
Master's Degree
Cinematic Arts (Media Arts, Games and
Health) (MA)
The Master of Arts in Cinematic Arts with an emphasis in
Media Arts, Games and Health is administered by the Graduate
School in conjunction with the Creative Media & Behavioral
Health Center. The curriculum is based on center crosscutting
initiatives that represent the broadest descriptions of our vision
and mission. Students benefit from emerging research, tools
and methodologies that converge at the center, as well as the
wide range of backgrounds represented by faculty, students and
visiting scholars. Research is prioritized based on a combination
of factors, including potential impact and benefit to society and
overall alignment with center priorities. Some center initiatives
include:
• Sports and Exercise for Wellness: investigation of novel
assessment and treatment techniques using entertainment
and technology for improvement of health outcomes related
to obesity, nutrition and physical activity;
• Healthy Brain Architecture: production and dissemination
of innovative storytelling products toward promotion of
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healthy behavior for brain development and affect regulation
during the entire human lifespan;
• Social and Sensorimotor Play: investigation of novel
assessment and treatment techniques using interactive play
for improving social skills, visuospatial navigation and motor
coordination in physical space;
• Games for Health: promotion, development and assessment
of innovative games with behavioral health applications;
• Storytelling for mHealth (mobile health): mobile interactive
entertainment with general health and wellness applications,
or a specific chronic illness focus;
• The Future of Health Care: re-imagining the patient/user/
player experience within and beyond health care settings.
The goal of the curriculum is to provide integrative research
and practice-based training to enable students to combine prior/
concurrent education and experience toward design, development
and evaluation of health- and wellness-related interventions that
incorporate entertainment media experiences (film, games, virtual
reality, mobile media, public interactives, transmedia and emerging
genres).
Candidates for the degree are subject to the general
requirements of the Graduate School (see the Graduate School
section). Thirty-six units are required at the 400 level or higher,
including an integrative project. At least two-thirds of these units
must be at the 500 level or higher.
Required Courses
• IML 543 Transdisciplinary Media Design Practicum Units: 4
• CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2
• CTIN 541 Design for Interactive Media Units: 4
• CTIN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• CTIN 593 Integrative Project: Media-based Interventions in
Healthcare Units: 2, 4
Electives (8 units minimum from Cinematic Arts) Units: 16
Units: 36
Sample Schedule (Two Years, Full-time Study)
Year One, First Semester
• CTIN 541 Design for Interactive Media Units: 4
• CTIN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
Electives
Units: 10
Year One, Second Semester
• CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2
• CTIN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
Electives
Units: 8
Year Two, First Semester
• IML 543 Transdisciplinary Media Design Practicum Units: 4
Electives
Units: 10
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTIN 593 Integrative Project: Media-based Interventions in
Healthcare Units: 2, 4
Electives
Units: 8
Note:
In addition, 18 units of electives related to the student's area of
study will be recommended by the student's adviser; at least 8 of
these units should be from Cinematic Arts.
Electives**
At least 8 units from the following:
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2 *
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2 *
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
• CTAN 495 Visual Music Units: 2
• CTAN 501 Experiments in 2-D Digital Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 502L Experiments in Immersive Design Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2 *
• CTIN 405L Design and Technology for Mobile Experiences
Units: 2 *
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4 *
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media
Units: 2 *
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2 *
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4 *
• CTIN 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• CTIN 501 Interactive Cinema Units: 2
• CTIN 506 Procedural Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 532L Interactive Design and Production I Units: 4
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTIN 544 Experiments in Interactivity II Units: 2 *
• CTIN 583 Game Development for Designers Units: 2
• CTPR 455 Survey of Production Design Units: 2
• CTPR 507 Production I Units: 4
• CTWR 518 Introduction to Interactive Writing Units: 2
• CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production Units: 2
• CTXA 525 Gesture Movement for Animation Units: 2
• IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and the Archive Units: 4
• IML 502 Techniques of Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 535 Tactical Media Strategies Units: 4
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
**Courses not listed may satisfy this requirement with approval of
the program chair.
CTIN 593 Integrative Project
All students are required to complete a project that showcases
their integrative mastery of prior and newly acquired knowledge,
skills and interests in CTIN 593. It is recommended that
preparatory work for this project begins with a directed research
proposal in CTIN 590, but the student can begin work sooner.
Students are permitted to complete collaborative integrative
projects if they can successfully articulate a clear timeline,
feasibility, individual contributions and an alternate plan for
completion if the collaboration becomes unsustainable. Building
upon prior art and research (e.g., MFA thesis projects, sponsored
research) is highly recommended because the project will be
graded on the merit and impact of the intervention as a whole (vs.
the aesthetic qualities or innovation of a standalone interactive
artifact). Students need to form a committee of at least three
members (USC faculty member, scientist or health professional,
stakeholder). The criteria for successful completion will be set by
the program director and the project committee advisers.
The following are examples of integrative projects:
(a) Design/development of an original creative intervention
based on rigorous formative research, or
(b) Design adaptation of an existing intervention based on
rigorous formative research, or
(c) Deployment and evaluation of an original or adapted
intervention.
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Grade Point Average Requirement
An overall GPA of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be maintained
in all USC course work toward the master's degree. A minimum
grade of B (3.0) must be earned in all required courses. Students
who do not achieve a grade of B (3.0) in the required courses
after repeating these requirements will be disqualified from the
program. The core courses as well as CTIN 593 cannot be waived
or substituted with transfer credits under any circumstances.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The degree must be completed five
years from the first course at USC applied toward the Master of
Arts degree. Course work more than seven years old is invalidated
and will not be applied toward the degree. The degree director will
review progress toward degree completion on an annual basis.
Students who are not making satisfactory progress will be provided
a remediation plan with required action deadlines.
Peer Mentoring Requirement
Students are required to provide six hours of peer and/or team
mentoring per month to other students via advising, critique or
skills workshops. Requests for mentoring will be submitted ad-hoc
by students and faculty with a sign-up sheet.
Game Design and Development (MS)
The Master of Science in Game Design and Development
is a two-year intensive program that requires 38 units of which
18 are required, 16 are electives chosen from a number of core
area groups and 4 are the capstone requirement. Students must
take at least 6 units of expression studios, studying a breadth
of skills involved in creating Interactive Media, at least 2 units of
professionalization courses, 2 units of electives building technical
skills and another 6 units of courses crafting a specialization in
the field. At least 10 500-level units must be taken from these
course lists. Students are expected to engage in an internship or
professional work environment during the summer following their
second semester.
Core Requirements
• CTIN 532L Interactive Design and Production I Units: 4
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTIN 541 Design for Interactive Media Units: 4
• CTIN 583 Game Development for Designers Units: 2
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
Expressions Studios
At least 6 units of the following courses:
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 412 Interactive Systems Design Units: 2
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 506 Procedural Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 544 Experiments in Interactivity II Units: 2
• CTPR 506 Visual Expression Units: 2
Specialization Courses
At least 6 units of the following courses:
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4
• CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance Units: 2
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 481 Augmenting Reality: Worldbuilding for Games and
Spaces Units: 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 591 Advanced Development Project Units: 2
• CTWR 526 Advanced Storytelling for Interactive Media
Units: 2
• SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video Games Units: 2
Technical Courses
At least 2 units of the following courses:
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2
• ITP 415 3-D Design and Prototyping Units: 2
Professionalization Courses
At least 2 units of the following courses:
• CNTV 595 Professional Practicum Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 497 Interactive Media Startup Units: 1
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2
Capstone Courses
Choose 4 units of one of the following options:
• CTIN 591 Advanced Development Project Units: 2 (taken
twice for 4 units)
or
• CTIN 592 Game Development Capstone Units: 4
Interactive Media (Games and Health) (MFA)
The Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media with an emphasis
in Games and Health is administered in conjunction with the
Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center. The curriculum is
based on center crosscutting initiatives that represent the broadest
descriptions of our vision and mission. Students benefit from
emerging research, tools and methodologies that converge at the
center, as well as the wide range of backgrounds represented
by faculty, students and visiting scholars. Research is prioritized
based on a combination of factors, including potential impact and
benefit to society, and overall alignment with center priorities.
Some center initiatives include:
• Sports and Exercise for Wellness: investigation of novel
assessment and treatment techniques using entertainment
and technology for improvement of health outcomes related
to obesity, nutrition and physical activity
• Healthy Brain Architecture: production and dissemination
of innovative storytelling products toward promotion of
healthy behavior for brain development and affect regulation
during the entire human lifespan
• Social and Sensorimotor Play: investigation of novel
assessment and treatment techniques using interactive play
for improving social skills, visuospatial navigation and motor
coordination in physical space
• Games for Health: promotion, development and assessment
of innovative games with behavioral health applications
• Storytelling for Mobile Health (mHealth): mobile interactive
entertainment with general health and wellness applications,
or a specific chronic illness focus
• The Future of Health Care: re-imagining the patient/user/
player experience within and beyond healthcare settings
This emphasis aims to provide specialized training and
hands-on experience to enrolled MFA students toward design,
development and evaluation of interactive entertainment for
health and happiness. Students will obtain a broad perspective
on theory, methods and practice through an intensive overview
of core concepts of science with a lifespan perspective on
brain development, lifelong resilience, wellness and illness.
On a practical level, students will learn how to: (a) perform
transdisciplinary formative research (e.g., literature reviews,
prior art analyses) in order to establish background data and
rationale for design and evaluation; (b) tailor intervention design
and program design requirements to target population using
transdisciplinary methodologies (e.g., ethnography, surveys,
observation studies); (c) iteratively develop and/or adapt existing
interventions focused on health and wellness in transdisciplinary
team environments; (d) design and administer small studies for
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ecologically valid assessment of interventions (e.g., feasibility
pilots, experimental designs, pilot clinical studies).
The degree requires 50 units.
Requirements for the MFA in Interactive Media
(Games and Health)
Year One, First Semester
• CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTIN 541 Design for Interactive Media Units: 4
• Technical Skill or Electives: 0 - 2 units
Total units: 8 - 12
Year One, Second Semester
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2
• CTIN 544 Experiments in Interactivity II Units: 2
• CTIN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 or
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
• CTWR 518 Introduction to Interactive Writing Units: 2
Total units: 10
Year Two, First Semester
• CTIN 532L Interactive Design and Production I Units: 4
• CTPR 506 Visual Expression Units: 2
• IML 543 Transdisciplinary Media Design Practicum Units: 4
Total units: 10
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTIN 542 Interactive Design and Production II Units: 2
• CTIN 548 Preparing the Interactive Project Units: 2
• CTIN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 or
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
Technical Skill or Electives: 0 - 2 units
Total units: 8 - 10
Year Three, First Semester
• CTIN 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
Electives: 2 - 4 units
Total units: 4 - 6
Year Three, Second Semester
• CTIN 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Electives: 2 - 4 units.
Total units: 4 - 6
Technical Skill
At least 2 units from the following:
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 583 Game Development for Designers Units: 2
Electives*
At least 4 units from the following:
• CNTV 595 Professional Practicum Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
max 4
• CTAN 495 Visual Music Units: 2
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 411 Tabletop Game Mechanics Seminar Units: 2
• CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment Design Units: 4 **
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2 **
• CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop Units: 2
• CTIN 497 Interactive Media Startup Units: 1 max 2
• CTIN 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• CTIN 506 Procedural Expression Units: 2
• CTXA 525 Gesture Movement for Animation Units: 2
• IML 500 The Praxis of Sonic and Visual Media Units: 4
• IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and the Archive Units: 4
• IML 502 Techniques of Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 535 Tactical Media Strategies Units: 4
Notes:
*Courses not listed may satisfy this requirement with approval of
the program chair.
**Prerequisite required.
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirement
An overall GPA of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be maintained in
all USC course work toward the master's degree.
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned in all required
courses. Students who do not achieve a grade of C (2.0) in the
core courses CTIN 532, CTIN 534, CTIN 542 and CTIN 544
after repeating these requirements will be disqualified from the
program. The core courses as well as CTIN 594a, CTIN 594b
cannot be waived or substituted with transfer credits under any
circumstances.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The degree must be completed
three years from the first course at USC applied toward the Master
of Fine Arts degree. Course work more than seven years old is
invalidated and will not be applied toward the degree.
Graduate Review
One year prior to graduation, students are required to file
MFA forms for a curriculum and graduation review. Contact the
Interactive Media Program Office for forms.
Interactive Media (MFA)
The Interactive Media Division offers a Master of Fine Arts in
Interactive Media as well as a number of courses in computer-
based entertainment for non-majors. The fundamental philosophy
of the division is coherent with that of the programs of the school,
stressing creativity of expression, experimentation and excellence
in execution.
The MFA in Interactive Media is a three-year intensive program
that requires 50 units of which 26 are requirements and 24 are
electives chosen from a number of core area groupings. Students
must take at least 6 units of expression studios, studying a breadth
of skills involved in creating Interactive Media, at least 2 units of
professionalization electives, 2 units of electives building technical
skills and another 6 units of electives crafting a specialization in
the field. Eight units of electives are totally open for exploration
across the university. Two-thirds of the total units applied to the
degree must be taken at the 500-level, so at least 12 500-level
elective units must be taken. Students are expected to engage in
an internship or professional work environment during the summer
following their second semester. Students are required to complete
an advanced interactive project which they design and produce in
CTIN 594a and CTIN 594b Master's Thesis.
Computer and digital production facilities for the program
are provided by the school. However, students should budget
additional funds for incidental expenses for intermediate and
advanced projects. Cost will vary depending on the scope
of a student's project. For the first-year production course,
approximately $1,000 will be needed for miscellaneous costs, lab
and insurance fees.
The program is intended to prepare students for creative
careers in the emerging field of interactive entertainment. While
the program does not require advanced computer capabilities,
familiarity and comfort with computer-based authoring and
production/post-production tools is recommended.
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The creation of interactive media requires a combination of
skills from the traditional media of film and television as well
as a deep understanding of the effects of interactivity upon the
quality of experience. Therefore, we emphasize and encourage
collaboration with students in other Cinematic Arts programs.
Approximately 15 students are admitted in the fall semester
(there are no spring admissions).
Applicants for the MFA in Interactive Media must submit a
supplemental application and materials to the Interactive Media
Program. For specific instructions contact the Cinematic Arts Office
of Admission, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213)
740-2911 or online at cinema.usc.edu.
Requirements for the MFA in Interactive Media
Year One, First Semester
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTIN 541 Design for Interactive Media Units: 4
Expression Studio - 2 units
Electives - 2 units
Total units: 12
Year One, Second Semester
• CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics Units: 1
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 544 Experiments in Interactivity II Units: 2
Expression Studio - 2 units
Technical Skill - 2 units
Electives - 0 to 2 units
Total units: 10 - 12
Year Two, First Semester
• CTIN 532L Interactive Design and Production I Units: 4
Expression Studio - 2 units
Electives - 4 to 6 units
Total Units: 10 - 12
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTIN 542 Interactive Design and Production II Units: 2
• CTIN 548 Preparing the Interactive Project Units: 2
Professionalization/Specialization/Electives - 4 to 6 units
Total units: 8 -10
Year Three, First Semester
• CTIN 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
Specialization - 2 to 4 units
Total units: 4 - 6
Year Three, Second Semester
• CTIN 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Specialization - 2 to 4 units
Total units: 4 - 6
Expression Studio
At least 6 units from the following list:
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2 *
• CTIN 444 Audio Expression Units: 2
• CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2
• CTIN 506 Procedural Expression Units: 2
• CTPR 506 Visual Expression Units: 2 *
• CTWR 518 Introduction to Interactive Writing Units: 2
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Specialization
At least 6 units from the following list:
• CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and Culture of Video
Games Units: 4
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals Units: 2 *
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 480 Directing for Games and Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTIN 481 Augmenting Reality: Worldbuilding for Games and
Spaces Units: 2 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• CTWR 526 Advanced Storytelling for Interactive Media
Units: 2 *
• SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video Games Units: 2
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
**Course requires an undergraduate prerequisite, which may be
waived for students with appropriate experience.
Technical Skill
At least 2 units from the following list:
• CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2
• CTIN 583 Game Development for Designers Units: 2
• ITP 415 3-D Design and Prototyping Units: 2
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Professionalization
At least 2 units from the following list:
• CNTV 595 Professional Practicum Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 497 Interactive Media Startup Units: 1
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2
• CTIN 411 Tabletop Game Mechanics Seminar Units: 2
Additional Requirements
Thesis Project
In order to begin work on the thesis/advanced project, students
must first successfully propose their project to a committee of MFA
interactive media program faculty. The proposal is prepared during
the second year of study in CTIN 548 Preparing the Interactive
Project and is submitted at the end of the second year. The
proposal itself will include a written treatment of the project with
a discussion of similar work in the field and its relationship to the
proposed project. It will describe aesthetic issues to be explored
and specific techniques to be employed in its realization. It will also
include a project visualization, design macro, risk assessment and
a polished piece of the experience, equivalent to the milestones
associated with the end of the pre production period. The faculty
committee will make comments and decide whether the student
may go forward with his or her project. Upon acceptance, the
student will begin production work on the project, otherwise
revising the proposal and meeting again with the committee.
In the third and final year, students concentrate on their thesis
projects in CTIN 594a and CTIN 594b Master's Thesis, completing
production and post-production. A final review will take place in the
second semester of the third year. The committee will meet and
the student must show and defend the work. The student does
not need to submit a thesis paper in conjunction with this project,
though students interested in doing so may take CTIN 510 and
prepare a paper for academic publication.
Criteria for successful completion include: 50 percent originality
and 50 percent quality of execution.
Internship
Though the Internship class is not required, the division requires
all MFA students to do work at an internship or in a professional
context while enrolled in the program. The graduate adviser will
work with each student to find an appropriate work environment
and certify the student's completion thereof.
Grade Point Average Requirement
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An overall GPA of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be maintained in
all USC course work toward the master's degree.
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned in all required
courses. Students who do not achieve a grade of C (2.0) in the
core courses CTIN 532L, CTIN 534L, CTIN 542 and CTIN 544
after repeating these requirements will be disqualified from the
program. Two-thirds of the non thesis units applied to the degree
must be taken at the 500 level or above. The core courses as well
as CTIN 594a and CTIN 594b cannot be waived or substituted
with transfer credits under any circumstances.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The degree must be completed
three years from the first course at USC applied toward the Master
of Fine Arts degree. Course work more than seven years old is
invalidated and will not be applied toward the degree.
Graduate Review
One year prior to graduation, students are required to file
MFA forms for a curriculum and graduation review. Contact the
Interactive Media Program Office for forms.
Media Arts + Practice
Media Arts + Practice (MA+P) is an interdisciplinary digital
storytelling and media design program combining the study
of contemporary digital media with hands-on production and
research. The program offers a rigorous and creative environment
for scholarly innovation as students explore the intersections of
cinema, art, design, emerging media and critical thinking while
defining new forms of cinematic experience for the 21st century.
Bachelor's Degree
Media Arts and Practice (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Practice is a hybrid
theory/practice program integrating creative and critical
approaches to the history, theory and practice of digital media
in the 21st century. Students learn how to work with a broad
spectrum of media-making tools, including video, sound, graphic
design and interactive media, while also exploring the relationships
among media forms, emerging technologies, and culture. Students
explore an array of methods, including worldbuilding, design
fiction and critical making, as well as how to integrate research
and creativity while working with faculty mentors in SCA’s varied
research labs. The Media Arts and Practice major is ideal for
students who are innovative storytellers eager to explore a full
range of cinematic techniques and platforms; who are committed
to making a positive difference in the world; and who will use their
skills across diverse fields after graduation.
Program Requirements
A total of 66 units is required to complete the major. All courses
must be taken for a letter grade.
Core Studio Courses
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• IML 201 The Languages of Digital Media Units: 4
• IML 202 Media Arts and Practice Studio I Units: 4
• IML 203 Media Arts and Practice Studio II Units: 4
• IML 295Lm Race, Class and Gender in Digital Culture
Units: 4
• IML 310 Professionalism for Media Arts Units: 2
• IML 346 Methods in Digital Research Units: 2
• IML 440 Thesis Studio Units: 4
• IML 466 Digital Studies Symposium Units: 2
Platform-Specific Courses
• IML 230 Fundamentals of Media Design Units: 4
• IML 288 Critical Thinking and Procedural Media Units: 4
• IML 300 Reading and Writing the Web Units: 4
• IML 328 Sonic Media Art Units: 2
• IML 335 Digital Narrative Design I Units: 2
• IML 354 Introduction to 3-D Modeling Units: 2
Choose 8 units from the following courses:
• IML 400 Creative Coding for the Web Units: 4
• IML 404 Tangible and Spatial Computing Units: 4
• IML 428 Exploring and Creating Sonic Environments Units: 4
• IML 430 Visual Communication and Experience Design
Units: 4
• IML 435 Digital Narrative Design II Units: 4
• IML 436 Hypercinemas Studio Units: 4
• IML 454 Advanced Techniques of Spatial Representation
Units: 4
• IML 481 Mixed Realities: Histories, Theories and Practices
Units: 4
Media Arts Electives
This requirement allows students to expand their inquiry into media
arts as a discipline. Choose 8 units from the following courses:
• IML 309 Integrative Design for Mobile Devices Units: 4
• IML 320 Designing and Writing for Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4
• IML 340 Remixing the Archive Units: 4
• IML 365 Future Cinema Units: 4
• IML 385 Design Fiction and Speculative Futures Units: 4
• IML 419 Emotion in Digital Culture Units: 4
• IML 420m New Media for Social Change Units: 4
• IML 422 Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 450 Critical Play and Documentary Games Units: 4
• IML 456 Nature, Design and Media Units: 2
• IML 458 The Embedded Story: Designing Digital Landscapes
and Languages Units: 2
• IML 475 Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
• IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and Immersive Docu-
Narratives Units: 4
• IML 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Additional Requirements
Thesis Sequence
The media arts and practice major culminates in a digital thesis
project that students research, develop and construct during
their senior year. These projects will engage a key issue faced
by contemporary media arts practitioners and will represent the
convergence of conceptual excellence and digital innovation.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned in all required and
prerequisite courses. A grade of C- (1.7) or lower will not satisfy a
major requirement.
Curriculum Review
Media arts and practice majors are expected to meet with an
academic adviser every semester to review their progress. Contact
the Media Arts and Practice program at [email protected] for
an appointment.
Graduate Certificate
Digital Media and Culture Graduate Certificate
Contemporary scholarship is undergoing profound shifts as new
technologies alter how scholars interact, conduct research, author
and visualize their work, as well as how they teach. The certificate
program in digital media and culture explores the shifting nature
of scholarly expression, pedagogical practice and research in
the 21st century, combining seminars with hands-on, lab-based
workshops in order to facilitate sophisticated critical thinking and
practice in and through multimedia.
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Open to graduate students interested in emerging modes of
creative, networked and media-rich scholarship, the program
seeks to provide participants with a sophisticated conceptual
framework for considering the emerging landscape of scholarship
in the digital age, as well as a broad overview of contemporary
scholarly multimedia as it intersects with media art, information
design, interactive media and communication studies.
Program Requirements
Choose 12 units from the following courses:
• IML 500 The Praxis of Sonic and Visual Media Units: 4
• IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and the Archive Units: 4
• IML 502 Techniques of Information Visualization Units: 4
• IML 520 Non-Fiction Cinematic Practice I Units: 2
• IML 521 Non-Fiction Cinematic Practice II Units: 2
• IML 535 Tactical Media Strategies Units: 4
• IML 543 Transdisciplinary Media Design Practicum Units: 4
• IML 555 Digital Pedagogies Units: 4
• IML 560 Embodied Knowledge and the Fantastical Units: 4
• IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research Lab Units: 2, 3, 4
• IML 585 Creative Critical Writing Workshop Units: 2
• IML 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• IML 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• IML 604 Theories of Media Arts and Practice Units: 4
• IML 605 Cinema to Post-Cinema and Beyond: History,
Theory, Practice Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Cinematic Arts (Media Arts and Practice) (PhD)
The PhD in Media Arts and Practice program offers a rigorous
and creative environment for scholarly innovation as students
explore the intersection of design, media and critical thinking while
defining new modes of research and scholarship for the 21st
century. Core to the program is its transdisciplinary ethos; after
completing foundational course work, students design their own
curricula, drawing on expertise across all divisions and research
labs within the School of Cinematic Arts.
Admission
A bachelor's or master's degree in media arts, or a closely
related field, is required for admission to the PhD program. In
addition to submitting an application to USC Graduate Admissions,
applicants for the PhD must submit the supplemental application
and materials to the Media Arts and Practice Division. For specific
instructions, contact the School of Cinematic Arts Office of
Admission, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, (213)
840-8358, or online at cinema.usc.edu/imap.
Course Requirements
Each PhD candidate must complete 64 units beyond the
bachelor's degree, exclusive of IML 794a, IML 794b, IML 794c,
IML 794d, IML 794z. (Up to 28 units may be transferred from
graduate work completed at other institutions.) At least two-thirds
of the units applied towards the degree (including transfer work
and not including IML 794a, IML 794b, IML 794c, IML 794d, IML
794z) must be at the 500 level or higher. The required units will
include 8 to 16 units in a minor area. The minor will be chosen by
the student in close consultation with the adviser and will be in an
academic field that supports the student's dissertation topic and
project. Each student must complete the following course work:
1. IML 600 4, IML 601 4, IML 602 4, IML 603 1, IML 604 4, IML
605 4. These courses should be taken before the screening
procedure.
2. At least 8 units in theory based course work within Cinematic
Arts.
3. At least 14 units in practice-based course work within
Cinematic Arts. Courses outside of Cinematic Arts will be
considered for approval by the student's adviser. The above
courses should be taken before the qualifying exam.
4. At least 4, but no more than 8 units of IML 794a 2, IML 794b
2, IML 794c 2, IML 794d 2, IML 794z 0.
Screening Procedure
The Graduate School requires that programs administer an
examination or other procedure at a predetermined point in the
student's studies as a prerequisite to continuation in the doctoral
program. The screening procedure in the School of Cinematic Arts
is designed to review the student's suitability for continuing in the
chosen PhD program. Two separate screening procedures will
measure a student's progress at two points in their work toward
the degree. The first screening will occur no later than the end of
the student's third semester of graduate course work beyond the
master's degree or after 46 units of graduate work beyond the
bachelor's degree. The second screening will occur no earlier than
one-half of a semester following the first screening. The screening
procedure process will include the following steps:
1. First screening. Prior to the first screening, the student
will select a faculty adviser and formulate a provisional
course of study. At the first screening, the student will be
interviewed and his or her progress in the program will be
reviewed by the faculty to determine if the student will be
approved for additional course work. Following a successful
first screening, the student, in consultation with the faculty
adviser, will formally establish a five-member qualifying
exam committee. The composition of the qualifying exam
committee will be as specified by the Graduate School. For
the PhD in Cinematic Arts (Media Arts and Practice), the
committee is ordinarily composed of five faculty members
with familiarity with the Media Arts and Practice program.
2. Second screening. Working closely with the faculty adviser,
the student will prepare to present his or her qualifying exam
fields and associated bibliographies and mediographies as
well as a dissertation project proposal, to a subcommittee
of Media Arts and Practice faculty. This will be a formal
written proposal detailing the proposed topic, three fields for
examination derived from the general dissertation topic area.
Formal presentation of the dissertation project proposal will
occur no later than the end of the semester prior to taking the
qualifying examinations. The qualifying exam committee must
approve the dissertation topic.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Following a successful screening procedure, the student, in
consultation with the qualifying exam committee chair and the
Media Arts and Practice faculty, will formally establish a five-
member qualifying exam committee. The composition of the
qualifying exam committee will be as specified by the Graduate
School. For the PhD in Cinematic Arts (Media Arts and Practice),
the committee is ordinarily composed of four cinematic arts faculty
members and an outside member from the candidate's minor area.
Foreign Language Requirement
The Cinematic Arts faculty will advise each student as to
whether or not a foreign language is required. This requirement
is determined by the student's dissertation topic. The requirement
must be met at least 60 days before the qualifying examination.
Qualifying Examinations
Written and oral examinations for the PhD are given twice a
year, generally in November and April. Questions for the written
portion of the examination will be drafted by members of the
qualifying exam committee who will also assess the examination.
The qualifying examination comprises three examinations
administered one day each for three days over a five-day period.
The oral examination will be scheduled within 30 days after the
written examination. All qualifying exam committee members must
be present for the oral portion of the qualifying examination.
Admission to Candidacy
A student is eligible for admission to candidacy for a PhD
degree after: (1) passing the second screening procedure; (2)
presenting the dissertation proposal and having it approved; (3)
satisfying the language requirement, if applicable, (4) completing
at least 24 units in residence; and (5) passing the written and oral
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portions of the qualifying examination. Admission to candidacy is
by action of the Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Programs.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee is composed as specified by
regulations of the Graduate School. A dissertation project based on
original investigation and showing technical mastery of a special
field, capacity of research and scholarly ability must be submitted.
IML 794
Registration for dissertation units, IML 794a IML 794b, in the
two semesters following admission to candidacy is the minimum
requirement. These units cannot be applied towards the required
64 unit total. The student must register for IML 794a, IML 794b,
IML 794c, IML 794d, IML 794z each semester after admission to
candidacy until the degree requirements are completed. No more
than 8 units of credit can be earned in IML 794a, IML 794b, IML
794c, IML 794d, IML 794z.
Defense of Dissertation
An oral defense of the dissertation is required of each PhD
candidate. The dissertation committee will decide whether the
examination is to take place after completion of the preliminary
draft or the final draft of the dissertation. The oral defense must be
passed at least one week before graduation.
Policies
The following policies apply to each student admitted to the PhD
program.
Residency Requirements
At least one year of full-time graduate study (24 units excluding
registration for IML 794a, IML 794b, IML 794c, IML 794d, IML
794z) must be completed in residence on the main USC campus.
The residency requirement may not be interrupted by study
elsewhere. Residency must be completed prior to the qualifying
examination.
Grade Point Average
An overall GPA of 3.0 is required for all graduate work. Courses
in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not apply toward
a graduate degree.
Leave of Absence
A leave of absence may be granted under exceptional
circumstances by petitioning the Graduate School the semester
before the leave is to be taken.
Change of Committee
Changes to either the qualifying exam or dissertation committee
must be requested on a form available from the Graduate School.
Completion of All Requirements
Everything involved in approving the dissertation must be
completed at least one week before graduation. Approval by
the dissertation committee, the Office of Academic Records and
Registrar, and the thesis editor must be reported on the triple card
and submitted to the Graduate School by the date of graduation.
Time Limits
The maximum time limit for completing all requirements for the
PhD degree is eight years from the first course at USC applied
toward the degree. Students who have completed an applicable
master's degree at USC or elsewhere within five years from the
proposed enrollment in a PhD program must complete the PhD
in six years. Extension of these time limits will be made only for
compelling reasons upon petition by the student.
When petitions are granted, students will be required to make
additional IML 794a IML 794b IML 794c IML 794d IML 794z
registrations. Course work more than 10 years old is automatically
invalidated and cannot be applied toward the degree.
The Peter Stark Producing Program
Master's Degree
Producing for Film, Television, and New Media
(MFA)
The Peter Stark Producing Program is a two-year (four
semester) full-time graduate program.
Approximately 24 Peter Stark Program students are enrolled
each fall (there are no spring admissions). The curriculum places
equal emphasis on the creative and the managerial, to enhance
and develop artistic skills and judgment while providing a sound
background in business essentials. Each course is continually
updated to ensure that the Stark program remains responsive to
the needs of our students and the ever-changing film, television
and new media landscape, and prepare students for careers as
creative decision-makers in those fields.
A minimum of 44 units of 500-level courses is required for the
Peter Stark Producing Program leading to the MFA degree. There
are no electives; all Stark students take the same classes at the
same time in a mandated sequence. In CMPP 541a and CMPP
541b, first-year students get hands-on filmmaking experience,
working on collaborative projects in different roles. Projects are
shot and edited digitally. Equipment is provided by the school.
The thesis completion requirement is a detailed plan for a
film, documentary, television or webseries project comprising a
developed script and notes for improvement, a schedule, budget
assumptions and a marketing/distribution plan.
Industry experience is an essential component of the Peter
Stark Program academic experience; it enhances both their course
work and thesis research project. To facilitate as much industry
experience as possible, the program endeavors to leave two free
days in the students' first year course schedule, and holds all
second-year classes in the evening. The Peter Stark Program
requires 2,800 hours of entertainment industry internships or
work experience over the two-year program, including in the
summer semester between the first and second year. Students
look for internships, per their own interests. In addition, though
the Stark Program cannot guarantee it can procure internships,
it does ongoing semester-by-semester internship advocacy for
the students at many companies including studios, networks,
production companies and agencies. The Stark Program grants
exceptions to the internship/work experience requirement on
a case-by-case basis for other equivalent forms of industry
experience that may better fit a student's individual career goals
– producing projects for film, television or new media, writing or
developing screenplays – as long as the student completes at
least one internship. At all times, students must attend all classes
and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Inquiries regarding the program should be addressed to: The
Peter Stark Program, USC School of Cinematic Arts, University
Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211. Call (213) 740-3304 or email
Two-Year Requirements for the MFA in
Producing for Film, Television, and New Media
Year One, First Semester
• CMPP 541a Producing Workshop Units: 4
• CMPP 548 Introduction to Producing for Television Units: 2
• CMPP 550 Script Analysis for the Producer Units: 2
• CMPP 563 Producing Symposium Units: 1
• CMPP 589a Graduate Film Business Seminar Units: 3
Total units: 12
Year One, Second Semester
• CMPP 541b Producing Workshop Units: 4
• CMPP 560 Script Development Units: 2
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• CMPP 568 Producing for Television Units: 2
• CMPP 589b Graduate Film Business Seminar Units: 4
Total units: 12
Year Two, First Semester
• CMPP 561 Motion Picture and Television Marketing Units: 2
• CMPP 565 Scheduling and Budgeting Units: 4
• CMPP 566 Finance Units: 2
• CMPP 571 Producing the Screenplay Units: 2
Total units: 10
Year Two, Second Semester
• CMPP 564 Digital Media and Entertainment Units: 2
• CMPP 569 Seminar on Non-Mainstream Producing Units: 2
• CMPP 570 Advanced Television Units: 2
• CMPP 592 Individual Project Seminar Units: 4
Total units: 10
Grade Point Average Requirement
An overall GPA of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for graduation.
Courses in which a grade of C- (1.7) or lower is earned will not
apply toward a graduate course. A grade of C-, D or F in any
course may be cause for termination.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The degree must be completed
three years after the beginning of graduate work at USC.
The John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television
Bachelor's Degree
Writing for Screen and Television (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing for Screen and Television
is a unique, four-year program for students who seek intensive
professional preparation for a career in screen and television
writing. This rigorous program emphasizes small, workshop-style
classes, and attracts students from all over the world. Students
attend a variety of guest speaker presentations, take high-level
industry internships, are provided with mentors and taught by
world-class professors.
Each fall, a class of 30 undergraduate writing students is
selected to begin the program. A total of 128 units is required for
completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree; 70 of these units
are taken in a prescribed sequential order. There are no spring
admissions.
Applicants must submit supplemental application and materials
to the program office. For specific instructions, contact The John
Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television, University
Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211 or telephone (213) 740-3303,
or online at cinema.usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information about USC's general
education requirements, see General Education.
Required Production Courses
Undergraduate writing students are required to take CTPR 290
Cinematic Communication. This introductory production course is
taken during the sophomore year.
CTPR 290 introduces the interrelationship of visuals, sound
and editing in cinematic communication. Students participate
in directing and producing workshops as well as individual and
group projects. Approximately $1,000 should be budgeted for
miscellaneous expenses, lab and insurance fees.
Four-Year Major Requirements (70 units)
Year One, First Semester
• CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here Units: 2
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTPR 409 Practicum in Television Production Units: 1, 2, 4
• CTWR 100g Story: Character, Conflict, and Catharsis
Units: 4
Total units: 12
Year One, Second Semester
• CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
Units: 4
• CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video Units: 4 or
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4 or
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• CTWR 250 Breaking the Story Units: 2
• CTWR 321 Introduction to Hour-Long Television Writing
Units: 2
Total units: 12
Year Two, First Semester
• CTPR 290 Cinematic Communication Units: 4, 6 (6 units
only)
• CTWR 206a Writing the Screenplay Units: 4
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
Total units: 12
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTWR 206b Writing the Screenplay Units: 4
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 421 Writing the Hour-Long Dramatic Series Units: 2 or
• CTWR 434 Writing the Half-Hour Comedy Series Units: 2
Total units: 8
Year Three, First Semester
• CTWR 305 Advanced Screenwriting: The Relationship
Screenplay Units: 4
• CTWR 437 Writing the Original Situation Comedy Pilot
Units: 4 or
• CTWR 439 Writing the Original Dramatic Series Pilot Units: 4
Total units: 8
Year Three, Second Semester
• CTWR 449 Rewriting the Original Dramatic Series Pilot
Units: 4
or
• CTWR 453 Advanced Feature Rewriting Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
or
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4 or
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4 or
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4 or
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4 or
• CTCS 417 African American Television Units: 4 or
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4 or
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
Total units: 8
Year Four, First Semester
• CTWR 418a Senior Thesis Units: 4 or
• CTWR 419a Senior Thesis in Dramatic Television Units: 4 or
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• CTWR 420a Senior Thesis in Half-Hour Television Comedy
Units: 4
Total units: 4
Year Four, Second Semester
• CTWR 418b Senior Thesis Units: 4 or
• CTWR 419b Senior Thesis in Dramatic Television Units: 4 or
• CTWR 420b Senior Thesis in Half-Hour Television Comedy
Units: 4
• CTWR 459a Entertainment Industry Seminar Units: 2
Total units: 6
Electives
Suggested electives in Cinematic Arts include:
• CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy Units: 2
• CTWR 407 Creating the Comedic Character Units: 2
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 422 Creating the Dramatic Television Series Units: 2
• CTWR 430 Comedy Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 433 Adaptations: Transferring Existing Work to the
Screen Units: 2
• CTWR 435 Writing for Film and Television Genres Units: 2,
3, 4 max 8
• CTWR 437 Writing the Original Situation Comedy Pilot
Units: 4 max 8
• CTWR 438 Linked Narrative Storytelling for the Web Units: 2,
4
• CTWR 439 Writing the Original Dramatic Series Pilot Units: 4
max 8
• CTWR 449 Rewriting the Original Dramatic Series Pilot
Units: 4 max 8
• CTWR 468 Screenwriting in Collaboration Units: 4 max 8
• CTWR 477 Staff Writing the Sketch Comedy Show Units: 2
max 6
• CTWR 487 Staff Writing the Multi-Camera Television Series
Units: 4 max 8
• CTWR 497 Staff Writing the Single-Camera Half-Hour Series
Units: 4 max 8
• CTWR 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned in all required and
prerequisite courses (a grade of C- (1.7) or lower will not fulfill a
major requirement).
Master's Degree
Writing for Screen and Television (MFA)
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Screen and
Television, is an intensive two-year degree program that
concentrates on writing for narrative film and television. During
the course of their studies, students benefit from a wide array of
internship and mentorship opportunities available as a result of
the university's close links to the Los Angeles film industry's top
screenwriters, directors, production companies and studios.
Course work includes practical instruction in everything a
working writer needs to learn about the filmmaker's art and craft.
Writing is taught in small workshop-style classes. The approach
focuses on the visual tools of storytelling, developing stories
from characters and then on an Aristotelian three act structure.
Fractured narratives, ensemble stories, experiments with time and
points of view, as well as other idiosyncratic styles of storytelling,
are also addressed. The curriculum covers other professional
concerns, including legal issues, agents and the Writer's Guild,
as well as the history and analysis of cinema and television.
Classes are taught by working writers with a wide variety of skills,
experience and approaches.
Each fall 32 students are selected to begin the Graduate
Writing for Screen and Television Program; there are no spring
admissions. Applicants must submit a supplemental application
and materials to the Graduate Writing for Screen and Television
Program. For specific instructions, contact the Cinematic Arts
Office of Admission, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211,
(213) 740-8358 or online at cinema.usc.edu.
A total of 44 units is required. A minimum of 30 units must be
500-level or above.
Required Courses (34 units)
Year One, First Semester
• CTWR 502 Graduate Writing Symposium Units: 1
• CTWR 513 Writing the Short Script Units: 2
• CTWR 514a Basic Dramatic Screenwriting Units: 2
• CTWR 521 Advanced Hour-Long Television Drama Units: 2
or
• CTWR 534 Advanced Half-Hour Television Comedy Units: 2
• CTWR 572 Practicum in Directing Actors for Film Units: 2 or
4
Total units: 9
Year One, Second Semester
• CTWR 514b Basic Dramatic Screenwriting Units: 2
• CTWR 516 Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 537 Advanced Half-Hour Comedy Series Pilot Units: 4
or
• CTWR 539 Advanced Hour-Long Drama Series Pilot Units: 4
• CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics Units: 1
Total units: 9
Year Two, First Semester
• CTWR 515a Practicum in Screenwriting Units: 4 or
• CTWR 517a Thesis in Half-Hour Television Comedy Units: 4
or
• CTWR 519a Thesis in Television Drama Units: 4
• CTWR 559 The Business of Writing for Screen and Television
Units: 2
Total units: 6
Year Two, Second Semester
• CTWR 515b Practicum in Screenwriting Units: 4 or
• CTWR 517b Thesis in Half-Hour Television Comedy Units: 4
or
• CTWR 519b Thesis in Television Drama Units: 4
Total units: 4
Note:
A minimum of 2 units of course work with a production component
is required.
Courses with a Production Component (2 Units)
• CTAN 448 Introduction to Film Graphics — Animation
Units: 4
• CTIN 501 Interactive Cinema Units: 2
• CTPR 476 Directing The Comedic Scene Units: 2
• CTPR 479 Straight to Series: Development of Episodic TV
Drama Units: 2
• CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
Units: 4
• CTPR 491 Viral Comedy Units: 2
• CTPR 504 Fundamentals of Production Units: 4
• CTPR 507 Production I Units: 4
• CTWR 403 Writing the Narrative Podcast Series Units: 2
• CTWR 438 Linked Narrative Storytelling for the Web Units: 2,
4
• CTWR 477 Staff Writing the Sketch Comedy Show Units: 2
• CTWR 487 Staff Writing the Multi-Camera Television Series
Units: 4
• CTWR 497 Staff Writing the Single-Camera Half-Hour Series
Units: 4
Note:
A minimum of 4 units of cinema and media studies course work is
required.
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CTCS Courses (4 Units)
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 417 African American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• CTCS 501 World Cinema Before 1945 Units: 2
• CTCS 502 World Cinema After 1945 Units: 2
• CTCS 503 Survey History of the United States Sound Film
Units: 2
• CTCS 504 Survey of Television History Units: 2
• CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTCS 510 National/Regional Media Units: 4 max 12
• CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 569 Seminar in Film and Television Authors Units: 4
• CTCS 587 Seminar in Television Theory Units: 4
Electives (10 units)
Students may choose from the following electives to complete
their degree. Additional courses beyond the required 4 units of
CTCS course work, from the cinema and media studies list of
courses, may be taken as electives, as can additional courses
from the list of courses with a production component. Electives
outside of cinematic arts are available with departmental approval.
Electives
• CNTV 595 Professional Practicum Units: 1, 2, 4 max 8
• CTAN 436 Writing for Animation Units: 2
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 558 Business of Interactive Media Units: 2
• CTPR 486 Straight to Series: Production of Episodic TV
Drama Units: 4
• CTPR 506 Visual Expression Units: 2
• CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy Units: 2
• CTWR 407 Creating the Comedic Character Units: 2
• CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 430 Comedy Writers and Their Work Units: 2
• CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their Work Units: 2 max 6
• CTWR 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
• CTWR 518 Introduction to Interactive Writing Units: 2
• CTWR 526 Advanced Storytelling for Interactive Media
Units: 2
• CTWR 541 Dreams, the Brain, and Storytelling Units: 2
• CTWR 555 Pitching for Film and Television Units: 2
• CTWR 557 Seminar in the Business of Writing and Producing
Television Units: 2
• CTWR 560 Advanced Business Practices for Writers Units: 2
• CTWR 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
Writing Intensive Electives
• CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for
Games Units: 4
• CTWR 433 Adaptations: Transferring Existing Work to the
Screen Units: 2
• CTWR 435 Writing for Film and Television Genres Units: 2,
3, 4 max 8
• CTWR 468 Screenwriting in Collaboration Units: 4 max 8
• CTWR 520 Advanced Scene Writing Workshop Units: 2
• CTWR 522 Advanced Hour-Long Television Development
Units: 2
• CTWR 549 Advanced Rewriting Workshop in Hour-Long
Drama Units: 4
• CTWR 550 Advanced Story Development Units: 2
• CTWR 553 Advanced Rewriting Workshop Units: 4
• CTWR 585 Advanced Genre Writing Units: 2 or 4 max 8
Note:
Courses listed as writing intensive electives are considered heavy
writing classes; students may take a maximum of three courses
and 10 units of writing intensive courses per semester, required
and/or elective.
Additional Requirements
Grade Point Average Requirement
An overall grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be
maintained in all courses. In addition, an overall grade point
average of 3.0 in all units attempted is required to qualify for
registration in CTWR 515a, CTWR 515b, CTWR 517a, CTWR
517b or CTWR 519a, CTWR 519b. Courses in which a grade of C-
(1.7) or lower is earned will not apply toward a graduate degree.
In lieu of a thesis the student is required to either complete a
full-length screenplay, which will be developed in CTWR 515a,
CTWR 515b; or a pilot script and a series bible for a half-hour
television comedy, which will be developed in CTWR 517a, CTWR
517b; or an original one-hour drama television pilot, mid-season
episode and series bible, which will be developed in CTWR 519a,
CTWR 519b; this final work must be accepted by the Division of
Writing Graduation Committee.
Time Limit
Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward their
master's degrees at all times. The time limit to complete all
requirements is three years from the first course at USC applied
toward the Master of Fine Arts degree. Course work more than
seven years old is automatically invalidated and may not be
applied toward the degree.
Graduate Certificate
Writing for Screen and Television Certificate
The Writing for Screen and Television Certificate is awarded for
one year of study.
Applicants must be recognized writers outside of the field of
screenwriting.
The course of study is no less than 16 units total, over two
semesters. Writers, both U.S. and international, should appeal
directly to the chair for admission in the fall semester.
Admission is granted to only one or two scholars a year,
and is of the highest selectivity. Applicants must have earned
an undergraduate degree with at least a 3.0 GPA. Additionally,
candidates must show compelling reason for not applying to a
formal degree program.
The general course of study is as follows:
First Semester
• CTWR 513 Writing the Short Script Units: 2
• CTWR 514a Basic Dramatic Screenwriting Units: 2
or
• CTWR 515a Practicum in Screenwriting Units: 4
• CTWR 516 Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
• CTWR 572 Practicum in Directing Actors for Film Units: 2 or
4
Total units: 8
Second Semester
• CTPR 536 Editing for Scriptwriters Units: 2
• CTWR 514b Basic Dramatic Screenwriting Units: 2
or
• CTWR 515b Practicum in Screenwriting Units: 4
CTWR Electives
Total units: 8
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USC Bovard College
USC Bovard College graduate programs are designed to
provide professionals with specialized knowledge and skills
to advance their careers in a student-centered and supportive
learning environment. Our graduate programs include an MS in
Criminal Justice, an MS in Emergency Management, an MS in
Hospitality and Tourism, an MS in Human Resource Management,
and an MS in Project Management, which were designed by some
of the most influential minds in their respective professions.
Founded in 2015, the USC Bovard College is proudly named
after Emma Bovard, one of the first students to enroll at USC in
1880 and an early advocate for equal access to quality educational
opportunities. In addition to providing rigorous graduate programs
for professionals in flexible, convenient formats, USC Bovard
College supports individuals during key academic and career
transitions through programs such as USC Summer Programs and
USC Bovard Scholars.
USC Bovard College
1150 S. Olive Street, SCT-300
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(213) 821-3000
Administration
Anthony Bailey, Dean
John Keim, Chief Academic Officer
Gregory Vigil, Chief Operating Officer
Shamir Patel, Director of Admissions
Master's Programs
Admissions Overview
USC Bovard College completes a comprehensive review of all
applications. We do not use a formula. Successful applicants will
have demonstrated academic and professional success.
Applicants must have:
• A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or
university, or foreign equivalent.
• For international applicants, a valid score on the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International
English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Pearson Test of
English (PTE).
Application Materials
Complete and submit your Graduate Admissions Application
online. Within the application, you will need to provide the following
application materials:
• Résumé: Up-to-date professional résumé or curriculum vitae
• Letters of Recommendation: 2-3 letters of recommendation
• Statement of Purpose: 1-2 page essay addressing why you
are pursuing this degree, how this program will help you in
your career, and why the program at USC is a good fit for you
• Transcripts: Open, scan and upload official transcripts from
each undergraduate institution you have attended directly
to the application portal. Additional information on transcript
submission can be found here.
Submit your application with a $90 application fee. Fee waiver
eligibility information is located here.
Master's Degree
Criminal Justice (MS)
The Master of Science in Criminal Justice program is designed
to prepare professionals to advance in their careers in the field of
criminal justice. The program emphasizes the skills and evidence-
based principles that shape effective criminal justice leaders.
In addition to foundational theories of criminology and criminal
justice, students will explore policy design and implementation
and emerging trends in the field. Students will learn to evaluate
research and use statistical data to assess the efficacy of policies
and practices in criminal justice. Students will also analyze
emerging evidence-based practices in criminal investigations,
corrections and community supervision, including the use of
technology, restorative justice and multinational crime. Vulnerable
populations, implicit bias, ethics and diversity are themes woven
throughout the program. Courses in leadership development and
organizational change will help students develop leadership skills
within the context of criminal justice organizations. The program
will enable students to develop the critical knowledge, skills and
abilities needed to become ethical and skilled decision-makers in
the various branches of criminal justice.
Required Courses
• CJ 500 Criminology Units: 2
• CJ 505 Analysis of Criminal Justice Systems Units: 2
• CJ 510 Criminal Justice Leadership Units: 2
• CJ 515 Applied Research Methods for Criminal Justice
Units: 2
• CJ 520 Applied Statistics and Data Analysis in Criminal
Justice Units: 2
• CJ 525 Ethical Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Units: 2
• CJ 530 Organizational Change in Criminal Justice Units: 2
• CJ 535 Youthful Offenders Units: 2
• CJ 540 Criminal Justice Policy and Program Development
Units: 2
• CJ 545 Criminal Investigations Units: 2
• CJ 550 Corrections and Community Supervision Units: 2
• CJ 555 Making a Difference in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Emergency Management (MS)
The Master of Science in Emergency Management program
prepares professionals to take emergency management leadership
roles in organizations within the private and public sectors.
Through courses in critical infrastructure, disaster planning and
operational coordination, students will develop strategic, tactical
and decision-making skills that address all phases of emergencies
at the local, state and federal levels. Students will learn to navigate
and collaborate across complex and interdependent governmental,
non-profit and business organizations and systems that are
crucial to protecting communities from natural and human-made
hazards and emergencies. Current topics such as climate change,
public health emergencies and complex cross-border disasters
will be examined. Throughout the program, students will have
the opportunity to develop strategies that help communities build
resilience and mitigate the disproportionate effects of disasters on
socially and economically diverse populations.
Required Courses
• EM 500 Principles of Emergency Management Units: 2
• EM 505 Emergency Management Policies and Regulations
Units: 2
• EM 510 Social and Cultural Competency in Emergency
Management Units: 2
• EM 515 Emergency Management Administration Units: 2
• EM 520 Critical Decision-Making in Emergency Management
Units: 2
• EM 525 Emergency Management and Disaster Planning
Units: 2
• EM 530 Operational Coordination in Emergency
Management Units: 2
• EM 535 Critical Infrastructure in Emergency Management
Units: 2
• EM 540 Emergency Management Communication Units: 2
• EM 545 Driving Successful Outcomes in Emergency
Management Units: 2
• EM 550 Equity and Resilience in Emergency Management
Units: 2
• EM 555 Emergency Management Capstone Units: 2
Hospitality and Tourism (MS)
The Master of Science in Hospitality and Tourism program will
prepare students to advance their careers in the hospitality and
tourism industry. Students will gain knowledge and skills related
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to service quality management, marketing, revenue management,
human resource management, events and tourism development
in the hospitality and tourism industry. Courses throughout
the program address topics such as globalization, diversity
and innovations in a variety of hospitality and tourism sectors.
Sustainability and ethical practices are core themes explored
throughout the program.
Our program also equips students with skills and knowledge to
lead and innovate through disruption. Students will be prepared to
take on industry changes as they progress through their career.
Additionally, students will learn how to make evidence-based
decisions and plans for improvement through courses in financial
management, data analytics, and applied research methods
specific to the hospitality and tourism industry. The program
culminates in a capstone course in which students directly apply
the knowledge and skills they gained throughout the program
to address an opportunity for innovation within a hospitality and
tourism business or organizational unit.
Required Courses
• HT 500 Global Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
• HT 505 Managing Service Quality in Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2
• HT 510 Marketing Strategies for Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2
• HT 515 Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2
• HT 520 Revenue Management for Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2
• HT 525 Ethics in Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
• HT 530 Strategic Human Resources in Hospitality and
Tourism Units: 2
• HT 535 Applied Research Methods for Hospitality and
Tourism Units: 2
• HT 540 Hospitality and Tourism Data Analytics Units: 2
• HT 545 Tourism Development Units: 2
• HT 550 Hospitality and Tourism Events Units: 2
• HT 555 Hospitality and Tourism Capstone Units: 2
Human Resource Management (MS)
The Master of Science in Human Resource Management
program is designed to prepare professionals to advance their
careers in the field of human resources (HR). The program
emphasizes the strategic role that human resources plays in the
performance of global organizations, providing students with the
knowledge and skills needed to be effective partners.
In addition to core HR principles, students examine the full
spectrum of human capital management concepts, including
talent acquisition and retention, employee motivation, change
management, and organizational culture. Students will learn about
key HR processes, including talent management, total rewards,
performance management, learning and development, employee
relations, and HR analytics. Finally, students will explore key topics
that are increasingly important to HR, including managing in a
global context, diversity and inclusion, principled leadership, HR
technology, and corporate social responsibility.
Required Courses
• HRM 500 Human Resource Strategy Units: 2
• HRM 505 Organizational Culture and Employee Outcomes
Units: 2
• HRM 510 Leadership in Human Resources Units: 2
• HRM 515 Organization Design Units: 2
• HRM 520 Talent Management Units: 2
• HRM 525 Total Rewards Units: 2
• HRM 530 Learning and Development Units: 2
• HRM 535 Employee Relations Units: 2
• HRM 540 Human Resources Analytics Units: 2
• HRM 545 Management of Diverse and Global Human
Resources Units: 2
• HRM 550 Change Management and Organization
Development Units: 2
• HRM 555 Anticipating the Future of Human Resources
Units: 2
Project Management (MS)
The Master of Science in Project Management program is
designed to prepare professionals to advance their careers in the
field of project management (PM). This program emphasizes the
strategic role that project management plays in the performance of
global organizations, providing students with the knowledge and
skills needed to be effective leaders.
In addition to core PM principles, students explore the full
spectrum of project management concepts and methodologies,
including portfolio and program management, technical project
delivery, Agile and change management. Students will learn about
business relationship elements, including effective communication,
negotiation, organizational culture and conflict resolution. Essential
management processes such as performance, quality, risk, cost
and budget are also examined and applied to real-world projects.
The program encourages immediate application of key concepts
learned to address workplace challenges and opportunities.
Required Courses
• PJMT 500 Principles of Project Management Units: 2
• PJMT 505 Requirements Elicitation and Business Analysis
Units: 2
• PJMT 510 Schedule Management Units: 2
• PJMT 515 Cost Estimation and Forecasting Units: 2
• PJMT 520 Risk Management Units: 2
• PJMT 525 Agile Project Management Methodologies Units: 2
• PJMT 530 Quality and Process Improvement Units: 2
• PJMT 535 Specialized Project Management Units: 2
• PJMT 540 Organizational Change Management and
Business Relationships Units: 2
• PJMT 545 Program Management Units: 2
• PJMT 550 Portfolio Management Units: 2
• PJMT 555 Project Management Capstone Units: 2
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is
the academic heart of the University of Southern California. The
oldest, largest and most diverse of USC's academic divisions,
USC Dornsife comprises more than 8,000 undergraduate and
graduate students and nearly 900 faculty. The breadth and depth
of USC Dornsife is vast with more than 40 academic departments
and programs across the humanities, social sciences and natural
sciences, and dozens of research centers and institutes.
USC Dornsife fosters the liberal arts ethos of small classes
and close working relationships between students and faculty
within the context of a premier research university, where
internationally recognized scholars continuously pursue new
ventures. Undergraduates select from more than 150 courses
of study and explore opportunities such as overseas studies,
service-learning and internships. With approximately 50 doctoral
degree and master's programs administered through the USC
Graduate School, USC Dornsife not only trains the next generation
of scholars, but also ensures that America's research enterprise
remains competitive.
By immersing its students in deep scholarship and discovery-
based learning opportunities, USC Dornsife prepares its graduates
to become tomorrow's leaders, prepared to succeed in any field or
advanced degree program.
Administration
Amber D. Miller, PhD, Dean and Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair
Stephen Bradforth, PhD, Senior Adviser to the Dean for Research
Strategy and Development
Jan Amend, PhD, Divisional Dean for the Life Sciences
Moh El-Naggar, PhD, Divisional Dean for the Physical Sciences
and Mathematics
Peter Mancall, PhD, Divisional Dean for Social Sciences
Sherry Velasco, PhD, Divisional Dean for the Humanities
Emily Hodgson Anderson, PhD, College Dean of Undergraduate
Education
Steven Finkel, PhD, College Dean of Graduate and Professional
Education
Stephen Koenig, Senior Associate Dean for Creative Content
Eddie Sartin, Senior Associate Dean for Advancement
Kimberly Freeman, Associate Dean, Chief Diversity Officer
Renee Perez, Vice Dean, Administration and Finance
Jeffrey Jones, Associate Dean for Human Resources
John Parker, Associate Dean and Chief Technology Officer
Alfonso D'Onofrio, Program Director, Architectural Services
Karen Rowan-Badger, Associate Dean of Admission and Student
Services
Kimberly Allen, Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Programs
Richard Fliegel, PhD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Programs
Tammara Anderson, Associate Dean for Experiential and Applied
Learning
Graduate Studies in Letters, Arts and Sciences
Graduate studies leading to the master's and PhD degrees are
available within most departments of USC Dornsife. Candidates
for graduate degrees must complete both the departmental
requirements listed for each degree and the general requirements
set by The Graduate School. In addition to the composition of
committees outlined by The Graduate School, USC Dornsife
requires that all PhD qualifying exam and dissertation committees
contain an outside member. An outside member is considered to
be faculty outside the student's program but internal to USC.
Undergraduate Programs
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences awards
the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Science (BS) in a
number of disciplines. Each degree requires a minimum of 128
units.
Majors
USC Dornsife students may major in a single discipline or
combine several interests in an interdisciplinary program.
Selecting a Major
A major may be chosen because the student is especially
interested in a subject, because of particular abilities in certain
areas or because it is an especially fitting preparation for a
profession. The choice of a major may thus become part of
planning for a career. But a choice at USC Dornsife does not limit
the student to a single career or line of work. Liberal arts majors
are unusually adaptable, and the skills learned prepare students
for any career they choose.
A student may declare a major at any time but is expected
to record his or her major in the Office of Academic Records
and Registrar at or before the beginning of the junior year or
completion of 64 units. This allows sufficient time to fulfill the
course requirements of the major in the student's third and fourth
years. For some majors, however, and especially for a major in
one of the natural sciences aiming for the BS degree, it is better to
declare the major sooner, so the program can be spaced over the
full four years.
Changing a Major
If, after a major has been declared, the student wishes to
change to a different field (or add another field of study to the
existing one), a Change of Major form must be filed. The form
may be obtained in the USC Dornsife Advising Office or the Office
of Academic Records and Registrar in John Hubbard Hall. The
form must be completed and returned to the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar. When a major is changed, the new
department adviser must sign the form.
Types of Majors and Major Requirements
Departmental Major (BA or BS Degree)
A departmental major for the BA degree consists of specified
lower-division courses and, generally, not less than 24 or more
than 32 upper-division units in a single department or discipline.
A greater concentration of units in a single discipline is usually
required in majors for the BS degree than in majors for the BA
degree.
The specific requirements for each department major will be
found in the departmental sections of this catalogue.
Double Major (BA/BA or BS/BS)
A double major consists of two majors that allow the student to
earn the same degree, either a BA or BS degree, at USC Dornsife.
The student must complete the requirements for both majors and
whatever other course work is needed to complete 128 units.
Combinations of interdepartmental and department majors are
also possible. See the Undergraduate Degree Programs page for
rules governing the overlap of courses allowed for a double major.
Interdepartmental Majors
Humanities or Social Sciences Major (BA Degree)
A humanities or social sciences major consists of not less than
32 upper-division units within departments in the humanities or
departments in the social sciences. Of the 32 required upper-
division units for the interdepartmental major, 20 are typically
taken in one department, and the additional 12 units are taken
from applicable courses in the area in which the department of
concentration is housed. See the departmental listing for more
specific requirements for the interdepartmental major, including
lower-division requirements.
Physical Sciences Major (BS Degree)
The departments of Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Physics
and Astronomy offer a physical sciences major in the natural
sciences and mathematics. The major requires specific lower-
division courses in chemistry, Earth sciences, mathematics and
physics. In addition, students must take 28 upper-division units
that apply to the major from one of the four departments. Of the
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28 required upper-division units, at least 4 units must be taken in
each of the four cooperating departments.
Program Major (BA or BS Degree)
USC Dornsife has a number of special programs, many of
which offer majors. A program major consists of designated
courses, which include not less than 24 upper-division units
chosen from the list of courses that make up the program.
Programs are often organized either around the study of
a region or a topic that is not specific to any single discipline,
or around two or more disciplines that have joined together
to deal with a common problem or issue. Program majors are
interdisciplinary and offer unusual range to students who have
topical interests. Specific requirements for all program majors are
listed under the program titles.
Dual Degree
A dual degree is one that includes course work from two
schools or two different degree programs within the same school
that have been organized into a single program. Listings of
graduate dual degrees can be found under Programs, Minors and
Certificates. The student receives two diplomas.
Progressive Degree Program
A progressive degree program enables a USC Dornsife
undergraduate to begin work on a master's degree while
completing requirements for the bachelor's degree. The
progressive degree may be in the same or different departments
but should be in a closely related field of study. Students in a
progressive degree program must fulfill all requirements for both
the bachelor's degree and the master's degree, except for the
requirement of a specific number of units for the two separate
degrees. The master's degree may be awarded at the same time
as, but not prior to, the bachelor's degree. The student receives
two diplomas. Further details about progressive degrees can
be found in the Progressive Degrees section in Undergraduate
Degree Programs .
Second Bachelor's Degree
A second bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 32 units
beyond the number required for the first bachelor's degree. If
the first bachelor's degree was earned at USC, a minimum of 32
units for the second degree must be completed at USC. If the first
bachelor's degree was earned at another institution, a minimum
of 64 units toward the second degree must be completed at USC.
(See the policy on residence requirement for a second bachelor's
degree section in Course Work Taken Elsewhere.)
For some degrees, more than the 32 units beyond the first
bachelor's degree will be required because all requirements for
both degrees must be met. The student receives a separate
diploma for each degree upon completion.
The first and second bachelor's degrees may be completed at
the same time, but it is not required.
Substitution for Major Requirements
If a student wishes to make an adjustment to the major
requirements in his or her department or program, the department
adviser may, with the support of the department, substitute a
comparable upper-division course for a required one. Substitutions
and waivers of USC or transfer courses for upper-division
requirements are to be limited to 25 percent. Lower-division
courses cannot be substituted for upper-division requirements.
Unit Limitation
No more than 40 upper-division units in the major may be
applied to any degree under the jurisdiction of the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. A student wishing to exceed
this limit must obtain the approval of the major department and the
dean of undergraduate programs.
Minors
USC Dornsife offers a wide array of minors that can provide
unique breadth and complement or enhance the major field of
study. Many of the college minors themselves are interdisciplinary
and combine classes in two or more USC Dornsife departments.
They may also combine with internships or classes in one of
USC's professional schools.
Basic Requirement for a Degree from the USC
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
For those undergraduate students earning a degree at USC
Dornsife, a minimum of 104 units applicable to the degree must
be earned in USC Dornsife academic departments. For students
graduating with a minor or a second bachelor's degree, this
minimum is reduced to 96 units. For students who are earning a
degree in USC Dornsife and also a degree conferred by Dornsife
but administered by a professional school, this minimum is
reduced to 70 units. Other exceptions will be considered by the
dean of undergraduate programs at USC Dornsife.
This policy also applies to transferable courses (see Course
Work Taken Elsewhere).
Units Required Each Semester
The student is expected to complete about 16 units each
semester; 18 units are generally considered to be the maximum
number in a manageable program. If the student wants to enroll
in more than 18 units, he or she may do so but first should consult
with his or her academic adviser.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A grade point average of at least C (2.0) on all units attempted
at USC is required for undergraduate degrees. The college
requires a minimum 2.0 grade point average in upper-division
courses applied toward the major. Some departments require
grades of C or higher in specified courses. A grade point average
of at least B (3.0) on all units attempted at USC is required for
master's degrees. A grade point average of at least B (3.0) on all
units attempted at USC is required for doctoral degrees.
Advising and Academic Services
USC Dornsife Advising Office
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/advisement/
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall 315
(213) 740-2534
FAX: (213) 740-3664
Majors Advised:
• Environmental Science and Health
• Environmental Studies
• Forensics and Criminality (minor)
• Health and Human Sciences
• Health and Humanity
• NGOs and Social Change
• Philosophy
• Philosophy, Politics and Law
• Pre-Law
• Sociology
Kaprielian Hall 357
(213) 821-4316
Majors Advised:
• American Studies
• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Art History
• Astronomy
• Biophysics
• Central European Studies
• Classics
• Comparative Literature
• Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies
• East Asian Languages and Cultures
• French
• Global Studies
• Italian
• Mathematics
• Middle East Studies
• Physics
• Religion
• Spanish
• Pre-Grad
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Hancock Foundation Building 107
(213) 740-3800
Majors Advised:
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Human Biology
• Informatics
• Neuroscience
• Pre-Grad
USC Dornsife Advising Office provides a wide range of advising
services and programs that integrate students, faculty, staff,
academic disciplines and curricula into a meaningful educational
experience. Academic advisers work closely with students to help
them integrate into the academic life of USC Dornsife and provide
curricular guidance so students can graduate in a timely manner.
Academic advising is mandatory for all students entering USC
Dornsife until they have completed 32 units. All students in USC
Dornsife are strongly encouraged to seek individual academic
advisement at least once each semester until graduation.
Guidance regarding academic requirements, policies and program
planning is available by appointment or on a walk-in basis.
The services of a college ombudsman are available to
students who have academic concerns that cannot be adequately
addressed by the usual mechanisms of consulting instructors,
department chairs or other university offices. The ombudsman
can be particularly helpful in the case of grade appeals that are
complex in nature. The ombudsman functions as an intermediary
between the student, the faculty and other offices on campus.
Advising for Pre-law Programs
Students who are interested in going to law school consult
one-on-one with academic advisers in the USC Dornsife College
Advising Office who specialize in this area. Pre-law students are
supported in all aspects of the law school application process,
including writing an effective personal statement and requesting
appropriate letters of recommendation.
Pre-law advisers also help students target appropriate law
schools and inform students about pre-law and law-related events
and student organizations. Pre-law students are also invited to
subscribe to an email listserv sponsored by the USC Dornsife
College Advising Office to stay connected with pre-law resources
and information.
Advising for Graduate School Programs
The pre-graduate school advisers assist USC undergraduates
and alumni interested in applying to all graduate programs other
than law and medicine. The advisers help students determine
when and if they should apply to graduate school and guide
students in the process of researching and choosing appropriate
schools and programs. Students receive support in navigating
the admission process, writing statements of purpose, requesting
letters of recommendation, exploring test preparation resources,
and identifying and pursuing sources of funding.
USC Dornsife Career Pathways
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall 315
(213) 821-4728
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/careerpathways/
USC Dornsife Career Pathways parallels the central mission of
the University of Southern California to cultivate and develop the
human mind and spirit. Career Pathways works to align students'
academic interests with individual career and professional
pathways through self-reflection and assessment and engagement
in curricular and co-curricular opportunities. Moreover, the
underlying mission is to engage students in critical discussion
about careers and introduce a system of career management tools
and practices students can utilize achieve career and educational
goals. Career Advisement is available to all USC Dornsife students
across academic disciplines and majors. Advisement areas
include:
• The connection of field of study and educational experience
to career
• Career exploration and the development of a plan to career
• Internship and career opportunities
• Résumé and cover letter review
• Mock interviews
Office of Experiential and Applied Learning
(213) 740-8085
Email: [email protected]
USC Dornsife Off-Campus Short-Term Programs
(213) 740-8085
dornsife.usc.edu/off-campus-programs
USC Dornsife offers short-term academic programs in several
different formats in the United States and abroad. Unique
programmatic opportunities; "Spring Break," "Maymester,"
"Problems Without Passports" and "Departmental Summer
Away" courses, extend undergraduate learning outside the walls
of the university to just about anywhere in the world. Students
gain research experience, participate in problem-based learning
courses, study in a foreign country, and are able to add a unique
boost to future résumés.
Office of Overseas Studies
Mark Taper Hall of Humanities 341
(213) 740-3636
FAX: (213) 740-2265
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/overseas
The Office of Overseas Studies provides opportunities for
students to study abroad for a semester or a year. Eligible students
can choose among 55 academic programs in 29 countries. The
six-week summer Pembroke-King's Programme at Cambridge
University is also offered through this office. Financial aid and
scholarships may be applied to the cost of semester and year
programs.
Washington D.C. Semester Program
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/dornsife-dc/
The Washington, D.C., Semester Program provides a unique,
semester-long opportunity for USC Dornsife students to study and
work in the nation's capital. The immersive program capitalizes
on the D.C. experience. Courses are drawn from areas with direct
policy relevance such as foreign policy, politics and the political
process and economics. All students complete an internship with
one of Washington's many policy-focused organizations, including
government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, advocacy
groups, think tanks, consulting firms and congressional offices.
The USC Dornsife D.C. program is open to students from all
majors while maintaining a focus on practical policy, both domestic
and international.
The Joint Educational Project (JEP)
The JEP House
(213) 740-1837
FAX: (213) 740-2265
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/jep
Established in 1972, the USC Joint Educational Project (a.k.a.
"J-E-P") is one of the oldest and largest service-learning programs
in the United States. Each year 2,000+ USC students enroll in
JEP's service-learning, work-study and volunteer programs. JEP
offers a wide range of service and service-learning opportunities
in nearby schools, community-based organizations, healthcare
facilities and legal clinics. All of JEP's programs combine hands-on
experience with reflective practice, enabling students to learn first
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hand about the critical issues facing the communities surrounding
USC.
The Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics
Mark Taper Hall of Humanities 348
(213) 740-0009
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/levan-institute
The Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics is a center
of student and faculty engagement in critical inquiry into the
timeless values at the core of our humanity. The institute
facilitates multidisciplinary programs, events, forums and student
organizations to promote moral reflection on the crucial issues
of our time. Levan students are encouraged to make a positive
impact across society and around the world.
Department of Physical Education
Physical Education Building, PED 107
(213) 740-2488
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/phed/
The Physical Education program at USC Dornsife has a variety
of opportunities for students to improve their general health and
strength through fitness related and recreational activities classes.
Courses are designed to introduce students to various aspects
of health and physical education principles through experiential
learning. Students experience a hands-on learning environment by
connecting theory and fundamental skill instruction with application
of those skills. With this exposure, knowledge and skill, students
are engaged intellectually and physically and are better equipped
to make choices regarding a healthy and active lifestyle.
Office of Pre-Health Advisement
Hedco Neurosciences Building 120
(213) 740-4844
FAX: (213) 740-5653
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/pre-health
The Office of Pre-Health Advisement serves current USC
students, alumni and post-baccalaureate students who are
interested in pursuing a career within the health professions (e.g.,
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, etc.). Pre-health advisers provide
an array of student-centered advisement services and support
tools tailored to meet the individual needs, interests and goals of
pre-health students. The program promotes a sense of community,
meaningful relationships with students, staff and faculty, academic
excellence, leadership, wellness, and learning through community
service, clinical exposure, laboratory research and campus
organizations.
Pre-health students are supported in all aspects of the health
professional school application process, including writing an
effective personal statement and requesting appropriate letters
of recommendation. The office also offers pre-health curriculum
planning, assistance with major and minor selection, and
workshops, events and opportunities for clinical, research and
volunteer activities. The office encourages involvement in the
campus community and pre-health student organizations.
Departments and Programs
• General Education Program
• American Studies and Ethnicity
• Anthropology
• Art History
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Classics
• Comparative Literature
• Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
• Earth Sciences
• East Asian Area Studies
• East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Economics
• English
• Environmental Studies
• French and Italian
• Freshman Seminars
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• German Studies
• Health and Humanity
• History
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• International Relations
• Joint Educational Project
• Jewish Studies
• Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• Learner Centered Curricula
• Linguistics
• Mathematical Finance
• Mathematics
• Middle East Studies
• Multidisciplinary Activities
• Neuroscience (Undergraduate)
• Ocean Sciences
• Philosophy
• Physical Education and Mind Body Health
• Physics and Astronomy
• Political Science
• Political Science and International Relations
• Center for the Political Future
• Psychology
• Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Religion
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Sociology
• Sophomore Seminars
• Spatial Sciences Institute
• Thematic Option
• The Writing Program
General Education Program
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Room 320
(213) 740-2961
www.usc.edu/ge
Director: Richard Fliegel, PhD
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is required of all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It comprises eight courses
in six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with course work taken in the Core
Literacies). For more information about USC's general education
requirements, see the General Education program description.
Course Listing
For a complete list of general education courses, see the
general education section.
Other Requirements
All students at USC must also complete a two-course writing
requirement. All students in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences and in some USC professional schools (see
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listing for each school's requirements) must also satisfy the foreign
language requirement.
Writing Requirement
In their writing classes students learn to think critically, to build
sound arguments and to express their ideas with clarity. The USC
writing requirement comprises two courses (which cannot be taken
on a pass/no pass basis).
Lower-division Writing Requirement
Most undergraduates take WRIT 150 Writing and Critical
Reasoning–Thematic Approaches as their first writing course.
Students enroll in this writing course either in the fall or spring of
their freshman year.
Students in the Thematic Option program satisfy this
requirement with CORE 111.
International students take the University Writing Examination
after having completed any course work required by the American
Language Institute.
Upper-division Writing Requirement
A writing course, WRIT 340 Advanced Writing, is taken in a
student's junior or senior year, geared toward the student's areas
of special interest, such as the arts and humanities, science, law,
engineering or business. In this course, students learn to integrate
more complex information and construct more sophisticated
arguments.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students may satisfy the foreign language requirement
only by (1) earning a passing grade in Course III of a foreign
language sequence at USC or its equivalent elsewhere or (2)
scoring on the placement examination at a level considered by
the department as equivalent to the completion of Course III or
(3) scoring on a national or statewide examination at a level set
by the department and approved by the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences. Students who can supply proof of at
least two years of full-time secondary schooling beyond the age
of 14 taught in a foreign language may request exemption from
the foreign language requirement. The USC Language Center
has established a procedure for students who have demonstrated
chronic difficulties with foreign language acquisition. Students may
in some cases be approved to complete the requirement using an
alternative set of courses. For additional information contact the
USC Language Center, THH 309, (213) 740-1188, language.usc.
edu.
All students earning degrees granted by or under the jurisdiction
of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences or
earning degrees in programs of other schools that require three
semesters of foreign language who do not meet the criteria of (1),
above, must take a placement examination to determine their level
of language proficiency. Placement in elementary and intermediate
foreign language courses is made by the appropriate placement
examination. Transfer courses, which meet foreign language level
I and level II subject requirements will not meet the prerequisite for
the next course in a sequence. Students may be advised to repeat,
without additional credit, a semester or semesters of instruction if
their skills are judged insufficient at the time of testing.
All students who as freshmen enrolled in degree programs that
have a foreign language requirement are expected to fulfill that
requirement by the time they have completed 64 units at USC.
Students who do not satisfy the foreign language requirement
before the completion of 48 units at USC will have a "mandatory
advisement requirement" warning them of the need to complete
the foreign language requirement. Students who do not satisfy
the requirement before the completion of 64 units at USC will be
required to seek approval to register.
Students admitted as transfers for whom foreign language
is a requirement should fulfill it before they have completed 48
units at USC. Students who do not satisfy the foreign language
requirement before the completion of 32 units at USC will have a
"mandatory advisement requirement" warning them of the need to
complete the foreign language requirement. Students who do not
satisfy the requirement before the completion of 48 units at USC
will be required to seek approval to register.
Students admitted into programs without a foreign language
requirement who subsequently make a change of major into a
program with a foreign language requirement must satisfy the
requirement before completion of 48 units at USC after switching
into the major.
International students whose native language is not English
are exempt from the foreign language requirement. Students with
advanced skills in languages other than those taught at USC may
request exemption from the foreign language requirement if (1)
they can supply proof of at least two years of full-time secondary
schooling taught in a foreign language beyond the age of 14, or
(2) if they can pass a competency exam testing for advanced
language skills and administered at USC subject to the availability
of suitable academic examiners; the competency exam will test
proficiency in speaking, reading and writing skills. Students with
documented learning disabilities or physical impairments inhibiting
language acquisition may petition for substitution.
American Studies and Ethnicity
American Studies and Ethnicity integrates humanistic and social
scientific perspectives, and brings them to bear on an examination
of the United States with a particular emphasis on comparative
study of the peoples, cultures, history and social issues of the
Western United States. The department offers five separate
majors in American Studies and Ethnicity, American Popular
Culture, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, and
Chicano/Latino Studies; and minors in American Studies and
Ethnicity, American Popular Culture, Native American Studies
and Jewish American Studies. The graduate program offers a
graduate certificate in Latinx and Latin American Studies and a
PhD for students interested in broad interdisciplinary training at
an advanced level to study the peoples, cultures and institutions
of the United States in courses that integrate modes of inquiry
from the humanities and the social sciences. Drawing upon the
cultural resources of a cosmopolitan city on the Pacific Rim and
upon the strength and diversity of its professional schools as well
as departments in USC Dornsife, these degree programs provide
a richly interdisciplinary curriculum that is unique for its constitution
of American Studies and Ethnic Studies as comparative and
interethnic program that takes as its focus a region — Los
Angeles, California and the West — marked by challenging social
and cultural changes.
American Studies and Ethnicity offers challenging and diverse
opportunities to study the peoples, cultures and institutions of the
United States in interdisciplinary courses. Combining the study of
history with literature, the arts and the social sciences, American
Studies and Ethnicity seeks to bring together these various
disciplines and modes of inquiry in a common project: the effort to
understand the diverse peoples and cultures that have composed
the United States and to provide critical perspectives on the words,
deeds, myths and material practices that have shaped this country
in its full regional, ethnic, class and gender diversity. An education
in American Studies and Ethnicity will be particularly appropriate
for students interested in pursuing careers in law, journalism,
government, foreign service, social work, international business,
public administration and education.
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Los Angeles, CA 90089-2534
(213) 740-2426
FAX: (213) 821-0409
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/ase
Chair: Panivong Norindr, PhD
Faculty
University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor
of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative
Literature: Viet Thanh Nguyen, PhD* (English)
Distinguished Professor of Religion, King Faisal Chair in Islamic
Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American
Studies and Ethnicity: Sherman Jackson, PhD* (Religion)
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and
Ethnicity and Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change:
Manuel Pastor, Jr., PhD*
Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity: Natalia
Molina, PhD
USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English,
American Studies and Ethnicity and Comparative Literature: John
Carlos Rowe, PhD (English)
Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Professor of
French and American Studies and Ethnicity: Lydie Moudileno, PhD
(French and Italian)
Robert A. Day Professor of Art and Design and Professor of Art
and Design, Art History and American Studies & Ethnicity: Amelia
Jones, PhD (Art and Design)
Professors: Hector Amaya, PhD (Communication); Sarah Banet-
Weiser, PhD* (Communication); Sarah Gualtieri, PhD*; Dorinne
Kondo, PhD; Joshua David Kun, PhD (Communication); David
Román, PhD* (English); George J. Sánchez, PhD*; Nayan B.
Shah, PhD; Karen Tongson, PhD (English); Duncan Williams, PhD
(Religion)
Associate Professors: Evelyn Alsultany, PhD; Ben Carrington,
PhD (Journalism); Juan De Lara, PhD; Judith Jackson Fossett,
PhD*; Thomas Gustafson, PhD* (English); Olivia Harrison, PhD
(French and Italian); Edwin C. Hill, PhD (French and Italian);
Stanley J. Huey, Jr., PhD (Psychology); Lanita Jacobs, PhD*;
Oneka LaBennett, PhD; Leland Saito, PhD (Sociology); Jody Agius
Vallejo, PhD* (Sociology); Francille Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professors: Adrian De Leon, PhD; Chris Finley, PhD;
Shawn McDaniel, PhD; Jackie Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor (Teaching): Alicia Chavez, PhD
Lecturer: Chrisshonna Nieva, PhD
Emeritus Professor: Felix Gutierrez, PhD (Journalism)
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Honors Program
The program offers a two-semester honors program for qualified
students, first identified in AMST 350 or by the program adviser.
Students spend their first semester in the program in an honors
senior seminar, AMST 492, focused on developing their research
and methods for the honors thesis. During the second semester,
all honors students are required to take AMST 493 in which each
completes a thesis project on a topic of his or her own choosing
under faculty direction. Contact the program adviser for further
information. To graduate with honors, program majors must
successfully complete an honors thesis and have a minimum GPA
of 3.5 in their major course work.
Minor in Critical Approaches to Leadership
See the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Minor in Race, Ethnicity and Politics
See the Department of Political Science.
Graduate Degrees
The Department of American Studies and Ethnicity's (ASE)
mission is to educate in the comprehensive analysis of race
and ethnicity and engage students and the public to understand
diversity, the consequences of disparity and inequity, and the
enactment of community and citizenship at multiple scales in
Los Angeles, California, the United States and the world. As an
innovative and multidisciplinary PhD program, ASE offers mixed
methods of scholarly inquiry and interpretation that address the
creative potential of diasporic, ethnic, religious, sexual and political
communities and the multi-directional influence they exercise upon
the immediate California region, the United States and ricocheting
across the Americas, Pacific and Atlantic. The program's most
significant areas of specialization are: (1) the theoretical study of
race and ethnicity, particularly as it is constructed through gender,
class, sexuality and the state; (2) an emphasis on the study of
cultural production with particular attention on the theoretical
directions and methodological innovations in the interdisciplinary
study of American culture.
Admission Requirements
Requirements for admission include: scores satisfactory to the
program in the verbal, quantitative and analytical General Test
of the Graduate Record Examinations; evidence of competence
in writing English and analytical abilities; a satisfactory written
statement by the applicant of aims and interests in pursuing
interdisciplinary graduate work; letters of recommendation from
at least three college instructors; and grades satisfactory to the
department earned by the applicant at other institutions.
All applicants are required to take the GRE and submit
their complete undergraduate record; at least three letters of
recommendation and a statement of purpose should be sent to
the director of the program. Applicants are urged to submit written
materials as supportive evidence.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the USC Graduate
School. Refer to The Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
American Popular Culture (BA)
The interdisciplinary major in American Popular Culture helps
students to assess from a variety of perspectives the icons and
ideas they encounter every day, to think critically about the images
and assertions of the mass media and commercial culture, and to
see the experience of popular culture as it interacts with questions
of gender and ethnicity in the American context. Students
choose five classes, including one upper-division elective, from
a curriculum organized to explore: critical approaches to popular
culture; gender and ethnicity in American popular culture; and
popular culture in the arts. Thirty six units are required, 4 at the
lower-division and 32 at the upper-division level.
Lower-Division Requirements
Choose one course (4 units).
• AMST 205g Introduction to American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 206gm The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
Choose four courses (16 units), at least one from each of the
groups below.
Critical Approaches to Popular Culture
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
Gender and Ethnicity in American Popular Culture
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
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• AMST 385 African American Culture and Society Units: 4
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• AMST 449m Asian American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 343m Images of Women in Contemporary Culture
Units: 4
Popular Culture in the Arts
• AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• ENGL 371g Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
• ENGL 375 Science Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 381 Narrative Forms in Literature and Film Units: 4
• HIST 481 Producing Film Histories Units: 4
• MUJZ 419m The Jazz Experience: Myths and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times
Units: 4
Electives
Choose four additional courses (16 units) from the lists above or
below. One must be an upper-division course in a department you
have not already chosen for the major.
• AHIS 100g Introduction to Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and Difference Units: 4
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
• AHIS 270 L.A. Now: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
Units: 4
• AHIS 364 Myths, Arts, Realities: Visual Culture in California,
1849 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 365m African American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• ANTH 240gm Representing 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual Anthropology
Units: 4
• COMM 206 Communication and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 307 Sound Clash: Popular Music and American
Culture Units: 4
• COMM 310 Media and Society Units: 4
• COMM 312 The Business and Culture of Celebrity Units: 4
• COMM 360 Los Angeles: Communication and Culture
Units: 4
• COMM 366 Designing Media for Social Change Units: 4
• COMM 371 Media Censorship and the Law Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 396g Fashion, Media and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 413 Propaganda, Ideology and Public Controversy
Units: 4
• COMM 415m African American Rhetoric and Image Units: 4
• COMM 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4
• COMM 432 American Media and Entertainment Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 456 Entertainment, Marketing and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
• CRIT 371 Art in the Public Realm: Contemporary Issues
Units: 4
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
• CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 408 Contemporary Political Film and Digital Media
Units: 4
• CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• CTCS 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games Units: 4
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• ENGL 341 Women in English Literature before 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 342g Women in English and American Literature after
1800 Units: 4
• JOUR 467 Gender and the News Media Units: 4
• LING 375 Sociolinguistics Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 410 The Sociology of Popular Culture Units: 4
• THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4
• THTR 295 Theatre in Los Angeles Units: 2 (4 units required)
American Studies and Ethnicity (African
American Studies) (BA)
African American Studies is a multidisciplinary program
designed to provide students with a critical understanding of
the historical, cultural, social and political experience of African
Americans, with a particular emphasis on the development and
culture of the African American communities in California and the
West as well as on both historical and contemporary effects of
global issues on African American communities. By drawing upon
courses in American Studies and Ethnicity and by emphasizing
comparative as well as interdisciplinary study, this program
offers training in the analytic tools and methods of interpretation
appropriate for studying the African American experience in
its particularity and ethnic and cultural study in general. The
program is particularly appropriate for students interested in
integrating studies in the humanities and social sciences and for
students preparing to work and interact with diverse communities
and cultures in the United States and abroad in such fields as
education, human services, business, journalism and public
administration.
African American Studies is administered by an executive
committee comprising the chair, directors of the four majors and
other faculty members. In addition to the college academic adviser,
the directors of the majors serve as advisers to majors and
minors, providing, in conjunction with the sequence of courses,
the opportunity for students to undertake an interdisciplinary
concentration under close faculty supervision. It is recommended
that students meet with the appropriate major director to plan a
coherent set of courses to fulfill the major or minor requirements.
Program Major Requirements
Ten courses in African American Studies, or courses certified
for African American Studies credit, are required. The 10 courses
must be distributed as follows: the three core requirement courses
of AMST 200 (or AMST 230), AMST 350 and AMST 498; one
course from each of the following three lists: History, Literature and
Culture, and Social and Political Issues; and additional elective
courses for a total of 16 units chosen from the courses certified in
African American Studies at the 300 level or above.
Core Requirements
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
or
• AMST 230g Introduction to African American Studies Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
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• AMST 498 Senior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Honors students will substitute AMST 492 Research Methods in
American Studies and Ethnicity.
Required Courses
One course from each of the following categories:
History
•
AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora Units: 4
• AMST 252gmw Black Social Movements in the U.S. Units: 4
• AMST 332m Post-Civil Rights Black America Units: 4
• HIST 355 The African-American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 453 The Age of Emancipation Units: 4
• HIST 455 Advanced Topics in African-American History
Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
Literature and Culture
•
AHIS 365m African American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 475m Blackness in American Visual Culture Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 385 African American Culture and Society Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• ENGL 446 African-American Poetry and Drama Units: 4
• ENGL 447m African-American Narrative Units: 4
• GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
Social and Political Issues
•
AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 206gm The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 330m Black Music and the Political Imagination
Units: 4
• AMST 337m Islam in Black America: From Slavery to Hip
Hop Units: 4
• AMST 342m Law and Identities Units: 4
• AMST 344m Islamic Law and American Society Units: 4
• AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• AMST 389m Carceral Geographies Units: 4
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• AMST 466m The Psychology of African Americans Units: 4
• ANTH 240gm Representing 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
• HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 421 Ethnic Politics Units: 4
• POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System
Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
• REL 469 Black Religion in America Units: 4
Upper-division Elective Courses
Additional courses for a total of 16 units from the lists above or
below, or other American Studies and Ethnicity courses with the
approval of the African American Studies director, 300 level or
higher. No more than two total courses in the major may be taken
outside the college.
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
max 12
• AMST 493 Senior Honors Thesis in American Studies and
Ethnicity Units: 4
• AMST 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian
American Studies) (BA)
Asian American Studies is a multidisciplinary program designed
to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical,
cultural, social and political experience of Asian Pacific Americans,
with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of the
Asian American communities in California and the West as well
as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues
on Asian American communities. By drawing upon courses in
American Studies and Ethnicity and by emphasizing comparative
as well as interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in
the analytic tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for
studying the Asian American experience in its particularity and
ethnic and cultural study in general. The program is particularly
appropriate for students interested in integrating studies in the
humanities and social sciences and for students preparing to work
and interact with diverse communities and cultures in the United
States and abroad in such fields as education, human services,
business, journalism and public administration.
Asian American Studies is administered by an executive
committee comprising the chair, directors of the four majors and
other faculty members. In addition to the college academic adviser,
the directors of the majors serve as advisers to majors and
minors, providing, in conjunction with the sequence of courses,
an opportunity for students to undertake an interdisciplinary
concentration under close faculty supervision. It is recommended
that students meet with the appropriate major director to plan a
coherent set of courses to fulfill the major or minor requirements.
Program Major Requirements
Ten courses in Asian American Studies, or courses certified for
Asian American Studies credit, are required. The 10 courses must
be distributed as follows: the three core requirement courses of
AMST 200, AMST 350 and AMST 498; one course from each of
the following three lists: History, Literature and Culture, and Social
and Political Issues; and additional elective courses for a total
of 16 units chosen from the courses certified in Asian American
Studies at the 300 level or above.
Core Requirements
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
• AMST 498 Senior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Honors students will substitute AMST 492 Research Methods in
American Studies and Ethnicity.
Required Courses
One course from each of the following categories:
History
•
AMST 378m Introduction to Asian American History Units: 4
Literature and Culture
•
AMST 150gw The American War in Viet Nam Units: 4
• AMST 449m Asian American Literature Units: 4
• REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America Units: 4
Social and Political Issues
•
AMST 220gmw The Making of Asian America Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
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• AMST 389m Carceral Geographies Units: 4
• POSC 328 Asian American Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 376m Contemporary Issues in Asian American
Communities Units: 4
Upper-Division Elective Courses
Additional courses for a total of 16 units from the lists above or
below, or other American Studies and Ethnicity courses with the
approval of the Asian American Studies director, 300 level or
higher. No more than two total courses in the major may be taken
outside the college.
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism Units: 4
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
max 12
• AMST 493 Senior Honors Thesis in American Studies and
Ethnicity Units: 4
• AMST 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
American Studies and Ethnicity (BA)
Program Major Requirements
Ten courses in American Studies and Ethnicity or courses
certified for American Studies and Ethnicity credit are required.
The 10 courses must be distributed as follows: the three core
requirement courses of AMST 200, AMST 350 and AMST 498; one
course from each of the following three lists: History, Literature and
Culture, and Social and Political Issues; and additional elective
courses for a total of 16 units chosen from the courses certified in
American Studies and Ethnicity at the 300 level or above.
Core Requirements
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
• AMST 498 Senior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Honors students will substitute AMST 492 Research Methods in
American Studies and Ethnicity.
100/200/300/400-Level Required Courses
One course from each of the following categories:
History
•
AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 373m History of the Mexican American Units: 4
• AMST 378m Introduction to Asian American History Units: 4
• AMST 379 Arabs in America Units: 4
• HIST 100gm The American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States Units: 4
• HIST 355 The African-American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• HIST 457 The American West Units: 4
• HIST 458 History of California Units: 4
Literature and Culture
•
AHIS 365m African American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 465 Studies in American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 475m Blackness in American Visual Culture Units: 4
• AMST 205g Introduction to American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 305 Art and Performance in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 385 African American Culture and Society Units: 4
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• AMST 449m Asian American Literature Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• ENGL 263g American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
• ENGL 442 American Literature, 1920 to the Present Units: 4
• ENGL 445m The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives Units: 4
• ENGL 446 African-American Poetry and Drama Units: 4
• GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4
• REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America Units: 4
• REL 483 Religion and Popular Culture in the United States
Units: 4
Social and Political Issues
•
AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• AMST 150gw The American War in Viet Nam Units: 4
• AMST 201g LGBTQ America Units: 4
• AMST 202m Interethnic Diversity in the West Units: 4
• AMST 204g Introduction to Native Studies Units: 4
• AMST 206gm The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Units: 4
• AMST 220gmw The Making of Asian America Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 330m Black Music and the Political Imagination
Units: 4
• AMST 332m Post-Civil Rights Black America Units: 4
• AMST 337m Islam in Black America: From Slavery to Hip
Hop Units: 4
• AMST 340m Latina/o LA Units: 4
• AMST 344m Islamic Law and American Society Units: 4
• AMST 345 Law and American Indian Studies Units: 4
• AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism Units: 4
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• AMST 389m Carceral Geographies Units: 4
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 452m Race, Gender and Sexuality Units: 4
• AMST 466m The Psychology of African Americans Units: 4
• ANTH 240gm Representing 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4
• GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
• JOUR 466m People of Color and the News Media Units: 4
• POSC 320 Urban Politics Units: 4
• POSC 328 Asian American Politics Units: 4
• POSC 421 Ethnic Politics Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System
Units: 4
• POSC 428 Latino Politics Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
• REL 333 Religion in the Borderlands Units: 4
• SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the American Dream Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 355m Immigrants in the United States Units: 4
• SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective
Units: 4
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• SOCI 376m Contemporary Issues in Asian American
Communities Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
Upper-Division Elective Courses
Additional courses for a total of 16 units from the lists above or
below, or other American Studies and Ethnicity courses with the
approval of the Undergraduate Studies Director, 300 level or
higher. No more than two total courses in the major may be taken
outside the college.
• AMST 345 Law and American Indian Studies Units: 4
• AMST 392 Undergraduate Research Methods Units: 2
• AMST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
max 12
• AMST 493 Senior Honors Thesis in American Studies and
Ethnicity Units: 4
• AMST 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
American Studies and Ethnicity (Chicano/
Latino Studies) (BA)
Chicano/Latino Studies is a multidisciplinary program designed
to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical,
cultural, social and political experience of Chicanos and Latinos,
with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of the
Chicano/Latino communities in California and the West as well
as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues
on Chicano/Latino communities. By drawing upon courses in
American Studies and Ethnicity and by emphasizing comparative
as well as interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in
the analytic tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for
studying the Chicano/Latino experience in its particularity and
ethnic and cultural study in general. The program is particularly
appropriate for students interested in integrating studies in the
humanities and social sciences and for students preparing to work
and interact with diverse communities and cultures in the United
States and abroad in such fields as education, human services,
business, journalism and public administration.
Chicano/Latino Studies is administered by an executive
committee comprising the chair, directors of the four majors, and
other faculty members. In addition to the college academic adviser,
the directors of the majors serve as advisers to majors and
minors, providing, in conjunction with the sequence of courses,
an opportunity for students to undertake an interdisciplinary
concentration under close faculty supervision. It is recommended
that students meet with the appropriate major director to plan a
coherent set of courses to fulfill the major or minor requirements.
Program Major Requirements
Ten courses in Chicano/Latino Studies, or courses certified for
Chicano/Latino Studies credit, are required. The 10 courses must
be distributed as follows: the three core requirement courses of
AMST 200, AMST 350 and AMST 498; one course from each of
the following three lists: History, Literature and Culture, and Social
and Political Issues; and additional elective courses for a total
of 16 units chosen from the courses certified in Chicano/Latino
Studies at the 300 level or above.
Core Requirements
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
• AMST 498 Senior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Honors students will substitute AMST 492 Research Methods in
American Studies and Ethnicity.
Required Courses
One course from each of the following categories:
History
•
AMST 373m History of the Mexican American Units: 4
• HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States Units: 4
Literature and Culture
•
AMST 305 Art and Performance in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• SPAN 413m Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish
Units: 4
Social and Political Issues
•
AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 340m Latina/o LA Units: 4
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• AMST 389m Carceral Geographies Units: 4
• AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the Americas Units: 4
• POSC 428 Latino Politics Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
• REL 333 Religion in the Borderlands Units: 4
• SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the American Dream Units: 4
• SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective
Units: 4
Upper-Division Elective Courses
Additional courses for a total of 16 units from the lists above or
below, or other American Studies and Ethnicity courses with the
approval of the Chicano/Latino Studies director, 300 level or
higher. No more than two total courses in the major may be taken
outside the college.
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism Units: 4
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 392 Undergraduate Research Methods Units: 2
• AMST 452m Race, Gender and Sexuality Units: 4
• AMST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
max 12
• AMST 493 Senior Honors Thesis in American Studies and
Ethnicity Units: 4
• AMST 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
Minor
American Popular Culture Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in American Popular Culture helps
students to assess from a variety of perspectives the icons and
ideas they encounter every day, to think critically about the images
and assertions of the mass media and commercial culture, and to
see the experience of popular culture as it interacts with questions
of gender and ethnicity in the American context. Students
choose five classes, including one upper-division elective, from
a curriculum organized to explore: critical approaches to popular
culture; gender and ethnicity in American popular culture; and
popular culture in the arts. Twenty units are required, four at the
lower-division and 16 at the upper-division level.
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Lower-Division Requirements
Choose one course (4 units)
• AMST 150gw The American War in Viet Nam Units: 4
• AMST 205g Introduction to American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 206gm The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
Choose four courses (16 units), at least one from
each of the groups below.
Critical Approaches to Popular Culture: choose one (4 units)
•
AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
• GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
Gender and Ethnicity in American Popular Culture: choose
one (4 units)
•
AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• AMST 385 African American Culture and Society Units: 4
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• AMST 449m Asian American Literature Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
Popular Culture in the Arts: choose one (4 units)
•
AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• AMST 305 Art and Performance in the Americas Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• ENGL 375 Science Fiction Units: 4
• HIST 481 Producing Film Histories Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times
Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Choose one additional upper-division course from the lists above,
in a department you have not already chosen for the minor.
American Studies and Ethnicity Minor
Course Requirements
For the minor in American Studies and Ethnicity, five courses in
American Studies and Ethnicity, or courses certified for American
Studies and Ethnicity credit, are required. The five courses must
be distributed as follows: two core requirement courses and three
additional elective courses chosen from the courses certified in
American Studies and Ethnicity at the 300 level or above.
Core Requirements
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
Upper-Division Elective Courses
Three courses from the American Studies and Ethnicity major
lists, or other American Studies and Ethnicity courses with the
approval of the American Studies and Ethnicity director, at the
300 level or higher. No more than one course in the minor may be
taken outside the college.
Jewish American Studies Minor (American
Studies)
Jewish American Studies is a multidisciplinary program
designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the
historical, cultural, social, political and religious experience of
Jewish Americans, with a particular emphasis on the development
and culture of Jewish communities in California and the West as
well as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues
on American Jewish communities. By drawing upon courses in
American Studies and by emphasizing comparative as well as
interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in the analytical
tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for studying the
American Jewish experience in its particularity and ethnic and
cultural study in general. The program is particularly appropriate
for students interested in integrating studies in the humanities and
social sciences and for students preparing to work and interact
with diverse communities and cultures in the United States and
abroad in such fields as education, human services, business,
journalism and public administration.
Successful completion of 20 units in American Studies and
Judaic Studies are required to qualify for the minor.
Core Requirements
• AMST 202m Interethnic Diversity in the West Units: 4
• JS 300 American Jewish History Units: 4
Three courses from the following:
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
• JS 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the
Modern Era Units: 4
• JS 381 The Jew in American Society Units: 4
• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• JS 383 Jews in American Popular Culture Units: 4
• JS 415 The American Jewish Experience in Film Units: 4
Native American Studies Minor
This minor is an overview of Native American studies. We
will study Indigenous intellectualism and resistance through
Indigenous language revitalization, art, decolonization and political
resistance.
Minimum Required Units: 20
Students choose five classes in American Studies and Ethnicity,
or courses certified for American Studies and Ethnicity credit.
The five courses are distributed as follows: two core requirement
courses and three additional elective courses chosen from the
courses listed below.
Core Requirements - 8 Units
• AMST 204g Introduction to Native Studies Units: 4
and
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
or
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
Elective Courses - 12 Units
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 342m Law and Identities Units: 4
• AMST 345 Law and American Indian Studies Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• ENGL 444m Native American Literature Units: 4
• HIST 271g Telling Native American Stories Units: 4
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Graduate Certificate
Latinx and Latin American Studies Graduate
Certificate
The graduate certificate in Latinx and Latin American Studies is
part of a larger initiative to bring faculty, students and community
partners together to engage in interdisciplinary research and
public-facing scholarship that focuses on Latinx communities
within the United States and in Latin America. Together, we will
work to celebrate the diversity of Latinx and Latin American
communities while engaging in scholarship that addresses
important social and economic issues. Our hemispheric approach
will necessitate a mode of research that crosses as many borders
– cultural, political and disciplinary – as do the people of the
Americas.
The graduate certificate is open to PhD students in any USC
program. It requires doctoral students to complete 16 units. In
addition, students may take electives approved for their particular
program of research by the program faculty. One of these courses
may be a research workshop course geared toward doctoral
prospectus development. Directed research may not be counted
toward the award of the certificate.
In addition to the completion of these course requirements,
students must demonstrate a focus on Latinx and American
Studies as a meaningful component of their doctoral dissertation.
This will include working with faculty with expertise in Latinx and
Latin American Studies on the doctoral committee (as a primary
adviser or minor member). A Graduate Advisory Committee made
up of members of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Latinx and
Latin American Studies Center will be responsible for judging the
adequacy of the Latinx and Latin American Studies component in
the student's dissertation.
Pre-Approved Courses:
Complete at least 16 units.
• AMST 510 Readings in Chicano/Latino Studies Units: 4
• AMST 554 Readings in Chicano/Latino History Units: 4
• AMST 610 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar in Chicano/
Latino Studies Units: 4
• COLT 555 Studies in Literatures of the Americas Units: 4
• HIST 554 Readings in Chicano/Latino History Units: 4
• HIST 561 Historiography of Colonial Mexico Units: 4
• POIR 556 Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy Units: 4
• POIR 632 Latin American Politics Units: 4
• SPAN 545 20th and 21st Century Latin American Literature
and Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 602 Seminar in Spanish and Latin American Critical
Theory Units: 4
• SPAN 603 Seminar in the Cultural History of Spain and Latin
America Units: 4
• SPAN 604 Seminar in Gender and Sexuality in Spain and
Latin America Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
American Studies and Ethnicity (PhD)
Master of Arts
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of Arts
degree. All graduate work in American Studies and Ethnicity at
USC is taken as part of a PhD program, and the MA in American
Studies and Ethnicity is intended only as a transitional degree in
the process of completing requirements for the PhD, although in
some cases students may be invited to attempt a terminal MA
After completing at least 30 units, taking AMST 500 and at least
one research seminar, maintaining a GPA of at least 3.0, making
successful academic progress and taking the qualifying exam,
students will either be granted a transitional master's degree and
continue on towards the PhD or be granted a terminal master's
degree.
Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies
and Ethnicity
Application deadline: December 1
Students may earn the PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity
by successfully completing the following requirements.
Total Units Required
The student's course work must total at least 64 units. No more
than 8 units of 794 Doctoral Dissertation and no more than 4 units
of 790 Research may count toward the 64 units.
Course Requirements
AMST 500 Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity is
required of all doctoral students, and it is highly recommended that
students complete this course in the first year of residence. Two
600-level graduate seminars are required for the degree, with at
least one of these being an interdisciplinary seminar offered by
American Studies and Ethnicity. The second 600-level course must
be approved by the director of graduate studies.
Foreign Language Requirement
PhD students are required to demonstrate proficiency in one
foreign language. This requirement must be met before a student
is eligible to take the qualifying examination. Competency may
be demonstrated by completing a course in the literature of that
language at the 400 or 500 level (with a grade of B [3.0] or better),
or by passing a foreign language exam that tests proficiency in
reading comprehension and translation.
Methods Requirement
Students are required to show competency in two theoretical
methodologies from a list approved by the American Studies and
Ethnicity department. In most cases, competency is established
by successfully completing one course concentrating in a
specific method offered by a department or school, although
more advanced courses in that method may be suggested by a
qualifying exam committee. The following methodologies fulfill the
methods requirement: literary/textual analysis; historical/archival
analysis; ethnography; cultural/visual analysis; spatial practices
and analysis; and, quantitative analysis.
Disciplinary Requirement
The department of American Studies and Ethnicity believes that
the strongest interdisciplinary research is conducted alongside a
strong background in at least one disciplinary field by successfully
completing at least four graduate courses in one discipline. These
four courses must include at least one methodology course, one
600-level or above advanced seminar and two graduate reading
courses at the 500- or 600-level. Each of these courses can also
fulfill other requirements in the PhD program, particularly the
methods requirement and the course requirements listed above.
Screening Procedures
The performance of every first-year doctoral student is formally
assessed by the director of the program and the student's
assigned adviser at the end of the spring semester and before a
student has completed 24 units toward the degree. Unsatisfactory
progress toward the degree requires either remedy of the
deficiencies or termination of the student's graduate program. After
successfully passing the assessment procedures, each student
will be encouraged to establish a qualifying exam committee.
At the end of the second year, student progress will be
evaluated and each student will formally establish the members of
his or her interdisciplinary examination committee from faculty he
or she has worked with during the first two years. A meeting of the
director of the program, qualifying exam committee members and
potential members of this examination committee will take place
directly after the second year to identify remaining deficiencies
in a student's training and identify solutions before the qualifying
examination process begins.
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Qualifying Examination
Following completion of course work, the student must sit for
a qualifying examination at a time mutually agreed upon by the
student and the qualifying exam committee. Students seeking the
PhD will select four fields for examination. Every student must
be examined by faculty from at least two different disciplines, as
well as having one outside member on his or her examination
committee.
This five-person examination committee will direct the student
toward his or her qualifying examination, which will consist of both
written and oral parts, in the third year. Examinations are graded
honors, pass, low-pass or fail. The qualifying examination has two
phases: written examinations in each field followed by a single oral
examination on all four fields. Students with one fail, a low-pass in
their dissertation field or more than two low-pass grades will not be
permitted to enter the oral phase of the examination process. The
qualifying exam committee determines whether the candidate may
retake any exam graded low-pass or fail.
Dissertation
After the qualifying examination has been passed, an
interdisciplinary dissertation committee of at least three faculty
members from the examination committee must approve a
dissertation prospectus before full-time research commences. Only
at this point is a student admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree
and will thereafter concentrate on the dissertation. After students
become candidates for the PhD degree, they must register for
794 Doctoral Dissertation each semester thereafter until the
dissertation is completed.
The final state of the program is the submission of a dissertation
that makes an original and substantial contribution to its field
of study. The final copy of the dissertation must conform to the
regulations of the Graduate School.
Advisement
Upon entering the program, each student will be assigned an
academic adviser from among the faculty closest to the student's
own academic interests. Students should seek advice on their
program of studies from this academic adviser, the director of the
program and the director of graduate and professional studies.
Once a student formally establishes an interdisciplinary
examination committee, the chair of this committee becomes the
student's main academic adviser, along with other members of
this qualifying exam committee. The committee must be in place
and approved by the Graduate School at the time the student
schedules a qualifying examination.
The dissertation committee becomes the student's main
advising unit after the qualifying examination, with the chair
having the principal responsibility of advisement. At all stages of
the student's progress through the program, the director of the
program and the director of graduate and professional studies will
be available for advisement and counsel as well.
Transfer of Credit
A transfer of credit statement is prepared by the Degree
Progress Department for students admitted to full graduate
standing. The application of any available transfer credit is
contingent on successful completion of the screening exam and is
determined by the director of the program no later than the end of
the second year according to the following guidelines: credit will
only be allowed for courses (1) from accredited graduate schools;
(2) of grade B (3.0 on a four-point scale); (3) constituting a fair
and reasonable equivalent to current USC course work at the
graduate level and fitting into the program for the degree; and (4)
approved by the Graduate School. Graduate transfer credit will
not be granted for life experience, credit by examination, noncredit
extension courses, correspondence courses, thesis course
supervision or creative writing courses.
The maximum number of transfer credits which may be applied
toward the MA degree is four units, and a maximum of 24 units
of transfer credits may be applied toward the PhD degree. The
Graduate School stipulates that transfer units must have been
completed within 10 years of admission for the doctoral program to
be applied toward the degree.
Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology offers a BA in Anthropology
with tracks in cultural anthropology and medical anthropology; a
BA in Anthropology with a concentration in visual anthropology;
a BA in Global Studies; minor programs in cultural anthropology,
medical anthropology, folklore and popular culture, food and
society, and Southeast Asia and its people; an MA in Anthropology;
an MA in Visual Anthropology; a progressive master's degree
in visual anthropology, a certificate in visual anthropology,
which accompanies the PhD, and a PhD in Anthropology. The
Department of Anthropology encourages students to become
involved in ethnographic research and fieldwork while gaining
a firm theoretical foundation in the discipline. Special areas of
emphasis in the department are provided by visual anthropology,
experimental ethnography, medical anthropology, folklore and a
global studies major that examines linkages of the global with the
local. All of these topical interests are unified by a methodological
approach that emphasizes ethnographic fieldwork and a
comparative approach to human history.
Kaprielian Hall, 352
(213) 740-1900
FAX: (213) 747-8571
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Peter Redfield, PhD
Faculty
Robert F. Erburu Chair in Ethics, Globalization and Development
and Professor of Anthropology: Peter Redfield, PhD
University Professor, ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Chair in the
Neurobiology of Aging and Professor of Gerontology, Biological
Sciences, Anthropology, and Psychology: Caleb E. Finch, PhD
(Gerontology)
Albert G. and Frances Lomas Feldman Professor of Social Policy
and Health and Professor of Social Work, Anthropology and
Preventive Medicine: Lawrence Palinkas, PhD (Social Work)
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and
Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute
and Professor of History, Anthropology and Economics: Peter C.
Mancall, PhD (History)
Albert G. and Frances Lomas Feldman Professor of Social Policy
and Health and Professor of Social Work, Anthropology and
Preventive Medicine: Lawrence Palinkas, PhD (Social Work)
Dean's Professor of Anthropology and Medical Education: Seth
Holmes, PhD
Professors: Janet Hoskins, PhD; Dorinne Kondo, PhD (American
Studies and Ethnicity); Andrew Lakoff, PhD (Sociology); Nancy
Lutkehaus, PhD; David Raichlen, PhD (Biological Sciences);
Alison D. Renteln, PhD* (Political Science); Craig Stanford, PhD*
(Biological Sciences)
Associate Professors: Jenny Chio, PhD (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); Lanita Jacobs, PhD (American Studies and
Ethnicity); Gary Seaman, PhD; Stephanie Spray, PhD
Assistant Professor: Reighan Gillam, PhD
Adjunct Professor of the Practice: Andre Singer, PhD
Professors (Teaching): Erin Moore, PhD; Tok Thompson, PhD;
Associate Professors (Teaching): Jennifer Cool, PhD; Thomas
Ward, PhD; Emily Zeamer, PhD
Lecturers: Eric Heller, PhD; Tracie Mayfield, PhD; Xochitl Ruiz,
PhD; Kristiana Willsey, PhD
Emeritus: Gelya Frank, PhD (Occupational Science); Cheryl
Mattingly, PhD; G. Alexander Moore, PhD; Joan Weibel-Orlando,
PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award
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Undergraduate Degrees
Interdisciplinary Law and Society Minor
See the Department of Political Science.
Minor in Photography and Social Change
See Sociology.
Graduate Programs
The Center for Visual Anthropology
The primary goals of the Center for Visual Anthropology (CVA)
are: to promote the incorporation of visual modes of expression
into the academic discipline of anthropology; to promote mutual
understanding and collaboration between professionals in the
visual media and in anthropology; to create an awareness of the
anthropological perspective in documentaries produced for mass
audiences; to improve the materials and techniques available for
using film in teaching anthropology; to encourage the collection,
archiving and analysis of visual documentation for anthropological
research.
Policy on Films and Videos Produced by Students
All films and videos produced with school equipment, funding
or facilities are the property of USC. Any income from distribution
of student-produced films and videos will be used for the benefit of
CVA students through production budgets, equipment purchases
or scholarships.
Bachelor's Degree
Anthropology (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology has three tracks:
sociocultural anthropology and archaeology, medical anthropology,
and biological anthropology. Each track has at least four core
courses and five additional required courses depending on the
track.
In addition to the general education requirements, the following
courses are required.
Sociocultural Anthropology and Archaeology
Track Requirements
Required Courses, Lower-Division (8 units)
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
or
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• ANTH 202g Archaeology: Our Human Past Units: 4
or
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division (12 units)
• ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research Methods Units: 4
• ANTH 411 Thesis Seminar in Ethnographic Analysis Units: 4
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
Five additional courses are required (20 units)
Five additional courses are required, of which at least two should
be topical and at least one should represent an area of world
ethnography.
The following Anthropology courses are considered topical:
• ANTH 203 Global Media Units: 4
• ANTH 302 Humans and Ancient Environments Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 309L Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and
Archaeology Units: 2, 4
• ANTH 321 Space, Place, Perception and Power Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 340 Anthropology In and Of the Museum Units: 4
• ANTH 344g Social Memory Units: 4
• ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization and Law Units: 4
• ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 365 Life History in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 371gm Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs
Units: 4
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 375 Anthropology for Consulting and Design Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ANTH 415 Global Issues Seminar Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 460 Economic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual Anthropology
Units: 4
• ANTH 472 Visual Techniques in Anthropology: Stills Units: 4
• ANTH 474 Posthuman Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 476 Ethnographic Film Theory from an Historical
Perspective Units: 4
• ANTH 481L GIS for Investigating the Past Units: 4
The following courses are cross-listed with Anthropology and are
also considered topical:
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
• SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
The following Anthropology courses are considered to represent
an area of world ethnography:
• ANTH 310 Archaeology of the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 311 Old World Archaeology Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 315gw Native North Americans Units: 4
• ANTH 316gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• ANTH 320 Male and Female in Pacific Society Units: 4
• ANTH 322 Anthropology of Bali Units: 4
• ANTH 323 Southeast Asian Cultures Today: Globalization
and Multiple Modernities Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• ANTH 326 European Cultures and Societies Units: 4
• ANTH 330m Culture, Gender and Politics in South Asia
Units: 4
• ANTH 435 Ethnic Identity and Minority Politics in China
Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 478 Local Culture in A Globalizing World Units: 4
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
Medical Anthropology Track Requirements
Required Courses, Lower-Division (8 units)
Two lower-division courses are required, from the following list:
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division (12 units)
• ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research Methods Units: 4
• ANTH 411 Thesis Seminar in Ethnographic Analysis Units: 4
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
Five additional Anthropology courses are required (20 units)
Five additional Anthropology courses are required, which should
include at least three courses from the following list, one of which
may be lower-division:
• ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
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• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 365 Life History in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
Biological Anthropology Track Requirements
Required Courses, Lower-Division (8 units)
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
or
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division (12 units)
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
• ANTH 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
or
• ANTH 491 Directed Research for Honors Units: 4
• HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4
Five additional upper-division Anthropology courses (20 units)
Five additional upper-division Anthropology courses are required,
which should include at least three from the following:
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
Anthropology (Visual Anthropology) (BA)
In addition to the general education requirements, the following
courses are required.
Required Courses, Lower-Division (4 units)
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division (8 units)
• ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research Methods Units: 4
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
Visual Anthropology Courses (8 units)
Students must complete two Visual Anthropology courses from the
following list:
• ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual Anthropology
Units: 4 *
• ANTH 472 Visual Techniques in Anthropology: Stills Units: 4
• ANTH 475 Anthropological Film Analysis Units: 4
• ANTH 476 Ethnographic Film Theory from an Historical
Perspective Units: 4
• ANTH 575 Seminar in Ethnographic Film Units: 4
Note:
ANTH 575 requires departmental approval, or an A- or higher in
either ANTH 410 or ANTH 440 as prerequisite.
Anthropology Elective (4 units)
One additional elective in Anthropology is required to complete
the major.
The following are some recommended electives:
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 203 Global Media Units: 4
• ANTH 275 Anthropology of the Arts Units: 4
• ANTH 309L Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and
Archaeology Units: 2, 4
• ANTH 312 Documenting Latinx Los Angeles Food Cultures
Units: 4
• ANTH 316gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• ANTH 321 Space, Place, Perception and Power Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 340 Anthropology In and Of the Museum Units: 4
• ANTH 344g Social Memory Units: 4
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
Senior Capstone (4 units)
Students must submit a proposal for departmental approval prior
to enrolling in the 4-unit senior capstone seminar course.
The following are approved capstone seminar courses for the
Visual Anthropology Major:
• ANTH 411 Thesis Seminar in Ethnographic Analysis Units: 4
Offered irregularly:
• ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual Anthropology
Units: 4 *
Note:
*ANTH 470 can be taken as either a course option OR as a Senior
Capstone Course option. For it to count as the latter Capstone,
students have to inform the instructor by the drop/add deadline.
Global Studies (BA)
The Global Studies major offers an interdisciplinary perspective
on global issues and problems, while also providing opportunities
for cross-cultural engagement and real-world learning.
Based in the Department of Anthropology, the Global Studies
major prepares students for careers that require cross-cultural
proficiency and grounded social analysis, such as international
aid and advocacy, policy, law, media and journalism, business,
global health, design, or engineering. Along with the required core
and collateral courses, the elective units allow sufficient flexibility
to complete course prerequisites for regional and area studies
programs, law school, and business school.
Experiential Learning
In addition to specific course work, students in the Global
Studies major are expected to engage in curricular experiential
learning, such as by completing a minimum of one intensive
internship (such as 4 credits or more of ANTH 393), one semester
of study abroad, or equivalent.
Ideally, a student will spend one summer and one semester
engaged in experiential learning prior to the senior year. Approved
experiential learning courses include ANTH 325 and ANTH 393,
as well as Problems Without Passports and many Maymester
courses. Your academic adviser can provide more information on
approved experiential learning options.
Language Requirement
Language proficiency is an important foundation for cross-
cultural learning. For this reason, Global Studies majors are
required to have or acquire at least intermediate conversational
proficiency in a language not already familiar to them. The
language requirement can be fulfilled in several ways: by
completing a study abroad language immersion program at
least eight weeks in length, by completing an oral examination
administered by a qualified language instructor, or by completing
an additional 8 units of language courses (in addition to the 8 units
required of all USC Dornsife students).
Capstone Project and Seminar
The capstone project is the final requirement for the Global
Studies major. It is a cumulative project that draws upon the
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experiential learning and coursework completed for the major.
Students complete the capstone project while enrolled in an
approved 4-unit capstone seminar. See the Global Studies
program webpage for more information on the capstone.
Honors Program in Global Studies
Global Studies majors who have maintained a minimum GPA
of 3.5 are strongly encouraged to explore the Honors Program in
Global Studies, which entails writing an honors thesis and earning
a grade of A- or higher in ANTH 485. We encourage students who
meet the qualifications to consider the program as early as their
fourth or fifth semesters. The full requirements for the Honors
Program can be found on the Global Studies webpage.
Required Core Courses (16 units)
Global Studies majors are required to complete a total of 36
units, including 16 units of required course work in Anthropology,
and at least 20 units of elective course work chosen within the
student's thematic or regional focus.
Lower-Division (4 Units)
• ANTH 205g Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural
Research Units: 4
Upper-Division (4 Units)
• ANTH 415 Global Issues Seminar Units: 4
Research Methods (4 units)
One 4-unit research methods course.
• ANTH 325 Global Studies Research Methods Units: 4
Or
• ANTH 375 Anthropology for Consulting and Design Units: 4
Or
• ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research Methods Units: 4
Capstone Seminar (4 units)
4-unit capstone seminar. The following are approved capstone
seminar courses for the Global Studies Major:
Offered each Spring semester:
• ANTH 485 Global Studies Capstone Seminar Units: 4
Offered irregularly or with prior departmental approval:
• ANTH 411 Thesis Seminar in Ethnographic Analysis Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual Anthropology
Units: 4
• ANTH 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ANTH 491 Directed Research for Honors Units: 4
Elective Courses (16 Units)
At least 16 units of elective course work in the humanities and
social sciences, chosen within the student's thematic or regional
focus. The academic adviser can assist with selecting appropriate
electives.
Approved Humanities Electives:
• AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora Units: 4
• COLT 102g On Location: The Place of Literature in Global
Cultures Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions Units: 4
• COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
Units: 4
• COLT 379 Nationalism and Postcolonialism in Southeast
Asian Cinema Units: 4
• COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature Units: 4
• COLT 445 Europe and the Writing of Others Units: 4
• FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in Francophone
Literature Units: 4
• HIST 180 The Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 333 Korea: The Modern Transformation Units: 4
• HIST 369 History of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 384 Popular Culture in the Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 413 The Age of Revolutions Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• HIST 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the Early Modern
Hispanic World Units: 4, 2 years
• IR 376 U.S.-Japan Encounters: War, Trade, and Culture
Units: 4
• REL 315 Thought and Life of Islam Units: 4
• REL 316 Women and the Islamic Tradition Units: 4
• REL 330 Introduction to the Religions of India Units: 4
• REL 331 Religions of East Asia Units: 4
• REL 332 Religions of Japan Units: 4
• REL 334g Religion and Colonial Encounter Units: 4
• REL 415 Seminar in Buddhism Units: 4
• REL 417 Seminar in South Asian Religions Units: 4
Approved Social Science Electives:
• ANTH 235g The Changing Pacific: History, Culture, Politics
Units: 4
• ANTH 250g Race and Sexual Politics in Southeast Asia
Units: 4
• ANTH 273g Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western
Religious Traditions Units: 4
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• ANTH 330m Culture, Gender and Politics in South Asia
Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization and Law Units: 4
• ANTH 337 Anthropology of Warfare Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 344g Social Memory Units: 4
• ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
• ANTH 460 Economic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 435 Ethnic Identity and Minority Politics in China
Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora Units: 4
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 309 Global Governance Units: 4
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs Units: 4
• IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs
Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 463 Islam and Arab Nationalism Units: 4
• POSC 120 Comparative Politics Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 250 Critical Issues in Comparative Politics Units: 4
• POSC 255g Cultures, Civilizations and Ethnicities in World
Politics Units: 4
• POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
• POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia Units: 4
• POSC 355 Politics of East Asia Units: 4
• POSC 358 Politics of Sub-Sahara Africa Units: 4
• POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics Units: 4
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• POSC 365 World Political Leadership Units: 4
• POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide Units: 4
• POSC 377 Asian Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 453 Political Change in Asia Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
Minor
Cultural Anthropology Minor
The anthropology minor provides students with training in the
fundamentals in anthropology, the core academic discipline for
the study of culture and social difference in global context. The
cultural anthropology minor provides students with training in
anthropological theory, as well as opportunities to study and apply
anthropological insights in an interdisciplinary context.
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4 or
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
Required Course, Upper-Division
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
Two courses (8 units) to be selected from:
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 303 Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental
Archaeology Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 312 Documenting Latinx Los Angeles Food Cultures
Units: 4
• ANTH 318 Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4
• ANTH 321 Space, Place, Perception and Power Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 340 Anthropology In and Of the Museum Units: 4
• ANTH 344g Social Memory Units: 4
• ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization and Law Units: 4
• ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 365 Life History in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 371gm Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs
Units: 4
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 375 Anthropology for Consulting and Design Units: 4
• ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ANTH 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 409 Indigenous Languages in the Contemporary
World Units: 4
• ANTH 415 Global Issues Seminar Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• ANTH 435 Ethnic Identity and Minority Politics in China
Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 460 Economic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual Anthropology
Units: 4
• ANTH 472 Visual Techniques in Anthropology: Stills Units: 4
• ANTH 474 Posthuman Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 475 Anthropological Film Analysis Units: 4
• ANTH 476 Ethnographic Film Theory from an Historical
Perspective Units: 4
• ANTH 478 Local Culture in A Globalizing World Units: 4
• ANTH 480 Heritage and Power Units: 4
Folklore and Popular Culture Minor
The minor in folklore and popular culture provides an academic
foundation for students interested in the many genres in the
field including folktales, myths, legends, proverbs, jokes, games,
folk medicine, and folk and indigenous musical traditions, from
around the world. Through interdisciplinary course work, stu dents
will learn techniques of collecting, analyzing and interpreting the
traditional expressive culture of diverse groups. Students will
analyze the interrelationships of folklore and national, regional
and ethnic identities. After becoming acquainted with methods of
interpreting different forms of folklore, students will see how value
systems are reflected in the data, so that students understand
the ideological underpinnings of group formation, group identity,
conflict and strategies for resolution. By focusing on the individual,
informal culture, and the tension between the individual and myriad
groups to which they belong, folklore provides yet another window
into understanding how individuals function in complex societies.
Since the field is historically grounded and culturally comparative,
folklore provides important perspectives on the human condition.
Course Requirements
For the minor in folklore and popular culture, students must
complete five courses, as distributed below.
Core Requirement
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
Lower-Division Courses (Choose One)
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 240gm Representing 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• ANTH 273g Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western
Religious Traditions Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• COMM 206 Communication and Culture Units: 4
• HIST 271g Telling Native American Stories Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
Upper-Division Courses (Choose Three)
• AMST 330m Black Music and the Political Imagination
Units: 4
• AMST 395m African American Humor and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 409 Indigenous Languages in the Contemporary
World Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CLAS 325 Ancient Epic Units: 4
• CLAS 380 Approaches to Myth Units: 4
• COLT 311 Epic Units: 4
• COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the
Arts Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 440 Music as Communication Units: 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• GERM 346 German Folklore and Popular Culture Units: 4
• JS 378 Jewish Magic in the Ancient World Units: 4
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• MDA 330 The Armenian Heritage: History, Arts, and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4
Food and Society Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in Food and Society at USC explores
food as a complex social phenomenon, shaped by human
knowledges, practices, and ecologies. Grounded in Anthropology,
the minor in Food and Society examines the diversity that
characterizes human relationships to food, and learn to apply the
tools of social analysis to gain critical insight into the complex
social forces that shape food systems.
Required:
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
One elective from the following list of lower-
division courses:
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
• ANTH 205g Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural
Research Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• BISC 102Lgx Humans and Their Environment Units: 4
• BISC 115Lxg The Biology of Food Units: 4
• HP 230 Nutrition and Health Units: 4
• JS 258gp Food, Faith and Conflict Units: 4
• REL 136g Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions and
Culture Units: 4
Three electives from the following list of upper-
division courses:
• AMST 343 Food, Health and Culture in Los Angeles Units: 4
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 302 Humans and Ancient Environments Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ANTH 460 Economic Anthropology Units: 4
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• JOUR 458 Media, Food and Culture Units: 4
• PPD 416 Food Policy and Planning Units: 2
• REL 303g Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental
Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 475 Religion, Material Culture and the Senses Units: 4
• SPAN 316x Spanish for the Professions Units: 4
• SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4
• SWMS 389 Gender, Sexuality and Food Cultures in the U.S.
Units: 4
Electives by petition
Students may also identify elective courses that fit within the
following four categories and petition for their approval toward the
minor. Contact your academic or program adviser for information.
Culture and History
Courses that offer a cultural, historical, or humanistic perspective
on specific communities, foodways or practices. Exemplary
courses:
• CORE 301 Modes of Inquiry Units: 4
(Section: We are What we Eat: Food & Class in Los Angeles.
The course explores class issues embedded in LA’s
international food scene.)
• GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
(Sections: Food -- Then and Now; Food and Charity)
• GESM 131g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4
(Section: Food, Society and Health)
Nature and human life
Courses that examine the relationship between humans and
nature; it pertains to food or nutrition, including topics in biology,
ecology, sustainability, environmental studies, agriculture and civil
engineering, etc. Exemplary courses:
• BISC 115Lxg The Biology of Food Units: 4
• CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
Politics and policy
Courses that provide insight into the relationship between food
politics and policy including issues in economic development,
trade and food security, food deserts, poverty and public health,
etc. Exemplary courses:
• ECON 344 Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
Units: 4
• PPD 416 Food Policy and Planning Units: 2
Art, craft and practice
Courses that provide a perspective on food as art, craft or creative
practice, including documenting or representing food in social
experience. Exemplary courses:
• COMM 400 Seminar in Communication Units: 4
• REL 303g Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental
Archaeology Units: 4
International Health, Development, and Social
Justice Interdisciplinary Minor
This minor is intended for students who wish to understand the
challenges associated with health care as an ethical issue in the
international context. In doing so, it focuses on the convergence
of three large fields of inquiry, raising questions about their
intersection. Social justice is concerned with equity, with questions
of fairness as they inform (or should inform) access to resources
necessary for the survival and well-being of people around the
globe.
To provide the necessary content, this minor presents an
introduction to political economy, to cross-cultural approaches to
health and wellness, and to theories of economic development as
they relate to health care.
This minor is intended to prepare students for careers and
leadership roles in the arenas of international health, medical
ethics, overpopulation, economic development, human welfare
and principles of social justice.
As with all minors, students should include four courses
outside their major, four courses at the upper-division level, and
four courses that are not being used to satisfy any other subject
requirement. In addition, to satisfy this minor, students must
choose courses from at least two different departments.
REQUIRED COURSE WORK: 24 units
Lower Division Requirement: Choose one
Course (4 Units)
Students should have some experience with engaging ethical
questions or considering the context in which these issues arise,
which can be accomplished by completing one of the following:
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics Units: 4
• ANTH 125g Social Issues in Human Sexuality and
Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 205g Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural
Research Units: 4
• BISC 102Lgx Humans and Their Environment Units: 4
• BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life
Units: 4
• BISC 150Lgx The Nature of Human Health and Disease
Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• IR 101gxw International Relations Units: 4
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• IR 213 The Global Economy Units: 4 *
• PHIL 166gw Current Moral and Social Issues Units: 4
• PHIL 172gmw Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others
Units: 4
• SOCI 225gw Sociology of Health and the Body Units: 4
• SOCI 242g Sociology, Demography and Health Units: 4 **
Note:
*Prerequisite: IR 210
**Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 220
Introduction to Political Economy: Choose One
Course (4 Units)
The courses in this and the following categories provide an
understanding of the forces that shape global development.
• ECON 238xg Political Economy and Social Issues Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries
Units: 4 *
• ECON 350 The World Economy Units: 4 *
• POSC 435 Politics and the Economy Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite: ECON 203 or ECON 205
Theories of Development: Choose One Course
(4 Units)
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 454 The International Political Economy of Development
Units: 4
• POSC 255g Cultures, Civilizations and Ethnicities in World
Politics Units: 4
• POSC 450 Political Development Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• SOCI 362 Global and Transnational Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Health and
Wellness: Choose One Course (4 Units)
These courses explore cultural attitudes and differences about
health and wellness that affect decisions about health care.
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• IR 339 Public Health and International Relations Units: 4
• PSYC 367g Stress, Health, and the Mind-Body Connection
Units: 4 *
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4 **
• REL 460 Senior Seminar: Medical Ethics Units: 4
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite: PSYC 100
**Recommended preparation: PSYC 100
Perspectives on Social Justice: Choose One
Course (4 Units)
These courses familiarize students with the application of legal
and ethical questions to social phenomena and the allocation of
resources.
• ANTH 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 401 The United Nations and World Order Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• REL 366 Religion and Social Change Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
Capstone Requirement: Choose One Course
(4 Units)
These capstone courses examine efforts to introduce issues of
social justice to the distribution of health care and other resources
essential for human survival and well-being.
• MDA 320 Global Ethics: Poverty, Health and the Human
Condition Units: 4
• SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and
Everyday Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 450 Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field
Practicum Units: 4
Medical Anthropology Minor
Medical anthropology examines the body, illness and healing
from a cultural perspective, including comparative studies of folk
healing systems, curing rituals and Western biomedical practices.
Lower-Division Courses (8 Units):
Two lower-division Anthropology courses, selected from the
following:
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics Units: 4
• ANTH 125g Social Issues in Human Sexuality and
Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• ANTH 273g Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western
Religious Traditions Units: 4
Upper-Division Courses (16 Units):
16 units of upper-division Anthropology coursework, selected from
the following:
• ANTH 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 301g The Global Performance of Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• ANTH 325 Global Studies Research Methods Units: 4
or
• ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research Methods Units: 4
• ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An Introduction to
Kinship Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• ANTH 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
• ANTH 393 Directed Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ANTH 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
• ANTH 445 African American Anthropology Units: 4
• OT 375 The Narrative Structure of Social Action: Narrative,
Healing and Occupation Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
Southeast Asia and its People Minor
This minor allows students to supplement more narrowly
defined departmental majors with a multidisciplinary focus on
an area of great importance both to global developments and to
cultural heritage issues in California and the United States. There
is no language requirement and no required courses, but students
must take one lower and four upper-division courses dealing
with Southeast Asian cultures and people of Southeast Asian
heritage in the United States. The focus of this new minor is on
transnational connections and the new area of global culture.
Lower Division
Choose one class (4 units)
• AMST 220gmw The Making of Asian America Units: 4
• ANTH 250g Race and Sexual Politics in Southeast Asia
Units: 4
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• ANTH 273g Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western
Religious Traditions Units: 4
• POSC 120 Comparative Politics Units: 4
• HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the Law Units: 4
Upper Division
Choose four classes (16 units), including at least
one class from each list.
Southeast Asia
•
ANTH 322 Anthropology of Bali Units: 4
• ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing Units: 4
• COLT 379 Nationalism and Postcolonialism in Southeast
Asian Cinema Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia Units: 4
• POSC 377 Asian Political Thought Units: 4
• REL 330 Introduction to the Religions of India Units: 4
• REL 334g Religion and Colonial Encounter Units: 4
Southeast Asia and the United States
•
HIST 344 The Vietnam War, 1945–1975 Units: 4
• IR 424w Citizenship and Migration in International Politics
Units: 4
• POSC 328 Asian American Politics Units: 4
• REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America Units: 4
Note: Courses have no prerequisites.
Anthropology (MA)
Degree Requirements
Students are not accepted for the MA in Anthropology alone, but
the MA in Anthropology can be granted after two years of course
work and satisfactory completion of the screening exams.
Required Courses
• ANTH 501 History and Foundations of Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 502 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 503 Problematizing Locality: Comparative
Ethnographies Units: 4
• ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography Units: 4 (or
another methods course approved by the supervisor for
primatologists)
• Four 4-unit graduate-level courses in anthropology Units: 16
Total units: 32
Visual Anthropology (MVA)
Students in the Masters of Visual Anthropology (MVA) program
at USC pursue an academically rigorous course of study, focusing
on Anthropology's applications to the production of visual media
and documentary. MVA students learn qualitative research
methods, contemporary anthropological theory, and ethnographic
film history and theory, while gaining hands-on experience in
anthropological media production and non-fiction cinematic
practice.
The MVA is designed as an intensive, full-time program that
spans a calendar year, including the summer after coursework,
during which students complete a 20- to 30-minute thesis film
based on original ethnographic research. There is also the option
to complete the MVA degree over two years of study, providing
students who have work or other obligations more flexibility in
undertaking the course work and field research required for the
degree.
Required Courses
• ANTH 502 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography Units: 4
• ANTH 575 Seminar in Ethnographic Film Units: 4
• ANTH 576L Anthropological Media Seminar Units: 4
• ANTH 577L Advanced Anthropological Media Seminar
Units: 4
• ANTH 595 Ethnographic Postproduction Units: 4
• IML 520 Non-Fiction Cinematic Practice I Units: 2
• IML 521 Non-Fiction Cinematic Practice II Units: 2
One graduate course in Anthropology or Visual
Studies (4 units)
All elective courses must be approved by the Anthropology
Graduate Studies Adviser. Recommended courses:
• ANTH 501 History and Foundations of Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 503 Problematizing Locality: Comparative
Ethnographies Units: 4
• ANTH 509 Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 510 Urban Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 601 Feminist Issues in Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 602 The Anthropology of Popular Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 603 Experiments in Ethnography Units: 4
• ANTH 604 Bodies and Practices Units: 4
• ANTH 605 Race: Performance, Politics, Cultural Production
Units: 4
• ANTH 606 Seminar on Nationalism and Ethnicity Units: 4
• MDA 501 Introduction to Visual Studies: Methods and
Debates Units: 4
• MDA 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Total units: 32
Note:
The final documentary project must be submitted in rough cut
format by the end of August following the completion of all course
work in May.
Visual Anthropology Certificate
Students can be admitted to the certificate program in visual
anthropology after they have completed their PhD qualifying
examinations. The certificate is an interdisciplinary program, with
training in digital video production provided by the USC School
of Cinematic Arts. Professional skills in video production are
designed to help students present their research results to a wider
audience and to use visual media effectively in communicating
ideas about anthropology. After completing fieldwork, students take
a year-long editing sequence and practicum (ANTH 576 and ANTH
577) to finish a visual project, which will complement the written
dissertation.) A total of 16 units is required.
Required Courses
• ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography Units: 4
• ANTH 575 Seminar in Ethnographic Film Units: 4
• ANTH 576L Anthropological Media Seminar Units: 4
• ANTH 577L Advanced Anthropological Media Seminar
Units: 4
Note:
Students may begin to take course work required for the certificate
in their first year, but they cannot complete their project until they
have satisfied other requirements for doctoral candidacy. The
Certificate in Visual Anthropology is received at the same time as
the PhD.
Doctoral Degree
Anthropology (PhD)
The Anthropology Department's PhD program offers students
a strong foundation in the history, theory and practice of
anthropology, while enabling them to develop formally innovative
dissertations.
Before being admitted to PhD candidacy, the student must
fulfill the language requirement, present a portfolio and pass the
qualifying examination. Having completed this work, the student
will conduct fieldwork and write the doctoral dissertation.
Language Requirement
Students are required to demonstrate competence in one or
more foreign languages, to be selected in consultation with the
faculty committee.
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Required Course Work
The student's course work must total at least 60 units. No more
than 8 units of 794 Doctoral Dissertation may count toward the
60 units.
Additional Requirements
In addition to specific course work, PhD students are expected
to engage in relevant practical training, ideally by completing 2 or
more units of ANTH 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training
or equivalent.
Additional information about the PhD can be found on the
Anthropology program website.
Degree Requirements
The student's coursework must total at least 60 units. No more
than 8 units of 794 Doctoral Dissertation may count toward the
60 units.
Required Courses
• ANTH 501 History and Foundations of Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 502 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography Units: 4
• ANTH 593 Practicum for Teaching in Anthropology Units: 2
• ANTH 603 Experiments in Ethnography Units: 4 , or
equivalent
• At least 6 additional graduate courses, to be selected in
consultation with the committee (24 units)
Research
Minimum 8 units required.
• ANTH 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Dissertation
8 units required.
• ANTH 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• ANTH 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Art History
Art history combines the study of art with the study of culture
more broadly. The undergraduate major receives sound training in
the history of art and visual culture and also gains a basis in other
humanistic disciplines. The curriculum is designed to guarantee
students a general knowledge of art – western, eastern, and global
– and to offer a variety of upper-division courses in specialized
areas. Majors are exposed to a diversity of theoretical approaches
and encouraged to sharpen their powers of visual analysis, their
critical and conceptual thinking, and their writing and speaking
skills. This foundation has enabled many art history graduates
to pursue advanced degrees in nationally recognized programs,
to enter diverse fields, including law or business, and to pursue
careers in the arts. A special feature of the undergraduate program
is the apprenticeship, which affords upper-division students the
opportunity to work in the professional art world in return for
elective credit. Students gain valuable job skills in local museums,
galleries, auction houses and art foundations. The department is
firmly committed to equity and diversity, both in practice, and when
it comes to our objects of study.
Taper Hall (THH) 355
(213) 740-4552
FAX: (213) 740-8971
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/ahis
Chair: Amy Ogata, PhD
Faculty
University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and
American Literature and Professor of English and Art History: Leo
Braudy, PhD* (English)
Provost Professor of Art History and English: Kate Flint*, PhD
USC Associates Professor in Art History and Professor of Art
History and History: John Pollini, PhD*
Robert A. Day Professor of Art and Design and Professor of Art
and Design, Art History and American Studies & Ethnicity: Amelia
Jones, PhD (Art and Design)
Professors: Daniela Bleichmar, PhD*; Diane Ghirardo, PhD
(Architecture); Selma Holo, PhD; Sonya Lee, PhD; Carolyn
M. Malone, PhD; Amy Ogata, PhD; Lisa Pon, PhD; Vanessa
Schwartz, PhD*
Associate Professors: Susanna Berger, PhD; Vittoria Di Palma,
PhD (Architecture); Jennifer Greenhill, PhD; Suzanne Hudson,
PhD; Megan Luke*, PhD; Amy K. Powell, PhD; Ann Marie Yasin,
PhD
Assistant Professors: Monica Bravo, PhD; Kimia Shahi, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): Hector Reyes, PhD
Lecturer: Samantha Burton, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor (Teaching) of the Practice: Miya Elise
Desjardins (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Undergraduate Degree
Art History Honors Program
Candidates for the BA in the Department of Art History can
earn a designation on their transcripts of departmental honors.
Admission to the Honors Program is required.
Prerequisites: 3.5 overall GPA, 3.5 major GPA or better,
completion of at least three upper-division art history courses at
the time of admission, submission of an application form to the
undergraduate faculty adviser.
Required for departmental honors: maintain GPA requirements
stated above and complete AHIS 495a and AHIS 495b
Undergraduate Honors Thesis.
Interdisciplinary Minor in Early Modern Studies
This minor brings together the resources of the departments
of English, History and Art History to study the literatures and
cultures of Europe and the Americas from the late medieval period
to 1800. For complete listing of requirements, see the Department
of English.
Graduate Degrees
Graduate students in art history pursue a wide range of
subject matter, using a variety of methodologies and techniques.
Graduates may also pursue parallel interests by taking courses
in outside departments such as history, classics, East Asian
languages and cultures, Slavic languages and literatures, French,
German, Italian and others. Graduate students are encouraged
to participate in annual conferences and symposia. Travel grants
are available through the department. In addition to image
databases, electronic access to university library catalogues,
courtesy privileges and cross-registration of course work at
UCLA, our graduate students have access to numerous research
opportunities in and around Southern California at institutions
such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Huntington
Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, the Archives of
American Art, the Institute for Modern Russian Culture, the J. Paul
Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute, the Museum
of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the USC Pacific Asia
Museum.
Admission
Admission to all programs is granted through the Graduate
School in conjunction with the Department of Art History; all
applicants must meet the requirements of both. Interviews are
strongly encouraged.
All applicants must complete the department's supplemental
application form.
Complete details for all graduate programs can be found in the
Guidelines for Graduate Studies in Art History, obtainable upon
admission.
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Areas of Concentration
Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, Roman/Late Roman
and Early Byzantine Art and Architecture, Medieval Art and
Archaeology, Renaissance Art, Baroque Art, 18th and 19th Century
European Art, 19th and 20th Century British and Transatlantic
Studies, American Art and Visual Culture, Modern and
Contemporary Art, Modern European and American Architecture,
Design and Material Culture, Art and Architecture of China and
Central Asia, Japanese Art, Latin American Art, Art of the Ancient
Americas, Modern Visual Culture, and History of Photography.
Bachelor's Degree
Art History (BA)
In art history, undergraduates are provided with a sound,
broad foundation in art from a variety of offerings. On this basis,
exploration of the art of many eras and cultures proceeds in
a program designed to develop an awareness of the integral
role played by art as an expression of the human condition and
society throughout history. A grade of C or higher is required in
departmental courses for all undergraduate majors.
Curriculum Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts in Art History requires 128 units.
General Education and Diversity Requirements
Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts in Art History must complete
the general education and diversity requirements of the USC
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Major Requirements
The major requires 40 units as follows.
Lower-Division Requirements (8 Units)
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4 or
• AHIS 121gp Foundations of Western Art: Renaissance to
Contemporary Units: 4
Choose one course from:
• AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300 Units: 4
• AHIS 126g Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
Total units: 8
Additional Requirements (32 units)
• AHIS 494 Undergraduate Proseminar in Art History Units: 4
is required
Seven additional courses
Seven additional courses to include five courses with a minimum
of one in each of four out of the following five areas of study, only
one of which may be at the 200 level.
Greek and Roman art and archaeology
•
AHIS 201g Digging into the Past Units: 4
• AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology Units: 4
Medieval art
•
AHIS 220g Medieval Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 330 Medieval Art Units: 4
Renaissance and Baroque art
•
AHIS 230 Art and Culture in Early Modern Europe Units: 4
• AHIS 304gm Art, Power and Identity in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• AHIS 343 Renaissance Art Units: 4
• AHIS 344 Baroque Art Units: 4
Modern and contemporary art
•
AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and Difference Units: 4
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
• AHIS 270 L.A. Now: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
Units: 4
• AHIS 361 British Modernism, 1780-1918 Units: 4
• AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
• AHIS 364 Myths, Arts, Realities: Visual Culture in California,
1849 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 365m African American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 366g Picturing Democracy: American Art and Visual
Culture, 1750-1900 Units: 4
• AHIS 367g Early American Modernism: American Art and
Visual Culture, 1876-1939 Units: 4
• AHIS 368 Modern Art I: 1700–1850 Units: 4
• AHIS 369 Modern Art II: 1851–1940 Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 373g History and Theory of Photography Units: 4
Non- European traditions
•
AHIS 282 Korean Art Units: 4
• AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 376 Introduction to African Art Units: 4
• AHIS 381g Visual Cultures of Asia Units: 4
• AHIS 384 Early Chinese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 385 Later Chinese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 386 Early Japanese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 387 Later Japanese Art Units: 4
and two that must be at the 400-level
• AHIS 400x Undergraduate Apprenticeship Units: 2 counts for
elective credit only and may not be applied to the major.
• AHIS 494 Undergraduate Proseminar in Art History Units: 4
(the capstone course) may be taken in either the junior or
senior year.
Note:
The following courses require written permission of the chair of the
Art History Department: AHIS 495a Undergraduate Honors Thesis
(2-2), AHIS 495b Undergraduate Honors Thesis (2-2) and AHIS
499 Special Topics (2–4, max 8).
Minor
Art History Minor
Art history combines the study of art with the study of culture
broadly conceived. The art history minor offers a concentrated
course of study that includes a variety of objects from different
historical periods and cultures in relation to their makers, patrons,
viewers and critics. Students in the minor are trained to analyze
visual images and information through a process of intensive
looking, reading, research and writing.
Lower-division Curriculum (8 units)
Choose Two Lower-Division Courses; Only One May
Be At The 200 Level
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
• AHIS 121gp Foundations of Western Art: Renaissance to
Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300 Units: 4
• AHIS 126g Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 201g Digging into the Past Units: 4
• AHIS 220g Medieval Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 230 Art and Culture in Early Modern Europe Units: 4
• AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and Difference Units: 4
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
• AHIS 270 L.A. Now: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
Units: 4
• AHIS 282 Korean Art Units: 4
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Upper-division Requirement (16 units)
Choose from 300- and 400-level AHIS courses. At least one
course must be at the 400 level.
Modern Art Markets and Ethics Minor
The Modern Art Markets and Ethics minor is designed for
students, including Art History majors, who are drawn to an
interdisciplinary study of modern art markets. The minor allows
students to consider the intersection of law, ethics, and cultural
studies. It offers students an interdisciplinary education in art
institutions, and ethical discourses that surround the production,
display, circulation, and consumption of art, both past and present.
The minor will help students develop the critical skills of reading,
writing and analysis crucial to a liberal education. Students will
gain theoretical and analytical perspectives on ethical, political,
and social issues relevant to art as they explore how the market
informs and shapes our encounter with artistic objects.
Requirements
Lower-Division Requirement (4 units)
Choose one. The lower division course provides students
with a broad knowledge of art. Students may take the general
introductory to art history (including surveys of Western, Asian,
Latin American art), or they may choose a course that focuses on
issues of art, institutions, and identity in the modern period (AHIS
250gm and AHIS 255g).
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
• AHIS 121gp Foundations of Western Art: Renaissance to
Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300 Units: 4
• AHIS 126g Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and Difference Units: 4
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
Upper-Division Courses on Modern Art (8 units)
Choose two. These courses will introduce students to the
development of art and its relationship to modern markets in two
distinct time periods. This requirement can be satisfied either at
USC or through the Sotheby's Institute of Art, London - United
Kingdom. Students interested in this option should consult with an
Art History adviser.
• AHIS 368 Modern Art I: 1700–1850 Units: 4
• AHIS 369 Modern Art II: 1851–1940 Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
Critical Electives (8 units)
Choose two.
• AHIS 470 Studies in Contemporary Art Units: 4
• AHIS 488 Topics in Art Conservation Units: 4
• AMST 342m Law and Identities Units: 4
• AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the Americas Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• COMM 454 Media, Money, and Society Units: 4
• ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law Units: 4
• ECON 450 International Trade Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 309 Global Governance Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• MOR 385gm Business, Government and Society Units: 4
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• REL 304 Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4
• REL 365 Global Ethics Units: 4
Capstone Course (4 units)
• AHIS 301 Guardians of the Past? Art Preservation, Ethics,
and the Law Units: 4
Total Units: 24
Requirements for Art History Majors
Lower-Division Requirement (4 units)
• ECON 238xg Political Economy and Social Issues Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives: Ethics and Modern
Institutions (8 units)
Choose two.
• AHIS 488 Topics in Art Conservation Units: 4 *
• AMST 342m Law and Identities Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• ECON 450 International Trade Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• IR 309 Global Governance Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• MOR 385gm Business, Government and Society Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• REL 304 Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4
• REL 365 Global Ethics Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives: Markets and Social
Relations (8 units)
Choose two.
• AHIS 470 Studies in Contemporary Art Units: 4 *
• AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the Americas Units: 4
• COMM 454 Media, Money, and Society Units: 4
• ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
Note:
*Art History majors may choose a maximum of one elective in Art
History.
Capstone Course (4 units)
• AHIS 301 Guardians of the Past? Art Preservation, Ethics,
and the Law Units: 4
Total Units: 24
Visual Culture Minor
More than ever, students of today need the critical skills
and intellectual breadth required to describe, analyze, and
evaluate visual culture, which encompasses a broad range of
visual material, artifacts, and media. Courses within the minor
are organized around two foundational questions: how do we
understand the production, dissemination, and consumption of
visual media?; what do the objects of visual culture tell us about
the experience and expression of cultural and social diversity?
The minor is open to all undergraduate majors and is especially
relevant for those whose fields employ visual images to convey
ideas as well as information. The minor will complement pre-
professional majors (such as those in film) as well as in the
humanities and social sciences.
Foundational Requirements (8 units):
• AHIS 100g Introduction to Visual Culture Units: 4
Select one of the following:
• AHIS 201g Digging into the Past Units: 4
• AHIS 215g Studies in Architecture and Urbanism Units: 4
• AHIS 220g Medieval Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 230 Art and Culture in Early Modern Europe Units: 4
• AHIS 240g Introduction to American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and Difference Units: 4
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
• AHIS 270 L.A. Now: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
Units: 4
• AHIS 282 Korean Art Units: 4
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Additional Requirements (16 units)
Four courses to be selected. A maximum of two critical electives
(8 units) from outside of the Art History Department may be used
to satisfy these additional requirements.
• AHIS 304gm Art, Power and Identity in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 320 Aegean Archaeology Units:
• AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 324 Late Antique Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 325 Roman Archaeological Excavation: Methods and
Practice Units: 4
• AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
• AHIS 364 Myths, Arts, Realities: Visual Culture in California,
1849 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 365m African American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 366g Picturing Democracy: American Art and Visual
Culture, 1750-1900 Units: 4
• AHIS 367g Early American Modernism: American Art and
Visual Culture, 1876-1939 Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 376 Introduction to African Art Units: 4
• AHIS 378 Modern Russian Art Units: 4
• AHIS 381g Visual Cultures of Asia Units: 4
• AHIS 382 Art and Cultural Heritage in East Asia Units: 4
• AHIS 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and Theories of Things
Units: 4
• AHIS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art and
Archaeology: Research and Methodology Units: 4
• AHIS 427 Archaeological Theories, Methods, and Practice
Units: 4
• AHIS 429 Studies in Art, Science, and Technology Units: 4
• AHIS 449 History of Prints and Drawings Units: 4
• AHIS 465 Studies in American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 466 Studies in the Decorative Arts and Design Units: 4
• AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to Photography Units: 4
• AHIS 470 Studies in Contemporary Art Units: 4
• AHIS 475m Blackness in American Visual Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 477 Studies in Visual and Material Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 482 Japanese Photography Units: 4
• AHIS 486 Introduction to Museums: Past, Present, and
Future Units: 4
• AHIS 488 Topics in Art Conservation Units: 4
• AHIS 498 The Gods and Goddesses of the Renaissance
Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• ARCH 442m Women's Spaces in History: "Hussies,"
"Harems" and "Housewives" Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 395m Gender, Media and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 450 Visual Culture and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
• HIST 245mgp How Sex Changed: US History, 1870-the
Present Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• HIST 381 Cinema and History Units: 4
• HIST 481 Producing Film Histories Units: 4
• PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4
Total units required: 24
Master's Degree
Art History (MA)
The department does not accept applicants for the Master of
Arts in art history. Although the MA is not offered as a terminal
degree, but only en route to the PhD, a student may be eligible
for the MA on leaving the program after two years. A minimum of
32 units is required for the degree, and the student must pass the
second year review which includes the departmental equivalent of
a thesis: a revised seminar paper demonstrating original thought,
research skills and writing proficiency. The opportunity to gain
experience as a teaching assistant is available on a competitive
basis. Transfer work applicable to the MA program must have been
completed within seven years of the date of application.
Degree Requirements
A minimum of 32 units, usually taken during a two-year period,
is required for the Master of Arts in Art History, to be distributed as
follows:
Required Courses
• AHIS 500 Methods and Theory of Art History Units: 4
• Additional 500-level courses Units: 28
Total units: 32
Additional Requirements
Course Distribution
Courses will be at the 500 level; 400-level courses may be
accepted with approval of the graduate adviser. No more than two
seminars with the same course number can be taken for credit
toward the master of arts. AHIS 500 normally must be taken in the
first semester of study.
Foreign Language Requirement
All candidates must pass a reading proficiency examination in
one language, normally French or German. Substitutions may be
made upon faculty recommendation and approval of the chair of
art history when it is deemed appropriate to the student's course of
study (i.e., Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, etc.). The language
requirement should be completed by the end of the first year.
Graduate Certificate
History of Collecting and Display Certificate
This program, open to University of Southern California PhD
students of art history as well as qualified students from other
USC departments with written permission from their home
department and the Department of Art History, is devoted to the
study of the history of collecting and display of works of art and
related materials across a broad chronological and geographical
spectrum.
The program provides a means of advancing knowledge about
the presentation, circulation and consumption of works of art, as
distinct from the more traditional art historical investigation of the
conditions surrounding their production. Additionally, this program
is designed to remedy a widely perceived disjunction between
the ways art history is practiced in the museum and the academy.
Each academic department will determine the number of units
completed which may be applied to the student's graduate degree
in that department.
Required Courses
• AHIS 501 Problems in the History and Theory of Collecting
and Display Units: 4
• AHIS 504 Museum Research Assistantship Units: 1
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Two of the following courses:
• AHIS 502 Markets, Value and the Institutions of Art Units: 4
• AHIS 503 Categories and Collections Units: 4
• AHIS 550 Art, Business and the Law Units: 4
Total units: 13
Visual Studies Graduate Certificate
The field of visual studies encompasses a diverse range
of images and artifacts as well as the history, processes and
technologies of vision itself. This certificate will provide graduate
students with the tools necessary to think critically about visual
objects and experience and to apply that thinking to their ongoing
scholarly work. Students will combine the sustained analysis of
specific representations with attention to broader philosophical
frameworks and historical conditions. Graduate students intending
to concentrate in visual studies must be admitted to a PhD
program at USC or get approval from the Program Director to
enroll in the VSGC. To receive this certificate, students must take
VISS 501 Introduction to Visual Studies: Methods and Debates,
a team-taught VISS 599 Special Topics course, and two other
graduate seminars from an approved list of relevant courses, 500
level and above, for a total of at least 16 units. A credit/no credit
option will be possible with approval by the director. Directed
research may not be taken toward certificate requirements.
In addition to the completion of these course requirements,
students enrolled in PhD programs must demonstrate a focus on
visual studies as part of their doctoral dissertation. Alternatively,
PhD students may and all other enrolled students will take an oral
examination based on three research papers they have written
within the context of their visual studies course work. The oral
exam will be administered by faculty members affiliated with the
Visual Studies Graduate Certificate. Faculty will be responsible
for judging the adequacy of the visual studies component in the
student's dissertation or oral examination. Students not enrolled
in a PhD program will additionally be required to prepare a
substantial paper (25 pages) with a deadline to be determined on
enrollment in the certificate.
Certificate Requirements (8 Units)
• VISS 501 Introduction to Visual Studies: Methods and
Debates Units: 4
• VISS 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 max 8
Approved Certificate Courses (8 Units)
• AHIS 501 Problems in the History and Theory of Collecting
and Display Units: 4
• AHIS 505 Seminar in Feminist Theory and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• AHIS 515 Seminar in Contemporary Art Units: 4 max 16
• AHIS 520 Seminar in Modern Art Units: 4
• AHIS 529 Seminar in Art, Science, and Technology Units: 4
• AMST 519 Indigenous, Decolonial and Transhemispheric
American Studies Units: 4
• ANTH 502 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 576L Anthropological Media Seminar Units: 4
• ANTH 577L Advanced Anthropological Media Seminar
Units: 4
• ANTH 602 The Anthropology of Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 516x Feminist Theory and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 654 Art, Artists and Society Units: 4
• CSLC 501 Introduction to Comparative Media Studies
Units: 4
• CSLC 640 Seminar in Film and Visual Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 517 Topics in Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/Video Units: 4
• CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 567 Seminar in Film/Television and a Related Art
Units: 4
• CTCS 677 Cultural Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 678 Seminar in Film Theory and Medium Specificity
Units: 4
• CTCS 688 Advanced Methods and Approaches Units: 4
• EALC 509 Transnational Korean Cinema Units: 4
• EALC 510 Contemporary Japanese Cinema Units: 4
• EALC 512 Japanese Literature and Film Units: 4
• EALC 535 Proseminar in Chinese Visual Culture Units: 4
• ENGL 502 Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
Units: 4
• ENGL 592 Contemporary British and American Literatures
and Cultures Units: 4
• HIST 520 Modernity and Its Visual Cultures Units: 4
• HIST 620 Research Seminar on Modern Visual Culture
Units: 4
• IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and the Archive Units: 4
• SLL 665 Seminar in Russian Culture and the Arts Units: 3
max 9
• THTR 525 Seminar in Contemporary Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 535 Seminar in Aesthetics of the Theatre Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Art History (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1.
The doctor of philosophy in the Art History program normally
requires at least three years of course work and two years of
dissertation research. Applicants may be admitted directly into
the program after receiving the BA Other applicants may already
hold an MA in art history or the equivalent from USC or another
accredited school.
Every student will be subject to departmental screening
procedures, which involve periodic review by the art history
graduate committee. The committee may recommend at any time,
after a written warning, based on a student's grades, evaluation
of instructors or rate of progress toward the degree, that a
student be dropped from the program. Such recommendations
will become effective at the end of the semester during which the
recommendation is made.
Course Requirements
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy units total 60. Up to 32
master of arts units from USC or 16 from other institutions may be
transferred with approval of the faculty. Transfer work applicable
to the PhD program must have been completed within 10 years
of the date of application. AHIS 500, or equivalent, is required of
all graduate students. Four units are for work on the dissertation.
(Two units of dissertation credit each semester — including
summer — for a minimum registration period of two semesters.)
Foreign Language Requirements
All candidates must pass reading proficiency examinations
in a minimum of two languages, normally French and German
or the requisite languages in Asian art. Substitutions and/or
additions may be made with faculty recommendation and approval
of the chair of the Art History Department when appropriate to
the student's program. Additional foreign language beyond the
minimum may be required depending on the student's program of
study. All language requirements must be completed prior to taking
the qualifying exam.
Screening Examinations
Passing the following procedures are prerequisite to
continuation in the doctoral program, as stated in the departmental
graduate guidelines. Before the student has completed 24 units,
the first-year examination must be passed. Before the student has
completed 48 units, the second-year review must be passed.
Qualifying Examination
At the end of the second year, the student will nominate a five-
member qualifying exam committee for the qualifying examination
that includes one member from outside the Department of Art
History. The student is expected to pass the qualifying examination
in a major field and satisfy the requirements for the minor and
outside fields by the end of the third year. Forms for permission
to take the qualifying examination must be submitted at least
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60 days before the date of the scheduled examination. The written
portion of the examination will be followed by an oral examination.
The oral examination will be given to discuss in greater depth the
student's knowledge of the dissertation proposal; the oral lasts
approximately two hours. After passing the qualifying examination,
the student will be admitted to candidacy for the PhD.
Dissertation
Following the completion of the qualifying exam, the qualifying
exam committee will be reduced to three members, including one
member from outside the department, who will guide and finally
approve the dissertation.
Biological Sciences
The Department of Biological Sciences has research faculty
with specialties in four disciplines: human and evolutionary
biology, marine and environmental biology, molecular and
computational biology, and neurobiology. A diversity of upper-
division undergraduate and graduate courses permits biology
majors to choose an emphasis in any of these four disciplines.
Our students will gain a deep appreciation of organisms, from their
smallest molecular mechanisms to their largest interactions within
ecosystems. We help students refine skills in critical thinking,
communication, and collaboration, as well as understand how
biology can contribute to solving society's problems. We also offer
students the opportunity to participate in the discovery of new
knowledge by working alongside our faculty members in their
laboratories. Students who complete our degree programs will
be well prepared for professional careers in the health sciences,
as well as for careers in research and education in the basic
biological and biomedical fields, and many other professions.
The department offers BA and BS degrees in Biological
Sciences, and BA and BS degrees in Human Biology. See the
HEB section of the Dornsife website for more information about
Human Biology undergraduate programs of study. The BS in
Biochemistry is offered as a joint program with the Department of
Chemistry. See the Neuroscience section of the Dornsife website
for descriptions of the undergraduate degrees in Neuroscience
and Computational Neuroscience. Undergraduates in Biological
Sciences have the opportunity to become involved in laboratory
or field research and may enroll in the research courses BISC 290
or BISC 490x for some of their elective units. Minors are offered
in Biology of Human Movement, Biotechnology, Craniofacial and
Dental Technology (with the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry),
Human Disease, Marine Biology, and Natural Science.
At the graduate level, the department offers challenging degree
programs that lead to a PhD in Integrative and Evolutionary
Biology, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, and
Molecular Biology. See the Neuroscience section of the Dornsife
website for a description of the graduate degree in Neuroscience.
The department also offers an MS in Developmental Origins
of Health and Disease as well as progressive MS degrees in
Marine and Environmental Biology and Molecular Genetics and
Biochemistry.
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Chair: James Moffett, PhD
Vice Chair: Ian Ehrenreich, PhD
Section Heads
Human and Evolutionary Biology: Lorraine Turcotte, PhD
Marine and Environmental Biology: Douglas Capone, PhD
Molecular and Computational Biology: Oscar Aparicio, PhD
Neurobiology: Judith Hirsch, PhD
Quantitative and Computation Biology: Remo Rohs, PhD
Faculty
Robert C. Packard President's Chair and President: Carol L. Folt,
PhD (Preventive Medicine)
University Professor, ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Chair in the
Neurobiology of Aging and Professor of Gerontology, Biological
Sciences, Anthropology, and Psychology: Caleb E. Finch, PhD
(Gerontology)
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry, and Ester Dornsife Chair in Biological Sciences:
Norman Arnheim, PhD*
University Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering
and Biological Sciences: Steve Kay, PhD (Neurology)
University Professor and Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professor
of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences and
Psychology: Larry W. Swanson, PhD
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology; Fletcher Jones Foundation Chair in Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology: Jae U. Jung, PhD (Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology)
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biological Sciences,
Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and
Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry: Arieh Warshel, PhD*
(Chemistry)
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences: Susan L. Forsburg,
PhD*
USC Associates Captain Hancock Chair in Marine Science and
Professor of Biological Sciences: David A. Caron, PhD*
W. M. Keck Provost Professor of Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine and Biological Sciences: Andrew
McMahon, PhD (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering,
Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology and Ophthalmology: Scott Fraser,
PhD
Dana and David Dornsife Chair, Wrigley Institute Director and
Professor of Psychology and Biological Sciences: Joseph Arvai,
PhD (Psychology)
Provost Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry and
the Behavior Sciences, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering and
Biological Sciences: Arthur Toga, PhD (Ophthalmology)
Dean's Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of
Biological Sciences, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering: Peter Kuhn, PhD
William and Julie Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and
Professor of Biological Sciences: Douglas G. Capone, PhD
Robert D. Beyer ('81) Early Career Chair in Natural Sciences and
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Biological Sciences and
Chemistry: Moh El-Naggar, PhD* (Physics and Astronomy)
McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and Professor of
Biological Sciences: Jed A. Fuhrman, PhD*
Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth
Sciences and Biological Sciences: Kenneth Nealson, PhD (Earth
Sciences)
George and Louise Kawamoto Chair in Biological Sciences and
Professor of Biological Sciences: David Hutchins, PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair and Associate Professor
of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences: Stacey Finley,
PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences: Laura Melissa
Guzman, PhD; Carly Kenkel, PhD; Lindsey Schier, PhD
Professors: Jan Amend, PhD (Earth Sciences); Oscar M. Aparicio,
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PhD; Donald Arnold, PhD; Christopher Boehm, PhD; Sarah Bottjer,
PhD; Lin Chen, PhD; Xiaojiang Chen, PhD; Casey Donovan,
PhD; Suzanne Edmands, PhD; Pinghui Feng, PhD (Keck); Steven
Finkel, PhD; Henryk Flashner, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering); Myron F. Goodman, PhD; John F. Heidelberg, PhD;
Judith Hirsch, PhD; Albert A. Herrera, PhD*; Dale Kiefer, PhD;
Chien-Ping Ko, PhD; Michael Lieber, PhD; Emily R. Liman, PhD;
Donal T. Manahan, PhD; David D. McKemy, PhD*; Jill McNitt-Gray,
PhD; Matthew Michael, PhD; James W. Moffett, PhD; Aiichiro
Nakano, PhD (Computer Science); Sergey Nuzhdin, PhD; Matthew
Pratt, PhD (Chemistry); Peter Qin, PhD (Chemistry); Michael
Quick, PhD*; David Raichlen, PhD; Remo Rohs, PhD; Sergio
Sañudo-Wilhelmy, PhD; Andrew Smith, PhD; Craig Stanford,
PhD; Fengzhu Sun, PhD; Paul Thompson, PhD (Neurology); John
Tower, PhD; Lorraine Turcotte, PhD; Alan Watts, PhD
Associate Professors: Liang Chen, PhD; Irene Chiolo, PhD; Sean
Curran, PhD (Gerontology); Matthew Dean, PhD; Dion Dickman,
PhD; Rosa Di Felice, PhD (Physics); Ian Ehrenreich, PhD; Robert
Girandola, PhD; Andrew Gracey, PhD; Christoph Haselwandter
(Physics and Astronomy); Scott Kanoski, PhD; Rusty Lansford,
PhD; Kristi Lewton, PhD (Keck); Biren Patel, PhD (Keck); Fabien
Pinaud, PhD; Fei Sha, PhD (Computer Science); Cameron Thrash,
PhD; Paul Thomas, PhD (Preventive Medicine); Eric A. Webb,
PhD; Chao Zhang, PhD (Chemistry); Wiebke Ziebis, PhD
Assistant Professors: Berenice Benayoun, PhD (Gerontology);
James Boedicker, PhD (Physics); Michael Campbell, PhD;
Mark Chaisson, PhD; Xianrui Cheng, PhD; Charleston Chiang,
PhD (Preventive Medicine); Michael Edge, PhD; Cornelius
Gati, PhD; Naomi Herrera, PhD; Bruce Herring, PhD; Samuel
Andrew Hires, PhD; Vsevolod Katritch, PhD; Naomi Levine,
PhD; Travis Longcore, PhD (Architecture); Adam MacLean, PhD;
Derrick Morton, PhD; Carolyn Phillips, PhD; Marc Vermulst, PhD
(Gerontology)
Professor (Teaching): Karla B. Heidelberg, PhD*
Professor (Research): James Hicks, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Christa Bancroft, PhD; Raffaella
Ghittoni, PhD; Kurt Kwast, PhD; Gioia Polidori, PhD; Oliver Rizk,
PhD; Rory Spence, PhD
Associate Professors (Research): Alberto Robador Ausejo, PhD;
Linda Duguay, PhD; Feixue Fu, PhD; Raina Pang, PhD; Le Trinh,
PhD
Associate Professor (Clinical): Kristi Lewton, PhD (Cell and
Neurobiology)
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Peter Calabrese, PhD; Nancy
Castro, PhD; Grayson Jaggers, PhD; Helaine Lopes, PhD; Trond
Sigurdsen, PhD; Bruce Yazejian, PhD
Assistant Professors (Research): Joel Hahn, PhD; Laura Gomez
Consarnau, PhD; Phuong Pham, PhD; Thai Troung, PhD
Master Lecturer: Gudrun Floyd, MS
Lecturers: Shirin Birjandi, PhD; Alexis Camacho, MS; Joshua
Carlos, MS; Shannon Cross, EdD; Laura Held, PhD; Refael Levi,
PhD; Brett Spatola, PhD, Lauren Visconti, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Biological Sciences:
James Dines, PhD
Emeritus: Michael Appleman, PhD; Robert Baker, PhD; John
Callaghan, PhD; Richard Deonier, PhD; Dennis Hedgecock, PhD;
William O. McClure*, PhD; Raymond Stevens, PhD; Simon Tavare,
PhD; Cornelius W Sullivan, PhD; Michael S. Waterman, PhD;
Russel Zimmer, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Biological Sciences: Christa
Bancroft, PhD
The BISC degree programs are designed for students
passionate about biology and the natural sciences. Rigorous
training in scientific methods paired with a broad liberal arts
education prepares BISC majors for careers in diverse fields such
as business, education, law, health and technology. Many students
choose the BISC major because most of the course requirements
overlap with the pre-health curriculum or prepare students for a
career in academia or industry.
The department offers specially planned courses within
the biological sciences to prepare students for admission to
professional schools (medicine, dentistry, veterinary science,
occupational therapy, physical therapy, pharmacy, optometry,
public health), paramedical sciences (medical technology,
physician's assistant, clinical and public health microbiology,
clinical biochemistry), naturalist and environmental positions in the
public and private sectors, jobs in industry (biotechnology), and
graduate study (basic biological and biomedical fields). With the
proper selection of courses under the guidance of the Department
of Biological Sciences and the USC Rossier School of Education,
the BS degree satisfies the California requirements for secondary
school teaching in the life sciences.
Advisement
Advisement in the Department of Biological Sciences is required
each semester. First semester freshman and transfer advisement
takes place during orientation. Advisement in all remaining
semesters takes place during the pre-registration period. The
USC Dornsife Office of Advising sends advisement appointment
information each semester to all students in the Biological
Sciences and Human Biology majors.
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an Honors Program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences or Human Biology. This program offers
students an opportunity to participate in undergraduate research,
experience in writing an honors thesis summarizing the completed
research, and experience in an honors seminar. Honors students
are required to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar
(1 unit/semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis
(2 units) in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS
degree. Honors students must also choose BISC 490x Directed
Research as one of their upper-division electives. This program
leads to the designation on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences or Human Biology with
Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
Honors Program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and
math courses required for the major. Applications for the Honors
Program are available in Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF), Room
105A or on the Biological Sciences website (dornsife.usc.edu/
bisc).
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the Honors Program, students must maintain
a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics courses
required for the major.
Honor Society
The Department of Biological Sciences offers membership in
Phi Sigma, a national honor society, to selected biology majors
(Alpha Alpha Chapter at USC.) Phi Sigma is devoted to the
promotion of research and academic excellence in the biological
sciences. Students with a GPA above 3.0 who have interest in
research and have completed core requirements for the first
two years in biological sciences are eligible. Major activities
range from presentation of papers by members and lectures by
outside speakers to field trips, laboratory demonstrations and joint
research projects.
Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences
This 56-unit degree program provides a solid foundation in the
basic sciences: biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics,
chemistry, organic chemistry, calculus and physics. In addition,
students complete 8 units of upper-division BISC elective courses.
This degree program allows for more flexibility to pursue additional
majors or minors, study abroad or graduate early.
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Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
This 72-unit degree program includes the foundational
science courses as the BA degree, but adds a statistics course
requirement. Students in this degree program complete 20 units of
upper-division elective courses. This degree program is excellent
for students interested in research or graduate education in
the natural sciences, and provides greater depth of study and
opportunities to specialize.
Maymester Courses
Maymester courses are 4-week intensives that provide
opportunities for students to engage in experiential learning off-
campus. Maymester courses are held from mid-May to mid-June
so that students can register in three courses during the traditional
spring semester and one course in the Maymester. Maymester
courses are part of the spring semester load, so tuition is charged
as spring tuition.
Catalina Island
The Biological Sciences Department in conjunction with the
USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (WIES) sponsors
4-week Maymester programs at the USC Wrigley Marine Sciences
Center (WMSC), on Santa Catalina Island. The Maymester
courses focus on conservation biology, animal physiology,
aquatic microbiology and field techniques in marine biology, and
biological oceanography. These courses are open to all Biological
Science majors as well as students in other departments and
other institutions with a strong biology background. Students are
primarily in their junior or senior years and may participate in any
of the courses offered.
All the courses are taught by USC faculty and supported by
USC graduate student teaching assistants. The classes are
specialized to take advantage of the unique facilities and setting of
Santa Catalina Island.
Students live on Catalina Island for the entire length of the
course. Rates for room and board at the USC Wrigley Marine
Science Center are comparable to those on campus. For
those wishing to return to the mainland on the weekend — free
transportation is provided each Friday to leave and each Monday
to return.
For more information, students should contact the instructor(s)
for the course of interest. Additional information can also be found
at dornsife.usc.edu/bisc/wrigley-institute/.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Biological Sciences Department in conjunction with the Los
Angeles County Museum of Natural History, sponsors a 4-week
Maymester course BISC 445L.
This course focuses on the biology and evolution of the major
vertebrate groups including fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals.
All the major groups of vertebrates will be described and
demonstrated in lab, and a special focus will be put on important
stages leading up to the evolution of mammals, and finally modern
humans. This course will present vertebrate evolution in detail,
and also describe the methods used to study the relationships of
biological taxa. Tours will be given by museum curators of fish,
amphibians, birds, and mammals, and some information will also
be given on the preparation of fossils.
In addition, this course will discuss how animals are adapted
to their environment, for example, the marine vertebrates will
be observed during the whale watching trip. The methods
studied in this course are an excellent fit for students interested
in comparative anatomy, biodiversity, evolutionary biology and
human evolution.
For more information, students should contact the instructor of
the course.
Fallmester Courses - Problems Without Passports
Fallmester courses are similar to Maymester courses, except
they occur in the month prior to the fall semester. Fallmester
courses are 4-week intensives that provide opportunities for
students to engage in experiential learning off-campus. Fallmester
courses are held from mid-July to mid-August so that students can
register in three courses during the traditional fall semester and
one course in the Fallmester. Fallmester courses are part of the
fall semester load, so tuition is charged as fall tuition. If you are
interested in enrolling in a Fallmester course, please consult with
Financial Aid to be sure that your award is available in time for the
beginning of the Fallmester session.
Oxford, England
The Biological Sciences Department in conjunction with
University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, sponsors a 4-week
Fallmester course BISC 428. This course studies illness and
disease burdens that affects millions of people across the world. In
addition, this course addresses: challenges in global health; health
policy and public health; infectious diseases and chronic diseases;
and international development and health.
Students will have the opportunity to learn in depth about health
issues from practitioners in the field, who, throughout the course
of their careers, have worked in various countries of Africa, South
America, India, and South East Asia. Students will also hear from
researchers and clinicians active in vaccine development, disease
burden abatement, chronic disease prevention, and international
research trials. Together, the class will learn about the nuances
and complexities that are woven into disease prevention and
healthcare delivery around the world. A component of this course
has students develop ideas for a sustainable solution to a current
international health issue/problem.
For more information, students should contact the instructor of
the course.
Minor in Biology and Buisness
The Marshall School of Business and the departments of
Biological Sciences and Chemistry in the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences jointly offer the minor in Biology and
Business. See Biology and Business Minor for a list of required
courses.
Minor in Craniofacial and Dental Technology
For a description and complete listing of course requirements,
see Craniofacial and Dental Technology Minor in the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC section of the catalogue.
Minor in Marine Biology
This minor combines courses related specifically to marine
science from several Dornsife College departments or programs.
USC's location along the Pacific Ocean and the unique facilities
at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center (WMSC) on Santa
Catalina Island provide superb access for students to learn outside
of traditional classroom venues. Students will learn about the
biology, evolution, and ecology of organisms that inhabit marine
environments and the ecological and physical processes linking
them. This program is an appropriate start for students who
are seeking a focus in marine science or who are interested in
broadening their base of knowledge about marine biology, earth
sciences or environmental science.
Minor in Natural Science
The minor in natural science will first provide students with
a foundation in the basic sciences of physics, chemistry and
biology. Each student will then build on this foundation by selecting
a variety of electives to meet individual scientific interests
and academic goals. This minor is well-suited for pre-medical
students who are non-science majors, or for students interested in
developing a better understanding of the basic sciences.
This minor is not available to majors in the natural sciences or
engineering.
Graduate Degrees
Progressive Master's Degree Programs
Master of Science in Marine and Environmental
Biology
The Master of Science degree in Marine and Environmental
Biology (MEB) is designed to provide admitted students with a
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rigorous, quantitative and focused introduction to the burgeoning
fields and breadth of topics in marine environmental biology/
chemistry, geobiology, oceanography, conservation biology and
population dynamics (depending upon the concentration selected).
The MEB degree program provides students with independent
research experiences that satisfy their own specific interests. The
program is intended to position and stimulate students for possible
advanced study leading to a PhD in one of the areas stated above,
and/or provide a unique facet to the background of a prospective
medical student. The program will also provide fundamental tools
and expertise for entry into a master's level position in academic,
government, or private sector research laboratories. It will prepare
students interested in governmental and non-government (NGO)
environmental regulatory science and forge career pathways into
private sector positions in environmental consulting and business.
Details are available at dornsife.usc.edu/meb/.
Master of Science in Molecular Genetics and
Biochemistry
This degree option is available for a limited number of highly
qualified students who want to take an extra year for an intensive
graduate-level research experience with Molecular Biology
faculty. Students apply at the end of their junior year, generally
after at least one semester of research in their proposed mentor's
laboratory. Application consists of a two-page research proposal,
letter of support from the mentor, and transcript, which will be
reviewed by the master's committee for admission. Admission is
not guaranteed. Students who are accepted will take the graduate
core course in Molecular Biology (502a/b) as well as a literature
seminar and relevant electives, but a substantial part of the
credit will be graduate-level research. Students will be reviewed
during their senior year to ensure progress. All MS students must
complete a summative paper at the end of their master's year to
be approved by their mentor and one member of the master's
committee.
Doctoral Degree Programs in Biological
Sciences
The graduate programs in biology provide education and
training of biologists interested in living systems ranging from
cellular to ecosystem levels of organization, investigated by
laboratory or fieldwork. Courses and faculty research interests
allow a multidisciplinary approach. A number of additional research
areas are provided by adjunct faculty from other institutions,
including the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Students develop the ability
to formulate and test hypotheses, integrating information and
concepts in the completion of a dissertation (PhD). A qualifying
exam committee is formed for each student during the first year
to develop a particular program of course work and research, and
to evaluate the student's progress. Specific information about
the options in biological sciences can be obtained by requesting
information brochures or online at dornsife.usc.edu/bisc.
Doctor of Philosophy in Integrative and Evolutionary
Biology
This program of study provides each student with a broad,
fundamental background in integrative and evolutionary biology
(IEB) with in-depth specialization in one (or more) research
areas. Broad research areas include, but are not limited to
evolutionary biology, metabolism and nutrition, neuroscience,
endocrinology, glycemic control, energy balance, biomechanics,
biological anthropology, skeletal muscle physiology, kinesiology,
and conservation. The curriculum and learning experiences for
each student are tailored to their line of research. Students take a
written and oral screening exam in the first year, and a written and
oral qualifying exam no later than the end of the fifth semester of
study.
This degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degree must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited
four-year college or university, preferably in an area relevant to the
research interests in IEB (e.g. biology, bioanthropology, biomedical
engineering, psychology, etc.). Applicants are evaluated by their
transcripts and GPA, three letters of recommendation, a statement
of purpose and relevant research experience. A faculty member
must serve as the sponsor of admission to the IEB program and
adviser throughout the student's course of study. We encourage
applicants to reach out to potential faculty members in advance of
submitting their application materials.
Financial Support
The program supports each student we admit in the form of
teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships.
All awards include full tuition remission, a monthly stipend for living
expenses, payment of student health/dental insurance and other
university-wide benefits.
For any questions, please contact the IEB student services
adviser.
Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology and
Biological Oceanography
In the marine biology and biological oceanography (MBBO)
program, each student receives a general background in marine
sciences and obtains in-depth specialization in a research area
of his or her choosing. Each student's curriculum is fitted to the
particular needs and demands of the chosen research field. Broad
research areas include, but are not limited to: organismal biology;
evolution and population genetics; genomics; microbial biology,
genetics and systems; aquatic, terrestrial and ocean ecology;
environmental biology; and chemical biology. Typically, students
take classes in the first two years. A written and oral qualifying
exam to become a PhD candidate will be taken no later than the
end of the fourth semester of study.
This degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in a natural science
(preferably biology) from an accredited four-year college or
university. Undergraduate course work should include basic
courses in biology, general physics, chemistry, organic chemistry,
biochemistry and calculus. Applicants are evaluated by their
transcripts and GPA, three letters of recommendation, and a
statement of interest. A faculty member must serve as initial
sponsor and adviser for admission to the MBBO program, so
applicants are encouraged to contact potential advisers before
applying. Applicants who are accepted into the program but judged
to have minor deficiencies are expected to correct them within the
first year.
Financial Support
The program supports each student we admit in the form of
teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships.
All awards include full tuition remission, a monthly stipend for living
expenses, payment of student health/dental insurance and other
university-wide benefits.
For any questions, please contact the MBBO student services
adviser.
Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology
This program is designed to train the participants intensively in
the concepts and experimental methodologies of molecular biology
and biochemistry. The subject matter is organized in an integrated
fashion (lectures, seminars and laboratory) to present fundamental
information on the biochemistry, biophysics, genetics and
development of cells from a variety of different organisms. Primary
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emphasis is on the relationship between structure and function
at different integrative and functional levels. Molecular biology
(MOL) students are required to complete at least three laboratory
rotations in their first year.
This degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Admission Requirements
Application for admission may be accessed online at dornsife.
usc.edu/mcb/phdhome/. Applicants are expected to have a
bachelor's degree or equivalent in a cognate area such as biology,
chemistry, physics, engineering, bacteriology, computer science or
bioinformatics. Undergraduate work should include a basic course
in biology, basic physics, physical chemistry, organic chemistry,
biochemistry and calculus from an accredited four-year college
or university. Students who are deficient in any of these subjects
may be required to correct the deficiency during the first two years
of graduate study. Courses taken to correct these deficiencies
may not be credited toward the degree. Applicants are evaluated
holistically, through a combination of their transcripts, three letters
of recommendation, and a statement of research interest. The
letters of recommendation should be written by faculty members
who can evaluate the promise of the student for graduate work
and independent research.
Financial Support
The program supports each student we admit in the form of
teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships.
All awards include full tuition remission, a monthly stipend for living
expenses, payment of student health/dental insurance and other
university-wide benefits.
For any questions, please contact the MOL student services
adviser.
Bachelor's Degree
Biological Sciences (BA)
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences are applicable. This degree provides general
life science training and is suitable for double majors. Students
seeking a more focused curriculum may choose from four areas
of emphasis within the Biological Sciences major. These are
Biotechnology; Ecology, Evolution and Environment; Marine
Biology; and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Areas
of emphasis are denoted on transcripts.
Lower-Division BISC Core Courses (8 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Collateral Sciences Courses (32 units)
General Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Calculus Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
Physics Requirement: 8 units
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Introduction to Research-Active Faculty
(1 to 2 units)
Enroll in one or both courses.
• BISC 193 Introduction to Research I Units: 1 and/or
• BISC 194 Introduction to Research II Units: 1
Upper-Division BISC Core Courses (12 units)
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (8 units)
Eight units of upper-division BISC course work available for major
credit are required. No more than 4 units of BISC 490x may be
used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement. In addition,
no more than two seminars (BISC 460 to BISC 462), totaling 4
units, may be applied to the upper-division elective requirement.
It is expected that students will take 100-level BISC core courses
during the first year, two 300-level BISC core courses during the
second year, and the remaining core courses and the 300- or
400-level BISC major elective courses during the third and fourth
years.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
• BISC 321 Multidisciplinary Seminar: Science, Technology
and Society Units: 2
• BISC 326L Urban Conservation Biology Units: 4
• BISC 363L Mammalogy Units: 4
• BISC 365 Phylogenetics and Evolution Units: 2
• BISC 369L Ecology and the Natural History of California
Units: 4
• BISC 379L Our Future Changing Ocean Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4
• BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 414 Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
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• BISC 425 Genetics through the Scientific Literature Units: 4
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
• BISC 428 The Biology of Health from a Global Perspective
Units: 4
• BISC 429 Cancer Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 438 Nutritional Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 445L Fundamentals of Vertebrate Biology Units: 4
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 460 Seminar in Marine and Environmental Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology Units: 2
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4
• BISC 485 Advanced Seminar in Bacterial Survival and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BISC 488 Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Biological
Systems Units: 2
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
Total required units: 128
Free elective units: 10-11
Scholarship in Major Subject
The department requires that students receive a grade no lower
than C- in their five core courses. They must maintain a 2.0 GPA in
the upper-division biology and chemistry courses required for the
major, as well as an overall 2.0 GPA. All major core courses must
be taken on a letter grade basis.
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an honors program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences. This program offers students an opportunity
to participate in undergraduate research, experience in writing
an honors thesis summarizing the completed research, and
experience in an honors seminar. Honors students are required
to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar (1 unit/ -
semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis (2 units)
in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS degree.
Honors students must also choose BISC 490x as one of their
upper division electives. This program leads to the designation
on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences with Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
honors program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and math
courses required for the major.
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the honors programs, students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics
courses required for the major.
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology) (BS)
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences apply. Biotechnology involves the
utilization of biological processes and living organisms for human
benefit. A rapidly growing part of the U.S. and global economies,
biotechnology represents one of the main career paths for life
scientists who do not wish to go into academic or clinical careers.
The present is a "golden age" in the history of biotechnology
due to many relatively recent transformative innovations. These
technologies collectively provide a platform for using living
systems to solve many of the core problems that plague society,
including cancer, inherited and infectious diseases, food scarcity
and environmental issues.
Students will learn skills necessary for professional jobs in the
biotechnology industry. Because biotechnology is composed of
a number of subsectors (e.g., synthetic biology, genome editing,
clinical diagnostics, cell therapies, plant-based meats), the goal
is to provide students with broad training in applied life science
and business skills. Students will benefit from core courses
that provide essential conceptual knowledge in both biology
and business. They will then specialize through upper-division
electives focused on life science applications involving biological
macromolecules, cells or organisms; business skills needed in
the biotechnology industry; and/or experiential learning through
hands-on course work, directed research and/or internships. The
highly interdisciplinary nature of this emphasis will give students a
broad foundation needed to succeed in the modern biotechnology
industry or to pursue graduate education.
Lower-Division BISC Core Courses (8 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Collateral Sciences Courses (32 units)
General Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Calculus Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
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• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
Physics Requirement: 8 units
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Introduction to Research-Active Faculty
(1 to 2 units)
Enroll in one or both courses.
• BISC 193 Introduction to Research I Units: 1 and/or
• BISC 194 Introduction to Research II Units: 1
Upper-Division Core Courses (11 units)
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3
Biotechnology Seminar Requirement (2 units)
If enrolling in BISC 461, select a biotechnology emphasis-relevant
section.
• BISC 321 Multidisciplinary Seminar: Science, Technology
and Society Units: 2 or
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
Biotechnology Capstone Course Requirement
(4 units)
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (10 to 12 units)
Select three electives from the course options listed below:
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BAEP 474 The Entrepreneur's Guide to Intellectual Property
Units: 2
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 414 Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
• BME 406 Introduction to Bioengineering in Medicine Units: 4
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Units: 4
• BME 459L Introduction to Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery
Units: 4
• CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHEM 467L Advanced Chemical Biology Laboratory Units: 2
• MOR 458 Technology Strategy: The Case of AI Units: 2, 4
• PHYS 444 Physical Biology: From Molecules to Cells Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
Scholarship in Major Subject
The department requires that students receive a grade no
lower than C- in the five lower- and upper-division core courses.
Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the upper-division course
work required for the major, as well as an overall 2.0 GPA. All
major core courses must be taken on a letter grade basis.
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an honors program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences. This program offers students an opportunity
to participate in undergraduate research, experience in writing
an honors thesis summarizing the completed research, and
experience in an honors seminar. Honors students are required
to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar (1 unit/ -
semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis (2 units)
in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS degree.
Honors students must also choose BISC 490x as one of their
upper division electives. This program leads to the designation
on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences with Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
honors program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and math
courses required for the major.
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the honors programs, students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics
courses required for the major.
Biological Sciences (BS)
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences are applicable. Among all undergraduate
degrees in Biological Sciences offered by the Department of
Biological Sciences, this degree provides the most general life
science training. Students seeking a more focused curriculum
may choose from four areas of emphasis within the Biological
Sciences major. These are Biotechnology; Ecology, Evolution
and Environment; Marine Biology; and Molecular, Cellular and
Developmental Biology. Areas of emphasis are denoted on
transcripts.
Lower-Division BISC Core Courses (8 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Collateral Sciences Courses (32 units)
General Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
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• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Calculus Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
Physics Requirement: 8 units
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Introduction to Research-Active Faculty
(1 to 2 units)
Enroll in one or both courses.
• BISC 193 Introduction to Research I Units: 1 and/or
• BISC 194 Introduction to Research II Units: 1
Upper-Division BISC Core Courses (12 units)
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (20 units)
Twenty units of upper-division BISC course work available for
major credit are required. At least two courses in the upper-division
electives must carry a lab ("L") or be 490. No more than 4 units
of BISC 490x may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective
requirement. In addition, no more than two seminars (BISC 460 to
BISC 462), totaling 4 units, may be applied to the upper-division
elective requirement.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
• BISC 321 Multidisciplinary Seminar: Science, Technology
and Society Units: 2
• BISC 363L Mammalogy Units: 4
• BISC 365 Phylogenetics and Evolution Units: 2
• BISC 369L Ecology and the Natural History of California
Units: 4
• BISC 379L Our Future Changing Ocean Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4
• BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 414 Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
• BISC 425 Genetics through the Scientific Literature Units: 4
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
• BISC 428 The Biology of Health from a Global Perspective
Units: 4
• BISC 429 Cancer Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 438 Nutritional Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 445L Fundamentals of Vertebrate Biology Units: 4
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 460 Seminar in Marine and Environmental Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology Units: 2
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4
• BISC 485 Advanced Seminar in Bacterial Survival and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BISC 488 Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Biological
Systems Units: 2
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
Total required units: 128
Scholarship in Major Subject
The department requires that students receive a grade no lower
than C- in their five core courses. They must maintain a 2.0 GPA in
the upper-division biology and chemistry courses required for the
major, as well as an overall 2.0 GPA. All major core courses must
be taken on a letter grade basis.
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an honors program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences. This program offers students an opportunity
to participate in undergraduate research, experience in writing
an honors thesis summarizing the completed research, and
experience in an honors seminar. Honors students are required
to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar (1 unit/ -
semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis (2 units)
in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS degree.
Honors students must also choose BISC 490x as one of their
upper division electives. This program leads to the designation
on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences with Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
honors program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and math
courses required for the major.
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the honors programs, students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics
courses required for the major.
Biological Sciences (Ecology, Evolution and
Environment) (BS)
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences apply. All students will take foundational courses
in biological sciences, chemistry, math, statistics and physics. The
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Ecology, Evolution and Environment emphasis empowers students
with the experimental and theoretical tools required to understand
the forces that drive and maintain biodiversity on the planet. This
fundamental question spans many different hierarchies in biology
– from genes and molecules, to organisms and populations, to
species and ecosystems. How do all these interactions work, and
what causes them to fail? The Ecology, Evolution and Environment
curriculum was designed by active research faculty with an eye
towards modern biological techniques and a strong emphasis on
field biology. Ecology, Evolution and Environment students will be
uniquely prepared to pursue a career in sustainability in addition to
careers with a strong focus on ecology, evolution and environment
in both the public and private sector.
Lower-Division BISC Core Courses (8 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Collateral Sciences Courses (32 units)
General Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Calculus Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
Physics Requirement: 8 units
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Introduction to Research-Active Faculty
(1 to 2 units)
Enroll in one or both courses.
• BISC 193 Introduction to Research I Units: 1 and/or
• BISC 194 Introduction to Research II Units: 1
Upper-Division Core Courses (12 units)
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
• BISC 326L Urban Conservation Biology Units: 4
Research-Based Learning Requirement
(2 units)
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
Ecology, Evolution and Environment Seminar
Requirement (2 units)
Enroll in an emphasis-relevant section of the seminar course.
• BISC 460 Seminar in Marine and Environmental Biology
Units: 2
Ecology, Evolution and Environment Capstone
Requirement (4 units)
Enroll in 4 units of BISC 490.
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Upper-Division Electives (10 to 12 units)
Select three or four electives from the course options listed below.
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 363L Mammalogy Units: 4
• BISC 365 Phylogenetics and Evolution Units: 2
• BISC 369L Ecology and the Natural History of California
Units: 4
• BISC 379L Our Future Changing Ocean Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 445L Fundamentals of Vertebrate Biology Units: 4
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
Scholarship in Major Subject
The department requires that students receive a grade no
lower than C- in the five lower- and upper-division core courses.
Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the upper-division course
work required for the major, as well as an overall 2.0 GPA. All
major core courses must be taken on a letter grade basis.
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an honors program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences. This program offers students an opportunity
to participate in undergraduate research, experience in writing
an honors thesis summarizing the completed research, and
experience in an honors seminar. Honors students are required
to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar (1 unit/ -
semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis (2 units)
in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS degree.
Honors students must also choose BISC 490x as one of their
upper division electives. This program leads to the designation
on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences with Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
honors program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and math
courses required for the major.
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the honors programs, students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics
courses required for the major.
Biological Sciences (Marine Biology) (BS)
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences apply. All students take foundational
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courses in biological sciences, chemistry, math, statistics and
physics. Marine biology is the study of life in oceans and other
saltwater environments. The marine biology emphasis focuses
on the biology of marine organisms, their interactions with the
environment and emergent properties of the ecosystems that arise
from these interactions. The program addresses this field across
multiple levels of organization, from the ecology of microbial
populations and their role in the cycling of nutrients and energy in
the ocean, through to the physiological and genetic mechanisms
that enable marine organisms to adapt to the dynamic and
often extreme environments in the ocean. The conditions in the
oceans are also changing at an unprecedented rate because
oceans play a critical role in climate change, absorbing much
of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide and associated heat from
global warming. The emphasis enables students to understand
the biological effects that warming, ocean acidification and
deoxygenation will have on marine biodiversity and the ecosystem
services that the oceans provide the planet.
Lower-Division BISC Core Courses (8 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Collateral Sciences Courses (32 units)
General Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Calculus Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
Physics Requirement: 8 units
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Introduction to Research-Active Faculty
(1 to 2 units)
Enroll in one or both courses.
• BISC 193 Introduction to Research I Units: 1 and/or
• BISC 194 Introduction to Research II Units: 1
Upper-Division Core Courses (12 units)
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Research-Based Learning Requirement
(2 to 8 units)
Select at least one course from the course options listed below.
Courses cannot count for more than one degree requirement.
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• ENST 298aL Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2
• ENST 298bL Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2
Marine Biology Seminar Requirement (2 units)
Enroll in a marine biology emphasis-relevant section of the
seminar course.
• BISC 460 Seminar in Marine and Environmental Biology
Units: 2
Marine Biology Capstone Course Requirement
(4 units)
Select one capstone course from the options listed below. Courses
cannot count toward more than one degree requirement.
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Upper-Division Electives (8 to 12 units)
Select two to three electives from the course options listed below.
Courses cannot count toward more than one degree requirement.
• BISC 369L Ecology and the Natural History of California
Units: 4
• BISC 379L Our Future Changing Ocean Units: 4
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
• ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4
• ENST 413 Sustainable Aquaculture and Food Security
Units: 4
• ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
Scholarship in Major Subject
The department requires that students receive a grade no
lower than C- in the five lower- and upper-division core courses.
Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the upper-division course
work required for the major, as well as an overall 2.0 GPA. All
major core courses must be taken on a letter grade basis
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an honors program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences. This program offers students an opportunity
to participate in undergraduate research, experience in writing
an honors thesis summarizing the completed research, and
experience in an honors seminar. Honors students are required
to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar (1 unit/ -
semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis (2 units)
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in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS degree.
Honors students must also choose BISC 490x as one of their
upper division electives. This program leads to the designation
on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences with Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
honors program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and math
courses required for the major.
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the honors programs, students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics
courses required for the major.
Biological Sciences (Molecular, Cellular and
Developmental Biology) (BS)
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences apply. All students will take foundational courses
in biological sciences, chemistry, math, statistics and physics. The
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) emphasis
provides a focused and rigorous training in the fundamentals of
biology with a concentration on how genes, proteins and pathways
give rise to organisms and their phenotypes. Students will conduct
hands-on laboratory research and gain experience in reading and
critical evaluation of the current research literature. The MCDB
emphasis provides a foundation for post-graduate study, and for
careers in biomedical research and clinical practice.
Lower-Division BISC Core Courses (8 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Collateral Sciences Courses (32 units)
General Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry Requirement: 8 units
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Calculus Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics Requirement: 4 units
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
Physics Requirement: 8 units
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Introduction to Research-Active Faculty
(1 to 2 units)
Enroll in one or both courses.
• BISC 193 Introduction to Research I Units: 1 and/or
• BISC 194 Introduction to Research II Units: 1
Upper-Division Core Courses (12 units)
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
MCDB Research or Research-Based Seminar
Requirement (2 to 4 units)
Select one MCDB-relevant seminar course from the options
listed below. Courses cannot count toward more than one degree
requirement.
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 414 Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• BISC 425 Genetics through the Scientific Literature Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Take
2 or 4 units
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
MCDB Capstone Course Requirement
(2 to 4 units)
Select at least one course from the course options below. Courses
cannot count toward more than one degree requirement.
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
Upper-Division Electives (10 to 12 units)
Select three electives from the course options listed below.
Courses cannot count toward more than one degree requirement.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 414 Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 425 Genetics through the Scientific Literature Units: 4
• BISC 429 Cancer Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 488 Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Biological
Systems Units: 2
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BISC 493x Honors Seminar Units: 1
• BISC 494x Honors Thesis Units: 2
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4
• HBIO 320 Muscle Physiology Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
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Scholarship in Major Subject
The department requires that students receive a grade
no lower than C- in the five lower- and upper-division core
courses. Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the upper-division
coursework required for the major, as well as an overall 2.0 GPA.
All major core courses must be taken on a letter grade basis.
Honors Program in Biological Sciences
The department offers an honors program to outstanding
students already pursuing studies for the BA or BS degree in
Biological Sciences. This program offers students an opportunity
to participate in undergraduate research, experience in writing
an honors thesis summarizing the completed research, and
experience in an honors seminar. Honors students are required
to take two semesters of BISC 493x Honors Seminar (1 unit/ -
semester) and one semester of BISC 494x Honors Thesis (2 units)
in addition to fulfilling all requirements of the BA or BS degree.
Honors students must also choose BISC 490x as one of their
upper division electives. This program leads to the designation
on the transcript of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences with Honors.
Honors Admission Requirements
Students may apply to the department for admission to the
honors program after having completed at least one year of
work at USC with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all science and math
courses required for the major.
Honors Scholarship Requirements
For continuation in the honors programs, students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and mathematics
courses required for the major.
Human Biology (BA)
The section of Human and Evolutionary Biology within the
Department of Biological Sciences oversees the Human Biology
BA at USC. This degree is designed for students seeking a
course of study in human applied physiology and metabolism,
performance and/or human evolution. The Human Biology BA is an
excellent option for students pursuing pre-professional education
in the fields of physical therapy, nutrition, pharmacology, sports
training, kinesiology, biomechanics, human evolution, primatology,
evolutionary biology, etc.
Summary of Requirements
Students must complete the general core consisting of 20 units.
In addition, they must select 16 units from one of the three track
modules below, as well as 8 additional units from the restricted
elective list or any other track in the major. No more than one
course may be lower division (100- or 200-level) from the major
track and electives combined. Total requirements: 44 units
including at least 24 upper-division.
General Core (20 Units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4 or
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• HBIO 202Lg Nutrition for Life Units: 4
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 or
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
Major Track (16 Units)
Choose 16 units from one of the track modules below.
Human Physiology and Metabolism (16 units)
The Human Physiology and Metabolism track explores human
movement through the study of body form and function, using
general principles of physiology, and biomechanics. Courses
in this track further examine physiology and nutrition with an
emphasis on human health and disease.
• HBIO 302L Nutrition and Metabolism Units: 4 *
• HBIO 370 Genetics and Disease Units: 4 *
• HBIO 360L Nutrition and Disease Units: 4 *
• HBIO 407L Endocrinology and Metabolism Units: 4 *
• HBIO 408L Biomechanics Units: 4 *
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4 *
Human Evolutionary Biology (16 units)
The Human Evolution track examines how and why humans
evolved using evolutionary mechanisms and hypotheses.
The track courses explore paleo-human ancestors, primates
(prosimians, monkeys and apes), and the impact of society and
culture on evolution.
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• HBIO 403L Forensic Science of the Bones Units: 4 *
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4 *
• HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4 *
Human Performance (16 units)
The Human Performance track examines the scientific link
between nutrition, athletic performance and the physiological
response to exercise. The track further provides students with
knowledge of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic
injuries.
• HBIO 250g The Pharmacology of Performance-Enhancing
Drugs Units: 4
• HBIO 320 Muscle Physiology Units: 4 *
• HBIO 400L Motor Control and Learning Units: 4 *
• HBIO 401L Physiology of Movement Units: 4 *
• HBIO 441L Prevention of Athletic Injuries Units: 4 *
Restricted Electives (8 Units)
A minimum of 8 units is required. Courses can be selected from
the elective list below or from any other track in the major.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4 *
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4 *
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4 *
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4 *
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4 *
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required) *
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• HBIO 409 Metabolic Diseases Units: 4 *
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4 *
• HBIO 439L Human Performance and Bioenergetics Units: 2
or 4 (4 Units Required) *
• HBIO 442L Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
Units: 4 *
• HBIO 491L Laboratory Experience in Kinesiology Units: 2, 4 *
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4 or
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4 *
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4 *
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required
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Human Biology (BS)
The section of Human and Evolutionary Biology within the
Department of Biological Sciences oversees the Human Biology
BS at USC. This degree is designed for students seeking a
focused course of study in human applied physiology, biomedicine,
nutrition and metabolism and/or human evolution. The Human
Biology BS is an excellent option for students pursuing pre-
professional education in the fields of medicine, physical therapy,
dentistry, physician assistant, nursing, nutrition, kinesiology,
biomechanics, human evolution, primatology, evolutionary biology,
etc.
Summary of Requirements
Students must complete the general core consisting of 24 units.
In addition, they must complete all courses listed in the major track
of their choice (one thematic module of 20 units), as well as 16
additional units from the restricted elective list or any other track in
the major. No more than two courses may be lower division (100-
or 200-level) from the major track and electives combined. Total
major requirements: 60 units; total degree requirements: 128 units.
General Core (24 Units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 or
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 *
Major Track (20 Units)
Choose one complete track module from below:
Applied Physiology
The Applied Physiology track explores human movement through
the study of body form and function, using general principles of
physiology, biomechanics and motor learning.
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4 *
• HBIO 320 Muscle Physiology Units: 4 *
• HBIO 400L Motor Control and Learning Units: 4 *
• HBIO 408L Biomechanics Units: 4 *
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4 *
Biomedical Science
The Biomedical Science track applies the knowledge of molecular
biology to understand human physiology on macro- and
microcellular levels of the body.
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4 *
• HBIO 302L Nutrition and Metabolism Units: 4 *
• HBIO 407L Endocrinology and Metabolism Units: 4 *
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4 * or
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4 *
Health and Disease
The Health and Disease track explores physiology and nutrition
with an emphasis on human health and disease. Common
diseases of major organ systems are studied with a focus on
diseases related to obesity and metabolic dysfunction.
• HBIO 302L Nutrition and Metabolism Units: 4 *
• HBIO 360L Nutrition and Disease Units: 4 *
• HBIO 370 Genetics and Disease Units: 4 *
• HBIO 409 Metabolic Diseases Units: 4 *
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4 *
Human Evolutionary Biology
The Human Evolution track examines how and why humans
evolved using evolutionary mechanisms and hypotheses.
The track courses explore paleo-human ancestors, primates
(prosimians, monkeys and apes), and the impact of society and
culture on evolution.
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4 *
Restricted Electives (16 Units)
A minimum of 16 units is required. Courses can be selected from
the elective list below or from any other track in the major.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4 *
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4 *
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4 *
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4 *
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4 *
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4 *
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4 *
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4 *
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required) *
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4 *
• HBIO 439L Human Performance and Bioenergetics Units: 2
or 4 (4 Units Required) *
• HBIO 441L Prevention of Athletic Injuries Units: 4 *
• HBIO 442L Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
Units: 4 *
• HBIO 491L Laboratory Experience in Kinesiology Units: 2, 4 *
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4 *
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4 *
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4 or
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 * or
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 *
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4 *
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required
Minor
Biology and Business Minor
The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and the USC
Marshall School of Business jointly offer the cross-departmental
minor in biology and business. This minor brings essential
knowledge in the basic sciences together with the corporate skills
needed in a rapidly growing industry. The minor is especially
well suited for the business, biological sciences, chemistry or
engineering student seeking a career in business and/or the
biomedical/bio-technical sciences.
This minor requires a varying number of units beyond major
requirements depending upon the student’s major program of
study: biological sciences (BA or BS), 16–18 additional units;
business (BS), 28 additional units; chemistry (BA or BS), 32–34
additional units.
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Students in other majors may be required to complete up to 46
units for the minor depending on whether their major includes any
of the minor requirements and their prerequisites.
Please see a biological sciences or business adviser for specific
program requirements.
BISC Core Courses (16 units)
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
Additional Recommended BISC Courses
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
CHEM Core Courses (12 units)
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Additional Recommended Collateral Science
Courses
• CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Finance, Business and Accounting Courses
(16 - 18 units)
Students pursuing a business degree must enroll in BUAD 280,
BUAD 281 and BUAD 306.
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
or
• BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3 and
• BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
or
• BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of Accounting
Information Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
or
• BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
or
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
Additional Recommended MATH Courses
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
Biology of Human Movement Minor
This minor provides students with an interdisciplinary
perspective that integrates elements of anatomy, biomechanics,
motor control as well as evolution and applies them to the
assessment and improvement of human performance during the
activities of daily living. This minor is ideal for students interested
in fields such as bioengineering, biokinesiology, health promotion,
athletics and dance.
Prerequisite Courses
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
Core Courses
Four courses for a total 16 units from the following options are
required:
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• HBIO 401L Physiology of Movement Units: 4 or
• HBIO 408L Biomechanics Units: 4
• HBIO 309 The Human Machine Units: 4 or
• HBIO 400L Motor Control and Learning Units: 4
• HBIO 439L Human Performance and Bioenergetics Units: 2
or 4 or
• HBIO 442L Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
Units: 4
Minimum Upper-Division Core Units Required:
16
Human Disease Minor
The minor in Human Disease is an interdisciplinary program
focused on the biological and psychological factors that determine
wellness and disease. It is an ideal minor for students interested
in various disciples such medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry,
public health, global health, health policy and health promotion.
The minor includes two lower-division pre-requisites, two upper-
division courses to be chosen from a list of HBIO courses and two
upper-division courses to be chosen from a list of PSYC courses
for a total of four upper-division courses (16 units).
Pre-requisite Courses
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Human Biology
Choose two from the following:
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• HBIO 360L Nutrition and Disease Units: 4
• HBIO 370 Genetics and Disease Units: 4
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4
Psychology
Choose two from the following:
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 424 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
Minimum Upper-Division Units Required: 16
Marine Biology Minor
Studies of the marine environment are relevant to many
contemporary environmental issues and problems central to
understanding earth-system evolution, dynamics, climate and
sustainability. The minor in Marine Biology combines courses
related specifically to marine science from several Dornsife
College departments or programs. USC's location along the Pacific
Ocean and the unique facilities at the USC Wrigley Marine Science
Center on Catalina Island provide superb access for students to
learn outside of traditional classroom venues. Students will learn
about the biology, evolution and ecology of organisms that inhabit
marine environments and the ecological and physical processes
linking them. This program is an appropriate start for students who
are seeking a focus in marine science or who are interested in
broadening their base of knowledge about marine biology, earth
sciences or environmental science.
The minor consists of 24 units of course work. At least 16 must
be upper-division and unique to the minor. Courses required by the
student's major or general education (GE) requirements may not
be applied toward the minor. Students must earn a letter grade of
C- or better in all course work used for the minor. Prior to declaring
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the minor, students must have completed the requirement for BISC
120Lg or BISC 121Lg or BISC 103Lgx. Basic chemistry, such as
CHEM 103Lgx or CHEM 105aLg and CHEM 105bL, is strongly
recommended. Students are encouraged enroll in at least one
field-based course. Courses may be substituted with approval of
the minor in Marine Biology program director, and this approval
must be filed with the Office of Academic Records and Registrar.
Required Courses (8 units)
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4 *
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4 *
Field Courses and Other Electives (12 units)
Note: No more than one lower-division course may count toward
the minor.
Field-based Courses
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography Units: 4 *
• ENST 298aL Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2
• ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability Units: 4
Non-field-based Courses
• BISC 140g Our Blue Planet in a Changing Climate Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4 *
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4 *
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4 *
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 485 Advanced Seminar in Bacterial Survival and
Evolution Units: 4 *
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 **
• ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4 *
• ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 **
• GEOL 107Lg Oceanography Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4 *
• GEOL 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 **
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
* Course requires prerequisite/corequisite
** Research or special topic must be related to the marine
environment. With permission from minor adviser.
Natural Science Minor
The minor in natural science will first provide students with a
foundation in the basic sciences of physics, chemistry and biology.
Each student will then build on these foundation courses by
selecting a variety of electives to meet individual scientific interests
and academic goals. Eighteen units toward the natural science
minor must be completed at USC. This minor is not available to
majors in the natural sciences.
Required Courses (22 Units)
Any five courses from among:
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
And a capstone course:
• BISC 321 Multidisciplinary Seminar: Science, Technology
and Society Units: 2
Elective Course Requirement (8 units)
Any two courses chosen from among those offered for major credit
by the departments of chemistry, physics, biological sciences and
earth sciences.
Master's Degree
Biology (MS)
The MS degree program in biology is a terminal degree
for students admitted into the marine biology and biological
oceanography (MBBO), neurobiology (BNRO), or integrative and
evolutionary biology (IEB) PhD programs who cannot complete the
PhD degree program for personal or medical reasons.
The MS degree program is a non-thesis program but a paper,
based on the student's original research investigation of a selected
program in biology, constitutes one of the requirements. Each
student must take 7–8 units of biology graduate core courses
(BISC 582, BISC 584 and BISC 585) or neurobiology courses
(NSCI 524 and either NSCI 531 or NSCI 532), two seminars and
additional graduate courses or research units for a minimum
of 24 units. Students also must satisfy the residency and other
requirements of the Graduate School. Further details of these
requirements are contained within each graduate program's
particular requirements and policies.
Each student must take 7–8 units of:
Biology Graduate Core Courses
• BISC 582 Advanced Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 584 Faculty Lecture Series Units: 2
• BISC 585 Scientific Writing and Reviewing Units: 2
or
Neurobiology Courses
• NSCI 524 Advanced Overview of Neurosciences Units: 4
• NSCI 531 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Units: 4 or
• NSCI 532 Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Two seminars and additional graduate courses or research units
for a minimum of 24 units. Students also must satisfy the residency
and other requirements of the Graduate School. Further details of
these requirements are contained within each graduate program's
particular requirements and policies.
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
(MS)
Molecular, cellular, developmental biology and epidemiology are
the foundations of the joint USC-CHLA master's program. Students
complete 32 credits of graduate-level courses and gain hands-
on experience in the lab and clinical setting. Students have the
opportunity for interdisciplinary studies taught by world-renowned
faculty jointly hosted by a children's hospital and a major research
university. The DOOHD program provides outstanding preparation
for future work in academic, medical and bioscience industry
settings.
Students will be provided with:
• An excellent educational and research experience.
• An opportunity to interact with faculty on a broad range of
cutting-edge research topics in Developmental Origins of
Health and Disease (DOOHD).
• Hands-on training to learn techniques for conducting
research in the lab of a DOOHD faculty member.
• Exposure to the national and international Developmental
Biology and Regenerative Medicine research community
through seminars and symposia.
Students pursuing the Master of Science in Developmental
Origins of Health and Disease are subject to the following
requirements: (1) at least 32 units are required; (2) courses outside
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the lists presented below require approval from the program
adviser; (3) at least 22 units must be taken at the 500- or 600-level
and no courses below the 400-level may be applied; (4) with prior
permission from the program adviser, up to 10 units of 400-level
course work in a BISC seminar series, bioethics, developmental
biology, epigenetics, health policy, nutrition or science writing may
be counted toward the DOOHD MS degree program.
Core Course Requirement (18 units)
• BISC 550a Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Units: 4
• BISC 550b Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Units: 4
• BISC 552 Bioethics, Health Policy and Human Development
Units: 2
• BISC 555 Epidemiology of Developmental Origins of Disease
Units: 1
• BISC 556 Developmental Nutrition and Lifelong Health
Units: 1
• BISC 557 Emerging Technologies for the Study of Health and
Disease Units: 2
• BISC 559 DOOHD Seminar Series Units: 2 *
*Take this course twice for a total 4 units.
Research Requirement (12 units)
• BISC 558a Capstone Research Project Units: 2
• BISC 558b Capstone Research Project Units: 2
• BISC 558c Capstone Research Project Units: 8
Writing and Communication Requirement
(2 units)
Students select a relevant section of JOUR 510 in consultation
with an adviser.
• JOUR 510 Special Assignment Reporting Units: 2
Marine and Environmental Biology (MS)
The Master of Science degree in Marine and Environmental
Biology (MEB) is designed to provide admitted students with a
rigorous, quantitative and focused introduction to the burgeoning
fields and breadth of topics in marine environmental biology/
chemistry, geobiology, oceanography, conservation biology and
population dynamics (depending upon the concentration selected).
MEB provides students with independent research experiences
that satisfy their own specific interests. The program is intended
to position and stimulate students for possible advanced study
leading to a PhD in one of the areas stated above, and/or provide
a unique facet to the background of a prospective medical
student. The program will also provide fundamental tools and
expertise for entry into a master's level position in academic,
government or private sector research laboratories. It will prepare
students interested in governmental and non-government (NGO)
environmental regulatory science and forge career pathways into
private sector positions in environmental consulting and business.
Applicants must possess a cumulative and science GPA of
3.0 or higher and have the following courses completed prior
to admission: one year of introductory biology, one semester of
molecular biology, one semester of biochemistry, one year of
general chemistry, and one year of organic chemistry. All of the
above must carry labs and be available for major credit in the
natural sciences at a four-year college or university.
Applicants interested in using course work completed while an
undergraduate may apply for the progressive master's degree as
early as their junior year.
Core Courses
• BISC 582 Advanced Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 585 Scientific Writing and Reviewing Units: 2
• BISC 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (4 Units Required)
Completion of two semesters of:
• BISC 529 Seminar in Marine Biology Units: 1
Core Seminar Elective
Completion of one advanced seminar from among:
• BISC 530 Advanced Seminar in Plankton Biology Units: 2
• BISC 531 Advanced Seminar on the Physiology of Marine
Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 532 Advanced Seminar in Molecular and Microbial
Ecology Units: 2
• BISC 533 Advanced Seminar in Remote Sensing and
Modeling Units: 2
• BISC 534 Advanced Seminar in Population Genetics of
Marine Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 535 Seminar in Physiology Units: 2
• BISC 536 Advanced Seminar in Marine Biogeochemistry
Units: 2
Graduate Elective Requirement
Eighteen units chosen from the following list, of which 8 units must
be within the Department of Biological Sciences (BISC), and no
more than 8 units can be at the 400-level.
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 437L Comparative Physiology of Animals Units: 4
• BISC 445L Fundamentals of Vertebrate Biology Units: 4
• BISC 447L Island Biogeography and Field Ecology Units: 4
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 455L Molecular Approaches to Microbial Diversity —
Catalina Semester Units: 4
• BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 460 Seminar in Marine and Environmental Biology
Units: 2 , max 4
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 474L Ecosystem Function and Earth Systems Units: 4
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4
• BISC 502a Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 511 Integrative Biology Units: 4
• BISC 512 Evolutionary Biology Units: 4
• BISC 530 Advanced Seminar in Plankton Biology Units: 2
• BISC 531 Advanced Seminar on the Physiology of Marine
Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 532 Advanced Seminar in Molecular and Microbial
Ecology Units: 2
• BISC 533 Advanced Seminar in Remote Sensing and
Modeling Units: 2
• BISC 534 Advanced Seminar in Population Genetics of
Marine Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 536 Advanced Seminar in Marine Biogeochemistry
Units: 2
• BISC 584 Faculty Lecture Series Units: 2
• BISC 588 Introduction to Bioinformatics Units: 2
• CE 443 Environmental Chemistry Units: 3
• CE 503 Microbiology for Environmental Engineers Units: 3
• ENE 562 Aquatic Chemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 460L Geochemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 500 Paleoecology Units: 3
• GEOL 501 Paleobiology Units: 3
• GEOL 514 Marine Geology Units: 3
• GEOL 555 Paleoceanography Units: 3
• GEOL 560 Marine Geochemistry Units: 3, 2 years
• GEOL 564 Isotope Geochemistry Units: 3, 2 years
• GEOL 567 Stable Isotope Geochemistry Units: 3
• GEOL 577L Micropaleontology Units: 3, 2 years
• OS 512 Introduction to Chemical and Physical Oceanography
Units: 4
• PPD 694 Coastal Policy and Planning Units: 4
Total required units: 32
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Molecular and Computational Biology (MS)
The MS degree program in molecular and computational
biology (MCB) is a terminal degree for students admitted into the
MCB PhD program who cannot complete the PhD degree program
for personal or medical reasons. The study of molecular biology
places so many demands upon the student that it is difficult to
attain any satisfactory level of competence in the time generally
taken for a master's degree. Therefore, enrollment of graduate
students as master's degree applicants is not encouraged and is
reserved for special circumstances. The curriculum of the master's
student is patterned after that of the doctorate up to and including
the qualifying examination, but not including thesis research. The
qualifying examination will serve as the comprehensive master's
examination.
Doctoral Degree
Biology (Marine and Environmental Biology)
(PhD)
Application deadline: January 15
Course Requirements
In biology with an emphasis in marine and environmental
biology, each student receives a general background in marine
sciences and obtains in-depth specialization in a research area
of his or her choosing. Each student's curriculum is fitted to the
particular needs and demands of the chosen research field. The
24 units of formal course work must include the following: BISC
529 (4), BISC 582 (4), BISC 583 (4), BISC 584 (2), BISC 585
(2); four advanced graduate seminars (8); and a statistics course
approved by the student's adviser.
For Admission Requirements, refer to the admissions section of
Biological Sciences.
Core Courses (14 units)
• BISC 582 Advanced Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 583 Evolution and Adaptation of Marine Organisms
Units: 4
• BISC 584 Faculty Lecture Series Units: 2
• BISC 585 Scientific Writing and Reviewing Units: 2
Two semesters of student seminar (2 units)
• BISC 529 Seminar in Marine Biology Units: 1
Core Seminar Electives (8 units)
Completion of four advanced seminars from among the following:
• BISC 530 Advanced Seminar in Plankton Biology Units: 2
• BISC 531 Advanced Seminar on the Physiology of Marine
Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 532 Advanced Seminar in Molecular and Microbial
Ecology Units: 2
• BISC 533 Advanced Seminar in Remote Sensing and
Modeling Units: 2
• BISC 534 Advanced Seminar in Population Genetics of
Marine Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 535 Seminar in Physiology Units: 2
• BISC 536 Advanced Seminar in Marine Biogeochemistry
Units: 2
• BISC 538 Metals and Biology in Oceanic Regimes Units: 2
• BISC 586 Biological Oceanographic Instrumentation Units: 2
• BISC 587 Communicating Ocean Science Units: 4
Additional Requirements
A minimum total of 60 units is required, consisting of formal
courses, seminars and research credit. At least 24 of the minimum
60 total units required are to be formal graduate course work
(lecture and seminar courses).
Screening Examination
Candidates must also pass a screening examination to
determine competence and point out deficiencies, fulfill a research
tool requirement (computer skills, biostatistics, quantitative
chemistry), and meet the residency and other requirements of the
Graduate School. This exam is completed before completion of 24
units in the program.
Student Teaching
Since most graduates in biological sciences will spend some
part of their careers in academic work, teaching experience is
considered an important part of graduate training. Each graduate
student in the program is therefore required to serve at least two
semesters as a teaching assistant in the Department of Biological
Sciences. Students must enroll in BISC 593 either before or
concurrent with their first semester as a Teaching Assistant.
Qualifying Examination
Before the end of the fourth semester, each student must pass
a written and oral qualifying examination given by the student's
qualifying exam committee. The written part involves answering
a number of questions at length. The oral part is in the area of
the student's intended research, based on a project selected and
developed by the student into a written proposition. After passing
the qualifying examination, the student completes the research
investigation and any other requirements under the guidance of
the research adviser who also chairs the dissertation committee.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original, publishable and significant
research conducted independently by the student under the
guidance of the dissertation committee.
Defense of the Dissertation
The dissertation defense includes a formal public seminar,
followed by a detailed defense meeting with the full Dissertation
Committee.
Integrative and Evolutionary Biology (PhD)
Application deadline: December 15
This program of study is designed to provide each student with
a broad, fundamental background in integrative and evolutionary
biology (IEB) coupled with detailed knowledge and expertise in
the chosen area of concentration. The core of the course work
in integrative and evolutionary biology consists of four courses
— BISC 515 (4), seminar BISC 549 (2-2) and a 4-unit course to
be decided upon by the student's adviser — that are taken by
all first-year graduate students. Various faculty members also
teach a variety of advanced courses and seminars on specialized
research topics each semester. In addition, a range of courses in
areas relating to IEB are available in various departments on the
University Park and Health Sciences Campuses.
Course Requirements
Each student's curriculum is tailored to the particular interests of
the individual and the needs and demands of the chosen research
field. A minimum total of 60 units is required, consisting of formal
courses, seminars and research credit. The 24 units of formal
course work must include 12 units of specified course work in
integrative and evolutionary biology, BISC 515, adviser-specified
course, seminar BISC 549 (minimum 4 units), and 12 units of
advanced electives chosen in consultation with the student's
adviser.
Screening Examination
After completion of the core integrative biology and evolutionary
biology course work (BISC 515 , adviserspecified, BISC 549)
during the first year, the student's degree progress is discussed
and evaluated by a screening committee composed of members
of the IEB faculty as well as the student's principal adviser.
The purpose of this written and oral evaluation is to determine
competence to continue graduate study and identify areas to be
strengthened prior to the qualifying examination.
Student Teaching
Since most graduates in biological sciences will spend some
part of their careers in academic work, teaching experience is
considered an important part of graduate training. Each graduate
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student in the program is therefore required to assist in the
teaching program for two semesters as a teaching assistant.
Qualifying Examination
By the end of the third semester, students should choose a
qualifying exam committee consistent with the requirements of
the graduate school composed of IEB faculty and one outside
member. This committee will conduct the qualifying exam and
provide guidance during dissertation research. The chair of the
committee will serve as the principal adviser. Students should
consult extensively with each committee member regarding
subjects to be covered in the exam.
The qualifying exam consists of written and oral parts. Both
parts must be finished before the end of the fifth semester. For the
written exam, the adviser will consult with each of the members
of the qualifying exam committee. The written part will incorporate
evaluation and synthesis of existing knowledge related to topic
areas, design of experiment to test a relevant hypothesis, and
interpretation of anticipated results. The oral exam consists of
an oral defense of the written part and will be conducted within a
month of the written part of the qualifying exam.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original, publishable and significant
research conducted independently by the student under the
guidance of the dissertation committee.
Defense of the Dissertation
The defense of the dissertation is either a defense oral or a final
oral. In most cases a defense oral will suffice if approved by the
dissertation committee.
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
(PhD)
Application deadline: January 15
Course Requirements
In marine biology and biological oceanography, each student
receives a general background in marine sciences and obtains
in-depth specialization in a research area of his or her choosing.
Each student's curriculum is fitted to the particular needs and
demands of the chosen research field. The 24 units of formal
course work must include the following: BISC 529 (4), BISC 582
(4), BISC 583 (4), BISC 584 (2), BISC 585 (2); four advanced
graduate seminars (8); and a statistics course approved by the
student's adviser.
For Admission Requirements, refer to the admissions section of
Biological Sciences.
Core Courses (14 units)
• BISC 582 Advanced Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 583 Evolution and Adaptation of Marine Organisms
Units: 4
• BISC 584 Faculty Lecture Series Units: 2
• BISC 585 Scientific Writing and Reviewing Units: 2
Two semesters of student seminar (2 units)
• BISC 529 Seminar in Marine Biology Units: 1
Core Seminar Electives (8 units)
Completion of four advanced seminars from among the following:
• BISC 530 Advanced Seminar in Plankton Biology Units: 2
• BISC 531 Advanced Seminar on the Physiology of Marine
Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 532 Advanced Seminar in Molecular and Microbial
Ecology Units: 2
• BISC 533 Advanced Seminar in Remote Sensing and
Modeling Units: 2
• BISC 534 Advanced Seminar in Population Genetics of
Marine Organisms Units: 2
• BISC 535 Seminar in Physiology Units: 2
• BISC 536 Advanced Seminar in Marine Biogeochemistry
Units: 2
• BISC 538 Metals and Biology in Oceanic Regimes Units: 2
• BISC 586 Biological Oceanographic Instrumentation Units: 2
• BISC 587 Communicating Ocean Science Units: 4
Additional Requirements
A minimum total of 60 units is required, consisting of formal
courses, seminars and research credit. At least 24 of the minimum
60 total units required are to be formal graduate course work
(lecture and seminar courses).
Screening Examination
Candidates must also pass a screening examination to
determine competence and point out deficiencies, fulfill a research
tool requirement (computer skills, biostatistics, quantitative
chemistry), and meet the residency and other requirements of the
Graduate School. This exam is completed before completion of 24
units in the program.
Student Teaching
Since most graduates in biological sciences will spend some
part of their careers in academic work, teaching experience is
considered an important part of graduate training. Each graduate
student in the program is therefore required to serve at least two
semesters as a teaching assistant in the Department of Biological
Sciences. Students must enroll in BISC 593 either before or
concurrent with their first semester as a Teaching Assistant.
Qualifying Examination
Before the end of the fourth semester, each student must pass
a written and oral qualifying examination given by the student's
qualifying exam committee. The written part involves answering
a number of questions at length. The oral part is in the area of
the student's intended research, based on a project selected and
developed by the student into a written proposition. After passing
the qualifying examination, the student completes the research
investigation and any other requirements under the guidance of
the research adviser who also chairs the dissertation committee.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original, publishable and significant
research conducted independently by the student under the
guidance of the dissertation committee.
Defense of the Dissertation
The dissertation defense includes a formal public seminar,
followed by a detailed defense meeting with the full Dissertation
Committee.
Molecular Biology (PhD)
Application deadline: December 15
During the first year, students rotate through three laboratories
before determining their permanent research adviser. Thereafter,
students determine their programs of study and dissertations
through discussion with their advisers, as well as their qualifying
exam and dissertation committees.
Screening Procedure
Screening is done through BISC 502a and BISC 502b. To
advance beyond the second year, students must obtain at least a
"B" (3.0) average in these two courses.
Course Requirements
A minimum of 24 of the 60 units required for the PhD degree
must be in course work, exclusive of dissertation research. These
units must include the core courses, BISC 502a (4 units) and BISC
502b (4 units) and BISC 544 (2 units), to be completed within the
first year with no less than a "B" (3.0) in each class. Students are
also required to take BISC 576 or BISC 444 in their second year.
Participation in the research seminar series (BISC 542) is required
for three semesters and encouraged for the student's entire
graduate career. At some point during their degree, students take
an additional 4- unit, 400- or 500-level course in consultation with
their adviser.
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Language Requirement
Students in the graduate program in molecular biology are not
required to pass a foreign language examination.
Student Teaching
Since most graduates in biological sciences will spend some
part of their careers in academic work, teaching experience is
considered an important part of graduate training. Each graduate
student in the program is therefore required to serve at least one
semester as a teaching assistant in the Department of Biological
Sciences.
Qualifying Examination
The examinations qualifying the student for candidacy for the
PhD in molecular biology must be completed by the fifth semester.
The first part of the exam is a written proposal based on the
student's work. The second part is an oral examination. This exam
consists of general questions and the presentation and defense of
a proposition outlining the student's proposed research program.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original, publishable and significant
research conducted independently by the student under the
guidance of the dissertation committee.
Defense of the Dissertation
Prior to graduating, students are required to orally defend their
dissertation in a public seminar.
Required core courses (16 units)
Enroll in the four courses below and an additional 4-unit 400- or
500- level course, selected in consultation with an adviser.
• BISC 502a Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 544 Advanced Reading in Molecular Biology Units: 1, 2
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
or
• BISC 576 Practical Statistics and Bioinformatics Units: 2
Seminar course (3 units)
Enroll in BISC 542 for a minimum of 3 semesters.
• BISC 542 Seminar in Molecular Biology Units: 1
Lab Rotation Requirement (6 units)
Enroll in BISC 504 in the fall and spring semesters of the first year.
• BISC 504L Laboratory Techniques in Cellular and Molecular
Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry offers degree programs that
provide undergraduate and graduate students with core instruction
and excellent research opportunities. Undergraduate programs
leading to the BS and BA degrees are offered as well as a BS in
biochemistry. The BS degree is intended for students preparing for
careers in chemistry and related fields, and satisfies the guidelines
for a chemistry degree recommended by the American Chemical
Society. The BA degree is designed for students who wish a
concentration of course work in chemistry, but who have career
plans in the health sciences, business or law or other specialty
areas. In addition, a chemistry minor is available for students
who want a broader exposure to the chemical sciences. A minor
program in biology and business is offered by the Departments
of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and the Marshall School of
Business and a minor program in environmental chemistry and
sustainability is also offered jointly with the Environmental Studies
program. Graduate programs are offered leading to the Master of
Arts, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry.
Seeley G. Mudd 418
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FAX: (213) 740-2701
Email: [email protected]
chem.usc.edu
Chair: Peter Qin, PhD
Faculty
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science and Quantitative and
Computational Biology and Dana and David Dornsife Chair in
Chemistry: Arieh Warshel, PhD
University Professor, Lloyd Armstrong, Jr. Chair for Science and
Engineering and Professor of Chemistry: Hanna Reisler, PhD
Paul A. Miller Chair in Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry: Curt Wittig, PhD
Harold and Lillian Moulton Chair in Organic/Polymer Chemistry
and Professor of Chemistry: Nicos Petasis, PhD
George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in
Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry: G.K. Surya
Prakash, PhD
Ray R. Irani, Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation,
Chair in Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science: Mark E. Thompson, PhD
Dean's Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of
Physics and Chemistry: Moh El-Naggar, PhD* (Physics and
Astronomy)
Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry: Raymond
C. Stevens, PhD (Biological Sciences)
Viterbi Professorship in Engineering and Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics and
Astronomy: Daniel A. Lidar, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
Judge Widney Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry:
Ray R. Irani, PhD
Gabilan Assistant Professors of Chemistry: Megan Fieser, PhD;
Kate White, PhD
Professors: Stephen E. Bradforth, PhD; Richard L. Brutchey,
PhD; Lin Chen, PhD (Biological Sciences); Xiaojiang Chen,
PhD (Biological Sciences); Vadim Cherezov, PhD; Stephen B.
Cronin, PhD (Electrical Enginnering); Valery Fokin, PhD; Myron
F. Goodman, PhD (Biological Sciences); Malancha Gupta, PhD
(Chemical Engineering); Anna Krylov, PhD; Chi H. Mak, PhD*;
Noah Malmstadt, PhD (Chemical Engineering); Charles E.
McKenna, PhD*; Sri Narayan, PhD; Matthew Pratt, PhD; Oleg
Prezhdo, PhD; Peter Z. Qin, PhD; Richard W. Roberts, PhD;
Remo Rohs, PhD (Biological Sciences); Barry C. Thompson, PhD;
Andrey Vilesov, PhD; Clay C. C. Wang, PhD (Pharmacology and
Pharmaceutical Sciences); Travis J. Williams, PhD
Associate Professors: Alexander Benderskii, PhD; Jahan Dawlaty,
PhD; Kyung Woon Jung, PhD; Vsevolod Katritch, PhD (Biological
Sciences); Smaranda Marinescu, PhD; Brent Melot, PhD; Susumu
Takahashi, PhD; Chao Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professors: Cornelius Gati, PhD; Michael Inkpen, PhD;
Shaama Mallikarjun Sharada, PhD (Chemical Engineering); Yong
Zhang, PhD (Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Professor (Teaching): Jessica Parr, PhD
Professor (Research): Karl O. Christe, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Jasmine Bryant, PhD; Rebecca
Broyer, PhD
Assistant Professor (Teaching): Thomas M. Bertolini, PhD
Assistant Professors (Research): Peter Djurovich, PhD; Terry
Takahashi, PhD
Emeritus: Robert A. Beaudet, PhD; David A. Dows, PhD; Thomas
C. Flood, PhD; Thieo Hogen-Esch, PhD; Gerald A. Segal, PhD;
Kenneth L. Servis, PhD; Lawrence A. Singer, PhD; William P.
Weber, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
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Undergraduate Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
The BS degree in Chemistry offers comprehensive preparation
in all the core areas of the chemical and molecular sciences.
Combining rigorous course work, hands-on training with the latest
chemical instrumentations as well as a rich independent research
experience, the BS degree in Chemistry prepares our graduates to
pursue professional careers in the field of chemical and molecular
sciences, or to continue their studies toward advanced degrees,
usually the PhD, in chemistry or a related field in the molecular
sciences. An option of a BA degree is also available.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with
an Emphasis in Chemical Research:
Information
The BS program in Chemistry with an emphasis in research is
one of the first undergraduate programs in the country that offers a
research-focus undergraduate degree in chemistry. The BS degree
in Chemical Research provides a rich research experience for
those students whose goal is to pursue research careers in various
fields of the chemical and molecular sciences. The program
leverages the strength of USC's Chemistry Department to offer a
curriculum in which research is integrated into the degree program
under a purposeful structure:
1. immersing students in a genuine research culture from day
one;
2. giving them first-hand experience in the research laboratory;
3. training them in the latest chemical research techniques and
instrumentation; and
4. providing them with practical experience with how problems
are formulated, investigated and solved in the process of
scientific discoveries.
Research majors may choose from more than 30 active
research groups in the Chemistry Department with which to
complete their research requirement.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with an
Emphasis in Chemical Biology: Information
Chemical Biology is the study of small molecules as targets
to effect, manipulate or interrogate biological processes. With
the rapidly expanding importance of chemical biology as a key
discipline in the chemical and molecular sciences, the Chemistry
Department offers a BS degree in Chemistry with an emphasis
in Chemical Biology. Building on solid groundings in general,
organic, analytical and physical chemistry, the BS in Chemical
Biology integrates core knowledge contents from the interface
between chemistry and biology, combined with practical laboratory
experience and access to the latest chemical instrumentations.
Chemical Biology majors will receive thorough training and
in-depth preparation to enable them to pursue careers in the field
of chemical and molecular biology, biochemistry or any related
field in the molecular sciences.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with
an Emphasis in Chemical Nanoscience:
Information
The field of chemical nanoscience focuses on the synthesis
of nanoscale materials as well as the understanding of their
chemical, structure and physical properties. When the dimension
of bulk materials is systematically reduced novel properties
emerge on the nanoscopic scale. Nanoscale materials are
substantially smaller than bulk, yet they are not small enough to
be molecular, and they often exhibit properties that are surprisingly
different from most molecular-size systems. This new paradigm in
the chemical and molecular sciences offers exciting possibilities,
both in its potential for discovering new phenomena particular
to the nanoscale and as a vehicle to producing new and useful
devices.
The BS degree in Chemistry with an emphasis in Chemical
Nanoscience prepares students for a career in the rapidly growing
field of nanoscience. The degree program enable students to
understand the core chemical principles behind nanoscience
and related technologies, focusing on: (1) the syntheses of
nanomaterials, (2) their bonding and structural characteristics,
and (3) their physical (electrical, optical and magnetic) properties.
The BS degree in Chemical Nanoscience helps students build
a solid foundation in chemistry and master the comprehensive
core knowledge that is required for formulating and solving
open problems in the field of nanoscience. The BS in Chemical
Nanoscience combines rigorous course work with hands-on
laboratory experience in the latest experimental techniques and
instrumentation and offers a capstone research experience in the
area of nanoscience.
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
The BS degree in Biochemistry is offered jointly with the
Department of Biological Sciences. The Biochemistry degree
combines core foundational backgrounds from chemical, biological
and molecular sciences to offer an integrated program focusing on
the chemistry and molecular mechanisms of biology, with rigorous
course work and hands-on laboratory experiences. A BS degree
in Biochemistry prepares students to pursue professional careers
in chemistry and/or biology or for advanced studies in the field of
biochemistry and molecular biology.
Chemistry Minor
A chemistry minor is available for students who wish to broaden
their exposure to the chemical sciences. In addition to a core of
five chemistry courses (year-long sequences in general chemistry
and organic chemistry and a one semester course in analytical
chemistry), students must take one upper-division chemistry
elective in either advanced organic or advanced inorganic
chemistry.
Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability
Minor
The environmental chemistry and sustainability minor is
designed for students majoring in business, engineering, law,
communications and other professional fields to give them
the knowledge of chemistry needed to understand, formulate
and manage scientific issues related to natural environmental
processes as well as technologies involving the environment.
Grade Point Average in Major Subject
A grade of C- or higher is required in each chemistry course
specifically listed as a degree requirement. The GPA for all
chemistry courses required for a department major or a physical
sciences major must be C (2.0) or higher. The GPA for all upper-
division chemistry courses must also be C (2.0) or higher.
Honors Programs in Chemistry
A degree with honors in chemistry is available for eligible
Chemistry BA, Chemistry BS, Chemistry BS — Research
Emphasis, Chemistry BS — Chemical Nanoscience Emphasis,
and Chemistry BS — Chemical Biology Emphasis students. To
meet program requirements students must submit an application
to the Department of Chemistry and satisfy the objectives of the
program.
Students seeking admission must have at least junior standing
(64 units) with an overall USC GPA of 3.5 or better in at least 16
units of chemistry courses. Students must complete 8 units of
research (CHEM 490 or CHEM 494, which may also satisfy major
requirements*) under the supervision of chemistry faculty with the
research results described in an undergraduate thesis reviewed
and approved by a faculty committee. To graduate with honors
students must earn a GPA of 3.5 in all chemistry courses required
for the major and have an overall USC GPA of 3.5.
Upon graduation, transcripts will be noted "Bachelor of Arts with
Departmental Honors" for Chemistry BA students, or "Bachelor of
Science with Departmental Honors" for students who pursued the
various Chemistry BS majors.
*For Chemistry BS, Chemistry BS — Chemical Nanoscience
Emphasis, and Chemistry BS — Chemical Biology Emphasis,
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4 units CHEM 490 are required for the major; for Chemistry BS
— Research Emphasis, 4 units CHEM 490 and 4 units CHEM
494 are required for the major; and for Chemistry BA, 1–8 units of
CHEM 490x are required for the major.
Honors Program in Biochemistry
A BS degree with honors in biochemistry is available for eligible
students. In meeting program requirements students must submit
an application and satisfy the objectives of one of the program
options noted below.
Option One: Biochemistry Honors with Chemistry
Research
Students seeking admission into option one must have at least
junior standing (64 units) with an overall USC GPA of 3.5 or better
in at least 32 units at USC, and have a 3.5 or better in at least
16 units in biological sciences and chemistry. Students in this
option must complete 8 units of research (CHEM 490x) under the
supervision of chemistry faculty with the results of research being
described in an undergraduate thesis reviewed and approved by
a faculty committee. To graduate with honors under this option
students must earn a GPA of 3.5 in all biological sciences and
chemistry courses required for the major.
Option Two: Biochemistry Honors with Biology
Research
Students seeking admission into option two must have at least
sophomore standing (32 units) with an overall USC GPA of 3.5
or better both cumulatively and in 16 units in biological sciences
and chemistry. Students in this option must complete 4 units of
research (BISC 490x) under faculty in biological sciences or under
faculty in any other department approved by biological sciences.
In addition, students must complete two semesters of Honors
Seminar (BISC 493x), 1 unit each, and one semester of Honors
Thesis (BISC 494x), 2 units. To graduate with honors under
this option students must earn a GPA of 3.5 in all sciences and
mathematics courses required for the major.
Upon graduation, transcripts of students following either option
will be noted, "Bachelor of Science with Departmental Honors."
Graduate Degrees
The Chemistry department offers Doctor of Philosophy, Master
of Arts, and Master of Science degrees in Chemistry, and a
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemical Physics. Close contact
between students and faculty is a seminal feature of the chemistry
graduate programs. The emphasis is on individualized programs
aiming at in-depth understanding and development of scientific
maturity. Attention is given to career aims, including research and
development; secondary, college and university teaching; and
the wide variety of industrial testing, operation and management
areas.
Admission Requirements
A baccalaureate degree, equivalent to the BA with a major in
chemistry at USC, is prerequisite to admission to the graduate
program in chemistry. A baccalaureate degree in an appropriate
physical science, engineering or mathematics is prerequisite to
admission to the doctoral program in chemical physics.
Application must be made to the department on a special form,
which includes application for fellowship and teaching assistant
appointment and is available from the department website.
Materials describing the faculty, research areas and facilities will
be sent to each applicant.
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of
Arts or Master of Science degree in chemistry. The MA and MS
degrees are intended only as transitional degrees in the process of
completing requirements for the PhD in chemistry.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Teaching Experience
Teaching experience is required for the advanced degrees in
chemistry.
Bachelor's Degree
Biochemistry (BS)
This degree is offered jointly by the Departments of Biological
Sciences and Chemistry.
The general education, writing, foreign language and diversity
requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences are applicable.
Students must complete each required course in the
Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry with a grade
of C- or better, and maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 or better in all
attempted courses in the two departments in the regular degree
program.
Required Courses
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
or
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4 or
• CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Eight units of upper-division, non-core course work available
for major credit in biological sciences or chemistry are required.
Students enrolled in BISC 490 are limited to 4 units, while students
enrolled in CHEM 490 may complete up to 8 units. No more than
two seminars (BISC 460 to BISC 462), totaling 4 units, may be
applied to the upper-division elective requirement.
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Honors Program in Biochemistry
A BS degree with honors in biochemistry is available for eligible
students. In meeting program requirements students must submit
an application and satisfy the objectives of one of the program
options noted below.
Option One: Biochemistry Honors with Chemistry
Research
Students seeking admission into option one must have at least
junior standing (64 units) with an overall USC GPA of 3.5 or better
in at least 32 units at USC, and have a 3.5 or better in at least
16 units in biological sciences and chemistry. Students in this
option must complete 8 units of research (CHEM 490) under the
supervision of chemistry faculty with the results of research being
described in an undergraduate thesis reviewed and approved by
a faculty committee. To graduate with honors under this option
students must earn a GPA of 3.5 in all biological sciences and
chemistry courses required for the major.
Option Two: Biochemistry Honors with Biology
Research
Students seeking admission into option two must have at
least sophomore standing (32 units) with an overall USC GPA
of 3.5 or better both cumulatively and in 16 units in biological
sciences and chemistry. Students in this option must complete 4
units of research (BISC 490) under faculty in biological sciences
or under faculty in any other department approved by biological
sciences. In addition, students must complete two semesters of
Honors Seminar (BISC 493), 1 unit each, and one semester of
Honors Thesis (BISC 494), 2 units. To graduate with honors under
this option students must earn a GPA of 3.5 in all sciences and
mathematics courses required for the major.
Upon graduation, transcripts of students following either option
will be noted, "Bachelor of Science with Departmental Honors."
Chemistry (BA)
In addition to the general education, writing, foreign language
and diversity requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the following courses are
required.
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
One course from among:
• CHEM 332L Physical Chemical Measurements Units: 4
• CHEM 423L Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Organic
and Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
One additional upper-division science elective
Chemistry (BS)
In addition to the general education, writing, foreign language
and diversity requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the following courses are
required.
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 332L Physical Chemical Measurements Units: 4
• CHEM 423L Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Organic
and Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 463L Chemical Nanotechnology Laboratory Units: 2
or
• CHEM 465L Chemical Instrumentation Units: 4
or
• CHEM 467L Advanced Chemical Biology Laboratory Units: 2
(A total of 4 Units)
• CHEM 426 Advanced Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required)
Chemistry (Chemical Biology) (BS)
In addition to the general education, writing, foreign language
and diversity requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the following courses are
required.
Required Core Courses, Lower-Division
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
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• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Required Core Courses, Upper-Division
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4 or
• CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 463L Chemical Nanotechnology Laboratory Units: 2
• CHEM 467L Advanced Chemical Biology Laboratory Units: 2
• CHEM 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required)
Advanced Laboratory Elective, Four Units From
Among:
• CHEM 332L Physical Chemical Measurements Units: 4
• CHEM 423L Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Organic
and Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 465L Chemical Instrumentation Units: 4
Advanced Chemistry Elective, Two Courses
From Among:
• CHEM 426 Advanced Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 519 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: An
Introduction for Chemists Units: 4
Chemistry (Chemical Nanoscience) (BS)
In addition to the general education, writing and foreign
language requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the following courses are required.
Required Core Courses, Lower-Division
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Core Courses, Upper-Division
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 332L Physical Chemical Measurements Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 455 Chemical Nanotechnology Units: 4
• CHEM 463L Chemical Nanotechnology Laboratory Units: 2
• CHEM 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required)
Chemical Nanoscience Elective, Two Courses
(5 or 6 Units) From Among:
• CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering
through Chemical Processes Units: 4
• CHEM 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 Units Required)
• CHEM 488 Introduction to Theory and Practice of X-ray
Crystallography Units: 4
or
• CHEM 588 Advanced Practical X-ray Structure Determination
of Small Molecules Units: 2
• CHEM 561 Polymer Synthesis Units: 4
Chemistry (Research) (BS)
In addition to the general education, writing, foreign language
and diversity requirements for a degree in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the following courses are
required.
Required Core Courses, Lower-Division
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors:
Kinetics and Equilibrium Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Core Courses, Upper-Division
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 426 Advanced Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
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• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
Advanced Laboratory Elective, 4 Units From
Among:
• CHEM 332L Physical Chemical Measurements Units: 4
• CHEM 423L Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Organic
and Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 463L Chemical Nanotechnology Laboratory Units: 2
• CHEM 465L Chemical Instrumentation Units: 4
• CHEM 467L Advanced Chemical Biology Laboratory Units: 2
Required Research Courses
• CHEM 292 Supervised Research Units: 2
• CHEM 294 Undergraduate Research Seminar Units: 1
• CHEM 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required)
• CHEM 494x Advanced Research Experience Units: 2, 4 (4
Units Required)
Minor
Chemistry Minor
A chemistry minor is available for students who wish to broaden
their exposure to the chemical sciences. In addition to a core of
five chemistry courses (year-long sequences in general chemistry
and organic chemistry and a one semester course in analytical
chemistry), students must take one upper-division chemistry
elective in either advanced organic or advanced inorganic
chemistry.
Biology majors must take CHEM 300L, CHEM 426 and CHEM
453.
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 426 Advanced Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability
Minor
The environmental chemistry and sustainability minor is
designed for students majoring in business, engineering, law,
communications and other professional fields to give them
the knowledge of chemistry needed to understand, formulate
and manage scientific issues related to natural environmental
processes as well as technologies involving the environment.
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
One Elective Course Chosen From:
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4 *
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4 *
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4 *
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4 **
Note:
*Prerequisite required
**Corequisite required
Doctoral Degree
Chemistry (Chemical Physics) (PhD)
Course Requirements
Completion (with no course grade lower than B-) of 24 units
of courses selected from chemistry, physics, mathematics, and
engineering, with an overall grade point average not lower than B.
These courses must be selected with the advisement and approval
of first, the research adviser, and then the thesis chair. All other
requirements and procedures are the same as for the PhD in
Chemistry.
Chemistry (PhD)
Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is composed of the research
adviser, three other members of the Chemistry Department,
and one member from outside the Chemistry Department. The
committee is appointed prior to the screening procedure.
Course Requirements
The student must pass a series of graduate courses totaling at
least 24 units. The qualifying exam committee may require more
than 24 units of graduate course work. Sixty units of registration,
including CHEM 790 and CHEM 794a CHEM 794b CHEM 794c
CHEM 794d CHEM 794z, are required for the PhD Registration
for CHEM 790 and CHEM 794a CHEM 794b CHEM 794c CHEM
794d CHEM 794z should be done with the approval of the staff
graduate adviser.
Screening Procedure
The screening requirements designated by the department
for continuation in the doctoral program are: an overall grade
point average of B or better in at least 24 units by the end of
the fourth semester of course work with no grade lower than B-;
and a successful research seminar presented by the student to
the qualifying exam committee. Only students who have passed
the screening requirements are allowed to take the qualifying
examination.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination requires the presentation of two
original research proposals, or one original research proposal and
one critical review of a scientific article, and oral defense of all of
these. The qualifying examination is administered by the qualifying
exam committee, which should not be chaired by the research
adviser.
Dissertation
An acceptable dissertation based on completion of an original
research project is required. The candidate must defend an
approved penultimate draft of the dissertation in an advertised oral
thesis defense lecture, which is open to the scientific community.
The dissertation committee consists of three members of the
qualifying exam committee including the research adviser and the
outside member.
Foreign Language Requirement
The department has no foreign language requirement.
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Classics
Classics is a broadly interdisciplinary field. The curriculum of
the Classics Department is designed to transmit knowledge and
foster appreciation of the cultures of Greece and Rome in all
their complexity — from study of their languages and literatures,
myths and historical traditions, art and architecture, science and
religion, philosophies and political thought — and aims as well
to encourage reflection on the ways in which later ages have
responded to the classical heritage.
The undergraduate classics major gives students an
understanding of the cultures, languages and literatures of ancient
Greece, Rome and the Mediterranean world. Most courses focus
on ancient Greece and Rome, but students in the department also
study the interactions among various ancient cultures, from the
prehistoric Near East to the late antique Mediterranean, and the
impact of classical cultures on later societies. Students choose one
of three tracks in the major: Classical Languages and Literatures,
Classical Humanities, and Ancient Civilizations. The department
also offers four minors in areas of the discipline: Classics,
Classical Greek, Latin and Classical Perspectives.
The graduate program in classics at USC aims to train
students to become scholars, teachers and interpreters of ancient
Mediterranean civilizations, of the Greek and Latin languages and
literatures, and of the traditions that have developed from them.
In order to prepare students to work in a variety of intellectual
contexts, the department seeks to provide both a traditional,
substantive training in classical philology and the intellectual
flexibility that will enable them to make the world of the past
available to audiences of the present.
USC is a member of the American Academy in Rome,
the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, the
College Year in Athens program, and the American School
of Classical Studies in Athens. In addition to pursuing study-
abroad opportunities in Italy or Greece, Classics students also
encouraged to explore courses in allied fields such as ancient
philosophy, history, comparative literature, religion, art history and
archaeology.
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Chair: Ann Marie Yasin, PhD
Faculty
Professors: Anthony J. Boyle, MA; Vincent Farenga, PhD*; Susan
Lape, PhD
Associate Professors: Christelle Fischer-Bovet, PhD; Stefano
Rebaggiani, PhD; Daniel Richter, PhD*; Alexandre Roberts, PhD;
Ann Marie Yasin, PhD (Art History)
Assistant Professors: Afroditi Angelopoulou, PhD; Brandon
Bourgeois, PhD; Frederic Clark, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): Lucas Herchenroeder, PhD
Adjunct Professor: Claudia Moatti, PhD (Classics and Law)
Emeritus: Jane Cody, PhD; William G. Thalmann, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Departmental Honors in Classics
Departmental honors in classics will be awarded to students in
all tracks of the classics major for work of exceptional academic
merit in completing requirements for the capstone project.
Candidates for honors will be nominated by the instructor of
CLAS 410 and confirmed in a review of all nominees by the
Undergraduate Studies Committee. Students in CLAS 410 who
wish to be considered for departmental honors must submit their
completed capstone projects to the course instructor by the end of
the thirteenth week of the semester. Awardees will be announced
by the end of the final week of classes.
Academic Distinction in Study of the
Classical Languages
Special distinction will be awarded for students demonstrating
exceptional proficiency in knowledge of the classical languages.
The Classics Department Awards for Distinction in the Study
of Greek and Latin will be given to students who pass sight
translation exams in the languages. The exams will set by the
Undergraduate Studies Committee and offered each year at the
end of the spring semester. Passages for translation on the exam
will be drawn from authors and works studied in 300-level courses
in Latin and Greek taught in the department during the the most
recent six semesters inclusive. The use of a dictionary is permitted
for the exam.
Students Anticipating Graduate Study in
Classics
Students interested in attending graduate school in classics
are advised to take as many courses in Greek and/or Latin as
possible.
Graduate Degrees
The graduate program in classics at USC aims to train
students to become scholars, teachers and interpreters of
ancient Mediterranean civilizations and their interactions with
the Near East, of the Greek and Latin languages and literatures,
and of the traditions that have developed from them. In order
to prepare students to work in a variety of intellectual contexts,
the department seeks to provide both a traditional substantive
training in classical philology and the intellectual flexibility that will
enable them to make the accomplishments of the past available to
audiences of the present.
The department offers the PhD in Classics (Greek and Latin)
and the MA in Classics. Collateral offerings are available in related
departments, such as comparative literature, history, philosophy,
art history, English and anthropology.
The graduate program offers mastery of traditional philological
and linguistic skills as a basis for the study of ancient cultures,
with emphasis on literature, other discursive practices and material
culture. Students are encouraged to explore interdisciplinary
approaches to classical studies and the relations between
classics and other fields. Courses in related departments are
recommended and degree requirements permit students to
develop individual interests.
Admission Requirements
An applicant for admission will normally have an undergraduate
major in classics, but programs may be arranged for promising
students who do not. The student should have an undergraduate
record satisfactory to the department. At least three letters of
recommendation from the student's undergraduate teachers are
required. See the department website for detailed application
instructions.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
Classics (BA)
The major in classics has three tracks, with distinct but
overlapping emphases. In the Classical Languages and Literatures
track, students acquire advanced reading knowledge of one or
both classical languages (Greek and Latin) and study the literature
of Greece and Rome in historical and cultural context. In the
Classical Humanities track, students study Greek and Roman
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intellectual, literary and aesthetic achievements and their impact
on later traditions, while also acquiring basic reading knowledge of
one classical language. The Ancient Civilizations track emphasizes
study of society, politics and history of Greece, Rome and other
civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world in comparative
perspective.
All three tracks emphasize critical thinking as well as practice
in written and oral presentation as hallmarks of a liberal arts
education.
Requirements for tracks are as follows:
Track I. Classical Languages and Literatures
Recommended Preparation – any of the following:
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors
Program Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
Lower-Division Language Courses*
Students must take three courses in one language of their
choosing and two in the other language.
Greek (Choose 2-3 from the following):
•
GR 120 Greek I Units: 4
• GR 150 Greek II Units: 4
• GR 220 Greek III Units: 4
Latin (Choose 2-3 from the following):
•
LAT 120 Latin I Units: 4
• LAT 150 Latin II Units: 4
• LAT 222 Latin III Units: 4
Note:
*Or equivalent via placement
Upper-Division Language and Literature Courses
• Four semesters of upper-division language courses in Greek
or Latin
• Two additional upper-division courses from Greek, Latin or
Classics
• Analytical paper, oral presentation, sight reading exam in
either Greek or Latin
• Capstone: CLAS 410 Capstone Research Seminar Units: 4
Track II. Classical Humanities
Breadth Requirement
Any one of the following:
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors
Program Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
Language Requirement
• GR 220 Greek III Units: 4 or
• LAT 222 Latin III Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
• Four upper-division courses from Greek, Latin or Classics
• Two upper-division courses from Greek, Latin or Classics or
from the approved list of outside electives maintained by the
major adviser
• Analytical or research paper; oral presentation; oral
examination
• Capstone: CLAS 410 Capstone Research Seminar Units: 4
Track III. Ancient Civilizations
• CLAS 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
or
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4 and
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
• Five upper-division courses in Classics, Greek or Latin
• Three upper-division courses in classics or from the
approved list of outside electives maintained by the major
adviser
• One upper-division course that includes study of a classical
civilization other than Greece and Rome.
• Research paper, oral presentation.
• Capstone: CLAS 410 Capstone Research Seminar Units: 4
Minor
Classical Greek Minor
Four courses in Classical Greek, of which one may be GR 220
and at least three must be at the upper-division level.
One additional upper-division course: either Classical Greek or
Classics (CLAS).
TOTAL: five courses
Classical Perspectives Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in Classical Perspectives provides
immersion in foundational ideas, texts and histories of the Greco-
Roman tradition that speak to more contemporary topics and
areas of study. How did the Greeks and Romans view love and
sexuality, justice and mercy, wisdom and honor, war and peace,
glory and shame? What insights might classical perspectives
provide into artistic and political choices, professional practices,
ethical controversies and social issues in other ages; or, into
the study of psychology, sex, gender and sexuality, international
relations, race relations, cinema, the sciences, business, theatre or
popular culture?
The interdisciplinary 20-unit minor is meant to be easily adapted
to any student’s program of study and allows students to double-
count General Education and Thematic Option Honors courses.
Students choose 20 units from the list below in consultation with
a Classics faculty member or staff adviser. No more than 12 units
may be taken in any one USC Dornsife department or USC school.
Foundational Courses
Choose one course from the following list (4 units)
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
• AHIS 201g Digging into the Past Units: 4
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 160gp Ancient Lives Units: 4
• CLAS 170gp Classics of Music and Literature: from Ancient
Greece Through Contemporary LA Units: 4
• CLAS 180g Classical Mythology and the Mythic Imagination
Units: 4
• CLAS 190g History of Science: Antiquity to the Scientific
Revolution Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors
Program Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• GE seminars on appropriate topics (consult an adviser)
• REL 112g Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 114g The Mediterranean: A Religious History Units: 4
• REL 121g The World of the New Testament Units: 4
Core Courses
Choose at least one course from the following list (4-12 units)
• CLAS 310 Pagans and Christians Units: 4
• CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition
Units: 4
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• CLAS 330 Ancients VS. Moderns Units: 4
• CLAS 339 Ancient Science Units: 4
• CLAS 340 Ethics and Politics in Ancient Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models
Units: 4
• CLAS 380 Approaches to Myth Units: 4
• CLAS 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and Theories of Things
Units: 4
• CLAS 420 Science and Empire from Baghdad to Byzantium
Units: 4
• CLAS 470 Democracies Ancient and Modern Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least one course from the following list (4-12 units)
• AHIS 301 Guardians of the Past? Art Preservation, Ethics,
and the Law Units: 4
• AHIS 304gm Art, Power and Identity in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 325 Roman Archaeological Excavation: Methods and
Practice Units: 4
• AHIS 420 Studies in Ancient Art Units: 4
• AHIS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art and
Archaeology: Research and Methodology Units: 4
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• ARCG 323p Roman Archaeology: History, Methods and Field
Work Units: 4
• CLAS 300 Women in Antiquity Units: 4
• CLAS 305 Roman Law Units: 4
• CLAS 307 Law and Society in Classical Greece Units: 4
• CLAS 310 Pagans and Christians Units: 4
• CLAS 315 Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World Units: 4
• CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition
Units: 4
• CLAS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• CLAS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• CLAS 323 Aegean Archaeology Units: 4
• CLAS 324 Late Antique Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• CLAS 325 Ancient Epic Units: 4
• CLAS 328 Archaeology of Religion in the Greco- Roman
World Units: 4
• CLAS 333 Cult and City in Ancient Greece Units: 4
• CLAS 336 Rome and its Discontents: Literature and Social
Change Units: 4
• CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama Units: 4
• CLAS 338 Warfare, State, and Society in the Ancient World
Units: 4
• CLAS 348g Athens in the Age of Democracy and Empire
Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean
in an Age of Expansion Units: 4
• CLAS 375 Alexander the Great Units: 4
• CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt Units: 4
• CLAS 390 Special Problems Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• CLAS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art and
Archaeology: Research and Methodology Units: 4
• CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society Units: 4
• CLAS 485 Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin Units: 4
• CLAS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• COLT 311 Epic Units: 4
• COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the
Arts Units: 4
• COLT 391 Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism
Units: 4
• COMM 330p Rhetoric in Classical Culture Units: 4
• HIST 303 Barbarians, Romans, and Christians Units: 4
• HIST 305 Women and Gender in Pre-Modern Europe
Units: 4
• HIST 306 The Early Middle Ages Units: 4
• HIST 314 Rome Through its Monuments from Antiquity to the
Middle Ages Units: 4
• HIST 316 The Renaissance Units: 4
• HIST 396 Women of Rome, from Antiquity through the Middle
Ages Units: 4
• HIST 401 The Roman World Units: 4
• HIST 403 Carolingian Europe Units: 4
• HIST 405 Traveling in the Early Medieval Mediterranean
Units: 4
• HIST 479 History in the Museum: The Past in Objects
Units: 4
• LING 466 Word and Phrase Origins Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 411 Plato Units: 4
• PHIL 415 Aristotle Units: 4
• POSC 370 European Political Thought I Units: 4
• REL 302 Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 325g Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World
Units: 4
• REL 326gp Historical Jesus Units: 4
• REL 327g Heretics, Martyrs, and Miracles Units: 4
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
Classics Minor
The classics department minor requires one lower-division
Classics course or one third-semester Latin or Greek course, and
four upper-division Classics, Latin or Greek courses.
One course from either A or B:
Lower-division course
A.
Lower division Classics courses
• CLAS 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 160gp Ancient Lives Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
B.
Third semester Latin or Greek courses:
• GR 220 Greek III Units: 4
• LAT 222 Latin III Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Four upper-division courses (16 units) drawn from classics course
offerings in Classics, Latin or Greek
Total: 5 courses
Latin Minor
Four courses in Latin, of which one may be LAT 222 and at
least three must be at the upper-division level.
One additional upper-division course: either Latin (LAT) or
Classics (CLAS).
TOTAL: five courses
Master's Degree
Classics (MA)
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of
Arts degree in classics. The MA degree is intended only as a
transitional degree in the process of completing requirements for
the PhD in classics.
Work toward the MA consists of six 4-unit courses (24 units) and
a thesis and oral defense, or the MA comprehensive examination.
Two of the core seminars (i.e. CLAS 540, CLAS 550, CLAS
560, CLAS 570) are required and five of the six courses must
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be taken in the Department of Classics. Under the guidance of a
faculty committee, the student elects those courses appropriate
to individual areas of special interest and previous academic
preparation.
Doctoral Degree
Classics (PhD)
Application deadline: January 1
Course Requirements
All students must complete CLAS 540, CLAS 550, CLAS 560
and CLAS 570, plus at least five from CLAS 510, CLAS 515,
CLAS 520, CLAS 525, CLAS 545, CLAS 555, CLAS 565, CLAS
575, as well as three electives to be decided on in consultation
with the graduate adviser. This arrangement is designed to assure
competency in core areas of classical studies while allowing
for the development of individual research interests and, where
appropriate, course work in related fields. In addition, all students
are required to enroll in the 2-unit teaching practicum (CLAS 593x)
concurrent with their first semester as a department teaching
assistant.
Exams
Students are expected to complete written exams in the
translation of Greek and Latin literature; in Greek and Roman
history; and modern language competency exams. In addition,
students take written and oral exams in major and minor fields
and an oral exam on the dissertation prospectus. The field exams,
prospectus, and exam on the prospectus together constitute the
qualifying exam and are evaluated by a five-member committee.
Students may not present themselves for the qualifying exam until
all required courses and preliminary exams have been completed
successfully.
Dissertation
Following the completion of the qualifying exam, the guidance
committee will be reduced to three members, including one
member from outside the department, who will guide and approve
the dissertation.
Juries
All students make formal presentations on their research before
a jury drawn from internal and external faculty twice during their
graduate careers — once before taking the field exams and once
while working on the dissertation.
Timetable
Required course work, written and oral exams are to be
completed by the end of the third year of enrollment in the
program, with the dissertation to be submitted and defended by
the end of the fifth year.
Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature seeks out and encourages transnational
and transcultural experiences and perspectives. Our students are
trained to ask broader and better questions about the many forms
of cultural production surrounding them. Comparatists study the
nature of literature and other media across and between different
languages and cultures. They gain a broad knowledge of different
cultural traditions representing writers and artists of diverse origins
and from many historical periods. In addition to cross-linguistic and
cross-cultural literary studies, the undergraduate program explores
literature in social, political, intellectual, and historical context and
the relationship of literature to other arts, philosophy, and media,
including digital media. The Department of Comparative Literature
offers both a major and minor in comparative studies.
Students in Comparative Literature work with emergent
and established scholars at the cutting edge of their various
fields and disciplines. Our undergraduates are encouraged to
adopt comparative study and literary theory not only as integral
elements of interdisciplinary academic work but as crucial tools
of democratic citizenship in global contexts. The department has
strengths in critical theory and in both Western and non-Western
literary and cultural traditions, including U.S., Latin American and
Caribbean, Western European, Middle Eastern, East Asian and
South Asian. The broad scope of scholarly expertise represented
in the department enables students to reflect critically, across their
course of studies, on the ways in which globalization affects the
creation, dissemination, and consumption of culture and to analyze
literature, arts, and media as sites of resistance to and rethinking
of this globalization.
Our undergraduate program is more broadly conceived than
at many other universities. While we offer traditional comparative
literature courses that cross the boundaries of national literatures
and study literary periods, movements, and genres, our courses
also allow students to explore literature in its interaction with
philosophy, to discover the relation of literature to other arts and
media, and to reflect on practices of translation as themselves
modes of transcultural exchange and production. The strong non-
Western component in the undergraduate program encourages
our students to think with nuance and complexity about the place
of literature in wider social and political contexts.
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Chair: Erin Graff Zivin, PhD*
Faculty
University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor
of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative
Literature: Viet Thanh Nguyen, PhD* (English)
University Professor and Professor of English and Comparative
Literature: David St. John, MFA (English)
USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English,
American Studies & Ethnicity and Comparative Literature: John
Rowe, PhD (English)
Gender Studies Professor in Media and Gender and Professor of
English, Comparative Literature and Gender Studies: Joseph A.
Boone, PhD (English)
Professors: Vincent Farenga, PhD* (Classics); Erin Graff Zivin,
PhD (Latin American and Iberian Cultures); Julian Gutierrez-
Albilla, PhD (Latin American and Iberian Cultures); Aniko
Imre, PhD (Cinema and Media Studies); David E. James, PhD
(Cinematic Arts); Akira Mizuta Lippit, PhD (Cinema and Media
Studies); Margaret Rosenthal, PhD* (French and Italian); Hilary
M. Schor, PhD (English); William G. Thalmann, PhD* (Classics);
Daniel Tiffany, PhD (English); Alexander Zholkovsky, PhD* (Slavic
Languages and Literatures)
Associate Professors: Gian-Maria Annovi, PhD (French and
Italian); Brian Bernards, PhD (East Asian Languages and
Cultures); David T. Bialock, PhD (East Asian Languages and
Cultures); Roberto Ignacio Díaz, PhD* (Latin American and Iberian
Cultures); Devin Griffiths, PhD (English); Olivia C. Harrison, PhD
(French and Italian); Heather James, PhD* (English); Neetu
Khanna, PhD; Natania Meeker, PhD*; Panivong Norindr, PhD
(French and Italian); Samuel Steinberg, PhD (Latin American and
Iberian Cultures); Antonia Szabari, PhD (French and Italian)
Assistant Professors: Natalie Belisle, PhD (Latin American and
Iberian Cultures); Ronald Mendoza-de Jesus, PhD (Latin American
and Iberian Cultures); Veli N. Yasin, PhD
Professor (Teaching): Jason Webb, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): Mia Du Plessis, PhD
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Emeritus Professors: Peggy Kamuf, PhD, Chevalier de l'Ordre des
Palmes Academiques (French and Italian); Gloria Orenstein, PhD;
Albert Sonnenfeld*, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Graduate Degrees
The MA and PhD in comparative literature are offered through
the Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture program.
Bachelor's Degree
Comparative Literature (BA)
Students may earn the BA in Comparative Literature by
satisfying the requirements for either of two tracks.
The Literature/Media/Critical Thought Track allows students to
focus their study in one of three concentrations while also taking
courses in the other two. Together, these three concentrations
represent the broad range of interests in the discipline: (1)
literature considered comparatively and transnationally; (2) the
media of other arts and modes of communication (photography,
film, music, painting and digital media); (3) modes of critical
thought that inform and shape theoretical reflection on the arts and
society.
This track offers the opportunity to pursue a major that is
broadly based in the liberal arts. Students on this track might
consider extending their concentration with a double major or
minor. For example, the literature concentration could be extended
with a second major or minor in a national literature (French,
Spanish, Italian, Russian, English, classics or an East Asian
literature); the media concentration by another major or minor
in cinematic arts, art history or communication; and the critical
thought concentration by a second major or minor in philosophy,
religion, history, sociology or anthropology.
The Foreign Language Track incorporates the study of at
least one literature in a foreign language into the comparative
perspective of the comparative literature major.
Students who intend to pursue a graduate degree in either
comparative literature or a foreign literature are strongly advised to
choose this track, as are students who already possess advanced
skills in a language other than English. Majors in comparative
literature with foreign language emphasis might consider a double
major or a minor in a department of foreign language or in a non-
literary field such as international relations or journalism.
The requirements for both tracks of the major accommodate
very well semesters of study abroad. Students are helped and
encouraged to plan their programs in advance to allow for that
experience.
Requirements for the Major
Literature/Media/Critical Thought Track
Students earn a BA in Comparative Literature and are required
to complete at least 40 units (10 courses) as follows:
Requirements
(1)
• COLT 302 Introduction to Literary Theory Units: 4
• COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
Units: 4
(2)
At least four additional COLT courses in one of the three
concentrations.
Literature Concentration:
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• COLT 102g On Location: The Place of Literature in Global
Cultures Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• COLT 251g Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since
1800 Units: 4
• COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions Units: 4
• COLT 311 Epic Units: 4
• COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the
Arts Units: 4
• COLT 324 Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Units: 4
• COLT 335 Decadence and Modernity Units: 4
• COLT 345 Realist Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 346 Fictions of the First Person Units: 4
• COLT 348 Modernist Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 374gm Women Writers in Europe and America Units: 4
• COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature Units: 4
• COLT 420 The Fantastic Units: 4
• COLT 426 Utopias Units: 4
• COLT 445 Europe and the Writing of Others Units: 4
• COLT 448 Multilingual Encounters Units: 4
• COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 475 Politics and the Novel Units: 4
• COLT 476 Narrative and the Law Units: 4
• COLT 485 The Shoah (Holocaust) in Literature and the Arts
Units: 4
• EALC 454 Bildungsroman in Modern East Asia Units: 4
• EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature
Units: 4
Media Concentration:
• COLT 354 Revolutions in Theater Units: 4
• COLT 357 The Avant-Garde Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• COLT 373 Literature and Film Units: 4
• COLT 379 Nationalism and Postcolonialism in Southeast
Asian Cinema Units: 4
• COLT 451 Opera and Cultural Theory Units: 4
• COLT 462 Soundtracks of Our Lives Units: 4
• COLT 470 Literature and Media in Latin America Units: 4
• COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism Units: 4
Critical Thought Concentration:
• CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models
Units: 4
• COLT 375 Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory
Units: 4
• COLT 377 Gender and Sexuality in Literary Theory Units: 4
• COLT 381 Psychoanalysis and the Arts Units: 4
• COLT 385 Literature and Justice Units: 4
• COLT 391 Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism
Units: 4
• COLT 454 Aesthetic Philosophy and Theory Units: 4
• COLT 471 Literature, Theory, History Units: 4
• COLT 474 Desire, Literature, Technology Units: 4
• COLT 476 Narrative and the Law Units: 4
• COLT 478 Family in Theory and Literature Units: 4
• COLT 486 Deconstructive Thought Units: 4
• COLT 487 Critical Image Units: 4
(3)
At least four additional COLT courses. No more than two of the 10
courses required for the major may be at the 100 or 200 level.
Foreign Language Track
Students earn a BA in Comparative Literature and are required
to complete 40 units (10 courses) as follows:
Requirements
(1)
• COLT 302 Introduction to Literary Theory Units: 4
• COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
Units: 4
(2)
At least five additional COLT courses, of which no more than two
may be at the 100 or 200 level.
(3)
At least three upper-division courses in the literature or culture
of one or more foreign languages (other than English), with all
readings in that language.
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Honors Program
Students who satisfy the following requirements of the honors
program receive the BA in Comparative Literature with Honors. To
be admissible to the honors program, an overall GPA of at least
3.0 and at least 3.5 in courses counted for major credit is required.
The decision to enter the Honors Program should be made and
discussed with the departmental undergraduate adviser at least
one year (two semesters) before graduation.
To be awarded honors, majors in comparative literature on
the literature/media/ critical thought track must complete 4 units
of COLT 490x Directed Research and 4 units of COLT 495
Senior Honors Thesis. These courses replace two of the COLT
courses required beyond the four-course concentration. Majors
in comparative literature on the foreign language track must
complete, in place of two of the five required COLT courses, an
additional upper-division course in the literature or culture of a
language other than English and COLT 495 Senior Honors Thesis.
The director of the senior honors thesis must be a member of
the comparative literature faculty. The second reader may be any
regular USC faculty. To qualify for the award of honors, the director
and second reader must both approve the thesis.
Minor
Comparative Literature Minor
Students can minor in one of three tracks: the literature/media/
critical thought track, the foreign language track or the global
cultures track.
Literature/Media/Critical Thought Track
Students are required to complete at least 24 units (six courses)
as follows:
1. COLT 302 and COLT 303
2. At least three additional COLT courses in one of the three
concentrations.
3. At least one additional COLT course in any of the three
concentrations.
No more than one of the six courses required for the minor may
be at the 100 or 200 level.
Foreign Language Track
Students are required to complete at least 24 units (six courses)
as follows:
1. COLT 302 and COLT 303
2. At least three additional COLT courses, of which no more
than one may be at the 100 or 200 level.
3. At least one upper-division course in the literature or culture
of a foreign language (other than English), with all readings in
that language.
Global Cultures Track
Students are required to complete at least 24 units (six courses)
as follows:
1. COLT 302 and COLT 303
2. At least two additional COLT courses, of which no more than
one may be at the 100 or 200 level, to be chosen from the
following list: COLT 101, COLT 102, COLT 250, COLT 264,
COLT 374, COLT 375, COLT 379, COLT 385, COLT 445,
COLT 448, COLT 470, COLT 474
3. At least two other courses in a relevant USC College
department to be decided in conjunction with the adviser
according to the following guidelines:
1. Students may choose a region of the world and take two
upper-division courses related to that region in relevant
departments.
2. Students may choose a national/ linguistic tradition and
take two upper-division courses related to that tradition in
relevant departments.
Graduate Certificate
Translation Studies Certificate
Graduate students intending to complete a certificate in
Translation Studies must be admitted to a USC graduate or
professional program. While undertaking course work for an MA,
PhD or other graduate degree, students may earn a certificate
in Translation Studies, which confirms advanced competence in
inter-linguistic and cross-cultural communication.
To earn the certificate, students must take four courses
(minimum of 12 units). Of these, two are required: the theory and
philosophy of translation (COLT 510), and the workshop in literary
translation that will serve as the capstone experience (COLT 519).
In addition, students will choose two elective courses under the
rubric of linguistic, literary and cultural traditions. Electives must
focus fully or partially on translation and may be taken in any
department, including comparative literature. Possible electives
include COLT 511, COLT 512, or any graduate course from any
departments or programs. Electives need to be approved by the
director of the certificate.
Requirements
Foundation
• COLT 510 Introduction to Translation Studies Units: 4
Electives in Linguistic, Literary and Cultural
Traditions
Two elective courses are required for certificate completion and
may be taken in any department. The courses listed below are
approved to count toward the certificate. Courses outside of those
listed are subject to review and approval by the certificate program
director prior to the application toward the certificate.
• COLT 511 Translating Race Units: 4
• COLT 512 Literary and Cinematic Translingualism and
Translation Units: 4
Capstone
• COLT 519 Translation in Theory and Practice Units: 4
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Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
The Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Doctoral
Program offers the MA and PhD in three tracks: Comparative
Media and Culture; Comparative Literature; and National
Literatures and Cultures (French and Francophone Studies or
Spanish and Latin American Studies).
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Graduate Degrees
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
Doctoral Program
Application deadline: January 3
Through the Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
doctoral program (CSLC), students pursue master's and doctoral
degrees in one of three tracks: Comparative Media and Culture;
Comparative Literature; National Literatures and Cultures (French
and Francophone Studies or Spanish and Latin American Studies).
The three tracks share a required core curriculum.
General Admission and Application Requirements
Applications are made to CSLC for the PhD in one of the three
tracks.
Successful applicants will have: a BA in a relevant discipline;
satisfactory grades on undergraduate or previous MA course
work in a related field and, if appropriate, a satisfactory score on
the TOEFL or IELTS examination; and advanced competence
in relevant languages. Applications must also include a written
statement indicating the applicant's interests in the field and
proposed areas of study; a sample of scholarly or critical writing on
a relevant subject; and three letters of recommendation.
Although candidates are not admitted who wish to pursue solely
the MA, the degree may be awarded either as a terminal degree or
as a transitional degree in the course of PhD study.
General Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
To be applied toward the degrees, courses must be accepted by
the Graduate School.
Students may transfer up to 4 units toward the MA and 30 units
toward the PhD.
For specific degree requirements in each track, see below.
Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching
This credential provides certification in the theory and practice
of second or foreign language teaching for student language
teachers concurrently enrolled in graduate degree programs
in foreign languages or related graduate programs at USC; for
graduates of such programs who are teaching languages; for
external candidates concurrently enrolled in similar programs
at accredited colleges or universities; or for graduates of such
programs who are teaching languages. The certificate is meant to
supplement graduate study in the literature or linguistics of foreign
languages. It is also meant to supplement classroom teaching.
Refer to the Department of Latin and Iberian Cultures for course
work requirements.
Master's Degree
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(Comparative Literature) (MA)
Track II: Comparative Literature
The primary goal of graduate study in the comparative literature
track is to prepare students to engage in original research and
teaching after acquiring: a broadly based knowledge of literature's
formal or generic development extending across linguistic
boundaries; an understanding of literature's historical development
within a number of specific cultural or ideological contexts; and a
knowledge of the principles of literary criticism and theory essential
to the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of individual works.
The core of the discipline of comparative literature is advanced
competence in several languages allowing research in their literary
traditions.
Course Requirements
Completion of at least eight courses (29–32 units) distributed as
follows: CSLC 501, CSLC 502 and CSLC 503; three courses in a
first literary tradition; two courses in a second literary tradition. No
more than one of these eight courses may be in directed research
(590).
First-year Review
The program conducts a thorough review of all first-year
students at the end of the second semester. To be permitted
to continue doctoral work, students must receive a satisfactory
evaluation in this review.
Track II Field Examination
A written exam based on a reading list must be successfully
passed by all students in the track. It is normally taken at the end
of the semester in which MA course work is completed.
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(Comparative Media and Culture) (MA)
Track I: Comparative Media and Culture
The primary goal of the track in comparative media and culture
is to prepare students to engage in original research and teaching
after acquiring: a broadly based knowledge of the formal specificity
and possibilities of different print, visual, sound and digital media;
an understanding of the development of different media within
their specific cultural and linguistic contexts; and a knowledge
of the principles of criticism and theory essential to the analysis,
interpretation and evaluation of individual works.
Course Requirements
Completion of at least eight courses (29–32 units) distributed as
follows: CSLC 501, CSLC 502and CSLC 503; one course in a non-
Anglophone literary or cultural tradition (CLAS, EALC, FREN, SLL
or SPAN); four additional courses in fields relating to the student's
program, of which at least two are in CSLC. No more than one of
these eight courses may be in directed research (CSLC 590).
First-Year Review
The program conducts a thorough review of all first-year
students at the end of the second semester. To be permitted
to continue doctoral work, students must receive a satisfactory
evaluation in this review.
Track I Field Examination
A written exam based on a reading list must be successfully
passed by all students in the track. It is normally taken at the end
of the semester in which MA course work is completed.
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(French and Francophone Studies) (MA)
The Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department
offers the MA and PhD in three tracks: Comparative Media and
Culture; Comparative Literature; and National Literatures and
Cultures (French and Francophone Studies or Spanish and Latin
American Studies).
Track III: National Literatures and Cultures
French and Francophone Studies
The majority of students pursue the doctorate in Comparative
Studies in Literature and Culture (French and Francophone
Studies) in preparation for a career of teaching and research at the
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college or university level in the field of French and Francophone
literature and cultural studies. Students preparing for these careers
must obtain a broad knowledge of major French and Francophone
literary texts and traditions from the Middle Ages to the present,
which is achieved through a combination of course work and
exams. They should also develop the intellectual depth that allows
them to produce an original dissertation in a timely manner.
Course Requirements
Completion of at least 8 courses (29–32 units) distributed as
follows: (1) CSLC 501, CSLC 502 and CSLC 503; three core
courses, FREN 500, FREN 501 and FREN 503; (3) two additional
courses in French or, with permission, in a related field. No more
than two of the eight courses may be at the 400 level and no more
than one course may be in directed research (590).
First-year Review
The program conducts a thorough review of all first-year
students at the end of the second semester. To be permitted
to continue doctoral work, students must receive a satisfactory
evaluation in this review.
Comparative Field Exercise
The exam consists of the oral defense of a paper developed in
consultation with a faculty adviser. The paper must be submitted
no later than the third semester.
Field Examination
A written exam based on a reading list, followed by an oral
defense, must be successfully passed by all students in the track.
It is normally taken at the end of the semester in which MA course
work is completed.
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(Spanish and Latin American Studies) (MA)
Spanish and Latin American Studies
The Spanish and Latin American Studies track in Comparative
Studies in Literature and Culture provides an optimal academic
environment for students interested in advanced studies and
research in Spanish and Latin American literature and culture
studies. Students pursue a course of study designed to develop
a broad knowledge of the subject matter within the framework
of comparative studies as well as current developments in the
field and are encouraged to devise individualized programs of
specialization in keeping with the highest standards of scholarship.
Course Requirements
Students are required to complete at least eight courses
(32 units), distributed as follows: CSLC 501, CSLC 502 and
CSLC 503; SPAN 501; four additional Spanish courses or, with
permission, courses in a related field. Students specializing in
the medieval and early modern periods are encouraged to take a
course in the history of the Spanish language. No more than one
of the eight courses may be in directed research (590).
First-year Review
The program conducts a thorough review of all first-year
students at the end of the second semester. Students must receive
a satisfactory evaluation to be permitted to continue to doctoral
work.
Language Requirement
Reading knowledge of a language other than Spanish and
English must be demonstrated either by successfully completing
a course at the 400-level or above taught in that language or
by passing a reading examination in the language. Students
confer with the graduate adviser to decide which option is most
appropriate.
Track III Field Examination (Spanish)
A written exam based on a reading list must be successfully
passed by all students in the track. It is normally taken at the end
of the semester in which MA course work is completed.
Doctoral Degree
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(Comparative Literature) (PhD)
Track II: Comparative Literature
The primary goal of graduate study in the comparative literature
track is to prepare students to engage in original research and
teaching after acquiring: a broadly based knowledge of literature's
formal or generic development extending across linguistic
boundaries; an understanding of literature's historical development
within a number of specific cultural or ideological contexts; and a
knowledge of the principles of literary criticism and theory essential
to the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of individual works.
The core of the discipline of comparative literature is advanced
competence in several languages allowing research in their literary
traditions.
Course Requirements
In addition to the MA course requirements listed above, six
additional 4-unit courses are required, distributed as follows: COLT
602 and two other courses in CSLC, COLT or comparative fields
relating to the student's program; two additional courses in the first
literary tradition; one course in a third literary tradition. Students
will also complete the professional development sequence, CSLC
600 and CSLC 700, which are 2-unit courses and offered only as
credit/no credit. No more than two of the total required courses
may be in directed research (590 or 790).
Track II Field Examination
See the requirement in the MA section.
Foreign Language Requirements
Students must successfully complete at least three advanced
courses (400-level or higher) in the original languages of two
literary traditions other than Anglophone (two courses in one
language and one in the other). Students will also complete a
literary analysis exercise in their strongest non-native language
outside their major literary tradition. This exercise is normally done
in conjunction with the field examination.
Comparative Field Exercise
A 30–40 page paper with bibliography in a comparative field
related but not central to the major literary tradition in which the
student plans to write his or her dissertation is required.
Qualifying Examination
To be admitted to candidacy for the PhD, students must pass
this examination after all course work has been completed.
Dissertation Defense
An oral defense of the dissertation must be satisfactorily
completed before the dissertation can be filed with the Graduate
School.
Awarding of Degree
The degree of PhD in Comparative Studies in Literature and
Culture (Comparative Literature) is conferred when all of the
degree requirements have been completed satisfactorily.
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(Comparative Media and Culture) (PhD)
Track I: Comparative Media and Culture
The primary goal of the track in comparative media and culture
is to prepare students to engage in original research and teaching
after acquiring: a broadly based knowledge of the formal specificity
and possibilities of different print, visual, sound and digital media;
an understanding of the development of different media within
their specific cultural and linguistic contexts; and a knowledge
of the principles of criticism and theory essential to the analysis,
interpretation and evaluation of individual works.
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Course Requirements
In addition to the MA course requirements listed above, six
additional 4-unit courses are required, distributed as follows: one
of the following: COLT 602, CSLC 601 or CSLC 603; two courses
in non-Anglophone literary or cultural traditions; three additional
courses in CSLC or in fields related to the study of media and
culture. Students will also complete the professional development
sequence, CSLC 600 and CSLC 700, which are 2-unit courses
and offered only as credit/no credit. No more than two of the total
required courses may be in directed research (590 or 790).
Foreign Language Requirements
Students must successfully complete at least three advanced
courses (400-level or higher) in the original language of a tradition
other than Anglophone.
Track I Field Examination
See the requirement in the MA section.
Qualifying Examination
To be admitted to candidacy for the PhD, students must pass
this examination after all course work has been completed.
Dissertation Defense
An oral defense of the dissertation must be satisfactorily
completed before the dissertation can be filed with the Graduate
School.
Awarding of Degree
The degree of PhD in Comparative Studies in Literature and
Culture (Comparative Media and Culture) is conferred when all of
the degree requirements have been completed satisfactorily.
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(French and Francophone Studies) (PhD)
The Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department
offers the MA and PhD in three tracks: Comparative Media and
Culture; Comparative Literature; and National Literatures and
Cultures (French and Francophone Studies or Spanish and Latin
American Studies).
Track III: National Literatures and Cultures
French and Francophone Studies
The majority of students pursue the doctorate in Comparative
Studies in Literature and Culture (French and Francophone
Studies) in preparation for a career of teaching and research at the
college or university level in the field of French and Francophone
literature and cultural studies. Students preparing for these careers
must obtain a broad knowledge of major French and Francophone
literary texts and traditions from the Middle Ages to the present,
which is achieved through a combination of course work and
exams. They should also develop the intellectual depth that allows
them to produce an original dissertation in a timely manner.
Course Requirements
In addition to the MA course requirements, at least five
additional 4-unit courses are required distributed as follows:
(1) CSLC 603; (2) four additional courses in French or, with
permission, in a related field. Students will also complete the
professional development sequence, CSLC 600 and CSLC 700,
which are 2-unit courses and offered only as credit/no credit. No
more than two of the total required courses may be in directed
research (590 or 790). The total unit requirement for the PhD is
60 units.
Language Requirement
The language requirement may be fulfilled either by
successfully completing a course at the 400-level or above taught
in a language other than French or English or by passing a reading
examination in the relevant language. Students confer with the
graduate adviser to decide which option is most appropriate. This
requirement must be fulfilled at least 60 days before the qualifying
examination.
Qualifying Examination
To be admitted to candidacy for the PhD, students must pass
this examination after all course work has been completed.
Dissertation Defense
An oral defense of the dissertation must be satisfactorily
completed before the dissertation can be filed with the Graduate
School.
Awarding of Degree
The degree of PhD in Comparative Studies in Literature and
Culture (French and Francophone Studies) is conferred when all of
the degree requirements have been completed satisfactorily.
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
(Spanish and Latin American Studies) (PhD)
Spanish and Latin American Studies
The Spanish and Latin American Studies track in Comparative
Studies in Literature and Culture provides an optimal academic
environment for students interested in advanced studies and
research in Spanish and Latin American literature and culture
studies. Students pursue a course of study designed to develop
a broad knowledge of the subject matter within the framework
of comparative studies as well as current developments in the
field and are encouraged to devise individualized programs of
specialization in keeping with the highest standards of scholarship.
Course Requirements
In addition to the MA course requirements listed above, six
additional 4-unit courses are required distributed as follows: one of
the following: COLT 602, CSLC 601 or CSLC 603; five additional
courses in Spanish or, with permission, courses in a related
field. Students will also complete the professional development
sequence, CSLC 600 and CSLC 700, which are 2-unit courses
and offered only as credit/no credit. No more than two of the total
required courses may be in directed research (590 or 790).
Language Requirement
Reading knowledge of two languages in addition to Spanish and
English must be demonstrated either by successfully completing
a course at the 400-level or above taught in the languages or
by passing a reading examination in the languages. Students
confer with the graduate adviser to decide which option is most
appropriate. This requirement must be fulfilled at least 60 days
before the qualifying examination.
Qualifying Examination
To be admitted to candidacy for the PhD, students must pass
this examination after all course work has been completed.
Dissertation Defense
An oral defense of the dissertation must be satisfactorily
completed before the dissertation can be filed with the Graduate
School.
Awarding of Degree
The degree of PhD in Comparative Studies in Literature and
Culture (Spanish and Latin American Studies) is conferred when
all of the degree requirements have been completed satisfactorily.
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Earth Sciences
The Department of Earth Sciences includes a spectrum of
disciplines united by curiosity about the Earth and its natural
environment, from microbial to planetary scales, and from human
to geologic time periods. Teaching and research in the department
focus on integrative understanding of Earth's systems and the
processes that influence the environmental "state" of the planet,
on using this understanding to read the record of Earth's history
written in rocks and sediments, and on developing models that
can be used to understand mechanisms at work in the past
and to predict future changes due to natural phenomena and
recent perturbations caused by humans. Earth Sciences involves
many issues of societal concern including: seismic risk and
other natural hazards; climate change; sustainability of natural
resources including petroleum and natural gas as well as water
and air; origins and limits of life and survival/adaptation strategies;
and environmental contamination. Subdisciplines housed in
the department include geophysics, geochemistry, geobiology,
hydrology, structural geology, petrology, marine geology,
sedimentology, physical and chemical oceanography, climate
science, paleoceanography and paleontology.
The department is committed to emphasizing both educational
and research programs and views these efforts as complementary.
Instruction is offered on several levels and includes an emphasis
on hands-on learning through lab and field experiences.
Courses include introductory classes for non-science majors,
undergraduate courses that are appropriate for those majoring
in Earth Sciences or other science and engineering disciplines,
and graduate classes appropriate for advanced degrees. A close
working relationship exists between students and faculty members.
Classes beyond the introductory level are usually small, permitting
personalized instruction. Field trips are an important part of the
instructional program. Two major research centers are led by
faculty within the department: the Southern California Earthquake
Center and the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Interactions.
The department also hosts one of NASA's Astrobiology Institutes.
The graduate program is closely linked to faculty research efforts,
and both graduate and undergraduate students participate in
research projects and workshops that include oral and poster
presentations. Collaboration in both research and teaching has
led to close ties with other programs, including the Department of
Biological Sciences (Marine Biology), the Environmental Studies
program, the graduate program in Ocean Sciences and several
other departments in Dornsife and in other schools (Viterbi School
of Engineering, Price School of Public Policy, Annenberg School
for Communication and Journalism).
For students interested in pursuing careers in the Earth and
environmental sciences, the department offers BA, BS, MS and
PhD degrees. The undergraduate majors offer student-focused,
experiential training, with capstone experiences including a
unifying course on Earth systems and field training in locations
including Catalina Island, Spain, Morocco and South America.
Many graduates now hold positions in academia as faculty
and researchers, in industry as environmental consultants or
geologists, in government and private industry as managers or
researchers, and as teachers. The BA degree is recommended
for students interested in the Earth Sciences but who intend to
pursue careers in other fields, such as business, law, medicine or
education.
Three minors are available. The Geohazards minor is
recommended for those who wish to broaden their background
in natural hazards, global change or environmental problems.
It is accessible to both non-science and science majors. The
Geobiology minor is recommended for those interested in
interdisciplinary work in Earth and biological sciences. The
Earth Sciences minor in Climate Change, Stewardship, and
Resiliency is recommended for those interested in international
relations, public policy, economics, business, management and/
or politics. In addition, the department works closely with the
Dornsife Environmental Studies program, offering science-focused
course work for students in this program and facilitating joint
degrees (double-major or major/minor combinations) for students
seeking further scientific grounding in their study of the natural
environment.
The Los Angeles and Southern California regions provide
diverse and spectacular geological settings, enabling students
easy access to varied field sites. The department conducts
field trips to study Southern California geology, has access
to oceanographic vessels for marine research, and regularly
conducts workshops and research at the Wrigley Marine Lab
on Catalina Island. Many state-of-the-art laboratory instruments
are available for use in research and instruction, and both
undergraduate and graduate students are involved significantly in
most research groups.
Proof of health insurance is mandatory when participation in
field trips is required for credit in any Earth Sciences class.
Zumberge Hall of Science 117
(213) 740-6106
FAX: (213) 740-8801
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/earth
Chair: Frank Corsetti, PhD
Faculty
University Professor, W.M. Keck Foundation Chair in Geological
Sciences and Professor of Earth Sciences: Thomas H. Jordan,
PhD
Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth
Sciences and Biological Sciences: Kenneth H. Nealson, PhD
Wilford and Daris Zinsmeyer Early Career Chair in Marine
Studies and Associate Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological
Sciences: A. Joshua West, PhD
Dean's Professor of Earth Sciences and Professor of Earth
Sciences: John Vidale, PhD
Gabilan Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences: Emily Cooperdock,
PhD
Professors: Jan Amend, PhD; Yehuda Ben-Zion, PhD; William
M. Berelson, PhD; David J. Bottjer, PhD*; Frank A. Corsetti,
PhD*; James F. Dolan, PhD*; Sarah J. Feakins, PhD; Douglas
E. Hammond, PhD*; Heidi Houston, PhD; Steven P. Lund,
PhD*; James W. Moffett, PhD (Biological Sciences); Scott R.
Paterson, PhD; John P. Platt, PhD*; Sergio Sanudo-Wilhelmy, PhD
(Biological Sciences); Lowell D. Stott, PhD
Associate Professors: Sylvain Barbot, PhD; Julien Emile-Geay,
PhD; Seth John, PhD
Assistant Professor: Naomi Levine, PhD (Biological Sciences)
Associate Professors (Research): Douglas LaRowe, PhD; David
A. Okaya, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Gregory A. Davis, PhD; Thomas L. Henyey,
PhD; Teh-Lung Ku, PhD; Terence G. Langdon, PhD, DSc
(Materials Science); Bernard W. Pipkin, PhD*; Charles G. Sammis,
PhD*; Ta-liang Teng, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Honor Society
The Department of Earth Sciences has one honor society:
the Omega Chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national
honorary earth sciences fraternity. "Sig Gam" is an undergraduate
organization that sponsors undergraduate activities within the
department.
Undergraduate Honors Program
The department offers an honors program for students pursuing
either a BS or a BA in Earth Sciences. Students wishing to
participate in this program must complete GEOL 494x Senior
Thesis. Honors will be awarded upon successful completion of the
thesis and attainment of an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.5 in
courses in the major.
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Grade Point Average in Major Subject
A grade of C or higher is required in each course in the earth
sciences courses used to complete the department or physical
sciences major.
Progressive Degree Program in Geological Sciences
This program permits exceptional students to receive both a
BS and MS in geological sciences in not more than 10 semesters.
It is intended for students with extraordinary geological sciences
preparation and performance who demonstrate a superior level
of overall scholarship, including a GPA of 3.5 or better. Students
may apply on completion of 64 units of course work but not later
than the end of the junior year (or the completion of 96 units).
The application for admission to a progressive degree program
must be accompanied by an approved course plan proposal
and letters of recommendation from two USC faculty members
in the Department of Earth Sciences. The requirements for both
the BS and MS degrees must be satisfied. Further details about
progressive degree programs can be found here.
Graduate Degrees
The department prepares professional Earth Scientists for
careers in academia, government and industry. A wide range
of specializations is offered in the department including climate
science, sedimentary geology, paleobiology, paleoclimatology,
paleoecology, micro paleontology, paleoceanography,
geochemistry, geobiology, geophysics, geodesy, geomorphology,
seismology, engineering geology and properties of Earth materials,
igneous and metamorphic petrology, structural geology and
tectonics, and interdisciplinary options. Degrees in ocean sciences
(through the Graduate Program in Ocean Sciences) are available.
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites
An applicant for admission should have the equivalent of the
courses in Earth sciences, chemistry, mathematics, and physics
required for the BS degree in geological sciences. Applicants
with an undergraduate degree in science or engineering who lack
required Earth sciences courses will also be given consideration.
Other degrees may be acceptable on a case-by-case basis.
Criteria
The Department of Earth Sciences requires the following
evidence for admission to its doctoral program: strong
undergraduate background and a superior academic record
as documented by GPAs in undergraduate and any completed
graduate work, Graduate Record Examinations scores no more
than five years old in the verbal and quantitative General Test,
and at least three letters of recommendation from undergraduate
and, if applicable, graduate advisers and professors. The number
of students accepted in any one year depends on available space
in the department and acceptance for advisement by one or more
professors.
Funding is offered for MS degrees only when completed en
route to the pursuit of a PhD degree.
Procedure
The online USC graduate admissions application will refer
applicants to a required supplemental departmental application.
The department admits students for both the fall and spring
semesters; however, applicants for assistantships and fellowships
are encouraged to apply for the fall semester.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Interdisciplinary Programs
Interdisciplinary programs can be arranged for students also
interested in astronomy, bioscience, chemistry, engineering,
oceanography and physics. The Department of Earth Sciences
maintains laboratories for micro-paleontologic, paleobiologic,
mineralogic, petrologic, geophysical, geochemical and
oceanographic research, and collections are available for
comparative work in invertebrate paleontology. Students interested
in systematic studies will find a wealth of material, available
for comparative purposes, in the adjacent Los Angeles County
Museum. Facilities for research in sedimentation, oceanography
and marine geology are provided in the department and by the
university's research fleet.
Bachelor's Degree
Earth Sciences (BA)
Required Courses
Introduction:
Any GEOL 100- or 200-level course (4 units):
Required:
• GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems Units: 4
Electives:
28 additional units must be selected from MATH 225, MATH 226,
or any upper-division course listed or cross-listed as GEOL
(28 units):
Required courses in other departments (8 units):
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Choose any one of the following (4 units):
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
Total units: 48
Geological Sciences (BS)
Required Courses
Introduction:
(4 units):
Any GEOL 100- or 200-level course (4 units):
• GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
• GEOL 107Lg Oceanography Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• GEOL 125Lg Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution
Units: 4
• GEOL 130Lg The Nature of Scientific Inquiry Units: 4
• GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
• GEOL 240Lg Earthquakes Units: 4
Required courses from other departments (24 units)
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 and
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 and
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 and
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 and
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 or
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 and
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4 and
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
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Required upper-division courses (12 units):
• GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems Units: 4
• GEOL 387ag Undergraduate Team Research Units: 2
• GEOL 465L Field Geology Units: 4 or
• GEOL 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(4 Units Required)
• GEOL 494x Senior Thesis Units: 2
Electives (28 units):
28 additional units must be selected from MATH 225, MATH 226 or
any upper-division course listed or cross-listed as GEOL.*
Note:
*Up to two upper-division courses from other science departments
may be substituted for any two in this group, on approval of the
departmental undergraduate adviser.
Total units: 68
Physical Sciences (BS)
Required Courses
Lower division:
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Upper division:
• Astronomy elective Units: 4 *
• Chemistry elective Units: 4 *
• Earth Sciences elective Units: 4 *
• Physics elective Units: 4 *
• Three additional electives from these fields Units: 12 *
Other courses:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
Total units: 64
*Upper-division courses must be applicable to majors in their
respective departments.
Minor
Earth Sciences Minor: Climate Change,
Stewardship and Resiliency
This minor is intended to provide background for students
who plan careers in business with companies who recognize
the necessity to respond to environmental change as scientists
understand it. Students who complete the minor will gain insight
that will facilitate discussions with both scientists in the field and
professionals in the public, private and non-profit sectors.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Prerequisites (8 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 and
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
or
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Lower-division Requirement
Choose one course from the following three (4 units):
• GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
• GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4
• GEOL 241Lg Energy Systems Units: 4
Upper-division Requirements
Core Course (4 units)
• GEOL 351L Climate Systems Units: 4 *
Science Electives
Choose two courses among the following (8 units):
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4 **
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• GEOL 427 The Global Environment Units: 4 ***
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4 ****
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
Applications of Climate Change
Choose one course among the following (4 units):
• ECON 487 Resource and Environmental Economics
Units: 4 *****
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• POSC 347 Environmental Law Units: 4
• POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
• COMM 475 Environmental Communication Units: 4
Note:
Minor requires 28 units, including 16 upper division units that are
unique to the minor.
*Prerequisite: MATH 125
**Co-requisites: MATH 126 and CHEM 105b
*** Prerequisites: BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg and CHEM 105b or
CHEM 115bL
*** Prerequisite: MATH 125
***** Prerequisite: ECON 303
Geobiology Minor
The minor in geobiology is designed to allow students
majoring in biology to incorporate interdisciplinary courses in
earth sciences into their program or to allow students majoring in
geology to incorporate interdisciplinary courses in biology into their
program. This field represents the intersection of what have been
traditional disciplines and is valuable for understanding evolution,
environmental contaminant behavior and ocean sciences.
Students with majors offered by biological or earth or geological
sciences will be able to complete this minor with 16 to 24 units
of course work beyond their major requirements. Other students
may need to complete up to 48 units of course work beyond their
major requirements. For example, students majoring in biological
sciences might take an introductory GEOL course; GEOL 315L;
GEOL 433L or BISC 483; and two additional upper-division
elective courses from the list below. Students majoring in earth
or geological sciences must take BISC 120Lg and BISC 220Lg;
GEOL 433L or BISC 483; and three additional elective courses.
Courses selected must include at least 16 units unique to the
minor and at least 16 units in a department outside the major.
Required Courses
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems Units: 4
Elective Courses
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4 * or
• GEOL 433L Paleontology and Evolution in Deep Time
Units: 4
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• Three upper-division BISC courses ** Units: 12
One introductory GEOL course:
• GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
• GEOL 107Lg Oceanography Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• GEOL 125Lg Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution
Units: 4
• GEOL 130Lg The Nature of Scientific Inquiry Units: 4
• GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
• GEOL 240Lg Earthquakes Units: 4
Two courses from the following (8 units):
• BISC 474L Ecosystem Function and Earth Systems Units: 4 *
• BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology Units: 4 *
• GEOL 320L Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems
Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 433L Paleontology and Evolution in Deep Time
Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
• GEOL 460L Geochemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
Note:
*Indicates BISC course that is also cross-listed under GEOL
**Must carry credit for a biology major
Geohazards Minor
The geohazards minor allows students who are not
geology majors to pursue a course of study that will lead to
greater understanding of geohazards such as climate change,
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, environmental
contamination and availability of natural resources. These issues
are examined in a number of upper-division geology courses,
and each student can select from the list below depending on the
particular area of interest and whether previous course work has
been completed to meet prerequisites for some of the choices.
The minor requires an introductory class, an upper-division course
in either formation of minerals or geosystem behavior and three
elective courses from the list below. The minimum number of units
to complete the minor is 24, including the introductory course
CHEM 105aLg (a corequisite for GEOL 315L) or MATH 125
(prerequisite for GEOL 450L) and three of the group: BISC 427,
GEOL 305L, GEOL 315L, GEOL 316L, GEOL 320L, GEOL 321L,
GEOL 433L and GEOL 450L. The remaining courses listed have
additional prerequisites.
Required Courses (8 Units)
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
Elective Courses
One introductory GEOL course:
• GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
• GEOL 107Lg Oceanography Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• GEOL 125Lg Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution
Units: 4
• GEOL 130Lg The Nature of Scientific Inquiry Units: 4
• GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
• GEOL 240Lg Earthquakes Units: 4
Three of the following (12 units):
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
• GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems Units: 4
• GEOL 316L Petrologic Systems Units: 4
• GEOL 320L Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems
Units: 4
• GEOL 321L Structural Geology and Tectonics Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 433L Paleontology and Evolution in Deep Time
Units: 4
• GEOL 440L Geophysics and Geoengineering Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
• GEOL 460L Geochemistry Units: 4
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
Master's Degree
Geological Sciences (MS)
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
There is no language or research tool requirement for the
master's degree.
Course Requirements
The MS degree in geological sciences requires 24 units of
course work plus at least four thesis units. These restrictions
apply: at least 16 units must be 500 level or higher; no more than
eight units can be 590 Directed Research; and a maximum of four
units, with superior grades, can be transferred from an accredited
graduate school. Students are required to have an overall GPA
of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) in all graduate work. Students are also
required to attend a series of departmental seminars.
Thesis
Students should arrange for the appointment of a thesis
adviser and committee after the first semester, or, at the latest,
after the first year of graduate work. The thesis committee should
consist of the adviser plus two other faculty members, all of whom
are generally selected from the department faculty. Once the
committee is arranged, the student may make formal application to
the Graduate School for the MS degree.
Doctoral Degree
Geological Sciences (PhD)
Application deadline: January 1
Course Requirements
For students who have earned a master's degree, the minimum
number of course credits required for the PhD is 40 units. No
more than four of these units may be earned in 794 Doctoral
Dissertation. For students who have not earned a master's degree,
the minimum number of course credits required is 60 units,
including a maximum of eight units of 794 Doctoral Dissertation.
The qualifying exam committee may require additional course
work to insure a sufficient background in the student's area of
specialization. At least two-thirds of the number of units presented
for the degree must be 500 level or higher. Although the official
minimum GPA for all graduate work attempted at USC is 3.0,
the department does not consider a doctoral candidate in good
standing unless the graduate GPA is considerably higher than the
minimum (approximately 3.25 or above in graduate courses taken
within the department).
Screening Procedure
Students in the PhD program must pass the screening
procedure before their 25th unit of graduate credit. Screening
consists of a review of the student's progress and is usually done
by the chair following a written recommendation by the student's
adviser(s).
Qualifying Exam Committee
The doctoral qualifying exam committee is formed after the
student has passed the screening procedure. The committee
is appointed by the department with the advice of the student's
research adviser. The five-member committee consists of the
adviser, a minimum of three other members from the Department
of Earth Sciences, and one from outside the department. The
committee consults with the student, recommends an appropriate
program of study and administers the written and oral qualifying
examinations.
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Qualifying Examination
This examination consists of two parts, one written and the
other oral. The written exam, which precedes the oral, includes
questions submitted by committee members on current geological
problems and theory. The oral portion of the exam consists of
the defense of two propositions written by the candidate prior to
the oral exam. In addition, general questions are posed to test
the student's breadth of scientific and earth science background.
The student's performance is evaluated by the qualifying exam
committee, with a pass based on not more than one negative vote
or abstention. Those who intend to take the exam must meet all
the conditions specified in the section on general requirements for
the PhD.
Defense of the Dissertation
When the candidate has passed the qualifying examination, a
dissertation committee replaces the qualifying exam committee.
The latter is appointed by the adviser and qualifying exam
committee in conjunction with the student. The dissertation
committee administers the final defense of the dissertation.
The defense takes place after the dissertation is substantially
complete, and upon unanimous approval by the dissertation
committee. It is conducted in the form of an open departmental
seminar, but is evaluated by the dissertation committee alone.
East Asian Area Studies
The East Asian Studies Center supports the interdisciplinary
study of China, Japan and Korea. It offers an undergraduate major
in East Asian Area Studies (with an optional honors track), minors
in East Asian Area Studies and Korean Studies, and a progressive
degree program for students interested in graduate education.
The center offers the Master of Arts in East Asian Area Studies
and the Master of Arts/Master of Business Administration dual
degree programs. It also offers a graduate certificate in East Asian
Area Studies for continuing graduate students who want to pursue
special area competence beyond discipline requirements.
The East Asian Studies Center faculty are professors from
departments throughout the college and professional schools
who teach and engage in research on East Asia. The center's
interdisciplinary approach allows students the flexibility to acquire
country-specific expertise as well as a transnational understanding
of the region from nearly any discipline. The center promotes and
coordinates teaching, research and development of academic
programs concerning East Asia, regardless of discipline or school,
on a university-wide basis. Scholars from outside the university
conduct research at USC and contribute toward the center's goals
as EASC visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows.
The center also promotes and coordinates academic exchange
with other institutions with which USC maintains cooperative
relations in the United States and abroad. Undergraduate
students can conduct research in East Asia through the EASC
Global East Asia program or participate in semester- or year-long
study abroad programs through the Office of Overseas Studies.
Graduate students with special interests in East Asia are eligible to
receive summer funding through the East Asian Studies Center for
research or related professional development.
College Administrative Services Building (CAS) 100
(213) 740-2991
FAX: (213) 740-8409
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/easc
Director: Sonya Lee, PhD
Associated Faculty
Professors: Jonathan Aronson (Communication); Bettine Birge
(East Asian Languages and Cultures); Baizhu Chen (Finance
and Business Economics); Meiling Cheng (Dramatic Arts Critical
Studies); Iris Chi (Social Work); Ruth Gim Chung (Education);
Robert Dekle (Economics); JoAnn Marie Farver (Psychology);
Joshua Goldstein (History); Eric Heikkila (Public Policy); Velina
Hasu Houston (Dramatic Arts); Janet Hoskins (Anthropology);
Jane Junn (Political Science and International Relations); David
Kang (Political Science and International Relations); Saori
Katada (Political Science and International Relations); Namkil
Kim (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Dorinne Kondo
(Anthropology); Lon Kurashige (History); Sonya Lee (Art History);
Audrey Li (Linguistics); Akira Mizuta Lippit (Cinematic Arts); Nancy
Lutkehaus (Anthropology); Roger Moon (Economics); Jeffrey B.
Nugent (Economics); Rhacel Parreñas (Sociology); Joan Piggott
(History); Nandini Rajagopalan (Management and Organization);
Stanley Rosen (Political Science and International Relations);
Ellen Seiter (Cinematic Arts); Brett Sheehan (History); Jean Shih
(Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology); Andrew Simpson
(Linguistics); John Strauss (Economics); Guofu Tan (Economics);
Shui Yan Tang (Public Policy); Duncan Williams (Religion); Carol
Wise (Political Science and International Relations); Tak-Jun Wong
(Accounting); Sha Yang (Marketing)
Associate Professors: Brian Bernards (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); David Bialock (East Asian Languages and
Cultures); Jenny Chio (East Asian Languages and Cultures);
Youngmin Choe (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Robeson
Taj Frazier (Communication); Hajime Hoji (Linguistics); Jacques
Hymans (Political Science and International Relations); Nan Jia
(Management and Organization); Annette Kim (Public Policy);
Jenny Lin (Critical Studies); Lori Meeks (Religion); Eunjoo Pacifici
(Clinical Pharmacy); Sunyoung Park (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); Gary Seaman (Anthropology); Douglas Thomas
(Communication); Jay Wang (Communication); Shiing-Wu Wang
(Accounting); Aimei Yang (Journalism); Lori Qingyuan Yue
(Management and Organization); Tianshu Sun (Data Sciences and
Operations)
Assistant Professors: Erin Baggott Carter (Political Science
and International Relations); Lindsey Bier (Clinical Business
Communication); Adrian De Leon (American Studies and
Ethnicity); Rena Heinrich (Critical Studies); Jonathan Markowitz
(Political Science and International Relations); Stephanie Shih
(Linguistics); Benjamin Uchiyama (History); Mengxiao Wang (East
Asian Languages and Cultures); Audrye Wong (Political Science
and International Relations); Kerim Yasar (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); Jessica Xiaomin Zu (Religion)
Adjunct Clinical, Research, Teaching and Visiting Faculty:
Hyunjung Ahn (East Asian Languages and Cultures); John
Alexander (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Vinayak Bharne
(Architecture); John Chang (East Asian Languages and Cultures);
Jinhee Choung (Political Science and International Relations);
Mina Chow (Architecture); Mayumi Ikeda (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); Maki Irie (East Asian Languages and Cultures);
Xiang Jian (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Woojoo Kim
(East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yuka Kumagai (East Asian
Languages and Cultures); Ben Lee (Communication); Hye Jin
Lee (Communication); Shanshan Li (East Asian Languages and
Cultures); Hsiao-Yun Liao (East Asian Languages and Cultures);
Yi-Hsien Liu (East Asian Languages and Culture); Christopher
Magriney (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yumi Matsumoto
(East Asian Languages and Cultures); Miya Elise Desjardins (East
Asian Languages and Cultures); Masako Tamanaha (East Asian
Languages and Cultures); Tin-yu Tseng (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); Jason Webb (Comparative Literature); Yan Xiao
(Engineering)
Librarians: Rebecca Corbett (Japanese Studies); Joy Kim (Korean
Heritage Library); Tang Li (Chinese Studies)
Emeritus Professors: Gordon Berger (History); Philip B.H.
Birnbaum-More (Business Management and Organization);
Harrison Cheng (Economics); Dominic Cheung (East Asian
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Languages and Cultures); Roger Dingman (History); Charlotte
Furth (History); George Hayden (East Asian Languages and
Cultures); David James (Cinematic Arts); Douglas Joines (Finance
and Business Economics); Kenneth Klein (East Asian Library);
Thomas Lin (Accounting); Qingyun Ma (Architecture); James
Steele (Architecture)
Bachelor's Degree
East Asian Area Studies (BA)
Requirements for the lower division are: EALC 110 and EASC
150 or the equivalent; a minimum of four courses in one East
Asian language (or the proficiency equivalent); and seven upper-
division courses approved for the major in addition to the language
courses used to meet the requirements. One lower-division course
other than EALC 110 and EASC 150 may be substituted for one
of the seven upper-division courses. Upper-division courses
must include those from at least three departments, one of which
must be History. At least one course must be taken on two of the
following: China, Japan or Korea.
Minor
East Asian Area Studies Minor
The minor in East Asian Area Studies gives students the
opportunity to supplement more narrowly defined departmental
majors with a multidisciplinary focus on an area of increasingly
great importance to our nation in general and our region in
particular. There is no language requirement.
Twenty-four units are required from among the more than
120 courses offered on East Asia at the university. Students are
required to take EALC 110 and EASC 150; and at least four upper-
division four-unit courses (16 units). At least one of these courses
must be from the History Department and one from the humanities
area. At least one course must be taken on two of the following:
China, Japan or Korea.
Korean Studies Minor
The minor in Korean studies offers an interdisciplinary approach
to studying a dynamic and crucial region. Drawing on courses
from departments across the social sciences, humanities and
professional schools, the minor challenges and stimulates students
who wish to learn about the political, economic, social and cultural
changes of the area.
Twenty units (five courses) are required. All students must
take EASC 150gp East Asian Societies or HIST 105g The Korean
Past as a gateway course, as well as four upper-division four-unit
courses from the list below. There is no language requirement for
the minor.
Required Courses
• EASC 150gp East Asian Societies Units: 4 or
• HIST 105g The Korean Past Units: 4
Four 4-unit courses from the following:
• CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media Units: 4
max 8 **
• CTCS 494 Advanced Cinema and Media Studies Seminar
Units: 4 max 8 **
• EALC 315 Advanced Korean I Units: 4 *
• EALC 317 Advanced Korean II Units: 4
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 344gp Korean Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
Units: 4
• EALC 415 Advanced Korean III Units: 4
• EALC 417 Advanced Korean IV Units: 4
• EALC 418 Korean Writing in Mixed Script Units: 4 *
• EALC 419 Newspaper and Documentary Korean Units: 4 *
• EALC 429 Gender in Korean Film and Literature Units: 4
• EALC 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8 **
• HIST 333 Korea: The Modern Transformation Units: 4
• HIST 404 Seminar in Korean History Units: 4
• HIST 498 Seminar on Selected Historical Topics Units: 4
max 8 **
• IR 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 max 8 **
Note:
*Prerequisite: EALC 217
**For these repeatable courses, only classes with Korean-based
foci will count.
Master's Degree
East Asian Area Studies (MA)
The East Asian Studies Center offers an interdisciplinary
master's degree in East Asian Area Studies. The program provides
a wide range of language, cultural, social, historical, political and
economic courses and faculty expertise; individual courses of
study may be designed to meet both continuing academic and
professional objectives. Students may concentrate primarily
on one country (China, Japan, Korea) or develop region-wide
expertise through a combination of course work and the thesis
project.
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites
While an applicant for admission will normally have
significant experience in East Asian language(s) and area
studies as demonstrated through course work completed for the
undergraduate degree, programs may be arranged for promising
students without prior experience in East Asian studies. There is
no formal language requirement for admission.
Criteria
Please refer to the EASC website for a detailed explanation of
application requirements: dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/masters.
Degree Requirements
This degree is under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.
Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degree must be courses acceptable
to the Graduate School.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students must be able to demonstrate oral and written
proficiency in Chinese, Korean or Japanese through the third
year level (equivalent to six semesters) before the MA program is
completed.
Course and Thesis Requirements
Six courses (24 units), four of which must be at the 500 level
or above, plus the thesis (4 units) are required. All students must
complete: (1) EASC 592; (2) EALC 531, EALC 532 or EALC 533;
and (3) one other course from a Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences department. The three additional courses (12 units)
may be taken from college departments or professional schools.
All courses must be approved by the center director or adviser. A
maximum of two courses at the 400 level may be counted toward
the degree. All students must register for EASC 594a Master's
Thesis EASC 594b Master's Thesis for the thesis project.
Dual Degree
Master of Arts, East Asian Area Studies/Master
of Business Administration (MA/MBA)
The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the
East Asian Studies Center offers a joint MA/MBA degree that
combines graduate business education with training in the
cultures and societies of East Asia. Students enrolled in the joint
degree program are required to complete a minimum of 72 units.
All students must complete 48 units in the Marshall School of
Business. Dual degree students may not count courses taken
outside the Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units. In
East Asian Area Studies, students have the option of taking five
courses and writing a thesis (for a total of 24 units) or taking six
courses and passing a comprehensive examination (for a total of
24 units).
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Applicants for the joint MA/MBA are required to follow the
admission procedures for the full-time MBA program. GRE scores
are not required for admission into the joint program.
Required Courses
Required MBA courses: all required courses in an MBA program.
Required EASC Courses
• EASC 592 Proseminar on Issues and Trends in
Contemporary East Asia Units: 4, 2 years
and one course from the following list:
Cultural/Historical Foundations of East Asia
• AHIS 518 Seminar in Chinese Art Units: 4 max 16
• AHIS 519 Seminar in Japanese Art Units: 4 max 16
• EALC 501 History of Chinese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 506 Selections from Classical Chinese Literature
Units: 4
• EALC 515 Classical Japanese Poetics Units: 4
• EALC 531 Proseminar in Chinese Cultural History Units: 4
• EALC 532 Proseminar in Korean Cultural History Units: 4
• EALC 533 Proseminar in Japanese Cultural History Units: 4
• EALC 541 Seminar: Japan Units: 4
• EALC 543 Seminar: Japanese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 551 Seminar: China Units: 4
• EALC 553 Seminar: Chinese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 610 Seminar: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Japan
Units: 4
• HIST 535 Studies in Japanese History Units: 4
• HIST 536 Studies in Chinese History Units: 2 or 4
• HIST 540 Studies in Modern East Asian History Units: 4
max 8
• HIST 630 Seminar in Japanese History Units: 2 or 4
• HIST 635 Seminar in Chinese History Units: 2 or 4
Additional Requirements
Elective Courses (Thesis Option)
During the second and third years of the program students must
complete enough graduate units to bring the total number of units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to 48, complete 12
units of East Asian Area Studies elective courses (three courses),
and complete a four-unit thesis under the guidance of a faculty
committee of three members. The subject will concern East Asia
and may focus on business/finance.
Elective Courses (Comprehensive Examination
Option)
During the second and third years of the program students must
complete enough graduate units to bring the total number of units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to 48, complete 16
units of East Asian Area Studies elective courses (four courses)
and must pass a comprehensive examination in East Asian Area
Studies.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students must be able to demonstrate oral and written
proficiency in Chinese, Japanese or Korean language through
the third year level (equivalent to six semesters) before the joint
MA/MBA program is completed. Language course work taken
to meet this requirement will not count toward the minimum unit
or course requirements for completion of the degree program.
Therefore, students without sufficient under graduate language
course work, native speaker capability or other prior training, are
advised that additional units and course work beyond the minimum
72 units may be required in order to satisfy the foreign language
requirement. USC offers beginning, intermediate and advanced
Chinese, Japanese and Korean language courses during the
academic year (fall/spring).
Graduate Certificate
East Asian Area Studies Graduate Certificate
Students interested in pursuing the East Asian Area Studies
Graduate Certificate must be enrolled in an advanced degree
program in the Graduate School or in a professional school at
the university. While preparing for an MA, PhD or other graduate
degree, they may earn a certificate in East Asian Studies, which
certifies special area competence beyond discipline requirements.
To fulfill the certificate requirements, the student must take four
graduate-credit courses in East Asian studies in any department.
The student will also be given an oral examination on three
research papers and on relevant graduate course work.
Basic East Asian history and at least two years of study or the
equivalent of an East Asian language are required. The student
makes the basic decisions on the program to be followed in
consultation with a three-member interdisciplinary committee
approved by the director of the East Asian Studies Center.
For further information, interested students can email the East
Asian Studies Center at [email protected].
East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian Languages and Cultures offers undergraduate and
doctoral programs in Chinese, Japanese and Korean studies.
The department fosters original approaches in East Asian studies.
With an emphasis on interdisciplinary and innovative research,
the program provides students with systematic training in East
Asian languages, literatures and cultures. The faculty is committed
to intra-regional and interdisciplinary studies of East Asia, which
includes critical interaction among the cultures of China, Japan
and Korea across historical times and through diverse media.
The department engages the arts, languages, literatures, theatre
and performance, histories, media, religions, visual and material
cultures of East Asia.
Taper Hall of Humanities 356
(213) 740-3707
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/ealc
Chair: Brett Sheehan, PhD
Faculty
Maria Crutcher Professor in International Relations and Professor
of International Relations, Business and East Asian Languages
and Cultures: David Kang, PhD (Political Science and International
Relations)
Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History and Professor of History
and East Asian Languages and Cultures: Joan R. Piggott, PhD
(History)
Professors: Bettine Birge, PhD; Joshua Goldstein, PhD (History);
Namkil Kim, PhD; Sonya Lee, PhD (Art History); Akira Mizuta
Lippit, PhD (Cinema and Media Studies); Brett Sheehan, PhD*
(History); Duncan Williams, PhD (Religion)
Associate Professors: Brian Bernards, PhD; David T. Bialock,
PhD; Jenny Chio, PhD; Youngmin Choe, PhD; Hajime Hoji, PhD
(Linguistics); Lori Rachelle Meeks, PhD (Religion); Sunyoung
Park, PhD
Assistant Professors: Mengxiao Wang, PhD; Kerim Yasar, PhD
Artist in Residence: John Alexander, MFA
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Hyunjung Ahn, PhD; Yi-Hsien Liu,
PhD; Masako Tamanaha, PhD; Tin-Yu Tseng, PhD
Master Lecturers: John Chang, MA; Yuka Kumagai, MA
Senior Lecturers: Mayumi Ikeda, MA; Maki Irie, MA; Hsiao-Yun
Liao, MA; Yumi Matsumoto, MA
Lecturers: Xian Jian, MA; Woojoo Kim, MA; Christopher Magriney,
MA
Adjunct Associate Professor (Teaching): Miya Elise Desjardins,
PhD
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Undergraduate Degree
The core requirements for the EALC major allow students
flexibility in designing their own courses of study. Majors typically
select one language and cultural area (Chinese, Japanese or
Korean) in which they do most of their course work. Majors are
encouraged to explore beyond their individual language focus by
enrolling in the full range of EALC courses available in literature,
film, history, media and other aspects of East Asian cultures.
All EALC majors and minors are required to take at least
one course in each of the following two categories. Cross-
Cultural Survey courses, to be taken within the first two years,
offer students a broad, interregional introduction to East Asian
philosophy, literature, film and culture. Cultural Studies courses,
also to be completed before advancing to more theme-specific
courses, provide students with an in-depth introduction to a cultural
tradition within its regional context. For specific courses in these
categories as well as upper-division electives (four for majors and
two for minors), please refer to the course list on the department's
website and the Schedule of Classes.
Study Abroad Programs
East Asian Languages and Cultures majors and minors are
encouraged to take advantage of the numerous semester and
year-long study abroad opportunities sponsored by the Office of
Overseas Studies. Currently, the office offers programs in China
(Beijing and Nanjing), Taiwan (Taipei), Korea (Seoul), and Japan
(Tokyo, Nagoya). Each of the programs is affiliated with a world-
class institution, such as Waseda University in Tokyo, National
Chengchi University in Taipei or Yonsei University in Seoul.
Contact the Office of Overseas Studies at (213) 740-3636 for
further details or visit online at dornsife.usc.edu/overseas.
The majority of course work offered by these programs may be
counted toward the EALC major or minor requirements. Students
who receive major credit from any of these programs must still
take at least eight units of non-language courses within EALC
at the upper-division level while at USC (specifically an EALC
civilization and an EALC literature course). Students interested
in attending one of these programs must meet with an EALC
academic adviser to ensure that the courses enrolled in overseas
will meet EALC major or minor requirements.
Chinese Summer Programs in Beijing and Taipei
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers
its Chinese language summer courses in Beijing and Taipei.
Participants can transition seamlessly to the next level courses
upon returning to campus. Cultural visits and excursions are
included in the tuition fee. All courses count toward a major and
minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures.
Graduate Degrees
EALC offers graduate students advanced training in the
languages, literatures, and cultures of China, Japan and Korea.
Our students have combined approaches from cultural studies,
literature, film and media studies, theater and other disciplines
to broaden more traditional paradigms and provide a different
perspective on the reading of the texts in their fields. By allowing
a greater degree of flexibility, our interdisciplinary approach
enhances students' research skills and enables them to become
well-rounded scholars. Appropriate cross-registration with other
departments allows students to enhance their theoretical and
methodological training.
Bachelor's Degree
East Asian Languages and Cultures (BA)
The core requirements for the EALC major allow students
flexibility in designing their own course of study. Majors typically
select one language and cultural area (Chinese, Japanese, or
Korean) in which they do most of their course work. For this
reason, one frequently hears students on campus speaking
about "majoring" in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, though strictly
speaking all these students are actually majoring in EALC. Majors
are encouraged to explore beyond their individual language
focus by enrolling in the full range of EALC courses available in
literature, film, history, media, and other aspects of East Asian
cultures.
Core requirements for EALC majors consist of a cross-
cultural survey course, a cultural studies course, and a language
requirement that may be waived by placement test. Students
then also take four upper-division elective courses (16 units),
one of which can be replaced by a fourth-year language course.
In addition, one upper-division course on East Asia from another
department may be used to count toward the 16 units, if approved
by the adviser.
Cross-Cultural Survey Course (Choose One)
Cross-Cultural Survey courses offer students a broad, interregional
introduction to East Asian philosophy, literature, film, and culture.
All EALC majors are required to take at least one of these courses
within the first two years of their study.
• EALC 110gp East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition
Units: 4
• EALC 125g Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Cinema
and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 130gp Introduction to East Asian Ethical Thought
Units: 4
Cultural Studies Course (Choose One)
Cultural Studies courses provide students with an in-depth
introduction to a cultural tradition within its regional context.
Students are required to take one of these gateway courses
preferably before advancing to more specialized, theme-specific
courses.
• EALC 150gw Global Chinese Cinema and Cultural Studies
Units: 4
• EALC 333g Introduction to Korean Film Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 344gp Korean Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
Language Requirement
This requirement may be waived by placement test.
• EALC 306 Advanced Modern Chinese II Units: 4
or
• EALC 317 Advanced Korean II Units: 4
or
• EALC 322 Advanced Japanese II Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (Choose Four)
Our faculty teach new courses every year. Please check the
department's Schedule of Classes to see the full range of courses.
One fourth-year language or professionalization course can be
used to count for one elective. In addition, one upper-division
course on East Asia from another department may likewise be
used to count toward the 16 units with adviser's approval.
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 346g Hallyu, the Korean Wave Units: 4
• EALC 358g Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture
Units: 4
• EALC 360g Performing Japan: Bodies, Media, and Textuality
Units: 4
• EALC 374 Language and Society in East Asia Units: 4
• EALC 375 Women and Gender in China: Past and Present
Units: 4
• EALC 387 Early Japanese Art Units: 4
• EALC 426 Classical Japanese Units: 4
• EALC 428 Nature and the Ecological Imagination in
Japanese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 430 Gender and Sexuality in Korean Literature and
Culture Units: 4
• EALC 450 Contemporary Japanese Literature and Global
Modernity Units: 4
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• EALC 455 Japanese Fiction Units: 4
• EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature
Units: 4
• EALC 465 Topics in Korean Visual and Cultural Studies
Units: 4
• EALC 470 Introduction to East Asian Linguistics Units: 4
• EALC 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Language Courses
Fourth-year courses and a professionalization course
can be used to count towards the upper-division elective
requirement.
• EALC 366 Chinese Professional Internship: Communication
and Culture Units: 2
• EALC 404 Advanced Modern Chinese III Units: 4
• EALC 406 Advanced Modern Chinese IV Units: 4
• EALC 407 News and Web Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 412a Business Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 412b Business Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 413 Business Japanese Units: 4
• EALC 418 Korean Writing in Mixed Script Units: 4
• EALC 419 Newspaper and Documentary Korean Units: 4
• EALC 422 Advanced Japanese III Units: 4
• EALC 424 Advanced Japanese IV Units: 4
Minor
Chinese for the Professions Minor
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers
a minor for undergraduate students who wish to pursue a future
career in the greater China region or communities requiring
advanced Chinese linguistic and cultural competence. The minor
provides opportunities for students to gain real world experiences
in work environments and explore career opportunities from
various perspectives. The language prerequisite for admission
to the program is the completion of EALC 206 at USC or its
equivalent.
Four EALC upper-division courses (16 units) and 4 units of
EALC 366 are required to complete the minor. The four upper-
division courses must include at least two from EALC 404, EALC
406, EALC 407, EALC 412a, EALC 412b, or the equivalent.
Course selections must be approved by the faculty adviser for the
minor.
Required Courses (12 Units)
Internship (4 units)
• EALC 366 Chinese Professional Internship: Communication
and Culture Units: 2
Choose two of the following (8 units)
• EALC 404 Advanced Modern Chinese III Units: 4
• EALC 406 Advanced Modern Chinese IV Units: 4
• EALC 407 News and Web Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 412a Business Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 412b Business Chinese Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Choose two of the following:
• EALC 304 Advanced Modern Chinese I Units: 4
• EALC 306 Advanced Modern Chinese II Units: 4
• EALC 334 Chinese Language Through Films and Television
Units: 4
• EALC 336 Chinese Language through Films and Television
II Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 355 Studies in Chinese Thought Units: 4
• EALC 374 Language and Society in East Asia Units: 4
• EALC 470 Introduction to East Asian Linguistics Units: 4
Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim Minor
This interdisciplinary minor introduces students to the cultural
heritage and political contexts of the United States' most important
trading partners on the Pacific Rim. Students study East Asia and
Latin America, and the cultural, economic and political dimensions
of international trade. It is intended for students who are interested
in or considering diplomatic or commercial careers that require
knowledge about the people and cultures of the Pacific Rim.
As with all minors, students must choose at least four classes
dedicated to this minor and four classes outside their major
department, which may be the same four courses.
Requirements (Five Courses, 20 Units)
International Trade
(choose one course from the list below)
• ECON 450 International Trade Units: 4 (prerequisite: ECON
303 or BUAD 351)
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 470 Comparative Regionalism Units: 4 (prerequisite: IR
210)
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 451 Politics of Resources and Development Units: 4
Area Studies
(choose two courses, each from a different list below)
Latin America:
•
AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4 (in Spanish)
• SPAN 321 Sounds, Images, Objects Units: 4 (in Spanish)
• SPAN 372 Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction
Units: 4 (in Spanish)
• SPAN 380g Literature of Mexico Units: 4 (in Spanish)
East Asia:
•
ANTH 323 Southeast Asian Cultures Today: Globalization
and Multiple Modernities Units: 4
• ECON 343 Economic Development of East Asia Units: 4
(prerequisite: ECON 203 or ECON 205)
• IR 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs
Units: 4
• IR 384 Asian Security Issues Units: 4
• POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia Units: 4
• POSC 355 Politics of East Asia Units: 4
• POSC 377 Asian Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 453 Political Change in Asia Units: 4
• REL 331 Religions of East Asia Units: 4
Country Study
(choose two courses from the lists below)
China:
•
AHIS 384 Early Chinese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 385 Later Chinese Art Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 352g Chinese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 355 Studies in Chinese Thought Units: 4
• EALC 375 Women and Gender in China: Past and Present
Units: 4
• HIST 338 China to 960 A.D. Units: 4
• HIST 339 China, 960–1800 A.D. Units: 4
• HIST 340 History of China since 1800 Units: 4
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• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• POSC 356 Politics in the People's Republic of China Units: 4
Japan:
•
AHIS 386 Early Japanese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 387 Later Japanese Art Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 365 Studies in Japanese Thought Units: 4
• EALC 428 Nature and the Ecological Imagination in
Japanese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature
Units: 4
• HIST 335 History and Law in Japan Units: 4
• HIST 336 History of Japan, 1550–1945 Units: 4
• HIST 337 Japan since 1945 Units: 4
• HIST 438 War and Peace in Medieval Japan Units: 4
• HIST 464 Culture, Money, and Power: Japanese-American
Relations since 1853 Units: 4
• IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy Units: 4
• POSC 354 Japanese Politics Units: 4
Korea:
•
EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 335m Korean American Literature Units: 4
• EALC 345 Korean Civilization Units: 4
• HIST 333 Korea: The Modern Transformation Units: 4
East Asian Languages and Cultures Minor
The core requirements for the EALC minor allow students
flexibility in designing their own course of study. Students typically
select one language and cultural area (Chinese, Japanese or
Korean) in which they do most of their course work. For this
reason, one frequently hears students on campus speaking
about "minoring" in Japanese, Chinese or Korean, though strictly
speaking all these students are actually "minoring" in EALC.
Minors are encouraged to explore beyond their individual language
focus by enrolling in the full range of EALC courses available in
literature, film, history, media and other aspects of East Asian
cultures.
Core requirements for EALC minors consist of a cross-
cultural survey course, a cultural studies course, and a language
requirement that may be waived by diagnostic exam. Students
then also take two upper-division elective courses (8 units). One
upper-division course on East Asia from another department may
be used to count toward the 8 units, if approved by the adviser.
Cross-Cultural Survey Course (Choose One)
Cross-Cultural Survey courses offer students a broad, interregional
introduction to East Asian philosophy, literature, film, and culture.
All EALC minors are required to take at least one of these courses
within the first two years of their study.
• EALC 110gp East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition
Units: 4
• EALC 125g Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Cinema
and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 130gp Introduction to East Asian Ethical Thought
Units: 4
Cultural Studies Course (Choose One)
Cultural Studies courses provide students with an in-depth
introduction to a cultural tradition within its regional context.
Students are required to take one of these gateway courses
preferably before advancing to more specialized, theme-specific
courses.
• EALC 150gw Global Chinese Cinema and Cultural Studies
Units: 4
• EALC 333g Introduction to Korean Film Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 344gp Korean Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
Language Requirement
This requirement may be waived by placement test.
• EALC 206 Chinese IV Units: 4
or
• EALC 217 Korean IV Units: 4
or
• EALC 222 Japanese IV Units: 4
Upper Division Electives (Choose Two)
Our faculty teach new courses every year. Please check the
department's Schedule of Classes to see the full range of courses.
One upper-division course on East Asia from another department
may likewise be used to count toward the 8 units with adviser's
approval.
• EALC 304 Advanced Modern Chinese I Units: 4
• EALC 306 Advanced Modern Chinese II Units: 4
• EALC 315 Advanced Korean I Units: 4
• EALC 317 Advanced Korean II Units: 4
• EALC 320 Advanced Japanese I Units: 4
• EALC 322 Advanced Japanese II Units: 4
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 346g Hallyu, the Korean Wave Units: 4
• EALC 358g Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture
Units: 4
• EALC 360g Performing Japan: Bodies, Media, and Textuality
Units: 4
• EALC 374 Language and Society in East Asia Units: 4
• EALC 375 Women and Gender in China: Past and Present
Units: 4
• EALC 387 Early Japanese Art Units: 4
• EALC 426 Classical Japanese Units: 4
• EALC 428 Nature and the Ecological Imagination in
Japanese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 430 Gender and Sexuality in Korean Literature and
Culture Units: 4
• EALC 450 Contemporary Japanese Literature and Global
Modernity Units: 4
• EALC 455 Japanese Fiction Units: 4
• EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature
Units: 4
• EALC 465 Topics in Korean Visual and Cultural Studies
Units: 4
• EALC 470 Introduction to East Asian Linguistics Units: 4
• EALC 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
(4 units required)
Master's Degree
East Asian Languages and Cultures (MA)
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers
instruction in the languages, literatures and cultures of East
Asia. The graduate program offers the master's degree with
specialties in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Programs of study
may emphasize foreign language teaching, applied linguistics,
literature, thought, religions or area studies.
Admission Requirements — Prerequisites
An applicant for admission will normally have the equivalent of
an undergraduate major in East Asian languages and cultures at
USC, but programs may be arranged for promising students who
do not have the prerequisites. Such students may be required to
make up the deficiencies.
Criteria
All applicants are required to take the Graduate Record
Examinations verbal and quantitative General Test and submit
their complete undergraduate record: at least three letters of
recommendation and a statement of purpose should be sent to
the chair of the department. Applicants are urged to submit written
materials as supporting evidence.
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Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Foreign Language Requirement
Competence is required in Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
Course Requirements
Six courses, four of which must be at the 500-level or above,
are required. Those students whose concentration is in language
and literature should take a fourth year of language.
Final Research Paper
The research paper must demonstrate the student's ability to
use source materials in the East Asian language of his or her area.
Doctoral Degree
East Asian Languages and Cultures (PhD)
Course Requirements
A student's total graduate course work must be at least 60 units
including 4 units of doctoral dissertation (794ab) and the following
courses:
Core Courses
• COLT-603 Professional Development II: Publication Units: 2
• EALC 505 Introduction to East Asian Languages and
Cultures Units: 4
Additional Requirements
A theory and methodology course in EALC or an equivalent
course in a related program.
Four courses on East Asian languages and literatures.
Four courses on East Asian cultures and civilizations.
Three additional courses in a target discipline or field.
No more than four courses at the 400-level may be applied
to the total requirement of 60 units. The fulfillment of the course
requirements is determined by the Graduate Studies Committee
in EALC.
Screening Procedure
A screening procedure will be conducted before the student
completes 24 units of course work, which typically means by the
end of the first year. The Graduate Studies Committee will review
the student's performance comprehensively and meet the student
after a statement describing his/her research ideas is submitted.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Upon successful completion of the screening procedure, the
student is encouraged to begin forming a five-member qualifying
exam committee, whose purpose is to help the student prepare for
the qualifying examination. The committee must be approved by
the Graduate School at the time the student applies to schedule a
qualifying examination.
Qualifying Procedure
A student takes examinations in three different fields approved
by the qualifying exam committee. An oral - examination based
on the written exams will follow. After successful completion of the
examinations, the student will submit a dissertation prospectus,
which must be approved by the qualifying exam committee and the
Graduate Studies Committee in EALC.
Foreign Language Requirement
A student must have at least four years of course work or its
equivalent in the language of his/her specialization. In addition, the
student should acquire or demonstrate competence in a second
East Asian language. This requirement may be met by two years'
worth of course work. Whether the second East Asian language
should be classical or modern will be determined by the Graduate
Studies Committee in consultation with a student's academic
adviser.
Dissertation
Defense and presentation of the dissertation will follow
regulations defined by the Graduate School.
Economics
The economics curriculum is oriented toward a general, liberal
education. The study of economics requires adequate preparation
in mathematics and statistics. The department offers a BA degree
in Economics, a BA degree in Political Economy, a BA degree
in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Economics, a BS in
Economics and Data Science, BS in Economics/Mathematics
and minors in Economics and Behavioral Economics. The BA
degrees require a total of 32 upper-division units for the major.
The department offers a Master of Arts in Economics, a Master
of Science in Applied Economics and Econometrics, a Master of
Science in Mathematical Finance, a Master of Science in Spatial
Economics and Data Analysis (with the Spatial Sciences Institute)
and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics.
Kaprielian Hall 300
(213) 740-8335
FAX: (213) 740-8543
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Romain Rancière, PhD
Faculty
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Law,
Political Science and Economics: Edward McCaffery, PhD (Law)
John E. Elliott Distinguished Chair in Economics: M. Hashem
Pesaran, PhD
Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Economics and
International Relations and Professor of International Relations
and Economics: Joshua Aizenman, PhD (International Relations)
Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair of the USC Leonard D.
Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Professor
of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics: Dana Goldman, PhD
(Public Policy)
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and
Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute
and Professor of History, Anthropology and Economics: Peter C.
Mancall, PhD (History)
Presidential Professor of Economics: Angus Deaton, PhD
Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences: Matthew
Kahn, PhD
Professors: Antonio Bento, PhD (Public Policy); Isabelle Brocas,
PhD; Juan Carrillo, PhD; Thomas Chaney, PhD; Giorgio Coricelli,
PhD; Robert Dekle, PhD; Cheng Hsiao, PhD; Ayse Imrohoroglu,
PhD (Business); Selahattin Imrohoroglu, PhD (Business); Michael
J. P. Magill, PhD; Hyungsik Roger Moon, PhD; Jeffrey B. Nugent,
PhD*; Vincenzo Quadrini, PhD (Business); Romain Rancière, PhD;
Geert Ridder, PhD; Arthur Stone, PhD (Psychology); John Strauss,
PhD; Guofu Tan, PhD; Donald E. Yett, PhD; Fernando Zapatero,
PhD (Business)
Associate Professors: Timothy Armstrong, PhD; Caroline Betts,
PhD; Michael E. DePrano, PhD; Yingying Fan, PhD (Data Science
and Operations); Pablo Kurlat, PhD; Robert Metcalfe, PhD;
Paulina Oliva, PhD
Assistant Professors: Marianne Andries, PhD; Vittorio Bassi, PhD;
Fanny Camara, PhD; Yu-Wei Hsieh, PhD; Michael Leung, PhD;
Jonathan Libgober, PhD; Monica Morlacco, PhD; Afshin Nikzad,
PhD; Jeffrey Weaver, PhD; David Zeke, PhD
Professor of the Practice of International Relations and
Economics: Lord John Eatwell, PhD
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Professor (Teaching): Mark Moore, PhD
Professors (Research): Daniel Benjamin, PhD; Arie Kapteyn, PhD;
Jinkook Lee, PhD; Soeren Mattke, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Ergin Bayrak, PhD; Ladan
Masoudie, PhD; Ratika Narag, PhD
Associate Professors (Research): Daniel Bennett, PhD; Titus
Galama, PhD; Anya Samek, PhD
Assistant Professors of the Practice: Jaime Meza Cordero, PhD;
Brijesh Pinto, PhD; Malgorzata Switek, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Yilmaz Kocer, PhD; Lodovico
Pizzati, PhD; Manochehr Rashidian, PhD; Michael Sproul, PhD
Assistant Professors (Research): Marco Angrisani, PhD; Silvia
Barcellos, PhD; Leandro Carvalho, PhD; Patrick Turley, PhD;
Simone Schaner, PhD
Adjunct Professor of the Practice: Jeffrey Dubin, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Practice: Terrie Walmsley, PhD
Emeritus: Harrison Cheng, PhD; Richard H. Day, PhD; Richard A.
Easterlin, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Advisement
Upon declaring a major or minor in Economics, students should
consult with the department's undergraduate adviser. Students can
check their academic progress on the USCweb under OASIS.
Progressive Degree Program in Economics
The Economics department offers students who have
demonstrated exceptional academic success the opportunity to
earn both bachelor's and master's degrees in a progressive degree
program. This program allows students to earn both the Bachelor
of Arts and the Master of Arts degrees in five years. Students may
also pursue the Bachelor of Science in Economics/Mathematics
and the Master of Science in Mathematical Finance.
Admission
Admission is available after the completion of 64 units of course
work toward the undergraduate degree. Students must apply for
admission to the progressive degree program after completing 64
units of applicable course work to their undergraduate program,
but prior to the completion of 96 units of course work. The
application for admission to the progressive degree program must
be accompanied by a course proposal plan and two letters of
recommendation from USC Economics faculty.
Awarding of Degrees
The bachelor's and master's degrees may be awarded
separately upon completion of all degree requirements, but the
master's degree will not be awarded before the bachelor's degree.
Students who elect not to complete the master's must complete
128 units to earn the bachelor's degree.
Undergraduate Honors Program
The department offers an honors program. First and second
semester seniors can enroll in ECON 495 Honors Thesis. Honors
will be awarded upon completion of the thesis, an overall GPA of
3.0 or higher and a major GPA of 3.5.
Department Policy Regarding Transfer Credits
Students who have taken courses equivalent to ECON 303,
ECON 305 or ECON 317 from an economics department at
another four-year college or from a program deemed comparable
by the director of undergraduate studies, can earn transfer credits
provided they received a B (3.0) or better in the courses.
Graduate Degrees
The graduate program in Economics is designed to prepare
students for careers in teaching, research, industry and
government. The department emphasizes economic theory
and econometrics; applied economic analysis, including
microeconomics, macroeconomics, international and development
economics, urban and regional economics; and political economy.
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites
The typical applicant for admission will normally have completed
an undergraduate major in economics. Minimal prerequisites
for admission to a master's degree program include courses in
intermediate microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, a year
of calculus, and a semester of statistics. Applicants for the PhD
program are normally expected to have completed more than the
minimum, particularly in the areas of mathematics and statistics.
Procedure
The application deadline for master's degrees is April 1.
Completed doctoral applications are due by December 1.
Placement Examinations
Students whose native language is other than English may be
required to take an English placement examination. Course work
in English may be required.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
There is no foreign language requirement. However,
competence in the use of one computer programming language is
required for all graduate degrees offered through the Department
of Economics.
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Economics
and Policy
Application deadline: December 1
The Department of Economics and the Department of
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (USC School of Pharmacy)
jointly offer a program of study leading to the PhD degree and to
the MA degree in the process of work toward the PhD degree.
Required courses include both core requirements and area
requirements. Core requirements include courses in economic
theory, econometrics and research methods. Area requirements
include courses in health economics, pharmaceutical economics,
welfare theory and applied econometrics.
For a detailed description of this program, see the USC School
of Pharmacy section of this catalogue.
Bachelor's Degree
Behavioral Economics and Psychology (BA)
The Behavioral Economics and Psychology (BEEP) program
aims to train students in a comprehensive set of skills necessary
to understand how economic actors make decisions in real-life
settings, to understand how these decisions affect economic and
social outcomes and to design interventions to improve these
outcomes. Concretely, students will:
1. acquire knowledge about human cognition and decision-
making and become capable of modeling behavior;
2. study how individual behavior affects outcomes in strategic
interactions and markets; and
3. learn tools to collect and analyze information relevant to the
areas of inquiry explored in the program.
Completion of the program requires a minimum of 128 units.
I. Foundational Theory
12 units total
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
II. Techniques and Methods
18 units total
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2 or
• ITP 116 Accelerated Programming in Python Units: 2
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• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• PSYC 314L Experimental Research Methods Units: 4
• PSYC 316L Non-Experimental Research Methods Units: 4
III. Electives
28 units: seven 4-unit electives with no more than four courses
(16 units) from either ECON or PSYC
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 404 Games and Economics Units: 4
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4
• ECON 420 Experimental Economics Units: 4
• ECON 432 Economics of Happiness Units: 4
• ECON 620L Experimental Methods I Units: 4
• ECON 621L Experimental Methods II Units: 4
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4
• PSYC 423 User Experience Units: 4
• PSYC 434 Intelligence, Problem Solving and Creativity
Units: 4
• PSYC 452 Social Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 459 Industrial/Organizational Psychology Units: 4
Economics (BA)
Students are required to take ECON 203, ECON 205, ECON
303, ECON 305, ECON 317, ECON 318 and four economics
elective courses. Of the four elective courses (300 level or above)
a minimum of two must be economics courses at the 400 level or
higher. The remaining two economics courses must be approved
by the department's director of undergraduate studies. A grade of
C (2.0) or better is required for each of the core courses ECON
303, ECON 305, ECON 317 and ECON 318. MATH 118gx or
MATH 125 is required for the major; students are advised to meet
the requirement by their sophomore year. Majors are also required
to take at least one two-unit course on computing chosen from ITP
101 or CSCI 101L.
Economics and Data Science (BS)
This 60-unit major blends core economics instruction with
course work in data science, computer science and mathematics
to train students to apply advanced data science techniques to the
analysis and formulation of economic problems.
Admission
Students can apply to the EDS major during the spring
semester of their sophomore year. Prerequisites include ECON
203g, ECON 205g, MATH 125g, MATH 126g and ITP 115, with a
minimum grade of B in each and a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.
Transfer students can apply spring of sophomore year or fall
of junior year. The same prerequisites apply, except that for
fall applicants ITP 115 would be a corequisite rather than a
prerequisite and DSCI 250 would be added as a corequisite (to
allow completion of the degree within four years).
Economics (28 units)
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4 *
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 460 Economic Applications of Machine Learning
Units: 4
Note:
*The sequence MATH 307/MATH 308 or the sequence MATH 407/
MATH 408 may be substituted for ECON 317.
Mathematics (12 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
Computer Science (6 units)
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
Information Technology Program and Data
Science (10 units)
• DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 351 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
Elective (4 units)
• DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
Units: 4
• ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
Political Economy (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy explores the
intersection of economics with politics in domestic and
international contexts. It prepares students for engagement with
global and regional questions that require analysis of economic
and political causes and consequences and provides a useful
background for a wide variety of entry positions in the public and
private sectors.
Lower-Division Courses (16 Units)
Complete two ECON and one MATH course
(12 units):
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Choose one (4 units):
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• POSC 120 Comparative Politics Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements (32 Units)
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
Choose three, at least two from ECON (12 units):
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4 or
• ECON 330 The Political Economy of Institutions Units: 4
• ECON 332 Contracts, Organizations and Institutions Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries Units: 4
• ECON 360 Public Finance Units: 4
• ECON 366 Urban Economics Units: 4
• ECON 395 Economic Policy Issues Units: 4
• POSC 335 Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
Units: 4
Choose one (4 units):
• FBE 402 Government and Business Units: 4
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
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• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• POSC 320 Urban Politics Units: 4
• POSC 321 Urban Political Problems Units: 4
• POSC 325 State Politics Units: 4
• POSC 334 Interest Groups and Elite Behavior Units: 4
• POSC 347 Environmental Law Units: 4
• POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics Units: 4
• POSC 380 Political Theories and Social Reform Units: 2, 4
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
Choose two, at least one from ECON (8 units):
• ECON 450 International Trade Units: 4
• ECON 487 Resource and Environmental Economics Units: 4
• IR 430 The Politics of International Trade Units: 4
• POSC 425 Legislative Process Units: 4
• POSC 437 Mass Media and Politics Units: 4
Choose one (4 units):
• IR 430 The Politics of International Trade Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 454 The International Political Economy of Development
Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 451 Politics of Resources and Development Units: 4
• POSC 453 Political Change in Asia Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• POSC 463 European Politics Units: 4
Total: 48 units required for the major
Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in
Economics (BA)
Students are required to take ECON 203, ECON 205, ECON
303, ECON 305 and three economics elective courses numbered
300 or 400. A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for each of
the core courses ECON 303 and ECON 305. MATH 118gx or
MATH 125 is required and an additional 12 units of upper-division
courses from departments in the social sciences (anthropology,
geography, international relations, history, political science,
psychology, sociology).
Combined Major
Economics/Mathematics (BS)
Students are required to take seven courses in economics,
seven courses in mathematics and two courses in information
technology. Pre-major requirement: MATH 125 or equivalent.
In Economics: ECON 203, ECON 205, ECON 303, ECON 305,
ECON 318 and at least two other ECON courses at the 400 level
or above.
In Mathematics: MATH 126 or MATH 127; MATH 225 or MATH
245; MATH 226 or MATH 227; and either sequence one: MATH
407, MATH 408 or sequence two: MATH 307, MATH 308; and at
least two other MATH courses at the 400 level or above (for both
sequences).
In Information Technology: Two courses required. At least one
course from ITP 109, ITP 115, or ITP 165; and ITP 249.
Electives must be approved by the program advisers.
Minor
Behavioral Economics Minor
This minor offers a series of classes that offer a broad
perspective of recent research on economic decision-making.
Theoretical classes will review traditional theories of decision-
making based on the economic rational paradigm as well as new
behavioral theories designed to better capture actual decision-
making. Experimental classes will cover standard and novel
experimental methods used to study economic decision-making
and game theoretical paradigms.
Required Lower-Division Courses (8 units)
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Course (4 units)
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Electives (12 units)
Choose any three of the following courses:
• ECON 404 Games and Economics Units: 4
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4
• ECON 420 Experimental Economics Units: 4
• ECON 432 Economics of Happiness Units: 4
Economics Minor
Students from all disciplines will benefit from an economics
minor. The economics minor is offered in three tracks. Each
track is designed to help the student explore a coherent area
of economic thought and methodology. Students minoring in
economics must maintain at least a 2.0 GPA (cumulative) in
courses taken for the minor.
The minor includes the core courses ECON 203, ECON 205,
ECON 303 or ECON 305, MATH 118gx or MATH 125 plus three
courses chosen from one of the following tracks:
Law and Political Economy
This track introduces students to the economic theory that
underlies the economic choices made by individuals and the
ways in which law and policy combine to regulate such behavior.
Economic models of individual choice, contracts, and law are
analyzed in courses in this track. Choose three courses from:
ECON 317, ECON 330, ECON 332, ECON 434.
Finance and Money
This track guides students through the economic thought and
theory that underlie the importance of money. Courses cover
topics that shed light on the ways in which institutions, individual
preferences and financial markets affect the allocation and
investment of money. Choose three courses from: ECON 317,
ECON 350, ECON 357, ECON 360, ECON 450, ECON 452,
ECON 457.
International Economics
This track concentrates on the foundations, complexities and
importance of the global economy as well as the role of economics
and political economy in societies outside of the United States.
Choose three courses from: ECON 317, ECON 330, ECON 340,
ECON 342, ECON 343, ECON 346, ECON 350.
Master's Degree
Applied Economics and Econometrics (MS)
This program is designed to provide advanced training in
the basic tools of economics and their application to practical
problems. The curriculum incorporates a systematic study of
mathematical and statistical analysis of economic phenomena and
problems. This includes instruction in cost/benefit analysis, price
theory, economic modeling, as well as economic forecasting and
evaluation.
Core Courses: 12 units
Students are required to take ECON 500, ECON 501, and ECON
513. Successful completion of these three courses will satisfy
12 units of the program's 32-unit requirement.
Students must earn a "B" grade or higher in ECON 500 and in
ECON 501.
• ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 501 Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
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Additional Econometrics Course: 4 units
Students are required to take at least one of these two
econometrics courses: ECON 570 or ECON 584. Successful
completion of one of these courses will satisfy 4 units of the
program's 32-unit requirement.
• ECON 570 Big Data Econometrics Units: 4 or
• ECON 584 Economic Consulting and Applied Econometrics
Units: 4
Electives: 16 units
Students are encouraged to explore the diverse collection of
courses offered by the Department of Economics and USC.
Stipulations concerning elective courses are as follows:
• Only 400-level, 500-level and 600-level coursework can be
applied toward degree requirements.
• At least 8 of these 16 units must be ECON courses.
• At least 8 of these 16 units must be in courses that are
500-level or higher.
• No more than 4 units of ECON 590 may be applied to the
degree.
All elective courses (ECON and non-ECON) must be approved
by the Master's Programs Adviser. It is important that students
receive approval prior to enrolling in elective courses.
Economics (MA)
The Department of Economics will not admit outside applicants
to its MA in Economics program. Enrollment in this degree
program is reserved for students currently in the department's PhD
in Economics program.
If a student enrolled in the doctoral program does not already
have a master's degree, the department strongly recommends that
such a student work toward satisfying the degree requirements
for the MA in Economics. This involves a minimum of 32 units of
course work, which a student can meet while working to complete
their doctorate.
Required Courses: 16 Units
Students are required to take ECON 601, ECON 602, ECON 609
and ECON 611. Successful completion of these four courses will
satisfy 16 units of the program's 32-unit requirement.
• ECON 601 Microeconomic Theory I Units: 4
• ECON 602 Macroeconomic Theory I Units: 4
• ECON 609 Econometric Methods Units: 4
• ECON 611 Probability and Statistics for Economists Units: 4
Electives: 16 Units
Students are encouraged to explore the diverse collection of
courses offered by the Department of Economics and USC.
Stipulations concerning elective courses are as follows:
• Only 400-level, 500-level and 600-level course work can be
applied toward degree requirements.
• At least 8 of these 16 units must be ECON courses.
• At least 8 of these 16 units must be in courses that are
500-level or higher.
• No more than 4 units of ECON 590 may be applied to the
degree.
All elective courses (ECON and non-ECON) must be approved
by an academic adviser. It is important that students receive
approval prior to enrolling in elective courses.
Doctoral Degree
Economics (PhD)
The PhD in Economics program requires students to complete
a total of 60 units of graduate-level course work. The 60 units
include ECON 794a and ECON 794b. Those interested in applying
to the PhD program should review information concerning
admission procedures and requirements within the following
websites:
• USC Department of Economics
• USC Office of Graduate Admission
In addition to the course requirements listed below, students
within the PhD in Economics program must also satisfy these
requirements:
Core Theory Examination
Before beginning the third semester of graduate study, each
student must pass a written examination in general economic
theory including applications. A maximum of two attempts is
allowed. Not taking the examination at a given due time is
considered as failing the examination once. The core theory
examination is offered twice every year during the summer
session. Any exceptions are subject to approval of the Director of
Doctoral Studies (DDS).
Second-Year Paper
During the summer after the fourth semester of study, each
student must submit an empirical paper using quantitative
methods to the examination committee. The paper may use field,
experimental or simulated data. In this paper, each student should
demonstrate competence in using a computer programming
language and software.
Third-Year Paper and Presentation
During the summer after the sixth semester of study, each
student must submit and present a research paper to a committee
of faculty. The paper must be of publishable quality.
Qualifying Examination
Upon successful completion of course requirements, the
second- and third-year paper requirements, and the core theory
examination, each student stands for a qualifying examination that
focuses on the presentation and defense of the written dissertation
proposal. After passing the qualifying examination, a student is
admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree. This examination must
be taken no later than the end of the eighth semester of study.
Doctoral Dissertation
Following passage of the core theory examination and approval
of a dissertation topic by the qualifying exam committee, each
student accelerates their dissertation-focused research under the
supervision of the dissertation committee. The primary requirement
of the PhD is a quality dissertation that is based on a substantial
amount of original research conducted.
It is also each student's responsibility to carefully follow
Graduate School procedures and requirements pertaining to
formal submission of their dissertation.
Master of Arts in Economics (optional)
PhD students may earn an MA degree as they progress through
their doctoral studies.
ECON 601, ECON 602, ECON 609 and ECON 611 may
be substituted for ECON 500, ECON 501 and ECON 513
requirements of the MA in Economics degree. The remaining
elective units may be selected from graduate-level ECON courses
that the department has approved.
First-Year Courses (24 units)
Each student must complete the following courses during their first
year in the PhD program:
• ECON 601 Microeconomic Theory I Units: 4
• ECON 602 Macroeconomic Theory I Units: 4
• ECON 603 Microeconomic Theory II Units: 4
• ECON 605 Macroeconomic Theory II Units: 4
• ECON 609 Econometric Methods Units: 4
• ECON 611 Probability and Statistics for Economists Units: 4
Seminar Courses (6 Units)
All seminar courses are repeatable. Each student must complete
six units from amongst the following courses:
• ECON 690 Seminar in Economic Theory Units: 2
• ECON 691 Seminar in Econometrics Units: 2
• ECON 692 Seminar in Economic Development Units: 2
• ECON 693 Seminar in Applied Economics and Public Policy
Units: 2
• ECON 694 Seminar in Dynamic Economics Units: 2
• ECON 696 Empirical Microeconomics Seminar Units: 2
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Frontier Research (6 Units)
Each semester, the Department offers multiple sections of ECON
700 with each section focusing on a distinct field. Each student
must complete this repeatable course three times:
• ECON 700 Research on Frontier Economics Units: 2
Elective Courses (20 Units)
The Director of Doctoral Studies (DDS) must approve all elective
courses. ECON and non-ECON courses may count toward the
elective requirement. Each student must complete twenty units of
elective coursework.
Dissertation Courses (4 Units)
Each student must complete at least these two dissertation
courses:
• ECON 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• ECON 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
English
The Department of English offers a broad range of courses in
English, American and Anglophone literature of all periods and
genres, and in related areas such as creative and expository
writing, literature and visual arts, ethnic literature and cultural
studies, history of the English language and of literary criticism,
and literary and cultural theory. Instructors assign extensive
reading and writing in order to help students become perceptive
readers, critical thinkers and strong writers. Class sizes are kept
at 19 to enable full discussion in literature classes and at 12 in
creative writing workshops.
Taper Hall of Humanities 404
(213) 740-2808
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/engl
Chair: David St. John, MFA
Faculty
University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and
American Literature and Professor of English and Art History: Leo
Braudy, PhD* (English)
University Professor and Aerol Arnold Chair of English and
Professor of English, American Studies & Ethnicity, and
Comparative Literature: Viet Thanh Nguyen, PhD*
University Professor and Professor of English and Comparative
Literature: David St. John, MFA
USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English,
American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative Literature: John
Carlos Rowe, PhD
Distinguished Professors of English: Aimee Bender, MFA; Percival
Everett, MA
Provost Professor of Art History and English: Kate Flint, PhD (Art
History)
Provost Professor of Humanities and Arts: Enrique T. Martinez
Celaya, MFA
Dean's Professor of English and Professor of English and Theatre:
Bruce Smith, PhD
Gender Studies Professor in Media and Gender and Professor of
English, Comparative Literature, and Gender Studies: Joseph A.
Boone, PhD
Florence R. Scott Professor of English and Professor of English
and Comparative Literature: Tania Modleski, PhD
Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture: Dana Gioia,
MBA
Writers in Residence: Geoffrey Dyer, BA; Robin Coste Lewis, PhD
Professors: Emily Anderson, PhD*; Lawrence D. Green, PhD;
Mark Irwin, PhD; Rebecca Lemon, PhD; Susan McCabe, PhD;
Edwin McCann, PhD* (Philosophy); Carol Muske-Dukes, MFA*;
Heather James, PhD*; Maggie Nelson, PhD; David Rollo, PhD*;
David Román, PhD*; Margaret E. Russett, PhD; Hilary M. Schor,
PhD; Andrew Stott, PhD; Daniel Tiffany, PhD; Karen L. Tongson,
PhD; David Treuer, PhD
Associate Professors: Marjorie Becker, PhD (History); Alice
Gambrell, PhD*; Devin Griffiths, PhD; Thomas Gustafson, PhD*;
William R. Handley, PhD; Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, PhD; Dana
Johnson, MFA; Anthony Kemp, PhD; Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus,
PhD; Danzy Senna, MFA; Elda María Román, PhD
Assistant Professors: Ashley L. Cohen, PhD; Corrine Collins, PhD,
Sarah Kessler, PhD; Anna Journey, PhD
Professors of the Practice: Andrew Chater, MA; Brighde Mullins,
MFA; David Ulin, BA
Professors (Teaching): Mary A. Bendall, MA; Christopher Freeman,
PhD; Susan Segal, MFA; Thea Tomaini, PhD
Associate Professor of the Practice: M.G. Lord, MFA
Associate Professors (Teaching): Richard Berg, PhD; James Polk,
PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching); Kerry Ingram, MFA; Tracy Levin,
PhD; Beatrice Sanford Russell, PhD
Adjunct Professors of the Practice: Richard Fliegel, PhD;
Christopher Hawthorne, PhD; Karen Lawrence, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Practice: Hiram Sims, MPW
Lecturers: Susan Green, MA; Brian K. Ingram, MFA; Benjamin
Levine, PhD
Emeritus: Paul K. Alkon, PhD; Charles B. Berryman, PhD;
T. Coraghessan Boyle, PhD; William H. Brown, PhD; David
Eggenschwiler, PhD; Donald C. Freeman, PhD; James R. Kincaid,
PhD; Jay Martin, PhD; Stephen C. Moore, PhD; Marjorie Perloff,
PhD; Max F. Schulz, PhD; Virginia J. Tufte, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Advisement
During the mandatory advisement period, all students must
meet with a faculty mentors before registering for courses each
semester. With the support of faculty, undergraduate studies
coordinators help students shape their majors according to
their evolving interests, the requirements of the majors, and
the requirements of the university. Students should consult
the undergraduate studies coordinators about departmental
clearances and course substitutions.
Double Majors
The department strongly encourages majoring in both English
and in another department in the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences or in another school of the university.
English Honors Program
Candidates for the BA in English can receive a designation on
their transcripts of departmental honors by successfully completing
a senior honors thesis while enrolled in ENGL 496, and having
a 3.5 final GPA. ENGL 491 Senior Seminar in Literary Studies is
a prerequisite for ENGL 496. Students with a minimum GPA of
3.0 overall and 3.5 in English courses can apply for ENGL 496;
application is due at the start of fall semester of senior year. For
additional information, contact a departmental adviser or the
director of undergraduate studies.
Graduate Degrees
Admission Requirements
Requirements for admission to study in the department of
English include: evidence of competence in writing English and
interpreting English literature, as demonstrated by two samples
of written work by the applicant on literary subjects; a satisfactory
written statement by the applicant of aims and interests in
graduate work; letters of recommendation from at least three
college instructors (English instructors preferred); and grades
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satisfactory to the department earned by the applicant at other
institutions.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to The Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Common Requirements
Transfer of Credit
A Transfer Credit Statement is prepared by the Degree
Progress Department for students admitted to full graduate
standing. The application of any available transfer credit is
contingent on successful completion of the screening procedure
and is determined by the director of graduate studies no later than
the end of the second year according to the following guidelines:
credit will only be allowed for courses (1) from accredited graduate
schools; (2) of grade B (3.0 on a four-point scale) or better; (3)
constituting a fair and reasonable equivalent to current USC
course work at the graduate level and fitting into the program for
the degree; and (4) approved by the Graduate School. Graduate
transfer credit will not be granted for life experience, credit by
examination, non-credit extension courses, correspondence
courses or thesis course supervision.
The maximum number of transfer credits that may be applied
toward the Master of Arts degree is 4 units. The maximum number
of transfer credits that may be applied toward the PhD degree is
12 units. The Graduate School stipulates that transfer units must
have been completed within 10 years of admission for the doctoral
program to be applied toward the degree.
Experience in Teaching
This requirement may be fulfilled by one or more years' service
as an assistant lecturer in the Writing Program or equivalent
experience as determined by the director of the Graduate Studies
Program.
Graduate Activity and Support
The English Department is committed to the development of its
graduate students as professionals. To this end, the department
provides a number of opportunities for professional activity. In
addition, the Association of English Graduate Students (AEGS)
hosts a variety of lectures, discussions and forums throughout
the year. To support the student's professional activities outside
of USC, the department also provides some funding for travel to
conferences and professional meetings, along with a full range
of placement, advising and support activities. Graduate creative
writing students will host lectures, discussions and forums in
poetry and fiction studies.
Bachelor's Degree
English (BA)
Undergraduate majors in English are required to take 40 units
(usually 10 courses) for a BA in English with an emphasis in either
literature or creative writing.
All majors must take three introductory courses:
• ENGL 261g English Literature to 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 262g English Literature since 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 263g American Literature Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Students should take at least two introductory courses before
enrolling in upper-division literature courses or creative writing
workshops.
Majors emphasizing English literature must take seven
upper-division courses, including two courses in literature written
before 1800, one course in 19th-century literature, one course in
American literature, and two electives.
Majors emphasizing creative writing must take seven upper-
division courses, including two introductory creative writing
workshops in poetry and prose, and a third workshop at the
400-level. The remaining upperdivision courses must include one
course in literature written before 1900, one course in literature
written after 1900 and one elective.
All major students must complete ENGL 491 Senior Seminar in
Literary Studies.
Narrative Studies (BA)
Narrative Studies prepares students for the development and
evaluation of original content for novels, films, theatre and other
narrative platforms, but recognizes that the range of professional
opportunities in literature and the performing arts is much wider
than the roles of author, screenwriter or playwright. To recognize
a good story, to critique, help shape, realize and transform it,
requires a background in the history of narrative, crosscultural
and contemporary models, and an understanding of the broader
context of popular culture.
Narrative Studies assumes that an effective narrative will be
adapted from the medium in which it first appears as new media
become available. To prepare students for a future in which the
platform is likely to change, the Bachelor of Arts in Narrative
Studies allows students to study across the current platforms while
concentrating on the techniques of effective construction common
to them all.
In so doing, it draws upon course work from several schools
of art but finds its home in the humanities. To help develop the
flexibility necessary to understand how stories change across
platforms, students are expected to complete at least three
courses in literary and three courses in performance-based
media. The remaining three courses may be chosen to reflect the
student's personal preference and initial career aspirations.
MDA 490x Directed Research or MDA 494 Directed Creative
Project are capstone experiences: Students work under
the guidance of a faculty member in a relevant discipline or
professional field, which may include fulltime faculty from the
college or the participating schools of the arts. Projects intended
for the stage should be done under the direction of School of
Dramatic Arts faculty.
Requirements
The Narrative Studies major requires 36 units distributed
across six required categories, two upper-division electives, and
a senior capstone project. Of the 36 units, only 12 units can be
from schools outside of Dornsife (i.e. Cinematic Arts, Thornton,
Roski, Dramatic Arts, etc.) and only 8 units can be lower-division
(100-200 level).
Introduction to Narrative Media (choose one course):
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video Units: 4
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• ENGL 261g English Literature to 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 262g English Literature since 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 263g American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 371g Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
• ENGL 381 Narrative Forms in Literature and Film Units: 4
• PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
Writing and Narrative Forms (choose one or two
courses, totaling 4 units):
• CTWR 412 Introduction to Screenwriting Units: 2
• CTWR 415a Advanced Writing Units: 2
• ENGL 105x Creative Writing for Non-Majors Units: 4 , max 8
• ENGL 302 Writing Narrative Units: 4
• ENGL 402 Narrative Composition Units: 4 , max 8 *
• THTR 365 Playwriting I Units: 4
• THTR 366 Playwriting II Units: 4 *
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
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Popular Culture and Ethnicity (choose one course):
• AMST 200gm Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4
• AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity through Film Units: 4
• AMST 285gm African American Popular Culture Units: 4
• AMST 333 Religion in the Borderlands Units: 4
• ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in American Film
Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
Narrative in Cross-cultural Perspective (choose one
course):
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• EALC 125g Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Cinema
and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 452 Chinese Fiction Units: 4
• EALC 455 Japanese Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 444m Native American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 445m The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• GERM 360g 20th Century German Prose: Texts and Films
Units: 4
• ITAL 360g Italian Cinema Units: 4
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
Western Narrative in Historical Perspective (choose
one course):
• CLAS 325 Ancient Epic Units: 4
• CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama Units: 4
• CLAS 380 Approaches to Myth Units: 4
• COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the
Arts Units: 4
• ENGL 423 English Literature of the 18th Century (1660–
1780) Units: 4 *
• ENGL 424 English Literature of the Romantic Age (1780–
1832) Units: 4 *
• ENGL 425 English Literature of the Victorian Age (1832–
1890) Units: 4 *
• ENGL 426 Modern English Literature (1890–1945) Units: 4 *
• ENGL 430 Shakespeare Units: 4
• ENGL 440 American Literature to 1865 Units: 4 **
• ENGL 441 American Literature, 1865 to 1920 Units: 4 **
• GERM 340 German Prose Fiction from Goethe to Thomas
Mann Units: 4
• GERM 372g Literature and Culture in Berlin in the 1920s
Units: 4
• SLL 302g Modern Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 344g Tolstoy: Writer and Moralist Units: 4
• SLL 345g Literature and Philosophy: Dostoevsky Units: 4
• SLL 346 Russian Drama and the Western Tradition Units: 4
• SPAN 304 The Art of Fiction Units: 4 (taught in Spanish)
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4 ***
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4 ***
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
Contemporary Fiction and Drama (choose one
course):
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• AMST 449m Asian American Literature Units: 4
• COLT 345 Realist Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 348 Modernist Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 420 The Fantastic Units: 4
• COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 475 Politics and the Novel Units: 4
• EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Units: 4
• ENGL 361g Contemporary Prose Units: 4
• ENGL 363g Contemporary Drama Units: 4
• ENGL 375 Science Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 442 American Literature, 1920 to the Present
Units: 4 **
• ENGL 447m African-American Narrative Units: 4
• FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in Francophone
Literature Units: 4
• SLL 303 Contemporary Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 348g The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4 ***
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
Two additional courses
(three if CTWR 412/CTWR 414 are chosen) (8 units) at the upper-
division 300 or 400 level, from different departments, chosen from
the lists above.
Capstone Enrollment:
• ENGL 492 Narrative Studies Capstone Seminar Units: 4
or
• MDA 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required)
or
• MDA 494 Directed Creative Project Units: 2, 3, 4 (4 Units
Required)
Or other appropriate course work as determined by the
department.
Total: 36 units
Nine or 10 courses, including at least seven at the upper-division
level, for a total of 36 units.
*Prerequisite required
**Corequisite required
***Recommend preparation suggested
Minor
Cultural Studies Minor
Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that
examines a broad array of issues of culture, including popular
culture, identity, subcultures, nationalism, global culture and
ethnography. This minor is designed for students majoring in the
humanities or in the professional schools who wish to complement
their majors with courses that investigate the politics of culture and
cultural negotiation. Students are required to have a minimum 3.0
GPA and the completion of 32 units for admission to the minor.
Required Courses
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4 or
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
USC DORNSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES 301
• ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4 or
Elective Courses
Choose three courses from the following. Students must take two
electives outside the department of their major. Students may not
take any more than two electives from any one department or
school.
• AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
• AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to Photography Units: 4
• ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
• COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 339 Communication Technology and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media Units: 4
• COMM 360 Los Angeles: Communication and Culture
Units: 4
• COMM 395m Gender, Media and Communication Units: 4
• CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
Total Units: 24
For more information or to apply to this minor, contact the
Department of English, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences.
Early Modern Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
This minor brings together the resources of the departments of
English, History and Art History to study the literatures and cultures
of Europe and the Americas from the late medieval period to 1800.
It draws upon courses from the departments of French and Italian,
Spanish and Portuguese, Philosophy, American Studies and
Ethnicity, the USC Thornton School of Music, and the USC School
of Dramatic Arts.
The minor focuses on the interplay of literary and historical
methodologies while promoting an area study in a wide context.
Majors in any participating department can complement the
strengths in their home department with courses in other
participating departments; students with majors in most other
areas should have room for the 20 units necessary to complete the
minor.
The minor includes a capstone course, a senior seminar
based on the resources of the Early Modern Studies Institute
(a consortium between USC and the Huntington Library), which
enables students to learn about current issues in this cross-
disciplinary field and about research techniques employed to deal
with those emergent issues.
Through its Early Modern Studies Institute, USC has recognized
that the study of the literatures and cultures of Europe and the
Americas prior to 1800 reaches beyond disciplinary boundaries.
English studies are also historical, continental, multinational and
multilingual. Historical studies are also literary and sociological.
Both studies are enmeshed in art history and music. This cross-
disciplinary understanding of early modern studies provides a
model for research in many areas of the humanities and social
sciences. Students who complete this minor will be able to use
both literary and historical analyses to investigate other questions
in which they are interested.
The minor requires 20 units. As with all minors, students must
include at least four upper-division courses and four courses
dedicated exclusively to this minor (not used for credit toward a
major, another minor or general education requirements). Students
must select four courses outside their major department.
Requirements, Lower-Division
Choose one, 4 units:
• AHIS 230 Art and Culture in Early Modern Europe Units: 4
• ENGL 261g English Literature to 1800 Units: 4
• HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe Units: 4
Requirements, Upper-Division
Choose at least one course from each of the following four
categories:
Literary Studies (4 units):
• ENGL 420 English Literature of the Middle Ages (1100–1500)
Units: 4
• ENGL 421 English Literature of the 16th Century Units: 4
• ENGL 422 English Literature of the 17th Century Units: 4
• ENGL 423 English Literature of the 18th Century (1660–
1780) Units: 4
• FREN 401 Studies in Early Modernity Units: 4
• ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• SPAN 350 Cultural Cross-Currents of the Iberian Middle
Ages Units: 4
• SPAN 352 The Transatlantic Golden Age: New Worlds Real
and Imagined Units: 4
Historical Analysis (4 units):
• AHIS 304gm Art, Power and Identity in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• AHIS 343 Renaissance Art Units: 4
• AHIS 344 Baroque Art Units: 4
• AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the Americas Units: 4
• HIST 309 Britain and Ireland, 1100–1500 C.E. Units: 4
• HIST 312 The Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon
Units: 4
• HIST 316 The Renaissance Units: 4
• HIST 325 Early Modern Britain Units: 4
• HIST 331 The British Empire: 1588–1834 Units: 4
• HIST 410 The Age of Humanism and Reformation Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
Case Studies in Early Modern Discourse and History
(4 units):
• AHIS 430 Studies in Renaissance Art Units: 4
• AHIS 433 Studies in Medieval Art Units: 4
• AHIS 453 Studies in Baroque Art Units: 4
• AMST 373m History of the Mexican American Units: 4
• ENGL 430 Shakespeare Units: 4
• ENGL 444m Native American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 461 English Drama to 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 465 The English Novel to 1800 Units: 4
• HIST 307 The High Middle Ages: 1100-1400 Units: 4
• HIST 349 Colonial North America 1600–1760 Units: 4
• HIST 351 The American Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the Early Modern
Hispanic World Units: 4, 2 years
• HIST 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar Units: 4
• MPEM 450 Collegium Workshop Units: 1
• PHIL 421 Continental Rationalism Units: 4
• PHIL 422 British Empiricism Units: 4
• PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant Units: 4
• SPAN 455 Picaresque Itineraries: Empire and Its Discontents
Units: 4
• SPAN 460 Don Quijote: Text and Film Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 354 Acting Shakespeare Units: 4
Senior Seminar in Early Modern Studies (capstone):
• ENGL 497 Senior Seminar in Early Modern Studies Units: 4
English Minor
The minor in English requires 20 units, or five courses, including
at least two introductory courses (from among ENGL 261, ENGL
262 and ENGL 263) and at least three upper-division courses
including one in literature written before 1800 and one in American
literature. An English minor may enroll in no more than one
creative writing workshop.
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Interdisciplinary Minors
Narrative Structure Interdisciplinary Minor
This interdisciplinary minor is intended for students with
an interest in story-telling who are majoring in programs and
disciplines other than narrative studies. The minor, based in the
humanities, provides opportunities for undergraduates to study
story structure from the perspective of several disciplines. As with
all minors, students must choose at least four courses (16 units)
outside their major department and four courses (16 units) that are
not being used to satisfy any other subject requirement.
Course Requirements: five courses (20 units)
Lower-Division Requirement
Choose one course (4 units) from the following list.
• COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and
Thought Units: 4
• COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions Units: 4
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• EALC 125g Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Cinema
and Culture Units: 4
• ENGL 105x Creative Writing for Non-Majors Units: 4
• ENGL 262g English Literature since 1800 Units: 4
• ENGL 263g American Literature Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
Choose four courses (16 units) from the lists below, one from each
list.
Core Course
• ENGL 302 Writing Narrative Units: 4
European and American Literary Narratives
• CLAS 325 Ancient Epic Units: 4
• COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the
Arts Units: 4
• COLT 345 Realist Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 361g Contemporary Prose Units: 4
• ENGL 375 Science Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 425 English Literature of the Victorian Age (1832–
1890) Units: 4 *
• ENGL 426 Modern English Literature (1890–1945) Units: 4 *
• ENGL 440 American Literature to 1865 Units: 4 **
• ENGL 441 American Literature, 1865 to 1920 Units: 4 **
• ENGL 442 American Literature, 1920 to the Present Units: 4
• ENGL 447m African-American Narrative Units: 4
• FREN 383 French Women Writers Units: 4 (taught in
French) **
• FREN 404 Studies in an Author Units: 4 (taught in French)
• GERM 340 German Prose Fiction from Goethe to Thomas
Mann Units: 4
• GERM 372g Literature and Culture in Berlin in the 1920s
Units: 4
• SLL 302g Modern Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 303 Contemporary Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 344g Tolstoy: Writer and Moralist Units: 4
• SLL 345g Literature and Philosophy: Dostoevsky Units: 4
• SLL 348g The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov Units: 4
• SPAN 304 The Art of Fiction Units: 4 (taught in Spanish)
Note:
*Prerequisite required
**Corequisite required
Global Narrative Traditions
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 428 Nature and the Ecological Imagination in
Japanese Literature Units: 4
• EALC 452 Chinese Fiction Units: 4
• EALC 455 Japanese Fiction Units: 4
• ENGL 444m Native American Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 445m The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives Units: 4
Narratives in Visual Media
• CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama Units: 4
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• ENGL 363g Contemporary Drama Units: 4
• ENGL 371g Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
• ENGL 381 Narrative Forms in Literature and Film Units: 4
• ENGL 430 Shakespeare Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• GERM 360g 20th Century German Prose: Texts and Films
Units: 4
• ITAL 360g Italian Cinema Units: 4
• SLL 346 Russian Drama and the Western Tradition Units: 4
• SPAN 302 Screen Cultures: From Film to the Internet Units: 4
(taught in Spanish)
• SPAN 306 Performance from Street to Stage Units: 4 (taught
in Spanish)
Master's Degree
English (MA)
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of
Arts degree. All graduate work in English at USC is taken as part
of a PhD program, and the MA in English is intended only as a
transitional degree in the process of completing requirements for
the PhD
A student admitted to the graduate program may choose later
to earn a terminal MA degree, or may be invited by the department
to attempt a terminal degree. The terminal MA in English may be
earned by completing 30 units (normally eight courses) of graduate
study in English or in other departments at USC (as approved by
the graduate director) with an accumulated GPA of at least 3.0,
and by passing the screening procedure. A maximum of 4 units of
590 Directed Research and 4 transfer units may count toward the
30 units minimum required for the MA degree.
Literary Editing and Publishing (MA)
The master's degree in Literary Editing and Publishing is
intended for students with strong backgrounds in English literature,
creative writing and narrative studies to explore the roles of the
professional editor and publisher, with an emphasis in literary
nonfiction.
Exceptional USC undergraduate students accepted to this
degree program may combine their baccalaureate and masters
studies during their senior (fourth) year, in accordance with USC
policy on Progressive Degree Programs. Applicants without
appropriate preparatory course work in literature and creative
writing may be required to complete more course work. All
applicants must have completed ENGL 300 or ENGL 310 with a
grade of A- or better. The master's degree in Literary Editing and
Publishing requires a year of supervised external professional
internship in lieu of a thesis.
Advisement
Students interested in applying to the Progressive Degree
Program in Literary Editing and Publishing will propose a plan of
study in consultation with an academic adviser. Advisers will work
with students throughout the final years of undergraduate study
and the master's program to help students select courses based
on remaining undergraduate degree requirements, recommended
preparation for the master's degree, and the core requirements for
the master's degree in Literary Editing and Publishing. Students
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in the English department are required to meet with an adviser
before registering for courses each semester.
Degree Requirements
The master's degree in Literary Editing and Publishing is under
the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements
for Graduation section and the Graduate School section of this
catalogue for general regulations. All courses applied toward the
degree must be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Required Courses
A minimum of 28 units of graduate-level course work is required.
All courses are 4 units unless otherwise noted.
• ENGL 601 Introduction to Literary Editing and Publishing
Units: 4
• ENGL 602 Writers in the World: Text and Context Units: 4
• ENGL 603 The Editorial Experience: The Craft of Publication
Units: 4
• ENGL 604 The Nonfiction Experience: A Literary-Editorial
Focus Units: 4
• ENGL 607 Digital Publishing and Literary Writing for New
Media Units: 4
• ENGL 608 Publishing on Both Sides of the Transom Units: 4
• ENGL 609a Internship in Editing and Publishing: Eloquence
and Ethics Units: 2
• ENGL 609b Internship in Editing and Publishing: Eloquence
and Ethics Units: 2
Recommended Course
• ENGL 600 Publication in Humanities Journals Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
English and American Literature (PhD)
Students may earn the PhD in English by successfully
completing requirements in the English and American literature
track.
Application deadline: December 1
This program prepares students for research and teaching in
all areas of English and American literary studies. The program
offers the study of texts in their historical and cultural contexts as
well as theoretical, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches
to literature.
Graduate Curriculum and Unit Requirements
The graduate curriculum is divided into 500-level foundation
courses and 600-level advanced courses. The 500-level courses
offer fundamental work in theory and in the history of British
and American literatures and cultures. The 600-level courses
feature advanced studies in theory, core requirements in film and
literature, interdisciplinary studies, transhistorical studies in genres
and sub-genres, individual writers, gender studies, multi-cultural
literatures and societies, and special topics. Although students
will normally take 500-level courses leading up to the screening
procedure (see Screening Procedure) and 600-level courses
thereafter, students, after consultation with their advisers, may be
permitted to take 600-level courses in the first semesters of their
graduate training.
Occasionally students who lack adequate undergraduate
training in any given area may be required by the graduate director
to enroll in appropriate 400-level courses.
The student's course work must total at least 64 units. No more
than 8 units of 794 Doctoral Dissertation and no more than four
units of 790 Research may count toward the 64 units. A maximum
of 12 transfer units, approved by the graduate director, is allowed
toward the 64 units minimum required by the PhD (See Transfer
of Credit.)
Advisement
The student will be assigned a faculty mentor in his or her
first semester in the graduate program and will be encouraged
in subsequent semesters to begin putting together an informal
qualifying exam committee. The makeup of the qualifying exam
committee may change as the interests of the student change. The
faculty mentor and informal qualifying exam committee will assist
the student in planning a program of study appropriate to the
student's interests leading to the screening procedure.
Screening Procedure
In the semester immediately following the completion of 20 units
of courses, the students will be screened. Passing this procedure
is prerequisite to continuation in the doctoral program. The faculty
mentor will write a report summarizing the student's course work,
grades and instructor comments. The graduate studies committee
will consider the student's record and determine if he or she
is qualified to go on to the PhD. On successful completion of
screening, the student may apply for the transfer of graduate credit
from other institutions, up to a maximum of 12 units.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Immediately following successful completion of the screening
procedure, the student will nominate formally a five-member
qualifying exam committee, including a chair and three other
members from the English Department who are in the student's
areas of interest and an outside member from another PhD-
granting department. The committee must be in place and
approved by the Graduate School at the time the student chooses
a dissertation topic, writes the dissertation prospectus and
schedules a qualifying examination.
Field Examinations
In the semester following the completion of courses, and before
submission of the dissertation prospectus, the student must take
the field examinations. These are take-home essays in three
broad fields preparatory to the dissertation. The fields are chosen
and the questions developed by the student in consultation with
a committee of three examiners chosen by the student. The field
examinations may be repeated once in the semester immediately
following an unsuccessful attempt. The committee may ask the
student to retake one, two or all three fields.
Qualifying Examination
Following completion of course work and the field examinations,
the student must sit for a qualifying examination, at a time mutually
agreed upon by the student and the qualifying exam committee.
This is an examination given in the subject of the student's
proposed dissertation research. No less than one month before
the qualifying examination, the student will submit to the qualifying
exam committee a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus, it is
understood, will not be a polished dissertation proposal, but at a
minimum it should display a strong knowledge of the subject, much
of the relevant secondary material and other contexts crucial to the
writing of the dissertation, and should present a workable plan of
attack as well as a reasonably sophisticated understanding of the
theoretical assumptions involved in the subject.
The qualifying examination will consist of both written and oral
portions. It will focus on the dissertation area and its contexts
with the specific format and content of the examination being
negotiated among the student and all members of the examination
committee. Upon successful completion of the qualifying
examination, the student proceeds to the writing of the doctoral
dissertation.
Dissertation
The final stage of the program is the submission of a
dissertation that makes an original and substantial contribution to
its field of study. Dissertations being written in the department are
now richly varied, and this diversity is encouraged.
Foreign Language
PhD students are required to demonstrate proficiency in at least
one foreign language. This may be demonstrated by completing
a course in the literature of that language at the 400 or 500 level
(with a grade of B [3.0] or better), or by passing a foreign language
exam that tests proficiency in reading comprehension and
translation. PhD students may also be required to demonstrate
proficiency in additional languages, as determined by the
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qualifying exam committee in view of the student's proposed field
of research.
Literature and Creative Writing (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1
The program provides dual emphasis in literature and creative
writing, culminating in the dissertation, which combines critical
analysis with creative originality. Roughly half of the dissertation
is based on original research, that is to say, research contributing
to knowledge which enriches or changes the field. Doctoral
candidates not only read and write texts as finished products
of scholarship in researching their creative work's literary and
historical milieu, but also consider the text as writers create it,
then compose texts as writers, a process that goes to the source
of the study of literature and of literature itself. This integration of
literature and creative writing is reflected in the structure of the
dissertation, which introduces the creative work within a context of
critical inquiry, bringing together the examination and embodiment
of the literary act, a new model of scholarship and creative
innovation.
PhD candidates in literature and creative writing must pass
the same departmental screening examination taken by PhD
candidates in Literature who are not working in the area of
creative writing. The exam tests students in various areas of
emphasis (British literature, American literature, poetry, prose,
etc.) and literature and historical periods as a measure of their
preparedness to undertake independent research.
The literature and creative writing student takes 64 units in all,
32 in literature, 24 in creative writing workshops and seminars and
8 units of dissertation studies credits.
Admission Requirements
Requirements for admission to study in the department of
English include: scores satisfactory to the department in both the
verbal and quantitative General Test and the literature Subject Test
of the Graduate Record Examinations; evidence of experience and
ability in creative writing, as demonstrated by a creative writing
sample; evidence of competence in writing English and interpreting
English literature, as demonstrated by a sample of written work by
the applicant on literary subjects; a satisfactory written statement
by the applicant of aims and interests in graduate work; letters
of recommendation from at least three college instructors; and
grades satisfactory to the department earned by the applicant
at other institutions. This program will accept applicants with BA
degrees or transfer students with an MA or MFA in creative writing.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Graduate Curriculum and Unit Requirements
The graduate curriculum is divided into 500-level foundation
courses and 600-level advanced courses. The 500-level courses
offer fundamental work in theory and in the history of British
and American literatures and cultures. The 600-level courses
feature advanced studies in theory, creative writing seminars and
workshops and special topics. Although students will normally
take 500-level courses leading up to the screening procedure (see
Screening Procedure) and 600-level courses thereafter, students
after consultation with their advisers may be permitted to take
600-level courses in the first semester of their graduate training.
The student's course work must total at least 64 units. No more
than eight units of 794 Doctoral Dissertation and no more than four
units of 790 Research may count toward the 64 units. A maximum
of 12 transfer units, approved by the graduate director, is allowed
toward the 64 units minimum required by the PhD (See Transfer of
Course Work.)
Advisement
The student will be assigned a faculty mentor in his or her
first semester in the graduate program and will be encouraged
in subsequent semesters to begin putting together an informal
qualifying exam committee. The makeup of the qualifying exam
committee may change as the interests of the student change. The
faculty mentor and informal qualifying exam committee will assist
the student in planning a program of study appropriate to the
student's interests leading to the screening procedure.
Screening Procedure
At the end of the student's fourth semester (second semester
for students who enter with an MA or MFA degree or near
equivalent), the student will sit for a departmental examination,
which is part of a comprehensive screening procedure. Rarely, and
only with the approval of the graduate director and the graduate
committee, will a student be allowed to postpone the departmental
examination and the screening procedure, and then only for one
year. Prior to the screening procedure, the student will be allowed
to take a maximum of four units of independent study (ENGL 590),
and that independent study will normally be used to prepare for the
departmental examination; all other units must be in the 500- or
600-level seminar.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Immediately following successful completion of the screening
procedure, the student will nominate formally a five-member
qualifying exam committee, including a chair and three other
members from the English Department who are in the student's
areas of interest and an outside member from another PhD-
granting department. The committee must be in place and
approved by the Graduate School at the time the student chooses
a dissertation topic, writes the dissertation prospectus and
schedules a qualifying examination.
Qualifying Examination
Following completion of course work, the student must sit for
a qualifying examination, at a time mutually agreed upon by the
student and the qualifying exam committee.
This is a field examination given in the subject of the student's
proposed dissertation research. No less than one month before
the qualifying examination, the student will submit to the qualifying
exam committee a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus, it is
understood, will not be a polished dissertation proposal, but at a
minimum it should display a strong knowledge of the subject, much
of the relevant secondary material and other contexts crucial to the
writing of the dissertation, and should present a workable plan of
attack as well as a reasonably sophisticated understanding of the
theoretical assumptions involved in the subject.
The qualifying examination will consist of both written and oral
portions with special emphasis areas in creative writing. It will
focus on the dissertation area and its contexts with the specific
format and content of the examination being negotiated among
the student and all members of the examination committee. Upon
successful completion of the qualifying examination the student
proceeds to the writing of the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation
The final stage of the program is the submission of a creative
dissertation that makes an original, substantial and publishable
contribution to creative literature: a book of poems, a novel, a
collection of short stories.
Foreign Language
PhD students are required to demonstrate proficiency in at least
one foreign language. This may be demonstrated by completing
a course in the literature of that language at the 400 or 500 level
(with a grade of B [3.0] or better) or by passing a foreign language
exam that tests proficiency in reading comprehension and
translation. PhD students may also be required to demonstrate
proficiency in additional languages, as determined by the
qualifying exam committee in view of the student's proposed field
of research.
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Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies Program offers two undergraduate
majors, Environmental Studies (ENVS) and Environmental
Science and Health (ENSH). Each of these majors leads to either
the BA or BS degree. Each of the Environmental Studies degrees
are built on specialized natural science and social science courses
and a set of interdisciplinary courses focusing on sustainability.
The social science core courses focus on environmental problems
from political, legal, economic and international perspectives.
Specially designed one-semester surveys of biology, earth
science and chemistry provide the natural science competency
for subsequent policy or science advanced course work in
environmental studies. Two concentrations are available in the
Environmental Studies BA degree: Science and Management;
and Policy and Management. Four concentrations are available in
the Environmental Studies BS degree: Sustainability and Society;
Oceans and People; Climate and Environment; and Environmental
Policy. Both the Environmental Studies BA and BS culminate
in the capstone experience of a senior seminar focusing on
environmental problem-solving by interdisciplinary teams. A single
24-unit environmental studies minor is derived from the core major
curriculum.
The Environmental Science and Health degrees combine the
interdisciplinary courses on sustainability described above and
some of the environmental social science content with traditional
biology and chemistry content to provide options for students
preparing for one of the health professions with an undergraduate
emphasis on environmental sustainability. The Environmental
Science and Health BS degree incorporates recommended
preparation for medical schools. The Environmental Science and
Health BA degree may be appropriate for students preparing
for other graduate or professional training as well as students
pursuing double majors. The Environmental Studies courses
common to both majors emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of
environmental problems. A number of opportunities are provided
for field studies from the urban Los Angeles environment to marine
protected areas on the coasts of the California Channel Islands.
More intensive field study opportunities include "Problems Without
Passports" courses with international components. Note that some
of the field studies opportunities require travel to remote, rural
locations and study under sometimes physically and mentally
demanding conditions. These trips require a willingness to conform
to the announced guidelines for conduct and safety.
College Academic Services 116
(213) 740-7770
FAX: 740-8566
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/environmental-studies
Director: Jill Sohm, PhD
Faculty
Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy and Professor of
Management and Organization, Environmental Studies, and
Sociology: Paul Adler, PhD (Management and Organization)
Professors: William M. Berelson, PhD (Earth Sciences); David J.
Bottjer, PhD (Earth Sciences); William Deverell, PhD (History);
John F. Heidelberg, PhD (Biological Sciences); Steven Lamy, PhD
(Political Science and International Relations)
Associate Professors: Robert English, PhD (International
Relations); Eric Webb, PhD (Biological Sciences); Joshua West,
PhD (Earth Sciences)
Professor (Teaching): David Ginsburg, PhD*; Karla B. Heidelberg,
PhD (Biological Sciences)
Professor of the Practice: Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Douglas Becker, PhD (Political
Science and International Relations); Shannon Gibson, PhD
(Political Science and International Relations); Victoria Petryshyn,
PhD; Jill Sohm, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Scott Applebaum, PhD; Douglas
Becker, PhD (Political Science and International Relations);
Victoria Campbell-Arvai, PhD; Monalisa Chatterjee, PhD
Lecturer: Audra Bardsley, PhD
Adjunct Professor: James Fawcett, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Jessica Dutton, PhD; Diane Kim
Emeritus: Thomas Flood, PhD (Chemistry)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Undergraduate Programs
Catalina Sustainability Semester
The Environmental Studies Program in collaboration with the
Department of Biological Sciences and the Wrigley Marine Science
Center offers a Catalina sustainability semester focusing on
California marine, coastal and island sustainability. This semester-
long program is offered during the Spring. The 16 units of course
work in this program is taught in a block format (sequential) and
are designed to take advantage of the unique facilities and settings
of Catalina Island. Enrolled students are provided with food and
lodging at the Wrigley Marine Science Center at rates comparable
to the services offered to students on the University Park Campus.
Suggested preparation for the Catalina sustainability
semester includes completion of either ENST 100, BISC 120Lg
or comparable experience. Prospective applicants are urged to
contact the Environmental Studies Office in CAS 116 early in the
fall semester prior to enrollment and no later than October 15 for
consideration.
Graduate Programs
The Master of Arts degree program in Environmental Studies
is interdisciplinary and focuses on environmental science,
planning and public policy. Those who graduate with an MA in
Environmental Studies are well prepared to pursue careers in
policy, planning or management in the public, private or nonprofit
sector in either this country or abroad. In addition, the curriculum
provides students with a foundation for acquiring a PhD in
Environmental Studies or a related field, or a professional degree
such as a JD. Upon completion of the graduate program, students
will possess extensive knowledge of environmental science,
environmental statistics and economics, law and regulation, policy
and planning, development and economic growth, and global
issues and problems.
The Master of Science degree program in Environmental Data
Science is a joint program between the Environmental Studies
Program and the Viterbi School of Engineering. Students will learn
core environmental science principles and receive training in data
science skills. The curriculum is designed to prepare individuals
to develop and use sophisticated analytical and computer-based
methods to assess and protect the Earth's natural resources and is
designed to be accessible to students with any background.
The Master of Science degree in Environmental Risk Analysis
focuses on providing advanced professional training for students
with a BS degree in natural sciences or engineering. Students
will pursue a core program encompassing science, engineering
and finance supplemented with important skills courses in risk
assessment, statistics and computer modeling and simulations.
Those who graduate with the MS degree will be well prepared to
pursue professional careers in business and industry, which build
on their degrees in the natural sciences. This degree will produce
individuals with the analytical and problem-solving skills of natural
scientists combined with the necessary training in finance and
management needed in the business world.
Progressive Degree Program in Environmental
Studies
This progressive degree program allows advanced USC
undergraduates completing a bachelor's degree in a related
natural science or environmental policy area to also complete a
master's degree in environmental studies in as little as five years.
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An overall GPA of 3.2 or higher in all courses taken at USC is
preferred. A 3.2 GPA does not guarantee acceptance.
Bachelor's Degree
Environmental Science and Health (BA)
Required Courses
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4 *
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4 *
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• ENST 495 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
or
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
Total units: 52
*Prerequisite or recommended preparation
Environmental Science and Health (BS)
Required Courses
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4 *
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4 *
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• ENST 495 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
or
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 *
Total units: 72
*Prerequisite or recommended preparation
Environmental Studies (BA)
The Environmental Studies Program offers two undergraduate
majors, Environmental Studies (ENVS) and Environmental
Science and Health (ENSH). Each of these majors leads to either
a BA or BS degree. The environmental studies degrees are built
on specialized natural science and social science courses and
a set of interdisciplinary courses focusing on sustainability. The
social science core courses focus on environmental problems
from political, legal, economic and international perspectives.
Specially designed one-semester surveys of biology, earth
science and chemistry provide the natural science competency
for subsequent policy or science advanced course work in
environmental studies. Two concentrations are available in the BA
in Environmental Studies degree: science and management and
policy and management. Four concentrations are available in the
BS in Environmental Studies degree: sustainability and society;
oceans and people; climate and environment; and environmental
policy. Both the Environmental Studies BA and BS culminate
in the capstone experience of a senior seminar focusing on
environmental problem-solving by interdisciplinary teams. A single
24-unit environmental studies minor is derived from the core major
curriculum.
The environmental science and health degrees combine
the interdisciplinary courses on sustainability described above
and some of the environmental social science content with
traditional biology and chemistry content to provide options for
students preparing for one of the health professions with an
undergraduate emphasis on environmental sustainability. The BS
in Environmental Science and Health incorporates recommended
preparation for medical schools. The BA in Environmental
Science and Health may be appropriate for students preparing
for other graduate or professional training as well as students
pursuing double majors. The environmental studies courses
common to both majors emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of
environmental problems. A number of opportunities are provided
for field studies from the urban Los Angeles environment to marine
protected areas on the coasts of the California Channel Islands.
More intensive field study opportunities include “Problems Without
Passports” courses with international components. Note that some
of the field studies opportunities require travel to remote, rural
locations and study under sometimes physically and mentally
demanding conditions. These trips require a willingness to conform
to the announced guidelines for conduct and safety.
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Common Courses (40 units)
Math Requirement:
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Choose one:
•
HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Natural Science Core Experiences:
Choose two.
• BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life
Units: 4
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
• GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4
Environmental Studies Core Experiences:
• ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• ENST 495 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Units: 4
Social Science Core Experience:
Choose one.
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics
Units: 4
Concentrations (16 Units)
Choose 16 units from one concentration.
Science and Management
Four of the following (a minimum of two classes must have the
ENST prefix):
• ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
• BISC 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4 or
• ENST 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future Units: 4
• ENST 480 Integrated Ecosystem Management in Micronesia
Units: 4
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4 or
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4 or
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• GEOL 351L Climate Systems Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4 or
• HP 448 Global Environmental Changes and Health Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Policy and Management
Four of the following (a minimum of two classes must have the
ENST prefix):
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
• ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
• ENST 432 Environment and Governance: International and
National Policy Units: 4
• ENST 442 Global Climate Change: Policy and Society
Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
units) or
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4 (4 units)
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4 or
• POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics
Units: 4
• HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
• POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability and Public
Participation Units: 4
• POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
• PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Minimum Units Required (56)
Environmental Studies (BS)
The Environmental Studies Program offers two undergraduate
majors, Environmental Studies (ENVS) and Environmental
Science and Health (ENSH). Each of these majors leads to either
a BA or BS degree. The environmental studies degrees are built
on specialized natural science and social science courses and
a set of interdisciplinary courses focusing on sustainability. The
social science core courses focus on environmental problems
from political, legal, economic and international perspectives.
Specially designed one-semester surveys of biology, earth
science and chemistry provide the natural science competency
for subsequent policy or science advanced course work in
environmental studies. Two concentrations are available in the BA
in Environmental Studies degree: science and management and
policy and management. Four concentrations are available in the
BS in Environmental Studies degree: sustainability and society;
oceans and people; climate and environment; and environmental
policy. Both the Environmental Studies BA and BS culminate
in the capstone experience of a senior seminar focusing on
environmental problem-solving by interdisciplinary teams. A single
24-unit environmental studies minor is derived from the core major
curriculum.
The environmental science and health degrees combine
the interdisciplinary courses on sustainability described above
and some of the environmental social science content with
traditional biology and chemistry content to provide options for
students preparing for one of the health professions with an
undergraduate emphasis on environmental sustainability. The BS
in Environmental Science and Health incorporates recommended
preparation for medical schools. The BA in Environmental
Science and Health may be appropriate for students preparing
for other graduate or professional training as well as students
pursuing double majors. The environmental studies courses
common to both majors emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of
environmental problems. A number of opportunities are provided
for field studies from the urban Los Angeles environment to marine
protected areas on the coasts of the California Channel Islands.
More intensive field study opportunities include "Problems Without
Passports" courses with international components. Note that some
of the field studies opportunities require travel to remote, rural
locations and study under sometimes physically and mentally
demanding conditions. These trips require a willingness to conform
to the announced guidelines for conduct and safety.
Common Courses (48 Units)
Math Requirement
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Choose one:
•
HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
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Note
MATH 125g has a prerequisite of either the math placement exam
or MATH 108g. MATH 118gx is not available as an alternative
to MATH 125g for the BS ENVS with a concentration in Climate,
Earth and Environment since this concentration requires MATH
125g and MATH 126g.
Natural Science Core Experiences:
• BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life
Units: 4
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
• GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4
Environmental Studies Core Experiences:
• ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• ENST 495 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Units: 4
Social Science Core Experience:
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics
Units: 4
Concentrations (23-24 units)
Concentration in Climate and Environment
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
Electives
Four of the following (a minimum of two classes must have the
ENST prefix):
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
• ENST 442 Global Climate Change: Policy and Society
Units: 4
• ENST 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future Units: 4
or
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
• HP 448 Global Environmental Changes and Health Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Concentration in Environmental Policy
Four of the following (a minimum of three classes must have the
ENST prefix):
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 or
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
• ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
• ENST 432 Environment and Governance: International and
National Policy Units: 4
• ENST 442 Global Climate Change: Policy and Society
Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4
• HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability and Public
Participation Units: 4
• POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
• PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 420 Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Concentration in Oceans and People
Six of the following (a minimum of three classes must have the
ENST prefix):
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
• BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4 or
• BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4 or
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4
• ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
• ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Concentration in Sustainability and Society
Six of the following (a minimum of three classes must have the
ENST prefix):
• ANTH 302 Humans and Ancient Environments Units: 4
• ARCH 447 Ecological Factors in Design Units: 3
• ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4
• ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
• ENST 432 Environment and Governance: International and
National Policy Units: 4
• ENST 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future Units: 4
• ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
• POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability and Public
Participation Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Minimum of 71 units required
Minor
Environmental Studies Minor
Required Core Courses
• ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
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Two Elective Social Sciences Courses Chosen
From:
• ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
One Elective Course Chosen From:
• BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life
Units: 4
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
• GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4 *
Total units: 24
*ENST 100 is a corequisite for GEOL 160Lg.
Master's Degree
Environmental Risk Analysis (MS)
The focus of the MS, Environmental Risk Analysis degree
is on advanced training for students with an existing science
background. Students will enter the MS program with a BS degree
in a core natural science field or in engineering, environmental
science and certain fields of geography. Students take a
core curriculum in science, engineering and finance, which is
supplemented by important tools courses in risk assessment,
statistics and computer modeling. Students learn about the
basics of environmental science in a two-semester combination
of courses and seminars (ENST 501, ENST 502, ENST 503,
ENST 504). An advanced environmental science seminar (ENST
505a, ENST 505b) is offered in a two-semester sequence and ties
together science, technology and finance with risk assessment
and policy. The first semester of the course is devoted to analyzing
case studies taken from business, industry and government.
During the second semester students work on a project that
employs the tools they have acquired in linking science, policy,
technology and finance.
A master's thesis is not required for the MS degree. The MS
degree in environmental risk analysis will give students the
quantitative skills needed to understand and assess environmental
risks and to use that information in business, industry, government
and society.
Required Courses
A minimum of 48 units is required.
Environmental Risk Analysis
• ENST 530 Environmental Risk Analysis Units: 4
Environmental Science
• ENST 501 Environmental Science I Units: 2 *
• ENST 502 Environmental Science Seminar I Units: 1
• ENST 503 Environmental Science II Units: 2
• ENST 504 Environmental Science Seminar II Units: 1
• ENST 505a Advanced Environmental Science Seminar
Units: 2
• ENST 505b Advanced Environmental Science Seminar
Units: 2
Note:
*ENST 502 and ENST 504 are corequisites for ENST 501 and
ENST 503, respectively, and ENST 501 is a prerequisite for
ENST 503.
Natural Science
One graduate-level science course from outside undergraduate
major and two graduate-level science courses
Finance
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
• GSBA 543 Managerial Perspectives Units: 3 or
• MOR 569 Negotiation and Deal-Making Units: 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
Technical Skills
• ENST 510 Statistics for Environmental Analysis Units: 4
• One modeling course
• Two technology/engineering courses
Additional Requirements
Admission Requirements
Students who wish to enter the Master of Science program in
environmental risk analysis are expected to have a GPA of at least
3.0 (A = 4.0). Students with a baccalaureate degree in the natural
sciences, mathematics, environmental science, geography and
engineering will be admitted into the program. It is recommended
that students have completed an introductory human environment,
social ecology or environmental studies course in the social
sciences as well as a course in economics and/or environmental
policy. The director of the Environmental Studies Program will
consider relevant course work and work experience as a possible
substitute for the required and recommended course work.
Selection Criteria
Selection for graduate study is based on letters of reference,
the student's previous academic record, the Graduate Record
Examinations and a statement of purpose of graduate study.
Application Procedure
Applicants should contact the Environmental Studies Program
office for an admission package. All applicants should return
their applications by March 1 for full consideration. The following
components of the application are required: (1) a completed
USC Application for Admission to Graduate Studies; (2) official
transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work
taken to date; (3) the results of the General Test of the GRE or
notification of when it will be taken and that a request has been
made to send the results to USC; and (4) at least three letters of
recommendation from persons directly familiar with the student's
academic work and potential for successful graduate study.
Advisement
Advisement for the graduate program in environmental studies
is viewed as an ongoing process. Before entering graduate
school and during the first months of graduate school, each
student should work with the director of the Environmental Studies
Program on devising a plan for completing his or her course work.
Degree Requirements
The master's degree in environmental risk analysis is under the
jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements
for Graduation section and the Graduate School section of this
catalogue for general regulations. All courses applied toward the
degree must be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Environmental Studies (MA)
The MA in Environmental Studies program's mission is to
provide an interdisciplinary perspective on environmental issues
and problem solving. Students have access to faculty expertise in
the natural sciences, engineering, social and behavioral sciences,
business and economics. The program is designed to provide
advanced training and skills important for professionals in the
environmental science and policy fields.
Core Courses (16 Units):
• ENST 500 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental
Studies Units: 4
• ENST 520 Environmental Law and Policy Units: 4
• ENST 530 Environmental Risk Analysis Units: 4
• ENST 540 California Coastal Zone Science and Policy
Units: 4
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Skills and Methods Courses (8 units):
Choose one methods course from below:
• ENST 510 Statistics for Environmental Analysis Units: 4
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography Units: 4
Choose one skills course from below:
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging
Technologies Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Electives (6-8 units):
Advanced 500-level courses selected in consultation with an
adviser.
French and Italian
The Department of French and Italian offers majors and minors
in French and in Italian. The study of French or Italian involves
the mastery of the languages and their literary and cultural
expressions in fiction and non-fiction, dramatic, cinematic and
poetic texts, as well as the study of social and political institutions
in their relationship to cultural production.
The department offers a variety of classes in French and Italian,
as well as some courses with readings and discussion in English
to satisfy diverse needs, and courses that count toward GE credit,
including GE-A, B and G. Topics range broadly from the study of
a single author or literary genre to examining current event issues
such as immigration, racism and human rights through cinema and
new media, gender and postcolonial studies, and literary criticism.
New curricular offerings emphasize specialties in business, law,
the environment, urban affairs, and medical and health issues.
Courses are kept small to allow for maximum interaction
between students and professors. Students in both French and
Italian work closely with their academic advisers as well as with
the director of Undergraduate Studies to develop an appropriate
course of study. This often involves study abroad. The department
offers a number of programs to this end: Spring Maymesters in
Rome as well as a number of Francophone countries, a summer
program in Dijon, France and semester- or year-long programs in
Paris, Milan, Florence or Rome.
Taper Hall of Humanities 155
(213) 740-3700
FAX: (213) 746-7297
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/fren-ital
Chair: Margaret Rosenthal, PhD
Faculty
Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Professor of
French and American Studies & Ethnicity: Lydie Moudileno, PhD
Professor: Margaret F. Rosenthal, PhD*
Associate Professors: Gian-Maria Annovi, PhD; Olivia C. Harrison,
PhD; Edwin C. Hill, PhD; Natania Meeker, PhD, Chevalier de
l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques; Panivong Norindr, PhD; Antonia
Szabari, PhD
Professor (Teaching) of Italian: Francesca Italiano, PhD
Professor (Teaching) of French: Béatrice Mousli Bennett, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching) of French: Guilan Siassi, PhD;
Julie Van Dam, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching) of Italian: Alessio A. Filippi, PhD;
James Fortney, PhD; Antonio Idini, PhD; Francesca Leardini, PhD
Master Lecturers: Nathalie C. Burle, EdD; Julia Chamberlin, MPhil;
Atiyeh Doreen Showrai, MA
Lecturers: Jennifer Misran, PhD; Scott Taylor, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Arthur E. Babcock, PhD; Marie-Florine
Bruneau, PhD; Carol A. Hofmann, PhD; Peggy Kamuf, PhD,
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques; Albert Sonnenfeld,
PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Advisement
All French and Italian department majors should consult with the
department student adviser and with our faculty adviser for French
and Italian. Students should seek an appointment early in each
semester so that an advisement file may be established for each
student.
Sequence
A placement test is required of all students with prior knowledge
of French or Italian.
Honors Program - French
The BA in French with Honors is available to students who have
an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted
for major credit. To complete the honors program the student must
complete three 400-level courses and write an honors thesis of
25–30 pages in French in one of the 400-level courses. The topic
of the thesis must be agreed upon with the instructor.
French Honors Society: Pi Delta Phi
Qualifications
Undergraduate students must have completed one semester
of upper-division French with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in French
and overall. Graduate students must be candidates for advanced
degrees in French.
Honors Program - Italian
The BA in Italian with Honors is available to students who have
an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted
for major credit. To complete the honors program the student must
complete three 400-level courses and write an honors thesis of
25–30 pages in Italian in one of the 400-level courses. The topic of
the thesis must be agreed upon with the instructor.
Italian Honors Society: Gamma Kappa Alpha
Qualifications
Undergraduate students must have completed one semester
of upper-division Italian with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in Italian and
overall.
Graduate Programs
The MA and PhD degrees in Comparative Studies in Literature
and Culture (French and Francophone Studies) are offered
through the Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
program.
Bachelor's Degree
French (BA)
For the lower division, FREN 250 French IV is required. The
upper-division requirements include two core courses plus an
additional five courses to be selected in consultation with the
department adviser (no more than two of which may be in English).
Of the additional five courses, at least two must be at the 400
level.
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Lower Division
• FREN 250 French IV Units: 4
Upper Division (7 Courses)
Required core courses:
• FREN 300 French Grammar and Composition Units: 4
• FREN 330 Critical Writing in French Units: 4
Suggested courses to fulfill requirement of five
upper-division French courses, two of which must be
400-level courses:
• FREN 305 Global Women's Narratives Units: 2
• FREN 307g Public Memory and the Ghosts of History
Units: 4
• FREN 309 Voices of Change: Writers, Filmmakers and Artists
of Contemporary Senegal Units: 4
• FREN 310 Media French Units: 4
• FREN 315 Inside the Courts: the French Legal Language
and Culture Units: 4
• FREN 318 Global Cyphers: Hip Hop Circles Around the
World Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• FREN 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society Units: 4
• FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in Francophone
Literature Units: 4
• FREN 351 Introduction to Research in French and
Francophone Cultures Units: 4
• FREN 357 Popular Music in France - Culture, Politics,
Protest Units: 4
• FREN 360 Business and Technical French Units: 4
• FREN 370gm Equality and Difference around the
Enlightenment Units: 4
• FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing Memory Units: 4
• FREN 375gmw Global Narratives of Illness and Disability
Units: 4
• FREN 382 Paris Avant-Gardes Units: 4 (Paris semester only)
• FREN 383 French Women Writers Units: 4
• FREN 392 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies Units: 4
, max 8
• FREN 393 Seminar in French Thought and Theory Units: 4
• FREN 401 Studies in Early Modernity Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 402 Studies in Modernity Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 403 Studies in Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 404 Studies in an Author Units: 4
• FREN 410 Actualités Françaises Units: 4 (Paris semester
only)
• FREN 432 French Theatre Units: 4 (Paris semester only)
• FREN 445 Studies in Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
Units: 4
• FREN 446 Contemporary French Thought Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 448m France and Islam Units: 4
• FREN 449 Studies in French Civilization Units: 4 (Paris
semester only)
• FREN 464 Colloquium: French Civilization Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,
max 12
• FREN 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , max 8
Honors Program
The BA in French with Honors is available to students who have
an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted
for major credit. To complete the honors program the student must
complete three 400-level courses and write an honors thesis of
25–30 pages in French in one of the 400-level courses. The topic
of the thesis must be agreed upon with the instructor.
Italian (BA)
The upper-division requirements include one core course plus
an additional five courses to be selected in consultation with
the department adviser (no more than three of which may be in
English). Of the additional five courses, at least two must be at the
400 level.
Required Courses — Lower Division
Some or all of these courses may be waived by examination.
• ITAL 120 Italian I Units: 4
• ITAL 150 Italian II Units: 4
• ITAL 220 Italian III Units: 4
• ITAL 224 Constructing Today's Italy Through the Lens of the
Media Units: 4
Upper Division (6 Courses)
No more than three courses conducted in English may be counted
toward the major.
Core courses:
Students may choose either ITAL 300 or ITAL 320.
• ITAL 300g Inventing Modern Italy Units: 4 (in English) or
• ITAL 320 Critical Writing in Italian Units: 4 (in Italian)
Five upper-division Italian courses to be chosen
from the following:
• ITAL 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society Units: 4
• ITAL 345 Contemporary Italy Units: 4
• ITAL 347 Italy Today: Youth, Family and Migration Units: 4
• ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction and Film Units: 4
• ITAL 360g Italian Cinema Units: 4
• ITAL 374gm Women Writers in Europe and America Units: 4
• ITAL 380 Italian Women Writers Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 381 Storytelling in the Italian Tradition Units: 4
• ITAL 382g Dante Units: 4
• ITAL 392 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• ITAL 393 Seminar in Italian Thought Units: 4
• ITAL 401 Studies in Early Modernity Units: 4
• ITAL 402 Studies in Modernity Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 403 Black Italy Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 440 Futurism and Fascism in Italy Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 461 Italian Theatre Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ITAL 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 , max 8
Honors Program
The BA in Italian with Honors is available to students who have
an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted
for major credit. To complete the Honors Program the student must
complete three 400-level courses and write an honors thesis of
25–30 pages in Italian in one of the 400-level courses. The topic of
the thesis must be agreed upon with the instructor.
Minor
French Minor
For the lower division, FREN 250 French IV is required. The
upper-division requirements include two core courses plus an
additional three courses to be selected in consultation with
the department adviser (no more than one of which may be in
English). FREN 310 and FREN 360 may not both be taken for
credit toward the minor in French.
Lower Division
• FREN 250 French IV Units: 4
Upper Division (5 Courses)
Required core courses:
• FREN 300 French Grammar and Composition Units: 4
• FREN 330 Critical Writing in French Units: 4
Suggested courses to fulfill the requirement of three
upper-division French courses:
• FREN 305 Global Women's Narratives Units: 2
• FREN 307g Public Memory and the Ghosts of History
Units: 4
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• FREN 309 Voices of Change: Writers, Filmmakers and Artists
of Contemporary Senegal Units: 4
• FREN 310 Media French Units: 4
• FREN 315 Inside the Courts: the French Legal Language
and Culture Units: 4
• FREN 318 Global Cyphers: Hip Hop Circles Around the
World Units: 4
• FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy Units: 4
• FREN 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society Units: 4
• FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in Francophone
Literature Units: 4
• FREN 351 Introduction to Research in French and
Francophone Cultures Units: 4
• FREN 357 Popular Music in France - Culture, Politics,
Protest Units: 4
• FREN 360 Business and Technical French Units: 4
• FREN 370gm Equality and Difference around the
Enlightenment Units: 4
• FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing Memory Units: 4
• FREN 375gmw Global Narratives of Illness and Disability
Units: 4
• FREN 382 Paris Avant-Gardes Units: 4 (Paris semester only)
• FREN 383 French Women Writers Units: 4
• FREN 392 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies Units: 4
, max 8
• FREN 393 Seminar in French Thought and Theory Units: 4
• FREN 401 Studies in Early Modernity Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 402 Studies in Modernity Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 403 Studies in Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 404 Studies in an Author Units: 4
• FREN 410 Actualités Françaises Units: 4 (Paris semester
only)
• FREN 432 French Theatre Units: 4 (Paris semester only)
• FREN 445 Studies in Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
Units: 4
• FREN 446 Contemporary French Thought Units: 4
• FREN 448m France and Islam Units: 4
• FREN 449 Studies in French Civilization Units: 4 (Paris
semester only)
• FREN 464 Colloquium: French Civilization Units: 4 , max 8
• FREN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,
max 12
• FREN 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , max 8
Note:
*FREN 310 and FREN 360 cannot both be taken for credit toward
the minor in French.
Italian Minor
The upper-division requirements include one core course plus
an additional three courses to be selected in consultation with
the department adviser (no more than two of which may be in
English). Of the additional four courses, at least one must be at the
400 level.
Lower Division
Some or all of these courses may be waived by examination.
• ITAL 120 Italian I Units: 4
• ITAL 150 Italian II Units: 4
• ITAL 220 Italian III Units: 4
• ITAL 224 Constructing Today's Italy Through the Lens of the
Media Units: 4
Upper Division (4 Courses)
Required core course:
Students may choose either ITAL 300 or ITAL 320.
• ITAL 300g Inventing Modern Italy Units: 4 (in English) or
• ITAL 320 Critical Writing in Italian Units: 4 (in Italian)
Three upper-division Italian courses to be chosen
from the following and to include at least one
400-level course:
No more than two courses conducted in English may be counted
toward the minor.
• ITAL 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society Units: 4
• ITAL 345 Contemporary Italy Units: 4
• ITAL 347 Italy Today: Youth, Family and Migration Units: 4
• ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction and Film Units: 4
• ITAL 360g Italian Cinema Units: 4
• ITAL 374gm Women Writers in Europe and America Units: 4
• ITAL 380 Italian Women Writers Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 381 Storytelling in the Italian Tradition Units: 4
• ITAL 382g Dante Units: 4
• ITAL 392 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• ITAL 393 Seminar in Italian Thought Units: 4
• ITAL 402 Studies in Modernity Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 403 Black Italy Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 440 Futurism and Fascism in Italy Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 461 Italian Theatre Units: 4 (in Italian)
• ITAL 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• ITAL 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4, max 8
Freshman Seminars
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Suite 320
(213) 740-2961
dornsife.usc.edu/fsem
Director: Richard Fliegel, PhD
Freshman Seminars introduce freshmen to the larger academic
world they are now entering. These small group seminars
address topics of current interest in contemporary research and
scholarship.
Freshmen earn 2 units of baccalaureate credit through
participation in these weekly seminars. Active exploration of the life
of the mind is emphasized through a variety of classroom activities
and assignments.
To encourage the relaxed interchange of information and ideas,
most seminars are graded credit/no credit. Each seminar is limited
in enrollment to 18 freshmen.
Freshman Seminars encourage the natural development of
the mentoring relationship between faculty and students. An early
start on building these connections enhances the opportunities for
intellectual growth throughout the student's years at USC.
Freshman Seminars are offered for the fall and spring
semesters in a variety of subjects. Individual topics are indicated
by parenthetical titles in the Schedule of Classes (usc.edu/soc)
under the FSEM designation or on the department's website (usc.
edu/fsem).
For further information, please contact Richard Fliegel, PhD,
(213) 740-2961, email: [email protected], or Marsha Chavarria-
Winbush, (213) 740-2961, email: [email protected], or Maria
Velasquez, (213)-740-2961, email: [email protected].
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Gender and Sexuality Studies
The Gender and Sexuality Studies major is designed for
students drawn to the interdisciplinary study of gender and
sexuality. In exploring how gender and sexuality have operated
across time and cultures, students will engage with the approaches
and methodologies of established disciplines: sociology, literature,
history, political theory, religion; as well as interdisciplinary fields
like queer studies and ethnic studies. Our curriculum analyzes
how gender and sexuality operate in politics, popular culture,
the workplace, health, science, sports, intimate life and the very
production of knowledge itself. Our classes emphasize that gender
and sexuality are not stand-alone categories but rather take shape
through their intersection with outer relations of power, including
race and ethnicity, religion, class and nationality. Majoring in
Gender and Sexuality Studies prepares students for graduate
school in the social sciences and the humanities as well as in law,
business and education. In addition, the major and each of our
several minors prepare students for work in governmental and
non-governmental organizations, communications and the media,
arts and public service.
Mark Taper Hall of Humanities 422
(213) 740-8286
FAX: (213) 740-6168
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Karen Tongson, PhD
Faculty
Dean's Professor of Gender Studies and Professor of Political
Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies: Ange-Marie Hancock
Alfaro, PhD (Political Science)
USC Associates Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Political
Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies: Jane Junn, PhD
(Political Science)
Barbra Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies
and Professor of History and Gender and Sexuality Studies: Alice
Echols, PhD* (History)
Professors: Julian Daniel Gutierrez-Albilla, PhD (Latin American
and Iberian Cultures); Michael Messner, PhD* (Sociology); Rhacel
Salazar Parreñas, PhD (Sociology); Eliz Sanasarian, PhD (Political
Science and International Relations); Lisa Schweitzer, PhD (Public
Policy); Karen Tongson, PhD (English); Sherry Marie Velasco, PhD
(Latin American and Iberian Cultures)
Director, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Library and Archives:
Joseph Hawkins, PhD (USC Libraries)
Associate Professors: Timothy Biblarz, PhD (Sociology); Sheila
Briggs, PhD (Religion); Oneka Labennett, PhD (American Studies
and Ethnicity); Sunyoung Park, PhD (East Asian Languages
and Cultures); Francille R. Wilson, PhD (American Studies and
Ethnicity)
Professor (Teaching): Diana Blaine, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): Atia Sattar, PhD
*Recipient of a university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Internship
A special feature of the undergraduate program is the
internship, a required class for majors in which students gain
valuable job skills and professional connections. Students have
chosen internships related to gender and sexuality at health clinic,
Hollywood studios, law offices, and the ONE Archives, the world's
largest LGBTQ archive. The major also includes a capstone
class, which offers students the opportunity to study intensively
with a professor in her or his current area of research. Students
should consult with the student services adviser in Gender and
Sexuality Studies the semester before taking the internship class
for assistance with placement. There is also a minor in gender and
sexuality studies.
Minor in Gender and Social Justice
The minor in Gender and Social Justice is tailored for students
interested in careers in the area of social policy. The minor is
unique in its focus on the ways in which large-scale social and
economic processes such as neoliberalism, globalization and
economic precarity are connected and gendered. Topics include
gender and violence; human trafficking; migration; reproductive
rights; global human rights in relation to sexual orientation and
gender identity; the prison state; prostitution and sex work.
Students will examine the complexities of translating feminist
theorizing into social policy.
Minor in LGBTQ Studies
The interdisciplinary minor in LGBTQ Studies establishes
sexuality as a critical category of analysis for humanists and social
scientists. The minor enables students to explore the shifting social
organization and cultural meanings of same-sex sexuality and
gender identification.
Graduate Degrees
Gender and Sexuality Studies also offers a graduate certificate,
a credential that is increasingly necessary for tenure-track
positions in gender and sexuality departments and in disciplines
searching in the area of gender and sexuality. We encourage
graduate students to participate in conferences and to organize
campus lectures.
Bachelor's Degree
Gender and Sexuality Studies (BA)
The Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies offers
students the opportunity to examine the forces behind the cultural
and historical production of gender, including their relationship
to other factors including race, class, ability, nationalism and
colonialism. The department aims for its students to develop
competencies in critical thinking; research skills; community-
engaged creativity and collaboration; feminist knowledge
production; intersectionality; queer and transgender theory;
justice, equality, and power; transnationalism; and decoloniality.
The Gender and Sexuality Studies curriculum analyzes how
gender and sexuality operate in politics, popular culture, the
professional sphere, intimate life, health, technology, science,
sports and the very production of knowledge itself. With this
rigorous understanding of the shifting terrain of contemporary
power relations, graduates will be able to identify, resist and
transform oppressive systems in their personal and professional
lives. The interdisciplinary major in Gender and Sexuality Studies
will prepare students to enter graduate programs in the humanities
and social sciences and in professional schools including law,
business, education, and health care. In addition, the curriculum
equips students for careers in industry, including the media,
arts, communication, governmental and non-governmental
organizations and public service.
The major in Gender and Sexuality Studies requires completion
of 40 undergraduate units (usually ten 4-unit courses).
Lower Division
For the lower division, two of the following courses may be
selected as the requirement:
• SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
• SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
American Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 219gp Introduction to Feminist Theory Units: 4 or
• SWMS 221g Introduction to Queer Theory Units: 4
Upper Division
Thirty-two units of upper-division SWMS courses are required. Of
these, students are required to complete SWMS 308, SWMS 311,
SWMS 392 and SWMS 410.
• SWMS 308 Advanced Gender Theory Units: 4
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• SWMS 311 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Internship
Units: 2, 4, 8
(4 units required)
• SWMS 392 Junior Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4
• SWMS 410 Senior Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4
Honors Program Requirements
The Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies offers a
two-semester honors program, in which qualified students spend
their first semester in an honors track in an upper-division seminar,
SWMS 410 Senior Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
During the second semester, all honors students are required to
take SWMS 492 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Honors Thesis,
in which each completes a thesis project on a topic of his or
her choosing under faculty direction. Contact the departmental
honors director for further information. To graduate with honors,
department majors must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in their major
course work.
Minor
Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor
The Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies offers a
minor for students specializing in other disciplines who would like
a substantive introduction to the way gender shapes individuals
and institutions, as well as to the research methods and topics
specific to the field. Twenty units of course work are required for
completion of the minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies, including
one of the following lower-division courses: SWMS 210gmw,
SWMS 212gp, SWMS 215gw, SWMS 219gp, or SWMS 221g.
Four additional upper-division courses are needed, including the
following two required courses: SWMS 392 and SWMS 410. The
remaining two upper-division courses may be taken from a list
of department-approved SWMS courses, which includes many
courses that are cross-listed.
Lower Division (4 units)
• SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
• SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
American Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 219gp Introduction to Feminist Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 221g Introduction to Queer Theory Units: 4
Upper Division (16 units)
Four additional upper-division courses are needed, including the
following two required courses: SWMS 392 and SWMS 410. The
remaining two upper-division courses may be taken from a list
of department-approved SWMS courses, which includes many
courses that are cross-listed.
• SWMS 392 Junior Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4
• SWMS 410 Senior Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4
Gender and Social Justice Minor
The minor in gender and social justice provides students with
the intellectual foundation and practical skills necessary to tackle
inequality and injustice as they relate to gender and sexuality in
today's increasingly global world. This minor prepares students
for employment in nonprofit organizations, politics, government
agencies, cultural reporting and socially conscious niches within
the entertainment industry.
Twenty units of course work are required to complete the minor
in gender and social justice:
Required Course - Lower Division (4 Units)
Choose one:
• SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
• SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
American Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 219gp Introduction to Feminist Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 221g Introduction to Queer Theory Units: 4
Required Course - Upper Division (4 Units)
• SWMS 310 Gender and Social Justice Units: 4
Electives - Upper Division (12 Units)
Choose three:
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• POSC 381 Sex, Power, and Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 402 Human Trafficking Units: 4
• SWMS 308 Advanced Gender Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 311 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Internship
Units: 2, 4, 8
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
• SWMS 349 Women and the Law Units: 4
• SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
LGBTQ Studies Minor
The LGBTQ Studies minor focuses on how sexuality and sexual
orientation shape gender identities, roles and status in societies
past and present. Twenty units of course work are required for
completion of the LGBTQ Studies minor: one course selected
from SWMS 210gmw, SWMS 212gp, SWMS 215gw, SWMS 221g;
required SWMS 306; and 12 units of upper-division electives.
Required Course – Lower Division (4 Units)
Choose one:
• SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
• SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
American Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
• SWMS 221g Introduction to Queer Theory Units: 4
Required Course – Upper Division (4 Units)
• SWMS 306 Contemporary Issues in LGBTQ Studies Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (12 Units)
Choose three:
• ENGL 344gm Sexual/Textual Diversity Units: 4
• ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy
Units: 4
• SWMS 308 Advanced Gender Theory Units: 4
• SWMS 310 Gender and Social Justice Units: 4
• SWMS 311 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Internship
Units: 2, 4, 8
• SWMS 355 Transgender Studies Units: 4
• SWMS 358 U.S. Gay and Lesbian History Units: 4
• SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
• SWMS 425 Queer Los Angeles Units: 4
Graduate Certificate
Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate
Certificate
Graduate students intending to concentrate in gender and
sexuality studies must be admitted to a USC graduate or
professional program. While meeting the requirements for a
departmental graduate degree, they may earn a certificate
of competency in gender and sexuality studies. To earn the
certificate, students must take SWMS 560 and other courses from
the SWMS list of graduate level courses, 500 and above, to a total
of at least 12 units. No more than four units of directed research
may be taken and those units must be taken as SWMS 590.
Each academic department will determine the number of units
completed, which may be applied to the student's graduate degree
in that department.
In addition to the completion of course requirements, students
must include a focus on gender and sexuality as part of their major
department master's thesis, doctoral dissertation or law review
note. Or they may take an oral examination on three research
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papers they have written within the areas of gender and sexuality
studies and on relevant graduate work pertaining to the field of
gender and sexuality studies. The oral exam will be administered
by members of the Gender and Sexuality Studies faculty. A Gender
and Sexuality Studies faculty member will be assigned as an
adviser for each student. Gender and Sexuality Studies faculty
will be responsible for judging the adequacy of the gender and
sexuality studies analysis in the student's thesis, dissertation or
oral examination.
German Studies
Taper Hall of Humanities 255
(213) 740-2735
FAX: (213) 740-8560
Email: [email protected]
Faculty
Associate Professor (Teaching): Britta Bothe, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): John W. Arensmeyer, Jr., PhD;
Eve Lee, PhD
Emeritus Professor: Gerhard Clausing, PhD
The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences offers a
variety of courses from basic and advanced language classes to
literature classes and general and cultural topics.
Minor
German Studies Minor
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• GERM 101 German I Units: 4
• GERM 102 German II Units: 4
• GERM 201 German III, Conversation and Composition
Units: 4
• GERM 221 Conversational German IV Units: 4 , or the
equivalent by test
Required Courses, Upper-Division
Four courses — 16 units in the two areas of concentration.
One course from the following:
• GERM 310 Business German I Units: 4 *
• GERM 311 Business German II Units: 4 *
• GERM 470 Advanced Composition and Stylistics Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite: GERM 201 or the equivalent by test.
Three elective courses from the following:
(only one course each from HIST and IR may be counted toward
the minor):
• GERM 320 Composition and Conversation on Contemporary
Affairs Units: 4
• GERM 325 Composition and Conversation in Cultural History
Units: 4
• GERM 330 Introduction to Literary Studies Units: 4
• GERM 346 German Folklore and Popular Culture Units: 4
• GERM 352 Colloquium on Poetry Units: 4
• GERM 353 Colloquium on Prose Units: 4
• GERM 360g 20th Century German Prose: Texts and Films
Units: 4
• GERM 410 Profile of German Literature I Units: 4
• GERM 420 Profile of German Literature II Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 414 Contemporary Europe Units: 4
• HIST 427 The German Question: Nation and Identity in
Modern Central Europe Units: 4
• HIST 428 Life and Death in Nazi Germany Units: 4
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 468 European Integration Units: 4
• POSC 463 European Politics Units: 4
Health and Humanity
Health and Humanity is for students interested in fields that
inform the health professions and in related questions about health
and human experience.
Department of Anthropology
Kaprielian Hall 352
(213) 740-2534
Email: [email protected]
Bachelor's Degree
Health and Humanity (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Health and Humanity is a liberal arts
degree. It is intended for students interested in fields that inform
the health professions and in related questions about health
and human experience. Courses in this interdisciplinary major
meet many of the requirements for admission to the professional
programs in medicine, nursing and other fields, but do not meet all
of those entrance requirements. Some electives in this major have
prerequisites in mathematics and physics that cannot be counted
toward the 36-unit requirement in major electives. Students
should consult their academic advisers for precise information on
prerequisites and admission requirements for specific health fields.
Summary of Requirements
Core: 24 units; experiential learning: 1–4 units; major electives:
one thematic module 16–20 units, other electives 16–20 units;
total requirements: 61–64 units including at least 36 upper-division
units plus prerequisites for certain electives.
Core (16 Lower-Division, 8 Upper-Division)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
Experiential Learning (1–4 Units)
Choose one course. A health-related internship is required:
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care Units: 4
• MDA 250 Internship for Liberal Arts: Work and Career —
Theory and Practice Units: 1, 2 , max 4
• POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership
Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4 Units Required)
• SWMS 311 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Internship
Units: 2, 4, 8
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Major Electives
Choose one complete thematic module from the list below
(16–20 units). Then choose additional electives from the list of
modules to equal nine courses (36 units) in all. No more than two
courses may be lower-division (100- or 200-level). At least two
courses must come from Group A and two courses from Group B.
Group A
Bioethics Module (16 units)
•
ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4 or
• POSC 333 Stigma and Society: Physical Disability in America
Units: 4 or
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4 or
• GERO 475 Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health Care Units: 4 or
• OT 375 The Narrative Structure of Social Action: Narrative,
Healing and Occupation Units: 4
• REL 319 Religious and Ethical Issues in Death and Dying
Units: 4 or
• REL 341 Technology, Culture, and Ethics Units: 4 or
• REL 360 Ethical Issues in the New Medical Revolution
Units: 4
• REL 460 Senior Seminar: Medical Ethics Units: 4
Health, Gender and Ethnicity Module (16 units)
•
ANTH 125g Social Issues in Human Sexuality and
Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4 or
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
Health and Aging Module (16 units)
•
GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
(Recommended preparation: PSYC 100), or
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4 or
• GERO 437 Social and Psychological Aspects of Death and
Dying Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 380m Diversity in Aging Units: 4 or
• GERO 435m Women and Aging: Psychological, Social and
Political Implications Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
Health and the Mind Module (20 units)
•
PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology Units: 4 or
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4 or
PSYC 404L Psychophysiology of Emotion Units: 4
PSYC 361 Introduction to Clinical Psychology Units: 4 or
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
Global Health Module (20 Units)
•
ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4 or
• ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4 or
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4 or
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4 or
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
Group B
Biological Sciences Module (20 units)
•
BISC 290 Introduction to Biological Research Units: 2, 4 (4
Units Required) (lab assignment required) or
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4
Units Required) (lab assignment required)
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4 or
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
Biochemistry Module (20 units)
•
BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences Units: 4
or
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4 or
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
Biotechnology Module (20 units)
•
BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
History
The Department of History offers courses in ancient, medieval
and modern European history; in both North and Latin American
history; in the history of Asia and in world history. Some of the
department's courses are chronological, some national or regional
and some are thematic, with special strengths in gender, race and
ethnicity, popular culture, medicine, and urban history. The faculty
is committed to continuous review and revision of the department's
curriculum, as student needs and professional emphases shift.
Many departmental courses meet general education requirements
and various programs for majors and non-majors are available.
The department offers an honors program for qualified seniors.
Honors programs are individually arranged through consultation
with the honors director. Completion of an honors thesis is
required. The Department of History offers the BA and PhD in
History; the BA in Law, History, and Culture; the BA in History
and Social Science Education; the BA in Contemporary Latino
and Latin American Studies, the minor in History, the minor in
Resistance to Genocide and the minor in the History and Culture
of Business.
Social Science Building 153
(213) 740-1657
FAX: (213) 740-6999
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/hist
Chair: Jay Rubenstein, PhD
Faculty
University Professor and Professor of Philosophy, History and
Accounting: Jacob Soll, PhD (Philosophy)
Distinguished Professor, Dean's Professor of History, Myron and
Marian Casden Directorship of the Casden Institute for the Study
of Jewish Role in American Life and Professor of History: Steven
Ross, PhD*
Garrett and Anne Van Hunnick Chair in European History and
Professor of History: Anne Goldgar, PhD
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Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History:
Wolf Gruner, PhD
Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History and Professor of History
and East Asian Languages and Cultures: Joan Piggott, PhD
Barbara Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies
and Professor of History, Gender & Sexuality Studies and English:
Alice Echols, PhD*
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and
Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute
and Professor of History, Anthropology and Economics: Peter C.
Mancall, PhD
Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies and Associate
Professor of Religion, Law and History: Jessica Marglin, PhD
(Religion)
USC Associates Professor in Art History and Professor of Art
History and History: John Pollini, PhD*
Professors: Bettine Birge, PhD (East Asian Languages and
Cultures); Daniel Bleichmar, PhD (Art History); William Deverell,
PhD*; Philip J. Ethington, PhD; Richard W. Fox, PhD; Joshua
Goldstein, PhD; Ariela Gross, PhD (Law); Sarah Gualtieri, PhD*
(American Studies and Ethnicity); Karen Halttunen, PhD; Daniel
Klerman, PhD (Law); Lon Kurashige, PhD; Paul Lerner, PhD*;
Carolyn Malone, PhD (Art History); John Pollini, PhD (Art History);
Ramzi Rouighi, PhD (Middle East Studies); Jay Rubenstein, PhD;
George J. Sanchez, PhD* (American Studies and Ethnicity);
Vanessa Schwartz, PhD (Art History); Nayan Shah, PhD
(American Studies and Ethnicity); Brett Sheehan, PhD*; David
Sloane, PhD (Public Policy)
Associate Professors: Marjorie R. Becker, PhD; Christelle Fischer-
Bovet, PhD (Classics); Jason Glenn, PhD; Nathan Perl-Rosenthal,
PhD; Laura Serna, PhD; Francille Wilson, PhD (American Studies
and Ethnicity)
Assistant Professors: Richard Antaramian, PhD; Alice
Baumgartner, PhD; Joan Flores-Villalobos, PhD; Maya
Maskarinec, PhD; Alaina Morgan, PhD; Ketaki Pant, PhD; Edgardo
Perez Morales, PhD; Benjamin Uchiyama, PhD; Aro Velmet, PhD
Professor (Teaching): Deborah E. Harkness, PhD*
Associate Professor (Teaching): Lindsay O'Neill, PhD
Emeritus: Elinor A. Accampo, PhD; Lois W. Banner, PhD*; Judith
Bennett, PhD*; Gordon M. Berger, PhD; Roger Dingman, PhD;
Charlotte Furth, PhD; Cynthia Herrup, PhD; Paul W. Knoll, PhD;
Franklin D. Mitchell, PhD; D. Brendan Nagle, PhD; Azade-Ayse
Rorlich, PhD; Carole Shammas, PhD; Terry L. Seip, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Advisement
The Department of History has one full-time staff adviser
available to provide academic advisement, assist in the navigation
of department and university requirements, review progress
and future plans. Students interested in a major or minor in the
department should contact the adviser to schedule a meeting.
Faculty advisers are also available to offer guidance on pursuing
the field of history both within and beyond USC.
Honors Program for History (BA)
The department offers a one-semester honors program, in
which qualified students are required to take HIST 492 Honors
Thesis in which each completes a thesis project on a topic of his
or her choosing under faculty direction. Contact the department
director of Undergraduate Studies for further information. To
graduate with honors, department majors must have a minimum
GPA of 3.5 in their major course work and a B+ or higher in
HIST 201.
Honors Program for History and Social Science
Education (BA)
The department offers a one-semester honors program, in
which qualified students are required to take HIST 492 Honors
Thesis in which each completes a thesis project on a topic of his
or her choosing under faculty direction. Contact the department
honors director for further information. To graduate with honors,
department majors must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in their major
course work.
Honors Program for Law, History, and Culture (BA)
The department offers a one-semester honors program, in
which qualified students are required to take HIST 493 in which
each completes a thesis project on a topic of his or her choosing
under faculty direction. Contact the director of Undergraduate
Studies for further information. To graduate with honors,
department majors must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in their major
course work.
Honor Society
The department sponsors its own local chapter of Phi Alpha
Theta, the national history honor society. Phi Alpha Theta provides
opportunities for students to take their interest in history beyond
the classroom and to cultivate their intellectual pursuits in a
community setting.
Membership is open to history majors and other interested
students with a 3.33 GPA in history courses and a 3.0 overall GPA.
For more information contact the honors director.
Teaching Credential Requirements
Credential requirements in California and elsewhere are
complex and changeable. Students interested in preparing for
public school teaching should contact the Credentials Office,
Rossier School of Education, and the undergraduate adviser,
Department of History, for up-to-date information.
Interdisciplinary Minor in Early Modern Studies
This minor brings together the resources of the departments of
English, History and Art History to study the literatures and cultures
of Europe and the Americas from the late medieval period to 1800.
For a complete listing of requirements, see Department of English.
Interdisciplinary Middle East Studies Minor
See the Department of Middle East Studies.
Interdisciplinary Race, Ethnicity and Politics Minor
See Department of Political Science.
Interdisciplinary Russian Area Studies Minor
See Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Interdisciplinary Law and Society Minor
See Department of Political Science.
Graduate Degrees
The graduate program in History offers a rigorous course
of study that balances depth in particular fields with a broad,
transnational and interdisciplinary perspective. We train our
students in historical methods, research, critical analysis of written
and visual sources, historical writing, and historical pedagogy
through intensive reading courses, seminars and tutorials. This
training culminates in the PhD dissertation, a significant scholarly
and historiographical contribution to the study of a field.
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites
An applicant should have an undergraduate degree or an MA
degree in history or a related discipline. Promising students trained
in other fields will also be considered.
Criteria
All applicants must take the general test of the Graduate
Record Examinations. The subject test in history is not required.
In addition, applicants must submit at least three letters of
recommendation from college-level instructors and a sample
of written work from a college-level history, social science or
humanities course. This material should be uploaded through the
Graduate Admission application portal.
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Procedure
For complete information on the doctoral program, prospective
applicants should address inquiries to Graduate Admission,
Department of History, SOS 153, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0034. Information on the programs is also
available online at dornsife.usc.edu/hist/doctoral-program/.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Advisement
Students should seek advice on their program of studies from
the Director of Graduate Studies, a professor in their major field of
study and other members of their qualifying exam committee.
Bachelor's Degree
History (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in History requires students to take 10
courses (40 units).
The History major offers students a means to encounter the
peoples and cultures of the past and develop critical thinking,
research and writing skills essential for understanding the present.
The program exposes students to underlying connections between
the study of past times and places and the roots of that study in
human concerns about values, identities, issues and policies.
In their lower-division courses, majors will have the opportunity
to explore the histories of different cultures across time. Students
at the upper-division level hone their knowledge of different
cultures and societies, while also learning how to do history. When
they arrive at their capstone course, they will apply that knowledge
to a substantial world of independent research.
Lower-Division Requirements
All majors are required to complete HIST 201 Approaches to
History. It is recommended that students complete HIST 201 early
in their course of study.
Students can take up to three additional lower-division survey
courses. However, if they prefer to take upper-division courses
instead, they may.
The Department of History will accept scores of 4 or 5 on
Advanced Placement European History, Advanced Placement
United States History or Advanced Placement World History as a
substitute for one course requirement at the lower-division level.
Upper-Division Requirements
Six upper-division courses are required, of which at least two
must be 400-levels. No more than 4 units of HIST 490x Directed
Research may be counted as satisfying the upper-division seminar
requirement.
Geographic and Temporal Breadth Requirements
For geographic breadth, majors must take at least one course
from four geographic areas. Those areas and the classes that
fulfill them are listed below. Majors must also take two class that
focus on the period before 1800 and two that focus on the period
after 1800 to show temporal breadth. The courses that cover
those periods are listed below. A single course may fulfill both a
geographic and temporal requirement.
Capstone Requirement
Every major must complete a capstone to finish the major.
To do so they must take a 400-level course their last year in the
major (usually their senior year, but exceptions will be considered),
which includes a substantial work of independent scholarship.
They must have their choice approved by the department. See the
department website for how to achieve an approved capstone. For
students who choose to complete the Honors Thesis, this counts
as a capstone. Classes that can be considered for a capstone are
listed below.
All majors must take:
• HIST 201 Approaches to History Units: 4
Geographic Requirement: The Americas
All majors must take ONE course in this area. See possible
courses below.
• HIST 100gm The American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 109g The Latin American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 210gw How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S.
Citizenship Units: 4
• HIST 211gp Race in America Units: 4
• HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
• HIST 235g War and the American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 240gp The History of California Units: 4
• HIST 245mgp How Sex Changed: US History, 1870-the
Present Units: 4
• HIST 271g Telling Native American Stories Units: 4
• HIST 272g Women and Gender in the Ancient and Spanish
Americas Units: 4
• HIST 273g Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 317gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• HIST 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• HIST 349 Colonial North America 1600–1760 Units: 4
• HIST 351 The American Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 352 The American Civil War Units: 4
• HIST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States Units: 4
• HIST 355 The African-American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 357 Modern Consumer Culture Units: 4
• HIST 358 U.S. Gay and Lesbian History Units: 4
• HIST 359 The U.S.-Mexico Border Units: 4
• HIST 361 20th Century U.S. History Units: 4
• HIST 362 Authenticity in Twentieth Century Popular Music
Units: 4
• HIST 368 Afro-Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 373 History of the Mexican American Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 378m Introduction to Asian American History Units: 4
• HIST 379 Arabs in America Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• HIST 386 American Legal History Units: 4
• HIST 392 The Southern California Armenian Diaspora
Units: 4
• HIST 393g Quantitative Historical Analysis Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 453 The Age of Emancipation Units: 4
• HIST 455 Advanced Topics in African-American History
Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• HIST 457 The American West Units: 4
• HIST 459 Race and the Carceral State Units: 4
• HIST 460 War, Race, and the Constitution Units: 4
• HIST 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar Units: 4
• HIST 487 The United States since 1939 Units: 4
Geographic Requirement: Asia and the Middle
East
All majors must take ONE course in this area. See possible
courses below.
• HIST 106g Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History
Units: 4
• HIST 107gp Introduction to the History of Japan Units: 4
• HIST 108g Histories of South Asia Units: 4
• HIST 180 The Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 185g A Survey of Armenian History Units: 4
• HIST 266gp Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present
Units: 4
• HIST 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• HIST 334 History of the Samurai Units: 4
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• HIST 335 History and Law in Japan Units: 4
• HIST 336 History of Japan, 1550–1945 Units: 4
• HIST 337 Japan since 1945 Units: 4
• HIST 340 History of China since 1800 Units: 4
• HIST 364 Religion and Difference in the Modern Middle East
Units: 4
• HIST 366 The People's Republic of China Units: 4
• HIST 377 Law and Society in Premodern China and Japan
Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 389 Modern Iran Units: 4
• HIST 391 Feminist Histories of South Asia Units: 4
• HIST 394p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• HIST 437 Seminar in Modern Chinese History Units: 4
• HIST 438 War and Peace in Medieval Japan Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
Geographic Requirement: Europe and the
Mediterranean
All majors must take ONE course in this area. See possible
courses below.
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• HIST 102gm The Worlds of Medieval Europe Units: 4
• HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 104gp Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 237gp Fascism Units: 4
• HIST 306 The Early Middle Ages Units: 4
• HIST 307 The High Middle Ages: 1100-1400 Units: 4
• HIST 308 Britain and Ireland to 1200 C.E. Units: 4
• HIST 309 Britain and Ireland, 1100–1500 C.E. Units: 4
• HIST 312 The Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon
Units: 4
• HIST 314 Rome Through its Monuments from Antiquity to the
Middle Ages Units: 4
• HIST 315 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• HIST 316 The Renaissance Units: 4
• HIST 319 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• HIST 321 The Crusades Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 325 Early Modern Britain Units: 4
• HIST 326 The Victorians Units: 4
• HIST 327 Twentieth Century Britain Units: 4
• HIST 350 Early Modern Things: Material Culture in Early
Modern Life Units: 4
• HIST 385 Law and Order in the Early Modern British World
Units: 4
• HIST 395 Sex and the City: Constructing Gender in London,
1700-1900 Units: 4
• HIST 396 Women of Rome, from Antiquity through the Middle
Ages Units: 4
• HIST 403 Carolingian Europe Units: 4
• HIST 405 Traveling in the Early Medieval Mediterranean
Units: 4
• HIST 407 Europe in the 10th Century Units: 4
• HIST 411 Early Modern European Cultural History Units: 4
• HIST 422 European Intellectual and Cultural History: The
20th Century, 1920 to the Present Units: 4
• HIST 427 The German Question: Nation and Identity in
Modern Central Europe Units: 4
• HIST 429 Street Life: Urban Culture in Modern Europe
Units: 4
Geographic Requirement: Global or
Transnational
All majors must take ONE course in this area. See possible
courses below.
• HIST 190g History of Science: Antiquity to the Scientific
Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 250g Climate Change: Science, History and Solutions
Units: 4
• HIST 251gp History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Units: 4
• HIST 278gp Ottomans and Empire: Anatolia, the Middle East,
and the Mediterranean World Units: 4
• HIST 322 Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds Units: 4
• HIST 330 Drugs: A Global Cultural History Units: 4
• HIST 331 The British Empire: 1588–1834 Units: 4
• HIST 371 Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• HIST 381 Cinema and History Units: 4
• HIST 398 The History of Waste Units: 4
• HIST 413 The Age of Revolutions Units: 4
• HIST 430 Migration and Displacement in the Indian Ocean
World Units: 4
• HIST 431 Histories of the Apocalypse Units: 4
• HIST 433 The History of Drink Units: 4
• HIST 443 Race and Religious Riots in Modern World History
Units: 4
• HIST 444 Mass Violence and Comparative Genocide in
Modern World History Units: 4
• HIST 446 Resistance to Genocide Units: 4
• HIST 447 Law and Empire: An Introduction to Global Legal
History Units: 4
• HIST 479 History in the Museum: The Past in Objects
Units: 4
Temporal Requirement: Pre-1800
All majors must take TWO courses from this period. See possible
courses below.
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• HIST 102gm The Worlds of Medieval Europe Units: 4
• HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 106g Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History
Units: 4
• HIST 185g A Survey of Armenian History Units: 4
• HIST 190g History of Science: Antiquity to the Scientific
Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 271g Telling Native American Stories Units: 4
• HIST 272g Women and Gender in the Ancient and Spanish
Americas Units: 4
• HIST 273g Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 278gp Ottomans and Empire: Anatolia, the Middle East,
and the Mediterranean World Units: 4
• HIST 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• HIST 306 The Early Middle Ages Units: 4
• HIST 307 The High Middle Ages: 1100-1400 Units: 4
• HIST 308 Britain and Ireland to 1200 C.E. Units: 4
• HIST 309 Britain and Ireland, 1100–1500 C.E. Units: 4
• HIST 314 Rome Through its Monuments from Antiquity to the
Middle Ages Units: 4
• HIST 315 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• HIST 316 The Renaissance Units: 4
• HIST 319 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• HIST 321 The Crusades Units: 4
• HIST 325 Early Modern Britain Units: 4
• HIST 331 The British Empire: 1588–1834 Units: 4
• HIST 334 History of the Samurai Units: 4
• HIST 335 History and Law in Japan Units: 4
• HIST 349 Colonial North America 1600–1760 Units: 4
• HIST 350 Early Modern Things: Material Culture in Early
Modern Life Units: 4
• HIST 351 The American Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 371 Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• HIST 377 Law and Society in Premodern China and Japan
Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
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• HIST 385 Law and Order in the Early Modern British World
Units: 4
• HIST 394p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• HIST 396 Women of Rome, from Antiquity through the Middle
Ages Units: 4
• HIST 403 Carolingian Europe Units: 4
• HIST 405 Traveling in the Early Medieval Mediterranean
Units: 4
• HIST 407 Europe in the 10th Century Units: 4
• HIST 411 Early Modern European Cultural History Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• HIST 438 War and Peace in Medieval Japan Units: 4
Temporal Requirement: Post-1800
All majors must take TWO courses from this period. See possible
courses below.
• HIST 100gm The American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 104gp Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 107gp Introduction to the History of Japan Units: 4
• HIST 108g Histories of South Asia Units: 4
• HIST 109g The Latin American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 210gw How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S.
Citizenship Units: 4
• HIST 211gp Race in America Units: 4
• HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
• HIST 235g War and the American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 237gp Fascism Units: 4
• HIST 240gp The History of California Units: 4
• HIST 245mgp How Sex Changed: US History, 1870-the
Present Units: 4
• HIST 250g Climate Change: Science, History and Solutions
Units: 4
• HIST 251gp History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Units: 4
• HIST 266gp Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present
Units: 4
• HIST 312 The Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon
Units: 4
• HIST 317gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• HIST 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 326 The Victorians Units: 4
• HIST 327 Twentieth Century Britain Units: 4
• HIST 330 Drugs: A Global Cultural History Units: 4
• HIST 336 History of Japan, 1550–1945 Units: 4
• HIST 337 Japan since 1945 Units: 4
• HIST 340 History of China since 1800 Units: 4
• HIST 352 The American Civil War Units: 4
• HIST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States Units: 4
• HIST 355 The African-American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 357 Modern Consumer Culture Units: 4
• HIST 358 U.S. Gay and Lesbian History Units: 4
• HIST 359 The U.S.-Mexico Border Units: 4
• HIST 361 20th Century U.S. History Units: 4
• HIST 362 Authenticity in Twentieth Century Popular Music
Units: 4
• HIST 364 Religion and Difference in the Modern Middle East
Units: 4
• HIST 366 The People's Republic of China Units: 4
• HIST 368 Afro-Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 373 History of the Mexican American Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 378m Introduction to Asian American History Units: 4
• HIST 379 Arabs in America Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• HIST 381 Cinema and History Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 386 American Legal History Units: 4
• HIST 389 Modern Iran Units: 4
• HIST 391 Feminist Histories of South Asia Units: 4
• HIST 392 The Southern California Armenian Diaspora
Units: 4
• HIST 393g Quantitative Historical Analysis Units: 4
• HIST 395 Sex and the City: Constructing Gender in London,
1700-1900 Units: 4
• HIST 398 The History of Waste Units: 4
• HIST 413 The Age of Revolutions Units: 4
• HIST 422 European Intellectual and Cultural History: The
20th Century, 1920 to the Present Units: 4
• HIST 427 The German Question: Nation and Identity in
Modern Central Europe Units: 4
• HIST 429 Street Life: Urban Culture in Modern Europe
Units: 4
• HIST 430 Migration and Displacement in the Indian Ocean
World Units: 4
• HIST 433 The History of Drink Units: 4
• HIST 437 Seminar in Modern Chinese History Units: 4
• HIST 443 Race and Religious Riots in Modern World History
Units: 4
• HIST 444 Mass Violence and Comparative Genocide in
Modern World History Units: 4
• HIST 446 Resistance to Genocide Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 453 The Age of Emancipation Units: 4
• HIST 455 Advanced Topics in African-American History
Units: 4
• HIST 457 The American West Units: 4
• HIST 459 Race and the Carceral State Units: 4
• HIST 460 War, Race, and the Constitution Units: 4
• HIST 479 History in the Museum: The Past in Objects
Units: 4
• HIST 487 The United States since 1939 Units: 4
Capstone Requirement
All students must take a 400 level seminar course during their
last year as a major. Please see the department website and
emails for details on the capstone classes offered for the academic
year.
History and Social Science Education (BA)
This degree is designed for students who are interested in
a career in secondary school teaching. The courses chosen
reflect the content of subjects taught in high schools and middle
schools in California and therefore should be useful for those
contemplating the profession of teaching history and social
studies. It does not, however, provide a waiver of the CSET
examination.
Required Courses
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• HIST 201 Approaches to History Units: 4
• HIST 488 Teaching History in the Secondary Schools Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Surveys of U.S. and World History
Choose three from the following:
• HIST 100gm The American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 240gp The History of California Units: 4
• HIST 349 Colonial North America 1600–1760 Units: 4
• HIST 360 19th Century U.S. History Units: 4
• HIST 361 20th Century U.S. History Units: 4
• HIST 440 Early Modern World History Units: 4
• HIST 441 Modern World History Units: 4
Pre-modern World History
Choose one of the following:
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• HIST 102gm The Worlds of Medieval Europe Units: 4
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• HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 180 The Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 275g The Worlds of the Silk Road Units: 4
• HIST 335 History and Law in Japan Units: 4
• HIST 338 China to 960 A.D. Units: 4
• HIST 339 China, 960–1800 A.D. Units: 4
• HIST 369 History of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
Modern World History
Choose one of the following:
• HIST 104gp Modern Europe Units: 4
• HIST 333 Korea: The Modern Transformation Units: 4
• HIST 336 History of Japan, 1550–1945 Units: 4
• HIST 340 History of China since 1800 Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
Political Science
Choose one of the following:
• POSC 100g Theory and Practice of American Democracy
Units: 4
• POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and Great Issues of
American Democracy Units: 4
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
Required Capstone Seminar
(see under "required courses")
A capstone seminar, HIST 488 Teaching History in the
Secondary Schools, will be taught by a member of the history
department and will focus on the ways in which historical research
is brought into middle and high school curriculum. Seminar
participants will examine textbooks and other materials designed
for history instruction; engage in independent research; write
curriculum and/or classroom units or lesson plans; and visit
classrooms to assist with history instruction in the schools.
Honors Thesis
In addition to the 10 courses required for the major, students
pursuing departmental honors must complete one additional
course, HIST 492 Honors Thesis. This course will be taught by a
history department faculty for select students choosing to research
and write an honors thesis.
• HIST 492 Honors Thesis Units: 4
Law, History, and Culture (BA)
Law, History and Culture is designed for students drawn to
interdisciplinary, humanistic study of law and culture, as well
as those who intend to pursue a law degree. It offers students
an interdisciplinary education in legal institutions, languages
and processes that are central to social, cultural and political
developments in the past and present, and play a critical role in
shaping our most basic concepts and categories of thought and
identity. Students will gain theoretical and analytical perspectives
on ethical, political and social issues relevant to law as they
explore specific legal issues from a humanistic perspective.
Students take courses in four core areas, which represent distinct
disciplinary approaches to studying law’s position at the nexus of
society. The major helps students develop skills for critical reading,
writing and analysis that are both crucial to a liberal education and
a gateway to further study of law.
Requirements
This major requires a minimum of 36 units (or 40 units with
honors). Majors must complete courses from all four areas of
core competence. One course from Core Competence 1: Legal
Reasoning, three courses from Core Competence 2: Historical
Approaches, two courses from Core Competence 3: Texts and
Interpretations and three courses from Core Competence 4:
Society and Policy.
Core competence 1: Legal reasoning
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
Core competence 2: Historical approaches
Take three courses from among the following:
• CLAS 305 Roman Law Units: 4
• CLAS 307 Law and Society in Classical Greece Units: 4
• CLAS 333 Cult and City in Ancient Greece Units: 4
• CLAS 340 Ethics and Politics in Ancient Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 348g Athens in the Age of Democracy and Empire
Units: 4
• CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models
Units: 4
• CLAS 470 Democracies Ancient and Modern Units: 4
• HIST 210gw How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S.
Citizenship Units: 4
• HIST 211gp Race in America Units: 4
• HIST 220gp Murder on Trial in America Units: 4
• HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the Law Units: 4
• HIST 312 The Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon
Units: 4
• HIST 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 351 The American Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 355 The African-American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 377 Law and Society in Premodern China and Japan
Units: 4
• HIST 385 Law and Order in the Early Modern British World
Units: 4
• HIST 386 American Legal History Units: 4
• HIST 413 The Age of Revolutions Units: 4
• HIST 444 Mass Violence and Comparative Genocide in
Modern World History Units: 4
• HIST 453 The Age of Emancipation Units: 4
• HIST 455 Advanced Topics in African-American History
Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• HIST 459 Race and the Carceral State Units: 4
• HIST 460 War, Race, and the Constitution Units: 4
• HIST 463 The Constitutional History of the United States
Units: 4
• HIST 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the Early Modern
Hispanic World Units: 4, 2 years
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• REL 361 Law and Religion Units: 4
Core competence 3: Literary, Philosophical and
Theoretical Perspectives
Take two courses from among the following:
• COLT 385 Literature and Justice Units: 4
• COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction Units: 4
• COLT 475 Politics and the Novel Units: 4
• COLT 476 Narrative and the Law Units: 4
• ENGL 355g Anglo-American Law and Literature Units: 4
• ENGL 374m Literature, Nationality and Otherness Units: 4
• ENGL 381 Narrative Forms in Literature and Film Units: 4
• JS 342 Reading in Two Directions: Connecting Law and
Literature in Jewish Tradition Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• REL 360 Ethical Issues in the New Medical Revolution
Units: 4
• REL 414 History of Islamic Law Units: 4
• SWMS 349 Women and the Law Units: 4
• SWMS 355 Transgender Studies Units: 4
• SWMS 358 U.S. Gay and Lesbian History Units: 4
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Core competence 4: Social Movements and
Social Policy
Take three courses from among the following:
• AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 342m Law and Identities Units: 4
• AMST 344m Islamic Law and American Society Units: 4
• AMST 345 Law and American Indian Studies Units: 4
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• AMST 389m Carceral Geographies Units: 4
• ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization and Law Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 370 European Political Thought I Units: 4
• POSC 371 European Political Thought II Units: 4
• POSC 374 The American Founders: Visions, Values and
Legacy Units: 4
• POSC 375 American Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 377 Asian Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 380 Political Theories and Social Reform Units: 2, 4
• POSC 426 The United States Supreme Court Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 443 Law in Film Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
Honors
Students wishing to pursue Departmental Honors must
complete one additional course, HIST 493, generally offered in the
spring semester. In order to enroll for Honors, students must have
taken at least one upper-division course, normally during one of
the previous two semesters, which included a substantial original
research component. The nature of the original research will
depend on the field in which the student is working.
• HIST 493 Law, History and Culture Honors Thesis Seminar
Units: 4
Additional notes:
No more than two of the nine required courses (8 units) may be
taken at the 100 or 200 level, except with special permission of the
LHC major adviser. No more than one lower-division (100 or 200
level) course may be taken in each area of core competence.
Students may petition to substitute a course not on the
approved list for an approved course. In order to do so, they must
complete the Course Waiver procedure. Normally no more than
two courses total may be substituted for those on the approved list.
Students requesting LHC credit for courses taken out of
residence (transfer, study abroad, summer school, etc.) must
complete the Course Waiver procedure. Normally no more than
two courses total may be substituted for those on the approved list.
Students may request permission to shift one of the required
courses from one area of core competence to another area in
order to accommodate their interests. (E.g., take three courses
in Area 3 and two in Area 4.) In order to do so, students will have
to complete the Area of Competence Substitution procedure.
Normally no more than two courses can be shifted from one area
to another.
Minor
History and Culture of Business Minor
The minor in the history and culture of business is available
to all students in all schools and departments. It is designed
to cultivate an understanding of business as it is embedded in
changing cultural, social and political environments in the United
States and around the globe. Completion of the minor requires
20 units; 4 units at the lower division and 16 units at the upper
division. At least 8 units must be from the Department of History
course offerings. Interested students should meet with the
undergraduate adviser for the Department of History.
Lower-Division Requirements
Choose one course (4 units)*
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• HIST 215g Business and Labor in America Units: 4
• HIST 266gp Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present
Units: 4
Note:
*ECON 351 or ECON 352 may be substituted for the lower-division
requirement.
Upper-Division Requirements
Choose four courses (16 units), at least one from each of the
groups below.
Corporate Culture
• ECON 330 The Political Economy of Institutions Units: 4
• ECON 348g Current Problems of the American Economy
Units: 4
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• FBE 431 Financial Policies and Corporate Governance
Units: 4
• HIST 348 The Dynamics of American Capitalism Units: 4
• HIST 442 The Ethics of Financial and Political Accountability
Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 329 The Global Finance and Monetary Regime Units: 4
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• MOR 385gm Business, Government and Society Units: 4
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
Consumer Culture
• COMM 363 Media Consumption Units: 4
• COMM 433 Home Entertainment: From Networks to
Streaming Units: 4
• HIST 380 American Popular Culture Units: 4
• MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Units: 4
• MOR 472 Power, Politics and Influence Units: 4
• PSYC 456 Conservation Psychology Units: 4
Global and Regional Culture
• BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World -
Managing Diversity Units: 4
• BUCO 460 International Business Communication Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• ECON 343 Economic Development of East Asia Units: 4
• ECON 344 Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
Units: 4
• ECON 346 Economics of Transition and Development: China
Units: 4
• ECON 350 The World Economy Units: 4
• HIST 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in Russian History
Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 331 The Global Economy 2040 Units: 4
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemisphere Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
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• MOR 468 Cross-Cultural Negotiations: Communication and
Strategy Units: 4
History Minor
The minor in history is available to students in all schools and
departments. The study of history deepens our understanding of
peoples and societies and expands our knowledge of important
issues in the world today. History minors will strengthen their skills
in critical thinking, assessing evidence, and formulating clear and
persuasive arguments both oral and written. History is essentially
a laboratory of human experience, and students from a wide
range of disciplines can discover new perspectives on their own
intellectual interests through the study of the past.
Requirements: The minor in history requires 20 units, a total of
five courses, from Department of History offerings. One course
may be at the lower-division level, among which HIST 201 is the
preferred course. Four courses must be at the upper-division level
and at least one of those must be at the 400-level. All students
who wish to embark on the completion of a minor in history must
meet with the department undergraduate adviser for approval.
Resistance to Genocide Interdisciplinary
Minor
To resist genocide effectively, we need to understand its
history — the factors that have brought it about and those
that have enabled people to prevent, resist or recuperate from
mass violence. This interdisciplinary minor draws upon USC
faculty in 11 academic units researching the causes, results and
representations of attempted genocide as well as resistance to
genocidal mass violence. Courses include attention to different
definitions of genocide, its occurrence around the world and its
representation in literature and the arts.
Course Requirements
The minor requires five courses (20 units); at least four must
be at the upper-division level. As with all minors, students must
choose at least four courses (16 units) outside their major
department and four courses (16 units) that are not being used to
satisfy any other subject requirement.
Lower-Division Requirement
Choose one course (4 units) from the following list:
List A
• JS 211gw The Holocaust Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
Choose four courses (16 units) from the lists below, at least one
from each list:
List B — Representations of Genocide
• COLT 485 The Shoah (Holocaust) in Literature and the Arts
Units: 4
• ENGL 444m Native American Literature Units: 4
• FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing Memory Units: 4
• ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction and Film Units: 4
• JS 362 Terror and Resistance in Literature and the Media
Units: 4
• MUSC 430m Music and the Holocaust Units: 4
List C — The Reality of Genocide
• ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 428 Life and Death in Nazi Germany Units: 4
• IR 313 Religions and Political Violence Units: 4
• JS 315g Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds Units: 4
• MDA 330 The Armenian Heritage: History, Arts, and Culture
Units: 4
• POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide Units: 4
• PSYC 453 Intergroup Relations Units: 4 *
List D — Capstone Courses: Resisting Genocide
• HIST 444 Mass Violence and Comparative Genocide in
Modern World History Units: 4
• HIST 446 Resistance to Genocide Units: 4
• IR 437 Comparative Genocide Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite: PSYC 355
Master's Degree
History (MA)
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of Arts
degree in history. The MA degree is intended only as a transitional
degree in the process of completing requirements for the PhD in
history.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirement
Students are required to demonstrate competence in one
foreign language, with the exception that none is required of
majors in United States history.
Course Requirements
All students must enroll in HIST 500 Introduction to Graduate
Historical Studies, and it is recommended that it be completed in
the first year of residence.
Thesis Plan
Students must take a minimum of six graduate courses,
including HIST 500 plus HIST 594a, HIST 594b Master's Thesis.
No more than two 400-level courses may count toward this total. A
thesis must be written and defended.
Comprehensive Examination Plan
This plan requires the approval of the student's master's
committee chair to substitute a comprehensive examination for
the thesis. If approved, the student completes eight graduate level
courses, including 500, with no more than two 400-level courses
counting toward this total, plus written exams in three fields, one of
which may be in another department. Examinations are normally
offered in October and April. An oral examination may be given at
the discretion of the master's committee. Examinations are graded
on an honors, pass or fail basis. Any student who receives a grade
of fail in two examinations is considered as not having qualified
for the degree. A student who receives one fail must retake an
examination in that field at the next scheduled examination period.
An examination cannot be retaken more than once.
Doctoral Degree
History (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1
The history profession nationwide combines a traditional
emphasis on geo-temporal fields (e.g., United States in the
19th century; medieval Europe) with a new emphasis on trans-
nationalism, comparative history and interdisciplinary investigation.
The USC program is at the forefront of these trends. Following
the traditional emphasis, each graduate student must declare a
major field in a geo-temporal area at the time of application to
the program. Major fields of study include: China, Japan, Korea,
Latin America, Middle East, American/United States, medieval
Europe, early modern Europe and modern Europe. The purpose
of the major field is to prepare students broadly for teaching and
research.
By the beginning of the second year in the program, each
graduate student must declare a minor field and an area of
specialization. The minor field is intended to broaden skills
beyond the geo-temporal boundaries of the major field; the area
of specialization is intended to deepen the student's scholarly
training in the chosen area of the dissertation. The minor field
may be chosen from the list of major fields (i.e., a student entering
the program with American/United States as a major field might
select "modern Europe" as a minor field), or it may be conceived
comparatively, thematically or cross-disciplinarily. Possible minor
fields include: Latin America; premodern Japan; the colonial
Americas; gender and sexuality; visual culture; and anthropology.
Possible fields for the area of specialization include: 19th or 20th
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century U.S. intellectual history; visual culture of the 20th century;
modern European cities; and the American West. These lists are
not exhaustive and are meant to suggest only possible courses of
study.
For the major field, each student must take a minimum
of four courses; for the minor field two courses; for the area
of specialization three courses. Either the minor field or the
area of specialization must be outside the major field of study,
transnational or outside the discipline of history. Each student must
consult with his or her adviser in putting together these fields of
study.
Foreign Language Requirements
Students are expected to satisfy language requirements before
the end of their second year in the program, and this requirement
must be met before a student is eligible to take the Qualifying
Examination. Students may demonstrate competence in two
foreign languages or proficiency in one.
• Competence in a language denotes the ability to read and
translate passages into English.
• Proficiency in a language denotes advanced reading ability
and conversational ability for spoken languages. For non-
spoken languages, proficiency denotes advanced reading
and translation abilities.
Students must contact the Director of Graduate Studies to set
up and schedule their language exams. Competence in languages
is assessed in a two-hour translation examination (with dictionary)
or by a student passing a reading course in the language
offered at USC. A student aiming for proficiency must first take
the translation exam, and upon passing, must schedule an oral
examination with a faculty member designated by the Director of
Graduate Studies in consultation with the adviser.
The choice of languages shall be worked out with the adviser
and must be approved by the adviser and the Director of Graduate
Studies. An adviser may also require a student to meet more
than the department's minimum requirement, e.g., by requiring a
second language at the level of proficiency or a third at the level of
competence.
Course Requirements
All entering students (including those with MA degrees) are
required to take HIST 500 in their first semester of study. All
students are required to take two 600-level research seminars in
the History Department. At least one of these seminars must be
in the major area of study. Students must complete a minimum
of 60 units of course work. No more than 8 units of the 60 may
be in HIST 794a, HIST 794b, HIST 794c, HIST 794d, HIST 794z
(dissertation writing). Students must complete at least 30 units of
graduate course work within the History Department.
Screening Procedures
The performance of every doctoral student is formally evaluated
by the full faculty of the History Department, normally at the end
of the spring semester and before a student has completed 24
units toward the degree. Unsatisfactory progress toward the
degree requires either remedy of the deficiencies or termination
of the student's graduate program. After successfully passing the
screening procedures, each student establishes a qualifying exam
committee which then supervises preparation for the qualifying
examination.
Qualifying Exam Committee and Qualifying
Examinations
Each student must set up a qualifying exam committee by the
end of the third semester in residence. It includes at least five
members, at least three of them from the History Department,
and at least one of them from outside the History Department
(this person must be a tenure-track faculty member from a PhD
granting program). The qualifying exam committee will oversee the
student's written and oral qualifying examination, which should be
taken by the end of his or her fifth semester in residence and no
later than the end of the sixth semester. The examination covers
the major field, minor field and area of specialization. Students
prepare for these exams by developing, in collaboration with their
qualifying exam committee, reading lists for study in their major
field, minor field and area of specialization.
The qualifying examination consists of two parts: (1) Three four-
hour written responses, based, respectively, on the major field,
the minor field and the area of specialization; (2) a two-hour oral
session, which may include some discussion of the written exam.
Students with one fail or more than two low-pass grades on the
written responses will not be permitted to sit for the oral segment
of the examination. The qualifying exam committee determines
whether a student may retake any parts of the examination graded
low-pass or fail.
A student must wait at least six, but not more than nine, months
to retake any part, or all, of the qualifying examination. No part of
the examination can be retaken more than once.
Dissertation
After students have successfully completed their qualifying
examinations, they will select a dissertation committee consisting
of at least three members, including at least two from the History
Department. These individuals will be in charge of guiding the
dissertation to completion. Within six months of passing the
qualifying examination, students must submit a formal dissertation
prospectus to all members of the dissertation committee and pass
a one-hour prospectus defense convened by that committee.
Some students (e.g., those whose major field is East Asia) can,
with the approval of their dissertation committee, petition the
Graduate Studies Committee for an extension of this six-month
deadline. After passing the dissertation prospectus defense, a
student is admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree. The student
will thereafter concentrate on the dissertation. After a student
becomes a doctoral candidate, he or she must register for HIST
794a, HIST 794b, HIST 794c, HIST 794d, HIST 794z Doctoral
Dissertation each semester thereafter until the dissertation is
completed.
Interdisciplinary Studies
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Faculty Director: Thomas Gustafson, PhD
Director: Richard Fliegel, PhD
Interdisciplinary Major
The interdisciplinary major allows students to create an
individual, original major. It is a flexible option available when
a combination of existing majors and academic minors does
not adequately fulfill a student's educational goals. With close
advisement, students can build their own programs of study.
The interdisciplinary major is an intensive research program
for students with a focused interest in a topic that requires study
from more than one disciplinary perspective. Interdisciplinary
majors are usually self-motivated students with good writing skills
and an intellectual passion for a particular area of inquiry. Course
work is selected to lead to a thesis project integrating the areas of
research comprising the interdisciplinary major.
Admission
Admission to the interdisciplinary major is by application.
Applications, which may be obtained from the program office,
are considered by a special admissions committee. Interested
students must have a GPA of 3.0 (A = 4.0) or above; those with
less than a 3.3 are the exception.
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Program Requirements
Students in the program must meet all graduation requirements
of USC Dornsife College. When admitted, students establish an
academic "contract," which outlines each student's course of study
through graduation. The contract includes a minimum of nine (4-
unit) upper-division courses, distributed in at least two fields. The
primary focus of the major should be in the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences. These areas of concentration must
then be combined in a senior thesis, written under the supervision
of the student's Guidance Committee.
Restrictions
Course prerequisites cannot be waived; admission to courses
restricted to majors is subject to availability and direct negotiations;
admission to departments and/or schools that have their own
admission requirements must be processed separately.
Bachelor's Degree
Contemporary Latino and Latin American
Studies (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Latino and Latin
American Studies (CLLA) is an interdisciplinary major bridging
the fields of Latin American Studies (focusing on the history
and cultures of Central and South America) and Latino
Studies (focusing on the experience of Chicano/a and Latino/a
communities in the United States). By combining these two areas
of scholarly inquiry in a single undergraduate degree, students
acquire interdisciplinary perspectives on the indigenous and
transnational histories, cultures, and social issues of the Américas.
The Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Latino and Latin
American Studies provides an opportunity for undergraduates
to gain a general understanding of this area of scholarship and
research and focus their study to reflect their personal aspirations.
The major requires nine courses (36 units), two at the lower-
division (100 and 200) level and seven at the upper-division (300
and 400) level. This curriculum prepares students for careers in
business, diplomacy, or social change that reflect and respect the
cultural diversity of the western hemisphere.
Lower-division Requirements (8 units)
Language Requirement (4 units)
Choose one of the following four courses or earn a sufficient score
on the Spanish placement exam:
• SPAN 245 Spanish Through Social Issues in Costa Rica
Units: 4
• SPAN 250x Spanish for Business Communication Units: 4
• SPAN 261 Advanced Spanish: Society and the Media
Units: 4
• SPAN 270 Spanish for Heritage Speakers Units: 4
Students who satisfy this requirement by placement exam
score should take an additional course from the list below to
satisfy the unit requirement.
Introduction to Latin American Culture (4 units)
Choose one course from the following list:
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AMST 135gmw Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
Units: 4
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 273g Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 218b Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
Upper-division Requirements (28 units)
Contemporary Latin Americans (8 units)
Choose two of the following:
• AMST 340m Latina/o LA Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• POSC 428 Latino Politics Units: 4
Major Interest (16 units)
Choose four additional courses not yet taken from one of the three
following lists:
The Cultural Heritage of Latin America
•
AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• COLT 375 Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory
Units: 4
• HIST 369 History of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the Early Modern
Hispanic World Units: 4, 2 years
• REL 333 Religion in the Borderlands Units: 4
• REL 334g Religion and Colonial Encounter Units: 4
• SPAN 301 Introduction to Literature and Film Units: 4
• SPAN 304 The Art of Fiction Units: 4
• SPAN 306 Performance from Street to Stage Units: 4
• SPAN 308 The Art of Poetry Units: 4
• SPAN 372 Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction
Units: 4
• SPAN 380g Literature of Mexico Units: 4
• SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4
• SPAN 462 Literary Cartographies of Latin America and
Spain, 1810–1898 Units: 4
• SPAN 481 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 482 Literature and the City Units: 4
• SPAN 483 Gender and Sexuality Units: 4
• SPAN 484 Studies in Visual and Material Culture Units: 4
Social Realities in the United States and Latin America
•
AMST 340m Latina/o LA Units: 4
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• AMST 373m History of the Mexican American Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 366 Mexico and its Relations with the United States
Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemisphere Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 466 Contemporary Issues in Latin American Politics
Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 428 Latino Politics Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective
Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4
Latino and Latin American Arts and Media
•
AHIS 318 Arts of the Ancient Andes Units: 4
• AHIS 328 Colonial Latin American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 428 Studies in Colonial Latin American Art Units: 4
• AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the Americas Units: 4
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• COLT 470 Literature and Media in Latin America Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• JOUR 465m Latino News Media in the United States Units: 4
• SPAN 302 Screen Cultures: From Film to the Internet Units: 4
• SPAN 321 Sounds, Images, Objects Units: 4
• SPAN 466 Argentina, Society and the Arts Units: 4
• THTR 481 From The Border to Broadway Units: 4
Capstone Experience (4 units)
Students engage in travel or original research by choosing one
of the following courses, which include Maymester and Problems
Without Passport courses, overseas programs, or courses created
for this purpose. Choose one of the following:
• ANTH 400 Maya Resilience: Constructing Past and Present
Identities Units: 4
• ANTH 450 Field Research in Maya Archaeology Units: 4
• IR 337 The Impact of Remittances on Development in Mexico
Units: 4
Interdisciplinary Studies (BA)
Interdisciplinary Major
The interdisciplinary major allows students to create an
individual, original major. It is a flexible option available when
a combination of existing majors and academic minors does
not adequately fulfill a student's educational goals. With close
advisement, students can build their own programs of study.
The interdisciplinary major is an intensive research program
for students with a focused interest in a topic that requires study
from more than one disciplinary perspective. Interdisciplinary
majors are usually self-motivated students with good writing skills
and an intellectual passion for a particular area of inquiry. Course
work is selected to lead to a thesis project integrating the areas of
research comprising the interdisciplinary major.
Admission
Admission to the interdisciplinary major is by application.
Applications, which may be obtained from the program office,
are considered by a special admissions committee. Interested
students must have a GPA of 3.0 (A = 4.0) or above; those with
less than a 3.3 are the exception.
Program Requirements
Students in the program must meet all graduation requirements
of USC Dornsife College. When admitted, students establish an
academic "contract," which outlines each student's course of study
through graduation. The contract includes a minimum of nine (4-
unit) upper-division courses, distributed in at least two fields. The
primary focus of the major should be in the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences. These areas of concentration must
then be combined in a senior thesis, written under the supervision
of the student's Guidance Committee.
Restrictions
Course prerequisites cannot be waived; admission to courses
restricted to majors is subject to availability and direct negotiations;
admission to departments and/or schools that have their own
admission requirements must be processed separately.
Minor
User Experience Minor
This interdisciplinary minor explores the experience of people
interacting with digital sites and other products and environments.
It involves training in psychology, sociology, economics, design,
marketing and other units offering course work in relevant areas.
How do individual factors, culture and economics influence
people's decisions? Why do people form the impressions that
they do, and how can products and environments be designed to
engage them more readily and responsively?
As with all minors, students must choose at least four upper-
division 4-unit courses and four courses dedicated exclusively
to this minor (which may or may not be the same four courses).
Students must also include four courses outside their major.
To earn credit for this minor, psychology majors must choose
four courses outside of psychology, art and design majors must
choose four courses outside of the Roski School, and Business
Administration majors must choose four courses outside of the
Marshall School. Among the total, students must include courses
from at least three departments.
For advisement, contact the Dornsife Advising Office.
Requirements
Please note that prerequisites will not be waived for upper-
division courses; students should be sure to complete the
introductory classes they will need.
Lower Division Courses - Group A
Choose 4 units from the following:
• ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences Units: 4
• ART 141xg Creating and Understanding Visuals Units: 4
• CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• DES 123xg The Design Challenge: Exploring the Design
Process Units: 4
• DES 203 Digital Tools for Design Units: 2 *
and
• DES 303 Web Design Units: 2 *
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• LING 275Lg Language and Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 201Lg The Science of Happiness Units: 4
Note:
*Both DES 203 and DES 303 (2 units each) must be completed,
if students choose that option. DES 303 requires DES 203 as a
prerequisite.
Upper Division Courses - Group B
Choose one of the following:
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• COMM 302 Persuasion Units: 4
• MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4 *
Note:
*Requires PSYC 100Lg.
Upper Division Courses - Group C
Choose one of the following:
• COMM 309 Communication and Technology Units: 4
• COMM 339 Communication Technology and Culture Units: 4
• DES 302 Design III Units: 4 *
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• MKT 425 Digital Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• MKT 445 New Product Development and Branding Units: 4 **
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making
Units: 4 ***
Note:
*Requires DES 202.
**Requires BUAD 307.
***Requires PSYC 314L.
Upper-division Courses - Group D
Choose one of the following:
• BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4 *
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4 **
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4 ***
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4 ***
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience
Units: 4 ***
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4 ***
Note:
*Requires BISC 421.
**Requires ECON 303.
***Requires PSYC 100Lg.
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Capstone Courses - Group E
Choose one of the following:
• ART 361 Post-Internet Art and Aesthetics Units: 4
• COMM 473 Advanced Issues in Communication and
Technology Units: 4 *
• CSCI 534 Affective Computing Units: 4
• DES 402 Advanced Design Projects Units: 4 **
• MDA 423 User Experience Units: 4
• PSYC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(4 units required)
Note:
*Requires COMM 301Lg.
**Requires DES 302.
Minimum Units Required: 20
International Relations
The Department of Political Science and International Relations
offers: a BA in International Relations; a BA in International
Relations (Global Business); a BA in International Relations
and the Global Economy; and a BA in Intelligence and Cyber
Operations. The department also offers minors in international
relations, global communication, and international policy and
management.
The international relations major encourages undergraduate
double majors, especially with economics, environmental
studies, geography, history, journalism, political science and
sociology. Programs are flexible, allowing students to gain a broad
background in international studies and, at the same time, to
specialize in a particular area.
Center for International and Public Affairs, CPA 330
(213) 740-6278; 740-2136
FAX: (213) 821-4424
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Ange-Marie Hancock-Alfaro, PhD
Faculty: see Political Science and International Relations
Advisement
Advisement is required for all majors and minors. Students
are encouraged to meet with International Relations advisers at
least once a semester to review the direction of their individual
programs. Students are also encouraged to seek the advisement
of faculty members whose specializations are appropriate to their
programs of study.
Academic Specialization
Students majoring in international relations who wish to develop
their own specialization or emphasize a particular regional area
may establish with a faculty adviser, or with International Relations
advisers, an academic program that will accomplish the students'
objectives.
International Relations Honors Program
The department offers a two-semester honors program for
outstanding undergraduate students in the junior and senior years.
The organization of the course during the first semester follows the
seminar model, emphasizing independent research, discussion,
and oral and written reports. In the second semester, the student
is required to write a thesis under the direction of a substantive
faculty adviser. Students are admitted to the program after careful
screening on the basis of their academic record and an interview
with a prospective adviser.
Graduate Degrees
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
All graduate students are required to maintain regular
contact with the graduate coordinator to assure compliance with
departmental regulations.
Bachelor's Degree
Intelligence and Cyber Operations (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Intelligence and Cyber Operations
brings scholarship in international relations together with technical
expertise in information technology to prepare USC students
for a rapidly emerging field of scholarly activity and professional
practice. This interdisciplinary major requires 55-56 units in total:
12 at the lower-division level and 43-44 at the upper-division level.
Lower Division Required Courses (12 units)
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• ITP 125L From Hackers to CEOs: Introduction to Information
Security Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
or
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• IR 213 The Global Economy Units: 4
or
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
Upper Division Required Courses (16 units)
• IR 304 National Intelligence and the Shaping of Policy
Units: 4
• IR 320 Technology and International Relations Units: 4
• ITP 325 Ethical Hacking Units: 4
• ITP 375 Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Investigations
Units: 4
Security and Violence (4 units)
Choose one:
• IR 313 Religions and Political Violence Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 318 Violent Conflict Units: 4
• IR 319 Human Security and Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4
• IR 342 The Politics and Strategy of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Units: 4
• IR 381 Introduction to International Security Units: 4
• IR 386 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Units: 4
• IR 387 Strategic Studies Units: 4
International Finance (4 units)
Choose one:
• ECON 452 International Finance Units: 4
(Prerequisite: ECON 305)
• ECON 457 Financial Markets Units: 4
(Prerequisite: ECON 303)
• IR 328 The Evolving Global Economic Architecture-Capital
Mobility Units: 4
• IR 329 The Global Finance and Monetary Regime Units: 4
• IR 431 Commercial and Financial Globalization-Trends,
Challenges Units: 4
Cyber Law, Policy and Management (4 units)
Choose one:
• DSCI 429 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• ITP 370 Cybersecurity Management and Operations Units: 4
• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
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Technical Elective (7-8 units)
Choose two:
• ITP 303 Full-Stack Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 357 Enterprise Networks: Design and Architecture
Units: 4
• ITP 365 Managing Data in C++ Units: 4
• ITP 425 Web Application Security Units: 4
• ITP 446 Cyber Breach Investigations Units: 3
• ITP 457 Network Security Units: 4
• ITP 475 Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Units: 4
Regional Electives (8 units)
Choose two courses, each from a different category:
The Middle East
• HIST 384 Popular Culture in the Middle East Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 463 Islam and Arab Nationalism Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe
and the Balkans Units: 4
• IR 438 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict after Communism
Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
East Asia
• HIST 366 The People's Republic of China Units: 4
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 340 The Political Economy of China Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 384 Asian Security Issues Units: 4
Total Units for Major: 55-56
International Relations (BA)
The International Relations major requires a minimum of 48
units. All majors should complete IR 210gw International Relations:
Introductory Analysis, IR 211g International Relations: Approaches
to Research, IR 212 Historical Approaches to International
Relations and IR 213 The Global Economy in their first 32 total
units. The 200-level courses must be completed by the time they
have completed 48 total units. The 200-level courses must be
completed before attempting 400-level courses.
Four semesters of a single foreign language are required.
All majors are encouraged to obtain as much foreign language
training as possible either through a major or a minor in a foreign
language or through a study program abroad.
Beyond IR 210, IR 211, IR 212 and IR 213, international
relations majors are required to take eight additional upper-division
courses. Majors must choose one course from each of the four
fields: Culture, Gender and a Global Society; Foreign Policy
Analysis; International Political Economy; International Politics
and Security Studies. In addition, students must complete one
course from Regional Studies (Europe; Russia, Eastern Europe
and Eurasia; Latin America; the Middle East and Africa; or Pacific
Rim). Finally, students must complete one 400-level course of their
choice. Students are encouraged to explore different professional
career options within international relations by enrolling in IR
391 Directed International Relations Field Study, a 2-unit course
that can be repeated for major credit. Students may receive both
general education credit and major credit for the same course.
Culture, Gender and Global Society
This field explores identities and interests shaping the politics of
intellectual global society.
• IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy Units: 4
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4
• IR 309 Global Governance Units: 4
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 311 Research Design and Methods Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 339 Public Health and International Relations Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4
• IR 403 Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security Units: 4
• IR 404 International Relations Policy Task Force Units: 4
• IR 406 Ethics and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 422 Ecological Security and Global Politics Units: 4
• IR 424w Citizenship and Migration in International Politics
Units: 4
• IR 437 Comparative Genocide Units: 4
• IR 438 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict after Communism
Units: 4
• IR 444w Theories of Global Society Units: 4
• IR 449 International Courts and the Globalization of Law
Units: 4
• IR 463 Islam and Arab Nationalism Units: 4
• EALC 375 Women and Gender in China: Past and Present
Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• SOCI 335 Society and Population Units: 4
• SOCI 435m Women in Society Units: 4
• SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International
Migration Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
Foreign Policy Analysis
This area examines the external relations of states, particularly the
domestic and international factors that influence the formulation
and implementation of national foreign policies. Factors within
states (leadership, small group dynamics and domestic lobbying
groups) and factors between states are stressed.
• IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy Units: 4
• IR 311 Research Design and Methods Units: 4
• IR 341 Foreign Policy Analysis Units: 4
• IR 342 The Politics and Strategy of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Units: 4
• IR 343 U.S. Foreign Policy since World War II Units: 4
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe
and the Balkans Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 403 Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security Units: 4
• IR 410 The History of Modern International Relations Units: 4
• IR 440 America's Pacific Century: Dialogues between the
U.S. and Asia Units: 4
• IR 441 Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 443 Formulation of U.S. Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 445 U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy: Nonproliferation
and Weapons of Mass Destruction Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy and the News
Media Units: 4
International Political Economy
These courses focus on what used to be considered "low" politics,
but which have become key issues. Money, trade, investment,
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development, the environment, law and foreign economic policy
are examined.
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 309 Global Governance Units: 4
• IR 311 Research Design and Methods Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 328 The Evolving Global Economic Architecture-Capital
Mobility Units: 4
• IR 329 The Global Finance and Monetary Regime Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 331 The Global Economy 2040 Units: 4
• IR 349 International Law and Politics Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemisphere Units: 4
• IR 427 Seminar on Economics and Security Units: 4
• IR 428 China's Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 430 The Politics of International Trade Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 449 International Courts and the Globalization of Law
Units: 4
• IR 454 The International Political Economy of Development
Units: 4
• ECON 450 International Trade Units: 4
• ECON 452 International Finance Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
International Politics and Security Studies
War and peace are at the heart of relations among nations. These
courses investigate defense analysis, arms control, peace-
building and strategic studies. The domestic, technological and
international factors influencing defense and arms control policies
and negotiations are considered. The World Wars, Korea, Vietnam
and the numerous crises of the Cold War are the backdrop in
these courses.
• IR 302 International Relations of the Great Powers in the
Late 19th and 20th Centuries Units: 4
• IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy Units: 4
• IR 304 National Intelligence and the Shaping of Policy
Units: 4
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 311 Research Design and Methods Units: 4
• IR 313 Religions and Political Violence Units: 4
• IR 318 Violent Conflict Units: 4
• IR 342 The Politics and Strategy of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Units: 4
• IR 381 Introduction to International Security Units: 4
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4
• IR 383 Conflict Mediation & Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 384 Asian Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 386 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Units: 4
• IR 387 Strategic Studies Units: 4
• IR 402 Theories of War Units: 4
• IR 403 Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security Units: 4
• IR 404 International Relations Policy Task Force Units: 4
• IR 410 The History of Modern International Relations Units: 4
• IR 422 Ecological Security and Global Politics Units: 4
• IR 427 Seminar on Economics and Security Units: 4
• IR 437 Comparative Genocide Units: 4
• IR 445 U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy: Nonproliferation
and Weapons of Mass Destruction Units: 4
• IR 483 War and Diplomacy: The U.S. in World Affairs Units: 4
• POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide Units: 4
• POSC 448a The Politics of Peace Units: 4
• POSC 448b The Politics of Peace Units: 4
Regional Studies
The regional studies field focuses on geographic regions, such as
the Pacific Rim, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
These courses test general theories of international relations
within the framework of a specific region. The economic, political,
ethnic and social history of a region are examined to help explain
current developments and interstate and domestic policies and
issues within a region.
Europe:
• IR 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present Units: 4
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 389 Islam in France Units: 4
• IR 468 European Integration Units: 4
• FREN 410 Actualités Françaises Units: 4
• GERM 465 Germany East and West Units: 4
• HIST 312 The Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon
Units: 4
• HIST 313 France and the French from Napoleon to Mitterand
Units: 4
• HIST 332 British Empire from the Mid-19th Century Units: 4
• HIST 414 Contemporary Europe Units: 4
• HIST 422 European Intellectual and Cultural History: The
20th Century, 1920 to the Present Units: 4
• HIST 425 The Era of the First World War Units: 4
• HIST 427 The German Question: Nation and Identity in
Modern Central Europe Units: 4
• POSC 370 European Political Thought I Units: 4
• POSC 371 European Political Thought II Units: 4
• POSC 463 European Politics Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4
• SPAN 350 Cultural Cross-Currents of the Iberian Middle
Ages Units: 4
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia:
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe
and the Balkans Units: 4
• IR 438 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict after Communism
Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689–1917 Units: 4
• POSC 464 Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe Units: 4
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
Latin America:
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 366 Mexico and its Relations with the United States
Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemisphere Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 466 Contemporary Issues in Latin American Politics
Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4
The Middle East and Africa:
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
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• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 463 Islam and Arab Nationalism Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
• POSC 358 Politics of Sub-Sahara Africa Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
Pacific Rim:
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs
Units: 4
• IR 376 U.S.-Japan Encounters: War, Trade, and Culture
Units: 4
• IR 384 Asian Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 440 America's Pacific Century: Dialogues between the
U.S. and Asia Units: 4
• IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy Units: 4
• ANTH 323 Southeast Asian Cultures Today: Globalization
and Multiple Modernities Units: 4
• ANTH 324gw Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and
Social Realities Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 345 Korean Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 375 Women and Gender in China: Past and Present
Units: 4
• EASC 360 Global East Asia Units: 4
• ECON 343 Economic Development of East Asia Units: 4
• HIST 333 Korea: The Modern Transformation Units: 4
• HIST 337 Japan since 1945 Units: 4
• HIST 340 History of China since 1800 Units: 4
• POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia Units: 4
• POSC 355 Politics of East Asia Units: 4
• POSC 356 Politics in the People's Republic of China Units: 4
• POSC 377 Asian Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 453 Political Change in Asia Units: 4
International Relations (Global Business) (BA)
The BA in International Relations with an emphasis in Global
Business will give students the opportunity to pursue a degree
in international relations and acquire specific skills in one of
three concentrations in international business: international
finance, global marketing or global management. Students who
have earned a GPA of 3.0 or above and a "B" average in IR
210 International Relations: Introductory Analysis and a second
300-level or above IR course are eligible to apply during their
sophomore year.
The degree cannot also be combined as an additional major in
any business administration degree. The degree is administered
by the School of International Relations.
In addition to the IR requirements, students
need to complete the following prerequisite
courses:
before they can begin this program.
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4 or
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
The international relations course work consists
of 28 units:
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• a regional course
• a 400-level course
• an international political economy course
• and three upper-division electives
International Political Economy Course
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 328 The Evolving Global Economic Architecture-Capital
Mobility Units: 4
• IR 329 The Global Finance and Monetary Regime Units: 4
• IR 331 The Global Economy 2040 Units: 4
Course work at the USC Marshall School of
Business consists of
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
or
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
and
16 units in the respective areas of concentration
International Finance:
• BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance Units: 4
and 3 of the following options:
• FBE 402 Government and Business Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 4
• FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity
Units: 4
• FBE 429 International Business Law Units: 4
• FBE 431 Financial Policies and Corporate Governance
Units: 4
• FBE 432 Corporate Financial Strategy Units: 4
• FBE 436 Financial Management of Multinational
Corporations Units: 4
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4
• FBE 440 Trading and Exchanges Units: 4
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4
• FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and Risk Analysis
Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4
• FBE 460 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring Units: 4
• FBE 462 International Trade, Finance and Commercial Policy
Units: 4
Global Marketing:
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
and 3 of the following options
• MKT 402 Introduction to Marketing Analytics Units: 4
• MKT 405 Marketing Communication and Promotion Strategy
Units: 4
• MKT 410 Professional Selling Units: 4
• MKT 425 Digital Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• MKT 445 New Product Development and Branding Units: 4
• MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Units: 4
• MKT 465 Multicultural Marketing Units: 4
Global Management:
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
and 3 of the following options
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4
• MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and Development
Units: 4
• MOR 451 Mastering Decision Making Units: 4
• MOR 461 Design of Effective Organizations Units: 4
• MOR 462 Management Consulting Units: 4
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• MOR 463 Organization Change and Development Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
• MOR 467 Strategic Management of Innovation Units: 4
• MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion Units: 4
• MOR 470 Global Leadership Units: 4
• MOR 471 Managing and Developing People Units: 4
• MOR 472 Power, Politics and Influence Units: 4
• MOR 473 Designing and Leading Teams Units: 4
• MOR 492 Global Strategy Units: 4
International Relations and the Global
Economy (BA)
The BA in International Relations and the Global Economy
(IRGE) offers students rigorous interdisciplinary training at the
intersection of international relations and economics. The major
prepares students for careers ranging from foreign policy and
international development to international finance and political
risk analysis. It is also ideally suited for students who plan to seek
advanced degrees in the social sciences.
The degree cannot also be combined as an additional major
with any economics degree. The degree is administered by the
School of International Relations.
Lower-Division Courses
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 * or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
Core Skills and Issues
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
Choose two courses (8 units):
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 327 International Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 328 The Evolving Global Economic Architecture-Capital
Mobility Units: 4
• IR 329 The Global Finance and Monetary Regime Units: 4
• IR 331 The Global Economy 2040 Units: 4
Regional Study
Choose one course (4 units):
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• ECON 343 Economic Development of East Asia Units: 4
• ECON 344 Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
Units: 4
• ECON 346 Economics of Transition and Development: China
Units: 4
• IR 317 The Political Economy of Africa Units: 4
• IR 340 The Political Economy of China Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• IR 428 China's Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• POSC 435 Politics and the Economy Units: 4
• POSC 451 Politics of Resources and Development Units: 4
Senior Emphasis
Choose one course (4 units):
• ECON 404 Games and Economics Units: 4
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4
• ECON 450 International Trade Units: 4 (prerequisite: ECON
303)
• ECON 452 International Finance Units: 4
• ECON 457 Financial Markets Units: 4
• ECON 474 Economic Consulting and Applied Managerial
Economics Units: 4
• ECON 487 Resource and Environmental Economics Units: 4
• IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemisphere Units: 4
• IR 427 Seminar on Economics and Security Units: 4
• IR 430 The Politics of International Trade Units: 4
• IR 454 The International Political Economy of Development
Units: 4
• IR 455 The Political Economy of Autocracy Units: 4
Total: 12 courses, 48 units
*Prerequisite required
Minor
Global Communication Minor
The rise of global firms and international changes that followed
the end of the cold war raise new opportunities and challenges.
This minor provides students from fields such as business,
journalism, engineering and political science an understanding
of the dynamic nature of global relations, communications and
technology. The global communication minor consists of six
4-unit courses, three from International Relations and three from
Communication.
Required International Relations Course
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
International Relations Regional Courses
(Select One)
• IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
(departmental approval)
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 327 International Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs
Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present Units: 4
(offered in Paris only)
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• IR 383 Conflict Mediation & Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 384 Asian Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 403 Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 468 European Integration Units: 4
IR Elective
Select one 300- or 400-level IR course
Required Communication Course
• COMM 487 Communication and Global Organizations
Units: 4
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Communication Electives (Select Two)
• COMM 324mw Intercultural Communication Units: 4
• COMM 339 Communication Technology and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 345 Social and Economic Implications of
Communication Technologies Units: 4
• COMM 371 Media Censorship and the Law Units: 4
• COMM 385 Organizational Communication Units: 4
• COMM 414 Communication and Social Change in China
Units: 4
• COMM 430 Global Entertainment Units: 4 (Prerequisite:
COMM 300)
• COMM 431 Global Strategy for the Communications Industry
Units: 4
Total units: 24
International Policy and Management Minor
The minor in international policy and management brings
together courses from the School of International Relations,
dealing with the new global challenges, specific regions of the
world and international organizations and policies, and the USC
Price School of Public Policy dealing with core management skills
and public policy processes. Students will gain an understanding
of the changes and challenges transforming the world and a taste
of the policy and management skills to deal with them. To increase
their understanding of the context and application of these
concepts, students must complete a semester-long internship
either in Washington, D.C. or Los Angeles with an organization
that has an international focus.
Students take three courses in international relations, including
the gateway course, IR 305w Managing New Global Problems,
three courses in public policy and management, and an approved
internship through the School of International Relations (IR 491x).
Required Courses from International Relations:
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
One regional course selected from:
• IR 333 China in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs Units: 4
• IR 360 International Relations of the Pacific Rim Units: 4
• IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs
Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• IR 383 Conflict Mediation & Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 468 European Integration Units: 4
One course from either the regional course list or the
following:
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4
• IR 307 Contemporary International Politics Units: 4
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 318 Violent Conflict Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Units: 4
• IR 327 International Negotiation Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 341 Foreign Policy Analysis Units: 4
• IR 343 U.S. Foreign Policy since World War II Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 381 Introduction to International Security Units: 4
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4
• IR 427 Seminar on Economics and Security Units: 4
• IR 441 Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 444w Theories of Global Society Units: 4
From Public Policy:
The public policy component requires the completion of the
following three options:
• PPD 225 Public Policy and Management Units: 4
Two additional courses from the following:
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
• PPD 373 Public Policy and Planning Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 476 Politics and Administration Units: 4
• PPD 482 Comparative Public Administration Units: 4
Or from Public Management:
• PPD 402 Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Two additional courses from the following:
• PPD 313 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 411a Sacramento Semester Units: 4
• PPD 476 Politics and Administration Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Internship
Each student is required to complete an approved internship
with an international focus. Students take a 2-unit internship
through the School of International Relations (IR 491).
International Relations Minor
The minor in international relations allows students to develop
a specialty in the field without a full major. Requirements are: IR
210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis and four
upper-division courses including at least one regional course and
one 400-level course. Students planning to minor in international
relations should see the School of International Relations advisers
in Von KleinSmid Center 301.
Master's Degree
International Relations (MA)
Requirements
Students who have the degree objective of joint MA programs
(Master of Arts, International Relations/Juris Doctor; Master of Arts,
International Relations/Master of Planning; and Master of Arts,
International Relations/Master of Public Administration) must apply
for an MA in International Relations. Students pursuing these joint
programs must refer to the specific course requirements outlined
for each program.
Advisement
Students should consult with the school's faculty adviser each
semester before registering for courses for the next semester.
Students also are encouraged to seek advice from other faculty
who work in areas related to their interests. Students may, if they
wish and if a faculty member agrees, select a different faculty
adviser from among the school's faculty. Consult with and inform
the Office of Student Affairs regarding changes in faculty advisers.
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Joint Educational Project
JEP House
801 W. 34th St.
(213) 740-1837
FAX: (213) 740-1825
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/jep
Executive Director: Susan Harris
The Joint Educational Project (JEP) is one of the oldest and
largest service-learning programs in the United States. Established
in 1972, JEP places university students in supervised community
service assignments as a part of their academic course work.
JEP partners with more than 50 local organizations — including
neighborhood schools, non-profit organizations, hospitals and
health clinics and government agencies — to design service-
learning projects that complement students' course work and
address a community-identified need. Students serve in many
capacities through JEP, including as a tutor, mentor, teaching
assistant, translator, research assistant or guide. JEP also houses
volunteer programs for pre-law and pre-med students — the
Pre-Law Project and Trojan Health Volunteers — that give USC
students practical experience in a legal or medical context. All
JEP students learn how to develop and apply knowledge, work in
diverse social settings, become engaged in civic affairs, explore
possible career paths and make professional contacts. "JEP"
following a section number indicates that the professor will offer
JEP as a course option; a complete list of courses is available on
JEP's website.
JEP also houses the USC Readers
PLUS
work-study program.
"Readers" assist K-5 children in USC's "Family of Schools"
in the areas of math and reading, allowing the USC students
the opportunity to serve in the community while gaining work
experience in an urban school environment. JEP also hosts
several Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
programs for elementary school children. These include the
Young Scientists Program, the Medical STEM program and
WonderKids—all of which employ USC students to provide STEM
educational outreach for children attending partner schools.
Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies is offered by the Louchheim School for Judaic
Studies, administrated by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion in coordination with USC Dornsife's School of Religion.
Students registering for classes in the program do so through the
regular USC registration process and receive USC course credit
and degrees. Hebrew courses may be used to fulfill graduation
requirements in a foreign language. Courses that meet humanities
general education requirements may be used as electives or may
be used for major or minor credit with the approval of an adviser.
Louchheim School for Judaic Studies
HUC-JIR
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 765-2113
FAX: (213) 747-6128
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/jewishstudies
Chair: Leah Hochman, PhD
Faculty
Professors: Sarah Benor, PhD; Reuven Firestone, PhD; Joshua
Garroway, PhD; Bruce Phillips, PhD; Dvora Weisberg, PhD
Associate Professors: Leah Hochman, PhD; Joshua Holo, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professors: Kristine Garroway, PhD; Candice
Levy, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor: Yaffa Weisman, PhD
Hebrew Language Coordinator: Hagit Arieli-Chai, MAEd
Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Studies
Program requirements are listed in this catalogue under
Religion.
Bachelor of Arts in Middle East Studies
See the Department of Middle East Studies for a complete
listing of requirements.
Minor in Middle East Studies
See the Department of Middle East Studies.
Jewish Studies Minor
See Religion for a listing of requirements.
Jewish Studies Graduate Certificate
See Religion for program requirements.
Minor
Jewish American Studies Minor (Jewish
Studies)
The minor in Jewish American Studies offers the opportunity
to study the experiences and cultures of the American Jewish
community in relation to those of other American peoples. For
the minor, 20 units of American Studies and Judaic Studies are
required.
Core Requirements
• AMST 202m Interethnic Diversity in the West Units: 4
• JS 300 American Jewish History Units: 4
Three courses from the following:
• AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity:
Theories and Methods Units: 4
• JS 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the
Modern Era Units: 4
• JS 381 The Jew in American Society Units: 4
• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• JS 383 Jews in American Popular Culture Units: 4
• JS 415 The American Jewish Experience in Film Units: 4
Judaic Studies Minor
The minor in Judaic Studies provides the opportunity for in-
depth study of Jewish history, literature, politics, culture, religion,
sociology and gender studies using approaches developed
through multidisciplinary approaches. Courses offered cover
a broad time span — the ancient Near East to contemporary
America — and they challenge and stimulate students to examine
and learn about Jewish culture as a topic of scientific interest.
For the minor, 20 units in Judaic Studies and Religion are
required. The following courses are required: REL 301 and JS
180. Three additional courses may be chosen from among JS 321,
JS 340, JS 361, JS 375, JS 382, JS 383, JS 415 and REL 312.
Successful completion of five 4-unit courses or the equivalent in
Jewish American Studies is required to qualify for the minor.
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Latin American and Iberian Cultures
The Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures offers
two majors (Spanish; and Latin American and Iberian Cultures,
Media and Politics) and three minors (Spanish, Luso-Brazilian
Studies and Latin American Studies). Our programs emphasize
the languages and cultures of Latin America and the Iberian
Peninsula.
With an intellectual and pedagogical commitment to cultural
differences and interdisciplinarity, the undergraduate program
actively explores various social, theoretical, political or historical
aspects of Latin American and Iberian cultures, including literature,
folklore, cinema, art, music, food and architecture. Students are
critically challenged and encouraged to consider and reconsider a
number of important issues including: the growing importance of
popular culture in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America; the role
of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality within Iberian and
Latin American societies.
The department encourages students with a wide range of
interests to combine a Spanish major with a double major or minor
in another discipline either within the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences or other schools at USC. Students will
work closely with a group of engaged scholars who are committed
to bringing their cutting-edge research to the classroom and to
preparing students as global citizens. Faculty undergraduate
advisers are available to help provide information and assistance
to students wishing to explore these various options.
The department also offers basic language instruction in both
Spanish and Portuguese through which students can satisfy their
foreign language requirement.
Taper Hall of Humanities 156
(213) 740-1258
FAX: (213) 740-9463
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/spanish
Chair: Julian Daniel Gutierrez-Albilla, PhD
Faculty
Professors: Erin Graff Zivin, PhD*; Julian Daniel Gutierrez-Albilla,
PhD; Sherry Marie Velasco, PhD*
Associate Professors: Roberto Ignacio Díaz, PhD*; Samuel
Steinberg, PhD
Assistant Professors: Natalie Belisle, PhD; Ronald Mendoza-de
Jesús, PhD; Natalia Peréz, PhD
Professors (Teaching): Marianna Chodorowska, PhD; Andrea
Parra, PhD; Sarah Portnoy, PhD; Goretti Prietto Botana, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Carolina Castillo Larrea, PhD;
Jaclyn Cohen-Steinberg, PhD; Gayle Fiedler Vierma, PhD; Anahit
Hakoupian, PhD; Leah Kemp, PhD; Lori Mesrobian, PhD; Ellen
Oliveira, PhD; Consuelo Siguenza-Ortiz, PhD; David Zarazúa, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Marie Enright, PhD; Jamie
Fudacz, PhD; Martin Ocon-Gamarra, PhD; Karen Peréz, PhD
Master Lecturer: Maria Fages Agudo, PhD
Emeritus: J. Ramón Araluce, PhD; Ana Teresa Martinez-Sequeira,
PhD; Carmen Silva-Corvalán, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
General Information
Spanish Language Proficiency Examination
Students with previous exposure to Spanish are required to
take a placement test, administered by the Center for Testing &
Assessment. Students with no record of previous exposure to
Spanish are not required to take the placement examination and
should contact the department for assistance.
Courses in Spanish
All courses at the 200, 300 and 400 levels are conducted in
Spanish unless otherwise noted in the course descriptions that
follow. Courses are kept small to allow for maximum interaction
between students and professors.
Advisement
A college undergraduate adviser is assigned to provide
academic advisement prior to registration and throughout the
academic year.
Honors Program
The BA in Spanish with Honors is available to students who
have a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted for major credit
and an overall GPA of 3.0 (by the time of graduation). Desire to
complete the major with honors typically should be approved by a
department faculty member no later than the second semester of
the junior year. To complete the honors program the student must
write an honors thesis in Spanish in conjunction with a 400-level
course. The thesis, in the range of 25–30 pages (6,250–7,500
words), must be endorsed by a departmental honors committee by
April 1 of the senior year.
Spanish Undergraduate Students Association
(SUSA)
Students majoring or minoring in Spanish are eligible to
join SUSA, the Spanish Undergraduate Students Association.
Each year SUSA sponsors a variety of activities which enrich
the cultural, intellectual and academic experience of the
undergraduate student.
Graduate Degrees
The MA and PhD, Comparative Studies in Literature and
Culture (Spanish and Latin American Studies) are offered through
the Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture program.
Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching
The Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching provides
certification in the theory and practice of second or foreign
language teaching for student language teachers concurrently
enrolled in graduate degree programs in foreign languages
or related graduate programs at USC; for graduates of such
programs who are teaching languages; for external candidates
concurrently enrolled in similar programs in accredited colleges or
universities; or for graduates of such programs who are teaching
languages. The certificate is meant to supplement graduate study
in the literature or linguistics of foreign languages. It is also meant
to supplement classroom teaching. Therefore all candidates for
this certificate are required to have taught a second or foreign
language for at least one academic year at USC or elsewhere. At
USC, this requirement and the course work requirements can be
fulfilled concurrently, but external candidates are required to show
proof of such teaching experience as a condition of admission.
In addition to teaching, certificate candidates must complete
a minimum of four courses (minimum of 12 units) in four areas
of study — linguistics, language acquisition, language teaching
methodology, and the teaching of literacy or the literature or culture
of a second or foreign language.
Requirements for Completion
The program consists of a practicum and a minimum of four
courses: one each in linguistics, language acquisition, language
teaching methods, and the teaching of literacy, literature or culture.
Linguistics: (minimum of 3 units) LING 411x Linguistics and
Education or, with permission of instructor, an appropriate course
in the linguistics of a particular language
Language Acquisition: (minimum of 3 units) LING 527 Second
Language Acquisition or an appropriate alternative course
Language Teaching Methods: (minimum of 3 units) MDA
593 Practicum in Teaching the Liberal Arts or EALC 562 Teaching
of the East Asian Languages or SPAN 511 Techniques and
Procedures of Teaching Spanish as a Second Language or an
appropriate alternative course
Literacy/Literature/Culture: (minimum of 3 units) An
appropriate course in teaching of the literature or culture of a
particular language
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Bachelor's Degree
Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Media
and Politics
The major in Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Media and
Politics underscores the global reach and import of the nations in
the Americas, Europe and Africa in which Spanish and Portuguese
are spoken. By focusing on the study of language, literature and
cinema as well other disciplines in the humanities and social
sciences, students learn to think critically about the cultural,
political, and historical questions involved in the study of Latin
American and Iberian societies.
Lower Division Courses
Majors and minors may request a waiver of SPAN 260 if they meet
one of the following prerequisites: a) a score of 5 on the Spanish
language or literature advanced placement (AP) exam; b) a score
of 6 or 7 on the Spanish International Baccalaureate Higher-Level
exam (IBHL); c) a score of 800 in the Spanish SAT subject exam;
or d) they can demonstrate advanced proficiency in spoken and
written Spanish. Departmental approval is required in every case.
Majors and minors to whom a waiver of SPAN 260 has been
granted take five upper division courses (see below).
• SPAN 260 Advanced Spanish: Arts and Sciences Units: 4
• SPAN 290gp Introduction to Latin American and Iberian
Studies Units: 4
Upper Division Spanish and Portuguese
Courses
Choose four of the following courses, including at least one
400-level course. Majors and minors to whom a waiver of SPAN
260 has been granted (see above) must take five upper division
courses.
• PORT 300 Introduction to Social and Literary Studies Units: 4
• PORT 302 Introduction to Brazilian Literature Units: 4
• PORT 342 Brazilian Cinema Units: 4
• PORT 390 Special Problems Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 *
• SPAN 301 Introduction to Literature and Film Units: 4
• SPAN 302 Screen Cultures: From Film to the Internet Units: 4
• SPAN 304 The Art of Fiction Units: 4
• SPAN 306 Performance from Street to Stage Units: 4
• SPAN 308 The Art of Poetry Units: 4
• SPAN 311 Advanced Spanish Through Contemporary Issues:
Oral Emphasis Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4
• SPAN 321 Sounds, Images, Objects Units: 4
• SPAN 341 Advanced Conversation and Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 350 Cultural Cross-Currents of the Iberian Middle
Ages Units: 4
• SPAN 352 The Transatlantic Golden Age: New Worlds Real
and Imagined Units: 4
• SPAN 372 Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction
Units: 4
• SPAN 373 Modern and Postmodern Spanish Fiction Units: 4
• SPAN 375 Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory
Units: 4
• SPAN 380g Literature of Mexico Units: 4
• SPAN 381 Narco-World Units: 4
• SPAN 382 The Aesthetics of Violence in Latin America
Units: 4
• SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4
• SPAN 390 Special Problems Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 *
• SPAN 391 Introduction to Contemporary Spanish Literature
(USC Madrid Center) Units: 4
• SPAN 405 History of the Spanish and Portuguese Languages
Units: 4
• SPAN 413m Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish
Units: 4
• SPAN 455 Picaresque Itineraries: Empire and Its Discontents
Units: 4
• SPAN 460 Don Quijote: Text and Film Units: 4
• SPAN 462 Literary Cartographies of Latin America and
Spain, 1810–1898 Units: 4
• SPAN 464 Introduction to Contemporary Spanish Theatre
Units: 4
• SPAN 465 Cultural Perspectives of the Iberian Peninsula
Units: 4
• SPAN 466 Argentina, Society and the Arts Units: 4
• SPAN 469 Immigration in Spain Units: 4
• SPAN 470 Literature and Media in Latin America Units: 4
• SPAN 471 Postdictatorship Spanish and Latin American
Cinema Units: 4
• SPAN 472 The Sixties in Latin America Units: 4
• SPAN 481 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 482 Literature and the City Units: 4
• SPAN 483 Gender and Sexuality Units: 4
• SPAN 484 Studies in Visual and Material Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 *
• SPAN 495 Seminar for Majors and Minors Units: 4
• SPAN 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 *
Note:
*Four units required.
Elective Courses
Choose three of the following courses, including at least two 300-
or 400-level courses. Other courses, including courses in other
departments, may be chosen in consultation with faculty adviser.
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 318 Arts of the Ancient Andes Units: 4
• AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 328 Colonial Latin American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 428 Studies in Colonial Latin American Art Units: 4
• AHIS 496 Paintings in the Prado Museum Units: 4
• AMST 135gmw Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
Units: 4
• AMST 305 Art and Performance in the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 310 Archaeology of the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 400 Maya Resilience: Constructing Past and Present
Identities Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• ANTH 450 Field Research in Maya Archaeology Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 273g Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• HIST 369 History of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 371 Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 366 Mexico and its Relations with the United States
Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 466 Contemporary Issues in Latin American Politics
Units: 4
• PORT 250g Visions of Brazil Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
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• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• REL 334g Religion and Colonial Encounter Units: 4
Spanish (BA)
Required Course - Lower Division (4 Units)*
• SPAN 260 Advanced Spanish: Arts and Sciences Units: 4
Required Courses - Upper Division
Four of the following courses (16 Units):
• SPAN 301 Introduction to Literature and Film Units: 4
• SPAN 310 Structure of Spanish Units: 4
• One other SPAN literature, culture, film course Units: 4
• One 400-level SPAN course Units: 4
Electives (16 units):
Four other upper-division SPAN courses.
Note:
* Majors and minors may request a waiver of SPAN 260 if they
meet one or more of the following prerequisites: a) a score of
5 on the Spanish language or literature advanced placement
(AP) exam; b) a score of 6 or 7 on the Spanish International
Baccalaureate Higher-Level exam (IBHL); c) a score of 800 in
the Spanish SAT subject exam; or d) demonstrate advanced
proficiency in spoken and written Spanish. Departmental approval
is required in every case.
Minor
Latin American Studies Minor
The Latin American Studies minor recognizes the lasting
importance of U.S.-Latin American relations. The overriding goal
is to encourage students to learn more about Latin America by
combining conceptual, area and language studies during their time
at USC. The purpose of this 20-unit minor is to deepen students'
knowledge of Latin America by offering courses from multiple
disciplines within a context of close faculty guidance. The gateway
requirement of one 4-unit course provides the student with options
in both humanities and the social sciences, and the designated
electives are similarly meant to allow students to blend these
specialties.
For fulfillment of the requirements for the minor a student
must choose four classes outside of his or her major department
dedicated exclusively to the minor (which may be the same four
classes). After the gateway course, these elective courses must be
spread across at least two disciplines and/or departments.
Required Courses
One of the following 4-unit gateway introductory
courses:
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 273g Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
Note:
If the student has chosen a lower-division (100- or 200-level)
course among the introductory choices, all area electives must be
at the upper-division (300- or 400-) level.
Elective Requirements
Four courses (16 units) from the following list:
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 318 Arts of the Ancient Andes Units: 4
• AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• AMST 448m Chicano and Latino Literature Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 371 Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• HIST 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the Early Modern
Hispanic World Units: 4, 2 years
• HIST 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 408 Global Democratization Units: 4
• IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemisphere Units: 4
• IR 454 The International Political Economy of Development
Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 466 Contemporary Issues in Latin American Politics
Units: 4
• PORT 250g Visions of Brazil Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4
• SPAN 321 Sounds, Images, Objects Units: 4
• SPAN 372 Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction
Units: 4
• SPAN 462 Literary Cartographies of Latin America and
Spain, 1810–1898 Units: 4
• SPAN 495 Seminar for Majors and Minors Units: 4
Luso-Brazilian Studies Minor
The Luso-Brazilian Studies minor offers students the
opportunity to further the study of the Portuguese language and
take significant steps toward its mastery both as a richly layered
expressive tool in the contexts of literary and cultural analysis and
in the interpretation and articulation of critical thinking, as well
as a highly effective instrument tailored to the practical needs of
business interactions in a world that is increasingly more diverse
and globalized.
Building on a solid basis of four semesters of Portuguese
language (or equivalent), which serves as a prerequisite for the
Luso-Brazilian Studies minor, students will have the opportunity
to choose from a rich selection of core courses spanning cultural,
literary and social aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world,
as well as Portuguese applied to the context of professions. In
addition to the core offerings, students will be able to choose from
a wide array of electives in order to fulfill the required number of
units for the Luso-Brazilian Studies minor, as well as have the
opportunity to fulfill some of the requirements in one of the exciting
Study Abroad options in Brazil.
The Luso-Brazilian Studies minor will require 20 units beyond
the basic language requirements.
Required Courses (8-units): select two of the
following three courses
• PORT 300 Introduction to Social and Literary Studies Units: 4
• PORT 302 Introduction to Brazilian Literature Units: 4
• PORT 316 Portuguese for Business and the Professions
Units: 4
Elective Courses (12-units): select three from
the following list
A total of 12-units of courses should be selected with the guidance
of the director of the Luso-Brazilian Studies program. The following
courses are among the elective options:
• PORT 342 Brazilian Cinema Units: 4
• SPAN 372 Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction
Units: 4
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• SPAN 405 History of the Spanish and Portuguese Languages
Units: 4
• SPAN 482 Literature and the City Units: 4
Note:
Study Abroad courses and courses offered by other departments
at USC may also count as elective options, as long as a
Portuguese-speaking country and/or the Lusophone world is
among the objects of study. (The following list of courses is subject
to change, according to course availability.)
• AMST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United States-Latin America
Relations Units: 4
• IR 466 Contemporary Issues in Latin American Politics
Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
Spanish Minor
Required Courses
Lower-Division (4 Units)
• SPAN 260 Advanced Spanish: Arts and Sciences Units: 4
Upper-Division (20 Units)
• Any five courses at the 300 or 400 level.
• Only one section of SPAN 316x may be taken for minor
credit.
Note:
Minors may request a waiver of SPAN 260 if they meet one or
more of the following prerequisites: a) a score of 5 on the Spanish
language or literature advanced placement (AP) exam, b) a score
of 6 or 7 on the Spanish International Baccalaureate Higher-Level
exam (IBHL), c) a score of 800 in the Spanish SAT subject exam
or d) demonstration of advanced proficiency in spoken and written
Spanish. Departmental approval is required in every case.
Learner Centered Curricula
Richard Fliegel, PhD
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Suite 320
(213) 740-2961
Email: [email protected]
Collaborative Learning Projects (CLP) and Individual
Programs of Study (IPOS)
A research university provides many opportunities for
undergraduates to learn in settings that suit a wide variety of
learning styles, talents and professional aspirations. Beyond
the classroom lie opportunities for individual and collaborative
research projects, creative literary work, the plastic and performing
arts, service learning and internships, distance and distributive
learning, overseas study and a range of other activities. To track
an idea from its genesis in research to its application as the
solution of a contemporary problem, students must be able to take
advantage of all these learning modalities.
For that reason, the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences offers two curricular structures that enable non-
traditional learning experiences to be credited across institutions.
In both of these options, students work with a faculty committee
to create individual learning opportunities suited to their personal
academic interests and professional aspirations. The first allows
self-motivated, independent learners to combine resources in a
particularly rich learning experience, while the second promotes
collaborative learning across several aligned modalities.
Collaborative Learning Projects
The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences offers a
curricular construct (MDA 460) designed to promote collaborative
learning. Two or more students may propose a research project
or other collaborative program, with specified learning objectives;
a faculty committee will review each proposal to decide if it
comprises a well-conceived educational experience and determine
the unit values to be awarded, either collectively or to each student
who participates. Collaborative Learning Projects award only credit
or no credit grades.
Individual Programs of Study
Individual Programs of Study (IPOS) allow individual students
who have exhausted their options for departmental Directed
Research to design a "curriculum" of 2 to 18 units, including
directed research, service learning and internships, creative artistic
production and any other educational experiences that might be
relevant to the proposed academic program.
An Individual Program of Study (MDA 450) might be created
for an entire semester's work, including directed research, an
internship and a distance learning course. Or, a more modest
proposal might include 4 units of original artwork plus service
learning.
Individual Programs of Study encourage students to design
educational experiences that inspire them, prompting a profound
engagement with a learning environment ideally suited to their
individual talents. Individual Programs of Study may include a
wider array of educational contexts, experiences and opportunities
for nontraditional learning than are generally available for credit at
most institutions of higher education. Individual Programs of Study
are letter graded.
Review Process
Students are eligible to propose an Individual Program of Study
or a Collaborative Learning Project only as juniors or seniors,
after they have completed a Directed Research (490) project in a
related field. Interested students must complete an application that
includes:
1. A full description of the project, including information about
all courses, internships and other academic activities that will
be involved;
2. A statement explaining why these activities could not be
accomplished within the context of existing course work and
directed research;
3. A proposal for assessing the work that is to be completed for
the project beyond that associated with graded courses;
4. The endorsement of a faculty member who will serve as
sponsor for the project. This faculty member will typically lead
directed research associated with the project and award the
final grade for the entire project;
5. A sign-off from the student's major department is also
required; and
6. The student's STARS report and transfer credit statement, if
transfer courses are relevant.
These materials will be reviewed by three faculty members
comprising an Independent Study Committee, which will consider
the student's academic record and decide whether to allow the
project, how many units to award and other relevant conditions.
Members of the Independent Study Committee are appointed
for an academic year by the College Dean of Undergraduate
Education in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences. This committee consults with the Registrar's Office on
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articulating credits. If a member of the committee wishes to serve
as the sponsor for a project, the dean will appoint an alternate to
serve on the committee and consider that student's proposal.
Credits count as elective units, unless individual departments
choose to apply some or all of the units toward major or minor
requirements. A student may count no more than 18 units toward
the degree through a combination of Individual Programs of Study
and Collaborative Learning Projects. Upon completion of the
project, the student's transcript reads "Individual Program of Study"
or "Collaborative Learning Project," with the units awarded and the
titles of any courses included in the program. See Multidisciplinary
Activities and MDA 450 and MDA 460 course descriptions.
Linguistics
The Linguistics Department emphasizes the study of language
both as an abstract system and in its psychological and social
contexts. In addition to introductory linguistics and courses in
linguistic analysis, students take courses in psycholinguistics
(language acquisition, processing and language disorders) and/
or sociolinguistics (language and society). The undergraduate
major in linguistics focuses on how the human mind structures,
processes and acquires language as well as how similar
communication goals are met by diverse means in the languages
of the world. The major in Computational Linguistics introduces
students to the emerging interdisciplinary field of Computational
Linguistics, which provides the theoretical basis of many new
technologies, such as speech recognition and dialog systems.
Students are encouraged to pursue combined majors in Linguistics
and Philosophy, Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Linguistics
and East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Computational
Linguistics. A linguistics minor is also available and can be
combined with other majors. Please contact the department
adviser for more information. The Linguistics Department also
offers graduate PhD programs. A wide range of courses allows
students to study syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics,
phonetics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, speech therapy and
computational linguistics.
Grace Ford Salvatori 301
(213) 740-2986
FAX: (213) 740-9306
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/ling
Chair: Andrew Simpson, PhD*
Faculty
Niki and C.L. Max Nikias Chair in Engineering and Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science,
Linguistics, Psychology, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery: Shrikanth (Shri) S. Narayanan, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Professors: Dani Byrd, PhD; Louis Goldstein, PhD; Elsi Kaiser,
PhD; Audrey Li, PhD; Roumyana Pancheva, PhD; Barry Schein,
PhD; Andrew Simpson, PhD*; Bruce Zuckerman, PhD (Religion)
Associate Professors: Hajime Hoji, PhD; Khalil Iskarous, PhD;
Jason Zevin, PhD (Psychology)
Assistant Professors: Zuzanna Fuchs, PhD; Deniz Rudin, PhD;
Stephanie Shih, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): Sandra Disner, PhD
Emeritus: Edward Finegan, PhD*; Maria Luisa Zubizarreta, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Graduate Degrees
The graduate program in linguistics trains individuals to
engage in the scientific study of human language. Course work
emphasizes the structural aspects of language. Students work
closely with faculty members on problems in linguistic theory,
the description of particular languages, and variation across
different users and contexts, focusing on their implications for
understanding cognitive structures relating to language.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the graduate program are expected
to have a bachelor's degree in linguistics or other appropriate field.
Other requirements for admission include: a detailed statement of
purpose with specific information about interests and goals, and at
least three letters of recommendation from academic sources.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
Computational Linguistics (BS)
Major Requirements for the Bachelor of
Science in Computational Linguistics
The degree requires six to seven lower-division courses (22-26
units) and six upper-division courses (24 units): a total of 46-50
units.
Lower-Division Courses (22-26 units)
Two in Linguistics (8 units)
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 285Lg Human Language and Technology Units: 4
Four to five courses in Computer Science
(14-18 units)
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 109 Introduction to Computer Science Units: 2
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
Upper-Division Courses (24 units)
Five courses in Linguistics (20 units)
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4 *
Choose one among the following (4 units)
Phonetics and Phonology
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4
• LING 415 Phonetics Units: 4
• LING 450 New Horizons in Forensic Speaker Identification
Units: 4
Choose one among the following (4 units)
Psycholinguistics
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4
Choose one among the following (4 units)
Syntax and Semantics
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4
• LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
Units: 4 *
Choose one among the following (4 units)
Advanced Computational Linguistics
• LING 486 Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• LING 487 Speech Synthesis and Recognition Units: 4
One course in Computer Science (4 units)
Choose one among the following (4 units)
Computer Science
• CSCI 310 Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
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Linguistics (BA)
Required Courses, Lower Division
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper Division
Select three courses (12 units).
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4
• LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics Units: 4
• LING 415 Phonetics Units: 4
Elective Courses, Upper Division
• Three upper-division LING courses. At least one course (4
units) must be at the 400 level Units: 12
• One additional upper-division course in linguistics or a
related field Units: 4
Capstone Experience
The major requires a capstone experience, which can be
fulfilled in one of the following ways:
(A) A research paper completed as Honors Thesis LING 497, or
as Directed Research LING 490 or as a Linguistic 400-level course
research paper.
(B) A poster presented at the USC UG symposium or at a
conference.
(C) A summer internship related to the degree.
Linguistics Major with Honors
The linguistics major with honors requires the student to
complete the requirements for the major with a GPA of 3.5 or
above and to complete LING 497 Honors Thesis with a grade of
B+ or better. Intent to complete the linguistics major with honors
should be registered with the undergraduate adviser no later than
the second semester of the junior year.
Linguistics and Cognitive Science (BA)
Combined major program between the Department of
Linguistics and the Department of Cognitive Science.
Lower-Division Courses (12 units)
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
Upper-Division Courses (32 units)
Two among the following (8 units)
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4
• LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics Units: 4
One among the following (4 units)
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
Three among the following (12 units)
• LING 401 Advanced Phonology Units: 4
or
• LING 402 Advanced Syntax Units: 4
or
• LING 403 Advanced Semantics Units: 4
• LING 322g Language Contact and Language Acquisition
Units: 4
• LING 325g Language and Number Units: 4
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4
• LING 407 Atypical Language Units: 4
• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
One among the following (4 units)
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 433 Children's Learning and Cognitive Development
Units: 4
Additional Requirement
An additional upper division course from the above list or from a
related field (4 units)
Combined Major
Linguistics and East Asian Languages and
Cultures (BA)
For the lower division
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4 is required
For the upper division, the following courses
are required:
• EALC 470 Introduction to East Asian Linguistics Units: 4
And two courses from the following:
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4
• LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics Units: 4
Two courses from
• LING 380 Languages of the World Units: 4
• LING 401 Advanced Phonology Units: 4
• LING 402 Advanced Syntax Units: 4
• LING 403 Advanced Semantics Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4
• LING 407 Atypical Language Units: 4
• LING 410 Second Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 415 Phonetics Units: 4
• LING 466 Word and Phrase Origins Units: 4 and
• LING 485 Field Methodology Units: 4
Two courses selected from
• EALC 304 Advanced Modern Chinese I Units: 4
• EALC 306 Advanced Modern Chinese II Units: 4
• EALC 315 Advanced Korean I Units: 4
• EALC 317 Advanced Korean II Units: 4
• EALC 320 Advanced Japanese I Units: 4
• EALC 322 Advanced Japanese II Units: 4
• EALC 400 Classical Chinese I Units: 4
• EALC 402 Classical Chinese II Units: 4
• EALC 406 Advanced Modern Chinese IV Units: 4
• EALC 407 News and Web Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 412a Business Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 412b Business Chinese Units: 4
• EALC 413 Business Japanese Units: 4
• EALC 415 Advanced Korean III Units: 4
• EALC 417 Advanced Korean IV Units: 4
• EALC 422 Advanced Japanese III Units: 4
• EALC 424 Advanced Japanese IV Units: 4 and
• EALC 426 Classical Japanese Units: 4
One EALC literature, civilization or thought
course from
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 335m Korean American Literature Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 345 Korean Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 352g Chinese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 355 Studies in Chinese Thought Units: 4
• EALC 365 Studies in Japanese Thought Units: 4
• EALC 380 Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature Units: 4
• EALC 386 Readings in Modern Korean Literature Units: 4
• EALC 452 Chinese Fiction Units: 4
• EALC 455 Japanese Fiction Units: 4 and
• EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature
Units: 4
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Two additional EALC courses
Two additional EALC courses from category IV or V. (After
consultation with a department adviser, students may petition to
use EALC courses not listed toward this requirement.)
Linguistics and Philosophy (BA)
For the lower division,
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4 is required
For the upper division the following courses are
required:
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4
• LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
Two courses selected from
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4
• LING 380 Languages of the World Units: 4
• LING 401 Advanced Phonology Units: 4
• LING 402 Advanced Syntax Units: 4
• LING 403 Advanced Semantics Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4
• LING 407 Atypical Language Units: 4
• LING 410 Second Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 415 Phonetics Units: 4
• LING 466 Word and Phrase Origins Units: 4
• LING 467 Language, Linguistics and Mind Units: 4 * and
• LING 485 Field Methodology Units: 4
And three courses selected from
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 467 Language, Linguistics and Mind Units: 4 * and
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
Note
*This course may count toward only one program requirement.
Combined Major in Linguistics and Philosophy
with Honors
The combined major in linguistics and philosophy with honors
requires the student to complete the requirements for the major
with a GPA of 3.5 or above and to complete in addition LING
497 Honors Thesis or PHIL 494 Senior Thesis with a grade of
B+ or better. Intent to complete the major with honors should be
registered with the undergraduate adviser no later than the second
semester of the junior year.
Minor
Linguistics Minor
Lower division:
(4 units)
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
Upper division:
(16 units)
Two courses from the following:
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4
• LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics Units: 4
One course from the following:
Sociolinguistics
•
LING 375 Sociolinguistics Units: 4
Psycholinguistics
•
LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4
• LING 410 Second Language Acquisition Units: 4
One additional upper-division linguistics course
Units: 20
Master's Degree
Language Sciences (MA)
The Master of Arts in Language Sciences is a professional
preparation degree, providing advanced instruction in linguistic
theory to the most accomplished of USC's Linguistics majors.
Students pursuing an MA in Language Sciences are required
to complete 24 units of course work, including a master's
thesis. Students may tailor their course list to further their own
professional or academic aspirations by selecting courses in
consultation with an adviser.
Master's Thesis
Students are required to write a thesis and to provide
satisfactory written answers to related questions submitted by their
master's committee.
Admission
Admission to the program is limited to USC students majoring
in Linguistics (or a combined program within Linguistics) who have
taken two of the four advanced core courses in Linguistics (LING
401, LING 402, LING 403, LING 415) and have a GPA (Linguistics
courses only) of B+ or better.
Course Requirements
Students must complete at least 24 units of graduate-level
Linguistics course work, including 4 units of master's thesis.
Possible course options include:
• LING 530 Generative Syntax Units: 3
• LING 531a Phonology Units: 3
• LING 531b Phonology Units: 3
• LING 534 Semantics Units: 3
• LING 535 Syntax and Grammatical Theory Units: 3
• LING 536 Advanced Semantics Units: 3
• LING 537 Advanced Syntax Units: 3
• LING 540 Field Methods in Linguistics Units: 3
• LING 547 Morphology Units: 3
• LING 573 Sociolinguistics Units: 3
• LING 576 Psycholinguistics Units: 3
• LING 579 Child Language Development Units: 3
• LING 580 General Phonetics Units: 3
• LING 581 Topics in Advanced Phonology Units: 3
• LING 582 Experimental Phonetics Units: 3
• LING 585 Computational Linguistics Units: 3
• LING 586 Advanced Psycholinguistics Units: 3
• LING 595 Directed Readings Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LING 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• LING 602 Seminar in Experimental Methods in Linguistics
Units: 3
• LING 631 Seminar in Phonological Theory Units: 3
• LING 632 Seminar in Phonetics Units: 3
• LING 635 Seminar in Syntax Units: 3
• LING 636 Seminar in Semantics Units: 3
• LING 676 Seminar in Psycholinguistics Units: 3
Thesis Requirement
• LING 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• LING 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• LING 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
Linguistics (MA)
The Linguistics department does not accept applicants for a
Master of Arts degree. Students who complete the necessary
coursework and write and successfully defend a screening
research paper will automatically be awarded an MA in Linguistics
as part of the PhD program.
Students pursuing the PhD program in linguistics are required
to complete 32 units of course work toward the MA degree. The
choice of courses is subject to approval by the Graduate Studies
Committee. In addition, students must satisfy one foreign language
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or research tool requirement. (See Foreign Language/Research
Tool Requirement.)
MA Research Paper
In addition to course work, students are also required to write
one research paper. The completed paper must be submitted to
the Graduate Studies Committee no later than the student's fourth
semester of graduate study by the deadline established for that
academic year. Following submission of the research paper, each
student will conduct an oral defense of his or her work.
Required Courses for MA in Linguistics
Of the 32 units, students are required to take the following
courses:
• LING 505a Seminar in Linguistics Units: 1
• LING 530 Generative Syntax Units: 3
• LING 531a Phonology Units: 3
• LING 610 Seminar in Linguistic Theory Units: 3
In addition to the above courses, students must take courses
related to their screening, and pass their first screening in
order to receive the MA.
Doctoral Degree
Linguistics (PhD)
Students pursuing the PhD in Linguistics are required to
complete a minimum of 60 units of course work beyond the
baccalaureate. In addition to the 32 units completed toward
the MA, students are required to take three 600-level seminars
in linguistics and a minimum of 4 units of 794ab Doctoral
Dissertation. No more than 8 units of 794 may be applied toward
the PhD degree. A maximum of 30 transfer units, approved by the
university and the department may be applied to the PhD degree.
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores are not required
for applications for admission to the graduate program in
linguistics.
After successfully completing the screening procedure, students
will establish a qualifying exam committee to determine a PhD
course program in preparation for the dissertation. This course
program must be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee.
Advisement
The student in his or her first semester will have the option of
either selecting a faculty adviser or postponing such a selection
until, but no later than, the last day of classes of the first year in
the program. The Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) will serve
as a provisional adviser until the student makes a selection.
The student has the option of changing advisers at any time
without the need to seek the original adviser's approval. The
student should inform the GSC and the previous adviser of the
change.
At the beginning of the second year of graduate study, the
faculty adviser will assist the student in planning a program
of study appropriate to the student's interests leading to the
screening procedure.
Required Core Courses in Linguistics
Students pursuing the PhD program in linguistics are required
to complete 32 units of course work toward the MA degree. See
Waiver and Substitution of Course Requirements for possible
exceptions.
Required Courses
• LING 530 Generative Syntax Units: 3
• LING 531a Phonology Units: 3
• LING 534 Semantics Units: 3
• LING 576 Psycholinguistics Units: 3
• LING 580 General Phonetics Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Screening Procedure
Before a doctoral qualifying exam committee can be established
for applicants to the PhD program, a student must pass a
screening procedure. This procedure consists of a review of
the student's graduate work at USC by Linguistics Department
faculty. The review will be based on the following criteria:
course work completed, including grades and papers; faculty
recommendations; and evaluation of both the student's MA
research paper and a PhD screening paper. The MA research
and PhD screening papers must be in two different sub areas of
linguistics, for example: syntax and psycholinguistics, or phonology
and semantics, or sociolinguistics and typology.
The MA research paper must be completed and defended
prior to the end of the fourth semester of graduate study, and the
PhD screening paper must be completed and defended prior to
the end of the sixth semester. The set of courses leading to the
MA research paper and the PhD screening paper are determined
through recommendation of the screening committee and approval
of the Graduate Studies Committee.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Following the successful completion of the screening procedure,
the student will establish a five-member qualifying exam
committee. The qualifying exam committee is composed of at least
five members; a minimum of three, including at least one tenured
member, must be from the Linguistics Department and one must
be a faculty member from outside the Linguistics Department.
The Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Programs is ex officio a
member of all qualifying exam committees. (Refer to the Graduate
School Policies and Requirements for instructions on forming a
qualifying exam committee.)
The Request to Take the Qualifying Examination Form is
the means by which the qualifying exam committee is formally
established. This form should be filed with the qualifying exam
committee and the Graduate School the semester prior to taking
the qualifying examination but no later than 30 days before the
date of the student's written examination. In order to take the
written examination, the student must submit a dissertation
prospectus to each member of the qualifying exam committee.
Qualifying Examination
The examination qualifying a student for candidacy for the PhD
degree is comprehensive in nature, partly written and partly oral.
Prior to taking the qualifying examination, the student must have
met all of the departmental requirements for doing so and have the
recommendation of the qualifying exam committee. The committee
will determine and administer the written examination.
The written examination consists of a limited number of
questions in the fields related to the student's research. Students
will receive the written examination two weeks after submitting
the qualifying prospectus and will have 30 days to complete the
questions. An oral examination will be scheduled by the qualifying
exam committee two weeks after the written examination has been
submitted.
The successful completion of the qualifying procedure is
represented by the approval by the qualifying exam committee
of (1) the prospectus, (2) the written examination, and (3) oral
defense.
Dissertation
The final stage of the program is the submission and defense of
a dissertation that makes an original and substantial contribution
to its field of study. Refer to the Graduate School section of
the catalogue for the policies and procedures governing the
submission of a dissertation.
Linguistics (Specialization in East Asian
Linguistics) (PhD)
Students interested in East Asian linguistics take the Doctor
of Philosophy in Linguistics with a specialization in East Asian
linguistics. In addition to all requirements for the PhD in linguistics,
students are required to write research papers on topics relating
to East Asian languages for four courses or 15 units during their
PhD studies. One of the two screening papers, the prospectus
associated with the qualifying examination and the doctoral
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dissertation must also deal with at least one East Asian language.
Students must additionally take LING 794a Doctoral Dissertation,
LING 794b Doctoral Dissertation.
Students pursuing the PhD in Linguistics are required to
complete a minimum of 60 units of course work beyond the
baccalaureate. In addition to the 32 units completed toward
the MA, students are required to take three 600-level seminars
in linguistics and a minimum of 4 units of 794ab Doctoral
Dissertation. No more than 8 units of 794 may be applied toward
the PhD degree. A maximum of 30 transfer units, approved by the
university and the department may be applied to the PhD degree.
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores are not required
for applications for admission to the graduate program in
linguistics.
After successfully completing the screening procedure, students
will establish a qualifying exam committee to determine a PhD
course program in preparation for the dissertation. This course
program must be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee.
Advisement
The student in his or her first semester will have the option of
either selecting a faculty adviser or postponing such a selection
until, but no later than, the last day of classes of the first year in
the program. The Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) will serve
as a provisional adviser until the student makes a selection.
The student has the option of changing advisers at any time
without the need to seek the original adviser's approval. The
student should inform the GSC and the previous adviser of the
change.
At the beginning of the second year of graduate study, the
faculty adviser will assist the student in planning a program
of study appropriate to the student's interests leading to the
screening procedure.
Required Core Courses in Linguistics
Students pursuing the PhD program in linguistics are required
to complete 32 units of course work toward the MA degree. See
Substitution of Course Requirements under Requirements for
Graduation for possible exceptions.
• LING 530 Generative Syntax Units: 3
• LING 531a Phonology Units: 3
• LING 534 Semantics Units: 3
• LING 576 Psycholinguistics Units: 3
• LING 580 General Phonetics Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Screening Procedure
Before a doctoral qualifying exam committee can be established
for applicants to the PhD program, a student must pass a
screening procedure. This procedure consists of a review of
the student's graduate work at USC by Linguistics Department
faculty. The review will be based on the following criteria:
course work completed, including grades and papers; faculty
recommendations; and evaluation of both the student's MA
research paper and a PhD screening paper. The MA research
and PhD screening papers must be in two different sub areas of
linguistics, for example: syntax and psycholinguistics, or phonology
and semantics, or sociolinguistics and typology.
The MA research paper must be completed and defended
prior to the end of the fourth semester of graduate study, and the
PhD screening paper must be completed and defended prior to
the end of the sixth semester. The set of courses leading to the
MA research paper and the PhD screening paper are determined
through recommendation of the screening committee and approval
of the Graduate Studies Committee.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Following the successful completion of the screening procedure,
the student will establish a five-member qualifying exam
committee. The qualifying exam committee is composed of at least
five members; a minimum of three, including at least one tenured
member, must be from the Linguistics Department and one must
be a faculty member from outside the Linguistics Department.
The Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Programs is ex officio a
member of all qualifying exam committees. (Refer to the Graduate
School Policies and Requirements for instructions on forming a
qualifying exam committee.)
The Request to Take the Qualifying Examination Form is
the means by which the qualifying exam committee is formally
established. This form should be filed with the qualifying exam
committee and the Graduate School the semester prior to taking
the qualifying examination but no later than 30 days before the
date of the student's written examination. In order to take the
written examination, the student must submit a dissertation
prospectus to each member of the qualifying exam committee.
Qualifying Examination
The examination qualifying a student for candidacy for the PhD
degree is comprehensive in nature, partly written and partly oral.
Prior to taking the qualifying examination, the student must have
met all of the departmental requirements for doing so and have the
recommendation of the qualifying exam committee. The committee
will determine and administer the written examination.
The written examination consists of a limited number of
questions in the fields related to the student's research. Students
will receive the written examination two weeks after submitting
the qualifying prospectus and will have 30 days to complete the
questions. An oral examination will be scheduled by the qualifying
exam committee two weeks after the written examination has been
submitted.
The successful completion of the qualifying procedure is
represented by the approval by the qualifying exam committee
of (1) the prospectus, (2) the written examination, and (3) oral
defense.
Dissertation
The final stage of the program is the submission and defense of
a dissertation that makes an original and substantial contribution
to its field of study. Refer to The Graduate School section of
the catalogue for the policies and procedures governing the
submission of a dissertation.
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Mathematical Finance
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FAX: (213) 740-2424
Email: [email protected] (Graduate)
Director: Jin Ma, PhD (Mathematics)
Co-director: Michael Magill, PhD (Economics)
Progressive Degree Programs in Mathematics
See Mathematics for progressive degree requirements.
Minor
Mathematical Finance Minor
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This interdisciplinary minor was created for students in
business, economics and mathematics, whose majors already
require some of the introductory course work. Students in other
programs are welcome but should expect the minor to require
more units than it does for students in those programs.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-
division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this
minor (which may be the same four courses). Finally, students
must select four courses outside their major department.
Economics majors must choose four courses outside of
economics; math majors must choose four courses outside of
math; business majors must choose four courses outside of the
Marshall School of Business. These may be the same courses
used to meet the first two conditions.
Requirements
• BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 *
• BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
Units: 4 *
or
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
or
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4 *
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4 *
Complete the following courses (8 units):
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4 *
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4 *
Choose two courses, one from each of the following
groups (8 units):
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 * or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
• MATH 308 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis II Units: 4 *
or
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4 * or
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4 *
or
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
Choose two courses from the following list (8 units):
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 * or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 * or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 * or
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4 *
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 * or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 * or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4 * or
• MATH 467 Theory and Computational Methods for
Optimization Units: 4 *
Choose one course from the following list (4 units):
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4 *
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• ECON 350 The World Economy Units: 4 *
• ECON 357 Money, Credit, and Banking Units: 4 *
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4 *
Choose one course from the following list (4 units):
• ECON 452 International Finance Units: 4 *
• ECON 457 Financial Markets Units: 4 *
• FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 4 *
• FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and Risk Analysis
Units: 4 *
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 *
• FBE 462 International Trade, Finance and Commercial Policy
Units: 4 *
Choose one course from the following:
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
Note:
*Prerequisite required
Total requirements, for students with no prior
course work: 42–44 units
Students majoring in business administration, economics
or mathematics can meet many of these requirements with
course work that also satisfies their majors. In addition to those
classes, students in those majors must complete the following
requirements:
• Business majors satisfy 24 units with course work that is also
required for the major and need to complete only 18 units in
MATH, ECON and ITP or CSCI
• Economics majors satisfy 20–24 units with course work
required for the major (including one major elective), needing
only 18–22 units in BUAD, FBE, ITP or CSCI and MATH
• Mathematics majors satisfy 16 units with course work
required for the major, needing only 26 units in BUAD,
ECON, FBE and ITP or CSCI
Master's Degree
Mathematical Finance (MS)
The objective of this master of science program is to produce
graduates with a rigorous foundation in the economic theory and
mathematical modeling of financial markets. The program creates
an integrated curriculum spanning four disciplines: economics,
mathematics, econometrics/statistics and computational/numerical
analysis. The program is designed for recent graduates in the
fields of applied mathematics, physics and engineering — or
for graduates in economics, business and finance with strong
mathematical backgrounds — who wish to pursue high-tech
finance careers in financial institutions, industry or government.
Admission Requirements
Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All applicants must take the GRE General Test. Complete
transcripts of undergraduate and any graduate level courses
are required, as well as a statement of purpose and three
recommendation letters. A substantial undergraduate background
in mathematics is required, which should include one semester of
real analysis or advanced calculus, one semester of linear algebra
and one semester of advanced probability/statistics. Candidates
with weaker backgrounds may be required to take mathematics
classes prior to admission to the program. An undergraduate
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knowledge of microeconomics and of macroeconomics, and partial
differential equations is helpful, although it is not required for
admission. Some experience in Matlab and C/C++ programming is
also useful.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no foreign language requirement.
Course Requirements
Thirty units of course work are required, six core courses and
four to five elective courses. Students are required to satisfy a
summative experience for degree completion. This will be in the
form of registration in 1 unit of MATH 590 Directed Research with
a summative report at the end of the term. Topics of research will
be determined by the program director. The program consists of:
Required Core Courses (6 Courses, 18 Units)
Mathematics and Mathematical Finance:
• MATH 530a Stochastic Calculus and Mathematical Finance
Units: 3
• MATH 530b Stochastic Calculus and Mathematical Finance
Units: 3
• MATH 512 Financial Informatics and Simulation (Computer
Labs and Practitioner Seminar) Units: 3
• MATH 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (1 Units Required)
Financial Economics and Econometrics:
• ECON 613 Economic and Financial Time Series I Units: 4
• ECON 659 Economics of Financial Markets I Units: 4
Elective Courses (4 Courses, 12 Units)
Computational and Empirical Finance (must take at
least 2 courses)*:
• FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3
• FBE 554 Trading and Exchanges Units: 3
• FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Units: 3
• FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk Units: 3
• FBE 589 Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities and
Markets Units: 3
Note:
(FBE 555 highly recommended)
Statistics*:
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 543 Nonparametric Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 547 Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Learning
Theory Units: 3
Numerical/Optimization/Other Methods*:
• MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 504a Numerical Solution of Ordinary and Partial
Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 504b Numerical Solution of Ordinary and Partial
Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 508 Filtering Theory Units: 3
• MATH 509 Stochastic Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 585 Mathematical Theory of Optimal Control Units: 3
Computational and Financial Economics:
• ECON 614 Economic and Financial Time Series II Units: 4
• ECON 652 Economics of Financial Markets II Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
Note:
Prerequisites for any of the above courses can be waived based
on students' knowledge of the subject area. Approval from the
program director is required.
*The elective courses in statistics/numerical/optimization/other
methods and computational and empirical finance have to be
approved for each student by the program directors. Other
electives, not on this list, may sometimes be approved after
consultation with program directors.
Mathematics
The USC Department of Mathematics welcomes students
interested in the mathematical sciences. Our undergraduate
degree programs are constructed to provide basic knowledge of
modern mathematical techniques most relevant to each specific
degree together with sufficient flexibility to enable each student to
study additional topics of particular interest. We seek to provide
our students with an appreciation of the structure and beauty of
the mathematics they learn as well as the power of its applications.
Students completing the undergraduate programs in
Mathematics should be well prepared for many careers in industry
and education, as well as for graduate study in mathematics. The
Applied and Computational programs focus on the areas most
useful in the application of mathematics to real-world problems.
All programs offered, and the applied degrees in particular, train
graduates for technologically oriented careers.
The primary aspects of USC's graduate programs in
Mathematics are high-level courses, independent study and thesis
preparation by PhD students. Our programs also mentor students
in their presentation skills and post-degree careers. Students
choose either the Mathematics or the Applied Mathematics
program, which share the requirement of a written thesis
containing original research for a PhD, and have course and
examination requirements tailored to the program chosen.
Each incoming PhD student is assigned a temporary adviser. At
some point in their studies, PhD students choose their own thesis
adviser whose research interests align with those of the student.
There is considerable contact with faculty in graduate classes,
reading courses, research efforts and at lively afternoon teas. The
department has a strong tradition of senior PhD students aiding
and advising students early in their graduate career.
In addition to its PhD programs, the Mathematics Department
offers Master's degrees in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics,
Mathematical Finance and Statistics.
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Chair: Eric M. Friedlander, PhD
Faculty
University Professor and Seeley G. Mudd Professor of Computer
Science and Mathematics: Shanghua Teng, PhD (Computer
Science)
Dean's Professor of Mathematics: Eric M. Friedlander, PhD
Professors: Kenneth Alexander, PhD; Richard Arratia, PhD;
Aravind Asok, PhD; Susan Friedlander, PhD; Jason Fulman, PhD;
Larry Goldstein, PhD; Robert Guralnick, PhD*; Nicolai T.A. Haydn,
PhD; Juhi Jang, PhD; Edmond A. Jonckheere, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Sheldon Kamienny, PhD; Igor
Kukavica, PhD; Aaron Lauda, PhD; Sergey Lototsky, PhD; Jinchi
Lv, PhD (Data Sciences and Operations); Jin Ma, PhD; Fedor
Malikov, PhD; Remigijus Mikulevicius, PhD; Paul K. Newton, PhD
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Susan M. Montgomery,
PhD*; Gary Rosen, PhD; Robert J. Sacker, PhD; Fengzhu Sun,
PhD (Biological Sciences); Chunming Wang, PhD; Jianfeng
Zhang, PhD; Mohammed Ziane, PhD
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Associate Professors: Sami Assaf, PhD; Stanislav Minsker, PhD;
Greta Panova, PhD
Assistant Professors: Yu Deng, PhD; Sheel Ganatra, PhD; Cris
Negron, PhD; Kyler Siegel, PhD; Harold Williams, PhD
Professor (Teaching): Cymra Haskell, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): David Crombecque, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Guillaume Dreyer, PhD; Nathaniel
Emerson, PhD; Ricardo Mancera, PhD; Guillermo Reyes Souto,
PhD; Harry Warner, PhD
Assistant Professors (RTPC): Anne Dranowski, PhD; Steven
Heilman, PhD; Joseph Helfer, PhD; Christopher Kuo, PhD; Trevor
Leslie, PhD; Trinh Nguyen, Phd; Dmitrii Ostrovskii, PhD; Yang Qiu,
PhD; Mark Rychnovsky, PhD; Joshua Swanson, PhD; Masoud
Zargar, PhD; Zhaoyu Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Guillaume Dreyer, PhD; Nathaniel
Emerson, PhD; Ricardo Mancera, PhD; Guillermo Reyes Souto,
PhD; Harry Warner, PhD
Emeritus: Peter Baxendale, PhD; Charles Lanski, PhD; Wlodek
Proskurowski, PhD; Alan Schumitzky, PhD; Michael S. Waterman,
PhD (Biological Sciences)
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Advanced Placement Examinations in Mathematics
The university grants 4 units of credit in mathematics for scores
of 4 or 5.
Grade Point Average Requirements
For each undergraduate degree an overall GPA of 2.0 in all
upper-division courses taken for the degree is required. In addition,
any upper-division course specifically listed as required must be
passed with a grade of C (2.0) or better (e.g., MATH 410, MATH
425a, MATH 425b and MATH 471 for the BS degree).
Minor in Mathematical Finance
This interdisciplinary minor was created for students in
business, economics and mathematics, whose majors already
require some of the introductory course work. Students in other
programs are welcome but should expect the minor to require
more units than it does for students in these programs. For more
information, see Mathematical Finance.
Honors Program in Mathematics
Admission to the Program
The honors program is available for mathematics majors. A
student must apply to the department for admission. A minimum
grade point average of 3.5 is required in the first two years of
university work as well as in the lower-division mathematics
courses MATH 125, MATH 126 or MATH 127, MATH 225 and
MATH 226 or MATH 227.
Requirements
The students must complete all requirements for the degree
program in which they are enrolled. MATH 410, MATH 425a,
MATH 425b and MATH 471 are required. The remaining courses
at the 400 level or higher must be acceptable for the BS degree.
In addition, students in the honors program must register for at
least 4 units of MATH 490x Directed Research. The student must
have an overall GPA of at least 3.5 in all courses at the 400 level
or higher.
Language
Those students intending to go on to graduate school should
satisfy the language requirement in French, German or Russian.
Progressive Degree Programs in
Mathematics
Outstanding undergraduate students may apply for a master's
degree in any area for which their major is relevant. If accepted
into the master's degree program, the student may work
simultaneously toward their bachelor's degree and the master's
degree. To apply for a master's degree, a student must have
completed at least 64 units, but fewer than 96 units, toward their
major. The application requires two letters of recommendation from
USC faculty, at least one of whom must be in the department of
the student's major. For more information on progressive degree
programs, see the Progressive Degree section in Undergraduate
Degree Programs .
Graduate Degrees
Admission Requirements
All applicants must take the Graduate Record Examinations
General Test.
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in
Mathematics and in Applied Mathematics
A substantial undergraduate background in mathematics which
includes one year of real analysis (MATH 425a/MATH 425b), one
semester of abstract algebra (MATH 410) and one semester of
upper-division linear algebra (MATH 471) is required.
Master of Science in Applied Mathematics,
in Statistics and in Computational Molecular
Biology
A substantial undergraduate background in mathematics that
includes one semester of real analysis or advanced calculus and
one semester of linear algebra is required.
Regular admission pending completion during the first year
of graduate studies of prerequisite undergraduate mathematics
may be considered for applicants who otherwise qualify for the
program.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Master of Science in Mathematical Finance
See Mathematical Finance.
Bachelor's Degree
Applied and Computational Mathematics (BA)
Pre-major Requirements:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
In Mathematics:
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 458 Numerical Methods Units: 4
At Least Four More Courses From the Following:
• MATH 370 Applied Algebra Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
• MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 430 Theory of Numbers Units: 4
• MATH 432 Applied Combinatorics Units: 4
• MATH 435 Vector Analysis and Introduction to Differential
Geometry Units: 4
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
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• MATH 447 Mathematics of Machine Learning Units: 4
• MATH 466 Dynamic Modeling Units: 4
• MATH 467 Theory and Computational Methods for
Optimization Units: 4
• MATH 471 Topics in Linear Algebra Units: 4
• MATH 475 Introduction to Theory of Complex Variables
Units: 4
In Computing:
At least one programming course such as:
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
or other programming course approved by the program
advisers.
Three Electives with Significant Quantitative
Content:
At least three additional courses with significant quantitative
content, in mathematics, natural sciences, computer science,
engineering, economics or other fields approved by the
department. At least two of these must be outside the mathematics
department; one of which must be an upper-division course.
Courses to be chosen from following lists:
List A - upper division
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 404 Computational Solutions to Engineering Problems
Units: 3
• ASTE 331a Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 331b Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTR 400 The Solar System Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 422 Galaxies and Large-Scale Structures in the
Universe Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 424 Cosmology Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 401 Mathematical Methods in Economics Units: 4
• ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 457 Financial Markets Units: 4
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4 *
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 *
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• GEOL 440L Geophysics and Geoengineering Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
• ISE 330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic
Models Units: 3
• ISE 331 Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic
Models Units: 3
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PSYC 421L Data Analysis for Psychological Research
Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
Note:
*FBE 441 and FBE 459 have prerequisites that must be satisfied
in order to enroll, or a waiver must be granted by the FBE
departmental administration.
List B - lower division
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• ASTE 101L Introduction to Astronautics Units: 4
• ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering Units: 3
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 205 Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
Units: 3
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
• ISE 220 Probability Concepts in Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I Units: 3
• MATH 290 Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving
Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Applied and Computational Mathematics (BS)
Pre-major Requirements:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
In Mathematics:
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 458 Numerical Methods Units: 4
At least three courses from
• MATH 370 Applied Algebra Units: 4
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
• MATH 425b Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 430 Theory of Numbers Units: 4
• MATH 432 Applied Combinatorics Units: 4
• MATH 435 Vector Analysis and Introduction to Differential
Geometry Units: 4
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• MATH 447 Mathematics of Machine Learning Units: 4
• MATH 465 Nonlinear Dynamics in Science and Engineering
Units: 4
• MATH 466 Dynamic Modeling Units: 4
• MATH 467 Theory and Computational Methods for
Optimization Units: 4
• MATH 471 Topics in Linear Algebra Units: 4
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• MATH 475 Introduction to Theory of Complex Variables
Units: 4
Students contemplating a graduate degree in
mathematics are advised to take
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
• MATH 425b Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 471 Topics in Linear Algebra Units: 4
In Computing:
At least one programming course such as
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
or other programming course approved by the program
advisers.
Four electives with significant quantitative
content:
At least four additional courses with significant quantitative content
in mathematics, natural sciences, computer science, engineering,
economics or other fields approved by the department. At least
three of the four must be outside the mathematics department; and
at least one must be upper-division. Courses to be chosen from
the following lists:
List A - upper division
• AME 404 Computational Solutions to Engineering Problems
Units: 3
• ASTE 331a Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 331b Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTR 400 The Solar System Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 422 Galaxies and Large-Scale Structures in the
Universe Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 424 Cosmology Units: 4
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 457 Financial Markets Units: 4
• FBE 441 Investments Units: 4 *
• FBE 459 Financial Derivatives Units: 4 *
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• GEOL 440L Geophysics and Geoengineering Units: 4
• GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
• ISE 330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic
Models Units: 3
• ISE 331 Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic
Models Units: 3
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PSYC 421L Data Analysis for Psychological Research
Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
Note:
*FBE 441 and FBE 459 have prerequisites that must be satisfied
in order to enroll, or a waiver must be granted by the FBE
departmental administration.
List B - lower division
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• ASTE 101L Introduction to Astronautics Units: 4
• ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering Units: 3
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 205 Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
Units: 3
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
• ISE 220 Probability Concepts in Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I Units: 3
• MATH 290 Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving
Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Mathematics (BA)
Lower-division requirement
Lower-division requirement
• MATH 290 Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving
Units: 4
Six math courses at the 400 level or above
including:
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
• MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 434 Geometry and Transformations Units: 4 or
• MATH 435 Vector Analysis and Introduction to Differential
Geometry Units: 4
Note:
Directed Research may be used to count as a 400-level or above
course (must take 4 units to count as one course)
• MATH 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Mathematics (BS)
Pre-major Requirements:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 290 Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving
Units: 4
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Eight math courses at the 400 level or above
Note: Course must be taken for 4 units. MATH 450 may not be
counted toward this requirement.
Required Courses
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
• MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 425b Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 471 Topics in Linear Algebra Units: 4
Required Physics Course
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
Additional required courses
Four additional 4-unit courses in natural sciences, human biology
or computer science, but excluding courses in mathematics, are
required. At least one of these must be an upper-division course,
and each of the four courses must be acceptable for the Bachelor
of Science degree in the department in which it is offered.
Combined Major
Mathematics/Economics (BS)
Students are required to take seven courses in economics,
seven courses in mathematics and two courses in information
technology.
Pre-major Requirement:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
In Economics:
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• and at least two other ECON courses at the 400-level or
above
In Mathematics:
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4
and either sequence one:
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
or sequence two:
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
• MATH 308 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis II Units: 4
• at least two other MATH courses at the 400-level or above
(for both sequences)
In Information Technology:
Two courses required.
At least one course chosen from
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
And
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
Note:
Electives must be approved by the program advisers.
Minor
Mathematical Data Analytics Minor
The "big data deluge" continues to change the fabric of
research and discovery in both science and industry. The minor
in Mathematical Data Analytics offered by the department of
Mathematics trains students on the foundational underpinnings
of this area, including practical implementation for handling
of real data. Students completing this minor will absorb a true
understanding of the conditions under which the current methods
that are applied to data give valid results, and so will be able
to more easily adapt their analyses to the proper methods, and
avoid common errors being currently made in the area by which
investigators falsely conclude the significance of their findings.
This minor is complementary to the department's Statistics Minor,
but requires more mathematical background in order to reach a
greater depth.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-
division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this
minor (which may be the same four courses). Students who
complete courses required for this minor for the satisfaction of
degree requirements in their major program, such as students in
MATH, may satisfy the minor requirement of four classes outside
their major department by choosing courses from a list of electives
maintained by MATH.
Requirements (24-25 units)
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 447 Mathematics of Machine Learning Units: 4
or
• MATH 547 Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Learning
Theory Units: 3
• MATH 650 Seminar in Statistical Consulting Units: 3
Mathematics Minor
Requirements
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4
• and four math courses at the 400 level or above
One of which must be from
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
• MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 435 Vector Analysis and Introduction to Differential
Geometry Units: 4
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• MATH 440 Topology Units: 4 or
• MATH 471 Topics in Linear Algebra Units: 4
Note:
These four courses at the 400 level or above must total at least 16
units.
Statistics Minor
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This interdisciplinary minor should appeal to students from any
discipline who are interested in acquiring a basic understanding
of the mathematics underlying modern statistical analysis and
inference techniques, in learning how to handle and analyze large
data sets, and in gaining insight into the applications of modern
statistics. Students who complete this minor should be able to
critically interpret statistically based conclusions, should be viable
candidates for entry level positions requiring some knowledge
of modern statistics and data analysis, and should be prepared
to enter a graduate-level program in applied statistics. The only
prerequisite for this minor is one semester of elementary calculus.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-
division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this
minor (which may be the same four courses). Finally, students
must select four courses outside their major department.
These may be the same four courses used to meet the first two
conditions. Note that Math BA and BS economics/mathematics
students may complete this minor by taking MATH 407 and MATH
408 and at least 16 additional upper-division units approved by
the Department of Mathematics, which are not in their major
department and not being used to satisfy a requirement for their
major. Note also that if calculus must be taken to satisfy the
prerequisite for MATH 307, 20 units would be required to complete
the minor.
Required Courses
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
(prerequisite: MATH 118 or MATH 125) and
• MATH 308 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis II Units: 4
or
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4 and
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
Electives
Select 8 units from the following:
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4 *
• DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4 *
• DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Insights
Units: 4
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
• HP 350L Health Behavior Research Methods Units: 4
• ISE 426 Statistical Quality Control Units: 3
• MATH 447 Mathematics of Machine Learning Units: 4
• PM 522a Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 522b Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PSYC 421L Data Analysis for Psychological Research
Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Any upper-division or graduate level class not appearing in the
above list that involves the theory or application of statistics may
be approved by the Department of Mathematics as an elective.
Total Units: 16
Master's Degree
Applied Mathematics (MA)
Master of Arts in Mathematics and Master of
Arts in Applied Mathematics
The objective of the Master of Arts program is to prepare
students for research, teaching and other professional careers in
mathematics and applied mathematics, respectively. In addition to
the algebra requirement and differential geometry/topology option
for the Master of Arts in Mathematics, the two programs differ in
emphasis: the Master of Arts in Mathematics emphasizes the core
courses in pure mathematics, and the Master of Arts in Applied
Mathematics emphasizes courses in mathematics and affiliated
fields that are fundamental in applied mathematics.
Relationship to PhD Programs in Mathematics and
in Applied Mathematics
The two year MA program is an expansion of the first year of
graduate studies in the PhD program in mathematics (respectively,
the PhD program in applied mathematics). The program provides
a rigorous foundation in mathematics (applied mathematics) while
affording students additional time for preparatory training. The
comprehensive examinations for the MA program can serve as the
preliminary qualifying examination for either PhD program, and
the written PhD qualifying examinations serve as comprehensive
examinations for the corresponding Master of Arts degree.
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Mathematics
At least 24 units are required, including:
Required Courses
• MATH 510a Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 510b Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 520 Complex Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 525a Real Analysis Units: 3
And one option from A, B, C or D:
(A)
• MATH 535a Differential Geometry Units: 3
• MATH 540 Topology Units: 3
(B)
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
(C)
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
(D)
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
Additional Requirements
The degree is completed with either departmental
examinations (two written examinations selected from the two
required components and the optional component) or a thesis
demonstrating research ability in pure mathematics (the thesis
option requires four additional thesis units selected from MATH
594a, MATH 594b, MATH 594z).
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Applied
Mathematics
At least 24 units are required, including
•
MATH 525a Real Analysis Units: 3
And at least three from these courses:
•
MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3 or
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3 or
• MATH 506 Stochastic Processes, or
• MATH 507b Theory of Probability Units: 3
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• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Other elective courses, including those from other departments,
have to be approved by the program adviser.
The degree is completed with either departmental
comprehensive examinations (two examinations, one covering the
required component MATH 525a, and the second covering one of
the elective MATH courses) or a thesis demonstrating research
ability in applied mathematics (the thesis option requires four
additional thesis units selected from MATH 594a, MATH 594b,
MATH 594z).
Applied Mathematics (MS)
This program is intended for individuals who are seeking or
currently hold positions which involve mathematical applications,
or for mid-career people wishing to improve their skills in applied
areas. Specific options in the program include: biomedicine,
discrete mathematics, economics, finance and business
economics, fluid dynamics, numerical analysis and computation,
and systems and control. In addition, students may design their
own option to suit specific needs.
On admission to the program, each student is assigned an
option adviser. The adviser serves on the student's master's
committee and assists the student in determining the courses
of study in the selected option. Courses of instruction are drawn
from the Department of Mathematics and other participating
departments which include: aerospace engineering, biomedical
engineering, civil engineering, computer science, economics,
electrical engineering, business administration, mechanical
engineering, physiology and biophysics, and preventive medicine.
Required Courses
• MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 570a Methods of Applied Mathematics Units: 3
• plus at least 15 units of elected option courses
Additional Requirements
In addition, registration in MATH 594a, MATH 594b and a
master's thesis is required for all students. This thesis is the end
product of a practicum in the selected option. The practicum is
supervised by the student's master's committee.
For this program students are not required to take the screening
examination or to satisfy a foreign language requirement.
Mathematics (MA)
Master of Arts in Mathematics and Master of
Arts in Applied Mathematics
The objective of the Master of Arts program is to prepare
students for research, teaching and other professional careers in
mathematics and applied mathematics, respectively. In addition to
the algebra requirement and differential geometry/topology option
for the Master of Arts in Mathematics, the two programs differ in
emphasis: the Master of Arts in Mathematics emphasizes the core
courses in pure mathematics, and the Master of Arts in Applied
Mathematics emphasizes courses in mathematics and affiliated
fields that are fundamental in applied mathematics.
Relationship to PhD Programs in Mathematics and
in Applied Mathematics
The two year MA program is an expansion of the first year of
graduate studies in the PhD program in mathematics (respectively,
the PhD program in applied mathematics). The program provides
a rigorous foundation in mathematics (applied mathematics) while
affording students additional time for preparatory training. The
comprehensive examinations for the MA program can serve as the
preliminary qualifying examination for either PhD program, and
the written PhD qualifying examinations serve as comprehensive
examinations for the corresponding Master of Arts degree.
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Mathematics
At least 24 units are required, including:
Required Courses
• MATH 510a Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 510b Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 520 Complex Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 525a Real Analysis Units: 3
And one option from A, B, C or D:
(A)
• MATH 535a Differential Geometry Units: 3
• MATH 540 Topology Units: 3
(B)
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
(C)
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
(D)
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
Additional Requirements
The degree is completed with either departmental
examinations (two written examinations selected from the two
required components and the optional component) or a thesis
demonstrating research ability in pure mathematics (the thesis
option requires four additional thesis units selected from MATH
594a, MATH 594b, MATH 594z).
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Applied
Mathematics
At least 24 units are required, including
•
MATH 525a Real Analysis Units: 3
And at least three from these courses:
•
MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3 or
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3 or
• MATH 506 Stochastic Processes, or
• MATH 507b Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Other elective courses, including those from other departments,
have to be approved by the program adviser.
The degree is completed with either departmental
comprehensive examinations (two examinations, one covering the
required component MATH 525a, and the second covering one of
the elective MATH courses) or a thesis demonstrating research
ability in applied mathematics (the thesis option requires four
additional thesis units selected from MATH 594a, MATH 594b,
MATH 594z).
Statistics (MS)
The object of this program is to provide academic instruction
in statistical theory with a solid mathematical foundation while
emphasizing applications to real world problems. Some probability
theory is included to provide a rigorous foundation. The program is
intended for individuals who are seeking or currently hold positions
that involve statistical methodology and practice. A student
may orient his or her course of study toward a particular field
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of application through appropriate selections from the program
listings plus elective courses from other disciplines.
Course Requirements
Thirty units of course work are required, including:
Required Courses
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 550 Statistical Consulting and Data Analysis Units: 3
And one from each of options A, B, C:
(A)
•
MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
(B)
•
MATH 542 Analysis of Variance and Design Units: 3
• MATH 545 Introduction to Time Series Units: 3
(C)
•
MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
Plus at least 12 units of courses from the following
categories, or additional courses approved by the
adviser:
Biological Science
•
Course selected in consultation with an adviser Units: 4
Computer Science
•
CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 670x Advanced Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 677 Advanced Computer Vision Units: 4
• CSCI 686 Advanced Big Data Analytics Units: 4
Data Sciences and Operations
•
DSO 528 Blended Data Business Analytics for Efficient
Decisions Units: 3
• DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods
Units: 3
• DSO 536 Monte Carlo Simulation and Decision Models
Units: 1.5
• DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3
Economics
•
ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 610 Quantitative Analysis in Macroeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 612 Econometric Theory Units: 4
• ECON 613 Economic and Financial Time Series I Units: 4
• ECON 614 Economic and Financial Time Series II Units: 4
• ECON 615 Applied Econometrics Units: 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering
•
EE 510 Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4
• EE 512 Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 553 Computational Solution of Optimization Problems
Units: 3
• EE 559 Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods Units: 4
• EE 562 Random Processes in Engineering Units: 4
• EE 563 Estimation Theory Units: 3
• EE 588 Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences
Units: 4
• EE 592 Computational Methods for Inverse Problems
Units: 4
• EE 649 Stochastic Network Optimization and Adaptive
Learning for Discrete Time Systems Units: 4
• EE 660 Machine Learning II: Mathematical Foundations and
Methods Units: 4
Finance and Business Economics
•
FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3 *
• FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Units: 3 *
• FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk Units: 3 *
Prerequisite Note:
*GSBA 548 is a prerequisite that may not be waived.
Industrial and Systems Engineering
•
ISE 520 Optimization Theory and Algorithms: Numerical
Optimization Units: 3
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using Markov Models Units: 3
• ISE 539 Stochastic Elements of Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 626 Advanced Topics in Applied Stochastic Models
Data Science Program
•
DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
Mathematics
•
MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 508 Filtering Theory Units: 3
• MATH 509 Stochastic Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 512 Financial Informatics and Simulation (Computer
Labs and Practitioner Seminar) Units: 3
• MATH 530a Stochastic Calculus and Mathematical Finance
Units: 3
• MATH 530b Stochastic Calculus and Mathematical Finance
Units: 3
• MATH 545 Introduction to Time Series Units: 3
• MATH 547 Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Learning
Theory Units: 3
• MATH 605 Topics in Probability Units: 3
• MATH 606 Topics in Stochastic Processes Units: 3
Preventive Medicine
•
PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 513 Experimental Designs Units: 3
• PM 522a Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 522b Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 544L Multivariate Analysis Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 571 Applied Logistic Regression Units: 3
• PM 603 Structural Equation Modeling Units: 4, 2 years
Psychology
•
PSYC 501L Classic and Modern Statistical Methods I Units: 4
• PSYC 502 Classic and Modern Statistical Methods II Units: 4
• PSYC 503L Regression and the General Linear Model
Units: 4
• PSYC 520 Fundamentals of Psychological Measurement
Units: 4
• PSYC 575L Multilevel Modeling Units: 4
• PSYC 577 Analysis of Covariance Structures Units: 4
• PSYC 578 Workshop in Quantitative Methods Units: 4
Public Planning and Development
•
PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
Social Work
•
SOWK 761L Multiple Regression for Social Work Research
Units: 3
Sociology
•
SOCI 521 Quantitative Methods and Statistics Units: 4
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Note:
The following courses may not be used as electives for the degree:
DSO 401, DSO 510, EE 503, FBE 529, FBE 540, FBE 543, MATH
505a and MATH 505b or MATH 507a and MATH 507b (other than
the course used to satisfy Requirement A), MATH 525a and MATH
525b, MATH 532, MATH 574, PPD 502x, PPD 525 and PPD 570
Additional Requirements
Students may opt for a master's thesis (and registration in
MATH 594a, MATH 594b) or a written examination covering
material from MATH 505a or MATH 507a, and MATH 541a, MATH
541b. The examination will normally be given at the beginning
of the fall and spring semester. Students must pass MATH 505a
or MATH 507a, and MATH 541a, MATH 541b with a grade of B
or higher. If a student receives a grade of B- or lower in any of
these courses, the requirement can be waived upon passing the
screening exam for the course at the master's level or higher.
Doctoral Degree
Applied Mathematics (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1
The program requires a maximum effort by the student for a
minimum of four years of full-time work.
Screening Procedure
The screening examination consists of four examinations
covering the subject content of: MATH 502a Numerical Analysis
or MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations; MATH 505a Applied
Probability (or, at the student's discretion, MATH 507a Theory
of Probability); MATH 525a Real Analysis; and MATH 541a
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics.
The department offers the examinations twice a year, at the
end of summer and at the beginning of the spring semester. All
four parts of the screening examination must be attempted by
the end of the third semester (not counting summer sessions) in
the program. The students may take each of the exams as many
times as they wish, but three of the exams must be successfully
completed by the end of the fourth semester (not counting summer
sessions) and all four must be successfully completed by the end
of the sixth semester in the program. The qualifying examination
should follow two or three semesters after the successful
completion of the screening procedure.
Qualifying Exam Committee
No later than at the end of the first semester after passing
the screening procedure the student must form a qualifying
exam committee consisting of an adviser and four other faculty
members, including at least one from another department.
Qualifying Examination
The written portion of the qualifying examination consists of a
PhD dissertation proposal. This document (10 pages minimum)
should include: introduction, statement of the problem, literature
survey, methodology, summary of preliminary results, proposed
research, references, appendix (including one or two fundamental
references). This should be submitted to the department at least 1
week before the qualifying examination.
The oral portion of the qualifying examination consists of a
presentation of the PhD dissertation proposal. The student must
demonstrate research potential.
Course Requirements
The student must complete, with no grade lower than B, a
minimum of 60 units of courses carrying graduate credit and
approved by the qualifying exam committee.
These must include
• MATH 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MATH 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
And six courses from the following:
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 504a Numerical Solution of Ordinary and Partial
Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 504b Numerical Solution of Ordinary and Partial
Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 507b Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 509 Stochastic Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 520 Complex Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 525b Real Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 530b Stochastic Calculus and Mathematical Finance
Units: 3
• MATH 532 Combinatorial Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 542 Analysis of Variance and Design Units: 3
• MATH 545 Introduction to Time Series Units: 3
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 574 Applied Matrix Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 576 Applied Complex Analysis and Integral
Transforms Units: 3
• MATH 580 Introduction to Functional Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 585 Mathematical Theory of Optimal Control Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Transfer of Credit
No transfer of credit will be considered until the screening
examination is passed. A maximum of 30 units of graduate work at
another institution may be applied toward the course requirements
for the PhD. A grade of B (A = 4.0) or lower will not be accepted
and, at most, two grades of B will be accepted. A PhD candidate
may petition the department for transfer of additional credit, after
he or she passes the qualifying examination.
Foreign Language Requirement
The student must demonstrate a reading comprehension of
mathematics in one language (other than English) in which there
is a significant body of research mathematics (such as Chinese,
French, German, Japanese and Russian) by passing a written
examination, administered by the Mathematics Department, in
translation of mathematical content.
Dissertation
Following passage of the screening examination and approval
of a dissertation topic by the qualifying exam committee, the
student begins research toward the dissertation under the
supervision of the dissertation committee. The primary requirement
of the PhD is an acceptable dissertation based on a substantial
amount of original research conducted by the student.
Research Areas
Opportunities for research are available from the faculty in
several areas of applied mathematics with an emphasis on:
computational biology, control theory, financial mathematics,
mathematical neurosciences, numerical analysis, optimization,
scientific computing, statistical genetics, statistics and stochastic
differential equations.
Mathematics (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1
The program requires the maximum endeavor by the student for
normally a minimum of four years of full-time work.
The student must choose between two concentrations: Pure
Mathematics or Pure and Applied Mathematics.
Screening Procedure
Appointment of a qualifying exam committee and retention in
the doctoral program are contingent on passing the preliminary
qualifying examination by the end of the second semester. If a
student fails the examination, the department, at its discretion,
may permit the student to take it again during the third semester of
graduate studies.
The preliminary qualifying exam is a written examination
administered by the department. The student must choose
between two options: analysis or algebra. Each option
approximately covers the content of two one-semester graduate
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courses, with the precise list of possible topics made available to
the student by the department.
Course Requirements
The student must complete with no grade lower than B a
minimum of 60 units of courses carrying graduate credit and
approved by the qualifying exam committee.
Pure Mathematics Concentration
Required Courses
• MATH 510a Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 525a Real Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 535a Differential Geometry Units: 3
• MATH 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MATH 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Five courses selected from the following:
•
MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 510b Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 520 Complex Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 525b Real Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 532 Combinatorial Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 540 Topology Units: 3
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
Pure and Applied Mathematics Concentration
Required Courses
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 510a Algebra Units: 3
• MATH 525a Real Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MATH 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Five courses selected from the following:
•
MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 520 Complex Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 525b Real Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 532 Combinatorial Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Transfer of Credit
No transfer of credit will be considered until the screening
examination is passed. Normally a maximum of 30 units of
graduate work at another institution may be applied toward the
course requirements for the PhD A grade of B- or lower will not be
accepted, and, at most, two grades of B will be accepted. A PhD
candidate may petition the department for transfer of additional
credit after passing the qualifying examination.
Foreign Language Requirement
The student must demonstrate a reading comprehension of
mathematics in one language (other than English) in which there
is a significant body of research mathematics (such as Chinese,
French, German, Japanese and Russian) by passing a written
examination, administered by the department, in translation of
mathematical content.
Qualifying Examination
The written portion of the qualifying examination is
comprehensive, consisting of two, two-hour examinations
administered by the department. These examinations cover two
out of the following five options, excluding the option already
selected for the preliminary examination: algebra, analysis,
geometry/topology, probability/statistics, differential equations.
Each option approximately covers the content of two, one-
semester graduate courses, with the precise list of possible topics
made available to the students by the department. The selection of
options must be approved by the qualifying exam committee.
The oral portion of the qualifying examination covers one topic
selected from department research areas in mathematics and
approved by the qualifying exam committee. The student must
demonstrate research potential in this field. A dissertation proposal
(10 pages minimum) must be submitted to the department at least
1 week before the oral qualifying examination.
Dissertation
Following passage of the qualifying examination and approval of
a dissertation topic by the qualifying exam committee, the student
begins research toward the dissertation under the supervision of
the dissertation committee. The primary requirement for the PhD is
an acceptable dissertation which is based on a substantial amount
of original research conducted by the student.
Research Areas
Opportunities for research are offered in the areas of algebraic
geometry, arithmetic geometry, combinatorics, complex geometry,
control theory, differential equations, differential geometry,
dynamical systems, functional analysis, geometric analysis, group
theory, K-theory, nonlinear analysis, number theory, numerical
analysis, optimization, probability, representation theory, ring
theory and topology.
Middle East Studies
The Department of Middle East Studies (MDES) is committed
to the teaching and study of the languages, cultures, peoples
and societies throughout the Middle East with an emphasis on
the impact of the pressing problems of globalization and the
environment. MDES is home to an interdisciplinary major and
minor in Middle East Studies, an Iranian Studies Minor, and an
Arabic Minor.
Taper Hall of Humanities 256
(213) 740-2795
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/mdes
Chair: Ramzi Rouighi, PhD
Faculty
Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International
Relations and Middle East Studies: Laurie A. Brand, PhD*
(International Relations)
Farhang Foundation Chair in Iranian Studies and Assistant
Professor of Middle East Studies: Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani,
PhD
Professors: Sarah Gualtieri, PhD* (American Studies and
Ethnicity); Ramzi Rouighi, PhD
Associate Professor: Olivia C. Harrison, PhD (French and Italian)
Assistant Professor: Allison Hartnett, PhD (Political Science and
International Relations)
Associate Professor (Teaching): Peyman Nojoumian, PhD
Senior Lecturer: Suzanne Wali, EdD
Lecturer: Brady Ryan, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Bachelor's Degree
Middle East Studies (BA)
This major is an interdisciplinary degree with an emphasis on
the pressing problems of globalization and the environment of the
peoples, cultures, and societies of the Middle East. Its courses
offer students interested in exploring the richness and complexity
of the Middle East, broadly defined as extending from Morocco
through Iran, a framework for developing both expertise and
wide-ranging critical perspectives on the region's past, present
and future. The variety of courses allows students to build on
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their firm grounding in at least one of the region's languages and
pursue their research interests in their capstone projects. It offers
a concentration in Iranian Studies for those who would like to
deepen their knowledge in the field.
Learning Objectives for the Middle East Studies Major:
1. Offer foundational knowledge of the geography, cultures and
history of the Middle East and North Africa.
2. Provide option to pursue concentration in Iranian Studies.
3. Offer rigorous training in a range of social science and
humanities approaches from history, economics, political
science, geography, and international relations to literary and
cultural criticism.
4. Develop critical thinking skills that enable the student to place
recent and current regional events in context.
5. Enhance students' ability to question non-scholarly accounts
of the region's past and present.
6. Deliver firm grounding in at least one of the region's
languages: fourth semester proficiency in Arabic, Hebrew or
Persian.
7. Train students to conduct informed research on the Middle
East and/or Iran.
Nine total courses are required for the major. No more than two
courses may be counted toward this major and another major.
Students participating in USC Overseas Studies programs should
contact the department to discuss course selection for the major.
Students must meet with a faculty mentor from the department
upon declaring a major in Middle East Studies.
I. Language
All MDES majors must demonstrate fourth semester competency
in a Middle Eastern language. This can be achieved through
placement, transfer credits from other institutions (subject to
approval by the MDES Curriculum Committee), from study abroad,
or through successfully completing the level IV Arabic (ARAB
252), Hebrew (HEBR 315) or Persian (IRAN 250) courses at USC.
Students who place out of the requirement to take ARAB 252,
HEBR 315 or IRAN 250 must take an additional elective course.
• ARAB 252 Arabic IV Units: 4
• HEBR 315 Modern Hebrew Language (Hebrew IV) Units: 4
• IRAN 250 Persian IV Units: 4
II. Required Course - Lower Division
All students must take one of the following two courses.
• HIST 180 The Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 201w The Middle East: Global and Environmental
Perspectives Units: 4
III. Required Courses - Upper Division
All students must take the following two courses.
• MDES 301g The Global Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East Studies Units: 4
IV. Concentration I
Students must take at least two courses from this list, one of which
must be an MDES course.
• ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation Units: 4
• ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I Units: 4
• ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects Units: 4
• ARAB 334 Media Arabic Units: 4
• ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean
in an Age of Expansion Units: 4
• CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt Units: 4
• COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the
Self Units: 4
• COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics/Poetics of Modern
Arabic Prose Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
• IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I Units: 4
• IRAN 325 Business Persian Units: 4
• IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II Units: 4
• JS 389 Culture and Society in Israel: Inventing the Dream
Units: 4
• MDES 312 Premodern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 313 Modern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• MDES 324 Persian Literature Units: 4
• MDES 325g Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4
• MDES 335 Nation and State in Modern Turkey Units: 4
• MDES 343g Modern Arab Culture and Literature Units: 4
• REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
V. Concentration II
Students must take at least two courses from this list, one of which
must be an MDES course.
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 342g Arab Intellectuals in Question Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
VI. Elective Courses
Students must also take one upper-division course, chosen from
the list below. Students who place out of the requirement to
take ARAB 252, HEBR 315 or IRAN 250 must take two elective
courses.
• ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation Units: 4
• ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I Units: 4
• ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects Units: 4
• ARAB 334 Media Arabic Units: 4
• ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean
in an Age of Expansion Units: 4
• CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt Units: 4
• COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the
Self Units: 4
• COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics/Poetics of Modern
Arabic Prose Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• FREN 448m France and Islam Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues Units: 4
• IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I Units: 4
• IRAN 325 Business Persian Units: 4
• IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II Units: 4
• JS 314gp Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims
Units: 4
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• JS 389 Culture and Society in Israel: Inventing the Dream
Units: 4
• MDES 312 Premodern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 313 Modern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• MDES 324 Persian Literature Units: 4
• MDES 325g Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4
• MDES 335 Nation and State in Modern Turkey Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 342g Arab Intellectuals in Question Units: 4
• MDES 343g Modern Arab Culture and Literature Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East Studies Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
• REL 315 Thought and Life of Islam Units: 4
• REL 316 Women and the Islamic Tradition Units: 4
• REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
• REL 414 History of Islamic Law Units: 4
Note:
Concentration I and II courses may not be double counted as
elective courses. MDES 490 and MDES 492 may only be taken by
departmental approval.
Iranian Studies Concentration
I. Language
Students wishing to pursue an Iranian Studies concentration must
demonstrate fourth-semester proficiency in the Persian language.
This can be achieved through placement, transfer credits
(subject to approval), from study abroad, or through successfully
completing the level IV Persian (IRAN 250) course at USC.
Students who place out of the requirement to take IRAN 250 must
take an additional elective course.
• IRAN 250 Persian IV Units: 4
II. Orientation Courses
All students must take the following courses:
• MDES 201w The Middle East: Global and Environmental
Perspectives Units: 4
AND
• MDES 213gp Iran: From Antiquity to Modernity Units: 4
OR
• MDES 312 Premodern Iran Units: 4
III. Required Upper Division
All students must take the following course:
• MDES 313 Modern Iran Units: 4
IV. Topical Courses
Students must take at least three courses from this list. IR 363,
MDES 375 and POSC 351 require departmental approval.
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• MDES 301g The Global Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
V. Elective
Students must take one course from the list below. Students
who place out of language requirements must take two elective
courses.
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues Units: 4
• IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I Units: 4
• IRAN 325 Business Persian Units: 4
• IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II Units: 4
• MDES 312 Premodern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• MDES 324 Persian Literature Units: 4
• MDES 325g Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
VI. Capstone Project
Students must take the following course. After taking at least one
upper-level course, students are required to produce a substantial
piece of original and informed research employing sources in the
Persian language.
• MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East Studies Units: 4
Honors Program
Candidates for the BA in Middle East Studies may receive a
designation on their transcripts of departmental honors.
Students interested in pursuing MDES's honors track should
begin planning for this by the start of the fourth or fifth semester.
This means that before your senior year, you will have already
taken an MDES course in which you have written a substantial
research paper.
Admission to the honors program is required.
Prerequisites: 3.33 overall GPA; 3.5 GPA or better in courses
in the major; a minimum grade of B+ in MDES 301g; completion
of at least one upper-level MDES course (400 level) requiring a
seminar paper at the time of admission; and submission of an
application form to the department's Director of Undergraduate
Studies (DUS). Prior approval of the thesis adviser and/or DUS is
required for any modification of these requirements.
Required for departmental honors: The student must
maintain the GPA requirements stated above and successfully
complete the MDES 492 Honors Thesis. In semesters when
MDES 492 is not offered, students may, with program approval,
substitute MDES 490 (independent study) as constituting an
honors seminar equivalent.
Minor
Arabic Minor
The Arabic minor provides students with advanced competency
in speaking, reading, writing and understanding the Arabic
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language. Advanced ability in Arabic can open many doors.
Course work for this minor prepares students for various careers
and graduate-level study.
Five courses (20 units) are required for the minor. All
students must take ARAB 252, ARAB 322 and ARAB 352. For
those students who do not already have ARAB 252 equivalent
proficiency, ARAB 122, ARAB 152 and ARAB 222 or their
equivalent (which do not count toward the minor) must be
completed before enrolling in ARAB 252. For those with prior study
of Arabic, a placement exam is offered by the USC Language
Center to determine language level. If student proficiency
surpasses the third-semester college level, the USC Language
Center should be consulted about a higher-level proficiency exam.
The remaining two courses (8 units) must be selected from the list
of elective courses below.
Students are encouraged to study abroad. Prior approval by
the department is required of all courses that are to be counted
toward the minor. Equivalent courses from other universities will be
assessed by the MDES Curriculum Committee.
Required Courses
• ARAB 252 Arabic IV Units: 4
• ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I Units: 4
• ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II Units: 4
Upper-Division Arabic Elective Courses
Two courses (8 units) from the following list must also be selected
(or substitutes that are pre-approved by the MDES Curriculum
Committee). The prerequisite for ARAB 300 is either ARAB 252 or
ARAB 334.
• ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation Units: 4
• ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects Units: 4
• ARAB 334 Media Arabic Units: 4
Iranian Studies Minor
This minor is an interdisciplinary degree focusing on the
peoples and cultures of Iran. Its courses offer students interested
in exploring the richness and complexity of Iran a framework for
developing both expertise and wide-ranging critical perspectives
on its past, present, and future. The cross-section of courses and
rigorous training in the Persian language allow students to develop
a wide-ranging perspective on the country or a narrower focus on
a particular historical period or theme.
Learning Objectives for the Iranian Studies Minor:
1. Offer foundational knowledge of the geography, cultures and
history of Iran.
2. Offer rigorous training in a range of social science and
humanities approaches from history, economics, political
science, geography and international relations to literary and
cultural criticism with an emphasis on their application to the
study of Iranian society.
3. Develop critical thinking skills that enable the student to
place recent and current events in appropriate historical and
contemporary contexts.
4. Enhance students' ability to question non-scholarly accounts
of Iran's past and present.
5. Deliver firm grounding in the Persian language.
6. Train students to conduct informed research on Iran and its
diaspora.
A special accommodation is in place for majors in the
Department of Political Science and International Relations who
minor in Iranian Studies. Courses that are cross-listed between
MDES and IR can satisfy the four unique courses (at least 16
units) that must be completed outside of their major department for
this interdisciplinary minor. Students will still be required, however,
to complete at least four courses (16 units) that are unique to
the minor (not required to meet major course requirements). A
minimum of 20 units is required.
Language
Students wishing to minor in Iranian Studies must demonstrate
fourth-semester proficiency in the Persian language. This can be
achieved through placement, transfer credits (subject to approval),
from study abroad, or through successfully completing the level
IV Persian (IRAN 250) course at USC. Students who place out of
the requirement to take IRAN 250 must take an additional elective
course.
• IRAN 250 Persian IV Units: 4
Required Course - Lower Division
All students must take one of the following courses:
• MDES 201w The Middle East: Global and Environmental
Perspectives Units: 4
or
• MDES 213gp Iran: From Antiquity to Modernity Units: 4
Required Course - Upper Division
All students must take the following course:
• MDES 313 Modern Iran Units: 4
Iranian Studies Concentration
All students must take one of the following courses.
Students may only choose IR 363, MDES 375, and
POSC 351 with departmental approval.
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
Elective Courses
Students must take one course from the list below.
Students who place out of language requirements must
take two elective courses. Students may only choose
IR 362, IR 363, IR 464, and POSC with departmental
approval.
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues Units: 4
• IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I Units: 4
• IRAN 325 Business Persian Units: 4
• IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II Units: 4
• MDES 301g The Global Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 312 Premodern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• MDES 324 Persian Literature Units: 4
• MDES 325g Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
USC DORNSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES 357
Middle East Studies Minor
This interdisciplinary minor offers students interested in
exploring the richness and complexity of the Middle East, broadly
defined as extending from Morocco through Iran, a framework for
developing a basic but solid understanding of the region. Students
may select courses that provide a broad introduction across
disciplines, or they may choose courses that address a particular
historical period or theme.
Twenty units (five courses) are required. All students must take
MDES 201w or HIST 180 and MDES 301g. To complete the minor
a student must also take three upper-division courses from the list
below. Students who are also studying a language may substitute
ARAB 252, HEBR 315 or IRAN 250 for one of the three upper-
division courses. However there is no language requirement for
the minor.
A special accommodation is in place for majors in the School of
International Relations who minor in Middle East Studies. Courses
that are cross-listed between MDES and IR can satisfy the four
unique courses (at least 16 units) that must be completed outside
of their major department for this interdisciplinary minor. Students
will still be required, however, to complete at least four courses
(16 units) that are unique to the minor (not required to meet major
course requirements).
Required Course - Lower Division
All students must take one of the following two courses.
• HIST 180 The Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 201w The Middle East: Global and Environmental
Perspectives Units: 4
Required Course - Upper Division
• MDES 301g The Global Middle East Units: 4
Elective Courses
Three courses from the list below, only two of which may be
language courses.
• ARAB 252 Arabic IV Units: 4
• ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation Units: 4
• ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I Units: 4
• ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects Units: 4
• ARAB 334 Media Arabic Units: 4
• ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean
in an Age of Expansion Units: 4
• CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt Units: 4
• COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the
Self Units: 4
• COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics/Poetics of Modern
Arabic Prose Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• HEBR 315 Modern Hebrew Language (Hebrew IV) Units: 4
• HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500 Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 384 Popular Culture in the Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History Units: 4
• IR 362 The International Relations of the Contemporary
Middle East Units: 4
• IR 363 Middle East Political Economy Units: 4
• IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy Issues Units: 4
• IRAN 250 Persian IV Units: 4
• IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I Units: 4
• IRAN 325 Business Persian Units: 4
• IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II Units: 4
• JS 389 Culture and Society in Israel: Inventing the Dream
Units: 4
• MDES 312 Premodern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 313 Modern Iran Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• MDES 324 Persian Literature Units: 4
• MDES 325g Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4
• MDES 335 Nation and State in Modern Turkey Units: 4
• MDES 340 The United States and the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 342g Arab Intellectuals in Question Units: 4
• MDES 343g Modern Arab Culture and Literature Units: 4
• MDES 345p Power and Authority in the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 375 Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle
East Units: 4
• MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4
• MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology,
Development and the Struggle for Power Units: 4
• MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East Units: 4
• MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East Studies Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
• REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
Multidisciplinary Activities
Undergraduate Programs, USC Dornsife College
(213) 740-2961
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Richard Fliegel, PhD
Multidisciplinary Activities (MDA) courses are developed and
taught by faculty from more than one program, department and/
or school. These courses exist because of the college's interest
in supporting interdisciplinary teaching and research. A student's
transcript indicates enrollment in a multidisciplinary activities
course.
Students who enroll in MDA courses share a common interest
in the subject matter, but are not necessarily majors in those
disciplines. These courses can be used as electives for certain
degree requirements and, when indicated by the "g" suffix, for
general education credit. They include:
The Dornsife Toolkit (MDA 300)
These two-unit classes focus on intellectual skills that help
prepare students for success on the job market, in graduate
and professional schools. They include classes on activism and
advocacy, grant-writing, start-ups, pitching projects, visualizing
data, everyday eloquence, personal economics and managing
the work/life balance. Scheduled once a week on a CREDIT/NO
CREDIT basis, Dornsife Toolkit classes are usually limited to 25
students each.
Internship for the Liberal Arts (MDA 250)
This class in service learning enables students to earn college
credit while participating in an eligible internship experience.
Course work is required, as well as a concurrent internship that
meets the guidelines for the program. Students can earn up to 4
units in 1- or 2-unit sections.
Case Studies in Modern Leadership (MDA 325)
This class has recently been co-taught by former Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom, the Right Honorable Gordon Brown.
Collaborative Learning Projects (CLP) and Individual
Programs of Study (IPOS)
See Learner Centered Curricula.
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Neuroscience (Undergraduate)
Hedco Neurosciences Building 120
(213) 740-6091
FAX: (213) 740-2534
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: David McKemy, PhD
Participating Faculty: See Biological Sciences, Computer
Science, Biomedical Engineering, Philosophy, Psychology,
Engineering, Gerontology, Medicine and Pharmacy in this
catalogue.
Undergraduate Program
Students in the neuroscience majors are trained to develop an
appreciation for the breadth of knowledge that spans the array of
neuroscience disciplines, including molecular, cellular, systems,
behavioral, cognitive and computational neuroscience. Students
will also acquire knowledge in the humanities, social sciences,
mathematics, and physical sciences, and learn to appreciate the
relevance of these disciplines to the life sciences.
The curriculum is structured to develop the ability to
communicate scientific ideas, orally and in writing, as well
as scientific and experimental skills. These skills include the
application of scientific methods, including forming hypotheses,
designing experiments to test hypotheses, and collecting,
analyzing, interpreting and reporting data.
At the completion of their studies, students are prepared with
a sufficient depth of knowledge and abilities to prepare them for
entry-level employment in a wide variety of fields, or for graduate
study in neuroscience or health-related professions.
Honors Program in Neuroscience
An honors program is available to outstanding students who are
pursuing a BA or BS degree in Neuroscience. This program offers
students exceptional opportunities to participate in undergraduate
research, culminating in the experience of writing an honors thesis
summarizing their completed research. Honors students must
register for 4 units of Directed Research (NEUR 490x). Honors
students are also required to take two semesters of the Honors
Seminar (BISC 493x as one of their upper-division electives, 1
unit/semester), in which small groups of students discuss recent
findings in neuroscience literature and their own research. After
completing the honors seminar, honors students also take one
semester of Honors Thesis (BISC 494x, 2 units), in which students
write their senior thesis. Students earning honors in neuroscience
must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.5 at graduation. This
program leads to the designation on the transcript of Bachelor of
Arts/Science in Neuroscience with Honors.
Minor in Neuroscience
The neuroscience minor is designed to acquaint students with
a broad range of the problems and opportunities available in the
study of the brain and the mind. The core courses will provide
knowledge of the biological aspects of brain function, including
perception, cognition and statistics. Research in appropriate
laboratories is encouraged and include, but are not limited to,
Biological Sciences, Psychology and Gerontology. Directed
research may be used to satisfy the upper-division elective course
requirement.
Bachelor's Degree
Computational Neuroscience (BS)
Coordinator: Jason Zevin, PhD
Undergraduate Adviser: Lucy A. Rinard, [email protected]
The computational neuroscience major is designed for those
students with an interest in applying mathematical and
computational methodologies toward understanding the structure
and functioning of the nervous system. The major will provide
progressive training in interdisciplinary and inter-faculty aspects of
neuroscience, and serve as a foundation for students interested
in pursuing post-graduate education in graduate or professional
schools or career opportunities in technically advanced
occupations. Research is integral to this major and students are
encouraged to engage in research with neuroscience faculty as
early as possible in their undergraduate years.
Grade Requirements:
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major
requirements.
Program Requirements:
The major requires twelve core courses (45 units) and six or
seven electives (minimum 22 units) for a minimum total of 67 units.
The degree requires a minimum of 128 units.
Core Requirements
General Science Requirements:
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4 or
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Statistics Requirement, Choose One:
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Neuroscience Requirements:
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• NEUR 199 Neuroscience Colloquium Units: 1
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
Choose Two:
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4
• NEUR 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
Computational Area
Students are to take a total of three courses. The courses are
listed in the table according to the programming language of the
courses. It is not obligatory that all courses be from the same
programming language, but the student should be aware that
knowledge of a different language will likely be assumed in the
advanced courses. Only one introductory programming course will
be counted toward the major.
Basic Computational Skills
Choose one course (2-4 units).
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
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Computational Courses
Choose two courses (8 units).
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BME 402 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BME 425 Basics of Biomedical Imaging Units: 3
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
BISC 461 must be taken with BISC 444
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4
• MATH 308 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis II Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
Biological Area
Choose one to two courses (4 units).
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology Units: 2
• BISC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4
• HP 409 Environmental Impacts on the Brain Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
Behavioral Area
Choose one (4 units).
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 424 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4
• PSYC 438 Behavioral Genetics Units: 4
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4
Other Electives
Take one additional course from the Computational, Biological, or
Behavioral area, or complete four units of Neuroscience research
(NEUR 490).
• NEUR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Graduate Courses
A graduate class from the following list may be substituted for an
undergraduate computational course with the permission of the
co-directors and instructor and with a minimum GPA of 3.3.
• BME 502 Advanced Studies of the Nervous System Units: 4
• BME 575L Computational Neuroengineering Units: 3
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 564 Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence Units: 3
• CSCI 574 Computer Vision Units: 3
• CSCI 662 Advanced Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• EE 559 Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods Units: 4
• NSCI 524 Advanced Overview of Neurosciences Units: 4
• NSCI 531 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Units: 4
• NSCI 532 Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology Units: 3
• PSYC 506 Learning and Cognition Units: 4
• PSYC 540 Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 544 Psychophysiology Units: 4
• PSYC 545 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 547 Functional Neuroanatomy Units: 4
• PSYC 551 Decision Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 555 Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Units: 4
Neuroscience (BA)
Coordinator: Jason Zevin, PhD
Undergraduate Advisers: Pablo Lopez, [email protected]; Toni
Richardson, [email protected].
Grade Requirements:
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major
requirements.
Program Requirements:
The major requires eight core courses and a colloquium (33
units) and four or five elective courses (minimum 16 units) for a
minimum total of 49 units.
The degree requires a minimum of 128 units.
Core Requirements
Introductory Requirements:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
General Biology Requirement, Choose One:
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
General Chemistry Requirement, Choose One:
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
Statistics Requirement, Choose One:
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Neuroscience Requirements:
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• NEUR 199 Neuroscience Colloquium Units: 1
Choose Two:
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4
• BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
Electives
Four or five upper-division elective courses (minimum 16 units)
from the list below are required. At least one course in the upper-
division electives must carry a lab ("L") designation or be NEUR
490x. No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x may be used to fulfill
the upper-division elective requirement.
Elective Courses
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
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• BISC 422L Neurobiology Laboratory Units: 2
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
• BISC 426 Principles of Neural Development Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology Units: 2
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BISC 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• BME 402 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 415 Neuroaffective Disorders of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4
• HP 409 Environmental Impacts on the Brain Units: 4
• MEDS 340 The Brain in Health and Disease Units: 4
• MEDS 350 Neurochemistry of Addiction: Drugs, Brain, and
Behavior Units: 2
• NEUR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4
• PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology Units: 4
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 337L Adult Development and Aging Units: 4
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 424 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
• PSYC 427 Neuropsychopharmacology Units: 4
• PSYC 428 Advanced Psychobiology Seminar Units: 4
• PSYC 438 Behavioral Genetics Units: 4
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 452 Social Neuroscience Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
Graduate Courses
A graduate class from the following list may be substituted for an
upper-division elective with the permission of the co-directors and
instructor and with a minimum GPA of 3.3.
• BME 575L Computational Neuroengineering Units: 3
• CSCI 564 Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence Units: 3
• NSCI 524 Advanced Overview of Neurosciences Units: 4
• NSCI 531 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Units: 4
• NSCI 532 Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology Units: 3
• PSYC 506 Learning and Cognition Units: 4
• PSYC 540 Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 544 Psychophysiology Units: 4
• PSYC 545 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 547 Functional Neuroanatomy Units: 4
• PSYC 551 Decision Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 555 Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Units: 4
Neuroscience (BS)
Coordinator: Jason Zevin, PhD
Undergraduate Advisers: Pablo Lopez, [email protected]; Toni
Richardson, [email protected].
Grade Requirements:
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major
requirements.
Program Requirements:
The major requires 15 core courses (minimum 55 units) and five
or six elective courses (minimum 20 units) for a minimum total of
75 units.
The degree requires a minimum of 128 units.
Core Requirements
General Science Requirements:
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
Programming Requirement, Choose One:
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 116 Accelerated Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
• ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
Statistics Requirement, Choose One:
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Neuroscience Requirements:
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• NEUR 199 Neuroscience Colloquium Units: 1
Choose Two:*
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4
• BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
USC DORNSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES 361
Electives
Five or six upper-division elective courses (minimum of 20
units) from the following list are required. At least one course in the
upper-division electives must carry a lab ("L") designation or be
490. No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x may be used to fulfill the
upper-division elective requirement.
Elective Courses
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 422L Neurobiology Laboratory Units: 2
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
• BISC 426 Principles of Neural Development Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology Units: 2
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BISC 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• BME 402 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 415 Neuroaffective Disorders of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4
• HP 409 Environmental Impacts on the Brain Units: 4
• MEDS 340 The Brain in Health and Disease Units: 4
• MEDS 350 Neurochemistry of Addiction: Drugs, Brain, and
Behavior Units: 2
• NEUR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4
• PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology Units: 4
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 337L Adult Development and Aging Units: 4
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 404L Psychophysiology of Emotion Units: 4
• PSYC 420 Animal Behavior Units: 4
• PSYC 424 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
• PSYC 427 Neuropsychopharmacology Units: 4
• PSYC 428 Advanced Psychobiology Seminar Units: 4
• PSYC 438 Behavioral Genetics Units: 4
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 452 Social Neuroscience Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
Note:
*Students may take the third of the three courses BISC 407, BISC
408 and PSYC 440 as an elective.
Graduate Courses
A graduate class from the following list may be substituted for an
upper-division elective with the permission of the co-directors and
instructor and with a minimum GPA of 3.3.
• BME 575L Computational Neuroengineering Units: 3
• CSCI 564 Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence Units: 3
• NSCI 524 Advanced Overview of Neurosciences Units: 4
• NSCI 531 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Units: 4
• NSCI 532 Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology Units: 3
• PSYC 506 Learning and Cognition Units: 4
• PSYC 540 Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 544 Psychophysiology Units: 4
• PSYC 545 Neuropsychology Units: 4
• PSYC 547 Functional Neuroanatomy Units: 4
• PSYC 551 Decision Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 555 Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Units: 4
Minor
Neuroscience Minor
Coordinator: Jason Zevin, PhD
Undergraduate Advisers: Elizabeth Linkous, [email protected];
Lucy A. Leon, [email protected]
Grade Requirements
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward minor
requirements.
Core Requirements (12 Units)
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4 or
• NEUR 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4 **
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4 **
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience
Units: 4 ***
Statistics Requirement (4 units)*
Choose one course from the following:
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Choose one course from the following:
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R Units: 2
• BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology
Units: 2
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BISC 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry Units: 4
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• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4
• HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4
• HP 409 Environmental Impacts on the Brain Units: 4
• MEDS 340 The Brain in Health and Disease Units: 4
• MEDS 350 Neurochemistry of Addiction: Drugs, Brain, and
Behavior Units: 2
• PSYC 337L Adult Development and Aging Units: 4
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 427 Neuropsychopharmacology Units: 4
• PSYC 428 Advanced Psychobiology Seminar Units: 4
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 452 Social Neuroscience Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
Note:
*An equivalent course may be substituted with permission.
**Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC 221.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
Recommended but not required: CHEM 103Lx (or CHEM 105La)
plus MATH 125
Students who have not already taken the prerequisites (BISC 220/
BISC 221 and PSYC 100) will need to take a total of 28 units to
satisfy the requirements of a minor in neuroscience. Thus, the
range of units will vary from 20 to 28 depending on a student's
background; consult an academic adviser.
Ocean Sciences
Zumberge Hall of Science 117
(213) 740-6106
FAX: (213) 740-8801
Email: [email protected]
oceansciences.usc.edu
Director: Douglas E. Hammond, PhD
Participating Faculty: See Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences
and Engineering in this catalogue.
Applications for the Ocean Sciences program should be routed
through the affiliated departments and a separate letter sent to
the Ocean Sciences director, Douglas E. Hammond, USC Earth
Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740.
Degree Programs
The Graduate Program in Ocean Sciences (GPOS) provides
interdisciplinary education and training to prepare professional
ocean scientists for careers in academia, industry, and state and
federal government. Students develop the ability to identify and
solve significant problems in ocean sciences by using their training
in several disciplines. They develop the ability to formulate and
test hypotheses and integrate information and concepts about how
the earth-ocean system is structured and how it functions. Training
also is provided to develop skills in oral and written communication
of technical and scientific information. Both MS and PhD degree
programs are offered; both require preparation of a thesis (MS) or
dissertation (PhD).
Admission Requirements
All rules and regulations described in The Graduate School
section of this catalogue and Graduate Admission apply to
students in the GPOS.
Official acceptance by the GPOS Admissions Committee
is based on the recommendation of faculty from an affiliated
department. Acceptance depends upon the applicant's letters of
recommendation, research experience, intended area of research,
personal interview (whenever possible), and the availability of a
faculty member willing to advise and sponsor the applicant.
A BS or BA degree in an appropriate field of natural science,
engineering or mathematics is required for admission.
It is expected that applicants to the GPOS will have attained
a scholarship average of at least "B" (3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale)
preferably in the natural sciences or mathematics. Applicants to
the GPOS are NOT required to submit GRE scores.
Applicants should contact the GPOS office by email or phone
for an admission package. The GPOS admits students for both the
fall and spring semesters; however, applicants for assistantships
are encouraged to apply for the fall semester.
Graduate Degrees
Degree Requirements
Advanced degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Interdisciplinary Programs
The Graduate Program in Ocean Sciences is designed
to be interdisciplinary, reflecting the nature of the field that
combines principles of physical, chemical, geological and
biological oceanography to solve relevant problems in the ocean
environment.
Master's Degree
Ocean Sciences (MS)
The program does not accept applicants for a Master of Science
degree in ocean sciences. The MS degree is intended only as a
transitional degree in the process of completing requirements for
the PhD in ocean sciences.
Research Tool Requirements
None required.
Course Requirements
The MS degree in Ocean Sciences requires at least 24 units of
course work, including two core courses (OS 512 and 582). Four
thesis units (OS 594) are also required. At least 16 units of course
work must be at the 500-level or higher; no more than six units
can be directed research (OS 590); a maximum of four units with
superior grades in approved course work may be transferred from
an accredited graduate school. Students are required to maintain
an overall GPA of 3.0 in all graduate work.
Thesis
Students should arrange for the appointment of a thesis adviser
and committee after the first semester, or at the latest, after the
first year of graduate work. The thesis committee should consist
of the adviser plus two other faculty members, all of whom are
generally selected from GPOS faculty. Once the committee
is arranged, the student may make formal application to the
Graduate School for the MS degree.
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Doctoral Degree
Ocean Sciences (PhD)
Research Tool Requirements
To be determined by qualifying exam committee.
Course Requirements
The PhD degree in Ocean Sciences requires at least 27 units
of formal course work (including seminars) of the 60 total units
needed. Two core courses are required (OS 512, OS 582). No
more than 15 units of 400-level course work may be applied.
A maximum of 30 units may be transferred from an accredited
graduate school.
Students are required to maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 in all
graduate work.
Students may request permission to take the PhD qualifying
examination on completion of 24 units of course work, including
two core courses in Ocean Sciences.
Screening Procedure
Students in the PhD program must pass the screening
procedure before their 25th unit of graduate credit. Screening
consists of a review of the student's progress and is usually
done by the GPOS Review Committee following a written
recommendation by the student's adviser(s). Screening occurs at
the end of each semester.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The doctoral qualifying exam committee is formed after the
student has passed the screening procedure. The committee
is appointed by the department with the advice of the student's
research adviser. The five-member committee consists of the
adviser, a minimum of three other members from the GPOS
faculty, and one additional tenure-track faculty member. The
committee must include faculty members from more than one
academic department. A tenure-track faculty member must serve
as research adviser or co-adviser. The committee consults with
the student, recommends an appropriate program of study and
administers written and oral qualifying examinations.
Qualifying Examination
The student may request permission to take the PhD qualifying
examination upon completion of 24 units of course work, including
two core courses in ocean sciences. The qualifying examination
consists of a written and an oral part, both parts prepared,
conducted and evaluated by the student's examination committee.
The written examination will consist of a number of questions
given on two consecutive days. Questions will be comprehensive
in scope with respect to the student's chosen area of specialization
and will be designed to test the student's conceptual, analytical
and integrative ability and preparation.
The written part of the qualifying examination must be taken
before the oral examination. The oral examination will be in the
area of the student's intended research and will be based on
a research project selected and developed by the student into
a written proposition. The oral examination will be conducted
and evaluated by the student's examination committee. The
oral examination must be taken within one month of the written
examination.
Defense of the Dissertation
After the student has passed the qualifying examination, the
qualifying exam committee recommends to the Graduate School
that the student be admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree.
Following admission to candidacy the student must register for
OS 794 Dissertation every semester, except summers, until the
degree is awarded.
Once the qualifying examination is passed, the student is
required, as soon as possible, to appoint a dissertation committee,
using an appointment of committee form which can be found on
the Graduate School Website (usc.edu/schools/GraduateSchool).
All or some of the qualifying exam committee may be nominated.
Until a dissertation committee is appointed, the qualifying exam
committee will have responsibility for the student's program of
study. The student must undertake an original investigation of a
problem in ocean sciences. The topic must be approved by the
student's dissertation committee and will usually be based on the
written proposition presented in the qualifying examination.
A dissertation based on the student's research must be
approved by the student's dissertation committee. The student
must then defend the dissertation. The process for submission
of the dissertation to the Graduate School can be found on the
Graduate School Website under "Current Students — Thesis and
Dissertations." This process should be started approximately one
month before the defense, and the student must allow adequate
time after the defense for final copy preparation.
The dissertation must conform to the general regulations
described in Regulations for Format and Presentation of Theses
and Dissertations, also available from the Graduate School
Website, Additional regulations and information on the organization
and preparation of the dissertation are provided in Directions for
Preparation of Dissertations and Research Reports as Required by
the Graduate Program in Ocean Sciences/University of Southern
California, available in the GPOS office.
Philosophy
The School of Philosophy offers courses in most areas of
philosophy, including philosophy of mind, philosophy of language,
epistemology, metaphysics, logic, philosophy of science, political
philosophy, philosophy of law, ethics, aesthetics, and the history
of philosophy. The major in philosophy is designed to acquaint
students with the fundamental problems of Western thought and
introduce them to the concepts and techniques necessary for
independent philosophical thinking; it is equally intended to provide
a broadening perspective for the various areas of specialization in
the natural and social sciences and in literature and the arts. The
school also offers a minor in philosophy and a minor in philosophy
of law, politics and economics. It also offers bachelor's degrees
in philosophy; philosophy and physics; philosophy, politics and
economics; and philosophy, politics and law. In addition to these
undergraduate programs, the School of Philosophy also offers a
Master of Arts in Philosophy, a Progressive Master of Arts Degree
in Philosophy and Law, a joint degree with the USC Gould School
of Law, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy.
Mudd Hall of Philosophy 113
(213) 740-4084
FAX: (213) 740-5174
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/phil
Director: Scott Soames, PhD
Faculty
University Professor and David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience
and Professor of Psychology, Neurology and Philosophy: Antonio
Damasio, PhD (Psychology)
University Professor and Professor of Philosophy, History and
Accounting: Jacob Soll, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy: Scott Soames, PhD*
William T. Dalessi Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy:
Gregory Keating, PhD (Law)
Professors: John Hawthorne, PhD; Robin Jeshion, PhD; Janet
Levin, PhD; Sharon Lloyd, PhD*; Edwin McCann, PhD*; Jonathan
Quong, PhD; Mark Schroeder, PhD*; Gabriel Uzquiano Cruz, PhD;
James Van Cleve, PhD; Kadri Vihvelin, PhD; Ralph Wedgwood,
PhD
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Associate Professors: Andrew Bacon, PhD; Susanna Berger, PhD
(Art History); Zlatan Damnjanovic, PhD; John H. Dreher, PhD;
Jeremy Goodman, PhD; Shieva Kleinschmidt, PhD; Jacob Ross,
PhD; Jefferey Sanford Russel, PhD; Alexis Wellwood, PhD*
Assistant Professors: Felipe J. Castro, PhD (Law); Zoë Johnson
King, PhD; Jake Nebel, PhD; Porter Williams, PhD
Emeritus: S. Marshall Cohen, MA*; Frank Lewis, PhD; Gary
Watson, PhD; George Wilson, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Double Major
Double majors are encouraged but a student must work in close
consultation with the undergraduate adviser.
Bachelor of Arts with a Combined Major in
Linguistics and Philosophy
See Linguistics.
Philosophy Honors Program
Students who are considering the possibility of continuing their
education at a graduate level in philosophy or similar disciplines, or
students who wish to undertake a more intensive course of studies
in philosophy, which includes original independent research, are
strongly encouraged to take their major with honors.
Departmental honors for any of our majors requires completion
of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, with the following
additional requirements:
1. Students must take an honors capstone seminar. If it is not
possible for the student to take an honors capstone seminar,
the student may instead take PHIL 494: Senior Thesis, after
completing the prerequisites for this course.
2. Students must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher in their
philosophy courses.
Students who intend to complete the major with honors are
encouraged to enroll in the program early in their junior year,
and, in any case, no later than the first term of their senior year.
Students must consult continuously with their faculty adviser on a
mutually agreed basis.
Graduate Degrees
The objective of the graduate program in philosophy is
to equip suitably prepared and talented students to function
effectively as teachers, thinkers and writers on philosophical
topics in the Western tradition. The program provides for a wide
range of studies within philosophy, but emphasizes the history of
philosophy, both classical and modern, along with the traditional
core disciplines: ethics, epistemology, metaphysics and logic.
Because philosophy is as much a special manner of intellectual
activity as it is a special subject matter, the graduate student
is expected not only to master major works in the historical
and contemporary literature of philosophical thought, but also
to develop the ability to engage in the ongoing process of
philosophical research and dialogue.
Admission Requirements
An applicant for admission normally has an undergraduate
major in philosophy, but programs may be arranged for promising
students who do not. At least three letters of recommendation from
the student's undergraduate teachers should be sent to the chair
of graduate admissions of the School of Philosophy. All applicants
are required to take the verbal and quantitative General Tests of
the Graduate Record Examinations.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are awarded under the jurisdiction of the
Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation
section and The Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Progressive Degree Program in Philosophy and Law
The progressive degree program permits exceptional
undergraduate students with a major in philosophy to receive both
an undergraduate degree and the Master of Arts in Philosophy
and Law within five years. A minimum GPA of 3.5, two letters of
recommendation and outstanding performance in philosophy
courses are required for admission to this program.
Graduate Advisement
In addition to the departmental graduate adviser, who has the
formal role in graduate advising, each student will be matched with
a personal adviser, who will share responsibility with the graduate
adviser for monitoring a student's progress semester by semester.
The graduate adviser is available to counsel any graduate student
on all aspects of the graduate program. A student's personal
adviser will consult informally with the student semester by
semester on how to interpret his or her grades and especially
the written reports provided by the instructor for each course in
which the student is enrolled, discuss informally the student's
selection of courses each semester, and generally keep track of
the student's progress in the program. At the appropriate time, the
student will consult his or her adviser concerning the appointment
of a faculty committee for guidance and supervision. An official
qualifying exam committee will be appointed at the time the
student passes the screening examination; for the rules governing
its establishment and makeup, see General Requirements for the
Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Graduate School section. The
qualifying exam committee will meet with the student soon after its
appointment, and at least once each academic year thereafter.
Bachelor's Degree
Philosophy (BA)
The major in philosophy is designed to acquaint students
with the fundamental problems that are debated within western
philosophical thought, and to introduce them to the concepts and
techniques necessary for independent philosophical thinking. It
is equally intended to provide a broadening perspective for the
various areas of specialization in the natural and social sciences
and in literature and the arts.
The major in philosophy requires eight courses in philosophy;
six of these must be at the upper-division level.
Total units for degree: 128
One course must be a gateway course:
Completing a gateway course is recommended prior to enrolling in
any 400-level Philosophy course.
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 362 Possible Worlds Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
One course must be in logic:
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
Distribution Requirement
Students must take at least one course from each of the three
categories listed below:
History of Philosophy
• PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
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• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 317 History of Western Philosophy: Medieval Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 410 Early Greek Thought Units: 4
• PHIL 411 Plato Units: 4
• PHIL 415 Aristotle Units: 4
• PHIL 416 The Ancient Stoics Units: 4
• PHIL 421 Continental Rationalism Units: 4
• PHIL 422 British Empiricism Units: 4
• PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant Units: 4
• PHIL 424 19th Century Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 473 Wittgenstein Units: 4
Ethics, Law and Value Theory
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 347 Philosophy in Literature Units: 4
• PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 443 Value Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 445 Philosophy of the Arts Units: 4
• PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4
Systematic Philosophy
• PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 362 Possible Worlds Units: 4
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
• PHIL 467 Language, Linguistics and Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PHIL 480 Philosophy of Mathematics Units: 4
• PHIL 484 Philosophy of Physics Units: 4
• PHIL 485 Development of Physical Science Units: 4
• PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences Units: 4
Note:
Eligibility to graduate with departmental honors distinction requires
completion of all required major courses with a minimum 3.5 GPA
in upper-division Philosophy course work, in addition to completing
PHIL 495 Honors Capstone. In semesters when PHIL 495 is not
offered, students may enroll in PHIL 494 Senior Thesis. Enrollment
in either PHIL 494 or PHIL 495 is open to senior standing students
only and prior completion of at least two 400-level Philosophy
courses is highly recommended.
Philosophy and Physics (BA)
Philosophy and physics is a demanding and rewarding major
that combines two of the most rigorous and fundamental subjects
in the arts and the sciences. There are strong links between
physics and philosophy, and the stimulus for each discipline lies
in part in the other. The program of study is designed to seek
understanding of the nature of reality and of our knowledge of it.
Philosophy and physics graduates offer an unusual and valuable
combination of skills to employers in commerce and industry and
are also well prepared to pursue post-graduate studies in any
number of related fields.
Lower-Division Physics and Math (21 units)
Students must complete these six courses.
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Upper-Division Physics and Math (16 units)
Students must complete these four courses.
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
Philosophy Gateway Course (4 units)
Students must complete one gateway course. This course will
count as an upper-division philosophy elective.
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
Philosophy of Physics (4 units)
Students must complete the following course.
• PHIL 484 Philosophy of Physics Units: 4
Philosophy of Science (4 units)
Students must complete one course from this category.
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 256g Science, Religion, and the Making of the Modern
Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
• PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences Units: 4
Logic (4 units)
Students must complete one course from this category.
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
Upper-Division Physics Electives (12 units)
Students must choose three additional upper-division physics
courses to complete, from this list.
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 408b Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 430 General Relativity and Gravitation Units: 4
• PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 440 Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics Units: 4
• PHYS 444 Physical Biology: From Molecules to Cells Units: 4
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Upper-Division Philosophy Electives (8 units)
In addition to the philosophy gateway course, students must
complete two upper-division philosophy courses such that one
course is completed from each of the categories listed below.
Note: Courses taken to satisfy other requirements will not be
double counted.
History of Philosophy
Students must complete one course from this category.
• PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 410 Early Greek Thought Units: 4
• PHIL 411 Plato Units: 4
• PHIL 415 Aristotle Units: 4
• PHIL 421 Continental Rationalism Units: 4
• PHIL 422 British Empiricism Units: 4
• PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant Units: 4
• PHIL 424 19th Century Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 473 Wittgenstein Units: 4
Ethics, Law and Value Theory
Students must complete one course from this category.
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 347 Philosophy in Literature Units: 4
• PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 443 Value Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4
Systematic Philosophy
Students must complete one course from this category.
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PHIL 480 Philosophy of Mathematics Units: 4
• PHIL 485 Development of Physical Science Units: 4
• PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
Note:
Eligibility to graduate with departmental honors distinction requires
completion of all required major courses with a minimum 3.5 GPA
in upper-division Philosophy course work, in addition to completing
PHIL 495 Honors Capstone. In semesters when PHIL 495 is not
offered, students may enroll in PHIL 494 Senior Thesis. Enrollment
in either PHIL 494 or PHIL 495 is open to senior standing students
only and prior completion of at least two 400-level Philosophy
courses is highly recommended.
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA)
This demanding major trains students in political economy,
grounding their study in the historical, conceptual and moral
foundations of our shared political and economic lives. The
interdisciplinary major allows students to trace interconnections
between political, economic and legal issues within a range of
broader humanistic concerns. It also fosters the development of
logical, quantitative and analytic skills needed for clear thinking
and effective communication, leaving students with a wide range
of options for further, more specialized study or careers in law,
politics or economics.
The major requires eleven courses including an introductory
lower-division course, a final capstone seminar and a range of
further courses in the three disciplines.
Lower-Division Course
Students must complete one of the following courses.
• PHIL 101 Free People, Free Thought and Free Markets
Units: 4
• PHIL 103g Philosophy, Politics and Economics in Europe,
from Renaissance to Enlightenment Units: 4
• PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice Units: 4
• PHIL 178gw Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PHIL 260gw Ethical Theory and Practice Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
Logic Course
Students must complete one of the following courses.
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
Lower-Division Political Science
Recommendation
One lower-division POSC course is strongly recommended before
taking any upper-division POSC courses.
Philosophy Gateway Course
Completing a gateway course is recommended prior to enrolling in
any 400-level Philosophy course. This course will count toward the
upper-division Philosophy requirements.
• PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 339 Philosophy of Economics Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
Philosophy of Economics, Political or Legal
Philosophy
Students must complete one of the following courses.
• PHIL 339 Philosophy of Economics Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
History of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Students must complete one of the following courses.
• PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
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Moral Philosophy
Students must complete one of the following courses.
• PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 443 Value Theory Units: 4
Upper-Division Political Science
Students must complete two of the following courses.
• POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and Great Issues of
American Democracy Units: 4
• POSC 311 Political Analysis Units: 4
• POSC 334 Interest Groups and Elite Behavior Units: 4
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• POSC 360 Comparative Political Institutions Units: 4
• POSC 370 European Political Thought I Units: 4
• POSC 371 European Political Thought II Units: 4
• POSC 374 The American Founders: Visions, Values and
Legacy Units: 4
• POSC 375 American Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 380 Political Theories and Social Reform Units: 2, 4
• POSC 422 Political Attitudes and Behavior Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• POSC 425 Legislative Process Units: 4
• POSC 426 The United States Supreme Court Units: 4
• POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System
Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• POSC 435 Politics and the Economy Units: 4
• POSC 437 Mass Media and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 439 Critical Issues in American Politics Units: 4
• POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process
Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 442m The Politics of Human Differences: Diversity
and Discrimination Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• POSC 451 Politics of Resources and Development Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 476 Contemporary Political Thought Units: 4
• POSC 479 Critical Issues in Political Thought Units: 4
Economics
Students must complete the following two courses in economics.
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
Upper-Division Economics
Students must complete one of the following courses after having
completed ECON 203g and ECON 317.
• ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 330 The Political Economy of Institutions Units: 4
• ECON 332 Contracts, Organizations and Institutions Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries Units: 4
• ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
Units: 4
• ECON 343 Economic Development of East Asia Units: 4
• ECON 344 Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
Units: 4
• ECON 348g Current Problems of the American Economy
Units: 4
• ECON 350 The World Economy Units: 4
• ECON 366 Urban Economics Units: 4
Capstone Course
Students must complete the following capstone course. In
semesters when the capstone course is not offered, students
may enroll in an acceptable course equivalent with departmental
approval.
• PHIL 475 Topics in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Units: 4
Note:
Eligibility to graduate with departmental honors distinction requires
completion of all required major courses with a minimum 3.5 GPA
in upper-division Philosophy course work, in addition to completing
PHIL 495 Honors Capstone. In semesters when PHIL 495 is not
offered, students may enroll in PHIL 494 Senior Thesis. Enrollment
in either PHIL 494 or PHIL 495 is open to senior standing students
only and prior completion of at least two 400-level Philosophy
courses is highly recommended.
Philosophy, Politics and Law (BA)
This interdisciplinary major combines, in a systematic and
structured way, basic education in philosophy, political theory and
elements of law. An interdisciplinary approach to the combination
of these three disciplines may be of particular interest to students
contemplating post-graduate work in law; those interested in a
career in public service or politics; and those attracted by the rigor
of philosophy and its attention to foundational issues, who are also
interested in politics and law. Students are exposed to a wider
range of conceptual and methodological approaches than they
would in any single discipline, while learning enough philosophy
and political science to leave a choice of options for graduate
schools.
The major requires nine classes, one of which must be a
gateway course — PHIL 315, PHIL 320, PHIL 336, PHIL 337, PHIL
340, PHIL 360 or PHIL 385 — distributed as follows.
Requirements
One lower-division course from the following:
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System Units: 4
• PHIL 101 Free People, Free Thought and Free Markets
Units: 4
• PHIL 166gw Current Moral and Social Issues Units: 4
• PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice Units: 4
• PHIL 178gw Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain Units: 4
• PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and Consciousness Units: 4
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 256g Science, Religion, and the Making of the Modern
Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PHIL 284gp Ideas on Trial Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
Note:
Students who satisfy one of their general education requirements
by taking a Thematic Option course of comparable scope and
content, can, at the discretion of the Director of the School of
Philosophy and the undergraduate adviser for this major, substitute
that course for one of the above.
One course in logic:
If selected, both PHIL 122a and PHIL 122b must be taken as they
are considered two parts of one course.
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 122a Reasoning and Argument Units: 2
• PHIL 122b Reasoning and Argument Units: 2
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
One course in philosophy of law:
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
Two courses from Categories A, B and C below
The two courses must belong to different categories, and one
of these courses must be a gateway course: PHIL 315, PHIL
320, PHIL 336, PHIL 337, PHIL 340, PHIL 360 or PHIL 385.
Completing a gateway course is recommended prior to enrolling
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in any 400-level Philosophy course. Courses taken to satisfy other
requirements will not be double-counted.
A. Moral and political philosophy
•
PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 443 Value Theory Units: 4
B. History of philosophy:
•
PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 317 History of Western Philosophy: Medieval Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 410 Early Greek Thought Units: 4
• PHIL 411 Plato Units: 4
• PHIL 415 Aristotle Units: 4
• PHIL 416 The Ancient Stoics Units: 4
• PHIL 421 Continental Rationalism Units: 4
• PHIL 422 British Empiricism Units: 4
• PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant Units: 4
• PHIL 424 19th Century Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 473 Wittgenstein Units: 4
C. Systematic areas of philosophy:
•
PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 362 Possible Worlds Units: 4
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
• PHIL 467 Language, Linguistics and Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PHIL 480 Philosophy of Mathematics Units: 4
• PHIL 484 Philosophy of Physics Units: 4
• PHIL 485 Development of Physical Science Units: 4
• PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences Units: 4
One course in constitutional politics:
• POSC 335 Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
Units: 4
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• POSC 426 The United States Supreme Court Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
One course in comparative or international politics
and law:
• ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization and Law Units: 4
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process
Units: 4
• POSC 448a The Politics of Peace Units: 4
One course in politics, law, and public policy:
• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
• POSC 347 Environmental Law Units: 4
• POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership
Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• POSC 443 Law in Film Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
• SWMS 349 Women and the Law Units: 4
One course in law:
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
Note:
Eligibility to graduate with departmental honors distinction requires
completion of all required major courses with a minimum 3.5 GPA
in upper-division Philosophy course work, in addition to completing
PHIL 495 Honors Capstone. In semesters when PHIL 495 is not
offered, students may enroll in PHIL 494 Senior Thesis. Enrollment
in either PHIL 494 or PHIL 495 is open to senior standing students
only and prior completion of at least two 400-level Philosophy
courses is highly recommended.
Minor
Philosophy Minor
The minor in philosophy requires the completion of five
philosophy courses, at least four of which must be upper-division
courses. All minors must take a gateway course — PHIL 315, PHIL
320, PHIL 336, PHIL 337, PHIL 340, PHIL 360 or PHIL 385.
Distribution requirement:
Students must take at least one course from each of
the three categories listed below:
History of Philosophy:
•
PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 317 History of Western Philosophy: Medieval Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
Units: 4
• PHIL 410 Early Greek Thought Units: 4
• PHIL 411 Plato Units: 4
• PHIL 415 Aristotle Units: 4
• PHIL 416 The Ancient Stoics Units: 4
• PHIL 421 Continental Rationalism Units: 4
• PHIL 422 British Empiricism Units: 4
• PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant Units: 4
• PHIL 424 19th Century Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 473 Wittgenstein Units: 4
Ethics, Law and Value Theory:
•
PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 347 Philosophy in Literature Units: 4
• PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4
• PHIL 443 Value Theory Units: 4
• PHIL 445 Philosophy of the Arts Units: 4
• PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4
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Systematic Topics:
•
PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 362 Possible Worlds Units: 4
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
• PHIL 467 Language, Linguistics and Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PHIL 480 Philosophy of Mathematics Units: 4
• PHIL 484 Philosophy of Physics Units: 4
• PHIL 485 Development of Physical Science Units: 4
• PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences Units: 4
Philosophy of Law, Politics and Economics
Minor
The Philosophy of Law, Politics and Economics minor requires
a minimum of five courses, at least three of which must be
philosophy courses, and at least four of which must be upper-
division. Students must complete one course in Logic, and at least
one course from each of the following three categories: Philosophy
and Economics, Philosophy and Politics, Philosophy and Law.
Logic
Students must complete one course from this category.
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4
Philosophy and Economics
Students must complete at least one course from this category.
• PHIL 101 Free People, Free Thought and Free Markets
Units: 4
• PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern
Europe Units: 4
• PHIL 339 Philosophy of Economics Units: 4
• ECON 101 Free People, Free Thought and Free Markets
Units: 4
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• ECON 238xg Political Economy and Social Issues Units: 4
• ECON 339 Philosophy of Economics Units: 4
Philosophy and Politics
Students must complete at least one course from this category.
• PHIL 103g Philosophy, Politics and Economics in Europe,
from Renaissance to Enlightenment Units: 4
• PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and Great Issues of
American Democracy Units: 4
• POSC 374 The American Founders: Visions, Values and
Legacy Units: 4
• POSC 375 American Political Thought Units: 4
Philosophy and Law
Students must complete at least one course from this category.
• LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System Units: 4
• PHIL 178gw Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
Minimum Units Required: 20
Master's Degree
Philosophy (MA)
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of
Arts degree in philosophy. The MA degree is intended only as a
transitional degree in the process of completing requirements for
the PhD in philosophy.
A student may obtain an MA in philosophy by fulfilling the
following requirements: a minimum of 36 units in the USC
philosophy school, at least 24 of which must be at the 500 level.
Requirements include: PHIL 500, PHIL 503 and a 500-level
course in each of the following three areas: metaphysics and
epistemology, ethics and other value theory, and history of
philosophy. Of the remaining four required (4-unit) courses, only
four units of PHIL 590 are applicable to the degree. A publishable
research paper is also required.
Philosophy and Law (MA)
A total of 36 units are required for the degree, including at least
24 units in philosophy. Twelve of these must come from completing
the specialization and breadth requirements. The former requires
students to take a 4unit, 500-level course in philosophy on a topic
spanning philosophy and law. The latter requires students to take
PHIL 500 or PHIL 503, plus another 4-unit, 500-level course in
philosophy on a topic that does not span philosophy and law,
including but not limited to topics in metaphysics, epistemology,
philosophy of language, philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics
and history of philosophy. Students must also demonstrate a basic
proficiency in symbolic logic, typically by passing, at a sufficiently
high level, one of a specified range of 4-unit courses in logic
offered by the School of Philosophy. The law requirement for this
degree consists of two courses in the USC Gould School of Law.
The first must be either LAW 503 Contracts or LAW 509 Torts I.
The second must be either LAW 504 Criminal Law or LAW 508
Constitutional Law. Students who elect to take LAW 504 would
normally also take 1 unit of PHIL 590 as an accompaniment.
Degree candidates must also write a master's thesis on some
subject in legal philosophy. At least one of the thesis advisers must
have an appointment in the School of Philosophy.
Dual Degree
Master of Arts, Philosophy/Juris Doctor
(MA/JD)
Students must complete 24 units in the USC School of
Philosophy and 76 units in the USC Gould School of Law.
First Year: Required law school curriculum
Second and Third Years: The Department of Philosophy prefers
that students take at least one philosophy course each semester.
During the four semesters, students must take at least 16 units
at the 500-level, including PHIL 450 Intermediate Symbolic Logic
or PHIL 510 Philosophical Logic and PHIL 500 Introduction to
Contemporary Philosophical Literature, and PHIL 503 Introduction
to Contemporary Philosophical Literature on Value, one 400-
or 500-level course in ethics or social/political philosophy or
aesthetics or philosophy of law; one 400- or 500-level course
in metaphysics or epistemology or philosophy of language or
philosophy of science or philosophy of mind; one 400- or 500-level
course in the history of ancient or early modern philosophy;
passage of the second year review that shall include a research
paper based on a completed seminar paper and completion of
a publishable research paper. Students must also complete 46
additional law units.
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Doctoral Degree
Philosophy (PhD)
Application deadline: January 1
Course Requirements
The minimum number of course credits required for the PhD is
60 units. No more than 8 of these units may be from 590 courses
and no more than 8 of these units may be from 400-level courses
in the School of Philosophy. PHIL 450 or PHIL 452 do not count
toward this maximum of 8 units of 400-level courses in the School
of Philosophy. No more than 8 of these units may be earned in 794
Doctoral Dissertation. Each student must pass PHIL 450 or PHIL
452 with a grade of B or better and must pass both PHIL 500 and
PHIL 503 with a grade of B+ or better. PHIL 450 or PHIL 452 and
both PHIL 500 and PHIL 503 must be satisfactorily completed by
the end of the second year.
The student may take up to two courses in a field of study
related to philosophy. The PhD dissertation may be written in any
area of philosophy for which adequate supervision is available
from within the university. PhD students are also required to show
evidence of practical or editorial training, or their equivalent.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirement
A foreign language examination, specified by the school, in
French, German, Latin or classical Greek is required. The faculty
may approve a replacement of the language requirement by a
research tool requirement, consisting of an approved course
or examination in a subject essential to the student's research
program. The course or examination must be passed before the
qualifying examination is attempted.
There are three levels of evaluation in the PhD program prior to
the dissertation:
Distribution Requirement
There is a distribution requirement of six courses at the 500
level in the School of Philosophy, two each representing breadth
within each of the following three areas: (1) metaphysics and
epistemology (broadly construed, including philosophical logic;
philosophy of science; philosophy of math, mind, and language),
(2) value theory (broadly construed, including aesthetics, political
philosophy, and the philosophy of law), and (3) pre-1879 history
of philosophy. PHIL 500, PHIL 503 and PHIL 590 courses cannot
count toward this requirement. Up to two 400-level courses
may count by petition toward this requirement, provided that the
departmental standards for graduate-level course work are met.
For courses straddling two areas (for example, history of ancient
philosophy and metaphysics; history of modern philosophy and
ethics), instructors will indicate on the syllabus which requirement
the course will satisfy. Courses dealing with subject matter within
more than one of the areas listed may be used to satisfy any
of the areas encompassed by the course although no single
course may be used to satisfy two requirements at once. The two
courses within each distribution area must represent breadth, as
determined in advance by the graduate adviser and in accordance
with departmental guidelines. All distribution requirements must be
completed by the end of the fifth semester.
Screening Procedure
Students in the PhD program must pass a screening procedure
before undertaking their 25th unit (seventh course) of graduate
credit. This will be based on a review of the student's work to
date, and will take into account not only information acquired but
also those intellectual qualities and capacities that are essential
for good work in philosophy: the capacity to think and write on
philosophical issues with clarity, consistency and thoroughness;
the ability to understand in detail what is involved in the meaning
and justification of philosophical claims or positions; the ability
to recognize and to draw out fine conceptual distinctions and to
perceive their logical relationships; and strong intellectual curiosity
and independence of thought.
Student Reviews
Graduate student progress is reviewed on a regular basis each
term. In addition, apart from the screening procedure, there are
more formal reviews conducted at the end of the fourth and sixth
semesters of study, as described below.
In the fourth semester of study, normally the spring of the
second year, each student shall submit a journal-length paper in
philosophy. The choice of papers should be made in consultation
with the graduate adviser. The second year evaluation will be
made on the basis of faculty review of the submitted paper and
consideration of the student's total record.
For the review following the sixth semester of study, students
are to select one from a list of pre-designated areas in philosophy
and master the material on a pre-assigned reading list of important
works in that area. At the beginning of the sixth semester, each
student will take a written examination, designed by the faculty
of the School of Philosophy, on the materials covered in the
relevant reading list followed by an oral examination exploring
their knowledge of the field. This examination must be passed
by the end of the sixth semester. The examining committee for
each student will consist of faculty conversant with the field and
appointed by the school.
Qualifying Examination
This examination consists of a written prospectus of the
proposed dissertation and an in-depth oral examination on the
form and subject matter of the proposed dissertation. All faculty
members may inspect the prospectus and be present at the oral,
but evaluation of the qualifying examination is the responsibility of
the student's qualifying exam committee. The examination is not
passed if two or more members of the qualifying exam committee
find it unsatisfactory.
The qualifying examination is not offered in the summer. Those
who intend to take this examination must meet all the conditions
specified in the section on general requirements for the PhD
Students are expected to pass the qualifying exam by the end of
the eighth semester. Students who have not passed the qualifying
exam by the end of the eighth semester will be subject to faculty
review, and may not be allowed to continue in the program.
Doctoral Dissertation
When the student passes the qualifying examination, a
dissertation committee (see Graduate Advisement), replacing
the qualifying exam committee, is appointed by the director of
the school in consultation with the student and the philosophy
faculty. Normally, the qualifying exam committee simply becomes
the dissertation committee. This committee and the candidate
will then agree upon how the dissertation is to be developed
and written. The dissertation must be an original contribution to
some well-defined area in philosophy, and must give evidence
of the student's ability to do respectable, large-scale research,
thinking, and writing in the field. The school requires the
defense oral when the research and writing of the dissertation
is substantially complete. Attendance at this oral examination is
open to all members of the university faculty, but the examination
is conducted and evaluated by the candidate's dissertation
committee. The faculty normally works with the dissertations only
in the fall and spring semesters, and the student should plan
accordingly.
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Physical Education and Mind Body Health
The Dornsife Physical Education program offers students
a variety of opportunities to improve their general health and
increase their level of physical fitness. Classes are designed in
such a way that participants of all levels can benefit. Courses
are designed to introduce various aspects of health and wellness
principles through experiential learning. Our hands-on learning
approach connects fundamental instruction with the application of
skills that students can utilize beyond their tenure at the university.
Courses are housed within the following divisions: Mind and Body
program, Sports and Activities, Health and Fitness, and Outdoor
and Safety.
Physical Education Building 107
(213) 740-2488
Fax: (213) 821-1058
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/phed
Director: Steve VanKanegan, MS
Faculty
Master Lecturer: Steve VanKanegan, MS
Senior Lecturers: Timothy L. Burton, MEd; Steve Hsu, MS; Sarah
McGill, MS; Isabelle Pilliere Mazumdar, BA
Lecturers: Marcos Briano, Ph.D; Arthur Chivichyan, BA; Carl
Collins; Salena Collins-Black; Ian Culbertson, BA; Stephanie
Eggert, MS; Amanda Gilbert, BA; Jennifer Guinter, MS; John
Jessee, MS; Irina Jestkova; Clio Manuelian, BA; Kevin Robinson,
MS; George Toney, JD; Linda Yaron, MEd
General Requirements
No more than 4 units of physical education activity courses may
be applied to a student's overall unit requirement, toward his or her
USC degree.
Registration in courses PHED 102a, PHED 102b–PHED
163 is contingent upon assessment of students' knowledge and
competence in performance during the first two class meetings.
Students who wear glasses while participating in vigorous
activities must secure departmental approval of provisions made
for eye protection in courses PHED 140a and PHED 140b. Course
PHED 165 is reserved for students who are reporting for regular
freshman or varsity athletic squads.
To obtain a prerequisite waiver to take a "b" class before having
taken the "a" class, the instructor's approval and signature are
needed. Students should be aware that in the future they cannot
take the prerequisite course in the activity for credit after having it
waived.
Minor
Mind Body Studies Minor
Students will explore the interconnectedness of body and
mind wellbeing through an experiential, interdisciplinary study
that blends theory, research and practice. Offered through the
Department of Physical Education and Mind Body Health, core
course work includes foundations in yoga, mindfulness and stress
management for a comprehensive approach to healthy living.
Interdisciplinary course work examines mental and physical
health for a multi-dimensional view of mind-body awareness and
connection. This minor is designed for students who want to add
a dimension of wellbeing to their personal and academic lives. It
is particularly suited for those with career interests in health care,
physical therapy, psychology or social work.
Required Course Work (20 units): Students will complete
a combination of experiential classes in Physical Education
and Mind Body Health, as well as theory and research-based
interdisciplinary electives.
Core Courses (3 units)
• PHED 120a Yoga Units: 1
• PHED 119 Introduction to Mindfulness Units: 2 or
• PHED 160 Stress Management for Healthy Living Units: 2
Upper-Division Courses (choose 12 units)
• BAEP 472 The Science of Peak Performance Units: 2
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• GERO 411L Physiology, Nutrition, and Aging Units: 2 or 4
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• HBIO 309 The Human Machine Units: 4
• HBIO 401L Physiology of Movement Units: 4
• MKT 404 Happiness and Wellbeing in the Marketplace
Units: 4
• OT 325 The Brain: Mind, Body, and Self Units: 4
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• REL 340 Introduction to Indian Philosophy Units: 4
Elective (choose 5 units)
• PHED 106a Physical Conditioning Units: 1
• PHED 110a Swimming Units: 1
• PHED 118 Sleep for Peak Performance Units: 2
• PHED 119 Introduction to Mindfulness Units: 2 *
• PHED 120b Yoga Units: 1
• PHED 122 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Units: 1
• PHED 123 Yoga Therapy Units: 2
• PHED 124 Walking for Fitness Units: 1
• PHED 134 Hiking Units: 1
• PHED 160 Stress Management for Healthy Living Units: 2 *
• PHED 163 Health Coaching Units: 3
• PHED 299 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Minimum Units: 20
Note: No more than 4 units of physical education activity courses
may be applied to a student's overall unit requirement, toward his
or her USC degree.
*Core courses may not double count as electives.
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Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers the Bachelor
of Science in Physics, Bachelor of Science in Astronomy, Bachelor
of Science in Physics/Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts in
Physics, Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy, Bachelor of Science in
Biophysics, Bachelor of Science in Physical Sciences, a minor in
physics and a minor in astronomy, Master of Science in Physics,
Master of Arts in Physics, Master of Science in Physical Biology,
a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and a Doctor of Philosophy in
Physical Biology.
Ahmanson Center for Biological Research (ACB) 439
Main: (213) 740-0848; Undergraduate: (213) 740-1140;
Graduate: (213) 740-8685
FAX: (213) 740-6653
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/physics
Chair: Stephan Haas, PhD
Faculty
Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences and Professor of Physics and Astronomy: Amber Miller,
PhD
Dean's Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of
Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry: Mohamed El-Naggar,
PhD*
William M. Keck Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor
of Engineering, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy: P. Daniel Dapkus,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Viterbi Professorship in Engineering and Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering Systems, Chemistry and Physics
and Astronomy: Daniel A. Lidar, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
Kenneth T. Norris Professor of Engineering Professor of Chemical
Engineering and Material Science, Physics and Biomedical
Engineering: Anupam Madhukar, PhD (Material Science)
Gabilan Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy: Vera
Gluscevic, PhD
Professors: Itzhak Bars, PhD; Gerd Bergmann, PhD; N. Eugene
Bickers, PhD*; Hans M. Bozler, PhD; Stephen Cronin, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering); Jack Feinberg, PhD*;
Christopher M. Gould, PhD*; Martin A. Gundersen, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Stephan Haas, PhD*; Clifford
Johnson, PhD*; Rajiv Kalia, PhD; Vitaly Kresin, PhD; Joseph Kunc,
PhD (Aerospace Engineering); Aaron Lauda, PhD (Mathematics);
Anthony J. Levi, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Jia
Grace Lu, PhD; Aiichiro Nakano, PhD (Computer Science); Dennis
Nemeschansky, PhD; Elena Pierpaoli, PhD; Krzysztof Pilch, PhD;
Michelle Povinelli, PhD (Electrical Engineering); Oleg Prezhdo,
PhD (Chemistry); Edward J. Rhodes, Jr., PhD*; Remo Rohs, PhD
(Biological Sciences); Hubert Saleur, PhD; Robin Shakeshaft,
PhD; Christopher Shera, PhD (Otolaryngology); Armand Tanguay,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Priya Vashishta, PhD
(Materials Science); Andrey Vilesov, PhD (Chemistry); Nicholas P.
Warner, PhD*; Paolo Zanardi, PhD
Associate Professors: James Boedicker, PhD; Rosa Di Felice,
PhD; Christoph A. Haselwandter, PhD; Susumu Takahashi, PhD
(Chemistry)
Assistant Professors: Peter Chung, PhD; Eli Levenson-Falk, PhD
Professor (Teaching): Vahe Peroomian, PhD
Professors (Research): Leonid Didkovsky, PhD; Geraldine J.
Peters, PhD
Associate Professor (Research): Lorenzo Campos Venuti, PhD
Assistant Professor (Teaching): Scott Macdonald, PhD
Senior Lecturer: Douglas Burke, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
Lecturer: Christopher Sutherland, PhD
Emeritus: Lloyd Armstrong Jr., PhD (Education); Tu-Nan Chang,
PhD; Werner Däppen, PhD; Melvin A. Daybell, PhD; Robert W.
Hellwarth, PhD (Electrical Engineering); Richard S. Thompson,
PhD; William G. Wagner, PhD; Chung-Yung (Robert) Wu, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Grade Point Average in Major Subject
A GPA of C (2.0) or higher is required in all upper-division
courses taken in the department for all of the above major degree
programs. A grade of C (2.0) or higher is required in all courses in
the department specifically listed as subject requirements.
Advisement
Advisement is required for all BS and BA degree candidates
in the department. Students should meet with their departmental
academic adviser at least once a semester to review the direction
of their academic programs. Students who have not met with
an adviser should contact the director of undergraduate affairs.
Students are also encouraged to seek the advisement of faculty
members whose specializations are appropriate to their intended
field of graduate study.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Students are encouraged to become familiar with the research
programs of the faculty in the department. Students who intend to
pursue a PhD and a career in research in physics or astronomy
following graduation are strongly encouraged to become involved
directly in one of the research programs, whether as summer
research assistants or as part-time laboratory assistants during the
academic year. Specific research opportunities will depend upon
individual faculty research programs.
Graduate Degrees
The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers graduate
study at the master's and doctoral degree levels. The graduate
program prepares students for professional careers in research,
teaching and developmental applications of physics.
Entering students spend time in intensive course work providing
a broad background in advanced physics regardless of degree
objective. Subsequent study involves a mix of course work,
practical training and independent research (depending on degree
objective). The doctoral program affords exceptionally close
collaboration between students and faculty.
Research Areas: Experimental, Theoretical and
Computational
Opportunities for research are offered in atomic, molecular
and optical/laser physics, astrophysics, biological physics,
elementary particle theory, string theory, quantum field theory,
earthquake physics, helioseismology, condensed matter physics,
quantum electronics/nonlinear optics, space physics and ultralow
temperature physics.
Degree Requirements
Graduate degrees in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Refer to the
Requirements for Graduation section and The Graduate School
section of this catalogue for general regulations. All courses
applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted by the
Graduate School.
Graduate study in physics is divided into these degree objectives:
• Master of Science and Master of Arts in Physics
• Master of Science in Physical Biology
• Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
• Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Biology
Bachelor's Degree
Astronomy (BA)
This program is intended for students with an interest in
astronomy who may not intend to pursue a career in the field.
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Required Lower-Division Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 *
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 *
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Required Upper-Division Courses
• ASTR 400 The Solar System Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 422 Galaxies and Large-Scale Structures in the
Universe Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 424 Cosmology Units: 4
• ASTR 450 Stellar Astrophysics Units: 4, 2 years
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 492L Senior Lab Units: 4
Total units: 57
*PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L and PHYS 153L may be substituted for
the sequence PHYS 161L, PHYS 162L and PHYS 163L.
Astronomy (BS)
This program is intended primarily for students who are
interested in a career in astronomy.
Required Lower-Division Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 *
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 *
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Required Upper-Division Courses
• ASTR 400 The Solar System Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 422 Galaxies and Large-Scale Structures in the
Universe Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 424 Cosmology Units: 4
• ASTR 450 Stellar Astrophysics Units: 4, 2 years
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 492L Senior Lab Units: 4
Total units: 73
*PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L and PHYS 153L may be substituted for
the sequence PHYS 161L, PHYS 162L and PHYS 163L.
Biophysics (BS)
This program is intended for students with an interest in the
interdisciplinary field of biophysics. The degree program provides
the physics and biology background necessary for the field while
simultaneously fulfilling medical school entrance requirements.
Required Lower-Division Courses
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 *
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 **
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 **
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 **
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Required Upper-Division Courses
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 444 Physical Biology: From Molecules to Cells Units: 4
Total units: 56
*PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L and PHYS 153L may be substituted for
the sequence PHYS 161L, PHYS 162L and PHYS 163L.
**PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L and PHYS 153L may be substituted for
the sequence PHYS 161L, PHYS 162L and PHYS 163L.
Physical Sciences (BS)
This program is intended for students with an interest in the
physical sciences. The program is designed to allow students
interested in teaching at the secondary level to enroll in courses
required for the California Single Subject Teaching credential
offered through the School of Education.
Required Lower-Division Courses
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 **
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 **
• GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Courses
• Astronomy elective* Units: 4
• Chemistry elective* Units: 4
• Earth Science elective* Units: 4
• Physics elective* Units: 4
• Three additional electives from these fields* Units: 12
Note:
*Upper-division courses must be applicable to majors in their
respective departments.
**CHEM 105aL, CHEM 105bL may be substituted for the
sequence CHEM 115aL, CHEM 115bL.
Other Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
Total units: 64
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Physics (BA)
This program is intended for students with an interest in physics
who may not intend to pursue a career in physics.
Required Lower-Division Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 **
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 **
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 *
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 *
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Required Upper-Division Courses
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 492L Senior Lab Units: 4
Choose one:
• PHYS 408b Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 440 Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics Units: 4
• PHYS 493L Advanced Experimental Techniques Units: 4
Total units: 65
*PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L and PHYS 153L may be substituted for
the sequence PHYS 161L, PHYS 162L and PHYS 163L.
**CHEM 115aL, CHEM 115bL may be substituted for the sequence
CHEM105aL, CHEM105bL.
Physics (BS)
This program is intended primarily for students who are
interested in a career in physics.
Required Lower-Division Courses
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 **
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 **
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 *
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 *
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Required Upper-Division Courses
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 408b Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 440 Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics Units: 4
• PHYS 492L Senior Lab Units: 4
• PHYS 493L Advanced Experimental Techniques Units: 4
Total units: 77
*PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L and PHYS 153L may be substituted for
the sequence PHYS 161L, PHYS 162L and PHYS 163L.
**CHEM 105aL, CHEM 105bL may be substituted for the
sequence CHEM 115aL, CHEM 115bL.
Physics/Computer Science (BS)
This program is intended for students with dual interests in
physics and computer science who wish to complete the essential
courses for both majors within their normal four-year career.
Required Lower-Division Courses
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 *
• PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series Units: 1
Required Upper-Division Courses
• CSCI 350 Introduction to Operating Systems Units: 4
• EE 352L Computer Organization and Architecture Units: 3
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 408b Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 495 Senior Project Units: 2
Total units: 81
**PHYS 151L and 152L may be substituted for PHYS 161L and
162L respectively.
Minor
Astronomy Minor
The astronomy minor is open to all students. A minimum of
three courses taken toward the minor must be unique to the minor.
Required Courses (24 Units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Elective - Choose 3 (12 Units)
• ASTR 400 The Solar System Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 422 Galaxies and Large-Scale Structures in the
Universe Units: 4, 2 years
• ASTR 424 Cosmology Units: 4
• ASTR 450 Stellar Astrophysics Units: 4, 2 years
Total units: 36
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Physics Minor
The physics minor is open to all students. Engineering students
must take a minimum of three upper-division courses unique to the
minor.
Required Courses (28 Units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Electives - Choose 3 (12 Units)
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
Total units: 40
Master's Degree
Physical Biology (MS)
The Master's Program in Physical Biology is designed for
students who have backgrounds in physics, chemistry, biology,
mathematics and engineering, and who are motivated to pursue
training in biophysical research that emphasizes theoretical,
computational, and experimental methods. The training faculty in
the program includes faculty members from multiple departments
at USC who have research programs in areas including structural
biology, neuroscience, membrane biophysics, cellular biophysics
and theoretical biophysics. Students are usually admitted to
the program on the research-based thesis track; however, in
special circumstances applications to the non-thesis track will be
considered.
Admission
Applicants to the program will normally have earned a
bachelor's degree and completed course work in mathematics
(including calculus), physics, chemistry and biology. To be
considered, applicants must complete a USC Graduate
Admissions application and submit either GRE or MCAT test
scores, a brief personal statement explaining the reasons
for applying to the program, a brief statement regarding
previous laboratory experience, official transcripts from all
academic institutions previously attended, and three letters of
recommendation. Foreign applicants are required to submit results
from a TOEFL or IELTS examination. In the personal statement,
applicants must specify whether they are applying to the thesis-
or non-thesis track and the reasons for that choice. Normally,
admission will be in the thesis track and a recommendation to
admit an applicant will require Executive Committee approval of
an agreement between an applicant and a faculty member who
will serve as mentor of the thesis project. The agreement shall
specify the general research area of the thesis. Prior to submission
of a formal application, applicants may submit basic documentary
information to determine how their credentials compare to
expectations for admission.
The Physical Biology Master's program participates in
Progressive Master's Degree Programs and seeks applications
from qualified students (undergrad.usc.edu/programs/
progressive/).
Continued enrollment
Continued enrollment in the program requires an average GPA
of at least 3.0, and a "Pass" or "Credit" in all non-graded courses.
At any time, after evaluating a student's progress, the MBPH
Executive Committee, at its discretion, may require a student to
pass a screening examination to be eligible to progress to the third
or later semester of graduate study. If a student fails to achieve
these metrics or pass a screening examination, the Executive
Committee will make a recommendation as to whether or not
to place the student on probationary enrollment with a defined
remediation sufficient to remedy the deficiency or to recommend
the student withdraw or be dismissed from the program.
Thesis track:
A three-member Guidance Committee will advise each student
and monitor the progress of thesis work of each student in the
thesis track. The Guidance Committee shall consist of at least:
1. the student's adviser who shall chair the committee and be a
tenure-track member of the Graduate Committee;
2. the student's thesis mentor, if not the same faculty member
as the adviser;
3. one (or two) additional members of the Graduate Committee.
Final examination
Passing the final examination requires: 1) submission of an
acceptable thesis document describing the work of the thesis,
and 2) an oral defense of the thesis. The Thesis Committee will
administer the final examination. The composition of the Thesis
Committee and the Guidance Committee may be the same. The
thesis document shall be distributed to the student's Master's
Thesis Committee and a copy provided to the Graduate Program
Office at least two weeks prior to the oral examination. If the
document is not provided by that date, then the oral examination
shall be rescheduled to accommodate this requirement. Final
acceptance of the document and passage of the oral examination
requires the unanimous recommendation of all members of the
Thesis Committee. If the student does not pass the examination
on the first attempt, at its discretion the Executive Committee may
grant a second opportunity to pass the examination according to
policies in the USC Catalogue.
Non-thesis track:
Final Examination. A comprehensive examination replaces the
thesis defense. The Executive Committee shall appoint a member
of the Graduate Committee to supervise the final examination
process (the "Examination Supervisor"). The examination shall
be on a topic approved by the Examination Supervisor and shall
consist of: 1) a document discussing the topic in sufficient detail,
and 2) passing an oral examination on the substance of the topic.
The document shall be submitted to the Examination Supervisor
at least two weeks prior to the oral examination. If the document
is not provided by that date, then the oral examination shall be
rescheduled to accommodate this requirement. To qualify as the
final examination, all the faculty of the Graduate Committee shall
be invited to attend the presentation with notice given at least two
weeks in advance and at least three members of the Graduate
Committee or alternates selected by the program director shall
attend.
During and following the presentation, faculty members
may pose questions relevant to the presentation to determine
if the student has mastered an appropriate breadth and depth
of knowledge of biophysics. The Examination Supervisor shall
then receive reports from faculty attending the presentation,
usually within a week, and make a recommendation to the
Graduate Committee as to whether or not the student passed
the examination. Unless a member of the Graduate Committee
objects, the recommendation shall be considered accepted. If
an objection is received a decision shall be made by a secret
ballot vote with two thirds of those voting in favor of passage
required for passage of the examination. If the student does not
pass the examination on the first attempt, at its discretion the
Graduate Committee may grant a second opportunity to pass the
examination according to policies in the USC Catalogue.
Required Courses
• CHEM 519 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: An
Introduction for Chemists Units: 4
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or
• CHEM 520a Advanced Chemical Biology Units: 2 and
• CHEM 520b Advanced Chemical Biology Units: 2
• CHEM 540 Introduction to Statistical Mechanics Units: 4
or
• PHYS 518 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 3
• PHYS 500 Graduate Colloquium Units: 1 (4 units required)
• PHYS 690 Introduction to Physical Biology Units: 3
Electives
In addition to the elective courses listed below, relevant 500- and
400-level courses may fulfill elective requirements with approval
from the student's research adviser in consultation with the
Program Committee. Given the interdisciplinary nature of this
program, it is likely that the relevant elective courses will evolve
over time. A maximum of 4 units may be taken from approved
400-level courses. The balance of the required units from
Research Courses (PHYS 590).
• CHEM 521 Basic Principles of Physical Methods in
Biochemistry Units: 2
• CHEM 538 Mathematical Techniques of Physical Chemistry
Units: 4
• INTD 549 Protein Chemistry -- Structure and Function
Units: 4
• MPHY 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• MPHY 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• PHBI 650 Mechanisms of Ion and Solute Transport Across
Cell Membranes Units: 2
• PHBI 651 Molecular Modeling and Kinetic Simulations in
Membrane Transport Units: 2
• PHYS 504 Advanced Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 508a Advanced Electricity and Magnetism Units: 3
• PHYS 516 Methods of Computational Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 520 Methods for Complex Systems Units: 3
• PHYS 558a Quantum Mechanics Units: 3 and
• PHYS 558b Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
or
• CHEM 544 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry Units: 4
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
• QBIO 502 Molecular Biology for Quantitative Scientists
Units: 4
• QBIO 577 Computational Molecular Biology Laboratory
Units: 2
Minimum Required Units: 24
Physics (MA)
Admission Requirements
The prerequisite for admission for a master's degree in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy is a bachelor's degree in
physics or a related field. All applicants for admission must take
the Graduate Record Examinations, including the Physics Subject
Test. Transcripts of undergraduate records as well as transcripts
of any graduate level courses are required. The TOEFL or IELTS
is required of international students applying for a teaching
assistantship as well as for those applying for admission only.
Applicants may be admitted as a degree candidate
at the beginning of fall or spring semester.
Residence
All MS and MA degree students normally take at least three
courses for each of two semesters. A total of 24 units of credit
is required for graduation. Admitted students may transfer
a maximum of 4 units of credit to apply toward the degree
requirements.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no foreign language requirement for the MS or MA
Course Requirements
Option A MS in Physics: The MS degree requires satisfactory
completion of seven courses (exclusive of PHYS 500 and PHYS
594), of which no more than one course may be PHYS 590
Directed Research. In addition, satisfactory completion of a thesis
(and 4 units of PHYS 594) is required.
Option B MA in Physics: The MA degree requires satisfactory
completion of eight courses (exclusive of PHYS 500 and PHYS
590) plus a high level of performance on the comprehensive
examination.
The required courses for either option are PHYS 504, PHYS
508a and PHYS 558a. For either option at least five courses
must be at the 500 level or higher and remaining courses at the
400 level or higher; at least five courses must be in physics. All
required physics courses must be passed with a grade of B- or
better. No upper-division courses required for the BA in physics at
USC may be counted for credit toward the MA or MS degree.
Comprehensive Examination
All master's degree candidates are required to take the
departmental screening examination not later than during their
second semester (excluding summer). This examination serves
as the required comprehensive examination for the MA degree.
A high level of performance is required for the MA degree, and a
superior level is required for admission to (or continuation in) the
PhD program.
Physics (MS)
Admission Requirements
The prerequisite for admission for a master's degree in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy is a bachelor's degree in
physics or a related field. All applicants for admission must take
the Graduate Record Examinations, including the Physics Subject
Test. Transcripts of undergraduate records as well as transcripts
of any graduate level courses are required. The TOEFL or IELTS
is required of international students applying for a teaching
assistantship as well as for those applying for admission only.
Applicants may be admitted as a degree candidate
at the beginning of fall or spring semester.
Residence
All MS and MA degree students normally take at least three
courses for each of two semesters. A total of 24 units of credit
is required for graduation. Admitted students may transfer
a maximum of 4 units of credit to apply toward the degree
requirements.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no foreign language requirement for the MS or MA
Course Requirements
Option A MS in Physics: The MS degree requires satisfactory
completion of seven courses (exclusive of PHYS 500 and PHYS
594), of which no more than one course may be PHYS 590
Directed Research. In addition, satisfactory completion of a thesis
(and 4 units of PHYS 594) is required.
Option B MA in Physics: The MA degree requires satisfactory
completion of eight courses (exclusive of PHYS 500 and PHYS
590) plus a high level of performance on the comprehensive
examination.
The required courses for either option are PHYS 504, PHYS
508a and PHYS 558a. For either option at least five courses
must be at the 500 level or higher and remaining courses at the
400 level or higher; at least five courses must be in physics. All
required physics courses must be passed with a grade of B- or
better. No upper-division courses required for the BA in physics at
USC may be counted for credit toward the MA or MS degree.
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Comprehensive Examination
All master's degree candidates are required to take the
departmental screening examination not later than during their
second semester (excluding summer). This examination serves
as the required comprehensive examination for the MA degree.
A high level of performance is required for the MA degree, and a
superior level is required for admission to (or continuation in) the
PhD program.
Doctoral Degree
Physical Biology (PhD)
The interface between physics and biology is experiencing
a revolution much like the one experienced by 17th century
astronomers. Then, like now, new quantitative techniques allowed
unprecedented observations, which in turn demanded quantitative
reasoning. Galileo's approach subjected the laws of motion to
a unique blend of experiment and theory, before finally being
placed in a predictive mathematical context. This style of inquiry,
long favored by physicists, is now being applied to the biological
sciences with increasing frequency. New experimental tools are
elucidating phenomena ranging from the forces experienced
by single biomolecules to the complex regulatory networks of
gene expression, and the target biophysical problems range
from the metabolism of individual cells to the dynamics of entire
populations. The power of this physics-based approach is
now widely recognized as essential for approaching all grand
challenges in the biological sciences, from combating cancer to
unraveling the mysteries of the brain.
Motivated by the promise of this approach at the physics/
biology interface, the PhD program in Physical Biology integrates
biophysical research experience leading to a dissertation with
state-of-the art curriculum that (i) introduces molecular and
cell biology to quantitatively minded students; (ii) presents a
rigorous treatment of the physical principles underlying biological
phenomena; and (iii) emphasizes the emerging physical methods
that has transformed the biological sciences into a quantitative
discipline. While distinct in its intellectual focus from existing
graduate programs at USC, this program harnesses the critical
mass of research-active biophysicists in multiple departments
(physics, biological sciences, chemistry, multiple engineering
departments, and the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The Physical Biology (PBIO) PhD program is designed
for graduate students who seek a quantitative framework for
understanding the physical principles of biological organization
and function. These students may have backgrounds from
physics, engineering, mathematics and chemistry, but seek to
wield their quantitative skills in the basic or applied life sciences.
The program is also for students with training in the biological
sciences looking for training and research opportunities grounded
the physical sciences. and who seek a fundamental understanding
of biological systems not emphasized in PhD programs associated
with departments of biology, medicine, bioinformatics, or
engineering. Graduates will likely move onto careers including
medicine, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, as well as career
opportunities open to graduates with training in the physical
sciences. Graduates may also pursue academic positions in the
growing area of biophysics.
Admission Requirements:
Admission decisions will be made by the Department of
Physics and Astronomy's Graduate Admissions Committee,
which will be advised by the PBIO Program Committee (including
representatives from other departments). The prerequisite for
admission to the Physical Biology (PBIO) PhD program is a
bachelor's (or master's) degree in physics, chemistry, biological
sciences, engineering or a related field that stresses quantitative
training. Successful applicants will have completed undergraduate
course work in mathematics (including calculus), physics,
chemistry and biological sciences. All applicants for admission
must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Transcripts
of undergraduate records as well as transcripts of any graduate-
level courses are required. The TOEFL or IELTS is required of
international students applying for a teaching assistantship as
well as for those applying for admission only. Applicants may
be admitted to the program at the beginning of the fall or spring
semester.
Potential applicants are encouraged to inquire about the
program by contacting one or more members of the PBIO Program
Committee prior to submitting the online application. In addition to
the required test scores, as appropriate, applicants will submit a
detailed personal statement explaining the reasons for applying to
the PBIO Program, description of previous or ongoing research,
and three letters of recommendation. Applicants who are deficient
in some areas may be required to remedy the deficiencies as a
condition of admittance to the program.
A minimum of 60 units is required.
Required Courses
• CHEM 519 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: An
Introduction for Chemists Units: 4
or
• CHEM 520a Advanced Chemical Biology Units: 2 and
• CHEM 520b Advanced Chemical Biology Units: 2
• CHEM 540 Introduction to Statistical Mechanics Units: 4
or
• PHYS 518 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 3
• PHYS 500 Graduate Colloquium Units: 1 (4 units required)
• PHYS 690 Introduction to Physical Biology Units: 3
Elective Courses
Nine units minimum required.
• BIOC 522 Applications of Physical Methods in Biochemistry
Units: 2
• CHEM 521 Basic Principles of Physical Methods in
Biochemistry Units: 2
• CHEM 538 Mathematical Techniques of Physical Chemistry
Units: 4
• CHEM 544 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry Units: 4
or
• PHYS 558a Quantum Mechanics Units: 3 and
• PHYS 558b Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
• INTD 549 Protein Chemistry -- Structure and Function
Units: 4
• MPHY 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• MPHY 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• PHBI 650 Mechanisms of Ion and Solute Transport Across
Cell Membranes Units: 2
• PHBI 651 Molecular Modeling and Kinetic Simulations in
Membrane Transport Units: 2
• PHYS 504 Advanced Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 508a Advanced Electricity and Magnetism Units: 3
• PHYS 516 Methods of Computational Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 520 Methods for Complex Systems Units: 3
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
• QBIO 502 Molecular Biology for Quantitative Scientists
Units: 4
• QBIO 577 Computational Molecular Biology Laboratory
Units: 2
Note:
In addition to the elective courses listed above, relevant 500- and
400-level courses may fulfill the electives required after approval
by the student's research adviser in consultation with the PBIO
Program Committee. Given the interdisciplinary nature of this
program, it is likely that the relevant elective courses will evolve
over time. A maximum of 4 units may be taken from approved
400-level courses. The balance of the required units are from
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research and dissertation (PHYS 590, PHYS 790, PHYS 794a
through PHYS 794z).
Graduate students in the program may serve as Teaching
Assistants, but time as a TA is not a requirement for the degree of
PhD.
Finding a Faculty Adviser
Given the interdisciplinary nature of the research interests
of students coming to the program, graduate students will have
research group rotations as part of the first year of the program.
Each student will rotate with at least two different research groups.
Rotations will begin in September and each will last six weeks.
Rotation 1 and 2 will occur in the fall semester and rotation 3 will
occur in the spring semester. Each student should have a tentative
faculty adviser before the Screening Procedure.
Screening Procedure
The screening requirements designated for continuation in
Physical Biology PhD program are: before the third semester of
course work the student has demonstrated satisfactory progress
towards the degree, to be determined in consultation with the
Program Director and an appointed faculty adviser; and an overall
grade point average of B or better in at least 22 total units by the
end of the fourth semester of course work (with no single grade
lower than B-, as indicated above).
Only students who have passed the screening requirements are
allowed to take the qualifying examination. Students who do not
pass the qualifying exam may opt to continue their course work
(as specified in the physics graduate program) toward a Master's
Degree in Physics.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination requires the presentation (and oral
defense) of a critical review of a scientific article and a research
proposal prepared by the student on the area in which the student
intends to do a doctoral dissertation. The qualifying exam will be
taken in the fifth semester.
The written critical review and research proposal are submitted
to the committee at least one week prior to a meeting with the
committee where an oral examination expands on the written
parts. The qualifying examination is administered by the four-
member qualifying exam committee, which is composed of the
research adviser, two other members of the program, and one
member from outside the program.
Language Requirement
Students in the Physical Biology PhD program are not required
to pass a foreign language examination.
Dissertation and Dissertation Defense
The dissertation committee consists of three members of the
qualifying exam committee including the research adviser and
the outside member. An acceptable dissertation based upon
completion of an original research investigation is required for the
PhD in Physical Biology. The candidate must defend an approved
draft of the dissertation in a public oral defense. The dissertation
committee will then meet with the student in a closed session to
complete the oral examination. The candidate must be prepared to
answer general questions in the field as well as specific questions
regarding the dissertation. Upon successful completion of the
defense, the PhD in Physical Biology is awarded.
Physics (PhD)
Application deadline: January 1
Admission Requirements
The prerequisite for admission to the doctoral program in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy is a bachelor's (or master's)
degree in physics or related field. All applicants for admission
must take the Graduate Record Examinations, including the
Physics Subject Test. Transcripts of undergraduate records as
well as transcripts of any graduate-level courses are required. The
TOEFL or IELTS is required of international students applying for a
teaching assistantship as well as for those applying for admission
only. Applicants may be admitted to the program at the beginning
of the fall or spring semester.
Residence
PhD students in physics normally enroll in three courses for
each of the first four semesters in graduate school. A total of 60
units of credit is required for graduation. Students admitted to
the PhD program may transfer a maximum of 30 units of credit
to apply toward degree requirements. For students admitted with
Advanced Standing (entry with an appropriate completed graduate
degree from an accredited institution), a minimum of 36 units of
course work beyond that graduate degree, exclusive of PHYS
794a and PHYS 794b, will be required.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no foreign language requirement for the PhD.
Course Requirements
The student is expected to have prepared for understanding
all branches of physics. The required courses for the PhD are
(1) the following seven core courses: PHYS 504, PHYS 508a,
PHYS 508b, PHYS 510, PHYS 518, PHYS 558a, and PHYS 558b;
(2) a minimum of four elective graduate courses in Physics and
Astronomy (or with departmental approval in related departments);
(3) four units of PHYS 500; and (4) PHYS 794a and PHYS 794b.
All required physics courses (except PHYS 500 and PHYS
794a, PHYS 794b, PHYS 794c, PHYS 794d, and PHYS 794z)
must be passed with a grade of B- or better. After passing the
qualifying examination the student must register for PHYS 794a,
PHYS 794b, PHYS 794c, PHYS 794d, or PHYS 794z Doctoral
Dissertation each fall and spring semester.
Screening Procedure
Any student proceeding toward the PhD in physics must pass
the departmental screening examination at a superior level. The
exam must be taken not later than during the second semester
(excluding summers, but including time in the MA/MS program)
in the department. New advanced students who have passed
an equivalent comprehensive examination at a well-recognized
research university with superior grades may apply to the
departmental examination committee for an oral interview in order
to be exempted from the written screening examination. A faculty
member who supervises the research of such a student in the
department must support this application.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The graduate adviser serves as adviser to incoming students
and assists in the appointment of the qualifying exam committee,
which is formed after the screening examination has been
passed. After the student passes the qualifying examination and
a dissertation topic is approved, the five-member qualifying exam
committee becomes known as the dissertation committee and
is responsible for monitoring the candidate's progress and for
approving the final content and form of the dissertation.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination must be attempted not later than
during the seventh semester (or in the case of advanced students,
the fifth semester) in the department (excluding summer). The PhD
qualifying examination contains a written part and an oral part.
The written part consists of a critical review by the student of a
published work selected by the qualifying exam committee and of
a research proposal prepared by the student on the area in which
the student intends to do a doctoral dissertation. The oral part
expands on the written part.
Dissertation
A doctoral dissertation in physics is expected to be an extensive
description of original research carried out by the student. A
complete discussion of reported research in relation to previous
work by others is essential.
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Defense of the Dissertation
The dissertation must be defended in a final oral examination.
The candidate must be prepared to answer general questions in
the field as well as specific questions regarding the dissertation.
Core Courses
• PHYS 504 Advanced Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 508a Advanced Electricity and Magnetism Units: 3
• PHYS 508b Advanced Electricity and Magnetism Units: 3
• PHYS 510 Methods of Theoretical Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 518 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 3
• PHYS 558a Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 558b Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
Electives
A minimum of four elective graduate courses in Physics and
Astronomy (or, with departmental approval, in related departments)
Colloquium
• PHYS 500 Graduate Colloquium Units: 1
Dissertation
• PHYS 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• PHYS 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Political Science
The Department of Political Science and International Relations
offers: the BA in Political Science; minors in political science;
law and society; race, ethnicity and politics; human rights; and
practical politics.
The Political Science major combines study of the foundations
of political systems and institutions with examination of public
attitudes, participation and behavior. The major allows students
to acquire an in-depth understanding of citizens' relationship to
government while developing critical thinking and research skills.
The Political Science major offers courses in four broad fields:
American politics, political thought, comparative politics, and law
and public policy. Faculty provide regional specialization in Latin
America, East Asia, Western Europe, Russia and Eastern Europe,
the Middle East, and Africa.
The Political Science major also offers eight concentrations,
allowing students to develop expertise in the areas of: applied
politics; cross national and regional politics; environmental politics;
law and human rights; parties, interest groups, and institutions;
political thought and philosophy; public opinion, communication,
and decision-making; and race, gender, and the politics of justice.
The Center for the Political Future/Jesse M. Unruh Institute of
Politics offers students traditional internship opportunities with
governmental and nongovernmental organizations as well as
research internship opportunities as part of the political science
program of study.
Center for International and Public Affairs, CPA 327
(213) 740-6998
FAX: (213) 740-8893
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Ange-Marie Hancock-Alfaro, PhD
Faculty: see Political Science and International Relations
Undergraduate Degrees
Advisement
The department has faculty and staff advisers who provide
academic advisement, career counseling and advisement to pre-
law students and those wishing to go on to graduate studies. All
majors are encouraged to see their adviser.
Political Science Honors Program
The department offers an honors program for outstanding
undergraduate students in the junior and senior years. The two
semester program emphasizes a specialized topic (a different
area each year) in political science. The organization of the course
during the first semester follows the seminar model, emphasizing
independent research, discussion, and oral and written reports.
In the second semester, the student is required to write a thesis
under the direction of a faculty member. Students are admitted to
the program after careful screening on the basis of their academic
record and a personal interview. Classes are limited to about 10
students.
The department also offers an honors sequence for freshmen
and sophomores, POSC 190a, POSC 190b. The first semester is
a small seminar of about 10 students. The second semester is a
continuation with a major research paper due as the final.
Political Science Honor Societies
There are two honor societies of special interest to political
science majors. Pi Sigma Alpha stimulates scholarship and interest
in the subject of government by providing tangible recognition to
students who have excelled in the field. Political science majors
are eligible to join after successful completion of at least three
upper-division courses in political science. An overall grade point
average of 3.5 or higher is required, with a minimum of 3.5 in all
political science classes.
The second honor society is Blackstonians. This is a pre-law
honor society for undergraduate students designed to recognize
academic excellence, assist the student in his or her preparation
for law school, and expand the knowledge of the legal profession.
Membership is restricted to students who have completed at least
32 units (16 of which must be from USC), but not more than 118
units, and have maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average.
Mock Trial Team
The department hosts the USC Mock Trial Team. This trial
advocacy training program is designed to develop students'
knowledge of substantive areas of civil law, criminal law and
evidence. Additionally, public speaking skills are honed and
societal mores are explored. Legal concepts, sociocultural theory
and presentational skills are then applied through participation
in courtroom advocacy competitions nationwide and local public
interest advocacy assignments. Academic credit is earned through
POSC 398. Membership on the team is required to enroll.
Graduate Degrees
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
All graduate students are required to maintain regular
contact with the graduate coordinator to assure compliance with
departmental regulations.
Bachelor of Arts
Political Science (BA)
Department majors are required to take ten courses (40 units) in
political science.
Introductory Courses Requirement
All students must take at least two of the following four 100-level
core courses that introduce students to the major sub-fields of
political science (American, Comparative, Law and Public Policy,
Political Thought).
• POSC 100g Theory and Practice of American Democracy
Units: 4
• POSC 110g Ideology and Political Conflict Units: 4
• POSC 120 Comparative Politics Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
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Distribution (Field) Requirement
Students fulfill the distribution requirement by completing one
upper division course (300 level or above) in three of the four
major sub-fields (American, Comparative, Law and Public Policy,
Political Thought).
American Politics
POSC 300, POSC 311, POSC 315, POSC 320, POSC 321, POSC
323, POSC 325, POSC 328, POSC 334, POSC 335, POSC 418,
POSC 420, POSC 421, POSC 422, POSC 423, POSC 424m,
POSC 425, POSC 427, POSC 428, POSC 437, POSC 439, POSC
449
Comparative Politics
POSC 350, POSC 351, POSC 352, POSC 354, POSC 355, POSC
356, POSC 358, POSC 360, POSC 363, POSC 365, POSC 366,
POSC 430, POSC 431, POSC 450, POSC 451, POSC 453, POSC
456, POSC 463, POSC 464, POSC 469
Law and Public Policy
POSC 333, POSC 340, POSC 345, POSC 347, POSC 426, POSC
432, POSC 435, POSC 436, POSC 440, POSC 441m, POSC
442m, POSC 443, POSC 444, POSC 448a, POSC 448b, POSC
452
Political Thought
POSC 370, POSC 371, POSC 374, POSC 375, POSC 377, POSC
380, POSC 381, POSC 476, POSC 479
Concentration Requirement
Students fulfill the concentration requirement by taking three
courses from one of eight Concentrations that focus on major
topical interests in the study of politics. Students may take no
more than one 200-level course per concentration. Students
may not double-count any courses taken in the distribution (field)
requirement and the concentration requirement. No more than a
total of four units of POSC 395 and POSC 398L can count for the
concentration requirement. Four units of the Honors Seminars
POSC 391/POSC 392 can count toward a concentration if the
topic of the honors thesis is in the area of the concentration.
Critical Issues courses may count for a concentration area, but
department approval must be received in advance.
The areas of concentration are:
Law and Human Rights (POSC 248gw, POSC 321, POSC 340,
POSC 345, POSC 347, POSC 366, POSC 421, POSC 425, POSC
426, POSC 427, POSC 432, POSC 440, POSC 441m, POSC
442m, POSC 443, POSC 444, POSC 448a, POSC 448b, POSC
452)
Public Opinion, Communication, and Decision Making (POSC
311, POSC 334, POSC 335, POSC 422, POSC 423, POSC 426,
POSC 435, POSC 437, POSC 449)
Parties, Interest Groups, and Institutions (POSC 300, POSC
311, POSC 315, POSC 325, POSC 334, POSC 335, POSC 360,
POSC 420, POSC 423, POSC 425, POSC 428, POSC 435, POSC
436)
Political Thought and Philosophy (POSC 370, POSC 371,
POSC 374, POSC 375, POSC 377, POSC 380, POSC 381, POSC
476, POSC 479)
Applied Politics (POSC 300, POSC 315, POSC 323, POSC 335,
POSC 395, POSC 398L, POSC 418, POSC 420, POSC 425,
POSC 437, POSC 449)
Cross-National and Regional Politics (POSC 350, POSC 351,
POSC 352, POSC 354, POSC 355, POSC 356, POSC 358, POSC
360, POSC 363, POSC 365, POSC 366, POSC 430, POSC 431,
POSC 450, POSC 451, POSC 453, POSC 456, POSC 463, POSC
464, POSC 469)
Race, Gender, and Politics of Justice (POSC 320, POSC 321,
POSC 328, POSC 381, POSC 421, POSC 424m, POSC 427,
POSC 428, POSC 432, POSC 441m, POSC 442m, POSC 444,
POSC 448a, POSC 449)
Environmental Politics (POSC 265gw, POSC 270, POSC 321,
POSC 347, POSC 363, POSC 418, POSC 436, POSC 451, POSC
456)
Elective Requirement
Students must complete two additional elective courses, both
of which must be upper division (300 or 400 level courses). One
course (or four units) of the following courses: POSC 395, POSC
398L or POSC 490x may be counted as an elective. In addition,
one of the Honors Seminars (4 units of POSC 391/POSC 392) can
count as an elective.
Students who have a double major in political science and
in another department in the social sciences, may, with prior
permission of the department undergraduate adviser, substitute
one upper-division course from the second major for one
upper-division political science course. In the development of
an undergraduate program, students should consult periodically
with the political science undergraduate adviser and/or with
departmental faculty.
Minor
Human Rights Minor
The protection of human rights has become a matter of
international concern. Despite widespread media coverage of
violations, flagrant abuses occur daily throughout the world. The
human rights minor provides students with in-depth knowledge
about various human rights issues.
Drawing together classes from a range of departments in and
outside the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
this interdisciplinary minor will cover the theoretical foundations of
human rights, historical and current developments, case studies
and policies. Students will be required to take their learning outside
the classroom through an internship or by teaching human rights
in the community and will be encouraged to join relevant student
organizations.
Total unit requirements for the minor are 18*. Students take
one core course in human rights, POSC 248gw Human Rights. In
addition, the minor requires two courses dealing with international
human rights, one domestic human rights related course and a
community involvement experience through the Department of
Political Science.
Required Courses (16 units)
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
Two international human rights courses selected
from:
• ANTH 330m Culture, Gender and Politics in South Asia
Units: 4
• HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the Atlantic World
Units: 4
• HIST 365 The Second World War Units: 4, 2 years
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 318 Violent Conflict Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide Units: 4
• POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process
Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• REL 335 Gender, Religion, and Sexuality Units: 4
One domestic human rights course selected from:
• AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism Units: 4
• COMM 412 Communication and Social Movements Units: 4
• FREN 370gm Equality and Difference around the
Enlightenment Units: 4
• GERO 435m Women and Aging: Psychological, Social and
Political Implications Units: 4
• JOUR 466m People of Color and the News Media Units: 4
• POSC 333 Stigma and Society: Physical Disability in America
Units: 4
• POSC 380 Political Theories and Social Reform Units: 2, 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
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• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• PPD 342 Crime and Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 439 Housing and Community Development Units: 4
• SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective
Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Community Involvement (2 units)
Students are required to take their learning outside the
classroom through an internship with a focus in human rights,
teaching human rights in the community or an independent project.
Students who choose the internship must enroll in POSC 395 and
those who choose do an independent project must enroll in POSC
490x. Approval is needed to enroll in POSC 395 and POSC 490x.
*Political Science majors must take four courses (16 units)
outside of the Political Science Department for a total of 22 units.
Law and Society Minor
This interdisciplinary program focuses on the effect of law
on society as well as the ways in which social forces influence
the legal system. The idea is that students will understand the
law if they look beyond "law on the books" to "law in action."
Thus, it is important to study key legal institutions such as the
legal profession, the judiciary, juries, the police, legislatures and
administrative agencies. In addition, the minor introduces students
to legal policies like plea bargaining and the death penalty, and the
constitutional principles that underlie political debates about them,
e.g., equal protection, due process and privacy.
The requirements for the minor include seven courses (28
units), including at least four upper-division courses (16 units). All
students are required to take POSC 130 Law, Politics, and Public
Policy.
Requirements
The Law and Society Minor requires seven courses (28
units), including at least four upper-division courses (16 units).
All students must take the Core class. In addition, three political
science upper-division courses are required, one each from
categories 2, 3 and 4. Three elective courses are required:
choose one course from category 5 and choose two courses from
category 6.
1. Core
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
2. Constitutional Law
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• POSC 426 The United States Supreme Court Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
3. International Law
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 448a The Politics of Peace Units: 4
• POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process
Units: 4
4. Policy Analysis
• POSC 347 Environmental Law Units: 4
• POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership
Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• POSC 432 Politics of Local Criminal Justice Units: 4
• POSC 435 Politics and the Economy Units: 4
• POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
• POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process
Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 442m The Politics of Human Differences: Diversity
and Discrimination Units: 4
• POSC 443 Law in Film Units: 4
• POSC 448b The Politics of Peace Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
5. Humanistic/Historical
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
6. Society
• ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization and Law Units: 4
• COMM 421 Legal Communication Units: 4
• ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• LAW 402 Psychology and Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
Additional Requirements
At least four classes must be unique to the minor.
Political Organizing in the Digital Age Minor
The digital environment is changing the face of political
organization, both in domestic American electoral politics and
in the methods used by transnational social movements to call
attention to problems around the globe. Howard Dean's use of the
Internet to fund his 2004 presidential campaign has made other
candidates aware of the political power of the Web in fundraising
and grass-roots orchestration of local (and "global") events.
This minor should be of interest to students majoring in
international relations, political science or other programs who plan
to use technology to affect contemporary national and international
affairs. As with all minors, students must choose four courses
dedicated exclusively to this minor and four courses outside their
major departments. These may, but need not be, the same four
courses.
This minor is intended to help students engage in domestic and
international political organizing by creating Websites, podcasting
and using other new technologies. It should help students secure
internships and jobs with political and international organizations,
and generally improve their abilities to change the world.
Course Requirements
Choose one class from each of the following five
lists:
I. Domestic Political Organizing:
•
POSC 315 Regulation of Elections and Political Finance
Units: 4
• POSC 335 Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
Units: 4
• POSC 422 Political Attitudes and Behavior Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• POSC 437 Mass Media and Politics Units: 4
II. Transnational Social Movements:
•
IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
III. New Technologies in Organizing:
IV. The Context of Political Organizing:
•
COMM 321 Communication and Social Media Units: 4
• COMM 489 Campaign Communication Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 330 Politics of the World Economy Units: 4
• IR 444w Theories of Global Society Units: 4
• POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and Great Issues of
American Democracy Units: 4
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 371 European Political Thought II Units: 4
• POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System
Units: 4
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• POSC 428 Latino Politics Units: 4
• POSC 451 Politics of Resources and Development Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• PPD 372m Public Service in an Urban Setting Units: 4
V. Capstone Class:
The capstone class allows students to engage more deeply in one
of the contributing areas of study.
• COMM 487 Communication and Global Organizations
Units: 4
• IR 327 International Negotiation Units: 4
• ITP 413x Interactive Web Development Units: 4
• POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership
Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Total: Five courses, 20 units
Political Science Minor
Students who minor in political science must take five courses,
20 units, in political science. Students can either pursue course
work in a traditional subfield (American politics, comparative
politics, law and public policy, or political theory) or in a specific
issue area of concentration (civil liberties and human rights, race,
ethnicity, and gender, urban political problems, Asian politics, etc.).
Those who focus their studies on a traditional subfield must
take the lower-level introductory course in that subfield: POSC 100
Theory and Practice of American Democracy (American politics);
POSC 110 Ideology and Political Conflict (political theory); POSC
120 Comparative Politics (comparative politics) or POSC 130 Law,
Politics and Public Policy (law and public policy).
Students pursuing the minor must also take four upper-division
courses, three of which must be in the chosen subfield. Students
choose from a predetermined list of courses divided by subfield in
consultation with and approval of the department's undergraduate
student adviser.
Those who pursue a specific issue area of concentration are
required to take the department's designated gateway course,
POSC 120 Comparative Politics, and at least three upper-division
courses in the issue area of concentration. A fourth upper-division
course must be taken in the issue area of concentration or a
complementary area. The upper-division courses are chosen in
consultation with and approval of the department's undergraduate
student adviser.
Practical Politics Minor
The Practical Politics Minor offers students a unique opportunity
to study the theory and practice of American Democracy. The
minor includes courses on campaigns, elections, political
communications, legislative politics, and governing. Students
will engage with faculty who possess a wealth of knowledge and
experience in electoral politics and campaign strategy. The minor
will help students develop a multitude of skills applicable to the job
market, such as problem solving, polling, social media analytics,
micro-targeting, research, writing and public speaking. Students
will also complete an internship that will provide them with
professional training and exposure to different careers. In addition,
students can pursue courses through Maymester and the Dornsife
in Washington D.C. program toward the minor.
The Practical Politics Minor complements many majors in
the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences including
economics; sociology; philosophy, politics, and law; and
international relations, as well as majors outside of the college
including communications; business and public policy.
Requirements
The Practical Politics minor requires students to take five
courses (20 units) from the following three categories. The minor
requires 16 units of upper-division courses. Only 4 units of the 20
units may be fulfilled with a 100- or 200-level course.
1. Two courses in American Politics from the
following list (8 units):
• POSC 100g Theory and Practice of American Democracy
Units: 4
• POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and Great Issues of
American Democracy Units: 4
• POSC 334 Interest Groups and Elite Behavior Units: 4
• POSC 335 Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
Units: 4
• POSC 422 Political Attitudes and Behavior Units: 4
• POSC 423 Presidents and the Presidency Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• POSC 425 Legislative Process Units: 4
• POSC 435 Politics and the Economy Units: 4
• POSC 437 Mass Media and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 449 Political Psychology Units: 4
2. Two courses in Applied Politics from the
following list (8 units):
• POSC 220g Critical Issues in American Politics: Presidential
Election in Real Time Units: 4
• POSC 323 Applied Politics Units: 4 *
• POSC 325 State Politics Units: 4
• POSC 420 Practicum in the American Political Process
Units: 4 *
• POSC 439 Critical Issues in American Politics Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
Note:
Multiple sections of Applied Politics (POSC 323) and Practicum in
the American Political Process (POSC 420) may be offered and
can be counted toward the minor.
3. One course in Practical Experience from the
following list (4 units):
• POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership
Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Internship in Washington DC (part of the Washington DC
Program)
Maymester in Washington DC
Race, Ethnicity and Politics Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in race, ethnicity and politics helps
students analyze and critically evaluate contemporary race
relations and how race matters in politics today.
Requirements: Five Courses (20 Units)*
All students are required to take POSC 421 Ethnic Politics.
In addition, students must also take one course from each
category: Race and Gender in a Global Context, Comparative
Racial Politics, Social/Historical (Racial Perspective) and Racial
Formation. The following is a list of courses that fulfill each
category.
Core Requirement
• POSC 421 Ethnic Politics Units: 4
Political Science Upper-Division Courses
Choose one course from each of the groups below:
Race and Gender in a Global Context:
•
POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
• POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia Units: 4
• POSC 354 Japanese Politics Units: 4
• POSC 356 Politics in the People's Republic of China Units: 4
• POSC 358 Politics of Sub-Sahara Africa Units: 4
• POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico Units: 4
• POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• POSC 464 Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe Units: 4
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Comparative Racial Politics:
•
POSC 320 Urban Politics Units: 4
• POSC 328 Asian American Politics Units: 4
• POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity
Units: 4
• POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System
Units: 4
• POSC 428 Latino Politics Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 442m The Politics of Human Differences: Diversity
and Discrimination Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
Electives
Choose one course from each of the groups below:
Social/Historical:
•
HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the Law Units: 4
• HIST 341 American Social History Units: 4
• HIST 347 Urbanization in the American Experience Units: 4
• SOCI 142gm Diversity and Racial Conflict Units: 4
• SOCI 155gm Immigrant America Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
Racial Formation:
•
AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and the New West
Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• AMST 385 African American Culture and Society Units: 4
Note:
*Political science majors are required to take seven courses (28
units).
Political science majors must take four courses (at least three
must be upper-division) from the Social/Historical and the Racial
Formation categories. At least four classes must be unique to
the minor and not taken for additional major, minor or general
education credit.
Political Science and International Relations
Von KleinSmid Center 327
(213) 740-1695
FAX: (213) 740-0281
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/poir
Chair: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, PhD
Faculty
University Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair of
Communication Technology and Society and Professor of
Communication, Sociology, Planning and International Relations:
Manuel Castells, PhD (Communication)
Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance and
Professor of Policy, Planning and Development and Political
Science: Glenn Melnick, PhD (Public Policy)
Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Economics and
International Relations and Professor of International Relations
and Economics: Joshua Aizenman, PhD
Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law and Professor of Law and
Political Science: Andrew Guzman, PhD (Law)
J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science:
Robert K. Rassmussen, PhD (Law)
John A. McCone Chair in International Relations and Professor of
International Relations and Law: Wayne Sandholtz, PhD
Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business and the Economy
and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science: Elizabeth
Graddy, PhD (Public Policy)
Emery Evans Olson Chair in Non-Profit Entrepreneurship and
Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science:
James Ferris, PhD (Public Policy)
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Law,
Political Science and Economics: Edward McCaffery, JD (Law)
Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise and Professor
of Finance and Business Economics, Business and Law, and
Political Science: John Matsusaka, PhD (Finance and Business
Economics)
USC Associates Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Political
Science and Gender Studies: Jane Junn, PhD
Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics and
Professor of the Practice of Political Science: Robert M. Shrum,
PhD
Dean's Professor of Gender Studies and Professor of Political
Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies: Ange-Marie Hancock
Alfaro, PhD
Dean's Professor of International Relations: Patrick James, PhD*
Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Citizenship and Democratic Values
and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science: Terry L.
Cooper, PhD (Public Policy)
Maria Crutcher Professor in International Relations, Business and
East Asian Languages and Cultures: David C. Kang, PhD
C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Professor of Policy, Planning and
Development and Political Science: Jack H. Knott, PhD (Public
Policy)
Robert Kingsley Professor in Law and Professor of Law and
Political Science: Susan Estrich, JD (Law)
Professors: Jonathan D. Aronson, PhD* (Communication); John E.
Barnes, PhD*; Dennis Chong, PhD; Ann Crigler, PhD*; Nicholas
Cull, PhD (Communication); Philip Ethington, PhD (History);
Christian Grose, PhD; Thomas Hollihan, PhD (Communication);
Jeffery Jenkins, PhD (Public Policy); Saori Katada, PhD; Steven
L. Lamy, PhD*; Nancy Lutkehaus, PhD (Anthropology); Gerardo
Munck, PhD (International Relations); Daniel A. Mazmanian, PhD
(Public Policy); Najmedin Meshkati, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering); Gerardo Munck, PhD; Michael Parks (Journalism);
Brian Rathbun, PhD; Alison D. Renteln, PhD*; Stanley Rosen,
PhD*; Eliz Sanasarian, PhD*; Jefferey M. Sellers, PhD; Shui
Yan Tang, PhD (Public Policy); Ernest J. Wilson III, PhD
(Communication); Carol Wise, PhD
Associate Professors: Robert English, PhD; Benjamin Graham,
PhD; Jacques Hymans, PhD; Jonathan Markowitz, PhD; Juliet
Musso, PhD (Public Policy)
Assistant Professors: Pablo Barbera, PhD; Erin Baggott Carter,
PhD; Brett Carter, PhD; Allison Hartnett, PhD; Morris Levy, PhD;
James Lo, PhD; Miguel Maria Pereira, PhD; Christian Phillips,
PhD; Bryn Rosenfeld, PhD; Stephanie Schwartz, PhD; Audrye
Wong, PhD, Sherry Zaks, PhD
Professors of the Practice: Lord John Eatwell, PhD; Pamela K.
Starr, PhD; Gregory Treverton, PhD; Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias, PhD
(Environmental Studies)
Professors (Teaching): Arthur Auerbach, PhD; Nina Rathbun, PhD
Associate Professors of the Practice: Jeffrey R. Fields, PhD; Steve
Swerdlow, JD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Douglas Becker, PhD; Iva
Bozovic, PhD; Shannon Gibson, PhD; Anthony Kammas, PhD
Assistant Professor (Teaching): Megan Becker, PhD
Emeritus: Peter A. Berton, PhD*; Laurie A. Brand, PhD*; Richard
H. Dekmejian, PhD; Michael G. Fry, PhD; Gary W. Glass, PhD;
Nora Hamilton, PhD; Abraham F. Lowenthal, PhD; Joseph L.
Nyomarkay, PhD*; John S. Odell, PhD; Ron Steel, MA; Rodger
Swearingen, PhD; J. Ann Tickner, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
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Graduate Degrees
Director: Gerardo Munck, PhD
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/poir
Political Science and International Relations (MA)
The POIR program does not accept applicants for a Master of
Arts degree in POIR. If a student admitted in the POIR doctoral
program does not have a master's degree, the department strongly
recommends that the student completes the requirements for the
MA in POIR in his or her course of work toward the PhD degree.
A student admitted to the doctoral program may also, at the
recommendation of the department, earn a terminal MA degree.
A student may obtain an MA in POIR by fulfilling the following
requirements: a minimum of 28 units in the POIR program,
including POIR 600, POIR 610 and POIR 611, and the approval of
a substantive paper.
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and
International Relations/Juris Doctor (PhD/JD)
Application deadline (for PhD): December 1
The Political Science and International Relations program
and the USC Gould School of Law jointly offer a dual degree
program leading to the PhD/JD degree. Applicants must apply
to the Political Science and International Relations program and
the law school and meet the requirements for admission to both.
In addition to the LSAT, students interested in this program are
required to take the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).
In the first year, students take their course work in the law
school exclusively. To earn the JD, all students (including
dual degree students) must complete 35 numerically graded
law units at USC after the first year. The associate dean may
make exceptions to this rule for students enrolled in law honors
programs. The second and third years include a total of 40 units
of courses in political science and international relations and 40
units of law. Students must complete a five-course core theory and
methodology sequence. They must include a classics-oriented,
two-semester political, social, comparative and international theory
sequence (currently POIR 600), a multivariate statistics course
(such as POIR 611) and a philosophies/methodologies in social
inquiry course (POIR 610). Finally in their second, third or fourth
year, they must take an approved advanced research methods
course.
To obtain a PhD in Political Science and International Relations,
students must pass the screening process. After the completion of
required field course work with a grade of B or better, a substantive
paper or USC MA thesis relevant to the program, students must
take a PhD qualifying examination in two of their three fields of
concentration. The third field will be completed by taking at least
three courses and passing each with a grade of B or better. The
final requirement, following successful completion of the qualifying
examination, is a doctoral dissertation.
Political Science and International Relations (PhD)
USC Graduate School Requirements
The PhD degree is awarded to students who have
demonstrated in-depth knowledge of the disciplines of political
science and international relations and the ability to make an
original research contribution. The PhD in Political Science and
International Relations requirements are fulfilled by successfully
completing a minimum of 70 units beyond the BA, the PhD
screening process, three fields of concentration, a substantive
paper, a foreign language requirement (if applicable), qualifying
examinations, a dissertation proposal, and a written dissertation
and its oral defense.
Admission
The faculty of the Department of Political Science and the
School of International Relations welcome talented candidates
from a variety of backgrounds. Although a prior degree in political
science or international relations is not necessary, it is strongly
recommended that applicants have completed at least some
course work in related fields, including political theory, statistics
and social science research methods.
Admission decisions are based on a holistic review of
applications. This review includes, but is not limited to,
consideration of applicants' prior academic performance, as
reflected in course grades, the results of the Graduate Record
Examinations, letters of recommendation, a statement of intent
that demonstrates a seriousness of purpose, a high level of
motivation and a desire to benefit from our faculty's areas of
expertise or interest. Applicants also are required to submit a
sample of their written work in English, preferably a research-
oriented paper. Business, government and other practical
experiences may also be taken into account. Applicants whose
native language is not English must take the TOEFL or IELTS
examination.
Screening Process
Before completion of 24 units, students will be reviewed by a
screening committee made up of the Director of Graduate Studies
and the faculty who taught the core courses. This committee will
review the student's progress, including grades and written faculty
evaluations of course work.
The committee will be responsible for deciding, at an early
stage in the student's career, if the student is likely to finish the
PhD program. After reviewing the student's record, the committee
may decide to (1) continue the student, (2) not continue the
student and admit the student into a terminal MA degree program,
or (3) fail the student's performance in the screening process, i.e.,
not continue the student in either the MA or PhD programs.
Course Requirements
All doctoral candidates must complete an approved sequence of
four courses in core theory and methodology, including a classics-
oriented course in political theory (POIR 600), a multivariate
statistics course (POIR 611), a social inquiry and research design
course (POIR 610), and an approved course in advanced research
methods.
The selection of additional courses should be guided by
the distribution requirements of the PhD program. The student
will choose three fields of concentration, of which two will be
examined fields. Each examined field of concentration requires
completion of four graduate-level courses, including the core
course in standard fields, with an average grade consistent with
university and program requirements. The third non-examined field
of concentration requires the completion of a minimum of three
graduate-level courses with an average grade consistent with
university and program requirements. Students are also advised to
take an independent study course to work toward their substantive
paper requirement. Additional courses necessary to complete
the 70 units required by the Guidelines for Graduate Study in
Political Science and International Relations should be taken in
consultation with faculty advisers.
Fields of Concentration
All students must complete two examined fields of concentration
and one non-examined field of concentration. The standing fields
of concentration include: American politics (AP); comparative
politics (CP); international relations (IR) and methods and research
tools (MRT). Students may also select a customized field of
concentration as their non-examined field with the approval of their
faculty adviser and the Director of Graduate Studies.
For the American politics; comparative politics; international
relations fields, students must complete four courses and pass
a written and oral field qualifying examination. For the methods
and research tools field, students must complete a total of four
approved advanced methods courses. Students must also write
and orally defend a methods paper as part of the qualifying exam
utilizing the skills they have learned in their coursework. Students
should consult the methods and research tools field coordinator(s)
and the POIR Guidelines for a list of approved courses and overall
field requirements and exam
The student may satisfy the third non-examined field by
completing one of the following set of requirements: (a) complete
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at least three courses in the AP, CP, or IR fields, (b) complete
three methods courses in the MRT field; and/or (c) complete at
least three courses in a proposed customized field of study to be
approved by relevant faculty and the Director of Graduate Studies.
For example, students can design a third field that cuts across
disciplinary boundaries or focuses on specific areas of political
science and international relations beyond the standing fields.
The guidelines and the Director of Graduate Studies can provide
illustrations of this type of third field.
Foreign Language
The student is required to demonstrate intermediate proficiency
in a language other than English if the student's primary field and/
or dissertation research requires it. Students should consult the
guidelines and the Director of Graduate Studies.
Substantive Paper
To show evidence of the capacity to conduct original research
and before taking the qualifying exam, each student will submit a
substantive paper. The student will submit the draft of his or her
substantive paper to the chair of the qualifying exam committee
one month prior to the qualifying examinations. After consultation
with the chair and necessary revisions, the student is to distribute
the paper to all members of the qualifying exam committee at least
14 days prior to the oral defense. The substantive paper should be
presented and defended in the oral component of the qualifying
examination as a viable journal submission to a peer-reviewed
professional journal. It is strongly encouraged that the paper
should be submitted to a professional journal approved by the
student's adviser within one year of the defense.
Qualifying Examinations
Ordinarily, students will take the qualifying exams no later than
the fifth semester in the PhD program. Students will be examined
in two of their three fields of concentration. The qualifying exam
committee will evaluate the quality of the two written field exams
as evidence of the capacity to define and complete a PhD
dissertation.
The written examinations will be administered over two days
at least once per academic year. Examination questions will be
written by the field coordinators in consultation with the tenured
and tenure track faculty in each field. Students who select the
methods and research tools as one of their examined fields of
concentration must complete a methods paper.
The oral portion of the student's qualifying examination will be
administered by his or her qualifying exam committee. The oral
examination will be based on the student's written field exams and/
or methods paper; and the substantive paper. The qualifying exam
committee will be made up of five members. In consultation with
his or her principal adviser, the student will select two members,
one from each standing field in which he or she will be examined,
and the other two field examiners and the outside member of the
qualifying exam committee. Final approval of the qualifying exam
committee requires the signature of the Director of Graduate
Studies and the Dornsife Vice Dean of Academic Programs.
Students will pass the qualifying examinations if no more than
one member of the qualifying exam committee dissents after
reviewing the student's record at USC and performance on the
written and oral parts of the qualifying exams. At the discretion
of the qualifying exam committee, students who do not pass
the exams may be allowed to retake the qualifying exams the
next time they are offered. Students are admitted to candidacy
for the PhD when they have completed the university residency
requirement, passed the written and oral portions of the PhD
qualifying examinations, and defended their dissertation proposal.
Dissertation
Upon completion of the qualifying examinations, the student,
in consultation with the principal adviser, selects a dissertation
committee in accordance with university rules. Within six months
of completing the qualifying examinations, students should have a
formal defense of the dissertation proposal before their dissertation
committee. The PhD is earned upon the submission of the written
dissertation and its successful defense before the dissertation
committee.
Consult the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue regarding time
limitations for completion of the degree and other Graduate School
requirements.
All graduate students considering an academic career should
generally have research, teaching and advisement experiences as
part of their program of study.
Master's Degree
Political Science and International Relations
(MA)
The POIR program does not accept applicants for a Master of
Arts degree in POIR. If a student admitted in the POIR doctoral
program does not have a master's degree, the department strongly
recommends the student completes the requirements for the MA in
POIR in his/her course of work toward the PhD degree. A student
admitted to the doctoral program may also, at the recommendation
of the department, earn a terminal MA degree.
A student may obtain an MA in POIR by fulfilling the following
requirements: a minimum of 28 units in the POIR Program,
including POIR 600, POIR 610 and POIR 611, and the approval of
a substantive paper.
Dual Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and
International Relations/Juris Doctor (PhD/JD)
Application deadline (for PhD): December 1
The Political Science and International Relations program and
the USC Gould School of Law jointly offer a dual degree program
leading to the PhD/JD degree. Applicants must apply to the
Political Science and International Relations program and the law
school and meet the requirements for admission to both.
In the first year students take 30 units of course work in the
law school exclusively. To earn the JD, all students (including dual
degree students) must complete 37 numerically graded law units
at USC after the first year. The second and third years include a
total of 40 units of courses in political science and international
relations and 46 units of law. Students must complete a five-
course core theory and methodology sequence. They must include
a classics-oriented, two-semester political, social, comparative and
international theory sequence (currently POIR 600), a multivariate
statistics course (such as POIR 611) and a philosophies/
methodologies in social inquiry course (POIR 610). Finally in their
second, third or fourth year, they must take an approved advanced
research methods course.
To obtain a PhD in Political Science and International Relations,
students must pass the screening process. After the completion of
required field course work with a grade of B or better, a substantive
paper or USC MA thesis relevant to the program, students must
take a PhD qualifying examination in two of their three fields of
concentration. The third field will be completed by taking at least
three courses and passing each with a grade of B or better. The
final requirement, following successful completion of the qualifying
examination, is a doctoral dissertation.
Doctoral Degree
Political Science and International Relations
(PhD)
USC Graduate School Requirements
The PhD degree is awarded to students who have
demonstrated in-depth knowledge of the disciplines of political
science and international relations and the ability to make an
original research contribution. The PhD in Political Science and
International Relations requirements are fulfilled by successfully
completing a minimum of 70 units beyond the BA, the PhD
screening process, three fields of concentration, a substantive
paper, a foreign language requirement (if applicable), qualifying
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examinations, a dissertation proposal, and a written dissertation
and its oral defense.
Admission
The faculty of the Department of Political Science and the
School of International Relations welcome talented candidates
from a variety of backgrounds. Although a prior degree in political
science or international relations is not necessary, it is strongly
recommended that applicants have completed at least some
course work in related fields, including political theory, statistics
and social science research methods.
Admission decisions are based on a holistic review of
applications. This review includes, but is not limited to,
consideration of applicants' prior academic performance, as
reflected in course grades, the results of the Graduate Record
Examinations, letters of recommendation, and a statement of
intent that demonstrates a seriousness of purpose, a high level
of motivation and a desire to benefit from our faculty's areas of
expertise or interest. Applicants also are required to submit a
sample of their written work in English, preferably a research-
oriented paper. Business, government and other practical
experiences may also be taken into account. Applicants whose
native language is not English must take the TOEFL or IELTS
examination.
Screening Process
Before completion of 24 units, students will be reviewed by a
screening committee made up of the director of Graduate Studies
and the faculty who taught the core courses. This committee will
review the student's progress, including grades and written faculty
evaluations of course work.
The committee will be responsible for deciding, at an early
stage in the student's career, if the student is likely to finish the
PhD program. After reviewing the student's record, the committee
may decide to (1) continue the student, (2) not continue the
student and admit the student into a terminal MA degree program,
or (3) fail the student's performance in the screening process, i.e.,
not continue the student in either the MA or PhD programs.
Course Requirements
All doctoral candidates must complete an approved sequence of
four courses in core theory and methodology, including a classics-
oriented course in political theory (POIR 660), a multivariate
statistics course (POIR 611), a social inquiry and research design
course (POIR 610), and an approved course in advanced research
methods.
The selection of additional courses should be guided by
the distribution requirements of the PhD program. The student
will choose three fields of concentration, of which two will be
examined fields. Each examined field of concentration requires
completion of four graduate-level courses, including the core
course in standard fields, with an average grade consistent with
university and program requirements. The third non-examined field
of concentration requires the completion of a minimum of three
graduate-level courses with an average grade consistent with
university and program requirements. Students are also advised to
take an independent study course to work toward their substantive
paper requirement. Additional courses necessary to complete
the 70 units required by the Guidelines for Graduate Study in
Political Science and International Relations should be taken in
consultation with faculty advisers.
Fields of Concentration
All students must complete two examined fields of concentration
and one non-examined field of concentration. The standing fields
of concentration include: American politics (AP); comparative
politics (CP); international political economy (IPE); international
security and foreign policy (ISFP); and methods and research
tools (MRT). Students may also select a customized field of
concentration as their non-examined field with the approval of their
faculty adviser and the Director of Graduate Studies.
For the American politics; comparative politics; international
political economy; and international security and foreign policy
fields, students must complete four courses and pass a written and
oral field qualifying examination. For the methods and research
tools field, students must complete the program's methods core
course sequence required of all POIR students and a total of
four additional approved advanced methods courses. Students
must also write and orally defend a capstone project as part of
the qualifying exam utilizing the skills they have learned in their
coursework. Students should consult the methods and research
tools field coordinator(s) and the POIR Guidelines for a list of
approved courses and requirements.
The student may satisfy the third non-examined field by
completing one of the following set of requirements: (a) complete
at least three courses in the AP, CP, IPE or ISFP fields, (b)
complete four additional methods courses in the MRT field beyond
the program's methods core course sequence;and/or (c) complete
at least three courses in a proposed customized field of study
to be approved by relevant faculty and the Director of Graduate
Studies. For example, students can design a third field that cuts
across disciplinary boundaries or focuses on specific areas of
political science and international relations beyond the standing
fields. The guidelines and the Director of Graduate Studies can
provide illustrations of this type of third field.
Foreign Language
The student is required to demonstrate intermediate proficiency
in a language other than English if the student's primary field and/
or dissertation research requires it. Students should consult the
guidelines and the director of Graduate Studies.
Substantive Paper
To show evidence of the capacity to conduct original research
and before taking the qualifying exam, each student will submit a
substantive paper. The student will submit the draft of his or her
substantive paper to the chair of the qualifying exam committee
one month prior to the qualifying examinations. After consultation
with the chair and necessary revisions, the student is to distribute
the paper to all members of the qualifying exam committee at
least 14 days prior to the oral defense. The substantive paper
should be presented and defended in the oral component of the
qualifying examination as a viable journal submission to a peer-
reviewed professional journal. It is strongly encouraged that the
paper should be submitted to a professional journal approved by
the student's adviser within one year of the defense. Students
who select the MRT field as one of their examined fields are
expected to write a more sophisticated methodological section of
their substantive paper that reflects the skills they have learned
in their coursework; or produce an additional capstone project in
addition to the substantive paper that has as its focus a significant
methodological component.
Qualifying Examinations
Ordinarily, students will take the qualifying exams no later than
the fifth semester in the PhD program. Students will be examined
in two of their three fields of concentration. The qualifying exam
committee will evaluate the quality of the two written field exams
as evidence of the capacity to define and complete a PhD
dissertation.
With the exception of the methods and research tools field
examination, the written examinations will be administered over
two days at least once per academic year. Examination questions
will be written by a committee of the tenure track faculty in each
field. The Director of Graduate Studies, in consultation with the
chair of the Department of Political Science and the chair of the
School of International Relations, will appoint one faculty member
from each field to serve in the POIR Steering Committee and
also serve as the field coordinator for the relevant field. The
field coordinators will then seek assistance from other faculty in
their field, including those with whom the student has studied, to
compose the written examination questions. Students who select
the methods and research tools as one of their examined fields of
concentration must complete a capstone project which involves
writing and orally defending a methodological component of
their substantive paper or an additional paper with a substantial
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methodological component if the substantive paper does not have
a significant methodological component.
The oral portion of the student's qualifying examination will be
administered by his or her qualifying exam committee. The oral
examination will be based on the student's written field exams or
capstone projects; and the substantive paper. The qualifying exam
committee will be made up of five members. In consultation with
his or her principal adviser, the student will select two members,
one from each standing field in which he or she will be examined,
and the other two field examiners and the outside member of the
qualifying exam committee. Final approval of the qualifying exam
committee requires the signature of the Director of Graduate
Studies and the Dornsife Vice Dean of Academic Programs.
Students will pass the qualifying examinations if no more than
one member of the qualifying exam committee dissents after
reviewing the student's record at USC and performance on the
written and oral parts of the qualifying exams. At the discretion
of the qualifying exam committee, students who do not pass
the exams may be allowed to retake the qualifying exams the
next time they are offered. Students are admitted to candidacy
for the PhD when they have completed the university residency
requirement, passed the written and oral portions of the PhD
qualifying examinations, and defended their dissertation proposal.
Dissertation
Upon completion of the qualifying examinations, the student,
in consultation with the principal adviser, selects a dissertation
committee in accordance with university rules. Within six months
of completing the qualifying examinations, students should have a
formal defense of the dissertation proposal before their dissertation
committee. The PhD is earned upon the submission of the written
dissertation and its successful defense before the dissertation
committee.
Consult the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue regarding time
limitations for completion of the degree and other Graduate School
requirements.
All graduate students considering an academic career should
generally have research, teaching and advisement experiences as
part of their program of study.
Center for the Political Future
The mission of the Center for the Political Future (CPF) is to
advance civil dialogue that transcends partisan divisions and
explores solutions to our most pressing national and global
challenges. Now, more than ever, we need innovative pathways
to restore dispassionate analysis to the political arena and renew
the compromise essential to our democracy. The Center for the
Political Future combines rigorous intellectual inquiry, teaching and
practical politics to advance a new model for political discourse
that opens those pathways.
Each semester, the Center hosts two to three Fellows on
campus, each an exemplary leader in their field of politics and
public service. Our Fellows spend the semester leading 2-unit
seminar courses as well as hosting office hours, roundtable
discussions, and bipartisan political panels designed to benefit
students and the broader community. The Center also hosts
weekly programs covering political issues, and conferences
addressing national and global challenges such as immigration,
climate change and tribalism.
An integral component of CPF is the Jesse M. Unruh Institute
of Politics, which serves students by giving them the opportunity
to be politically active and civically engaged through internships,
scholarships, and professional development. The institute
facilitates student internships in the offices of elected officials, non-
profit organizations, public affairs professionals and more. At the
institute, students also conduct research into major public policy
challenges at the local, state and national levels. In the spring,
the institute organizes the Cerrell Seminar in Political Leadership,
a trip to Sacramento where USC students meet with legislators,
lobbyists and members of the media to discuss important issues in
state politics.
Center for the Political Future
Social Science Building B15
(213) 740-5596
Email: [email protected]
dornsife-center-for-political-future.usc.edu/
Director: Robert M. Shrum
Co-Director: Michael Murphy
Executive Director: Kamy Akhavan
Psychology
The Department of Psychology has five topical areas: 1) Brain
and Cognitive Science focuses on understanding cognition,
motivation, decision-making, computational modeling, emotion,
and perception in terms of the underlying brain processes
and manifested behaviors. Faculty work at the confluence of
psychology, biology and neuroscience. 2) Clinical Science applies
scientific theories and methods to examine psychosocial issues
associated with significant societal problems including alcohol
abuse, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, early identification
of psychosis, family environments and risk and resilience in
youth, bullying and peer victimization. Specialization is available
in clinical-aging, child and family clinical, and adult clinical. 3)
Developmental Psychology studies change in human behavior,
cognition, language, neurological structure and emotions
across the lifespan from childhood through early adulthood. 4)
Quantitative Methods provides training in basic and advanced
research methods and statistics used in psychometrics and
measurement, longitudinal data analysis, behavior genetics
modeling decision making, and methods for analyzing multivariate
data. 5) Social Psychology studies the thoughts, feelings and
actions of individuals as they are influenced by other individuals
and by groups.
The department also participates in the Dornsife College's
interdisciplinary program in Neuroscience.
Research is integral to psychology; it enables the faculty to
make contributions in the field and to be more effective teachers.
Undergraduate students are encouraged to work with members of
the faculty on research projects. The most direct way for students
to participate in research is to enroll in a directed research
course (PSYC 290 or PSYC 490), but it is also possible to take
part in ongoing research in less formal ways. Further options for
research training also includes the honors program for psychology
majors. The department now offers two MS programs in Applied
Psychology (MAPP) and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
Seeley G. Mudd Building 501
(213) 740-2203
FAX: (213) 746-9082
dornsife.usc.edu/psyc
Chair: Antoine Bechara, PhD
Faculty
University Professor, Professor of Psychology, Philosophy and
Neurology, and David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience: Antonio
Damasio, MD, PhD
University Professor, Professor of Psychology and Neurology, and
Dana Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience: Hanna Damasio, MD
University Professor and ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Chair in the
Neurobiology of Aging and Professor of Gerontology, Psychology,
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Biological Sciences and Anthropology: Caleb E. Finch, PhD
(Gerontology)
University Professor, Professor of Biological Sciences and
Psychology, and Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences: Larry
W. Swanson, PhD (Biological Sciences)
Distinguished Professor and Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law and
Professor of Law and Psychology: Elyn R. Saks, JD (Law)
Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing: Norbert Schwarz,
PhD
Provost Professor of Psychology and Business: Wendy Wood,
PhD
Dean's Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and
Education: Daphna Oyserman, PhD
W.M. Keck Chair in Neurogentics and Professor of Pediatrics and
Psychology: Pat Levitt, PhD (Cell and Neurobiology)
Harold Dornsife Chair in Neurosciences and Professor of
Psychology and Computer Science: Irving Biederman, PhD
Niki and Max Nikias Chair in Engineering and Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science,
Linguistics, Psychology, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery: Shrikanth (Shri) Narayanan, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Mendel B. Silberberg Professor of Social Psychology and
Professor of Psychology: Stephen J. Read, PhD
Dana and David Dornsife Chair, Wrigley Institute Director and
Professor of Psychology and Biological Sciences: Joseph Arvai,
PhD (Psychology)
Professors: Laura A. Baker, PhD; Antoine Bechara, PhD;
Sarah Bottjer, PhD (Biological Sciences); Peter Carnevale,
PhD (Business); Giorgio Coricelli, PhD (Economics); Gerald C.
Davison, PhD*; JoAnn M. Farver, PhD*; Ernest Greene, PhD;
Andrea Hollingshead, PhD (Communication); Laurent Itti, PhD
(Computer Science); Richard John, PhD; David G. Lavond, PhD;
Adam Leventhal, PhD (Preventive Medicine); Steven Lopez,
PhD; Thomas D. Lyon, JD, PhD (Law); Franklin R. Manis, PhD*;
Gayla Margolin, PhD*; Mara Mather, PhD (Gerontology); John
J. McArdle, PhD; Beth E. Meyerowitz, PhD*; Lynn Miller, PhD
(Communication); Carol A. Prescott, PhD; Dan Simon, SJD (Law);
Elizabeth Sowell, PhD (Pediatrics); Arthur Stone, PhD; Steven
Yale Sussman, PhD (Institute for Prevention Research); Suzanne
Wenzel (Social Work); Rand Wilcox, PhD; Elizabeth Zelinski, PhD
(Gerontology)
Associate Professors: Carl Andrew Castro, PhD (School of
Social Work); Morteza Dehghani, PhD; Genevieve Dunton, PhD
(Preventive Medicine); Duke Han, PhD (Family Medicine); Stanley
J. Huey, Jr., PhD; Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, PhD (Education);
Toben Mintz, PhD; Henrike Moll, PhD; John Monterosso, PhD*;
Joseph Priester, PhD (Business); Darby Saxbe, PhD; David
Schwartz, PhD; April Thames, PhD; David A. Walsh, PhD; Alexis
Wellwood, PhD (Philosophy); Marian Williams, PhD (Pediatrics);
Jason D. Zevin, PhD
Assistant Professors: Christopher Beam, PhD; Teal Eich, PhD
(Gerontology); Chardee Galan, PhD; Leor Hackel, PhD; Hok Chio
(Mark) Lai, PhD; Shan Luo, PhD (Medicine); Carol Anne McCleary,
PhD (Neurology); Santiago Morales, PhD
Professor of the Practice of Psychology: Ellen Leggett, EdD
Professors (Research): Margaret Gatz, PhD; Jonathan Gratch,
PhD (Computer Science); Susan Luczak, PhD; Donna Metz, PhD;
Stefan Schneider, PhD
Associate Professors of the Practice of Psychology: Shannon
O'Flinn, PhD; Meredith Lepley, PhD; Jonathan Tarbox, PhD;
Steven Westberg, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching): Ann Renken, PhD
Associate Professors (Research): Orest Boyko, MD; Assal Habibi
PhD; Karen Hennigan, PhD; Ulrike Junghaenel, PhD; Jonas
Kaplan, PhD
Assistant Professors of the Practice of Psychology: Samantha
Broitman, PhD; Lauren Shapiro, PhD; Patricia Tan, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): C. Miranda Barone, PhD; Jorge
Barraza, PhD; Clayton Stephenson, PhD
Assistant Professors (Research): Gale M. Lucas, PhD (Computer
Science); Kingson Man, PhD
Lecturers: William Breland, PhD; Sule Guney, PhD; Canan Ipek,
PhD
Emeritus: Elaine Anderson, PhD; Michael A. Arbib, PhD (Computer
Science); Kathleen Chambers, PhD; Norman Cliff, PhD; Michael
Dawson, PhD; William W. Grings, PhD; Jerald Jellison, PhD;
Albert R. Marston, PhD; Norman Miller, PhD; Robert Rueda, PhD
(Education)
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Programs
Honors Program
The department offers an honors program for outstanding
students in the BA, Psychology major who desire advanced
research training in preparation for graduate work in the social
sciences or in professional schools. The primary focus of the
honors program is the completion of a research study under
the guidance of a faculty adviser. Students are admitted to the
program in the fall semester of their junior year and enter the
program in the spring of their junior year by enrolling in PSYC
380. To be eligible for admission, a student must have an overall
GPA of at least 3.5 at the time of application to the program. This
program is not available to students majoring in Social Sciences
with an emphasis in Psychology. Students in the honors program
complete all major requirements, including PSYC 380 Junior
Honors Seminar during the spring semester of their junior year and
PSYC 480 Senior Honors Seminar during the spring semester of
their senior year. Students complete an honors thesis proposal as
part of the Junior Honors Seminar and must submit a completed
senior honors thesis by April 1 of the senior year. Students are
also expected to have an overall GPA of at least 3.5 at the time
of graduation. For further information, contact the undergraduate
adviser or the director of the program, Dr. JoAnn M. Farver.
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is the national honor society in psychology. Membership
is open to graduate and undergraduates who meet the minimum
qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of the
College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American
Psychological Association and the American Psychological
Society.
Graduate Degrees
The Department of Psychology offers an MS in Applied
Psychology, an MS in Applied Behavior Analysis, an MS in
Computational Psychology, an MA in Psychology and five
programs of study that lead to the PhD degree: (1) clinical science,
including specializations in adult clinical, clinical-aging and child
and family; (2) developmental psychology, including child and
adolescent development and adult development and aging; (3)
brain and cognitive science, including cognitive neuroscience,
behavioral neuroscience, clinical neuroscience and behavioral
genetics; (4) quantitative methods; and (5) social psychology. All
five specialty PhD areas provide training for careers in research,
teaching and applied work.
Admission Requirements
Psychology courses required for admission to the PhD program
include the following courses: Introduction to Psychology,
Statistics, Research Methods or Experimental Psychology;
and at least one course from each of the following lists: (1)
comparative psychology, physiological psychology, sensation
and perception, learning and memory, motivation, and emotion;
and (2) developmental psychology, social psychology, abnormal
psychology, personality and history of psychology. Additional
courses are desirable, as is work in the biological, physical and
social sciences, in mathematics and in philosophy. Students with
less background in psychology but outstanding undergraduate
records in related fields are also encouraged to apply.
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Students are selected on the basis of their undergraduate
records, scores on the Graduate Record Examinations General
Test, course background, letters of evaluation, personal statement
of interests and goals and evidence of research skills or interests
(e.g., publications or participation in research projects).
The faculty of each specialty area select the students to be
admitted to that area. Therefore, applicants should designate the
specialty area to which they seek admission.
Application for admission in psychology is completed online and
all materials must be submitted by December 1 for admission to
the following fall semester.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
Cognitive Science (BA)
Director: Toben Mintz, PhD
Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary major that focuses
on the mind and cognition from a variety of perspectives and
approaches. The core and electives sample from courses in
psychology, philosophy, linguistics, human and evolutionary
biology, and computer science.
Cognitive Science Major with Honors
The cognitive science major with honors requires the student
to complete the requirements for the major with a GPA of 3.5 or
above and to complete in addition CGSC 498 Honors Thesis with
a grade of B or better. Intent to complete the cognitive science
major with honors should be registered with the undergraduate
adviser no later than the second semester of the junior year.
The major consists of four fixed core courses, plus two tiers of
flexible core courses. Tier 1 generally consists of more introductory
courses, and Tier 2 consists of more advanced courses. Students
must take two courses from Tier 1 and three courses from Tier
2. We provide suggested tracks through these tiers that allow
students to concentrate on one or two subspecialities in this
broad interdisciplinary field. Students may choose to focus on
one of these tracks, or they may opt to tailor an interdisciplinary
curriculum that provides in-depth exploration of a combination of
areas. Electives allow students to take courses related to the core
areas, but may cover a more specialized or applied area of study.
Students are encouraged to refer to the suggested tracks below,
and to consult with their academic adviser.
Core Requirements (4 Courses)
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• PHIL 246Lg Foundations of Cognitive Science Units: 4
Units: 16
Flexible Core Requirements (5 Courses)
Two courses from:
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4 *
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 275Lg Language and Mind Units: 4
• LING 285Lg Human Language and Technology Units: 4
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4 *
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4 *
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4 or
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and Consciousness Units: 4
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4 *
Three courses from:
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4 *
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4 *
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4 *
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4 *
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4 *
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4 *
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4 *
• LING 407 Atypical Language Units: 4 *
• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
• LING 486 Natural Language Processing Units: 4 *
• LING 487 Speech Synthesis and Recognition Units: 4 *
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4 *
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 *
• PSYC 423 User Experience Units: 4
• PSYC 424 Neuropsychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4 *
• PSYC 433 Children's Learning and Cognitive Development
Units: 4 *
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4 *
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4 *
Units: 20
*Prerequisite required.
Electives (3 Courses)
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4 *
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
• CGSC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CGSC 498 Honors Thesis Units: 4
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4 *
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4 *
• CSCI 109 Introduction to Computer Science Units: 2
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4 *
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4 *
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4 *
• ECON 405 Neuroeconomics Units: 4 *
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4 *
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 275Lg Language and Mind Units: 4
• LING 285Lg Human Language and Technology Units: 4
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4 *
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4 *
• LING 307 Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4 *
• LING 407 Atypical Language Units: 4 *
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• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
• LING 415 Phonetics Units: 4
• LING 486 Natural Language Processing Units: 4 *
• LING 487 Speech Synthesis and Recognition Units: 4 *
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and Consciousness Units: 4
• PHIL 246Lg Foundations of Cognitive Science Units: 4
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
• PHIL 422 British Empiricism Units: 4
• PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant Units: 4
• PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Units: 4
• PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
• PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic Units: 4 *
• PHIL 452 Modal Logic Units: 4 *
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences Units: 4
• PSYC 215Lg Music, Mind and the Brain Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4 *
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4 *
• PSYC 314L Experimental Research Methods Units: 4 *
• PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 421L Data Analysis for Psychological Research
Units: 4 *
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 *
• PSYC 423 User Experience Units: 4
• PSYC 424 Neuropsychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4 *
• PSYC 428 Advanced Psychobiology Seminar Units: 4 *
• PSYC 433 Children's Learning and Cognitive Development
Units: 4 *
• PSYC 438 Behavioral Genetics Units: 4 *
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4 *
• PSYC 452 Social Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4 *
Note: Students that are interested in focusing on aspects
of Cognitive Science that draw from Computer Science will
need to take CSCI 103L, CSCI 104L and CSCI 109, in order
to take the more advanced Computer Science offerings in
the curriculum. In considering how many CSCI courses to
take, students should consider that units from these courses
are outside of the Dornsife College, and will not be counted
toward the required Dornsife College units.
ITP 115 is not intended to be taken if CSCI 103L is taken.
Units: 10-12
*Prerequisite required
Total units: 46–48
Note: A course that is listed in multiple categories can only be
applied once. Students must choose a minimum of 16 upper-
division units from the flexible core and electives lists.
Suggested Tracks
The suggested tracks are organized by broad areas of
emphasis within cognitive science, and more specific areas of
interest within the broader domains. These tracks are suggestions
only; they are not listed on the transcript, and they do not have
to be officially declared. Some tracks and emphases include a
single course under Tier 1 courses, providing the opportunity to
select a second course that is best suited to particular areas of
interest. Students work with their academic adviser to tailor an
interdisciplinary curriculum that combines several areas.
Cognitive Science with an Emphasis in Psychology
Suggested Track: Learning, Memory and Reasoning
Related Tier 1 Courses
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4 or
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and Consciousness Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4 *
Related Tier 2 Courses
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 *
• PSYC 423 User Experience Units: 4
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4 *
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4
Suggested Track: Social and Developmental Processes
Related Tier 1 Course
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
Related Tier 2 Courses
• HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human Primates Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4 *
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 *
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4 *
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4 *
Suggested Track: Neuroscience
Related Tier 1 Course
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
Related Tier 2 Courses
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain Units: 4 *
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4 *
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4 *
Cognitive Science with an Emphasis in Language
Suggested Track: Processing and Development
Related Tier 1 Courses
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 275Lg Language and Mind Units: 4
• LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Units: 4 *
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4 *
Related Tier 2 Courses
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• LING 406 Psycholinguistics Units: 4 *
• LING 407 Atypical Language Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
Suggested Track: Computation
Related Tier 1 Courses
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 285Lg Human Language and Technology Units: 4
Related Tier 2 Courses
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4
• LING 486 Natural Language Processing Units: 4 *
• LING 487 Speech Synthesis and Recognition Units: 4 *
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Cognitive Science with an Emphasis in Philosophy
Suggested Track: Philosophy of Mind
Related Tier 1 Courses
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4 or
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
• PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and Consciousness Units: 4
• PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and Objectivity Units: 4
• PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4 *
Related Tier 2 Courses
• PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception Units: 4
• PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
• PHIL 463 Theories of Action Units: 4
• PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
• PSYC 422 Human Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 *
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4 *
Suggested Track: Philosophy of Language
Related Tier 1 Courses
• LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics Units: 4
• LING 302 Introduction to Syntax Units: 4 *
• PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic Units: 4 or
• PHIL 222g Logic and Language Units: 4
Related Tier 2 Courses
• LING 385Lg Human Language as Computation Units: 4
• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
• PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
Cognitive Science with an Emphasis in Computer Science
Related Tier 1 Course
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4 *
Related Tier 2 Courses
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4 *
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4 *
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4 *
Psychology (BA)
Grade Requirement
A grade of C- or higher is required to count a class toward major
requirements.
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4 *
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4 **
Note:
*At least one math course of 2.67 units or more is required. MATH
114x (or MATH 208x or MATH 265) is required. Students with a
strong math background may profit from a more advanced class.
Thirty-two upper-division psychology units are
required, including:
Required Courses, Upper-Division
• PSYC 314L Experimental Research Methods Units: 4 **
• PSYC 316L Non-Experimental Research Methods Units: 4
Note:
**It is recommended that no more than two upper-division
psychology courses be taken prior to the completion of PSYC
274L and PSYC 314.
One course from each of four of the following five
lists is also required:
Cognitive
•
PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 305 Learning and Memory Units: 4
• PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
Developmental
•
PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 337L Adult Development and Aging Units: 4
• PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind Units: 4
Clinical
•
PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 361 Introduction to Clinical Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 367g Stress, Health, and the Mind-Body Connection
Units: 4
Biological
•
PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology Units: 4
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 372 Human Sexuality Units: 4
• PSYC 404L Psychophysiology of Emotion Units: 4
• PSYC 420 Animal Behavior Units: 4
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
Social
•
PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Two 400-level psychology courses other than 490x totaling 8
units are also required. PSYC 404L and PSYC 420 may not count
toward this requirement if used to satisfy the biological category
above.
An additional psychology course, either upper or lower-division
of at least 2.67 units is required.
Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in
Psychology (BA)
The required courses are: PSYC 100, MATH 114*, PSYC 274L
and eight upper-division courses in departments in the social
sciences, including five in the Department of Psychology and three
outside the department but within the division. These may be any
300- or 400-numbered courses.
*MATH 208, MATH 218 or MATH 265 may substitute for MATH
114.
Minor
Consumer Behavior Interdisciplinary Minor
This interdisciplinary minor explores consumer thinking from the
perspective of psychology, marketing, economics, anthropology,
sociology and other departments interested in popular culture.
Why do people form the attitudes and impressions they do? How
do individual factors, culture, mass media, economics and social
trends influence people's decisions? See USC Marshall School of
Business.
Psychology and Law Minor
This interdisciplinary minor brings together courses in
psychology that focus on the social, clinical, cognitive and societal
aspects of psychology and how it relates to law. This knowledge is
augmented with courses from the USC Gould School of Law that
identify the relationship between mental health, social psychology
and law.
Twenty-four units are required for the minor. A minimum of four
courses (16 units) must be unique to the minor. A minimum of
16 upper-division units must be completed. Psychology majors
and students majoring in social sciences with an emphasis in
psychology may "double count" up to two courses toward the
major and minor; however, they must take a minimum of four
courses that do not apply to the major.
Lower-Division Requirements
Students must complete LAW 200w or LAW 250 and PSYC 100Lg.
(PSYC 100Lg is a prerequisite to upper-division PSYC courses.)
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
or
• LAW 250w Children and the Law Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
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At least two upper-division Law courses from
the following list (three minimum for PSYC
majors):
• LAW 402 Psychology and Law Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process Units: 4
• IR 349 International Law and Politics Units: 4
• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
At least two upper-division Psychology courses
from the following list:
• PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 363 Criminal Behavior Units: 4
• PSYC 365 Introduction to Forensic Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 454 Social Cognition Units: 4
Psychology Minor
The minor requires six courses: PSYC 100 and five additional
courses:
One course is required in each of three of the five topic areas
listed under Major Requirements. PSYC 314L may be used to fulfill
one of these topic areas.
Two elective PSYC courses. One must be upper-division,
300-level or higher.
Limitations:
1. Students must complete at least 16 upper-division PSYC
units.
2. No more than four units of PSYC 490x is applicable to the
minor.
3. Each of the six courses must be at least 2.67 units.
Master's Degree
Applied Behavior Analysis (MS)
The Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (MABA)
is designed for students who wish to pursue a career in Applied
Behavior Analysis. The mission of the program is that all
graduating students will become scientist-practitioners, who will
be leaders in the provision of services that improve the quality of
life of individuals with autism and other populations benefiting from
positive behavior change. The program satisfies all requirements
of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, including 315
instructional hours of course work in applied behavior analysis,
and 1,500 hours of supervised field experience. After graduating
from the program, students will have completed all of the course
work and fieldwork requirements to sit for the Board Certified
Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) certification. A unique component of the
program is the provision of courses in developmental psychology
that provide students with an up-to-date survey of theory and
research in social and emotional development of children and
adolescents.
The program is especially appropriate for individuals who
have majored in a behavioral science field, such as psychology
and sociology, or who have a background in teaching or special
education. Applicants must have received their baccalaureate
degree by the semester in which they enter the program.
Admission is competitive and based on grade point average,
course work, and practical experience with children. There are
openings for approximately 24 students in each year of the
program.
The program requires 41 units.
Applicants must apply for admission to the Graduate School,
and satisfy all requirements for admission. Details on the method
for applying, admission criteria and deadlines can be found at
dornsife.usc.edu/aba.
Sample Student Curriculum
The following is a representative curriculum:
Fall, First Year
• PSYC 530 Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis
Units: 3
• PSYC 531 Behavioral Assessment Units: 3
• PSYC 532 Ethics for Behavior Analysts Units: 3
• PSYC 587 Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis Units: 1, 2
(2 units required) – 18 hours per week – 15 weeks (270 hours)
Spring, First Year
• PSYC 535 Research Methods in Behavior Analysis Units: 3
• PSYC 536 Behavioral Interventions Units: 3
• PSYC 541 Experimental Analysis of Behavior Units: 3
• PSYC 587 Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis Units: 1, 2
(2 units required) – 18 hours per week – 15 weeks (270 hours)
Fall, Second Year
• PSYC 534 Social and Emotional Development in Children
Units: 4
• PSYC 537 Behavioral Supervision Units: 2
• PSYC 539 Behavioral Approaches to Skill Acquisition Units: 2
• PSYC 587 Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis Units: 1, 2
(2 units required) – 18 hours per week, 15 weeks (270 hours)
• PSYC 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
OR
• PSYC 597a Capstone Project in Behavior Analysis Units: 2
Spring, Second Year
• PSYC 587 Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis Units: 1, 2
(2 units required) – 20 hours per week, 15 weeks (300 hours)
• PSYC 596 Advanced Behavioral Theory Units: 3
• PSYC 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
OR
• PSYC 597b Capstone Project in Behavior Analysis Units: 2
Applied Psychology (MS)
Seeley G. Mudd, Room 706
(213) 740-2282
Fax: (213) 746-9082
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/map
Program Director: Ellen L. Leggett, EdD
The Master of Science in Applied Psychology program (MAP) is
designed for individuals who wish to pursue or advance a career
in a non-academic field where knowledge of human behavior
is essential to effective job performance. The program stresses
practical applications of psychological principles related to social
influence, human motivation, interpersonal dynamics, decision-
making, and performance improvement.
The program is especially appropriate for those who have
majored in a behavioral science field, e.g., psychology, sociology,
political science or anthropology. These applicants must have
received their baccalaureate degree by the semester in which they
begin the program.
Applicants must apply for admission to the Graduate School,
and satisfy all requirements for admission. Details on the method
for applying, admission criteria and deadlines can be found at
dornsife.usc.edu/map.
Thirty-four units of course credit is required for the MAP degree.
These units are taken from an inventory of courses that are
specified for the MAP program. All students are required to take
PSYC 505, PSYC 550a, PSYC 550b, PSYC 552, PSYC 565, 4
to 8 units of PSYC 591, and 2 units of PSYC 592. The specific
number of PSYC 591 units taken in a given semester will depend
in part on what options are available from internship sponsors.
In addition, students choose from the following courses to focus
on either organizational psychology or on consumer psychology:
PSYC 513, PSYC 517, PSYC 556, PSYC 622. MAP students may
take up to 4 units of PSYC 590.
Based on the student's academic background, work experience
and career goals, substitutions of up to two courses may be made
from other courses eligible for graduate credit.
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The program for a given cohort of students begins in the fall
semester. The normal expectation is that full-time students will
complete the program in two semesters plus the summer. Part-
time students will generally take one or two courses per semester,
and must complete the program within five years.
The Master of Science in Applied Psychology program is also
available as a part-time, online degree. Students may enter this
program in fall, spring or summer terms.
Computational Psychology (MS)
Advances in statistical and machine learning, coupled with
greater availability of human-related data, have provided
unprecedented opportunities to study and model human behavior
and cognition in ways that were not previously imaginable. The
Master of Science in Computational Psychology provides the
training in modern statistical methodology, state-of-the-art machine
learning algorithms and psychology needed to work on the cutting
edge of human-related big data.
The program is 36 units in length and will typically require
four semesters to complete. In addition to the required courses,
students must complete a semester of lab rotation and participate
in the Psychology and/or Quantitative Methods and Computational
Psychology colloquium for two semesters.
Required Courses
Four courses required.
• PSYC 518 Cognitive Modeling Units: 4
• PSYC 571 Foundations of Statistical and Data Analytic
Methods in Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 573 Bayesian Data Analysis Units: 4
• PSYC 625 Applied Machine Learning Units: 4
Advanced Statistics
Choose one course:
• PSYC 520 Fundamentals of Psychological Measurement
Units: 4
• PSYC 524 Research Design in Developmental Psychology
Units: 4
• PSYC 575L Multilevel Modeling Units: 4
• PSYC 577 Analysis of Covariance Structures Units: 4
• PSYC 621 Seminar in Quantitative Psychology Units: 4
Substituted courses can be accepted upon approval from Director
of Program:
• Selected Biostatistics courses
• Selected Math courses
• Selected Spatial Science courses (SSCI 583)
• Selected Economics courses
Data Science Core
Choose one course:
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Advanced Data Science
Choose one course:
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
• DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs Units: 4
Psychology Core
Choose two courses:
• PSYC 512 Seminar in Social Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 540 Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 547 Functional Neuroanatomy Units: 4
• PSYC 555 Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Units: 4
• PSYC 622 Decision Analysis and Behavioral Decision Theory
Units: 4
• PSYC 626 Text as Data Units: 4
Psychology (MA)
The department does not admit students whose objective is this
master's degree. However, if a student accepted in the doctoral
program does not have a master's degree, the department
strongly recommends completion of the requirements for the MA
in Psychology in the course of work toward the PhD degree. This
involves 24 units of course work and a thesis.
Dual Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
(Clinical) and Master of Public Health (Health
Promotion) (PhD/MPH)
The PhD/MPH dual degree combines knowledge of clinical
psychology research and practice with an understanding of health
from a population perspective. The student enrolls primarily in
the clinical science doctoral program, while taking additional
course work for the MPH. During the second and subsequent
years, course work is taken in both programs. The dissertation is
undertaken through the Department of Psychology.
Doctoral Degree
Psychology (PhD)
Residency Requirement
A minimum of 24 graduate units at USC is required for the
doctoral degree.
Course Requirements
Each student must take at least 36 substantive units in
psychology at USC during the first three years. Students must
complete one statistics and/or research methods course as well
as a set of core courses that cover topics in brain and cognitive
sciences and clinical, developmental and social areas, the
specifics of which are provided in the department's handbook for
graduate students. Additional course requirements vary according
to specialty area.
Research Requirement
During the first and second year, students work on either a
master's thesis or a research report of comparable scope and
quality. A research project done at USC is required of all students
(by the conclusion of the summer following the student's second
year), regardless of prior graduate work.
Screening Procedure
The student's ability to master graduate-level course material
is first evaluated after completion of no more than 24 units,
and not later than the third semester of graduate work at USC.
The final screening procedure is the successful completion of a
second-year project requirement. This evaluation is based on the
student's performance in courses taken and on an evaluation of
the student's research competence as reflected in the second year
research project. The project is evaluated by a committee of three
faculty, including the student's primary adviser.
Additionally, students are evaluated each year based on adviser
input, course work and research progress.
Qualifying Exam Committee
In preparation for the qualifying examination, each student
assembles a five-person qualifying exam committee to direct the
student's program of studies and evaluate research competence.
The committee continues to serve until after the qualifying
examination has been passed, the dissertation topic approved,
and the student admitted to candidacy for the PhD. At that time
the student assembles a dissertation committee of four or more
members (usually consisting of members of the qualifying exam
committee, one of whom must be a faculty member from outside
the department), who advise on and evaluate the dissertation.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination evaluates the student's ability to
conduct independent scholarship and research. The student is
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evaluated based on oral and written presentation of two elements:
a written review paper or written exam and the dissertation
proposal. The qualifying examination is planned, administered and
evaluated by the student's qualifying exam committee. It should be
taken no later than during the fifth semester.
Doctoral Dissertation
A student is expected to engage in research activity throughout
his or her graduate career, leading up to and culminating in
the PhD dissertation. The dissertation is based on an original
investigation, usually involving empirical data.
Defense of the Dissertation
The student's doctoral dissertation is defended at either a
defense oral, based on an approved preliminary copy of the
dissertation, or a final oral, based on the final version of the
dissertation.
Advisement
Each student has a major adviser who is usually in the specialty
area. The qualifying exam committee should be formed at least
one semester before the student takes the qualifying examination.
Advisement concerning graduate school requirements may also
be sought from the staff graduate adviser and the faculty member
serving as director of graduate studies.
Internship Requirement
Students in the clinical science PhD program need a minimum
of three full-time in-residence academic years of graduate study
plus one full year of internship at a facility approved by the clinical
faculty.
Quantitative and Computational Biology
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
has faculty with research specialties in statistical and evolutionary
genomics and epigenomics, computational structural biology, and
mathematical modeling and systems biology. The department
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Biology
and an undergraduate minor in Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics. The department also offers an honors program
in which a Quantitative Biology student can earn a BS degree in
Quantitative Biology with honors. The honors program is available
to students who maintain a GPA of 3.5 in the sciences and who
have completed their freshman year. The honors program includes
research opportunities, seminars and thesis preparation courses.
Quantitative Biology undergraduates will become involved in
research as component of their degree requirements.
At the graduate level, the department offers a doctoral degree
program that leads to a PhD in Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics. The department also offers a progressive MS
degree in Quantitative and Computational Biology and an MS
degree in Computational Molecular Biology.
Ray R. Irani Hall 413G
(213) 821-4464
FAX: (213) 821-4257
Email (department):
Email (undergraduate programs):
Email (graduate programs):
Website: dornsife.usc.edu/qcb/
Chair: Remo Rohs, PhD
Faculty
University Professor, Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical
Engineering, and Quantitative and Computational Biology: Steve
Kay, PhD (Neurology)
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Quantitative and
Computational Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering
& Materials Science and Dana and David Dornsife Chair in
Chemistry: Arieh Warshel, PhD* (Chemistry)
Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair and Associate Professor
of Biomedical Engineering, and Quantitative and Computational
Biology: Stacey Finley, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Provost Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry and
the Behavior Sciences, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering,
and Quantitative and Computational Biology: Arthur Toga, PhD
(Ophthalmology)
Professors: Liang Chen, PhD; Yan Liu, PhD (Computer Science);
Chi H. Mak, PhD (Chemistry); Aiichiro Nakano, PhD (Computer
Science); Remo Rohs, PhD; Andrew Smith, PhD; Fengzhu Sun,
PhD; Paul Thomas, PhD (Preventive Medicine); Paul Thompson,
PhD (Ophthalmology)
Associate Professors: Rosa Di Felice, PhD (Physics and
Astronomy); Christoph Haselwandter, PhD (Physics and
Astronomy); Vsevolod Katritch, PhD
Assistant Professors: Mark Chaisson, PhD; Charleston Chiang,
PhD (Preventive Medicine); Michael Edge, PhD; Geoffrey
Fudenberg, PhD; Naomi Levine, PhD (Biological Sciences); Adam
MacLean, PhD; Nicholas Mancuso, PhD (Preventive Medicine)
Associate Professors (Teaching): Peter Calabrese, PhD; Rory
Spence, PhD
Emeritus: Simon Tavaré, PhD; Michael S. Waterman, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Quantitative Biology: Peter
Calabrese, PhD
Advisement
Advisement in the Department of Quantitative and
Computational Biology is required each semester. First semester
freshman and transfer advisement takes place during orientation.
Advisement in all remaining semesters takes place during the
pre-registration period. The undergraduate coordinator forwards
advisement appointment information each semester to all students
in quantitative biology.
Pre-Medical Preparation
The Quantitative Biology major includes all requirements for
admission to medical school.
Minor in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers a minor in computational biology and bioinformatics. This
minor provides essential training in using quantitative skills to
solve fundamental biological problems as well as problems
related to public health, neuroscience and the environment. The
minor includes tracks matching the background of the students in
biology, mathematics, computer science and engineering.
Graduate Degrees
Degree Programs in Quantitative and Computational
Biology
The graduate programs in quantitative and computational
biology include graduate level classes in computer science,
mathematics, and statistics and access to high performance
computing. Courses and faculty research interests allow a
multidisciplinary approach. Students develop the ability to
formulate and test hypotheses, integrating information and
concepts in the completion of a dissertation (PhD). A qualifying
exam committee is formed for each student during the first year
to develop a particular program of course work and research, and
to evaluate the student's progress. Specific information about the
options in quantitative and computational biology can be obtained
by requesting information brochures or online at dornsife.
usc.edu/qcb/.
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Master of Science in Computational Molecular
Biology
This program is designed to attract recent graduates in either
mathematics, statistics, biology or computer science, or scientists
and engineers interested in a training in computational biology.
Students will be prepared for employment in the rapidly expanding
areas of computational molecular biology and bioinformatics.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics
This program prepares students for careers in academic
research in quantitative and computational biology, or data
science, biotechnology and software industries. The department
teaches computational biology courses after students have
taken graduate level courses in computer science, algorithms,
mathematics, statistics and probability, and molecular biology.
Students take classes and rotate in the first year, take a written
screening exam following the first year, and an oral qualifying
exam after the second year. Computational biology and
bioinformatics students can work with faculty members of the
Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology (dornsife.
usc.edu/qcb/people/) as PhD dissertation advisers.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in a natural science,
mathematics, computer science or engineering from an accredited
four-year college or university. Required background courses
include computer science, general physics, bioinformatics and
mathematics through integral calculus. Applicants are evaluated
by their transcripts and GPA; research experience; three letters of
recommendation; and a statement of interest. Applicants who are
accepted into the program but judged to have minor deficiencies
are expected to correct them within the first year.
Degree Requirements
These graduate degrees are awarded under the jurisdiction of
the Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation
section and The Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
Quantitative Biology (BS)
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers a BS degree in Quantitative Biology (QBIO). This program
allows biology students to achieve a fuller background in the
quantitative sciences such as computer science and statistics
that are essential for modern data-driven biological science.
The students will take an introductory seminar, participate in
undergraduate research and write an honors thesis. This program
will have the designation on the transcript of Bachelor of Science
in Quantitative Biology.
The general education, writing, language and diversity
requirements for a USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences degree are applicable.
Core Courses (38 units)
Students must complete the following courses:
Required Introductory Course (2 units)
• QBIO 105 Introduction to Quantitative Biology Seminar
Units: 2
Required Foundational Courses (36 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 or
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4 or
• MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis I Units: 4
Specialization Courses (12 units)
Choose three of the following courses:
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 308 Statistical Inference and Data Analysis II Units: 4
or
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 or
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 or
• PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and
Optics Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
Capstone Courses (8 units)
Choose two of the following four capstone courses:
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (minimum 8 units)
Choose two to three of the following courses for upper-division
electives. The specialization course and capstone courses
selected may not double-count toward upper-division electives.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4 or
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Units: 4
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• BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to
Perception Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of
Neurological Disorders Units: 4
• BISC 424 Brain Architecture Units: 4
• BISC 434 Introduction to Genome Science Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• BME 430 Principles and Applications of Systems Biology
Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• ECON 460 Economic Applications of Machine Learning
Units: 4
• LING 486 Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• LING 487 Speech Synthesis and Recognition Units: 4
• MATH 447 Mathematics of Machine Learning Units: 4
• MATH 466 Dynamic Modeling Units: 4
• MATH 467 Theory and Computational Methods for
Optimization Units: 4
• PHYS 444 Physical Biology: From Molecules to Cells Units: 4
• PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive
Processes Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4 *
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4 **
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4 **
• QBIO 479L Computational Genome Analysis Laboratory
Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4 **
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4 **
* Specialization course
** Capstone course
Research Experience (6 units)
Students are required to enroll in a total of 6 units of directed
research in a lab approved by the Quantitative Biology Executive
Committee or assigned faculty adviser. Students may choose from
any of the courses listed below, however, students in the honors
program will enroll in both QBIO 493x and QBIO 494x.
• QBIO 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• QBIO 493x Quantitative Biology Honors Seminar Units: 2
and
• QBIO 494x Quantitative Biology Honors Thesis Units: 2
Minor
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Minor
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers the Minor in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
This minor provides essential training in using quantitative skills to
solve fundamental biological problems.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-
division courses (16 units) and four courses (16 units) dedicated
exclusively to this minor (they can overlap). Four courses (16
units) taken outside the major department are required. Students
need to take 28 units of the courses listed: all requirements,
and enough electives to add up to 28 units, while fulfilling the
requirement listed above.
The courses are designed for students in biological sciences,
neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, or biomedical
engineering. Other students may need more units to receive
the minor. Please contact the minor adviser for specific program
requirements.
Required Courses
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4 or
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4 or
• QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for Quantitative Biology
Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4 or
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
Elective Courses
Students who have satisfied a required course with AP credit will
select an elective course to complete the minor requirements.
A selected required course may not double-count toward electives.
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 313L Evolution and Population Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4 *
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• CSCI 485 File and Database Management Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 432 Applied Combinatorics Units: 4
• MATH 458 Numerical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 465 Nonlinear Dynamics in Science and Engineering
Units: 4
• MATH 466 Dynamic Modeling Units: 4
• MATH 467 Theory and Computational Methods for
Optimization Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4 *
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4 *
• QBIO 479L Computational Genome Analysis Laboratory
Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4 *
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
* Optional required course.
Master's Degree
Computational Molecular Biology (MS)
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers a Master of Science in Computational Molecular Biology.
This program is designed to attract recent graduates in either
mathematics, statistics, biology or computer science, or scientists
and engineers interested in a training in computational biology.
Students will be prepared for employment in the rapidly expanding
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areas of computational molecular biology and bioinformatics. The
program includes courses in the biological sciences, computer
science, mathematics, and quantitative and computational biology.
The required and elective courses are indicated below.
Required Courses (24 units)
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• QBIO 502 Molecular Biology for Quantitative Scientists
Units: 4
• QBIO 542 Seminar in Computational Biology Units: 1
• QBIO 547 Ethics and Professional Conduct in Computational
Biology Units: 1
• QBIO 577 Computational Molecular Biology Laboratory
Units: 2
• QBIO 578a Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
• QBIO 578b Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
Elective Courses (8 units)
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• CSCI 485 File and Database Management Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 542 Seminar in Computational Biology Units: 1
• QBIO 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• QBIO 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training Units: 1,
2, 3
Quantitative and Computational Biology (MS)
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers a Master of Science in Quantitative and Computational
Biology (QCB), which integrates quantitative graduate courses
from the Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry,
Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and
Quantitative and Computational Biology departments. Students
will gain additional skills across these disciplines that prepare
them well for advanced graduate-level work, MD/PhD programs
at top universities and/or jobs in industries at the intersection of
biotechnology and software development.
The program requires 32 units, as indicated below.
Required Courses (8 units)
Students must complete the following courses.
• QBIO 502 Molecular Biology for Quantitative Scientists
Units: 4
• QBIO 542 Seminar in Computational Biology Units: 1
• QBIO 547 Ethics and Professional Conduct in Computational
Biology Units: 1
• QBIO 577 Computational Molecular Biology Laboratory
Units: 2
Research Experience (7-9 units)
Students are required to enroll for 7 to 9 units of directed research
in a laboratory approved by the department.
• QBIO 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
Foundational Elective Courses (8 units)
Select two of the following courses.
• BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine: Principles, Paradigms and
Practice Units: 4
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational Analysis of
Biological Data Units: 4
• QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary Genetics Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 479L Computational Genome Analysis Laboratory
Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
• QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4
Graduate-Level Elective Courses (7-9 units)
Select two or three of the following courses. Options include 3-
and 4-unit courses.
• BISC 545 Modeling and Numerical Techniques for Marine
Scientists Units: 4
• BME 530 Introduction to Systems Biology Units: 4
• CHEM 538 Mathematical Techniques of Physical Chemistry
Units: 4
• CHEM 540 Introduction to Statistical Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 544 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 596 Scientific Computing and Visualization Units: 4
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• PHYS 518 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 3
• PHYS 558a Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 690 Introduction to Physical Biology Units: 3
• QBIO 578a Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
• QBIO 578b Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
Doctoral Degree
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
(PhD)
The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers a PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. The
PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics is awarded in
conformity with the general requirements of the USC Graduate
School. Study in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
PhD program emphasizes original research that culminates in a
doctoral dissertation.
A separately published guide, available from the Department
of Quantitative and Computational Biology, provides additional
information on the topics listed below, along with other program
policies.
Application deadline: December 15
Course Requirements
Students in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics PhD
program take graduate courses that cover topics from biology,
computer science, mathematics, statistics and other disciplines.
These courses guarantee a broad foundation in our field, and
ensure students have sufficient scientific background and
intellectual tools for success in research. A list of required courses
can be found at the bottom of this page.
Screening Procedure
As per Graduate School requirements, all students in the
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics PhD program undergo
a screening procedure. This procedure consists of written tests
taken by each cohort before the end of their first year.
Advisement
Each student in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
PhD program is assigned an academic adviser from among the
Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology's faculty.
This person will act as the student's dissertation committee chair.
Advisers are determined by the end of the first year based on
shared research interests with the student. The primary role of
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the adviser is to guide the student as they work towards their
dissertation.
Qualifying Examination
Students must pass a qualifying examination to advance to
candidacy in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics PhD
program. The qualifying exam consists of a written part and an oral
part. Both parts are evaluated by a faculty qualifying committee,
which is formed separately for each student and is led by the
student's dissertation chair.
Dissertation
After advancing to candidacy, each student forms a faculty
dissertation committee. Students work toward their dissertation
research under the guidance of their adviser and with input from
their dissertation committee. The dissertation committee meets
annually to ensure appropriate degree progress. The central
requirement of the doctorate is a dissertation based on the
student's original research that makes a substantial advance to
scientific knowledge or technical capability in our field.
Required Courses (30 units)
• BISC 593 Practicum in Teaching the Biological Sciences
Units: 2
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• QBIO 502 Molecular Biology for Quantitative Scientists
Units: 4
• QBIO 542 Seminar in Computational Biology Units: 1 *
• QBIO 547 Ethics and Professional Conduct in Computational
Biology Units: 1
• QBIO 577 Computational Molecular Biology Laboratory
Units: 2
• QBIO 578a Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
• QBIO 578b Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
* Students register for QBIO 542 for 5 semesters.
Elective Courses (6 units)
Choose a minimum of 6 units from the following courses:
• BISC 502a Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BME 530 Introduction to Systems Biology Units: 4
• CSCI 521 Optimization: Theory and Algorithms Units: 3
• CSCI 559 Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 596 Scientific Computing and Visualization Units: 4
• CSCI 670x Advanced Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 565a Ordinary Differential Equations Units: 3
• PHYS 516 Methods of Computational Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 518 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 3
Research and Dissertation (4 units minimum)
• QBIO 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• QBIO 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Students may register for additional units by using QBIO 790
or the remaining QBIO 794 courses.
Religion
The School of Religion offers undergraduate courses in biblical
studies; ancient near eastern religion, east and south Asian
religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Daoism; religions
in Latin America; contemporary North American religions; the
histories of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; religion and gender
and topics in religious ethics. Courses are designed to facilitate a
critical and comparative understanding of religious traditions in the
light of the most current scholarship. The School of Religion offers
the Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology, the Bachelor of Arts in Jewish
Studies, the Bachelor of Arts in Religion, the minor in Archaeology,
the minor in Archaeology of California, the minor in Jewish
Studies, the minor in Religion, the minor in Contemplative Studies,
a graduate certificate in Religious Studies, a graduate certificate in
Jewish Studies, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Religion. Students
also have the opportunity to enroll in USC courses offered by
faculty of the Louchheim School for Judaic Studies, and receive
regular USC course credit.
Ahmanson Center 130
(213) 740-0270
FAX: (213) 740-7158
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/religion
Director: Duncan Williams, PhD
Faculty
Distinguished Professor, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought
and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and
Ethnicity: Sherman Jackson, PhD*
Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and
History: Lisa Bitel, PhD (History)
Knight Center Chair in Media and Religion and Associate
Professor of Journalism: Diane Winston, PhD (Communication)
Alton M. Brooks Professor of Religion: James Heft, PhD
Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion and Professor of
Religion: Donald Miller, PhD
Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies and Associate
Professor of Religion, Law and History: Jessica Marglin, PhD
Professors: Janet Hoskins, PhD (Anthropology); Sonya Lee, PhD
(Art History); Paul Lichterman, PhD (Sociology); James McHugh,
PhD; Duncan Williams, PhD; Bruce Zuckerman, PhD*
Associate Professors: David Albertson, PhD*; Sheila Briggs, MA;
Cavan W. Concannon, PhD; Lori Rachelle Meeks, PhD; Diane
Winston, PhD (Communication)
Assistant Professors: Kelsey Moss, PhD; Arjun Nair, PhD, Jessica
(Xiaomin) Zu, PhD
Associate Professor of the Practice: Lynn Swartz Dodd, PhD
Emeritus: John P. Crossley, Jr., ThD*; Robert Ellwood, PhD;
Ronald Garet, PhD (Law); Ronald Hock, PhD; William W. May,
PhD; John Orr, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Religion Major with Honors
Majors who wish to graduate from the university with honors
in religion must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average in
the major at the time of graduation. In addition to completing the
required 32 units listed above, candidates for honors must register
for REL 491x Undergraduate Honors Research, in which they must
complete an acceptable senior honors project in religion. The total
unit requirement to graduate with honors is 36 upper-division units.
Honor Society
Theta Alpha Kappa is a national honor society for those
involved in the study of religion at the undergraduate and graduate
level. It is open to declared majors who have completed at least
three semesters of college and at least 12 units of religion courses.
Students must have a GPA of at least 3.5 in major courses and an
overall GPA of at least 3.0.
Judaic Studies Minor
See Jewish Studies for a full description of the minor.
Graduate Degrees
The School of Religion offers graduate study at the doctoral
degree level in the field of religion with three tracks: Asia Pacific
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Religions, Comparative Christianities and Global Islam. Graduate
work in the field of religion is designed to develop competencies
and critical apparatuses in the distinct tracks and religious
traditions as well as in religions' interactions with society, culture
and the major themes that transcend the boundaries of geography,
history and tradition.
Track I: Asia Pacific Religions
Trains students in the foundational texts, histories, worldviews,
socio-political and cultural impact of religions in the pre-modern
and modern Asia Pacific. These religious traditions include
Hinduism, Buddhism and other religious movements in the region
as well as their global manifestations.
Track II: Comparative Christianities
Trains students in the vast global range of historical and
contemporary Christian traditions often grouped together
homogeneously as Christianity. Rather than focusing exclusively
on textual and intellectual traditions, this track integrates the social,
cultural and material dimensions of religion in its study of plural
Christianities, and challenges students to frame their research in
transnational and transhistorical terms as a matter of course.
Track III: Global Islam
Trains students in the "global" dimensions of the Islamic
tradition, from the traditional confines of the Middle East, Africa
and South and Southeast Asia to include Islam, Islamic thought,
Muslim culture and Muslim communities in the modern Western
world. In addition to the acquisition of traditional skills for the study
of religious texts, doctrine and spiritual life of believers, students
will learn how Muslims negotiate concrete spaces and contexts
they inhabit in the modern world.
Degree Requirements
The degree is conferred under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School. Decisions regarding the number of
transfer credits to be awarded will be made on a case-by-case
basis by the faculty of the School of Religion.
Bachelor's Degree
Archaeology (BA)
Director: Lynn Swartz Dodd, PhD
Archaeology deepens our understanding of peoples and
societies across space and time, in all parts of the world, while
expanding our knowledge of issues relevant in contemporary
society. Archaeologists interpret material culture and action from
our shared human past using a range of tools and approaches
whether the discovery occurs with trowel in hand, or through
laboratory analysis, artifact study, remote sensing or by
documenting heritage.
Archaeology majors strengthen their skills in critical thinking,
assessing evidence, and formulating clear and persuasive
arguments, both oral and written. Students from a wide range
of disciplines will gain perspective on their own intellectual and
professional interests through the study of the past.
In addition to the general education requirements, the following
courses are required:
Lower-Division Requirement (8 units)
Required Course (4 units)
• ANTH 202g Archaeology: Our Human Past Units: 4
Select either one 4-unit course or two 2-unit courses
from the following list (4 units):
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
• AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300 Units: 4
• AHIS 126g Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas Units: 4
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 201g Digging into the Past Units: 4
• ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture Units: 4
• ARCG 298aL Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2
• ARCG 298bL Introduction to Scientific Diving Units: 2
• CHEM 102 The Molecular World Units: 4
• CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and
Life Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
Units: 4
• CHEM 205Lgx Chemical Forensics: The Science, and Its
Impact Units: 4
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CLAS 190g History of Science: Antiquity to the Scientific
Revolution Units: 4
• CLAS 212 Archaeology: Interpreting the Past Units: 4
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
Units: 4
• CORE 103g The Process of Change in Science: Thematic
Option Honors Program Units: 4 *
• ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
• ENST 150gx Environmental Issues in Society Units: 4
• GESM 110g Seminar in the Arts Units: 4*
• GESM 111g Seminar in the Arts Units: 4*
• GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4*
• GESM 121g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry Units: 4*
• GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4*
• GESM 131g Seminar in Social Analysis Units: 4*
• HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• LING 295g The Ancient Near East: Culture, Archaeology,
Texts Units: 4
• MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
• REL 111g The World of the Hebrew Bible Units: 4
• REL 112g Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 114g The Mediterranean: A Religious History Units: 4
• REL 115g Jerusalem, City of Three Faiths Units: 4
• REL 121g The World of the New Testament Units: 4
• REL 125gp Introduction to Christianity: Antiquity to 1500
Units: 4
• REL 132g Origins of Western Religions Units: 4
• REL 135g Chinese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 136g Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions and
Culture Units: 4
• REL 137g Introduction to Islam Units: 4
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
*Note:
CORE 103 and all GESM courses listed are allowed for credit by
individual petition only. Contact program director or adviser.
Upper-Division Requirement (28 units)
Select one course from Ethics and Heritage (4 units)
• AHIS 301 Guardians of the Past? Art Preservation, Ethics,
and the Law Units: 4
• REL 304 Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4
Select two courses from Theories and Methods
(8 units):
• AHIS 325 Roman Archaeological Excavation: Methods and
Practice Units: 4
• AHIS 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and Theories of Things
Units: 4
• AHIS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art and
Archaeology: Research and Methodology Units: 4
• AHIS 427 Archaeological Theories, Methods, and Practice
Units: 4
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• ANTH 307 Trojan Archaeology: Excavating USC Units: 4
• ANTH 400 Maya Resilience: Constructing Past and Present
Identities Units: 4
• ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory Units: 4
• ANTH 450 Field Research in Maya Archaeology Units: 4
• ANTH 481L GIS for Investigating the Past Units: 4 *
• ARCG 305L Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and
Archaeology Units: 2, 4 *
• ARCG 323p Roman Archaeology: History, Methods and Field
Work Units: 4
• REL 303g Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental
Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 494 Lab Methods and Theories in Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 495 Field Methods and Theories in Archaeology Units: 4
Select three courses from the following two areas
(12 units):
Cultural/Historical
•
AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 330 Medieval Art Units: 4
• AHIS 381g Visual Cultures of Asia Units: 4
• AHIS 384 Early Chinese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 420 Studies in Ancient Art Units: 4
• ANTH 304 Prehistoric Archaeology Units: 4
• ANTH 310 Archaeology of the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 311 Old World Archaeology Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 329 Archaeology and Global Cultural Heritage Units: 4
• ANTH 337 Anthropology of Warfare Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• ANTH 340 Anthropology In and Of the Museum Units: 4
• ANTH 344g Social Memory Units: 4
• ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• ANTH 377g Archaeological Interpretation of Complex
Societies Units: 4
• CLAS 323 Aegean Archaeology Units: 4
• CLAS 324 Late Antique Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• CLAS 328 Archaeology of Religion in the Greco- Roman
World Units: 4
• CLAS 338 Warfare, State, and Society in the Ancient World
Units: 4
• CLAS 339 Ancient Science Units: 4
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires Units: 4
• CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean
in an Age of Expansion Units: 4
• JS 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion and Archaeology in
Israel Units: 4
• JS 378 Jewish Magic in the Ancient World Units: 4
• MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and
India Units: 4
• REL 302 Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 317g The Bible in Its Ancient Context Units: 4
• REL 325g Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World
Units: 4
• REL 326gp Historical Jesus Units: 4
• REL 350 Drugs, Alcohol, Visions and Altered States in
Religion Units: 4
• REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
• REL 475 Religion, Material Culture and the Senses Units: 4
• REL 493 Art and Archaeology of Religion Units: 4
Applied/Analytical
•
ANTH 376 Scientific Analysis in Archaeology Units: 4
• ANTH 481L GIS for Investigating the Past Units: 4 *
• ARCG 305L Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and
Archaeology Units: 2, 4
• ARCG 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air
Sustainability Units: 4
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
• GEOL 320L Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems
Units: 4
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior Units: 4
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
• SSCI 383L Geographic Information Science: Geospatial
Modeling and Customization Units: 4
Note:
*ANTH 481L and ARCG 305L may not be double-counted toward
the degree in Archaeology.
Take Capstone Course (4 units):
• CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society Units: 4
Total Requirement: 9 courses (36 units)
Jewish Studies (BA)
The interdisciplinary major in Jewish Studies investigates the
study of Jewish religion, history, culture and languages through
a variety of academic perspectives. Students can work with
scholars in the School of Religion in USC Dornsife College, the
Louchheim School for Judaic Studies at Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion and faculty across the USC campus
trained in religious studies, Jewish thought, history, linguistics,
literature, international relations, political science, music and
sociology. The curriculum is designed to allow students options in
combining courses that focus on Judaism as a religion with those
that focus on history, literature and other forms of Jewish culture
and civilization.
Major Requirements
Students choose among courses that focus on Judaism as a
living religious system and those that focus on Jewish history,
culture and society in its global setting.
Three core courses are required: REL 301 Introduction to the
Study of Religion, REL 401 Seminar in Religious Studies, and
either JS 100 Introduction to Jewish History or JS 180 Judaism.
Students must choose one course from the Judaism as a
Religious Tradition track and one course from the Jewish History
and Culture track which are listed below.
In addition, students must select three courses from either track.
No more than two courses in total may come from the lower-
division (100 and 200) levels. A total of eight courses are required
for the degree (32 units.)
A. Core Courses
Three courses are required. Students must take REL 301 and REL
401 and select one course from either JS 100 or JS 180.
• JS 100gp Jewish History Units: 4
• JS 180gp Judaism Units: 4
• REL 301 Introduction to the Study of Religion Units: 4
• REL 401 Seminar in Religious Studies Units: 4
B. Judaism as a Religious Tradition (at least
one course required)
• JS 180gp Judaism Units: 4
• JS 258gp Food, Faith and Conflict Units: 4
• JS 314gp Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims
Units: 4
• JS 321 Gender and Judaism Units: 4
• JS 361 Scripture and Polemic in Judaism, Christianity and
Islam Units: 4
• JS 374 Messiah: The History of an Idea Units: 4
• JS 378 Jewish Magic in the Ancient World Units: 4
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• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• JS 467 Modern Jewish Thought Units: 4
• REL 111g The World of the Hebrew Bible Units: 4
• REL 112g Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 114g The Mediterranean: A Religious History Units: 4
• REL 115g Jerusalem, City of Three Faiths Units: 4
• REL 121g The World of the New Testament Units: 4
• REL 132g Origins of Western Religions Units: 4
• REL 311g The Bible in Western Literature Units: 4
• REL 312 Biblical Wisdom Literature Units: 4
• REL 317g The Bible in Its Ancient Context Units: 4
• REL 359g Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• REL 364 Religion and Ethics Units: 4
• REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East Units: 4
• REL 473 Advanced Hebrew Bible Studies Units: 4
C. Jewish History and Culture (at least one
course required)
• HEBR 315 Modern Hebrew Language (Hebrew IV) Units: 4
• HIST 305 Women and Gender in Pre-Modern Europe
Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 383 The Modern Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
• HIST 443 Race and Religious Riots in Modern World History
Units: 4
• HIST 444 Mass Violence and Comparative Genocide in
Modern World History Units: 4
• HIST 446 Resistance to Genocide Units: 4
• ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction and Film Units: 4
• JS 100gp Jewish History Units: 4
• JS 211gw The Holocaust Units: 4
• JS 214 Zionism, Israel, and the Modern World Units: 4
• JS 300 American Jewish History Units: 4
• JS 315g Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds Units: 4
• JS 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the
Modern Era Units: 4
• JS 340 Modern Jewish History Units: 4
• JS 342 Reading in Two Directions: Connecting Law and
Literature in Jewish Tradition Units: 4
• JS 360m Identity, Community, and Service: Jews and Other
Americans Units: 4
• JS 362 Terror and Resistance in Literature and the Media
Units: 4
• JS 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion and Archaeology in
Israel Units: 4
• JS 379gm Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in the 21st
Century Units: 4
• JS 381 The Jew in American Society Units: 4
• JS 383 Jews in American Popular Culture Units: 4
• JS 389 Culture and Society in Israel: Inventing the Dream
Units: 4
• JS 390 Special Problems Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• JS 415 The American Jewish Experience in Film Units: 4
• JS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• JS 499 Special Topics Units: 4
• MSCR 475 Introduction to Jewish Music Units: 2
• REL 324g Sex and the Bible: Gender, Sexuality, and
Scripture Units: 4
• SPAN 350 Cultural Cross-Currents of the Iberian Middle
Ages Units: 4
D. Major Electives (three courses required)
In addition to the three core courses in Area A and one required
course in each of Areas B and C, students must complete three
additional courses chosen from lists B and C. No more than two
courses in total may come from the lower-division (100 and 200)
levels.
Jewish Studies majors are encouraged to take HEBR 120,
HEBR 150 and HEBR 220, which fulfill the Dornsife College
foreign language requirement.
Religion (BA)
The department major requires REL 301 Introduction to
the Study of Religion (preferably taken at the beginning of the
student's major courses) and REL 401 Seminar in Religious
Studies. Further, students must take six additional courses from
the list below. The total unit requirement for the major is 32 units
(at least 24 units must be upper-division).
Lower-division Options:
• REL 111g The World of the Hebrew Bible Units: 4
• REL 112g Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 114g The Mediterranean: A Religious History Units: 4
• REL 115g Jerusalem, City of Three Faiths Units: 4
• REL 121g The World of the New Testament Units: 4
• REL 125gp Introduction to Christianity: Antiquity to 1500
Units: 4
• REL 132g Origins of Western Religions Units: 4
• REL 134g Introduction to Buddhism Units: 4
• REL 135g Chinese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 136g Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions and
Culture Units: 4
• REL 137g Introduction to Islam Units: 4
• REL 138g Japanese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 141g Global Religions in Los Angeles Units: 4
• REL 147g Religion, Media and Popular Culture Units: 4
Upper-division Options:
• CLAS 323 Aegean Archaeology Units: 4
• COMM 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4
• EALC 431 The Taoist Tradition Units: 4
• JS 321 Gender and Judaism Units: 4
• JS 361 Scripture and Polemic in Judaism, Christianity and
Islam Units: 4
• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• JS 467 Modern Jewish Thought Units: 4
• REL 302 Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Units: 4
• REL 303g Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental
Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 304 Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4
• REL 311g The Bible in Western Literature Units: 4
• REL 312 Biblical Wisdom Literature Units: 4
• REL 314 Introduction to Shiism Units: 4
• REL 315 Thought and Life of Islam Units: 4
• REL 316 Women and the Islamic Tradition Units: 4
• REL 317g The Bible in Its Ancient Context Units: 4
• REL 324g Sex and the Bible: Gender, Sexuality, and
Scripture Units: 4
• REL 325g Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World
Units: 4
• REL 326gp Historical Jesus Units: 4
• REL 327g Heretics, Martyrs, and Miracles Units: 4
• REL 329 Themes in the Religions of China Units: 4
• REL 330 Introduction to the Religions of India Units: 4
• REL 331 Religions of East Asia Units: 4
• REL 332 Religions of Japan Units: 4
• REL 334g Religion and Colonial Encounter Units: 4
• REL 335 Gender, Religion, and Sexuality Units: 4
• REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America Units: 4
• REL 338 Mysticism and Religious Desire Units: 4
• REL 339 Studies in the History of Christianity Units: 4
• REL 340 Introduction to Indian Philosophy Units: 4
• REL 341 Technology, Culture, and Ethics Units: 4
• REL 342g Buddhist Modernism Units: 4
• REL 345p Islamic Mysticism: Sufism Units: 4
• REL 350 Drugs, Alcohol, Visions and Altered States in
Religion Units: 4
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• REL 359g Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• REL 361 Law and Religion Units: 4
• REL 364 Religion and Ethics Units: 4
• REL 366 Religion and Social Change Units: 4
• REL 370 Religion and Visuality Units: 4
• REL 371 Religion and the Supernatural Units: 4
• REL 376g Religion and Human Rights Units: 4
• REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East Units: 4
• REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the
Middle East Units: 4
• REL 414 History of Islamic Law Units: 4
• REL 415 Seminar in Buddhism Units: 4
• REL 417 Seminar in South Asian Religions Units: 4
• REL 435 Religious Thought After the Enlightenment Units: 4
• REL 440 Christian Thought in the 20th Century Units: 4
• REL 441 Origins of Modern Theology Units: 4
• REL 442 Religion and Science Units: 4
• REL 462 Religion and Violence Units: 4
• REL 468 Sociology of Religion Units: 4
• REL 469 Black Religion in America Units: 4
• REL 473 Advanced Hebrew Bible Studies Units: 4
• REL 474 Advanced New Testament Studies Units: 4
• REL 475 Religion, Material Culture and the Senses Units: 4
• REL 479 Seminar in Christian Thought Units: 4
• REL 481 History of Religion in America Units: 4
• REL 483 Religion and Popular Culture in the United States
Units: 4
• REL 493 Art and Archaeology of Religion Units: 4
• REL 494 Lab Methods and Theories in Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 495 Field Methods and Theories in Archaeology Units: 4
• REL 499 Special Topics in Religion Units: 2, 3, 4
Additional Requirements
Students who intend to do graduate work in some area of
religious studies are encouraged to concentrate their course
selections in the area of their preference and to begin learning the
languages that are essential for study in that area. This includes
modern languages such as Arabic, Chinese, French, German or
Japanese, and perhaps an ancient language.
Minor
Archaeology Minor
Students gain long-term perspectives by studying of the
material traces of the past human activity and by joining in its
discovery. The minor in Archaeology is available to students in all
schools and departments.
Lower-Division Requirement (4 units)
Required Course (4 units)
• ANTH 202g Archaeology: Our Human Past Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirement (16 units)
Select one course from the Theories and Methods
list of the Archaeology Major (4 units).
Additionally, select any one upper-division course
from those listed under Archaeology Major (4 units):
Take one course from the Ethics and Heritage list of
the Archaeology Major (4 units)
Take Capstone Course (4 units)
• CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society Units: 4
Total Requirement: 5 courses (20 units)
Archaeology of California Minor
Students gain diverse, long-term perspectives on Los Angeles,
California state, the west, and the USA by joining in the discovery
and study of the material traces of past human activity during an
archaeological excavation and/or survey on USC's campus and/
or elsewhere in California. The minor in Archaeology of California
is available to students in all schools and departments. Students
complete this minor through the archaeology block semester
program.
In a single semester, complete these three
courses:
• ANTH 307 Trojan Archaeology: Excavating USC Units: 4
• REL 304 Ethics and Global Heritage Units: 4
• REL 494 Lab Methods and Theories in Archaeology Units: 4
and complete one of these courses:
• ANTH 377g Archaeological Interpretation of Complex
Societies Units: 4
• CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society Units: 4
Contemplative Studies Minor
The minor in Contemplative Studies provides students with
the opportunity to explore contemplative traditions — such as
mindfulness, meditation and prayer — critically and from multiple
perspectives. Courses taken from within the department will
enable students to understand contemplative traditions from
historical, doctrinal, institutional and cultural perspectives. Courses
from other units included in the program place contemplative
traditions within scientific, sociological and experiential frameworks
and also consider contemporary applications of such practices.
Total unit requirement for the minor is 20 units; 16 units must be
upper-division.
Required Course
• REL 301 Introduction to the Study of Religion Units: 4
Lower-division Electives
Complete a total of 4 units.
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4
• PHED 120a Yoga Units: 1
• PHED 120b Yoga Units: 1
• PHED 120c Yoga Units: 1
• REL 134g Introduction to Buddhism Units: 4
• REL 135g Chinese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 136g Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions and
Culture Units: 4
• REL 138g Japanese Religions and Culture Units: 4
• REL 141g Global Religions in Los Angeles Units: 4
• REL 146gp Spirituality in America Units: 4
Upper-division Electives
Complete 8 units.
• BAEP 472 The Science of Peak Performance Units: 2
• COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature Units: 4
• HP 440 Happiness, Well-Being, and Health Units: 4
• REL 312 Biblical Wisdom Literature Units: 4
• REL 329 Themes in the Religions of China Units: 4
• REL 330 Introduction to the Religions of India Units: 4
• REL 331 Religions of East Asia Units: 4
• REL 332 Religions of Japan Units: 4
• REL 338 Mysticism and Religious Desire Units: 4
• REL 340 Introduction to Indian Philosophy Units: 4
• REL 342g Buddhist Modernism Units: 4
• REL 345p Islamic Mysticism: Sufism Units: 4
• REL 350 Drugs, Alcohol, Visions and Altered States in
Religion Units: 4
• REL 415 Seminar in Buddhism Units: 4
• REL 417 Seminar in South Asian Religions Units: 4
• REL 431 The Taoist Tradition Units: 4
Additional Course Work
Select 4 additional units from Religion or Jewish Studies in
consultation with an adviser.
Total Units: 20
A total of 16 units must be upper-division.
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Jewish Studies Minor
Students taking the Jewish studies minor must enroll in either
JS 100 or JS 180. In addition, they must complete four upper-
division courses selected from the Judaism as a Religious
Tradition track and the Jewish History and Culture track listed in
the Jewish studies major description.
The total unit requirement for the minor is 20 units; 16 of those
units must be upper-division.
Religion Minor
Students taking the religion minor must enroll in REL 301
Introduction to the Study of Religion. In addition, they must
complete four additional religion courses, at least three of which
must be upper-division courses.
The total unit requirement for the minor is 20 units; 16 of those
units must be upper-division.
Students who wish to focus their minor in Jewish studies must
minor in Judaic Studies.
Graduate Certificate
Jewish Studies Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Jewish Studies is offered by the
School of Religion in USC Dornsife College. It is designed to give
students pursuing research in areas related to Jewish Studies
(including Judaism as a religion, the history of Jews, Jewish
thought, etc.) a solid grounding in the field, as well as mentorship
from Jewish Studies faculty.
Students interested in pursuing the program should meet
with the adviser to apply for the program and plan a course of
study. In addition to taking relevant course work, candidates
must include research on a topic related to Jewish Studies in
their PhD dissertation projects (generally the PhD dissertation,
though potentially an MA thesis depending on the program); or
take a concluding qualifying oral exam based on three seminar or
research papers written in conjunction with their Jewish Studies
course work.
Completion of the certificate requires 16 units of course work,
including REL 560 Colloquium in Jewish Studies and three
additional courses that may be pre-approved courses or courses
requiring prior approval from the adviser. After consultation and
with prior approval, additional appropriate courses taught at USC
and HUC-JIR may count toward the certificate. All certificate
courses must be at the 500-level or above, and at least 50 percent
of their content must focus on Jewish Studies. Students may apply
no more than 4 units of 590 Directed Research.
Required Course (4 units)
• REL 560 Colloquium in Jewish Studies Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
Pre-Approved Courses
• HIST 516 Studies in the History of the Holocaust Units: 4
• HIST 518 Problems in Modern European Jewish History
Units: 4
• HIST 589 Fascism, Nazism and Communism Units: 4
• JS 501a Bible Texts Units: 4
• JS 501b Bible Texts Units: 4
• JS 501c Bible Texts Units: 4
• JS 504 Modern Hebrew Literature Units: 3
• JS 680 Boundaries of Jewish Normative Behavior Units: 4
• MUHL 550 Music and the Holocaust Units: 2
• REL 500 Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion
Units: 4
Additional Courses
Courses may be selected with prior approval from Jewish Studies
Graduate Certificate Adviser.
• Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion courses
and any other appropriate 500-level course from USC.
• One 590 Directed Research course from any department.
Courses from the list below:
• AHIS 520 Seminar in Modern Art Units: 4
• COLT 575 Studies in Literature and Ethnicity Units: 4
• COLT 620 Seminar in Literature, Culture and Thought
Units: 4
• LAW 871 First Amendment Units: 2, 3, 4
• REL 525 Colloquium in Global Islam Units: 4
Religious Studies Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Religious Studies (GCRS) allows
students across diverse fields in the humanities, social sciences
and professional schools to take advantage of the broad
knowledge and expertise of Dornsife's Religion faculty.
Students interested in pursuing the GCRS program should meet
with the director of Graduate Studies to apply to the program and
plan a course of study. In addition to taking relevant course work,
candidates must also do one of the following: (1) include the study
of religion in their dissertation projects; or (2) take a concluding
qualifying oral exam based on three seminar or research papers
written in conjunction with their Religion course work.
Students admitted into the GCRS program will be required to
complete REL 500 Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion
or REL 502 Themes in the Study of Religion. They must also take
12 units of elective courses from the pre-approved list below.
(Students may also take as an elective whichever of the REL 500
- REL 502 series they did not take as a requirement.) In addition
to the courses listed below, others may also be considered for
credit on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the director of
Graduate Studies. All GCRS courses must be at the 500-level or
above, and at least 50 percent of their content must focus on the
study of religion. REL 590 Directed Research may not count for
more than 4 of these additional 12 units.
Required Course (4 units)
Select one course.
• REL 500 Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion
Units: 4
• REL 502 Themes in the Study of Religion Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
Select 12 units.
Pre-Approved Religion Courses
• REL 500 Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion
Units: 4
• REL 502 Themes in the Study of Religion Units: 4
• REL 525 Colloquium in Global Islam Units: 4
• REL 535 Colloquium in Christian Studies Units: 4
• REL 545 Colloquium in Asia Pacific Religions Units: 4
• REL 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• REL 625 Advanced Graduate Seminar in Global Islam
Units: 4
• REL 635 Advanced Graduate Seminar in Christian Studies
Units: 4
• REL 645 Advanced Graduate Seminar in Asia Pacific
Religions Units: 4
• REL 650 Readings in Islamic Texts Units: 4
• REL 651 Readings in Christian Texts Units: 4
• REL 652 Readings in Buddhist Texts Units: 4
• REL 653 Readings in Indic Religious Texts Units: 4
• REL 654 Readings in Chinese Religious Texts Units: 4
• REL 655 Readings in Japanese Religious Texts Units: 4
Pre-Approved Cross-Listed Courses
• EALC 610 Seminar: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Japan
Units: 4
• JOUR 585 Specialized Reporting: Religion Units: 4
• JS 501a Bible Texts Units: 4
• JS 501b Bible Texts Units: 4
• JS 501c Bible Texts Units: 4
• MSCR 571 Music of the Great Liturgies Units: 2
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• SOWK 682 Spirituality, Religion, and Faith in Clinical Practice
Units: 3
Doctoral Degree
Religion (PhD)
Course Requirements
Sixty-four units of course work are required for the PhD degree,
including units of previous graduate work for which credit is
allowed. No more than two language courses at the 400-level and
no more than two non-language courses at the 400-level (i.e., 16
units) may be applied to the total requirement of 64 units. Time of
residency is contingent upon the background and preparation of
the student.
Core requirements for all doctoral students regardless of track
include REL 500, REL 592, REL 593 and a maximum of 8 units of
REL 794a Doctoral Dissertation to be applied toward the 64-unit
total requirement.
Additionally, mandatory courses for students in the Asia Pacific
Religions track include REL 545, REL 645, and one course from
the REL 652/REL 653/REL 654/REL 655 series. Mandatory
courses for students in the Christian Studies track include REL
535, REL 635 and REL 651. Mandatory courses for students in the
Global Islam track include REL 525, REL 625 and REL 650.
In addition to the mandatory courses, students are expected to
take elective courses in areas that will support their dissertation
work. Such courses may be offered in related departments in
the university as well as in the School of Religion and should be
selected in consultation with the primary adviser.
Each student entering the PhD program will select a primary
academic adviser before classes begin. The adviser must be
a member of one of the three tracks that the student envisions
specializing in. In addition, at least one other faculty member from
that track is selected to constitute, along with the primary adviser,
the student's "mentoring committee." The mentoring committee is
responsible for overseeing the student's program of course work,
course of language study, timing of qualifying exams and so on.
The membership of the mentoring committee can be changed at
any time with the agreement of the student, the student's primary
adviser, and the School of Religion director of Graduate Studies.
The dissertation Committee (see below) will replace the mentoring
committee once candidacy is achieved. Students are expected to
maintain a 3.5 GPA in course work.
The mentoring committee conducts an annual review of the
student's academic performance and progress toward the degree
in the spring of each year, before the end of the spring term.
Should a student's performance be considered unsatisfactory,
following consultation with the director of Graduate Studies, the
student will be placed on probation for one year and given the
opportunity to improve his or her performance. If a student's
performance is still considered unsatisfactory at the end of the
probationary year, the student will be dismissed from the program.
Only after a successful annual review in the second year will the
student be permitted to convene their qualifying examination
committee.
Foreign Language Requirements
Language competencies vary by track and are determined in
consultation with the mentoring committee. Here are some general
guidelines:
Asia Pacific Religions Track: Advanced facility in at least
one Asian language is considered essential to the Asia Pacific
Religions Track. Each student selects a primary language area.
The Mentoring Committee determines which possible additional
languages are necessary for the student's course of study, and the
procedures for the evaluation of proficiency in those languages.
The following is provided as a guideline depending on the area of
sub-specialization.
• Chinese: Classical and modern Chinese, as well as modern
Japanese (as a research language) and a modern European
research language.
• Japanese: Classical (Bungo) and modern Japanese, as well
as Kanbun, and one modern research language (European,
modern Chinese, or modern Korean)
• Korean: Advanced Korean, as well as either modern
Japanese (as a research language) or a European modern
research language.
• Sanskrit and Hindi: Advanced competency in two South Asian
languages, classical or modern, plus a modern research
language judged relevant to the student's research.
Christian Studies Track: Students are required to demonstrate
advanced ability in two languages other than English in order to
enable comparative research. Given the temporal and global span
of Christian traditions, the specific languages will be determined
on a case-by-case basis by the student's mentoring committee.
Customarily the committee will select one or two ancient
languages and one or two modern languages. The following are
the languages most frequently studied in the Christian Studies
Track, but the mentoring committee can select others as needed:
• Ancient: Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Latin, as well as medieval
vernaculars
• Modern: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese,
Korean
Global Islam Track: Required to demonstrate advanced ability
in the primary lingua franca of Islamic civilization to ensure the
ability to conduct original research. Secondarily, students are
generally encouraged to acquire facility in a secondary language
within traditional Muslim religious and secular literature. Students
are also encouraged to acquire facility in one European research
language where deemed appropriate.
• Arabic: Classical and Modern Standard, as the primary
research language.
• Persian: Classical and Modern, as a possible secondary
research language.
• French or Spanish: (Elective) a reading knowledge to
conduct research on or in specific modern communities.
Qualifying Examination and Dissertation
Prospectus
The qualifying examination process consists of five stages:
(1) constituting the qualifying examination committee (this would
normally include the members of the mentoring committee), (2)
determining the three exam areas by the student and the qualifying
examination committee, (3) taking the written examinations, (4)
submission of the dissertation prospectus, (5) the qualifying oral
examination.
Preparation for these exams should begin early in the student's
course work. In consultation with the mentoring committee the
students will select their primary area and also take an exam in
the other two cognate areas. Preparation for the qualifying exam
continues with supplementary readings based on a bibliography
prepared by the student in conjunction with the qualifying
examination committee. This committee is responsible for setting
the exam questions for the cognate written exams. The student is
given 24 hours to write on a total of three questions for each exam.
Each of the written exams is evaluated by all members of the
examination committee.
The dissertation prospectus should begin with a general
review of the scholarship in the field, and situate the thesis within
that field. It should clearly articulate the thesis and program of
research, identifying the available source material to be consulted.
The prospectus must include a chapter outline, and a full
bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
The oral examination will occur shortly after the submission
of the dissertation prospectus. It will focus on the content of the
written exams, the basic literature in the student's primary field, as
well as the content and cogency of the prospectus.
Dissertation
The dissertation committee, consisting of three faculty
members, is formed immediately following advancement to
candidacy. The committee consists of at least two faculty
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members in the track of the student's specialization as well as
one other School of Religion faculty member. Candidates may
also add an additional faculty member external to the School of
Religion if appropriate. This final stage of the program requires
the submission of an acceptable dissertation based on original
investigation. The dissertation must show technical mastery
expected in each track, evidence of independent research, and the
analytical and interpretive ability expected of a scholar.
Slavic Languages and Literatures
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures offers a
BA in Russian and minors in Russian and Russian Area Studies.
The major combines thorough preparation in the Russian
language with the study of Russian literature, art and culture.
Particular emphasis is placed on developments in contemporary
Russia. Students are required to study four semesters of Russian
language as a prerequisite to the major. The Russian major
requires an additional three semesters of language study, three
semesters of an advanced seminar on Russian culture (with
varying content), and two elective courses, either in Russian
literature and culture (in translation or Russian, depending on
course scheduling) or in Russian Area Studies. The department
also administers, together with the School of International
Relations, a major in Central European Studies, which combines
background in relevant languages (Russian plus either German
or Polish or more intensive study of Russian) with course work in
international relations and the history, culture and politics of the
region. In addition, the department offers a doctorate in Slavic
Languages and Literatures.
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Email: [email protected]
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Chair: Thomas Seifrid, PhD
Faculty
Professors: Sharon Carnicke, PhD (Dramatic Arts); Roumyana
Pancheva, PhD* (Linguistics); Sarah Pratt, PhD*; Thomas Seifrid,
PhD*; Alexander Zholkovsky, PhD*
Associate Professors: Robert English, PhD (Political Science and
International Relations); Colleen McQuillen, PhD
Assistant Professors: Greta Matzner-Gore, PhD; Kelsey Rubin-
Detlev, PhD
Professor (Teaching) of Russian: Tatiana Akishina, PhD*
Associate Professor (Teaching): Britta Bothe, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): John W. Arensmeyer, Jr., PhD;
Eve Lee, PhD
Emeritus: John Bowlt, PhD*; Gerhard Clausing, PhD; Marcus
Levitt, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Graduate Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (Specialization in
Slavic Linguistics)
Application deadline: January 1
See Linguistics in this catalogue.
Bachelor's Degree
Central European Studies (BA)
The major in Central European studies combines background
in relevant languages (Russian plus either German or Polish, or
more intensive study of Russian) with course work in international
relations and the history, culture and politics of the region.
No longer an imperial backwater, Central Europe has risen
from its Cold War stasis to become one of the world's most
dynamic and important regions. Stretching from the Baltic Sea to
the Balkan Peninsula, and from the Eastern lands of Germany
to the Western regions of Russia, this onetime great-power
battleground is now a vital trade and energy corridor, a mosaic of
languages and cultures, a place of both successful state-building
and persistent ethnic frictions, and a promising but still-precarious
bridge between the former Soviet Union and the West. Central
Europe rivals the Far East and Southwest Asia as one of the
world's most strategically important regions — now, and over the
coming decades. Those who master its history and politics, its
economic, cultural and linguistic diversity, will be well positioned
for fellowships, graduate work, business or analytical careers
centered on this fascinating region.
The objectives of this interdisciplinary major are to provide
students with: 1) the historical background and linguistic-cultural
skills necessary for in-depth study of Central Europe; 2) knowledge
of its main post-Cold War political, ethnic, and economic trends;
and 3) understanding of current issues from nationalism and
immigration to trade, military-diplomatic and alliance politics.
Requirements
The fundamental linguistic background of the major is Russian
(12 units).
Required Courses
• RUSS 120 Beginning Russian I Units: 4
• RUSS 150 Beginning Russian II Units: 4
• RUSS 220 Intermediate Russian I Units: 4
Courses
Beyond the second year of Russian, students may choose from
among three options: further work on Russian; or a year of
German; or a year of Polish (8 units).
Russian
• RUSS 250 Intermediate Russian II Units: 4
• RUSS 310 Advanced Russian in Popular Culture Units: 4 or
• SLL 340 Intercultural Communication in Russian Units: 4
German
• GERM 101 German I Units: 4
• GERM 102 German II Units: 4
Polish
• SLL 122 Elementary Polish I Units: 4
• SLL 152 Elementary Polish II Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division
Required upper-division courses in international relations: two
courses must be chosen from among the following (8 units):
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe
and the Balkans Units: 4
• IR 385 European Foreign Policy and Security Issues Units: 4
Elective Courses
In addition three electives are required from among the following.
At least one course must be at the 400 level. With prior approval,
IR 490x Directed Research (4 units) or SLL 490x Directed
Research (4 units) may be substituted for one of these courses
(12 units):
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 365 The Second World War Units: 4, 2 years
• HIST 414 Contemporary Europe Units: 4
• HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689–1917 Units: 4
• HIST 417 History of Soviet Russia: 1917–1991 Units: 4, 2
years
• HIST 422 European Intellectual and Cultural History: The
20th Century, 1920 to the Present Units: 4
• HIST 427 The German Question: Nation and Identity in
Modern Central Europe Units: 4
• IR 369 Post-War European Relations Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 468 European Integration Units: 4
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• POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide Units: 4
• POSC 371 European Political Thought II Units: 4
• POSC 463 European Politics Units: 4
• POSC 464 Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe Units: 4
• SLL 110g Russia in the Modern Era Units: 4
• SLL 302g Modern Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 303 Contemporary Russian Literature Units: 4
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
• SLL 397 Literature and Film in Eastern European Historical
Experience Units: 4
• SLL 465 Seminar in Russian Studies Units: 4
Russian (BA)
Required Courses, Lower-Division
• RUSS 120 Beginning Russian I Units: 4
• RUSS 150 Beginning Russian II Units: 4
• RUSS 220 Intermediate Russian I Units: 4
• RUSS 250 Intermediate Russian II Units: 4 or
• SLL 255 Business Russian Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper-Division
• RUSS 310 Advanced Russian in Popular Culture Units: 4
• SLL 321 Russian Culture Units: 4 or
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
• SLL 340 Intercultural Communication in Russian Units: 4
• SLL 465 Seminar in Russian Studies Units: 4 (12 units
required; taken three times with varying content)
Elective Courses
• Two courses approved by the undergraduate adviser
Minor
Russian Area Studies Minor
Lower-division Requirements
Four semesters of Russian language
• RUSS 120 Beginning Russian I Units: 4
• RUSS 150 Beginning Russian II Units: 4
• RUSS 220 Intermediate Russian I Units: 4 and either
• RUSS 250 Intermediate Russian II Units: 4 or
• SLL 255 Business Russian Units: 4
or its equivalent
Upper-division Requirements
The core course
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
One course outside the Slavic department, from
among the following:
• HIST 415 Medieval and Early Modern Russia Units: 4, 2
years
• HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689–1917 Units: 4
• HIST 417 History of Soviet Russia: 1917–1991 Units: 4, 2
years
• HIST 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in Russian History
Units: 4
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe
and the Balkans Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 483 War and Diplomacy: The U.S. in World Affairs Units: 4
• POSC 464 Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe Units: 4
And one elective, to be chosen from among:
any upper-division SLL/RUSS course in Russian
literature, art or culture
• HIST 415 Medieval and Early Modern Russia Units: 4, 2
years
• HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689–1917 Units: 4
• HIST 417 History of Soviet Russia: 1917–1991 Units: 4, 2
years
• HIST 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in Russian History
Units: 4
• IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
• IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe
and the Balkans Units: 4
• IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
• IR 483 War and Diplomacy: The U.S. in World Affairs Units: 4
• POSC 464 Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe Units: 4
Note:
The course taken to fulfill the requirement outside the Slavic
department cannot also count as an elective.
Minimum units required: 28
Russian Minor
Lower-division requirements for the major (RUSS 120, RUSS
150, RUSS 220 and choice of RUSS 250 or SLL 255) plus three
elective courses chosen from the following (at least two of the
areas must be represented): Russian language (RUSS 310, SLL
340); Russian literature and culture taught in Russian (SLL 321,
SLL 465); Russian literature, art and culture taught in translation
(SLL 110g, SLL 330gp, SLL 344g, SLL 345g, SLL 348g, SLL 378).
Minimum units required: 28
Doctoral Degree
Slavic Languages and Literatures (PhD)
The doctorate in Slavic languages and literatures is designed
to prepare students for a career of teaching and scholarship
at the university level. It provides a thorough grounding in
Russian literary and cultural history as well as in the theoretical
perspectives current in the field. Elective course work, particularly
at the upper level, allows students to take advantage of the
department's expertise in such additional areas as Russian art,
Russian theater, and eastern European cinema. The linguistic
component of the curriculum together with the experience as
a teaching assistant in Russian language courses that many
students gain also serves as preparation for positions involving
language teaching. Depending on departmental offerings, further
study in a second Slavic language and culture may also be
possible.
Admission Requirements
An undergraduate major in Russian or its equivalent is a
prerequisite for graduate work.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation page and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Master of Arts in Slavic Languages and Literatures
The department does not accept applicants for a Master of Arts
degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures. The MA degree is
intended only as a transitional degree in the process of completing
requirements for the PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures. The
MA portion of the program comprises 30 units.
First-year Review
The program conducts a thorough review of all first-year
students at the end of the second semester. To be permitted
to continue doctoral work, students must receive a satisfactory
evaluation in this review.
Language Requirements
Non-native speakers of Russian must successfully complete 8
units (4 semesters) of SLL 500 Topics in Advanced Russian and
pass a proficiency exam in the language.
Field Examination
A written exam based on a reading list, followed by an oral
exam, must be successfully passed before the MA can be
awarded. It is normally taken at the end of the semester in which
MA course work is completed.
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Required MA - Level Courses
• SLL 500 Topics in Advanced Russian Units: 2
• SLL 501 Proseminar in Russian Literature Units: 3
• SLL 512 History of the Russian Language Units: 3
• SLL 532 18th Century Russian Literature Units: 3
• SLL 546 The Russian Novel Units: 3
Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic Languages and
Literatures
Students pursuing the Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and
Literatures are required to complete a minimum of 60 units of
course work beyond the baccalaureate. In addition to the 30 units
completed toward the M.A., students are required to complete the
courses listed below; to demonstrate proficiency in spoken and
written Russian; to demonstrate reading knowledge of French
and German (in exceptional cases a second Slavic language
may substitute for either French or German; instruction in Slavic
languages other than Russian is not scheduled on a regular basis);
to pass the qualifying examination, which must be taken after all
course work has been completed; to complete and successfully
defend a dissertation.
Required PhD - Level Courses
• SLL 515 Russian Linguistics Units: 3
• SLL 545 19th Century Russian Poetry Units: 3
• SLL 550 Russian Modernism Units: 3
• SLL 555 Soviet Literature I (1917–1953) Units: 3
Two of the following courses (6 units):
• SLL 650 Seminar in Russian Literature Units: 3
• SLL 660 Seminar on a Single Author or Work Units: 3
• SLL 665 Seminar in Russian Culture and the Arts Units: 3
Additional Requirements
Plus electives, from SLL or relevant offerings in CSLC, COLT,
ENGL, FREN, SPAN etc. as approved by the department. At least
9 of these units must be completed in SLL.
Dissertation Defense
An oral defense of the dissertation must be satisfactorily
completed before the dissertation can be filed with the Graduate
School.
Awarding of Degree
The degree of PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures
is conferred when all of the degree requirements have been
completed satisfactorily.
Sociology
The Department of Sociology offers bachelor's degrees in
Sociology, Health and Human Sciences, and Non-Governmental
Organizations and Social Change. The Department of Sociology
also offers a number of minors, a graduate certificate in science
and technology studies, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology.
Students of sociology examine the patterns of social life, focusing
on the relationship of individuals to society and the interaction of
culture, economy and politics in shaping social life. The greater
Los Angeles area provides a natural laboratory for students to
explore such sociological themes as race relations, work and
the workplace, immigration, the family in a changing society,
population trends, globalization, religion and the criminal justice
system. Matching the special strengths of our faculty and cutting
edge research in the discipline, USC's sociology program offers
students the opportunity to learn about social issues locally,
nationally and internationally, as well as develop empirical
research tools to conduct research, and analyze and interpret
data in order to create social change. Many of our undergraduate
courses include opportunities to engage actively with the
community and to pursue multi-faceted independent research
projects.
Hazel and Stanley Hall 314
(213) 740-3533
FAX: (213) 740-3535
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/soci/
Chair: Tim Biblarz, PhD*
Faculty
University Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair of
Communication Technology and Society and Professor of
Communication, Sociology, Planning and International Relations:
Manuel Castells, PhD (Communication)
Harold Quinton Chair of Business Policy and Professor of
Management & Organization, Environmental Studies and
Sociology: Paul Adler, PhD (Management and Organization)
Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change and Professor
of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity: Manuel Pastor,
Jr., PhD*
Florence Everline Professor of Sociology: Pierrette Hondagneu-
Sotelo, PhD*
Professors: Lynne Casper, PhD; Nina Eliasoph, PhD; Peer C.
Fiss, PhD (Management and Organization); Jennifer Hook, PhD;
Andrew Lakoff, PhD; Paul Lichterman, PhD; Michael Messner,
PhD*; Dowell Myers, PhD (Policy, Planning and Development);
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, PhD; John P. Wilson, PhD*
Associate Professors: Tim Biblarz, PhD*; Elaine Bell Kaplan, PhD;
Ann Owens, PhD; Leland Saito, PhD; Jody Agius Vallejo, PhD*;
Lori Qingyuan Yue, PhD (Management and Organization)
Assistant Professors: Jennifer Ailshire, PhD (Gerontology); Deisy
Del Real, PhD; Jessica Ho, PhD (Gerontology); Hajar Ferrell, PhD;
Brittany Friedman, PhD; Daniel Schrage, PhD; Joshua Seim, PhD;
Emily Smith-Greenaway, PhD
Professor (Teaching): Karen Sternheimer, PhD
Professor (Research): Brian Finch, PhD
Assistant Professor (Teaching): Juliana McGene, PhD
Lecturer: Dan Lainer-Vos, PhD
Emeritus: Constance Ahrons, PhD; Vern Bengtson, PhD
(Gerontology); Lamar T. Empey, PhD; Malcolm Klein; Jon Miller,
PhD*; H. Edward Ransford, PhD; Maurice D. Van Arsdol Jr., PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Undergraduate Degrees
Honors Program
Seniors with 3.5 GPAs in the major and 3.25 overall are
encouraged to apply to the sociology honors program. Under
faculty guidance, honors students design and complete a
significant piece of original sociological research.
Juniors and seniors who have made substantial progress
toward completion of the program and have achieved a 3.3. GPA
in sociology and a 3.0 GPA overall are eligible for the Alpha Kappa
Delta International Sociology Honors Society.
University Requirements for All Minors
To satisfy the university's minor requirements, students must
choose at least four courses (16 units) outside their major
department and at least four courses (16 units) of upper-division
course work. In addition, at least four courses (16 units) must be
dedicated to the minor (not counting for credit toward a major,
another minor or USC core requirements).
Interdisciplinary Minors
American Studies and Ethnicity (see American Studies and
Ethnicity).
Law and Society (see Political Science).
Race, Ethnicity and Politics (see Political Science).
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Graduate Degrees
The Department of Sociology offers programs of study leading
to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The PhD is directed toward
the training of theoretically and methodologically sophisticated
sociologists who have an enduring commitment to the practice and
teaching of sociology.
Deadline
Applicants must complete their applications by December 1.
Consideration for university fellowships is possible as early as
November for students whose applications are complete.
Prerequisites
All applicants must have a bachelor's degree, a GPA of at least
3.0, and one or more courses in either undergraduate statistics or
college algebra.
Criteria
Admission to regular graduate status ordinarily requires
possession of a bachelor's degree, a GPA of at least 3.0, one or
more courses in undergraduate statistics and/or college algebra,
and three letters of recommendation. The GRE is also required.
International applicants must also submit their score on the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English
Language Testing System (IELTS). Approximately 5-8 students
enroll each year from the available pool of applicants. Each
application receives careful attention and is judged in terms of the
full set of criteria.
A limited number of graduate course units taken elsewhere may
be considered for transfer into the graduate program. These units
are transferred in on a course-by-course basis.
Application Procedures
The following materials should be submitted to apply for
graduate study:
1. an online USC application form (available at gradadm.usc.
edu) plus a check for the admission fee;
2. official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work;
3. the official results of the general aptitude scores of the
Graduate Record Examinations (verbal, quantitative and
analytical);
4. for international students, a TOEFL or IELTS score;
5. a completed Sociology Department Graduate Application
form (please save and upload);
6. one example of written work (normally a paper written for a
course) of no more than 20 pages;
7. three letters of recommendation from persons who can write
about your academic performance and your potential as a
social scientist;
8. a personal statement describing (1) your present sociological
interest, (2) the books, articles or ideas that have had the
greatest influence on your interests in sociology, and (3)
what you hope to be doing in the field of sociology 10 years
after you receive your degree. We welcome you to include
other aspects of your experience that you think are important
sources of your sociological interests. We stress, though, that
an effective personal statement will illustrate your intellectual
engagement and your interest in producing high-quality
scholarship.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Residence
All graduate students must be in residence and must take
at least 8 units of graduate work each semester (except during
Advanced and Qualifying Examinations), prior to work on the
dissertation.
Master of Arts in Sociology
The department does not admit students whose objective is a
master's degree. However, if a student accepted in the program
does not have a master's degree, the department strongly
recommends completion of the requirements for the MA in the
course of work toward the PhD degree.
Bachelor's Degree
Health and Human Sciences (BA)
This degree is for individuals who desire the freedom and
responsibility to design their own educational path. USC students,
living in urban Los Angeles, have access to a myriad of research
and volunteer experiences to complement their academic course
work. The Health and Human Sciences major encourages the
inquiry skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the evolving
disciplines of health, science and medicine.
The field of health care, including medicine, pharmacy,
dentistry and allied health providers, has changed so dramatically
over the last 25 years that our traditional approach to training
undergraduates has become obsolete. The traditional biology
degree does not adequately provide the student with the
knowledge to pursue a career in health. Preparing for a career
in health requires an interdisciplinary approach with a foundation
of science. As stated by the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC), doctors must be able to appreciate the diverse
populations they work with and "have a clear understanding of the
impact of behavior on health." This requires understanding how
psychological, cultural, social, economic, ethical and biological
factors influence our lives and most importantly, our health.
The Health and Human Sciences curriculum combines all of the
necessary science, social science, humanities and critical thinking
concepts, as well as field experience, in order to educate a broadly
thinking and prepared student. The major is designed so that every
student will be able to choose a semester abroad program as a
component of this major.
This major is open to all students. Students are not required to
pursue a pre-health track to declare this major.
Lower-Division Core Requirements (16 Units)
• BISC 150Lgx The Nature of Human Health and Disease
Units: 4 or
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 or
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• SOCI 242g Sociology, Demography and Health Units: 4
Modules in the Human Sciences (16 Units)
Choose one module among the six below:
1. Health, Gender and Ethnicity
• ANTH 125g Social Issues in Human Sexuality and
Reproduction Units: 4
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
• SWMS 325 The Science of Sex Differences: A Gender and
Sexuality Studies Approach Units: 4
• SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
2. Health and the Mind
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 or
• PSYC 367g Stress, Health, and the Mind-Body Connection
Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 361 Introduction to Clinical Psychology Units: 4 or
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
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3. International Health
• ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical
Anthropology Units: 4 or
• ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics Units: 4
• IR 339 Public Health and International Relations Units: 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4 or
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global Affairs Units: 4 or
• SOCI 362 Global and Transnational Sociology Units: 4 or
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
4. Sociology of Health
• ANTH 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4 or
• IR 339 Public Health and International Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4 or
• SOCI 225gw Sociology of Health and the Body Units: 4 or
• SOCI 210g Science, Technology, and Social Conflict Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4
5. Health and Aging
• GERO 321 Introduction to Psychology and Aging Units: 4 or
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4 or
• GERO 437 Social and Psychological Aspects of Death and
Dying Units: 2 or 4 (4 units required)
• GERO 380m Diversity in Aging Units: 4 or
• GERO 435m Women and Aging: Psychological, Social and
Political Implications Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
6. Biology of Health
• HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture Units: 4
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• HBIO 302L Nutrition and Metabolism Units: 4 or
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4 or
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4
Experiential Learning Component (1-4 Units)
Choose one course from the list below:
• AMST 365 Leadership in the Community — Internship
Units: 4
• GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care Units: 4
• MDA 250 Internship for Liberal Arts: Work and Career —
Theory and Practice Units: 1, 2
• POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership
Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• SOCI 450 Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field
Practicum Units: 4
• SOCI 472 Health, Disease, Language and Culture:
Guatemala Units: 3
• SWMS 311 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Internship
Units: 2, 4, 8
Upper-Division Electives (8 Units)
Choose two courses from the list below, or one from this list and
one upper-division elective from a different module option that you
have not completed.
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 421 Neurobiology Units: 4
• BISC 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine Units: 4
• HIST 330 Drugs: A Global Cultural History Units: 4
• MDA 320 Global Ethics: Poverty, Health and the Human
Condition Units: 4
• REL 460 Senior Seminar: Medical Ethics Units: 4
• PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology Units: 4
• PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 337L Adult Development and Aging Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4
• SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4
• SOCI 325 Applied Social Research Methods Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
• SOCI 431 Cities Units: 4
• SOCI 450 Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field
Practicum Units: 4
• SSCI 340 Community Health Scan Units: 4
Total units required for the BA in Health and
Human Sciences: 41-44
(at least 20 upper-division)
Non-Governmental Organizations and Social
Change (BA)
This interdisciplinary program focuses on the roots of social
conflict, on theories and methods for understanding them, and on
the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and nonprofits that
address them. To remedy social problems, we need to examine
their economic, political and social roots, as well as the varied
forms of organizations that aim to fix them. Students will engage
in various methods of analysis, from investigations of everyday
interactions to explorations of larger economic, political and social
structures. In classrooms and internships, students will learn how
people in NGOs and nonprofits promote new forms of citizenship
and governance, aiming to protect the environment and to lessen
the suffering of people around the world.
The major requires nine courses (36 units) chosen from the
specific lists of requirements below. As with all interdisciplinary
majors, students may double-count no more than three courses
from this degree to satisfy any other major.
Course Requirements
A. Lower division requirement
Choose one course (4 units) from the following list:
•
AMST 252gmw Black Social Movements in the U.S. Units: 4
• ECON 238xg Political Economy and Social Issues Units: 4
• ENST 150gx Environmental Issues in Society Units: 4
• ENST 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics
Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• IR 101gxw International Relations Units: 4
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• PHIL 141gp The Professions and the Public Interest in
American Life Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 255g Cultures, Civilizations and Ethnicities in World
Politics Units: 4
• POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges Units: 4
• SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the American Dream Units: 4
• SOCI 150gm Social Problems Units: 4
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 255g Sociology of Globalization Units: 4
• SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender and Sexuality:
International Perspectives Units: 4
B. Core methods
Choose one course (4 units) from the following two:
•
SOCI 313L Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
C. Core theory
Choose one course (4 units) from the following five:
•
PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
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• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• POSC 380 Political Theories and Social Reform Units: 2, 4
• SOCI 270g Sociological Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory Units: 4
D. Perspectives on NGOs
Choose one course (4 units) from the following three:
•
IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 250gmw Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
Units: 4
• SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and
Everyday Politics Units: 4
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
E. Analyzing and identifying roots of social conflict
Choose two courses (8 units):
•
ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology Units: 4
• ANTH 316gmp Native Americans in American Public Life
Units: 4
• ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
• ANTH 371gm Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs
Units: 4
• ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4
• BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4
• ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries
Units: 4 *
• ECON 344 Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
Units: 4 *
• ECON 350 The World Economy Units: 4 *
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
• GERO 483 Global Health and Aging Units: 4
• HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and World Politics Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 349 International Law and Politics Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 367 Africa in International Affairs Units: 4
• MOR 385gm Business, Government and Society Units: 4
• MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• POSC 320 Urban Politics Units: 4
• POSC 321 Urban Political Problems Units: 4
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 347 Environmental Law Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics Units: 4
• POSC 381 Sex, Power, and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 362 Global and Transnational Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 402 Human Trafficking Units: 4
• SOCI 429 Immigration, Work and Labor Units: 4
• SOCI 430m Work and the Workplace Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
• SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International
Migration Units: 4
• SOCI 464 Sociology of Gender and Work Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required
F. Addressing social conflict and organizing
advocacy
Choose two courses (8 units):
•
AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• BAEP 491 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BUCO 485 Business Communication Management for
Nonprofits Units: 4
• COMM 322 Argumentation and Advocacy Units: 4
• COMM 366 Designing Media for Social Change Units: 4
• COMM 400 Seminar in Communication Units: 4
• COMM 402 Public Communication Campaigns Units: 4
• COMM 412 Communication and Social Movements Units: 4
• COMM 413 Propaganda, Ideology and Public Controversy
Units: 4
• COMM 487 Communication and Global Organizations
Units: 4
• GERO 350 Administrative Problems in Aging Units: 2 or 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4
• IR 318 Violent Conflict Units: 4
• IR 337 The Impact of Remittances on Development in Mexico
Units: 4
• JS 360m Identity, Community, and Service: Jews and Other
Americans Units: 4
• POSC 323 Applied Politics Units: 4
• PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 353 Philanthropy and Social Change Units: 4
• REL 468 Sociology of Religion Units: 4
• SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to
Bureaucracy Units: 4
• SOCI 425 Social Movements: Power, Resistance and
Political Dynamics Units: 4
• SOWK 350 Adolescent Gang Intervention Units: 4
• THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4
G. Internship experience
One course (4 units) required
•
SOCI 450 Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field
Practicum Units: 4
Total course requirements: 36 units
Sociology (BA)
All students must achieve an overall average of C (2.0) or better
in the 10 courses (40 units) required for completion of the major.
All sociology majors must complete five core courses of
sociology.
At least 8 of the 20 elective units must come from 400-level
courses.
Core Courses
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 270g Sociological Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 313L Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• SOCI 325 Applied Social Research Methods Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Electives
20 elective units are required to complete the major, with at least 8
of the 20 units from 400-level courses.
300-Level Electives
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• JS 379gm Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in the 21st
Century Units: 4
• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4
• SOCI 335 Society and Population Units: 4
• SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to
Bureaucracy Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
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• SOCI 345 Social Institutions Units: 4
• SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power and Deviance
Units: 4
• SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile Justice Units: 4
• SOCI 353 Crime, Punishment and Society Units: 4
• SOCI 355m Immigrants in the United States Units: 4
• SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective
Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
• SOCI 362 Global and Transnational Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
• SOCI 376m Contemporary Issues in Asian American
Communities Units: 4
• SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
400-Level Electives
• REL 468 Sociology of Religion Units: 4
• SOCI 402 Human Trafficking Units: 4
• SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and
Everyday Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 410 The Sociology of Popular Culture Units: 4
• SOCI 425 Social Movements: Power, Resistance and
Political Dynamics Units: 4
• SOCI 429 Immigration, Work and Labor Units: 4
• SOCI 430m Work and the Workplace Units: 4
• SOCI 431 Cities Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
• SOCI 435m Women in Society Units: 4
• SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 450 Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field
Practicum Units: 4
• SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International
Migration Units: 4
• SOCI 464 Sociology of Gender and Work Units: 4
• SOCI 465 Visual Sociology of the City and Its Residents
Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 480 The Sociology of Risk and Disaster Units: 4
• SOCI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• SOCI 494 Sociology Honors Seminar I Units: 4
• SOCI 495 Sociology Honors Seminar II Units: 4
• SOCI 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Minor
Forensics and Criminality Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in forensics and criminality was
designed for students interested in the study of law, deviant
behavior or careers in the criminal justice system. In this program,
students study psychological and/or ethical issues related to
criminal behavior, consider criminality in the context of social class
analysis, and learn about the American system of criminal justice.
Twenty units are required, 4 at the lower-division and 16 at the
upper-division level. Contact Dornsife College Advising for further
details.
Students should choose a curriculum for their minor based
on their academic interests. Those students interested in white
collar crime, for example, might choose POSC 130 Law, Politics,
and Public Policy at the lower-division level, SOCI 350 Social
Exclusion, Social Power, and Deviance and PPD 342 Crime and
Public Policy.
Those who are interested in the criminal justice system
might choose LAW 200x Law and Society, REL 341 Ethics in
a Technological Society, SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile
Justice, POSC 340 Constitutional Law and POSC 432 The Politics
of Local Criminal Justice.
Those interested in individual and social determinants of
deviancy might take PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology, PSYC
360 Abnormal Psychology, or PSYC 363 Criminal Behavior, or
PSYC 365 Introduction to Forensic Psychology; SOCI 360 Social
Inequality: Class, Status, and Power, LAW 402 Psychology and
Law and SOCI 353 Public Policy and Criminal Justice.
Lower-Division Requirement (4 Units)
Choose one course from:
• AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 165Lg Drugs, Behavior and Society Units: 4
• SOCI 142gm Diversity and Racial Conflict Units: 4
• SOCI 150gm Social Problems Units: 4
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements (16 Units)
Choose one course from each group below:
The Individual in Society
•
LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process Units: 4
• LING 412 Language and Law Units: 4
• LING 450 New Horizons in Forensic Speaker Identification
Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4 * or
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 363 Criminal Behavior Units: 4 *
• PSYC 365 Introduction to Forensic Psychology Units: 4 *
• REL 341 Technology, Culture, and Ethics Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite: PSYC 100
Social Class and Criminality
•
ANTH 371gm Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs
Units: 4
• SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power and Deviance
Units: 4
• SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile Justice Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
• SOWK 350 Adolescent Gang Intervention Units: 4
The System of Criminal Justice
•
LAW 402 Psychology and Law Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• POSC 426 The United States Supreme Court Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• PPD 340 The American System of Justice Units: 4
Crime and Punishment
•
POSC 432 Politics of Local Criminal Justice Units: 4
• PPD 342 Crime and Public Policy Units: 4
• SOCI 353 Crime, Punishment and Society Units: 4
Total requirements: five courses (20 units)
Managing Human Relations Minor
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This interdisciplinary minor is intended for students in all
schools with an interest in human relations as a subject of study
or professional goal. In addition to course work in organizational
behavior, social psychology and management, this minor includes
attention to questions of ethics and leadership.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-
division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this
minor (not used for credit toward a major, another minor or general
education requirements). Finally, students must select four courses
outside their major department. Students seeking the Bachelor of
Arts in Sociology must choose four courses outside of sociology;
those seeking the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
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must choose four courses outside the USC Marshall School of
Business.
Requirements
Choose one course from the following (4 units):
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4 *
Choose one course from the following (4 units):
• MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and Development
Units: 4 *
• SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to
Bureaucracy Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 345 Social Institutions Units: 4
Choose one course from the following list of classes
on leadership (4 units):
• CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models
Units: 4
• IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy Units: 4
• MDA 325 Case Studies in Modern Leadership Units: 2 or 4
• MDA 365 The Art and Adventure of Leadership Units: 4
• MOR 470 Global Leadership Units: 4 *
Choose one course from the following list of classes
on ethics (4 units):
• BUCO 425 Ethics and Professional Communication Units: 4 *
• MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in Business Units: 4 *
• PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
• REL 341 Technology, Culture, and Ethics Units: 4
Choose one of the following three capstone classes
(4 units):
• ECON 332 Contracts, Organizations and Institutions
Units: 4 *
• ECON 471 Economics of Labor Markets and Human Capital
Units: 4 *
• MOR 471 Managing and Developing People Units: 4
• SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to
Bureaucracy Units: 4
Note:
*Course has prerequisite or corequisite
Total requirements: five courses, 20 units
Photography and Social Change Minor
This minor explores the potential of photography as an
instrument of social change that allows individuals to document
their circumstances, share their stories and change their lives.
Students have the opportunity to examine the impact of images
and the power of storytelling both in the classroom and in the field
and study the issues raised by this kind of social exploration and
commentary.
Students learn techniques of digital photography and theories
of culture to help them understand diverse cultural phenomena
and navigate their own cultural biases. In the field, students
apply these techniques and theories by developing their own
body of work. In addition, students can mentor individuals in the
community to use photography and digital media to share their
personal narratives, thus empowering community members to
reflect critically upon their circumstances and to participate in their
visual representation.
This interdisciplinary minor brings together students from
schools and majors across the USC campus, allowing them
to interact with one another and with scholars, artists and
professionals associated with key organizations such as the
Institute for Photographic Empowerment and Venice Arts.
Lower-Division Requirement
Select one course, based on prior preparation
(4 units):
• AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the
Modern World Units: 4
• ANTH 240gm Representing 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4
• SOCI 250gmw Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
Units: 4
Upper-Division Requirements
Select two courses in each category below, from
different departments (16 units):
Understanding Culture and Change
(8 units, in 2 courses — each from a different department)
• AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism Units: 4
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• JS 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the
Modern Era Units: 4
• POSC 323 Applied Politics Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America Units: 4
• REL 366 Religion and Social Change Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
Media and Message
(8 units, in 2 courses — each from a different department)
• AHIS 373g History and Theory of Photography Units: 4
• AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to Photography Units: 4
• ANTH 472 Visual Techniques in Anthropology: Stills Units: 4
• COLT 487 Critical Image Units: 4
• COMM 366 Designing Media for Social Change Units: 4
• COMM 451 Visual Communication and Social Change
Units: 4
• JOUR 422 Visual Journalism for Non-Majors Units: 4
Note:
Students in this program will also have opportunities for special
access to USC Annenberg's Public Diplomacy classes.
Total requirements: 20 units
Sociology Minor
Five courses (20 units) are required to complete the minor in
sociology.
All minors are required to take at least two of the core courses
in sociology:
Core Courses
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
or
• SOCI 270g Sociological Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 313L Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
or
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
Note:
The remaining three courses may be chosen from among the
upper-division elective courses offered by the department, or as
follows:
• AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
• JS 379gm Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in the 21st
Century Units: 4
• JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
• REL 468 Sociology of Religion Units: 4
• SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4
• SOCI 335 Society and Population Units: 4
• SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to
Bureaucracy Units: 4
• SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
• SOCI 345 Social Institutions Units: 4
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• SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power and Deviance
Units: 4
• SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile Justice Units: 4
• SOCI 353 Crime, Punishment and Society Units: 4
• SOCI 355m Immigrants in the United States Units: 4
• SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective
Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
• SOCI 362 Global and Transnational Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
• SOCI 376m Contemporary Issues in Asian American
Communities Units: 4
• SOCI 402 Human Trafficking Units: 4
• SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and
Everyday Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 410 The Sociology of Popular Culture Units: 4
• SOCI 425 Social Movements: Power, Resistance and
Political Dynamics Units: 4
• SOCI 429 Immigration, Work and Labor Units: 4
• SOCI 430m Work and the Workplace Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
• SOCI 435m Women in Society Units: 4
• SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International
Migration Units: 4
• SOCI 464 Sociology of Gender and Work Units: 4
• SOCI 465 Visual Sociology of the City and Its Residents
Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 480 The Sociology of Risk and Disaster Units: 4
• SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4
Graduate Certificate
Science and Technology Studies Graduate
Certificate
The graduate certificate in Science and Technology Studies
(STS) provides a foundation for USC doctoral students who wish
to gain expertise in the interdisciplinary field of STS and apply it in
their research. STS provides tools for critical analysis of the forms
of political, epistemological and cultural authority that underpin
scientific knowledge and technological systems.
The graduate certificate is open to PhD students in any USC
program. It requires doctoral students to take one core course,
SOCI 653 Seminar in Science and Technology Studies, as well as
three elective seminars focusing on special topics in the field. In
addition, students may take electives approved for their particular
program of research by the Program faculty. One of these courses
may be a research workshop course geared toward doctoral
prospectus development. Directed research may not be counted
toward the award of the certificate.
In addition to the completion of these course requirements,
students must demonstrate a focus on STS as a meaningful
component of their doctoral dissertation. This will include working
with faculty with expertise in STS on the doctoral committee (as
a primary adviser or minor member). Faculty will be responsible
for judging the adequacy of the STS component in the student's
dissertation.
Completion of the certificate requires a minimum of 16 units.
Required Course (4 units)
• SOCI 653 Seminar in Science and Technology Studies
Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
• AHIS 512 Seminar in Renaissance Art Units: 4
• AMST 700 Theories and Practices of Professional
Development Units: 4
• COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
Units: 4
• COMM 574 Science and Technology Studies for
Communication and Media Units: 4
• COMM 620 Studies in Communication Theory Units: 4
• COMM 630 Communication Technology and Social Change
Units: 4
• COMM 647x Network Society Units: 4
• COMM 652 Ethnographic Field Research in Communication
Units: 4
• CSCI 631 Privacy in the World of Big Data Units: 4
• CSCI 699 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• ENGL 536 Literatures and Cultures of the Victorian Period
Units: 4
• ENGL 610 Theory and Criticism Units: 4
• ENGL 620 Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies Units: 4
Note:
• Computer Science electives require a significant background
in Computer Science.
• Directed Research units may not be applied to the certificate.
Doctoral Degree
Sociology (PhD)
Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 graduate units is necessary for the PhD,
among which are the following required courses: SOCI 500,
SOCI 510, SOCI 520, SOCI 521, SOCI 511, and SOCI 621 or
620. In addition, each student must specialize in two subareas
of sociology and must take at least 8 units in each area such
as: urban sociology, complex organizations, stratification, ethnic
relations, sociology of aging, medical sociology, communication
and culture, deviance, sociology of gender, demography, and so
on.
Screening Procedure
Normally, students must complete the screening procedure
during the third semester of enrollment. Students will have
completed two full semesters of work by this point and, hence,
will have taken no fewer than 16 and no more than 32 units,
including at least the following: SOCI 500, SOCI 510 and SOCI
511. Students are evaluated on subject matter competence
and satisfactory progress. When the screening procedure is
successfully completed, the student has one semester in which to
form a qualifying exam committee.
Empirical Paper
Each student is required to complete an independent empirical
research project that is approved by two members of his or her
qualifying exam committee. In some instances, this requirement
may be met by acceptance of a satisfactory master's thesis from
some other university.
Foreign Language Requirement
The department does not generally require proficiency in a
foreign language; however, as with other courses outside the
department, a student's qualifying exam committee may in some
cases require proficiency in a foreign language.
Qualifying Examinations
Following the completion of their empirical papers and most
of their course work, students are required to take a written
and oral examination in their two standard areas. If the written
examination is passed, the oral part of the examination can be
devoted to a preliminary discussion of dissertation plans. When
these are completed successfully, the student is advanced to PhD
candidacy.
Dissertation
After the dissertation is completed, the student and the
dissertation committee, in conjunction with the department chair,
may elect either a defense oral or a final oral examination in
defense of the dissertation. The defense oral is normally chosen in
sociology.
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Sophomore Seminars
Sophomore Seminars focus on topics of current interest in
research and scholarship. They are small classes that encourage
close interaction between faculty and students.
During the fall and spring semesters, sophomores earn 2 units
of credit through participation in these weekly seminars. During
intensive special sessions, sophomores earn 1 unit of credit.
These courses emphasize active exploration of the life of the mind
through a variety of classroom activities and assignments.
To encourage a relaxed interchange of information and ideas,
each seminar is graded credit/no credit and limited in enrollment to
18 students.
Sophomore Seminars will be offered for the fall and spring
semesters in a variety of subjects. They will also be offered during
intensive special sessions. Individual topics will be indicated in the
Schedule of Classes under the SSEM designation.
Spatial Sciences Institute
Since its founding in 2010, the USC Spatial Sciences Institute
has used the power of spatial thinking and literacy – the ability
to connect place and space and to integrate geography into
everything we do – to help address global challenges. Through
its innovative academic programs and research enterprise, the
Spatial Sciences Institute educates and cross-trains scholars at
every higher-educational level to expand our ability to collect,
analyze, model, visualize and share location-based data and
information in support of policies and decisions that help sustain
our planet, promote public health and ensure human security.
Spatial Sciences Institute students work in the field, studio
and lab with an internationally recognized faculty who are
contributing to the rapidly evolving body of geospatial knowledge.
Student researchers in the Spatial Sciences Institute join its
interdisciplinary faculty on their funded research with agencies,
businesses, non-profits, NGOs and other entities to produce
actionable impact. The Spatial Sciences Institute provides
numerous opportunities for internships, conference paper and
poster presentations and networking, so its students are poised
for geospatial careers, which are among the fastest-growing in the
United States and world today, and other endeavors.
The Spatial Sciences Institute is a founding member of the
UNIGIS International Association, a network of universities around
the world that lead and share in the development of online GIS
education programs, and an Esri Education Development Center.
Allen Hancock Foundation Building B55
(213) 740-5910
FAX: (213) 740-9687
Email: [email protected]
Director: John P. Wilson, PhD*
Managing Director: Susan Kamei, JD
Faculty
Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences: Matthew
Kahn, PhD
Professors: Francois Bar, PhD (Communication); William Berelson,
PhD (Earth Sciences); Maged Dessouky, PhD (Industrial and
Systems Engineering); William Deverell, PhD (History); Philip
Ethington, PhD (History); Sofia Gruskin (Preventive Medicine);
Steven Lamy, PhD (International Relations); Rob McConnell, PhD
(Preventive Medicine); Jeffrey Sellers, PhD (Political Science);
John P. Wilson, PhD* (Sociology)
Associate Professors: Lihua Liu, PhD (Preventive Medicine);
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (History); Paulina Oliva, PhD (Economics);
Ann Owens, PhD (Sociology); Alexander Robinson, PhD
(Architecture)
Assistant Professors: Jennifer Ailshire, PhD (Gerontology); Laura
Ferguson (Preventive Medicine); Jill Johnston, PhD (Preventive
Medicine); Kelly Sanders, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering)
Professors of the Practice: Steven D. Fleming, PhD; Gregory
Treverton, PhD (International Relations)
Professors (Research): Yolanda Gil, PhD (Computer Science);
Craig Knoblock, PhD (Computer Science)
Associate Professors of the Practice: Lynn Dodd, PhD (Religion);
Andrew Marx, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Darren M. Ruddell, PhD;
Jennifer N. Swift, PhD; Robert O. Vos, PhD
Associate Professor (Research): Yao-Yi Chiang, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Laura Loyola Rico, PhD;
Katsuhiko Oda, PhD; Elisabeth Sedano, PhD; An-Min Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor (Clinical): Rima Habre, PhD (Preventive
Medicine)
Lecturers: Jennifer Bernstein, PhD; Leilei Duan, PhD; Su Jin Lee,
PhD; Laura Loyola, PhD
Emeritus: Karen Kemp, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Degree Programs
The Spatial Sciences Institute offers a Bachelor of Science
in Geodesign and a Bachelor of Science in Global Geodesign
(both with the USC School of Architecture and USC Price School
of Public Policy), a Bachelor of Science in Human Security and
Geospatial Intelligence, and minors in GIS and Sustainability
Science; Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence; and Spatial
Studies. The Institute also features an online Master of Science
and a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science
and Technology and an Master of Arts in Global Security Studies
as well as online Graduate Certificates in Geospatial Intelligence,
Geospatial Leadership, Remote Sensing for Earth Observation,
and Spatial Analytics; an online Master of Science in Human
Security and Geospatial Intelligence, a Master of Science in
Spatial Data Science, a Master of Science in Spatial Economics
and Data Analysis (with the Department of Economics), and a
Mater of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Population, Health
and Place (with the Departments of Preventive Medicine and
Sociology).
All of the programs and courses offered by the Spatial Sciences
Institute explore the various ways in which location is used
to acquire, represent, organize, analyze, model and visualize
information. They seek to engage students enrolled in a range
of academic programs in the natural and social sciences, the
humanities and the professional schools.
Undergraduate Degrees
The BS in Geodesign and BS in Global Geodesign are
interdisciplinary majors that include curriculum from the Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the USC School of
Architecture and the USC Price School of Public Policy. These
two degrees treat planning as a globally relevant framework for
collective action, the spatial sciences as a platform for supporting
science-based decision-making, and design as a vehicle for
solving the world's wicked problems. With a broad base of
knowledge from these disciplines around a liberal arts core,
Geodesign and Global Geodesign majors are poised for graduate
studies and professional opportunities in the public, private and
not-for-profits sectors, including urban planning, geographic
information science and technology, real estate development,
community health and preventive medicine. Geodesign and Global
Geodesign majors may take advantage of USC's progressive
degree path to obtain a BS in Geodesign or Global Geodesign with
an MA in Environmental Studies, a Master of Planning, or an MS
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in Geographic Information Science and Technology in as few as
five years.
The BS in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
provides students with a conceptual and technical grounding in
human security, including how to evaluate security around the
world, create and gather geospatial data, and design security
solutions. The topics covered include international border conflicts,
humanitarian response and relief, global human rights, the
monitoring and prevention of genocide, and refugee migration
and crisis management. This program connects collaborative
and interrelated disciplines and as such, provides a framework
for undergraduate-level analysis and planning in future human
security and Geospatial Intelligence work within the U.S.
Department of Defense, U.S. State Department, related U.S.
support/non-governmental agencies, and within comparable city,
county, state, and international organizations.
Honors Program
Candidates for the BS in Geodesign, the BS in Global
Geodesign, and the BS in Human Security and Geospatial
Intelligence can qualify for graduation with departmental honors
by meeting these requirements: a 3.7 GPA in the courses counted
toward the major at the time of graduation and completion of
a research project or thesis under the guidance of a faculty
member teaching the appropriate capstone course (SSCI 412
for Geodesign and Global Geodesign, and SSCI 420 for Human
Security and Geospatial Intelligence). In addition, students
must receive an A or A- in the appropriate capstone course.
Departmental honors are noted on academic transcripts but not on
the diploma.
Minors
The undergraduate minor in Spatial Studies can be combined
with any major and provides the scientific understanding and
technical skills in geographic information science, mapping, and
the accompanying geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, remote
sensing). Graduates with competencies in spatial sciences are
problem solvers and have competitive edges in sectors such as
diplomacy, finance, healthcare, retail, logistics, communications,
manufacturing and conservation.
The undergraduate minor in Human Security and Geospatial
Intelligence educates future leaders in location-based analytics to
gather, interpret and implement actionable intelligence to promote
human security. In combination with any major, this minor helps
position graduates for career paths and/or graduate education
in areas such as humanitarian relief, law enforcement, national
security and defense.
The undergraduate minor in GIS and Sustainability Science
educates future leaders in location-based analytics to gather,
interpret, and implement plans and policies to build healthy and
sustainable communities. In combination with any other major,
this minor helps position graduates for career paths and/or
graduate education in areas such as urban and regional planning,
economics, landscape architecture, urban design, public health,
and international development.
Graduate Degrees
The online Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information
Science and Technology provides the foundation for professional
advancement utilizing geographic information science and the
latest geospatial technologies. The online Graduate Certificate
in Geospatial Intelligence is accredited by the U.S. Geospatial
Intelligence Foundation, and develops career readiness for those
interested in the human security applications of geographic
information science and technology. The online Graduate
Certificate in Remote Sensing for Earth Observation develops
career readiness for those interested in using remote sensing to
collect various kinds of spatial data about places on the Earth from
a distant location. Our vision mirrors that of the Group on Earth
Observations (GEO), an international, intergovernmental agency,
working to improve the availability, access, and use of Earth
observations for the benefit of society through major initiatives,
such as the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
the Paris Climate Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction. The online Graduate Certificate in
Geospatial Leadership is for individuals with some training and
experience looking to increase their potential for advancement in
the geospatial field. In addition, all three of these online graduate
certificates may be taken by USC master's and doctoral students
in other disciplines.
The online MS in Geographic Information Science and
Technology provides state-of-the-art education in core geographic
information science and accompanying applications. Students
may choose among three tracks - Spatial Data Acquisition and
Integration; Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization; Spatial
Application Development – or select elective courses that better
match their own needs and aspirations.
The online MS in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
provides state-of-the-art knowledge of GIS techniques and data
within the context of incident preparation and response. This
program empowers graduates to build leadership skills and to
pursue management roles within the geospatial intelligence and
human security fields, and is ideal for individuals who thrive in
highly dynamic, chaotic environments and who have a passion for
risk mitigation, disaster planning and threat mitigation in military,
disaster management, and humanitarian operations.
The courses in the online Graduate Programs in Geographic
Information Science and Technology and Human Security and
Geospatial Intelligence are offered year-round and students can
start these programs in the fall, spring or summer semesters.
Students in the online Master of Public Health program offered by
the Keck School of Medicine of USC can complete a GeoHealth
track by completing four spatial sciences courses offered by the
Spatial Sciences Institute. Students interested in this GeoHealth
track should contact the Master of Public Health program in the
Department of Preventive Medicine.
The MS in Spatial Economics and Data Analysis provides state-
of-the-art knowledge of the spatial and economic principles and
methods that are used to support spatial econometrics and related
forms of spatiotemporal analysis. This program, which draws on
classes from the USC Dornsife Department of Economics and
the Spatial Sciences Institute, seeks to empower graduates with
the scientific knowledge and methods to identify new business
opportunities and develop new policy solutions to help address
some of the challenges in our increasingly interconnected and
urban world.
The MS in Spatial Data Science is jointly offered with the Viterbi
School of Engineering's Department of Computer Science and
the Spatial Sciences Institute. The individual courses focus on
modern computational tools and how these can be leveraged with
new analysis methods, such as artificial intelligence and machine
learning, to turn various forms of spatial "big" data into actionable
information.
The MA in Global Security Studies is a two-year program
designed for students who already have a substantial
undergraduate background in social sciences or relevant
professional experience in subjects such as international relations,
political science, environmental studies and social sciences.
Students in the program may concentrate in security, intelligence
and military issues; human security and humanitarian crises
issues; or environmental security issues.
Students in the MS in Transportation Systems Management
offered by the Viterbi School of Engineering can complete a
Geographic Information Systems track by completing three
spatial sciences courses offered by the Spatial Sciences Institute.
Students interested in this GIS track should contact the MS in
Transportation Systems Management program in the Department
of Civil and Environment Engineering.
The Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analytics provides USC
doctoral students with customized opportunities to learn about
the fundamental geographic information science principles and
a series of rapidly evolving geospatial technologies that take
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advantage of the Cloud and the Web along with advances in
analytical techniques, modeling tools and online geographic
data sources. The learning goals and outcomes in the courses
that contribute to this certificate can be customized to match the
student's disciplinary interests and research objectives.
In the interdisciplinary Population, Health and Place master
of science and PhD programs, faculty from the USC Dornsife
Department of Sociology, the Department of Preventive
Medicine of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and the USC
Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute provide training for careers
in research, teaching and applied work with large data sets and
varied modeling and computation approaches in public health,
epidemiology, demography, biostatistics, sociology, medical
geography, spatial sciences and other fields.
PhD Admission Requirements
The courses required for admission are an introductory
geography or sociology course, a course in statistics, a course
in research methods or experimental design and at least one
course from each of the following lists: (1) one or more of social
demography, society and population, medical sociology; (2) one
or more of cartography, human geography, medical geography,
spatial analysis.; and (3) one or more of climatology, hydrology,
environment and health. Additional courses are desirable,
as is work in the biological, physical and social sciences, in
mathematics and in philosophy. Students with less background in
public health, sociology or the spatial sciences, but outstanding
undergraduate records in related fields are also encouraged to
apply.
Students are selected on the basis of undergraduate records,
scores on the Graduate Record Examinations General Test,
course background, three letters of evaluation, personal statement
of interests and goals, and evidence of research skills or interests
(e.g., publications or participation in research projects).
Application for admission to the PhD Program in Population,
Health and Place requires submission of two sets of material:
special program forms and university application forms. Students
are admitted only for study beginning in the fall semester; both
sets of completed application forms must be submitted by
December 1 for admission the following fall.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and The
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted
by the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
Geodesign (BS)
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The Bachelor of Science in Geodesign is an interdisciplinary
major offered by the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences, the USC School of Architecture, and the USC Price
School of Public Policy. This degree prepares students for
professional careers and/or graduate study by engaging them
in the acquisition, representation, analysis, modeling and
visualization of spatial information set in the context of the built
environment and policy. The underlying spatial principles, methods
and tools can be used to support sustainable planning, facility
and infrastructure management, the design of livable and healthy
communities, and a series of regional planning applications to
address pollution, water and energy needs, and the impact of
population growth on the environment. The major electives provide
students with opportunities to explore one or more facets of the
built environment and a series of complementary analytical and
visualization tools in more detail. Finally, the major is structured to
provide students with sufficient elective credits to explore minors
or other programs at USC so they can broaden their education to
better prepare themselves for the next stage of their lives.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information about USC's general
education requirements, see General Education.
Major Requirements
A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0) must be earned in each of
the core courses and the capstone course. In addition, a minimum
grade point average of C (2.0) or higher must be achieved in the
major to earn the geodesign degree. No more than 16 units of core
courses may be taken prior to the successful completion of the
geodesign pre-major requirements.
Pre-major Requirements
Both pre-major requirements must be taken for a letter grade
and a minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in each
of the pre-major courses.
Pre-Major Courses (8 Units)
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4
Core Courses + Capstone Course (48 Units)
• ARCH 203 Visualizing and Experiencing the Built
Environment Units: 4
• ARCH 303 Principles of Spatial Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 403 Principles of Spatial Design II Units: 4
• PPD 227 Urban Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 417 History of Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 425 Designing Livable Communities Units: 4
• SSCI 201 Principles of GeoDesign Units: 4
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 381 Statistics for the Spatial Sciences Units: 4
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
• SSCI 383L Geographic Information Science: Geospatial
Modeling and Customization Units: 4 (capstone course)
• SSCI 412L GeoDesign Practicum Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Capstone Course
All students will take 4 units of a capstone experience during
their senior year. This may be fulfilled by taking SSCI 412L
GeoDesign Practicum (4 units), which may be offered by any
of the 3 units cross-listed (SSCI, ARCH, PPD) and will require
students to use their knowledge and skills on a real project with a
real client.
Major Electives (24 Units)
A suite of courses that further the development of practical,
theoretical, and field knowledge and skills, including computer
graphics, drawing, policy analysis, public finance, and statistics.
Choose additional electives from the two lists equal to at least
six courses (24 units) in all. At least two courses must come from
Group A and two courses from Group B.
Group A: Built Environment
• ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology Units: 4
• ENST 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
• POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics Units: 4
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• PPD 360 Urban Transportation Planning and Policy Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
• SOCI 242g Sociology, Demography and Health Units: 4
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 214g Human Populations and Natural Hazards Units: 4
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
• SSCI 350 International GeoDesign Units: 4
Group B: Design, Analysis And Computation
• ARCH 307 Digital Tools for Architecture Units: 3
• DES 102 Design Fundamentals Units: 4
• DES 203 Digital Tools for Design Units: 2
• ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the
Environment Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges Units: 4
• POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics Units: 4
• POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
• PPD 430 Urban Informatics Units: 4
• SSCI 135g Maps in the Digital World Units: 4
• SSCI 220L Spatial Data Collection Using Drones Units: 4
• SSCI 313 Global Geodesign and Stakeholder Engagement
Units: 2
• SSCI 314 Comparative Sustainability Theory and Practice for
Geodesign Units: 2
• SSCI 402 Geospatial Technology Management for
Sustainability Science Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Honors
Candidates for the BS in Geodesign can receive an honors
degree by meeting these requirements: a 3.7 GPA in department
courses at the time of graduation; completion of an honors
research project or thesis under the guidance of a faculty
member (SSCI 412L). Admission to the program is granted by the
departmental undergraduate adviser in the semester preceding
enrollment in SSCI 412L; students should have a 3.7 GPA in the
major at this time.
Global Geodesign (BS)
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The USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute offers a pioneering
Bachelor of Science in Global Geodesign to prepare individuals
with the integrative ability to analyze the role of place, space and
time to address issues of environmental sustainability and human
well-being on neighborhood, community, regional and global
scales in multidisciplinary and multi-dimensional ways.
Throughout their program, USC Global Geodesign students
engage with faculty and leading practioners from around the world
to gain integrative experiences in spatial sciences, architecture,
landscape architecture and urban and regional planning. Global
geodesign graduates develop perspectives and backgrounds that
will uniquely position them to contribute to improving the built and
natural environments in multicultural and multi-scalar ways.
Major Requirements
Courses should be taken in addition to core major requirements
and general degree requirements.
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4
• SSCI 381 Statistics for the Spatial Sciences Units: 4
Global Geodesign Core Requirements
Major core requirements.
• ARCH 203 Visualizing and Experiencing the Built
Environment Units: 4
• ARCH 214ag World History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 303 Principles of Spatial Design I Units: 4
• ARCH 403 Principles of Spatial Design II Units: 4
• PPD 227 Urban Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 417 History of Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 425 Designing Livable Communities Units: 4
• SSCI 201 Principles of GeoDesign Units: 4
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 313 Global Geodesign and Stakeholder Engagement
Units: 2
• SSCI 314 Comparative Sustainability Theory and Practice for
Geodesign Units: 2
• SSCI 350 International GeoDesign Units: 4 (8 units required)
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
• SSCI 383L Geographic Information Science: Geospatial
Modeling and Customization Units: 4
Global Geodesign Capstone
Culminating capstone class required for degree completion.
• SSCI 412L GeoDesign Practicum Units: 4
Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
(BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Human Security and Geospatial
Intelligence offered by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences prepares students for professional careers and/
or graduate study by engaging them in the framework for the
analysis and planning in future human security and geospatial
intelligence (GEOINT) work. The underlying spatial and GEOINT
principles and expertise can be used to support within the U.S.
Department of Defense, U.S. State Department, related U.S.
support/non-governmental agencies and within comparable
international organizations. The course work, and in particular the
capstone course, provides students with opportunities to develop
the skills and expertise to lead innovative ventures in areas such
as international border conflicts, humanitarian response and relief,
global human rights, the monitoring and prevention of genocide
and refugee migration and crisis management. Finally, the major
is structured to provide students with sufficient elective credits to
explore minors or other programs at USC so that they can broaden
their education to better prepare themselves for future stages in
their lives.
The program encompasses a 128-units course structure
comprised of five core courses, three additional management
and leadership courses and a capstone experience course. The
BS in HSGI degree can be completed in the planned 4-year
undergraduate experience (8 semesters) for full-time registrants.
Pre-Major Requirement (4)
Course to be completed within first two semesters of enrolling in
the major.
• MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics Units: 4
Major Requirements (60)
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• IR 304 National Intelligence and the Shaping of Policy
Units: 4
• IR 319 Human Security and Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4
• IR 381 Introduction to International Security Units: 4
• POSC 110g Ideology and Political Conflict Units: 4
• PPD 225 Public Policy and Management Units: 4
• PPD 402 Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• SSCI 214g Human Populations and Natural Hazards Units: 4
• SSCI 220L Spatial Data Collection Using Drones Units: 4
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 381 Statistics for the Spatial Sciences Units: 4
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
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• SSCI 383L Geographic Information Science: Geospatial
Modeling and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 401L Geospatial Intelligence Units: 4
Practicum
Course to be completed as culminating requirement.
• SSCI 420 Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
Practicum Units: 4
Minor
GIS and Sustainability Science Minor
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The innovative Minor in GIS and Sustainability Science
provides an interdisciplinary foundation for individuals to address
environmental sustainability, among the most pressing challenges
of our time. With an understanding of concepts of spatial
sciences, including geographic information science, cartographic
principles, spatial data acquisition and analysis, and techniques
of programming and customization, students will be capable of
analyzing and utilizing geospatial information linked with human
and natural systems to understand how humans create stress on
ecosystems and make informed decisions about how to alleviate
stress or restore damaged ecosystems.
In the capstone course, students have the opportunity to
explore their specific interests in greater depth as they design
a geospatial technology project that contributes to one or more
sustainable development goals at various scales and in locations
around the globe.
Geospatial careers are among the fastest-growing in the U.S.
and world today, and geospatial jobs are currently available
in every industry and discipline in consulting firms, non-profit
organizations, government agencies, and private-sector
companies.
Lower Division Elective
Choose one of the following courses:
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
Core Requirements
Complete all of the following courses:
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
• SSCI 383L Geographic Information Science: Geospatial
Modeling and Customization Units: 4
Capstone Course
Complete the following course after finishing core requirements:
• SSCI 402 Geospatial Technology Management for
Sustainability Science Units: 4
Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
Minor
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The interdisciplinary minor in Human Security and Geospatial
Intelligence aims to educate future leaders in location-based
analytics to gather, interpret, and implement actionable intelligence
to promote human security and serves to connect many
collaborative and interrelated disciplines to provide a framework
for students interested in learning how to develop and deliver
analytical and spatial solutions.
Lower-Division Elective (4 units)
• ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• IR 100gx The United States and World Affairs Units: 4
• IR 101gxw International Relations Units: 4
• IR 210gw International Relations: Introductory Analysis
Units: 4
• NSC 201 Leadership and Management Units: 3
• POSC 110g Ideology and Political Conflict Units: 4
• POSC 120 Comparative Politics Units: 4
• POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 255g Cultures, Civilizations and Ethnicities in World
Politics Units: 4
• POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics Units: 4
• SSCI 135g Maps in the Digital World Units: 4
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 214g Human Populations and Natural Hazards Units: 4
• SSCI 220L Spatial Data Collection Using Drones Units: 4
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
Required Core (12 units)
• IR 304 National Intelligence and the Shaping of Policy
Units: 4 or
• IR 319 Human Security and Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 401L Geospatial Intelligence Units: 4
Upper-Division Elective (4 units)
• AEST 400a Aerospace Studies IV: National Security Forces
in Contemporary American Society Units: 3
• AEST 400b Aerospace Studies IV: National Security Forces
in Contemporary American Society Units: 3
• IR 304 National Intelligence and the Shaping of Policy
Units: 4
• IR 381 Introduction to International Security Units: 4
• IR 386 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Units: 4
• MDES 314p Political Thought in the Middle East Units: 4
• MS 401 Leadership and Management I Units: 3
• MS 402 Leadership and Management II Units: 3
• NSC 402 Leadership and Ethics Units: 3
• POSC 351 Middle East Politics Units: 4
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
Note:
ROTC courses (AEST, MS, NSC) are not open to non-ROTC
students.
IR 304 cannot be counted as both a core and an elective course.
Spatial Studies Minor
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The spatial studies minor requires a minimum of 20 units,
consisting of one lower-division elective, three required courses
and an upper-division elective. The minor offers students an
opportunity to examine some of the major challenges of the
21st century (climate change, human health and sustainability,
urbanization and cultural homogenization, among others) through
a spatial lens.
Required Courses (12 Units)
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
• SSCI 382L Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4
• SSCI 383L Geographic Information Science: Geospatial
Modeling and Customization Units: 4
Lower-Division Electives (4 Units)
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
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• ANTH 202g Archaeology: Our Human Past Units: 4
• ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication
Units: 2
• ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community Units: 2
• ARCH 220 The Architect's Sketchbook Units: 2
• BISC 102Lgx Humans and Their Environment Units: 4
• BISC 140g Our Blue Planet in a Changing Climate Units: 4
• CLAS 212 Archaeology: Interpreting the Past Units: 4
• GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
• GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
• HIST 240gp The History of California Units: 4
• POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges Units: 4
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4
• SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the American Dream Units: 4
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
• SSCI 135g Maps in the Digital World Units: 4
• SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in the City Units: 4
• SSCI 214g Human Populations and Natural Hazards Units: 4
• SSCI 220L Spatial Data Collection Using Drones Units: 4
• SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives (4 Units)
• ANTH 481L GIS for Investigating the Past Units: 4
• ARCH 432 People, Places and Culture: Architecture of the
Public Realm Units: 4
• IR 319 Human Security and Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4
• JOUR 422 Visual Journalism for Non-Majors Units: 4
• PPD 306 Visual Methods in Policy, Management, Planning
and Development Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• SSCI 397 Spatial Sciences Internship Units: 2, 3, 4
Master's Degree
Geographic Information Science and
Technology (MS)
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The online MS in Geographic Information Science and
Technology requires 28 units of graduate work and provides
state-of-the-art training in the core geographic information
technologies (geographic information systems, global positioning
systems and remote sensing, among others) and the underlying
scientific principles and concepts that guide their design and use.
The individual courses incorporate multiple curricular pathways
tailored to the increasingly diverse backgrounds, occupations
and applications that rely on geospatial data, analysis and
visualization.
Course Requirements
Twenty-eight units of graduate work are required.
Core Courses (12 units)
All students complete the following courses:
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
• SSCI 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• SSCI 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Course Tracks
Students must choose one of the following tracks:
Spatial Data Management (12 units)
Students in the Spatial Data Management track must take the
following courses:
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Students in the Spatial Data Management track must choose one
of the following electives:
• SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
• SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging
Technologies Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Spatial Computing (12 units)
Students in the Spatial Computing track must take the following
courses:
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Students in the Spatial Computing track must choose one of the
following electives;
• SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging
Technologies Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
Spatial Analytics (12 units)
Students in the Spatial Analytics track must take the following
courses:
• SSCI 574 Spatial Econometrics Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Students in the Spatial Analytics track must choose one of the
following electives:
• SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Additional Requirements
All electives are chosen in direct consultation with the student's
academic adviser based on background, academic interests, etc.
The courses in this program are open to students living and/
or working anywhere, including students at USC's Los Angeles,
Orange County, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. centers. The
master's program can be completed in two to three years as long
as students take one or two courses in each of the fall, spring and
summer semesters. Continuous enrollment in the fall, spring and
summer terms is required in this program, including SSCI 594a,
SSCI 594b and SSCI 594z summer registration.
Admission Requirements
Four groups of students are served by this program:
1. New students who wish to apply directly to the geographic
information science and technology master's program.
2. Students currently enrolled in the geographic information
science and technology graduate certificate program since
this certificate program may serve as a possible "stepping
stone" toward the master's program.
3. Students currently matriculated in a USC master's or doctoral
degree program.
4. USC undergraduate students who want to stay for a fifth year
and earn both bachelor's and master's degrees.
Candidates for admission among the first two groups of
students must have: (1) a BA or BS degree or its international
equivalent; (2) a minimum 3.0 GPA (A = 4.0). All course work
taken at the undergraduate level is used to calculate the GPA.
Exceptions will be made in cases of very high GRE scores or
some other compelling evidence of potential to excel in graduate
studies (e.g., outstanding letters of recommendation). Preference
will be given to candidates with significant professional experience
working with geographic information systems and related
geospatial technologies.
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Application Procedures
Applicants are required to submit the following documents: (1)
completed application for admission, which can be found online
at usc.edu/admission/graduate; (2) statement of purpose; (3) a
writing sample; (4) official transcripts from all schools previously
attended; and (5) two letters of recommendation. International
students must submit TOEFL scores with a minimum score of 100
on the Internetbased examination, or an IELTS score of 7.
The statement of purpose should be uploaded into the online
application. This statement should: (1) describe the student's
motivation, field of interest and career goals; and (2) identify
potential projects that the student might pursue for the master's
thesis project.
The master's program utilizes rolling admissions and enrollment
based on the standard academic calendar. This means that
students may start the program in either the fall, spring or summer
semesters.
Those interested in learning more about this program should
contact Ken Watson, University of Southern California, 3616
Trousdale Parkway, AHF B55B, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0374.
Global Security Studies (MA)
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The Master of Arts in Global Security Studies is an innovative
two-year program designed to prepare individuals for careers
in public service, the private sector or the non-governmental
organization (NGO) arena to contribute in the ever-expanding
global civil society. The Global Security Studies program leverages
the interdisciplinary strengths of four world-class entities: the
School of International Relations in the USC Department of
Political Science and International Relations, the USC Shoah
Foundation, the USC Spatial Sciences Institute and the USC
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.
Building upon a substantial undergraduate background in
social sciences or relevant professional experience in domains
such as international relations, political science, public policy,
environmental science and geographic information science, the
Global Security Studies program provides the background for
professions in areas requiring an understanding of human conflict
and threats to peace and security. Global security issues can
arise from natural disasters, humanitarian crises, environmental
vulnerability, public health issues, terrorist attacks, political
violence, genocide, food/resource accessibility challenges and
other natural and manmade occurrences.
The overarching goal of the curriculum is to provide students
with the abilities to develop a deep, comprehensive understanding
of the human impacts from socio-political and environmental
crises, combined with cutting-edge analytical methodologies
and technologies that support policy research, analysis and
recommendations. Students delve more deeply into one of three
concentration areas: Intelligence and Security, Global Security and
Intervention or Environmental Security.
Hallmarks of this program include developing competencies to:
• effectively identify, acquire and analyze data, especially geo-
referenced data;
• formulate policy strategies that support stability in
contemporary global settings;
• capture testimonies through real-time interviewing techniques
and use the power of testimonial narrative in support of policy
goals; and
• develop briefing and presentation skills necessary for
professionals at the forefront of policy change.
The program curriculum also emphasizes experiential learning
approaches. During the summer semester bridging the first and
second year of the program, students participate in a practicum
that includes a problems-based learning (PBL) policy exercise,
followed by a multi-week full-time internship. The internship
options are identified by the program faculty and staff, and include
organizations with long-standing relationships with the USC Shoah
Foundation, the USC Dornsife Washington, DC Program and the
Vrije Universiteit Brussels.
In the second year of the program, students apply policy
skills mastered in their first-year courses, the PBL workshop and
internship experience to identify a human security policy issue,
provide a comprehensive review of related existing literature and
current research and offer possible policy prescriptions aimed at
mitigating the impact of the problem explored.
Throughout the program, students will work with faculty
and advisers from the faculty program board, which includes
individuals with distinguished careers in international relations,
national security, geospatial intelligence and policy.
Required Core Courses (32 Units)
• GSEC 501 Foundations of Global Security Units: 4
• GSEC 510 Security and Global Governance Units: 4
• GSEC 530 Human Impact of Genocide and Mass Violence
Units: 4
• GSEC 597 Global Security Practicum Units: 8
• SSCI 577 Human Security and Disaster Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Concentration (8 units)
Selected in consultation with an adviser, students are required to
take two courses in one of three concentration areas.
• Intelligence and Security
• Global Security and Intervention
• Environmental Security
Recommended courses are as follows:
Intelligence and Security
• GSEC 511 Transnational Crime and Global Illicit Networks
Units: 4
• GSEC 512 National Intelligence and Global Security Units: 4
Global Security and Intervention
• GSEC 521 Human Security and Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4
• GSEC 522 Global Human Rights Units: 4
Environmental Security
• ENST 500 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental
Studies Units: 4
• ENST 520 Environmental Law and Policy Units: 4
Units Required: 40
Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
(MS)
The online MS in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence
requires 34 units of graduate work and provides a set of viable
tools for graduate-level planning and leadership on future human
security and GEOINT work within the United States Department
of Defense, State Department, related U.S. support and non-
governmental agencies, and within comparable international
organizations. The program provides workforce-focused
leadership, management, and technical knowledge that gives
graduates the skills and expertise to lead and manage new
initiatives in the rapidly shifting landscape of GEOINT applications,
data collection systems, analytic methods, and mission support.
Core Courses (28 units)
Students must take the following courses.
• SSCI 577 Human Security and Disaster Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 578 The Practice of Geospatial Leadership Units: 4
• SSCI 579 Geospatial Intelligence Tradecraft Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
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• SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Elective (4 units)
Select one of the following.
• SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging
Technologies Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
Capstone (2 units)
Students must take the following course in their final semester.
• SSCI 595 Applied Geospatial Intelligence Problem Solving
Units: 2
Population, Health and Place (MS)
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The Master of Science in Population, Health and Place trains
students for applied professional research in geospatial public
health, led by faculty from the USC Dornsife Department of
Sociology, the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Keck
School of Medicine of USC and the USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences
Institute. Students do not complete a thesis but take courses in
various modeling and computation approaches in demography,
biostatics, epidemiology and spatial sciences.
Required Course Work (10 units)
• SSCI 600 The Geography of Life and Death Units: 4
• SSCI 601a Population, Health and Place Research
Practicum Units: 2
• SSCI 681 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Population,
Health and Place Units: 4
Electives (20 units)
Students must complete five of the following courses.
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• SOCI 625 Demographic Methods Units: 4
• SOCI 656 Social Demography Units: 4
• SOCI 658 Sociology of Health and Medicine Units: 4
• SSCI 680 Advanced Spatial Computing Units: 4
• SSCI 683 Principles of Spatial Data Analysis Units: 4
• SSCI 684 Spatial Modeling with GIS Units: 4
Total Units: 30
Spatial Data Science (MS)
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Spatial
Sciences Institute
Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science/Data
Science
spatial.usc.edu
datascience.usc.edu
Program Director (Spatial Science): John P. Wilson, PhD
Program Associate Director: Susan H. Kamei, PhD
Program Co-Director (Data Science): Yolanda Gil, PhD
The Master of Science in Spatial Data Science is a cross-
disciplinary joint degree program offered by the Viterbi School
of Engineering and the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences. Students must be admitted by both the Viterbi School
of Engineering and the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences.
Geospatial data accessibility, spatial decision support
systems and geospatial problem solving environments are
revolutionizing most industries and disciplines, including health
care, marketing, social services, human security, education,
environmental sustainability and transportation. Spatial data
science professionals draw upon engineering, computer science
and spatial sciences principles to solve data-intensive, large-scale,
location-based problems.
The USC Master of Science in Spatial Data Science provides
students with the knowledge and skills to:
• Understand and contribute toward the significant technical
and societal challenges created by large location-based data
environments, including their architecture, security, integrity,
management and scalability.
• Understand how spatial data can be acquired and used
to support various forms of analysis, modeling and geo-
visualization in large data environments.
• Understand how artificial intelligence, machine learning and
data mining can be used to augment the typical geographic
information science (GIS) concepts and workflows to
intelligently mine data to provide enterprise-centric solutions
for a variety of societal challenges and issues spanning the
public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Students complete a core set of courses to provide a foundation
in information engineering, spatial analysis and thinking with their
choice of electives to optimize preparation for their preferred
career path and unique professional opportunities.
Students will understand the overall field of data science, the
role of the analyst and/or data scientist and the domains where
spatial data science skills can be applied to critical organization
missions. They will understand how data management, data
visualization and artificial intelligence techniques (specifically data
mining and machine learning) are critical to the spatial analysis
process and how these can be applied to real world challenges.
Throughout their course work, students will assemble a digital
portfolio of work product that is intended to help them demonstrate
their capabilities and skills for the job market.
The curriculum is designed to be accessible to students with
any background, including students with a geography background
and no computer science knowledge as well as students with a
computer science background and no geography knowledge.
Students with undergraduate degrees in computer science,
engineering, science or mathematics will acquire the necessary
knowledge to analyze spatial data with diverse sources and
purposes, and can request to replace introductory data science
courses with more advanced ones. Students with undergraduate
degrees in geography, geographic information science (GIS) and
related disciplines will acquire formal and practical data science
skills, and can request to substitute introductory courses in the
spatial core with more advanced ones. There is no requirement
of prior knowledge of programming or computer science, as the
curriculum is designed with special introductory courses that are
accessible to students with diverse backgrounds.
For information refer to the Spatial Sciences Institute.
Degree Requirements
A minimum of 32 units with an overall cumulative GPA of at
least 3.0 is required for the MS in Spatial Data Science. Students
should consult with an academic adviser prior to registering for any
classes.
Required Courses (6 courses/24 units)
Foundation (take both courses):
•
DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Spatial core (take both courses):
•
SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
Data Science core (take both courses):
•
DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
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Spatial and Data Science Elective Courses (8 units)
Spatial elective (4 units)
•
SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Data Science elective (4 units)
•
CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management Units: 4 *
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
Note:
*SSCI 582 meets the CSCI 585 prerequisite for CSCI 587 and
must be taken before it.
Spatial Economics and Data Analysis (MS)
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The widespread diffusion of smartphones, grid sensors and
Internet technology has created vast new spatial data sets. One
example is residential electricity consumption for each house in
California for each 15 minutes. Another example is the universe
of all UBER rides in San Francisco in a given month. To analyze
these data in order to spot patterns and test hypotheses requires
three skills. First, the analyst must be able to manipulate these
huge data bases in order to create spatial databases plus maps
and other geovisualizations. Second, the analyst must have a
sophisticated understanding of spatial economics in order to have
a framework for understanding potential causal relationships that
can be inferred from the data. Third, the analyst must be trained
in spatial analytics and statistics to be able to generate interesting
new facts that form the basis for testing the spatial and economic
theories and producing new actionable knowledge.
This degree trains students in spatial economics and spatial
sciences. By combining the insights from these two different
fields, there are significant synergies. The geospatial curriculum
teaches best practices in spatial data creation, mapping and data
manipulation while simultaneously also teaching students how the
economist's perspective informs one's understanding about "why"
such patterns are observed.
Trained students will gain new insights about emerging
business opportunities, environmental trends, and urban crime
and congestion trends. Such spatial patterns are directly tied to
real estate valuation and to identifying emerging opportunities and
challenges for companies operating in cities around the world.
Given the large (and growing) number of Big Data startups in the
Los Angeles area, we will use our network of contacts to place our
students as interns in these firms.
The program is 32 units in length.
Requirements for Completion
To complete the program and receive a degree, specific courses
must be completed.
Students should note the following USC degree requirements:
• A minimum of 32 units must be taken in residence at USC.
The units applied toward this requirement must be taken for a
letter grade and cannot be taken on a P/NP or CR/NC basis.
Required Courses (24 Units)
Students must complete all of the following required courses:
• ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 570 Big Data Econometrics Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 574 Spatial Econometrics Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
Elective Options (8 Units)
Students must complete one course from SSCI (4 units) and one
course from ECON (4 units):
• ECON 506 Field Experiments Units: 4
• ECON 584 Economic Consulting and Applied Econometrics
Units: 4
• ECON 587 Urban Economics Units: 4
• SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
Graduate Certificate
Geographic Information Science and
Technology Graduate Certificate
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Director: John P. Wilson, PhD
The online Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information
Science and Technology requires 16 units of graduate work and
provides state-of-the-art training in some of the core geographic
information science technologies and the underlying scientific
principles and concepts that guide their design and use.
Course Requirements
Sixteen units of graduate work are required.
Core Courses (8 Units)
Students must take both of the following courses:
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
Electives (8 Units)
Students must choose two of the following courses:
• SSCI 574 Spatial Econometrics Units: 4
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Note:
The courses in this program are open to students living and/
or working anywhere, including students at USC's Los Angeles,
Orange County, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. centers. The
certificate program can be completed in one to two years as long
as students take one or two courses in each of the fall, spring and
summer semesters. The graduate certificate program can serve
as a possible "stepping stone" toward the geographic information
science and technology master's degree program. Continuous
enrollment in the fall, spring and summer terms is required in this
program.
Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certificate
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The online Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence
requires 16 units of graduate work and provides state-of-the-
art training in some of the core geospatial technologies and the
underlying scientific concepts and analytical methods that guide
their design and use to solve a variety of human security problems
and challenges.
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Course Requirements
Sixteen units of graduate work are required.
Core Courses (12 Units)
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 577 Human Security and Disaster Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 579 Geospatial Intelligence Tradecraft Units: 4
Electives (4 Units)
Students choose one of the following:
• SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging
Technologies Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Note:
The courses in this program are open to students living and/
or working anywhere, including students at USC's Los Angeles,
Orange County, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. centers. The
certificate program can be completed in as few as two and no
more than four semesters depending on the numbers of courses
taken in each of the fall, spring and summer semesters. The
graduate certificate program can serve as a possible "stepping
stone" toward the geographic information science and technology
master's degree program. Continuous enrollment, including
summer, is required.
Geospatial Leadership Graduate Certificate
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Director: John P. Wilson, PhD
The online Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Leadership
requires 16 units of graduate work. The capstone course focuses
on the cultivation of leadership skills and practices, and the
electives afford students the opportunity to strengthen their
knowledge of selected geospatial technologies, the underlying
scientific concepts and analytical methods, and the ways they can
be used in decision-making.
Course Requirements
Sixteen units of graduate work are required.
Core Courses (8 Units)
• SSCI 578 The Practice of Geospatial Leadership Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
Electives (8 Units)
Students must choose two of the following:
• SSCI 574 Spatial Econometrics Units: 4
• SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Additional Requirements
The courses in this program are open to students living and/
or working anywhere, including students at USC's Los Angeles,
Orange County, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. centers.
The certificate program can be completed in as few as two and
no more than four semesters depending on the numbers of
courses taken in each of the fall, spring and summer semesters.
Continuous enrollment, including summer, is required.
Admission Requirements
Two groups of students are served by this program:
1. New students who wish to apply directly to one of the spatial
sciences graduate certificate program.
2. Students currently matriculated in a USC master's or doctoral
degree program (other than the MS in geographic information
science and technology).
Candidates for admission among the first group of students
must have: (1) a BA or BS degree or its international equivalent;
(2) a minimum 3.0 GPA (A = 4.0) undergraduate GPA. All course
work taken at the undergraduate level is used to calculate the
GPA. Exceptions will be made in cases of very high GRE scores or
some other compelling evidence of potential to excel in graduate
studies (e.g., outstanding letters of recommendation). Preference
will be given to candidates with significant professional experience
working with geographic information systems and related
geospatial technologies.
Application Procedures
Applicants are required to submit the following documents: (1)
completed application for admission, which can be found online at
usc.edu/admission/graduate; (2) statement of purpose; (3) official
transcripts from all schools previously attended. International
students must submit TOEFL scores with a minimum score of 100
on the Internet-based examination, or an IELTS score of 7.
The graduate certificate program utilizes rolling admissions and
enrollment based on the standard academic calendar. This means
that students may start the program in either the fall, spring or
summer semesters.
Those interested in learning more about this program should
contact Ken Watson, University of Southern California, 3616
Trousdale Parkway, AHF B55B, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0374.
Remote Sensing for Earth Observation
Certificate
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Director: John P. Wilson, PhD
The online graduate certificate in Remote Sensing for Earth
Observation requires 16 units of graduate course work in the
rapidly evolving and expanding area of remote sensing and
geographic information science (GIS) as it is applied to Earth
observation, spatial data collection and the integration and
management of Big Data, including human-generated geo-
referenced information.
Required Courses
Students must take both of the following courses:
• SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging
Technologies Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Elective Options
Students must take two of the following:
• SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
• SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
• Additional SSCI course selected in consultation with an
adviser
Spatial Analytics Graduate Certificate
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Director: John P. Wilson, PhD
The Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analytics requires 12 units of
graduate work and provides doctoral students with an opportunity
to learn about the fundamental guiding principles (i.e. spatial
cognition, positioning, spatial representations and data models,
map projections and datums, modifiable unit area problems,
remote sensing, spatial analysis and modeling techniques and
cartographic principles) and a series of rapidly evolving geospatial
technologies that take advantage of the Cloud and the Web as well
as advances in analytical techniques, modeling tools and online
data sources.
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Course Requirements
Twelve units of graduate work are required.
Courses (12 Units)
• SSCI 680 Advanced Spatial Computing Units: 4
• SSCI 683 Principles of Spatial Data Analysis Units: 4
• SSCI 684 Spatial Modeling with GIS Units: 4
Note:
The courses in this program are open to students enrolled in
any one of USC's doctoral programs. The three courses that make
up this graduate certificate provide a vibrant and evolving series of
learning opportunities for doctoral students wishing to look at their
own disciplines and potential research topics through a spatial
lens.
Doctoral Degree
Population, Health and Place (PhD)
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Course Requirements
Each student must take at least 44 substantive units in
preventive medicine (health), sociology (population) and the
spatial sciences (place) at USC during the first three years.
Students must complete two laboratory rotations (4 units total)
as well as a set of core courses that cover topics in biostatistics,
demography, epidemiology and spatial sciences, the specifics of
which are provided in the Spatial Sciences Institute's handbook for
graduate students. Additional course requirements vary according
to specialty area and/or dissertation topic.
Research Requirement
During the first and second year, students work on either a
refereed journal article, book chapter or a research report of
comparable scope and quality. A research project done at USC is
required of all students (by the conclusion of the summer following
the student's second year), regardless of prior graduate work.
Screening Procedure
The student's ability to master graduate-level course material
is first evaluated after completion of no more than 24 units,
and not later than the third semester of graduate work at USC.
The final screening procedure is the successful completion of a
second-year project requirement. This evaluation is based on the
student's performance in courses taken and on an evaluation of
the student's research competence as reflected in the first- and
second-year research projects. The projects are evaluated by a
committee of three faculty, including the student's primary adviser.
Additionally, students are evaluated each year based on adviser
input, course work and research progress.
Guidance Committee
In preparation for the qualifying examination, each student
assembles a five-person guidance committee to direct the
student's program of studies and evaluate research competence.
The committee must include at least one member from the lists of
eligible faculty in Demography, Preventive Medicine and Spatial
Sciences listed in the each of the contributing fields specified in
the Spatial Sciences Institute's handbook for graduate students.
The committee continues to serve until after the qualifying
examination has been passed, the dissertation topic approved,
and the student admitted to candidacy for the PhD. At that
time the student assembles a dissertation committee of four or
more members (usually consisting of members of the guidance
committee, one of whom must be a faculty member from outside
the three contributing departments), who advise on and evaluate
the dissertation.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination evaluates the student's ability to
conduct independent scholarship and research. The student is
evaluated based on oral and written presentation of two elements:
a written review paper or written exam and the dissertation
proposal. The qualifying examination is planned, administered and
evaluated by the student's guidance committee. It should be taken
no later than during the sixth semester.
Doctoral Dissertation
A student is expected to engage in research activity throughout
his or her graduate career, leading up to and culminating in
the Ph.D. dissertation. The dissertation is based on an original
investigation, usually involving empirical data.
Defense of the Dissertation
The student's doctoral dissertation is defended at either a
defense oral, based on an approved preliminary copy of the
dissertation, or a final oral, based on the final version of the
dissertation.
Advisement
Each student has a major adviser who is usually in the specialty
area. The guidance committee should be formed at least one
semester before the student takes the qualifying examination.
Advisement concerning graduate school requirements may also
be sought from the Spatial Sciences staff student adviser and the
faculty member serving as director of graduate studies.
Residency Requirement
A minimum of 24 graduate units at USC is required for the
doctoral degree.
Courses
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• SOCI 625 Demographic Methods Units: 4
• SOCI 656 Social Demography Units: 4
• SSCI 600 The Geography of Life and Death Units: 4
• SSCI 601a Population, Health and Place Research
Practicum Units: 2
• SSCI 601b Population, Health and Place Research
Practicum Units: 2
• SSCI 680 Advanced Spatial Computing Units: 4
• SSCI 681 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Population,
Health and Place Units: 4
• SSCI 683 Principles of Spatial Data Analysis Units: 4
• SSCI 684 Spatial Modeling with GIS Units: 4
• SSCI 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• SSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• SSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• SSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• SSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• SSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation Units: 0
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Thematic Option
Thematic Option, the university's general education core honors
program, is an alternative to regular core general education
requirements. This rigorous, interdisciplinary program provides
a strong, tight-knit, intellectual community for undergraduate
students and requires extensive reading and writing.
The program teaches students to formulate ethical questions,
to analyze and understand the reasoning behind views that differ
from their own, to recognize the roles that historical, political and
social forces play in matters of personal choice, and to express
their views coherently in writing.
To maintain small classes and allow for extensive discussion,
Thematic Option is limited to just under 200 students each year.
To apply, students must be highly motivated, have a record of
academic achievement, and, most importantly, love learning.
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Executive Director: Richard Edinger, PhD
Faculty
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing: Trisha Tucker, PhD
Assistant Professors (Teaching) of Writing: Amy Cannon, MFA;
Michael Petitti, PhD
Lecturer: Patience Moll, PhD
Program Requirements
The Thematic Option honors curriculum consists of four
interdisciplinary core classes taught around distinct themes: CORE
101g Symbols and Conceptual Systems: Thematic Option Honors
Program ; CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option
Honors Program ; CORE 103g The Process of Change in Science:
Thematic Option Honors Program; and CORE 104gw Change and
the Future: Thematic Option Honors Program .
CORE 111 Writing Seminar I: Thematic Option Honors Program
and CORE 112 Writing Seminar II: Thematic Option Honors
Program make up the 8 units of writing to meet the university
requirement. The classes are accompanied by individual, bi-
weekly tutorials. CORE 111, which requires concurrent enrollment
with an affiliated CORE 102, focuses on critical thinking and
analysis, and academic argument and reasoning through
close reading of primary texts. CORE 112 introduces research
methodology as it teaches students to convey complex ideas, to
advance sophistication of essay structure, grounded argument,
and to identify and address specific audiences persuasively in
academic discourse.
The core Thematic Option curriculum is supplemented by four
additional courses taken from the General Education Program: one
in Quantitative Reasoning, one in The Arts, one in Social Analysis,
and one in the Physical Sciences. Completion of CORE 102 and
CORE 111 with a passing grade satisfies the university's General
Education Seminar requirement.
Minor
Thematic Approaches to Humanities and
Society Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in Thematic Approaches to
Humanities and Society allows students to examine a range of
thematic and theoretical approaches to understanding culture and
society from multiple standpoints in the humanities. The minor is
rich in course and schedule options, enabling students with an
interest in the humanities to continue their studies. It also includes
co-curricular events and advisement from Thematic Option staff.
Thematic approaches to humanities and society builds on the
intellectual community developed in the Thematic Option honors
program and is open to all interested students.
The minor focuses on themes such as interdisciplinary
perspectives and modes of inquiry; approaches to criticism and
history; reification, ideology, contextualization; and knowledge,
human diversity and social relations. Students choose six 4-unit
classes, including one lower-division elective, one upper-division
Thematic Option class (CORE 301 Modes of Inquiry), and four
upper-division electives. Students also complete a 2-unit reading
salon (CORE 200 Liberal Arts Reading Salon).
Requirements, Lower-Division (Choose One,
4 Units)
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies Units: 4
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome Units: 4
• CORE 102gp Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors
Program Units: 4
• HIST 101gp State and Society in the Ancient World Units: 4
• HIST 102gm The Worlds of Medieval Europe Units: 4
• REL 132g Origins of Western Religions Units: 4
Course Requirements (6 Units)
• CORE 200 Liberal Arts Reading Salon Units: 2
• CORE 301 Modes of Inquiry Units: 4
Requirements, Upper-Division (16 Units)
Enroll in four of the following, at least one from List A, one from
List B and not more than one from List C. Not more than two
may come from any one department. Courses must be chosen in
consultation with a Thematic Option adviser.
List A
Early:
•
CLAS 310 Pagans and Christians Units: 4
• CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition
Units: 4
• CLAS 333 Cult and City in Ancient Greece Units: 4
• CLAS 470 Democracies Ancient and Modern Units: 4
• EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 345 Korean Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization Units: 4
• EALC 355 Studies in Chinese Thought Units: 4
• EALC 365 Studies in Japanese Thought Units: 4
• REL 311g The Bible in Western Literature Units: 4
• REL 315 Thought and Life of Islam Units: 4
• REL 317g The Bible in Its Ancient Context Units: 4
Modern:
•
COLT 426 Utopias Units: 4
• COLT 445 Europe and the Writing of Others Units: 4
• EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in Translation Units: 4
• EALC 335m Korean American Literature Units: 4
• EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 352g Chinese Literature and Culture Units: 4
• EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in Translation Units: 4
• FREN 446 Contemporary French Thought Units: 4
• GERM 370 Literature and Culture in Vienna at the Turn of the
Century Units: 4
• GERM 372g Literature and Culture in Berlin in the 1920s
Units: 4
• PHIL 337 Political Philosophy Units: 4
• PHIL 355 Existentialism Units: 4
• PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy Units: 4
• REL 340 Introduction to Indian Philosophy Units: 4
• SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4
• SLL 344g Tolstoy: Writer and Moralist Units: 4
List B
Humanities and Society:
•
COLT 448 Multilingual Encounters Units: 4
• COLT 475 Politics and the Novel Units: 4
• ENGL 373g Literature and Society Units: 4
• ENGL 374m Literature, Nationality and Otherness Units: 4
• FREN 370gm Equality and Difference around the
Enlightenment Units: 4
• REL 366 Religion and Social Change Units: 4
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• REL 462 Religion and Violence Units: 4
• SLL 345g Literature and Philosophy: Dostoevsky Units: 4
• SLL 348g The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov Units: 4
Critical Approaches:
•
CLAS 380 Approaches to Myth Units: 4
• COLT 391 Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism
Units: 4
• COLT 454 Aesthetic Philosophy and Theory Units: 4
• ENGL 372 Literature and Related Arts Units: 4
• ENGL 379 History of Literary Criticism Units: 4
• ENGL 380 Modern Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice
Units: 4
• LING 466 Word and Phrase Origins Units: 4
• PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
• PHIL 445 Philosophy of the Arts Units: 4
List C
Social Science Approaches:
•
ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and Narrative Units: 4
• HIST 201 Approaches to History Units: 4
• HIST 329 Madness and Society in the Modern Age Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• POSC 381 Sex, Power, and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 476 Contemporary Political Thought Units: 4
• SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power and Deviance
Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power
Units: 4
The Writing Program
Writing Program courses are designed to help students
develop practices of reading, writing and critical reasoning that are
necessary for success in academic and professional discourse.
Writing Program pedagogy emphasizes small classes and frequent
conferences in order to provide the highly individuated instruction
and careful feedback necessary to extend the writing process and
enhance the rhetorical judgment of each student. To meet the
university's writing requirement, students must complete WRIT 150
(or its equivalent) and an advanced writing course, WRIT 340.
Jefferson Building 150 (JEF 150, mc 1293)
(213) 740-1980
FAX: (213) 740-4100
Email: [email protected]
dornsife.usc.edu/writing-program
Director: Norah Ashe-McNalley, PhD
Associate Directors: Jeffrey Chisum, PhD; Mariko Dawson Zare,
PhD
Faculty
Professor (Teaching): Mark Marino, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching): Norah Ashe, PhD; Jennifer
S. Bankard, PhD; Stephanie Bower, PhD; Michael Bunn, PhD;
Jessica Cantiello, PhD; LauraAnne Carroll-Adler, PhD; Jeffrey
Chisum, PhD; James Condon VII, PhD; Andrew De Silva, MPW;
Elizabeth Durst, PhD; William Feuer, PhD; Farida Habeeb, PhD;
Nathalie Joseph, PhD; Stephen Mack, PhD; Matthew Manson,
PhD; Amy Meyereson, MPW; Indra Mukhopadhyay, PhD; John
Murray, EdD; Daniel Pecchenino, PhD; Shefali Rajamannar, PhD;
Eric Rawson, PhD; Sandra Ross, MA; Deborah Sims, PhD; Scott
Smith, PhD; David Tomkins, PhD; Robert Waller Jr., MPW; Ellen
Wayland-Smith, PhD; William Wyatt, MPW
Assistant Professors (Teaching): Emily Artiano, PhD; Justin Bibler,
PhD; Tamara Black, PhD; Amanda Bloom, PhD; Ryan Boyd,
PhD; Brent Chappelow, PhD; James Clements, PhD; Nicholas
De Dominic, MFA; Carlos Delgado, MFA; Daniel Dissinger, PhD;
Antonio Elefano, JD; Amber Foster, PhD; Rochelle Gold, PhD;
Amanda Hobmeier, PhD; Ashley Karlin, PhD; Meridith Kruse, PhD;
Rory Lukins, PhD; P.T. McNiff, MPW; Sarah Mesle, PhD; Cory
Nelson, PhD; Vanessa Osborne, PhD; Benjamin Pack, MPW;
Leah Pate, PhD; Steve Posner, MPW; DeAnna Rivera, JD; Daniel
Pecchenino, PhD; Steve Posner, MPW; DeAnna Rivera, JD;
Alisa Sanchez, PhD; Atia Sattar, PhD; Anne Schindel, PhD; Mary
Traester, PhD
Lecturers: Christ Belcher, MFA; William Gorski, PhD; Taiyaba
Husain, MFA; Jessi Johnson, MPW; Shana Kraynak, PhD; Kate
Levin, MFA; Dana Milstein, PhD; Chris Muniz, PhD; Tanvi Patel,
PhD; Stephanie Payne, MFA; Jessica Piazza, PhD; Michelle
Rosado, PhD; Isabel Sobral Campos, PhD; Patti Taylor, PhD
Lower-Division Requirement
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic Approaches
focuses on the rhetorical principles and techniques necessary for
successful college-level writing. Special attention is paid to critical
thinking and reading, sentence-level fluency, research techniques,
and the elements of academic argument and reasoning. WRIT 150
will not satisfy the lower-division writing requirement if taken on a
Pass/No Pass basis.
Advanced Writing Requirement
All students at USC, except those who satisfy their general
education requirements through the Thematic Option Program,
must complete WRIT 340 Advanced Writing, an upper-division
course designed to help students write on topics related to their
disciplinary or professional interests. Students usually enroll in
WRIT 340 in their junior year, and may not take the course earlier
than their sophomore year. Different schools within the university
offer sections of this course. Students should consult their major
departments to determine which version of WRIT 340 best
complements their program of study. WRIT 340 will not satisfy the
university's advanced writing requirement if taken on a Pass/No
Pass basis.
All classes that meet the university's advanced writing
requirement teach students to write clear, grammatical, well-
structured prose; to discover and convey complex ideas critically;
and to appreciate the nuances of effective argumentation.
The principal aim of the requirement is to develop a student's
capacity to formulate thoughtful and compelling writing for specific
academic,
Transfer Credit
Students may complete the lower-division requirement by
completing an equivalent second-semester composition course
that is taken for a letter grade option (not Pass/No Pass) at
another institution after high school graduation and prior to
enrolling at USC. Equivalent transfer credit is determined by the
university's articulation officer. The advanced writing requirement
must be completed at USC.
Time Limits
Students should complete the lower-division writing course
requirement by the end of their first year at USC and must
complete it before they enroll in their 65th unit. Transfer students
who have not completed the lower-division requirement prior to
entering USC should enroll in WRIT 150 during their first semester
at USC, and must enroll in WRIT 150 no later than their 19th unit
(second semester) at USC.
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USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
is an international leader in education and scholarship in the
fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and
public relations. The school offers a comprehensive curriculum
emphasizing the core skills of leadership, innovation, service
and entrepreneurship while drawing upon the resources of a
networked university located in the media capital of the world.
USC Annenberg's commitment to the converged practice of
communication and journalism, interdisciplinary studies, and
collaboration makes it unique among peer institutions. Students
learn from theory and practice, and the school's programs put it at
the crossroads of media, technology and culture.
USC Annenberg's nationally accredited School of Journalism
provides experience for students in all media platforms, with a
digital newsroom, state-of-the-art editing equipment for radio
and television news production, and the opportunity to work at
on-campus media outlets. The school's public relations program
prepares students to thrive in advocacy communication, learning
to write and communicate targeted messages across media
platforms. The School of Communication's multidisciplinary
curriculum explores how human interaction and technology
affect communities, businesses, nations and the world, preparing
students for careers in communication, persuasion and leadership.
USC Annenberg's active internship program and study abroad
opportunities give students the broad, global perspective required
to be successful professionals.
USC Annenberg alumni fill top posts in the communication and
media industries, and remain an invaluable resource to students
and faculty. USC Annenberg's more than 200 faculty members
have been recognized in diverse fields, and their expertise
challenges students to become communication leaders.
Administration
Willow Bay, MBA, Dean, Walter H. Annenberg Chair in
Communication, Professor of Journalism
Debra Lawler, MA, Senior Associate Dean, Administration
Hector Amaya, PhD, Director, School of Communication, Professor
of Communication
Gordon Stables, PhD, Director, School of Journalism, Clinical
Professor of Communication
François Bar, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professor
of Communication
Laura Castañeda, EdD, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion and Access; Professor of Professional Practice of
Journalism
Emily Cavalcanti, MA, Associate Dean, Communication and
Marketing
Vince Gonzales, MA, Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Professor
of Professional Practice of Journalism
Allyson Hill, MA, Associate Dean, Admissions
Tracy Mendoza, MBA, Associate Dean, Development and External
Relations
Lynn Carol Miller, PhD, Associate Dean, Research, Professor of
Communication
Dave Racewicz, BA, Associate Dean, Finance
James Vasquez, MBA, Associate Dean, Operations
Carmen Lee, PhD, Assistant Dean, Excellence in Teaching,
Clinical Associate Professor of Communication
School of Communication
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (ASC)
305
(213) 740-0900 (academic inquiries)
(213) 740-3951 (administrative)
(213) 821-0770 (admission inquiries)
FAX: (213) 740-3913
annenberg.usc.edu
Director: Hector Amaya, PhD
Faculty
Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication: Willow Bay, MBA
University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in
Communication Leadership: Geoffrey Cowan, LLB
University Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair in
Communication Technology and Society: Manuel Castells, PhD
Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication: Josh Kun, PhD
Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic
Arts: Henry Jenkins, PhD
Professors: Hector Amaya, PhD ; Jonathan D. Aronson, PhD;
Sarah Banet-Weiser, PhD; François Bar, PhD (Associate Dean,
Faculty Affairs); Manuel Castells, PhD; Geoffrey Cowan, LLB*;
Nicholas Cull, PhD; G. Thomas Goodnight, PhD; Larry Gross,
PhD; Thomas A. Hollihan, PhD; Andrea Hollingshead, PhD; Henry
Jenkins, PhD (Journalism); Robert Kozinets, PhD (Journalism);
Josh Kun, PhD (Journalism); Lynn C. Miller, PhD (Associate Dean,
Research); Sheila T. Murphy, PhD; Dmitri Williams, PhD; Ernest J.
Wilson III, PhD
Associate Professors: Michael Ananny, PhD (Journalism); Ben
Carrington, PhD (Journalism); Christina Dunbar-Hester, PhD;
Emilio Ferrara, PhD (Computer Science); Robeson Taj Frazier,
PhD (Director, Doctoral Program); Hernan Galperin, PhD; Randall
Lake, PhD; Jennifer Petersen, PhD; Patricia Riley, PhD ; Stacy
Smith, PhD; Robin Stevens, PhD; Douglas Thomas, PhD; Jay
Wang, PhD (Journalism); Diane Winston, PhD (Journalism)
Assistant Professors: Allissa Richardson, PhD (Journalism);
Marlon Twyman II, PhD; Cristina Mejia Visperas, PhD; Lindsay
Young, PhD
Clinical Professors: Daniela Baroffio, PhD (Director, Digital
Social Media Master's Program); David Craig, PhD (Director,
Global Communication Master's Program); Mathew Curtis, PhD;
Daniel Durbin, PhD; Colleen M. Keough, PhD; Ben Lee, PhD
(Co-Director, Communication Management Master's Program);
Mark Lloyd, JD; Karen North, PhD; Jillian Pierson, PhD (Director,
Undergraduate Studies); Robert Scheer, BA; Paolo Sigismondi,
PhD; Christopher H. Smith, PhD; Gordon Stables, PhD (Director,
School of Journalism); Alison Trope, PhD
Clinical Associate Professors: Robert Banks, PhD (Director, Public
Diplomacy Master's Program); Carmen Lee, PhD (Assistant Dean,
Excellence in Teaching); Brad Shipley, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professors: Carlos Godoy, JD, PhD; Hye Jin Lee,
PhD; Nithya Muthuswamy, PhD; Jessica Neff, PhD (Co-Director,
Communication Data Science Master's Program); Courtney Pade,
PhD (Assistant Director, Communication Management Master's
Program)
Lecturers: Rook Campbell, PhD; Kiranjeet Dhillon, PhD; Sean
Kennedy, PhD (Director, Trojan Debate Squad); Frederick Nager,
MBA (Interim Co-Director, Digital Media Management Master's
Program)
Research Professors: Jeffrey Cole, PhD (Director, Center for the
Digital Future); Kate Crawford, PhD; Jerrold D. Green, PhD; Colin
Maclay, PhD (Director, Annenberg Innovation Lab)
Adjunct Faculty: Stylés Akira, PhD; Shari Ross Altarac, PhD;
Marcela Amuine; Kasia Anderson, PhD; Angela Barrick, MA;
Morten Bay, PhD; Paul Bellezza, MFA; William Blum, JD;
Robert Borg, MCM; Rafael A. Bracero, MPP, MBA; Stefanie Z.
Demetriades, PhD; Mahta Emrani; Joshua Feldman; Laurel Felt,
PhD; Mayanna Framroze, PhD; Adam Fratto, MFA; Chelsea
Graham, PhD; Rich Guest, MBA; Leah Gunn, MCM; Brian Hirsch,
MBA; Jeffrey Hirsch, MS; Jenny Houghton, MBA; Tom Kemper,
PhD; Julianna Kirschner, PhD; Daniela Kon Lieberberg, MA;
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Monica Koyama, MCM; Lisa Kraynak; Andy Kubitz, MBA; Caroline
Leach, MA; James Lee, PhD; Chris Lipp; Raymond A. Lutzky,
PhD; Christie Ly, BA; Eric Markgraf, BA; Garrett Marquis, MPA;
Cynthia Martinez, PhD; Julia M. Matthews, PhD; Andy Merkin,
MBA; Brian Monroe; Adam E. Navarro, MFA; Ariela Nerubay
Turndorf, MBA; Michael S. Overing, JD; Michael Park, PhD;
Sabrina K. Pasztor, PhD; Otto Pohl, MS; Kelton Rhoads, PhD;
Todd Richards; Catie Saralegui; J.D. Schramm, EdD, MBA; Aaron
Settipane, MA; Drew Shackleton, MBA; Ted Skidmore, BA; Jeffrey
L. Thompson; Simon Uwins, MA; Michael Wissot, MBA, MIM;
Damon Woods, BA
Emeritus Professors: Sandra Ball-Rokeach, PhD; Peter
Clarke, PhD; Walter R. Fisher, PhD; Janet Fulk, PhD; Margaret
McLaughlin, PhD; Peter Monge, PhD*; A. Michael Noll, PhD; Philip
Seib, JD (Journalism); Rebecca Weintraub, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degree Programs
The School of Communication offers programs of study
leading to a BA in Communication as well as eight minors and
five interdisciplinary minors. The School offers progressive
degrees in Master of Science in Communication Data Science,
Master of Communication Management, Master of Digital
Social Media, and Master of Public Diplomacy; a Master of
Science in Communication Data Science (joint program with
the Viterbi School of Engineering); a Master of Communication
Management; a Master of Science in Digital Social Media; a
Master of Science in Digital Media Management; a Master of Arts
in Global Communication (in conjunction with the London School
of Economics); two Master of Public Diplomacy programs; and an
MA and PhD in Communication. The Communication Management
Program has established dual degree programs with the USC
Gould School of Law and Hebrew Union College.
Undergraduate Degrees
The School of Communication offers programs of study leading
to a BA in Communication and minors in Communication Policy
and Law; Communication Technology Practices and Platforms;
Cultural Diplomacy; Culture, Media and Entertainment; Justice,
Voice and Advocacy; Media Economics and Entrepreneurship;
Professional and Managerial Communication; and Sports Media
Studies. It also offers interdisciplinary minors in Cultural Studies;
Global Communication; Health Communication; Law and Society;
and Photography and Social Change. Many communication majors
pursue, with the school's encouragement, a double major with
another discipline or a minor to complement the major. Through
careful planning, students can complete these options within four
years.
Students must consult with an undergraduate academic adviser
at least once each semester to explore course selections within
the major, possible minors, general education offerings, and
electives.
Admission
Admission is competitive. Fall 2021 first-year admitted students
had an average GPA of 3.82 unweighted. Submission of SAT or
ACT test scores is optional for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Transfer students had an average college GPA of 3.77. For
admission information and deadlines, refer to the USC Annenberg
Admissions website. All transfer applicants must review the
transfer admission application guidelines on the Annenberg
Admissions website; contact the Annenberg Admissions Office for
more information. USC exclusively uses the Common Application
for freshman and transfer admission. Applicants must submit the
Common Application and the USC Writing Supplement, both of
which can be accessed at commonapp.org.
Students currently enrolled at USC who wish to change their
major to communication must file a formal application with all
supporting documents through the Annenberg Student Services
Office. Students who entered USC as freshmen or transfers must
have 16 units completed at USC with a minimum cumulative
GPA of 3.0. The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and does not
guarantee admission.
For current USC students, the application period is the
first week of classes each fall, spring and summer terms. No
applications will be accepted after the first week of classes.
Students who have not been admitted to the communication
major or one of the minors may complete a maximum of 20
communication (COMM) units at USC. No further communication
course work may be taken until the student is admitted. Students
who complete the maximum number of units without gaining
admission to the school will be advised to select another major.
Students are encouraged to contact the Annenberg Student
Services Office, ASC 140, (213) 740-0900, for advisement on
change of major criteria and major requirements. In certain cases,
students may be referred to Academic Counseling Services, STU
300, (213) 740-1741, to consult with an adviser to select another
major.
Academic Integrity Policy
The School of Communication maintains a commitment to the
highest standards of ethical conduct and academic excellence.
Any student found responsible for plagiarism, fabrication,
cheating on examinations, or purchasing papers or other
assignments will be reported to the Office of Academic Affairs and
Community Standards and may be dismissed from the School of
Communication. There are no exceptions to the school's policy.
Curriculum Areas of Study
By design, the courses in the curriculum tend to cluster into
different areas of study. These areas represent important foci in
the communication discipline and are areas in which the school's
faculty possess special expertise. Four such areas of study are
described below. They are not mutually exclusive, nor do they
exhaust the curriculum; rather, they represent partially overlapping
areas of unusual depth. Students may specialize in one of these
areas or may design individual programs of study by choosing
other combinations of electives that best meet their needs and
career objectives. Students are encouraged to meet with their
academic adviser as well as faculty members for guidance in this
process.
Communication and Culture Option: This option will be
attractive to a broad range of students whose careers have an
international or multicultural dimension, from those interested in
foreign service, travel and consulting to those seeking careers
in media, culture and the arts. In addition, students taking this
option will be well prepared for advanced graduate study. Courses
emphasize: communication as an essential component of culture
and cultural production; cultural forces that shape communication
practices; cultural barriers to communication; gender and
diversity issues in human and mass communication and cultural
production; media representations of race, ethnicity and gender;
the production of meaning in diverse modes such as art, religion,
popular culture and technology; and cultural criticism.
Entertainment, Communication and Society Option:
This option is for students who wish to pursue careers in the
entertainment industry, as well as students interested in the
relationship of communication and entertainment to popular
culture, globalization, cultural studies, marketing, advertising
and ethics. Students taking this option will be well prepared for
graduate study; they will also be able to enter the entertainment
industry with a grounding in the theory, roles, issues and effects of
entertainment. Courses emphasize: the theoretical underpinnings
of entertainment studies; the historical context of entertainment;
the roles and effects of entertainment concepts in "high art"
and popular culture; the impact of entertainment on politics;
social media and advertising in an entertainment society; the
blurring of marketing and entertainment and the effects of this on
culture; the effects of entertainment in general and specifically
on constructions of race and childhood; issues in the blurring
of fact and fiction; ethical dilemmas; and the globalization of
entertainment industries.
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Media, Law and Politics Option: This option is designed
for students who are interested in careers in government and
public service, the law, and political and legal consulting, as well
as advanced graduate study. Students examine communication
processes in the public sphere and learn how to participate
competently in these practices. Courses emphasize: the role of
persuasion in the political and legal processes; the techniques
used by individuals, institutions and social movements to influence
public affairs; the history, design, implementation and evaluation
of political campaigns; the role of public opinion; ethical issues
in public communication, including the influence of media in the
political and justice systems, the role of the First Amendment and
the changing nature of freedom of expression in a mass-mediated
environment, and problems of public participation.
Organizational and Interpersonal Communication
Option: This option is most relevant to students interested
in careers in business, management, human resources and
development, corporate communication, and consulting, as well
as advanced graduate study. Courses emphasize: interpersonal
communication processes that affect and reflect personality,
motives, beliefs, attitudes and values; communication's role
in the development, maintenance and disintegration of social,
family and intimate relationships; managing interpersonal conflict;
communication between superiors and subordinates and in
teams; communication's role in determining organizational culture;
managing information in organizations; and the role of information
technology in processes of globalization.
Progressive Degree Program
This progressive degree program allows USC students to
complete a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in as little
as five years. Students with a 3.0 overall GPA or higher in all
classes taken at the university level are eligible to apply for
admission to the degree program during their junior year, if a
minimum of 24 semester hours will be completed in the final
year of undergraduate enrollment. However, a 3.0 GPA does not
guarantee acceptance.
Current students must attend a mandatory information session
conducted by Annenberg Admissions and a member of the faculty
before initiating the application process. Students admitted into the
progressive degree program begin taking master's level courses
in their senior year and may complete the master's degree in year
five. For a full list of progressive degrees offered by Annenberg
and for information on the application process, refer to the
Annenberg website. For further details on progressive degree
programs, see the Requirements for Graduation page.
Other Programs
Debate Squad
The Trojan Debate Squad provides an opportunity for
outstanding students (3.0 GPA or better), both communication
majors and non-majors, to compete in an intensive intercollegiate
laboratory setting. Whatever the student's intended career, the
skills he or she develops in research, critical thinking and oral
advocacy will be invaluable. The team has an excellent record in
team policy debate and is now also offering British parliamentary
(worlds format) debating. The team competes at both regional and
national competitions.
Honors Program
The School of Communication offers an 8-unit honors program
for exceptional students. To qualify, students must have a 3.5 GPA
both overall and in the COMM major after completing the core
courses (COMM 200 or COMM 313, COMM 206 or COMM 311,
COMM 209 or COMM 309, COMM 204 or COMM 322, COMM 301
or COMM 305, ASCJ 200 or ASCJ 210). To graduate with School
of Communication honors, a student must maintain a 3.5 overall
and COMM major GPA and receive at least a B+ or higher in the
two honors courses. Students take COMM 495 Honors Seminar
(4 units) and COMM 497x Honors Thesis (4 units). Contact an
undergraduate adviser for further information and application
forms.
Honor Society
Lambda Pi Eta is a national communication/journalism honor
society that is open to students in graduate and undergraduate
Annenberg programs. To be eligible, students must have a USC
cumulative GPA and an Annenberg major GPA of 3.5 or higher.
In addition, undergraduate students must have a declared
communication, journalism or public relations major, and have
completed (or currently be registered for) at least 60 units, at
least 12 of which are in the major. Graduate students must
have completed at least 12 units in the fields of communication,
journalism or public relations.
Annenberg Career Development
The USC Annenberg Career Development Office has listings
for paid and unpaid internships from around the country. Career
advisers conduct mandatory advisement appointments for all
sophomores and offer career workshops, guest speakers and
mentoring opportunities. Students are advised to participate in
internships before graduation.
Annenberg International Programs
Annenberg International Programs follows health and safety
directives provided by the University and programs may be subject
to suspension due to COVID-19 complications.
Spring Semester in Australia
This semester program offers students the chance to study at
one of Australia's premier universities, in one of the country's most
exciting cities. Students take communication courses that count
for major credit at USC at the University of New South Wales
(UNSW) and can choose from a wide variety of elective courses.
UNSW is located in Kensington, just south of the center of Sydney
and its commercial hub. The program gives students the chance
to explore mass media and communication in a challenging
environment with a distinct worldview, very different from that of
the United States. Students may earn a maximum of 12 USC
units of upper-division COMM elective credit. A minimum USC
cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this program.
Fall and Spring Semester in Hong Kong
The semester program offers students the opportunity to
learn about Chinese culture at the Chinese University in Hong
Kong, a bilingual institution. The program also gives students the
experience of living in Hong Kong where they can witness the "one
country, two systems" experiment. Courses in English are offered
in fine arts, literature, history, Japanese studies, intercultural
studies, music, philosophy, computer science, anthropology,
economics, international relations, as well as journalism and
communication. For students interested in Chinese language,
courses are offered in Putonghua (Mandarin) or Cantonese.
Extracurricular activities include the opportunity to teach English
in rural China, monthly dinner talks with Asian studies specialists
and excursions to local areas of interest. Students may earn
a maximum of 12 USC units of upper-division COMM elective
credit. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this
program.
Fall and Spring Semester in London
The semester program offers students the opportunity to
study communication in London, the most important center of
media in Europe. Many of the communication courses offered
include British media guest lecturers and site visits. The program
includes one-day visits to such places as Oxford, Cambridge
and Liverpool. Planned activities within London include theatre
and museum visits. Students may earn 16 units of upper-division
COMM elective credit. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is
required for this program. Please visit the Annenberg International
Programs website for more information on additional program
requirements.
Spring Semester in New Zealand
Annenberg's New Zealand program offers students the
opportunity to travel to the Southern Hemisphere. Each spring,
students can study at the Auckland University of Technology
(AUT), a world-class institution that offers students the chance
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to take communication courses that count toward major credit at
USC, all the while exploring the beautiful city of Auckland and the
surrounding countryside. The AUT program offers communication
students an exciting way to broaden their understanding of media
and mass communication in a challenging environment with an
outlook distinctly different from that of the United States and
Southern California. Students may earn 12 units of upper-division
COMM elective credit. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is
required for this program.
Spring Semester in Rome, Italy
Undergraduate students may spend a spring semester
exploring how media, culture, history and politics are embedded
within this iconic city and drive innovation there. Taking courses
at a dedicated study center located in the heart of the historic city
center in Rome, students meet communication executives and
government policy-makers and gain exposure to Italian media,
culture and civilization. The program also includes guided visits
to museums and historical districts, as well as an overnight group
excursion to Bologna. Students may earn 16 units of upper-
division COMM elective credit. A minimum USC cumulative GPA
of 3.0 is required for this program. Please visit the Annenberg
International Programs website for more information on additional
program requirements.
Summer International Communication Studies —
London and Paris
The International Communication Studies program (ICS) allows
undergraduate students to study a range of approaches to public
communication media across Europe.
Students divide the four-week course into stays in Los
Angeles, London and Paris. In addition to regular class meetings,
students discuss the interplay of current world issues and
international media practices with communication practitioners
from international news and public relations media, government
institutions, private industry and global organizations.
Students enroll in JOUR 482 Comparative Media in Europe (4
units), which will count as 4 units of upper-division COMM elective
credit. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this
program.
Alternative Spring Break Program – Bangkok and
Chiang Mai, Thailand or Mexico City, Mexico
In partnership with Annenberg Career Development, students
develop first-hand insights into social impact, development and
non-profits in Thailand or engage with influential industry leaders
and media companies in Mexico City. A minimum USC cumulative
GPA of 3.0 is required for this program. Please visit the Annenberg
International Programs website for more information on additional
program requirements.
Graduate Internship Program – Berlin, Cape Town or
Hong Kong
The Annenberg International Programs Graduate Internship
Program allows graduate students the opportunity to explore the
communication and journalism fields from a distinctively global
perspective. Students have the opportunity to intern in one of the
following three global cities: Berlin, Germany; Cape Town, South
Africa; or Hong Kong SAR, China. The program takes place over
the course of eight weeks during the summer semester. Students
enroll in CMGT 591 and earn 1 unit of academic credit. Program
dates and fees vary based on program city.
For further information, contact Annenberg International
Programs at (213) 821-1276, email [email protected] or visit
annenberg.usc.edu/international.
Graduate Degrees
Degree Programs
The School of Communication offers programs of study leading
to a professional Master of Communication Management, an MA/
MSc in Global Communication in collaboration with the London
School of Economics, a Master of Science in Digital Social Media,
a Master of Science in Digital Media Management, two Master
of Public Diplomacy programs, and research-oriented Master of
Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Communication. The
School of Communication also collaborates with the USC Viterbi
School of Engineering to offer a Communication Data Science
(MS), which gives students the opportunity to innovate at the
intersection of communication and engineering. In addition, special
programs enable students to earn dual degrees in Communication
Management and Law (USC Gould School of Law) and in
Communication Management and Jewish Nonprofit Management
(Hebrew Union College).
The degree programs are designed to ensure that students are
educated in substantive studies that constitute the discipline of
communication and provide a basis for competing effectively in the
job market.
All students seeking the degrees in Communication
Management and Global Communication will take a range
of courses that prepare them for successful professional
management careers in communication-related businesses,
organizations and fields.
All students pursuing the research-oriented degree (PhD in
Communication) are required to take two theory courses that
introduce them to inquiry in human communication and two
research methods courses that acquaint them with the historical/
critical and social scientific techniques available to conduct
scholarly research. These requirements strengthen the student's
appreciation of the intellectual bases of human communication
study and further the concept of a community of scholars and
practitioners in the profession. Students specialize in one of
seven available tracks: Groups, Organizations and Networks;
Health Communication and Social Dynamics; Information,
Political Economy and Entertainment; Media, Culture and
Community; New Media and Technology; Political Economy of
Global Communication; Rhetoric, Politics and Publics. In addition,
students are encouraged to sample courses in the remaining
tracks, thus obtaining an education of unparalleled breadth and
depth.
Honor Society
Lambda Pi Eta is a national communication/journalism honor
society that is open to students in graduate and undergraduate
Annenberg programs. To be eligible, students must have a USC
cumulative GPA and an Annenberg major GPA of 3.5 or higher.
In addition, undergraduate students must have a declared
communication, journalism or public relations major, and have
completed (or currently be registered for) at least 60 units, at
least 12 of which are in the major. Graduate students must
have completed at least 12 units in the fields of communication,
journalism or public relations.
Admission Requirements
Master of Communication Management, Master of Science
in Digital Social Media, Master of Arts in Global Communication,
Master of Public Diplomacy and Master of Public Diplomacy
(Practitioner and Mid-Career Professional)
The school accepts students from a broad range of academic
backgrounds in social sciences, humanities, physical sciences
or professional schools. Some are employed or have work
experience in communication-related fields. Others apply
immediately after completing baccalaureate degrees.
Criteria: All applicants must submit the online USC Graduate
Admission Application. The faculty admission committees consider
many criteria in the admission selection process: the academic
record and professional and work-related accomplishments are
taken into account. The minimum criteria are the equivalent of
a U.S. bachelor's degree and a 3.0 GPA for all undergraduate
and graduate work completed. The Master of Arts in Global
Communication requires a minimum 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale)
cumulative GPA or international equivalent for admission.
Applicants to the Global Communication degree program
must apply to USC and the London School of Economics (LSE).
Participation in this degree program requires that students
simultaneously gain admission to LSE and USC. GRE or GMAT
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scores are not required for admission. All students will begin their
studies in London at the LSE.
Procedure: Refer to the Annenberg Admissions website for
degree program admission application guidelines and deadlines.
Scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL),
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or
Pearson Test of English (PTE) are required for applicants whose
undergraduate degree was not completed in a country where
English is the only official language.
Doctor of Philosophy
Students may enter from a variety of academic fields and
majors. Applicants whose undergraduate work was in fields
other than communication may be admitted on the condition
that adequate preparation in directly relevant areas is evident.
Completion of a master's degree in communication is not required
for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy.
Criteria: All applicants must submit the online USC Graduate
Admission Application. The faculty admission committee
reviews each application comprehensively. Three letters of
recommendation from faculty qualified to comment on an
applicant's capacities for a rigorous program of study are
required. Completion of a basic descriptive statistics course is
recommended. In addition, a personal statement, transcripts of
all previous college and university work attempted, a résumé
and a sample of scholarly writing are required. The MA in
Communication is earned as part of the PhD program.
Procedure: Admission is granted for the fall semester only.
Refer to the Annenberg graduate application guidelines on the
school website for complete details about graduate application
requirements. Scores on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing
System (IELTS) or Pearson Test of English (PTE) are required for
applicants whose undergraduate degree was not completed in a
country where English is the only official language.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Arts in Global Communication, Master of Arts
in Communication and Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
are awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.
Refer to The Graduate School section of this catalogue and the
Requirements for Graduation section for general regulations. All
courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted by
the Graduate School.
Bachelor's Degree
Communication (BA)*
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. This program requires
eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global
Perspectives (which may double-count with courses in the Core
Literacies) and two courses in writing. See the General Education
Program for more information.
Course Requirements
Required Courses
Theoretical and Foundational Classes (12 units total)
These courses introduce students to theories and subject matter
that provide foundational understanding for the Communication
major. Each area below broadly explores the way messages
and meanings are socially and culturally produced, received by
individuals and society, and transformed through technological and
industrial shifts.
Communication Interaction, Influence and Impact (4 units)
• COMM 200 Communication and Social Science Units: 4
or
• COMM 313 Communication and Mass Media Units: 4
Communication, Civic Life and Culture (4 units)
• COMM 206 Communication and Culture Units: 4
or
• COMM 311 Communication and Publics Units: 4
Economics and Technologies of Communication (4 units)
• COMM 209 Communication and Media Economics Units: 4
or
• COMM 309 Communication and Technology Units: 4
Methods of Communication Practice (8 units total)
The courses in this area help to provide students with the
critical thinking, tools, and methods of inquiry necessary for
the interpretation, development, and expression of messages,
systematic arguments, and empirical evidence.
Four units that center on the design and execution of
arguments
• COMM 204 Public Speaking Units: 4
or
• COMM 322 Argumentation and Advocacy Units: 4
Four units that center on the design, execution and
interpretation of empirical evidence
• COMM 301Lg Empirical Research in Communication Units: 4
or
• COMM 305 Understanding Social Science Research Units: 4
Annenberg Experience (4 units)
Students are required to take one 4-unit course that prepares
Annenberg students to enhance their digital literacy and
contextualize modern communication controversies, contemplating
changes in the way we process and produce information.
• ASCJ 200 Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age
Units: 4
or
• ASCJ 210 Contours of Change in Media and Communication
Units: 4
Electives (24 units total)
• Upper-division COMM courses: 16 units
• Lower- or upper-division COMM or ASCJ courses: 4 units
• One 400-level non-cross-listed COMM course (excluding
COMM 490, COMM 494 and COMM 499): 4 units
Additional Requirements
Students must maintain a minimum 2.0 overall GPA in
upper-division course work applied toward the major. No
more than 4 units of COMM 380 may be counted toward the
department major. The School of Communication is committed
to ensuring that all declared communication majors follow the
necessary requirements. Mandatory advisement is required of
all communication majors each semester prior to registration. All
students taking communication classes are held to the highest
academic integrity standards and may be denied admission or
have admission revoked as a result of conduct violations.
Qualified non-majors (generally, students with junior/senior
status, a minimum 3.0 GPA and a declared major elsewhere at
the university) with appropriate academic preparation may be
permitted to enroll in communication electives without fulfilling
prerequisite requirements. Application for a waiver should be made
to an undergraduate adviser.
Minor
Communication Policy and Law Minor
Information and communication practices and technologies
have an increasingly powerful impact on nearly every aspect of
our lives. From the level of privacy in our personal lives to the way
we govern our communities or manage our businesses, the legal
and policy issues in the communication field are ever-changing
and increasingly complex. To prepare students to navigate this
dynamic and complicated world, the minor in communication
policy and law combines courses in communication, law, ethics,
and the business of communication taught at both the School of
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Communication and the School of Journalism at USC Annenberg.
Students can choose to focus on policy or legal issues that
affect communication technologies, strategies, and uses. This
minor will not only enable students to understand the revolution
in media and telecommunications technology and practice, it
will ground them in the fundamentals of free speech, intellectual
property and the local, state and federal role in the regulation of
communication platforms ranging from emerging social media to
the legacy media of broadcasting and newspapers. This is an ideal
minor for students interested in law or advanced communication
scholarship. Admission requirements are a minimum 3.0 grade
point average and completion of 32 units (sophomore standing).
The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and does not guarantee
admission.
Required Core Courses (8 units)
• ASCJ 210 Contours of Change in Media and Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 322 Argumentation and Advocacy Units: 4
Choose three electives (12 units)
• COMM 345 Social and Economic Implications of
Communication Technologies Units: 4
• COMM 371 Media Censorship and the Law Units: 4
• COMM 402 Public Communication Campaigns Units: 4
• COMM 412 Communication and Social Movements Units: 4
• COMM 421 Legal Communication Units: 4
• COMM 422 Legal Issues and New Media Units: 4
• COMM 427 Topics in Media Economics, Law and Policy
Units: 4
• COMM 489 Campaign Communication Units: 4
• JOUR 462 Law of Mass Communication Units: 4
Communication Technology Practices and
Platforms Minor
Students in this minor trace the roots and dynamics of
contemporary networked technologies and learn how to
participate and excel within media cultures, online networks
and organizational workplaces. The minor focuses on three
areas: cultures (connecting communication technologies to
histories, values, and ethics of social relationships and civic
communities); networks (developing qualitative and quantitative
skills to model, explain and influence relationships among media
and people at local and global scales); institutions (tracing the
legal, organizational, economic and interpersonal contexts that
produce and transform communication technologies). The field
of communication technology requires individuals who can
critique, cultivate, build and influence new relationships among
people, platforms and practices. Whether starting careers in
strategic consulting, medical informatics, non-profit management,
social media design, public sector service or new media
entrepreneurship, students are encouraged to utilize skills and
foundational concepts underlying 21st century communication
technologies.
Requirements for admission are a minimum 3.0 GPA and
completion of a minimum of 32 units (sophomore standing).
The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and does not guarantee
admission.
Required Core Communication Courses
• COMM 309 Communication and Technology Units: 4
• COMM 339 Communication Technology and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media Units: 4
Electives-Choose Two From The Following
• COMM 310 Media and Society Units: 4
• COMM 321 Communication and Social Media Units: 4
• COMM 345 Social and Economic Implications of
Communication Technologies Units: 4
• COMM 350 Video Games: Content, Industry, and Policy
Units: 4
• COMM 422 Legal Issues and New Media Units: 4
• COMM 431 Global Strategy for the Communications Industry
Units: 4
• COMM 449 Perspectives on the Networked Press Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
• COMM 486 Human and Technological Systems in
Organizations Units: 4
• COMM 498 Ethical Issues in Entertainment and
Communication Units: 4
• CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games Units: 4
• CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game Units: 4
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
Total units: 20
Cultural Diplomacy Minor
This 20-unit minor focuses on cultural diplomacy and the ways
in which consideration of cultural issues and engagement in the
cultural sphere can enhance foreign affairs and international
interactions. It links existing classes and faculty expertise
to expose students to a range of international issues while
introducing culturally focused approaches to addressing and
rectifying such issues. This minor builds a coherent picture of
the power of culture as an essential dimension of foreign policy
either as a barrier or a medium for engagement and a common
ground. Requirements for admission are a minimum 3.0 GPA
and completion of a minimum of 32 units (sophomore standing).
The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and does not guarantee
admission.
Required Core Course (4 units)
• PUBD 369w Public Diplomacy and Global Citizenship
Units: 4
Required Course (4 units)
Choose one of the following courses:
• PUBD 417 Global Engagement: Designing Public Diplomacy
Strategies Units: 4
• PUBD 418 International Exchanges and Public Diplomacy
Units: 4
• PUBD 419 Public Diplomacy in Los Angeles Units: 4
• PUBD 420 Regional Studies in Public Diplomacy Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
Choose 12 units from the following:
• AHIS 486 Introduction to Museums: Past, Present, and
Future Units: 4
• ANTH 205g Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural
Research Units: 4
• COMM 206 Communication and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 308 Communication and Conflict Units: 4
• COMM 310 Media and Society Units: 4
• COMM 324mw Intercultural Communication Units: 4
• COMM 366 Designing Media for Social Change Units: 4
• COMM 392 Media and Migration in Times of European Crisis
Units: 4
• COMM 405 From the Ground Up: Communicating About
Food Units: 4
• COMM 412 Communication and Social Movements Units: 4
• COMM 413 Propaganda, Ideology and Public Controversy
Units: 4
• COMM 430 Global Entertainment Units: 4
• COMM 445 Global Networks of Sport Units: 4
• COMM 475 Environmental Communication Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
• CTCS 367 Global Media Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• IR 101gxw International Relations Units: 4
• JOUR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy and the News
Media Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
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• PUBD 418 International Exchanges and Public Diplomacy
Units: 4
• PUBD 419 Public Diplomacy in Los Angeles Units: 4
• PUBD 420 Regional Studies in Public Diplomacy Units: 4
Culture, Media and Entertainment Minor
This 20-unit minor offers courses that examine the theory,
content, social impact and economics of a range of creative,
media, culture and entertainment industries. Through the lens of
music, film, television, advertising, digital media, games, comics
and fashion, students will learn strategies for analyzing popular
culture and entertainment texts, mechanisms and platforms
of content distribution, as well as the historical, social, cultural
and political issues shaping these entertainment fields. Taking
into account shifts and disruptions in contemporary media and
entertainment, students will further examine consumption,
audience engagement and participation that necessarily shape our
individual and collective identities. These courses will highlight the
production, consumption and meanings inscribed in entertainment
media industries and products. Depending on the courses
selected, the minor will prepare students for a variety of careers in
and/or further critical scholarship about media and entertainment
industries.
Admission requirements are a minimum 3.0 grade point
average and completion of 32 units (sophomore standing). The 3.0
GPA is a minimum standard and does not guarantee admission.
Required Core Courses (8 Units)
• COMM 300 Entertainment, Communication and Society
Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
Choose Three Electives (12 units)
• COMM 306 Innovation, Entertainment, and the Arts Units: 4
• COMM 307 Sound Clash: Popular Music and American
Culture Units: 4
• COMM 310 Media and Society Units: 4
• COMM 312 The Business and Culture of Celebrity Units: 4
• COMM 326 Latinx Media Studies Units: 4
• COMM 350 Video Games: Content, Industry, and Policy
Units: 4
• COMM 355 Advertising and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 360 Los Angeles: Communication and Culture
Units: 4
• COMM 363 Media Consumption Units: 4
• COMM 395m Gender, Media and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 396g Fashion, Media and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4
• COMM 430 Global Entertainment Units: 4
• COMM 432 American Media and Entertainment Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 433 Home Entertainment: From Networks to
Streaming Units: 4
• COMM 440 Music as Communication Units: 4
• COMM 456 Entertainment, Marketing and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 457 Youth and Media Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
• COMM 498 Ethical Issues in Entertainment and
Communication Units: 4
• CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment Units: 4
• JOUR 381 Entertainment, Business and Media in Today's
Society Units: 4
• JOUR 493 Comics and Graphic Storytelling Units: 4
Total units: 20
Justice, Voice, and Advocacy Minor
The 20-unit minor offers courses that prompt students to
explore the central role communication, media, news and public
relations play in a multicultural society. As a cross-school minor,
students will examine questions and perspectives on identity and
community through an interdisciplinary lens that centers on theory
and praxis, impact and change. The courses in this minor are
grouped in order to give students a foundational understanding
of the cultural roots and representations of identity, the practice
of storytelling in the context of local and disenfranchised
communities, as well as various institutional structures and policies
that create barriers or avenues of social justice. Familiarity with
these important issues serves students on a practical level by
improving their ability to understand, anticipate and appreciate
diverse viewpoints and audiences. The minor also helps students
develop as more engaged, informed and empathetic citizens who
are empowered to bring resolution and shared understanding
to areas of conflict and difference in their own lives, the broader
community and the workplace. Requirements for admission are
a minimum 3.0 GPA and completion of a minimum of 32 units
(sophomore standing). The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and
does not guarantee admission.
Required Core Courses (8 units)
• ASCJ 210 Contours of Change in Media and Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 366 Designing Media for Social Change Units: 4
Culture and Identity (4 units)
Choose 4 units from the following:
• COMM 307 Sound Clash: Popular Music and American
Culture Units: 4
• COMM 322 Argumentation and Advocacy Units: 4
• COMM 324mw Intercultural Communication Units: 4
• COMM 326 Latinx Media Studies Units: 4
• COMM 360 Los Angeles: Communication and Culture
Units: 4
• COMM 392 Media and Migration in Times of European Crisis
Units: 4
• COMM 395m Gender, Media and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 412 Communication and Social Movements Units: 4
• COMM 414 Communication and Social Change in China
Units: 4
• COMM 415m African American Rhetoric and Image Units: 4
• COMM 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4
• COMM 450 Visual Culture and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 451 Visual Communication and Social Change
Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• COMM 479 Trauma and Communication Units: 4
• JOUR 465m Latino News Media in the United States Units: 4
• JOUR 466m People of Color and the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 467 Gender and the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 468m The American Press and Issues of Sexual
Diversity Units: 4
• JOUR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy and the News
Media Units: 4
Community Storytelling and Engagement
(4 units)
Choose 4 units from the following:
• COMM 367 Community Engagement and Service Learning
Units: 4
• JOUR 372 Engaging Diverse Communities Units: 2
• JOUR 406 Social Media Storytelling for Latinx Audiences
Units: 2
• JOUR 470 Community Journalism Units: 2
• PR 455 Public Relations for Non-Profit Organizations Units: 4
Institutions and Policy (4 units)
Choose 4 units from the following:
• COMM 308 Communication and Conflict Units: 4
• COMM 310 Media and Society Units: 4
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• COMM 385 Organizational Communication Units: 4
• COMM 421 Legal Communication Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
• JOUR 460 Social Responsibility of the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 469 Money, Markets and Media Units: 4
• LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and
Everyday Politics Units: 4
• SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory Units: 4
Media Economics and Entrepreneurship Minor
This 24-unit minor equips students with the skills and critical
framework to navigate the ongoing transformation sweeping the
media industry. The interdisciplinary curriculum, which includes
courses from Communication, Journalism and Entrepreneurship,
promotes an understanding of the key economic forces that
are reshaping television, film, music and news. The program
emphasizes innovation and problem solving. Above all, it prepares
students to embrace the exciting changes that are reshaping the
media landscape. Requirements for admission are a minimum
3.0 GPA and completion of a minimum of 32 units (sophomore
standing). The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and does not
guarantee admission.
Required Core Courses (8 Units)
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4 or
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
• COMM 209 Communication and Media Economics Units: 4
Elective Courses (16 Units)
4 units must be in BAEP:
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4 *
• BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching and Scaling Your
Startup Units: 4 **
• BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship Units: 2
Note:
*Prerequisite: BAEP 450 or BAEP 451
**Prerequisite: BAEP 452
4-8 units must be in COMM:
• COMM 306 Innovation, Entertainment, and the Arts Units: 4
• COMM 345 Social and Economic Implications of
Communication Technologies Units: 4
• COMM 427 Topics in Media Economics, Law and Policy
Units: 4
• COMM 429 The Internet, Economy, and Society Units: 4
• COMM 430 Global Entertainment Units: 4
• COMM 431 Global Strategy for the Communications Industry
Units: 4
• COMM 454 Media, Money, and Society Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
4-8 units must be in JOUR or PR:
• JOUR 380 Sports, Business and Media in Today's Society
Units: 4
• JOUR 381 Entertainment, Business and Media in Today's
Society Units: 4
• JOUR 469 Money, Markets and Media Units: 4
• JOUR 472 Strategies for Monetizing New Media Units: 4
• PR 428 Social, Legal and Ethical Foundations of Public
Relations Units: 4 *
• PR 429 Business and Economic Foundations of Public
Relations Units: 4 **
• PR 450 Advanced Strategic Public Relations Units: 4 ***
• PR 491 Fan Relations Units: 4
• PR 492 Personal Branding Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite: PR 250
**Prerequisite: PR 351a
***Prerequisite: PR 351b and PR 463
Total units: 24
Professional and Managerial Communication
Minor
The ability to succeed in today's workplace necessitates a
growing number of communication skills. As today's increasingly
global and highly competitive marketplace grows in complexity,
the need to understand intercultural differences, the power of
structure in the workplace and other issues such as dealing
with interpersonal conflicts continues to increase. This minor
will provide students interested in the management of people,
resources or products with these necessary tools. Requirements
for admission are a minimum 3.0 GPA and completion of a
minimum of 32 units (sophomore standing). The 3.0 GPA is a
minimum standard and does not guarantee admission.
Required Core Communication Courses
• COMM 320 Small Group and Team Communication Units: 4
• COMM 375 Business and Professional Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 385 Organizational Communication Units: 4
Electives-Choose Three From The Following:
• COMM 302 Persuasion Units: 4
• COMM 304 Interpersonal Communication Units: 4
• COMM 308 Communication and Conflict Units: 4
• COMM 315 Health Communication Units: 4
• COMM 321 Communication and Social Media Units: 4
• COMM 322 Argumentation and Advocacy Units: 4
• COMM 324mw Intercultural Communication Units: 4
• COMM 345 Social and Economic Implications of
Communication Technologies Units: 4
• COMM 388 Ethics in Human Communication Units: 4
• COMM 431 Global Strategy for the Communications Industry
Units: 4
• COMM 486 Human and Technological Systems in
Organizations Units: 4
• COMM 487 Communication and Global Organizations
Units: 4
Total units: 24
Sports Media Studies Minor
USC has a unique historical relationship to sports and sports
media, and is near the center of the current sports media capital
of Los Angeles. The courses examine the role of sports and sports
media in culture, how the presentation of sports in media has
evolved, has been shaped by cultural issues and, itself, impacted
culture. This minor will enhance students' skills in working and
interacting with, sports media.
Requirements for admission are a minimum 3.0 GPA and
completion of a minimum of 32 units (sophomore standing).
The 3.0 GPA is a minimum standard and does not guarantee
admission.
Required Core Communication Courses
• COMM 381 Issues in Contemporary Sport Units: 4
• COMM 383m Sports, Communication and Culture Units: 4
Electives
Choose four classes from the following:
• COMM 300 Entertainment, Communication and Society
Units: 4
• COMM 310 Media and Society Units: 4
• COMM 363 Media Consumption Units: 4
• COMM 387 Sports and Social Change Units: 4
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• COMM 444 Critical Theories of Sport Units: 4
• COMM 445 Global Networks of Sport Units: 4
• JOUR 380 Sports, Business and Media in Today's Society
Units: 4
• JOUR 432 Sports Commentary Units: 4
• MOR 479 The Business of Sports Units: 4
• OT 333 Sports Ethics Units: 4
Total units: 24
Master's Degree
Communication (MA)
Individuals seeking the Master of Arts in Communication are
expected to acquire and demonstrate a general knowledge of
human communication, including humanistic and social scientific
approaches.
Students must apply to the PhD program in Communication
and complete all application requirements. The faculty admission
committee determines candidates appropriate for the MA.
The program, arranged in consultation with the school's
director of doctoral studies, provides two options: degree with
comprehensive examination requires a total of 32 units (normally
eight courses), including core courses COMM 525, COMM 526,
COMM 550 and COMM 552 and four electives; or degree with
thesis requires successful completion of core courses, three
electives and 4 units of COMM 594a Master's Thesis, COMM 594b
Master's Thesis.
Not more than two approved 400-level courses may be applied
to a student's program and a maximum of 4 semester units with
grades of B or better may be accepted by transfer from another
institution of higher learning. The minimum acceptable GPA for
successful completion of this program is 3.0.
The majority of students choose the comprehensive
examination option. The examination consists of six hours of
writing, taken on two different days. Permission to take an MA
degree with thesis can be obtained only by application to the
school screening committee.
Communication Management (MCG)
Each student builds a program of study with faculty academic
advisors, drawing on earlier academic and work experience in
order to achieve desired professional goals.
Residence
Students may pursue the Master of Communication
Management on either a full- or part-time basis. Full time, the
degree can be finished in one year and four months (across four
terms, including the summer session); parttime, all course work
can be finished in two to three years. With permission from a
School of Communication committee, a maximum of 4 graduate
units may be transferred from another accredited institution.
Foreign Language Requirement
There are no foreign language requirements for this degree.
Course Requirements
Thirty-two units in approved graduate-level course work are
required.
Students will take a required 4-unit research methods course
in their first semester. In their second semester, students will
take a required 4-unit core conceptual foundation course. During
their course of study, students take 4 units from a list of approved
theory-practice integration courses.
A maximum of two courses may be taken in the first semester.
In the second and subsequent semesters, with approval from the
director of the Master of Communication Management program,
students may take up to three courses.
Among the remaining courses, at least 12 units must be from
Communication Management elective areas of focus. Up to 8
may be taken at USC outside the Communication Management
program; these courses must be approved by the director of the
Master of Communication Management program, and may be
selected from a variety of disciplines, depending upon academic
and career interests.
Any given course may be taken at most three times, after which
the student is no longer eligible to take the course.
Digital Media Management (MS)
The acceleration of worldwide mobile internet access has made
digital media indispensable to commerce, culture, and human
connection. Digital media platforms and content are driving growth
across industries, with sectors such as streaming video, music,
games and online publishing experiencing an unprecedented
increase in global revenues. Envisioning and deploying the digital
media products of the future will involve collaboration between
culturally diverse and geographically dispersed teams. The Master
of Science in Digital Media Management (MSDMM) program is
designed to prepare managers to better understand the evolving
media landscape, to make data-driven and ethical decisions, and
to build a more equitable future by leading diverse teams with the
technical, artistic, analytical and production skills needed to create
engaging content and technologies for the global marketplace.
Meeting the demands of diverse markets starts with digital
media managers who can effectively advance an inclusive
and equitable culture within their own organizations. MSDMM
students will learn professional practices needed for the
strategic management of their teams, including: recruiting and
onboarding an optimal mix of talent, promoting anti-racist and non-
discriminatory policies, and cultivating a work environment where
each person thrives. Additionally, by analyzing how organizations
use digital platforms to aggregate and empower users, students
will explore how to support diverse perspectives in storytelling
and content-creation, delivering a user experience that balances
organizational needs with the ethical imperatives to foster
inclusivity, equity and access.
Through an examination of the intersecting relationships
between digital media practices, consumer culture and society,
students will also acquire a holistic understanding of digital media
culture and business practices, and develop a critically-oriented
foundation that prepares them for their roles as future leaders.
Students will use real-world case studies as a springboard to
ideate, create and evaluate the cutting-edge techniques, data
collection methodologies and creative guidelines that can be used
to implement long-range strategies for ethical media management.
The program encourages immediate application of key concepts
to industry challenges and opportunities with consideration of
emerging technologies. Strategies for effectively communicating
complex ideas to a variety of audiences and stakeholders are
incorporated throughout the program.
A Master of Science degree in Digital Media Management
requires 24 units of coursework offered in the fall, spring and
summer semesters. The program may be completed on a full-time
or part-time basis. Students attending the program on a full-time
basis can earn a degree within 12 months, and those on a part-
time basis can complete the program in two years or less.
Required Courses
• DMM 500 Principles and Theories of Digital Media
Management Units: 2
• DMM 505 Digital Audience Research and Analysis Units: 2
• DMM 510 Digital Media Buying, Measurement and Analytics
Units: 2
• DMM 515 Digital Content, Production and Distribution
Units: 2
• DMM 520 Strategic Digital Media Marketing Units: 2
• DMM 525 Digital Media Leadership Units: 2
• DMM 530 Managing Digital Media Teams and Projects
Units: 2
• DMM 535 Digital Content Direction Units: 2
• DMM 540 Developing Effective User Engagement Strategies
Units: 2
• DMM 545 Digital Platforms: Disruptions and Directions
Units: 2
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• DMM 550 Digital Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Units: 2
• DMM 555 Digital Media Management Capstone Units: 2
Digital Social Media (MS)
A STEM-designated degree program, the Master of Science
in Digital Social Media (DSM) aims to equip students with the
practical skills, critical knowledge and state-of-the-art strategies
to succeed in a cutting-edge career in the digital and social
media sectors. Beyond learning the fundamentals of digital and
social media industries theories and methods, students pursue
a customized curriculum toward the design, incubation, and
execution of a rigorous, portfolio-building capstone project.
The 32-unit degree program may be completed in three
consecutive semesters (fall/spring/summer) or over two academic
years (fall/spring/fall/spring).
Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in the program to graduate.
More information about STEM designation can be found here.
Graduate admissions requirements for the Annenberg School of
Communication can be found here.
Course Requirements
Mandatory Courses:
• DSM 510 Introduction to Digital Social Media Units: 4
• DSM 520 Managing Technologies for Digital Media Units: 4
• DSM 550 Analytics and Research Methodology Units: 4
• DSM 596 Final Project Capstone Units: 4
Electives:
Among the remaining courses, at least 8 units must be from
a list of approved electives across the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism. Up to 8 units may be taken
at USC outside the Annenberg School; these courses must be
approved by the DSM program director and may be selected from
a variety of disciplines.
Global Communication (MA)
The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
collaborates with the London School of Economics and Political
Science (LSE) to provide the course work necessary for students
to become fully engaged with the phenomenon of global
communication through this dual master's degree program. Upon
satisfaction of all program requirements, students will be awarded
a Master of Arts (MA) in Global Communication by USC as well as
a Master of Science (MSc) in Global Media and Communications
by the LSE.
Residence
This is a two-year program during which students spend their
first year at the LSE and their second year at USC.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
There are no foreign language requirements. Students take a
one-term research methods course as part of their course work at
the LSE.
Course Requirements
The Master of Arts in Global Communication requires 42 units;
the equivalent of 18 units earned at the LSE and 24 units earned
at USC.
Year One at LSE: The LSE academic year has three terms.
Students will complete classes approved by faculty at the LSE.
Students must earn at least 3 units at the LSE, which articulates
as 18 units at USC.
Year Two at USC: Students must complete COMM 598 as well
as 20 elective units (5 courses) from the School of Communication
graduate curriculum, excluding COMM 525, COMM 526, COMM
550 and COMM 552. All students are required to complete an
internship/practicum during their year at Annenberg.
Students may choose one of their elective courses from a
department outside Annenberg with the approval of their advisers.
Students will produce a final research project on global
communication that will be the product of work done both at
the LSE and Annenberg. Students complete a research project
during the summer after their year at the LSE for which grades
are awarded by LSE faculty. A passing grade is required. They will
continue to develop this project during the year at Annenberg in
COMM 598 and must earn a grade of B minus or higher.
Public Diplomacy (MPD)
The Master of Public Diplomacy is designed for students who
already have a substantial undergraduate background in social
sciences or relevant professional experience in subjects such
as communications, film and media studies, journalism, political
science, public relations and international relations. Students in
the program may decide to emphasize public diplomacy training
most appropriate for a career in public service, the corporate world
or in a nongovernmental organization (NGO) working in the ever-
expanding global civil society. USC is a member of the Association
of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA).
For admission requirements, refer to the Admission
Requirements section in the School of Communication.
Requirements for the completion of this degree program are
32 units, including the required substantive paper or alternative
project. The course requirements are as follows:
Required Courses (16 Units)
Master of Public Diplomacy is a 32-unit degree program, typically
requiring two to three courses per semester.
• PUBD 502 Historical and Comparative Approaches to Public
Diplomacy Units: 4
• PUBD 504 Global Issues and Public Diplomacy Units: 4
• PUBD 526 Public Diplomacy Evaluation Units: 4
• PUBD 596 Practicum in Public Diplomacy Research Units: 4
Electives (16 Units)
Students must choose at least 8 elective units of PUBD or other
Annenberg School graduate courses. A maximum of 8 units may
be taken at USC outside the Annenberg School; these courses
must be approved by the program director and may be selected
from a variety of disciplines.
Public Diplomacy (Practitioner and Mid-Career
Professional) (MPD)
This program is designed for students who already have at least
five years of experience working in public diplomacy (engaged
in international advocacy, international publicity/public relations,
international broadcasting, cultural and/or exchange work or other
work which the admissions committee deems to fall within their
definition of public diplomacy). The program is taught over a single
calendar year beginning with a summer course introducing the
advanced study of public diplomacy and ending in the middle of
the following summer with the submission of a piece of research
work. USC is a member of the Association of Professional Schools
of International Affairs (APSIA).
For admission requirements, refer to the Admission
Requirements section in the School of Communication.
Requirements for the completion of this degree program are
32 units, including a substantive paper or alternative project. The
course requirements are as follows:
Required Courses (16 Units)
Master of Public Diplomacy is a 32-unit degree program, typically
requiring three courses per semester in fall and spring to be
completed over a single calendar year.
• PUBD 500 Introduction to the Advanced Study of Public
Diplomacy Units: 4
• PUBD 502 Historical and Comparative Approaches to Public
Diplomacy Units: 4
• PUBD 526 Public Diplomacy Evaluation Units: 4
• PUBD 596 Practicum in Public Diplomacy Research Units: 4
Electives (16 Units)
Students must choose at least 8 elective units of PUBD or other
Annenberg School graduate courses. A maximum of 8 units may
be taken at USC outside the Annenberg School; these courses
must be approved by the program director and may be selected
from a variety of disciplines.
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Dual Degree
Master of Communication Management/Juris
Doctor (MCG/JD)
Academic training in law and in communication management
provides a powerful background for careers in business,
entertainment or government life. The USC Gould School of Law
and the USC Annenberg School of Communication collaborate
in a program that enables these educational opportunities.
Students complete both the JD and the Master of Communication
Management in three years, the time normally required for the law
degree alone.
Students must complete 20 units (five courses) of
communication courses at the School of Communication: one
required research methods course; one required core conceptual
foundation course; one approved theory-practice integration
course; and two courses from approved CMGT elective areas of
focus.
Students are required to complete 76 units from the law school.
To earn the JD, all students (including dual degree students) must
complete 37 numerically graded law units at USC after the first
year. The associate dean of the USC Gould School of Law may
make exceptions to this rule for students enrolled in law school
honors programs.
First Year: Required law school courses.
Second and Third Years: 20 units of communication courses,
including the 4-unit required research methods course in the
first semester of the second year, and the 4-unit required core
conceptual foundation course in the second semester of the
second year, and an approved 4-unit theory-practice integration
course; 46 units of law courses, of which 8 units must be approved
as appropriate for acceptance by the School of Communication
toward its degree.
Application to pursue the dual degree should be made before
completion of 15 units of work in law or 8 units toward the Master
of Communication Management degree. Admission by the law
school to its JD degree will be evaluated as a substitute for GRE
scores.
Master of Communication Management/
Master of Arts, Jewish Nonprofit Management
(MCG/MA)
The dual degree program, Communication Management/
Jewish Nonprofit Management, offers students the opportunity
for advanced study of sophisticated communication processes
and technologies in the context of the nonprofit arena. The
program has been developed by the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism and the Zelikow School of Jewish
Nonprofit Management at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion (HUC-JIR) to combine the study of communication
theory, processes and technologies with postgraduate education
in Jewish nonprofit management and leadership. The goal of
this program is for graduates to perform more effectively in the
nonprofit sector, having received specific training in areas such as
organizational communication, media impacts and policy.
Students of this program are admitted separately to each
school. Students are required to complete a minimum of 34 credits
in Jewish nonprofit management. Four of the 34 required credits of
graduate course work at the Zelikow School are used to fulfill the
School of Communication's cognate option.
In addition, students are required to take 24 units (six courses)
at the School of Communication, including one required research
methods course in the first semester; one required core conceptual
foundation course in the second semester; one approved theory-
practice integration course; and three courses from approved
CMGT elective areas of focus.
Those interested in this program should contact Melissa Garai
at the Zelikow School at (213) 765-2173 or visit the Website at
zsjnm.huc.edu for more information about its requirements.
Graduate Certificate
Health Communication Management Graduate
Certificate
This certificate program is for students holding master's degrees
who wish to pursue or expand careers in health communication.
Students will study the most recent theoretical and practical
developments in the area of health communication and how
this information can be used to improve public health as well as
individual behavior.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work beyond the
master's degree, of which 4 units may be cognate courses.
One course must be from a preventive medicine, public health,
pharmacology or other health science program that focuses on
"what is communicated" in health communication.
A partial list of courses includes:
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• CMGT 511 Health Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 520 Social Roles of Communication Media Units: 4
• CMGT 541 Integrated Communication Strategies Units: 4
• CMGT 578 Non-profit Advocacy Units: 4
• CMGT 581 Media in Social Services: Design and Evaluation
of Campaigns Units: 4
• CMGT 583 Social Marketing and Entertainment Education
Units: 4
International and Intercultural Communication
Management Graduate Certificate
This certificate program is for students holding master's
degrees who wish to pursue or expand careers in international
and intercultural communication management. Students will
study the latest developments in information and communication
technologies, markets and cultures, and industry practices within
cross-nation, cross-cultural contexts.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work beyond the
master's degree, of which 4 units may be cognate courses.
A partial list of courses includes:
• CMGT 531 Communication and the International Economy
Units: 4
• CMGT 545 Communication and Global Competition Units: 4
• CMGT 556 Global Marketing Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 558 The International Entertainment Marketplace
Units: 4
• CMGT 559 Global Hollywood Units: 4
• CMGT 580 Chinese Media and Society Units: 4
• CMGT 582 International Communication: National
Development Units: 4
• CMGT 584 Communication and the Multicultural Marketplace
Units: 4
• COMM 559 Globalization, Communication and Society
Units: 4
• COMM 561 Leading and Communicating Change in Global
Organizations Units: 4
Marketing Communication Management
Graduate Certificate
This certificate program is for students holding master's
degrees who wish to pursue or expand careers in marketing
communication. Students will study the latest developments in
marketing communication research and theory and the application
to marketing communication issues.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work beyond the
master's degree, of which 4 units may be cognate courses.
A partial list of courses includes:
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• CMGT 541 Integrated Communication Strategies Units: 4
• CMGT 544 Creating Organizational Identity: Meaning
Through Messages Units: 4
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• CMGT 554 Copywriting and Creativity Units: 4
• CMGT 555 Online Marketing Communication Development
and Analysis Units: 4
• CMGT 556 Global Marketing Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 578 Non-profit Advocacy Units: 4
• CMGT 581 Media in Social Services: Design and Evaluation
of Campaigns Units: 4
• CMGT 583 Social Marketing and Entertainment Education
Units: 4
• CMGT 584 Communication and the Multicultural Marketplace
Units: 4
• CMGT 587 Audience Analysis Units: 4
Media and Entertainment Management
Graduate Certificate
This certificate program is for students who have already
earned master's degrees and who wish to pursue or expand
careers in the entertainment industry. Students will study the latest
areas of entertainment-related research, theory and application.
They will have a strong grounding in the theory, roles, issues and
effects of entertainment as well as the impact of entertainment
and new entertainment technologies on society, behavior and the
entertainment industry.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work that may not
be used or have been used for any other degree or certificate
program, of which 4 units may be cognate courses.
A partial list of courses includes:
• CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and Culture of Video
Games Units: 4
• CMGT 542 Business Strategies of Communication Firms
Units: 4
• CMGT 543 Managing Communication in the Entertainment
Industry Units: 4
• CMGT 546 Sports Media and Society Units: 4
• CMGT 547 Distribution of Recordings: Media, Retail and
Online Channels Units: 4
• CMGT 549 Case Studies in Digital Entertainment Units: 4
• CMGT 550 Hollywood 3.0 — Entertainment Industry in the
Convergence Age Units: 4
• CMGT 551 Communicating Entertainment Media Identities
Units: 4
• CMGT 558 The International Entertainment Marketplace
Units: 4
• CMGT 559 Global Hollywood Units: 4
• CMGT 574 Tele-Media: Strategic and Critical Analysis
Units: 4
• CMGT 581 Media in Social Services: Design and Evaluation
of Campaigns Units: 4
• CMGT 583 Social Marketing and Entertainment Education
Units: 4
• CMGT 586 Entertainment Media: Content, Theory, and
Industry Practices Units: 4
• COMM 570 Economics of the Communication Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 579 Entrepreneurship in the New Media Units: 4
New Communication Technologies Graduate
Certificate
This certificate program is for students holding master's
degrees who wish to pursue or expand careers in communication
technologies. Students will study the latest developments in new
communication and media technologies and their application in a
variety of organizational and social contexts.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work beyond the
master's degree, of which 4 units may be cognate courses.
A partial list of courses includes:
• CMGT 515 Innovation and the Information Economy Units: 4
• CMGT 530 Social Dynamics of Communication Technologies
Units: 4
• CMGT 533 Emerging Communication Technologies Units: 4
• CMGT 547 Distribution of Recordings: Media, Retail and
Online Channels Units: 4
• CMGT 571 Communications Technologies Units: 4
• COMM 570 Economics of the Communication Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 579 Entrepreneurship in the New Media Units: 4
Strategic Corporate and Organizational
Communication Management Graduate
Certificate
This certificate program is for students holding master's degrees
who wish to pursue or expand careers in corporate communication
and communication consulting. Students will study the latest
developments in organizational communication research and
theory and the application to business communication issues.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work beyond the
master's degree, of which 4 units may be cognate courses.
A partial list of courses includes:
• CMGT 500 Managing Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 502 Strategic Corporate Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 503 Strategic Communication Consulting Units: 4
• CMGT 504 Writing for Strategic Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 505 Communication in Work Settings Units: 4
• CMGT 508 Communicating Strategy and Change Units: 4
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• CMGT 536 Team Communication and Leadership Units: 4
• CMGT 573 Evaluating Communication Needs Units: 4
• CMGT 576 Communication Strategies for Conflict
Management Units: 4
• CMGT 577 Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility
Units: 4
• COMM 561 Leading and Communicating Change in Global
Organizations Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Communication (PhD)
Students in the doctoral program learn theories that guide
research into communication processes and effects and into
institutions and technologies that lend pattern to communication.
Applicants for the PhD are expected to acquire and demonstrate
humanistic and behavioral knowledge of communication while
acquiring skills requisite to scholarly research in the discipline.
Screening Procedures
Student progress is carefully monitored by the School of
Communication faculty. Students are normally screened at the end
of their first year of graduate study. At that time they must have
completed no fewer than 16 and no more than 24 units, including
COMM 525, COMM 526, COMM 550 and COMM 552. Students
are evaluated on subject matter competence, teaching potential
and their ability to conduct independent research. Upon successful
passage of the screening procedure, the student has 30 days in
which to form a qualifying exam committee.
Course Requirements
The student is required to take a minimum of 72 units and write an
approved dissertation.
Four core courses
• COMM 525x Humanistic and Social Scientific Approaches to
Human Communication I Units: 4
• COMM 526x Humanistic and Social Scientific Approaches to
Human Communication II Units: 4
• COMM 550 Quantitative Research Methods in
Communication Units: 4
• COMM 552 Qualitative Research Methods in Communication
Units: 4
And Doctoral Dissertation
• COMM 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2 are required for
all students
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• COMM 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2 are required for
all students
Students specialize in one of seven tracks by
completing a minimum of three courses (12 units) in
one of the following:
(1) Rhetoric, Politics and Publics:
• COMM 509x Classical Rhetorical Theory Units: 4
• COMM 511x Contemporary Rhetorical Theory Units: 4
• COMM 512x Rhetorical Criticism Units: 4
• COMM 513x Neoclassical Rhetorical Theory Units: 4
• COMM 514x Social Movements as Rhetorical Form Units: 4
• COMM 515x Postmodern Rhetorical Theory Units: 4
• COMM 517x Rhetorical Theory and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 518x American Public Address Units: 4
• COMM 520 The Rhetoric of the Presidential Campaign Trail
Units: 4
• COMM 521x Argumentation Units: 4
• COMM 522x Kenneth Burke's Dramatistic Theory Units: 4
• COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
Units: 4
• COMM 576 Civic Media and Participatory Politics Units: 4
• COMM 580 Media and Politics Units: 4
(2) Media, Culture and Community:
• CMGT 587 Audience Analysis Units: 4
• COMM 516x Feminist Theory and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 517x Rhetorical Theory and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 519x Cultural Studies in Communication Units: 4
• COMM 564 Communication, Culture and Capitalism Units: 4
• COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
Units: 4
• COMM 575 Advocacy and Social Change in Entertainment
and the Media Units: 4
• COMM 580 Media and Politics Units: 4
• COMM 605 Advanced Macro Theories of Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 618 Mass Media Effects Units: 4
• COMM 629 Global Culture Units: 4
• COMM 653 Research, Practice and Social Change Units: 4
• COMM 654 Art, Artists and Society Units: 4
• COMM 655 Studies in Sound, Music and Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 656 Theorizing Race, Culture, Cross-Cultural
Exchange Units: 4
• COMM 662 Video Games Research Units: 4
• COMM 672 Experiments in Critical Writing Units: 4
(3) Health Communication and Social Dynamics:
• CMGT 581 Media in Social Services: Design and Evaluation
of Campaigns Units: 4
• CMGT 583 Social Marketing and Entertainment Education
Units: 4
• CMGT 587 Audience Analysis Units: 4
• CMGT 588 Global Storytelling: The Power of Narrative
Units: 4
• COMM 554 Regression and Multivariate Communication
Research Units: 4
• COMM 602 Seminar in Persuasion Units: 4
• COMM 611 Communication Technology and Healthcare
Units: 4
• COMM 612 Designing Health Communication Interventions
Units: 4
• COMM 613 Grant Writing in Communication Units: 4
• COMM 614 Computational Approaches in Health
Communication Units: 4
• COMM 615 Health Communication Units: 4
• COMM 616 Meta-Analysis in Health Communication Units: 4
• COMM 650 Survey Construction and Validation Units: 4
• COMM 651 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
Units: 4
(4) Groups, Organizations and Networks:
• COMM 508x Power, Politics and Conflict in Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 524x Small Group Process Units: 4
• COMM 585x Organizational Communication Units: 4
• COMM 635 Economics of Information Units: 4
• COMM 636 Interpretive and Cultural Approaches in
Organizational Communication Units: 4
• COMM 637 Current Readings in Organizational
Communication Units: 4
• COMM 638 Global, International and Intercultural
Communication in Organizations Units: 4
• COMM 640 Communication and Organizational Change
Units: 4
• COMM 641 Organizations and Communication Technologies
Units: 4
• COMM 645 Communication Networks Units: 4
• COMM 648 Online Communities and Networks Units: 4
• COMM 652 Ethnographic Field Research in Communication
Units: 4
(5) Political Economy of Global Communication:
• COMM 546 The Political Economy of Innovation Units: 4
• COMM 553 Global Internet Governance Units: 4
• COMM 559 Globalization, Communication and Society
Units: 4
• COMM 560 Global Media and Communication in China and
Asia Units: 4
• COMM 561 Leading and Communicating Change in Global
Organizations Units: 4
• COMM 567 The Political Economy of Privacy and
Cybersecurity Units: 4
• COMM 570 Economics of the Communication Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 582 Information and Communication Technology for
Development Units: 4
• COMM 629 Global Culture Units: 4
• COMM 630 Communication Technology and Social Change
Units: 4
• COMM 635 Economics of Information Units: 4
• COMM 645 Communication Networks Units: 4
• COMM 647x Network Society Units: 4
• PUBD 504 Global Issues and Public Diplomacy Units: 4
• PUBD 510 Technologies and Public Diplomacy Units: 4
• PUBD 515 Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security
Units: 4
• PUBD 516 International Broadcasting Units: 4
• PUBD 522 Hard Power, Soft Power and Smart Power
Units: 4
(6) Information, Political Economy and Entertainment:
• CMGT 582 International Communication: National
Development Units: 4
• COMM 516x Feminist Theory and Communication Units: 4
• COMM 559 Globalization, Communication and Society
Units: 4
• COMM 560 Global Media and Communication in China and
Asia Units: 4
• COMM 563 Black Popular Culture: Theory and Central
Debates Units: 4
• COMM 564 Communication, Culture and Capitalism Units: 4
• COMM 566 Using Theory to Craft Policies to Affect Change
Units: 4
• COMM 570 Economics of the Communication Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 630 Communication Technology and Social Change
Units: 4
• COMM 647x Network Society Units: 4
• COMM 654 Art, Artists and Society Units: 4
• COMM 660 Entertainment and Games Units: 4
• COMM 662 Video Games Research Units: 4
• COMM 670 Economic Cultures Units: 4
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(7) New Media and Technology:
• CMGT 530 Social Dynamics of Communication Technologies
Units: 4
• CMGT 531 Communication and the International Economy
Units: 4
• CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and Culture of Video
Games Units: 4
• COMM 524x Small Group Process Units: 4
• COMM 570 Economics of the Communication Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 572 Theories of Computer-Mediated Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories and Encounters
Units: 4
• COMM 576 Civic Media and Participatory Politics Units: 4
• COMM 577 Fandom, Participatory Culture and Web 2.0
Units: 4
• COMM 578 New Media Literacies Units: 4
• COMM 611 Communication Technology and Healthcare
Units: 4
• COMM 641 Organizations and Communication Technologies
Units: 4
• COMM 647x Network Society Units: 4
Additional Requirements
In addition, students must take at least two courses in one
other track outside their specialization (8 units total). Students also
pursue an approved cognate elective program of study in which
at least two courses (normally 8 units) are taken in a related field
outside USC Annenberg School. Students entering the School
of Communication with a master's degree may, with permission,
apply part of their previous graduate course work to the cognate
requirement. Students in the organizational communication track
are required to take at least two methods classes in addition
to the core courses, COMM 550 and COMM 552. If taken in a
department or unit other than the School of Communication, these
courses cannot also be counted toward the student's cognate
requirement.
Research Tool Requirement
Doctoral students are expected to demonstrate methodological
competence in an area of specialization prior to taking the
qualifying examination. Such competence is usually demonstrated
through course work (the successful completion, with grade B or
better, of selected course work in addition to their content courses
that is approved by the PhD qualifying exam committee taken
in the school and/or related departments), and by completion
of a preliminary research project. Under special circumstances,
students with an exceptional prior background in research
methods may demonstrate their competence by successfully
passing a research tool examination designed and administered
by the PhD qualifying exam committee.
Qualifying Exam Committee
This committee is composed of five USC faculty members,
at least three of whom are from the School of Communication.
Students are expected to work closely with the members of their
qualifying exam committee, especially their committee chair, in
selecting advanced course work and shaping areas of interest
and research. In addition to helping the student plan a program,
the committee administers the oral portion of the qualifying
examination and approves the dissertation committee.
Qualifying Examination
Qualifying examinations for the PhD usually are taken in the
third year of study following completion of all required courses
and a preliminary research paper. The examination includes
both written and oral portions. The written portion is composed
by committees of faculty in the relevant areas of study; the
oral portion is administered by the student's qualifying exam
committee. Students must pass both portions to be advanced
to candidacy. Students must confer with their qualifying exam
committee chair, not later than the second week of the semester
during which the examinations are to be taken, regarding
distribution of written examination hours among subject matter
areas.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is an original research project contributing to
knowledge about human communication and should demonstrate
a high level of competence in methodologies of scholarly inquiry.
Defense of Dissertation
Dissertations are defended in a formal meeting with the three-
member dissertation committee. The school prefers that the
defense oral be taken prior to final typing so that recommended
changes can be made in the final manuscript.
School of Journalism
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
3502 Watt Way, Suite 303
(213) 740-0900 (academic and student services inquiries)
(213) 740-3914 (administrative)
(213) 821-0770 (admission inquiries)
FAX: (213) 740-8624
annenberg.usc.edu
Administration
Director: Gordon Stables, PhD
Faculty
Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication and Journalism: TBD
Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication: Willow Bay, MBA
University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in
Communication Leadership: Geoffrey Cowan, LLB
Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair in Strategic Public Relations and
Business Communication: Robert Kozinets, PhD
Knight Chair in Media and Religion: Diane Winston, PhD
Norman Lear Chair in Entertainment, Media and Society: Martin H.
Kaplan, PhD
Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic
Arts: Henry Jenkins, PhD
Professors: Willow Bay, MBA; Geoffrey Cowan, LLB*;
Henry Jenkins, PhD; Robert Kozinets, PhD; Josh Kun, PhD
(Communication); Joe Saltzman, MS*; Roberto Suro, MS; Sandy
Tolan, BFA
Associate Professors: Mike Ananny, PhD (Communication); Ben
Carrington, PhD; Jonathan Kotler, JD*; Jian Wang, PhD; Diane
Winston, PhD; Aimei Yang, PhD
Assistant Professors: Eunjin Kim, PhD; Su Jung Kim, PhD; Allissa
Richardson, PhD
Visiting Professors: Afua Hirsch, MA (Oxon), BL; Mark Schoofs, BA
Professors of Professional Practice: Amara Aguilar, MA; Christina
Bellantoni, BA; Clarissa Beyah, MBA; Daniel Birman, MA; Laura
Castañeda, EdD; Fred Cook, BA; Jennifer Floto, MA*; Oscar
Garza; Vince Gonzales, MA; Robert Hernandez, BA; Gabriel
Kahn, BA; Matthew Le Veque, BA; Lisa Pecot-Hébert, PhD; Stacy
Scholder, BA; Willa Seidenberg, BA; Burghardt Tenderich, PhD
Associate Professors of Professional Practice: Alan Abrahamson,
JD; Peggy Bustamante, MA; Laura Davis, BA; Jeff Fellenzer, MA;
Rebecca Haggerty, EdD; Alan Mittelstaedt, BA; Mary Murphy, BA;
Miki Turner, BA
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice: Keith Plocek, MPhil
Research Professor of Communication and Journalism: Martin H.
Kaplan, PhD
Lecturer: Dana Chinn, MBA
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Emeritus Professors: K.C. Cole, BA; Felix Gutierrez, PhD; Judy
Muller, BA; Bryce Nelson, MPhil; Philip Seib, JD
Emeritus Professors of Professional Practice: Sasha Anawalt, BA;
Gerald Swerling, MS
Emeritus Associate Professor: Larry Pryor, MS
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
Degree Programs
The School of Journalism offers Bachelor of Arts degrees
in Journalism and Public Relations. It also offers minors in
Advertising; Food Journalism and Public Relations; Latinx News
Media; News Media and Society; Podcasting; Public Relations;
and Sports Media Industries and an interdisciplinary minor
in Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism. The School of
Journalism offers a News and Information Innovation minor
in collaboration with the Iovine and Young Academy in which
students develop novel solutions to problems facing modern
newsrooms. The school stresses a broad-based liberal arts
education to enhance writing and reporting and encourages
undergraduate students to pursue double majors or minors in
disciplines outside the school.
At the graduate level, a Master of Science degree is offered
in Journalism and Master of Arts degrees are offered in
Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts) and
Public Relations and Advertising. The MS in Journalism degree
teaches students to write, report, produce, code, publish and
promote cross-platform stories in a converged news environment.
Cutting-edge digital courses cater to students interested in
careers in social media, data journalism, data visualization,
emerging technology and coding. The Specialized Journalism
degree is designed for experienced professionals and recent
journalism graduates interested in developing specialized
reporting expertise. The Specialized Journalism (The Arts) degree
is designed for experienced professionals, art practitioners and
recent journalism graduates interested in arts, food and culture
criticism and reporting. The Public Relations and Advertising
degree emphasizes the requisite skills of that discipline, with an
emphasis on strategic problem solving, critical thinking, research-
based planning and analysis, writing, digital multiplatform content
development, and the application of the discipline to specific
industry categories.
Graduate Certificates are offered in Journalism and Public
Policy Advocacy.
Student Services
Students must meet with an adviser each semester to receive
academic advisement covering university degree requirements
and major course selection. The school also offers several
international study programs to students. The USC Annenberg
Career Development Office has listings for paid and unpaid
internships from around the country. Career advisers conduct
mandatory advisement appointments for all sophomores and offer
career workshops, guest speakers and mentoring opportunities.
Students are advised to participate in at least two internships
before graduation.
Honor Society
Lambda Pi Eta is a national communication/journalism honor
society that is open to students in graduate and undergraduate
Annenberg programs. To be eligible, students must have a USC
cumulative GPA and an Annenberg major GPA of 3.5 or higher.
In addition, undergraduate students must have a declared
communication, journalism or public relations major, and have
completed (or currently be registered for) at least 60 units, at
least 12 of which are in the major. Graduate students must
have completed at least 12 units in the fields of communication,
journalism or public relations.
Undergraduate Degrees
The School of Journalism offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in
Journalism and Public Relations. The school also offers minors in
Advertising; Food Journalism and Public Relations; Latinx News
Media; News Media and Society; Podcasting; Public Relations;
and Sports Media Industries and an interdisciplinary minor in
Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Journalism students
are encouraged to pursue double majors or minors in other areas
of study.
To meet accrediting guidelines, a minimum of 72 units must
be completed outside the major area of journalism. A maximum
of 16 units of course work taken prior to high school graduation
and a combined 32 units of AP, IB and pre-high school graduation
course work will count toward this requirement. Journalism and
public relations majors can take up to a maximum of 48 journalism
units; however, the major unit total (44 units) cannot be exceeded,
unless the student has fulfilled the accreditation requirement.
A grade point average of at least C (2.0) on all baccalaureate
units attempted at USC, as well as on the combined USC-
transfer GPA, is required for undergraduate degrees. A minimum
cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in all upper-division courses
applied toward the major is also required. Students must complete
each journalism and public relations class with at least a grade
of C- in order to count the course toward a major requirement.
Journalism and public relations courses with a grade of D+ or
below must be repeated; courses may only be retaken once. If
students do not pass a required major course the second time,
then the School of Journalism will drop them from the journalism or
public relations major and have their major changed to undeclared.
It will be the students' responsibility to declare another major. If
students do not pass a major elective course the second time, they
can choose to take a different journalism or public relations course
for their major elective requirement.
Students interested in taking JOUR 489 Hands-on Disruption:
Experimenting with Emerging Technology must contact the
instructor for permission to enroll. The instructor will need to
assess the technical skill sets of the students to ensure that
everyone who enrolls meets the class requirements.
Undergraduate students who are interested in enrolling in JOUR
585 Specialized Reporting: Religion must be a senior, have at
least a 3.7 cumulative GPA, and must contact the instructor for
permission to enroll.
Non-majors who are interested in enrolling in PR 209 Effective
Writing for Strategic Public Relations and/or PR 250 Strategic
Public Relations: An Introduction must have at least a 2.5 GPA.
Admission Requirements
Admission is competitive. Fall 2021 first-year students had
an average GPA of 3.82 unweighted. Submission of SAT or ACT
test scores is optional for the 2023-2024 academic year. Transfer
students had an average college GPA of 3.77. For admission
information and deadlines, refer to the USC Admission website.
All transfer applicants must review the transfer admission
application guidelines on the Annenberg Admissions website;
contact the Annenberg Admissions Office for more information.
USC exclusively uses the Common Application for freshman
and transfer admission. Applicants must submit the Common
Application and the USC Writing Supplement, both of which can be
accessed at commonapp.org.
Students currently enrolled at USC who wish to apply to the
School of Journalism must complete the online application with all
supporting documents. To be considered competitive for admission
to the journalism or public relations major, students must have 16
units completed at USC with a minimum USC cumulative GPA of
3.0. Students who do not meet the 3.0 cumulative GPA standard
must submit a statement of interest along with their application. In
order to be eligible to apply for the Advertising or New Media and
Society minors, students must have a minimum USC cumulative
GPA of 2.0 and a declared major. To apply to the Public Relations
or Sports Media Industries minors, students must have a minimum
USC cumulative GPA of 2.5 and a declared major. For further
information on the application process, current USC students
are encouraged to attend an information session conducted by
Annenberg Advisement and Academic Services.
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General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides coherent,
integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge you will need
to consider yourself (and to be considered by other people) a
generally well-educated person. This program is effective for all
students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or transfer students
beginning college elsewhere at that time and subsequently
transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six Core Literacies,
plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which may double-count
with courses in the Core Literacies) and two courses in writing. For
more information about USC's general education requirements,
see the General Education Program.
Annenberg International Programs
Fall and Spring Semester in London, England
(Journalism and Public Relations)
Undergraduate journalism and public relations students may
spend the fall or spring semester of their junior year at a dedicated
study center, where they enroll in 16 units of upper-division
Annenberg course work, eight of which are for major credit. In
addition to their studies, students tour publishing and broadcasting
companies, meet communication executives and government
policy-makers and gain exposure to British media, culture and
civilization. The program also includes group excursions to such
places as Bath, Oxford, Liverpool and Hampton Court. A minimum
USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this program.
Spring Semester in Auckland, New Zealand
(Journalism and Public Relations)
This undergraduate semester program offers students the
opportunity to study at the Auckland University of Technology in
New Zealand, a leading southern hemisphere school of journalism
and media studies. Fully integrated into the university and its
vibrant urban surroundings with strong connections to the nation's
indigenous heritage, the program allows students to earn 8
units that fulfill journalism/public relations electives and 8 units
of general electives. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is
required for this program.
Fall and Spring Semester in Hong Kong, SAR China
(Journalism and Public Relations)
The Annenberg Hong Kong program offers students the exciting
opportunity to live and study in the cosmopolitan city of Hong
Kong. Students study alongside local and international students
in a variety of disciplines at the highly regarded, global research
institution the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The
program allows students to directly enroll in the university and earn
6-9 units that fulfill journalism/public relations electives and 6-9
units of general electives. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0
is required for this program.
Spring Semester in Sydney, Australia (Journalism and
Public Relations)
This undergraduate semester program offers students the
opportunity to study at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)
in Australia, one of the top universities in Oceania and highly
ranked globally. Conveniently located in the center of Sydney with
strong connections to a vibrant media scene, the program allows
students to fully integrate into the university and earn 8 units that
fulfill journalism/public relations electives and 8 units of general
electives. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for
this program.
Spring Semester in Rome, Italy (Journalism and Public
Relations)
Undergraduate journalism and public relations students may
spend a spring semester at a dedicated study center, where they
enroll in 16 units of upper-division Annenberg course work, eight
of which are for major credit. In addition to their studies, students
tour publishing and broadcasting companies, meet communication
executives and government policy-makers and gain exposure to
Italian media, culture and civilization. The program also includes
guided visits to museums and historical districts, as well as an
overnight group excursion to Tuscany. A minimum USC cumulative
GPA of 3.0 is required for this program.
Spring Break Career Immersions in Thailand and
Mexico City
Undergraduate and graduate students may spend spring break
immersed in two dynamic regions of the world, Southeast Asia or
Central America. Students develop first-hand insights into social
impact, development, and non-profits in Thailand. In Mexico City,
students engage with the most influential media hub in Latin
America by visiting industry leaders and various media companies.
These programs offer students the unique opportunity to evaluate
the Annenberg disciplines of practice in different emerging areas
of the world. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required
for these programs. Please visit the Annenberg International
Programs website for more information on additional program
requirements.
Summer International Communication Studies —
London and Paris
The International Communication Studies Program (ICS)
allows undergraduate students to study a range of approaches to
public communication media across Europe during the summer
semester. Students divide the four- to five-week course into stays
in Los Angeles, London and Paris. In addition to regular class
meetings, students discuss the interplay of current world issues
and international media practices with communication practitioners
from international news and public relations media, government
institutions, private industry and global organizations. Students
enroll in JOUR 482 Comparative Media in Europe (4 units). A
minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for this program.
For further information, contact Annenberg International
Programs at (213) 821-1276, email [email protected] or visit
annenberg.usc.edu/international.
Departmental Honors
Undergraduate students who are nominated by journalism
faculty to participate in JOUR 498 – Honors Seminar (2 units)
or PR 498 – Public Relations Honor Seminar (2 units) their
senior year are eligible for departmental honors. Nominations
are based on academic achievement, performance in the
classroom, leadership and involvement in the school. Students
who successfully complete JOUR 498 or PR 498 with a B+ or
higher and achieve no less than a USC cumulative GPA of 3.0
and a journalism or public relations major GPA of 3.5 at the time of
graduation will receive departmental honors.
Academic Integrity Policy
Since its founding, the School of Journalism has maintained
a commitment to the highest standards of ethical conduct and
academic excellence. Any student found plagiarizing, fabricating,
cheating on examinations, and/or purchasing papers or other
assignments faces sanctions ranging from an "F" on the
assignment to dismissal from the School of Journalism.
Progressive Degree Program
The School of Journalism offers progressive degree options for
the Master of Science in Journalism, Master of Arts in Specialized
Journalism and Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising.
The progressive degree program allows USC students to complete
a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as little as five years.
Students with a USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in all
classes taken at the university level are eligible to apply for
admission to the degree program during their junior year. The 3.0
GPA is a minimum standard and does not guarantee acceptance.
Current students must attend a mandatory information session
conducted by Annenberg Admissions and a faculty member before
initiating the application process. Students admitted into the
progressive degree program begin taking master's level courses
in their senior year and then enroll exclusively in graduate courses
until the master's degree is completed.
For further information on the application process, current
USC students must attend a mandatory information session.
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Contact Annenberg Admissions for session dates. Application
materials must be downloaded from undergrad.usc.edu/programs/
progressive/.
Graduate Degrees
The School of Journalism offers one Master of Science degree
program in Journalism, three Master of Arts degree programs in
Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts) and
Public Relations and Advertising, and two certificates in Journalism
and Public Policy Advocacy.
The 11-month, 36-unit MS in Journalism is an intense, deadline-
driven program in which students learn to write, report, produce,
code, publish and promote cross-platform stories in a converged
news environment. Students also choose a specialty area that
prepares them for careers across a broad spectrum, including but
not limited to broadcast television and radio news, long-form audio
and video documentaries, investigative, sports and entertainment
reporting and writing and/or multimedia news production. The MS
program accepts applicants with little to no journalism experience
as well as seasoned journalists who wish to learn cross platform/
multimedia reporting and producing skills.
The 11-month, 34-unit MA in Specialized Journalism is a
program geared toward experienced journalists seeking subject-
matter expertise and toward experienced professionals in other
fields seeking journalism skills to advance their expertise. The
program is also open to recent journalism school graduates
with records of excellence and a demonstrated aptitude and
commitment to developing an expertise in a specialized field of
reporting.
The 11-month, 34-unit MA in Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
is geared toward experienced arts and food journalists, as well as
recent graduates with a demonstrated commitment to specializing
in arts and/or food journalism. The program is also open to people
who have no background in journalism, but who are deeply
experienced in at least one art form as a practice or profession, or
in the world of food as a practice or profession; the acquisition of
journalism skills toward a future specializing in the coverage of arts
and culture, or food and culture, is the objective.
The 16- to 21-month professionally oriented MA in Public
Relations and Advertising degree is designed to train both
recent graduates interested in public relations, advertising and
related fields, and young professionals considering transitions
into that field or seeking to advance their careers, for eventual
management-level positions in all types of organizations. In their
first two semesters, students take a core group of courses focusing
on strategic problem-solving, research-based actionable insight,
business acumen, persuasive writing, multiplatform content
production and leadership skills. In their third and fourth semester
students choose from a wide variety of electives and have the
opportunity to specialize in one of six specific tracks.
Admission to the Journalism certificate is by permission only.
Only current graduate students may apply to the Public Policy
Advocacy certificate.
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites
An applicant must have the equivalent of a four-year bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university for the MS or MA
degree. Applicants with a three-year bachelor's will be considered
for admission to the graduate journalism certificate.
Criteria
Refer to the Annenberg graduate application guidelines on
the Annenberg Admissions website for complete details about
graduate application requirements. Scores on the Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language
Testing System (IELTS) or Pearson Test of English (PTE) are
required for applicants whose undergraduate degree was not
completed in a country where English is the only official language.
Procedure
Applicants must complete and submit the online USC Graduate
Admission Application. Before initiating the application, refer to
the Annenberg graduate application guidelines on the Annenberg
Admissions website for deadlines and details about specific
materials that must be uploaded to the application and documents
that must be submitted directly to USC Graduate Admission.
New students are admitted to the MS in Journalism, the MA in
Specialized Journalism, the MA in Specialized Journalism (The
Arts) and the Journalism Certificate for the summer session only.
New students are admitted to the MA in Public Relations and
Advertising degree program for the fall semester only.
Annenberg International Programs
Graduate Internship Program (Journalism and Public
Relations) – Berlin or Cape Town
The Annenberg International Programs Graduate Internship
Program allows graduate students the opportunity to explore the
communication and journalism fields from a distinctively global
perspective. Students have the opportunity to intern in one of
the following global cities: Berlin, Germany or Cape Town, South
Africa. The program takes place over the course of eight weeks
during the summer semester. Students enroll in JOUR 545 and
earn 1 unit of academic credit. Program dates and fees vary
based on program city. For further information, contact Annenberg
International Programs at (213) 821-1276, email [email protected]
or visit annenberg.usc.edu/international.
Spring Break Career Immersions in Thailand and
Mexico City
Undergraduate and graduate students may spend spring break
immersed in two dynamic regions of the world, Southeast Asia or
Central America. Students develop first-hand insights into social
impact, development, and non-profits in Thailand. In Mexico City,
students engage with the most influential media hub in Latin
America by visiting industry leaders and various media companies.
These programs offer students the unique opportunity to evaluate
the Annenberg disciplines of practice in different emerging areas
of the world. A minimum USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required
for these programs. Please visit the Annenberg International
Programs website for more information on additional program
requirements.
Degree Requirements
All course work applied toward a degree must be approved by
the School of Journalism and the Graduate School.
Academic Integrity Policy
Since its founding, the School of Journalism has maintained
a commitment to the highest standards of ethical conduct and
academic excellence. Any student found plagiarizing, fabricating,
cheating on examinations and/or purchasing papers or other
assignments faces sanctions ranging from an "F" on the
assignment to dismissal from the School of Journalism.
Bachelor's Degree
Journalism (BA)*
Building upon Annenberg’s record of innovation in journalism
education, the BA in Journalism offers a forward-thinking
curriculum that encourages students to embrace technology,
assess it critically, and employ it in the service of powerful and
effective journalism. Team-taught courses leverage faculty
expertise in video, audio, text and digital journalism to help
students establish their reporting and writing expertise across
multiple platforms. Through a newly integrated Media Center
experience, students will acquire the editing, production and digital
storytelling skills to produce journalism across a range of media.
At the conclusion of the degree program, students will complete an
advanced reporting project that showcases their abilities.
Students are required to complete 44 units for the major,
including 30 units required core courses.
Required Courses, Lower Division
• JOUR 201 Culture of Journalism: Past, Present and Future
Units: 4
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• JOUR 206 Reporting and Writing Practicum Units: 1 (2 units
required)
• JOUR 207 Reporting and Writing I Units: 3
Required Courses, Upper Division
• JOUR 307 Reporting and Writing II Units: 3
• JOUR 320 Introduction to Coding for Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 321 Visual Journalism Units: 2
• JOUR 322 Introduction to Investigative and Data Journalism
Units: 2
• JOUR 372 Engaging Diverse Communities Units: 2
• JOUR 414 Advanced Digital Media Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 462 Law of Mass Communication Units: 4
Annenberg Experience
Choose one of the following required core courses (4 units total):
• ASCJ 200 Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age
Units: 4
• JOUR 300 Journalism and Society Units: 4
Advanced Reporting Elective
Choose one course:
• JOUR 402 Advanced Video Reporting Units: 6
• JOUR 403 Television News and Sports Production Units: 6
• JOUR 405 Non-Fiction Television Units: 4
• JOUR 409 Radio Storytelling and Podcasts Units: 4
• JOUR 448 Government and Public Affairs Reporting Units: 4
Upper-Division Electives
Complete 8-10 upper division journalism or public relations elective
units chosen in consultation with your adviser. Note: Students who
choose a 4-unit Advanced Reporting course will need 10 units of
upper division electives; students who choose a 6-unit Advanced
Reporting course will need 8 units of upper division electives.
Public Relations (BA)*
Public Relations — sometimes called Strategic Communication
— is a dynamic, fast-growing discipline found in organizations of
all types, including non-profits, entertainment firms, sports teams,
social action groups, universities and Fortune 500 companies.
Its purpose is to help those organizations achieve their goals
by maintaining healthy relationships with their most important
audiences. Practitioners use a wide variety of creative strategies
and tactics, including both digital/social media and traditional mass
media, as their most important tools. Every day thousands of PR
professionals rely on the training they received at USC Annenberg
to analyze trends, develop and implement sophisticated programs,
and counsel senior management. Internships with leading PR
agencies, non-profit organizations, entertainment companies and
government agencies provide real-world experience that prepares
students for successful careers.
Total units: 44
Required Courses, Lower Division
• PR 209 Effective Writing for Strategic Public Relations
Units: 4
• PR 250 Strategic Public Relations: An Introduction Units: 4
Required Courses, Upper Division
• PR 351a Strategic Public Relations Media and Content
Units: 4
• PR 351b Strategic Public Relations Media and Content
Units: 4
• PR 429 Business and Economic Foundations of Public
Relations Units: 4
• PR 450 Advanced Strategic Public Relations Units: 4
• PR 463 Strategic Public Relations Research, Analysis and
Insights Units: 4
Plus 16 upper-division PR and/or JOUR elective units chosen
in consultation with an adviser
Minor
Advertising Minor
The advertising minor is designed for students interested in
building a career in, or developing a better understanding of, the
field of advertising. It explores the key role played by advertising
in today's global economy. At no time has advertising been more
successful or more controversial than it is today, and this program
will explore both the positives and the negatives. Emphasis is
placed throughout the program on both the practical skills required
to meet the demands of the marketplace and the theoretical
underpinnings of those practices. Program content includes: the
history of advertising; creation of written and visual advertising
elements; the measurement, selection and analysis of media;
the concept of "branding;" the role of advertising in creating
and maintaining successful brands; the analysis of advertising
campaign case studies; and the creation of integrated marketing
communications campaigns.
Required Courses
• PR 340 Introduction to Advertising Units: 4
• PR 431 Integrated Media Planning and Buying Units: 4
• PR 432 Concepting: Advertising Strategy and Creative
Development Units: 4
• PR 433 Advertising and Technology Units: 4
Choose one of the following:
• MKT 406 Practicum in Marketing Communication and
Promotion Design Units: 4.0
• PR 434 Advertising Campaign Construction Units: 4
Choose one elective:
• MKT 402 Introduction to Marketing Analytics Units: 4
• MKT 405 Marketing Communication and Promotion Strategy
Units: 4
• MKT 425 Digital Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
Total units: 24
Food Journalism and Public Relations Minor
The Food Journalism and Public Relations minor prepares
students for communication and related careers within
organizations involved in food production and service as well as
global and local issues. In addition to the core classes, students
take additional courses from throughout USC to build a one-of-
a-kind program of study that articulates these areas of expertise.
Combined with a practice-area practicum, this minor positions
students for an array of successful careers in these food-related
fields. Where better to study this than at the intersection of cutting-
edge Journalism, strategic PR content development and the LA
food mecca.
Required Courses
• JOUR 457 Food of Our Families Units: 4
• JOUR 458 Media, Food and Culture Units: 4
• PR 444 Lifestyle Public Relations Units: 4
• PR 445 Fundamentals of Food Communication Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least 4 units from the following:
• AMST 343 Food, Health and Culture in Los Angeles Units: 4
• ANTH 312 Documenting Latinx Los Angeles Food Cultures
Units: 4
• ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society Units: 4
• COMM 405 From the Ground Up: Communicating About
Food Units: 4
• HP 230 Nutrition and Health Units: 4
• PR 464 Advanced Lifestyle Public Relations Units: 4
• SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4
• SPAN 396 Oaxaca and Oaxacalifornia: Food, Culture, Art
and Migration Units: 4
• SWMS 389 Gender, Sexuality and Food Cultures in the U.S.
Units: 4
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Latinx News Media Minor
The Latinx News Media Minor is designed to give students
a grounding in the historical, theoretical, social and cultural
landscape of Latino news media. In addition, the course work
will expose students to trends in the development of current and
evolving content strategy, distribution and news consumption
trends. The minor will prepare students to create content for Latinx
communities, media organizations, bilingual news outlets and
independent distribution.
The minor requires at least 16 units.
Required Courses
• JOUR 406 Social Media Storytelling for Latinx Audiences
Units: 2
• JOUR 465m Latino News Media in the United States Units: 4
Choose one of the following:
• JOUR 461 Spanish Language News Media Production
Units: 2
• JOUR 464 Experiential Journalism in Latin America Units: 2
Electives
Choose at least 8 units from the following:
• AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial
to Contemporary Units: 4
• AHIS 496 Paintings in the Prado Museum Units: 4
• AMST 135gmw Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
Units: 4
• AMST 305 Art and Performance in the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture Units: 4
• ANTH 203 Global Media Units: 4
• ANTH 310 Archaeology of the Americas Units: 4
• ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya Civilization Units: 4
• ANTH 400 Maya Resilience: Constructing Past and Present
Identities Units: 4
• ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• ANTH 450 Field Research in Maya Archaeology Units: 4
• COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America Units: 4
• COMM 326 Latinx Media Studies Units: 4
• HIST 109g The Latin American Experience Units: 4
• HIST 272g Women and Gender in the Ancient and Spanish
Americas Units: 4
• HIST 353m Race and Racism in the Americas Units: 4
• HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States Units: 4
• HIST 359 The U.S.-Mexico Border Units: 4
• HIST 368 Afro-Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 370 Colonial Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 371 Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain Units: 4
• HIST 372 Modern Latin America Units: 4
• HIST 374 History of Mexico Units: 4
• HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution Units: 4
• HIST 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar Units: 4
• IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin American
Development Units: 4
• IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin America Units: 4
• IR 366 Mexico and its Relations with the United States
Units: 4
• IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S. and Latin America
Units: 4
• PORT 250g Visions of Brazil Units: 4
• POSC 350 Politics of Latin America Units: 4
• SPAN 260 Advanced Spanish: Arts and Sciences Units: 4
• SPAN 270 Spanish for Heritage Speakers Units: 4
• SPAN 290gp Introduction to Latin American and Iberian
Studies Units: 4
• SPAN 301 Introduction to Literature and Film Units: 4
• SPAN 302 Screen Cultures: From Film to the Internet Units: 4
• SPAN 304 The Art of Fiction Units: 4
• SPAN 306 Performance from Street to Stage Units: 4
• SPAN 308 The Art of Poetry Units: 4
• SPAN 311 Advanced Spanish Through Contemporary Issues:
Oral Emphasis Units: 4
• SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society Units: 4
• SPAN 321 Sounds, Images, Objects Units: 4
• SPAN 341 Advanced Conversation and Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 375 Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory
Units: 4
• SPAN 380g Literature of Mexico Units: 4
• SPAN 381 Narco-World Units: 4
• SPAN 382 The Aesthetics of Violence in Latin America
Units: 4
• SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4
• SPAN 391 Introduction to Contemporary Spanish Literature
(USC Madrid Center) Units: 4
• SPAN 413m Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish
Units: 4
• SPAN 460 Don Quijote: Text and Film Units: 4
• SPAN 462 Literary Cartographies of Latin America and
Spain, 1810–1898 Units: 4
• SPAN 464 Introduction to Contemporary Spanish Theatre
Units: 4
• SPAN 465 Cultural Perspectives of the Iberian Peninsula
Units: 4
• SPAN 470 Literature and Media in Latin America Units: 4
• SPAN 472 The Sixties in Latin America Units: 4
• SPAN 481 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
• SPAN 482 Literature and the City Units: 4
• SPAN 483 Gender and Sexuality Units: 4
News Media and Society Minor
News media and society is a journalism minor that explores
the responsibilities, the influence, the ethics and the diversity
of the news media. It explores the myths about news media in
the United States and explains what the news media are, how
they work, what they do wrong and what they do right, and why
they are important to a society whose citizens depend on the
free and unfettered flow of information. This minor will help all
students in all majors to understand one of the most important and
misunderstood forces in American society: the news media.
News media and society benefits every student at the university
because it gives students a new appreciation and understanding of
the news media that so much influence their lives on a daily basis.
Required Core Courses
• JOUR 200w The Power and Responsibility of the Press
Units: 4
• JOUR 201 Culture of Journalism: Past, Present and Future
Units: 4
Electives
Choose 12 units from the following:
• COMM 371 Media Censorship and the Law Units: 4
• JOUR 373 Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies Units: 4
• JOUR 375 The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture
Units: 4
• JOUR 460 Social Responsibility of the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 466m People of Color and the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 467 Gender and the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy and the News
Media Units: 4
Total units: 20
Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism
Interdisciplinary Minor
This four-course minor enables students to learn about the
nonprofit sector — its organizations, philanthropy and voluntary
action. See complete description in the USC Price School of Public
Policy section.
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Podcasting Minor
The minor is designed to give students a grounding in the
history, theory, production and business of podcasting. Students
will develop a discerning ear for quality audio content and the
best practices for effective oral communication. Students will learn
practical skills required for the production of a variety of podcast
formats, from narrative storytelling to interview/conversational
to fictional podcasts. In addition, the coursework will expose
students to non-production aspects of podcasting such as
branding, marketing, distribution, analytics, monetization and legal
issues. The minor will equip students to start a podcast or seek
employment for podcast production jobs.
Required Courses
• CTPR 404 Practicum in Podcast Production Units: 2
• CTWR 403 Writing the Narrative Podcast Series Units: 2
• JOUR 407 The World of Podcasting Units: 4
• JOUR 412 Podcasting: Origin Stories Units: 2
• THTR 318 Creating the Hit Podcast Units: 2
Electives
Choose at least 4 units from the following:
• COMM 383m Sports, Communication and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 422 Legal Issues and New Media Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• IML 328 Sonic Media Art Units: 2
• IML 428 Exploring and Creating Sonic Environments Units: 4
• JOUR 411 Broadcast and Digital Writing for Video and Audio
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• JOUR 472 Strategies for Monetizing New Media Units: 4
• PR 486 Multimedia PR Content: Introduction to Digital
Design Tools Units: 2
• THTR 306 Audio-Drama Units: 2.0
• THTR 489 Theatre Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Units Required: 16
Public Relations Minor
The public relations minor is designed for students interested in
building a career in, or developing a better understanding of, the
field of public relations. At no time has public relations been more
successful or more visible than it is today. Emphasis is placed
throughout the program on both the practical skills required to
meet the demands of the marketplace and the critical thinking
required to be a successful entry-level public relations practitioner.
Required Courses
• PR 209 Effective Writing for Strategic Public Relations
Units: 4
• PR 250 Strategic Public Relations: An Introduction Units: 4
• PR 352 Public Relations Media and Content for Non-Majors
Units: 4
Elective Courses
Choose 12 units of PR and/or JOUR 300-499 level electives.
Sports Media Industries Minor
Organized sports are one of the most popular forms of live
and participatory entertainment, and produce vast quantities of
mediated content. Virtually all professional sport, and increasingly
much of amateur competition, is influenced by the importance of
having the competitions shared with a wide range of audiences
and utilizing diverse platforms to engage these fans. This content
rich environment highlights how leagues, teams, players and
coaches are each independent and interdependent brands, as
well as creators and distributors of multimedia content. This
volume of sports content creates new challenges for journalistic
norms and storytelling techniques as well as new opportunities
for the business of sports media management. The Sports Media
Industries minor introduces students to a range of professional
settings, activities and challenges related to the growth of sports
media.
This 20-unit minor requires that students be introduced both
to sports journalism as content production and also to the notion
of sports media as a unique setting for publicity, advertising, and
public relations. Students will develop the skills required to create
sports media content, and increase their ability to critically examine
sports media's influence on contemporary culture, particularly
issues related to race, gender, class and sexual orientation. The
minor will also establish an introductory knowledge of the business
of sports and sports media. Elective courses allow students
greater opportunity to explore these fields as well as take courses
dedicated to specific aspects of sports media.
Required Core Course
• JOUR 350 Introduction to Sports Media Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least 16 units from the following:
• COMM 387 Sports and Social Change Units: 4
• JOUR 380 Sports, Business and Media in Today's Society
Units: 4
• JOUR 404 Produce and Host Sports Content in Studio A
Units: 2
• JOUR 432 Sports Commentary Units: 4
• JOUR 441 Sports Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 478 Politics of Sports Writing Units: 4
• JOUR 479 Storytelling for Action Sports Units: 4
• JOUR 480 Sports and Media Technology Units: 4
• JOUR 481 The Athlete, Sports Media and Popular Culture
Units: 4
• JOUR 485 Sports Investigative Reporting Units: 4
• PR 453 Public Relations Strategies for Working with Athletes
Units: 4
• PR 454 Sports Public Relations Units: 2
Total units: 20
Master's Degree
Journalism (MS)
Studies toward the Master of Science in Journalism require 36
units of prescribed courses and approved electives in the student's
field of study. No more than 12 units of 400-level course work may
be applied toward the Master of Science in Journalism.
Students who earn a GPA of below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation and must improve according to established
terms if they are to remain in the school. In the case of courses
offered on Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) basis, faculty review of
competence will be substituted for grades.
Residence
Students in the Master of Science in Journalism can complete
the program in eleven months by enrolling in the seven-week
summer immersion course and enrolling in 14 units in the fall and
spring semesters. The School of Journalism will accept only 4
units of approved transferred graduate credit.
Students may waive JOUR 560 if they have taken a similar
course at their undergraduate institution. A syllabus must be turned
in and approved by the graduate director.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
There is no foreign language or research tool requirement for
the master's degree, but fluency in the English language is needed
for success in the program.
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (GSP)
Journalism students are required to complete an online tutorial
about Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (GSP) and pass the
GSP test before the end of the spring semester. Students who fail
to complete the GSP tutorial and pass the test will not receive a
degree from the School of Journalism.
Note: Students with disabilities may register with the Office
of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) so the OSAS staff can
assess the nature of the students' disabilities and recommend the
appropriate accommodations to be provided for each student.
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Capstone Project
MS in Journalism students must enroll in JOUR 598 (4 units) in
order to graduate. Completed projects are judged by a committee
appointed by the director of the School of Journalism and degrees
are conferred based on the committee's review.
Course Requirements (36 units)
• JOUR 505 The Practice: Journalism's Evolution as a
Profession Units: 1
• JOUR 510 Special Assignment Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 528 Summer Digital Journalism Immersion Units: 3
• JOUR 531 Fall Digital Journalism Immersion Units: 3
• JOUR 532 Fall Digital Journalism Immersion Practicum
Units: 1
• JOUR 539 Introduction to Investigative Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 546 News, Numbers and Introduction to Data
Journalism Units: 2
• JOUR 547 Navigating the Media Marketplace Units: 1
• JOUR 553 Coding and Programming for Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 560 Seminar in Mass Communication Law Units: 2
• JOUR 598 Journalism Capstone Project Units: 4
Plus 13 approved elective units (400-level courses and
above).
Emphases
Students interested in specific journalistic platforms are
encouraged to select an emphasis and complete the
recommended courses for that emphasis:
Long-Form Video
• JOUR 503 Visual Literacy and Introduction to Documentary
Storytelling Units: 1
• JOUR 521 Documentary Pre-Production Units: 2
• JOUR 522 Video Documentary Production Units: 4
News Video
• JOUR 403 Television News and Sports Production Units: 6
• JOUR 508 Introduction to Video Reporting Units: 1
• JOUR 524 Advanced Broadcast Reporting Units: 4
• JOUR 552 Television Reporting and Production Units: 2
• JOUR 575 Converged Media Center Units: 2, 4
Audio
• JOUR 409 Radio Storytelling and Podcasts Units: 4
• JOUR 515 Introduction to Audio Storytelling Units: 1
• JOUR 523 Public Radio Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 525 This California Life: Storytelling for Radio and
Podcasting Units: 4
Text
• JOUR 448 Government and Public Affairs Reporting Units: 4
• JOUR 511 Introduction to Narrative Non-Fiction Units: 1
• JOUR 512 Advanced Interpretive Writing Units: 2
• JOUR 517 Advanced Investigative Reporting Units: 4
• JOUR 519 Advanced Writing and Reporting for Magazine
and the Web Units: 4
• JOUR 542 Foreign Affairs Reporting Units: 3
• JOUR 577 Monetization and the New Media Units: 3
• JOUR 585 Specialized Reporting: Religion Units: 4
Digital
• JOUR 475 Print and Digital Design for 21st Century
Storytelling Units: 4
• JOUR 479 Storytelling for Action Sports Units: 4
• JOUR 489 Hands-on Disruption: Experimenting with
Emerging Technology Units: 2
• JOUR 494 Python Coding for Data Journalism Units: 2
• JOUR 496 Interactive Media Design for Publishing Units: 4
• JOUR 527 Advanced Disruption: Innovation with Emerging
Technology Units: 2
• JOUR 555 Advanced Coding for Creative Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 561 Fundamentals of Data Journalism Reporting
Units: 2
Public Relations and Advertising (MA)
Few industries have been as radically transformed by new
technologies in the past 20 years as the public relations and
advertising professions. Now increasingly converged fields
of practice and study, they remain central to the success
of organizations of all types, whether business or purpose-
driven. The Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising
offers students a broad perspective across a changing global
communication landscape and a deep grounding in foundational
courses across disciplines such as persuasive writing, strategy,
business fundamentals, advocacy, digital content creation,
improvisational leadership and storytelling backed by data
intelligence. Through a combination of conceptual courses,
research and content creation labs plus electives, specializations
and study abroad opportunities, this highly applied program
prepares students to become a leader in one of the most dynamic
global industries.
Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to
utilize strategic and critical thinking principles, quantitative and
qualitative analyses, multi-platform content creation methods and
ethical reasoning models to conceptualize and execute effective
communication campaigns across all forms of media. In addition
to the core competencies of public relations and advertising,
graduates will work in other digital communication fields that
include social media management, influencer relations, digital
brand activation, etc.
Studies toward the Master of Arts in Public Relations and
Advertising require 36 units in total, 27 of which are required,
foundational courses. The remaining 9 units may be taken as PR
and Advertising specializations, Annenberg electives or at other
USC schools. No more than 9 units of 400-level course work may
be applied toward the MA in Public Relations and Advertising.
Students who earn a GPA of below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation and must improve according to established
terms if they are to remain in the school.
Residence
Normally, full-time students in the MA in Public Relations and
Advertising can complete the program in four semesters.
Foreign Language/Research Tool
Requirement
There is no foreign language or research tool requirement;
however, prior knowledge of digital media and research tools is
beneficial.
Master's Thesis/Capstone
The Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising
culminates in either a Thesis or Capstone option. Students may
choose between two options: a) the 4-unit thesis/professional
project option, which entails one of three approaches: a traditional
academic thesis (generally reserved for students who intend to
pursue a PhD); a research project (a strategic campaign plan or a
white paper); or a video thesis. Alternatively, students may select
b) a practicum to craft a digital capstone portfolio that tests overall
program knowledge. A passing grade in the capstone portfolio is
required for graduation.
Course Requirements (36 Units)
• PR 508 Public Relations and Advertising Fundamentals and
Strategy Units: 3
• PR 522 Storytelling with Data Intelligence Units: 3
• PR 524 Multimedia Content Creation for Brand Storytelling I
Units: 3
• PR 529 Business and Economic Foundations for
Communicators Units: 3
• PR 535 Persuasive Writing Units: 3
• Plus 15 units of approved elective courses*
Core Electives
Choose two courses:
• PR 523 Advanced Audience Insight Mining Units: 3
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• PR 525 Multimedia Content Creation for Brand Storytelling II
Units: 3
• PR 526 Understanding Transmedia Audiences Units: 3
• PR 598 Improvisational Leadership Units: 3
Note:
*Students electing the thesis option are required to enroll in
PR 594a (2 units) and PR 594b (2 units) and must complete
11 units of approved elective courses. Students electing the
comprehensive examination option must complete 15 units of
approved elective courses. MKT 526 Advertising and Social
Media: Strategy and Analytics and MKT 567 Marketing Metrics for
Business Decisions are elective options.
Specialized Journalism (MA)
The Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism is a program
geared toward experienced journalists seeking subject matter
expertise and toward experienced professionals in other fields
seeking journalism skills to advance their expertise. The program
is also open to recent School of Journalism graduates with records
of excellence in their university classes and internships and a
demonstrated aptitude and commitment to developing an expertise
in a specialized field of reporting.
In the SJ program, award-winning, experienced journalists
guide students toward publication in professional outlets,
generating "impact journalism" that makes a difference. Students
are encouraged to explore documentary, investigative, and
narrative journalism genres through a range of specialties
and disciplines, including international reporting, social justice
journalism and reporting on religion, climate change, sports,
entertainment and other subjects. Under the guidance of faculty
advisers, and with a wide range of electives for study throughout
the university, students craft their own unique master's degree.
Students must begin the program in summer term, enrolling in
a required 3-unit, intensive session course focused on journalism
and society and on digital media. In addition to the formal classes,
the course includes multimedia skills workshops. This gateway
course provides the master's students with a working knowledge
of the specialized journalism and the multimedia storytelling skills
necessary for study in the program. Students also are required
take a 2-unit class in media law and a 1-credit course in narrative
nonfiction in the summer. These classes set the stage for two
semesters of access to courses as substantively broad as a
major research university such as USC makes available and for
advanced courses in the School of Journalism's graduate program.
In the fall semester, students will enroll in the required "Power
of Narrative" and "Critical Thinking" courses for journalists in
the School of Journalism. They will also select from one of the
reporting tracks or reporting platforms. With the advice of their
academic adviser and faculty mentors, students will select elective
course work appropriate to their fields of specialization. These
courses will be drawn from regular graduate and 400-level courses
taught in Annenberg or across the university. Students also will
begin research for their master's professional project. Thesis
topics must be approved in advance by faculty. These projects will
be extended works of journalism, such as a full-length magazine
article, similar radio, television or multimedia treatments or the
equivalent in their professional field. In addition, students will
choose one or more concentrations from the available reporting
tracks and platforms. These include additional required classes of
a minimum of three units each.
In the spring semester, students will enroll in approved
electives. Students will also enroll in elective course work,
depending on their chosen concentration, selected again from
offerings across the university and in consultation with their faculty
mentors. Finally, students will complete their master's professional
project.
Reporting Tracks
Race and Social Justice
Develop the skills, critical thinking and expertise to report on
the ongoing struggles over race, equality and justice in America.
Students will deepen their understanding of the struggle for
racial equality and justice through the study of critical theories of
race, the lived experiences of journalists of color in newsrooms,
and the history and coverage of race and justice in California
and beyond. Students will understand the way history, global
discourses, newsroom dynamics and technological change are
shaping foundational social issues, forming practical knowledge
of how race manifests in and shapes reporting in the media
today. Students will apply these ideas in the service of producing
compelling, deeply reported stories on race and justice, for
publication in local, national, and international media outlets.
Sports and Society
Tap into Annenberg's vast resources to produce deeply-
informed, socially-aware sports journalism in LA and around
the world. USC Annenberg's location in downtown Los Angeles
positions students at the hub Southern California's sports media
landscape, close to major networks and digital outlets. Students
cover the Lakers, Clippers, Dodgers, Kings, Rams, Chargers and
Sparks, plus top-level college athletics and Olympic competition.
Annenberg faculty have built unparalleled relationships across
multiple media platforms and including athletes, coaches and
content creators. Students produce on-site field reporting, write
longer-form and investigative sports stories, and meet leaders and
executives from the NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL and MLS. Students
will also learn the social, political and economic context of sports
in American society and culture, equipping them with the tools for
both top-notch reporting and critical analysis in a rapidly changing,
global sports media environment.
Entertainment and Pop Culture
Go beyond the red carpet to produce deeply reported stories on
the culture, social impact, ethics and economics of entertainment
and pop culture. Entertainment journalism has a profound impact
on how people view politics, government, race, gender and
international affairs. With Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of
the world, as the backdrop, students will be steeped in the content,
social impact, history, ethics and economics of entertainment and
pop culture reporting in the United States and the world. Building
on this understanding, and critical skills of research, interviewing,
writing and production, students will produce groundbreaking
reporting on journalism and pop culture. And, they will be
introduced to key players, leaders and celebrities, to understand
and challenge those who are making decisions that are having an
impact on our lives.
Religion
Through Annenberg's Knight Chair in Media and Religion,
explore the intersection among religion, politics and culture to
write complex stories reported domestically and internationally.
Religion plays a crucial role in domestic politics and international
relations. Spirituality – the individual search for meaning – shapes
our sense of self and our orientation to the world. Report on what
gives nations, communities and individuals meaning, identity
and purpose whether through arts and entertainment, sports,
climate concern, racial justice, politics or humanitarian outreach.
Each year, the class travels abroad for an immersive reporting
experience focused on religion, politics and culture in countries
such as India, Indonesia, South Korea and Israel/Palestine.
International
Combine on-location global reporting through Annenberg
with study of international issues across USC, to build top-
notch international reporting expertise. To report on the world,
you must know the world. Students who opt to specialize in
international reporting explore international relations, public
policy, religion, health, immigration and environmental studies
across the university in tandem with their journalism courses at
USC Annenberg. Students have traveled to and reported from
countries like Greece, Ireland and Indonesia. As an extension of
their coursework, students have also partnered with various media
organizations like The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Daily Beast
and Public Radio International to have their stories published.
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Climate
Work with top climate journalists and experts in science and
public policy to build top-notch climate reporting expertise. From
devastating hurricanes to annual record-breaking heat waves,
from "sunny-day floods" in southern Florida to the annual new
normal of a California on fire, climate change has reached deep
into the American landscape, its economy, politics, even its
collective psyche. With these effects has come new awareness,
and an urgency to tackle the problem. Never has there been
such a need for an original, compelling and accurate accounting
of the threat of climate change, and the promise of constructive
measures to address it. Students will sharpen their expertise in
climate science and social policy, and consider agriculture, water
and food sustainability, while producing groundbreaking narrative,
documentary and investigative reporting on a central issue of our
time.
Reporting Platforms
Documentary
Report beyond the news through in-depth storytelling and
analyses of issues you are passionate about, and contextualize
them for a broader audience. The documentary sequence at USC
Annenberg provides an opportunity to report beyond the news.
You have the opportunity do in-depth analyses of stories that you
are passionate about and learn ways to contextualize them for
a broader audience. Completed docs are eligible for publication
on Impact, a student-produced series that is featured on the
Annenberg Media website, and is broadcast by Spectrum News1,
L.A.'s 24-hour news channel. You will learn advanced ideas
centering on visual literacy, production, techniques to manage
large amounts of content, and organized approaches to building
documentaries for multi-platform distribution. These are skills that
translate to all aspects of journalism.
Data and Innovation
Enhance new forms of storytelling, develop smarter platforms
to deliver news, explore techniques in data mining and work on
new business models to increase the value of journalistic content.
Journalism is at the midst of a bold transformation. The Data
and Innovation track is designed for students who are seeking
to embrace the technologies that have opened up new frontiers
for the profession and to capitalize on this moment by charting
the next phase of the communications revolution. Students work
closely with leading players in the industry to: (1) enhance new
forms of storytelling; (2) develop smarter platforms to deliver news;
(3) improve reporting techniques and data mining; and (4) work on
new business models to increase the value of journalistic content.
Podcasting and Audio
Explore the power of audio storytelling through advanced
production and mixing techniques, narrative point of view, and the
history, economics and journalistic range of the podcast. The Audio
and Podcasting track gives students grounding in the production
and business of podcasting as an outlet for their journalistic work.
Students will explore the power of audio storytelling, from classic
public radio-style productions to innovative and experimental
podcasts. They will learn advanced production and mixing
techniques, narrative point of view and the history, economics and
journalistic range of the podcast. They will develop a discerning
ear for quality audio content and the best practices for effective
oral communication. Course work will also expose students to non-
production aspects of podcasting such as branding, marketing,
distribution, analytics, monetization and legal issues.
Investigative
USC Annenberg is seeking students and early-career journalists
of exceptional promise who aspire to journalism's highest calling:
producing stories that expose harm, wrongdoing, abuse of
power. Stories that matter. Building on the work of the Beacon
Project, profiled in The New York Times, you will work on a major
investigative project under the mentorship of award-winning
journalists who will help place deserving stories in professional
news outlets. You will learn how to find documents most reporters
would not even think to look for; persuade reluctant or hostile
sources to reveal their secrets; obtain and analyze data; protect
your sources with digital-security savvy and counter-surveillance
techniques; bulletproof your stories against libel actions and write
compelling stories for text, audio or video.
Narrative
Immerse yourself in myriad ways of nonfiction and longform
storytelling, learning from award-winning authors and magazine
writers the best ways to produce compelling narrative journalism.
Top narrative journalists will show you how to cut through the
crowded content landscape to tell the stories that matter. In the
narrative track, you will learn nonfiction storytelling techniques
across a range of styles and interests of your choice – from the
arts to religion and social justice issues, from climate reporting to
sports and entertainment – to tell the stories that matter. In the
process, you will examine fundamental principles embedded in
all good narrative journalism: in-depth, empathetic, and creative
storytelling. Work that makes a difference. Here you will learn how
to create the "journalism of the heart" – groundbreaking, deeply-
reported, humane storytelling that bears witness to the world
around us.
The 11-month program has been designed for a fall and spring
semester enrollment cycle; however, students may also elect to
complete the program over a longer time span on a part-time
basis, but must start with the intensive summer course.
Studies toward the Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism
require 34 units of prescribed courses and approved electives.
No more than 10 units of 400-level course work may be applied
toward the Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism.
Residence
The Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism can be completed
in an 11-month enrollment cycle that includes the seven-week
summer session, plus the fall and spring semesters. These
programs may be attended on a part-time basis.
Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
There is no foreign language or research tool requirement for
the master's degree.
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (GSP)
Journalism and strategic public relations graduate students are
required to complete an online tutorial about Grammar, Spelling
and Punctuation (GSP) and pass the GSP test before the end of
the fall semester of their first year. Students who fail to complete
the GSP tutorial and pass the test will not receive a degree from
the School of Journalism.
Note: Students with disabilities may register with the Office
of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) so the OSAS staff can
assess the nature of the students' disabilities and recommend the
appropriate accommodations to be provided for each student.
Master's Thesis
MA in Specialized Journalism students normally enroll in JOUR
594a (2 units) and JOUR 594b (2 units) in their single year of
study.
For complete admission requirements refer to the section on the
School of Journalism page.
Course Requirements
• JOUR 511 Introduction to Narrative Non-Fiction Units: 1
• JOUR 528 Summer Digital Journalism Immersion Units: 3
• JOUR 560 Seminar in Mass Communication Law Units: 2
• JOUR 567 The Power of Narrative Units: 2
• JOUR 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• JOUR 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• JOUR 595 Critical Thinking: The Art and Science of Not
Getting Fooled Units: 3
One course from:
• JOUR 411 Broadcast and Digital Writing for Video and Audio
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• JOUR 431 Feature Writing Units: 4
• JOUR 517 Advanced Investigative Reporting Units: 4
• JOUR 519 Advanced Writing and Reporting for Magazine
and the Web Units: 4
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• JOUR 523 Public Radio Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 525 This California Life: Storytelling for Radio and
Podcasting Units: 4
• JOUR 552 Television Reporting and Production Units: 2
• JOUR 588 Cities, Climate and Risk Units: 3
Concentrations
Choose one reporting track or platform.
Climate
Required course:
• JOUR 588 Cities, Climate and Risk Units: 3
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• COMM 475 Environmental Communication Units: 4
• JOUR 568 The Art of (Micro) Food Journalism: Los Angeles
and California Units: 3
• JOUR 569 The Art of (Macro) Food Journalism: A Global
View Units: 3
Data and Innovation
Required course:
• JOUR 488 Data-Driven Storytelling About Los Angeles
Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• CMGT 564 Methodological Fundamentals of Big Data in
Communication Units: 4
• COMM 502 Theoretical Approaches to Multidisciplinary
Design Projects Units: 4
• COMM 557 Data Science for Communication and Social
Networks Units: 4
• COMM 614 Computational Approaches in Health
Communication Units: 4
• JOUR 497 Data Visualization and Interactive Tools Units: 2
• JOUR 553 Coding and Programming for Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 554 Reporting with Data Units: 2
• JOUR 555 Advanced Coding for Creative Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 561 Fundamentals of Data Journalism Reporting
Units: 2
• PR 478 Social Media Analytics: Data and Content Creation
for Real-time Public Relations Units: 4
• PR 522 Storytelling with Data Intelligence Units: 3
• PR 523 Advanced Audience Insight Mining Units: 3
Documentary
Required courses:
• JOUR 503 Visual Literacy and Introduction to Documentary
Storytelling Units: 1
• JOUR 521 Documentary Pre-Production Units: 2
• JOUR 522 Video Documentary Production Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• JOUR 405 Non-Fiction Television Units: 4
• JOUR 431 Feature Writing Units: 4
• JOUR 519 Advanced Writing and Reporting for Magazine
and the Web Units: 4
Entertainment and Pop Culture
Required courses:
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• JOUR 572 Reporting on Entertainment and Popular Culture
Units: 3
Electives
Choose at least two courses:
• CMGT 543 Managing Communication in the Entertainment
Industry Units: 4
• COMM 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4
• COMM 430 Global Entertainment Units: 4
• COMM 431 Global Strategy for the Communications Industry
Units: 4
• COMM 432 American Media and Entertainment Industries
Units: 4
• COMM 433 Home Entertainment: From Networks to
Streaming Units: 4
• COMM 456 Entertainment, Marketing and Culture Units: 4
• COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries and Products
Units: 4
• JOUR 430 Writing the Film Review Units: 4
• JOUR 446 Entertainment Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 447 Arts Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 458 Media, Food and Culture Units: 4
• JOUR 459 Fact and Fiction: From Journalism to the
Docudrama Units: 4
• JOUR 576 The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture
Seminar Units: 2
• PR 452 Public Relations in Entertainment Units: 4
• PR 457 The Role of Celebrity in Public Relations Units: 4
International
Required course:
• JOUR 585 Specialized Reporting: Religion Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• JOUR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy and the News
Media Units: 4
• JOUR 542 Foreign Affairs Reporting Units: 3
Investigative
Required courses:
• JOUR 517 Advanced Investigative Reporting Units: 4
• JOUR 539 Introduction to Investigative Reporting Units: 2
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• JOUR 553 Coding and Programming for Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 554 Reporting with Data Units: 2
• JOUR 555 Advanced Coding for Creative Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 561 Fundamentals of Data Journalism Reporting
Units: 2
• PR 523 Advanced Audience Insight Mining Units: 3
Narrative
Required course (choose one):
• JOUR 431 Feature Writing Units: 4
• JOUR 519 Advanced Writing and Reporting for Magazine
and the Web Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least two courses:
• JOUR 400 Interpretive Writing Units: 4
• JOUR 440 Environmental Journalism Units: 4
• JOUR 447 Arts Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 470 Community Journalism Units: 2
• JOUR 474 Interviewing and Profile Writing Units: 2
• JOUR 512 Advanced Interpretive Writing Units: 2
• JOUR 585 Specialized Reporting: Religion Units: 4
• JOUR 588 Cities, Climate and Risk Units: 3
• JOUR 592 Arts Journalism: Storytelling and Production
Units: 3
• JOUR 593 Arts Criticism and Commentary Units: 3
• JOUR 596 Follow the Money: Business and Economics
Units: 3
Podcasting and Audio
Required courses:
• JOUR 523 Public Radio Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 525 This California Life: Storytelling for Radio and
Podcasting Units: 4
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Electives
Choose at least one course:
• JOUR 407 The World of Podcasting Units: 4
• JOUR 575 Converged Media Center Units: 2, 4
Race and Justice
Required course:
• JOUR 580 Reporting on Race and Justice Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• CMGT 584 Communication and the Multicultural Marketplace
Units: 4
• COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the
Arts Units: 4
• COMM 563 Black Popular Culture: Theory and Central
Debates Units: 4
• JOUR 406 Social Media Storytelling for Latinx Audiences
Units: 2
• JOUR 465m Latino News Media in the United States Units: 4
• JOUR 467 Gender and the News Media Units: 4
• JOUR 468m The American Press and Issues of Sexual
Diversity Units: 4
Religion
Required course:
• JOUR 585 Specialized Reporting: Religion Units: 4
Electives
Choose at least one course:
• COMM 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4
• JOUR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy and the News
Media Units: 4
Sports and Society
Required course:
• JOUR 574 Sports and Society Units: 3
Electives
Choose at least two courses:
• CMGT 546 Sports Media and Society Units: 4
• JOUR 403 Television News and Sports Production Units: 6
• JOUR 404 Produce and Host Sports Content in Studio A
Units: 2
• JOUR 432 Sports Commentary Units: 4
• JOUR 435 Writing Magazine Non-Fiction Units: 4
• JOUR 441 Sports Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 479 Storytelling for Action Sports Units: 4
• JOUR 481 The Athlete, Sports Media and Popular Culture
Units: 4
• JOUR 519 Advanced Writing and Reporting for Magazine
and the Web Units: 4
• JOUR 571 21st Century Sports Storytelling Units: 3
• PR 453 Public Relations Strategies for Working with Athletes
Units: 4
Total units: 34
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) (MA)
The Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
comprises two separate and distinct journalism concentrations –
one focusing on the arts and the other on food. These journalism
disciplines begin at the same place of origin with a seven-week
3-unit summer digital immersion course, and join forces for one
required course in the fall. After that they go their separate ways,
each required to take the same number of units, including a 2-unit
commitment to a thesis project in each of the fall and spring
semesters.
The Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism (The Arts) is
primarily geared toward the experienced journalist, and yet it
also, with no less parity, welcomes the amateur. What must be
demonstrated prior to acceptance is a strong record of interest and
competence in a subject area. For the arts, this spans the critical
environments of film, television, music, theatre, dance, literature,
architecture and visual arts. We welcome artists with a solid
background and/or arts conservatory training who express sincere
commitment to wanting to learn the journalism practice and skills
to tell compelling stories. The arts master's students' electives will
primarily be taken at one or more of USC's arts schools. For food
MA students, a demonstrable knowledge about food, and a socio-
political understanding and curiosity about the places where food
intersects with culture is expected.
For both concentrations, the emphasis is on culture: arts and
culture; food and culture. This program is multidisciplinary and
entrepreneurial. The university is a laboratory for experimentation,
enlisting the skills of professional artists, journalists, economists,
technologists, entrepreneurs, alumni and citizens to welcome
students of varied experience and omnivorous interests. Print,
online, audio, video and social media are practiced and taught in
this program with equal opportunity.
Students will complete 20-25 units of specialized journalism
course work, including a master's professional project and 9-14
units of approved elective course work from faculty-recommended
lists. For those on the arts journalism track, other electives must
be in at least two arts schools ideally with at least 8 units from
one school. The arts schools are Architecture, Art and Design,
Cinematic Arts, Dance, Dramatic Arts and Music.
Students must begin the program in summer term, enrolling
in a required 3-unit intensive summer session course focused on
journalism and society and digital media. In addition to the formal
classes, the course includes discussions, workshops and field
reporting. This gateway course provides master's students with a
working knowledge of the specialized journalism background and
the multimedia and digital storytelling skills necessary for study
in the program. It sets the stage for two semesters of access to
courses as substantively broad as a major research university
such as USC makes available. Students also take media law,
one required writing course and another required in audio in the
summer.
In the fall semester, arts journalism students will enroll in an arts
reporting and online magazine production seminar and a narrative
writing practicum. In the spring, arts journalism students will enroll
in an arts reporting and online magazine production seminar.
In the fall semester, food journalism students will enroll in a food
journalism course focusing on Los Angeles and California and a
course on food media and culture. In the spring semester, food
journalism students will enroll in reporting on global issues course
and a food narrative writing course.
With the advice of their academic adviser and faculty mentors,
students will select elective course work appropriate to their
fields of specialization. These courses will be drawn from
regular graduate and 400-level courses taught across 14 of the
university's schools and within the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism. Students also will begin research
for their master's professional project. These projects may be
full-length magazine (print, audio, broadcast and/or multimedia)
treatments of issues in their field or similar professional work.
The 11-month program has been designed for a summer, fall
and spring semester enrollment cycle; however, students also
may elect to complete the program on a part-time basis with the
approval of the director of the School of Journalism, but must start
with the intensive summer course.
Studies toward the Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism
(the Arts) require 34 units of prescribed courses and approved
electives. No more than 11 units of 400-level course work may be
applied toward the Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism (The
Arts).
Residence
The Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism can be completed
in an 11-month enrollment cycle that includes the four-week
summer session, plus the fall and spring semesters. These
programs may be attended on a part-time basis.
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Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements
There is no foreign language or research tool requirement for
the master's degree.
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (GSP)
Journalism and strategic public relations graduate students are
required to complete an online tutorial about Grammar, Spelling
and Punctuation (GSP) and pass the GSP test before the end of
the fall semester of their first year. Students who fail to complete
the GSP tutorial and pass the test will not receive a degree from
the School of Journalism.
Note: Students with disabilities may register with the Disability
Services and Programs office (DSP) so the DSP staff can assess
the nature of the students' disabilities and recommend the
appropriate accommodations to be provided for each student.
Master's Thesis
MA in Specialized Journalism students normally enroll in JOUR
594a (2 units) and JOUR 594b (2 units) in their single year of
study.
For complete admission requirements refer to the section on the
School of Journalism page.
Course Requirements (34 Units)
Required Courses:
• JOUR 511 Introduction to Narrative Non-Fiction Units: 1
• JOUR 515 Introduction to Audio Storytelling Units: 1
• JOUR 528 Summer Digital Journalism Immersion Units: 3
• JOUR 560 Seminar in Mass Communication Law Units: 2
• JOUR 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• JOUR 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Concentration Courses:
Choose all courses from either the arts concentration or the food
concentration.
Arts Concentration
• JOUR 591 Arts Writing Practicum Units: 3
• JOUR 592 Arts Journalism: Storytelling and Production
Units: 3
• JOUR 593 Arts Criticism and Commentary Units: 3
Food Concentration
• JOUR 458 Media, Food and Culture Units: 4
• JOUR 568 The Art of (Micro) Food Journalism: Los Angeles
and California Units: 3
• JOUR 569 The Art of (Macro) Food Journalism: A Global
View Units: 3
• JOUR 597 Food Culture Journalism Units: 4
Elective Courses:
Plus 9-14 approved elective units (400-level courses and above).
Note:
*All students must take their elective course work (400-level
courses and above) from faculty-recommended lists with
advisement from the program director and USC Annenberg's
graduate advisement assistant director. The number of elective
units is based on the concentration category selected. No more
than 11 units of 400-level electives may be taken. For the arts
students, these electives must be in at least two arts schools,
ideally with at least 8 units from one school. The arts schools are
Architecture, Art and Design, Cinematic Arts, Dance, Dramatic
Arts and Music. If an arts student wants to take an elective course
outside of these schools, your petition will be heard and duly
considered. For the food concentration student, these electives are
not restricted across the university except at the discretion of the
individual professor. Permission may be required.
Graduate Certificate
Journalism Certificate
The certificate program requires students to complete a 3-unit
course in the summer and then complete 17 units during the fall
semester, for a total of 20 units.
Course Requirements (20 Units)
• JOUR 505 The Practice: Journalism's Evolution as a
Profession Units: 1
• JOUR 510 Special Assignment Reporting Units: 2
• JOUR 528 Summer Digital Journalism Immersion Units: 3
• JOUR 531 Fall Digital Journalism Immersion Units: 3
• JOUR 553 Coding and Programming for Storytelling Units: 2
• JOUR 560 Seminar in Mass Communication Law Units: 2
Plus 7 approved graduate-level elective units.
Public Policy Advocacy Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate is offered jointly by the Sol Price School
of Public Policy and the Annenberg School of Communication and
Journalism. The certificate provides students with knowledge of the
increasingly important role played by information flows in politics
and governance. Students will assess the structure of campaigns
designed to influence public opinion, the messaging strategies
utilized by political players and civic society organizations and
new scholarship on the pathways of persuasion in the digital age.
The certificate is especially appropriate for students who intend
to pursue work with elected officials, think tanks, foundations,
community-based organizations, consulting firms and corporate
offices that aim to shape public policy through advocacy.
Applicants for the Certificate in Public Policy Advocacy must
be currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC and in good
standing, with a 3.0 GPA. Students can apply for the certificate
through the student services office at the Price or the Annenberg
School.
The Certificate in Public Policy Advocacy requires a minimum
of 14 units for students taking two 3-unit electives in the Strategic
Public Relations Program. More typically students will earn 15 or
16 units by taking one or two 4-unit electives. All units earned in
pursuit of the certificate can be applied toward the completion of
degree requirements if they fall within existing criteria. However,
courses taken solely for certificate purposes will not substitute for
degree requirements.
Required Courses
• PPD 693 Communicating Public Policy Units: 4
• PR 501 Advocacy Communications Units: 4
Elective Courses
Pick any two courses from the following:
Annenberg
• CMGT 508 Communicating Strategy and Change Units: 4
• CMGT 581 Media in Social Services: Design and Evaluation
of Campaigns Units: 4
• COMM 561 Leading and Communicating Change in Global
Organizations Units: 4
• PR 536 Digital, Social and Mass Media Public Relations
Strategies Units: 3
• PR 568 Crisis Management in Strategic Public Relations
Units: 3
Price
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 616 Participatory Methods in Planning and Policy
Units: 4
• PPD 657 Political Leadership in Public Organizations Units: 4
• PPDE 647 Civic Engagement in Governance Units: 4
USC KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE 453
USC Kaufman School of Dance
Founded in 2015, the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
embodies excellence in the interdisciplinary study of dance.
Dance in the twenty-first century is a dynamic art form, and the
professionals who will shape the future of the field will need to
move seamlessly throughout this changing landscape. These
thought leaders will embrace innovation alongside tradition, study
classical genres as well as emerging dance forms, and engage
with the latest technologies while exploring the historical origins
of dance. USC Kaufman is creating a unique model in which
intersecting dance techniques create hybrid art forms expressed
through performance, choreography, media, scholarship, and
beyond. We call this vision The New Movement.
The state-of-the-art Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center
is the school's vision realized in brick and mortar. The largest
facility dedicated to dance at any private university, it includes six
studios, a performance venue, four classrooms and a collaborative
workspace for students.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance provides a rigorous
conservatory experience at one of the world's leading private
research universities. The BFA curriculum includes world-class
training in a multitude of dance forms including ballet, hip-hop,
jazz, African and contemporary dance. Students are exposed to
world-renowned practicing artists, provided opportunities to pursue
interdisciplinary projects, and studies in dance science, history,
new media, and entrepreneurship - all the while providing an
expansive liberal arts education. A robust performance repertory
includes works by current faculty as well as other influential artists
in dance such as George Balanchine, Alejandro Cerrudo, Merce
Cunningham, Martha Graham, Francesca Harper, Jiří Kylián,
Matthew Neenan, Crystal Pite, Paul Taylor, Rauf "RubberLegz"
Yasit, and many more.
USC Kaufman faculty are unparalleled in their depth and
diversity of experience. Full-time and part-time faculty have highly
regarded careers in the field. Faculty Artists in Residence include
leading dance innovators such as Hope Boykin, Michael Breeden,
Tessandra Chavez, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Zippora Karz, Fiona
Lummis,Victor Quijada, Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson,
Jermaine Spivey, Toyin Sogunro, Micaela Taylor, and Doug
Varone. Students have also worked with guest artists from all over
the world, including Kyle Abraham, Patricia Delgado, Bill T. Jones,
Akram Khan, Alonzo King, Justin Peck, Sonya Tayeh, Diana
Vishneva, Wendy Whelan and Andrew Winghart – to name a few.
Established relationships with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance
at The Music Center and the USC Thornton School of Music
afford significant opportunities to collaborate with acclaimed
artists. Joint efforts with the USC Division of Biokinesiology and
Physical Therapy and USC Counseling and Mental Health put
student wellness front and center. Through its partnership with
the USC School of Dramatic Arts, USC Kaufman provides dance
training to students pursuing the BFA in Musical Theatre. USC
Kaufman's location in Los Angeles, a global center for the arts and
entertainment, provides students with easy access to rich artistic
and professional opportunities.
In addition to the Bachelor of Fine Arts, USC Kaufman offers
a wide variety of classes open to all USC students. It has studio
courses in African Dance, Afro-Cuban Dance, Bollywood Dance,
Ballet, Choreography, Commercial Dance, Contemporary Dance,
Gaga, Hip-Hop Dance, International Ballroom Dance, Jazz
Dance, Mat Pilates, and Tap Dance. General Education courses
on the history and culture of dance, including African American
Dance, Hip-Hop Don't Stop, and Dancing on the Screen provide a
rewarding introduction to the field. A wide range of other electives
such as Dance and New Media and World Perspectives on Dance
Performance provide specialized studies of the art form.
USC students may also pursue minors that complement
other areas of study. These 16- to 20-unit offerings include
Choreography for Stage and Screen; Dance; Hip-Hop, Street and
Social Dance Forms; and Dance in Entertainment.
USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center
849 West 34th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-3521
213-740-9327
Email: [email protected]
Leadership
Julia M. Ritter, PhD, Dean (effective July 1, 2022)
Jackie Kopcsak, MFA, Assistant Dean of Faculty
Anne Aubert-Santelli, Associate Dean of Academic and Student
Life
Faculty
Claude and Alfred Mann Professor of Dance: Kyle Abraham, MFA
Professor of Dance: Margo Apostolos, PhD
Associate Professors of Practice: Patrick Corbin, MFA; E. Moncell
Durden; d. Sabela grimes, MFA; Jackie Kopcsak, MFA; Bruce
McCormick, MFA; Dawn Stoppiello, MFA
Assistant Professors of Practice: Tiffany Bong; Alison D'Amato,
PhD; Shannon Grayson; Saleemah E. Knight, MFA; Jennifer
McQuiston Lott, MFA
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Dance: Bonnie Oda Homsey, MFA
Lecturers: Molly Bogunivic; Kathryn Dunn; Bret Easterling; Gillian
Finley; Jesus Fuentes; Ebony Haswell Frazier; Grasan Kingsberry;
Anindo Marshall; Achinta S. McDaniel; Amy O'Neal; Jason
Rodgers; Danté Rose
Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Instructor of Dance:
Marisa Hentis, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Artists in Residence: Hope Boykin; Michael Breeden; Tessandra
Chavez; Marjani Forté-Saunders; Zippora Karz; Fiona Lummis;
Victor Quijada; Desmond Richardson; Dwight Rhoden; Penny
Saunders; Toyin Sogunro; Jermaine Spivey; Micaela Taylor; Doug
Varone
Bachelor's Degree
Dance (BFA)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance is a four-year professional
degree designed to prepare the artist, innovator and entrepreneur.
A diverse array of electives, in combination with a rigorous core
curriculum, provides students with ample opportunity to explore
their artistic and intellectual passions and develop a strong
personal vision of dance.
Intensive studio instruction is in three core areas: ballet, hip
hop and contemporary styles. Emphasis is on performance and
composition, while also building a solid foundation in dance history,
science, conditioning, new media, entrepreneurship and critical
theory. Upperclassmen continue to work on technique as well as
performance and/or composition, while also pursuing individual
interests.
In the junior and senior years, students pursue one of four
concentrations: Dance Performance, Choreography for Stage and
Screen, Dance and Music or Design Your Own. They are mentored
by faculty and assisted by academic advisers in selecting elective
courses both within and outside of USC Kaufman that support their
personal and professional goals.
Emphasis in the final year of study is placed on the
development of a professional quality project in the areas of
performance, choreography, music, media, scholarship or
entrepreneurship.
Dance Performance Concentration
The Dance Performance concentration is designed for students
who are interested in careers as professional dancers or in
other performance mediums. Emphasis is placed on providing
students with the skills to succeed in a variety of entertainment
positions. Students work with artists and scholars in the field,
learning essential tools needed for a successful career in dance
performance.
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Dance and Music Concentration
The Dance and Music concentration provides students with a
unique perspective on dance by combining dance training with
substantial studies in music. Courses in vocal arts, music theory
or instrumental training, for example, equip students interested in
choreography or dance performance with the knowledge to explore
careers in the music and larger entertainment industry.
Choreography for Stage and Screen
Concentration
The Choreography for Stage and Cinematic Arts concentration
is designed to guide students who are interested in the field of
dance for the stage, motion pictures, television, digital media and
animation. Students are mentored in experimental types of dance
media, both as individual performers and in collaboration with
other visual and performing artists.
Design Your Own Concentration
The Design Your Own concentration allows students to pursue
a truly custom program of study by combining hand-picked elective
courses from across the university with dance electives. This is the
only concentration for which students must formally apply in their
junior year. The application requires students to demonstrate how
the concentration is different from a major and minor combination
and to provide preliminary ideas about how their senior project
brings together their hand-picked courses with their dance studies.
General Requirements
Candidates must submit the Common Application and USC
Writing Supplement as well as the USC Kaufman Portfolio, which
includes a headshot, action shot, written short answer, dance
résumé, one-minute video response, and two video auditions
showing contrasting solos. Final candidates are selected to
audition and interview in person. Specific audition requirements,
along with other entrance requirements, are reviewed on an
annual basis and published under the Apply section at kaufman.
usc.edu.
Curriculum Requirements
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance requires a total of 132 units.
All students in the dance program are required to complete the
university's General Education and Writing requirements.
Within USC Kaufman, students will receive foundational training
and insight through the core curriculum. In addition, they must
complete a minimum of 23 electives toward their concentration.
The BFA degree's 132 unit requirement includes at least 16
general elective units. Students are encouraged to use these units
in order to pursue a minor outside of USC Kaufman.
Core Requirements (61 units)
Lower Division
• DANC 101 Colloquium: What is the Medium of Dance Today?
Units: 1
• DANC 103 Conditioning for Dancers Units: 2
• DANC 105 Dance Science: Analysis of Dance Movement
Units: 4
• DANC 107 World Perspective on Dance Performance
Units: 2
• DANC 110 Dance Technique I Units: 3 + 3
• DANC 120L Repertory and Performance I Units: 2 + 2
• DANC 130 Improvisation and Composition I: Introduction
Units: 2
• DANC 131 Improvisation and Composition II: Introduction
Units: 2
• DANC 201 Colloquium: History of Performance and Cultural
Context Units: 1
• DANC 210 Dance Technique II Units: 3 + 3
• DANC 218 Introduction to Dance Media Composition Units: 2
• DANC 220L Repertory and Performance II Units: 2 + 2
• DANC 230 Improvisation and Composition III: Intermediate
Units: 2
• DANC 231 Improvisation and Composition IV: Intermediate
Units: 2
• MUCO 140 Music for Dancers Units: 2
Upper Division
• DANC 301 Colloquium: The Role of the Dance Artist in
Society Units: 1
• DANC 310 Dance Technique III Units: 3 + 3
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• DANC 470 Dance Leadership Units: 2
• DANC 480 Advanced Performance Studies: Senior Seminar
Units: 1
• DANC 485 Advanced Performance Studies: Senior Project
Units: 1
Dance Performance Concentration (minimum
23 units)
Required Electives (14 units)
• DANC 320L Repertory and Performance III Units: 2 + 2
• DANC 410 Dance Technique IV Units: 3 + 3
• DANC 420L Repertory and Performance IV Units: 2 + 2
Additional Electives (minimum 9 units)
In addition to DANC courses, students in this concentration are
able to take up to 8 units in the USC Thornton School of Music,
USC School of Cinematic Arts and/or USC School of Dramatic
Arts. More details are below.
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c - Dance Technique
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 345 Artist in Residence Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 347 Artist Collaborative Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Students may take courses under the below prefixes. These
courses must be approved within USC Kaufman by the
faculty mentor, assistant dean of admission and student
services and vice dean. Students must also meet any
eligibility requirements (i.e. prerequisites) and/or receive
approval from the school or department when needed.
USC KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE 455
USC Thornton School of Music
• ARTL: Arts Leadership
• MPGU: Performance (Guitar)
• MPKS: Performance (Keyboard Studies)
• MPPM: Performance (Popular Music)
• MPST: Performance (Strings)
• MPVA: Performance (Vocal Arts)
• MPWP: Performance (Wind & Percussion)
• MTEC: Music Technology
• MUHL: Music History and Literature
• MUIN: Music Industry
• MUCO: Music Composition
• MUJZ: Jazz Studies
USC School of Dramatic Arts
• THTR: Theatre
USC School of Cinematic Arts
• CNTV: Cinematic Arts
• CTAN: Animation
• CTCS: Cinema and Media Studies
• CTIN: Interactive Media
• CTPR: Production
• IML: Media Arts and Practice
Choreography for Stage and Screen
Concentration (minimum 23 units)
Required Electives (8 units)
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2 +2 +2 +2
Additional Electives (minimum 15 units)
In addition to DANC courses, students in this concentration are
able to take up to 8 units in the USC School of Cinematic Arts,
USC Thornton School of Music and/or USC School of Dramatic
Arts. More details are below.
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c - Dance Technique
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 320L Repertory and Performance III Units: 2
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 345 Artist in Residence Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 347 Artist Collaborative Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 410 Dance Technique IV Units: 3
• DANC 420L Repertory and Performance IV Units: 2
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Students may take courses under the below prefixes. These
courses must be approved within USC Kaufman by the
faculty mentor, assistant dean of admission and student
services and vice dean. Students must also meet any
eligibility requirements (i.e. prerequisites) and/or receive
approval from the school or department when needed.
USC Thornton School of Music
• ARTL: Arts Leadership
• MPGU: Performance (Guitar)
• MPKS: Performance (Keyboard Studies)
• MPPM: Performance (Popular Music)
• MPST: Performance (Strings)
• MPVA: Performance (Vocal Arts)
• MPWP: Performance (Wind & Percussion)
• MTEC: Music Technology
• MUHL: Music History and Literature
• MUIN: Music Industry
• MUCO: Music Composition
• MUJZ: Jazz Studies
USC School of Dramatic Arts
• THTR: Theatre
USC School of Cinematic Arts
• CNTV: Cinematic Arts
• CTAN: Animation
• CTCS: Cinema and Media Studies
• CTIN: Interactive Media
• CTPR: Production
• IML: Media Arts and Practice
Dance and Music Concentration (minimum
23 units)
Required Electives (8 units)
Students pursuing this concentration must complete a combined
8 units of DANC 320L (taken up to two times), DANC 350 (taken
up to four times), DANC 420L (taken up to two times) and DANC
410 (taken up to two times). Extra units from this course list will be
counted as Additional Electives towards the BFA in Dance.
• DANC 320L Repertory and Performance III Units: 2
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 410 Dance Technique IV Units: 3
• DANC 420L Repertory and Performance IV Units: 2
Additional Electives (minimum 15 units)
In addition to DANC courses, students in this concentration are
able to take up to 8 units in the USC Thornton School of Music,
USC School of Cinematic Arts and/or USC School of Dramatic
Arts. More details are below.
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c - Dance Technique
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 320L Repertory and Performance III Units: 2
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 345 Artist in Residence Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 347 Artist Collaborative Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
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• DANC 410 Dance Technique IV Units: 3
• DANC 420L Repertory and Performance IV Units: 2
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Students may take courses under the below prefixes. Any
such courses must be approved within USC Kaufman by
the faculty mentor, assistant dean of admission and student
services and vice dean. Students must also meet any
eligibility requirements (i.e. prerequisites) and/or receive
approval from the school or department when needed.
USC Thornton School of Music
• ARTL: Arts Leadership
• MPGU: Performance (Guitar)
• MPKS: Performance (Keyboard Studies)
• MPPM: Performance (Popular Music)
• MPST: Performance (Strings)
• MPVA: Performance (Vocal Arts)
• MPWP: Performance (Wind & Percussion)
• MTEC: Music Technology
• MUHL: Music History and Literature
• MUIN: Music Industry
• MUCO: Music Composition
• MUJZ: Jazz Studies
USC School of Dramatic Arts
• THTR: Theatre
USC School of Cinematic Arts
• CNTV: Cinematic Arts
• CTAN: Animation
• CTCS: Cinema and Media Studies
• CTIN: Interactive Media
• CTPR: Production
• IML: Media Arts and Practice
Design Your Own Concentration (minimum
23 units)
Required Electives (8 units)
Students pursuing this concentration must complete a combined
8 units of DANC 320L (taken up to two times), DANC 350 (taken
up to four times), DANC 420L (taken up to two times) and DANC
410 (taken up to two times). Extra units from this course list will be
counted as Additional Electives towards the BFA in Dance.
• DANC 320L Repertory and Performance III Units: 2
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 410 Dance Technique IV Units: 3
• DANC 420L Repertory and Performance IV Units: 2
Additional Electives (minimum 15 units)
In addition to DANC courses, students in this concentration are
able to take up to 10 units across one or several USC departments
offering undergraduate courses. These courses must be approved
within USC Kaufman by the faculty mentor, assistant dean of
admission and student services and vice dean. Students must also
meet any eligibility requirements (i.e. prerequisites) and/or receive
approval from the school or department when needed.
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c Dance Technique
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 320L Repertory and Performance III Units: 2
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 345 Artist in Residence Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 347 Artist Collaborative Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 410 Dance Technique IV Units: 3
• DANC 420L Repertory and Performance IV Units: 2
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Total Units Required: 132
Minor
Choreography for Stage and Screen Minor
The Choreography for Stage and Screen Minor explores
the different techniques used to create dances for the stage
and screen, including new media. By researching classic and
contemporary film and stage musicals and existing choreographic
works, combined with technical skills, students learn methods used
to generate movement vocabulary and gain practical experience in
choreographing for multiple mediums.
This minor consists of three lower-division courses, one upper-
division course and 7 units of elective courses. Students must be
in good academic standing to be admitted. No previous dance
experience is required.
Required Lower-Division Courses (7 units)
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Course (4 units)
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
Elective Courses (7 units)
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 103 Conditioning for Dancers Units: 2
• DANC 105 Dance Science: Analysis of Dance Movement
Units: 4
• DANC 107 World Perspective on Dance Performance
Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c Dance Technique Courses*
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
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• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 483 Dance Performance Units: 2
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Dance Technique Courses*
Students with previous dance experience may place into
intermediate (b-level), intermediate/advanced (c-level) and/
or advanced (d-level) courses. Such students must submit a
Prerequisite Waiver Form, which requires the instructor's approval.
• DANC 180 African Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181a Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181b Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181c Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 183a Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183b Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183c Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183d Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 184a Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184b Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184c Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184d Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185a Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185b Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 186 Afro Cuban Dance Units: 2
• DANC 187 Bollywood Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188a International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188b International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189a Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189b Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189c Tap Dance Units: 2
Total Units Required: 18
Dance in Entertainment Minor
The Dance in Entertainment Minor offers undergraduate
students an opportunity to explore dance in the commercial realm,
from Hollywood to Broadway, primarily focused on performance,
choreography and dance entrepreneurship. The program offers a
wide variety of courses in dance technique, theory, the business of
dance and choreography.
This minor consists of one lower-division course, one upper-
division course and 10 units of elective courses. Students must
be in good academic standing to be admitted. No previous dance
experience is required.
Required Lower-Division Requirement (4 units)
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Requirement (4 units)
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4 or
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
Elective Courses (10 units)
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 103 Conditioning for Dancers Units: 2
• DANC 105 Dance Science: Analysis of Dance Movement
Units: 4
• DANC 107 World Perspective on Dance Performance
Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c Dance Technique Courses*
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 483 Dance Performance Units: 2
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Dance Technique Courses*
Students with previous dance experience may place into
intermediate (b-level), intermediate/advanced (c-level) and/
or advanced (d-level) courses. Such students must submit a
Prerequisite Waiver Form, which requires the instructor's approval.
• DANC 180 African Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181a Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181b Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181c Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 183a Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183b Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183c Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183d Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 184a Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184b Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184c Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184d Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185a Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185b Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 186 Afro Cuban Dance Units: 2
• DANC 187 Bollywood Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188a International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188b International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189a Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189b Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189c Tap Dance Units: 2
Total Units Required: 18
Dance Minor
The minor in dance presents undergraduate students with a
broad yet deep foundation in dance. The program offers a variety
of courses in dance technique, history, culture, critical theory,
choreography and performance.
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This minor consists of one lower-division course, one upper-
division course and 12 units of elective courses. Students must
be in good academic standing to be admitted. No previous dance
experience is required.
Required Lower-Division Course (4 Units)
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Course (4 Units)
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4 or
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
Elective Courses (12 Units)
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 103 Conditioning for Dancers Units: 2
• DANC 105 Dance Science: Analysis of Dance Movement
Units: 4
• DANC 107 World Perspective on Dance Performance
Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c Dance Technique Courses*
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 483 Dance Performance Units: 2
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Dance Technique Courses*
Students with previous dance experience may place into
intermediate (b-level), intermediate/advanced (c-level) and/
or advanced (d-level) courses. Such students must submit a
Prerequisite Waiver Form, which requires the instructor's approval.
• DANC 180 African Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181a Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181b Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181c Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 183a Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183b Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183c Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183d Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 184a Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184b Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184c Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184d Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185a Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185b Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 186 Afro Cuban Dance Units: 2
• DANC 187 Bollywood Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188a International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188b International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189a Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189b Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189c Tap Dance Units: 2
Total Units Required: 20
Hip-Hop, Street and Social Dance Forms Minor
The Hip-Hop, Street and Social Dance Forms minor delves
into the historical, social and aesthetic issues of dance in the
contemporary settings of entertainment, concert, vernacular
and recreational forms. This minor is designed to explore the
foundations and structures of hip-hop, street and social dances
and to introduce and orient non-major students to the language of
dance in contemporary society. In the hip-hop culture, dance has
become a major avenue of expression, acceptance and power.
This minor will address issues of art, race and politics within the
parameters of dance as an art form, entertainment and personal
expression.
This minor consists of one lower-division course, one upper-
division course and 8 units of elective courses. Students must be
in good academic standing to be admitted. No previous dance
experience is required.
Required Lower-Division Course (4 Units)
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Course (4 Units)
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
Elective Courses (8 Units)
• ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris Salon Culture Units: 2
• DANC 103 Conditioning for Dancers Units: 2
• DANC 105 Dance Science: Analysis of Dance Movement
Units: 4
• DANC 107 World Perspective on Dance Performance
Units: 2
• DANC 150 Dance and New Media Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 171 Commercial Dance: Professional Dance
Preparation Units: 1, 2
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 180-189c Dance Technique Courses*
• DANC 190 Gaga: People Units: 1, 2
• DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers Units: 1, 2
• DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture Units: 4
• DANC 285 Elements of Dance Production Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• DANC 350 Advanced Composition Units: 2
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 355 Performance Lab Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training Units: 2
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of the World Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• DANC 483 Dance Performance Units: 2
• DANC 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• DANC 495 Dance Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• DANC 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Dance Technique Courses*
Students with previous dance experience may place into
intermediate (b-level), intermediate/advanced (c-level) and/
or advanced (d-level) courses. Such students must submit a
Prerequisite Waiver Form, which requires the instructor's approval.
• DANC 180 African Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181a Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181b Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 181c Contemporary Dance Units: 2
• DANC 183a Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183b Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183c Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 183d Ballet Units: 2
• DANC 184a Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184b Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184c Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 184d Jazz Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185a Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 185b Hip Hop Dance Units: 2
• DANC 186 Afro Cuban Dance Units: 2
• DANC 187 Bollywood Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188a International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 188b International Style Ballroom Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189a Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189b Tap Dance Units: 2
• DANC 189c Tap Dance Units: 2
Total Units Required: 16
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Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Since 1897, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
has provided students with unique, intensive clinical experiences
using the most advanced techniques and technologies in the field.
Graduates form a tightly knit community of proud alumni, provide
top-notch patient care, conduct world-class research and lead the
oral health field.
The school's strength is its educators. Their world-renowned
expertise, combined with innovative curricula, gives students the
intensive clinical education they need to become accomplished
oral health professionals. The curricula include the Doctor of
Dental Surgery program and postdoctoral advanced programs
in endodontics, general practice residency, operative and
adhesive dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orofacial
pain, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontology and
prosthodontics. Other programs include an advanced standing
program for international dentists; online master of science
degrees in geriatric dentistry, orofacial pain and oral medicine,
and community oral health; online graduate certificate programs
in geriatric dentistry, orofacial pain, oral pathology and radiology,
community oral health; and doctor of philosophy degrees in
craniofacial biology.
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry's celebrated status as a
well-funded dental and craniofacial research unit enables students
to enrich their education through laboratory-based studies and
bolster their clinical skills with strong scientific foundations.
Through community service, the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry provides valuable clinical experiences to the students
while helping disadvantaged individuals improve their oral health.
Serving the surrounding community helps students develop clinical
competence and learn to treat all members of diverse communities
with care and compassion.
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
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Administration
Avishai Sadan, DMD, MBA, Dean
Mahvash Navazesh, DMD, Executive Associate Dean for
Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs
Yang Chai, DDS, PhD, Associate Dean of Research
Casey Chen, DDS, PhD, Associate Dean of Applied Biomedical
and Clinical Sciences; Co-Chair, Department of Endodontics and
Periodontics
Glenn Clark, MS, DDS, Associate Dean of Distance Learning and
Telehealth
Sillas Duarte, Jr., DDS, PhD, Associate Dean of Comprehensive
Care
Roseann Mulligan, MS, DDS, Associate Dean of Dental Public
Health and Community Outreach
Douglas Solow, DDS, MBA, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Mark Urata, MD, DDS, FACS, FAAP, Associate Dean of Surgical
and Hospital Affairs
Alexander Alcaraz, DMD, Co-Chair, Department of Pediatric
Dentistry and Orthodontics
Yaara Berdan, DDS, FACD, Co-Chair, Department of Endodontics
and Periodontics
Amy Merrill-Brugger, PhD, Chair, Department of Biomedical
Sciences
Jin-Ho Phark, DDS, Dr.med.dent., Chair, Department of Operative
Dentistry
Glenn Sameshima, DDS, PhD, Co-Chair, Department of Pediatric
Dentistry and Orthodontics
Parish Sedghizadeh, MS, DDS, Co-Chair, Department of
Diagnostic Sciences, Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine
Piedad Suarez, MS, DDS, Chair, Department of Geriatrics, Special
Needs and Behavioral Sciences
James Tom, DDS, MS, DADBA, Co-Chair, Department of
Diagnostic Sciences, Anesthesia and Emegency Medicine
Kim Austin, DDS, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Anita Tourah, DDS, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student
Affairs
Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
pt.usc.edu
James Gordon, EdD, PT, FAPTA, Associate Dean and Chair,
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
chan.usc.edu
Grace Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Associate Dean and Chair,
Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy
Faculty
G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Dean's Chair in
Dentistry: Avishai Sadan, DMD, MBA
George and Mary Lou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Molecular
Biology: Yang Chai, DDS, PhD
Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation Chair in Esthetic Dentistry:
Pascal Magne, DMD, PhD
Wayne G. and Margaret L. Bemis Endowed Professorship in
Endodontics: Rafael Roges, DDS
Ralph W. and Jean L. Bleak Professor of Restorative Dentistry:
Winston Wan-Li Chee, BDS
Violet S. Bonney Professor of Dental Hygiene: M. Diane Melrose,
BSDH, MA
Mrs. T.H. Chan Professorship in Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy: Grace Baranek, PhD
Charles M. Goldstein Professor of Community Dentistry: Roseann
Mulligan, DDS, MS
Carl Rieder Endowed Professorship in Restorative Dentistry:
Cheryl Park, DDS, FACP
Phillip Maurer Tennis Professorship in Clinical Dentistry: George
C. Cho, DDS
USC Associates Assistant Professor of Dentistry: Sanaz
Fereshteh, DDS
USC Robert K. Avakian Endowed Restorative Dentistry Professor:
Vacant
Professors: Yang Chai, DDS, PhD; Chih-Kuang (Casey) Chen,
DDS, PhD; Glenn Clark, MS, DDS; Pinghui Feng, MD, PhD; Tina
F. Jaskoll, PhD; Michael Melnick, DDS, PhD; Roseann Mulligan,
MS, DDS; Mahvash Navazesh, DMD; Janet Moradian-Oldak, PhD;
Michael Paine, BDS, PhD; Ilan Rotstein, DDS; Avishai Sadan,
DMD, MBA; Michael L. Schneir, MS, PhD; Jorgen Slots, MBA,
DDS, PhD, DMD; Malcolm L. Snead, DDS, PhD
Associate Professors: Winston Wan-Li Chee, BDS; Jianfu Chen,
PhD; George C. Cho, DDS; Sillas Duarte, Jr., DDS, PhD; Pascal
Magne, DMD, PhD; Amy Merrill-Brugger, PhD; Glenn Sameshima,
DDS, PhD; Arnold Tiber, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professors of Dentistry: De-Chen Lin, PhD; Zhaoyang
Liu, PhD; Jian Xu, PhD
Professors of Clinical Dentistry: Loris Abedi, DDS; Joyce Galligan,
RN, DDS; Mina Habibian, DMD, PhD; Michael Jorgensen, DDS;
M. Diane Melrose, BSDH, MA; Michael J. Mulvehill III, DDS, MBA;
Ramon Roges, DDS; Eddie Sheh, DDS; Douglas Solow, DDS,
MBA; Mark Urata, DDS, MD
Professor (Instructional): Reyes Enciso, PhD
Associate Professor (Clinical Scholar): Stephen Yen, DMD, PhD
Associate Professors of Clinical Dentistry: Tae Ahn, DDS; Kim
Austin, DDS; Gardner Beale, DDS; Laura Elizondo, DDS; Sanaz
Fereshteh, DDS; Alon Frydman, DDS; Julie Jenks, MS, MPH,
DDS; Kian Kar, MS, DDS; Tae Kim, DDS; Theresia Laksmana,
DMD, MS; John Morzov, DDS; Mariela Padilla, DDS; Anthony
Park, DDS; Jin-Ho Phark, DDS; José Polido, DDS; Daniel Romo,
DDS; Parish P. Sedghizadeh, DDS; Piedad Suarez, DDS; Santosh
Sundaresan, DDS; Marlene Talley, DDS; Thanh Tam Ton, DDS;
Anita Tourah, DDS; Stefan Zweig, DDS
Assistant Professors of Clinical Dentistry: Abier Abdulwahab, DDS;
Ji Hyun Ahn, DDS, MS; Alexander Alcaraz, DMD; Mario Alvarez,
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DDS; Kamal Al-Eryani, PhD; Neema Bakhshalian, DDS, PhD, MS;
Nissim Benbassat, DDS; Yaara Berdan, DDS; Nam Cho, DDS,
MD; John Costandi, DMD, MD; Narine Danielian, DDS; Rebecca
Dayanim, DDS; Christine Edwards, PhD; Helia Hooshangi, DDS;
Boris Keselbrener, DDS; Gerald Lee, DDS; Richard S. Lin, DDS;
Xuanyu Lu, BDS, MS, MS, PhD; W. Michael Madden, DDS; Ali
Ostadali Makhmalbaf, DDS; (Mehdi) Mohammad Mohammadi,
MPH, DDS; Cheryl Park, DDS; Kristine Parungao, BSDH; Lisa
Popkoff, DDS; Elham Radan, DMD, MSc; Rafael Roges, DDS;
Gelareh Ronaghi, DDS; Jenny Son, MS, DDS; Natalie Tung, DDS,
MD; Felix (Kyle) Yip, DDS, MD; Nineli Zadourian, DDS
Associate Professors of Research: Matthew K. Lee, MD; Yan
Zhou, PhD
Clinical Professors: Ralph B. Allman, MS, DDS; Margarita
Zeichner-David, PhD
Clinical Associate Professors: Khalid Al-Hezaimi, BDS, MSc;
Gabriela Anderson, DDS; Vartuhi Avanesian, DDS; Nasrin Bahari
Chopiuk, PhD; Linda Brookman, RDH, MSHS; Phuu Han, DDS,
PhD; John Kishibay, DMD, PhD; Alena Knezevic, DMD, MS, PhD;
Bach Le, DDS, MD; Lisa Oshiro, RDH; Lucille Rotstein, BChD;
Carlos Sanchez, RDH; Hovhanness Shnorhokian, DMD, PhD;
James W. Tom, DDS, MS; Fabiana Varjao, PhD; Xin Wen, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professors: Marwa Abulhasan, DMD, MS;
Azadeh Ahmadieh, DDS, MS; Mainul Ahsan, PhD; Mahsa Alavi,
DMD, MS; Gelareh Asadi, DDS, MSc; Audrey Boros, DDS;
Sangho Byun, DDS; Yojeong Cho, DDS; Xiao Mei Cui, DDS; David
Datu, DDS; Sibel Dincer, DDS, MS; Marie Dizon, DDS; Howard
Fleiner, DDS; Ellen M. Grady, BA; Michael Gu, DDS; Jun Han, MS,
DDS, PhD; Lisa Hou, DDS; Viola Iskarious, DDS; Daniel Jacob,
BA, MSW; Steven Kallman, DDS; David Kang, DDS; Rebecca
(Chae Hyun) Kim, DDS; Bethany Kum, RDH; James McAndrews,
DDS; Michaela Nguyen, RDH; Naomi Nguyen, DDS, MS; Camille
Nishikawa, DDS; Ivan Pinto, RDH; Narendranath Ravindranath,
PhD; Daniel Schechter, DDS; Daniela Schmid, DDS, PhD; Arezou
Shahbazi, DDS, MS; J. Denise Tefft, PhD; Justin Urbano, RDH,
MA; Xun Xu, PhD, DDS; Kiyomi Yamazaki, DDS, PhD; Danhong
Zhu, MD, MS, PhD
Clinical Instructors: Joiakim Bakhoum, DDS; Joan Beleno, RDH;
Cristy Boehm, RDH; Brandon Gauthier, DDS; Shahrokh Jedian,
DDS
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degrees Offered
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry awards the following
degrees and certificates: Master of Science, Craniofacial Biology;
Master of Science, Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry; Master of
Science, Biomedical Implants and Tissue Engineering; Doctor
of Philosophy, Craniofacial Biology; Doctor of Dental Surgery;
Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry Certificate; Advanced
Orthodontics Certificate; Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Certificate;
Advanced Periodontology Certificate; Advanced Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery; Advanced Orofacial Pain; and Advanced
Prosthodontics Certificate. A Minor in Craniofacial and Dental
Technology is also offered jointly by the Herman Ostrow School
of Dentistry, the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry awards the following
online degrees and certificates: Master of Science, Geriatric
Dentistry; Master of Science, Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine;
Master of Science, Community Oral Health; Orofacial Pain
Certificate; Oral Pathology and Radiology Certificate; Geriatric
Dentistry Certificate; and Community Oral Health Certificate.
General Information
The Grading System
Grades are issued by members of the faculty to indicate to
students their level of achievement and to provide information to
committees given the responsibility of reviewing a student's total
academic record and assigning honor or deficient status.
Newly admitted students to all programs in the school are
bound by the university grading system (excluding plus/minus
grades), which is detailed in the Academic Standards section of
this catalogue.
Grades used by course directors of advanced clinical classes
are: "Cr" — credit and "NC" — no credit. Other notations
appearing on the transcript are: A — excellent; B — good; C —
minimum passing in courses for graduate credit; F — failed; "IN"
— incomplete work; "MG" — missing grade; and "W" — withdraw.
Students pursuing a Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy in
Craniofacial Biology, and Doctor of Dental Surgery classes should
refer to the Academic Standards section of this catalogue.
Probation and Disqualification
A student evaluation policy has been developed that outlines
methods by which the faculty can recognize outstanding
achievements by students and identify those who have difficulty
meeting the school's academic standards.
In this policy, the procedures dealing with the assignment and
consequences of academic status, including academic probation
and disqualification, are outlined in detail. It is hoped that the
development of specific guidelines will eliminate confusion and
minimize the amount of time spent in determining the student's
status, thus allowing faculty and students to concentrate on their
primary responsibility — the training of dental health professionals.
Copies of Student Professional Performance Evaluation
Committee guidelines are available online on the Dental School
intranet.
DDS (including Advanced Standing Program for
International Dentists)
A student will be placed on academic warning ("AW") if: (1) the
GPA of a given Academic Time Unit (ATU) falls below a 2.0; (2) a
failing course grade in a course of 1 unit or less is received; and/
or (3) if in the judgment of the Student Professional Performance
Evaluation Committee, such a warning is warranted for other
reasons, such as poor attendance or consistent tardiness.
A student will be placed on academic probation ("AP") if: (1)
a failing grade is received in 2 or more units completed in one
ATU; (2) a second consecutive academic warning is warranted:
(2) two conditions that justify academic warning are met in a
single ATU or if a single condition is met twice in an ATU; and/
or (4) a student receives a failing score or an F in a module that
results in an MG. A first-year student in trimesters I, II or III will
be placed on academic probation if: (1) the quality of preclinical
work is unsatisfactory as reflected by a failing score or an F in
a module; (2) the quality of preclinical work is poor enough to
jeopardize the student's timely transition to clinic with the rest of
the class; (3) warranted by other factors related to the quality of
preclinical/clinical work such as poor attendance, unprofessional
behavior and/or poor performance in written examinations; (4) in
the judgment of the Student Professional Performance Evaluation
Committee, probation is warranted by other academic factors;
and/or (5) recommended by the group practice director, due to the
quality of clinical work.
A student may be placed on clinical probation upon
recommendation of the group practice director, associate dean
for Clinical Affairs, or any other faculty who have supervised the
student's clinical activities if a failing score is received in any of
the graded categories of group practice performance, or, in the
judgment of the group practice director, the associate dean for
Clinical Affairs, or any other faculty who have supervised the
student's clinical activities, probation is warranted by other factors
related to the delivery of health care or clinical accomplishment.
A student will be considered for disqualification if: (1) at the
end of any trimester during the first year (trimesters I, II, III),
a student's continued lack of preclinical accomplishment is
significant enough to suggest a deterioration of preclinical skills;
(2) a second academic probation is warranted; (3) a failing
grade is not reconciled; (4) at the end of the academic year the
grade point average for the preceding year is below 2.0; (5)
academic probation is warranted while repeating a trimester
on probation; (6) a deficiency in any area is determined by the
Student Professional Performance Evaluation Committee to be
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insurmountable; (7) at the end of the second trimester of the
Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists (ASPID),
the cumulative average is less than 2.0; (8) it is recommended by
the group practice director, based on severe and irreconcilable
deficiencies relating to the quality and/or quantity of patient
treatment; and/or (9) at the end of any trimester following
trimester VI, a student's ongoing lack of clinical accomplishment
is significant enough to suggest a deterioration of skills and/or
inadequate treatment of patients assigned to his/her care.
Advanced Clinical Programs and Online Master of
Science Degrees and Online Certificate Programs
A student will be placed on academic probation if a failing grade
is received in any course or if, in the judgment of the program
director, a student's performance warrants such status due to
academic or other factors. A student may be disqualified if: (1) the
stipulations of a probationary period are not met by the required
deadline; (2) a failing grade is not reconciled in the period specified
by the course director; (3) if a student is placed on second
academic probation; and/or (4) a deficiency in any area is acquired
that is determined by the program director to be insurmountable.
A student who is placed on academic probation a second time
can continue in the program only with the approval of the program
director and the Advanced Student Professional Performance
Evaluation Subcommittee.
Advanced Clinical Programs Graduation Requirements
A minimum program GPA of 3.0 is required to graduate from
the following advanced clinical dentistry programs: endodontics,
operative and adhesive dentistry, orofacial pain, periodontology
and prosthodontics.
Honor Status
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry recognizes excellence
in achievement by assigning special honor status during the
course of study and by presentation of awards upon graduation.
Dean's List
Students in the doctoral dental program who complete all
course work by a prescribed deadline and earn a grade point
average of 3.5 or above for a trimester are eligible for and will
be considered for placement on the Dean's List for that ATU.
Placement is not automatic and is not based on any single marker
of performance. Students shall not be placed on the Dean's List if
they are on academic warning, academic probation or continued
academic probation at any time during that trimester, or are under
active ethics sanctions as a result of having been found guilty of or
engaged in a direct resolution of an ethics violation.
Graduation Awards
There are numerous awards made each year at graduation to
recognize excellence in members of the graduating doctoral and
ASPID classes. A complete list is available at the Herman Ostrow
School of Dentistry.
Voluntary Withdrawal/Leave of Absence
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry recognizes that in
some special instances it may be necessary or beneficial for a
student to interrupt or discontinue dental education. A student
wishing to withdraw from School or request a leave of absence
must contact the Office of Academic Affairs for procedures to be
followed. An approved leave of absence will not be granted for
more than one year.
Students at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry who have
not been formally dropped by the school, are considered enrolled
each term unless they have submitted a letter of intent to withdraw.
A student's verbal indication that he or she intends to withdraw
or failure to settle a fee bill are not sufficient to eliminate the
student from class rosters. Final course grades will be collected for
students who do not have a letter of intent to withdraw on file with
the Office of Academic Affairs.
A student who withdraws at any time during the first three
weeks of a trimester will receive no grades for enrolled courses. A
student who withdraws after three full weeks of an Academic Time
Unit (ATU) will receive a mark of "W" for all enrolled courses not
completed. Withdrawal is not permitted after the 12th week of a
trimester.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The University of Southern California recognizes and acts
in full compliance with regulations set in accordance with the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (The Buckley
Amendment). A student may have access to all records about
him or her maintained by the university except those considered
confidential under the act. Students of the School of Dentistry
wishing to review records or to appeal for a change in those
records should contact the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry or
USC Registrar. A small charge may be made to cover the time and
costs of duplication of the record.
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Tuition and Fees (Estimated)
Tuition at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry is charged on
a flat fee basis for enrollment in the regular degree and advanced
certificate programs of the school. Exceptions do not apply to
students who have courses waived based on their prior education.
In such cases, students are charged the standard flat fee for the
program in which they are enrolled.
Auditors pay the regular tuition rate. Auditors are not required to
participate in class exercises (discussions and examinations); they
receive no grades or credit.
The information outlined here is for Herman Ostrow School
of Dentistry fees and tuition deposits only. For information about
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry tuition and university fees,
refer to the Tuition and Fees (Estimated), Fall 2022 section of this
catalogue. The university reserves the right to assess new fees or
charges as it may determine.
Processing Fee (not refundable):
Domestic applicants 85
Graduates of foreign dental schools or students requiring a student visa 145
Commitment Deposit
Dentistry 3,000
International Dental 3,000
Advanced Dental 1,000
Pre-Tuition Payment (refundable in accordance with the refund policy) 1,000
Mandatory Fees (School of Dentistry fees only; for other fees, refer to the Tuition and Fees (Estimated), Fall
2020 section of this catalogue.)
CDA/ASDA Dues 96
Doctoral dental and Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists students only; fall only.
Gown Usage Fee 165
Disability Insurance (Doctoral, Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists and Advanced
Certificate)
53
Scrubs (first year only) 420
Student Issue
Figures shown below are approximate. The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry reserves the right to change fees at any time.
DDS Program
1st Year Instruments and supplies 11,660
IMS Fee 5,091
2nd Year Instruments and supplies 3,211
IMS Fee 5,091
3rd Year Instruments and supplies 375
IMS Fee 5,091
4th Year Instruments and supplies 375
IMS Fee 3,394
Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists Incoming
ASPID (Incoming -- Su 23) 1,697
1st Year Instruments and supplies 12,652
IMS Fee 5,091
2nd Year Instruments and supplies 0
IMS Fee 5,091
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Advanced Dentistry Programs
Endodontics (Incoming — Su 23) 187 (IMS),
2,065 (lab fee)
Endodontics, 1st Year 2,907 (IMS),
6,195 (lab fee)
Endodontics, 2nd Year 2,670 (IMS),
6,195 (lab fee)
Orthodontics (Incoming — Su 23) 187
Orthodontics, 1st Year 1,104
Orthodontics, 2nd Year 1,104
Orthodontics, 3rd Year 736
Pediatric Dentistry (Incoming — Su 23) 187
Pediatric Dentistry, 1st Year 2,489
Pediatric Dentistry, 2nd Year 0
Periodontology (Incoming — Su 23) 187
Periodontology, 1st Year 2,670
Periodontology, 2nd Year 2,670
Periodontology, 3rd Year 923
Prosthodontics (Incoming — Su 23) 187
Prosthodontics, 1st Year 2,907
Prosthodontics, 2nd Year 2,670
Prosthodontics, 3rd Year 736
Orofacial Pain (Incoming — Su 23) 187
Orofacial Pain, 1st Year 2,433
Orofacial Pain, 2nd Year 736
Operative and Adhesive Dentistry (Incoming — Su 23) 187
Operative and Adhesive Dentistry, 1st Year 2,907
Operative and Adhesive Dentistry, 2nd Year 2,489
Financial Aid
Detailed information concerning financial aid programs available
to dental students can be obtained by contacting the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Office of Financial Aid at (213)
740-2861 or visit financialaid@ostrow.usc.edu.
Minor
Craniofacial and Dental Technology Minor
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, the Viterbi School
of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering and the
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Department
of Biological Sciences jointly offer the minor in craniofacial
and dental technology. This minor is designed to prepare
engineering, pre-dental, pre-medical and biological sciences
undergraduates to enter the dental biotechnology industry as
well as to introduce them to recent innovations in craniofacial
sciences and therapeutics. The course work introduces students
to concepts in dental and craniofacial sciences and technology,
tissue engineering, molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry
and biotechnology as well as applications to dental diagnostics,
imaging and dental therapies (dental implants, restorative
dentistry, salivary diagnostics).
This minor requires a minimum of 16 units outside your home
department; further, at least 16 units must be unique to the minor.
Please see a biomedical engineering, biological sciences or
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry adviser for specific program
requirements.
Core Required Courses, Upper Division
• DENT 412 Fundamentals of Craniofacial and Dental
Technology Units: 3
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 325 Genetics Units: 4 *
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Units: 4 *
Total core units: 15
Electives
Enroll in at least two courses from the following
to complete at least 16 units outside your home
department; further, at least 16 units must be unique
to the minor:
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4 *
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4 *
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4 *
• BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
Units: 4 *
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4 *
• BME 404 Orthopaedic Biomechanics Units: 4 *
• BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products Units: 2
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 4
• BME 451L Fundamentals of Biomedical Microdevices
Units: 4 *
• DENT 221 Introduction to Dentistry Units: 1
• ENGR 305 Engineering Biology Matters Units: 3
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• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• HP 350L Health Behavior Research Methods Units: 4
• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
• RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market Units: 4
Total elective units: 3-8
Note:
*Prerequisite required
Master's Degree
Advanced Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine
(MS)
The Master of Science degree in orofacial pain and oral
medicine program consists of a 36-month hybrid program (online
and face-to-face) leading to a master's degree in orofacial pain
and oral medicine (OFPOM). The curriculum is designed to
provide practicing dentists with advanced knowledge and training
in the areas of orofacial pain and oral medicine including sleep
medicine.
The program consists of a series of 14 online didactic courses
where the students will gain knowledge about the underlying
science as well as the diagnosis, pathobiology and treatment of
different oral and maxillofacial diseases and disorders. In addition
to these courses, the student will attend USC for two weeks
each summer during the three-year period for an additional three
face-to-face assessment courses where they will be tested for
knowledge acquisition using a set of objective standardized clinical
examinations, oral interviews and written examinations. They will
also be required to prepare a final portfolio of cases and conduct
and present a research project report. During their visits to USC,
the residents will gain experience diagnosing and treating patients
in the USC OFOPM center.
During the year, the residents will attend weekly video
conferences where online students are required to analyze,
diagnose and prepare treatment plan cases that are posted
for analysis. These cases will cover the following diseases:
temporomandibular disorders; infectious, dysplastic, neoplastic
proliferative, erosive and ulcerative oral and pharyngeal mucosal
diseases. Students will also learn about and work with patients
who have various salivary, neurogenic, osseous, and odontogenic
infections, tumors and diseases including oral neuropathic pain,
oral spasticity, migraine, tension type and chronic daily headache
and sleep apnea disorders.
Required Courses
• GDEN 733 Research Methodology Units: 2
• OFPM 702a Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 1
• OFPM 702b Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OFPM 704 Bony Pathology, Radiology and Advanced
Imaging for Dental Residents Units: 1
• OFPM 705 Neurogenic Based Oral and Facial Pains for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 706 TMD, Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Physical
Therapy for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 707 Pharmacology Series for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OFPM 710a Knowledge Assessment for OFPOM Residents
Units: 1
• OFPM 710b Knowledge Assessment for OFPOM Residents
Units: 1
• OFPM 721 Neurosciences for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 722 Internal Medicine and Systemic Disease for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 723 Systems Physiology, Motor Disorders and Sleep
Apnea for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 724 Psychological and Psychometric Assessment for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 725 Epidemiology, Nutrition and Aging for Dental
Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 726 Immunology and Immunosuppression for Dental
Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 727 Infectious Disease, Oral Microbiology and
Virology for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 729a Capstone Project for OFPOM Residents
Units: 0.5
• OFPM 729b Capstone Project for OFPOM Residents
Units: 0.5
• OFPM 729c Capstone Project for OFPOM Residents
Units: 0.5
• OFPM 729d Capstone Project for OFPOM Residents
Units: 0.5
• OFPM 730a Case Portfolio Preparation by Online OFPOM
Residents Units: .5
• OFPM 730b Case Portfolio Preparation by Online OFPOM
Residents Units: .5
• OFPM 730c Case Portfolio Preparation by Online OFPOM
Residents Units: .5
• OFPM 730d Case Portfolio Preparation by Online OFPOM
Residents Units: .5
• OFPM 730e Case Portfolio Preparation by Online OFPOM
Residents Units: .5
Total units: 32.5
Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry (MS)
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry offers a 24-month
program leading to a Master of Science (MS) in Biomaterials and
Digital Dentistry (BMDD). The MS in Biomaterials and Digital
Dentistry provides dental professionals with in-depth knowledge in
dental material properties, characterization, biological interactions
of dental adhesive systems, composite resins, ceramics, implants,
3D printing, digital scanning and Computer-Aided Design/
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM).
The MS BMDD also places an academic focus on skills to
master cutting-edge digital technologies for improving dental
health. Developing skills in cutting-edge digital technologies is an
emphasis and strength of the program. The MS BMDD program
will prepare graduates for future careers in dental research and
academic positions, industry jobs, and public service in Dental
Healthcare management.
The admissions requirements include a DDS, DMD or
equivalent degree (for international dentist applicants), three
letters of recommendation, curriculum vitæ, Educational Credential
Evaluators (ECE) Report and statement of purpose. The GRE
is not required for the MS in BMDD program. For non-native
English speakers, an Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) test score of 90
or above is required, with 20 or above on each section (reading,
listening, speaking, and writing). The exam score should be
current (less than two years old). The MS BMDD is only available
to current residents on USC Operative and Adhesive Dentistry
and Prosthodontics. Please refer to the Admissions section of the
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry for more information.
All students are required to complete an original research
project and a master's thesis following a thesis protocol approved
by their advisory committee. An advisory committee normally
includes three faculty members, who will establish thesis
requirements to be completed by each student.
Required Courses
• BMDD 588a Digital Technology Applied to Dentistry Units: 3
• BMDD 588b Digital Technology Applied to Dentistry Units: 3
• BMDD 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
(3 units required)
• BMDD 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BMDD 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BMDD 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
• DMAT 701 Advanced Biomaterials Units: 2
• OPER 704a Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
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• OPER 704b Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704c Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704d Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 705L Dental Photography Units: 1
• OPER 735aL Research Methodology Units: 2
• OPER 735bL Research Methodology Units: 2
Total units: 24
Biomedical Implants and Tissue Engineering
(MS)
The Master of Science in "Biomedical Implants and Tissue
Engineering (BITE)" is an intense academic program designed
to enhance the knowledge and critical thinking skills of graduate
students interested in biological and clinical aspects of
osseointegration and clinical applications of tissue engineering
sciences. Through rigorous review of the scientific literature,
graduate students are expected to gain advanced knowledge of
clinical and scientific studies involving dental implants and related
procedures required to regenerate oral and craniofacial tissues.
These studies are intended to form the fundamental basis to
pursue evidence-based practice for clinicians, as well as conduct
scientific studies for clinical researchers. This academic degree is
suitable for those, who are interested to gain expertise in dental
implant therapeutics and regenerative sciences. In addition to
the didactic courses and gaining comprehensive understanding
with relevant scientific literature, graduate students are required
to design and complete a scientific research project, under the
supervision of an academic committee, composed of mentors with
relevant expertise. The resulting data from the scientific study is
expected to be prepared in manuscript format and submitted for
publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
The BITE MS program is 6 trimesters (24 months) in length.
The program is a purely academic program and there is no clinical
patient care component to this program.
Required Courses
• BITE 582 Introduction to Biomedical Implants Units: 3
• BITE 583 Clinical Applications of Tissue Engineering Units: 4
• BITE 584 Evidence Based Practice Units: 3
• BITE 585 Biomaterial and Protocols Units: 3
• BITE 586 Current Trends in Biomedical Implants and Tissue
Engineering Units: 3
• BITE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (4 units)
• BITE 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BITE 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BITE 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
Community Oral Health (MS)
The online Master in Community Oral Health is a program
with a total 16 courses (30 units), specifically designed for the
professional who wants to improve skills and gain expertise to
ensure the best care for patients within their communities. The
curriculum is designed with a series of didactic courses where
students will gain knowledge about health sciences and education,
programs assessment, planning and administration, epidemiology,
environmental and cultural issues, social and behavioral sciences.
The student will select electives in one of two areas: vulnerable
populations and community health care, or project administration.
The goal of this postdoctoral two-year master's program is to give
health care providers, educators and administrators and advanced
didactic and evidence-based education in the field of community
health.
Core Courses
(24 units)
• COH 593a Capstone Project Units: 2
• COH 593b Capstone Project Units: 2
• COH 701 Community Health Sciences Units: 2
• COH 702 Social and Behavioral Sciences Units: 2
• COH 703 Community Health Program Planning and
Implementation Units: 2
• COH 704 Environmental Health Sciences Units: 3
• COH 705 Research and Biostatistics in Healthcare Units: 2
• COH 706 Foundations and Strategies in Health Education
Units: 2
• COH 707 Epidemiology Units: 2
• COH 708 Community Health Science Administration,
Assessment and Evaluation Units: 2
• COH 711 Practicum 1 Units: 1
• COH 712 Practicum 2 Units: 1
• COH 717 Practicum 3 Units: 1
Elective Courses
Select three courses (total of 6 units)
• COH 709 Community Health Program Execution and
Communication Units: 2
• COH 710 Health Assessment Units: 2
• COH 713 Health Education and Promotion Units: 2
• COH 714 Community Health Funding and Support Units: 2
• COH 715 Community Health Practice Standards Units: 2
• COH 716 Healthcare Communication Technology Units: 2
Geriatric Dentistry (MS)
The Master of Science in Geriatric Dentistry online program
consists of 30.5 units of course work delivered online and in
person leading to a master's degree in geriatric dentistry. The
curriculum is designed to prepare students to work in the area of
geriatric dentistry. The program consists of a series of didactic
courses where the students will gain in-depth knowledge about
older adults from a variety of perspectives that will include learning
about the aging process and how it affects and is affected by
social, behavioral and health factors commonly seen with aging.
The program will focus on the most common medical and oral
health conditions seen in older adults including oral lesions and
orofacial pain conditions and their treatments, as well as cognitive
changes, mental disorders, and social factors that will impact and
thus require adjustments to oral health care delivery.
During the year, the students will attend weekly video
conferences where they will discuss lesions most likely to be found
in older adults or composite patient case scenarios, during which
the patient's medical, pharmacologic and psychologic profiles and
social status is taken into consideration in determining treatment
modifications.
All master students are required to choose and finish a
capstone project and 18 portfolio cases during the program
duration. The students will attend USC for 8-10 days during two
summer trimesters for knowledge assessment courses. As part
of the graduation requirements, the students are required to
successfully defend their capstone project and portfolio cases
during their last summer term and pass all the courses with a
grade point average of 3.0 or more.
Required Courses
• GDEN 710 Knowledge Assessment for GDEN Students
Units: 1
• GDEN 712a Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students
Units: .5
• GDEN 712b Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students
Units: .5
• GDEN 712c Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students
Units: .5
• GDEN 712d Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students
Units: .5
• GDEN 713 Common Systemic Conditions in Older Patients
Units: 2
• GDEN 714 Topics in Gerontology Units: 2
• GDEN 715 Geriatric Dentistry Issues Units: 2
• GDEN 722 Internal Medicine and Systemic Disease for
Dental Residents Units: 2
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• GDEN 725 Epidemiology, Nutrition and Aging for Dental
Residents Units: 2
• GDEN 730 OFPM Case Portfolio Preparation for Dental
Residents Units: .5
(1 unit required)
• GDEN 731 GDEN Case Portfolio Preparation for Dental
Residents Units: .5
(1 unit required)
• GDEN 732 Case Portfolio Defense for GDEN Students Units:
.5
• GDEN 733 Research Methodology Units: 2
• OFPM 702a Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 1
• OFPM 702b Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OFPM 704 Bony Pathology, Radiology and Advanced
Imaging for Dental Residents Units: 1
• OFPM 705 Neurogenic Based Oral and Facial Pains for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 707 Pharmacology Series for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OFPM 710a Knowledge Assessment for OFPOM Residents
Units: 1
• OFPM 723 Systems Physiology, Motor Disorders and Sleep
Apnea for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 726 Immunology and Immunosuppression for Dental
Residents Units: 2
Total units: 30.5
Graduate Certificate
Advanced Orthodontics Certificate
The advanced orthodontics certificate program is a 34-month
course of study leading to a certificate in orthodontics. The
program in orthodontics is accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, a
specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council on
Postsecondary Accreditation and the United States Department of
Education. Upon completion of all requirements, the graduate is
eligible for examination and certification by the American Board of
Orthodontics.
The program has as its primary mission the preparation
and training of residents for clinical practice in the specialty of
orthodontics. This is achieved through a broad, in-depth curriculum
designed to develop proficiency in clinical orthodontics with a
solid foundation in fundamental and advanced biological and
mechanical principles. Clinical training is evidence-based and
includes treatment of orthognathic, esthetic, interdisciplinary,
interceptive, growth modification and all types of malocclusion
cases. Research is an integral part of the program and the
student must complete an original research project. Preparation
for a successful orthodontic career includes formal courses
in orthodontic practice management, and current orthodontic
technology and techniques.
Required Courses
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• ORTH 674 Clinical and Molecular Bone Biology Units: 2
• ORTH 701a Cephalometrics: Growth and Development
Units: 2, 3, 4
• ORTH 701b Cephalometrics: Growth and Development
Units: 2, 3, 4
• ORTH 702 Seminar: Review of the Orthodontic Literature
Units: 5
• ORTH 703a Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703b Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703c Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703d Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703e Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703f Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703h Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 703i Seminar: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 each
• ORTH 704a Seminar: Orthodontics in Theory and Practice
Units: 2
• ORTH 704b Seminar: Orthodontics in Theory and Practice
Units: 2
• ORTH 704c Seminar: Orthodontics in Theory and Practice
Units: 2
• ORTH 705a Orthodontic Practice Management Units: 2
• ORTH 705b Orthodontic Practice Management Units: 2
• ORTH 705c Orthodontic Practice Management Units: 2
• ORTH 706 Surgical Orthodontics Units: 2
• ORTH 707 Interdisciplinary Aesthetic Treatment Units: 2
• ORTH 708 Information Technology in Orthodontic Practice
Units: 2
• ORTH 709 Advanced Information Technology in Orthodontic
Practice Units: 2
• ORTH 721 Biomechanics and Orthodontic Technic Units: 8
• ORTH 744 Statistical Methods and Research Design in
Orthodontics Units: 2
• ORTH 751a Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751b Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751c Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751d Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751e Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751f Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751h Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• ORTH 751i Clinic: Advanced Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 752 Interdisciplinary Treatment: An Orthodontic
Perspective Units: 2
Community Oral Health Certificate
The online university certificate in Community Oral Health is a
program with a total of six courses (13 units), specifically designed
for the professional who wants to improve skills and gain expertise
to ensure the best care for patients within their communities.
The curriculum is designed with a series of didactic courses
in which students will gain knowledge about health sciences and
education, programs assessment, planning and administration,
epidemiology, environmental and cultural issues, social and
behavioral sciences.
The goal of this one-year certificate program is to give health
care providers, educators and administrators an advanced didactic
and evidence-based education in the field of community oral
health.
Certificate in Community Oral Health
• COH 701 Community Health Sciences Units: 2
• COH 702 Social and Behavioral Sciences Units: 2
• COH 703 Community Health Program Planning and
Implementation Units: 2
• COH 704 Environmental Health Sciences Units: 3
• COH 705 Research and Biostatistics in Healthcare Units: 2
• COH 706 Foundations and Strategies in Health Education
Units: 2
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Geriatric Dentistry Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in geriatric dentistry program is
designed to prepare practicing dentists and dental hygienists
who have already completed their professional training in general
or advanced dentistry or dental hygiene to acquire a greater
understanding of gerontology and geriatrics. Dental hygienists
must have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in order to
apply for the program. The program consists of a total of 12
units of course work delivered online and in-person in which the
students will gain knowledge about older adults from a variety
of perspectives, focusing on those topics that will have a direct
impact on professional practice.
Clinical privilege status is not required for any of the course
work. Students admitted to the non-degree certificate program are
expected to enroll each semester until the program is completed.
There are seven required courses (six online and one
residential) and no electives. As part of the required curriculum,
all students will attend USC for a two-week period during the
summer trimester following completion of the didactic courses,
for a knowledge assessment course (GDEN 710). This course
will consist of reviews, practical demonstrations and assessment
activities.
Required Courses
• GDEN 710 Knowledge Assessment for GDEN Students
Units: 1
• GDEN 713 Common Systemic Conditions in Older Patients
Units: 2
• GDEN 714 Topics in Gerontology Units: 2
• GDEN 715 Geriatric Dentistry Issues Units: 2
• GDEN 722 Internal Medicine and Systemic Disease for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• GDEN 725 Epidemiology, Nutrition and Aging for Dental
Residents Units: 2
• GDEN 731 GDEN Case Portfolio Preparation for Dental
Residents Units: .5
(1 unit required)
Total units: 12
Oral Pathology and Radiology Certificate
The Hybrid-Online Certificate in Oral Pathology and Radiology
is a program with a total of eight courses (12 academic units),
specifically designed for the practicing professional who wants
the knowledge to improve skills and gain expertise to in the field
of Oral Pathology and Radiology. The certificate curriculum is
designed with a series of didactic courses in which students
will gain knowledge about the diagnosis, pathobiology and
treatment of different oral diseases in the field of Oral Pathology
and confidence in Oral Radiology and the use of conventional
and advanced imaging studies for the diagnostic process. The
goal of this postdoctoral one-year certificate program is to give
practicing dentist or physician advanced didactic and evidence-
based education in the field of oral diagnostics, specifically oral
pathology and radiology. With the onset of new diseases to
dentistry and advancements in diagnostics and therapeutics in
the last few decades, many clinicians may feel ill-prepared to
comprehensively manage patients with oral lesions or patients
with oral manifestations of complex medical conditions. Therefore,
this program taught by expert USC Ostrow School of Dentistry
faculty is designed to provide clinicians with the knowledge and
confidence necessary for patient care.
The students participate in weekly live online sessions with
faculty and other program residents, ensuring a collaborative
and social learning experience. There are two to three courses
per trimester, with 2-4 streaming video lectures for viewing each
week. After each video lecture students complete an associated
online quiz (composed of multiple choice, short answer or fill-in
questions). The program is primarily online but also includes a
10-day practical training conducted on-campus at USC, with skills
development and competence evaluation.
Mandatory courses
All courses on this program are required.
• OFPM 707 Pharmacology Series for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OPR 701 Bone Pathology and Oral and Maxillofacial
Radiology Units: 1
• OPR 702 Principles and Practice of Oral Medicine Units: 1
• OPR 703 General and Systemic Human Pathology Units: 1
• OPR 704 Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Medicine Units: 2
• OPR 708 Diagnostic Radiology Units: 2
• OPR 730 Clinical Cases in Oral Pathology and Radiology
Units: 2
• OPR 732 Knowledge Assessment Units: 1
Orofacial Pain Certificate
The Certificate in Orofacial Pain is a hybrid program (face-
to-face and online classes) with a total of nine courses (12.5
academic units), specifically designed for the practicing dentist
who wants to improve skills and gain expertise to deliver the
best care for patients with complex conditions. The certificate
curriculum is designed with a series of didactic courses in which
students will gain knowledge about the diagnosis, pathobiology
and treatment of different oral diseases in the field of orofacial
pain, including masticatory musculoskeletal pain, neurogenic
orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders, headaches, orofacial
motor disorders including orofacial dystonias and bruxism,
intraoral, intracranial, extracranial and systemic disorders that
cause orofacial pain.
Students will participate in weekly live webinar sessions with
the faculty and other residents, ensuring a collaborative and social
learning experience. There are two-three courses per trimester,
with two-four streaming video lectures for viewing each week.
After each video lecture students complete an associated online
quiz (comprising multiple choice, short answer or fill-in questions).
The program is primarily online but also includes a 10-day
practical training program conducted at the USC campus, with
skills development and competence evaluation. At the end of the
program, the students present and defend a case portfolio.
This program is consistent with the global vision of the
University of Southern California, and looks for a worldwide
presence. All students will need English language proficiency, but
we will provide support for our Spanish speaking students. This is
achieved by providing lectures with the option of closed captioning
in Spanish and live-webinars both in English and Spanish.
Course List
Course List of the Orofacial Pain Certificate
• OFP 705 Neurogenic Based Oral and Facial Pains Units: 2
• OFP 706 TMD, Orthopedics, Rheumatology, and Physical
Therapy Units: 2
• OFP 707 Pharmacology Series Units: 2
• OFP 710 Knowledge Assessment Units: 1
• OFP 723 Systems Physiology, Motor Disorders, and Sleep
Apnea Units: 2
• OFP 724 Psychological and Psychometric Assessment
Units: 2
• OFP 730a Case Portfolio Preparation Units: .5
• OFP 730b Case Portfolio Preparation Units: .5
• OFP 730c Case Portfolio Preparation Units: .5
Doctoral Degree
Dental Surgery (DDS)
The Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) program covers 11
consecutive 14-week trimesters. The course of study maximizes
the interrelationship of all basic sciences and clinical detail
sciences required by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of
the American Dental Association.
USC's reputation for excellent preparation of its graduates for
private practice has been enhanced by curriculum changes that
permit students to begin clinical experience in their first year. At
the same time, opportunity and encouragement are given to those
who might elect to pursue careers in teaching and research.
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Admission
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC admits 144
students each year for the curriculum leading to the Doctor of
Dental Surgery. Admission to the school is granted through
the Office of Admissions, which receives and processes all
applications, evaluates credentials and notifies applicants who
qualify for entrance by forwarding letters of acceptance. Students
are selected by the Admissions Committee, which bases its
decision on consideration of an applicant's personal qualities,
aptitude and superior scholarship necessary for the successful
study and practice of dentistry. Candidates who have received or
will receive a baccalaureate or higher degree will be considered
more favorably than applicants who have fulfilled only minimum
requirements. As a precondition of enrollment, accepted students
must undergo a background screening and provide evidence of
sound health and meet the school's health requirements.
Admission information may be obtained by mail, online or in
person. Address inquiries to: Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
of USC, Office of Admissions, 925 W. 34th Street, Room 201, Los
Angeles, CA 90089-0641, (213) 740-2841, email: uscsdadm@usc.
edu or access the school's Website at dentistry.usc.edu.
Admission Requirements
Minimum entrance requirements include: (1) graduation
from an accredited secondary school, with credit for at least 12
academic units, including three in English, three in one laboratory
science course, two in one foreign language and two in college
preparatory mathematics; (2) a minimum of 60 semester units, or
the equivalent completed or in progress, at the time of application,
in an accredited college or university in the United States or
Canada. A baccalaureate or higher degree is preferred. No more
than 60 semester hours earned at a community college will be
accepted and preference is given to candidates who complete
the science prerequisites at a four-year institution; (3) required
courses, semester hours with laboratory required: 8 units each
— one year's completed course — of general biology, inorganic/
general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics; other courses:
English composition (8 units or one year), philosophy, history or
fine arts (8 units or one year). All prerequisite course work must be
completed with a grade of "C" or better; (4) it is strongly suggested
that students take additional upper division courses. Biochemistry,
human or comparative anatomy, embryology, histology, genetics,
physiology, microbiology, immunology and economics are
examples of recommended courses; (5) all students who apply
for admission to the School of Dentistry are required to take the
Dental Admission Test (DAT), given under the auspices of the
Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association.
The Dental Admission Test must be taken no later than February 1
of the year for which formal application is made.
To expedite the admissions process, it is recommended that
the DAT be taken during a testing period before filing formal
application through the Associated American Dental Schools
Application Service (AADSAS). Test scores more than three years
old will not be accepted. Applicants should check with the Dental
Admissions Office. Full information about the test is sent to all
applicants upon request, or can be obtained from the Division
of Educational Measurements, Council on Dental Education,
American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago,
IL 60611. No action can be taken on the application until DAT
scores have been received.
(6) An interview at the School of Dentistry is required of all
applicants who appear qualified for consideration as determined by
the Office of Admissions; (7) complete transcripts of undergraduate
and graduate work, including degree notations, must be on file in
the Office of Admissions by July 15 prior to enrolling; (8) residency
requirements: as a private institution, USC seeks a culturally
and geographically diverse population. Therefore, out-of-state
applicants are evaluated and selected based on the same criteria
as California residents.
No applicant will be denied admission on the basis of race,
religion, creed or disability. All admitted students must provide
evidence that functional health is sufficient to meet professional
demands, both in the student role and as an entry-level
practitioner.
Application Procedure
(1) An application form should be obtained from the Associated
American Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS) online at
adea.org. (2) The AADSAS application form must be completed
and returned to AADSAS. USC requires that the application be
received by AADSAS no later than February 1 of the year in which
enrollment is anticipated. Early application and file completion is
recommended. Do not send the application form to USC directly.
In addition to submitting the ADEA AADSAS application, applicants
must submit DAT scores and one official transcript from every
college/university attended directly to AADSAS. Application
evaluation cannot begin until these items are received by ADEA
AADSAS. (3) Applicants are required to pay a nonrefundable $85
processing fee, which should be forwarded directly to the Ostrow
Office of Admissions (international students requiring a student
visa must submit a $145 processing fee). (4) Notification from the
Office of Admissions will be sent, indicating that the application
has been received from AADSAS. (5) Candidates who are being
seriously considered for acceptance will be sent an invitation for
an interview and will be required to submit additional information.
No interview can be granted unless the file is complete, including
DAT scores. (6) Notification of acceptance will be sent by the
Office of Admissions sometime after December 1. (7) A non-
refundable commitment fee of $2,000 is required from admitted
students by the deadline indicated in the acceptance letter to hold
a place in the entering class. A second commitment fee of $1,000
is required by the deadline in their acceptance letter. These non-
refundable fees will be applied toward tuition upon enrollment.
(8) Preregistration for the first year dental class is held before
orientation. (9) All entering students are required to prepay $3,000
toward the initial tuition by their deadline. (10) As a precondition of
enrollment, accepted students undergo a background screening
conducted by Certiphi Screening, Inc. to help ensure patient
safety and compliance with state laws and regulations and
provide evidence of sound health and meet the school's health
requirements.
Orientation
Students who have been accepted into the predoctoral dental
program and who have reserved their place in the class will
receive information on orientation during the first two weeks in
July.
Orientation takes place prior to the first week of classes.
The purpose of the orientation program is to acquaint incoming
students with the school, its policies, programs, faculty and
facilities. Incoming students receive financial counseling and
receive their initial equipment issue during this orientation period.
Graduation Requirements
A student is eligible for the Doctor of Dental Surgery after
successfully attaining the qualitative and quantitative level
expected in the doctoral curriculum, specifically: has met the 2.0
GPA requirement for graduation; has no conditions existing at
the termination of the final academic time unit that would qualify
him or her for academic probation, clinical probation or academic
disqualification; has no marks of "F," "IN" or "MG"; has passed
Part I and Part II of the National Dental Board Examinations;
has demonstrated the personal characteristics expected of a
professional; has fulfilled his or her financial obligations as well as
all other obligations and requirements for graduation.
In addition to meeting the academic requirements indicated
above, students must have a completed administrative clearance
form on file in the Office of Academic Affairs before a degree
can be conferred. This administrative clearance indicates that
the student has met other obligations to the university and to the
student's patients.
Curriculum
The curriculum leading to the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree
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undergoes constant change to meet the challenges of modern
dental practice.
Doctor of Dental Surgery — Learner-Centered
Curriculum
Required Courses
• DPBL 501a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure I Units: 3
• DPBL 501b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure I Units: 3
• DPBL 501c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure I Units: 3
• DPBL 502a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function I Units: 8
• DPBL 502b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function I Units: 8
• DPBL 502c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function I Units: 8
• DPBL 503a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior I Units: 2
• DPBL 503b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior I Units: 2
• DPBL 503c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior I Units: 2
• DPBL 504a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry I Units: 4
• DPBL 504b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry I Units: 4
• DPBL 504c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry I Units: 4
• DPBL 511a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure II Units: 2
• DPBL 511b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure II Units: 2
• DPBL 511c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure II Units: 2
• DPBL 512a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function II Units: 5
• DPBL 512b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function II Units: 5
• DPBL 512c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function II Units: 5
• DPBL 513a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior II Units: 3
• DPBL 513b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior II Units: 3
• DPBL 513c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior II Units: 2
• DPBL 514a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry II Units: 7
• DPBL 514b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry II Units: 7
• DPBL 514c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry II Units: 8
• DPBL 521a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure III Units: 1
• DPBL 521b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure III Units: 1
• DPBL 521c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure III Units: 1
• DPBL 522a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function III Units: 1
• DPBL 522b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function III Units: 1
• DPBL 522c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function III Units: 1
• DPBL 523a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior III Units: 1
• DPBL 523b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior III Units: 1
• DPBL 523c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior III Units: 1
• DPBL 524a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry III Units: 14
• DPBL 524b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry III Units: 14
• DPBL 524c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry III Units: 14
• DPBL 531a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure IV Units: 1
• DPBL 531b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure IV Units: 1
• DPBL 532a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function IV Units: 1
• DPBL 532b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function IV Units: 1
• DPBL 533a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior IV Units: 1
• DPBL 533b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior IV Units: 1
• DPBL 534a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry IV Units: 13
• DPBL 534b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry IV Units: 13
Note:
For those individuals who are not familiar with the problem-based
pedagogy which is an integrated curriculum, the content of the
curriculum listed above is based on what was traditionally housed
in the following courses.
Doctor of Dental Surgery — Traditional
Program Curriculum
Required Courses
• AMED 502 Emergency Medicine Units: 2
• AMED 523 Pharmacosedation II Units: 1
• AMED 524 Pain and Anxiety Control Units: 2
• ANAT 521 Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 2
• ANAT 522 Systemic Human Anatomy Units: 3
• ANAT 523 Head and Neck Dissection Units: 1
• CMDT 501 Introduction to Community Dentistry Programs
Units: 1
• CMDT 502a Contemporary Dental Practice Units: 2
• CMDT 502b Contemporary Dental Practice Units: 2
• CMDT 507a Ethical Issues in the Practice of Dentistry
Units: 0
• CMDT 507b Ethical Issues in the Practice of Dentistry
Units: 0
• CMDT 507c Ethical Issues in the Practice of Dentistry
Units: 1
• CMDT 601 Mobile Clinic Units: 1
• DBIO 501 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Units: 2
• DIAG 521 Principles of Oral Radiology Units: 2
• DIAG 522 Radiographic Techniques Units: 1
• DMAT 505 Dental Materials Update Units: 1
• DMAT 521a Dental Materials Units: 2
• DMAT 521b Dental Materials Units: 2
• DPHR 501 Pharmacology Units: 3
• ENDO 501 Clinical Endodontics Units: 1
• ENDO 502 Advanced Endodontics Units: 1
• ENDO 521 Preclinical Endodontics Units: 3
• ENDO 562a Clinic: Concentrated Early Endodontics Units: 0
• ENDO 562b Clinic: Concentrated Early Endodontics Units: 0
• ENDO 562c Clinic: Concentrated Early Endodontics Units: 0
• ENDO 562d Clinic: Concentrated Early Endodontics Units: 1
• ENDO 563a Clinic: Endodontic Therapy Units: 0, 1, 2
• ENDO 563b Clinic: Endodontic Therapy Units: 0, 1, 2
• FPRO 521 Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics I Units: 3
• FPRO 522 Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics II Units: 3
• FPRO 561a Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics I Units: 0
• FPRO 561b Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics I Units: 0
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• FPRO 561c Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics I Units: 0
• FPRO 561d Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics I Units: 3
• FPRO 562a Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics II Units: 0, 1, 2, 3
• FPRO 562b Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics II Units: 0, 1, 2, 3
• GSPD 504 Dental Treatment of the Geriatric and Special
Patient Units: 2
• GSPD 562a Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry Units: 0
• GSPD 562b Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry Units: 0
• GSPD 562c Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry Units: 1
• GSPD 563a Clinic: Special Patient Care Units: 0
• GSPD 563b Clinic: Special Patient Care Units: 0
• GSPD 563c Clinic: Special Patient Care Units: 1
• HBHV 501 Behavioral Skills in Dentistry Units: 1
• HBHV 502 Interactional Skills Units: 1
• HBHV 504 Patient Education and Management Units: 1
• HBHV 550 Communications in Clinical Dentistry Units: 1
• HBHV 561a Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry Units: 0
• HBHV 561b Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry Units: 0
• HBHV 561c Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry Units: 0
• HBHV 561d Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry Units: 0
• HBHV 561e Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry Units: 1
• INDD 501 Applied Growth and Development Units: 1
• INTB 504 Human Craniofacial Development and Genetics
Units: 3
• INTB 521 Basic and Medical Microbiology Units: 2
• INTP 503a Evaluation of Scientific Information in Clinical
Practice Units: 0, 1
• INTP 503b Evaluation of Scientific Information in Clinical
Practice Units: 0, 1
• INTR 503 Preclinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Units: 2
• INTR 524a Clinical Practice Units: 0
• INTR 524b Clinical Practice Units: 0
• INTR 524c Clinical Practice Units: 0
• INTR 524d Clinical Practice Units: 0
• INTR 524e Clinical Practice Units: 0
• INTR 524f Clinical Practice Units: 3
• INTR 550a Introduction to Clinical Dentistry Units: 0, 1
• INTR 550b Introduction to Clinical Dentistry Units: 0, 1
• INTR 551a Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Units: 0
• INTR 551b Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Units: 0
• INTR 551c Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Units: 0
• INTR 551d Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Units: 0
• INTR 551e Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Units: 1
• INTR 553a Clinic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 0
• INTR 553b Clinic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 0
• INTR 553c Clinic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 0
• INTR 553d Clinic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 0
• INTR 553e Clinic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 0
• INTR 553f Clinic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 2
• INTX 501a Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 1
• INTX 501b Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 1
• INTX 501c Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 2
• INTX 501d Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 2
• INTX 501e Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 2
• INTX 501f Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 2
• INTX 501h Integrated Basic and Applied Science I Units: 1
• INTX 502a Integrated Basic and Applied Science II Units: 1
• INTX 502b Integrated Basic and Applied Science II Units: 1
• INTX 502c Integrated Basic and Applied Science II Units: 2
• INTX 502d Integrated Basic and Applied Science II Units: 3
• INTX 502e Integrated Basic and Applied Science II Units: 1
• INTX 502f Integrated Basic and Applied Science II Units: 2
• MBIO 501 Immunology Units: 2
• OCCL 502 Occlusion Units: 1
• OCCL 521a Dental Morphology and Function Units: 3
• OCCL 521b Dental Morphology and Function Units: 2
• OCCL 522 Occlusion Laboratory Units: 1
• OMOD 501 Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 1
• OMOD 502 Chronic Orofacial Pain Units: 2
• OMOD 506 Infection Control Units: 1
• OMOD 551a Clinic: Physical Evaluation Units: 0
• OMOD 551b Clinic: Physical Evaluation Units: 0
• OMOD 551c Clinic: Physical Evaluation Units: 0
• OMOD 551d Clinic: Physical Evaluation Units: 1
• OMOD 562a Clinic: Hospital Dentistry Units: 0
• OMOD 562b Clinic: Hospital Dentistry Units: 0
• OMOD 562c Clinic: Hospital Dentistry Units: 0
• OMOD 562d Clinic: Hospital Dentistry Units: 1
• OMOD 563a Clinic: Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 0
• OMOD 563b Clinic: Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 0
• OMOD 563c Clinic: Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 0
• OMOD 563d Clinic: Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 0
• OMOD 563e Clinic: Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 0
• OMOD 563f Clinic: Emergency Dental Treatment Units: 1
• OPER 521a Preclinical Operative Dentistry I Units: 1, 2, 3
• OPER 521b Preclinical Operative Dentistry I Units: 1, 2, 3
• OPER 522 Preclinical Operative Dentistry II Units: 3
• OPER 561a Clinic: Operative Dentistry I Units: 0
• OPER 561b Clinic: Operative Dentistry I Units: 0
• OPER 561c Clinic: Operative Dentistry I Units: 0
• OPER 561d Clinic: Operative Dentistry I Units: 6
• OPER 562a Clinic: Operative Dentistry II Units: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6
• OPER 562b Clinic: Operative Dentistry II Units: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6
• ORTH 501a Seminar: Orthodontics Units: 0, 1
• ORTH 501b Seminar: Orthodontics Units: 0, 1
• ORTH 521 Preclinical Orthodontics Units: 2
• ORTH 561a Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy Units: 0
• ORTH 561b Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy Units: 0
• ORTH 561c Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy Units: 0
• ORTH 561d Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy Units: 0
• ORTH 561e Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy Units: 0
• ORTH 561f Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy Units: 2
• PEDO 501 Clinical Pediatric Dentistry Units: 1
• PEDO 521 Preclinical Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2
• PEDO 551a Clinic: Dentistry for Children I Units: 0
• PEDO 551b Clinic: Dentistry for Children I Units: 0
• PEDO 551c Clinic: Dentistry for Children I Units: 2
• PEDO 561a Clinic: Dentistry for Children II Units: 0
• PEDO 561b Clinic: Dentistry for Children II Units: 0
• PEDO 561c Clinic: Dentistry for Children II Units: 1
• PERI 502 Periodontal Diseases and Elements of Therapeutic
Judgment Units: 2
• PERI 504 Advanced Periodontics Units: 1
• PERI 521 Periodontal Surgery Units: 2
• PERI 550a Clinic: Introductory Periodontal Therapy Units: 1
• PERI 550b Clinic: Introductory Periodontal Therapy Units: 1
• PERI 561a Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I Units: 0
• PERI 561b Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I Units: 0
• PERI 561c Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I Units: 0
• PERI 561d Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I Units: 1
• PERI 562a Clinic: Periodontal Therapy II Units: 0, 1, 2
• PERI 562b Clinic: Periodontal Therapy II Units: 0, 1, 2
• PTHL 501 Oral Pathology Units: 4
• PTHL 504a Seminar: Oral Pathology Units: 0
• PTHL 504b Seminar: Oral Pathology Units: 0
• REST 501 Preclinical Operative and Fixed Prosthodontics
(Conjoint) Units: 2
• REST 503a Clinical Restorative Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 503b Clinical Restorative Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 504 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Units: 1
• REST 521 Preclinical Operative/Fixed Prosthodontics
Laboratory Units: 3
• REST 522 Aesthetics in Dentistry Units: 1
• RPRO 502 Removable Complete Prosthodontics Units: 1
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• RPRO 503a Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics and
Implants Units: 2
• RPRO 503b Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics and
Implants Units: 1
• RPRO 510 Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• RPRO 513 Removable Partial Prosthodontics Units: 1
• RPRO 523a Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics and
Implants Laboratory Units: 1
• RPRO 523b Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics and
Implants Laboratory Units: 1
• RPRO 550 Removable Complete Prosthodontics Clinic I
Units: 1
• RPRO 561a Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I
Units: 0
• RPRO 561b Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I
Units: 0
• RPRO 561c Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I
Units: 0
• RPRO 561d Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I
Units: 2
• RPRO 562a Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3
• RPRO 562b Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3
• RPRO 571a Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Units: 0
• RPRO 571b Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Units: 0
• RPRO 571c Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Units: 0
• RPRO 571d Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Units: 0
• RPRO 571e Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Units: 0
• RPRO 571f Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics Units: 2
• SURG 501 Oral Surgery Units: 2
• SURG 562a Clinic: Oral Surgery I Units: 0
• SURG 562b Clinic: Oral Surgery I Units: 0
• SURG 562c Clinic: Oral Surgery I Units: 1
• SURG 563a Clinic: Oral Surgery II Units: 0
• SURG 563b Clinic: Oral Surgery II Units: 0
• SURG 563c Clinic: Oral Surgery II Units: 1
• SURG 564a Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery Units: 0
• SURG 564b Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery Units: 0
• SURG 564c Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery Units: 0
• SURG 564d Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery Units: 1
Note:
Five units of selective courses are required in addition to the
above.
Advanced Standing Program for International
Dentists Curriculum
Advanced Placement Doctoral Dental
Degree
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC offers a unique
pathway for talented students to earn a bachelor's degree in
Dental Hygiene (DH) on their way to a Doctor of Dental Science
(DDS) degree. Successful candidates for the six-year DH to DDS
Pathway will immediately transition to the DDS degree program
following graduation from the Dental Hygiene program.
Admission Requirements
(1) Application materials for the American Dental Education
Association Dental Hygiene Application Service (ADEA DHCAS)
are due by March 1 of the year in which enrollment are desired.
(2) Applicants must complete the Dental Hygiene prerequisite and
USC General Education course work prior to entering the program.
(3) The Dental Admissions Committee makes the final selection
of students admitted for the pathway. Five to ten students are
accepted each year. (4) Prior to enrollment in the DDS program,
applicants must submit an application through the American
Dental Education Association's Associated American Dental
Schools Application Service (ADEA AADSAS). The AADSAS
application must be submitted by the February 1 deadline during
the applicant's senior year. Applicants must also take the Dental
Admission Test (DAT) and achieve a score of 15 or higher in
all tested categories. DAT results must be submitted by the
applicant's senior year of Dental Hygiene studies.
Additional requirements include: Successful graduation from
the Dental Hygiene program with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0;
a letter of recommendation from the Dental Hygiene program
director and recommendations from two additional USC faculty
members; certification that the student has maintained the school's
professional standards and ethical requirements.
Advanced Standing Program for
International Dentists
This program is designed to teach qualified dentists from
other countries the knowledge and skills available in the United
States. Time necessary to complete the program depends upon
the doctor's ability; a minimum of two years is usually required.
About eight months will be devoted to fundamental, technical
and academic procedures. The remaining time is devoted to
clinical training as necessary to achieve graduation qualifications.
Graduation from the Advanced Standing Program for International
Dentists leads to a DDS degree but does not give automatic
licensure to practice dentistry. However, graduates are eligible to
take the State Board Dental Examinations in most of the United
States. (A few states still require U.S. citizenship.)
Additional information may be requested from the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Office of Admissions , 925 W.
34th Street, Room 201, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641, (213) 740-
2841, email: [email protected] or access the school's Website
at dentistry.usc.edu.
Admission
Prospective students must apply to the Advanced Standing
Program for International Dentists through the ADEA Centralized
Application for Advanced Placement for International Dentists
(ADEA CAAPID℠). The application is available online only. You
can access the ADEA CAAPID℠ application at portal.caapid.org.
Selected applicants will be interviewed and tested in October
and accepted based on the following requirements: (1) completion
of the formal application (before August 15 for admission to the
program in April). A $145 processing fee must accompany the
application. (2) Starting summer 2021, successful completion
of the National Board Part I and Part II or Integrated National
Board Dental Examination of the American Dental Association
(ADA). A score of 75 percent must be attained in each category.
Higher scores are advantageous in evaluation of the candidate's
academic level. (3) Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit
scores from the National Board Part II and competitive scores on
both the quantitative and verbal sections of the Graduate Record
Examinations. For information about the GRE test visit ets.org/gre.
(4) Applicants for the Advanced Standing Program for International
Dentists must demonstrate English-language proficiency by
submitting either Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores.
Competitive applicants should submit an Internet Based TOEFL
(iBT) score of 100, or an IELTS score of 7, with at least 6 on each
band. Official scores must be received directly from the testing
service and dated no earlier than two years (24 months) prior to
the start of the student's intended first term at USC. For TOEFL,
the institution code for USC is 4852 (no department code is
required). To submit IELTS scores, please choose USC from the
list of available institutions. Additional information about these
exams can be found at ets.org for the TOEFL and at ielts.org for
the IELTS. (5) A small group problem-based interview evaluation
session with members of the School of Dentistry. (6) Two letters
of recommendation from dental school faculty submitted with the
CAAPID application. (7) A brief but accurate account of clinical
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experience and a personal statement submitted with the CAAPID
application. (8) Documentary proof of license to practice from
a Ministry of Health or proper governing body. (9) Satisfactory
completion of and competence in the following academic and
artistic entrance examinations to be given to invited applicants in
October: (a) fixed prosthodontics (practical); (b) operative dentistry
(practical). In addition, a separate written examination may be
administered. (10) Complete official documents (transcripts) of all
college and university course work, including dental education in
the original language accompanied by certified English translation
when necessary. (11) Certification of dental degree. Candidates
chosen will be those who demonstrate the best qualifications in
all academic and practical skills. (12) Submit a course-by-course
World Education Services evaluation. (13) As a precondition
of enrollment, accepted students must undergo a background
screening conducted by Certiphi Screening, Inc. to help ensure
patient safety and compliance with state laws and regulations and
all students must provide evidence of sound health and meet the
school's health requirements.
Student Visas
The I-20 Student Visa is issued to the applicant only after
complete admission and acceptance has been granted. Before
the papers can be processed, the applicant must present a copy
of the I-94 form (white sheet in the passport) and a notarized
statement of financial support for tuition and expenses for one year
($120,000) to the Advanced Standing Program for International
Dentists. These materials must be submitted at the time of
application. The International Admission Office will issue the I-20
visa upon receipt and approval of these documents.
Financial Assistance
The United States government requires all international
applicants to provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living
expenses before a formal letter of admission or the forms needed
to obtain a visa will be issued.
International students are not eligible to participate in U.S.
federal financial aid programs. Please contact the Herman Ostrow
School of Dentistry of USC Office of Financial Aid to discuss other
financing options at (213) 740-2841, [email protected] or visit usc.
edu/admission/fa/loans/private.html.
Curriculum
Each candidate for the DDS degree should complete the course
of instruction in two years, however, some individuals may need
more time. The first four to eight months will be spent in preclinical
exercises to acquaint the student with the fundamental technical
procedures used at USC. The balance will be used for clinical
procedures related to diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Grade Point Average Standards
Since this is a short program and highly concentrated, a GPA of
2.0 (A = 4.0) must be maintained each trimester. Therefore, each
applicant will be provisionally accepted. If a doctor is unable to
maintain an average GPA of 2.0, he or she will be asked to resign.
Each trimester, Advanced Standing Program for International
Dentists students are evaluated by the student professional
performance evaluation committee. From these meetings,
recommendations are made regarding advancement, special
programs and disqualification.
Graduation Requirements
In order to receive the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree,
students in the Advanced Standing Program for International
Dentists must: (1) successfully complete all the required courses
and clinical patient care assigned in trimesters VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
and XI of the Problem Based Learning DDS curriculum; (2) pass
Part I and Part II of the National Dental Board Examinations; and
(3) achieve all of the competencies defined for the DDS curriculum
and complete all required clinical performance evaluations. All
assessments of progress to degree completion will be equivalent
for all students seeking the DDS degree.
In addition to meeting the academic requirements indicated
above, students must have a completed administrative clearance
form on file in the Office of Academic Affairs before a degree can
be conferred. This administrative clearance indicates that the
student has met financial and other obligations to the university
and to the student's patients.
Required Courses
• DPBL 511c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure II Units: 2
• DPBL 512c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function II Units: 5
• DPBL 513c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior II Units: 2
• DPBL 514c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry II Units: 8
• DPBL 521a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure III Units: 1
• DPBL 521b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure III Units: 1
• DPBL 521c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure III Units: 1
• DPBL 522a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function III Units: 1
• DPBL 522b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function III Units: 1
• DPBL 522c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function III Units: 1
• DPBL 523a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior III Units: 1
• DPBL 523b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior III Units: 1
• DPBL 523c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior III Units: 1
• DPBL 524a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry III Units: 14
• DPBL 524b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry III Units: 14
• DPBL 524c Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry III Units: 14
• DPBL 531a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure IV Units: 1
• DPBL 531b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Structure IV Units: 1
• DPBL 532a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function IV Units: 1
• DPBL 532b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Function IV Units: 1
• DPBL 533a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior IV Units: 1
• DPBL 533b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Behavior IV Units: 1
• DPBL 534a Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry IV Units: 13
• DPBL 534b Dental Problem Based Learning — Human
Clinical Dentistry IV Units: 13
Total units: 100
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Craniofacial Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
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(213) 740-1001
FAX: (213) 740-2376
The USC PhD program in Craniofacial Biology builds a solid
foundation in biomedical and biological sciences. Craniofacial
biology is concerned with the evolution, growth, structure and
function of oral tissues and the oral region; and with the etiology
and pathogenesis of numerous diseases and malformations.
These involve studies at various levels of biological organization,
from the molecular and subcellular to the organismic. Craniofacial
biology comprises a large, rapidly increasing body of knowledge
that has both clinical and academic importance.
The objective of the Doctor of Philosophy is primarily to produce
independent investigators who can make original scholarly
contributions and apply advanced concepts and techniques to the
understanding and solution of biomedical and biological questions
related to the craniofacial complex. This program is intended to
prepare students for entry into a career in academic research
and teaching, or as an independent investigator in industrial
or government laboratories that concentrate on health science
research.
The program is designed to normally be completed in five
years of full-time study (including summers), which includes
development and completion of an original research project that
will serve as the basis for a doctoral dissertation. Years one to
two are devoted primarily to formal course work and preliminary
dissertation research, while years three to five are devoted to
dissertation research. Each student is assigned a mentor who will
guide the student in the selection of courses. By the end of year
two of graduate study, the student should have completed the PhD
screening examination, which includes a condensed version of a
written National Institutes of Health (NIH) F31 fellowship proposal
and an oral defense of the student's research project.
Subsequently, the student is required to pass a qualifying
examination and dissertation. In accordance with the requirements
of the Graduate School, at least 60 units are required to graduate,
with a minimum grade point average of 3.0, and satisfactory
completion of a research project.
Admission Requirements
Applicants should have at least a baccalaureate or master's
degree in natural sciences, and sufficient courses in mathematics
and the life sciences. This is required to provide a strong
background for studies in biomedical and biological research.
Appropriate degrees include but are not limited to: DDS, BDS, MD,
BS or MS in the biological sciences such as molecular biology,
cell biology, biostatistics, physiology, neuroscience, biomedical
engineering, chemistry or computer science.
All applications are evaluated holistically and individually in
search of the most promising students in terms of intellectual
distinction and professional merit in the sciences and/or
dentistry. Beyond this, the committee looks for academic trends,
documented potential and evidence of good character. Applicants
should have a strong record of academic achievement and
previous research experience. Students are admitted for the
academic year in the fall semester. Applicants who are accepted
with minor deficiencies are expected to correct these during the
first year following enrollment.
Applications
Formal application to the USC Office of Graduate Admission
and the graduate program in Craniofacial Biology (CBY) is
required, and due by December 1. The Craniofacial Biology
graduate programs are administered by the USC Graduate School.
Check the Catalogue page for additional information about specific
application requirements and courses that must be completed in
order to graduate.
Requirements for PhD applications include:
• Statement of purpose.
• Three letters of recommendation describing academic
abilities, personal attributes and research (if applicable).
• Original postsecondary transcripts from all schools attended.
• A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale,
and grades of A or B in science courses.
• Personal or virtual interview.
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or equivalent
is required for all applicants whose native language is not
English to test their ability to use and understand English in
an academic setting. Official scores must be received directly
from the testing service and date no earlier than two years
(24 months) prior to the start of the intended first term at
USC. A minimum combined TOEFL score (reading, listening,
speaking and writing), of 90 or greater is required.
Application information is available at gradadm.usc.edu/apply/.
Financial Support
Admitted students are supported with an annual stipend by
research assistantships, teaching assistantships or fellowships
during their graduate career. Tuition, health insurance and health
fees are also covered.
Core Courses and Curriculum
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics (4 units)
• CBY 585 Systematic Research Writing (3 units)
• INTD 531 Cell Biology (4 units)
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology (4 units)
A total of 60 units are required for the PhD. Eight didactic
courses at the graduate level are required. The core required
CBY courses are PM 510L, CBY 585, INTD 531 and INTD 561.
The remaining graduate-level courses may be selected from
courses offered by any department, following consultation with the
student's graduate mentor. Graduation requires a minimum GPA
of 3.0
The requirements listed are special to this department and
must be read and adhered to in conjunction with the general
requirements of the Graduate School.
Master's Degree
Craniofacial Biology (MS)
This degree is under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.
Students should also refer to the Requirements for Graduation
section and the Graduate School section of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degree must be
courses accepted by the Graduate School. The Master of Science
degree in craniofacial biology offers the clinician (DDS, MD or
equivalent) the opportunity to obtain clinical research knowledge
and skills in the area of craniofacial biology. Such training will
include research into the causes of craniofacial diseases and
anomalies, as well as normal development and function. The
course of study is particularly directed toward those clinicians
committed to pursuing a career in research and teaching.
Degree Requirements
A total of 24 units is required that includes four courses in
craniofacial biology, and four units of CBY 594a Master's Thesis
and CBY 594b Master's Thesis and necessary units of CBY 590
Directed Research. All students must achieve a 3.0 grade point
average in the craniofacial biology courses. Four core courses in
craniofacial biology are required for all students: CBY 585, INTD
531, INTD 561 and PM 510L. All students are required to complete
a thesis based on the student's research following a thesis
protocol approved by a committee of craniofacial biology faculty.
An advisory committee, comprising the research adviser and two
additional faculty members, will establish thesis requirements to be
completed by the student.
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Graduate Certificate
Craniofacial Biology Certificate
The Certificate in Craniofacial Biology is intended to provide
dentists in post-graduate dental education with experience in
graduate education and insight into the requirements to complete
a graduate degree. This will provide the students with additional
information relative to selecting academic careers. All certificate
students must have a dental degree and have been admitted to a
post-graduate dental education program sponsored by the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.
Degree Requirements
A total of six CBY courses and 18 units of course work is
required for the certificate. The six courses may be selected from
the following list: CBY 573, CBY 574, CBY 575, CBY 576, CBY
579L, CBY 583, CBY 585, CBY 587, CBY 672, CBY 673, CBY
674. The credit received for these classes may be applied toward
either the MS or PhD in Craniofacial Biology should the student
decide later to pursue an advanced degree.
Admissions Criteria
Only residents enrolled in the following advanced dental
education and specialty programs are eligible for the Certificate in
Craniofacial Biology: General Practice Residency, Endodontics,
Orofacial Pain/Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontology, Prosthodontics.
Residents must complete all admission requirements for dental
advanced education programs and have been accepted to these
programs in accordance with criteria established by the advanced
dental education program faculty.
Doctoral Degree
Craniofacial Biology (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in craniofacial biology is
awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Students
should also refer to the Requirements for Graduation section
and the Graduate School section of this catalogue for general
regulations. All courses applied toward the degree must be
courses accepted by the Graduate School. This program is
designed to provide health science-oriented training for the
professional with interests in academic, as well as clinical, aspects
of craniofacial biology. Appointment to the PhD program are
designated each year for all semester admission.
New Student Orientation Committee
All new students seeking Master of Science and/or Doctor of
Philosophy degree objectives will be assigned to an orientation
committee. This committee will function to advise and guide new
students through their first semester. Thereafter, each student will
identify a mentor and assemble a qualifying exam committee.
Qualifying Exam Committee
During the second semester of study each graduate student
should select a qualifying exam committee. The qualifying exam
committee must include five faculty members who will be of
assistance in the student's education. The student's mentor will
serve as chair of the qualifying exam committee. One committee
member must be a USC faculty member from outside the program.
The graduate program director will be an ex officio member of all
qualifying exam committees. The qualifying exam committee will
monitor the student's progress, recommend readings or additional
training, and determine when the student is ready for the qualifying
examination. It is the student's responsibility to meet with the
qualifying exam committee at least once during every semester
of each academic year. The results of these formal meetings
should be summarized by the student in a written statement and
submitted to the program director each semester.
Screening Procedure
As soon as the student has satisfactorily completed the core
courses and selected the committee, a screening meeting with
the qualifying exam committee should be called. The screening
procedure may consist of an oral examination; the student will
outline his research progress and be examined on academic
development. The committee may recommend that the student
take specific additional course work and that readings in certain
areas be initiated to remedy deficiencies. A brief report will be
given to the student and included in his or her file. The student will
meet with the committee each semester; they shall agree when
the student is prepared to take the qualifying examination in the
next semester or if the student should resign or be dropped from
the program.
Course Requirements
A total of 60 units are required for the PhD Eight didactic
courses at the graduate level are required. The core required
CBY courses are PM 510L, CBY 585, INTD 531 and INTD 561.
The remaining graduate-level courses may be selected from
courses offered by any department, following consultation with
the graduate mentor and graduate program director. It is highly
recommended that PhD students take the PIBBS core curriculum
on the Health Sciences Campus. Students must achieve a 3.0
GPA or better in their course work. Students with a Doctor of
Dental Surgery or other professional degree may be granted
waivers for having completed equivalent course work. It is the
student's responsibility to obtain from the Graduate School the
Request for Permission to take the PhD Qualifying Examination
form which must be signed by all committee members. This form
must be completed 60 days before the qualifying examination.
Qualifying Examination
The PhD qualifying examination is offered during the fall or
spring semesters. A written examination will cover specific subject
areas of the core curriculum, as well as topics selected by the
qualifying exam committee. After successfully completing all parts
of the written examination, the student will prepare and submit
an original research proposal to the qualifying exam committee
which presents, in National Institutes of Health (NIH) format,
the student's proposed dissertation research. If the submitted
proposal is acceptable, an oral examination will be conducted. This
examination will include a defense of the proposal and could also
include material from the written examination and related topics.
A student failing any part of the examination may be allowed one
additional opportunity to pass that portion, at the discretion of the
qualifying exam committee, within the regulations of the Graduate
School governing the repetition of qualifying examinations.
Dissertation
The doctoral dissertation is to focus upon an original research
problem which reflects the creative scholarly abilities of the
candidate and contributes to the general advancement of
biological understanding, as well as to an understanding of the
theoretical basis of disease and its treatment.
Defense of the Dissertation
An oral examination on a rough or final copy of the dissertation
is conducted within one month following submission of the
manuscript to the committee.
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Advanced Programs in Dental Education
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry offers advanced dental
education programs in general dentistry, endodontics, general
practice residency, operative and adhesive dentistry, orofacial pain,
oral and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric dentistry, periodontology
and prosthodontics, all leading to a certificate. The Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry in conjunction with the Graduate
School also offers a program in craniofacial biology. In conjunction
with the Keck School of Medicine, the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry offers a combined program leading to an MD degree and
certificates in oral and maxillofacial surgery and orofacial pain. The
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry also offers an online master's
degree in orofacial pain and oral medicine, geriatric dentistry
and community oral health, as well as online certificate programs
in geriatric dentistry, community oral health, orofacial pain, and
oral pathology and radiology. In addition to clinical seminars and
clinical experience, students take basic science courses with
advanced students from other departments.
The certificate curriculum consists of a core of basic science
subjects plus clinical seminars and clinical experience. Elective
subjects may also be selected by the student with the approval of
the program director.
The estimated lengths of programs are as follows:
• Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry, 24 months
• Biomedical Implants and Tissue Engineering, 24 months
• Community Oral Health (online certificate), 12 months
• MS in Community Oral Health (online), 37 months
• Endodontics, 24 months
• General Practice Residency, 12 months
• Geriatric Dentistry (online certificate), 12 months
• MS in Geriatric Dentistry (online), 37 months
• Operative and Adhesive Dentistry, 26 months
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 48 months
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/MD, 72 months
• Oral Pathology and Radiology Certificate (online), 12 months
• Orofacial Pain, (on-site certificate), 24 months
• Orofacial Pain (online certificate), 12 months
• MS in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (online), 37 months
• Orthodontics, 34 months
• Pediatric Dentistry, 24 months
• Periodontology, 36 months
• Prosthodontics, 36 months
Most programs will begin in June (date to be determined).
Admission Requirements
Applicants must hold the Doctor of Dental Surgery or Doctor
of Medical Dentistry degree (or equivalent degree if educated
oversees) and must present the appropriate degrees, approved
transcripts and affidavits as prescribed by the Office of Dental
Admissions and Student Affairs.
Admission Procedures
Prospective students for online masters and online certificate
programs must apply through the USC Graduate Admission Office
Centralized Application Services (CAS) at usc.liaisoncas.com/
applicant-ux/#/login.
Prospective students for traditional (not online) programs must
apply through the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS)
at adea.org/PASSapp/applicants/. The ADEA PASS application
requires the submission of an essay, one or more Professional
Evaluations, an Institution Evaluation from the dental school dean,
and official dental school transcripts. The application cannot be
processed until all required documents are submitted.
Information about this examination can be found at ets.org/
gre. The last acceptable test date is in September of the year
preceding desired admission.
The following material is also required to complete the
application: (1) payment of an $85 processing fee (graduates of
foreign dental schools or students requiring a visa must submit
a $145 processing fee) directly to the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry Office of Admissions and Student Affairs; (2) applicants
for General Dentistry, General Practice Residency, Orthodontic,
Pediatric Dentistry and Oral Surgery programs must submit
applicant agreement forms to the Postdoctoral Dental Matching
Program. Information and forms can be obtained online at
natmatch.com/dentres; (3) board scores Part I and Part II are
required for all programs with the exception of the Operative
and Adhesive Dentistry certificate; must submit National Board
of Medical Examiners (NBME) Comprehensive Basic Science
Examination (CBSE) score. International students are required
to take the GRE for the two-year certificate program. These
requirements may be waived at the discretion of the program
director; (4) a biographical statement; (5) applicants may be asked
to be available for an interview. If one is necessary, applicants
will be contacted by the director of the individual advanced
program; (6) applicants will be required to pay a non-refundable
$1,500 tuition deposit upon notification of acceptance. (7) As a
precondition to enrollment, accepted students must undergo a
background screening conducted by Certiphi Screening, Inc. to
help ensure patient safety and compliance with state laws and
regulations and all students must provide evidence of sound health
and meet the school's health requirements.
Timetable for Applications
Applications for admission must be received as follows:
• Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry, July 15
• Biomedical Implants and Tissue Engineering, July 15
• Community Oral Health (online certificate)
• Community Oral Health (online Master of Science)
• Endodontics, Aug. 15
• General Practice Residency, Nov. 1
• Geriatric Dentistry (online certificate)
• Geriatric Dentistry (online Master of Science)
• Operative and Adhesive Dentistry, Dec. 1
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oct. 1
• Oral Pathology and Radiology (online certificate)
• Orofacial Pain (on-site certificate), Nov. 1
• Orofacial Pain (online certificate)
• Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (online Master of Science)
• Orthodontics, Oct. 1
• Pediatric Dentistry, Oct. 1
• Periodontology, Sept. 1
• Prosthodontics, Nov. 1
Completed applications and related information are reviewed
first by the faculty of the department of interest. In selecting
applicants for admission, the faculty considers academic records
and personal qualifications. Final approval for admission rests with
the advanced education coordinating committee. Responsibility
for advising the student after admission rests with the department
chair.
Orientation
A departmental orientation session is usually held the first
week of classes, beginning in late June. Incoming students are
acquainted with the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, its
policies, procedures, faculty and facilities.
Student Issue — Advanced Programs
Dental units in the school's clinics are equipped with Midwest
Company type tubing and couplers for low and high speed air
hand pieces. Advanced students must provide their own adapters
to fit the school's couplers unless the students' present hand
pieces are already so modified.
Students accepted into an advanced program should consult
their program directors about needed equipment.
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Dual Degree
Advanced Periodontology Certificate/Master
of Science, Craniofacial Biology
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 703a Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703b Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703c Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703d Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703e Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703f Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703h Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703i Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703j Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 704a Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 704b Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 1
• CBY 574 Statistical Methods in Bioexperimentation Units: 3
• CBY 575 Biologic Basis of Oral-facial Disease Units: 3
• CBY 576 Biochemical Aspects of Periodontal Disease
Units: 3
• CBY 579L Craniofacial Molecular Genetics Units: 4
• CBY 582L Laboratory Methods Units: 3
• CBY 585 Systematic Research Writing Units: 3
• CBY 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• CBY 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CBY 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CBY 671 Epistemology and Ethos of Bioscience Units: 2
• CBY 674 Advanced Oral Microbiology Units: 2
• DHIS 701 Advanced Oral Histology Units: 2
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• PERI 701a Seminar: Review of Current Periodontal Literature
Units: 2, 3
• PERI 701b Seminar: Review of Current Periodontal Literature
Units: 2, 3
• PERI 702a Seminar: Periodontal Treatment Procedures
Units: 2
• PERI 702b Seminar: Periodontal Treatment Procedures
Units: 2
• PERI 704a Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704b Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704c Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704d Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704e Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704f Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704h Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704i Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704j Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 708 Seminar: Clinical Basis of Periodontics Units: 4
• PERI 710 Clinical Periodontal Photography Units: 1
• PERI 711 Occlusal Therapy in Periodontics Units: 2
• PERI 713a Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713b Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713c Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713d Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713e Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713f Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713h Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713i Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713j Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 716a Seminar: Special Topics in Periodontal Disease
Units: 3
• PERI 716b Seminar: Special Topics in Periodontal Disease
Units: 3
• PERI 750 Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation Units: 3
• PERI 752 Interdisciplinary Treatment: An Orthodontic
Perspective Units: 2
• PERI 761a Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761b Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761c Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761d Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761e Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761f Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761h Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761i Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761j Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology Seminar Units: 2
• REST 710a Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710b Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710c Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710d Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 782a Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782b Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782c Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782d Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782e Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Total units: 183
University Certificate
General Practice Residency
The General Practice Residency program consists of a
12-month first-year, full-time residency program, which is
designed in conformance with the guidelines of the Council on
Dental Education and the Commission on Dental Accreditation
of the American Dental Association. The program is structured to
increase diagnostic acumen, general knowledge and clinical ability
in dentistry.
The program is conducted primarily at the Los Angeles County
+ USC Medical Center, one of the nation's largest teaching
hospitals, and at the Veterans Administration Los Angeles
Ambulatory Care facility in downtown Los Angeles. Some of the
training is also conducted at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center,
West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital, the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and other community facilities.
The program emphasizes the treatment of a wide range of oral
health disorders, medical considerations related to dental care,
the ability to treat medically compromised and disabled patients
and teaches how to provide dental care in a hospital environment
interacting with health care providers of various disciplines.
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Inherent in the year of training, a philosophy of practice addresses
the medical psychosocial and oral health care needs of the patient.
The program in general practice is accredited by the American
Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation, a
specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council on
Postsecondary Accreditation and the United States Department of
Education.
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ENDO 702 Seminar: Advanced Clinical Endodontics Units: 2
• GPR 601 Hospital Dentistry I Units: 1
• GPR 603a Dental Ethics Units: .5,
• GPR 603b Dental Ethics Units: .5,
• GPR 603c Dental Ethics Units: .5,
• GPR 603d Dental Ethics Units: .5,
• GPR 604a Practice Management Units: .5,
• GPR 604b Practice Management Units: .5,
• GPR 604c Practice Management Units: .5,
• GPR 604d Practice Management Units: .5,
• GPR 605a Review of General Dentistry Literature Units: 1
• GPR 605b Review of General Dentistry Literature Units: 1
• GPR 605c Review of General Dentistry Literature Units: 1
• GPR 605d Review of General Dentistry Literature Units: 1
• GPR 611a Emergency Medicine Units: .5,
• GPR 611b Emergency Medicine Units: .5,
• GPR 611c Emergency Medicine Units: .5,
• GPR 611d Emergency Medicine Units: .5,
• GPR 622 Forensic Dentistry Units: 1
• GPR 701 Treating Medically Compromised Dental Patients
Units: 1
• GPR 702 General Dentistry Overview Units: 1
• GPR 705a Periodontal Treatment Procedures Units: .5,
• GPR 705b Periodontal Treatment Procedures Units: .5,
• GPR 705c Periodontal Treatment Procedures Units: .5,
• GPR 705d Periodontal Treatment Procedures Units: .5,
• GPR 706a Treatment Planning Units: 1
• GPR 706b Treatment Planning Units: 1
• GPR 706c Treatment Planning Units: 1
• GPR 706d Treatment Planning Units: 1
• GPR 710a Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Units: 1
• GPR 710b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Units: 1
• GPR 710c Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Units: 1
• GPR 710d Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Units: 1
• GPR 711a Implantology Units: 1
• GPR 711b Implantology Units: 1
• GPR 722 Occlusion, TMJ Dysfunction, Orofacial Pain
Units: 1
• GPR 733a Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Units:
.5,
• GPR 733b Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Units:
.5,
• GPR 733c Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Units:
.5,
• GPR 733d Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Units:
.5,
• PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology Seminar Units: 2
Total units: 40
Graduate Certificate
Advanced Endodontics Certificate
The advanced endodontics certificate program is a 24-month
course of study. The program provides advanced students with
the academic background information and clinical experience
necessary for the specialty practice of endodontics. The program
also requires activities in research and teaching to expose the
advanced students interested to these areas of endodontics.
Advanced students are encouraged to pursue Board
Certification by the American Board of Endodontics and are
prepared for the certification examinations.
Emphasis is also placed on the interaction of endodontics with
other specialties and general dentistry.
The program in endodontics is accredited by the Commission
on Dental Accreditation (CODA), which serves as the only
nationally recognized accrediting body for dentistry and the related
dental field. The Commission receives its accreditation authority
from the acceptance of all stakeholders within the dentistry
community and recognition by the United States Department
of Education. Since its inception in 1937, the Commission and
its predecessors have operated within the parameters of the
ADA Bylaws. The Commission serves the profession and the
public by establishing and applying high-quality standards for the
accreditation of educational programs in dentistry, postgraduate
general and specialty dentistry, and the allied dental professions.
Advanced Endodontics Curriculum
Required Courses
• ADNT 701 Research Methodologies in Dentistry Units: 2
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 704a Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 704b Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 1
• DHIS 701 Advanced Oral Histology Units: 2
• DMAT 701 Advanced Biomaterials Units: 2
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• ENDO 521 Preclinical Endodontics Units: 3
• ENDO 701a Seminar: Biological Basis of Endodontic
Therapy Units: 1
• ENDO 701b Seminar: Biological Basis of Endodontic
Therapy Units: 1
• ENDO 701c Seminar: Biological Basis of Endodontic Therapy
Units: 1
• ENDO 701d Seminar: Biological Basis of Endodontic
Therapy Units: 1
• ENDO 702 Seminar: Advanced Clinical Endodontics Units: 2
• ENDO 703a Seminar: Review of Endodontic Literature
Units: 1
• ENDO 703b Seminar: Review of Endodontic Literature
Units: 1
• ENDO 703c Seminar: Review of Endodontic Literature
Units: 1
• ENDO 703d Seminar: Review of Endodontic Literature
Units: 1
• ENDO 704a Seminar: Surgical Endodontics Units: 2
• ENDO 704b Seminar: Surgical Endodontics Units: 2
• ENDO 705a Seminar: Endodontic Case Presentation Units: 4
• ENDO 705b Seminar: Endodontic Case Presentation Units: 4
• ENDO 710 Seminar: Endodontic Practice Management
Units: 2
• ENDO 711 Alternatives in Endodontics Units: 4
• ENDO 761a Clinic: Advanced Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each
• ENDO 761b Clinic: Advanced Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each
• ENDO 761c Clinic: Advanced Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9 each
• ENDO 761d Clinic: Advanced Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each
• ENDO 761e Clinic: Advanced Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each
• ENDO 761f Clinic: Advanced Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9 each
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• ENDO 790 Directed Research: Endodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology Seminar Units: 2
Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry
Certificate
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry offers a 26-month
program leading to a Certificate in Advanced Operative and
Adhesive Dentistry.
The program provides students with in-depth scientific
knowledge and clinical experience in operative and adhesive
dentistry, including cutting-edge technologies in minimally invasive
adhesive dentistry, esthetic functional rehabilitation, digital
workflow, CAD/CAM technologies, cariology, dental biomaterials,
implant dentistry and advanced esthetic treatment planning. In
addition, the programs offer students teaching experience through
assisting the learning activities of the Doctor of Dental Surgery
Program.
Biomaterials research is an integral part of the curriculum.
Students enrolled in the Certificate in Operative and Adhesive
Dentistry have an opportunity to apply for the Master of Science in
Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry (BMDD).
The program in Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry
Certificate requires DDS, DMD or equivalent degree (for
international dentist applicants), grade point average (GPA) of
3.0 or higher, three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitæ,
and statement of purpose. For non-native English speakers, an
Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) test score of 90 or above is required,
with 20 or above on each section (reading, listening, speaking and
writing). The exam score should be current (less than two years
old). Non-US obtained dental school transcripts must be translated
and certified by Educational Credential Evaluators Report (ECE).
The clinical, research and teaching experiences will prepare
graduates for future academic careers in dental research and
education, as well as career options in dental related public
organizations and private organizations.
Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry
Certificate
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 704a Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 704b Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 1
• DMAT 701 Advanced Biomaterials Units: 2
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• OPER 702aL Advanced Dental Morphology for Esthetic
Restorations Units: 3
• OPER 702bL Advanced Dental Morphology for Esthetic
Restorations Units: 3
• OPER 704a Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704b Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704c Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704d Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704e Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704f Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 705L Dental Photography Units: 1
• OPER 706 Operative Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• OPER 715aL Applied Adhesion Sciences Units: 2
• OPER 715bL Applied Adhesion Sciences Units: 2
• OPER 715cL Applied Adhesion Sciences Units: 2
• OPER 725a Cariology Units: 1
• OPER 725b Cariology Units: 1
• OPER 735aL Research Methodology Units: 2
• OPER 735bL Research Methodology Units: 2
• OPER 780a Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780b Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780c Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780d Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780e Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780f Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780h Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 795a Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795b Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795c Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795d Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795e Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795f Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• REST 708a Dental Ceramics, Color, and Aesthetics Units: 2
• REST 708b Dental Ceramics, Color, and Aesthetics Units: 2
• REST 710a Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710b Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 721a Principles of Occlusion Units: 2
Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry
Certificate/MS, Craniofacial Biology
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 704a Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 704b Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 1
• CBY 574 Statistical Methods in Bioexperimentation Units: 3
• CBY 579L Craniofacial Molecular Genetics Units: 4
• CBY 585 Systematic Research Writing Units: 3
• CBY 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• CBY 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CBY 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CBY 671 Epistemology and Ethos of Bioscience Units: 2
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• DMAT 701 Advanced Biomaterials Units: 2
• OPER 702aL Advanced Dental Morphology for Esthetic
Restorations Units: 3
• OPER 702bL Advanced Dental Morphology for Esthetic
Restorations Units: 3
• OPER 704a Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704b Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704d Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
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• OPER 704e Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 704f Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials Literature
Review Units: 1
• OPER 705L Dental Photography Units: 1
• OPER 715aL Applied Adhesion Sciences Units: 2
• OPER 715bL Applied Adhesion Sciences Units: 2
• OPER 715cL Applied Adhesion Sciences Units: 2
• OPER 725a Cariology Units: 1
• OPER 725b Cariology Units: 1
• OPER 735aL Research Methodology Units: 2
• OPER 735bL Research Methodology Units: 2
• OPER 780a Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780b Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780c Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780d Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780e Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780f Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 780h Treatment Planning in Operative Dentistry
Units: 2
• OPER 795a Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795b Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795c Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795d Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795e Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• OPER 795f Clinic: Advanced Operative Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3
• REST 708a Dental Ceramics, Color, and Aesthetics Units: 2
• REST 708b Dental Ceramics, Color, and Aesthetics Units: 2
• REST 710a Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710b Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 721a Principles of Occlusion Units: 2
Total units: 162
Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
The advanced education program in oral and maxillofacial
surgery is a continuous 48-month course of study that prepares
the graduate for the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The program in oral surgery is accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation, a specialized accrediting body recognized
by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the United
States Department of Education. The program also meets the
requirements of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgeons.
The program is conducted at the Herman Ostrow School
of Dentistry and at the LAC+USC Medical Center. The course
provides graduates with the necessary background for certification
by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Certificates are awarded upon successful completion of the
48-month course.
Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Curriculum
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 704c Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology Seminar Units: 2
• PTHL 701 Clinicopathologic Conference Units: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
• SURG 701a Seminar: Advanced Oral Surgery Units: 2
• SURG 701b Seminar: Advanced Oral Surgery Units: 2
• SURG 702a Seminar: Review of the Oral Surgery Literature
Units: 2
• SURG 702b Seminar: Review of the Oral Surgery Literature
Units: 2
• SURG 708a Orthognathic Surgery Units: 2
• SURG 708b Orthognathic Surgery Units: 2
• SURG 761a Clinic: Advanced Oral Surgery Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 761b Clinic: Advanced Oral Surgery Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 761c Clinic: Advanced Oral Surgery Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 761d Clinic: Advanced Oral Surgery Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 763a Clinic: Advanced Hospital Oral Surgery and
Anesthesia Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 763b Clinic: Advanced Hospital Oral Surgery and
Anesthesia Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 763c Clinic: Advanced Hospital Oral Surgery and
Anesthesia Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• SURG 763d Clinic: Advanced Hospital Oral Surgery and
Anesthesia Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Advanced Orofacial Pain Certificate
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry's 24-month, certificate
residency program in advanced orofacial pain trains one to two
residents per year to be expert clinicians in orofacial pain with an
emphasis on oral medicine.
The program has received accreditation from the Commission
on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental
Association (ADA). The certificate curriculum is designed
with a series of didactic courses in which students will gain
knowledge about the diagnosis, pathobiology and treatment of
different oral diseases in the field of orofacial pain. The field of
orofacial pain encompasses masticatory musculoskeletal pain,
neurogenic orofacial pain, sleep disorders related to orofacial
pain, temporomandibular disorders, headaches, orofacial motor
disorders including orofacial dystonias and bruxism, intraoral,
intracranial, extracranial and systemic disorders that cause
orofacial pain. The courses and clinical experiences covered in the
intensive two-year program are listed below.
Required Courses
• ADNT 701 Research Methodologies in Dentistry Units: 2
• OFPM 701 CPR, Blood and Airborne Infections and Common
Emergencies for Dental Residents Units: 1
• OFPM 702a Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 1
• OFPM 702b Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OFPM 704 Bony Pathology, Radiology and Advanced
Imaging for Dental Residents Units: 1
• OFPM 705 Neurogenic Based Oral and Facial Pains for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 706 TMD, Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Physical
Therapy for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 707 Pharmacology Series for Dental Residents
Units: 2
• OFPM 709 Headaches for Dental Residents Units: 1
• OFPM 721 Neurosciences for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 722 Internal Medicine and Systemic Disease for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 723 Systems Physiology, Motor Disorders and Sleep
Apnea for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 724 Psychological and Psychometric Assessment for
Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 725 Epidemiology, Nutrition and Aging for Dental
Residents Units: 2
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• OFPM 726 Immunology and Immunosuppression for Dental
Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 727 Infectious Disease, Oral Microbiology and
Virology for Dental Residents Units: 2
• OFPM 728 Case Presentations by OFP-OM Residents
Units: 2
Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Certificate
The advanced pediatric dentistry certificate program is a
24-month course of study designed to provide students with
the background information and clinical experience necessary
for the practice of pediatric dentistry. The program in pediatric
dentistry is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation,
a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council on
Postsecondary Accreditation and the United States Department of
Education. The program also meets the educational requirements
of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
First-year studies emphasize advanced pediatric dentistry
theory and clinical treatment of the "healthy" child. Students
develop a sound basis in genetics, growth and development,
nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic behavior guidance, physical
evaluation, research methodology and statistics, interceptive
orthodontics, prevention and a review of the pediatric dentistry
literature. Second year studies concentrate on oral health care
of children with physical, medical, intellectual and emotional
disabilities. The second year student serves as a hospital-based
resident at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Long Beach Memorial
Medical Center/Miller Children's Hospital or Children's Hospital
of Orange County (with the Healthy Smiles for Kids community
clinic). Residents also rotate to Rancho Los Amigos National
Rehabilitation Center and the Pediatric Dental Clinic (PDC) at
LAC+USC. Students gain experience in performing operating
room procedures, oral conscious sedation, participating on
interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary teams, providing emergency
treatment and treating children with medical issues, developmental
disabilities and pathologies in the hospital environment.
In addition to the two-year program, opportunities are available
to combine the basic certificate program with a master's or
doctoral degree through the Keck School of Medicine in either
Academic Medicine (MACM) or Public Health (MPH).
The purpose of the combined Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry/
Master's Degree program is to prepare highly qualified specialists
in pediatric dentistry who can assume leadership positions in
dental education, service to the community, dental research and
oral health care of children with developmental disabilities and
medically compromising conditions.
An individual who elects to apply to the combined program
should apply first to the certificate program. Upon acceptance
into the certificate program, the applicant would then apply for
the master's programs. The first year of the combined program
would be spent in pediatric dentistry. Master's level courses would
be introduced within the second and third years of the combined
programs.
Required Courses
• ADNT 701 Research Methodologies in Dentistry Units: 2
• ADNT 706 Seminar: Diseases of Childhood Units: 2
• ADNT 707 Behavior of the Child Patient Units: 2
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• PEDO 701a Seminar: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each
• PEDO 701b Seminar: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each
• PEDO 702a Comprehensive Review of Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 5, 6, 7 each
• PEDO 702b Comprehensive Review of Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 5, 6, 7 each
• PEDO 703a Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each
• PEDO 703b Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each
• PEDO 703c Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each
• PEDO 703d Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each
• PEDO 703e Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each
• PEDO 704a Prevention in Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2
• PEDO 704b Prevention in Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2
• PEDO 705 Pediatric Diseases Units: 2
• PEDO 706 Dental Care for Pediatric Patients with Disabilities
Units: 2
• PEDO 707 Seminar: Cleft Palate Rehabilitation Units: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• PEDO 708 Practice Management Units: 1
• PEDO 709 Conscious Sedation in Pediatric Dentistry Units: 1
• PEDO 721 Pediatric Physical Evaluation Units: 2
• PEDO 761a Clinic: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each *
• PEDO 761b Clinic: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each *
• PEDO 761c Clinic: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each *
• PEDO 761d Clinic: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each *
• PEDO 761e Clinic: Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each *
• PEDO 771a Clinic: Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each *
• PEDO 771b Clinic: Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each *
• PEDO 771c Clinic: Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each *
• PEDO 771d Clinic: Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each *
• PEDO 771e Clinic: Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each *
• PEDO 771f Clinic: Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Units: 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each *
• PEDO 772a Clinic: Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3
each
• PEDO 772b Clinic: Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3
each
• PEDO 772c Clinic: Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3
each
• PEDO 772d Clinic: Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3
each
• PEDO 772e Clinic: Interceptive Orthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3
each
• PEDO 773 Hospital Pediatric Clinics Units: 2, 3, 4
• PEDO 774 Clinical Genetics in Pediatric Dentistry Units: 9
• PEDO 790a Directed Research: Pediatric Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each
• PEDO 790b Directed Research: Pediatric Dentistry Units: 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each
Note:
*In addition to the required courses, a combined minimum of 36
units of PEDO 761a through PEDO 761e and PEDO 771a through
PEDO 771f must be satisfactorily completed, as directed by the
program director.
Advanced Periodontology Certificate
The advanced periodontology program offers a 36-month
course of study leading to a certificate of clinical training in
periodontology. Interested applicants have the option to enroll
in a 24-month Master of Science in Biomedical Implants and
Tissue Engineering (BITE) in conjunction with the Periodontology
certificate. The program in periodontology is accredited by the
Commission on Dental Accreditation, a specialized accrediting
body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation,
and the United States Department of Education. The program
also meets the educational requirements of the American Board
of Periodontology. Preparation for board certification process is
an integral part of the curriculum, and all graduates are highly
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encouraged to achieve diplomate status of the American Board of
Periodontology and Dental Implant Surgery.
The curriculum provides a sound foundation in basic
sciences and clinical sciences with direct application to clinical
periodontology and dental implantology. Emphasis is placed on
evidence-based clinical practice in order to select appropriate
therapies rooted in scientific evidence.
The USC Advanced Periodontology Program is designed to
train clinicians with the competency and advanced skills to practice
clinical periodontology at the highest level. Residents will acquire
expertise in diagnosis and treatment of patients with periodontal
and peri-implant diseases and conditions. Residents master
various therapeutic procedures such as controlling inflammation
through non-surgical and surgical therapy including respective
and regenerative procedures, reconstructive/periodontal plastic
surgery, replacement of missing and hopeless teeth with dental
implants as well as hard and soft tissue surgery for dental
implant site development. Clinical training is provided to achieve
competency in pharmacosedation, including inhalation sedation
as well as adult minimal enteral and moderate parenteral sedation
as defined by the ADA Guidelines for Teaching Pain Control and
Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students. During the course of
the study, periodontology residents work very closely with other
disciplines such as prosthodontics, orthodontics, endodontics, and
oral medicine in delivering complex interdisciplinary patient care.
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 703a Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703b Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703c Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703d Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703e Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703f Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703h Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703i Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703j Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 704a Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 704b Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 1
• CBY 574 Statistical Methods in Bioexperimentation Units: 3
• CBY 575 Biologic Basis of Oral-facial Disease Units: 3
• CBY 576 Biochemical Aspects of Periodontal Disease
Units: 3
• CBY 585 Systematic Research Writing Units: 3
• CBY 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• CBY 674 Advanced Oral Microbiology Units: 2
• DHIS 701 Advanced Oral Histology Units: 2
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• PERI 701a Seminar: Review of Current Periodontal Literature
Units: 2, 3
• PERI 701b Seminar: Review of Current Periodontal Literature
Units: 2, 3
• PERI 702a Seminar: Periodontal Treatment Procedures
Units: 2
• PERI 702b Seminar: Periodontal Treatment Procedures
Units: 2
• PERI 704a Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704b Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704c Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704d Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704e Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704f Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704h Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704i Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 704j Seminar: Periodontal Therapy Units: 2 each
• PERI 708 Seminar: Clinical Basis of Periodontics Units: 4
• PERI 710 Clinical Periodontal Photography Units: 1
• PERI 711 Occlusal Therapy in Periodontics Units: 2
• PERI 713a Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713b Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713c Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713d Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713e Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713f Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713h Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713i Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 713j Treatment Planning in Periodontics Units: 2 each
• PERI 716a Seminar: Special Topics in Periodontal Disease
Units: 3
• PERI 716b Seminar: Special Topics in Periodontal Disease
Units: 3
• PERI 750 Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation Units: 3
• PERI 752 Interdisciplinary Treatment: An Orthodontic
Perspective Units: 2
• PERI 761a Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761b Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761c Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761d Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761e Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761f Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761h Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761i Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PERI 761j Clinic: Advanced Periodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology Seminar Units: 2
• REST 710a Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710b Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710c Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710d Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 782a Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782b Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782c Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782d Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782e Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Total units: 183
Advanced Prosthodontics Certificate
The program in advanced prosthodontics is a 36-month course
of study designed to teach didactic and clinical skills leading to
competency in the specialized practice of prosthodontics. The
program provides a basic science foundation, incorporating studies
in physical diagnosis, anatomy, oral pathology, pharmacology
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and oral biology. Proficiency in fixed, removable and implant
prosthodontics will be developed during the course of study from
a practical and didactic aspect. There is a strong emphasis on
applying principles of esthetics toward oral reconstructions and
implant prosthodontics. Periodontally compromised patients are
frequently encountered, so the program is closely allied with the
advanced program in periodontology. Treatment planning and
integrated care with allied specialties is a strength of the program.
Additionally a there is a strong emphasis on usage of digital
dentistry from a diagnostic and treatment planning perspective.
Then carrying this forward to design and fabrication of restorations
using Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing
(CAD/CAM) for patients. This includes usage of intra oral and
extraoral scanners and fabricating restorations on site and remote
sites.
In addition to developing clinical skills, the program requires a
research methodology course and a research project.
Clinical experience in implant placement is encouraged and
didactic study in maxillofacial prosthetics is offered. A concurrent
Masters in Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry is available.
Application to this program is available when starting the Advanced
Prosthodontics Program. For information, see dentistry.usc.edu/
master-of-science-in-biomaterials-and-digital-dentistry/.
The program in advanced prosthodontics is accredited by the
Commission on Dental Accreditation, a special accrediting body
recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the
United States Department of Education. The program also meets
the requirements of the American Board of Prosthodontics. A
certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the program.
Required Courses
• ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis Units: 2
• ADNT 703a Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703b Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703c Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703d Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703e Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703f Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703h Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 703i Seminar: Combined Treatment Planning Units: 2
each
• ADNT 704a Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• ADNT 704b Oral Biology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 each
• AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 2
• AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia Units: 1
• ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy Units: 1
• CBY 575 Biologic Basis of Oral-facial Disease Units: 3
• DMAT 701 Advanced Biomaterials Units: 2
• DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology Units: 1
• PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology Seminar Units: 2
• REST 701 Orientation to Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 5
• REST 702a Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702b Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702c Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702d Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702e Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702f Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702h Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 702i Seminar: Treatment Planning Units: 2 each
• REST 703a Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 703b Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 703c Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 703d Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 703e Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 703f Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 703h Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Fixed Units: 1 each
• REST 704a Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 704b Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 704c Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 704d Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 704e Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 704f Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 704h Seminar: Review of the Prosthodontic Literature
— Removable Units: 1 each
• REST 705 Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics Techniques
Units: 1
• REST 706 Advanced Complete Denture Techniques Units: 1
• REST 708a Dental Ceramics, Color, and Aesthetics Units: 2
• REST 708b Dental Ceramics, Color, and Aesthetics Units: 2
• REST 709a Seminar: Removable Partial Dentures Units: 1, 2
• REST 709b Seminar: Removable Partial Dentures Units: 1, 2
• REST 710a Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 710b Implant Dentistry Units: 1
• REST 712 Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Units: 2
• REST 721a Principles of Occlusion Units: 2
• REST 721b Principles of Occlusion Units: 2
• REST 761a Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761b Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761c Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761d Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761e Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761f Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761h Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761i Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 761j Clinic: Advanced Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782a Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782b Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 782c Clinic: Implant Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
• REST 790 Directed Research: Prosthodontics Units: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Integrated MD Degree/Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Certificate Program
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and the
Keck School of Medicine of USC offer a continuous 72-month
integrated course of study leading to a medical degree in addition
to a certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery that prepares the
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graduate for the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. The
program is fully integrated and will include advanced placement
into the established medical school curriculum.
During the first three years, the student will function in the
capacity of a medical student as well as a resident in the oral
and maxillofacial surgery program. After the completion of the
medical school curriculum, the MD degree will be awarded. This
is required before the student can continue in the general surgery
internship portion of the program. At the completion of the surgical
internship, the student is qualified for medical licensure. During
the fourth through sixth year, all required rotations and surgical
training will be completed to fulfill the educational requirements of
the Commission of Dental Accreditation of the American Dental
Association and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgeons.
The program is conducted at the Schools of Dentistry and
Medicine and at the LAC+USC Medical Center. The course of
study provides the graduates with the necessary background
for certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery. The oral and maxillofacial surgery certificates are
awarded upon successful completion of the entire 72-month
course.
USC SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS 485
USC School of Dramatic Arts
One of the premier dramatic arts schools in the United States,
the USC School of Dramatic Arts uniquely blends artistic training
in a conservatory environment with outstanding faculty and the
full academic experience found only within a major research
university. This close-knit, supportive environment offers students
the freedom to explore their artistic passions. Through programs
of the highest caliber, as well as initiatives that provide access to
professional experience, students are prepared for leadership in
every facet of dramatic arts.
The school also attracts a wide range of guest speakers and
lecturers, including some of the most distinguished talents from
stage, screen and television. The location of the campus, literally
in the center of the entertainment industry, makes the USC School
of Dramatic Arts distinctive among colleges and universities in the
United States.
Graduates of the school work professionally in all aspects of the
entertainment industry. The school's faculty are dynamic teachers
who are also artists working at the highest level of their profession.
The breadth of learning opportunities offered at the school
prepares students for the spectrum of careers in the dramatic arts.
The School of Dramatic Arts strives to instill confidence, integrity,
excellence and artistic sensitivity into each of its students — traits
that are essential to success in any field.
Drama Center 104
(213) 740-1286
FAX: (213) 740-8888
Email: [email protected]
dramaticarts.usc.edu
Leadership
Emily Roxworthy, PhD, Dean
Lori Ray Fisher, MA, Vice Dean
Elsbeth M. Collins, AB, Chair Division of Performance
Anita Dashiell-Sparks, MFA, Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity
and Inclusion; Vice Chair Division of Performance
Rena Heinrich, PhD, Chair Division of Dramatic Writing and Critical
Studies
Takeshi Kata, MFA, Chair Division of Design
Oliver Mayer, MFA, Associate Dean of Faculty, Associate Dean of
Strategic Initiatives
Michele Shay, MFA, Chair Division of Performance
Faculty
Distinguished Professor: Velina Hasu Houston, PhD
Professors: Sharon M. Carnicke, PhD; Meiling Cheng, DFA; Oliver
Mayer, MFA
Associate Professors: Luis Alfaro; Takeshi Kata, MFA; Oliver
Mayer, MFA; Sibyl Wickersheimer, MFA
Assistant Professors: Alexandra Billings, MFA; Elizabeth Harper,
MFA
Professors of Theatre Practice: Philip G. Allen; Brent Blair, PhD;
Kate Burton, MFA; Elsbeth M. Collins, AB; Anita Dashiell-Sparks,
MFA; Joseph Hacker, MFA; Duncan Mahoney; Kenneth Noel
Mitchell; Natsuko Ohama; Michele Shay, MFA; Stephanie Shroyer,
MFA
Associate Professors of Theatre Practice: Paula Cizmar; John
DeMita, MFA; Kathleen Dunn-Muzingo, MFA; Melinda C. Finberg,
PhD; Laura Flanagan, MFA; David Warshofsky, MFA
Assistant Professors of Theatre Practice: Bayo Akinfemi, MFA;
Kirstin Eggers; Scott Faris; Stevie Johnson, MFA; Rena M.
Heinrich, PhD; Dan Shaner; Zachary Steel; Rodney To
Adjunct/Part-Time Faculty: Emily Alpren, MFA; Boni B. Alvarez,
MFA; Robert Bailey; Christopher Bange; Ahmed Best, MFA;
Denise Blasor; Tom Buderwitz; Frank Catalano, MPW; Esther
Chae, MFA; Ann Closs-Farley; Tiffany Cole; Julián Juaquín Conde,
MFA; Jeff Crockett; Tim Dang; Gregg T. Daniel, MFA; Debra De
Liso, MFA; Gary Domasin; Josh Epstein; Wayne Federman; Laurie
Fisher; Terry Gordon, MFA; Jenny Guthrie; MaryAnn Hu; Paul
Hungerford; Nicholas Hussong, MFA; Edgar Landa; Jay Lee; Vicki
Lewis; Jennifer Lin; Babette Markus; Kevin McCorkle, Matthew
Montgomery, MFA; Patrick Murphy; Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine,
MFA; Jeremiah O'Brian, MFA; Stephanie Petagno; Larry Powell;
Kosta Potamianos; Andy Robinson; Abdul Hamid Royal; Brett
Ryback; Pablo Santiago; Gabriella Santinelli; Sim Sarna; Kenneth
Sawyer; Judith Shelton; Camille Thornton-Alson; Paul Urcioli;
Sabina Zuniga Varela, MFA; Sabra Williams; Stephen Zuckerman
Emeritus Faculty: Don Llewellyn, Eve Roberts, Andy Robinson,
Eric Trules, James Wilson
General Information
Degree Programs
The School of Dramatic Arts offers professional and academic
degrees at the Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts levels. USC
offers two degree programs to undergraduate students interested
in the study of theatre arts. The professional degree programs
— the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Acting Stage, Screen and
New Media; Design; Musical Theatre; Sound Design; Stage
Management; and Technical Direction — offer a conservatory
approach to training for students committed to pursuing careers
in the professional theatre, film and television industries. The
Bachelor of Arts degree program (BA) incorporates a broad,
general education in addition to a thorough study of drama. The
Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts Studies provides
students with a broad understanding of the various disciplines.
The School of Dramatic Arts also offers minor programs in theatre,
musical theatre , performing arts studies, performing leadership,
performing social change, comedy (performance) and playwriting.
Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree is ideal for students who
want a broad education in addition to production and performance
experience. The degree is offered in cooperation with the USC
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts
Studies
The Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts Studies is an
interdisciplinary degree offered jointly by the School of Dramatic
Arts, the School of Architecture, the School of Cinematic Arts, the
Roski School of Art and Design, the Thornton School of Music, and
the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Acting, Stage and Screen: The BFA degree is a four-year,
132-unit, professional training program offering a vital and
contemporary approach to the study of acting. The program
comprises an integrated sequence of training in acting, voice,
movement, camera, the Web, voice-over, games, and includes
multiple opportunities for performance on stage, and screen. An
audition is required for admission. The BFA in Acting for Stage and
Screen program is unique and highly competitive.
Design: The BFA program in design incorporates study in
scenic, lighting and costume design. An interview is required for
admission.
Musical Theatre: The BFA program in musical theatre is a four-
year, professional training program focusing on providing students
with the foundational skills needed to be healthy and expressive
artists.
Sound Design: The BFA program in sound design offers the
student a combination of technical, management and design
training in sound design. The student is also introduced to sound
recording and mixing through a series of courses offered by the
USC Thornton School of Music. Students begin using this training
as early as the second semester of the second year of enrollment.
The skills acquired in the classroom are further explored through
sound design assignments on School of Dramatic Arts public
productions in each subsequent semester of the student's
program. Students in the sound design program build and design
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the sound component for the majority of the School of Dramatic
Arts' productions under the supervision of a professional staff of
designers and theatre technicians. An interview is required for
admission.
Stage Management: The BFA program in stage management
offers the student a combination of technical, management and
design training. Students begin using this training as early as
the first year of enrollment. The skills acquired in the classroom
are further explored through stage management assignments in
each year of the student's program. An interview is required for
admission.
Technical Direction: The BFA program in technical direction
incorporates the study of theatrical design with training in the
professional skills needed to execute stage designs. An interview
is required for admission.
Students in the design, stage management, and technical
direction programs design, stage manage, and build the majority of
the School of Dramatic Arts' productions under the supervision of a
professional staff of designers and theatre technicians.
Minor Programs
Theatre: This general minor in theatre invites students to
explore the many facets of this exciting field. Students have the
opportunity to take a variety of classes in acting, applied theatre
arts, applied theatre arts/education, playwriting, literature, stage
management, directing, costume design and production. The
curriculum is very flexible and encourages students to develop a
primary interest for upper-division course work. All minor students
are eligible to participate in performance and production projects.
Comedy: The minor in comedy (performance) is a 20-unit minor
that focuses on the theory and practice of comedy-making from
the performer's perspective. Beginning with a foundation in the
history of comic performance, and supplemented by courses in the
fundamentals of acting and performance, the progression of the
minor offers students a comprehensive theoretical and experiential
education in the many differing disciplines of comedy.
Musical Theatre: The minor in musical theatre, interdisciplinary
in nature, is a 27-unit program incorporating the study of acting,
dance or movement, vocal arts and related musical subjects
presented in association with the USC Thornton School of Music.
Performing Arts Studies: The minor in performing arts
provides an interdisciplinary inquiry into the nature and aesthetics
of the performing arts. It combines the disciplines of cinematic arts,
dance, music and theatre. The minor is a unique course of study
that looks at how the performing arts contribute to a culturally
literate society.
Performing Leadership: The minor in performing leadership is
the study and practice of embodied communication, collaboration
and storytelling, creating pathways to authentic, dimensional,
empathic leadership.
Performing Social Change: This minor creates opportunities
for exploration of social change through performance and
theatrical practice.
Playwriting: The minor in playwriting presents undergraduate
students who are not theatre majors with a concentration in the
discipline of playwriting as a means for broadening and deepening
expression using the literary and performing arts. This minor offers
a foundation for extended expression in dramatic writing and
creative writing genres in general.
Master of Fine Arts
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) with a major in theatre requires
48–64 units of course work at the 400 or 500 level. The areas
of emphasis include acting, theatrical design, dramatic writing
and directing. These programs provide a high level of practical
experience. To ensure this, the number of students accepted in
each area of emphasis is strictly limited. An interview is required
for admission.
Master of Arts, Applied Theatre Arts
The Master of Arts in Applied Theatre Arts explores the
intersection of theatre arts and cultural fieldwork, encompassing
the fields of theatre and therapy, theatre in education and theatre
for social change/community-based theatre. Practitioners of
applied theatre arts supplement their work as classroom teachers,
therapists, social workers, case managers, community organizers
and social activists.
Auditions and Entrance to the Degree Programs
Admission to the various degree programs offered through the
USC School of Dramatic Arts is granted through the university's
regular admission procedures in conjunction with the school's
supplementary application process. See the Admission section of
this catalogue, Undergraduate and Graduate.
Admission to the BA in Theatre program is determined by
academic record, expressed interest in theatre, and information
required on the USC application for admission and the USC
School of Dramatic Arts supplementary application. The
supplementary application is accessible through the school's
website.
In addition to submitting a USC application for admission and
a dramatic arts supplementary application, an audition is required
from applicants to the BFA in Acting, Stage and Screen, the BFA
in Musical Theatre and the MFA in Acting. Applicants to our MFA in
Dramatic Writing will be expected to provide a writing supplement.
For the latest details on the audition process and requirements,
please visit the school's website. Please note that the BA
emphasis programs and the BA in Visual and Performing Arts
Studies major are only available to current USC students. If you're
interested in any of these major options, please connect with your
academic adviser once you're at USC.
Students wishing to transfer from a community college or
another four-year college or university into any of our Bachelor of
Fine Arts programs must follow the same application and audition
process as first-year applicants. If admitted to a Bachelor of Fine
Arts program, it is possible that transfer applicants will begin the
curriculum as first-year students.
Applicants to any of the Bachelor of Fine Arts production
programs (Design, Sound Design, Stage Management, Technical
Direction) must also participate in a portfolio review with our
production faculty. For the latest details on the portfolio review
process and requirements, please visit the school's website.
More information on the admissions process and requirements
may be obtained through the school's website or by contacting the
Office of Admissions and Student Services, School of Dramatic
Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-
0791 or via email at [email protected].
International Study
In conjunction with Sarah Lawrence College and the British
American Drama Academy, USC students have the opportunity
to study theatre in London. For additional information, see
International Study Options.
Bachelor's Degree
Acting, Stage and Screen (BFA)
The BFA degree is a four-year, 132-unit, professional training
program offering a vital and contemporary approach to the study
of acting. The program comprises an integrated sequence of
training in acting, voice, movement, camera, the web, voice-over,
games, and includes multiple opportunities for performance on
stage, and screen. The curriculum is based on the belief that
an actor's emotional, imaginative, vocal and physical resources
must be developed and prepared with maximum experience and
flexibility for a fast-changing and challenging modern workplace.
This training is combined with course work in critical and
historical studies and technical theatre. An audition is required for
admission. The BFA in Acting for Stage and Screen program is
unique and highly competitive.
All BFA Theatre majors are required to earn a grade point
average of 2.75 (A = 4.0) in their theatre courses each semester.
BFA students who fail to earn a GPA of 2.75 in their theatre
courses will be placed on probation the following semester.
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Students who remain on probation for a consecutive second
semester will be disqualified from the BFA program.
A student disqualified from continued study in the BFA program
for failing to meet the GPA standards outlined above will be given
the option of transferring into the BA program.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Acting Courses for Emphasis
(76 units)
• THTR 115a Movement I Units: 4
• THTR 120aL Acting I Units: 4
• THTR 120b Acting I Units: 4
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 140a Voice I Units: 2
• THTR 214a The Actor's Instrument: Voice and Body Units: 4
• THTR 214b The Actor's Instrument: Voice and Body Units: 4
• THTR 220a Intermediate Acting I Units: 4
• THTR 220b Intermediate Acting I Units: 4
• THTR 320a Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
• THTR 320b Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
• THTR 339a The Actor's Instrument: Voice and Body II
Units: 4
• THTR 339b The Actor's Instrument: Voice and Body II
Units: 4
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
(6.0 units required)
• THTR 411 The Business of Acting Units: 4
• THTR 420 Senior Project Units: 4
• THTR 427 Audition Technique for Film, Television and New
Media Units: 2
• THTR 457 Film Acting Practicum Units: 4.0
• THTR 471 Industry Landscape Units: 4
• THTR 480a Performance for Camera Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2
(2.0 units required)
Elective Options: 4 units
Select 4 units from the following list:
• THTR 105 Introduction to Screen Acting Units: 2
• THTR 250 Camera and Improvisation Units: 2
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
• THTR 343 Musical Theatre Audition Units: 3
• THTR 365 Playwriting I Units: 4
• THTR 416 Creating Content for the Actor Units: 2.0
• THTR 440 Advanced Voice: Voice-Over Acting Units: 2
• THTR 464 An Actor's Reel Units: 2
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A Courses
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B Courses
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
General Education Units: 36
Total Units: 132
Musical Theatre (BFA)
The BFA degree in Musical Theatre is a four-year, professional
training program focusing on providing students with the
foundational skills needed to be healthy and expressive artists.
Through an immersion into each school's training, culture and
critical studies (USC School of Dramatic Arts, USC Glorya
Kaufman School of Dance and USC Thornton School of Music),
the student will be exposed to both traditional and innovative
practices. This will be implemented via a growing emphasis
on contemporary and classic material. This will be explored
in all appropriate classes and projects with an emphasis on
the continuing integration of skills and the expansion of range
including but not limited to: heighten language, period style,
comedy, pop rock/contemporary styles, new works, on camera
training and entrepreneur skills. The collaboration between the
schools will be manifested in team teaching within the classroom.
All BFA theatre majors are required to earn a minimum grade
point average of 2.75 (A= 4.0) in their theatre courses each
semester. BFA students that fail to earn a minimum GPA of 2.75
in their theatre classes will be placed on probation the following
semester. Students who remain on probation for a second
consecutive semester will be disqualified from the BFA program.
A student disqualified from continued study in the BFA program
for failing to meet the GPA standards outlined above will be given
the option of transferring to the BA program.
Required Courses for the Musical Theatre
Program: 100 units
Dance
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 200L Dance Technique for Musical Theatre Units: 2, 3
(16 units required)
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
Music
• MPVA 140 Vocal Production for Musical Theatre Units: 2
• MPVA 150 Musical Theatre Song Interpretation: Tin Pan Alley
Era Units: 2
• MPVA 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
(12 units required)
• MPVA 422 Musical Theatre Vocal Book Preparation Units: 2
• MUCO 142 Aural Skills and Musicianship for Musical Theatre
I Units: 2
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• MUCO 143 Aural Skills and Musicianship for Musical Theatre
II Units: 2
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
Dramatic Arts
• THTE 201aL Acting for Musical Theatre Units: 2
• THTE 201b Acting for Musical Theatre Units: 2
• THTE 203 Speech Units: 2
• THTE 300L Script and Score Units: 2
• THTE 301L Script, Score and Choreography Units: 2
• THTE 403L Contemporary Scene Into Song Units: 2
• THTE 406 New Musical Theatre Workshop Units: 2
• THTE 407 Building Your Cabaret Units: 2
• THTE 408L Movie Musical Development Units: 2
• THTR 105 Introduction to Screen Acting Units: 2
• THTR 120aL Acting I Units: 4
• THTR 120b Acting I Units: 4
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 320a Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
• THTR 320b Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
• THTR 340a Intermediate Voice Units: 2
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
6.0 units required
• THTR 411 The Business of Acting Units: 4
• THTR 427 Audition Technique for Film, Television and New
Media Units: 2
• THTR 471 Industry Landscape Units: 4
• THTR 480a Performance for Camera Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2
Required General Education Units: 32
Total Units: 132
Theatre (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts with a major in theatre is a comprehensive
theatre degree offered in cooperation with the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Candidates for the degree
must complete the university general education requirements in
addition to the courses in the major prescribed by the School of
Dramatic Arts. A total of 128 units is required for completion of the
degree.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Courses (13 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
One course (4 units) from:
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
One course (3 units) from:
• THTR 230 Communicating Theatrical Design Concepts
Units: 3
• THTR 231 Costume Construction Units: 3
• THTR 232 Stage Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 233 Historic Costumes for the Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 335 Scenic Construction Units: 3
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
Required Upper-Division Theatre Electives: 30
General Education Units: 36
Elective Units: 33
Total Units: 128
Theatre, Acting Emphasis (BA)*
The BA Theatre, Emphasis in Acting is designed specifically to
increase the versatility of its students so they are better educated,
prepared and equipped to enter the professional arena of stage,
film, television and new media.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Acting/Production Courses for
Emphasis (71 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 105 Introduction to Screen Acting Units: 2
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 152 Introduction to Scene Study: Contemporary Plays
Units: 4
• THTR 216 Movement for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 252a Intermediate Acting I: Drama/Comedy Units: 4
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• THTR 252b Intermediate Acting I: Drama/Comedy Units: 4
• THTR 342a Basic Voice Units: 2
• THTR 352a Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
One course in Design and Production (3 units) from:
• THTR 230 Communicating Theatrical Design Concepts
Units: 3
• THTR 231 Costume Construction Units: 3
• THTR 232 Stage Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 233 Historic Costumes for the Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 333 Stage Management I Units: 3
• THTR 335 Scenic Construction Units: 3
• THTR 437 Scene Painting Units: 3
• THTR 439 Stage Properties Units: 3
Select 18 units in Practice from the following:
• THTR 250 Camera and Improvisation Units: 2
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 316 Advanced Movement for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 317 Theatre Clown Units: 2
• THTR 342b Basic Voice Units: 2
• THTR 352b Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
• THTR 354 Acting Shakespeare Units: 4
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• THTR 408a Dialects Units: 2
• THTR 408b Dialects Units: 2
• THTR 417 Stage Combat Units: 2
• THTR 419 Alexander Technique for Performers Units: 2
• THTR 442 Voice-over Acting Units: 2
• THTR 452 Advanced Acting Units: 4
• THTR 454 Acting Shakespeare II Units: 4
• THTR 455 Devised Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 475 Acting on Camera: The Collaborative Process
Units: 4
• THTR 480a Performance for Camera Units: 2
• THTR 480b Performance for Camera Units: 2
• THTR 484 Acting in Television Commercials Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2
Select 6 units in Career Preparation from the
following:
• THTR 290 Introduction to Medical Clowning Units: 2
• THTR 410 The Digital Actor Units: 2
• THTR 411 The Business of Acting Units: 4
• THTR 424 Creator as Entrepreneur Units: 2
• THTR 427 Audition Technique for Film, Television and New
Media Units: 2
• THTR 464 An Actor's Reel Units: 2
• THTR 472 Professional Preparation for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 489 Theatre Internship Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
Required General Education Units: 36
Elective Units: 21
Total Units: 128
Theatre, Comedy Emphasis (BA)*
This emphasis encourages students to engage with the
structure and practice of comedy through theoretical lenses and
through practical exploration. All students are required to take
a range of courses that will help them develop fundamental
skills and experience in a range of different comic styles and
forms. Some of the required courses are common to other SDA
emphases and these courses (Introduction to Acting, Improvisation
and Theatre Games, Introduction to Technical Theatre and Basic
Voice) give students a grounding in understanding basic theatre
techniques and processes. Students following the emphasis
must then take a range of specialist comedy courses. Comedy
and Performance and How Comedy Works introduce students
to the history and development of comedy and equips them with
a vocabulary for discussing comedy. They then take a range
of courses to develop skills across a range of comedy styles
including improvisation, clowning and stand-up comedy. A further
required course, Comedy in LA, helps the students to understand
the comedy scene in Los Angeles. Students also take 16 elective
units, which might include performance in SDA shows, Acting for
Sitcoms, Camera and Improvisation and other courses designed
to help them develop their skills in writing, performing and
understanding the comedy industry.
Required Comedy/Production Courses for
Emphasis (64 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre Games Units: 2
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 197g Comedy and Performance Units: 4
• THTR 202 The Fundamentals of Comedy Units: 2
• THTR 307 Comedy in LA Units: 2
• THTR 322 Improv 2: Advanced Improv Units: 2
• THTR 413 Writing Your Own Material Units: 2
• THTR 422 Improv 3: Long Form Improvisation Units: 2
• THTR 470 Sketch Comedy for Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 474 Introduction to Stand Up Comedy Units: 2
• THTR 482 Stand Up 2: Becoming A Pro Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• THTR 290 Introduction to Medical Clowning Units: 2
• THTR 317 Theatre Clown Units: 2
Select 16 units from the following:
• THTR 250 Camera and Improvisation Units: 2
• THTR 342a Basic Voice Units: 2
• THTR 355 Acting for Sitcoms Units: 4
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (4 units
required)
• THTR 410 The Digital Actor Units: 2
• THTR 423 Magic Units: 2
• THTR 424 Creator as Entrepreneur Units: 2
• THTR 467 Going Viral: Performance for New Media Units: 2
• THTR 469 Satire and Parody in Performance Units: 2
• THTR 473 Sketch Comedy in Performance Units: 2
• THTR 479 Solo Performance Units: 4
• THTR 483 Characters of Comedy Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2
Required Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either list A or B.
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• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
Required General Education Units: 36
Elective Units: 28
Total Units: 128
Theatre, Design Emphasis (BA)*
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Courses For Design Emphasis
(38-39 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 230 Communicating Theatrical Design Concepts
Units: 3
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (2 Units
Required)
One course (4 units)
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
Select two courses (5-6 units) from:
• THTR 231 Costume Construction Units: 3
• THTR 232 Stage Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 233 Historic Costumes for the Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 236 Stage Sound Units: 2
Select 18 units from the following:
• THTR 303 Projection Design I Units: 3
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 331 Costume Design I Units: 4
• THTR 332 Lighting Design I Units: 4
• THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 402 Projection Design II Units: 3
• THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 407b Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 432a Scene Design II Units: 3
• THTR 432b Scene Design II Units: 3
• THTR 433a Costume Design II Units: 3
• THTR 433b Costume Design II Units: 3
• THTR 434a Lighting Design II Units: 3
• THTR 434b Lighting Design II Units: 3
• THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting Units: 3
• THTR 436 Sound for Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 441 Advanced Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 409 Advanced Drafting: Vectorworks Units: 3
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take onc
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
Required General Education Units: 36
Elective Units: 37-38
Total Units: 128
Theatre, Design Emphasis (BFA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre provides four years of
intensive training at the undergraduate level including design,
sound design, stage management and technical direction. A total
of 128 units of course work is required for the degree, including
a 16-unit Critical Studies core in addition to a minimum of 60-74
Theatre units depending on the requirements for each emphasis.
All BFA Theatre majors are required to earn a grade point
average of 2.75 (A = 4.0) in their theatre courses each semester.
BFA students who fail to earn a GPA of 2.75 in their theatre
courses will be placed on probation the following semester.
Students who remain on probation for a consecutive second
semester will be disqualified from the BFA program.
A student disqualified from continued study in the BFA program
for failing to meet the GPA standards outlined above will be given
the option of transferring into the BA program.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
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subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Courses for the Design Emphasis
(74 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 131a Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 131b Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 132a Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 132b Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 241 Methods and Materials Units: 2
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 331 Costume Design I Units: 4
• THTR 332 Lighting Design I Units: 4
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (6 units
required)
• THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 407b Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 431 Seminar in Theatre Design Units: 2
• THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting Units: 3
• THTR 493a Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 493b Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2 (4 units
required)
One Course (4 units) from:
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
One course (3 units) from:
• THTR 231 Costume Construction Units: 3
• THTR 409 Advanced Drafting: Vectorworks Units: 3
Three courses (9 units) from:
• THTR 213 Corset Construction Units: 3
• THTR 233 Historic Costumes for the Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 303 Projection Design I Units: 3
• THTR 308 Programming for Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 437 Scene Painting Units: 3
• THTR 439 Stage Properties Units: 3
Two courses (6 units) from:
• THTR 432a Scene Design II Units: 3
• THTR 433a Costume Design II Units: 3
• THTR 434a Lighting Design II Units: 3
• THTR 402 Projection Design II Units: 3
One course (3 units) from:
• THTR 432b Scene Design II Units: 3
• THTR 433b Costume Design II Units: 3
• THTR 434b Lighting Design II Units: 3
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
General Education Units: 36
Electives Units: 2
Total Units: 128
Theatre, Sound Design Emphasis (BFA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre provides four years of
intensive training at the undergraduate level including design,
sound design, stage management and technical direction. A total
of 128 units of course work is required for the degree, including
a 16-unit Critical Studies core in addition to a minimum of 60-74
Theatre units depending on the requirements for each emphasis.
All BFA Theatre majors are required to earn a grade point
average of 2.75 (A = 4.0) in their theatre courses each semester.
BFA students who fail to earn a GPA of 2.75 in their theatre
courses will be placed on probation the following semester.
Students who remain on probation for a consecutive second
semester will be disqualified from the BFA program.
A student disqualified from continued study in the BFA program
for failing to meet the GPA standards outlined above will be given
the option of transferring into the BA program.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Courses for the Sound Design
Emphasis (71 units)
• MTEC 175 Fundamentals of Audio Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 176 Critical Listening Units: 2
• MTEC 275 Fundamentals of Audio Engineering Units: 4
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MUIN 340 Introduction to Sound Reinforcement Units: 4
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 131a Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 131b Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 132a Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 132b Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 236 Stage Sound Units: 2
• THTR 241 Methods and Materials Units: 2
• THTR 332 Lighting Design I Units: 4
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• THTR 333 Stage Management I Units: 3
• THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 Units
Required)
• THTR 409 Advanced Drafting: Vectorworks Units: 3
• THTR 431 Seminar in Theatre Design Units: 2
• THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting Units: 3
• THTR 436 Sound for Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 441 Advanced Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2
(4 Units Required)
One course (4 units) from:
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
One course (4 units) from:
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 331 Costume Design I Units: 4
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
General Education Units: 36
Electives Units: 5
Total Units: 128
Theatre, Stage Management Emphasis (BFA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre provides four years of
intensive training at the undergraduate level including design,
sound design, stage management and technical direction. A total
of 128 units of course work is required for the degree, including
a 16-unit Critical Studies core in addition to a minimum of 60-74
Theatre units depending on the requirements for each emphasis.
All BFA Theatre majors are required to earn a grade point
average of 2.75 (A = 4.0) in their theatre courses each semester.
BFA students who fail to earn a GPA of 2.75 in their theatre
courses will be placed on probation the following semester.
Students who remain on probation for a consecutive second
semester will be disqualified from the BFA program.
A student disqualified from continued study in the BFA program
for failing to meet the GPA standards outlined above will be given
the option of transferring into the BA program.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Courses for the Stage Management
Emphasis (60 units)
• MPKS 150a Beginning Piano Units: 2
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 131a Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 131b Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 132a Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 132b Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 232 Stage Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 333 Stage Management I Units: 3
• THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (6 Units
Required)
• THTR 430 Stage Management II Units: 3
• THTR 443 Production Management Units: 4
• THTR 453 Taking it on the Road and Beyond Units: 4
• THTR 491 Theatre Organization and Administration Units: 4
• THTR 493a Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 493b Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2
One course (4 units) from:
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
One course (4 units) from:
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 331 Costume Design I Units: 4
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
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• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
General Education Units: 36
Electives Units: 16
Total: 128
Theatre, Technical Direction Emphasis (BFA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre provides four years of
intensive training at the undergraduate level including design,
sound design, stage management and technical direction. A total
of 128 units of course work is required for the degree, including
a 16-unit Critical Studies core in addition to a minimum of 60-74
Theatre units depending on the requirements for each emphasis.
All BFA Theatre majors are required to earn a grade point
average of 2.75 (A = 4.0) in their theatre courses each semester.
BFA students who fail to earn a GPA of 2.75 in their theatre
courses will be placed on probation the following semester.
Students who remain on probation for a consecutive second
semester will be disqualified from the BFA program.
A student disqualified from continued study in the BFA program
for failing to meet the GPA standards outlined above will be given
the option of transferring into the BA program.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Courses for the Technical Direction
Emphasis (68 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 131a Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 131b Advanced Theatrical Production Units: 2
• THTR 132a Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 132b Art of Theatrical Design Units: 2
• THTR 232 Stage Lighting Units: 3
• THTR 236 Stage Sound Units: 2
• THTR 241 Methods and Materials Units: 2
• THTR 303 Projection Design I Units: 3
or
• THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 330 Scene Design I Units: 4
• THTR 332 Lighting Design I Units: 4
• THTR 333 Stage Management I Units: 3
• THTR 335 Scenic Construction Units: 3
• THTR 397 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (6 Units
Required)
• THTR 409 Advanced Drafting: Vectorworks Units: 3
• THTR 425 Dynamics of Technical Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 431 Seminar in Theatre Design Units: 2
• THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting Units: 3
• THTR 437 Scene Painting Units: 3
• THTR 438 Technical Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 439 Stage Properties Units: 3
• THTR 493a Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 493b Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum Units: 2 (2 Units
Required)
Critical Studies Core (16 units)
Complete the two required courses below. In addition, take one
course from List A and one course from either List A or B.
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
List A
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
List B
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 404 Acting Theory Units: 4
General Education Units: 36
Elective Units: 8
Total Units: 128
Visual and Performing Arts Studies (BA)*
The Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts Studies is
an interdisciplinary degree offered jointly by the Kaufman School
of Dance, the School of Dramatic Arts, the School of Architecture,
the School of Cinematic Arts, the Roski School of Art and Design,
the Thornton School of Music, and the Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences. Candidates for the degree must complete
the university general education requirements in addition to the
courses in the major. Students in this major complete a core of
required courses that provides them with a broad understanding
of the various disciplines. The work in the major is completed by
choosing courses from a wide array of course offerings from all the
participating schools. A total of 128 units is required for completion
of the degree.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major may also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Required Core Courses (Survey of the Arts)
• AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to
Renaissance Units: 4
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• ARCH 304x Intensive Survey: Prehistory to the Present
Units: 4
• CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
Total: 28
Case Studies in the Arts:
12 units of upper division course work from the following:
Architecture:
• ARCH 314 History of Architecture: Contemporary Issues
Units: 3
• ARCH 440m Literature and the Urban Experience Units: 4
• ARCH 444 Great Houses of Los Angeles Units: 4
• ARCH 454 Contemporary Asian Architecture Units: 4
• ARCH 465 The Landscape Imaginary Units: 4
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
Cinematic Arts:
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977–present
Units: 4
• CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
• CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
• CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media Units: 4
• CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures Units: 4
• ENGL 371g Literary Genres and Film Units: 4
• PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film Units: 4
Fine Arts:
• AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture Units: 4
• AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology Units: 4
• AHIS 330 Medieval Art Units: 4
• AHIS 343 Renaissance Art Units: 4
• AHIS 364 Myths, Arts, Realities: Visual Culture in California,
1849 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 368 Modern Art I: 1700–1850 Units: 4
• AHIS 369 Modern Art II: 1851–1940 Units: 4
• AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present Units: 4
• AHIS 373g History and Theory of Photography Units: 4
• AHIS 384 Early Chinese Art Units: 4
• AHIS 385 Later Chinese Art Units: 4
• ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia Units: 4
• CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since
1960 Units: 4
• DES 323g Design Theory Units: 4
Music:
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Dramatic Arts:
• COLT 354 Revolutions in Theater Units: 4
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
• THTR 481 From The Border to Broadway Units: 4
• THTR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Dance:
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
Other Courses:
• COLT 381 Psychoanalysis and the Arts Units: 4
• PHIL 445 Philosophy of the Arts Units: 4
Overseas Study Opportunities:
• FREN 432 French Theatre Units: 4 (Paris Semester)
• SPAN 464 Introduction to Contemporary Spanish Theatre
Units: 4 (Madrid Center)
Minor
Comedy (Performance) Minor
The minor in comedy (performance) is a 20-unit minor that
focuses on the theory and practice of comedymaking from the
performer's perspective. Beginning with a foundation in the history
of comic performance, and supplemented by courses in the
fundamentals of acting and performance, the progression of the
minor offers students a comprehensive theoretical and experiential
education in the many differing disciplines of comedy.
Required Courses (16 units)
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre Games Units: 2
• THTR 197g Comedy and Performance Units: 4
• THTR 202 The Fundamentals of Comedy Units: 2
• THTR 474 Introduction to Stand Up Comedy Units: 2
One Course (2 units) from:
• THTR 290 Introduction to Medical Clowning Units: 2
• THTR 317 Theatre Clown Units: 2
Required Elective Courses (4 units)
• THTR 307 Comedy in LA Units: 2
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 355 Acting for Sitcoms Units: 4
• THTR 413 Writing Your Own Material Units: 2
• THTR 422 Improv 3: Long Form Improvisation Units: 2
• THTR 423 Magic Units: 2
• THTR 467 Going Viral: Performance for New Media Units: 2
• THTR 469 Satire and Parody in Performance Units: 2
• THTR 470 Sketch Comedy for Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 473 Sketch Comedy in Performance Units: 2
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• THTR 482 Stand Up 2: Becoming A Pro Units: 2
• THTR 483 Characters of Comedy Units: 2
Total Units: 20
Performing Arts Studies Minor
The minor in performing arts provides an interdisciplinary inquiry
into the nature and aesthetics of the performing arts. It combines
the disciplines of cinematic arts, dance, music and theatre. The
minor is a unique course of study that looks at how the performing
arts contribute to a culturally literate society. The minor in
performing arts studies is a 20-unit program.
Required Courses
Choose one capstone course:
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
Plus four to six courses (16 units) from the following
list
The additional 16 units must be completed outside of the student's
school. At least 4 units must be selected from each school.
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• CTCS 200g History of the International Cinema I Units: 4
• CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II Units: 4
• CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925–1950 Units: 4
• CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 Units: 4
• CTCS 404 Television Criticism and Theory Units: 4
• CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres Units: 4
• CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style Analysis Units: 4
• DANC 170 Choreography and Performance Units: 2
• DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an Art Form Units: 4
• DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black Social Dance Culture
and Media Units: 4
• DANC 312gw African American Dance Units: 4
• DANC 342gp International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance Units: 4
• DANC 352g Dancing with Words Units: 4
• DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen Units: 4
• DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce and Community
Units: 2
• DANC 442 International and Historical Perspectives on
Dance II Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World Units: 4
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 313 Comedy of Manners Units: 4
• THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama Units: 4
• THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science in Contemporary
Plays Units: 4
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 403 The Performing Arts Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 460 Asian and Asian American Theatre: Identity and
Aesthetics Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
• THTR 481 From The Border to Broadway Units: 4
• THTR 493a Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 493b Periods and Styles Units: 2
Total units required: 20
Performing Leadership Minor
The study and practice of embodied communication,
collaboration and storytelling, creating pathways to authentic,
dimensional, empathic leadership.
Required Courses (10 units)
• THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre Games Units: 2
• THTR 421 Public Speaking as Performance: A Course for
Non-Actors Units: 2
• THTR 426 Being on Screen: A Class for Presenters, Hosts,
and Others Units: 2
• THTR 479 Solo Performance Units: 4
Select 10 units from the following:
• THTR 105 Introduction to Screen Acting Units: 2
• THTR 318 Creating the Hit Podcast Units: 2
• THTR 322 Improv 2: Advanced Improv Units: 2
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 414 Secrets of Storytelling Units: 2
• THTR 419 Alexander Technique for Performers Units: 2
• THTR 445 Developing Your Speaking Voice Units: 2
• THTR 467 Going Viral: Performance for New Media Units: 2
• THTR 474 Introduction to Stand Up Comedy Units: 2
• THTR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Total Units: 20
Performing Social Change Minor
Performing social change brings the language and practice of
Dramatic Arts into communities and events that seek to redress
power imbalances, create healing and dialogue and develop
new systems of interaction, communication, well-being and
governance. This minor creates opportunities for exploration of
social change through performance and theatrical practice.
Required Courses (12 Units)
• THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre Games Units: 2
• THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations Units: 4
• THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community Units: 4
• THTR 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(2 units of Directed Research is required)
Elective Units (8 units from the following):
• THTR 290 Introduction to Medical Clowning Units: 2
• THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 322 Improv 2: Advanced Improv Units: 2
• THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World
Units: 4
• THTR 405m Performing Identities Units: 4
• THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge Units: 4
• THTR 421 Public Speaking as Performance: A Course for
Non-Actors Units: 2
• THTR 456 Latinx Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 476mw African American Theatre, Dance, and
Performance Units: 4
• THTR 479 Solo Performance Units: 4
Total Units: 20
Playwriting Minor
The minor in playwriting presents undergraduate students
who are not theatre majors with a concentration in the discipline
of playwriting as a means for broadening and deepening
expression using the literary and performing arts. This minor
offers a foundation for extended expression in dramatic writing
and creative writing genres in general; fostering skills in research,
development, communication, collaboration and craftsmanship
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in the process of preparing a play for its realization on stage. The
minor in playwriting is a 20-unit program.
Required Courses
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4 or
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 365 Playwriting I Units: 4
• THTR 366 Playwriting II Units: 4
• THTR 479 Solo Performance Units: 4
One course (4 units) from:
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 309 Dramaturgy Units: 4
Theatre Minor
The general minor in theatre invites students to explore the
many facets of this exciting field. Students have the opportunity
to take a variety of classes in acting, playwriting, literature, stage
management, directing, costume design and production. The
curriculum is flexible and encourages students explore theatre
through a broad combination of introductory and upper-division
course work. All minor students are also eligible to participate in
performance and production projects.
Required Courses
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 125 Text Studies for Production Units: 4
• THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical Production Units: 2
One of the following:
• THTR 225g Theatre Across History and Cultures Units: 4
• THTR 230 Communicating Theatrical Design Concepts
Units: 3
• THTR 231 Costume Construction Units: 3
• THTR 233 Historic Costumes for the Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 252a Intermediate Acting I: Drama/Comedy Units: 4
• THTR 305a Directing Units: 4
• THTR 333 Stage Management I Units: 3
• THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design Units: 3
• THTR 365 Playwriting I Units: 4
Required upper-division THTR electives:
10-12 units
Required theatre units: 24
Master's Degree
Applied Theatre Arts (MA)
The Master of Arts in Applied Theatre Arts explores the
intersection of theatre and cultural fieldwork, encompassing the
fields of theatre and therapy, theatre in education and theatre for
social change/community-based theatre. This combined area of
study weaves all three disciplines together under the aegis of
training practitioners in the art of popular theatre with primarily
marginalized communities. Practitioners of applied theatre arts
supplement their work as classroom teachers, therapists, social
workers, case managers, community organizers and social
activists to engage public groups to obtain their goals and desires
by using the tools of theatre to expedite dialogue and foster an
atmosphere of greater critical consciousness and increased
agency. A written and oral examination is required upon completion
of course work.
International Study
All students will participate in an international externship
during the summer following their academic year. This externship
takes place in an approved overseas site where the practice of
applied theatre arts is well established, with whom the university
has a contractual agreement for supervised observation. This
externship intends to provide a supervisory, logistical and
theoretical container for students to explore cultural fieldwork in
the international arena.
Curricula for the Master of Arts Degree
Applied Theatre Arts
• THTR 505 Staging Community-based Theatre Units: 3
• THTR 521 Engaging Community Narratives Units: 3
• THTR 544 Embodied Poetics Units: 2
• THTR 568 Popular Theatre for Education and Development
Units: 3
• THTR 577 Theatre and Therapy for Cultural Fieldwork
Units: 3
• THTR 578 Theatre of the Oppressed: Theory, Games, and
Techniques Units: 4
• THTR 579 Writing Culture Units: 3
• THTR 586a Applied Theatre Arts: Los Angeles Residency
Units: 2
• THTR 586b Applied Theatre Arts: Los Angeles Residency
Units: 2
• THTR 587 Liberation Arts and Community Engagement —
Theory Units: 4
• THTR 588 Liberation Arts and Community Engagement —
Praxis Units: 3
• THTR 592a Participatory Action Research for Community-
based Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 592b Participatory Action Research for Community-
based Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 598 Applied Theatre Arts: International Externship
Units: 2
Total Required Units: 38
Theatre (MFA)
The Master of Fine Arts in theatre allows the choice of an area
of emphasis in theatre performance studies including acting,
directing, dramatic writing or theatrical design.
Seventy-two units of study at the 400- or 500-level are required
for the acting emphasis, 72 units for the dramatic writing emphasis
and 48 units for the directing and theatrical design emphases.
Regardless of the emphasis, at least two-thirds of the units must
be at the 500 level or higher. In design, instead of a conventional
thesis, the MFA student completes a final project in the area of
design and defends it orally before the design faculty. A grade
point average of 3.0 must be achieved in all graduate work taken
in the School of Dramatic Arts. Graduate candidates whose
undergraduate degrees are in disciplines other than theatre may
be required to satisfy undergraduate prerequisites in theatre as
determined by School of Dramatic Arts faculty.
Curricula for the Master of Fine Arts Degree
Acting Emphasis
• THTR 507 Casting Director Workshop Units: 2.0
• THTR 515a Advanced Movement Units: 2
• THTR 515b Advanced Movement Units: 2
• THTR 515c Advanced Movement Units: 2
• THTR 515d Advanced Movement Units: 2
• THTR 516 Filmmaking for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 520a Advanced Acting Units: 4
• THTR 520b Advanced Acting Units: 4
• THTR 520c Advanced Acting Units: 2
• THTR 520d Advanced Acting Units: 4
• THTR 520e Advanced Acting Units: 2
• THTR 529a Textual Studies for Performance Units: 4
• THTR 529b Textual Studies for Performance Units: 4
• THTR 540a Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2
• THTR 540b Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2
• THTR 540c Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2
• THTR 540d Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2
• THTR 540e Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2
• THTR 540f Advanced Voice Diction Units: 2
• THTR 541 Diction and Dialects Units: 2
• THTR 542 Singing for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 571 Professional Seminar Units: 2
• THTR 575 Creative Production Projects Units: 6
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• THTR 580a Performance with Camera Units: 2
• THTR 580b Performance with Camera Units: 2
• THTR 597 Theatre Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (8 Units
Required)
Total units: 72
Directing Emphasis
• THTR 520a Advanced Acting Units: 4
• THTR 520b Advanced Acting Units: 4
• THTR 525 Seminar in Contemporary Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 528 Seminar in Dramatic Analysis Units: 4
• THTR 555 Directing Fundamentals Units: 2
• THTR 556a Directing Units: 2
• THTR 556b Directing Units: 2
• THTR 558a Design for Directors Units: 2
• THTR 558b Design for Directors Units: 2
• THTR 567a Studies in Playwriting Units: 4
• THTR 591 Seminar in Producing Theatre Units: 4
• THTR 593 MFA Project Units: 2
• Electives by advisement Units: 10
Total units: 48
Theatrical Design Emphasis
Two courses from:
•
THTR 550a Seminar in Scene Design Units: 3
• THTR 552a Seminar in Costume Design Units: 3
• THTR 553a Seminar in Lighting Design Units: 3
Two continuing courses from:
•
THTR 550b Seminar in Scene Design Units: 3
• THTR 552b Seminar in Costume Design Units: 3
• THTR 553b Seminar in Lighting Design Units: 3
One remaining course from:
•
THTR 550a Seminar in Scene Design Units: 3
• THTR 552a Seminar in Costume Design Units: 3
• THTR 553a Seminar in Lighting Design Units: 3
All of the following:
•
THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 407b Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting Units: 3
• THTR 493a Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 493b Periods and Styles Units: 2
• THTR 593 MFA Project Units: 2
Two seminars, one of which must be
•
THTR 528 Seminar in Dramatic Analysis Units: 4 (8 Units
Required)
400- or 500-level electives
•
400- or 500-level electives by advisement, 5 units of which
must be at the 500 level Units: 10
Total units: 48
Dramatic Writing Emphasis
• CTWR 513 Writing the Short Script Units: 2
• CTWR 514a Basic Dramatic Screenwriting Units: 2
• CTWR 514b Basic Dramatic Screenwriting Units: 2
• CTWR 521 Advanced Hour-Long Television Drama Units: 2
• THTR 500 Dramaturgical Perspectives and Approaches
Units: 2 (10 units required)
• THTR 501 Poetry and Prose into Drama Units: 4
(12 units required)
• THTR 506 Advanced Creating Characters Units: 2
• THTR 527 Writing the Pacific Rim: Global and Western
Dramatic Writing Units: 4
• THTR 529a Textual Studies for Performance Units: 4
• THTR 566 Dramatic Writing Studio Units: 4 (24 units
required)
• THTR 596 Thesis Development and Attainment Units: 2 (4
units required)
• THTR 574a Dramatic Writing Across Media for Playwrights
Units: 2
• THTR 574b Dramatic Writing Across Media for Playwrights
Units: 2
Total units: 72
A minimum of 72 units of graduate course work must be
completed prior to the degree being granted. Thesis Requirement:
The student is required to complete a thesis portfolio consisting
of four theatre projects: (1) a full-length original play, (2) a full-
length original play or an adaptation, (3) a full-length screenplay,
(4) a project that is either a play of any length, or a short subject
or feature length script, a set of television speculative scripts
(either in three half-hour short form of drama from the same TV
program or a set of characters; or one-hour long form) or an
interdisciplinary/multimedia project (approved in advance by the
dramatic writing faculty.) An oral defense and review by program
faculty and the developing portfolio is required when the student
has completed two-thirds of the program, generally in the fall term
of the student's third year.
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USC Rossier School of Education
The USC Rossier School of Education is one of the world's
premier schools of education. It is committed to preparing
teachers, researchers, counselors, administrators and curricular
specialists for leadership positions, and to having a positive
impact on the field of education locally, throughout our nation and
throughout the world.
The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education is to
prepare leaders to advance educational equity through practice,
research and policy. We work to improve learning opportunities
and outcomes in urban settings and other educational settings and
to address disparities that undermine the educational opportunities
of historically marginalized groups. We teach our students to value
and respect the cultural and linguistic resources in which they work
and to interrogate the systems of power that shape policies and
practices. Through innovative thinking and research, we strive to
solve the most intractable educational problems.
Our vision is a world in which every student, regardless of
personal circumstance, is able to learn and succeed. We believe
that USC Rossier, as a top-tier research institution, has the
responsibility and the ability to prepare educational leaders,
researchers and practitioners so that they will have the knowledge
and skills needed to realize this vision.
The USC Rossier School of Education is committed to our
four academic themes of leadership, diversity, learning and
accountability that guide all academic, research and service efforts
within our school.
The USC Rossier Commitment
At USC Rossier, we stand by our students and graduates and
are prepared to support them long after they leave us. From our
classrooms to your career, our commitment to your success is
unwavering. We prepare our graduates to be change agents, and
equip them with the critical thinking and problem-solving skills
necessary to assess challenges and implement creative solutions.
If at any point in your career you're faced with an issue in which
you could benefit from the professional guidance of our expert
faculty, we encourage you to take advantage of the USC Rossier
Commitment. A dedicated team of faculty members will work with
you to identify the issue and develop a strategic plan of action to
facilitate your success.
USC Rossier School of Education
Waite Phillips Hall 301
(213) 740-0224
info@rossier.usc.edu
Administration
Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, Dean, Emery Stoops and Joyce King
Stoops Dean's Chair in Education
Lawrence O. Picus, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and
Faculty Affairs; Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper
Chair in Public School Administration
Darline Robles, PhD, Associate Dean of Diversity and Community
Engagement
Kathy Stowe, EdD, Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Darnell Cole, PhD, Faculty Council Chair and Professor
Teri Adams, Associate Dean of Administration and Finance
Alexander Pampalone, Associate Dean for Advancement
Tabitha Courtney, Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Strategic
Enrollment Services
David Cash, Assistant Dean for Leadership
Eugenia Mora-Flores, Assistant Dean for Teacher Education
Faculty
Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean's Chair in Education:
Pedro A. Noguera, PhD
Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public
School Administration: Lawrence O. Picus, PhD
Veronica and David Hagen Endowed Chair in Women's
Leadership: Karen Symms Gallagher, PhD
Katzman/Ernst Chair in Educational Entrepreneurship, Technology
and Innovation: Alan Arkatov
Irving R. and Virginia Archer Melbo Chair in Educational
Administration: Maria Ott, EdD
Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen Professorship in Urban Education:
Shaun R. Harper, PhD
Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education: Gale M. Sinatra, PhD
Dean's Professorship in Educational Equity: Brendesha Tynes,
PhD
Leslie Wilbur and Norma Lash Wilbur-Evelyn Kieffer Professor of
Higher Education: Adrianna Kezar, PhD
Robert A. Naslund Chair in Curriculum Theory: Christopher Emdin,
PhD
Fahmy Attalah Chair in Curriculum and Instruction: Mary Helen
Immordino-Yang, EdD
Professors: Patricia Burch, PhD; Darnell Cole, PhD; Jessica
DeCuir-Gunby, PhD; Christopher Emdin, PhD; Karen Symms
Gallagher, PhD; Shaun R. Harper, PhD; Mary Helen Immordino-
Yang, EdD; Henry Jenkins, PhD (Annenberg); Adrianna Kezar,
PhD; Franklin Manis, PhD (Dornsife); Julie Ann Marsh, PhD;
Tatiana Melguizo, PhD; Pedro A. Noguera, PhD; Harold F. O'Neil
Jr., PhD; Daphna Oyserman, PhD (Dornsife); Gary Painter, PhD
(Price); Lawrence O. Picus, PhD; Gale Sinatra, PhD; Brendesha
Tynes, PhD
Associate Professors: Royel Johnson, PhD; Erika A. Patall, PhD;
Morgan Polikoff, PhD; Julie Posselt, PhD; David Schwartz, PhD
(Dornsife)
Assistant Professors: Stephen Aguilar, PhD; Dwuana Bradley,
PhD; Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, PhD; Adrian Huerta, PhD; Adam
Kho, PhD; David Quinn, EdD
Professors of Clinical Education: Shafiqa Ahmadi, JD; Brinell
Anderson, PsyD; Mary Andres, PsyD; Theodore Burnes, PhD;
David Cash, EdD; Rudy Castruita, EdD; Ruth Chung, PhD; Ginger
Clark, PhD; Jenifer Crawford, PhD; Rudolph Crew, EdD; Robert
Filback, PhD; Gregory Franklin, EdD; Frederick W. Freking, PhD;
Alan Green, PhD; Angela Hasan, PhD; Kimberly Hirabayashi,
PhD; Sandra N. Kaplan, EdD; Christina Kishimoto, EdD; Anthony
B. Maddox, PhD; Azad Madni, PhD (Viterbi); Courtney Malloy,
PhD; Eugenia Mora-Flores, EdD; Maria Ott, EdD; John Pascarella,
PhD; Mark Power Robison, PhD; Darline Robles, PhD; Helena
Seli, PhD; Julie Slayton, JD, PhD; Kathy Stowe, EdD; Tracy Poon
Tambascia, EdD; Patricia Tobey, PhD; Kenneth Yates, EdD
Associate Professors of Clinical Education: Briana Hinga, PhD;
Emmy Min, PhD; Artineh Samkian, EdD; Cathy Krop, PhD; Shanta
Smith, EdD
Assistant Professors of Clinical Education: Sheila Banuelos, EdD;
Cory Buckner, EdD; Nasser Cortez, EdD; Yajaira Curiel, PhD;
Akilah Lyons-Moore, EdD; Atheneus Ocampo, EdD
Teaching Professors of Clinical Education: Bryant Adibe, MD;
Kimberly Ferrario, PhD
Associate (Teaching) Professors of Clinical Education: Paula
Carbone, PhD; Monique Datta, EdD; Corinne Hyde, EdD;
Ekaterina Moore, PhD; Marsha Riggio, PhD; Don Trahan, PhD
Assistant (Teaching) Professors of Clinical Education: Stephanie
Dewing, EdD; Adrian Donato, EdD; Esther Kim, PhD; Jennifer
Phillips, DLS; Rufus Tony Spann, PhD
Professor of Practice: Jerome Lucido, PhD
Research Professors: Zoë Corwin, PhD; Brandi Jones, EdD
Associate Research Professor: Kendrick Davis, PhD
Assistant Research Professor: Joseph Kitchen, PhD
Senior Lecturer: Kate O'Connor
Senior Fellow: Douglas Lynch, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Lloyd Armstrong, PhD; Estela Mara
Bensimon, EdD; Richard Clark, EdD; Myron H. Dembo, PhD;
Mike Diamond, PhD (Marshall); Robert Ferris, EdD; Rodney K.
Goodyear, PhD; Edward J. Kazlauskas, PhD; Frederick Knirk,
EdD; Steven Krashen, PhD; Johanna K. Lemlech, EdD; David
Marsh, PhD; William F. O'Neill, PhD; Robert Rueda, PhD; John
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Slaughter, PhD; William G. Tierney, PhD; Kathleen Wulf, PhD
Emeritus Professors of Clinical Education: Raymond J. Pat
Gallagher, PhD; Michael Genzuk, PhD; Stuart E. Gothold, EdD;
Dennis Hocevar, PhD; Julietta Shakhbagova, PhD; Margo
Pensavalle, EdD; Sylvia Rousseau, EdD; Melora Sundt, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology: Rodney K. Goodyear,
PhD
University Professor Emeritus of Education and Computer
Engineering: John Slaughter, PhD
Stoops Dean and Cooper Chair Emeritus: Guilbert C. Hentschke,
PhD
Research Professor Emeritus of Education: Allen Munro, PhD
Degree and Minor Programs
The USC Rossier School of Education offers the following
degree programs: Master of Arts, Teaching; Master of Arts,
Teaching: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages;
Master of Education, Educational Counseling; Master of
Education, Learning Design and Technology; Master of Education,
Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs; Master of
Education, School Counseling; Master of Education, Enrollment
Management and Policy; Master of Education, School Leadership;
Master of Science, Marriage and Family Therapy; Doctor of
Philosophy, Urban Education Policy/Master of Public Policy (PhD/
MPP); Educational Leadership (EdD); Global Executive (EdD);
Organizational Change and Leadership (EdD); and Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD) in Urban Education Policy.
The USC Rossier School of Education also offers minors in
Education and Computing, Education and Society, The Dynamics
of Early Childhood, Education Policy (with the Price School of
Public Policy), Mathematics Education, and Multilingualism and
Multiculturalism.
Graduate Degrees
Admission
Applicants for admission to graduate degree programs must
have a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited
institution. Admission to graduate programs in the USC Rossier
School of Education is highly selective and competitive. A grade
point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is usually expected as well as letters
of recommendation and personal statements. The Graduate
Record Examinations (GRE) is accepted but not required. Specific
prior degree, testing and recommendation requirements vary by
program. For specific information on admission and application
procedures, contact the Office of Admission and Scholarships,
(213) 740-0224 or info@rossier.usc.edu.
For more details on how to apply, please visit: rossier.usc.edu/
admissions/.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Students must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (A =
4.0) or better to stay in good academic standing. Consistent
with USC's overall policies for graduate students, factors other
than satisfactory grades may also be taken into consideration
in decisions regarding a student's continuation in a graduate
degree program. These factors include satisfactory performance
in fieldwork or credentialing requirements, or meeting program-
defined professional standards, which are communicated to
students at the beginning of the program.
Students who do not earn or maintain a 3.0 (A = 4.0) grade
point average in an academic term may be given an academic
warning in the following term. Students may also be given an
academic warning if they have not fulfilled non-GPA related
requirements, as defined by their degree program. The academic
warning provides notification that the student is subject to
dismissal. A student who is not in good academic standing is
subject to dismissal, and may be dismissed from a program
whenever, in the judgment of the associate dean for academic
programs and the program director of the program in question,
it is unlikely that the student will successfully complete his or her
program.
Time Limit for Degree Completion
The time limit for completing a master's degree is five years.
The time limit for completing a doctoral degree is eight years.
For students who earned an applicable master's degree within
five years prior to admission to the doctorate, the time limit for
completion is six years.
The time limit begins with the first course at USC applied
toward a specified degree and ends the semester during which all
requirements are met.
A primary consideration of the setting of time limits is the
currency of the course work and research with respect to the date
the degree is to be conferred. Equally important is the concern that
the faculty members serving as advisers or committee members
be available to the student for the duration of graduate studies at
USC.
Occasionally a student finds it impossible to comply with
prescribed time limits for completion of a degree. If a significant
delay is likely to occur, the student must make arrangements in
advance by petitioning for an extension of time. Such petitions will
be considered when there is clear justification based on sound
academic or critical personal reasons. An academic department
may grant an extension of up to one year at a time for a maximum
of two years.
Doctoral Degrees
The USC Rossier School of Education offers the Doctor of
Philosophy in Urban Education Policy (PhD) and the Doctor of
Education (EdD). Both doctoral degrees place strong emphasis
on the acquisition of inquiry skills and on the collaborative and
interdisciplinary study of issues mutually engaging to both students
and the USC Rossier School of Education faculty members.
Both degrees emphasize the acquisition of appropriate research
and inquiry skills, but the application of these skills is expected
to differ. The EdD student is trained to use inquiry skills to
solve contemporary problems, while the PhD student is trained
to contribute to the general and theoretical knowledge about
educational issues. The EdD is administered by the USC Rossier
School of Education; the PhD is administered by the Graduate
School.
PhD students must also consult The Graduate School section
of this catalogue for regulations and requirements pertaining to the
degree.
Credential Programs
A credential is a license issued by the California Commission
on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) to persons wishing to legally
teach or perform certain other professional services in California's
public schools. USC is one of several institutions authorized
to recommend qualified persons to the CCTC for receipt of
credentials.
There are two categories of credentials offered in the USC
Rossier School of Education: teaching and service. Requirements
for these credentials may be obtained by calling the appropriate
phone number listed below. Credential requirements may change
due to state law. Students are advised to consult periodically
with the USC Rossier School of Education Credential office or
the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) ctc.
ca.gov/ for current credential requirements.
Teaching Credentials
California has a two-tier credential structure. A five-year
Preliminary Credential is the first credential issued after an
individual meets basic credential requirements. Upon successful
completion of the MAT program candidates are recommended
for a Preliminary Credential. Internships and Induction programs
that lead to Clear Credentials can be satisfied under the purview
of your district of employment. All Preliminary Credentials from
the MAT include the English Language Learner Authorization
(previously known as a CLAD certificate) and authorization of
specialized use of technology in educational settings as mandated
by the State of California.
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Multiple Subject Teaching (MS) authorizes the holder to
teach in a self-contained classroom such as the classrooms
in most elementary schools. A teacher authorized for multiple
subject instruction may be assigned to teach in any self-contained
classroom (preschool, grades K–12 or many subjects within a
self-contained classroom). This classroom situation is generally
found in preschool and elementary grades or in classes organized
primarily for adults. In addition, the holder of a Multiple Subject
Teaching Credential may serve in a core or team teaching setting.
Single Subject Teaching (SS) authorizes the holder to teach
a specific subject(s) named on the credential in departmentalized
classes such as those in most middle schools and high schools,
in grades preschool, K-12, or in classes organized primarily for
adults.
Education Specialist Credential (ES) authorizes the holder
to conduct Educational Assessments related to student's access
to the academic core curriculum and progress toward meeting
instructional academic goals, provide instruction and Special
Education Support to individuals in the area of specialization listed
on the credential. Currently the ES curriculum in the MAT program
prepares candidates to work with students who have Mild/
Moderate Disabilities (M/M). This preliminary ES credential will
also include the state mandated additional autism authorization,
which authorizes candidates to provide instructional services to
students with autism within the M/M specialty area setting.
All Preliminary Credential teacher candidates enrolled in the
MAT programs must meet the following requirements in order to
be recommended/endorsed for a teaching credential: Certificate
of Clearance*, Basic Skills Competency, Content Subject Matter
Competency, successful completion of all MAT course work,
negative tuberculosis test valid within 6 months of beginning
student teaching, Clinical Fieldwork Experience Agreement form,
Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA)**, Healthy
Environments modules, evidence of successful completion and
passing of a TPA (Teaching Performance Assessment)–USC
MAT program uses the EdTPA, U.S. Constitution requirement,
verification of training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that
covers infant, child and adult CPR skills according to the American
Heart Association (AHA) and/or the American Red Cross (ARC),
and 800 hours of student teaching.
*Please note the Certificate of Clearance can only be issued by
the CCTC and requires applicants to provide a Social Security
Number (SSN).
**RICA is required for Multiple Subjects and Education Specialist
Credential candidates only.
Teacher certification rules and requirements vary greatly
by state. Completion of a CCTC-approved program does not
guarantee certification or licensure in another state. Prospective
teacher candidates are strongly advised to learn about their state's
requirements. The USC Credential Office will provide support and
program verification information as appropriate and necessary
during the direct licensure application process to states outside of
California. See online.usc.edu/state-disclosures/.
For inquiries, contact the MAT Programs Office at askmat@rossier.
usc.edu.
Services Credentials
The Administrative Services Credential authorizes the holder
to provide a variety of services in grades 12 and below, including
preschool, and in classes organized primarily for adults. USC
recommends candidates for the Preliminary Administrative
Services Credential. This credential is offered through the School
Leadership Academy. For more information please contact
professional.development@rossier.usc.edu.
The Clear Pupil Personnel Services Credential:
Candidates for the Master of Education in Educational
Counseling, Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy
and Master of Education in School Counseling have the option
to earn a Clear Pupil Personnel Services Credential, which
authorizes the holder to provide the following services:
• School Counseling authorizes the holder to perform the
following duties in a K-12 environment: develop, plan,
implement, and evaluate a school counseling and guidance
program that includes academic, career, personal and
social development; advocate for the high academic
achievement and social development of all students; provide
schoolwide prevention and intervention strategies and
counseling services; provide consultation, training, and staff
development to teachers and parents regarding students'
needs; and, supervise a district-approved advisory program
as described in California Education Code, Section 49600.
Candidates in the Master of Social Work program have the
option to earn a Clear Pupil Personnel Services Credential, which
authorizes the holder to provide both of the following services:
• School Child Welfare and Attendance in grades 12 and
below, including preschool, and in programs organized
primarily for adults: access appropriate services from both
public and private providers, including law enforcement
and social services; provide staff development to school
personnel regarding state and federal laws pertaining
to due process and child welfare and attendance laws;
address school policies and procedures that inhibit
academic success; implement strategies to improve student
attendance; participate in school-wide reform efforts; and
promote understanding and appreciation of those factors
that affect the attendance of culturally diverse student
populations.
• School Social Work in grades 12 and below, including
preschool, and in programs organized primarily for adults:
assess home, school, personal and community factors
that may affect a student's learning; identify and provide
intervention strategies for children and their families,
including counseling, case management, and crisis
intervention; consult with teachers, administrators and
other school staff regarding social and emotional needs
of students; and coordinate family, school and community
resources on behalf of students.
For inquiries, contact the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work at 1.877.700.4MSW (1.877.700.4679).
Special Programs
Professional Development
The Office for Professional Development offers a variety of
credential, non-degree and certificate programs for aspiring and
current professional educators and administrators in both fully
customized and open enrollment programs.
Areas of expertise include English Language Development;
Literacy; Differentiated Curriculum; Gifted Education; School Site
Leadership Development; School District Leadership and School
Business Management.
Certificate programs are offered in online, face-to-face, and
blended formats and include:
• Reading and Literacy Added Authorization Program
• Differentiated Curriculum for Gifted Students Certificate
Program
• School Business Management Certificate Program
• AASA-USC Urban Superintendents Academy
• School Leadership Academy: Preliminary Administrative
Services Credential
Professional Development also offers the annual in-person:
• Summer Gifted Institute and Teacher Demonstration School
The office also offers national programs customized specifically
for districts, including personalized coaching, classroom
demonstration lessons incorporating educational technology,
curriculum instruction and consultation responding to standards
(Common Core, NGSS, ELD, VAPA) and International Teacher
Training Institutes customized for student teachers, faculty,
administrators and scholars seeking immersion in an American
education environment. Many of our professional development
programs offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) upon
successful completion.
For further information, contact the Office for Professional
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Development at (213) 740-8536. You can also visit rossier.usc.
edu/programs/pd/.
Minor
Education and Computing Minor
The Education and Computing minor aims to apply skills and
knowledge of computer programming and STEM pedagogy to
issues in education and society. The Education and Computing
minor will support students who plan to enter research, policy and
teaching in STEM education. The minor requires 18 units.
The Education and Computing minor is not currently accepting
students.
Core Courses
• EDUC 422 Education for Social Change Units: 4
• EDUC 426 Educational Inquiry for Equity Units: 4
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2 *
• ITP 330 Computational Thinking Through Programming
Units: 4
• ITP 430 Computational Education Capstone Units: 4
*Note: Students with prior programming experience may
request to take a placement test. Students who pass this
placement test will have their ITP 115 requirement waived.
Students who have completed ITP 165 or CSCI 102L may
have their ITP 115 requirement substituted in consulation
with an adviser.
Education and Society Minor
The education and society minor seeks to examine education
and its role in society. The minor is intended to help students
develop broad perspectives on the purposes and forms of
education and schooling, including the purpose and history of
schooling; the provision of equitable opportunities for all; the
factors impacting teaching, learning and achievement; and the
development of engaged citizenship for more just societies
through education. Students enrolled in this minor will gain multiple
perspectives on education locally, nationally and internationally,
including technology's role in educational outcomes. The minor
provides resources for students who may want to pursue careers
in education after graduation — teaching, educational advocacy
through nonprofits or non-governmental organizations, university
research, policymaking or educational entrepreneurship.
Upper-Division Requirements
• EDUC 421 Global Issues: Impact on Educational Outcomes
Units: 4
• EDUC 422 Education for Social Change Units: 4
• EDUC 423 Unrealized Promise and Hope for Education in
21st Century Units: 4
• EDUC 426 Educational Inquiry for Equity Units: 4
Mathematics Education Minor
The minor in mathematics education is intended for all
students interested in the nature of mathematical thought
and argumentation, and in how people learn mathematics. It
gives students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of
mathematics while simultaneously exploring a career in K-12
education. It is designed so any undergraduate student can
complete it by taking 16 units in addition to his or her major.
The minor in mathematics education is not currently accepting
students.
Required Courses
• EDUC 422 Education for Social Change Units: 4
• EDUC 433 Elementary Mathematics for Teaching Units: 4 or
• EDUC 434 Secondary Mathematics for Teaching Units: 4
• EDUC 437 Research in Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Units: 4
• EDUC 438 Truth in Mathematics Units: 4
Multilingualism and Multiculturalism Minor
The multilingualism and multiculturalism minor seeks to
examine the role of language and culture in education and society.
The minor is intended to help students develop broad perspectives
on the considerable personal, sociocultural, economic and political
significance of developing and sustaining competence in two or
more languages and cultures. Multilingualism and multiculturalism
is key for children to thrive socially, cognitively academically, and
professionally in the 21st century. In this minor, we will interrogate
current linguistic inequities that are rooted in a legacy of cultural,
racial and linguistic domination, which have resulted in the
long-lasting negative impact on linguistically minoritized students
and communities. Students enrolled in this minor will learn how
language is intimately bound to identity, culture, and power
and gain multiple perspectives on multilingual and multicultural
education locally, nationally and internationally. With this minor,
students will be prepared for further study toward a career as a
teacher, project director, community organizer in non-profits, case
manager, community liaison, educational entrepreneur, policy
maker or researcher in multilingual and multicultural community
and state contexts.
The multilingualism and multiculturalism minor is not currently
accepting students.
Required Courses
• EDUC 411 Sociopolitical and Raciolinguistic Contexts of
Language Units: 4
• EDUC 412 Linguistically and Culturally Sustaining Teaching
Units: 4
• EDUC 422 Education for Social Change Units: 4
• EDUC 426 Educational Inquiry for Equity Units: 4
The Dynamics of Early Childhood Minor
The Dynamics of Early Childhood minor is intended to facilitate
students' understanding of the historical implications that guide
what we know and how we use the information we know related
to the development of young children. The noted ideologies of
theorists such as Dewey, Froebel, Pestalozzi and others will be
examined from the perspectives of professions such as journalist,
cinematographer, sociologist and psychologist. The effects of
sources of entertainment such as children's books, films and
television programs as well as consumer products such as toys will
be studied in order to determine the "power" and effects they have
on our developmental understandings and designs of educational
needs for young children. Students will be encouraged to pursue a
self-selected investigation of early childhood in order to be able to
contribute as a professional, a family member, and an educator to
address the roles and importance of young children in our society.
Four-Course Program:
• EDUC 422 Education for Social Change Units: 4
• EDUC 426 Educational Inquiry for Equity Units: 4
• EDUC 427 Vectors that Influence Early Childhood
Development Units: 4
• EDUC 428 The Effects of Curriculum and Institution on Early
Childhood Units: 4
Master's Degree
Educational Counseling (MEd)
The Master of Education degree in Educational Counseling
is designed for individuals seeking a career or advancement
opportunities in postsecondary education as an academic or
outreach counselor. The degree includes a theoretical and
practical background in student affairs and counseling.
The program meets current requirements for postsecondary
counseling positions in the California state system, particularly for
those who wish to work in the public community college system. A
minimum of 48 units is required.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Rossier Graduate
Degree Requirements.
Required Courses
• EDCO 503 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Units: 3
• EDCO 541 Theories in Counseling Units: 3
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• EDHP 500 Foundations of Higher, Adult, and Professional
Education Units: 3
• EDHP 552 The Politics of Difference Units: 3
• EDHP 580 The Community College Units: 3
• EDHP 587 Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional
Education Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (3 Units Required)
• EDHP 593a Master's Seminar Units: 2 and
• EDHP 593b Master's Seminar Units: 2
or
• EDHP 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2 and
• EDHP 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• EDHP 687 Student Development in Higher Education
Units: 3
• EDPT 502 Learning and Individual Differences Units: 3
• EDUC 500 The Counseling Process Units: 3
• EDUC 508 Interrogating Systems of Inequity in Professional
Practice Units: 2
• EDUC 547 Career Development: Theory and Process
Units: 3
• EDUC 570 Research Methods and Data Analysis Units: 3
• EDUC 609 Academic Advising in Postsecondary Education
Units: 3
• EDUC 637 Group Counseling: Theory and Process Units: 3
• EDUC 661 Equity in College and Career Access Units: 3
Enrollment Management and Policy (MEd)
The Master of Education in Enrollment Management and Policy
will focus on the preparation of graduates to assume positions
within the field of enrollment management at two- and four-year
postsecondary educational institutions, at professional graduate
school programs, and at private preparatory schools. Our focus
is on preparing candidates for both early to mid-career positions
as well as for leadership positions within enrollment management
organizations. The program consists of 30 units taught over 23
months and is delivered primarily on-line but with convergence
seminars, thus this will be a hybrid program. The curriculum will
cover a range of subjects including exploration of admissions
models, legal issues in admissions and financial aid, institutional
and public policy issues in student financial aid, theories
and models of student retention, marketing, and enrollment
management research. The final capstone experience will ask
students to prepare a five-year strategic enrollment management
plan. Students will develop a plan for the institution at which they
are currently employed or a university or school selected with the
assistance from faculty in the program.
Required Courses
• EDUC 687 Capstone Seminar Units: 3
• EDUC 690 Framing and Enrollment Management Units: 3
• EDUC 691 Admission Policy and Practice Units: 3
• EDUC 692 Role of Diversity in Admissions Units: 3
• EDUC 693 Institutional Positioning in Student Recruitment
Units: 3
• EDUC 694 Legal Issues in Enrollment Management Units: 3
• EDUC 695 Organizations and Leadership in Education
Units: 3
• EDUC 696 Financial Aid in Enrollment Management Units: 3
• EDUC 697 Research, Planning, and Accountability Units: 3
• EDUC 698 Enhancing Student Retention Units: 3
Learning Design and Technology (MEd)
The Master's in Learning Design and Technology program is
designed for people who want to significantly improve learning
and performance outcomes within their organization. Graduates
will be prepared to design, implement, and evaluate learning
environments and outcomes for various formal (e.g., K-12 and
higher education), non-formal (e.g., corporate, military and
government organizations) and informal settings (e.g., museums,
science centers and public spaces). The program draws from
learning and motivation research, as well as knowledge of how to
leverage technology, to design face-to-face, technology-enabled,
and blended learning experiences. Through the project-based
capstone, students will gain practical experience by designing a
learning experience or evaluating an existing learning design. The
program consists of 30 units and is delivered online only.
Required Courses
• EDUC 508 Interrogating Systems of Inequity in Professional
Practice Units: 2
• EDUC 503 Learning and Motivation Units: 3
• EDUC 589 Human Lifespan Development Units: 3
• EDUC 591 Diversity: Power, Equity and Inclusion Units: 3
• EDUC 570 Research Methods and Data Analysis Units: 3
• EDUC 582 Assessment and Evaluation Units: 2
• EDUC 595 Instructional Design Units: 3
• EDUC 579 Media Selection and Evaluation Units: 2
• EDUC 586 Design of Learning Environments Units: 3
• EDUC 587 Master's Studio A Units: 2
• EDUC 588 Master's Studio B Units: 4
Marriage and Family Therapy (MS)
The Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy is
offered for those students seeking to prepare for the practice
of marriage and family therapy. Students who complete this
specialized professional degree program and who fulfill the
additional state-mandated requirements are eligible for the State of
California's Marriage and Family Therapy license. A minimum of 60
units is required.
Required Courses
• EDCO 541 Theories in Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 500 The Counseling Process Units: 3
• EDUC 507 Professional Identity, Law and Ethics for
Counselors Units: 3
• EDUC 508 Interrogating Systems of Inequity in Professional
Practice Units: 2
• EDUC 515 Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy Units: 3
• EDUC 544 Psychological Assessment Units: 3
• EDUC 546 Psychopathology for Marriage and Family
Therapy Units: 3
• EDUC 547 Career Development: Theory and Process
Units: 3
• EDUC 553 Psychopharmacology and the Effects of
Substance Abuse Units: 3
• EDUC 570 Research Methods and Data Analysis Units: 3
• EDUC 583 Counseling through the Lifespan Units: 3
• EDUC 633 Child and Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence
Units: 2
• EDUC 634 Couples Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 635 Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Units: 3
• EDUC 636 Perspectives on Human Sexuality Units: 3
• EDUC 637 Group Counseling: Theory and Process Units: 3
• EDUC 638 Multicultural Counseling: Research and Practice
Units: 3
• EDUC 644 Practicum in Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 645a Fieldwork in Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 645b Fieldwork in Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 646 Marriage and Family Therapy Capstone:
Leadership Project Units: 2
Multiple Subject (MAT)
The Master of Arts in Teaching degree prepares Teacher
Candidates to pursue careers as teachers. Subject Matter
Concentrations of the program are offered at the Elementary
(Multiple Subjects) and Secondary (English, Mathematics,
Science, and Social Science) levels. The curriculum focuses on
preparing teachers to work with diverse K-12 populations. Teacher
Candidates enrolled in the MAT Program will engage in supervised
field experiences throughout the curriculum. MAT course work
provides Teacher Candidates with theoretical foundations,
teaching strategies and practical field-based experiences
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necessary to make a difference in schools across the State of
California, the United States and the world. The Gifted Education
Certificate may be obtained for additional course work.
The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate credential
recommendation may also be earned by completing the Special
Education pathway in EDUC 677. Bilingual authorization in
Spanish is available through the completion of the MAT program
and passage of additional exams and fieldwork requirements.
Multiple Subject
The MAT Multiple Subject is designed for those interested
in teaching at the elementary level. The MAT Multiple Subject
program requires a minimum of 28 units.
The Multiple Subject emphasis is available online.
As a California-based licensure program, candidates enrolled
in the MAT Multiple Subject program must satisfy requirements in
addition to the courses listed below. Please refer to the information
about these requirements here.
Core Courses
• EDUC 670 Introduction to Curriculum and Pedagogy in
Urban Schools Units: 4
• EDUC 671 Contexts for Educational Equity, Access, and
Agency Units: 3
• EDUC 672 Integrated Language Development Across the
Curriculum Units: 3
• EDUC 674 Identifying and Teaching to Student Differences
Units: 3
• EDUC 678 Applying Knowledge and Strategies for Teaching
All Students Units: 2
• EDUC 679 Blended Learning Experiences for Students in
Urban Schools Units: 2
Multiple Subject Concentration
• EDUC 673 Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Part A
Units: 4
• EDUC 675 Literacy Development and Instruction in
Elementary Education Units: 3
• EDUC 677 Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Part B
Units: 4
Note:
Completion of the MAT program will prepare all candidates
for the Education Specialist credential. All standards have been
integrated into the MAT program of study. Students who are
interested in being recommended for the Education Specialist Mild/
Moderate credential will be placed in EDUC 677 with placement in
an approved Education Specialist supported classroom for half of
their guided practice requirements.
The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate credential provides
current MAT credential candidates with the competencies
to respond to the needs, interests and abilities of special
needs students in either regular classrooms or specific school
classrooms defined for students who need Mild/Moderate support
with documented learning differences. It widens the range of the
students' knowledge about teaching and learning allowing them
to compete in the contemporary professional marketplace. A
credential in special education may be mandatory in some states
for consideration to teach special needs students in any type of
learning environment.
In addition to the master's degree, a recommendation for a
California Bilingual Authorization in Spanish, may be earned.
Candidates must: 1) Complete all requirements for the Single
Subject (MAT) degree and Preliminary Single Subject Teaching
Credential; 2) Pass CSET: Spanish Subtest III (test code 147) and
Spanish Subtest V (test code 258); and 3) Successfully conduct
Spanish lessons as part of EDUC 677: Applications of Curriculum
and Pedagogy, Part B, that meet the BILA fieldwork competencies.
California Bilingual Authorization in Spanish will allow graduates
to work with Spanish-speaking students and their families to
support their primary language and develop academic English in a
range of bilingual settings.
Postsecondary Administration and Student
Affairs (MEd)
The Master of Education, Postsecondary Administration and
Student Affairs provides current and prospective professionals
working in various capacities within two-year, four-year and
professional postsecondary institutions with the theoretical
foundation and practical applications to excel in a variety of
higher education administrative and students services positions
(academic advising and support services). Students will have
an opportunity to develop an area of proficiency such as student
affairs or athletic administration. A minimum of 30 units of
graduate-level course work is required.
Required Courses
• EDUE 560 Identity and Diversity Units: 3
• EDUE 563 History of Higher Education Units: 3
• EDUE 571 Research Methods and Applied Educational
Ethnography Units: 3
• EDHP 657 Leadership and Management in Student Affairs
Units: 3
• EDHP 679 Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher
Education Units: 3
• EDHP 687 Student Development in Higher Education
Units: 3
• EDUC 616 Higher Education Capstone Units: 3
Approved electives
• Units: 9
School Counseling (MEd)
The Master of Education, School Counseling is geared toward
socially responsible individuals who are aware that many of the
issues pupils confront have societal origins. Designed to prepare
educators interested in becoming school counselors in grades
pre-K through grade 12, successful candidates will obtain the
Master of Education, School Counseling degree along with
USC recommendation for the Pupil Personnel Services School
Counseling Credential. Forty-nine units of course work, 100 clock
hours in a practicum experience and 700 clock hours of supervised
field experience are required.
Required Courses
• EDCO 503 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Units: 3
• EDCO 541 Theories in Counseling Units: 3
• EDCO 574 School Counseling Practicum Units: 2 (2 Units
Required)
• EDCO 575 School Counseling Fieldwork Units: 2 (4 Units
Required)
• EDPT 502 Learning and Individual Differences Units: 3
• EDUC 500 The Counseling Process Units: 3
• EDUC 508 Interrogating Systems of Inequity in Professional
Practice Units: 2
• EDUC 511 Introduction to Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 520 Career and College Readiness Counseling
Units: 3
• EDUC 540 Collaboration, Consultation and Assessment in
Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 542 Substance Abuse Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 543 Family Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 570 Research Methods and Data Analysis Units: 3
• EDUC 608 School Connectedness, Climate, and Classroom
Management Units: 2
• EDUC 612 Application of Human Development Theory in
School Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 637 Group Counseling: Theory and Process Units: 3
• EDUC 638 Multicultural Counseling: Research and Practice
Units: 3
School Leadership (MEd)
School leadership matters. The Master of Education in School
Leadership will prepare educational leaders with the knowledge
and skills to lead effectively in urban school settings and to
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accelerate student achievement. Graduates will demonstrate
that they can create a high achievement school culture and solve
complex performance problems in K–12 schools by being able
to advocate for a shared community-driven vision; create a high
performance school culture and educational goals; collect data to
diagnose causes of achievement gaps; plan appropriate research-
based solutions; gather and manage resources; effectively
communicate the plan to school administration, faculty, staff and
community; and provide support for implementing, monitoring
and evaluating progress toward achieving school improvement.
All courses are taught through field-based experiences where
problems are solved in real work settings, applying research to
practice. Students who graduate from the program will be ready
to work within the constantly evolving educational landscape of
California and other states. A national trip is integrated into the
program's curriculum.
The program is open to teachers, counselors, psychologists and
other school-based personnel who have worked for a minimum of
two years in such positions. Two letters of recommendation are
required.
The program is only available online.
Required Courses
• EDUC 508 Interrogating Systems of Inequity in Professional
Practice Units: 2
• EDUC 533 School Leadership: Theory and Practice Units: 3
• EDUC 537 Leading with the Community and Culture in
Context Units: 3
• EDUC 538 Entrepreneurial School Leadership Units: 2
• EDUC 548 Data-Driven Leadership for Schools Units: 3
• EDUC 549 Supervising Instruction for Optimal Learning
Units: 3
• EDUC 570 Research Methods and Data Analysis Units: 3
• EDUC 604 National Perspective on School Leadership
Units: 1
• EDUC 641 Human Capital and School Organization Units: 3
• EDUC 643 Advancing Community Support through Social
Media Units: 2
• EDUC 647 School Leadership Seminar Units: 2
• EDUC 648a Apprenticeship in School Administration and
Leadership Units: 2
• EDUC 648b Apprenticeship in School Administration and
Leadership Units: 2
Single Subject (MAT)
The Master of Arts in Teaching degree prepares teacher
candidates to pursue careers as teachers. Subject Matter
Concentrations of the program are offered at the Elementary
(Multiple Subjects) and Secondary (English, Mathematics,
Science and Social Science) levels. The curriculum focuses on
preparing teachers to work with diverse K-12 populations. Teacher
candidates enrolled in the MAT program will engage in supervised
field experiences throughout the curriculum. MAT course work
provides teacher candidates with theoretical foundations, teaching
strategies and practical field-based experiences necessary to
make a difference in schools across the State of California, the
United States and the world. The Gifted Education Certificate may
be obtained for additional course work.
The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate credential
recommendation may also be earned by completing the Special
Education pathway in EDUC 677. Bilingual authorization in
Spanish is available through the completion of the MAT program
and passage of additional exams and fieldwork requirements.
Single Subject
The MAT Single Subject is designed for those interested
in teaching at the secondary level. The emphasis offers
specializations in English, Science (Biological Sciences,
Chemistry, Geoscience or Physics), Mathematics and Social
Science. The MAT Single Subject program requires a minimum of
28 units.
The Single Subject emphasis is available online.
As a California-based licensure program, candidates enrolled
in the MAT Single Subject program must satisfy requirements in
addition to the courses listed below. Please refer to the information
about these requirements under Credentials.
Core Courses
• EDUC 670 Introduction to Curriculum and Pedagogy in
Urban Schools Units: 4
• EDUC 671 Contexts for Educational Equity, Access, and
Agency Units: 3
• EDUC 672 Integrated Language Development Across the
Curriculum Units: 3
• EDUC 674 Identifying and Teaching to Student Differences
Units: 3
• EDUC 678 Applying Knowledge and Strategies for Teaching
All Students Units: 2
• EDUC 679 Blended Learning Experiences for Students in
Urban Schools Units: 2
Single Subject Concentration
• EDUC 673 Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Part A
Units: 4
• EDUC 676 Literacy Development and Instruction in
Secondary Education Units: 3
• EDUC 677 Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Part B
Units: 4
Note:
Completion of the MAT program will prepare all candidates
for the Education Specialist credential. All standards have been
integrated into the MAT program of study. Students who are
interested in being recommended for the Education Specialist Mild/
Moderate credential will be placed in EDUC 677 with placement in
an approved Education Specialist supported classroom for half of
their guided practice requirements.
The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate credential provides
current MAT credential candidates with the competencies
to respond to the needs, interests and abilities of special
needs students in either regular classrooms or specific school
classrooms defined for students who need Mild/Moderate support
with documented learning differences. It widens the range of the
students' knowledge about teaching and learning allowing them
to compete in the contemporary professional marketplace. A
credential in special education may be mandatory in some states
for consideration to teach special needs students in any type of
learning environment.
In addition to the master's degree, a recommendation for a
California Bilingual Authorization in Spanish, may be earned.
Candidates must: 1) Complete all requirements for the Single
Subject (MAT) degree and Preliminary Single Subject Teaching
Credential, 2) Pass CSET: Spanish Subtest III (test code 147) and
Spanish Subtest V (test code 258), and 3) Successfully conduct
Spanish lessons as part of EDUC 677: Applications of Curriculum
and Pedagogy, Part B, that meet the BILA fieldwork competencies.
California Bilingual Authorization in Spanish will allow graduates
to work with Spanish-speaking students and their families to
support their primary language and develop academic English in a
range of bilingual settings.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages (World Masters in Language
Teaching) (MAT)
The USC Rossier School of Education partners with three
premier international universities to offer an innovative dual
master's degree program in teaching English and another
language (Chinese, Korean or Spanish) as part of its World Master
in Language Teaching Program.
Chinese and English track: School of Humanities and Social
Sciences at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(UST)
Korean and English track: Yonsei University's Department of
Korean Language and Literature
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Spanish and English track: Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad
de Mexico-Tijuana in Tijuana, Mexico (IBERO)
Qualified students will complete course work both at USC and
at one of the partner universities, spending part of their time at
UST, Yonsei University or IBERO and part of their time at USC.
Upon satisfying all program requirements at the two institutions,
two master's degrees will be awarded, one degree conferred by
USC in the areas of English teaching and one conferred by UST
in teaching Chinese by Yonsei University in Korean language and
literature or by IBERO in education and teaching in Spanish.
Admissions
Students wishing to pursue this dual master's program must
satisfy all application requirements for both the USC Rossier
School of Education and the selected partner university.
Program Completion
Once candidates apply and are accepted to the program, they
must complete all requirements for both degrees. Upon completion
of both degree requirements, the two degrees will be conferred.
For this dual degree, the equivalent of 6 units of pre-approved
course work taken at UST, Yonsei University or IBERO may be
transferred and applied to the degree requirements at USC.
Students who elect to receive only the USC degree must change
their degree objective from this dual degree program to a different
degree objective in the Rossier School of Education.
Residence
This is a two-year campus based program during which
students spend part of their time at UST, Yonsei University or
IBERO and part of their time at USC.
Language Requirements
USC: All courses at USC will be taught in English. Minimum
TOEFL/ELTS scores are required for admission.
UST: All courses at UST will be taught in English, Minimum
TOEFL/ELTS scores are required for admission. For the Teaching
Chinese as a Second Language concentration at UST, minimum
proficiency in Chinese must be demonstrated.
Yonsei University: While some courses will be taught in Korean,
accommodations will be provided for non-Korean speakers who
wish to complete the degree. Minimum TOEFL/ELTS scores are
required for admission. Those students pursuing the additional
option to obtain a Korean Language Teaching license at Yonsei
must demonstrate academic proficiency in Korean.
IBERO: All courses at IBERO will be taught in Spanish. To be
admitted, applicants must demonstrate academic proficiency in the
Spanish language by passing CSET Spanish Subtest III.
Program of Study
The USC Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages is a 24-unit degree (28 units for the credential
track). Students in the World Masters in Language Teaching
program may transfer in the equivalent of 6 units of pre-approved
course work from UST, Yonsei University or IBERO and therefore
reduce the requirement at USC to 18 units (22 units for credential
track).
Students must also complete the required number of units at
the selected partner university: 18 units at UST, 15 units at Yonsei
University (18 units for those pursuing the Korean language
teaching license) or 58 units at IBERO. In the UST and Yonsei
University tracks, students begin with a semester at UST or
Yonsei University, then complete two semesters at USC (spring
and fall), before returning to UST or Yonsei University for their
final Spring semester. In the IBERO track, students will spend the
first two semesters at the USC. During this time they will take one
online course at IBERO. They will then complete two terms at the
Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico-Tijuana in Tijuana,
Mexico. Finally, they will end the program with a final semester at
USC Rossier.
USC Required Courses
• EDUC 510 Theories of Language Learning and Teaching
Units: 3
• EDUC 521 Assessment and Instruction for Diverse Language
Learners Units: 3
• EDUC 596 English Language Learning Design, Teaching and
Technology Units: 3
• EDUC 639 Approaches and Strategies for Language
Teaching Units: 4
• EDUC 649 Teaching Practice to Support Language Learners
Units: 4
• EDUC 655 Social Foundations of Language Education
Units: 4
• EDUC 656 Applied Linguistics for English Language
Educators Units: 3
USC Required Courses for Credential Track
Only
• EDUC 660a Clinical Practice Seminar in Language Teaching
Units: 2
• EDUC 660b Clinical Practice Seminar in Language Teaching
Units: 2
Note:
Students in the World Masters in Language Teaching program
may transfer in the equivalent of 6 units of pre-approved
coursework from UST, Yonsei University or IBERO.
Teaching, Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages (MAT)
The Master of Arts in Teaching - Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages (MAT-TESOL) is designed to equip aspiring
and practicing English language teachers, domestic and
international, to successfully provide English language instruction
for children, youth or adults in the United States or abroad. The
degree has a non-credential track (minimum of 24 units) and a
credential option (minimum of 28 units). The program may be
completed on campus or online.
As a California-based licensure program, candidates enrolled
in the MAT-TESOL credential option must satisfy requirements in
addition to the courses listed below. Please refer to the information
about these requirements here.
Required Courses
• EDUC 510 Theories of Language Learning and Teaching
Units: 3
• EDUC 521 Assessment and Instruction for Diverse Language
Learners Units: 3
• EDUC 596 English Language Learning Design, Teaching and
Technology Units: 3
• EDUC 639 Approaches and Strategies for Language
Teaching Units: 4
• EDUC 649 Teaching Practice to Support Language Learners
Units: 4
• EDUC 655 Social Foundations of Language Education
Units: 4
• EDUC 656 Applied Linguistics for English Language
Educators Units: 3
Credential Option
• EDUC 660a Clinical Practice Seminar in Language Teaching
Units: 2
• EDUC 660b Clinical Practice Seminar in Language Teaching
Units: 2
Graduate Certificate
Gifted Education Certificate
Aligned with USC Rossier's mission to serve high-need students
in urban centers, the certificate in Gifted Education was designed
to provide candidates concurrently enrolled in MAT programs with
the competencies to respond to the needs, interests and abilities
of gifted students in either homogeneous or heterogeneous regular
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classrooms or specific school environments defined for gifted and
high-ability students.
The certificate in Gifted Education enables MAT candidates
to recognize the manifestations of giftedness among cultural,
linguistic and economically diverse students in urban schools, to
facilitate the identification of underrepresented students as gifted
and to provide differentially appropriate curriculum for them.
Required Courses
• EDUC 673 Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Part A
Units: 4
• EDUC 677 Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Part B
Units: 4
• EDUC 686 Responding to Gifted Students Units: 4
Learning Design and Technology Graduate
Certificate
The Certificate in Learning Design and Technology equips
individuals with skills to significantly improve learning and
performance outcomes within their professional setting. The
courses focus on building skills related to the design, development,
implementation and evaluation of learning experiences in a diverse
range of learning contexts. Individuals learn to align media and
technologies to support learning and motivation, and design and
develop assessment and evaluation practices.
Required Courses
• EDUC 503 Learning and Motivation Units: 3
Must take one of the following two courses:
• EDUC 579 Media Selection and Evaluation Units: 2
• EDUC 582 Assessment and Evaluation Units: 2
Must take two of the following three courses:
• EDUC 586 Design of Learning Environments Units: 3
• EDUC 589 Human Lifespan Development Units: 3
• EDUC 591 Diversity: Power, Equity and Inclusion Units: 3
• EDUC 595 Instructional Design Units: 3
Pupil Personnel Services Certificate
The Pupil Personnel Services Certificate program is designed
for students enrolled in the Master of Science in Marriage and
Family Therapy program or the Master of Education in Educational
Counseling program who wish to complete additional requirements
to earn USC recommendation for a Pupil Personnel Services:
School Counseling Credential. Application information is available
in the Master's program office.
The certificate requires a minimum of 20 units.
Required Courses
• EDCO 574 School Counseling Practicum Units: 2
• EDCO 575 School Counseling Fieldwork Units: 2 (4 Units
Required)
• EDUC 511 Introduction to Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 520 Career and College Readiness Counseling
Units: 3
• EDUC 542 Substance Abuse Counseling Units: 3
• EDUC 608 School Connectedness, Climate, and Classroom
Management Units: 2
Marriage and Family Therapy Students
• EDPT 502 Learning and Individual Differences Units: 3
Educational Counseling Students
• EDUC 543 Family Counseling Units: 3
Doctoral Degree
Educational Leadership (EdD)
The purpose of the Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Educational
Leadership program is to build critically conscious leaders who
can take actions to eliminate inequities that affect educational and
learning opportunities and outcomes for children and adults in
urban contexts. This three-year degree program is geared toward
working professionals who aspire to be leaders in urban education.
Admission requires an earned master's degree and a minimum
of three years of work experience in a related field; other earned
terminal degrees may be considered in lieu of a master's degree if
they are eligible for advanced standing within the University.
Areas of Concentration
Students are admitted to the program under one of four areas
of concentration: K-12 Leadership in Urban School Settings,
Educational Psychology, Higher Education Administration, or
Leading Instructional Change. Concentrations are not indicated on
the diploma, which will read "Doctor of Education in Educational
Leadership" for all concentrations.
Preliminary Review
The EdD in Educational Leadership preliminary review must be
completed before the student has earned 21 units. Passing the
preliminary review is a prerequisite to continuing in the program.
The faculty governance committee will determine the preliminary
review requirements and the process will be administered by the
program office.
Dissertation in Practice Advisement Committee
Each student selects a three-member advisement committee in
consultation with the adviser upon applying to take the qualifying
examination.
The committee chair must have a full-time faculty appointment
in the Rossier School of Education. A second member of the
committee must also have a full-time faculty appointment in the
Rossier School of Education. One member of the committee may
be external to the Rossier School of Education, such as a faculty
member elsewhere or a full-time professional educator who holds
a doctorate and brings strength to the committee in the area of
the dissertation topic or methodology. If an external member is
to be on the committee, this person must be nominated by the
committee chair and approved by the director of the EdD program.
Admission to Candidacy
Admission to candidacy is a formal action taken by the faculty of
the Rossier School of Education. This action is based on passing
the qualifying examination as part of the dissertation in practice.
Unit Requirement
The EdD requires completion of 60 units of course work.
Students admitted with Advanced Standing complete a minimum
of 43 units.
Core Program
EdD in Educational Leadership students are required to complete
18 units of core course work.
• EDUE 700 Foundations in Urban Education Units: 3
• EDUE 701 Foundations in Leadership in Education Units: 3
• EDUE 702 Foundations in Learning Units: 3
• EDUE 703 Power, Diversity and Equity Units: 3
• EDUE 704 Leadership Enactment Units: 3
• EDUE 710 Designing Educational Organizations for Equity
Units: 3
Research Methods
• EDUE 726 Research Methods 1 Units: 3
• EDUE 727 Research Methods 2 Units: 3
Electives
In consultation with advisers, students must complete 12 units of
elective course work aligned with their areas of concentration.
Dissertation in Practice
The dissertation in practice is a doctoral capstone designed for
practitioner-scholars to identify and address a problem of practice
in the candidate's domain of focus. An acceptable dissertation in
practice must show technical mastery of a special field and skills
of a practitioner-scholar. The student must be enrolled in EDUE
784a (or EDUE 784b, EDUE 784c, EDUE 784d, EDUE 784z)
each fall and spring semester after admission to candidacy until
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the dissertation in practice has been approved. Seven units of
dissertation in practice course work, including 2 units of
EDUE 784a, is required.
• EDUE 780a Dissertation in Practice Units: 3
• EDUE 780b Dissertation in Practice Units: 2
• EDUE 784a Dissertation in Practice, Data Analysis Units: 2
• EDUE 784b Dissertation in Practice, Data Analysis Units: 2
• EDUE 784c Dissertation in Practice, Data Analysis Units: 2
• EDUE 784d Dissertation in Practice, Data Analysis Units: 2
• EDUE 784z Dissertation in Practice, Data Analysis Units: 0
Global Executive (EdD)
The Global Executive EdD prepares tomorrow's transformational
educational leaders, policy makers, administrators and change
agents for their challenging task of improving individual and
national educational outcomes. The curriculum is designed to
enhance the professional experience of senior educational leaders
and policy makers by:
• Increasing their understanding of global trends and the
implications of those trends for their work;
• Challenging them to utilize evidence and theory-based
approaches in problem solving;
• Developing their capacity to effectively use complex data in
decision making; and
• Providing access to key leaders and leading education
scholars.
The program will focus on achieving large-scale improvements
across educational systems through strategic use of policy,
innovative practice and assessment. The curriculum stresses the
examination of educational solutions from around the world as
participants work with their own, local challenges.
Classes are delivered in Los Angeles and international
locations. The total units required for the degree is 60. A maximum
of 4 project units (EDUC 764a, EDUC 764b, EDUC 764c, EDUC
764d) may be applied toward the degree. Students admitted with
advanced standing complete a minimum of 50 units.
Preliminary Review:
The Global Executive EdD preliminary review must be passed
before the student has completed more than 18 units. Passing the
preliminary review is prerequisite to continuing in the program.
Required Courses
• EDUC 619 Framing Educational Leadership in a Global
Context Units: 4
• EDUC 620 Fundamentals of Creativity, Innovation, and
Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• EDUC 623 Understanding Research That Informs Leadership
Units: 3
• EDUC 624 Educational Organizations: Governance and
Finance I Units: 2
• EDUC 627 Education Performance Problems: Role of
Learning Units: 3
• EDUC 628 Educational Organizations: Governance and
Finance II Units: 2
• EDUC 629 Consulting Practicum Context Analysis Units: 3
• EDUC 631 Locating Educational Performance Problems
Units: 3
• EDUC 723 Evaluating and Assessing Educational System
Outcomes Units: 3
• EDUC 724 Creating Policy Alternatives for Educational
Settings Units: 3
• EDUC 726 Making Choices: Deciding Among Policy
Alternatives Units: 3
• EDUC 727 Implementing Policy in Educational Systems
Units: 3
• EDUC 728 Global Trends: Emerging Ideas, Emerging
Markets Units: 3
• EDUC 729 Assessing Policy Impact in Educational Settings
Units: 3
• EDUC 733 Analyzing Data and Identifying Solutions Units: 3
• EDUC 764a Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 764b Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 764c Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 764d Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(3 Units Required)
• Additional course work to be approved by program faculty
Units: 10
Organizational Change and Leadership (EdD)
The Education Doctorate in Organizational Change and
Leadership is a three-year degree program that prepares current
and future leaders to create conditions that foster continuous
improvement in themselves and their organizations. It emphasizes
how learning occurs informally and formally in workplaces and
serves as a mechanism for change and innovation in organizations
and systems. Arranged by four topical streams – problem solving,
leadership, dispositions of leaders and reflection – the program
seeks to attract a diverse student body of current and emerging
leaders who are interested in fostering learning that leads to
systemic improvement in their workplaces. The primary emphasis
will be on those individuals who currently hold or are seeking
leadership positions within colleges/universities, traditional and
non-traditional K-12 environments, chief learning officers and
their related human resources staff, non-profits and governmental
organizations. The degree is not linked to the credentials typically
needed to become an administrator in a K-12 environment,
including becoming a principal or superintendent. The degree
requires a minimum of 60 units. Students with a prior master's
may enter with Advanced Standing, reducing their units to 43. It is
delivered only online.
Required Courses
• EDUC 522 Challenges in Urban Education: Accountability
Units: 3
• EDUC 523 Equity and Inclusion in Organizational Contexts
Units: 3
• EDUC 524 Challenges in Urban Education: Leadership
Units: 3
• EDUC 532 Inquiry Methods I Units: 3
• EDUC 536 Inquiry Methods II Units: 3
• EDUC 603 Framing Organizational Change and Leadership
Units: 4
• EDUC 620 Fundamentals of Creativity, Innovation, and
Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• EDUC 627 Education Performance Problems: Role of
Learning Units: 3
• EDUC 652 Inquiry Methods III Units: 3
• EDUC 725 Analyzing Organizational Change and Its
Effectiveness Units: 3
• EDUC 730 Using Communication to Facilitate Organizational
Change Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• EDUC 731 Economics of Organizational Change and
Learning Environments Units: 3
• EDUC 732 Building Capacity for Organizational Change
Units: 3
• EDUC 764a Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 764b Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 764c Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 764d Dissertation in Practice Units: 1
• EDUC 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(1 unit)
Urban Education Policy (PhD)
Program Requirements
The PhD program requires a minimum of 63 units of course
work, comprising the following elements: Core Block (16
units), Concentration Block (15 units), Research Block (15
units), Cognate Block (12 units) and Dissertation Proposal and
Dissertation Block (5 units).
Core Block
The core represents the essential knowledge that serves as
the groundwork for later course work and for other research and
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scholarly activities within the program and beyond with a particular
focus on urban education. This work is completed in the first year.
Required Courses
• EDUC 630 Organizations and Policy: Current Issues Units: 4
• EDUC 642 Controversies in Learning and Instruction Units: 4
• EDUC 681 Research, Policy and Practice in Urban Education
Units: 4
• EDUC 665 Foundations and Design of Educational Research
Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Concentration Block
Courses in this block are linked to the concentrations available
in the Rossier School of Education PhD program. Courses in this
block permit students to consider applied problems in collaboration
with students in other programs.
Research Block
Courses in this block provide the basic tools to pursue
systematic, programmatic, empirical investigation. It includes
qualitative and quantitative elements with the understanding that
complex educational problems require a variety of investigative
approaches. Areas include research design, analysis of variance/
multiple regression, qualitative methods, measurement, advanced
qualitative or quantitative analysis, or other related areas. Courses
may be taken inside or outside the Rossier School of Education.
Cognate Block
This block is designed for students to pursue interdisciplinary
approaches to educational issues, and may consist of courses
inside or outside the Rossier School of Education. The specific
courses are determined in conjunction with the adviser.
Dissertation Block
This block includes preparation for the qualifying examination
and initial dissertation proposal. It is taken during the semester of
the qualifying examination and EDUC 794a Doctoral Dissertation,
EDUC 794b Doctoral Dissertation (minimum of 4 units taken after
a student passes the qualifying examination and has advanced to
candidacy). The dissertation block is designed to prepare students
for their dissertation research and continues through the writing
and defense of the dissertation. The process involves intensive
collaboration with the adviser and the qualifying exam committee.
Transfer of Course Work
The maximum number of transfer credits that can be applied
toward the degree is 20 units. The faculty of the student's degree
program determines whether transfer credit is applicable toward a
specific graduate degree.
Faculty Adviser
A designated faculty member provides the academic
advisement for entering graduate students at the point of
admission. A faculty member is appointed to serve as the adviser
until an approved qualifying exam committee is established.
Screening Process
When students have completed the core course work, the
doctoral screening committee assesses their performance and
makes a decision about their readiness to continue in the program.
Students are notified of the results by the PhD program chair and
director.
Additionally, students will be assessed each year based on
adviser input, coursework and research progress. If student
progress is not satisfactory as determined by the student's faculty
adviser, warnings will be issued in accordance with USC Graduate
School policies.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five members.
The committee chair and at least two additional members must
have an appointment in the student's program. One member
must be from outside of Rossier, whether internal to USC (outside
member) or external to USC (external member). The fifth member
can be from Rossier, USC or outside of USC.
Qualifying Examinations
As a prerequisite to candidacy for the PhD, students must pass
written and oral qualifying examinations. The written qualifying
examination is designed to assess a student's readiness to
undertake dissertation research and to assess the student's ability
to critically analyze and synthesize theoretical and methodological
knowledge. The oral portion consists, in part, of a teaching and
research portfolio. The teaching portfolio documents and reflects
the student's development and productivity in thinking about
course content and instructional delivery. The research portfolio
documents and reflects the student's development and productivity
in research and writing from the point of entry into the program.
Please see the The Graduate School page for policies regarding
committees and pass/fail results.
Admission to Candidacy
Admission to candidacy is a formal action taken by the faculty
that is based upon passing the qualifying examination and
completing all PhD course requirements (with the exception of
EDUC 794a, EDUC 794b, EDUC 794d, EDUC 794z Doctoral
Dissertation). Notification of admission or denial of admission to
candidacy is by letter from the associate vice provost for graduate
programs.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee is composed of at least three and
no more than five members. The committee chair must have an
appointment in the student's program. All committees must have
a majority of members from the student's home program. One
member must be from outside of Rossier, whether internal to USC
(outside member) or external to USC (external member).
Doctoral Dissertation
After the qualifying examination is passed, students must
enroll in EDUC 794a, EDUC 794b, EDUC 794d, EDUC 794z
Doctoral Dissertation each semester, except summer session,
after admission to candidacy until all degree requirements have
been completed. A minimum of two semesters (4 units) is required.
A maximum of 4 dissertation units may be applied to satisfy the
degree requirement. While enrolled in EDUC 794a, students will
develop a dissertation proposal in collaboration with the adviser.
The dissertation committee grants final approval for the proposal.
Credit for EDUC 794a and permission to enroll in EDUC 794b
will only be given after the dissertation proposal is approved. IRB
(Human Subjects Institutional Review Board) approval is required
for all dissertation studies.
Teaching Skills Development
All doctoral students must teach for at least one semester
before they graduate. This program requirement may be fulfilled
by co-teaching, serving as a teaching assistant, or solo teaching.
International students must meet the English proficiency standards
set forth by the American Language Institute and participate, if
necessary, in specialized training offered through the Center for
Excellence in Teaching. Proposals for meeting this requirement
must be reviewed and approved by the PhD Governance
Committee.
Graduate School Policies and Requirements
The PhD is administered by the Graduate School so PhD
students must also consult with The Graduate School sections
of the catalogue for regulations and requirements pertaining to
the PhD degree. Students should also refer to Graduate and
Professional Education and The Graduate School, Academic and
University Policies and other sections of this catalogue for general
regulations and policies including but not limited to time limits,
leave of absence, scholarship standing, academic warning, and
other issues not directly addressed in this section.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 509
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is innovative and
internationally recognized for creating new models of education,
research and commercialization that are firmly rooted in real-world
needs. The school’s first priorities are the education of outstanding
students and the pursuit and publication of new research.
As the School’s faculty and students extend the frontiers of
engineering knowledge through their research, they also apply
engineering and technology to address societal challenges.
The school stimulates and encourages qualities of scholarship,
leadership, ambition and character that mark the true academic
and professional engineer — to serve California, the nation and
the world. At USC Viterbi, we call this the enabling power of
Engineering+.
Courses in engineering were first offered at USC in the 1905-06
academic year in the basement of one of the oldest buildings on
campus. Today, more than 300 full-time faculty, including 189
tenure-track faculty, serve about 2,900 undergraduate majors;
over 600 students in minor programs; and about 6,300 graduate
students, utilizing extensive and technically advanced laboratories,
classrooms and live interactive high-speed Internet broadcast
systems. Government and industry annually fund nearly $213
million worth of research.
Viterbi undergraduate support programs complement and
strengthen the academic experience, enhancing both depth and
scope. Viterbi graduate education is outstanding preparation for
advanced research and professional careers. The PhD program
is built around fellowships, teaching assistantships and research
appointments and produces a steadily growing core of doctoral
graduates across the disciplines. The master’s and professional
programs are national and global leaders in advanced training for
professional engineers.
Administration
Yannis C. Yortsos, PhD, Dean
Gaurav Sukhatme, PhD, Executive Vice Dean
Kimberly Bregenzer, MA, Vice Dean
Erik A. Johnson, PhD, Vice Dean
Craig Knoblock, PhD, Vice Dean
Ellis Meng, PhD, Vice Dean
Mahta Moghaddam, PhD, Vice Dean
Timothy Pinkston, PhD, Vice Dean
Cauligi Raghavendra, PhD, Vice Dean
Kelly Goulis, MS, Senior Associate Dean
Kaci Silverman, BA, Senior Associate Dean
Kenneth A. Bonner, BS, Associate Dean
Michael Chung, MBA, Associate Dean
Chris James, MS, Chief Financial Officer
Yolanda Gil, PhD, Director
Degrees and Accreditation
The Viterbi School of Engineering offers the following
undergraduate curricula leading to the Bachelor of Science in:
Aerospace Engineering; Astronautical Engineering; Biomedical
Engineering; Biomedical Engineering (Electrical Engineering);
Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering); Biomedical
Engineering (Molecular and Cellular Engineering); Chemical
Engineering; Chemical Engineering (Biochemical Engineering);
Chemical Engineering (Environmental Engineering); Chemical
Engineering (Nanotechnology); Chemical Engineering (Petroleum
Engineering); Chemical Engineering (Polymer/Materials Science);
Chemical Engineering (Sustainable Energy); Civil Engineering;
Civil Engineering (Building Science); Civil Engineering
(Construction Engineering and Management); Civil Engineering
(Environmental Engineering); Civil Engineering (Structural
Engineering); Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering);
Computer Engineering and Computer Science; Computer Science;
Computer Science/Business Administration (with the Marshall
School of Business); Computer Science Games; Electrical and
Computer Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Industrial
and Systems Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical
Engineering (Petroleum Engineering); and Physics/Computer
Science (with the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences).
The school also offers undergraduate curricula leading to the
Bachelor of Arts in Data Science (with the Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences).
Minor programs are offered in: 3-D Computer Graphics and
Modeling; Applied Analytics; Applied Computer Security; Artificial
Intelligence Applications; Astronautical Engineering; Blockchain;
Cloud Computing with DevOps; Computer Programming;
Computer Science; Connected Devices and Making; Construction
Planning and Management (with the Price School of Public
Policy); Craniofacial and Dental Technology (with the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry and the Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences); Cybersecurity; Engineering Management;
Enterprise Information Systems; Foundations of Data Science;
Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur (with the USC Marshall
School of Business); Internet of Things (IoT) Engineering; Mobile
App Development; Nanotechnology; Petroleum Engineering;
Technical Game Art; Technology Commercialization (with the
Marshall School of Business); Video Game Programming; and
Web Development.
Graduate curricula leading to the Master of Science in:
Aerospace Engineering; Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
(Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics); Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering (Dynamics and Control); Analytics;
Applied Data Science; Applied Physics; Astronautical Engineering;
Biomedical Data Analytics; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical
Engineering (Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics); Chemical
Engineering; Civil Engineering; Civil Engineering (Advanced
Design and Construction Technology); Civil Engineering
(Construction Engineering); Civil Engineering (Structural
Engineering); Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering);
Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems); Civil Engineering
(Water and Waste Management); Communication Data Science;
Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Computer Science
(Computer Networks); Computer Science (Computer Security);
Computer Science (Data Science); Computer Science (Game
Development); Computer Science (High Performance Computing
and Simulations); Computer Science (Intelligent Robotics);
Computer Science (Multimedia and Creative Technologies);
Computer Science (Scientists and Engineers); Computer
Science (Software Engineering); Cyber Security Engineering;
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Analog, Mixed-Signal and
Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits); Electrical and Computer
Engineering (Machine Learning and Data Science); Electrical
Engineering; Electrical Engineering (Computer Architecture);
Electrical Engineering (Computer Networks); Electrical
Engineering (Electric Power); Electrical Engineering (VLSI
Design); Electrical Engineering (Wireless Networks); Engineering
Management; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Data
Science; Financial Engineering; Global Supply Chain Management
(with the Marshall School of Business); Green Technologies;
Health Systems Management Engineering (with the Price School
of Public Policy); Healthcare Data Science; Industrial and Systems
Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering; Materials Engineering;
Materials Science; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical
Engineering (Energy Conversion); Medical Device and Diagnostic
Engineering; Operations Research Engineering; Petroleum
Engineering; Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience Technologies);
Petroleum Engineering (Digital Oilfield Technologies); Product
Development Engineering; Public Policy Data Science (with
the Price School of Public Policy); Spatial Data Science (with
the Viterbi School Engineering); and Systems Architecting and
Engineering.
Graduate curricula leading to the Master of Construction
Management.
Graduate curricula leading to dual degrees in: Master of Science
Aerospace Engineering / Master of Science Engineering
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Management; Master of Science Electrical Engineering / Master
of Science Engineering Management; Master of Science Industrial
and Systems Engineering / Master of Business Administration;
Master of Science Mechanical Engineering / Master of Science
Engineering Management; Master of Science Systems Architecting
and Engineering / Master of Business Administration; and Master
of Science Petroleum Engineering / Master of Science Engineering
Management.
Graduate curricula leading to the Engineer degree in: Aerospace
Engineering; Astronautical Engineering; Chemical Engineering;
Civil Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Environmental
Engineering; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Materials
Science (not currently accepting applications); Mechanical
Engineering; and Petroleum Engineering.
Through the Graduate School, graduate curricula leading to the
Doctor of Philosophy in: Aerospace Engineering; Astronautical
Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Civil
Engineering; Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical
Engineering; Engineering (Environmental Engineering); Industrial
and Systems Engineering; Materials Science; Mechanical
Engineering; and Petroleum Engineering.
Graduate certificates in: Astronautical Engineering; Data Science
Foundations; Digital Oilfield Technologies; Health Systems
Operations (with the USC Price School of Public Policy);
Health, Technology and Engineering (with the Keck School of
Medicine); Network Centric Systems; Optimization and Supply
Chain Management (with the Marshall School of Business);
Software Architecture; Systems Architecting and Engineering; and
Transportation Systems (with the Price School of Public Policy).
Undergraduate Program Accreditation
The Bachelor of Science degrees in aerospace engineering,
astronautical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical
engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering and computer
science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering,
industrial and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering
are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of
ABET, abet.org. The Bachelor of Science degrees in computer
engineering and computer science and in computer science are
accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET,
abet.org.
Undergraduate Program Student Outcomes
By the time of graduation from Bachelor of Science degree
programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission
of ABET, students will develop at least the following abilities:
1. an ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering
problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and
mathematics
2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions
that meet specified needs with consideration of public
health, safety and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social,
environmental and economic factors
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of
audiences
4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional
responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed
judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering
solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal
contexts
5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members
together provide leadership, create a collaborative and
inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet
objectives
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate
experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use
engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed,
using appropriate learning strategies
By the time of graduation from Bachelor of Science degree
programs accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission
of ABET, students will develop the ability to perform the following:
1. Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply
principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to
identify solutions.
2. Design, implement and evaluate a computing-based solution
to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context
of the program’s discipline.
3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional
contexts.
4. Recognize professional responsibilities and make
informed judgments in computing practice based on legal
and ethical principles.
5. Function effectively as a member or leader of a team
engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
6. Apply computer science theory and software
development fundamentals to produce computing-based
solutions.
Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement
(VASE)
The mission of Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement
(VASE), located in Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) 110
and Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) 106, is to support the lifecycle
of all Viterbi students (bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and executive
education), providing exceptional service to students from the
time they are first considering the Viterbi School to the time of
completion and beyond.
The office is responsible for working with both prospective and
continuing students. It directs special services and programs,
provides a variety of support services, sponsors student
organizations, is involved with student government and acts as a
liaison with other university offices.
The office works closely with faculty and staff across our Viterbi
departments and programs to coordinate admission and a range
of student services and engagement programs including Viterbi
Career Connections and the Center for Engineering Diversity.
Undergraduate Degrees and
Requirements
Change of Major to Engineering
USC undergraduate students interested in adding an
engineering major must go through the pre-engineering process
(viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/pre-engineering/). Approval is granted
on the basis of academic performance at USC and the successful
completion of required prerequisite courses in the Viterbi School.
Non-engineering students may complete a maximum of five
engineering courses. No further engineering courses may be taken
unless admission has been approved.
Common Requirements
Certain general requirements are common to all undergraduate
curricula for Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering.
General Education Requirements
The university’s general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. This program requires
eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus writing and two courses
in Global Perspectives (which may double-count with courses in
the Core Literacies). See the General Education Program for more
information.
Students in the Viterbi School of Engineering must satisfy the
general education requirements. Students satisfy Core Literacy
requirements in life sciences, physical sciences, and quantitative
reasoning with the basic science and mathematics elements of
their undergraduate engineering programs.
Students in the engineering “3-2” program are not required
to satisfy general education requirements or the lower-division
writing requirement for USC; these students are understood to
have satisfied USC’s general education requirements when they
have satisfied the general education requirements and lower-level
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writing requirement at their previous institution. All students must,
however, complete the WRIT 340 requirement.
Mathematics
Sixteen units or more, including three semesters of calculus,
are required. Computer Science/Business Administration and
Computer Science Games require two semesters of calculus.
Basic Sciences
Twelve units or more of biology, chemistry or physics are
required.
The Computer Science major and Computer Engineering/
Computer Science major require 8 units of basic science.
Computer Science/Business Administration and Computer Science
Games require 4 units of basic science.
Residence Requirement
All students must complete a minimum of 64 units at USC in
order to receive a USC degree. In addition, the Viterbi School of
Engineering requires that students complete all upper-division
units required for the major in residence.
For students in the Viterbi School of Engineering “3-2” Program,
at least 48 units must be earned in courses taken at USC.
Scholarship Requirement in Major Subject
For graduation with a bachelor’s degree, a grade point average
of C (2.0) or higher is required in all upper-division courses applied
toward the major including any approved substitutes for these
courses taken at USC. Additional scholarship requirements for the
various majors are listed under the departmental headings.
Grade Point Requirement
A grade point average of at least 2.0 is required on all course
work attempted at USC.
Transfer students must meet these averages, both on residence
work attempted and on combined transferred and residence
courses attempted.
Probation/Disqualification
A student whose overall GPA falls below 2.0 is placed on
academic probation. Continued enrollment requires clearance from
an academic review counselor.
Each semester, students on academic probation are required
to receive academic advisement. Proof of advisement must
be filed with the Academic Review Department before any
registration requests will be processed. The only acceptable proof
of advisement is an official academic review advisement record
signed by the student’s academic adviser and a representative
from the Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement Office.
Academic review advisement forms may be obtained from Tutor
Hall of Engineering (RTH) 110 or John Hubbard Hall 113.
Students on probation are encouraged to utilize the academic
services (advisement and free tutoring) provided by the Viterbi
Admission and Student Engagement Office.
Students on academic probation who do not raise their overall
GPA to 2.0 after two semesters of enrollment (excluding summers)
will be academically disqualified from the university. However, if
a student earns a minimum semester GPA of 2.3 in the second
or any subsequent probation semester but has not yet reached
an overall 2.0 GPA, the student will not be disqualified and will be
allowed to enroll an additional semester.
Petitions for readmission after academic disqualification are
initiated by the student through the Academic Review Department.
All grade issues (IN, MG, etc.) must be resolved prior to the
submission of such a petition. Before petitioning for readmission,
a student must complete a minimum of 12 semester units of
transferable course work (applicable to USC degree requirements)
with a minimum 3.0 GPA. University residency requirements will
determine whether these units are accepted as transfer credit.
As readmission to the university is never guaranteed, any
indication of strong academic performance beyond the 12 unit
minimum would strengthen a readmission petition.
Students must petition for readmission by December 30 for the
spring semester, by May 1 for the summer session and by August
15 for the fall semester. Late petitions will not be accepted. A non-
refundable fee determined by the Academic Review Office must
accompany all readmission petitions.
Special Educational Opportunities
W.V.T. Rusch Undergraduate Engineering Honors
Program
The W.V.T. Rusch Undergraduate Engineering Honors Program
(EHP) recognizes select undergraduate engineering students who
have excelled in their studies and completed a substantive project
in engineering research or innovation. The honors project will
typically result in a senior thesis or a commercialization plan and
will be pursued under the supervision of a faculty mentor. While
completing the honors project, students can choose to receive
course credit (e.g., via department directed research 490 course,
ENGR 400, or similar), or conduct research through extracurricular
means (e.g. volunteer or compensated research).
To apply for the EHP, students must have earned at least a 3.5
USC GPA after at least one semester of USC course work and
have at least three semesters remaining at USC. To graduate
with Engineering Honors, and for it to be noted on their academic
transcripts, students must meet certain requirements, including:
earn at least a 3.5 cumulative USC GPA, complete two semesters
of ENGR 100a Engineering Honors Colloquium, and complete
an accepted senior thesis or commercialization plan. For more
information, visit: viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/ehp/.
NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges
Scholars Program (GCSP), co-founded by USC Viterbi in 2009,
encourages students to develop mindsets and competencies that
will enable them to pursue solutions to pressing problems, as
articulated in the NAE’s 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering.
Such Grand Challenges span four wide areas, from sustainability
(e.g., making solar energy economical) to security (e.g., securing
cyberspace), health (e.g., reverse engineering the brain) and joy of
living (e.g., engineering the tools of scientific discovery).
A Viterbi student may graduate with Designation as an NAE
Grand Challenge Scholar (GCS), which would be noted on
academic transcripts by submitting an application that documents
the student’s involvement related to one of the 14 NAE Grand
Challenges, and the development of mindsets and competencies
in the following five areas: talent/research, multidisciplinarity,
viable business and entrepreneurship, multicultural awareness,
and societal consciousness. Students typically begin their GCSP
involvement during their first years at USC, developing the
competencies over the course of study in Viterbi and submit,
during their senior year, a formal application for the GCS
Designation. For more information, please visit: viterbiundergrad.
usc.edu/gcsp/.
Viterbi Fellows Program
Every year, a select group of promising incoming first-year
students is invited to join the Viterbi Fellows Program. The
program provides pathways and opportunities to maximize their
potential and develop as community leaders starting in their first
semester. Fellows engage in a combination of opportunities and
experiences, both academic and co-curricular.
Each Viterbi Fellow receives a Merit Research Award to get
involved in research with our faculty from their first semester. In
addition to giving students excellent first-hand experience, these
awards can help offset the cost of education since each participant
earns wages for his or her work. In addition, Viterbi Fellows receive
a small living stipend to support their educational expenses. Viterbi
Fellows are also granted priority consideration for many of the
Viterbi School programs, including iPodia, international maymester
and fall-lead programs, and career-related programs. Fellows also
receive special invitations to events such as the Fellows’ Dinner
with the Dean, and co-curricular events.
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Honor Societies
The Viterbi School of Engineering has established a variety
of honor societies to recognize academic excellence, creativity,
and service. These are: Alpha Pi Mu (industrial and systems
engineering), Chi Epsilon (civil engineering) and Tau Beta Pi
(engineering honor society).
3+2 Program
The Viterbi School of Engineering has developed agreements
with more than 20 liberal arts colleges nationwide in which a
student attends a liberal arts institution for their first three years
of college, pursuing pre-engineering courses in addition to a
solid program in the liberal arts or sciences. At the end of the
three years, upon recommendation from the liberal arts college,
the student applies to the Viterbi School of Engineering as a
transfer student. If admitted, they can complete the remaining
requirements for a BS degree typically within two years. After
degree requirements for both schools are complete, the student
will receive two degrees — a BA from the liberal arts college and a
BS in engineering or computer science from USC.
International Exchange Programs
The Viterbi School of Engineering International Exchange
Program gives undergraduate students the opportunity to broaden
their exposure to the global context of engineering theory and
practice by spending a semester abroad in a challenging academic
environment at an international host institution. The International
Exchange Program allows students to satisfy technical electives
and/or approved degree requirements by attending approved
partner institutions. This program is open to students entering
their junior or senior year. Students apply at the Viterbi Student
Engagement Office. Candidates must meet all admission
requirements of both the Viterbi School of Engineering as well
as those of the international host institution. Contact the Viterbi
Admission and Student Engagement (VASE) Office for a complete
list of international exchange partners.
Viterbi Maymester and Fall Lead Programs
The Viterbi School of Engineering Maymester and Fall Lead
programs allow students to go abroad for 2-3 weeks before the
fall semester begins or after the spring semester ends. Students
will complete the majority of the course on-campus during the
semester and use the two weeks abroad to inform the course
content and assignments by looking at specific engineering topics
from a global perspective.
Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi
Engineering
The Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering
(CURVE) provides a centralized resource for undergraduate
students to explore research opportunities in Viterbi early on in
their undergraduate career. The goals of CURVE are to engage
Viterbi students in research and mentoring communities, prepare
students with skills to access the field of engineering or computer
science, and provide students funding while they gain experience
on a faculty-led research project.
CURVE matches Viterbi undergraduate students with research
labs and provide an annual stipend. Participating students will
present their research at the end-of-year Viterbi Undergraduate
Research Symposium. Additional benefits include professional
development seminars on topics such as conducting literature
reviews, delivering effective presentations, designing technical
posters, best practices in research, writing scientific abstracts,
applying to PhD programs and more.
For more information, visit: viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/research/
curve/.
VASE Academic Services and Engagement
Center for Engineering Diversity
Established in 1975, the Center for Engineering Diversity (CED)
strives to increase the representation of African-American, Latino
and Native American engineers who are equipped to be ethical,
global-minded, innovative leaders.
Our mission is to build a community of authentic engineers
through programs and services that promote professional
development, support academic excellence and develop
leadership skills.
Visit the website for the Center for Engineering Diversity.
Women in Engineering Program (WIE)
The Women in Engineering Program (WIE) offers professional,
academic and co-curricular support to the women of the Viterbi
School. The goal of the Viterbi Women in Engineering Program
is to recognize the unique challenges that women engineering
students face, provide resources and overall support to address
these challenges. WIE’s mission is to recruit and retain women
engineers and to empower our female students to find academic
and personal success during their Viterbi career and beyond.
Contact the Women in Engineering Program at (213) 740-4530
for more information.
Klein Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Life
The Klein Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Life (KIUEL)
was established to provide Viterbi undergraduates with a variety of
personal and professional activities designed to enhance student
life experiences outside the classroom. The KIUEL Programming
Board implements programs around community, leadership,
engagement, and service. Past KIUEL events include: KIUEL
Viterbi Presidents Council Leadership Retreat, Engineers Week
(E-Week), KIUEL Down to Finals and Professor Coffee Hours.
Viterbi Career Connections
The Viterbi School of Engineering provides extensive career
services to all students. We recommend that students frequently
engage in co-curricular activities combined with their academic
programs to compete in the job market more successfully.
Students are encouraged to update their profile information and
career interests with Viterbi Career Connections at least once per
year via the Viterbi Career Gateway portal. By doing so, they will
be kept informed of all career-related events such as company
information sessions, career and internship expos, job and
internship postings, professional development workshops, industry
luncheons, networking events, and more. Additionally, with an
updated profile, students can participate in the Viterbi School’s
extensive on-campus recruitment activities.
Viterbi graduates go places! USC’s Viterbi School of
Engineering attracts employers from Southern California and
across the country and the world. Find out more about where
Viterbi students find employment by visiting viterbicareers.usc.
edu/firstdestination/. A small sample of the many companies
that have recently hired co-ops, interns, and full-time employees
from the Viterbi School include: Abbott Laboratories; Accenture;
Adobe Systems Inc.; Amazon Corp. LLC; Apple; Bloomberg L.P.;
Blue Origin; The Boeing Company; Chevron; Citrix Systems, Inc.;
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services; Edwards Lifesciences Corp.;
Ernst & Young, Facebook, Inc., General Atomics-Aeronautical
System Inc., General Electric, Goldman Sachs; Google, Intel
Corp., IBM, Intuit, Inc., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juniper
Networks, Inc., KPMG; LinkedIn, Lockheed Martin Corporation,
Medtronics, Inc., Microsoft Corporation; NASA; Northrop Grumman
Corporation; Oracle Corp.; Qualcomm; Raytheon Company;
Salesforce.com, Inc.; Snapchat; SpaceX; Symantec Corp.; Tesla;
The Aerospace Corp.; TikTok; Turner Construction; U.S. Air Force;
Verizon Media, Visa Inc.; Walt Disney Imagineering.
Cooperative Education
Students can earn degree credit and industry work experience
by participating in the Co-op/Internship Program before they
graduate. Co-ops and internships improve students’ understanding
of the relationship between theory and practice, helps them fine-
tune their career goals, and aids in acquiring essential engineering
skills. Students’ work assignments are closely related to their
specific degree program and are appropriate to their current
academic level.
Participation in co-op and internship programs is open to
all bachelors, master’s, and doctoral engineering students.
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Undergraduate students are eligible to apply for the co-op course
in the second semester of their sophomore year. Master’s and
Doctoral students are typically eligible for an internship course
after maintaining full-time student status for one regular academic
year. While on assignment, students enroll in a 1–2 unit course
(ENGR 395ax, ENGR 596, ENGR 597x or ENGR 598) that aids in
integrating on-campus and off-campus learning. With departmental
approval, students may earn credit toward a degree upon
completion of this course.
Graduate Degrees and Requirements
General Requirements
The Viterbi School of Engineering recommends candidates
for the Master of Science degree in: aerospace engineering,
analytics, astronautical engineering, biomedical engineering,
chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering,
computer science, cyber security engineering, data science,
electrical engineering, engineering management, environmental
engineering, financial engineering, green technologies, health
systems management engineering, industrial and systems
engineering, manufacturing engineering, materials engineering,
materials science, mechanical engineering, medical device
and diagnostic engineering, operations research engineering,
petroleum engineering, product development engineering, and
systems architecting and engineering; and the Master’s degree
in construction management. Several areas of emphasis and
specialization are available within these disciplines.
All graduate work in the Viterbi School of Engineering is
under the jurisdiction of the Viterbi School except the Doctor of
Philosophy degree, which is under the jurisdiction of the USC
Graduate School. All prospective graduate engineering students
should apply to the USC Office of Graduate Admission.
Admission
Two classes of students are admitted to take courses for
graduate credit: admitted and conditionally admitted students.
These classifications are determined by the Office of Graduate
Admission on the recommendations of the appropriate department
in the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Admitted Students
This is the status of a graduate student pursuing work leading
toward an advanced degree. The student has been accepted into
the degree program without any conditions.
Conditionally Admitted
The chair of a major department in the Viterbi School of
Engineering may recommend that a student be admitted under
certain conditions. Conditional admission is granted when a
student’s admission records are incomplete or when deficiency
courses must be taken but the student appears to be otherwise
admissible. The conditions must be met before the completion of
two semesters of enrollment or 12 units of course work, whichever
comes first. If the conditions on admission are not met within the
given time period, the student may not be allowed to register for
course work in subsequent semesters. When the conditions have
been met, the academic department will remove the restrictions
that have been placed on the student’s registration.
Criteria
To qualify for admission, applicants are expected to present
strong academic records and show superior accomplishment in
their engineering and related courses. Admission decisions will
be based on Graduate Record Examinations test scores and
transcripts of previous school work. Individual departments may
set higher admission standards than the Graduate School. Some
programs also require letters of recommendation and a statement
of purpose. Doctor of Philosophy applicants who have published
professional papers in their field may forward copies to the
department, and they will be considered together with the other
credentials submitted.
Procedure
Applicants to graduate programs must present credentials
to the Office of Graduate Admission showing that they have
completed an acceptable curriculum for the bachelor’s degree.
In some departments, students with outstanding records will
be admitted for the doctoral program without first receiving the
Master of Science degree. If the previous degree is not in the field
in which the student wishes to pursue graduate study, it may be
necessary to make up undergraduate deficiencies in the area of
the desired specialty. Applicants must take the Graduate Record
Examinations. Satisfactory scores on the general test are required
for admission to full graduate standing in most programs. Consult
the department office for further information.
Once the application for admission has been sent,
arrangements should be made immediately to have official
transcripts of all previous undergraduate and graduate school work
forwarded directly to the Office of Graduate Admission from the
schools attended. If the Graduate Record Examinations general
and subject tests, as well as the TOEFL or IELTS exams, have
been taken the scores should be sent to the Office of Graduate
Admission by the educational testing service. If the tests have
not been taken, the applicant should register to take them on the
earliest available date. The departments will review the application
files and select for admission those students offering the greatest
promise for completing graduate studies.
Progressive Degree Programs
The progressive degree program allows qualified undergraduate
students the opportunity to complete an integrated program of
study joining a bachelor’s degree program and a master’s degree
program in the same or different departments. Applicants for
a progressive degree program must have completed 64 units
of course work applicable to their undergraduate degree since
graduating from high school. (Credit by exam and course work
taken prior to high school graduation are excluded). Applicants
can submit their application at any time after completion of 64
units but it is highly recommended that applications are submitted
in the fall semester of the third year of enrollment at USC. The
application for admission to a progressive master’s program
must be accompanied by a departmentally approved course plan
proposal. Letters of recommendation may be required for some
applicants depending upon their GPA at the time of application.
Comprehensive information including how to apply can be found at
viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/future/pdp/.
Progressive degree program students must fulfill all the
requirements for both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s
degree. The total number of units for the master’s degree,
however, may be reduced by a maximum of one-third. A minimum
of two-thirds of the units required for the master’s degree
must be at or above the 500 level. Students will be subject to
undergraduate academic progress standards and policies while in
undergraduate status and master’s academic progress standards
and policies while in graduate status. The degrees may be
awarded separately, but the master’s degree will not be awarded
before the undergraduate degree. The time limit for completing
a progressive degree program is 12 semesters. For more
information, refer to the Requirements for Graduation page.
General Requirements for the Master of Science
Residence Requirements
Viterbi students are allowed up to five years to earn a master’s
degree. Depending on the specific degree, the typical time
required varies from between one and one-half to two years
for students in MS programs on campus to three years for MS
students completing their degrees online via DEN@Viterbi.
Master’s degrees other than the Master of Science typically
require more course work and may take more time to complete.
Students entering the Viterbi School of Engineering with course
or credit deficiencies require a correspondingly longer period. A
candidate must complete the last four semester units of course
work at USC. No more than 25 percent of the minimum units
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required for the program will be accepted from another engineering
school upon verification by the Office of Degree Progress and the
approval of the major department.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite is a bachelor’s degree in engineering, allied fields
or science. If the graduate field is different from the field of the
bachelor’s degree, there may be undergraduate deficiencies
assigned by the major department, and these must be made up by
taking and passing the assigned courses before proceeding with
the graduate courses.
Deficiency Courses
New students may be required to demonstrate satisfactory
preparation for the graduate program with previously completed
course work. In cases where preparation is not demonstrated, up
to 9 units of deficiency course work may be required in addition to
the normal degree requirements.
Credit for required deficiency courses may not be applied
toward a graduate degree. A deficiency course within the same
discipline taken after the higher-level course has been passed will
not be available for unit or grade point credit.
Placement Examinations
Enrollment in certain 500- and 600-level courses in the
disciplines of computer engineering and electrical engineering
will require a student to either take and pass the corresponding
400-level prerequisite at USC, or pass a placement exam in the
corresponding course.
Not all 400-level prerequisite courses taken instead of a
placement exam are available for degree credit. No unit or
grade point credit is given for placement exams. Please consult
with an academic adviser or refer to the department website for
information on specific courses and placement exam details.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for the
master’s degree in all engineering programs. The minimum GPA
must be earned on all course work applied toward the master’s
degree and on all 400-level and above course work attempted at
USC beyond the bachelor’s degree. A minimum grade of C (2.0)
is required in a course to receive graduate credit. Work graded
C- or below is not acceptable for subject or unit credit toward any
graduate degree. Transfer units count as credit (CR) toward the
master’s degree and are not computed in the grade point average.
Course Selection
There are two program options for the master’s degree, one
with a thesis and the other without. Courses are selected to fit
the special needs of individual students, must form an integrated
program leading to a definite objective and must be approved in
advance by the department. Only courses numbered 400 and
above may be applied for degree credit.
Program without Thesis
The minimum requirement is 27 units; 18 of these units must
be at the 500 level and at least 18 units must be in the major
department and closely related departments. Prior department
approval is required for all non-major courses. Specific
requirements are listed under each department.
Program with Thesis
The minimum requirement is 27 units; 4 of these units are to
be thesis. At least 16 units, not including thesis, must be at the
500 level or higher, and at least 18 units must be in the major
department. Two units of 594a and 2 units of 594b are required.
No more than 4 units of 590 Directed Research is permitted.
Master’s Thesis
The thesis, when it is required, is regarded as an important part
of the work of the candidate for a master’s degree. It must be a
serious, considerable and publishable piece of work demonstrating
the writer’s power of original thought, thorough grasp of the subject
matter and ability to present material in a scholarly manner and
style.
The thesis presents the results of an investigation of an
approved subject in the major department. It is supervised
throughout by a thesis committee, appointed by the chair of the
student’s major department. The committee is usually composed
of two members of the major department and one other member
of the faculty.
The student will register in courses 594a and b respectively
during the final two semesters of the master’s program as
determined by discussion with an adviser. (Concurrent registration
for 594a and b during the same semester is permitted when a
student’s progress makes completion of all requirements likely
within one semester.) If the thesis has not been completed within
these two semesters, the candidate must register for 594z each
semester until the thesis has been accepted but no additional unit
credit will be earned. Units of 594ab Master’s Thesis may not be
converted to units of 590 Directed Research.
A student readmitted to candidacy by petition to the Graduate
School must reregister for 594a and 594b. Final acceptance of the
thesis is based upon the recommendation of all members of the
thesis committee. For requirements concerning format of master’s
thesis see The Graduate School section of this catalogue.
Candidates who find it necessary to be excused from
registration in 594a or 594b for a semester must formally report
before the beginning of the semester to the Viterbi Admission
and Student Engagement Office that they will be inactive during
that semester and request a leave of absence. During a leave
of absence, a candidate will not be entitled to assistance from
the thesis committee or to the use of university facilities. The
granting of a leave of absence does not change the candidate’s
responsibility for meeting the time schedule for the completion of
degree requirements. Leave will be granted only under exceptional
circumstances.
Progress Toward the Degree
Graduate students are expected to make regular progress
toward their degrees as defined by the faculty of their respective
departments and within the time limits allowed. Graduate students’
progress and performance are reviewed each semester. Students
making unsatisfactory progress receive a formal written warning
and are placed on a semester of academic warning with specific
conditions to be met for continuation in the program. Please
refer to catalogue sections Academic Warning and Dismissal of
Graduate Students; Grade Point Average Requirements; and the
website of the Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement (VASE)
at viterbigrad.usc.edu/.
Department Approval for Non-major Courses
Prior departmental approval is required for non-major courses
to be taken and applied toward a graduate degree. Students must
consult with the faculty adviser for formal written permission to
take courses outside the major department for degree credit.
A copy of the faculty adviser’s written approval must be kept in
the department file and retained by the student until graduation.
Time Limit
It is expected that work for a Master of Science in Engineering
will be completed within a maximum of five calendar years. An
academic department may grant an extension of up to one year
at a time for a maximum of two years. Courses taken more than
seven years prior to the date upon which the degree is to be
awarded cannot be included for the degree.
Admission to Candidacy
Application for admission to candidacy for the Master of Science
is a separate step from admission to graduate standing. The
requirements for admission to candidacy are: (1) the applicant
must be admitted to regular graduate standing and must have
removed all undergraduate deficiencies, and (2) the applicant must
submit a complete program approved by the major department
showing the course work, research and thesis (if required).
Application for graduation should be made at the beginning
of the semester in which the requirements for the master’s
degree are to be completed. Students are strongly advised
to file for graduation as soon as the registration process has
been completed so that their names may appear in the printed
Commencement program and so that any discrepancies in their
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records may be resolved. Late filing may delay conferral of the
degree.
Application forms for graduation with the master’s degree
may be obtained from the student’s academic department.
This application should be returned to the student’s academic
department. Changes in the program after admission to candidacy
are made by petition to the student’s academic department.
Second Master’s Degree
A graduate student who already holds a master’s degree from
USC may apply a limited number of previously earned units toward
the second master’s degree.
The maximum number of units that may be applied toward the
second master’s degree for course work taken from a first master’s
degree at USC is no more than 25 percent of the minimum units
required for the program. In all cases, the permission of the chair
of the major department is required. All credit, including the units
from the first master’s degree, must be earned within seven
calendar years.
For students who earned their first master’s degree at another
institution, no course work may be repeated from the first program
of study and no unit credit from the first program of study may be
counted toward the second master’s degree.
General Requirements for the Master of Engineering
Degree
The Viterbi School does not currently offer degree programs
with the Master of Engineering designation.
General Requirements for the Engineer Degree
The Engineer degree is awarded under the jurisdiction
of the Viterbi School of Engineering. This degree is granted
upon completion of a comprehensive curriculum beyond the
general course requirements for the Master of Science and after
successfully passing an engineer’s qualifying examination. The
required curriculum is intended to give students broad preparation
in two areas of engineering, together with a minimum number of
units in these areas to prepare them for the interdisciplinary nature
of the many complex problems they will encounter in practice
today. The degree is also intended to fulfill a growing need in
industry for students with comprehensive advanced engineering
training, but not necessarily with the research orientation
developed by the PhD student.
The Engineer degree is a terminal degree. Students who
complete the Engineer degree will not be considered for admission
to the PhD program.
The Engineer degree is offered in aerospace engineering,
astronautical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering,
electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial and
systems engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering
and petroleum engineering.
Prerequisites
There are three basic prerequisites for the Engineer Degree
Program: a Master of Science degree or completion of 27 units of
acceptable course work, application for admission to the Viterbi
School of Engineering and acceptance to the program by the
appropriate department.
Course Requirements
The Engineer degree requires a minimum of 30 units of
graduate course work beyond the Master of Science degree; up
to 6 units at the 400 level may be counted at the discretion of the
student’s qualifying exam committee if the committee finds them
necessary for the student’s program. The course work must form
a balanced program of study leading to a definite concentration in
two fields of engineering, a minimum of 12 units in one field, nine
in another; nine units are elective and may be taken outside the
Viterbi School of Engineering, but must be acceptable for graduate
credit. The distribution of course work will be governed by the
student’s qualifying exam committee and should be considered in
conjunction with the course work done for the Master of Science
degree. A candidate for the Engineer degree may substitute a
project under the supervision of a faculty member for 6 units of
course work. To have the project credited toward the degree, the
student must register in 690 Directed Research during the course
of the project; total 690 Directed Research registration should
not exceed 6 units. A student wishing to work on a project must
make arrangements with a member of the faculty to supervise
and evaluate work, and obtain the approval of the committee chair
prior to completing more than 15 units of course work. In many
cases, the project may be related to the candidate’s work outside
the university but must still be supervised by a faculty member.
Distribution of the course work should take into account the nature
of the project.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 must be earned on all
course work applied toward the Engineer degree. This average
must also be achieved on all 400-level and above course work
attempted at USC beyond the bachelor’s degree. A minimum
grade of C (2.0) is required in a course to receive graduate credit.
Work graded C- or below is not acceptable for subject or unit credit
toward any graduate degree. Transfer units count as credit (CR)
toward the Engineer degree and are not computed in the grade
point average.
Residence Requirements
A candidate must complete the last 4 units of course work
at USC. At least 26 units must be taken in residency at USC. A
maximum of 4 transfer units not counted toward a previous degree
may be allowed with adviser approval.
Guidance Committee
After being granted graduate standing, the student must form
a guidance committee. The committee is made up of three full-
time faculty members who are specialists in the student’s areas
of concentration, with at least two from the major department.
Forms to appoint the committee are available from the student’s
academic department. The student is responsible for finding a
faculty member from one area of concentration who will act as the
chair of the guidance committee. The chair will assist in selection
of the other members. Advisement of the student after formation of
the committee will be by the committee chair.
Qualifying Examination
The student must satisfactorily complete an engineer’s
qualifying examination administered by his or her guidance
committee. This examination will cover both areas of concentration
and will consist of at least one written and one oral examination.
This examination is normally taken during the last semester of
course work toward the degree. Students who choose to take the
examination in the semester following the completion of course
requirements may do so up until the end of the third week of
classes without registering. After that date, they must register for
GRSC 810 to maintain continuous enrollment in the program.
Results of the examination are reported to the Viterbi Office of
Graduate and Professional Programs and forwarded to the Office
of Academic Records and Registrar.
Transfer Credits
Up to 4 units of graduate course work may be transferred from
an accredited institution to be applied toward the Engineer degree.
Transfer work must have been done after receipt of the Master
of Science degree and must be approved by the qualifying exam
committee.
Reserving Course Credit
A student who receives the Master of Science degree at USC
may reserve a limited number of units taken prior to the receipt
of the Master of Science degree for credit toward the Engineer
degree. To reserve credit, the course must have been taken
during the last semester as a Master of Science candidate, not
used toward the Master of Science degree, be acceptable to
the student’s committee, and approved by the Office of Degree
Progress.
Time Limit
The student must complete all requirements within five calendar
years.
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Admission to Candidacy
After satisfactorily completing the qualifying examination, and
no later than the beginning of the last semester of course work,
the student must file for candidacy. This is a separate and distinct
step which sets forth the entire academic program fulfilling the
degree requirements and is used as a working basis for awarding
the degree.
General Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy
This degree is granted under the jurisdiction of the The
Graduate School. Students should also refer to the Requirements
for Graduation section and The Graduate School section of this
catalogue for general regulations. All courses applied toward the
degree must be courses accepted by the Graduate School.
Thirteen Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs are offered:
aerospace engineering, astronautical engineering, biomedical
engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer
engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, engineering
(environmental engineering), industrial and systems engineering,
materials science, mechanical engineering and petroleum
engineering.
Deficiency Courses
New students may be required to demonstrate satisfactory
preparation for the graduate program with previously completed
course work. In cases where preparation is not demonstrated, up
to 9 units of deficiency course work may be required in addition to
the normal degree requirements.
Credit for required deficiency courses may not be applied
toward a graduate degree. A deficiency course within the same
discipline taken after the higher-level course has been passed will
not be available for unit or grade point credit.
Placement Examinations
Enrollment in certain 500- and 600-level courses in the
disciplines of computer engineering and electrical engineering
will require a student to either take and pass the corresponding
400-level prerequisite at USC, or pass a placement exam in the
corresponding course.
Not all 400-level prerequisite courses taken instead of a
placement exam are available for degree credit. No unit or
grade point credit is given for placement exams. Please consult
with an academic adviser or refer to the department website for
information on specific courses and placement exam details.
Foreign Language Requirements
There is no foreign language requirement for engineering
majors.
Course Requirements
Satisfactory completion of at least 60 units of approved
graduate-level course work with a cumulative grade point average
of at least 3.0 is required of all PhD students in engineering.
A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required in a course to receive
graduate credit. Work graded C- or below is not acceptable for
subject or unit credit toward any graduate degree. Undergraduate
prerequisites and graduate course work will be required in
accordance with the regulations of the major department or
program and the recommendations of the student’s qualifying
exam committee. Transfer units are subject to approval by the
Office of Degree Progress (for course work taken at institutions
in the United States) or by the Office of Graduate Admission (for
course work taken at institutions outside the United States) and by
the qualifying exam committee.
Screening Procedure
The original admission decision admitting a student to the PhD
program is based on the student’s previous academic records,
Graduate Record Examinations scores and other evidence of
scholastic abilities indicating promise for completing graduate
studies. It is also a prerequisite that all PhD students successfully
complete the screening procedures designated by the department.
These usually consist of a written and an oral examination
administered by the faculty. Students who fail the screening
procedure will be advised that they are not recommended to
continue in the PhD program and that any additional work may not
be counted toward the degree.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The PhD student’s program of study is supervised by the
qualifying exam committee, which is formed immediately after
passing the screening examination. The committee consists of
five members, composed of the following: at least three USC
faculty members (the committee chair plus at least two others) with
appointments in the student’s major department, of which at least
one must be tenured; and at least one USC faculty member—
denoted the “outside member”—with primary appointment
outside the major department. These four committee members
must have, and the fifth committee member usually has, a USC
appointment (tenured/tenure-track faculty or approved research
faculty) that makes them eligible to chair a PhD committee. Upon
written request of the committee chair, and with a curricula vita
that demonstrates a professional profile suitable for supervising
PhD research, the fifth member may be a USC researcher or an
“external member” from outside USC. The forms to appoint the
committee are obtainable from the VASE website.
Qualifying Examinations
The qualifying examinations are taken during the last semester
of the second year of graduate study or, at the latest, in the
fifth semester or equivalent. The request to take the Qualifying
Examinations must be filed in the semester prior to taking
the examinations and at least 30 days before beginning the
examinations. The examinations are intended to determine the
extent of the student’s knowledge in basic science and engineering
areas as well as the ability to do original and scholarly research.
The qualifying exam committee decides the nature of the qualifying
examinations (both oral and written portions) according to the
policies applicable in each department.
If not otherwise enrolled, a student must enroll in GRSC 800
during the semester in which the qualifying examination is to be
taken. Students are strongly encouraged to take the qualifying
examination during the first semester in which they are enrolled
in Studies for the Qualifying Examination, and may not enroll in
more than two semesters of Studies for the Qualifying Examination
before taking the qualifying examination.
The examinations may be scheduled at any time during
the semester provided that all members of the committee are
available to administer them. All portions of the examinations
must be completed within 60 days. After passing the qualifying
examinations the PhD student is admitted to candidacy by the
Graduate School and the dissertation committee is established.
After this step, students will normally engage in at least one year
of full-time graduate study and research on campus.
Doctoral Dissertation
An acceptable dissertation based on original investigation and
supervised directly by the dissertation committee is required.
The dissertation must show mastery of a special field, capacity
for independent research and a scholarly result. Candidates
are expected to keep all members of the dissertation committee
informed of their progress at all stages of the dissertation.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee must include: at least two USC
faculty members (the committee chair plus one other) with
appointments in the student’s major department, of which at least
one must be tenured; and at least one USC faculty member—
called the “outside member”—with primary appointment outside
the major department. These three committee members must
have a USC appointment (tenured/tenure-track faculty or
approved research faculty) that makes them eligible to chair a PhD
committee. Additional committee members who do not meet that
criterion (other USC faculty or researcher, or an external member
from outside USC) may be included, upon written request of the
committee chair and with a curricula vita that demonstrates a
professional profile suitable for supervising PhD research. The
dissertation committee may include the same five members as the
PhD qualifying exam committee.
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Defense of the Dissertation
After satisfactorily meeting all other requirements and after the
research and writing of the dissertation are substantially complete,
the PhD candidate must pass a general final oral examination
devoted to the major field and to the topic of the dissertation. The
examination will be conducted in such a manner as to determine
to the satisfaction of the dissertation committee that the candidate
has attained the stage of scholarly advancement and power of
investigation demanded by the university for final recommendation
to the doctorate. The faculty are invited to attend and to participate
in the final oral examination. However, only the dissertation
committee may vote. Unanimous approval of the committee is
required for the student to upload the dissertation to the Graduate
School.
Departmental Requirements
The requirements and regulations set forth in this portion of the
catalogue are to be construed as the minimal requirements only
as established by the Graduate School. In addition, students must
meet all the requirements established by their department.
Progress Toward the Degree
Graduate students are expected to make regular progress
toward their degrees as defined by the faculty of their respective
departments and within the time limits allowed. Graduate students’
progress and performance are reviewed each semester. Students
making unsatisfactory progress receive a formal written warning
and are placed on a semester of academic warning with specific
conditions to be met for continuation in the program. Please
refer to catalogue sections Academic Warning and Dismissal
of Graduate Students; Grade Point Average Requirements;
and the website of the Office of Viterbi Admission and Student
Engagement (VASE) at viterbigrad.usc.edu.
Special Educational Opportunities
DEN@Viterbi
Established in 1972, DEN@Viterbi, the USC Viterbi School
of Engineering’s online delivery system is a pioneer in the
distance learning arena, using cutting-edge technology to enable
professional engineers to take USC engineering courses for
graduate degree credit without coming to the campus. DEN@
Viterbi students enrolled around the world are pursuing over 40
graduate degree programs online — more choices than at any
other research university. DEN@Viterbi breaks down geographical
and scheduling barriers, allowing students to take classes anytime
and anywhere, with the option for live interactivity. DEN@Viterbi
students receive support from administrative and technical staff,
and enjoy access to all services the Viterbi School has to offer.
The Viterbi School has made it possible for on-campus students
enrolled in DEN@Viterbi (online) courses to receive free access
to the archived online course lectures. This valuable study aid
enables students to review lectures throughout the semester.
For more information about graduate programs available online
via DEN@Viterbi, please visit viterbi.usc.edu/den.
Departments
• Engineering
• Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Astronautical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering – Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Materials Science – Mork Family Department of Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science
• Petroleum Engineering – Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Civil Engineering – Sonny Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Engineering - Sonny Astani Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical and Computer Engineering – Ming Hsieh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Engineering in Society
• Green Technologies
• Industrial and Systems Engineering – Daniel J. Epstein
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Data Science Program
• Information Technology Program
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Product Development Engineering
• Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
• Systems Architecting and Engineering
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Student Services Office
Olin Hall of Engineering, Room 500
(213) 740-4303
FAX: (213) 740-7774
Email: [email protected]
Business Office
Olin Hall of Engineering, Room 400
(213) 740-8762
FAX: (213) 740-8071
Email: [email protected]
ame.usc.edu
Chair: Paul Ronney, PhD
Faculty
Choong Hoon Cho Chair in Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering: Michael Kassner, PhD
Arthur B. Freeman Professorship in Engineering: Andrea Hodge,
PhD
Hughes Professorship: Assad Oberai, PhD
Smith International Professor of Mechanical Engineering:
Satyandra K. Gupta, PhD
William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering: Fokion
Egolfopoulos, PhD
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering: Eva Kanso, PhD
WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professors: Ananya Renuka Balakrishna,
PhD; Alejandra Uranga, PhD
Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair: Mitul Luhar, PhD
Professors: Yong Chen, PhD (Industrial and Systems
Engineering); Julian Domaradzki, PhD**; Fokion Egolfopoulos,
PhD*; Henryk Flashner, PhD (Biological Sciences); Satyandra K.
Gupta, PhD (Computer Science); Yan Jin, PhD; Eva Kanso, PhD;
Paul K. Newton, PhD (Mathematics); Assad Oberai, PhD; Carlos
Pantano-Rubino, PhD; Ishwar Puri, PhD; Paul Ronney, PhD;
Satwindar S. Sadhal, PhD (Ophthalmology); Geoffrey Spedding,
PhD*; Firdaus E. Udwadia, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Data Science and Operations, Systems Architecting
and Engineering and Mathematics); Bingen Yang, PhD
Associate Professors: Mitul Luhar, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering); Geoffrey R. Shiflett, PhD*
Assistant Professors: Ameneh Maghsoodi, PhD; Ivan Bermejo-
Moreno, PhD; Quan Nguyen, PhD (Computer Science); Niema
Pahlevan, PhD; Paul Plucinsky, PhD; Ananya Renuka Balakrishna,
PhD; Alejandra Uranga, PhD; Hangbo Zhao, PhD
Professor of Engineering Practice: M. Oussama Safadi, PhD*
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice: Yann Staelens, PhD
Senior Lecturers: Inna Abramova, PhD; Matthew Gilpin, PhD;
Takahiro Sakai, PhD
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Lecturers: Saakar Byahut, PhD; BoCheng Jin, PhD; Akshay
Potnuru, PhD; Ramtin Sheikhhassani, PhD; Emma Singer, PhD
Research Assistant Professor: Anita Penkova, PhD
Joint Appointments: Andrea Martin Armani, PhD (Chemical
Engineering and Material Science); Heather Culbertson, PhD
(Computer Science); Daniel Erwin, PhD* (Astronautics); Roger
Georges Ghanem, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering);
Mike Gruntman, PhD (Astronautics); Andrea Hodge, PhD
(Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Petros Ioannou,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering — Systems); Mihailo
Jovanovic, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Michael
Kassner, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science);
Berok Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering);
Peter Kuhn, PhD (Biological Sciences); Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD
(Industrial and Systems Engineering); Sami F. Masri, PhD (Civil
and Environmental Engineering); Steven Nutt, PhD (Materials
Science); Feifei Qian, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Constantinos Sioutas, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering);
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Qiming
Wang, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Adjunct Associate Professor: Adam Fincham, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Ron Blackwelder, PhD*; Fred Browand, PhD;
Charles Campbell, PhD; Clarke Howatt, MS; Terence Langdon,
PhD; Larry G. Redekopp, PhD*
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
**Recipient of university-wide or school research award.
Mechanical Engineering Honor Society: Pi Tau Sigma
Aerospace Engineering Honor Society: Sigma Gamma Tau
Degrees and Requirements
Educational Mission — The degree programs of the
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering provide
the educational foundation for success in all walks of life whether
or not one’s career path includes employment as a professional
engineer, work in a field outside of engineering, or pursuit of
further education.
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives —
Graduates of the undergraduate programs in Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering are expected to attain the following
objectives within a few years after graduation:
• Work as professionals within engineering or a related area in
both small- and large-scale businesses; and/or
• Pursue further education through graduate school or
professional development courses; and/or
• Become leaders within their chosen profession whether it be
industry, academia or service.
Aerospace Engineering Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering: The program
leading to a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
prepares graduates to have a knowledge of aerodynamics,
aerospace materials, structures, propulsion, flight mechanics, and
stability and control. The program also prepares graduates to have
design competence that includes integration of aeronautical topics.
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering: The
program(s) leading to a Master of Science in Aerospace
Engineering prepare the student to practice engineering at an
advanced level in a specialization within aerospace engineering
and to recognize the benefit of solving problems using expertise
from other engineering disciplines. Students improve their skills in
setting up and solving problems by using contemporary tools and
leveraging interaction with peers.
PhD in Aerospace Engineering: See Aerospace Engineering
(PhD)
Mechanical Engineering Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering: The
department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering that includes several tracks allowing for a certain
amount of specialization. In addition to several tracks, petroleum
engineering exists as an area of emphasis within the overall
mechanical engineering program (note: an area of emphasis
appears in parenthesis after the primary major name on the
transcript; tracks do not appear on the transcript; neither tracks
nor emphases appear on the diploma). The program leading to a
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering requires students
to apply principles of engineering, basic science and mathematics
(including multivariate calculus and differential equations); to
model, analyze, design and realize physical systems, components
or processes; and prepares students to work professionally in both
thermal and mechanical systems areas.
Minor in Music Recording: A minor in music recording is
offered through the USC Thornton School of Music to provide
undergraduate students with the background necessary to enter
the field of recording engineering and to familiarize them with
the design needs of modern recording equipment. The minor is
recommended to mechanical engineering majors with extensive
musical training who would like to combine their technical and
musical abilities while learning the engineering applications of
physical and mathematical principles to the art of music recording.
See the listing under the USC Thornton School of Music.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering: The field of
mechanical engineering is incredibly broad. To accommodate both
the breadth of the field and students’ interests, the department
offers several options for students pursuing the MS in Mechanical
Engineering. These options include several tracks through the
general MS program as well as several named emphases. Tracks,
both topical and traditional, through the general MS in Mechanical
Engineering program are intended to guide students through a
particular area of specialization.
Advanced manufacturing is one example of a topical
specialization. The use of Advanced Manufacturing is key
to increasing the competitiveness of manufacturing in the
US. The Advanced Manufacturing Track within Mechanical
Engineering educates and trains multidisciplinary professionals
to pursue careers in manufacturing companies as designers,
manufacturing engineers, and engineering managers. This
program covers modeling of physical manufacturing processes,
development and utilization of computational tools, and modeling
and optimization of manufacturing systems. It includes recent
developments in manufacturing such as collaborative robotics,
additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0.
This degree provides the graduate student with a broad, well-
rounded, advanced education that can be applied to many different
industries in which advanced manufacturing plays a role. For more
information about the Advanced Manufacturing track within the
MS in Mechanical Engineering program, please contact the faculty
adviser for this track, Prof. S.K. Gupta ([email protected]).
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Energy
Conversion): See Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Program.
Master of Science in Product Development Engineering
(Technology Track): See the listing under Product Development
Engineering.
PhD in Mechanical Engineering: See Mechanical Engineering
(PhD)
Bachelor’s Degree
Aerospace Engineering (BS)
The requirement for this degree is 128-131 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required in all upper division
courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in
which the courses are taken. See the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees section.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
General Education
General education Units: 24 +
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Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4
or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
* The AME Department recommends that AME students
enroll in the 129/229 sequence.
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 or
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 or
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 or
• PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and
Optics Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 or
• PHYS 173L Applied Physics III: Topics in Modern Physics
Units: 4
Chemistry Elective
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
Major Requirements
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Core
• AME 105 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering Units: 4
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• AME 261 Basic Flight Mechanics Units: 4
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 302 Dynamic Systems Units: 3
• AME 308 Computer-Aided Analyses for Aero-Mechanical
Design Units: 3
• AME 309 Dynamics of Fluids Units: 4
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3
• AME 341aL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 341bL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 436 Energy and Propulsion Units: 3
• AME 441aL Senior Projects Laboratory Units: 3
• AME 451 Linear Control Systems I Units: 3
• AME 481 Aircraft Design Units: 4
• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
Astronautics
• ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering Units: 3
Information Technology Program
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
Tracks (Choose one)
Standard Track (9 units)
• AME 404 Computational Solutions to Engineering Problems
Units: 3
Technical Electives*
Note:
*Technical electives consist of most upper-division courses in
engineering, chemistry, physics or mathematics.
Aeronautics Track (8 units)*
• AME 443 Control Systems Laboratory Units: 3
or
• AME 459 Flight Mechanics Units: 3
• AME 460 Aerodynamic Theory Units: 3
Free elective 2 units
Aerospace Structures Track (9-11 units)
• AME 403 Stress Analysis Units: 3
or
• AME 420 Engineering Vibrations I Units: 3
• AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
or
• CE 458 Computational Structural Analysis Units: 4
• AME 485 Aerospace Structures I Units: 3
or
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
Aerospace Controls Track (9 units)
• AME 420 Engineering Vibrations I Units: 3
or
• AME 453 Engineering Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 443 Control Systems Laboratory Units: 3
• AME 459 Flight Mechanics Units: 3
or
• ASTE 480 Spacecraft Dynamics Units: 3
Aerospace Design Track (9 units)
• AME 459 Flight Mechanics Units: 3
or
• ASTE 480 Spacecraft Dynamics Units: 3
Choose two from the following:
• AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
• AME 430 Thermal Systems Design Units: 3
• ASTE 421x Space Mission Design Units: 3
Thermal Systems Track (9-10 units)*
• AME 414 Engineering Thermodynamics II Units: 3
or
• PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4
• AME 331 Heat Transfer Units: 3
• AME 430 Thermal Systems Design Units: 3
Total units: 129-133
Mechanical Engineering (BS)
The requirement for the degree is 128 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required in all upper division
courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in
which the courses are taken. See the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees section.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
General Education
• General education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
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• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Note:
*The AME Department recommends that AME students enroll in
the 129/229 sequence.
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 or
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 or
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 or
• PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and
Optics Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 or
• PHYS 173L Applied Physics III: Topics in Modern Physics
Units: 4
Chemistry Elective
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
Major Requirements
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Core
• AME 101L Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and
Graphics Units: 3
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 302 Dynamic Systems Units: 3
• AME 308 Computer-Aided Analyses for Aero-Mechanical
Design Units: 3
• AME 309 Dynamics of Fluids Units: 4
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3
• AME 331 Heat Transfer Units: 3
• AME 341aL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 341bL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 441aL Senior Projects Laboratory Units: 3
Materials Science
• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
Information Technology
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
Tracks (Choose one)
Standard Track (23 Units)
• AME 451 Linear Control Systems I Units: 3
• AME Core Electives Units: 12*
• AME Capstone Elective Units: 3**
• AME Design Elective Units: 3***
• Free Electives Units: 2
Note:
*Any upper-division course in AME.
**Any approved Capstone Elective course (select from AME 409,
AME 415, AME 423, AME 430, AME 443 or other department-
approved course).
***An approved AME design course (select from AME 408, AME
430 or any special topic design course).
Computational Track (23 Units)
• AME 405 Functional Approach to Computational Methods
Units: 3
• AME 404 Computational Solutions to Engineering Problems
Units: 3
• AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
• AME 415 Turbine Design and Analysis Units: 3
• Technical Electives Units: 6
• Free Electives Units: 5
Note:
* Technical Electives must be upper-division engineering, MATH,
PHYS or CHEM classes.
Design Track (23 Units)
• AME 305 Mechanical Design Units: 3
• AME 403 Stress Analysis Units: 3
• AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
• AME 409 Senior Design Project Units: 4
• AME 410 Engineering Design Theory and Methodology
Units: 3
• AME 420 Engineering Vibrations I Units: 3
• AME 451 Linear Control Systems I Units: 3
• Free Elective Units: 1
Dynamics/Controls Track (23 Units)
• AME 303 Dynamics of Machinery Units: 3
• AME 420 Engineering Vibrations I Units: 3
• AME 423L Loudspeaker and Sound System Design Units: 4
• AME 443 Control Systems Laboratory Units: 3
• AME 451 Linear Control Systems I Units: 3
• AME 453 Engineering Dynamics Units: 3
• Free Elective Units: 5
Thermo/Fluids Track (23 Units)
• AME 414 Engineering Thermodynamics II Units: 3
• AME 415 Turbine Design and Analysis Units: 3
• AME 430 Thermal Systems Design Units: 3
• AME 436 Energy and Propulsion Units: 3
• AME 457 Engineering Fluid Dynamics Units: 3
or
• AME 460 Aerodynamic Theory Units: 3
• Technical Elective Units: 3*
• Free Elective Units: 5
Note:
* Technical Electives must be upper-division engineering, MATH,
PHYS or CHEM classes.
Total units: 128
Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum
Engineering (BS)
The requirement for the degree with an emphasis in petroleum
engineering is 128 units. A cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
is required for all upper division course work in engineering,
science and mathematics. See the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees section.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4 *
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
* The AME Department recommends that AME students
complete the 129/229 sequence.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 521
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 or
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 or
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 or
• PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and
Optics Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 or
• PHYS 173L Applied Physics III: Topics in Modern Physics
Units: 4
Chemistry Elective
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
Major Requirements
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• AME 101L Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and
Graphics Units: 3
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 302 Dynamic Systems Units: 3
• AME 308 Computer-Aided Analyses for Aero-Mechanical
Design Units: 3
• AME 309 Dynamics of Fluids Units: 4
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3
• AME 331 Heat Transfer Units: 3
• AME 341aL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 341bL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 441aL Senior Projects Laboratory Units: 3
Materials Science
• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
Information Technology Program
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
Petroleum Engineering Emphasis
• AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
• AME 409 Senior Design Project Units: 4
• PTE 461 Formation Data Sensing with Well Logs Units: 4
• PTE 463L Introduction to Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 4
• PTE 464L Modeling and Simulation of Subsurface Flow
Systems Units: 4
• PTE 465L Drilling Technology and Subsurface Methods
Units: 3
Technical Electives (4 units)
Technical electives must be upper-division engineering, MATH,
PHYS or CHEM classes.
Total units: 128
Master’s Degree
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
(Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics)
(MS)
The program prepares students for professional careers in
engineering companies that develop products using computational
tools of fluid and solid mechanics. The program also provides the
necessary background for pursuing higher degrees, Engineer
and PhD, in aerospace and mechanical engineering with
specializations in computational fluid mechanics, computational
solid mechanics and computational heat transfer. The degree
course work provides a necessary background in basic aerospace
and mechanical engineering disciplines (solid mechanics, fluid
mechanics, heat transfer), engineering mathematics and numerical
methods. The advanced computational technical electives provide
practical examples using existing numerical programs to simulate
structures, heat transfer and fluid flows as well as commercial
packages.
Admission requirements follow the general admission rules
for aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate programs.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The
program requires completion of a minimum of 27 units, with at
least 18 units at the 500 level, and a cumulative GPA of at least
3.0 for graduation. Students will be given advisement in the first
semester of their study. A minimum of 15 units must be 500 level
courses in major department. Four of the required units must be
in engineering analysis AME 525. In addition to AME 525 students
are required to take five core courses covering numerical methods,
fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics,
and finite element analysis. Elective courses can be chosen
in areas of specific interest to the student. Information on the
current approved courses that comprise these core and elective
requirements is available from the department website ame.
usc.edu.
Note:
Elective courses can be chosen in areas of specific interest to
the student. Information on the current approved courses that
comprise these core and elective requirements is available from
the department website ame.usc.edu.
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
(Dynamics and Control) (MS)
The Master of Science in Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering with emphasis in Dynamics and Control educates
and trains multidisciplinary professionals in the modeling, analysis,
simulation and control of complex time-evolutionary systems. The
program provides the graduate student with a broad, well-rounded,
advanced education that can be applied to many specific,
technologically advanced fields in which dynamics and control play
a pivotal role. It is a program of study that encompasses advanced
analytical dynamics, nonlinear dynamical systems, linear and
nonlinear dynamics and vibrations, and linear and nonlinear
control. The program equips students to apply their knowledge to
a variety of complex systems encountered in nature and society,
especially those in civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering
and applied mechanics.
Admission requirements follow the general admission rules
for aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate programs.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The
program requires completion of a minimum of 27 units, with at
least 18 units at the 500 level, and a cumulative GPA of at least
3.0 for graduation. Students will be given advisement in the first
semester of their study. In addition to engineering analysis (AME
525 or AME 526) students are required to take five core courses
covering engineering vibrations, nonlinear dynamical systems and
chaos, advanced engineering dynamics, linear control systems,
and nonlinear control systems. Elective courses can be chosen in
areas of specific interest to the student such as orbital dynamics,
spacecraft control, aircraft dynamics and control, chaos and chaotic
dynamics, random vibrations, computer control of mechanical
systems and robotics. Information on the current approved courses
that comprise these core and elective requirements is available
from the department Website ame.usc.edu.
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Admission requirements follow the general admission rules for
aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate programs. For
admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees and
Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The program
of study depends upon the student’s interests and background.
The program requires completion of a minimum of 27 units, with
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at least 18 units at the 500 level, and a cumulative GPA of at
least 3.0 for graduation. A minimum of 15 units must be 500 level
courses in major department. Four of the required units must be in
engineering analysis AME 525.
In addition to the general requirements listed in this catalogue,
the department has identified requirements in the following
areas of specialization: aerodynamics/fluid dynamics; aerospace
controls; aerospace design; aerospace structures; computational
fluid dynamics; hypersonics; and propulsion. Core requirements
and elective requirements are defined for each area of
specialization. Information on the current approved courses that
comprise these core and elective requirements is available from
the department website ame.usc.edu.
Aerospace Engineering/Engineering
Management (MS)
The department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in
conjunction with the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial
and Systems Engineering offers programs leading to the degree of
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering/Master of Science in
Engineering Management. This program is designed for graduate
aerospace engineers whose career objectives lead to increasing
technical management responsibilities.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the dual degree of Master of Science in Aerospace
Engineering/Master of Science in Engineering Management is also
subject to the following requirements:
1. All applicants must meet the admission requirements of both
the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering;
2. A minimum of 48 units is required;
3. A minimum of 18 units must be graduate-level course work in
AME, approved by an AME graduate student adviser;
4. A minimum of 18 units must be graduate level course
work in ISE, approved by the ISE Engineering Management
graduate student adviser and chosen from the course list
under Master of Science in Engineering Management;
5. A minimum additional 12 units of acceptable course
work must be chosen with the consent of the ISE Engineering
Management graduate student adviser to form a coherent
program.
Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Admission requirements follow the general admission rules for
aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate programs. For
admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees and
Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The program
of study depends upon the student’s interests and background.
The program requires completion of a minimum of 27 units, with
at least 18 units at the 500 level, and a cumulative GPA of at
least 3.0 for graduation. A minimum of 15 units must be 500-level
courses in major department. Four of the required units must be in
engineering analysis AME 525.
In addition to the general requirements listed in this catalogue,
the department has identified requirements in the following areas
of specialization: engineering design; thermal and fluid sciences;
heat transfer; combustion; mechanics and materials; dynamics and
control; solid and structural mechanics; and manufacturing. Core
requirements and elective requirements are defined for each area
of specialization. Information on the current approved courses that
comprise these core and elective requirements is available from
the department Website ame.usc.edu.
Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Power) (MS)
Note: Applications for this degree are not currently being
accepted.
The program prepares students for professional careers in
nuclear power industry. The program also provides the necessary
background for pursuing higher degrees, Engineer and PhD.
Admission requirements follow the general admission rules for
aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate programs.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The
program requires completion of a minimum of 27 units, with at
least 18 units at the 500 level, and a cumulative GPA of at least
3.0 for graduation. Students will be given advisement in the first
semester of their study. A minimum of 15 units must be 500-level
courses in major department. Four of the required units must be in
engineering analysis AME 525.
In addition to AME 525, students are required to take five core
courses covering advanced engineering mathematics, nuclear
thermal-hydraulics, nuclear reactor physics, nuclear physics
relevant to human health, and nuclear safety and security. Elective
courses can be chosen in areas of specific interest to the student.
Information on the current approved courses that comprise these
core and elective requirements is available from the department
Website ame.usc.edu.
Mechanical Engineering/Engineering
Management (MS)
The department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in
conjunction with the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial
and Systems Engineering offers programs leading to the degree of
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering/Master of Science in
Engineering Management. This program is designed for graduate
mechanical engineers whose career objectives lead to increasing
technical management responsibilities.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the dual degree of Master of Science in Mechanical
Engineering/Master of Science in Engineering Management is also
subject to the following requirements:
1. All applicants must meet the admission requirements of both
the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering;
2. A minimum of 48 units is required;
3. A minimum of 18 units must be graduate level course work in
AME, approved by an AME graduate student adviser;
4. A minimum of 18 units must be graduate level course work in
ISE, approved by the ISE Engineering Management graduate
student adviser and chosen from the course list under Master
of Science in Engineering Management;
5. A minimum additional 12 units of acceptable course work
must be chosen with the consent of the ISE Engineering
Management graduate student adviser to form a coherent
program.
Doctoral Degree
Aerospace Engineering (PhD)
The PhD in Aerospace Engineering is awarded in strict
conformity with the general requirements of the USC Graduate
School. See general requirements for graduate degrees. The
degree requires a concentrated program of study, research, and a
dissertation. Each student wishing to undertake a doctoral program
must first be admitted to the program and then take the screening
examination. This examination will emphasize comprehension
of fundamental material in the graduate course work. Further
guidance concerning admission, the screening exam, and the
full completion of courses, including those given outside the
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, can be
obtained from the AME student adviser and program coordinators.
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
The PhD in Mechanical Engineering is awarded in strict
conformity with the general requirements of the USC Graduate
School. See general requirements for graduate degrees. The
degree requires a concentrated program of study, research, and a
dissertation. Each student wishing to undertake a doctoral program
must first be admitted to the program and then take the screening
examination. This examination will emphasize comprehension
of fundamental material in the graduate course work. Further
guidance concerning admission, the screening exam, and the
full completion of courses, including those given outside the
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, can be
obtained from the AME student adviser and program coordinators.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 523
Astronautical Engineering
Olin Hall of Engineering
Room 500
(213) 821-5817
FAX: (213) 821-5819
Email: [email protected]
astronautics.usc.edu
Chair: Daniel A. Erwin, PhD*
Faculty
Professors: Daniel A. Erwin, PhD* (Aerospace Engineering); Mike
Gruntman, PhD (Aerospace Engineering); Azad Madni, PhD;
Joseph Wang, PhD (Aerospace Engineering)
Professor of Engineering Practice: Garrett Reisman, PhD
Adjunct Professors: Gerald Hintz, PhD; Michael Kezirian, PhD;
William Tobiska, PhD; James Wertz, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professors: Keith Goodfellow, PhD; Ryan Park,
PhD
Research Professor: David Barnhart, ME
Adjunct Research Associate Professors: Sergey Gimelshein, PhD;
Anita Sengupta, PhD
Emeritus Professors: George Friedman, PhD; Joseph A. Kunc,
PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Aerospace Engineering Honor Society: Sigma Gamma Tau
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
The Bachelor of Science degree program in Astronautical
Engineering has the following objectives:
Within a few years of graduation, graduates will:
• Establish themselves as practicing professionals, or
undertake advanced study, in astronautical engineering or a
related field;
• Demonstrate their ability to perform successfully as
members of a team and function effectively as responsible
professionals.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical
Engineering prepares graduates to have knowledge of orbital
mechanics, space environment, attitude determination and control,
telecommunications, space structures and rocket propulsion. The
program also prepares graduates to have design competence that
includes integration of astronautical topics.
Engineer in Astronautical Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer degree in Astronautical
Engineering are the same as set forth in the general requirements.
See the general requirements for Viterbi graduate degrees.
Credit for classes may be applied toward the MS, Engineer or
PhD in Astronautical Engineering, should the student decide later
to pursue an advanced degree. In order to be admitted to the MS
program, the student should maintain a B average or higher in
courses for the certificate and must satisfy all normal admission
requirements. All courses for the certificate must be taken at USC.
It is anticipated that other classes on emerging space technologies
will be added to the list of the offered classes in the future.
Bachelor’s Degree
Astronautical Engineering (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering prepares
students for engineering careers in the space industry, for
research and development in industry and government centers
and laboratories, and for graduate study. The program combines
a core in the fundamentals of engineering, specialized work in
astronautics and space technology, and technical electives to
broaden and/or deepen the course work.
The requirement for this degree is 129 units. A cumulative grade
point average of C (2.0) is required in all upper-division courses
applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which
the courses are taken. See also the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees section.
Composition/Writing Requirements
• WRIT 130 Analytical Writing Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Total units: 8
General Education
• General education Units: 24 * +
Required Lower Division Courses
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• ASTE 101L Introduction to Astronautics Units: 4
• ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering Units: 3
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
• ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 *
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Upper Division Courses
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 308 Computer-Aided Analyses for Aero-Mechanical
Design Units: 3
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3
• AME 341aL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 341bL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 441aL Senior Projects Laboratory Units: 3
• ASTE 305 Astronautical Gas Dynamics Units: 4
• ASTE 331a Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 331b Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 404 Computational Programming and Numerical
Methods Units: 3
• ASTE 421x Space Mission Design Units: 3
• ASTE 470 Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 480 Spacecraft Dynamics Units: 3
• Technical electives Units: 8 **
Total units: 129
*Satisfies GE Category III requirement (for students following the
previous GE Program).
**Technical electives consist of (1) any upper division course in
engineering except CE 404, CE 412 and ISE 440, or (2) an upper
division course in chemistry, physics or mathematics and MATH
225. No more than 3 units of 490 course work can be used to
satisfy the technical elective requirement.
+The university allows engineering majors to replace the GE
Category IV with a second course in Categories I, II or VI (for
students following the previous GE Program).
Minor
Astronautical Engineering Minor
This program is for USC students who wish to work in the space
industry and government space research and development centers
and who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in science, mathematics
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or engineering with specializations other than in astronautical
engineering.
The space industry employs a wide variety of engineers
(electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, etc.); scientists (physicists,
astronomers, chemists); and mathematicians. These engineers
participate in development of advanced space systems but
they usually lack the understanding of basic fundamentals of
astronautics and space systems. The minor in astronautical
engineering will help overcome this deficiency and provide unique
opportunities for USC engineering, science and mathematics
students, by combining their basic education in their major field
with the industry specific minor in astronautical engineering.
Required course work consists of a minimum of 18 units.
Including prerequisites, the minor requires 46 units. Three courses,
or 9 units, at the 400 level will be counted toward the minor. The
course work is a balanced program of study providing the basic
scientific fundamentals and engineering disciplines critically
important for contributing to development of complex space
systems.
Prerequisite Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Required Courses
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3
• ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 331a Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 331b Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ASTE 421x Space Mission Design Units: 3
• ASTE 470 Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3 or
• ASTE 480 Spacecraft Dynamics Units: 3
Total Minimum Units: 18
Master’s Degree
Astronautical Engineering (MS)
This degree is in the highly dynamic and technologically
advanced area of astronautics and space technology. The program
is designed for those with BS degrees in science and engineering
who wish to work in the space sector of the defense/aerospace
industry, government research and development centers, and
laboratories and academia. The program is available through the
USC Distance Education Network (DEN).
The general portion of the Graduate Record Examinations
(GRE) and two letters of recommendation are required. For
standard Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Required courses: 27 units
Core Requirement (12 Units)
• ASTE 520 Spacecraft System Design Units: 3
• ASTE 535 Space Environments and Spacecraft Interactions
Units: 3
• ASTE 575 Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 580 Orbital Mechanics I Units: 3
Core Elective Requirement (9 Units — Choose
Three Courses)
• ASTE 501a Physical Gas Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 501b Physical Gas Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 505a Plasma Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 505b Plasma Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 523 Design of Low Cost Space Missions Units: 3
• ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight Units: 3
• ASTE 527 Space Studio Architecting Units: 3
• ASTE 528 Reliability of Space Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and Space Missions
Units: 3
• ASTE 552 Spacecraft Thermal Control Units: 3
• ASTE 553 Systems for Remote Sensing from Space Units: 3
• ASTE 554 Spacecraft Sensors Units: 3
• ASTE 555 Space Cryogenic Systems and Applications
Units: 3
• ASTE 556 Spacecraft Structural Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength and Materials
Units: 3
• ASTE 561 Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations Units: 3
• ASTE 562 Spacecraft Life Support Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 566 Ground Communications for Satellite Operations
Units: 3
• ASTE 570 Liquid Rocket Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 571 Solid Rocket Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 572 Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3 *
• ASTE 574 Space Launch Vehicle Design Units: 3
• ASTE 577 Entry and Landing Systems for Planetary Surface
Exploration Units: 3
• ASTE 581 Orbital Mechanics II Units: 3
• ASTE 583 Space Navigation: Principles and Practice Units: 3
• ASTE 584 Spacecraft Power Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 585 Spacecraft Attitude Control Units: 3 *
• ASTE 586 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 589 Solar System Navigation Units: 3
*Prerequisite required
Technical Elective Requirement (6 Units)
Two 3-unit courses. Students are advised to select these
two elective courses from the list of core electives or from other
courses in astronautical engineering or from other science
and engineering graduate courses, as approved by the faculty
adviser. No more than 3 units of directed research (ASTE 590)
can be applied to the 27-unit requirement. New courses on
emerging space technologies are often offered; consult the current
semester’s course offerings, particularly for ASTE 599 Special
Topics.
Note:
At least 21 units must be at the 500 or 600 level.
Possible Areas of Concentration:
Students may choose to concentrate their studies in a specific
area by selecting corresponding core elective courses. Presently,
ASTE faculty suggest the following areas of concentration:
Spacecraft Propulsion
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 501a Physical Gas Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 501b Physical Gas Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 505a Plasma Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 570 Liquid Rocket Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 571 Solid Rocket Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 572 Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 574 Space Launch Vehicle Design Units: 3
• ASTE 584 Spacecraft Power Systems Units: 3
Spacecraft Dynamics
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 556 Spacecraft Structural Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength and Materials
Units: 3
• ASTE 581 Orbital Mechanics II Units: 3
• ASTE 583 Space Navigation: Principles and Practice Units: 3
• ASTE 585 Spacecraft Attitude Control Units: 3
• ASTE 586 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 589 Solar System Navigation Units: 3
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Space Systems Design
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 523 Design of Low Cost Space Missions Units: 3
• ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight Units: 3
• ASTE 527 Space Studio Architecting Units: 3
• ASTE 528 Reliability of Space Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and Space Missions
Units: 3
• ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength and Materials
Units: 3
• ASTE 562 Spacecraft Life Support Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 574 Space Launch Vehicle Design Units: 3
• ASTE 577 Entry and Landing Systems for Planetary Surface
Exploration Units: 3
Spacecraft Systems and Operations
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight Units: 3
• ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and Space Missions
Units: 3
• ASTE 552 Spacecraft Thermal Control Units: 3
• ASTE 553 Systems for Remote Sensing from Space Units: 3
• ASTE 554 Spacecraft Sensors Units: 3
• ASTE 555 Space Cryogenic Systems and Applications
Units: 3
• ASTE 561 Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations Units: 3
• ASTE 562 Spacecraft Life Support Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 566 Ground Communications for Satellite Operations
Units: 3
• ASTE 584 Spacecraft Power Systems Units: 3
Space Applications
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight Units: 3
• ASTE 527 Space Studio Architecting Units: 3
• ASTE 553 Systems for Remote Sensing from Space Units: 3
• ASTE 554 Spacecraft Sensors Units: 3
• ASTE 555 Space Cryogenic Systems and Applications
Units: 3
Safety of Space Systems
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 528 Reliability of Space Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and Space Missions
Units: 3
• ASTE 561 Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations Units: 3
Human Space Flight
Choose two core electives from:
• ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight Units: 3
• ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and Space Missions
Units: 3
• ASTE 561 Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations Units: 3
• ASTE 562 Spacecraft Life Support Systems Units: 3
Graduate Certificate
Astronautical Engineering Certificate
The Certificate in Astronautical Engineering is designed for
practicing engineers and scientists who enter space-related fields
and/or want to obtain training in specific space-related areas.
Students enroll at USC as limited status students; they must apply
and be admitted to the certificate program after completion of no
more than 9 units of required course work. The required course
work consists of 12 units; students will choose four 3-unit courses
from the following:
Required Courses (Choose Four)
• ASTE 501a Physical Gas Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 501b Physical Gas Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 505a Plasma Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 505b Plasma Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 520 Spacecraft System Design Units: 3
• ASTE 523 Design of Low Cost Space Missions Units: 3
• ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight Units: 3
• ASTE 527 Space Studio Architecting Units: 3
• ASTE 528 Reliability of Space Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and Space Missions
Units: 3
• ASTE 535 Space Environments and Spacecraft Interactions
Units: 3
• ASTE 552 Spacecraft Thermal Control Units: 3
• ASTE 553 Systems for Remote Sensing from Space Units: 3
• ASTE 554 Spacecraft Sensors Units: 3
• ASTE 555 Space Cryogenic Systems and Applications
Units: 3
• ASTE 556 Spacecraft Structural Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength and Materials
Units: 3
• ASTE 561 Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations Units: 3
• ASTE 562 Spacecraft Life Support Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 566 Ground Communications for Satellite Operations
Units: 3
• ASTE 570 Liquid Rocket Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 571 Solid Rocket Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 572 Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3 *
• ASTE 574 Space Launch Vehicle Design Units: 3
• ASTE 575 Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion Units: 3
• ASTE 577 Entry and Landing Systems for Planetary Surface
Exploration Units: 3
• ASTE 580 Orbital Mechanics I Units: 3
• ASTE 581 Orbital Mechanics II Units: 3
• ASTE 583 Space Navigation: Principles and Practice Units: 3
• ASTE 584 Spacecraft Power Systems Units: 3
• ASTE 585 Spacecraft Attitude Control Units: 3
• ASTE 586 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Units: 3
• ASTE 589 Solar System Navigation Units: 3 *
• ASTE 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Note:
Most classes are available through the USC Distance Education
Network (DEN).
*Prerequisite required
Doctoral Degree
Astronautical Engineering (PhD)
The PhD in Astronautical Engineering is awarded in strict
conformity with the general requirements of the USC Graduate
School. See general requirements for graduate degrees. The
degree requires a concentrated program of study, research and
a dissertation. Each student wishing to undertake a doctoral
program must first be admitted to the program and then take
the screening examination. This examination will emphasize
comprehension of fundamental material in the graduate course
work. Further guidance concerning admission, the screening exam
and the full completion of courses, including those given outside
the Department of Astronautical Engineering, can be obtained from
the ASTE student adviser and program coordinators.
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Biomedical Engineering
Denny Research Building 140
(213) 740-7237
FAX: (213) 821-3897
Email: [email protected]
bme.usc.edu
Interim Co-Chairs: Vasilis Z. Marmarelis, PhD; David Z. D'Argenio,
PhD; Michael C.K. Khoo, PhD
Faculty
Chonette Chair in Biomedical Technology: David Z. D'Argenio,
PhD
Chonette Early Career Chair: Megan McCain, PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair: Stacey D. Finley, PhD
Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair in Convergent Biosciences: Ellis
Meng, PhD
David Packard Chair in Engineering: Theodore W. Berger, PhD
Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences: Mark Humayun,
PhD (Ophthalmology)
Fred H. Cole Professorship in Engineering: Gianluca Lazzi
(Ophthalmology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clinical
Entrepreneurship)
Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering,
Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology and Ophthalmology: Scott Fraser,
PhD (Biological Sciences)
Dean's Professor in Biomedical Engineering: Michael C.K. Khoo,
PhD; Vasilis Marmarelis, PhD
The Dr. Karl Jacob Jr. and Karl Jacob III Early-Career Chair
and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science, and Medicine: Eun Ji Chung,
PhD
Professors: David Agus, MD (Medicine); Brian Applegate, PhD
(Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery); Andrea Armani,
PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Donald
Arnold, PhD (Biological Sciences); Theodore W. Berger, PhD
(Neurobiology); Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD (Radiology); David Z.
D'Argenio, PhD*; Vinay Duddalwar, PhD (Clinical Radiology);
Scott Fraser, PhD (Biological Sciences); Mark S. Humayun, PhD
(Ophthalmology); Michael C.K. Khoo, PhD (Pediatrics); Kwang
Jin Kim, PhD (Medicine and Physiology); Peter Kuhn, PhD
(Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Aerospace & Mechanical
Engineering); Richard Leahy, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Radiology); Jay Lieberman, PhD (Orthopaedic
Surgery); Charles Liu, MD, PhD (Neurological Surgery); Gerald E.
Loeb, MD; Anupam Madhukar, PhD (Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science, Physics); Noah Malmstadt, PhD (Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science); Vasilis Z. Marmarelis,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Mara Mather, PhD
(Gerontology, Psychology); Jill McNitt-Gray, PhD (Biological
Science); Ellis Meng, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Janet Moradian-Oldak (Biomedical Sciences – Dental); Krishna
Nayak, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Chrysostomos
Nikias, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); John
Oghalai, PhD (Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery);
Richard Roberts (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
Chemistry); Fei Sha, PhD (Computer Science); Mahnaz Shahidi,
PhD (Ophthalmology); Armand R. Tanguay Jr., PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Materials Science); Paul Thompson
(KSOM/Ophthalmology); Arthur W. Toga (KSOM/Ophthalmology);
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD (Biokinesiology); Priya Vashishta,
PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Danny
Wang, PhD (Neurology, Radiology); Pin Wang, PhD, (Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science); John C. Wood, MD, PhD
(Medicine/Radiology); Stanley M. Yamashiro, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering); Qifa Zhou, PhD (Ophthalmology); Charles
Zukowski, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)
Associate Professors: James Finley, PhD (Biokinesiology and
Physical Therapy); Stacey D. Finley, PhD; Justin Haldar, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering); Christianne N. Heck
(Clinical Neurology); Daniel P. Holschneider, MD (Psychiatry);
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD (Radiology); Amir Kashani, PhD (Clinical
Ophthalmology Neurology); Jason Kutch, PhD (Biokinesiology);
Sook-Lei Liew, PhD (Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy, Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Neurology);
J. Andrew MacKay, PhD (Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical
Sciences); Megan McCain, PhD; Bartlett W. Mel, PhD; Judy Pa,
PhD (Neurology and Neuroscience); Nicolas Schweighofer, PhD
(Biokinesiology); Yonggang Shi, PhD (Neurology); Jesse T. Yen,
PhD
Assistant Professors: Eun Ji Chung, PhD; Dominique Duncan,
PhD (Neurology); Andrei Irimia, PhD (Gerontology, Neuroscience);
Radha Kalluri, PhD (Otolaryngology); Brian Lee (Clinical
Neurological Surgery); Darrin Lee (Clinical Neurological Surgery);
Leonardo Morsut, PhD (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine); Shannon Mumenthaler, PhD (Medicine); Keyue Shen,
PhD; Lirong Yan, PhD (Neurology)
Professor of Engineering Practice: Jean-Michel I. Maarek, Doc.Ing.
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice: Brent Liu, PhD
Lecturer: Brittany Kay, PhD
Research Professors: Tracy C. Grikscheit, MD (Surgery); Jonathan
G. Lasch, PhD (AMI-USC)
Research Associate Professor: Dong Song, PhD
Research Assistant Professors: Jean-Marie Bouteiller, PhD;
Francesco Cutrale, PhD
Associate Professor of Research: Bo Han, PhD (Surgery)
Assistant Professors of Research: Darryl H. Hwang, PhD
(Radiology); Natasha Leporé, PhD (Radiology and Children's
Hospital); Rong Lu (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Visiting Associate Professor: Zhaoyang Fan, PhD (Radiology)
Adjunct Professors: Athanassios Fokas, PhD (Civil and
Environmental Engineering Practice); Konstantina S. Nikita (BME/
KSOM)
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Arkadiusz Gertych, PhD (Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center); Leonid Litvak, PhD (Advanced Bionics
Corp.); Philip Requejo, PhD (Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center
and Kinesiology)
Emeritus Professors: George A. Bekey, PhD (Electrical
Engineering, Computer Science and Speech Science); H. K.
Huang, DSc (Radiology); K. Kirk Shung, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
Graduates of the undergraduate program in Biomedical
Engineering are expected to attain the following objectives within a
few years after graduation:
• be engaged in a professional career in the biomedical or
other related industries, or enrolled in advanced graduate
studies including medical school;
• work in a technically competent manner to address
challenges in engineering or their chosen profession, taking
into consideration ethical and societal concerns;
• collaborate within their profession across technical
disciplines;
• develop their technical knowledge and professional skills
further by being active in professional societies, continuing
their formal education, or attending professional workshops,
meetings and seminars.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Biomedical Engineering (BS) provides
both breadth and depth across the range of engineering topics
implied by the title. The program prepares graduates to have an
understanding of biology and physiology; and the capability to
apply advanced mathematics (including differential equations and
statistics), science and engineering to solve the problems at the
interface of engineering and biology. The curriculum prepares
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graduates with the ability to interpret data from living systems,
addressing the problems associated with the interaction between
living and non-living materials and systems.
Minor in Craniofacial and Dental Technology
For a complete listing, see the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry of USC.
Bachelor's Degree
Biomedical Engineering (BS)
The Department of Biomedical Engineering offers a Bachelor
of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, there
are three possible areas of emphasis within this biomedical
engineering program major. These are biochemical engineering,
electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. An area of
emphasis appears in a special field on the transcript. The minimum
requirement for the degree is 128 units. A cumulative grade point
average of C (2.0) is required in all upper division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken.
See common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Technical electives are to be selected from an approved list
available in the department office.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General education Units: 20
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Major Requirements
Biology
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
Organic Chemistry
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Note: CHEM 322bL may be replaced by 4 units of additional
upper-divison BME course work.
Biomedical Engineering
• BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Units: 4
• BME 202 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BME 302L Medical Electronics Units: 4
• BME 403L Physiological Systems Units: 4
• BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurements and
Instrumentation Units: 4
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Units: 4
• BME 413 Bioengineering Signals and Systems Units: 4
• BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products Units: 2
or
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 4
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
One course from the following:
• BME 404 Orthopaedic Biomechanics Units: 4
• BME 430 Principles and Applications of Systems Biology
Units: 4
• BME 451L Fundamentals of Biomedical Microdevices
Units: 4
Electrical Engineering
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
Electives
• Technical electives: Complete 5-7 units as needed to
complete 128 approved program units. Technical electives
are to be selected from an approved list available in the
department office.
Total units: 128
Biomedical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering Emphasis, (BS)
The minimum requirement for the degree with an emphasis
in electrical engineering is 133 units. A cumulative grade point
average of C (2.0) is required in all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken. See common requirements for undergraduate
degrees.
Technical electives are to be selected from an approved list
available in the department office.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General education Units: 20
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Major Requirements
Biology
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
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Chemistry
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Note: CHEM 322aL may be replaced by 4 units of additional
upper-division BME course work with adviser approval.
Biomedical Engineering
• BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Units: 4
• BME 202 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BME 403L Physiological Systems Units: 4
• BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurements and
Instrumentation Units: 4
• BME 413 Bioengineering Signals and Systems Units: 4
• BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products Units: 2
or
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 4
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
• EE 109L Introduction to Embedded Systems Units: 4
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
• EE 250L Distributed Systems for the Internet of Things
Units: 4
Complete one track from the following lists:
Analog Track
• EE 338 Physical Electronics Units: 4
• EE 348L Electronic Circuits Units: 4
Digital Track
• EE 354L Introduction to Digital Circuits Units: 4
• EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip Units: 4
Electives
Technical Electives: Complete 8-10 units as needed to complete
133 approved program units. Technical electives are to be selected
from an approved list available in the department office
Total Units: 133
Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering Emphasis, (BS)
The minimum requirement for the degree with an emphasis
in mechanical engineering is 132 units. A cumulative grade point
average of C (2.0) is required in all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken. See common requirements for undergraduate
degrees.
Technical electives are to be selected from an approved list
available in the department office.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General education Units: 20
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirements
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemistry Requirements
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Major Requirements
Biology
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
Chemistry
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Note: CHEM 322aL may be replaced by 4 units of additional
upper-divison BME course work with adviser approval.
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• AME 201 Statics Units: 3
• AME 204 Strength of Materials Units: 3
• AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 308 Computer-Aided Analyses for Aero-Mechanical
Design Units: 3
• AME 309 Dynamics of Fluids Units: 4
Biomedical Engineering
• BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Units: 4
• BME 202 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BME 403L Physiological Systems Units: 4
• BME 404 Orthopaedic Biomechanics Units: 4
• BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurements and
Instrumentation Units: 4
• BME 413 Bioengineering Signals and Systems Units: 4
• BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products Units: 2
or
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 4
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
Electric Engineering
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
Materials Science
• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
Electives
Technical electives: Complete 1-3 units as needed to complete
132 approved program units. Technical electives are to be selected
from an approved list available in the department office.
Total units: 132
Biomedical Engineering, Molecular and
Cellular Engineering Emphasis, (BS)
The minimum requirement for the degree with an emphasis
in Molecular and Cellular Engineering is 132 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required in all upper-division
courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department
in which the courses are taken. See General Education and
additional common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General education Units: 20
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Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Major Requirements
Biology
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Organic Chemistry
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
Biomedical Engineering
• BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Units: 4
• BME 202 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
Units: 4
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods Units: 4
• BME 403L Physiological Systems Units: 4
• BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurements and
Instrumentation Units: 4
• BME 413 Bioengineering Signals and Systems Units: 4
• BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products Units: 2
or
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 4
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
Biomedical Molecular Cellular Engineering Panel
Choose three courses from the following list:
• BME 406 Introduction to Bioengineering in Medicine Units: 4
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Units: 4
• BME 430 Principles and Applications of Systems Biology
Units: 4
• BME 459L Introduction to Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery
Units: 4
Chemical Engineering
• CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering Units: 4
Electrical Engineering
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
Electives
Technical Electives: Complete 1-3 units as needed to complete
132 approved program units. Technical electives are to be selected
from an approved list available in the department office.
Total units: 132
Master's Degree
Biomedical Data Analytics (MS)
The program requires completion of 28 units, 20 of which are
core courses, with the remaining 8 units taken from an approved
list or selected in consultation with an adviser and approved by the
academic program officer. Admission requirements are consistent
with the currently established requirements for our Viterbi graduate
degree programs.
Core courses
• BME 511 Physiological Control Systems Units: 4
• BME 513 Signal and Systems Analysis Units: 4
• BME 514 Physiological Signals and Data Analytics Units: 4
• BME 515 Data Analytics in Biomedical Engineering Units: 4
• BME 528 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics
Applications Units: 4
Technical Electives
Select at least 8 units from the following courses:
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
• BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems Units: 4
• BME 502 Advanced Studies of the Nervous System Units: 4
• BME 530 Introduction to Systems Biology Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
Biomedical Engineering (Medical Imaging and
Imaging Informatics) (MS)
Completion of the Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
(Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics) requires that at least
28 approved units must be satisfactorily completed of which at
least 19 units must be at the 500 level or above.
Required Courses
• BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems Units: 4
• BME 513 Signal and Systems Analysis Units: 4
• BME 525 Advanced Biomedical Imaging Units: 4
• BME 527 Integration of Medical Imaging Systems Units: 4
• BME 528 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics
Applications Units: 4
• BME 535L Ultrasonic Imaging Units: 4
• EE 569 Introduction to Digital Image Processing Units: 4
Total units: 28
Biomedical Engineering (MS)
The Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering is awarded
in strict conformity with the general requirements of the Viterbi
School of Engineering. At least 28 approved units must be
satisfactorily completed, of which at least 19 units must be at the
500 level or above. Four of these units may be thesis BME 594a,
BME 594b, BME 594z.
The master's degree program provides students with a
broad background, linking physiology with engineering science,
necessary for entering interdisciplinary careers in medical
technology or pursuing further graduate studies in a related field.
Required Courses
• BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems Units: 4
• BME 511 Physiological Control Systems Units: 4
• BME 533 Seminar in Bioengineering Units: 1
One course from:
• BME 502 Advanced Studies of the Nervous System Units: 4
• BME 506 Bioengineering of Disease and Cell Therapeutics
Units: 4
• BME 510 Cellular Systems Engineering Units: 4
• BME 559 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Units: 4
One course from:
• BME 513 Signal and Systems Analysis Units: 4 *
• BME 530 Introduction to Systems Biology Units: 4
Technical Electives
At least 11 units of approved technical elective course work. At the
student's discretion and with department approval, these Technical
Elective units may include a Master's Thesis option.
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• BME 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BME 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BME 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
Total units: 28
*Students who have taken an advanced undergraduate or master's
level course in system and signal analysis may substitute BME
523 for BME 513 with departmental approval.
Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering
(MS)
This program is designed to provide the knowledge and skills
needed for the development of medical devices and diagnostic
techniques, including aspects of medical product regulation and
product development. The course of study requires successful
completion of 26-28 units of course work and has been designed
to be completed in three semesters of full-time study. Students in
the program will complete a 17-unit core as well as selecting a 6-8
unit specialization (or "track") and one elective from a list provided
by the department.
Required Courses (17 units)
• BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems Units: 4
or
• BME 502 Advanced Studies of the Nervous System Units: 4
or
• BME 513 Signal and Systems Analysis Units: 4
• BME 650 Biomedical Measurement and Instrumentation
Units: 4
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• MPTX 515 Quality Systems and Standards Units: 3
or
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
Units: 3
Regulation Track (6 units)
• MPTX 513 Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Units: 3
• RSCI 527 Medical Product Safety Units: 3
Product Development Track (6 units)
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
ISE 555 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
Medical Technology and Device Science Track
(6-7 units)
Select two courses.
• BME 535L Ultrasonic Imaging Units: 4
• BME 551 Introduction to Bio-MEMS and Nanotechnology
Units: 4
• BME 552 Neural Implant Engineering Units: 3
• BME 620L Applied Electrophysiology Units: 4
Technical Elective (one course)
Applicable courses include: AME 503, BME 511, BME 535, BME
551, ISE 507, ISE 508, ISE 544, MPTX 517 and courses listed in
alternate tracks to that chosen. Other courses may be applicable;
please see an adviser for approval.
Minimum Units Required: 26
Graduate Certificate
Health, Technology and Engineering Graduate
Certificate
Academic Director: Terry Sanger, MD, PhD, Provost Associate
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, Biokinesiology,
and Physical Therapy
Administrative Director: George Tolomiczenko, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Neurology
This program offers current second-year USC PhD engineering
students and first-year MD students an opportunity to learn about
and gain experience in medical device and process innovation.
Through project-based and interdisciplinary collaboration,
students will augment their current programs with a set of courses
and lab experiences linking medical and engineering research
groups. By applying design-informed approaches toward problem
identification and solution prototyping, students will be involved
in all the steps of medical device or process innovation from
conception to commercialization. The program aims to create
interdisciplinary, boundary-spanning, inventive entrepreneurs
seeking early practical experience with device and method
innovation in health care. Program participants will form bonds
with a group of like-minded medical students and engineers who
will be their mentors, colleagues and contacts as they advance in
their careers.
The courses unique to the program include a seminar sequence
(Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering), which must be
taken during the first two years of involvement with the HTE@USC
program, a case studies sequence taken during the second year
and a research course to earn project-related credits:
Courses
• BME 566a Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• BME 566b Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• BME 566c Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• BME 566d Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• BME 567a Case Studies in Health, Technology and
Engineering Units: 1
• BME 567b Case Studies in Health, Technology and
Engineering Units: 1
• 790 Research (in the student's major department) Units: 2-8
Other required courses that are part of the MD
curriculum
(PhD students enroll in INTD course versions of the same courses
open only to HTE students on CR/NC basis):
• INTD 621a Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) for THE
Units: 3
• INTD 621b Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) for THE
Units: 3
• INTD 622L Pre-clinical System Block for Health, Technology
and Engineering Units: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (3-5 Units Required)
Note:
Candidates interested in applying should contact HTE@USC via
email at [email protected].
Doctoral Degree
Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
The objective of the Doctor of Philosophy is to produce
independent investigators who can make original scholarly
contributions and apply advanced engineering concepts and
techniques to the understanding and solution of biomedical
problems. This program is intended to prepare the student for a
career in academic research and teaching, or as an independent
investigator in industrial or government laboratories.
The requirements listed are special to this department and
must be read in conjunction with the general requirements of the
Graduate School.
This program is designed to be normally completed in four
years of full-time work beyond the Bachelor of Science degree
(including summers). The first two years are devoted primarily to
formal course work and the last two to research. In view of the
flexible program, each student is assigned an adviser who will
guide him or her in the selection of courses. By the end of the third
semester of graduate study the student must have completed the
PhD screening examination. Subsequently, he or she is required
to make a tentative major field selection (e.g., biomedical imaging,
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 531
signal processing, neural engineering) and pass a qualifying
examination. In accordance with the requirements of the Graduate
School, at least 60 units of credit beyond the Bachelor of Science
degree are required, with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.
Students are required to take BME 533, the graduate biomedical
engineering seminar course, for three semesters during their
studies.
Requirements for Admission
Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or a natural science,
and satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examinations.
Undergraduate work should include a basic course in biology,
physics, organic chemistry, biochemistry, differential equations and
digital computation. Students lacking any of these will be required
to make up the deficiency during the first two years of graduate
work.
Students who have completed all requirements for the Master of
Science degree offered in this department may apply for admission
to the PhD program. In this case, all courses taken in the MS
program may be applied toward the requirements of the doctoral
degree.
Screening Examination Process
By the end of the third semester of graduate study, all students
must have completed the screening examination process to
determine whether or not they will be allowed to continue in the
Doctor of Philosophy program. Those who fail will be dropped
from the program, although they may be permitted to complete the
additional requirements necessary to obtain the Master of Science
degree.
Qualifying Exam Committee
During the third semester, the student must make a tentative
major field selection as described above and form a qualifying
exam committee. The latter administers the qualifying examination.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination will normally be taken during the
fourth semester of full-time academic study. The examination
requires the preparation of a comprehensive written research
proposal that presents a research question, critically reviews
the pertinent literature and outlines the proposed experimental,
analytical and computational procedures required to answer the
question. The proposal must be defended in an oral examination.
Chemical Engineering – Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
HEDCO Building 216
(213) 740-2225
FAX: (213) 740-8053
Email: [email protected]
chems.usc.edu
Chair: Andrea Hodge, PhD
Associate Chair: Noah Malmstadt, PhD
Faculty
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean's Chair in Engineering and Chester F.
Dolley Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Yannis C. Yortsos, PhD
WiSE Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and
Engineering: Malancha Gupta, PhD
N.I.O.C. Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Muhammad Sahimi, PhD
Choong Hoon Cho Chair: Michael Kassner, PhD
Kenneth T. Norris Professor in Engineering: Anupam Madhukar,
PhD
M.C. Gill Chair in Composite Materials: Steven Nutt, PhD
Robert E. Vivian Chair in Energy Resources: Theodore T. Tsotsis,
PhD
Arthur B. Freeman Professorship in Engineering: Andrea Hodge,
PhD
Judge Widney Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry:
Ray R. Irani, PhD (Chemistry)
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering: Pin Wang, PhD
Professors: Malancha Gupta, PhD; Noah Malmstadt, PhD;
Muhammad Sahimi, PhD*; Theodore Tsotsis, PhD; Pin Wang, PhD
Associate Professor: C. Ted Lee Jr., PhD*
Assistant Professors: Nicholas Graham, PhD; Shaama Sharada,
PhD
Associate Professor of Practice: Robert Young, PhD
Adjunct Research Associate Professor: Byungmin Ahn, PhD
Joint Appointments: Edward Crandall, PhD, MD (Medicine);
Stacey Finley, PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Martin Gundersen,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Qiang Huang, PhD
(Industrial and Systems Engineering); Rajiv Kalia, PhD (Physics
and Astronomy); Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD (Medicine); Grace Lu,
PhD (Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering); Brent
Merlot, PhD (Chemistry); General (retired) Ellen M. Pawlikowski
(Astronautical Engineering); Richard Roberts, PhD (Chemistry);
Charles G. Sammis, PhD (Geological Sciences); Armand R.
Tanguay Jr., PhD (Electrical and Biomedical Engineering); Mark
E. Thompson, PhD (Chemistry); Han Wan, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Arieh Warshel, PhD (Chemistry);
Chongwu Zhou, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Emeritus Professors: Elmer L. Dougherty, PhD; Murray
Gershenzon, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ronald
Salovey, PhD*; Peter Will, PhD (Astronautical Engineering,
Industrial and Systems Engineering)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Chemical Engineering Honor Society: Omega Chi Epsilon
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
Chemical engineering is the only engineering discipline that
makes extensive use of chemical transformations (reactions)
in addition to physical transformations (refining, molding or
machining) to achieve added value. Chemical engineers are
employed in virtually all manufacturing industries, from the basic
chemical, biochemical, materials, energy, food, pharmaceutical
and microelectronics industries to the myriad consumer product
industries. Our various curricula are designed to produce
graduates who are broadly educated as well as highly adaptable.
Graduates of the undergraduate program in Chemical
Engineering are expected to attain the following objectives within a
few years after graduation:
• Apply their technical skills to model, analyze and design
complex processes where physical, chemical or biochemical
transformations are utilized to produce products and services
that benefit society in an economically, environmentally and
globally conscious manner.
• Be able to quickly respond to increasingly-rapid technological
changes through continuous personal and professional
development, and to pursue graduate or professional
education in a variety of fields.
• Thrive in multidisciplinary and multicultural setting, and to
assume leadership roles in their employment, organization or
community.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences
including chemistry, physics and/or biology, with some content at
an advanced level, as appropriate to the objectives of the program.
The curriculum includes the engineering application of these basic
sciences to the design, analysis and control of chemical, physical
and/or biological processes, including the hazards associated with
these processes.
532 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Engineer in Chemical Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer in chemical engineering are
the same as set forth in the general requirements. See general
requirements for graduate degrees. Only available to graduate
students currently enrolled.
Chemical Engineering Three-Two Plan
A special curriculum is available for obtaining a Bachelor
of Science degree in chemical engineering and a Bachelor of
Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in a letters, arts and sciences
major in five years. For further information see departmental
advisers.
Similar programs are available in cooperation with certain liberal
arts colleges. Such programs are particularly suited for obtaining a
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the liberal arts college and a
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at USC.
Bachelor's Degree
Chemical Engineering (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Elective Requirements
The Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering requires 133
units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required in
all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of
the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the
previously listed common requirements, students must also take
the following courses:
• Any upper-division Chemical Engineering course - Units: 4
• Adviser-approved upper-division Engineering course work -
Units: 4
• Any upper-division course in Math, Science or Engineering
- Units: 4
Chemistry Option
Choose one:
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
Chemical Engineering, Biochemical
Engineering Emphasis (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 533
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Emphasis in Biochemical Engineering
The requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering with an emphasis in Biochemical Engineering is 133
units.* A scholarship average of C (2.0) or higher is required for all
upper-division courses taken in chemical engineering, biomedical
engineering and biological sciences. In addition to the previously
listed common requirements, students must also take the following
courses and at least 133 units:
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4 *
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering Units: 4
Note:
*BISC 320Lg is a required course that also fulfills the GE D
category included in the 24-unit GE requirement.
Chemical Engineering, Environmental
Engineering Emphasis (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department Web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Emphasis in Environmental Engineering
The requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering with an Emphasis in Environmental Engineering is
133 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required
for all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless
of the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the
previously listed common requirements, students must also take
the following courses and complete at least 133 units:
• CE 453 Water Quality Science and Engineering Units: 4
• CE 363L Water Chemistry and Analysis Units: 4
• CHE 450 Sustainable Energy Units: 4 or
• CHE 486 Design of Environmentally Benign Process Plants
Units: 3 or
• PTE 463L Introduction to Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 4
• ENE 428 Air Pollution Fundamentals Units: 4 or
• ENE 429 Air Pollution Control Units: 3
534 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology
Emphasis (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department Web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Emphases in Nanotechnology
The requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering with an emphasis in Nanotechnology is 133 units.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of
the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the
previously listed common requirements, students must also take
the following courses:
• CHE 391L Introduction to Nanotechnology Research Units: 2
• CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering
through Chemical Processes Units: 4
• CHE 491 Nanotechnology Research for Undergraduates
Units: 2
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• MASC 350L Nanostructured Materials: Design, Synthesis
and Processing Units: 4
Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering
Emphasis (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department Web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 535
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Emphasis in Petroleum Engineering
The requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering with an emphasis in Petroleum Engineering is 133
units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for
all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of
the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the
previously listed common requirements, students must also take
the following courses:
• PTE 461 Formation Data Sensing with Well Logs Units: 4
• PTE 463L Introduction to Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 4
• PTE 464L Modeling and Simulation of Subsurface Flow
Systems Units: 4
• PTE 465L Drilling Technology and Subsurface Methods
Units: 3
Chemical Engineering, Polymer/Materials
Science Emphasis (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department Web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Emphasis in Polymer/Materials Science
The requirement for the Bachelor of Science with an emphasis
in Polymer/Materials Science is 133 units. A cumulative grade
point average of C (2.0) is required for all upper-division courses
applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which
the courses are taken. In addition to the previously listed common
requirements, students must also take the following courses and
complete at least 133 units:
• CHE 472 Polymer Science and Engineering Units: 4
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 476 Chemical Engineering Materials Units: 4 or
• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4
Polymer Option
Choose one:
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 474L Polymer Science and Engineering Laboratory
Units: 3
• CHE 475 Physical Properties of Polymers Units: 4
• CHE 477 Computer Assisted Polymer Engineering and
Manufacturing I Units: 3
• CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering
through Chemical Processes Units: 4
• MASC 440 Materials and the Environment Units: 3
Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Energy
Emphasis (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Degree
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Additionally, there are six possible areas of emphasis within this
chemical engineering program major. These are: biochemical
engineering (133 units); environmental engineering (133 units);
536 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
nanotechnology (133 units); petroleum engineering (133 units);
polymer/materials science (133 units); and sustainable energy
(133 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the
primary major name on the transcript.
Sample student schedules are located on the department web
page (chems.usc.edu).
Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All
Areas of Emphasis (117 units)
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Courses
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Chemistry Courses
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and
Kinetics Units: 4
Math Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Courses
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Chemical Engineering Courses
• CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical
Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes Units: 4
• CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design Units: 4
• CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory Units: 2
• CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering
Processes Units: 4
• CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control Units: 4
• CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design Units: 4
• CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design Units: 4
Emphasis in Sustainable Energy
The requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering with an Emphasis in Sustainable Energy is 133 units.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of
the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the
previously listed common requirements, students must also take
the following courses and complete at lease 133 units:
• CHE 450 Sustainable Energy Units: 4
• CHE 476 Chemical Engineering Materials Units: 4 or
• MASC 350L Nanostructured Materials: Design, Synthesis
and Processing Units: 4
Chemistry Option
Choose one:
• CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
Engineering Option
Choose one:
• CHE 301g Introduction to Engineering Biology Units: 4
• CHE 486 Design of Environmentally Benign Process Plants
Units: 3
• CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering
through Chemical Processes Units: 4
• CHE 488 Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Units: 3
• CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering Units: 4
• EE 513 Solid State Energy Devices Units: 4
• PTE 463L Introduction to Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 4
• PTE 519 Integrated Physical and Cyber Security for Oil and
Gas Operations Units: 3
Minor
Nanotechnology Minor
A minor in nanotechnology consisting of 17 required
units is available to undergraduate majors in various fields.
Nanotechnology involves the study of matter at length scales that
are intermediate between the molecular and the bulk. In this minor,
students will (1) learn in detail the properties of material structures
on the nanometer scale, (2) examine a range of nanoscale
materials, including metallic, ceramic, and polymeric particles as
well as proteins, and (3) be exposed to a variety of specialized
probes capable of visualizing matter on these length scales.
Prerequisite Courses
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Required Courses
Students can select either CHEM 322a or CHEM 325a. Both
courses are not required.
• CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering
through Chemical Processes Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 455 Chemical Nanotechnology Units: 4
• EE 337L Engineering Nano-Systems Units: 3
• MASC 350L Nanostructured Materials: Design, Synthesis
and Processing Units: 4
Minimum Units: 17
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 537
Master's Degree
Chemical Engineering (MS)
The Master of Science in Chemical Engineering is awarded in
strict conformity with the general requirements of the USC Viterbi
School of Engineering and requires 28 units. Minimum registration
in CHE 501, CHE 530, CHE 538, CHE 542 is required.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirements (16 units)
• CHE 501 Modeling and Analysis of Chemical Engineering
Systems Units: 4
• CHE 530 Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 538 Transport Processes I Units: 4
• CHE 542 Chemical Engineering Kinetics Units: 4
Elective Requirements (12 units)
All remaining courses must be adviser approved.
Total Units: 28
Doctoral Degree
Chemical Engineering (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in chemical engineering
is awarded in conformity with the general requirements of the
Graduate School. See general requirements for graduate degrees.
Satisfactory completion of at least 60 units of approved
graduate level course work beyond the baccalaureate, with a
cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 is required of all
PhD students in engineering. The 60 units minimum include
research courses (590, 690, 790) and 4 units of 794a and 794b
Doctoral Dissertation. PhD students must also complete the core
requirement for their major as listed below. The core courses make
a part of the 60 units requirement. The number of units taken at
USC can be reduced by transferring graduate credits from another
institution. Transfer/Waiver units are subject to approval by the
Degree Progress Department (for course work taken at institutions
in the United States) or by International Admission (for course
work taken at institutions outside the United States), by the faculty
adviser, and by each degree's respective department directors.
Faculty advisers may also request students to take additional
courses outside of the core requirements including specific elective
courses.
Departmental Policies and Requirements
In addition to the general requirements for the PhD described in
this catalogue, candidates in chemical engineering are required to
demonstrate proficiency in the following fields: thermodynamics,
transport and chemical engineering kinetics. In addition, students
must register in the department seminar course CHE 550 each
semester for four semesters or until they pass their qualifying
exam, whichever is earlier.
Core Requirements
• CHE 501 Modeling and Analysis of Chemical Engineering
Systems Units: 4 or
• CHE 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep Learning Units: 4
• CHE 530 Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers Units: 4
• CHE 538 Transport Processes I Units: 4
• CHE 542 Chemical Engineering Kinetics Units: 4
• CHE 550 Seminars in Chemical Engineering Units: 0, 1
Electives Requirements
Students select 8 units of approved CHE graduate-level course
work in consultation with an adviser.
Materials Science – Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Vivian Hall of Engineering 604
(213) 740-4339
Email: [email protected]
chems.usc.edu
Chair: Andrea Hodge, PhD
Associate Chair: Noah Malmstadt, PhD
Faculty
Choong Hoon Cho Chair in Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering: Michael E. Kassner, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering)
Dean's Chair in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science:
Priya Vashishta, PhD (Computer Science, Physics)
M.C. Gill Chair in Composite Materials: Steven R. Nutt, PhD
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Ray Irani Chair in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science:
Andrea M. Armani, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering,
Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Arthur B. Freeman Professorship in Engineering: Andrea Hodge,
PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Kenneth T. Norris Professor of Engineering: Anupam Madhukar,
PhD (Physics, Biomedical Engineering)
Professors: Andrea Armani, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Biomedical
Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Andrea
Hodge, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Rajiv K.
Kalia, PhD (Physics, Computer Science); Michael E. Kassner, PhD
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Anupam Madhukar,
PhD (Physics); Steven R. Nutt, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering); Priya Vashishta, PhD (Physics, Computer Science);
Charles Zukowski, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Associate Professor: Edward Goo, PhD
Assistant Professors: Paulo Branicio, PhD; Jayakanth
Ravichandran, PhD; Shaama Sharada, PhD; Wade Zeno, PhD
Research Assistant Professor: Jiefei Zhang, PhD
Senior Lecturers: Lessa Grunenfelder, PhD; Ken-Ichi Nomura,
PhD
Joint Appointments: Edward Crandall, PhD, MD (Medicine); P.
Daniel Dapkus, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Stacey Finley, PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Martin Gundersen,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Qiang Huang,
PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD
(Medicine); Grace Lu, PhD (Physics and Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Brent Merlot, PhD (Chemistry); Aiichiro Nakano, PhD
(Computer Science, Physics, Biomedical Engineering); George
Olah, PhD (Chemistry); Charles G. Sammis, PhD (Geological
Sciences); Raymond Stevens, PhD (Biological Sciences
and Chemistry); Armand R. Tanguay Jr., PhD (Electrical and
Biomedical Engineering); Mark E. Thompson, PhD (Chemistry);
Han Wang, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Arieh
Warshel, PhD (Chemistry); Chongwu Zhou, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Emeritus Professors: P. Daniel Dapkus, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering); Elmer L. Dougherty, PhD; Murray
Gershenzon, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Terry Langdon, PhD; Ronald Salovey, PhD*; Peter Will, PhD
(Astronautical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Engineer in Materials Science
Requirements for the Engineer in Materials Science degree are
the same as set forth in the general requirements for graduate
degrees.
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Master of Science in Materials Engineering
Students with an interest in the characterization, selection and
processing of engineering materials, and in materials problems
related to engineering design may work toward a Master of
Science in materials engineering. This degree is awarded in
conformity with the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering. Students may elect to work for this degree in either
the Materials Science or Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
departments. The specific courses that constitute an acceptable
program must be approved in advance by the administering
department.
Master's Degree
Materials Engineering (Machine Learning)
(MS)
The Master of Science in Materials Engineering with an
emphasis in Machine Learning is for students who have an
interest in materials engineering that includes machine learning
toward materials discovery, design and processing. U.S. industry
and cybermanufacturing are rapidly moving toward data-driven
materials discovery and development. Materials engineering
combined with machine learning is a novel emerging field that
combines materials modeling, simulations and machine learning
together into a new paradigm for materials discovery and
cybermanufacturing.
Students with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science,
Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil or
Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics and
Chemistry, as well as in industry employees who plan to apply
machine learning to their research and development, are ideal
candidates for the program.
This degree is awarded in conformity with the general
requirements of the Viterbi School of Engineering. Students may
elect to work for this degree in either the Materials Science or
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering departments. The specific
courses that constitute an acceptable program must be approved
in advance by the administering department.
A minimum of 20 of the required 28 units should be Materials
Science (MASC), Materials Science electives or cross-listed
courses. Any course not on the electives list will require
department approval to be applied toward the degree.
Graduation requires 28 units total with 3.0 GPA overall.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
Core Requirements (12 units)
• MASC 515 Basics of Machine Learning for Materials Units: 4
• MASC 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep Learning Units: 4
• MASC 575 Basics of Atomistic Simulation of Materials
Units: 4
Materials Science Elective Courses (8-16 units)
Students must complete 8-16 units from the following list of
electives.
• MASC 501 Solid State Units: 4
• MASC 502 Advanced Solid State Units: 3
• MASC 503 Thermodynamics of Materials Units: 4
• MASC 504 Diffusion and Phase Equilibria Units: 4
• MASC 505 Crystals and Anisotropy Units: 4
• MASC 506 Semiconductor Physics Units: 4
• MASC 512 Thin Film Science and Technology Units: 4
• MASC 534 Materials Characterization Units: 4
• MASC 535L Transmission Electron Microscopy Units: 4
• MASC 551 Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
Units: 4
• MASC 559 Creep Units: 3
• MASC 560 Fatigue and Fracture Units: 3
• MASC 561 Dislocation Theory and Applications Units: 4
• MASC 562 Failure Analysis Units: 3
• MASC 564 Composites Processing Units: 4
• MASC 570 Introduction to Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Conversion Units: 3
• MASC 576 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Materials and
Processes Units: 4
• MASC 583 Materials Selection Units: 4
• MASC 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 (with adviser
approval)
• MASC 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics Units: 4
• MASC 610 Molecular Beam Epitaxy Units: 3
• PTE 586 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in
Oilfield Operations Units: 3
Engineering Elective Courses (0-8 units)
Students may complete up to 8 units from the following list of non-
materials science electives. Up to 8 units total for the degree may
be from 400-level courses on approval by department.
• AME 503 Advanced Mechanical Design Units: 3
• AME 509 Applied Elasticity Units: 4
• AME 525 Engineering Analysis Units: 4
• AME 526 Introduction to Mathematical Methods in
Engineering II Units: 4
• AME 546 Design for Manufacturing Assembly Units: 4
• AME 554 Additive Manufacturing Technologies Units: 4
• AME 577 Survey of Energy and Power for a Sustainable
Future Units: 4
• AME 578 Modern Alternative Energy Conversion Devices
Units: 3
• ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength and Materials
Units: 3
• BME 510 Cellular Systems Engineering Units: 4
• CE 507 Mechanics of Solids I Units: 4
• CE 546 Structural Mechanics of Composite Materials Units: 2
• CHE 501 Modeling and Analysis of Chemical Engineering
Systems Units: 4
• CHEM 630 Fundamentals of Electrochemical Energy
Systems Units: 2
• CHEM 632 Introduction to Surface Chemistry and
Electrocatalysis Units: 2
• EE 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics for Engineers Units: 4
• EE 504L Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits
Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 507 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technology Units: 4
• EE 512 Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 529 Optics Units: 4
• EE 531 Nonlinear Optics Units: 4
• EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
• EE 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics Units: 4
• EE 607 Microelectromechanical Systems Units: 4
• EE 612 Science and Practice of Nanotechnology Units: 3
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4
• ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design and Manufacturing
Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
Materials Engineering (MS)
Students with an interest in the characterization, selection and
processing of engineering materials, and in materials problems
related to engineering design may work toward a Master of
Science in materials engineering. This degree is awarded in
conformity with the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering. Students may elect to work for this degree in either
the Materials Science or Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
departments. The specific courses that constitute an acceptable
program must be approved in advance by the administering
department.
A minimum of 20 of the required 28 units should be Materials
Science (MASC) or Materials Science cross-listed courses. MASC
476 Chemical Engineering Materials cannot be applied toward
the degree. Approved non-Materials Science courses are listed
on the department Website. Any course not on the list will require
department approval to be applied toward the degree.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 539
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Materials Science (MS)
Students with an interest in the characterization, selection and
processing of engineering materials, and in materials problems
related to engineering design may work toward a Master of
Science in Materials Science. This degree is awarded in conformity
with the general requirements of the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Students may elect to work for this degree in either the Materials
Science or Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering departments.
The specific courses that constitute an acceptable program must
be approved in advance by the administering department.
Graduation requires 28 units total with 3.0 GPA overall.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirements (12 units)
Students must take a minimum of 12 units from the following list of
core requirements:
• MASC 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics for Engineers
Units: 4
• MASC 501 Solid State Units: 4
• MASC 503 Thermodynamics of Materials Units: 4
• MASC 504 Diffusion and Phase Equilibria Units: 4
• MASC 505 Crystals and Anisotropy Units: 4
• MASC 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep Learning Units: 4
• MASC 551 Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
Units: 4
Materials Science Elective Courses (8-16 units)
Students must complete 8-16 units from the following list of
electives or from the remaining courses in the core requirements
list. Up to 8 units total for the degree may be from 400-level
courses on approval by department.
• MASC 502 Advanced Solid State Units: 3
• MASC 506 Semiconductor Physics Units: 4
• MASC 512 Thin Film Science and Technology Units: 4
• MASC 515 Basics of Machine Learning for Materials Units: 4
• MASC 534 Materials Characterization Units: 4
• MASC 535L Transmission Electron Microscopy Units: 4
• MASC 559 Creep Units: 3
• MASC 560 Fatigue and Fracture Units: 3
• MASC 561 Dislocation Theory and Applications Units: 4
• MASC 562 Failure Analysis Units: 3
• MASC 564 Composites Processing Units: 4
• MASC 570 Introduction to Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Conversion Units: 3
• MASC 575 Basics of Atomistic Simulation of Materials
Units: 4
• MASC 576 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Materials and
Processes Units: 4
• MASC 583 Materials Selection Units: 4
• MASC 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 (with adviser
approval)
• MASC 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics Units: 4
• MASC 610 Molecular Beam Epitaxy Units: 3
Engineering Elective Courses (0-8 units)
Students may complete up to 8 units from the following list of
electives. Up to 8 units total for the degree may be from 400-level
courses on approval by department.
• AME 503 Advanced Mechanical Design Units: 3
• AME 509 Applied Elasticity Units: 4
• AME 525 Engineering Analysis Units: 4
• AME 526 Introduction to Mathematical Methods in
Engineering II Units: 4
• AME 546 Design for Manufacturing Assembly Units: 4
• AME 554 Additive Manufacturing Technologies Units: 4
• AME 577 Survey of Energy and Power for a Sustainable
Future Units: 4
• AME 578 Modern Alternative Energy Conversion Devices
Units: 3
• AME 588 Materials Selection Units: 4
• ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength and Materials
Units: 3
• BME 510 Cellular Systems Engineering Units: 4
• CE 507 Mechanics of Solids I Units: 4
• CE 529 Finite Element Analysis Units: 4
• CE 546 Structural Mechanics of Composite Materials Units: 2
• CHE 501 Modeling and Analysis of Chemical Engineering
Systems Units: 4
• CHEM 630 Fundamentals of Electrochemical Energy
Systems Units: 2
• CHEM 632 Introduction to Surface Chemistry and
Electrocatalysis Units: 2
• EE 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics for Engineers Units: 4
• EE 504L Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits
Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 507 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technology Units: 4
• EE 512 Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 529 Optics Units: 4
• EE 531 Nonlinear Optics Units: 4
• EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
• EE 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics Units: 4
• EE 607 Microelectromechanical Systems Units: 4
• EE 612 Science and Practice of Nanotechnology Units: 3
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4
• ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design and Manufacturing
Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• PTE 586 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in
Oilfield Operations Units: 3
Doctoral Degree
Materials Science (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Materials Science is
awarded in strict conformity with the general requirements of the
USC Graduate School. See general requirements for graduate
degrees.
Satisfactory completion of at least 60 units of approved
graduate-level course work beyond the baccalaureate, with a
cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 is required of all
PhD students in engineering. The 60 units minimum include
research courses (590, 690, 790) and 4 units of 794a and 794b
Doctoral Dissertation. PhD students must also complete the core
requirement for their major as listed below. The core courses make
a part of the 60 units requirement. The number of units taken at
USC can be reduced by transferring graduate credits from another
institution. Transfer/Waiver units are subject to approval by the
Degree Progress Department (for course work taken at institutions
in the United States) or by International Admission (for course
work taken at institutions outside the United States), by the faculty
adviser, and by each degree's respective department directors.
Faculty advisers may also request students to take additional
courses outside of the core requirements including specific elective
courses.
The PhD program in Material Science requires several
foundational courses in materials science and enrollment in the
seminar course MASC 598 each semester for two semesters or
until passing the qualifying exam, whichever is earlier.
Core Requirements
• MASC 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics for Engineers
Units: 4
• MASC 501 Solid State Units: 4
• MASC 503 Thermodynamics of Materials Units: 4
• MASC 504 Diffusion and Phase Equilibria Units: 4
• MASC 505 Crystals and Anisotropy Units: 4
• MASC 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep Learning Units: 4
• MASC 551 Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
Units: 4
• MASC 598 Materials Science Seminar Units: 1
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Petroleum Engineering – Mork Family Department of Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science
Hedco Building 316
(213) 740-0322
FAX: (213) 740-0324
Email: [email protected]
chems.usc.edu
Chair: Andrea Hodge, PhD
Associate Chair: Noah Malmstadt, PhD
Director: Iraj Ershaghi, PhD, PE
Faculty
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean's Chair in Engineering and Chester F.
Dolley Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Yannis C. Yortsos, PhD
Omar B. Milligan Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Iraj Ershaghi,
PhD, PE
William M. Keck Professor of Energy Resources: Donald M. Paul,
PhD
Professors: Iraj Ershaghi, PhD; Behnam Jafarpour, PhD; Kristian
Jessen, PhD
Assistant Professor: Birendra Jha, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice: Jincai Chang, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor: Andrei Popa, PhD
Part-Time Lecturers: Faruk Civan, PhD; Davood Khairkhah, PhD;
Robello Samuel, PhD; Donald Gautier, PhD; Martin Karrenbach,
PhD; Bradford Pierce, MS
Joint Appointments: Edward Crandall, PhD, MD (Medicine);
Stacey Finley, PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Martin Gundersen,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Qiang Huang, PhD
(Industrial and Systems Engineering); Rajiv Kalia, PhD (Physics
and Astronomy); Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD (Medicine); Grace Lu, PhD
(Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering); Brent Merlot,
PhD (Chemistry); Richard Roberts, PhD (Chemistry); Charles
G. Sammis, PhD (Geological Sciences); Armand R. Tanguay Jr.,
PhD (Electrical and Biomedical Engineering); Mark E. Thompson,
PhD (Chemistry); Han Wan, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Arieh Warshel, PhD (Chemistry); Chongwu Zhou,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Emeritus Professors: George Chillingar,PhD; Elmer L. Dougherty,
PhD; Peter Will, PhD (Astronautical Engineering, Industrial and
Systems Engineering)
Petroleum Engineering Honor Society: Pi Epsilon Tau
Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Emphasis in Petroleum Engineering
See the listing under Chemical Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Emphasis in Petroleum Engineering
See the listing under Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
Engineer in Petroleum Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer degree in petroleum engineering
are the same as set forth in the general requirements. See general
requirements for graduate degrees.
Minor
Petroleum Engineering Minor
A minor in petroleum engineering consisting of 16 required units is
available to undergraduate majors in various fields of engineering
and applied science. Besides preparing for graduate study in
petroleum engineering, the program will prepare students for
careers in areas of national need such as the exploration, recovery
and production of subterranean resources, and the underground
disposal of hazardous wastes.
Prerequisite courses:
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
Required Courses
• PTE 461 Formation Data Sensing with Well Logs Units: 4
• PTE 462 Economic, Risk and Formation Productivity Analysis
Units: 4
• PTE 463L Introduction to Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 4
• PTE 464L Modeling and Simulation of Subsurface Flow
Systems Units: 4
• PTE 465L Drilling Technology and Subsurface Methods
Units: 3
Total units: 16
Master's Degree
Petroleum Engineering (Digital Oilfield
Technologies) (MS)
The Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering (Digital Oilfield
Technologies) is awarded in strict conformity with the general
requirements of the Viterbi School of Engineering. A student may
be permitted to elect the program without thesis upon approval
from the department. Course requirements are similar to the
existing MS degree in Petroleum Engineering in terms of core
requirements.
Students without a BS in Petroleum Engineering will normally
be required to complete prerequisite courses before beginning
the MS program. Specific prerequisite courses are decided upon
consultation with the department adviser. Units from these courses
cannot be applied toward the degree.
Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience
Technologies) (MS)
The Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience
Technologies) is a unique degree that emphasizes recent
developments in the field of unconventional oil and gas
resources and modern techniques for mapping and monitoring
of subterranean resources. The program may be completed via
the USC Viterbi School's Distance Education Network (DEN). All
courses for the degree must be taken at USC.
Students without a BS in Petroleum Engineering will normally
be required to complete prerequisite courses before beginning
the MS program. Specific prerequisite courses are decided upon
consultation with the department adviser. Units from these courses
cannot be applied toward the degree.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
A minimum of 35 units is required to earn the MS in Petroleum
Engineering (Geoscience Technologies).
Core Required Courses (19 Units)
• PTE 507 Engineering and Economic Evaluation of
Subsurface Reservoirs Units: 3
• PTE 508 Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Flow and
Transport Processes Units: 3
• PTE 517 Testing of Wells and Aquifers Units: 3
• PTE 531 Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Units: 4
• PTE 555 Well Completion, Stimulation, and Damage Control
Units: 3
• PTE 582 Fluid Flow and Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 3, 2 years
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 541
Take Four of the Five Courses Below
(12-13 Units)
• PTE 502 Advanced Reservoir Characterization Units: 3
• PTE 503 Technology of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Resources Development Units: 3
• PTE 504 Geophysics for Petroleum Engineers Units: 3
• PTE 505 Inverse Modeling for Dynamic Data Integration
Units: 3
• PTE 572L Applied Geostatistical Modeling for Subsurface
Characterization Units: 4
Additional Requirements
• Elective from a group of approved PTE courses Units: 4
Minimum Units Required: 35
Petroleum Engineering (MS)
The Master of Science in petroleum engineering is awarded
in strict conformity with the general requirements of the Viterbi
School of Engineering. Electives vary according to the area of
interest. A student may be permitted to elect the program without
thesis upon approval from the department.
Dual Degree
Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering/
Master of Science, Engineering Management
(MS/MS)
The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems
Engineering in conjunction with the Department of Petroleum
Engineering offers programs leading to the degree of MS
Petroleum Engineering/MS Engineering Management. The
program is designed for graduate petroleum engineers whose
career objectives lead to increasing technical management
responsibilities.
Students complete at least 44 units, of which at least 21 units
are required Petroleum Engineering graduate course work, and at
least 23 units are Engineering Management graduate coursework,
including required core courses, an analytics course, a technology
course and elective courses listed in the MS Engineering
Management program.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Catalogue Graduate
Degrees and Requirements in The Graduate School section of this
catalogue.
Petroleum Engineering Core Requirements
(21 units)
• PTE 507 Engineering and Economic Evaluation of
Subsurface Reservoirs Units: 3
• PTE 508 Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Flow and
Transport Processes Units: 3
• PTE 517 Testing of Wells and Aquifers Units: 3
• PTE 531 Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Units: 4
• PTE 555 Well Completion, Stimulation, and Damage Control
Units: 3
• PTE 582 Fluid Flow and Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 3, 2 years
Engineering Management Core Requirements
(18-19 units)
• ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering Managers Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
• ISE 561 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects Units: 3
Analytics Course
Select one.
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
Technology Course
Select one.
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
Units: 3
• ISE 555 Invention and Technology Development
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
Additional Electives (4-5 units)
Choose at least 4 units from among other courses listed in the MS
Engineering Management degree.
Total Units Required: 44
Graduate Certificate
Digital Oilfield Technologies Certificate
The certificate in digital oilfield techniques is designed
for practicing engineers and scientists who enter petroleum
engineering related fields and/or who wish to obtain training in
the specific smart oilfields area. The applicants may enroll at
USC as limited status students. They must apply and be admitted
to the program before they complete 9 units of the required
course work. The certificate program is open to applicants with
an undergraduate degree in engineering or sciences who meet
the admission criteria as limited students. Students without a BS
in Petroleum Engineering will normally be required to complete
prerequisite courses before beginning the certificate program.
Specific prerequisite courses are decided upon consultation with
the department adviser. Units from these courses cannot be
applied toward the certificate.
The required courses consist of the following 12 units:
Required Courses
• PTE 586 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in
Oilfield Operations Units: 3
• PTE 587 Smart Completions, Oilfield Sensors and Sensor
Technology Units: 3
• PTE 588 Smart Oilfield Data Mining Units: 3
• PTE 589 Advanced Oilfield Operations with Remote
Immersive Visualization and Control Units: 3
Note:
These classes will be available through the USC Distance
Education Network (DEN@Viterbi). The credit for classes may be
applied toward the MS or PhD in petroleum engineering should
the student decide later to pursue an advanced degree. In order
to be admitted to the MS program, the student should maintain
a B average or higher in courses for the certificate program and
must satisfy all normal admission requirements. All courses for the
certificate must be taken at USC.
Unconventional Resources in Petroleum
Engineering
Characterization of unconventional resources, exploration,
development, laboratory methods, geomechanics, geochemical
methods, well completion, hydraulic fracturing, reserves
forecasting, environmental issues, seismic and geostatistical
estimation methods.
Note: Students without a BS in Petroleum Engineering or the
equivalent will be required to complete the following courses in
addition to the four courses for the certificate: PTE 411, PTE 412x,
PTE 461, PTE 466 and PTE 500.
Requirements
• PTE 502 Advanced Reservoir Characterization Units: 3
• PTE 592 Geomechanics for Energy and Environment Units: 4
Complete two from the following:
• PTE 503 Technology of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Resources Development Units: 3
• PTE 504 Geophysics for Petroleum Engineers Units: 3
• PTE 572L Applied Geostatistical Modeling for Subsurface
Characterization Units: 4
542 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Doctoral Degree
Petroleum Engineering (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in petroleum engineering
is also offered. Registration in MASC 520, PTE 507, PTE 508,
PTE 517, PTE 531, PTE 555, PTE 582 and 4 semesters of CHE
550a is required of all students. See general requirements for
graduate degrees.
Satisfactory completion of at least 60 units of approved
graduate-level course work beyond the baccalaureate, with a
cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 is required of all
PhD students in engineering. The 60 units minimum include
research courses (590, 690, 790) and 4 units of 794a and 794b
Doctoral Dissertation. PhD students must also complete the core
requirement for their major as listed below. The core courses make
a part of the 60 units requirement. The number of units taken at
USC can be reduced by transferring graduate credits from another
institution. Transfer/Waiver units are subject to approval by the
Degree Progress Department (for course work taken at institutions
in the United States) or by International Admission (for course
work taken at institutions outside the United States), by the faculty
adviser and by each degree's respective department directors.
Faculty advisers may also request students to take additional
courses outside of the core requirements including specific elective
courses.
Core Requirements
• MASC 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep Learning Units: 4
• PTE 507 Engineering and Economic Evaluation of
Subsurface Reservoirs Units: 3
• PTE 508 Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Flow and
Transport Processes Units: 3
• PTE 517 Testing of Wells and Aquifers Units: 3
• PTE 531 Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Units: 4
• PTE 555 Well Completion, Stimulation, and Damage Control
Units: 3
• PTE 582 Fluid Flow and Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 3, 2 years
Civil Engineering – Sonny Astani Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kaprielian Hall 210
(213) 740-0603
FAX: (213) 744-1426
Email: [email protected]
cee.usc.edu
Chair: Burçin Becerik-Gerber, DDes
Director, Environmental Engineering: Amy Childress, PhD
Director, Graduate Programs: Felipe de Barros, PhD
Director, Undergraduate Programs: L. Carter Wellford, PhD
Faculty
John and Dorothy Shea Early Career Chair in Civil Engineering:
Ketan Savla, PhD
Dr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career Chair: Kelly T. Sanders, PhD
Fred Champion Estate Chair in Engineering: Lucio Soibelman,
PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology: Roger
Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Dean's Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Burçin
Becerik-Gerber, DDes
Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and Engineering:
Amy Childress, PhD
Louise L. Dunn Endowed Professorship in Engineering: Behrokh
Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
Fred Champion Professor: Constantinos Sioutas, ScD
Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental
Engineering: Qiming Wang, PhD
Distinguished Professor: Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and
Systems Engineering)
Professors: Burçin Becerik-Gerber, DDes; Amy Childress, PhD;
Roger Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering);
Erik A. Johnson, PhD; Berok Khoshnevis, PhD; Vincent W.
Lee, PhD; Patrick Lynett, PhD; Sami F. Masri, PhD (Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering); Najmedin Meshkati, PhD, CPE
(Industrial Systems Engineering, International Relations); Massoud
Pirbazari, PhD; Constantinos Sioutas, ScD (Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering); Lucio Soibelman, PhD (Spatial Sciences
Institute); Costas Synolakis, PhD; Mihailo Trifunac, PhD; L. Carter
Wellford, PhD
Associate Professors: Felipe de Barros, PhD; Bora Gencturk, PhD;
Kelly T. Sanders, PhD; Ketan Savla, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Adam Smith, PhD
Assistant Professors: Daniel McCurry, PhD; Chukwuebuka Nweke,
PhD; Audrey Olivier, PhD; Thomas Petersen, PhD; Qiming Wang,
PhD
Professors of Engineering Practice: Gregg E. Brandow Jr., PhD,
PE; Geraldine Knatz, PhD (Public Policy); Henry M. Koffman, PE
Associate Professors of Engineering Practice: David J. Gerber,
DDes (Architecture); Amy Rechenmacher, PhD
Adjunct Professors of Engineering Practice: Athanassios S. Fokas,
PhD, MD; Navid Nastar, PhD, PE, SE, FASCE; Frank Edward
Reynolds
Joint Appointments: Carol Folt, PhD (Preventive Medicine);
Behnam Jafarpour, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Birendra Jha, PhD
(Petroleum Engineering); Gale Lucas, PhD (Computer Science);
Mitul Luhar, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering);
Azad Madni, PhD (Astronautical Engineering); James Moffett,
PhD (Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences); James Moore, PhD
(Industrial and Systems Engineering, Public Policy); Firdaus E.
Udwadia, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); John P.
Wilson, PhD (Sociology)
Research Associate Professors: Sifat Muin, PhD; Michael Orosz,
PhD (Information Sciences Institute)
Adjunct Associate Professors of Practice: Hanh Dam Le-Griffin,
PhD; Abdel S. Niazy, PhD, PE; Shahed Rowshan, PhD, PE; Eric
Shen, PE
Adjunct Research Professors: Maria I. Todorovska, PhD; Yan Xiao,
PhD, PE
Adjunct Research Assistant Professors: Jose C. Borrero, PhD;
John Caffrey, PhD; Mazen Wahbeh, PhD
Emeritus Professors: George V. Chilingar, PhD; Joseph S.
Devinny, PhD; Ronald C. Henry, PhD
Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society
Chi Epsilon is dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and
promoting the status of civil engineering as a profession. Chi
Epsilon was organized to recognize the characteristics of the
individual civil engineer deemed to be fundamental to the
successful pursuit of an engineering career and to aid in the
development of those characteristics in the civil engineering
student. To contribute to the improvement of the profession, Chi
Epsilon fosters the development and exercise of sound traits of
character and technical ability among civil engineers.
Chi Epsilon is based on broad principles of scholarship,
character, practicality and sociability. Civil engineering students
who rank in the upper one-third of the junior or senior class are
eligible for membership. These qualifications will make one eligible
but not necessarily acceptable. Each member must be well skilled
in all four of the basic principles.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 543
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
Fulfilling the vision of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, the Viterbi School of Engineering and
the University of Southern California, our graduates will:
Be successful in their professional careers, become leaders in
industry, academia, government or service, while adapting their
technical, collaborative and managerial skills for the benefit of
society's built and natural environments.
Support the advancement of the practice of science and
engineering, while maintaining professional standards and moral
and legal obligations to society, while being active in professional
organizations and obtaining professional licensure when
appropriate.
Be prepared to pursue graduate studies in engineering or
other disciplines, while continuously broadening their abilities and
enhancing their technical skills to maintain their relevance with
technological change.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering prepares graduates to apply knowledge of
mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based
physics, chemistry and at least one additional area of basic
science, consistent with the program educational objectives; apply
knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering;
conduct civil engineering experiments and analyze and interpret
the resulting data; and design a system, component, or process
in more than one civil engineering context. The program also
explains basic concepts in management, business, public policy,
and leadership; and explains the importance of professional
licensure.
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Environmental
Engineering prepares graduates to be proficient in mathematics
through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus-
based physics, general chemistry; an earth science, e.g., geology,
meteorology, soil science, relevant to the program of study; a
biological science, e.g., microbiology, aquatic biology, toxicology,
relevant to the program of study; fluid mechanics relevant to
the program of study; and an introductory level knowledge of
environmental issues associated with air, land, and water systems
and associated environmental health impacts. The program
prepares graduates to be proficient at conducting laboratory
experiments and critically analyzing and interpreting data in
more than one major environmental engineering focus area, e.g.,
air, water, land, environmental health; performing engineering
design by means of design experiences integrated throughout
the professional component of the curriculum; and to be proficient
in advanced principles and practice relevant to the program
objectives; including understanding of concepts of professional
practice and the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and
private organizations pertaining to environmental engineering.
Joint Minor
Minor in Engineering Innovation for Global Challenges
See Engineering Innovation for Global Challenges Minor.
Graduate Programs
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Transportation
Systems)
See Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Program.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Water and Waste
Management)
See Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Program.
Engineer in Civil Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer in Civil Engineering are the
same as set forth in the general requirements.
Transportation Systems Graduate Certificate
See Transportation Systems Graduate Certificate in the Price
School of Public Policy.
Bachelor's Degree
Applied Mechanics (BS)
The requirement for this degree is 128 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required in all upper-division
courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in
which the courses are taken. See the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees section.
Composition/Writing Requirements
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4 *
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (4 Units Required)
Total units: 8
General Education
• General Education Units: 24*
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
• MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern
Physics Units: 4
Chemistry Elective
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
Total units: 36
Major Requirements
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3
• AME 341aL Mechoptronics Laboratory I and II Units: 3
• AME 441aL Senior Projects Laboratory Units: 3
Civil Engineering
• CE 205 Statics
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 235 Dynamics
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
Electrical Engineering
• EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical Engineering Units: 4
Total units: 24
Major Electives
• Free electives Units: 4 **
• Technical electives Units: 28
• Approved electives in computer programming Units: 4
Total units: 128
*GE Category VI and WRIT 150 are taken concurrently.
**The choice of free electives in the fourth year requires approval
of the administering department.
544 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Civil Engineering (BS)
The requirement for the degree is 131–132 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all courses taken
at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied toward the
major, regardless of the department in which the courses are
taken. In addition, a minimum grade of C must be earned in each
of the following courses: CE 215, CE 225 and CE 309. See also
common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 ** or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 ** or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 **
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Other Requirements
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil Engineering
• CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 107L Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics Units: 2
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
• CE 453 Water Quality Science and Engineering Units: 4
• CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
• CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
• CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
Capstone Course
• CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone
Design Units: 4
Courses from Other Engineering Departments
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3 or
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4 or
• EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical Engineering Units: 4
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
Design Courses
Choose two design courses (8 units) from the following list:
• CE 457 Structural Design II Units: 4
• CE 465 Water Supply and Sewerage System Design Units: 4
• CE 476 Design of Hydraulic Systems Units: 4
• CE 482 Subsurface Foundation Design Units: 4
• CE 485 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design Units: 4
Electives
The civil engineering electives (2 units) may be chosen freely.
Total units: 131-132
**Satisfies General Education requirement.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Civil Engineering, Building Science Emphasis
(BS)
The requirement for the degree with an emphasis in building
science is 138 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is
required for all courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division
courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department
in which the courses are taken. In addition, a minimum grade
of C must be earned in each of the following courses: CE 215,
CE 225 and CE 309. See also the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees section.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 ** or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived
from the required course GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering
Geology.
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 ** or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 **
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Other Requirements
Students who complete MATH 125g before MATH 126g will be
excused from completing this course.
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil Engineering
• CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 545
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
• CE 457 Structural Design II Units: 4
• CE 458 Computational Structural Analysis Units: 4
• CE 460 Construction Engineering Units: 4
• CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
Architecture courses
• ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community Units: 2
• ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 205aL Building Science I Units: 4 ***
• ARCH 205bL Building Science I Units: 4 ***
• ARCH 305aL Building Science II Units: 4 ***
• ARCH 305bL Building Science II Units: 4 ***
• ARCH 405aL Building Science III Units: 4 ***
• ARCH 405bL Building Science III Units: 4 ***
Total units: 138
**Satisfies GE requirement.
***The School of Architecture requires a minimum grade of C in
ARCH 205a, ARCH 205b, ARCH 305a, ARCH 305b and ARCH
405a, ARCH 405b in order to continue in the building science
design sequence.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering
and Management Emphasis (BS)
The requirement for the degree with an emphasis in
construction engineering and management is 132–134 units.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses
applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which
the courses are taken. In addition, a minimum grade of C must be
earned in each of the following courses: CE 215, CE 225 and CE
309.
See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirements
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24*
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 * or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived from
the course requirement of AME 310, EE 202L or EE 326Lx.
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 * or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 *
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Other Requirement
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil Engineering
• CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 107L Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics Units: 2
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
• CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
• CE 460 Construction Engineering Units: 4
• CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
• CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
• CE 482 Subsurface Foundation Design Units: 4
Capstone Course
• CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone
Design Units: 4
Courses from Other Engineering Departments
Students who complete MATH 125g before MATH 126g will be
excused from completing AME 310, EE 202L or EE 326Lx.
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3 or
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4 or
• EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical Engineering Units: 4
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
Construction Engineering and Management
Choose one design course from the following:
• CE 457 Structural Design II Units: 4
• CE 465 Water Supply and Sewerage System Design Units: 4
• CE 476 Design of Hydraulic Systems Units: 4
• CE 485 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design Units: 4
Choose one additional course from the following:
• ARCH 419 Architectural Sustainability Tools and Methods
Units: 3
• CE 461 Construction Estimating Units: 4
• CE 462 Construction Methods and Equipment Units: 2
• CE 469 Sustainable Design and Construction Units: 2
• CE 470 Building Information Modeling: Project Visualization
and Simulation for Management Units: 4
Total units: 132-134
*Satisfies GE requirement.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering
Emphasis (BS)
The requirement for the degree with an emphasis in
environmental engineering is 135 units. A cumulative grade
point average of C (2.0) is required for all courses taken at USC
as well as all upper-division courses applied toward the major,
regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. In
addition, a minimum grade of C must be earned in each of the
following courses: CE 215, CE 225 and CE 309. See also common
requirements for undergraduate degrees.
546 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (4 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 * or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived from
the required course ISE 460.
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 * or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 *
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CE 110 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Units: 2
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
• CE 363L Water Chemistry and Analysis Units: 4
• CE 402 Computer Methods in Engineering Units: 2
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 410L Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Microbiology Units: 4
• CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
• CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
• CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
• CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone
Design Units: 4
• CE 485 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design Units: 4
• ENE 200 Environmental Engineering Principles Units: 4
• ENE 215 Energy Systems and Environmental Tradeoffs
Units: 4
• ENE 428 Air Pollution Fundamentals Units: 4
Courses from Other Engineering Departments
Students who complete MATH 125g before MATH 126g will be
excused from completing ISE 460.
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
Total units: 135
*Satisfies GE requirement.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering
Emphasis (BS)
The requirement for the degree with an emphasis in structural
engineering is 131 - 132 units. A cumulative grade point average
of C (2.0) is required for all courses taken at USC as well as all
upper division courses applied toward the major, regardless of the
department in which the courses are taken. In addition, a minimum
grade of C must be earned in each of the following courses: CE
215, CE 225, and CE 309. See also common requirements for
undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirements
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 ** or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived from
the course requirement of AME 310, EE 202L or EE 326Lx.
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 ** or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 **
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Other Requirements
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil Engineering
• CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 107L Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics Units: 2
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
• CE 457 Structural Design II Units: 4
• CE 458 Computational Structural Analysis Units: 4
• CE 459 Introduction to Structural Dynamics Units: 2
• CE 460 Construction Engineering Units: 4
• CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
• CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
• CE 482 Subsurface Foundation Design Units: 4
Capstone Course
• CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone
Design Units: 4
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Courses from Other Engineering Departments
Students who complete MATH 125g before MATH 126g will be
excused from completing AME 310, EE 202L or EE 326Lx.
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3 or
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4 or
• EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical Engineering Units: 4
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
Total units: 131-132
**Satisfies GE requirement.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Civil Engineering, Water Resources
Engineering Emphasis (BS)
The requirement for the degree with an emphasis in
construction engineering and management is 133–134 units.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses
applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which
the courses are taken. In addition, a minimum grade of C must be
earned in each of the following courses: CE 215, CE 225 and CE
309. See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)
General Education
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 ** or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived from
the course requirement of AME 310, EE 202L or EE 326Lx.
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 ** or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 **
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Other Requirements
• GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil Engineering
• CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
• CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
• CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
• CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
• CE 453 Water Quality Science and Engineering Units: 4
• CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
• CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
• CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
Capstone Course
• CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone
Design Units: 4
Courses from Other Engineering Departments
Students who complete MATH 125g before MATH 126g will be
excused from completing AME 310, EE 202L or EE 326Lx.
• AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3 or
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4 or
• EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical Engineering Units: 4
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
Water Resources Engineering
• CE 465 Water Supply and Sewerage System Design Units: 4
• CE 476 Design of Hydraulic Systems Units: 4
Electives
The civil engineering electives (4 units) may be chosen freely.
Total units: 133-134
**Satisfies General Education requirement.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Minor
Construction Planning and Management Minor
This program covers the most current theories and practice of
construction planning and management. The program provides
a valuable adjunct credential to professional school students
pursuing careers in business administration, public administration,
architecture, environmental studies, and other areas; and a unique
opportunity for professional focus to students in the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Construction activities are complex. In contemporary society,
effective planning and management of these activities requires
specialized knowledge of the technical, economic and policy
environment. This program couples the knowledge of how
construction activities are organized with a broader understanding
of the urban system in which construction projects are embedded.
With the exception of statistics, all of the required courses
are within the Astani Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and the USC Price School of Public Policy.
Any USC undergraduate who has completed the equivalent of
two full-time semesters in good standing is eligible to pursue the
minor program. This minor program is rigorous enough to serve
as an introductory credential for students subsequently electing
to pursue advanced studies in development, urban planning,
construction management, architecture or allied fields.
Six courses consisting of at least 22 units are required for the
minor.
Core Courses
• CE 460 Construction Engineering Units: 4
• CE 470 Building Information Modeling: Project Visualization
and Simulation for Management Units: 4
Theme Requirement
Two courses, both from Theme One or Theme Two:
Theme One
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4
Theme Two
• FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and
Development Units: 4
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• FBE 466 Management of Real Estate Development:
Feasibility Studies Units: 4
Electives
Select at least 6 units from the following:
• CE 412 Construction Contracts and Law Units: 2
• CE 461 Construction Estimating Units: 4
• CE 462 Construction Methods and Equipment Units: 2
• CE 469 Sustainable Design and Construction Units: 2
• RED 437 Advanced Finance and Investment for Real Estate
Development Units: 4
Total Units: 22
Notes:
Advisement is provided by the Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering. Students electing FBE, PPD, or
RED courses from the themes or electives must satisfy the
prerequisites. Please see the Price School and Marshall School
section or schedule of classes for the prerequisites.
Master's Degree
Civil Engineering (Advanced Design and
Construction Technology) (MS)
Designers, architects, engineers and construction managers of
the 21st century must be able to manage and harness the rapid
pace of technological change. A highly interconnected world and
complex projects require creative and technologically enabled
solutions. In this program, technology is argued to be a catalyst for
change, poised to reduce the industry's fragmentation, improve its
efficiency and effectiveness, and increase productivity, resilience
and sustainability. The program emphasis is on understanding
the capabilities of available and developing technologies so that
the appropriate tools, systems, equipment, and methods can
be implemented for a particular architectural, engineering and
construction (AEC) function, project or challenge.
The Master of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis
in Advanced Design and Construction Technology is awarded
in strict conformity with the general requirements of the USC
Viterbi School of Engineering. Students can choose the option of
completing a thesis and must include in their program 4 units of
CE 594a and CE 594b.
CE 578 is a integrated capstone project course; students will
benefit most from this course if it is taken near the end of the
program.
For Admission Requirements, please refer to the Viterbi
Graduate Degrees and Requirements section of this catalogue.
Core Requirements (16 units)
• CE 470 Building Information Modeling: Project Visualization
and Simulation for Management Units: 4
• CE 505 Data Management for Civil and Environmental
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 568 Fundamental Concepts of Computing and
Programming in Civil and Environmental Engineering Units: 2
• CE 573 Advanced Technologies in AEC Practices Units: 4
• CE 578 Technology-Enabled Architecture, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) Projects Units: 4
Electives (12 units)
Students select three electives in consultation with an adviser,
totaling at least 12 units, that may be taken from the USC Astani
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, other
engineering departments, the USC Price School of Public Policy,
the USC School of Architecture, or the USC Marshall School of
Business subject to adviser approval. Admission to some classes
requires advanced prerequisites and is subject to availability and
approval of the instructor.
Minimum Units Required: 28
Civil Engineering (MS)
The Master of Science in Civil Engineering is awarded in strict
conformity with the general requirements of the USC Viterbi
School of Engineering. A student may receive the Master of
Science in Civil Engineering with a special option by specializing
in one of the following courses of study: construction engineering;
structural engineering; and transportation engineering. Students
can choose the option of completing a thesis must include in
their program 4 units of CE 594a and CE 594b. Total units for the
degree is 28.
A general Master of Science in Civil Engineering without special
designation is also given. Students pursuing this program will
choose between the following special options: general, earthquake
engineering, structural mechanics, water resources or ocean and
coastal engineering.
A student who wishes to pursue the Master of Science in Civil
Engineering without special designation and who has an interest
in public works may take a selected sequence of 12 units in the
USC Price School of Public Policy. For further information, see the
Public Administration Professional Sequence section in the USC
Price School of Public Policy.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Construction Management (MCM)
Students possessing a bachelor's degree and with sufficient
training in capital management and statistics may pursue the
Master of Construction Management. The purpose of the Master
of Construction Management program is to educate and train
multidisciplinary professionals to understand and execute the
broad array of technical and non-technical activities associated
with construction management. The program provides special
attention to the function of the constructor in real estate
development.
Applicants to the program are expected to have completed
undergraduate course work in engineering economy or business
finance.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Core Curriculum
• CE 501 Construction Practices Units: 4
• CE 502 Construction Accounting, Finance and Strategy
Units: 4
• CE 564 Construction Planning and Preconstruction Units: 4
• CE 569 Project Controls Units: 4
Total minimum units: 32
Additional Requirements
The minimum requirement for the Master of Construction
Management degree is 32 units. At least four elective courses
totaling at least 16 units are required for this degree. These
may be taken from the USC Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, other engineering departments, the
USC Price School of Public Policy, the USC School of Architecture,
the USC Gould School of Law or the USC Marshall School of
Business, subject to adviser approval. Admission to some classes
requires advanced prerequisites and is subject to availability and
approval of the instructor.
General Requirements
Residence and Course Load
The normal time required for earning the Master of Construction
Management is four semesters. Students are expected to
participate in extracurricular activities associated with the Master of
Construction Management program, including the speaker series
and field trips. A candidate must complete the last four semester
units of course work at USC.
Students who wish to take a leave of absence for a semester or
longer must request it from the chairman of the Astani Department
in writing. Such leaves may be granted for up to one year.
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Transportation Systems Management (MS)
Transportation is a dynamic field with many aspects. The Master
of Science in Transportation Management prepares students from
any sufficiently analytical undergraduate background for advanced
positions in the private, public or non-profit sector as well as for
advanced graduate study. Students complete the program core,
subject to options indicated there, plus a specialization for a total
of 32-36 units.
The program core provides students with a broad,
interdisciplinary basis for understanding transportation systems
and needs. A required specialization of the student's choosing
provides depth in a focused aspect of transportation systems
relating to a particular set of methods or problem domain. Students
learn:
• the design, provision, operation, and effectiveness of
transportation services in the larger context of economic and
social systems;
• how organizations can best adapt to changes affecting
the transportation environment in which services are
demanded and provided, including the relationships between
transportation, technology, information services, and
regulatory requirements; and
• to characterize, analyze and address complex transportation
problems at the system level by relying on both theory and
applied analytical methods.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Program Core (21-24 Units)
The core consists of six courses for a total of 21-23 units. Students
should complete all core courses, subject to the options indicated
below.
• SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Units: 4
or
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
or
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
• CE 501 Construction Practices Units: 4
or
• ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering Managers Units: 3
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Any three of the following four courses:
• CE 582 Transportation System Security and Emergency
Management Units: 4
• CE 584 Intelligent Transportation Systems Units: 4
• CE 585 Traffic Engineering and Control Units: 3
• CE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operational Analysis
Units: 4
Specialization in Transportation Infrastructure
Systems (11-12 Units)
This specialization consists of three courses for a total of 11-12
units, and is for students with an undergraduate background in
science or engineering.
• CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
• CE 583 Design of Transportation Facilities Units: 4
• CE 586 Modeling Transportation Network Supply and
Demand Units: 4
or
• CE 588 Railroad Engineering Units: 3
Specialization in Geographic Information
Systems (12 Units)
This specialization consists of three courses for a total of 12 units.
SSCI 582 and SSCI 583 and SSCI 591 may be taken in any order
after SSCI 581, but SSCI 574 should be taken after SSCI 583.
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 574 Spatial Econometrics Units: 4
or
• SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
or
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Specialization in Data Science (12 Units)
This specialization consists of three courses for a total of 12 units.
DSCI 510 and DSCI 549 may be completed in any order, but both
should be completed before DSCI 550.
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Specialization in Systems Architecting
(12 Units)
This specialization consists of four courses for a total of 12 units,
and is for students with an undergraduate background in science
or engineering. A single course may not be used to satisfy both a
core requirement and a specialization requirement.
• SAE 560 Economic Considerations for Systems Engineering
Units: 3
Any three of the following five courses:
• SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Units: 4
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
• SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3
• SAE 548 Systems/System-of-Systems Integration and
Communication Units: 3
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
Specialization in Transportation Planning
(12 Units)
This specialization consists of two required courses, PPD 633 and
PPD 634, and one elective course for a total of 12 units.
• PPD 633 Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation
Planning Units: 4
• PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
Units: 4
And one from:
• PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPDE 630 Community Health Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 637 Urban Mass Transit Units: 4
• PPDE 640 Climate, Sustainability and Environmental
Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation Planning Units: 4
Graduate Certificate
Transportation Systems Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Transportation Systems is an
interdisciplinary program administered by the USC Astani
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The
certificate program allows students to specialize in transportation
applications, while simultaneously receiving a degree in their home
department. The certificate in transportation systems combines
elements of transportation engineering with transportation policy,
planning and project management. The program is especially
appropriate for students intending to pursue careers as developers
of transportation technologies, or as implementors of technologies
within government agencies.
Students electing the certificate program apply to the USC
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Course
prerequisites for the program are:
• one course in statistics or uncertainty, equivalent to ISE 225
or CE 408;
• one course in engineering economy, equivalent to ISE 460;
• one course in microeconomics, equivalent to ECON 203; and
• one course in a contemporary high level programming
language.
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These prerequisites may be satisfied after enrollment in
the certificate program by taking the indicated courses or their
equivalent. Graduate students cannot receive credit for courses
numbered below 400. Detailed admissions requirements
are published by the USC Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering.
The courses taken for the certificate may be applied later to the
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, transportation option.
Qualified students holding a bachelor's degree also have the
option of enrolling in the certificate program without receiving a
separate graduate degree.
The curriculum consists of five graduate courses for a total of at
least 18 units.
Certificate Requirements
• CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4 or
• CE 501 Construction Practices Units: 4
• CE 583 Design of Transportation Facilities Units: 4 or
• CE 585 Traffic Engineering and Control Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• PPD 633 Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation
Planning Units: 4
• PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Civil Engineering (PhD)
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
and Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering
(Environmental Engineering)
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in civil engineering
and the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in engineering
(environmental engineering) are also offered. See general
requirements for graduate degrees.
Areas of specialization for Doctor of Philosophy level students
are: structural engineering, structural mechanics, earthquake
engineering, coastal engineering, water resources engineering,
construction engineering and management, soil mechanics
and foundation engineering, hydrology, hydrodynamics and
transportation.
Environmental Engineering - Sonny Astani Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kaprielian Hall 210
(213) 740-0603
FAX: (213) 744-1426
cee.usc.edu
Chair: Burçin Becerik-Gerber, DDes
Director, Environmental Engineering: Amy Childress, PhD
Director, Graduate Programs: Felipe de Barros, PhD
Director, Undergraduate Programs: L. Carter Wellford, PhD
Faculty
John and Dorothy Shea Early Career Chair in Civil Engineering:
Ketan Savla, PhD
Dr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career Chair: Kelly T. Sanders, PhD
Fred Champion Estate Chair in Engineering: Lucio Soibelman,
PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology: Roger
Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Dean's Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Burçin
Becerik-Gerber, DDes
Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and Engineering:
Amy Childress, PhD
Louise L. Dunn Endowed Professorship in Engineering: Behrokh
Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
Fred Champion Professor: Constantinos Sioutas, ScD
Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental
Engineering: Qiming Wang, PhD
Distinguished Professor: Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and
Systems Engineering)
Professors: Burçin Becerik-Gerber, DDes; Amy Childress, PhD;
Roger Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering);
Erik A. Johnson, PhD; Berok Khoshnevis, PhD; Vincent W.
Lee, PhD; Patrick Lynett, PhD; Sami F. Masri, PhD (Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering); Najmedin Meshkati, PhD, CPE
(Industrial Systems Engineering, International Relations); Massoud
Pirbazari, PhD; Constantinos Sioutas, ScD (Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering); Lucio Soibelman, PhD (Spatial Sciences
Institute); Costas Synolakis, PhD; Mihailo Trifunac, PhD; L. Carter
Wellford, PhD
Associate Professors: Felipe de Barros, PhD; Bora Gencturk, PhD;
Kelly T. Sanders, PhD; Ketan Savla, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Adam Smith, PhD
Assistant Professors: Daniel McCurry, PhD; Chukwuebuka Nweke,
PhD; Audrey Olivier, PhD; Thomas Petersen, PhD; Qiming Wang,
PhD
Professors of Engineering Practice: Gregg E. Brandow Jr., PhD,
PE; Geraldine Knatz, PhD (Public Policy); Henry M. Koffman, PE
Associate Professors of Engineering Practice: David J. Gerber,
DDes (Architecture); Amy Rechenmacher, PhD
Adjunct Professors of Engineering Practice: Athanassios S. Fokas,
PhD, MD; Navid Nastar, PhD, PE, SE, FASCE; Frank Edward
Reynolds
Joint Appointments: Carol Folt, PhD (Preventive Medicine);
Behnam Jafarpour, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Birendra Jha, PhD
(Petroleum Engineering); Gale Lucas, PhD (Computer Science);
Mitul Luhar, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering);
Azad Madni, PhD (Astronautical Engineering); James Moffett,
PhD (Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences); James Moore, PhD
(Industrial and Systems Engineering, Public Policy); Firdaus E.
Udwadia, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); John P.
Wilson, PhD (Sociology)
Research Associate Professors: Sifat Muin, PhD; Michael Orosz,
PhD (Information Sciences Institute)
Adjunct Associate Professors of Practice: Hanh Dam Le-Griffin,
PhD; Abdel S. Niazy, PhD, PE; Shahed Rowshan, PhD, PE; Eric
Shen, PE
Adjunct Research Professors: Maria I. Todorovska, PhD; Yan Xiao,
PhD, PE
Adjunct Research Assistant Professors: Jose C. Borrero, PhD;
John Caffrey, PhD; Mazen Wahbeh, PhD
Emeritus Professors: George V. Chilingar, PhD; Joseph S.
Devinny, PhD; Ronald C. Henry, PhD
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
Fulfilling the vision of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, the Viterbi School of Engineering and
the University of Southern California, our graduates will:
1. Be successful in their professional careers, become leaders
in industry, academia, government or service, while adapting
their technical, collaborative and managerial skills for the
benefit of society's built and natural environments.
2. Support the advancement of the practice of science and
engineering, while maintaining professional standards and
moral and legal obligations to society, while being active
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in professional organizations and obtaining professional
licensure when appropriate.
3. Be prepared to pursue graduate studies in engineering
or other disciplines, while continuously broadening their
abilities and enhancing their technical skills to maintain their
relevance with technological change.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering prepares graduates to apply knowledge of
mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based
physics, chemistry and at least one additional area of basic
science, consistent with the program educational objectives; apply
knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering;
conduct civil engineering experiments and analyze and interpret
the resulting data; and design a system, component, or process
in more than one civil engineering context. The program also
explains basic concepts in management, business, public policy,
and leadership; and explains the importance of professional
licensure.
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Environmental
Engineering prepares graduates to be proficient in mathematics
through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus-
based physics, general chemistry; an earth science, e.g., geology,
meteorology, soil science, relevant to the program of study; a
biological science, e.g., microbiology, aquatic biology, toxicology,
relevant to the program of study; fluid mechanics relevant to
the program of study; and an introductory level knowledge of
environmental issues associated with air, land, and water systems
and associated environmental health impacts. The program
prepares graduates to be proficient at conducting laboratory
experiments and critically analyzing and interpreting data in
more than one major environmental engineering focus area, e.g.,
air, water, land, environmental health; performing engineering
design by means of design experiences integrated throughout
the professional component of the curriculum; and to be proficient
in advanced principles and practice relevant to the program
objectives; including understanding of concepts of professional
practice and the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and
private organizations pertaining to environmental engineering.
Minor in Engineering Innovation for Global
Challenges
See Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Emphasis in Environmental Engineering
See Civil Engineering – Sonny Astani Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering.
Engineer in Environmental Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer in Environmental Engineering
are the same as set forth in the general requirements. See
General Requirements for the Engineer Degree.
Sustainable Policy and Planning Graduate
Certificate
See the listing in the USC Price School of Public Policy section.
Bachelor's Degree
Environmental Engineering (BS)
The program requires a minimum of 135 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all courses taken
at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied toward the
major, regardless of the department in which the courses are
taken. In addition, a minimum grade of C must be earned in the
following course: ENE 410. See also common requirements for
undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirements
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (4 units required)
General Education
• General education Units: 20
Pre-Major Requirements
Chemistry Requirement
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 * or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 * or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Math Requirement
Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived from
the required course ISE 460 Engineering Economy.
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 * or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 * or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 *
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil
Engineering Units: 2
• CE 110 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Units: 2
• CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil Engineering Units: 2
• CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
• CE 363L Water Chemistry and Analysis Units: 4
• CE 402 Computer Methods in Engineering Units: 2
• CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering
Units: 2
• CE 410L Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Microbiology Units: 4
• CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
• CE 485 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design Units: 4
• ENE 200 Environmental Engineering Principles Units: 4
• ENE 215 Energy Systems and Environmental Tradeoffs
Units: 4
• ENE 300 Contaminant Transport in the Environment Units: 4
• ENE 415 Environmental Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• ENE 426 Particulate Air Pollutants: Properties/Behavior/
Measurement Units: 4
• ENE 428 Air Pollution Fundamentals Units: 4
• ENE 410 Environmental Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
Choose one design course (4 units) from the following list:
• CE 476 Design of Hydraulic Systems Units: 4
Or
• ENE 400 Quantitative Sustainability Units: 4
Courses from Other Departments
Students who complete MATH 125g before MATH 126g will be
excused from completing ISE 460.
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 *
• CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Units: 4
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
Capstone Course
• CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone
Design Units: 4
Total units: 135
*Satisfies GE requirement.
All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please
note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for
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subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree
Progress department.
Master's Degree
Environmental Engineering (MS)
Students with a bachelor's degree in engineering or science
may work toward the Master of Science in Environmental
Engineering. Students with degrees in fields other than
engineering or science may be admitted on the recommendation
of a program adviser and program director. Selection of courses
will be determined through consultation with a program adviser to
provide a maximum of training in the student's area of interest in
environmental problems.
The Master of Science in Environmental Engineering requires a
minimum of 28 units.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Doctoral Degree
Engineering (Environmental Engineering)
(PhD)
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
and Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering
(Environmental Engineering)
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in civil engineering
and the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in engineering
(environmental engineering) are also offered. See general
requirements for graduate degrees.
Areas of specialization for Doctor of Philosophy level students
are: structural engineering, structural mechanics, earthquake
engineering, coastal engineering, water resources engineering,
construction engineering and management, soil mechanics
and foundation engineering, hydrology, hydrodynamics and
transportation.
Computer Engineering Program
Graduate Degrees
The graduate program in computer engineering, offered
through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
is designed to provide students with an intensive background in
the analysis, structure, design and function of digital computers
and information processing systems. In addition to giving each
student a fundamental background in digital logic, computer
architecture and operating systems, a wide variety of elective
courses allows for study in the following specialized areas: artificial
intelligence; computer architecture; computer networks; computer
system performance; design automation; fault-tolerant computers;
microprocessors; parallel processing; real-time systems; robotics
and VLSI design.
Master's Degree
Computer Engineering (MS)
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 must be earned on
all course work applied toward the master's degree in electrical
engineering. This average must also be achieved on all 400-level
and above course work attempted at USC beyond the bachelor's
degree and through an accumulation of no more than 12 units
beyond the minimum needed for the specific degree program.
Transfer units count as credit (CR) toward the master's degree and
are not computed in the grade point average.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the Master of Science in Computer Engineering is
also subject to the following requirements: (1) a total of at least
28 units is required; (2) every non-EE course for graduate credit
requires prior written adviser approval recorded each semester on
a special request form in the student's department file; (3) no more
than three courses (maximum 12 units) may be counted at the 400
level — at least 19 adviser-approved units must be taken at the
500 or 600 level; (4) at least 20 units must be taken in Computer
Engineering; (5) a maximum of two EE 599 Special Topics courses
(8 units) may be counted toward the MSCENG; (6) at most, 4 units
of EE 590 (Directed Research) and 1 unit of seminar, EE 598 (or
other seminar with adviser approval), may be counted toward the
MSCENG; (7) units to be transferred (maximum 4 with adviser
approval) must have been taken prior to taking classes at USC —
interruption of residency is not allowed.
In addition to the above, the Master of Science in Computer
Engineering is earned by completing an integrated program of
at least 28 units of approved course work emphasizing three key
areas - Architecture, VLSI and Networks. Students must take one
course from at least two areas, outlined below.
For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
Computer Engineering course work
requirements
Take a minimum of 20 units of Computer Engineering courses
from the three lists below, including at least one course from two
of the three areas in Architecture, Networks and VLSI/CAD areas.
Electives from the Foundations area will also count toward the 20
unit Computer Engineering requirement.
Computer Architecture
Take at least one course from two areas.
• EE 451 Parallel and Distributed Computation Units: 4
• EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
• EE 533 Network Processor Design and Programming
Units: 4
• EE 542 Internet and Cloud Computing Units: 4
• EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 568 Parallel Programming Units: 4
• EE 638 Applications of Machine Learning for Medical Data
Units: 4
• EE 653 Advanced Topics in Microarchitecture Units: 3
• EE 657 Parallel and Distributed Computing Units: 3
• EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design
and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
Networks
Take at least one course from two areas.
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
• EE 467 Introduction to Communication Systems Units: 3
• EE 533 Network Processor Design and Programming
Units: 4
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 597 Wireless Networks Units: 4
• EE 650 Advanced Topics in Computer Networks Units: 3
• EE 652 Low-Power Wireless Networks Units: 3
VLSI/CAD
Take at least one course from two areas.
• EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
• EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 536b Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
• EE 552 Asynchronous VLSI Design Units: 4
• EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Units: 4
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• EE 577a VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 580 System Verification Units: 4
• EE 581 Mathematical Foundations for System Design:
Modeling, Analysis, and Synthesis Units: 4
• EE 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic Circuits Units: 4
• EE 658 Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems
Units: 3
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
• EE 680 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems I Units: 3
• EE 681 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems II Units: 3
Foundations
Additional approved Computer Engineering electives that will count
toward the 20 units required in the computer engineering area.
• CSCI 402 Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
• EE 510 Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4
• EE 541 A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning
Units: 2
• EE 588 Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences
Units: 4
• EE 595 Software Design and Optimization Units: 4
• EE 660 Machine Learning II: Mathematical Foundations and
Methods Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Computer Engineering (PhD)
The requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
in Computer Engineering are in strict conformity with the
requirements of the Graduate School. Program requirements
for the PhD in Computer Engineering are the same as those for
the PhD in Electrical Engineering except that the major field is
computer engineering. See general requirements for graduate
degrees.
Screening and qualifying examinations are administered by
the computer engineering faculty. Students should contact the
Electrical Engineering Systems Department Office for further
information.
Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units is required. Of these 60 units, a minimum
of two courses must come from the Theory Area course list; at
least one course must come from each of the Hardware, Software,
and Systems Area course lists; one additional course must come
from the Hardware, Software, and Systems Area course lists.
Theory Area Courses
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 670x Advanced Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 675 Convex and Combinatorial Optimization Units: 4
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
• EE 512 Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 553 Computational Solution of Optimization Problems
Units: 3
• EE 565 Information Theory and Its Application to (Big) Data
Sciences Units: 4
• EE 581 Mathematical Foundations for System Design:
Modeling, Analysis, and Synthesis Units: 4
• EE 588 Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences
Units: 4
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
Units: 4
or
• MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of Analysis Units: 4
• MATH 533 Algebraic Combinatorics Units: 3
Hardware Area Courses
• EE 532 Wireless Internet and Pervasive Computing Units: 3
• EE 533 Network Processor Design and Programming
Units: 4
• EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 552 Asynchronous VLSI Design Units: 4
• EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 577a VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 658 Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems
Units: 3
• EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design
and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
• EE 680 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems I Units: 3
Software Area Courses
• CSCI 548 Information Integration on the Web Units: 4
• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4
• CSCI 565 Compiler Design Units: 4
• CSCI 577a Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 580 3-D Graphics and Rendering Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• EE 542 Internet and Cloud Computing Units: 4
Systems Area Courses
• CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems Units: 4
• EE 542 Internet and Cloud Computing Units: 4
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
or
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Units: 4
• EE 569 Introduction to Digital Image Processing Units: 4
• EE 585 Linear System Theory Units: 4
• EE 597 Wireless Networks Units: 4
• EE 652 Low-Power Wireless Networks Units: 3
• EE 657 Parallel and Distributed Computing Units: 3
• EE 681 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems II Units: 3
Computer Science
Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center 104
(213) 740-4494
FAX: (213) 740-7285
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Cyrus Shahabi, PhD
Faculty
Chan Soon-Shiong Chair: Maja Matarić, PhD (Neuroscience
Center)
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair: Jernej Barbic, PhD
Philip and Cayley MacDonald Endowed Early Career Chair: Yan
Liu, PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Chair in Engineering: Urbashi Mitra, PhD
Jack Munishian Early Career Chair; Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in
Engineering: Fei Sha, PhD
Niki and Max Nikias Chair in Engineering: Shrikanth (Shri)
Narayanan, PhD
Northrup Grumman Chair in Engineering: Ramesh Govindan, PhD
Fletcher Jones Foundation Endowed Chair in Computer Science:
Gaurav Sukhatme, PhD
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David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering: Stephen
C-Y Lu, PhD (Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems
Engineering)
Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering: Viktor Prasanna, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Henry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science: Leonard M. Adleman,
PhD
Fletcher Jones Professor: Ramakant Nevatia, PhD
Helen N. & Emmett H. Jones Professorship in Engineering: Cyrus
Shahabi, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering and Spatial
Sciences)
Seeley G. Mudd Professor of Engineering: Shanghua Teng, PhD
WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor: Heather Culbertson, PhD
Professors: Leonard Adleman, PhD (Molecular Biology); Jernej
Barbic, PhD; Leana Golubchik, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Ramesh Govindan, PhD; Ellis Horowitz, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ming-Deh Huang,
PhD; Laurent Itti, PhD (Neuroscience Center); David Kempe,
PhD; Sven Koenig, PhD; Yan Liu, PhD; Maja Matarić, PhD
(Neuroscience Center); Nenad Medvidovic, PhD; Aiichiro Nakano,
PhD (Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics); Ulrich
Neumann, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Ramakant
Nevatia, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Cyrus
Shahabi, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Gaurav
Sukhatme, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Shanghua
Teng, PhD
Associate Professors: Bistra Dilkina, PhD; Shaddin Dughmi, PhD;
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, PhD; William GJ Halfond, PhD; Chao
Wang, PhD
Assistant Professors: Heather Culbertson, PhD; Jyotirmony
Vinay Deshmukh, PhD; Robin Jia, PhD; Aleksandra Korolova,
PhD; Joseph Lim, PhD; Haipeng Luo, PhD; Muhammad Naveed,
PhD; Stefanos Nikolaidis, PhD; Barath Raghavan, PhD; Mukund
Raghothaman, PhD; Xiang Ren, PhD; Vatsal Sharan, PhD;
Swabha Swayamdipta, PhD; Jesse Thomason, PhD; Dani
Yogatama, PhD; Jiapeng Zhang, PhD
Joint Professors: Murali Annavaram, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Salman Avestimehr, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Irving Biederman, PhD (Psychology, Neuroscience);
Todd Brun (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics and
Astronomy); Emilio Ferrara, PhD (Annenberg); Satyandra K Gupta,
PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Rahul Jain, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering); Rajiv Kalia, PhD (Physics);
Carl Kesselman, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering);
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); C-C Jay Kuo, PhD (Signal and Image Processing);
Stephen Lu, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Urbashi
Mitra, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Shrikanth
(Shri) Narayanan, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Hamid Nazerzadeh, PhD (Data Sciences and Operations); Andrew
Nealen, PhD (Cinematic Arts); Pierluigi Nuzzo, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Viktor Prasanna, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Konstantinos Psounis, PhD; C.S.
Raghavendra, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Meisam Razaviyayn (Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Benjamin Reichardt, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Remo Rohs, PhD (Computational Biology); Nicolas Schweighofer,
PhD (Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy); Neil Siegel, PhD
(Industrial and Systems Engineering); Mahdi Soltanolkotabi,
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Tianshu Sun, PhD
(Data Sciences and Operations); Francisco Valero-Cuevas,
PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Priya Vashishta, PhD (Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science, Physics); Phebe Vayanos,
PhD (Industrial and System Engineering); Richard Weinberg, PhD
(Cinematic Arts); John Wilson, PhD (Spatial Sciences, Computer
Science)
Adjunct Professor: Fei Sha, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Marco Papa, PhD
Research Professor of Computer Science with Distinction:
Premkumar Natarajan, PhD
Research Professors: Ewa Deelman, PhD; Aram Galstyan, PhD;
Yolanda Gil, PhD; Jonathan Gratch, PhD; John Heidemann, PhD;
Randall Hill, PhD; Craig Knoblock, PhD; Kristina Lerman, PhD;
William Swartout, PhD; David Traum, PhD
Research Associate Professors: Jose Luis Ambite, PhD; Kallirroi
Georgila, PhD; Andrew Gordon, PhD; Jelena Mirkovic, PhD; Pedro
Szekely, PhD; Gregory Ver Steeg, PhD
Research Assistant Professors: Muhao Chen, PhD; Gale Lucas,
PhD; Xuezhe Ma, PhD; Jonathan May, PhD; Fred Morstatter, PhD;
Jay Pujara, PhD; David Pynadath, PhD; Srivatsan Ravi, PhD;
Mohammad Rostami, PhD; Mohammad Soleymani, PhD; Satish
Kumar Thittamaranahalli PhD; Ning Wang, PhD
Adjunct Research Professor: Christian Mattmann, PhD
Adjunct Research Assistant Professors: Rafael Ferreira da Silva,
PhD; Iacopo Masi, PhD; Nanyun Peng, PhD
Professors of Engineering Practice: Victor Adamchik, PhD;
Jeffrey Miller, PhD; Mark William Redekopp, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Associate Professors of Engineering Practice: Clifford Neuman,
PhD; Saty Raghavachary, PhD; Wei-Min Shen, PhD; Wensheng
Wu, PhD
Lecturers: Claire Bono (Senior Lecturer); William Cheng, PhD
(Senior Lecturer); Aaron Cote, PhD (Senior Lecturer); Scott
Easley, BA (Senior Lecturer); Andrew Goodney, PhD (Senior
Lecturer); Mohammad Reza Rajati (Lecturer); Tatyana Ryutov,
PhD (Senior Lecturer); Shawn Shamsian, PhD (Senior Lecturer)
Emeritus Professors: Michael A. Arbib, PhD (Biological Sciences,
Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience
and Psychology); George Bekey, PhD (Electrical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering); Jerry Hobbs, PhD; Gerard Medioni, PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering); Aristides A.G. Requicha,
PhD (Electrical Engineering); Michael S. Waterman, PhD
(Biological Sciences, Mathematics)
Bachelor of Science
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
Graduates of the undergraduate program in Computer Science
are expected to attain the following objectives within a few years of
graduation:
1. Graduates apply the computational and analytical
approaches of computer science to their chosen professions.
2. Graduates successfully engage in life-long learning to
continue to be contributing members of their communities in
fields within and outside the traditional scope of computer
science.
3. Graduates exhibit high professional and ethical standards to
become productive leaders in society.
Graduates of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science
program are expected to attain the following educational objectives
within a few years of graduation:
1. Graduates will apply analytical and critical thinking principles
of both computer engineering and computer science to their
chosen professions.
2. Graduates will successfully engage in life-long learning to
continue to be contributing members of their communities in
fields within and outside the traditional scope of computer
engineering.
3. Graduates will exhibit high professional and ethical standards
to become productive leaders in society.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science includes at least one and one-third years of computer
science that covers the fundamentals of algorithms, data
structures, software design, concepts of programming languages
and computer organization and software; provides an exposure
to a variety of programming languages and systems, including at
least one higher-level language; and includes advanced course
work that builds on the fundamental course work to provide depth.
The program includes at least one year of science and
mathematics, including at least one-half year of mathematics,
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including discrete mathematics. Additional mathematics might
consist of calculus, linear algebra, numerical methods, probability,
statistics, number theory, geometry, or symbolic logic. The science
component develops an understanding of the scientific method
and provides an opportunity to experience this mode of inquiry
in courses for science or engineering majors that provide some
exposure to laboratory work.
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Engineering and Computer Science provides both breadth and
depth across the range of engineering topics implied by the
title. The curriculum includes probability and statistics, including
appropriate applications; mathematics, including discrete
mathematics through differential and integral calculus; sciences
(defined as biological, chemical or physical science) to develop
an understanding of the scientific method and provide students
with an opportunity to experience this mode of inquiry in courses
for science or engineering majors that provide some exposure to
lab work; and engineering topics (including computing science)
necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and electronic
devices, software and systems containing hardware and software
components.
The computer science portion of the curriculum covers the
fundamentals of algorithms, data structures, software design,
concepts of programming languages and computer organization
and software; provides an exposure to a variety of programming
languages and systems, including at least one higher-level
language; and includes advanced course work that builds on the
fundamental course work to provide depth.
Physics/Computer Science Major Requirements for
the Bachelor of Science
This program is intended for students with dual interests in
physics and computer science who wish to complete the essential
courses for both majors within their normal four-year career.
See the Physics and Astronomy Department section for course
requirements.
Graduate Degrees
The requirements listed below are special to this department
and must be read in conjunction with the general requirements of
the USC Viterbi School of Engineering for master's degrees and
the general requirements of the USC Graduate School for PhD
degrees. The graduate program in computer science provides
intensive preparation in the basic concepts and techniques related
to the design, programming and application of digital computers.
Both the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are
offered.
A Master of Science degree with specialization in software
engineering is also offered. The program seeks to prepare
students for an industrial leadership career in software
engineering. It also serves as an introduction to this area for
students who wish to pursue advanced studies and research
leading to a PhD.
A Master of Science degree with specialization in intelligent
robotics is also offered. This program seeks to prepare students
for an industrial career in the development of computer systems
for CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing)
and robotics. It also serves as an introduction to this area for
students who wish to pursue advanced studies and research
leading to a PhD. The emphasis is on the domain of mechanical,
electromechanical and mechatronic products. (CAD for digital
systems is covered by a separate program offered by the Electrical
and Computer Engineering department.)
A Master of Science degree with a specialization in computer
networks is offered. This specialization prepares students in the
areas of computer communications, networks and distributed
processing.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
is also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (Multimedia and
Creative Technologies) is also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (High Performance
Computing and Simulations) is also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (Data Science) is
also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (Game Development)
is also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (Computer Security)
is also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science Dual Degree with
Tsinghua University School of Information Science and Technology
– China is also offered.
A Master of Science in Computer Science (Scientists and
Engineers) is also offered for students with limited background in
computer science.
Admission and Prerequisites
Admission is determined by the Office of Admission and the
Viterbi School of Engineering, in consultation with the Computer
Science Department. The applicant is required to have a
bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited college
or university; satisfactory scores on the verbal and quantitative
portions of the aptitude test of the Graduate Record Examinations
(one advanced test from computer science, mathematics or
engineering is recommended); and a substantial background in
computing constitutes a minimum requirement. Foreign students
must earn a satisfactory score on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing
System (IELTS).
Bachelor's Degree
Computer Engineering and Computer Science
(BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and
Computer Science provides students with the scientific and
engineering skills and knowledge that enable them to design
and implement computer systems that effectively and efficiently
integrate developing hardware and software technologies. This
degree is administered jointly by the Department of Computer
Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken.
The requirement for the degree is 128 units.
A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for each of the core
courses CSCI 102L, CSCI 103, CSCI 170, CSCI 104 and CSCI
201.
Courses with a grade of C- or below must be repeated; courses
may only be retaken once.
Departmental approval is required in order to retake a course.
Students who do not satisfy the degree requirement after
repeating a class will be disqualified from the program.
Composition/Writing Requirements (7 Units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 *
General Education (24 Units)
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements (30 Units)
Engineering (2 units)
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Mathematics (16 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
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• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
Statistics and Probability (4 units)
• EE 364 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Units: 4 or
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
Physics (8 units)
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 ** and
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 and
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4
or
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4 and
• PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and
Optics Units: 4
Core (34 units)
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• EE 109L Introduction to Embedded Systems Units: 4
• EE 250L Distributed Systems for the Internet of Things
Units: 4
• EE 354L Introduction to Digital Circuits Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
Computing Systems Track (33 units)
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• CSCI 350 Introduction to Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 353 Introduction to Internetworking Units: 4
Computer Engineering Options
Select two courses.
• EE 451 Parallel and Distributed Computation Units: 4
• EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip Units: 4
• EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
Senior Design Project
Select one course.
• CSCI 401 Capstone: Design and Construction of Large
Software Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 404 Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup
Units: 4
• EE 459Lx Embedded Systems Design Laboratory Units: 4
Electives
• Technical electives: 8 units
• Free electives: 1 unit
Embedded Systems Track (33 units)
• CSCI 430 Introduction to Computer and Network Security
Units: 4
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
• EE 301L Linear Systems Units: 4
Senior Design Project
• EE 459Lx Embedded Systems Design Laboratory Units: 4
Electives
• Technical electives: 12 units
• Free electives: 5 units
Technical Electives
Suggested courses include:
• CSCI 310 Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 461 Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development
Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 475 Theory of Computation Units: 4
• CSCI 476 Cryptography: Secure Communication and
Computation Units: 4
• CSCI 485 File and Database Management Units: 4
• CSCI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CSCI 491aL Final Game Project Units: 4
• CSCI 491bL Final Game Project Units: 2
• CSCI 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
• EE 451 Parallel and Distributed Computation Units: 4
• EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
• EE 459Lx Embedded Systems Design Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
• EE 482 Linear Control Systems Units: 4
• EE 483 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing Units: 4
• EE 484x Communication System Design Units: 3
• EE 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• EE 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• MATH 458 Numerical Methods Units: 4
Note:
Students may choose one adviser-approved course from the 300-
and 400-level ITP offerings. Other courses may be applicable;
please see an adviser for approval.
Total units: 128
*WRIT 340 Advanced Writing (Communication for Engineers) is
strongly recommended for CECS majors.
**Satisfies GE requirement.
Computer Science (BS)
The undergraduate program in computer science is an
interdisciplinary program leading to the Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science. The program is designed to provide both an
academic and professional orientation.
General admission requirements for the undergraduate program
are the same as those of the university and the USC Viterbi
School of Engineering and include 3 to 5 units of mathematics and
one unit of science (biology, chemistry or physics). The minimum
requirement for the degree is 128 units.
A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for each of the core
courses CSCI 102L, CSCI 103, CSCI 170, CSCI 104 and CSCI
201.
Courses with a grade of C- or below must be repeated; courses
may only be retaken once.
Departmental approval is required in order to retake a course.
Students who do not satisfy the degree requirement after
repeating a class will be disqualified from the program.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken. Candidates must complete general education
requirements; see the General Education Program.
Composition/Writing Requirements (7 Units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 *
General Education (24 Units)
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements (30 Units)
Engineering (2 units)
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 557
Mathematics (16 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 ***
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
Statistics and Probability (4 units)
• EE 364 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Units: 4 or
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
Basic Science (8 units)
One of the following science area course sequences:
Biology:
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 ** and
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4 ** and
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Chemistry:
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 ** and
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 ** or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 ** and
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 **
Physics:
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 ** and
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4 or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 and
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4
Major Requirements (62 Units)
Computer Science (46 units)
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• CSCI 310 Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 350 Introduction to Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 353 Introduction to Internetworking Units: 4
• CSCI 356 Introduction to Computer Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 401 Capstone: Design and Construction of Large
Software Systems Units: 4
or
• CSCI 404 Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup
Units: 4
Electrical Engineering (4 units)
• EE 109L Introduction to Embedded Systems Units: 4
Technical Electives (12 units)
(at least three courses for a minimum of 12 units)
• CSCI 401 Capstone: Design and Construction of Large
Software Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 404 Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup
Units: 4
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4
• CSCI 423 Native Console Multiplayer Game Development
Units: 4
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4
• CSCI 430 Introduction to Computer and Network Security
Units: 4
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 461 Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development
Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 475 Theory of Computation Units: 4
• CSCI 476 Cryptography: Secure Communication and
Computation Units: 4
• CSCI 485 File and Database Management Units: 4
• CSCI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CSCI 491aL Final Game Project Units: 4
• CSCI 491bL Final Game Project Units: 2
• CSCI 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• EE 354L Introduction to Digital Circuits Units: 4
• EE 451 Parallel and Distributed Computation Units: 4
• EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
• EE 459Lx Embedded Systems Design Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
• EE 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• EE 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• ENGR 395ax Cooperative Education Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2
• ENGR 395bx Cooperative Education Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2
• ENGR 395cx Cooperative Education Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2
• ITP 368 Programming Graphical User Interfaces Units: 4
• ITP 380 Video Game Programming Units: 4
• ITP 435 Professional C++ Units: 4
• ITP 439 Compiler Development Units: 4
• ITP 485 Programming Game Engines Units: 4
• MATH 458 Numerical Methods Units: 4
Note:
Students may also choose one adviser-approved course from
the 300- and 400-level ITP offerings. Other courses may be
applicable; please see an adviser for approval.
Free Electives (5 Units)
Total Units: 128
* WRIT 340 Advanced Writing (Communication for Engineers) is
strongly recommended for CSCI majors.
**Courses selected to meet the general education life science and
physical science requirements must be approved by the CSCI
department to ensure that students achieve the required level of
basic science content in their programs.
***Satisfies General Education requirement.
Computer Science Games (BS)
The goal of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Games program is to graduate students with a solid grounding
in computer science and a cross-disciplinary background in
game development. Topics covered in the cross-disciplinary
game development portion of the degree program include
game production, visual design for games and interactives,
computer animation, video game programming, game hardware
architectures, game engine programming, serious game
development, introductory and intermediate game design and two
semester-long final game projects. Students graduating from this
program will be capable of engineering next-generation games
and simulations and their technologies in the entertainment and
serious game fields. Additionally, graduates from this program will
be able to further their education in graduate programs in game
development and computer science.
The requirement for the degree is 128 units.
A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for each of the core
courses CSCI 102L, CSCI 103, CSCI 170, CSCI 104 and CSCI
201.
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Courses with a grade of C- or below must be repeated; courses
may only be retaken once.
Departmental approval is required in order to retake a course.
Students who do not satisfy the degree requirement after
repeating a class will be disqualified from the program.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken.
Composition/Writing Requirements (7 Units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 *
General Education (24 Units)
General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements (18 Units)
Engineering (2 units)
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Mathematics (8 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
Linear Algebra (4 units)
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 or
• EE 141L Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4
Physics (4 units)
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 ** or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4
Major Requirements (58 units)
Computer Science Core (22 units)
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
Computer Science Core Electives (8 units)
Choose at least 8 units:
• CSCI 350 Introduction to Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 353 Introduction to Internetworking Units: 4
• CSCI 356 Introduction to Computer Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4
Game Development Core (16 units)
• ITP 380 Video Game Programming Units: 4
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design and Production
Units: 4
Game Development Core Electives (6 units)
Choose at least 6 units:
• CSCI 281 Pipelines for Games and Interactives Units: 4
• CSCI 426 Game Prototyping Units: 4
• CTAN 443L Character Development for 3-D Animation and
Games Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTIN 289 Game Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• CTIN 389 Game Development Principles Units: 4
• CTIN 404L User Research for Games Units: 2
• CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development Units: 2
• CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics Units: 4
• ITP 485 Programming Game Engines Units: 4
Game Capstone (6 units)
• CSCI 491aL Final Game Project Units: 4
• CSCI 491bL Final Game Project Units: 2
Free Electives (21 units)
Total units: 128
*WRIT 340 Advanced Writing (Communication for Engineers) is
strongly recommended for CSGM majors.
**Satisfies GE requirement.
Computer Science/Business Administration
(BS)
The combined Bachelor of Science degree program in computer
science/business administration offers qualified students the
opportunity to gain an educational foundation in both areas. The
degree cannot also be combined as an additional major in either
computer science or business administration. The degree is
administered by the Computer Science Department.
The minimum requirement for the degree is 128 units.
A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for each of the core
courses CSCI 102L, CSCI 103, CSCI 170, CSCI 104 and CSCI
201.
Courses with a grade of C- or below must be repeated; courses
may only be retaken once.
Departmental approval is required in order to retake a course.
Students who do not satisfy the degree requirement after
repeating a class will be disqualified from the program.
A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all
courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied
toward the major, regardless of the department in which the
courses are taken.
Composition/Writing Requirements (7 Units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 *
General Education (24 Units)
• General Education Units: 24
Pre-Major Requirements (14 Units)
Engineering (2 units)
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Mathematics (8 units)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
Basic Science (4 units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4 or
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 or
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4
Major Requirements (83-86 Units)
Statistics and Probability (4 units)
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4 or
• BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science for Business Units: 4
or
• EE 364 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Units: 4 or
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 559
Linear Algebra (4 units)
• EE 141L Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4 or
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
Computer Science Requirements (30 units)
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
• CSCI 310 Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 401 Capstone: Design and Construction of Large
Software Systems Units: 4
or
• CSCI 404 Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup
Units: 4
Business Requirements (36 units)
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 306 Business Finance Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• BUAD 311 Operations Management Units: 4
• BUAD 497 Strategic Management Units: 4
• ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business Units: 4
• ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business Units: 4
Technical Electives (9-12 units)
Students must take one course from the Computer Science
selection and one from the Business selection and a third course
from either one.
Computer Science Electives
Take at least one 4-unit 300- or 400-level CSCI course.
Business Electives
Take at least one from the following courses:
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4
• BAEP 453 Venture Management Units: 4
• BAEP 455 Founder's Dilemmas Units: 4
• BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• DSO 431 Digital Innovation as Competitive Advantage
Units: 4
• DSO 433 Designing Digital Processes and User Experiences
Units: 4
• DSO 435 Enterprise Data Architecture Units: 4
• DSO 443 Business Model Innovations in the Media Industries
Units: 4
• DSO 455 Project Management Units: 4
• DSO 458 Essentials of Business Data Analysis Using R
Units: 4
• DSO 462 Managing a Small Business on the Internet Units: 2
• FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity
Units: 4
• FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
• MKT 425 Digital Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• MKT 445 New Product Development and Branding Units: 4
• MOR 462 Management Consulting Units: 4
Total units: 128-131
*WRIT 340 Advanced Writing (Communication for Engineers) is
strongly recommended for CSBA majors.
**Satisfies GE requirement.
Minor
Computer Science Minor
The computer science minor introduces the concepts, tools and
techniques that are involved in the programming of computers.
The minor prepares students to achieve mastery in several current
programming languages. In addition, the student will learn about
creating effective user interfaces and how to build applications that
are available on the Internet.
Admission to the minor requires a B grade or higher in CSCI
102L, CSCI 103L and CSCI 170. Students who meet these
criteria may contact the Computer Science department to request
admission to the minor.
Required Courses (18 units)
CSCI 102 is a preparatory requirement. Students with
programming experience may request to take a placement exam
to waive this requirement.
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
• CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer Science Units: 4
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4 or
• CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of
Computing Units: 4
Technical Electives (12 units)
12 units of upper-division courses selected from the following list:
• CSCI 310 Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 350 Introduction to Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 353 Introduction to Internetworking Units: 4
• CSCI 356 Introduction to Computer Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 401 Capstone: Design and Construction of Large
Software Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 404 Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup
Units: 4
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4
• CSCI 430 Introduction to Computer and Network Security
Units: 4
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 476 Cryptography: Secure Communication and
Computation Units: 4
• CSCI 485 File and Database Management Units: 4
• CSCI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• CSCI 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Total units: 30
Note:
• Students interested in a progressive or traditional master's
degree in Computer Science must take CSCI 201L, CSCI
270, CSCI 356 and CSCI 350 as preparation.
• Students with interests in business applications should
consider CSCI 310, CSCI 401 or CSCI 485.
• Students with interest in AI/Robotics should consider CSCI
360, CSCI 420 or CSCI 445L.
• Students with interest in networking and security should
consider CSCI 353, CSCI 430 or CSCI 476.
• Additional elective options may be available with adviser
approval.
Joint Degree
Computer Science Dual Degree with Tsinghua
University School of Information Science and
Technology (MS)
The Master of Science in Computer Science Dual Degree
with Tsinghua University School of Information Science and
Technology – China (THU) leads to two Master of Science degrees
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in Computer Science, one from each institution. The dual degrees
are subject to the following stipulations:
1. All required courses for each degree are required for the dual
degree.
2. The program description for the Tsinghua University Master
of Science in Computer Science and Technology is online at
http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/csen/4906/index.html.
3. The general requirements for the MS in Computer Science at
USC in this dual degree program are the same as those for
the USC general MS in Computer Science without a thesis,
except that at least 19 units (of the minimum total of 28) must
be completed at USC, and 9 units of pre-approved course
work transferred from THU may be counted toward the
degree requirements at USC. This is due to:
• a special partnership in this area established by a
Memorandum of Understanding at the University level to
amplify cooperation between USC and THU and between
the United States and China in an intellectual and
economic arena of great importance to both, where many
shared interests exist;
• the similarity of the USC and THU curricula, which allows
expanded course substitution due to interchangeable
content;
• the desirability of providing students with a wider array of
relevant courses than they can get at either institution;
• the opportunity to provide students a unique transcultural
experience that will position them to be global leaders in
their field.
4. The two MS degrees must be earned at the same time,
generally at the end of two and one-half to three years of
study. The THU degree requirements must be completed for
students to receive the USC MS in Computer Science as part
of the dual degree program.
5. Students who elect to receive only the USC degree must
change their degree objective from the USCTsinghua
University dual degree to a different MS degree objective
in Computer Science. In this case they will be allowed to
transfer only the standard 4 adviser-approved units from
Tsinghua University toward the USC degree.
6. The following required courses must generally be taken at
USC: CSCI 570 and one course from each of the following
two categories: I. CSCI 551, CSCI 555, CSCI 571, CSCI
577a, CSCI 585, EE 557; II. CSCI 545, CSCI 561, CSCI 564,
CSCI 574, CSCI 580, CSCI 582. There must be justification
for the omission of a required course in either degree,
for example a certain course in one degree may provide
comparable content to the omitted course in the other
degree.
7. The USC Computer Science Department has identified a list
of transferrable THU courses that can be considered USC
equivalents but is also willing to entertain transfer, on a case
by case basis, of unique THU CSCI courses for which no
obvious mapping to a USC CSCI course exists.
8. Courses taken at Tsinghua University by students sent from
USC will be taught in English.
9. Other requirements for the Master of Science in Computer
Science are the same as set forth in the general
requirements for Viterbi School of Engineering Master of
Science degrees.
Master's Degree
Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) (MS)
This program will provide students with rigorous training
with theories and applications of deep learning and artificial
intelligence, such as machine learning, statistics, computer vision,
natural language processing, and robotics.
Grade point average requirements are the same as for the
Master of Science Computer Science degree.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence is also
subject to the following requirements.
A minimum of 32 units, selected from the courses below,
is required. Units to be transferred (maximum 4 with adviser
approval) must have been taken prior to taking classes at USC
– interruption of residency is not allowed. Curricular Practical
Training units do not count toward the 32 required units.
For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
Required Courses
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 566 Deep Learning and Its Applications Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 571 Web Technologies Units: 4
Group Electives
Take three courses with a minimum of one course from each
group:
Group 1 - Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• EE 546 Mathematics of High-Dimensional Data Units: 4
• EE 588 Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences
Units: 4
• ISE 633 Large Scale Optimization and Machine Learning
Units: 3
Group 2 - Natural Language Processing and Speech
Recognition
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 662 Advanced Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• EE 519 Speech Recognition and Processing for Multimedia
Units: 3
Group 3 - Computer Vision and Robotics
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 545 Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 677 Advanced Computer Vision Units: 4
• EE 569 Introduction to Digital Image Processing Units: 4
Note:
Students may use units of CSCI 599 or CSCI 699 toward the
elective group requirements with department approval.
Computer Science (Computer Networks) (MS)
The Department of Computer Science offers a Master of
Science in Computer Science as well as multiple emphases within
the discipline.
Students must satisfy all requirements for the Master of
Science degree in Computer Science. Applicants to this program
must meet the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirement (4 units):
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Requirements (12 units):
• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4 *
• CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems Units: 4 *
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
Emphasis Electives (16 units):
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 531 Applied Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 556 Introduction to Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 558L Internetworking and Distributed Systems
Laboratory Units: 3 *
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 **
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium
Units: 1 **
• CSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• EE 532 Wireless Internet and Pervasive Computing Units: 3
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 558 Optical Fiber Communication Systems Units: 3
• Non-Computer Science Course from the approved list
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 561
• 600-level CSCI Course (adviser approval required)
• Additional 500-level CSCI course
Total Units: 32
Note:
*CSCI 402 is a prerequisite for CSCI 551, CSCI 555 and CSCI
558. CSCI 402 is automatically waived for graduate computer
science students.
**A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied.
Computer Science (Computer Security) (MS)
The Department of Computer Science offers a Master of
Science in Computer Science as well as multiple emphases within
the discipline.
Students must satisfy all requirements for the Master of
Science degree in Computer Science. Applicants to this program
must meet the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirement (4 units)
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Requirements (20 units)
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 531 Applied Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4
• CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems Units: 4
Emphasis Elective
Complete 4 units from the following courses:
• CSCI 556 Introduction to Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 577a Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 578 Software Architectures Units: 4
Complete 8 units from the following:
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium Units: 1
• Non-Computer Science course from the approved list
• 600-level CSCI course (adviser approval required)
• Additional 500-level CSCI course
Note:
A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied.
Thesis courses (CSCI 594a, CSCI 594b, CSCI 594z) and
internship courses (ENGR 596, ENGR 597x, ENGR 598) are not
eligible for elective credit.
Total units: 32
Computer Science (Data Science) (MS)
The Master of Science in Computer Science (Data Science)
provides students with a core background in computer science
and specialized algorithmic, statistical and systems expertise in
acquiring, storing, accessing, analyzing and visualizing large,
heterogeneous and real-time data associated with diverse real-
world domains including energy, the environment, health, media,
medicine and transportation.
Core and Emphasis Requirements
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
Emphasis Electives
Three courses with a minimum of one course from each group.
Group 1 (Data Systems):
• CSCI 548 Information Integration on the Web Units: 4
• CSCI 572 Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines
Units: 4
• CSCI 586 Database Systems Interoperability Units: 4
• CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management Units: 4
• CSCI 653 High Performance Computing and Simulations
Units: 4
• CSCI 685 Advanced Topics in Database Systems Units: 4
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
Group 2 (Data Analysis):
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 573 Probabilistic Reasoning Units: 3
• CSCI 686 Advanced Big Data Analytics Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• ISE 520 Optimization Theory and Algorithms: Numerical
Optimization Units: 3
• MATH 467 Theory and Computational Methods for
Optimization Units: 4
• MATH 574 Applied Matrix Analysis Units: 3
Additional Electives
Any 500- or 600-level course in CSCI (including additional group
electives or special topics)*
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium Units: 1
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs Units: 4
• MATH 458 Numerical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• MATH 502a Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 502b Numerical Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 601 Optimization Theory and Techniques Units: 3
Total units required for the degree is 32
*Note: No more than 4 units may be taken at the 400-level, and
maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied. A maximum of 3 DSCI courses can be
taken toward the degree.
Computer Science (Game Development) (MS)
Students graduating from this program will be capable of
engineering next generation games and simulations and their
required technologies immediately upon graduation in the
entertainment and serious game fields. Additionally, graduates
from this program will be able to further their education in graduate
programs in game development and computer science. The
long-term goal with this MS degree is to establish research and
development directions that create a science of games and an
accompanying archival literature that improves game development
for both serious and entertainment purposes.
Students must satisfy all requirements for the Master of
Science degree in Computer Science. Applicants to this program
must meet the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirement (4 units):
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Requirements (22 units):
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 580 3-D Graphics and Rendering Units: 4
Cinema Courses
• CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop Units: 4
• CTIN 532L Interactive Design and Production I Units: 4
Project Courses
• CSCI 529a Advanced Game Projects Units: 4
• CSCI 529b Advanced Game Projects Units: 2
Emphasis Electives (6 units):
Complete 6 units from the following:
• CSCI 520 Computer Animation and Simulation Units: 4
• CSCI 522 Game Engine Development Units: 4
• CSCI 526 Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles
Units: 4
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• CSCI 538 Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 *
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium Units: 1 *
• CSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 **
• CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2
• CTIN 510 Research Methods for Innovation, Engagement
and Assessment Units: 2
• CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I Units: 4
• CTIN 544 Experiments in Interactivity II Units: 2
• CTIN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• CTIN 593 Integrative Project: Media-based Interventions in
Healthcare Units: 2, 4
• CTIN 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Note:
*A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied.
**Adviser approval required.
Total units: 32
Computer Science (High Performance
Computing and Simulations) (MS)
The Department of Computer Science offers a Master of
Science in Computer Science as well as multiple emphases within
the discipline.
Students must satisfy all requirements for the Master of
Science degree in Computer Science. Applicants to this program
must meet the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core and Emphasis Requirements
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 596 Scientific Computing and Visualization Units: 4
Emphasis Electives
Three courses with a minimum of one course from each group.
Group 1 (Computer Science)
• CSCI 520 Computer Animation and Simulation Units: 4
• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4
• CSCI 558L Internetworking and Distributed Systems
Laboratory Units: 3
• CSCI 580 3-D Graphics and Rendering Units: 4
• CSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 *
• CSCI 653 High Performance Computing and Simulations
Units: 4
Group 2 (Computational Science/Engineering
Application)
• AME 535a Introduction to Computational Fluid Mechanics
Units: 3 or
• AME 535b Introduction to Computational Fluid Mechanics
Units: 3
• CHE 502 Numerical Methods for Diffusive and Convective
Transport Units: 3
• EE 553 Computational Solution of Optimization Problems
Units: 3
• EE 653 Advanced Topics in Microarchitecture Units: 3
• EE 657 Parallel and Distributed Computing Units: 3
• EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design
and Analysis Units: 4
• MASC 575 Basics of Atomistic Simulation of Materials
Units: 4
• MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• PHYS 516 Methods of Computational Physics Units: 3
• PTE 582 Fluid Flow and Transport Processes in Porous
Media Units: 3, 2 years
• QBIO 578a Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
Additional Electives
Complete the remaining units from computer science electives:
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 **
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium
Units: 1 **
• 600-level CSCI course (faculty and departmental approval
required)
• 500-level CSCI course
Note:
*Special Topics must be pre-approved by an adviser.
**A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied.
Thesis courses (CSCI 594a, CSCI 594b, CSCI 594z) and
Internship courses (ENGR 596, ENGR 597x, ENGR 598) are not
eligible for elective credit.
Total units: Minimum 32
Computer Science (Intelligent Robotics) (MS)
The Department of Computer Science offers a Master of
Science in Computer Science as well as multiple emphases within
the discipline.
Students must satisfy all requirements for the Master of
Science degree in Computer Science. Applicants to this program
must meet the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirement (4 units):
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Requirements (8 units):
• CSCI 545 Robotics Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
Emphasis Electives (20 units)
Complete 20 units from the following:
• CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics Units: 4 *
• CSCI 534 Affective Computing Units: 4
• CSCI 540 Self-Organization Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 573 Probabilistic Reasoning Units: 3
• CSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 **
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium
Units: 1 **
• CSCI 646 Coordinated Mobile Robotics Units: 4
• Non-Computer Science course from the approved list
Units: 3-4
• 600-level CSCI course (adviser approval required)
Units: 4
• Additional 500-level CSCI course Units: 4
Note:
*If CSCI 445 is selected as an elective, it must be taken before
CSCI 545. Alternate Robotics/AI related courses may be
substituted in the elective area.
**A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied. Internship courses (ENGR 595a, ENGR
595b, and ENGR 595z) are not eligible for elective credit.
Computer Science (MS)
The Department of Computer Science offers a Master of
Science in Computer Science as well as multiple emphases within
the discipline. The degree can be completed with or without a
thesis.
Requirements for Graduation without a Thesis
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 must be earned on all
course work applied toward the master's degree in computer
science. This average must also be earned on all graduate
courses completed at USC (400-level and above). Transfer units
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count as credit (CR) toward the master's degree and are not
computed in the grade point average. Total units required for the
degree is 28. No examination is required for the degree. Other
requirements for the Master of Science in Computer Science
are the same as set forth in the general requirements for Viterbi
School of Engineering master's degrees.
Core Requirement (4 units):
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Additional Course Work:
The remaining elective units necessary to earn the degree are
completed by selecting additional 500-level CSCI courses.
• Note: A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum
of 2 units of CSCI 591 may be applied. Furthermore, up to
four units may be 400-level, and up to eight units may be
600-level. Approval for enrollment in 600-level courses must
come from the faculty instructor and department adviser.
With adviser approval, one non-Computer Science course
may be selected from the approved list. Thesis courses
(CSCI 594a, CSCI 594b, CSCI 594z) and Internship courses
(ENGR 595a, ENGR 595b, ENGR 595z) are not eligible for
elective credit
Thesis Option:
The MS thesis option is available to highly qualified students
but requires the student to find an adviser willing to supervise their
research. In practice, availability of advisers is extremely limited
and this option is exercised rarely.
With the approval of a supervising professor, qualified students
may be allowed to pursue a thesis option. Students pursuing
the thesis option must satisfy all of the policies and course
requirements for the master's degree and, in addition, must enroll
in a minimum of two semesters of CSCI 594a, CSCI 594b, CSCI
594z for a maximum of 4 units. Total units required for the degree
with thesis is 32. The thesis must comply with all requirements
set by the Graduate School. Students interested in a thesis while
enrolled in a Computer Science specialization should consult with
their department adviser.
Computer Science (Multimedia and Creative
Technologies) (MS)
The Department of Computer Science offers a Master of
Science in Computer Science as well as multiple emphases within
the discipline.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi Graduate
Degrees and Requirements.
Core Requirement (4 units):
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Requirements (16 units):
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4 *
• CSCI 520 Computer Animation and Simulation Units: 4 *
• CSCI 576 Multimedia Systems Design Units: 4
• CSCI 580 3-D Graphics and Rendering Units: 4 *
Emphasis Electives (12 units):
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 **
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium
Units: 1 **
• Non Computer Science Course from the approved list
• 600-level CSCI Course (adviser approval required) Units: 4
• Additional 500-level CSCI course
Note:
*CSCI 420 and CSCI 580 must be taken before CSCI 520.
**A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied.
Total units: Minimum 32
Computer Science (Scientists and Engineers)
(MS)
Designed for students with engineering or science bachelor's
degree but limited background in computer science, this
comprehensive, two-year, 37-unit program combines an
introductory sequence of undergraduate preparatory and
foundational course work with all the graduate breadth
requirements necessary to satisfy the traditional master's degree.
Note: The preparatory programming requirement and
foundational requirements must be completed at USC and cannot
be transferred in or waived. Applicants to this program must meet
the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Preparatory Programming Requirement
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4 *
Foundational Requirements
• CSCI 402 Operating Systems Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4 or
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
Core Requirement
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Electives
Select the remaining units of approved 500- to 600-level course
work from Computer Science. Recommended options include:
• CSCI 576 Multimedia Systems Design Units: 4
• CSCI 577a Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 577b Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 580 3-D Graphics and Rendering Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 571 Web Technologies Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 **
• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium
Units: 1 **
Total program units: 37
Total degree units: 33
*CSCI 455 is a preparatory requirement for this program, but the
units for this course do not count toward the 33 units required for
the degree.
**A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units of
CSCI 591 may be applied. Internship courses (ENGR 595a, ENGR
595b, ENGR 595z) are not eligible for elective credit.
Computer Science (Software Engineering)
(MS)
This program seeks to prepare students for an industrial
leadership career in software engineering. It also serves as an
introduction to this area for students who wish to pursue advanced
studies and research leading to a PhD. Students may also include
research for an optional master's thesis in their programs.
Students must satisfy all requirements for the Master of
Science degree in Computer Science. Applicants to this program
must meet the admissions standards of the Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Core Requirement (4 units):
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
Emphasis Requirements (16 units):
• CSCI 510 Software Management and Economics Units: 4
• CSCI 577a Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 577b Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 578 Software Architectures Units: 4
Emphasis Electives (12 units):
• CSCI 512 Testing and Analysis of Software Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 568 Requirements Engineering Units: 4
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• CSCI 591 Computer Science Research Colloquium Units: 1
• CSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• CSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• Non-Computer Science Course from the approved list
Units: 3-4
• 600-level CSCI Course with adviser approval Units: 4
• Additional 500-level CSCI course Units: 4
Note:
• A maximum of 2 units of CSCI 590 and a maximum of 2 units
of CSCI 591 may be applied.
• Thesis courses (CSCI 594a, CSCI 594b, CSCI 594z) and
Internship courses (ENGR 596, ENGR 597x, ENGR 598) are
not eligible for elective credit.
Total units: Minimum 32
Graduate Certificate
Software Architecture Graduate Certificate
This certificate program will provide engineers with the skills
required to face the increasingly complex future in architecting
systems, systems of systems and software-intensive systems.
Students will be exposed to the concepts, principles and state-of-
the-art methods in software architectures. This program introduces
principles and approaches for modeling systems using SysML;
applies software engineering process models and management
approaches to the design and architecture of large software
systems; and guides the architect through every phase of the
conception, implementation, deployment and finally retirement of
software systems. It is expected that participants in the certificate
program will have completed an undergraduate degree in
computer science or a related field and will have several years
of practical experience in software engineering and/or systems
engineering. If students are later admitted to the Master of Science
in Computer Science, the courses taken for the certificate may be
applied to that program.
Required Courses
• CSCI 568 Requirements Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 578 Software Architectures Units: 4
• SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
Electives (Choose One)
• CSCI 510 Software Management and Economics Units: 4
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4 *
• CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems Units: 4 *
• CSCI 577a Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 577b Software Engineering Units: 4
• CSCI 589 Software Engineering for Embedded Systems
Units: 4
• EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4 **
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
Total units: 17-18
*Prerequisite: CSCI 402
**Prerequisite: EE 457
Doctoral Degree
Computer Science (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in computer science
is awarded in strict conformity with the general requirements of
the USC Graduate School. See Requirements for Graduation.
Departmental requirements for this degree consist of a
concentrated program of study and research and a dissertation.
Consult a separately published guide, available from the
department office and Website, for more information concerning
course requirements, the screening procedure, the teaching
requirement, the qualifying examination, the thesis proposal and
other requirements.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete two semesters of CSCI
697 (1 unit each, 2 maximum) and CSCI 670 (4 units). In addition,
students are required to pass two semesters of CSCI 698 (1-2
units each, no maximum) as part of a teaching requirement.
Elective courses: In addition to the mandatory courses, each
student must complete five CSCI courses at the 500 level and
above, 4 units each. No more than two of these courses (8 units
total) may be at the 500 level; the remaining must be CSCI
courses at the 600 level. Directed Research units or thesis credits
do not satisfy this requirement. Students are strongly advised to
take at least one of their elective courses in an area of computer
science that is different from their proposed area of research. The
PhD adviser is expected to provide guidance on this matter to the
student.
The CSCI 670 course requirement may be waived by
examination only. Each course in the department has a faculty
member who is designated as the course "owner." The owner
of CSCI 670 is in charge of creating and grading the waiver
examination. CSCI 697 and CSCI 698 may not be waived.
Data Science Program
Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center 104
(213) 740-4494
Fax: (213) 740-7285
Email: [email protected]
datascience.usc.edu
Director: Yolanda Gil, PhD
Associate Director, Applied Data Science and Undergraduate
Programs: Emilio Ferrara, PhD
Faculty
Professors: Ellis Horowitz, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical and
Computer Engineering); Julia Higle, PhD (Industrial and Systems
Engineering); Carl Kesselman, PhD (Industrial and Systems
Engineering, Computer Science); Yan Liu, PhD (Computer
Science); Nenad Medvidovic, PhD (Computer Science); Viktor
Prasanna, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Paul
Rosenbloom, PhD (Computer Science); Cyrus Shahabi, PhD
(Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Gaurav
Sukhatme, PhD (Computer Science, Electrical and Computer
Engineering); John Wilson, PhD (Spatial Science)
Associate Professors: Emilio Ferrara, PhD (Communication);
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, PhD (Computer Science)
Assistant Professor: Aleksandra Korolova, PhD (Computer
Science)
Research Professors: Yigal Arens, PhD (Industrial & Systems
Engineering); Craig Knoblock, PhD (Computer Science); Yolanda
Gil, PhD (Computer Science)
Research Associate Professors: Jelena Mirkovic, PhD (Computer
Science); Pedro Alejandro Szekely, PhD (Computer Science)
Research Assistant Professors: Yao-Yi Chiang, PhD (Spatial
Science); Rafael Ferreira da Silva (Computer Science); Gale
Lucas, PhD (Computer Science); Jay Pujara, PhD (Computer
Science); Satish Kumar Thittamaranahalli, PhD (Computer
Science)
Associate Professors of the Practice: Joseph Greenfield
(Information Technology Program); Clifford Neuman, PhD
(Computer Science); Wensheng Wu, PhD
Senior Lecturer: Tatyana Ryutov, PhD (Computer Science)
Lecturer: Mohammad Reza Rajati, PhD (Computer Science)
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In addition to the programs listed below, the Data Science
department also offers a Master of Science in Spatial Data
Science in conjunction with the Spatial Sciences department in
Dornsife College and a Master of Science in Public Policy Data
Science with the Price School of Public Policy.
Bachelor's Degree
Data Science (BA)*
datascience.usc.edu
Program Director: Emilio Ferrara, PhD
Computer-based information systems facilitate, enable
and often define the relationships between corporations and
consumers, buyers and suppliers, businesses of all sizes, social
networks and citizens and their governments. Understanding
these relationships and effectively addressing the collection, flow
and distribution of information is vital to the effectiveness of any
modern organization, enterprise or government agency.
The Bachelor of Arts in Data Science is a cooperative degree
program involving the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Students
complete 128 units, including at least 70 units of courses in
Dornsife College and at least 38 units of courses in Viterbi
School of Engineering. Units completed in Viterbi include the
basic programming and data science requirements while units
completed in Dornsife College include the general education
and writing requirements, the Dornsife College foreign language
requirement and an adviser-approved disciplinary specialization
of at least 24 units, (including at least 16 units of upper-division
course work).
The specialization must form a coherent focus on a discipline
that provides students with insight into a domain in which
data science can be usefully applied; this is normally another
departmental or interdepartmental major for the BA degree,
permitting students to satisfy most or all of the requirements for
a double major (see Undergraduate Degree Programs for rules
governing the overlap of courses allowed for a double major).
The program teaches students to understand, design and
implement effective solutions to meet organizational, societal and
management needs for information and decision support.
All students undertaking this degree program must have
knowledge of the following areas (the core):
• Information systems and technology fundamentals
• Programming basics
• Statistics
• Data management
• Machine learning
• Data visualization
Admission
Admissions are made by the USC Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences. Students normally apply to the program in the
spring of the freshman year.
*The program falls under the jurisdiction of the Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Major Core Requirements (30-32 units,
8-9 Courses)
A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for each of the courses
taken for the core major requirements: programming requirement,
data science requirement, statistics/probability requirement, and
basic math requirement.
Programming Requirement (6-8 units)
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
And choose one option:
Option One:
• ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
Option Two:
• CSCI 102L Fundamentals of Computation Units: 2
• CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 4
Data Science Requirement (16 units)
• DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 351 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
Units: 4
Statistics/Probability Requirement – Choose One
Course (4 units)
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• EE 364 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4
Basic Math Requirement – Choose One Course
(4 units)
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Data Science Electives – Choose Four Courses
(16 units)
• DSCI 429 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• ITP 301 Front-End Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
• ITP 487 Enterprise Data Analytics Units: 4
• ITP 489 In-Memory Data Modeling and Analytics Units: 4
Disciplinary Specialization (24 units)
Complete at least 24 units of courses in an adviser-approved
area of disciplinary specialization relying on coursework in the
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. At least
16 units must be at the upper-division level. The disciplinary
specialization must form a coherent focus on a discipline that
provides students with insight into a domain in which data science
can be usefully applied.
Minor
Foundations of Data Science Minor
The Foundations of Data Science minor teaches students the
skills to apply techniques in data science to problems in their
own discipline. Students will learn the basics of programming,
how to apply statistics to evaluate data and techniques in data
management, machine learning and visualization. Choosing from a
variety of electives, students will be able to tailor this minor to learn
the techniques most relevant to their needs.
Required Introductory Courses (6 units)
• DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science Units: 4
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
Statistics/Probability Requirement (4 units)
Choose one course:
• BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics Units: 4
• EE 364 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Units: 4 *
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 *
• MATH 407 Probability Theory Units: 4 *
• MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics Units: 4 *
Note:
*Requires prerequisite.
Data Science Electives (12 units)
Choose three courses:
• DSCI 351 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 429 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User Interface Design
Units: 4
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
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• ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
• ITP 487 Enterprise Data Analytics Units: 4
• ITP 489 In-Memory Data Modeling and Analytics Units: 4
Total Units: 22
Joint Degree
Communication Data Science Dual Degree
with Tsinghua University School of Journalism
and Communication (MS)
The Master of Science in Communication Data Science Dual
Degree with Tsinghua University School of Journalism and
Communication leads to two Master degrees, one from each
institution: a Master of Science in Communication Data Science (a
cross-disciplinary joint degree offered by the USC Viterbi School of
Engineering and the USC Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism) and a Master of Journalism and Communication
from the Tsinghua University (THU) School of Journalism and
Communication. The two institutions, USC and THU, have a
formal partnership to amplify cooperation between USC and THU
and between the United States and China to capitalize on the
synergies of the respective curricula and to provide students with
the opportunity for a unique transcultural and cross-discipline
experience that will position them to be global leaders in their field.
Graduates of the Master of Science in Communication Data
Science Dual Degree will be experts in the emerging fields of
data science for journalism and communication. In the course
of their studies, students will learn about theories and principles
underlying human communication and their integration into
emerging communication technologies. They will also understand
the technical underpinnings of a diverse range of emerging
communication platforms, including digital newsrooms, social
media, enterprise collaboration systems, and virtual and
augmented reality. They will have the capability to build these
technologies and effectively manage teams to create effective
communication frameworks for a variety of goals. Finally, they
will master powerful techniques for analyzing large volumes of
data generated by digital communication platforms using machine
learning and artificial intelligence.
The dual degrees are subject to the following stipulations:
1. The requirements for both degrees must be satisfied to
complete the dual degree.
2. The program description for the Tsinghua University Master
of Journalism and Communication is online at www.tsjc.tsinghua.
edu.cn/publish/jcen/363/index.html.
3. The general requirements for the MS in Communication Data
Science (MS CMDS) in this dual degree program are the same
as those for the USC general MS Communication Data Science
except that at least 24 units (of the 32 required units) must be
completed at USC, and up to 8 units of preapproved course work
transferred from Tsinghua University may be counted toward the
degree requirements at USC. This is due to a special partnership
established by a Memorandum of Understanding between the two
Universities.
4. Other requirements for the MS CMDS are the same as set
forth in the general requirements for Viterbi School of Engineering
Master of Science degrees.
5. Students who elect to receive only the USC degree must
change their degree objective from the USC-Tsinghua University
dual degree to the general USC MS CMDS.
6. Generally, students must take at USC the "Foundation"
courses of the USC MS CMDS. There must be justification for
the omission of a required course in either degree; for example, a
certain course in one degree may provide comparable content to
the omitted course in the other degree.
7. The USC Data Science Program and the Annenberg School
of Communication have identified a list of transferable THU
courses that can be considered USC equivalents but are also
willing to entertain transfer, on a case by case basis, of unique
relevant THU courses for which no obvious mapping to a USC
course exists.
Foundation (20 units):
• CMGT 515 Innovation and the Information Economy Units: 4
• COMM 502 Theoretical Approaches to Multidisciplinary
Design Projects Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Data Science Core (4 units):
• DSCI 529 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
Communication Core (8 units):
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• CMGT 520 Social Roles of Communication Media Units: 4
• CMGT 530 Social Dynamics of Communication Technologies
Units: 4
• CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and Culture of Video
Games Units: 4
• CMGT 541 Integrated Communication Strategies Units: 4
• CMGT 555 Online Marketing Communication Development
and Analysis Units: 4
• CMGT 587 Audience Analysis Units: 4
Master's Degree
Applied Data Science (MS)
datascience.usc.edu
Program Director: Emilio Ferrara, PhD
The USC Viterbi Master of Science in Applied Data Science will
train students as data scientists. This degree provides students
with the knowledge and skill to solve real-world world challenges
that require a combination of data management and data
analytics skills. Students will learn how to use the latest big-data
infrastructures, such as Hadoop and Spark. They will learn how to
use the various analytical tools, including machine learning, data
mining and data visualization. And students will learn how to apply
these tools to real-world problems.
This degree is designed for students with a range of
backgrounds, but students are expected to have at least a strong
math and science background to pursue this degree. Students
that do not have much training in computer science will first learn
the basics of data science, including data formats, tools and
techniques. They learn how to build data processing programs
in Python, and they will learn how to apply the latest analytical
tools through hands-on homework and projects. Students with a
computer science background will be able to jump directly into the
more advanced data science courses including data management,
machine learning, data mining and statistics for data science.
Once students have completed the introductory and core courses,
they are given a choice of electives to allow them to pursue their
own interests within data science.
For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
A total of 32 units is required for the degree.
Core Courses
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
Electives*
Take five courses.
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 550 Advanced Data Stores Units: 4
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• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 566 Deep Learning and Its Applications Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 571 Web Technologies Units: 4
• CSCI 572 Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines
Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 529 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• DSCI 531 Fairness in Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
• DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy Units: 4
• DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs Units: 4
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
• DSCI 564 Probability and Statistics for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(4 units of DSCI 599 required if chosen)
*Notes:
A maximum of two CSCI electives can be applied toward the
degree.
Students with limited or no training in computer science should
take DSCI 549, DSCI 510 and DSCI 550 before taking any other
classes.
DSCI 550 should be taken prior to or in parallel with DSCI 551 and
prior to taking DSCI 552 and DSCI 553.
Directed Research (CSCI 590), thesis courses (CSCI 594a, CSCI
594b, CSCI 594z), and internship courses (ENGR 595a, ENGR
595b, ENGR 595z, ENGR 596) are not eligible for elective credit.
Communication Data Science (MS)
Master of Science in Communication Data Science
Program Director: Yolanda Gil, PhD
Program Co-Director: Jessica Neff, PhD
The Master of Science in Communication Data Science
is a cross-disciplinary joint degree program offered by the
Viterbi School of Engineering and the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism. Students must be admitted by
both schools.
Students will be experts in the emerging field of data science
for communication. Graduates will learn about theories and
principles underlying human communication and the ways in which
people utilize and engage with communication technologies. They
will also understand the technical underpinnings of emerging
communication platforms, ranging from social media to enterprise
collaboration platforms to virtual and augmented reality. They will
have the capability to build these technologies and effectively
manage teams that do so. They will also master the theoretical
and technical tools to investigate and analyze large volumes of
data generated by digital communication platforms using machine
learning and artificial intelligence.
There are many career opportunities for students completing
the Master of Science in Communication Data Science degree.
Traditional media outlets ranging from newspapers to network/
cable news are hungry for individuals who understand the new
technology-enabled social communication paradigms and can
help translate this knowledge into new sources of information. An
example is the coverage of natural disasters, where it is difficult for
media to get on the ground, but where social media allows victims
to relay experiences and provide accounts of these situations.
How to collect, manage, distribute and capitalize from these news
sources is a major challenge in current media.
There are also careers in exploiting emerging communication
platforms for marketing and communication. Many technology
companies realize the value in employing experts who understand
the reception of their products by the public. Communication
is now so vital to the function of many products that success
and failure are often determined by how well communication
is performed, and how seamlessly it integrates into existing
platforms. In the corporate world, the need to understand and
capitalize on social media is pervasive, and the unique expertise
this degree provides leaves graduates well positioned to design
creative approaches to reach new audiences. In addition, as
technology becomes ubiquitous in society, the role of the informed
communicator has become very important in formal and informal
formats. There is need for individuals who understand the basics
of communication and have enough technology knowledge to
provide analysis at a meaningful level. Finally, there are careers
using data science to analyze online activities from a variety
of contexts, including entertainment sites, online games, and
mobile apps. Recommender systems, opinion mining, and
social information diffusion are emerging technologies for the
entertainment industry. Online games generate rich data about
social interaction and individual behaviors. Many startups seek a
combination of communication and data science skills to improve
their products and reach new markets.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Requirements for completion (32 units minimum):
Foundations (20 units, 5 Courses)
• COMM 502 Theoretical Approaches to Multidisciplinary
Design Projects Units: 4
• COMM 557 Data Science for Communication and Social
Networks Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Data Science Core (4 units, 1 course)
• DSCI 529 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
• DSCI 564 Probability and Statistics for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (with
adviser approval)
Communication Core (8 Units, 2 Courses)
• CMGT 507 Information Management Units: 4
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• CMGT 515 Innovation and the Information Economy Units: 4
• CMGT 528 Website Strategies for Organizations Units: 4
• CMGT 530 Social Dynamics of Communication Technologies
Units: 4
• CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and Culture of Video
Games Units: 4
• CMGT 541 Integrated Communication Strategies Units: 4
• CMGT 555 Online Marketing Communication Development
and Analysis Units: 4
• CMGT 568 Influencer Strategies Units: 4
• CMGT 587 Audience Analysis Units: 4
Cyber Security Engineering (MS)
Associate Director of Informatics: Clifford Neumann, PhD
The Master of Science in Cyber Security Engineering is
intended for: a) graduate students who desire to obtain jobs
in which computer security knowledge and skills are required;
b) graduate students who wish to continue on a path toward
enrollment for a doctoral degree focusing on information
security; c) individuals in degree programs or job fields that have
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responsibility for information security. The typical admitted student
will have the following qualifications:
• an undergraduate degree in computer science, electrical
engineering or information security;
• programming capability;
• understanding of computer networking and computer
operating systems.
• desire to learn information security techniques and tools
that are directly applicable to current information security
challenges; and
• above average mathematical foundation.
During completion of the program, students will learn the
fundamentals of developing, engineering and operating secure
information systems. They will become versed in the challenges
and problems of secure operating systems, secure applications,
secure networking, database security and privacy, use of
cryptography and key management. They will learn to develop
a security policy and how policy drives technology decisions.
Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to
administer environments that require high levels of information
security, both from the standpoint of the principles of information
protection and the role application technology has in meeting
information protection needs. Students will understand the value of
assets, the business model of threats, the threat matrix, mitigation
strategies and how this integrates with the core organizational
mission. They will understand why information security plans
succeed or fail.
Students will have hands-on experience simulating real-world
scenarios with extensive laboratory work that is designed by
current and former information security practitioners.
For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
Requirements for completion (28 units minimum).
Required Courses
(16 units)
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
• DSCI 519 Foundations and Policy for Information Security
Units: 4
• DSCI 523 Computer Systems Assurance Units: 4
• DSCI 529 Security and Privacy Units: 4
At least two of the following:
(8 units minimum)
• CSCI 531 Applied Cryptography Units: 4
• DSCI 525 Trusted System Design, Analysis and
Development Units: 4
• DSCI 526 Secure Systems Administration Units: 4
• DSCI 528 Computer Forensics Units: 4
Plus an additional 4 units that may be
composed of items from the above list or
• DSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4,
4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 **
• PTE 519 Integrated Physical and Cyber Security for Oil and
Gas Operations Units: 3
Note:
**A maximum of 2 units of DSCI 590 may be applied.
Other courses may be approved in consultation with the
department adviser, including classes in the student's proposed
problem domain.
Environmental Data Science (MS)
datascience.usc.edu
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Environmental
Studies
Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science/Data Science
Program Director (Data Science): Yolanda Gil, PhD
Program Co-Director (Environmental Studies): John Heidelberg,
PhD
A minimum of 32 units with an overall cumulative GPA of at
least 3.0 is required. Students can complete the degree in either
three or four semesters, depending on whether they take courses
in the summer.
The proposed curriculum relies on existing courses currently
taught at USC. The degree will consist of a set of required core
and elective courses in both data science and course related to
environmental studies. On the data science side, students will
learn about artificial intelligence (particularly machine learning
and semantic data models), data management, privacy, and data
visualization. Courses in environmental studies will provide a
foundation in natural resource dynamics and management, as well
as today's most pressing environmental challenges. Courses in
environmental studies will provide a foundation in natural resource
dynamics and management, as well as today's most pressing
environmental challenges. Capstone courses based on real-world
projects will enable students to acquire practical experience
applying data science to address particular environmental
problems of interest.
For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
Required Core (6 courses, 24 units)
Data Science
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Environmental/Sustainability Studies
• ENST 500 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental
Studies Units: 4
• ENST 530 Environmental Risk Analysis Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Electives (2 courses, 8 units)
Data Science
Choose one 4-unit course:
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
• DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy Units: 4
• DSCI 564 Probability and Statistics for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Environmental Studies and Related
Choose one 4-unit course:
• ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science
Internship Units: 2, 4
• ENST 500 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental
Studies Units: 4
• ENST 520 Environmental Law and Policy Units: 4
• ENST 540 California Coastal Zone Science and Policy
Units: 4
• ENST 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (4 units required)
• GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
• GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Units: 4
• GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
Healthcare Data Science (MS)
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Program Director (Data Science): Yolanda Gil, PhD
Program Co-Director (Biomedical Engineering): Brent J. Liu, PhD
The USC Master of Science in Healthcare Data Science
provides students with the knowledge and skills to:
• Understand the requirements and techniques to manage
health and healthcare process data collected by health
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care providers and organizations, use it to improve patient
care, and analyze it to improve the business processes
in and between hospitals, insurance companies, public
health agencies, and other components of the healthcare
ecosystem
• Understand the use of data science in clinical research and
translational medicine
• Understand the design and development of personal devices
and mobile apps to collect health data and to monitor health-
related variables
• Understand the use of emerging technologies in data science
and their application to health and healthcare delivery
processes
• Gain direct experiences in finding and articulating challenges
in healthcare settings that can be met through integrative
engineering solutions.
The degree consists of a set of required core courses in both
data science and health and a set of electives that include courses
in data science and health. On the data science side, students
will learn about artificial intelligence (particularly machine learning
and semantic data models), data management, privacy, and
data visualization. On the health side, students will be integrated
into teams working with medical students in healthcare settings.
Capstone courses with real-world projects will enable students to
acquire practical experience with a data science project based in a
healthcare service setting.
Core Courses*
• BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems Units: 4
• BME 566a Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• BME 566b Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Elective Courses
Students must take one course from the Data Science electives
and one from the Health Science electives and the remaining units
can be chosen from either group.
Data Science*
Choose at least one course from the following:
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 548 Information Integration on the Web Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 571 Web Technologies Units: 4
• DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy Units: 4
• DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs Units: 4
• DSCI 529 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
Health Science
Choose at least one course from the following:
• BME 525 Advanced Biomedical Imaging Units: 4
• BME 527 Integration of Medical Imaging Systems Units: 4
• BME 528 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics
Applications Units: 4
• BME 566c Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• BME 566d Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 2
• PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
*Note:
Students with a computer science background will have the option
of replacing DSCI 510, DSCI 549, and DSCI 550 with DSCI 551,
DSCI 552, and DSCI 553. As a result, they will be able to take
additional data science elective courses.
Total Units: 32
Graduate Certificate
Applied Data Science Graduate Certificate
Students who complete this certificate will be able to pursue
professional careers in data science. They will be eligible to be
considered for admission to the following MSc programs in data
science: Applied Data Science, Communications Data Science,
Spatial Data Science, Healthcare Data Science, Public Policy Data
Science, and Environmental Data Science.
Students will first learn advanced techniques in data science,
including building scalable data systems, core algorithms in
machine learning, and practical approaches to mining diverse
kinds of data. Through class projects and homeworks, students
will create a portfolio of their work to demonstrate their skills to
potential employers.
Students will need to complete the three required courses and
an elective with no possibility of substitutions or waivers.
Required Core Courses (3 courses, 12 units)
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
Elective Courses (take 1 course, 4 units)
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 550 Advanced Data Stores Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 572 Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines
Units: 4
• CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 529 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
• DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy Units: 4
• DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs Units: 4
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
• DSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (with
adviser approval)
Data Science Foundations Graduate
Certificate
This graduate certificate program teaches students the
foundations of data science from a computing perspective. This
degree is designed for students with a wide range of backgrounds
who have no formal computer science education but have strong
math and science skills.
Students who complete this certificate will be able to pursue
professional careers in data science. They will be eligible to be
considered for admission to the following MSc programs in data
science: Applied Data Science, Communications Data Science,
Spatial Data Science, Healthcare Data Science, Public Policy Data
Science, and Environmental Data Science.
Students will first learn the basics of data science, including
data processing, algorithms, parallel computing, statistical
methods, and machine learning. They will also learn how to write
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basic data processing programs in Python. These introductory
classes will prepare them to tackle the complexity of real-world
problems to build scalable data systems. Through class projects
and homeworks, students will create a portfolio of their work to
demonstrate their skills to potential employers.
Students will need to complete the three required courses with
no possibility of substitutions or waivers.
Must complete the following (3 courses,
12 units)
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering – Ming Hsieh Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hughes Aircraft Electrical
Engineering Center 100
(213) 740-4446 or (213) 740-7874
FAX: (213) 740-4449 or FAX: (213) 740-8677
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Co-Chairs: Richard Leahy, PhD*; Anthony F. J. Levi, PhD
Associate Chairs: Peter Beerel, PhD; Konstantinos Psounis, PhD
Associate Chair (Curriculum and Student Services): Michelle
Povinelli, PhD
Faculty
Presidential Chair: Andrew J. Viterbi, PhD
A.V. "Bal" Balakrishnan Chair: Petros Ioannou, PhD
Kenneth C. Dahlberg Early Career Chair: Rahul Jain, PhD
Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and Engineering:
Michelle Povinelli, PhD
Solomon Golomb - Andrew and Erna Viterbi Chair: Andreas
Molisch, PhD
Lloyd F. Hunt Chair in Electrical Power Engineering: Martin
Gundersen, PhD
Robert G. and Mary G. Lane Early Career Chair: Han Wang, PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Chair in Engineering: Urbashi Mitra, PhD
Jack Munushian Early Career Chair: Paul Bogdan, PhD
Niki and Max Nikias Chair in Engineering: Shrikanth (Shri)
Narayanan, PhD
Robert C. Packard President's Chair and Malcolm R. Currie Chair
in Technology and the Humanities: C. L. Max Nikias, PhD
Colleen and Roberto Padovani Early Career Chair in Electrical and
Computer Engineering: Mike Chen, PhD
Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering: Viktor Prasanna, PhD
Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering and Computer Science:
Massoud Pedram, PhD
Steven and Kathryn Sample Chair in Engineering: Alan E. Willner,
PhD
Arthur G. Settle Trust Endowment for USC Leonard Silverman
Chair: Richard Leahy, PhD*
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair: Maryam M.
Shanechi, PhD
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair: Mahdi Soltanolkotabi,
PhD
Dean's Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Urbashi
Mitra, PhD
Dean's Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Alice C.
Parker, PhD*
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and Computer Science: Chung-Chieh Jay Kuo, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Mahta Moghaddam, PhD
Fred H. Cole Professorship in Engineering: Gianluca Lazzi, PhD
William M. Hogue Professorship in Electrical and Computer
Engineering: Chung-Chieh Jay Kuo, PhD
Ming Hsieh Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering-
Electrophysics: Mahta Moghaddam, PhD
George Pfleger Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Timothy Pinkston, PhD
Provost Professor of Opthamology and Electrical and Computer
Engineering: Gianluca Lazzi, PhD
University Professor: Shri Narayanan, PhD
Viterbi Professorship in Engineering: Daniel Lidar, PhD
WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor: Feifei Qian, PhD
WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor: Mengjie Yu, PhD
Ming Hsieh Faculty Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Hossein Hashemi, PhD
Ming Hsieh Faculty Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, PhD
Professors: Murali Annavaram, PhD (Computer Science); Salman
Avestimehr, PhD; Peter Beerel, PhD; Todd Brun, PhD (Computer
Science, Physics and Astronomy); Michael Shuo-Wei Chen, PhD;
Demetrios Christodoulides, PhD; Keith M. Chugg, PhD; Stephen
B. Cronin, PhD (Physics); Martin Gundersen, PhD (Materials
Science, Physics); Sandeep Gupta, PhD; Hossein Hashemi, PhD;
Petros Ioannou, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
Industrial and Systems Engineering); Rahul Jain, PhD (Computer
Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering); B. Keith Jenkins,
PhD; Edmond Jonckheere, PhD (Mathematics); Mihailo Jovanovic,
PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Mercedeh
Khajavikhan, PhD; Eun Sok Kim, PhD; Bart Kosko, PhD (Law);
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, PhD (Computer Science); Chung-
Chieh Jay Kuo, PhD (Computer Science); Gianluca Lazzi, PhD
(Ophthalmology); Richard Leahy, PhD* (Biomedical Engineering,
Radiology); Anthony F. J. Levi, PhD (Physics); Daniel Lidar, PhD
(Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy); William C. Lindsey, PhD;
Urbashi Mitra, PhD (Computer Science); Mahta Moghaddam,
PhD; Andreas Molisch, PhD; Shrikanth (Shri) Narayanan,
PhD (Computer Science, Linguistics, Pediatrics, Psychology,
Otolaryngology); Krishna Nayak, PhD (Biomedical Engineering,
Radiology); Michael Neely, PhD; C. L. Max Nikias, PhD (Classics);
Antonio Ortega, PhD; Alice C. Parker, PhD*; Massoud Pedram,
PhD; Timothy Pinkston, PhD; Michelle Povinelli, PhD; Viktor
Prasanna, PhD (Computer Science); Konstantinos Psounis, PhD
(Computer Science); C. Raghavendra, PhD (Computer Science);
Armand R. Tanguay Jr., PhD (Biomedical Engineering, Materials
Science, Physics, Ophthalmology); Andrew J. Viterbi, PhD; Alan E.
Willner, PhD*; J. Joshua Yang, PhD; Chongwu Zhou, PhD
Associate Professors: Paul Bogdan, PhD; Justin Haldar, PhD
(Biomedical Engineering); Christos Kyriakakis, PhD; Ashutosh
Nayyar, PhD; Aluizio Prata Jr., PhD*; Benjamin W. Reichardt,
PhD (Computer Science); Maryam M. Shanechi, PhD (Biomedical
Engineering); Mahdi Soltanolkotabi, PhD (Computer Science); Han
Wang, PhD (Materials Science); Wei Wu, PhD
Assistant Professors: Somil Bansal, PhD; Chia Wei Wade Hsu,
PhD; Rehan Kapadia, PhD; Yasser Khan, PhD; Manuel Monge,
PhD; Pierluigi Nuzzo, PhD (Computer Science); Feifei Qian, PhD
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Constantine Sideris,
PhD; Christopher Torng, PhD; Mengjie Yu, PhD
Professors of Electrical and Computer Engineering Practice:
Mohammed Beshir, PhD; Edward W. Maby, PhD; Gandhi Puvvada,
MS*; Mark Redekopp, MS (Computer Science)*
Associate Professors of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Practice: Shahin Nazarian, PhD; Allan Weber, PhD
Senior Lecturer: Brandon Franzke, PhD
Lecturer: Ali Zahid, PhD
Research Associate Professors: Wael AbdAlmageed, PhD;
Stephen Crago, PhD; Anand Joshi, PhD
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 571
Research Assistant Professors: Jonathan Habif, PhD; Akilesh
Jaiswal, PhD; Federico Spedalieri, PhD; Ajitesh Srivastava, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering Practice: Moe Tabar, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Practice: George Papavassilopoulos, PhD
Adjunct Research Professors: Giuseppe Caire, PhD; Ming Hsieh,
PhD (Medicine); Rajgopal Kannan, PhD; Murali Kota, PhD; Willie
Ng, PhD
Adjunct Research Associate Professor: P. Thomas Vernier, PhD
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor: Bindu Madhavan, PhD
Emeritus Professors: P. Daniel Dapkus, PhD (Materials Science);
Michel Dubois, PhD; Hans H. Kuehl, PhD*; Jerry Mendel, PhD;
Michael J. Safonov, PhD; Alexander A. Sawchuk, PhD*; Robert
Scholtz, PhD; Leonard M. Silverman, PhD; John Silvester, PhD;
John D. Slaughter, PhD (Education); William H. Steier, PhD; Lloyd
Welch, PhD (Mathematics)
Emeritus Instructor: Sidney A. Wielin, BS
Research Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer
Engineering: Sanjit Mitra, PhD
Joint Faculty
Joint Professors: Andrea M. Armani, PhD (Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science); Leana Golubchik, PhD (Computer
Science); Ramesh Govindan, PhD (Computer Science); Ellis
Horowitz, PhD (Computer Science); Behnam Jafarpour, PhD
(Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Yan Liu, PhD
(Computer Science); Jia Grace Lu, PhD (Physics); Anupam
Madhukar, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science);
Ellis Meng, PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Ulrich Neumann, PhD
(Computer Science); Ramakant Nevatia, PhD (Computer Science);
Suvrajeet Sen, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Cyrus
Shahabi, PhD (Computer Science); Gaurav Sukhatme, PhD
(Computer Science); Paul Thompson, PhD (Ophthalmology);
Arthur Toga, PhD (Ophthalmology); Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD
(Biomedical Engineering); Curt F. Wittig, PhD (Chemistry, Physics);
Stanley M. Yamashiro, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Joint Associate Professors: Barath Raghavan, PhD (Computer
Science); Ketan Savla, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering); Yonggang Shi, PhD (Neurology)
Joint Assistant Professors: Jayakanth Ravichandran, PhD
(Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Meisam
Razaviyayn, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering);
Jongseung Yoon, PhD (Chemical Engineering, Materials Science)
Joint Emeritus Professors: Michael Arbib, PhD (Computer Science,
Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering); George A. Bekey, PhD
(Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering); Aristides Requicha,
PhD (Computer Science)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Electrical Engineering Honor Society: Eta Kappa Nu
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
The electrical and computer engineering program objectives
are designed to promote technical competence, professional
development and citizenship in the global community. Graduates
of the undergraduate program in electrical and computer
engineering are expected to attain the following objectives within a
few years of graduation:
Technical Competence
Graduates will apply their technical skills in mathematics,
science and engineering to the solution of complex problems
encountered in modern electrical and computer engineering
practice.
Graduates will model, analyze, design and experimentally
evaluate components or systems that achieve desired technical
specifications subject to the reality of economic constraints.
Professional Development
Graduates will compete effectively in a world of rapid
technological change and assume leadership roles within
industrial, entrepreneurial, academic or governmental
environments in the broad context of electrical and computer
engineering.
Some graduates who choose to redirect their careers will be
employed in diverse fields such as healthcare, business, law,
computer science, multimedia and music through graduate-level
studies and the process of lifelong learning.
Citizenship in the Global Community
Graduates will have established the foundations for critical
thinking that are needed to broaden or redirect their careers in
diverse disciplines such as business, health care and the arts
through graduate-level studies and/or the process of life-long
leaning.
Graduates will adhere to highly ethical practices, and they will
make exemplary engineering decisions that balance economic,
environmental and societal factors for the betterment of the global
community.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
and Computer Engineering provides both breadth and depth
across the range of engineering topics implied by the title.
The curriculum includes probability and statistics, including
appropriate applications; mathematics through differential and
integral calculus, and advanced mathematics, such as differential
equations, linear algebra, complex variables and discrete
mathematics; sciences (defined as biological, chemical or physical
science); and engineering topics (including computing science)
necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and electronic
devices, software and systems containing hardware and software
components.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and
Computer Science
See the listing under Computer Science.
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
See the listing under Computer Engineering Program.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering
See the listing under Computer Engineering Program.
Minor in Music Recording
A minor in music recording is offered through the USC Thornton
School of Music to provide undergraduate students with the
background necessary to enter the field of recording engineering
and to familiarize them with the design needs of modern recording
equipment. The minor is recommended to electrical and computer
engineering majors with extensive musical training who would like
to combine their technical and musical abilities while learning the
engineering applications of physical and mathematical principles to
the art of music recording. See the listing under the USC Thornton
School of Music.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electric
Power)
See listing in the Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Program
section.
Master of Science in Systems Architecting and
Engineering
See the listing under Systems Architecting and Engineering
Program.
Financial Engineering
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Email: [email protected]
Faculty Contact: Professor Petros Ioannou, [email protected]
Second Master's Degree
A graduate student who already holds a master's degree from
USC may apply up to 4 units toward a second master's degree
with the permission of the chair of the major department. All credit,
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including the transferred units, must be earned within seven
calendar years.
For students who earned their first master's degree at another
institution, no course work may be repeated from the first program
of study and no unit credit from the first program of study may be
counted toward the second master's degree.
Engineer in Electrical Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer in Electrical Engineering are
the same as those listed under Engineer degree, except that
both areas of concentration must be in electrical and computer
engineering.
Bachelor's Degree
Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS)
The requirement for the degree is 128 units. A cumulative grade
point average of C (2.0) is required for all courses taken at USC
as well as all upper-division courses applied toward the major,
regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. See
also the common requirements for undergraduate degrees section.
University Requirements (31 units)
Composition/Writing Requirements (7 units)
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
General Education (20 units)
• General education Units: 20
Pre-Major Requirements (26 units)
Math Requirement (12 units)
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
or
• MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4
or
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 *
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
or
• MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4
or
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 *
• MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I
Units: 4
Physics Requirement (12 units)
• PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 **
or
• PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4
• PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4
or
• PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and
Optics Units: 4
• PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4
or
• PHYS 173L Applied Physics III: Topics in Modern Physics
Units: 4
Biology Requirement (4 units)
Each of the following courses will satisfy both the BS ECE biology
requirement and the General Education GE-D requirement.
Choose one from this list:
• BISC 104Lgx How the Body Works Units: 4
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4
• HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport Units: 4
Engineering (2 units)
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Major Requirements (56 units)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (40 units)
• EE 105 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Units: 4
• EE 109L Introduction to Embedded Systems Units: 4
• EE 141L Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4
• EE 155L Introduction to Computer Programming for Electrical
Engineers Units: 4
• EE 202L Linear Circuits Units: 4
• EE 250L Distributed Systems for the Internet of Things
Units: 4
• EE 301L Linear Systems Units: 4
• EE 355x Software Design for Electrical Engineers Units: 4
• EE 364 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Units: 4 ***
• EE 370L Electromagnetics for Engineering Systems Units: 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering Electives
(16 units)
Students must fulfill a minimum requirement of 16 units of adviser-
approved upper-division elective courses in electrical engineering.
Of these 16 units, 3-4 units must be selected from the following list
of capstone design courses:
• EE 434Lx Digital Signal Processing Design Laboratory
Units: 4
• EE 447Lx Mixed Signal Electronic Circuits Units: 4
• EE 459Lx Embedded Systems Design Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 484x Communication System Design Units: 3
• EE 492a Undergraduate Project Units: 2
• EE 492b Undergraduate Project Units: 2
• EE 494a Undergraduate Thesis Units: 2
• EE 494b Undergraduate Thesis Units: 2
• EE 496 Capstone Design Units: 4
Students may use EE 492a and EE 492b Undergraduate
Project 2+2 units or EE 494a and EE 494b Undergraduate
Thesis 2+2 units to satisfy the capstone design requirement.
Free Electives (15 units)
Free elective courses are used to complete the university minimum
128-unit requirement. Students are encouraged to investigate
minor options when satisfying this requirement.
Total units: 128
*MATH 129 and MATH 229 is the preferred calculus sequence for
electrical engineering students. Students advised to begin with
MATH 125 as a prerequisite to MATH 129 have 4 fewer units of
free electives in their programs.
**PHYS 171Lg, PHYS 172L and PHYS 173L is the preferred
sequence for electrical engineering students.
***Students enrolled in the progressive degree program may take
EE 503 (4) to satisfy this requirement.
Minor
Internet of Things Engineering Minor
The Internet of Things Engineering minor introduces the
concepts, tools and techniques that are involved in designing and
programming electronic devices that involve sensing, computation,
and communication. The minor prepares students to understand
the design tradeoffs present in aggregating and processing
information generated by these networked devices either locally
or in the cloud. Students completing this minor will be ready
to effectively compete in industries related to embedded and
networked systems and IoT technologies.
Required Courses (24 units)
• CSCI 430 Introduction to Computer and Network Security
Units: 4
• EE 109L Introduction to Embedded Systems Units: 4
• EE 250L Distributed Systems for the Internet of Things
Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 573
• EE 355x Software Design for Electrical Engineers Units: 4 *
or
• CSCI 201L Principles of Software Development Units: 4
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
• EE 451 Parallel and Distributed Computation Units: 4
Note:
* The Department of Electrical Engineering will accept introductory
programming courses from other departments as the prerequisite
or corequisites to EE 109L and EE 355x.
Master's Degree
Applied Physics (MS)
The MS degree in Applied Physics is directed toward students
with interests in engineering physical systems for which acquisition
and interpretation of information requires an understanding
of underlying physical models, measurement techniques and
disruptive factors such as noise, turbulence, and unwanted
signals. Examples include RF electromagnetic or acoustic
detection of objects or resources, photonic sources and detection
and applications that involve the mechanics of solid and fluid
media.
Required Analytical Courses
• AME 508 Machine Learning and Computational Physics
Units: 4
• EE 604 Computational Methods in Applied Physics Units: 4
Topical Areas
Take at least two core courses (8 units) from the topical areas
below, and take three elective courses (12 units) that follow the
core courses chosen. Other courses may be substituted for listed
electives subject to the approval of the program adviser.
A thesis (AME 594a, AME 594b or EE 594a, EE 594b) can
substitute for 4 elective units.
Students may also take up to two units of directed research
(AME 590 or EE 590) to fulfill the 28-unit degree requirement.
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Scattering
• EE 570a Advanced Electromagnetic Theory Units: 4
Elective courses:
• EE 551 Principles of Radar Units: 3
• EE 570b Advanced Electromagnetic Theory Units: 4
• EE 571 Wave Interactions with Random and Inhomogeneous
Media Units: 4
• EE 573a Antenna Systems Engineering Units: 4
• EE 573b Antenna Systems Engineering Units: 4
• EE 578 Computational Electromagnetics for Engineers
Units: 4
Optics and Photonics
• EE 530 Optical Materials, Instruments and Devices Units: 4
Elective courses:
• EE 529 Optics Units: 4
• EE 531 Nonlinear Optics Units: 4
• EE 539 Engineering Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• EE 540 Introduction to Quantum Electronics Units: 4
• EE 566 Optical Information Processing Units: 4
Mechanics of Fluid and Solid Media
• AME 506 Continuum Mechanics Units: 4 or
• AME 509 Applied Elasticity Units: 4
Electives courses:
• AME 511 Compressible Gas Dynamics Units: 4
• AME 513a Fundamentals and Applications of Combustion
Units: 4
• AME 513b Fundamentals and Applications of Combustion
Units: 4
• AME 515 Advanced Heat and Mass Diffusion Units: 4
• AME 521 Engineering Vibrations II Units: 4
• AME 530a Dynamics of Incompressible Fluids Units: 4
• AME 530b Dynamics of Incompressible Fluids Units: 4
• AME 630 Transition to Chaos in Dynamical Systems Units: 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Analog,
Mixed-Signal and Radio-frequency Integrated
Circuits) (MS)
The Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
(AMSRFIC) features a comprehensive set of courses related to in
analog, mixed-signal, and radiofrequency integrated circuits with a
wide range of applications in wireless and wired communications,
autonomous systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence,
medical electronics, biomedical implants, controls, sensing, and
imaging.
Course Requirement: At least seven courses (a minimum of
28 units) must be taken from the following list (combination of core
courses and elective courses). At least four courses must be taken
from the list of core courses, with the remainder from the list of
elective courses or (with program adviser approval) from the list of
core courses or directed research (EE 590).
Core Requirements
• EE 505 Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Integrated-Circuit
Tape-Out Units: 4
• EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 536b Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 631 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 632a Integrated Communication Systems Units: 4
• EE 632b Integrated Communication Systems Units: 4
Elective Courses
• EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
• EE 576 Integrated Memory Devices and Technologies
Units: 4
• EE 577a VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Machine
Learning and Data Science) (MS)
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the Master of Science in Electrical and Computer
Engineering with an emphasis in Machine Learning and Data
Science is also subject to the following requirements.
A minimum of 32 units, selected from the courses below, is
required. At least 22 units must be taken in electrical engineering.
Units to be transferred (maximum 4 with adviser approval) must
have been taken prior to taking classes at USC – interruption of
residency is not allowed. Curricular Practical Training units do not
count toward the 32 required units.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Required Foundational Proficiency
0-6 units required. Each of these must either be taken and used as
a technical elective, or the respective proficiency test (digital signal
processing, software) must be passed:
• EE 483 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing Units: 4
• EE 538 Computing Principles for Electrical Engineers Units: 2
Foundations
All courses are required (16 units)
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
• EE 510 Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4
• EE 541 A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning
Units: 2
• EE 547 Applied and Cloud Computing for Electrical
Engineers Units: 2
• EE 559 Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods Units: 4
Learning and Data Analytics
Two courses are required from this list (6-8 units).
• EE 546 Mathematics of High-Dimensional Data Units: 4
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• EE 556 Stochastic Systems and Reinforcement Learning
Units: 4
• EE 588 Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences
Units: 4
• EE 641 Deep Learning Systems Units: 2
• EE 660 Machine Learning II: Mathematical Foundations and
Methods Units: 4
Technical Electives
Take the remaining units from the following lists or from the
Learning and Data Analytics list. Courses may not apply to more
than one degree requirement.
Theory and Methods
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• EE 517 Statistics and Data Analysis for Engineers Units: 4
• EE 542 Internet and Cloud Computing Units: 4
• EE 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 3
• EE 562 Random Processes in Engineering Units: 4
• EE 563 Estimation Theory Units: 3
• EE 564 Digital Communication and Coding Systems Units: 4
• EE 565 Information Theory and Its Application to (Big) Data
Sciences Units: 4
• EE 575 Computational Differential Geometry for Engineers
Units: 3
• EE 586L Advanced DSP Design Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 592 Computational Methods for Inverse Problems
Units: 4
• EE 689 Computational Intelligence and Neural Learning
Units: 4
• ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using Markov Models Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
Applications
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 677 Advanced Computer Vision Units: 4
• EE 519 Speech Recognition and Processing for Multimedia
Units: 3
• EE 569 Introduction to Digital Image Processing Units: 4
• EE 619 Advanced Topics in Automatic Speech Recognition
Units: 3
• EE 669 Multimedia Data Compression Units: 4
Research
A maximum of 4 units of Directed Research or Thesis may be
counted toward the Technical Electives area.
• EE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• EE 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• EE 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• EE 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
Minimum Units: 32
Electrical Engineering (Computer
Architecture) (MS)
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Computer
Architecture) is earned by successfully completing the normal
requirements for the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering,
with the following additional requirements: a minimum of 18 units
from the Computer Architecture area are required. A breadth
requirement of at least one course from Networks and at least one
course from VLSI/CAD areas is required. Additionally, with adviser
approval, EE 590 Directed Research under the guidance of a
Computer Architecture faculty (maximum 4 units) and/or Special
Topics EE 599 (maximum 4 units) may also count toward the 18
units required in the Computer Architecture area.
No more than three courses (maximum 12 units) may be
counted at the 400 level.
The remaining course work to complete the degree may come
from any of the three computer engineering areas.
Computer Architecture
Take at least 18 units from Computer Architecture
• EE 451 Parallel and Distributed Computation Units: 4
• EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
• EE 532 Wireless Internet and Pervasive Computing Units: 3
• EE 533 Network Processor Design and Programming
Units: 4
• EE 542 Internet and Cloud Computing Units: 4
• EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4
• EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 653 Advanced Topics in Microarchitecture Units: 3
• EE 657 Parallel and Distributed Computing Units: 3
• EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design
and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
Networks
Take at least one course from Networks
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
• EE 467 Introduction to Communication Systems Units: 3
• EE 533 Network Processor Design and Programming
Units: 4
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 597 Wireless Networks Units: 4
• EE 650 Advanced Topics in Computer Networks Units: 3
• EE 652 Low-Power Wireless Networks Units: 3
VLSI/CAD
Take at least one course from VLSI/CAD
• EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
• EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 536b Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
• EE 552 Asynchronous VLSI Design Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 577a VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 581 Mathematical Foundations for System Design:
Modeling, Analysis, and Synthesis Units: 4
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
• EE 680 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems I Units: 3
• EE 681 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems II Units: 3
• EE 580 System Verification Units: 4
• EE 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic Circuits Units: 4
Electrical Engineering (Computer Networks)
(MS)
Under the computer networks option students must satisfy the
MS, Electrical Engineering requirements with the exception that
only 15 units of EE are required.
Fundamental Courses
It is expected that each student in this program will take or have
taken the equivalent of three of the four following fundamental
courses:
• CSCI 402 Operating Systems Units: 4
• EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks Units: 4
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
Note:
With the exception of EE 503, the fundamental courses may also
be satisfied by having passed EE placement exams.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 575
Three of the following courses are required:
• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 597 Wireless Networks Units: 4
Note:
If a fourth required course is taken it can be counted toward
elective credit.
Suggested elective courses include:
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 558L Internetworking and Distributed Systems
Laboratory Units: 3
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• EE 512 Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 532 Wireless Internet and Pervasive Computing Units: 3
• EE 535 Wireless Communications Units: 4
• EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Units: 4
• EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4
• EE 558 Optical Fiber Communication Systems Units: 3
• EE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• EE 649 Stochastic Network Optimization and Adaptive
Learning for Discrete Time Systems Units: 4
• EE 650 Advanced Topics in Computer Networks Units: 3
• EE 652 Low-Power Wireless Networks Units: 3
• EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design
and Analysis Units: 4
Note:
Any other course must be approved by a faculty adviser.
Total units required for the degree: 27
Electrical Engineering (Electric Power) (MS)
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
The Sustainable Infrastructure Systems program prepares
students for immediate and effective participation in the modern
infrastructure workforce through a common core that includes
smart-system design for sustainable infrastructures, the societal
and regulatory context of infrastructure engineering decisions, and
construction management. Four plans of study for the Master of
Science degree allow for specialization based on background and
interest.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
(Electric Power)
Required Courses
• EE 443 Introduction to Power Systems Units: 4
• EE 444 Power Systems Technology Units: 4
• EE 521 Power Systems Analysis and Design Units: 4
• SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Units: 4
Elective Courses (At least four courses, take at least
one from each area)
A course may not count for more than one area.
Transmission, Distribution and Planning
• CE 501 Construction Practices Units: 4
• EE 516 High-Voltage DC Transmission Systems Units: 4
• EE 525 Power System Protection Units: 4
• EE 526 Renewable Energy in Power Systems Units: 4
High-Voltage Equipment and Design
• EE 516 High-Voltage DC Transmission Systems Units: 4
• EE 528 Power Electronics Units: 4
Power-System Control and the Smart Grid
• EE 482 Linear Control Systems Units: 4
• EE 527 Net-Centric Power-System Control Units: 4
• EE 585 Linear System Theory Units: 4
• EE 593 Robust Multivariable Control Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Students with MS degrees in engineering or science disciplines
can be accepted in these programs. Students must satisfy all other
departmental degree requirements.
Total Minimum Units: 28
Electrical Engineering (MS)
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 must be earned on
all course work applied toward the master's degree in electrical
engineering. This average must also be achieved on all 400-level
and above course work attempted at USC beyond the bachelor's
degree and through an accumulation of no more than 12 units
beyond the minimum needed for the specific degree program.
Transfer units count as credit (CR) toward the master's degree and
are not computed in the grade point average.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering is
also subject to the following requirements: (1) a total of at least
28 units is required; (2) every non-EE course for graduate credit
requires prior written adviser approval recorded each semester on
a special request form in the student's department file; (3) no more
than three courses (maximum 12 units) may be counted at the
400-level - at least 19 adviser-approved units must be taken at the
500- or 600-level; (4) at least 20 units must be taken in electrical
engineering, those not in EE require written adviser approval and
must be technical in nature; (5) a maximum of eight units of EE
599 Special Topics courses may be counted toward the MSEE;
(6) at most, 4 units of EE 590 (Directed Research) and 1 unit of
seminar, EE 598 (or other seminar with adviser approval), may be
counted toward the MSEE; (7) units to be transferred (maximum
4 with adviser approval) must have been taken prior to taking
classes at USC - interruption of residency is not allowed. Curricular
Practical Training units do not count toward the 28 required units in
the MSEE program.
Students following the MS Thesis Option must have at least 16
units at the 500 level and take EE 594a and EE 594b. A maximum
of 2 units for EE 590 may be counted in conjunction with EE 594a
and EE 594b registrations.
Aerospace Controls Option
The aerospace controls option is available as an area of
emphasis for MSEE students interested in learning to apply
innovative control techniques to aerospace control problems. In
addition to 20 approved units of electrical engineering courses,
students in this option will take at least two of the following
aerospace and mechanical engineering courses:
• AME 453 Engineering Dynamics Units: 3
• AME 532a Flight Vehicle Stability and Control Units: 3
• AME 532b Flight Vehicle Stability and Control Units: 3
• AME 525 Engineering Analysis Units: 4
• AME 526 Introduction to Mathematical Methods in
Engineering II Units: 4
• ASTE 580 Orbital Mechanics I Units: 3
Electrical Engineering (VLSI Design) (MS)
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (VLSI design)
is earned by successfully completing the normal requirements for
the Master of Science in electrical engineering, with the following
additional required courses: EE 536a; EE 577a; EE 577b or EE
536b; and EE 552. If a student chooses to take the first of the
OR courses, the other course may be counted in the VLSI/CAD,
Circuits and Devices and Computer Systems areas as indicated,
below.
For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements.
No more than three courses (maximum 12 units) may be
counted at the 400 level — at least 19 adviser-approved units
must be taken at the 500 or 600 level.
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The students must also take two courses from one of the
following areas and one course from a second area:
VLSI/CAD Area
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4
• EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 576 Integrated Memory Devices and Technologies
Units: 4
• EE 580 System Verification Units: 4
• EE 581 Mathematical Foundations for System Design:
Modeling, Analysis, and Synthesis Units: 4
• EE 631 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 658 Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems
Units: 3
• EE 680 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems I Units: 3
• EE 681 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems II Units: 3
Circuits and Devices Area
• EE 448L Communication Electronics Units: 4
• EE 504L Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits
Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 505 Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Integrated-Circuit
Tape-Out Units: 4
• EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 536b Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
• EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
• EE 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic Circuits Units: 4
Computer Systems Area
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• EE 541 A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning
Units: 2
• EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 568 Parallel Programming Units: 4
• EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 580 System Verification Units: 4
• EE 595 Software Design and Optimization Units: 4
• EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design
and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
Note:
With explicit approval of a faculty adviser, EE 599 Special Topics
and/or 3 units of EE 590 Directed Research may be used to meet
requirements for any of the approved areas.
The remaining courses must be technical
electives approved by the adviser, and can
including the following:
• EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
• EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
• EE 501 Solid State Units: 4
• EE 502 Advanced Solid State Units: 3
• EE 504L Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits
Laboratory Units: 4
• EE 506 Semiconductor Physics Units: 4
• EE 540 Introduction to Quantum Electronics Units: 4
• EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Units: 4
• EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
• EE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• EE 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics Units: 4
• EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable
Gate Arrays Units: 2
Electrical Engineering (Wireless Networks)
(MS)
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Wireless
Networks) is a unique interdisciplinary degree program that
prepares graduates for the design and improvement of future
wireless networks such as the "Internet of Things." The program
combines courses related to radio hardware, transmission
techniques, the medium-access control layer, networking,
applications and standards.
No more than three courses (maximum 12 units) may be
counted at the 400 level — at least 18 adviser-approved units must
be taken at the 500 or 600 level. Units to be transferred (maximum
4 with adviser approval) must have been taken prior to taking
classes at USC — interruption of residency is not allowed.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Wireless
Networks) requires at least 28 units.
Required Courses (16 Units)
• CSCI 402 Operating Systems Units: 4
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
• EE 535 Wireless Communications Units: 4
• EE 597 Wireless Networks Units: 4
Elective Courses (12-14 Units, at Least One
Course from Two Areas)
Transmission Techniques and Signal Processing
• EE 483 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing Units: 4
• EE 558 Optical Fiber Communication Systems Units: 3
• EE 564 Digital Communication and Coding Systems Units: 4
• EE 583 Statistical Signal Processing Units: 3
• EE 586L Advanced DSP Design Laboratory Units: 4
Architectures, Protocols, and Applications
• EE 519 Speech Recognition and Processing for Multimedia
Units: 3
• EE 532 Wireless Internet and Pervasive Computing Units: 3
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 652 Low-Power Wireless Networks Units: 3
Communication Hardware and Design
• EE 448L Communication Electronics Units: 4
• EE 541 A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning
Units: 2
• EE 544 Radio Frequency Systems and Hardware Units: 3
Note:
This program assumes prerequisite preparation in the area of
computer networks. Students who do not meet this requirement or
who do not pass a related placement exam will be required to take
EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks.
Electrical Engineering/Engineering
Management (MS)
The Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering in
conjunction with the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering offers a program leading to the degree of
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering/Master of Science in
Engineering Management. This program is designed for graduate
electrical engineers whose career objectives lead to increasing
technical management responsibilities.
In addition to the general requirements of the USC Viterbi
School of Engineering, the dual degree of Master of Science
in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Engineering
Management is also subject to the following requirements:
(1) All applicants must meet the admissions requirements of
both the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering; (2) a total of at least 48
units is required; (3) 24 of these must satisfy the requirements
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of the master's degree in electrical engineering; (4) 21 units
must satisfy the required courses towards the master's degree
in engineering management; (5) 3 units of electives approved by
the program director or adviser; (6) all courses counted towards
the dual degree must be at the 500 level, except those 400-level
courses required by the master's degree in electrical engineering.
Financial Engineering (MS)
The objective of this program is the training of graduate
students with engineering, applied mathematics or physics
backgrounds in the application of mathematical and engineering
tools to finance. Financial engineering is a multidisciplinary
education program that involves the Viterbi School of Engineering,
the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Department of Economics).
Financial engineering uses tools from finance and economics,
engineering, applied mathematics and statistics to address
problems such as derivative securities valuation, strategic planning
and dynamic investment strategies, and risk management, which
are of interest to investment and commercial banks, trading
companies, hedge funds, insurance companies, corporate risk
managers and regulatory agencies.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 must be earned on
all course work applied toward the master's degree in financial
engineering. Transfer units count as credit (CR) toward the
master's degree and are not computed in the grade point average.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the Master of Science in Financial Engineering is also
subject to the following requirements: (1) a total of at least 33 units
is required; (2) every plan of study requires prior written approval
by the contact faculty of the program; (3) units to be transferred
(maximum of four with adviser approval) must have been taken
prior to taking classes at USC; interruption of residency is not
allowed.
For Admission Requirements, refer to USC Viterbi School of
Engineering.
Curriculum
The degree requirements include six required courses and two
courses from each of two lists of electives for a minimum total of
33 units.
Required
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
(Note: GSBA 548 for 3 units satisfies this requirement. Do not
register for the 2 unit version.)
• FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk Units: 3
or
• ISE 563 Financial Engineering Units: 3
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
• EE 512 Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 518 Mathematics and Tools for Financial Engineering
Units: 4
• EE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
(1 unit required; maximum 2 units)
Electives (Adviser-Approved)
Finance, Business, Economics Area:
Two courses (6-8 units) from the following:
• ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 501 Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 613 Economic and Financial Time Series I Units: 4
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
• FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3 (3 units required)
• FBE 540 Hedge Funds Units: 3
• FBE 543 Forecasting and Risk Analysis Units: 3
• FBE 551 Quantitative Investing Units: 3
• FBE 554 Trading and Exchanges Units: 3
• FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Units: 3
• FBE 589 Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities and
Markets Units: 3
Optimization, Simulations, Stochastic Systems Area:
Two courses (6-8 units) from the following:
• CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Units: 4
or
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
or
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
or
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3
• ISE 539 Stochastic Elements of Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 537 Financial Analytics Units: 3
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
or
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
or
• ISE 535 Data Mining Units: 3
Units required: 33
Quantum Information Science (MS)
The Master of Science in Quantum Information Science
program requires a minimum of 28 graduate units with at least
20 units at the 500 level. A minimum grade point average of 3.0
must be earned on all course work applied toward the degree.
This average must also be achieved on all 400-level and above
course work attempted at USC beyond the bachelor's degree. A
maximum of 4 units of Directed Research (590 or 790) may be
counted toward the degree. A maximum of 4 transfer units count
as credit (CR) toward the master's degree and are not computed in
the grade point average.
Foundations (12 units)
Three courses are required.
• EE 514 Quantum Error Correction Units: 4
• EE 520 Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
Units: 4
• PHYS 513 Applications of Quantum Computing Units: 4
Core (7-8 units)
Take at least two courses from this list (7-8 units):
• EE 589 Quantum Information Theory Units: 4
• PHYS 550 Theory of Open Quantum Systems Units: 4
• PHYS 559 Quantum Devices Units: 4
• PHYS 660 Quantum Information Science and Many-Body
Physics Units: 3
Approved Electives (8-9 units)
• CHEM 544 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 545 Theory and Practice of Molecular Electronic
Structure Units: 4
• CHEM 555 Computational Quantum Chemistry: Methods and
Applications Units: 2, 3, 4
• CSCI 513 Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 556 Introduction to Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 596 Scientific Computing and Visualization Units: 4
• CSCI 653 High Performance Computing and Simulations
Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Units: 4
• EE 506 Semiconductor Physics Units: 4
• EE 507 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technology Units: 4
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• EE 510 Linear Algebra for Engineering Units: 4
• EE 539 Engineering Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
• EE 540 Introduction to Quantum Electronics Units: 4
• EE 553 Computational Solution of Optimization Problems
Units: 3
• EE 565 Information Theory and Its Application to (Big) Data
Sciences Units: 4
• EE 577a VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
• EE 589 Quantum Information Theory Units: 4
• EE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• EE 598 Electrical Engineering Research Seminar Units: 1
• PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its
Applications Units: 4
• PHYS 500 Graduate Colloquium Units: 1
• PHYS 516 Methods of Computational Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 558a Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 558b Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• PHYS 660 Quantum Information Science and Many-Body
Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 668 Advanced Quantum Mechanics Units: 3
• PHYS 678 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory Units: 3
• PHYS 680 Advanced Quantum Field Theory Units: 3
Note:
Courses taken to satisfy the core requirement may not be double
counted as electives.
Minimum Units Required: 28
Doctoral Degree
Electrical Engineering (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in electrical engineering
is awarded in strict conformity with the general requirements of
the USC Graduate School. See general requirements for graduate
degrees. Departmental requirements for this degree consist of a
concentrated program of study and research and a dissertation.
Each student wishing to undertake a doctoral program must
first be admitted to the program and then take the screening
examination. This examination will emphasize comprehension
of fundamental material in one of the 13 specialized areas of
electrical engineering listed below. Listed under each area are
courses offered by the Department of Electrical Engineering,
which will provide basic background for the examination and
partial preparation for the dissertation. Not all courses listed are
required for preparation for the screening examination in any
specific area. Consult a separately published guide, available
from the department office, for more information concerning
examination content and scheduling. Further guidance concerning
the full completion of courses, including those given outside the
department, which are recommended for preparation for the
dissertation, can be obtained from the faculty in each technical
area.
Engineering
The courses listed in the following section have been designed
for specific groups of students for various purposes as indicated in
the course descriptions. Certain courses have restrictions related
to their applicability for degree credit. Students should consult the
academic adviser in the major department for further information.
Minor
Engineering Innovation for Global Challenges
Minor
This minor equips students from various academic backgrounds
to leverage engineering innovation in addressing the greatest
challenges facing our world today. With a focus on the knowledge,
tools, techniques and mindsets that have evolved in engineering
innovation from the Industrial Revolution to the Second Machine
Age with its self-driving cars, next-generation robots, and 3D
printing, this minor brings time-tested principles together with
novel, integrated approaches to bear upon wicked problems such
as climate change, human displacement, pandemics, access
to education, and a widening socio-economic gap. In pursuing
these grand challenges, engineers, scientists, innovators and
entrepreneurs must increasingly frame their work to address areas
of human concern – sustainability, health, vulnerability, and the
joy of living – while they lead the design of ingenious products,
services and technologies with a human-centered approach.
This is a minor for a new generation of students who see
themselves as makers, inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers,
designers and peace builders, who want to create real solutions
and put them to work against the wicked problems. The minor
prepares students to think globally and develop culturally relevant
perspectives and teaches the skills that not only inform the way
we work in diverse teams but also shape the future of global
collaboration.
Required Courses (18 units)
The following is a list of required courses for the Minor in
Engineering Innovation for Global Challenges. It is preferable that
students in the minor take ENGR 254, 270, 365 and 382 before
CE 486ab. Orientation seminars will be provided to give students
a guideline on the courses, how they fit together, what the path is
to become global innovators. These efforts will be synergized with
the orientation seminars for Grand Challenges Scholars Program
at Viterbi School of Engineering.
• ENGR 254 Immersive Storytelling For Engineers, Innovators
and Makers Units: 2
• ENGR 270 Ethics for Engineers Units: 2
• ENGR 365 Ethical Issues in Artificial Intelligence Units: 4 or
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
• ENGR 385 Human-Systems Integration for Global
Engineering Units: 4
• CE 486a Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global
Crises Units: 3
• CE 486b Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global
Crises Units: 3
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 579
Engineering in Society Program
Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE 106)
(213) 740-3652
Email: [email protected]
eis.usc.edu
Director: Stephen Bucher, MPW
Professor of Engineering Education Practice: Gisele Ragusa, PhD
Professor of Technical Communication Practice: Stephen Bucher,
MPW
Associate Professors of Technical Communication Practice:
Elizabeth Fife, PhD; Harlynn Ramsey, PhD; Martha Townsend, JD;
Elisa Warford, PhD; Elisabeth Weiss, MA
Senior Lecturers: D. Marc Aubertin, MA; Helen Choi, JD; Amy
Schroeder, PhD
Lecturer: Sarah Mojarad, MS
Part-time Lecturers: Marc Ballon, MS, Melanie Johnson, MA, Bart
Skarzynski, MFA
The Engineering in Society Program (EIS) is an academic
program of instruction and research that addresses the humanistic
aspects of a holistic engineering education.
The program's mission is to distinguish a Viterbi engineering
education by purposefully connecting a student's technical work
with its societal impact. These efforts will span the four years
of an undergraduate education and will be anchored in courses
available to all students and in extra-curricular opportunities. The
program focuses on communication skills (for undergraduates
and graduates), ethics (through courses, modules and extra
curriculars), and engineering education (through teaching and
research).
University Courses
All undergraduate courses offered by EIS faculty are open
to non-engineering majors. EIS collaborates with other USC
academic units to offer the following General Education courses:
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing and Communication for
Engineers
• WRIT 340 Writing and Disciplinary Grand Challenges
• WRIT 340 Engineering for Climate Change and Sustainability
• WRIT 340 Disciplinary Grand Challenges in Berlin and Los
Angeles: Cities, Citizens, and Engineering
• WRIT 340 Global Innovations and Perspectives
• PHIL/ENGR 265g Ethics, Technology and Value
• GESM 121g Climate Change, Technology, and
Environmental Value
• GESM 121g Science, Literature and Ethics
ENGR Courses
All undergraduate courses taught by EIS faculty are open to
non-engineering majors. The "x" designation for 500-level courses
indicates that engineering students require prior departmental
approval to count for major credit.
• ENGR 102 Freshman Academy
• ENGR 270 Ethics for Engineers
• ENGR 410 Social Media for Scientists and Engineers
• ENGR 502x Writing Skills for Engineering Ph.D. Students
• ENGR 503x Oral Communication Skills for Engineering Ph.D.
Students
• ENGR 597x Internship in Engineering with Professional
Writing and Communication
Green Technologies
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hughes Aircraft Electrical and Computer Engineering Center
100
(213) 740-4466
FAX: (213) 740-4449
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: Edward W. Maby, PhD
Email: [email protected]
(213) 740-4706
Student Services Adviser: Gabby Garcia
Email: [email protected]
(213) 740-1787
Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental
Engineering: Burcin Becerik-Gerber, DDes
Professors: Jiin-Jen Lee, PhD, PE* (Civil and Environmental
Engineering); John Silvester, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); James E. Moore, II, PhD (Industrial and Systems
Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Public Policy);
Priya Vashishta (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
Computer Science)
Associate Professors: Burcin Becerik-Gerber, DDes (Civil and
Environmental Engineering); Geoffrey R. Shiflett, PhD* (Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering)
Professors of the Practice: Edward Maby, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Azad Madni, PhD (Astronautical
Engineering, Systems Architecting and Engineering)
Emeritus Professor: Mansour Rahimi, PhD (Industrial and Systems
Engineering)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Master's Degree
Green Technologies (MS)
Green Technologies is a highly interdisciplinary degree
program that emphasizes green systems and the environment,
energy technology and efficiency, and sustainability and society.
The discipline seeks opportunities for alternative sourcing,
conservation, efficiency and repurposing through an understanding
of product life cycles from origins to recycling or inevitable
disposal. Green technologists will design products, processes and
complex infrastructure systems to promote sustainable attributes
of importance to the environment and the global community.
The Green Technologies program requires a minimum of 27
units (typically nine courses). At least 18 units must be at the
500-level or above, and at least 18 units must be completed in
the Viterbi School of Engineering. These 18 units may reflect
courses offered by other schools if cross-listed in a department in
the Viterbi School. Students with BS degrees in engineering and
science disciplines can be accepted into the program.
Required Courses
Students are required to take two courses in each of three
topical areas:
Green Systems and the Environment (two courses)
• ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-Environment
Interaction Units: 3
• SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Units: 4
Energy Technology and Efficiency (two courses)
• CHE 510 Energy and Process Efficiency Units: 3 or
• AME 577 Survey of Energy and Power for a Sustainable
Future Units: 4
Also take only one of the following:
• EE 513 Solid State Energy Devices Units: 4
• EE 526 Renewable Energy in Power Systems Units: 4
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4
Sustainability and Society (two courses)
• CE 469 Sustainable Design and Construction Units: 2
Also take one of the following:*
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3
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• CE 567 Smart Infrastructures Units: 3
• ENE 502 Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Units: 4
• MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability and Competitive
Advantage Units: 1.5, 3
• PPD 692 Transportation and the Environment Units: 4
• PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities Units: 4
Electives (three courses): 9 Units
Electives shall be chosen in consultation with an adviser to
develop technical specialization in an area of interest to the
student. This may include up to 3 units of directed research.
Note:
*Additional courses from this list may be used to fulfill the elective
requirement.
Industrial and Systems Engineering – Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
FAX: (213) 740-1120
Email: [email protected]
usc.edu/dept/ise
Chair: Maged Dessouky, PhD
Associate Chair: Kurt Palmer, PhD
Faculty
A.V. "Bal" Balakrishnan Chair: Petros Ioannou, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Daniel J. Epstein Chair in Industrial and Systems Engineering:
Sheldon M. Ross, PhD
David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering: Stephen C-Y
Lu, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Computer
Science)
Dean's Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering: Maged
Dessouky, PhD (Spacial Sciences Institute); Randolph Hall, PhD
Epstein Family Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering:
Jong-Shi Pang, PhD
IBM Professor of Engineering Management: Neil Siegel, PhD
(Computer Science)
J.A. Tiberti Chair in Ethics and Decision Making: Detlof von
Winterfeldt, PhD (Public Policy)
John and Dorothy Shea Early Career Chair in Civil Engineering:
Ketan Savla, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical
and Computer Engineering)
Kellner Family Early Career Chair : John Gunnar Carlsson, PhD
TRW Professor of Software Engineering: Barry Boehm, PhD
(Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science)
William M. Keck Chair in Engineering: Carl Kesselman, PhD
(Computer Science, Preventive Medicine, Biomedical Sciences)
Professors: Ali Abbas, PhD (Public Policy); Barry Boehm,
PhD (Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science); Yong
Chen, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Maged
Dessouky, PhD*; Randolph Hall, PhD; Julia Higle, PhD; Qiang
Huang, PhD (Chemical Engineering, Computer Science); Petros
Ioannou, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering); Rahul Jain, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Computer Science); Carl F. Kesselman,
PhD (Computer Science, Preventive Medicine, Biomedical
Sciences); Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering, Computer Science); Najmedin Meshkati, PhD* (Civil
and Environmental Engineering, International Relations); Jong-Shi
Pang, PhD; Sheldon M. Ross, PhD; Suvrajeet Sen, PhD (Electrical
and Computer Engineering); Detlof von Winterfeldt, PhD (Public
Policy)
Associate Professors: John Gunnar Carlsson, PhD*; Giacomo
Nannicini, PhD; Ketan Savla, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Systems);
Victoria Stodden, PhD; Shinyi Wu, PhD (Suzanne Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work)
Assistant Professors: Andrés Gómez, PhD; Meisam Razaviyayn,
PhD (Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Sze-Chuan Suen, PhD; Phebe Vayanos, PhD (Computer Science);
Renyuan Xu, PhD
Research Professors: Yigal Arens, PhD; Mayank Kejriwal, PhD;
Satish Kumar Thittamaranahalli, PhD (Computer Science, Physics
and Astronomy)
Adjunct Research Professors: Wanda M. Austin, PhD; Mohamed I.
Dessouky, PhD; Fernando Ordoñez, PhD (Computer Science)
Professor of the Practice of Industrial and Systems Engineering:
Neil Siegel, PhD (Computer Science)
Associate Professors of the Practice of Industrial and Systems
Engineering: Cesar Acosta-Mejia, PhD; Nitin Kale, MS (Information
Technology Program); Kurt Palmer, PhD*
Senior Lecturers: Nathan Greenfield, MS (Information Technology
Program); Shalini Gupta, PhD; Mike Lee (Information Technology
Program); Richard Vawter, MS (Information Technology Program)
Lecturers: Niloufar Izadinia, PhD; Yalda Khashe, PhD; Bruce
Wilcox, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Ralph Keeney, PhD; Mansour Rahimi, PhD;
Stan Settles, PhD; Peter Will, PhD (Astronautical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Honor Societies
Alpha Pi Mu
Alpha Pi Mu is the industrial engineering honor society.
Qualifications for election are: juniors in the upper one-fifth of
their class; seniors in the upper one-third of their class; master's
degree students who have completed at least one-third of the
courses required for their degree and rank among the top 10
students in all ISE master's degree programs; and doctoral
students recommended by the department chair. The adviser is
Kurt Palmer, associate professor of the practice of industrial and
systems engineering, (213) 740-5960.
Omega Rho
Omega Rho is the operations research honor society to
recognize academic excellence in operations research and
encourage study of operations research, management science
and closely associated disciplines. Election is by nomination only
during the spring semester.
Undergraduate Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Education Program Mission
The mission of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial
and Systems Engineering undergraduate program is to:
• Provide students: the skills and knowledge to obtain
employment and achieve leadership with the industrial and
systems engineering profession or to proceed with graduate
education; the intellectual resources to continue life-long
learning; and the knowledge of professional ethics and
critical reasoning skills necessary for contributing to society.
• Provide employers of industrial and systems engineering
professionals with candidates who are technically competent,
business aware, collaborative, able to communicate
effectively, and ethically grounded.
• Maintain and enhance the reputation of the Epstein
department within the engineering, business and academic
communities.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 581
Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives
Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems
Engineering program are prepared to achieve any of the following
accomplishments:
• Obtain employment in an organization that values people
who demonstrate both technical competence and business
awareness.
• Pursue graduate or professional education.
• Assume a leadership role in their employment organization
or community.
• Utilize critical reasoning, collaboration and creativity to
contribute to society.
Undergraduate Program Criteria
The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and
Systems Engineering prepares graduates to design, develop,
implement, and improve integrated systems that include people,
materials, information, equipment and energy. The curriculum
includes in-depth instruction to accomplish the integration
of systems using appropriate analytical, computational, and
experimental practices.
For additional information, visit usc.edu/dept/ise.
Graduate Degree Requirements
Master of Science in Health Systems Management
Engineering
This program is jointly sponsored by the Epstein Industrial and
Systems Engineering Department, the USC Price School of Public
Policy and the USC Keck School of Medicine and is administered
by the Epstein Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.
Master of Science in Product Development Engineering
This interdisciplinary program is offered jointly with the
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. The
program is available via distance education. See the listing under
Product Development Engineering.
Master of Science in Systems Architecting and
Engineering
See the listing under Systems Architecting and
Engineering Program. The program is available via
distance education.
Engineer in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Requirements for the Engineer in Industrial and Systems
Engineering are the same as set forth in the general requirements.
Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificate in Health Systems Operations
This graduate certificate is designed for students with bachelor's
degrees in applied social science, engineering or the sciences,
who are interested in operations management and health care
topics. This program is available via distance education.
Graduate Certificate in Optimization and Supply Chain
Management
This abbreviated interdisciplinary program is offered jointly
with the Department of Data Sciences and Operations in the USC
Marshall School of Business. See here for program requirements.
Graduate Certificate in Systems Architecting and
Engineering
See listing under Systems Architecting and Engineering
Program. The program is available via distance education.
Bachelor's Degree
Industrial and Systems Engineering (BS)
The Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems
Engineering.
The requirement for the degree is 128 units. A cumulative
grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all upper division
courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in
which the courses are taken. See the common requirements for
undergraduate degrees.
Composition/Writing Requirement
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3)
General Education
• General Education* Units: 20
Pre-Major Requirements
Math Requirement
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
• MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
• MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
Physics Requirement
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
Biology Elective
• BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life
Units: 4 or
• BISC 104Lgx How the Body Works Units: 4 or
• BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4 or
• HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport Units: 4
Chemistry Elective
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
Major Requirements
Engineering Requirement
• ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
Industrial and Systems Engineering Requirement
• ISE 105 Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering
Units: 2
• ISE 150 Solving Engineering Problems via Computer
Programming Units: 3
• ISE 220 Probability Concepts in Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I Units: 3
• ISE 315L Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic
Models Units: 3
• ISE 331 Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic
Models Units: 3
• ISE 410 Planning and Scheduling Units: 3
• ISE 435 Discrete Systems Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 440 Work, Technology, and Organization Units: 3
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
• ISE 495ax Senior Design Project Units: 2
• ISE 495bx Senior Design Project Units: 2
Database Design Elective
• ISE 382 Database Systems: Concepts, Design and
Implementation Units: 4 or
• DSO 435 Enterprise Data Architecture Units: 4
Human Factors Elective
• ISE 370L Human Factors in Work Design Units: 4 or
• ISE 470 Human/Computer Interface Design Units: 3
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Major Electives
Major Electives: 23-24 Units
At least 12 units must be from one of the approved Focus Groups
At least 9 units must be from the Approved Engineering Electives
Total units: 128
*GE Category D is fulfilled by Biology Elective
GE Category E is fulfilled by PHYS 151 or CHEM 105a.
GE Category F is fulfilled by MATH 125.
Focus Groups
Students must select at least 12 units from one group; however, all
courses in a group are recommended.
Operations Group
• ISE 335L Supply Chain Design Units: 3
• ISE 375L Facilities Design Units: 3
• ISE 426 Statistical Quality Control Units: 3
Plus at least one course from among the following:
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• ISE 232L Manufacturing Processes Units: 3
• ISE 327 Six Sigma and Lean Operations Units: 3
• ISE 350 Principles of Systems Engineering Units: 3
Information Systems Group
• ITP 320 Enterprise Information Systems Units: 4
Plus at least 8 units from among the following
• DSO 431 Digital Innovation as Competitive Advantage
Units: 4
• DSO 433 Designing Digital Processes and User Experiences
Units: 4
• ISE 350 Principles of Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ITP 482 Engineering Database Applications Units: 3
• ITP 487 Enterprise Data Analytics Units: 4
Approved Engineering Electives
Students must select at least 9 units. Courses not listed may be
petitioned for approval through the department.
AME 341a, AME 341b, CE 408, CE 460 , CE 471, DSO 427, EE
326, ENGR 345, ENGR 401x, ISE 232, ISE 310, ISE 327, ISE
335L, ISE 344, ISE 350, ISE 375L, ISE 426, ITP 215, ITP 320, ITP
325, ITP 422, ITP 454, ITP 457, ITP 466, ITP 482, ITP 486, ITP
487, ITP 488, NSC 335, NSC 337
Minor
Engineering Management Minor
This minor is designed to provide students who have a sound
foundation in mathematics and the sciences with tools and skills
for managerial analysis and problem solving.
Science and technology are driving significant portions of
American and global economies. Individuals, companies and
governments are demanding products, services and systems,
which grow more complicated every day. Suppliers are forced
by competition to provide goods and services efficiently and
economically.
Scientists and engineers are trained in scientific and technical
subjects which form an excellent base for building complex,
technical products, services and systems. But more and more,
scientists and engineers are managing the financial, material and
human resources required to turn abstract ideas into physical
and virtual reality, often without any formal management training.
This minor provides that training, a complement to any science or
technology degree.
Application Procedures
Applicants must be upper division students in good standing
and complete the Change/Addition of Major, Minor or Degree
Objective form. The minor is not open to industrial and systems
engineering majors.
Prerequisites
• ISE 220 Probability Concepts in Engineering Units: 3 (or
equivalent)
• ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I Units: 3 (or equivalent)
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
• MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4
• MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations
Units: 4 (or equivalent)
• MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4
Required Courses
• BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• ISE 330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic
Models Units: 3
• ISE 370L Human Factors in Work Design Units: 4
• ISE 440 Work, Technology, and Organization Units: 3
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
Master's Degree
Analytics (MS)
Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
The Master of Science in Analytics is designed to satisfy the
growing demand for professionals equipped with significant
technical and quantitative training in the fundamentals of analytics
for solving engineering and management problems in today's data-
extensive digital world.
Analytics is a multidisciplinary field that relates the application
of engineering approaches and methods to the analysis and
management of engineering and enterprise processes based on
data. Learning objectives of this program involve data collection,
cleansing, fusing and curating, for the purpose of analyzing trends,
discovering patterns and building decision models for well-
reasoned decision support. Rigorous mathematical modeling and
computational methods tools are at the heart of the program.
Graduates of this program will be prepared to convert data into
meaningful information, embedded in decision support systems
that can help organizations make important operational decisions
and help set strategic direction and policy.
Master of Science in Analytics
The core of the MS in Analytics program consists of seven
foundational courses, and three elective courses, totaling 30 units.
The foundational courses cover the fundamentals of optimization,
Data Management, Data Mining and Predictive Analytics modeling
and the computational tools needed to implement them. The
elective courses expose the students to different business
domains such as data analytics consulting, analytics of web data,
predictive modeling with big data, among others.
Core Courses (12 units)
• DSCI 559 Introduction to Data Management Units: 3
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 535 Data Mining Units: 3
Methodology Courses (6 units)
Select two courses.
• ISE 533 Integrative Analytics Units: 3 *
• ISE 537 Financial Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using Markov Models Units: 3
• ISE 540 Text Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 543 Enterprise Business Intelligence and Systems
Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3 *
*May count toward Methodology or Project but not both.
Project Course (3 units)
Select one course.
• ISE 533 Integrative Analytics Units: 3 *
• ISE 534 Data Analytics Consulting Units: 3
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3 *
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Electives (9 units), subject to approval by
adviser
• ISE Elective (3 units)
• Additional electives (6 units)
Total units required for the degree: 30
Engineering Management (MS)
Master of Science in Engineering Management
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
Program Director: Geza Bottlik, Engineer, PE
This program is designed primarily, but not exclusively, for
graduate engineers whose career objectives lead to increasing
technical management responsibilities. Students interested in the
engineering management objectives may also want to consider
the MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering/MBA dual degree
program.
Master of Science in Engineering Management
A total of 30 units is required for the degree. A minimum of 18
units must be taken in the Epstein Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering. A total of 21 units must be at the 500 level
or above. The program is available via distance education.
Applicants to the program are expected to have a degree in
engineering or the equivalent.
Required Courses (18-19 Units)
• ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering Managers Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
• ISE 561 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects Units: 3
Analytics Course
Select one.
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 543 Enterprise Business Intelligence and Systems
Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
Technology Course
Select one.
• CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
Select One of the Following Tracks (9-10 units)
The technology course and the analytics course selected above
may not be applied to a track below.
Management Track
Select three courses.
• CE 502 Construction Accounting, Finance and Strategy
Units: 4
• ISE 506 Lean Operations Units: 3
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
• MOR 557 Strategy and Organization Consulting Units: 3
Analytics Track
Select three courses.
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 533 Integrative Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 534 Data Analytics Consulting Units: 3
• ISE 543 Enterprise Business Intelligence and Systems
Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
Innovation and Technology Commercialization Track
Select three courses.
• BAEP 556 Technology Feasibility Units: 3
• BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization Units: 3
• CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
Supply Chain and Operations Track
Select three courses.
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
• DSO 583 Operations Consulting Units: 3
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
Custom Track
Select three courses from Industrial and Systems Engineering or
Business in consultation with an adviser.
Elective (3 units):
Select one course from Industrial and Systems Engineering or
Business with adviser approval.
Total units required for the degree: 30-32
Health Systems Management Engineering
(MS)
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
Program Director: David Belson, PhD
This program is jointly sponsored by the Epstein Industrial and
Systems Engineering Department, the USC Price School of Public
Policy and the USC Keck School of Medicine and is administered
by the Epstein Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.
This degree is designed for students with sufficiently quantitative
bachelor's degrees in engineering, the sciences or applied social
science who are interested in operations management and health
care applications, and whose career objectives lead to increasing
technical management responsibilities in large healthcare
organizations, such as hospitals. Graduates will be particularly
prepared for employment in work to improve healthcare systems in
terms of performance and quality. Course work will include various
aspects of health care such as information systems, project
management and models of care. The USC Master of Science
in Health Systems Management Engineering uniquely blends
management, clinical and engineering disciplines into a single
degree.
Master of Science in Health Systems
Management Engineering
At least 31 units are required for the degree. Some
combinations of courses may require students to complete
more than 31 units. Admitted students may count courses taken
for completion of the Graduate Certificate in Health Systems
Operations toward this degree. This program is available via
distance education.
Applicants to the program are expected to have mathematical
competence such as provided by an undergraduate degree in
engineering; understanding of basic statistics; and competence in
microeconomics. Admitted students who do not meet the course
work requirements will be assigned courses to complete the
deficiencies.
Required Courses (22 Units)
• ISE 508 Health Care Operations Improvement Units: 3
• ISE 509 Practicum in Health Care Systems Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PPD 511 Health Information Systems Units: 2
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Health Care - Select One Option (4 units)
• PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4
or
• PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts Units: 2 and
• PPDE 610 Population Health Management Units: 2
Data Analytics - Select One Course (3 Units)
• ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering Managers Units: 3
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
Adviser Approved Electives (9 Units)
Total Units: 31
Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS)
The Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering
is awarded in strict conformity with the general requirements of
the Viterbi School of Engineering. This program enhances the
technical capabilities of the industrial engineer. The program is
available via distance education.
The MS program is for students who want to become technical
leaders in the field of industrial and systems engineering.
Applicants to the program are expected to have a bachelor's
degree in an engineering discipline with undergraduate course
work in computing, probability and statistics, and engineering
economy. Admitted students who do not meet prerequisites will be
assigned courses to complete the deficiencies.
A total of 30 units is required for the degree, of which at least 18
units must be completed in the Epstein Department of Industrial
and Systems Engineering. Of the 30 units, 20 must be at the 500
level or above.
Required Courses (12 units)
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
Group A (3 units required)
Select one course
• ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 3
• ISE 536 Linear Programming and Extensions Units: 3
Group B (3 units required)
Select one course
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
Group C (3 units required)
Select one course
• ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using Markov Models Units: 3
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3
Adviser approved electives (9 units)
Total Units 30
Operations Research Engineering (MS)
Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4891
Program Director: Maged Dessouky, Ph.D.
Master of Science in Operations Research
Engineering
The Master of Science in Operations Research Engineering
is conferred upon candidates who hold bachelor's degrees
in engineering, mathematics, science or related fields who
successfully complete an integrated program (with departmental
approval in advance) of not less than 30 units. The program
must include not less than 21 units of industrial and systems
engineering courses related to operations research and 9 units
of approved electives. Students will be required to make up
deficiencies in mathematics and statistics. Additional courses or
examinations may be required at the discretion of the department
before full admission to the program. The General Test of the
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is required. Additional
information is available from the department. This program is
available via distance education.
Required Courses
• ISE 532 Network Flows Units: 3
• ISE 536 Linear Programming and Extensions Units: 3
• ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using Markov Models Units: 3
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 582 Web Technology for Industrial Engineering Units: 3
or
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
Select at least two of the following 10 courses:
6 units
• CE 645 Uncertainty Modeling and Stochastic Optimization
Units: 3
• ISE 513 Inventory Systems Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 520 Optimization Theory and Algorithms: Numerical
Optimization Units: 3
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3
• ISE 539 Stochastic Elements of Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
• ISE 563 Financial Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-Environment
Interaction Units: 3
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
• 400- or 500-level computer science course, approved by
faculty adviser Units: 3
• Two electives, approved by faculty adviser Units: 6
Total units: 30
Dual Degree
Master of Science, Industrial and
Systems Engineering/Master of Business
Administration (MS/MBA)
The USC Marshall School of Business in conjunction with
the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
offers a program leading to the degree of Master of Business
Administration/Master of Science in Industrial and Systems
Engineering.
This alternative requires 66 units for graduates of industrial and
systems engineering undergraduate curricula and leads to both a
Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering and the
Master of Business Administration. The dual degree provides an
education of great depth.
The total number of units required for the MBA program is 48
including all required courses in an MBA program and graduate
business electives sufficient to bring the total units completed
in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48. Dual degree
students may not count courses taken outside the Marshall School
of Business toward the 48 units.
Required Courses (Minimum 18 Units)
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
ISE Electives (Choose One from Each Group)
Systems Design (3 units)
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
Information Systems (3 units)
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 582 Web Technology for Industrial Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 585
Quantitative Methods (3 units)
• ISE 532 Network Flows Units: 3
• ISE 536 Linear Programming and Extensions Units: 3
• ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using Markov Models Units: 3
• Elective Chosen with adviser approval Units: 3
Total units: 18
Graduate Certificate
Health Systems Operations Graduate
Certificate
This graduate certificate is designed for students with bachelor's
degrees in applied social science, engineering or the sciences,
who are interested in operations management and health care
topics. This program is available via distance education.
Required Courses
• ISE 508 Health Care Operations Improvement Units: 3
• ISE 509 Practicum in Health Care Systems Units: 3
• PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
Data Analytics - Select One Course (3 Units)
• ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering Managers Units: 3
• ISE 529 Predictive Analytics Units: 3
Total Units: 17
Doctoral Degree
Industrial and Systems Engineering (PhD)
The degree Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems
Engineering is also offered. See general requirements for graduate
degrees.
Information Technology Program
Rapp Research 201 (RRB 201)
(213) 740-4542
Email: [email protected]
itp.usc.edu
Director: Jeffrey Miller, PhD
Associate Director: Kendra Walther, MS
Professors of Information Technology Practice: Jeffrey Miller, PhD;
Nitin Kale, MS
Associate Professors of Information Technology Practice: Joseph
Greenfield, PhD; Trina Gregory, MS; Sanjay Madhav, MS; Rob
Parke, MS
Senior Lecturers of Information Technology: Nathan Greenfield,
MS; Gregg Ibbotson, MA; Nayeon Kim, BS; Raymond Kim, MS;
Barrett Koster, PhD; Mike Lee, BS; Zune Nguyen, MS; Richard
Vawter, MS, MBA; Kendra Walther, MS; Matthew Whiting, MS
Lecturer of Information Technology: Kristof Aldenderfer, BS
Joint Senior Lecturer: Scott Easley, MS
The Information Technology Program (ITP) embodies the
idea "X+Tech: Technology for All," allowing students to couple
any major (X) with technology (Tech). Students explore how
practical technology education can be used to enhance their
knowledge in other fields. ITP offers 17 minors and specializations
in 3D Computer Graphics and Modeling, Applied Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence Applications, Blockchain, Cloud Computing
with DevOps, Computer Programming, Connected Devices
and Making, Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Education and
Computing Minor (with Rossier School of Education), Enterprise
Information Systems, Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur, Law
and Technology Minor (with Gould School of Law), Mobile App
Development, Technical Game Art, Video Game Production, Video
Game Programming, and Web Development.
ITP courses are open to all USC students.
Minors
ITP minors are open to undergraduate students in all majors.
To apply for a minor, students should meet the regular
admissions standards and have a declared USC major. For
specific information on admission and application procedures, see
itp.usc.edu. Students should consult ITP's advisers about course
sequencing, departmental clearance, and course substitutions.
Please see the catalogue page for each minor for program
descriptions and requirements.
Specializations
ITP specializations are open to students in all majors.
Specializations are an alternative for students interested in
gaining experience who do not have space to complete a full
minor program. Specializations do not appear on transcripts,
but students are eligible to receive certificates from ITP upon
completion of required course work to document their successful
completion of the specialization.
For specific information on admission and application
procedures, see itp.usc.edu. Students should consult ITP's
advisers about course sequencing, departmental clearance, and
course substitutions.
Please see itp.usc.edu/academics for program requirements.
Interdisciplinary Programs
ITP collaborates with other USC academic units that offer the
following major and minor programs:
• Data Science (BA)*
• Education and Computing Minor
• Foundations of Data Science Minor
• Intelligence and Cyber Operations (BA)
• Law and Technology Minor
Minor
3D Computer Graphics and Modeling Minor
The 3D Computer Graphics and Modeling minor merges
theoretical concepts with state-of-the-art techniques to prepare
students to apply 3D computer graphics across a wide range
of industry applications. Hands-on courses build from a core
foundation throughout the spectrum of advanced cutting edge
technologies as they are used in real-world application and
culminate with the production of a portfolio of work commensurate
with the needs of 3D industries.
The minor requires a minimum of 16 units, including a minimum
of 12 upper-division units.
Required Course (2 units)
• ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation, and Visual
Effects Units: 2
Electives (14 units minimum)
At least 12 units from the following
• ITP 305 Intermediate 3D Modeling and Procedural Asset
Pipelines Units: 4 *
• ITP 308 Computer-Aided Design for Bio-Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
• ITP 315x 3D Character Rigging and Animation Units: 4 *
• ITP 360 Advanced Visual Effects and Compositing Units: 4 *
• ITP 415 3-D Design and Prototyping Units: 2 *
The remaining two units may be selected from the
list above or from the following
• ARCH 207 Computer Applications in Architecture Units: 2
• CSCI 420 Computer Graphics Units: 4 *
• DES 213 Digital Tools in 3D Design Units: 2 *
• DES 230 3D Design: Materials and Tools Units: 4 *
• ITP 190 Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Units: 2
• ITP 211 Techniques of Visual Persuasion - Still Images
Units: 4
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• ITP 470 Information Technology Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 *
(1-4 units)
• ITP 480 Information Technology Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 *
(1-4 units)
• THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre Units: 2
• THTR 409 Advanced Drafting: Vectorworks Units: 3 *
Note:
*Prerequisite required
Applied Analytics Minor
The minor in Applied Analytics prepares undergraduate students
in the field of data analytics as applied to real-world problems.
Applications vary from business to health care, social media to
sports. The goal is to educate students to become data analysts.
Students in the minor will learn all aspects of analytics: technology
infrastructure to stage data, techniques to analyze data, tools to
visualize results, and systems to publish and share the findings.
Requirements for minor completion: Minimum units 18
Required Courses (14 units)
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
• ITP 449 Applications of Machine Learning Units: 4
• ITP 487 Enterprise Data Analytics Units: 4
Electives (Choose a minimum of 4 units)
• DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4
* Students must take BUAD 310g prior to taking DSO 424.
• DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
• ITP 489 In-Memory Data Modeling and Analytics Units: 4
* Students must take ITP 249 or ITP 320 prior to taking ITP
489.
Artificial Intelligence Applications Minor
AI is a rapidly advancing discipline at the intersection of
computer science, technology, cognitive science and data science.
AI has great promise to change the world in ways we cannot
foresee. Society, industry, business, commerce, entertainment,
medicine, finance and many other aspects of our lives could be
transformed by advances in AI.
Students in the minor will learn the basics of AI and core
concepts with emphasis on tools and frameworks to solve real
world problems. Applications such as natural language processing,
autonomous driving and computer vision will be experienced with
hands-on learning. Ethical and human-centered perspectives will
be explored.
The minor requires a minimum of 22 units.
Core Requirements (18 units)
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
• ITP 259 Basics of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• ITP 359 Applied Neural Networks Units: 4
• ITP 449 Applications of Machine Learning Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
Choose one of the following:
• ENGR 365 Ethical Issues in Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• ITP 429 Introduction to Driverless Vehicle Technologies
Units: 4
• ITP 459 Applied Machine Learning for Natural Language
Processing Units: 4
• ITP 469 Applied Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
Units: 4
• PHIL 265g Ethics, Technology and Value Units: 4
Blockchain Minor
Blockchain is a way of recording peer-to-peer transactions in
a distributed public ledger. The Blockchain Minor explores the
fundamentals of the public (and private), transparent, secure,
tamper-resistant, and distributed databases known as blockchains.
Students will learn how to develop smart contracts as self-
executing programs that run on the blockchain and be introduced
to cutting-edge research results and developments as blockchain
technology evolves. Finally, students will apply their knowledge in
a project-oriented capstone course during which they will design
and develop a practical application of blockchain technology.
Required Courses (16 units)
• ITP 256 Blockchain Units: 4
• ITP 356 Blockchain: Decentralized Applications Units: 4
(Prerequisite: ITP 256)
• ITP 366 Blockchain: Advances and Use Cases Units: 4
(Prerequisite: ITP 256)
• ITP 456 Blockchain: Capstone Units: 4 (Prerequisite: ITP 356
and ITP 366)
Cloud Computing with DevOps Minor
The minor in Cloud Computing with DevOps teaches
undergraduate students how to design and implement services
on a variety of Cloud providers to satisfy an organization's needs.
Organizations are not buying their own servers. They are relying
on resources provided by Cloud computing services. This minor
will explore a variety of Cloud providers and how to architect the
services they offer to build globally available services like social
media platforms, video streaming services, and more.
Students who complete the minor will be able to explain,
"What is the Cloud, and what can it do?" They will be equipped to
analyze, build and evaluate things built on the Cloud. Students will
learn about DevOps — which is the use of software development
skills to manage digital infrastructure operations. With the skills
and knowledge from this minor, students will be able to step into
the roles of technology management or systems administration.
Students should meet the regular USC admissions standards
and have a declared USC major. Students will complete an
application for the minor with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
For specific information on admission and application procedures,
contact the Information Technology Program at (213) 740-4542.
Required Courses (16 units)
• ITP 111 What is the Cloud?: An Introduction to DevOps
Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 222 Linux and Containers Units: 4
• ITP 333 Digital Infrastructure Units: 4
• ITP 444 Digital Architecture Units: 4
Computer Programming Minor
The minor in computer programming focuses on the practical
programming skills necessary to solve problems in a variety of
domains including on desktops, laptops, mobile devices, the
Web, the cloud and for video games. Upon completion of the
minor, students will have strong experience with the application of
programming languages in several different contexts.
Students with a declared major in computer science, computer
science and computer engineering, computer science (games), or
computer science and business administration are not eligible for
this minor. Students with a declared minor in computer science are
likewise not eligible.
Choose one introductory programming course
(2 units)
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
* ITP 115 is recommended.
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
Complete the following (8 units)
• ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
• ITP 365 Managing Data in C++ Units: 4
Choose two electives from the following
(8 units)
• ITP 303 Full-Stack Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 341 Android App Development Units: 4
• ITP 342 iOS App Development Units: 4
• ITP 344 Advanced iOS App Development Units: 4
• ITP 345 Advanced Android App Development Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 587
• ITP 368 Programming Graphical User Interfaces Units: 4
• ITP 380 Video Game Programming Units: 4
• ITP 435 Professional C++ Units: 4
• ITP 439 Compiler Development Units: 4
Connected Devices and Making Minor
The minor in Connected Devices and Making teaches
undergraduate students how to design, develop and control
electronic devices. With more and more connected devices
gathering data both for industrial applications as well as to help
inform consumer decisions, the opportunity for skills in this
area has increased rapidly. The goal is to produce students that
can interface with hardware, design and manufacture physical
systems, as well as program the software for control and
communication.
Devices are now becoming data collection tools that can
act, inform, and interface with many different aspects of our
world. Being at the forefront of this technology offers vast career
opportunities from startups in wearables and home automation to
corporations working on cutting-edge medical devices. Students
will learn to work with electronics, sensors, microcontrollers, and
communication technologies. Students will also produce custom
printed circuit boards and implement design and manufacturing
concepts to produce a physical prototype for testing and
demonstration. Lastly, students will learn to integrate their design
into existing infrastructures for connectivity and data acquisition.
Students should meet the regular USC admissions standards
and have a declared USC major. Students will complete an
application for the minor with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
For specific information on admission and application procedures,
contact the Information Technology Program at (213) 740-4542.
Students with a declared major in Electrical Engineering are not
eligible for this minor.
The minor requires a minimum of 16 units.
Required Courses (8 units)
Complete one of the following (2 units)
• ITP 109 Introduction to Java Programming Units: 2
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2
Complete both of the following (6 units)
• ITP 228 Computer-Aided Modeling for 3D Product Design
Units: 2
• ITP 348 Making Smart Devices: Introduction to Electronics/
Wearables Units: 4
Prerequisite: ITP 109, ITP 115 or ITP 165 must be completed
before ITP 348.
Electives (choose a minimum of 8 units)
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
• ITP 341 Android App Development Units: 4
Prerequisite: ITP 265 or CSCI 103L must be completed
before ITP 341.
• ITP 342 iOS App Development Units: 4
Prerequisite: ITP 265 or CSCI 103L must be completed
before ITP 342.
• ITP 388 Developing Connected Devices Units: 4
Prerequisite: ITP 348 must be completed before ITP 388.
• ITP 466 Building the High Tech Startup Units: 4
• ITP 468 Connected Devices Project Units: 4
Prerequisite: ITP 228 and ITP 348 must be completed before
ITP 468.
• ITP 476 Technologies for Interactive Marketing Units: 4
Cybersecurity Minor
The minor in cybersecurity combines both theoretical
concepts and technical skills to prepare students for a career
in cybersecurity while incorporating their major field of work.
Students will have the full flexibility to have both breadth and depth
in various areas of cybersecurity, including offensive operations,
networking, forensics, information security management and web
security.
The minor requires at least 18 units.
Core Requirements (10 units)
• ITP 125L From Hackers to CEOs: Introduction to Information
Security Units: 2
• ITP 325 Ethical Hacking Units: 4
• ITP 357 Enterprise Networks: Design and Architecture
Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Choose two of the following:
• ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
Units: 4
• ITP 370 Cybersecurity Management and Operations Units: 4
• ITP 375 Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Investigations
Units: 4
• ITP 425 Web Application Security Units: 4
• ITP 445 Apple Forensics and Security (macOS and iOS)
Units: 4
• ITP 447 Mobile Device Forensics and Security Units: 4
• ITP 457 Network Security Units: 4
• ITP 471 Consultancy Skills for Cyber Security Risk
Management Units: 4
• ITP 475 Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Units: 4
• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
Digital Forensics Minor
The Digital Forensics Minor combines both theoretical concepts
and practical skills to prepare students for a career in digital
forensics and incident response (DFIR). Students will study
various areas of cyber forensics, including forensic methodologies
and processes, digital evidence gathering and preservation,
investigations and examinations, threat hunting and court
presentation. Electives are available depending on the students'
academic and professional goals.
Core Requirements (10 units)
• ITP 125L From Hackers to CEOs: Introduction to Information
Security Units: 2
• ITP 375 Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Investigations
Units: 4
• ITP 475 Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
Choose two of the following:
• ITP 325 Ethical Hacking Units: 4
• ITP 445 Apple Forensics and Security (macOS and iOS)
Units: 4
• ITP 447 Mobile Device Forensics and Security Units: 4
• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
Enterprise Information Systems Minor
The first two decades of the 21
st
century have seen tremendous
growth of global business which has required robust and
integrated information systems to support streamlined business
processes. These Enterprise Information Systems, also known
as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, have continued
to mature and dominate the information systems of corporations.
Most Fortune 500 companies have adopted ERP systems. This
minor combines business process management and information
technology to prepare students for a career in technical as well
as business consulting in the ERP domain. Students will study
various areas of ERP implementation, configuration, business
intelligence, security and supply chain management. Electives are
available depending on the students' academic and professional
goals.
The minor requires a minimum of 16 units.
Required Courses (12 Units)
• ITP 320 Enterprise Information Systems Units: 4
• ITP 422 Configuring Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Units: 4
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• ITP 487 Enterprise Data Analytics Units: 4
Electives (Choose Minimum 4 Units)
• ITP 454x Enterprise Resource Planning, Design, and
Implementation Units: 3
• ITP 470 Information Technology Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• ITP 486 Securing and Auditing Enterprise Resource Planning
Systems Units: 3
• ITP 488 Managing Supply Chains with Advanced Planning &
Optimization Units: 3
• ITP 489 In-Memory Data Modeling and Analytics Units: 4
Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur Minor
The Minor in Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur is jointly
sponsored by the Information Technology Program in the
Viterbi School of Engineering and the Lloyd Greif Center
for Entrepreneurial Studies in the USC Marshall School of
Business. The minor is designed for students from a wide
range of backgrounds who are interested in starting their own
digital ventures, working for start-up companies, or pursuing
traditional jobs with large corporations and consulting firms that
may involve launching new digital business units. Students will
learn all major elements of launching a digital venture including
digital disruption, ideation, high-tech product management, online
customer acquisition, technology implementation, online business
models, digital marketing and monetization. Students will work on
launching a digital venture in a team-based environment in the
capstone class.
A minimum of 21 units are required to complete the minor, with
at least 16 unique units outside of the student's major.
The Information Technology Program in the Viterbi School of
Engineering handles advising and admissions relating to the minor,
consulting as needed with the Greif Center for Entrepreneurial
Studies in the Marshall School of Business. See Information
Technology Program for course requirements.
Required Courses (19 Units)
• BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4 *
• BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• ITP 466 Building the High Tech Startup Units: 4
• ITP 476 Technologies for Interactive Marketing Units: 4
• ITP 496 The Startup Launchpad Lab Units: 2 *+ (capstone
course; Corequisite: BAEP 496)
• BAEP 496 The Digital Startup Launchpad
Units: 2 *+(capstone course; Corequisite: ITP 496)
Elective Courses (Minimum of 2 units)
• BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• DSO 431 Digital Innovation as Competitive Advantage
Units: 4
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
• ITP 320 Enterprise Information Systems Units: 4
• ITP 411 Techniques of Visual Persuasion - Moving Images
Units: 4
• ITP 470 Information Technology Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required
+ITP 496 and BAEP 496 must be taken in the same semester.
Mobile App Development Minor
Students will study and gain experience with the technologies,
tools, frameworks, and languages that are most commonly used
in developing apps for mobile devices such as smartphones and
tablets. They will learn the fundamentals of the programming
languages, how to design mobile interfaces, how to use the
libraries to build apps that have the proper look and feel, how to
design and handle user input, and other aspects. Students will go
through the process of building a mobile app from idea to product.
Students will learn the essential principles of mobile apps in order
to be prepared for the new technologies and frameworks that are
constantly being developed.
Students should meet the regular admissions standards and
have a declared USC major. Students will complete an application
for the minor with the Viterbi School of Engineering. For specific
information on admission and application procedures, contact the
Information Technology Program at (213) 740-4542.
The minor requires a minimum of 18 units.
Required courses (10 units)
Complete the following (6 units)
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
Complete one of the following (4 units)
• ITP 341 Android App Development Units: 4
• ITP 342 iOS App Development Units: 4
Choose two elective courses (8 units minimum)
• ITP 303 Full-Stack Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
• ITP 341 Android App Development Units: 4
• ITP 342 iOS App Development Units: 4
• ITP 344 Advanced iOS App Development Units: 4
• ITP 345 Advanced Android App Development Units: 4
• ITP 382 Mobile Game Development Units: 4
• ITP 442 Mobile App Project Units: 4
Technical Game Art Minor
The Technical Game Art minor is a unique 16-unit program,
offered by the Information Technology Program that combines
an engineering background with the production practice of
character modeling, rigging and animation to prepare students
for a professional career in the field of 3d games and cinematics.
Focuses on creative orchestrations per project, user-friendly
toolsets and production planning.
Required Courses (14 units)
Complete all of the following:
• ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation, and Visual
Effects Units: 2
• ITP 351 3D Character Modeling for Games Units: 4
• ITP 361 Character Rigging for Games Units: 4
• ITP 371 Technical Character Animation for Games Units: 4
Electives (2 units)
Complete one of the following:
• ITP 115 Programming in Python Units: 2
• ITP 116 Accelerated Programming in Python Units: 2
• CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation Units: 2
• CTAN 462 Visual Effects Units: 2
Video Game Production Minor
Video games have grown into the largest category in the
entertainment industry. Learn the techniques to manage this
creative endeavor as a successful business enterprise. Prepare for
a career in video game production.
Required Courses (10 units)
• CTIN 409 Producing Interactive Projects Units: 2
• ITP 180 Video Game Production Units: 2
• ITP 181 Video Game QA Management Units: 2
• ITP 393 Video Game Project Management Units: 4
Electives (6 units minimum)
• ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
Units: 4
• BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 589
• BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management
for Non-Majors Units: 2
• COMM 320 Small Group and Team Communication Units: 4
• CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment Units: 4
• CTIN 291 Advanced Games Crew Units: 2
• CTIN 482 Designing Social Games Units: 2
• CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games Units: 2
• ISE 315L Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics Units: 4
• MOR 473 Designing and Leading Teams Units: 4
Video Game Programming Minor
The video game programming minor integrates the theoretical
concepts and practical skills to prepare students for a career
in interactive entertainment. Students will gain exposure to a
variety of programming concepts related to creating video games
including: 3-D graphics, artificial intelligence, particle systems,
rendering, collision detection, game algorithms, physics concepts
and math formulas. In contrast to the video game design minor
where the focus is applying design concepts and using software
design tools, students in the video game programming minor will
evaluate, write and debug code.
This minor features an optional capstone that is a team-based,
year-long game development project. Students are only eligible
for the capstone after having completed all the core courses. The
capstone must be taken in both the fall and spring semesters of a
single academic year.
Requirements for completion (four core courses plus 4 units of
electives)
The minor requires a minimum of 18 units.
Core Courses (14 Units)
• ITP 165 Introduction to C++ Programming Units: 2 *
• ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4 **
• ITP 365 Managing Data in C++ Units: 4 **
• ITP 380 Video Game Programming Units: 4
Elective Courses (4 Units)
• ITP 382 Mobile Game Development Units: 4
• ITP 435 Professional C++ Units: 4
• ITP 439 Compiler Development Units: 4
• ITP 485 Programming Game Engines Units: 4
• CSCI 491aL Final Game Project Units: 4 ***
• CSCI 491bL Final Game Project Units: 2 ***
Note:
* Students with prior programming experience may request to take
a placement test. Students who pass this placement test with have
their ITP 165 requirement waived.
** Students who have completed CSCI 103L and CSCI 104L may
replace the ITP 265 and ITP 365 requirements with 8 units from
the list of elective courses. Additionally, these students may have
their ITP 165 requirement waived.
*** Optional capstone. See details above for requirements.
Web Development Minor
The Web Development Minor introduces students to
technologies, frameworks and methodologies used in the industry.
Upon completion of the minor, students will be able to design
and develop websites and web applications from the ground
up. Students can use the theoretical concepts and practical
applications of web development not only in the web industry, but
also within a different major field of study. The broad areas of study
include web development, software development, user experience
/ design, and project management. Electives are chosen based on
students' academic and professional goals.
Core Requirements (14 units)
• ITP 104 Introduction to Web Development Units: 2
• ITP 301 Front-End Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 304 Back-End Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 460 Web Application Project Units: 4
Elective (4 units)
• ITP 302 Advanced Web Publishing Units: 4
• ITP 310 Design for User Experience Units: 4
• ITP 404 Advanced Front-End Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 405 Advanced Back-End Web Development Units: 4
• ITP 425 Web Application Security Units: 4
Manufacturing Engineering
Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center 240
(213) 740-4893
FAX: (213) 740-1120
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: B. Khoshnevis, PhD
Master's Degree
Manufacturing Engineering (MS)
Manufacturing engineering at USC is a multidisciplinary
program that confers the degree of Master of Science and
is designed to produce graduates capable of responding
to the needs of modern, up-to-date manufacturing. These
graduates should be able to design, install and operate complex
manufacturing systems made up of people, materials, automated
machines and information systems. The Departments of
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems
Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and
Entrepreneurship participate in the Manufacturing Engineering
Program.
Course work in the program will train students in traditional
manufacturing engineering topics, such as materials selection
and process design. Additional courses will include modern
technologies such as 3D printing and system-level concepts of
integrated product and process design, applications of modern
information technology to design and manufacturing, hands-
on laboratories using advanced manufacturing equipment and
commercial software, and innovation and entrepreneurship.
Curriculum
A total of 30 units is required beyond the BS degree. A minimum
of 21 units must be at the 500 level or above. A maximum of 6
units of electives may be taken from non-engineering departments.
At least three courses must be taken in the student's selected area
of specialization.
Required Courses
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4 or
• ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design and Manufacturing
Units: 3
• ISE 511L Mechatronic Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 517 Modern Enterprise Systems Units: 3 or
• ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-Environment
Interaction Units: 3
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3 or
• AME 525 Engineering Analysis Units: 4
• Approved electives Units: 18 *
Total units: 30
*A list of approved electives in specialization areas is available
from the department. Departmental approval is required for
courses not listed.
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Product Development Engineering
Denney Research Center, 260
(213) 740-8459
FAX: (213) 740-8071
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD
Master's Degree
Product Development Engineering (MS)
The Master of Science in product development engineering
(MS PDE) is an interdisciplinary graduate degree program at USC
jointly offered by the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
and the Daniel J. Epstein Industrial and Systems Engineering
(ISE) departments. The Daniel J. Epstein Industrial and Systems
department manages this joint degree program. Students can
enter this program in either the fall or spring semesters, and it is
available to full-time and part-time students.
Admission
The program has the following admission requirements:
• A bachelor's degree in an area of engineering or science;
• An undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above; and
• Satisfactory general GRE scores of at least 146 verbal and
151 quantitative.
The MS PDE program requires a minimum of 27 units to
complete. Although it is mainly a course work-based program,
students can choose to complete the program with or without a
thesis requirement. For the thesis option, 4 of the 27 units are to
be thesis. At least 16 units, not including thesis, must be at the
500 level or higher, and at least 18 units must be from the AME
and ISE departments. For the non-thesis option, 18 of the 27
units must be at the 500 level or higher from the AME and ISE
departments, and/or closely related departments. Students may
choose to take up to 6 units of directed research (e.g., AME 590 or
ISE 590). Students must maintain a minimal cumulative GPA of 3.0
in USC course work to graduate.
The program's prerequisite is a minimum of one 400 level
course in either engineering design or engineering economy.
Admitted students who do not meet this prerequisite will be
assigned appropriate USC course(s) to complete the deficiencies.
Deficiency courses, if taken at the 400 level, may be counted
toward 27 units as general electives with adviser approval.
Depending on the academic background and career interests
of students, the program offers two areas of specialization,
product development technology and product development
systems. The product development technology specialization
will prepare students for a career as future product development
engineers, while the product development systems specialization
will prepare students as future product development managers.
Students entering this program must declare their choice of an
area of specialization and follow the requirements of each area of
specialization to graduate.
Core Courses (6 units)
• ISE 501 Innovative Conceptual Design for New Product
Development Units: 3
• ISE 545 Technology Development and Implementation
Units: 3
Product Development Systems Specialization
(12-13 units)
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
Product Development Systems Electives
Select two courses.
• BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization Units: 3
• CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design and Manufacturing
Units: 3
• ISE 511L Mechatronic Systems Engineering Units: 3
• ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3
• ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 3
• ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 3
• ISE 561 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
• ISE 567 Collaborative Engineering Principles and Practice
Units: 3
• ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 3
• ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
• ISE 610 Advance Design of Experiments and Quality
Engineering Units: 3
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
Product Development Technology
Specialization (13-14 units)
• AME 503 Advanced Mechanical Design Units: 3
• AME 525 Engineering Analysis Units: 4
Product Development Technology Electives
Select two courses.
• AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Units: 3
• AME 410 Engineering Design Theory and Methodology
Units: 3
• AME 502 Modern Topics in Aerospace Design Units: 3
• AME 505 Engineering Information Modeling Units: 3
• AME 527 Elements of Vehicle and Energy Systems Design
Units: 3
• AME 544 Computer Control of Mechanical Systems Units: 3
• AME 546 Design for Manufacturing Assembly Units: 4
• AME 547 Foundations for Manufacturing Automation Units: 4
• AME 578 Modern Alternative Energy Conversion Devices
Units: 3
• ASTE 523 Design of Low Cost Space Missions Units: 3
• CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 3
• ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design and Manufacturing
Units: 3
• ISE 567 Collaborative Engineering Principles and Practice
Units: 3
• ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-Environment
Interaction Units: 3
• MASC 551 Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
Units: 4
• MASC 583 Materials Selection Units: 4
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
General Electives (9 Units)
Adviser approved electives must be upper-division 400- or
500-level courses. Up to 4 units can be transferred from other
institutions.
Minimum units required for degree: 27
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 591
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Program
The Sustainable Infrastructure Systems program prepares
students for immediate and effective participation in the modern
infrastructure workforce through a common core that includes
smart-system design for sustainable infrastructures, the societal
and regulatory context of infrastructure engineering decisions, and
construction management. Five plans of study for the master of
science degree allow for specialization based on background and
interest.
Master's Degree
Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems)
(MS)
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
The Sustainable Infrastructure Systems program prepares
students for immediate and effective participation in the modern
infrastructure workforce through a common core that includes
smart-system design for sustainable infrastructures, the societal
and regulatory context of infrastructure engineering decisions, and
construction management. Four plans of study for the Master of
Science degree allow for specialization based on background and
interest.
Required Courses
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
(Transportation Systems)
Electives Courses (Three Courses, Other
Electives Upon Approval*)
• CE 583 Design of Transportation Facilities Units: 4
• CE 585 Traffic Engineering and Control Units: 3
• CE 588 Railroad Engineering Units: 3
• CE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operational Analysis
Units: 4
• PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
Units: 4
• PPD 692 Transportation and the Environment Units: 4
Note:
*Students electing the Master of Science in Civil Engineering
(Transportation Systems) degree option are expected to have a
background in statistics and uncertainty equivalent to ISE 225
or CE 408, and engineering economy equivalent to ISE 460.
Admitted students who do not meet these prerequisites can
satisfy the requirements by taking appropriate, adviser-approved
electives.
Minimum units required for the degree is 28
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Additional Requirements
Students with MS degrees in engineering or science disciplines
can be accepted in these programs. Students must satisfy all other
departmental degree requirements.
Civil Engineering (Water and Waste
Management) (MS)
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
The Sustainable Infrastructure Systems program prepares
students for immediate and effective participation in the modern
infrastructure workforce through a common core that includes
smart-system design for sustainable infrastructures, the societal
and regulatory context of infrastructure engineering decisions, and
construction management. Four plans of study for the Master of
Science degree allow for specialization based on background and
interest.
Total units for the degree is 28.
For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees
and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Mechanical Engineering (Energy Conversion)
(MS)
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
The Sustainable Infrastructure Systems program prepares
students for immediate and effective participation in the modern
infrastructure workforce through a common core that includes
smart-system design for sustainable infrastructures, the societal
and regulatory context of infrastructure engineering decisions, and
construction management. Four plans of study for the Master of
Science degree allow for specialization based on background and
interest.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(Energy Conversion)
Students with MS degrees in engineering or science disciplines
can be accepted in these programs. Students must satisfy all
other departmental degree requirements. Admission requirements
follow the general admission rules for aerospace and mechanical
engineering graduate programs. For admission requirements, refer
to Viterbi Graduate Degrees and Requirements at USC Viterbi
School of Engineering. The program requires completion of a
minimum of 27 units, with at least 18 units at the 500 level, and
a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for graduation. Students will be
given advisement in the first semester of their study. A minimum of
15 units must be 500-level courses in major department. Four of
the required units must be in engineering analysis AME 525.
In addition to AME 525, students are required to take five core
courses covering energy and propulsion, sustainable energy,
alternative energy conversion devices, construction management,
and sustainable infrastructure systems. Elective courses can be
chosen in areas of specific interest to the student. Specifically,
students are encouraged to consider electives from other
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems programs.
Information on the current approved courses that comprise
these core and elective requirements is available from the
department website ame.usc.edu.
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Systems Architecting and Engineering Program
Olin Hall of Engineering
OHE-500S
(213) 821-5817
Email: [email protected]
Website: sae.usc.edu
Admissions: viterbigradadmission.usc.edu/programs/
masters/msprograms/systems-architecting-engineering/ms-
systems-architecting/
Executive Director: Azad M. Madni, PhD
Email: [email protected]; (213) 740-9211
Student Services Adviser: Luis Saballos
Faculty
A.V. "Bal" Balakrishnan Chair: Petros Ioannou, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering: Stephen
C-Y Lu, PhD (Computer Science, Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering)
Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology: Roger
Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Civil and
Environmental Engineering)
John and Dorothy Shea Early Career Chair in Civil Engineering:
Ketan Savla, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Industrial
and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Louise L. Dunn Professor: Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD (Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Industrial and Systems Engineering)
TRW Professor of Software Engineering: Barry Boehm, PhD
(Computer Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering)
Professors: Barry Boehm, PhD (Computer Science, Industrial
and Systems Engineering); Daniel Erwin, PhD* (Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering, Astronautical Engineering); Roger
Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Civil and
Environmental Engineering); Mike Gruntman, PhD (Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering, Astronautical Engineering); Petros
Ioannou, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Yan Jin, PhD
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Behrokh Khoshnevis,
PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering);
Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD (Computer Science, Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering);
Edward W. Maby, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering);
Azad M. Madni, PhD (Astronautical Engineering); James E.
Moore, II, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Public Policy); Cyrus Shahabi, PhD
(Computer Science); Firdaus E. Udwadia, PhD (Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Data Science and Operations, Mathematics)
Associate Professor: Ketan Savla, PhD (Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
**Recipient of university-wide or school research award.
Master's Degree
Systems Architecting and Engineering (MS)
This program is recommended for graduate engineers
and engineering managers responsible for the conception
and implementation of complex systems. Emphasis is on the
creative processes and methods by which complex systems
are conceived, planned, designed, built, tested and certified.
The architecture experience can be applied to defense, space,
aircraft, communications, navigation, sensors, computer software,
computer hardware, and other aerospace and commercial systems
and activities.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 must be earned on
all course work applied toward the master's degree in systems
architecting and engineering. This average must also be achieved
on all 400-level and above course work attempted at USC beyond
the bachelor's degree. Transfer units count as credit (CR) toward
the master's degree and are not computed in the grade point
average.
In addition to the general requirements of the Viterbi School of
Engineering, the Master of Science in Systems Architecting and
Engineering is also subject to the following requirements:
• a total of at least 27 units is required, consisting of 15 units
of required courses, 3 units of SAE core electives, 3 units in
the technical management area, and 6 units in the technical
specialization area;
• every plan of study requires prior written approval by the
director of the systems architecting and engineering program
recorded on the study plan in the student's file;
• no more than 6 units at the 400 level may be counted toward
the degree — the remaining units must be taken at the 500
or 600 level;
• at least 21 of the 27 units must be taken in the Viterbi School
of Engineering;
• units to be transferred (maximum of seven with adviser
approval) must have been taken prior to taking classes at
USC; interruption of residency is not allowed;
• no more than 6 units of Special Topics courses (499 or 599)
may be counted for this degree;
• thesis and directed research registrations may be allowed
to individual students only by special permission of the
supervising faculty member and the program director;
• a bachelor's degree in an engineering field and a minimum
of three years systems experience are recommended prior to
taking Systems Architecting and Design Experience courses.
This program is not recommended for recent bachelor's
degree graduates.
Required Courses
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3 or
• SAE 560 Economic Considerations for Systems Engineering
Units: 3
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
• SAE 542 Advanced Topics in Systems Engineering Units: 3
• SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3 or
• SAE 548 Systems/System-of-Systems Integration and
Communication Units: 3
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
SAE Elective
An additional adviser-approved SAE course (minimum 3 units)
Technical Management Area: Take one course
(minimum 3 units) from the following:
• CE 569 Project Controls Units: 4
• DSO 580 Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 517 Modern Enterprise Systems Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
• ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology Units: 3
• MOR 561 Strategies in High-Tech Businesses Units: 3
• SAE 550 Systems Architecting and the Political Process
Units: 3
Technical Specialization Area:
Two courses (minimum 6 units total) are required, usually in
the student's present or intended technical specialty. The courses
must be from the same Viterbi School major and are selected in
consultation with an adviser.
USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 593
Dual Degree
Master of Science, Systems Architecting
and Engineering/Master of Business
Administration (MS/MBA)
The Viterbi School of Engineering Program in Systems
Architecting and Engineering, in conjunction with the Marshall
School of business, offers a program leading to two degrees - the
Master of Science in Systems Architecting and Engineering and
the Master of Business Administration.
Prospective students apply for admission to both programs
simultaneously and must be admitted to both programs to qualify
for consideration for conversion to the dual degree program.
Applicants must provide proof of a four-year bachelor's degree and
GRE scores. International applicants must also provide TOEFL or
IELTS scores.
This alternative requires at least 72 units (75 for the online
MBA). The MS SAE portion of the program requires 24 units.
Students in the dual degree program do not complete a course in
Engineering Economy nor a Technical Management Area elective
as part of the MS SAE portion of the program. These concepts are
presented in the MBA portion of the program.
The total number of units required for the MBA degree is at least
48 including all required courses in an MBA program (51 units for
online MBA, excluding electives) and graduate business electives
sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall School
of Business to at least 48. Dual degree students may not count
courses taken outside the Marshall School of Business toward the
48 units.
Required Courses*
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
• SAE 542 Advanced Topics in Systems Engineering Units: 3
• SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3
or
• SAE 548 Systems/System-of-Systems Integration and
Communication Units: 3
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
Note:
*Students in the dual degree program do not complete a course
in Engineering Economy as part of the MS SAE portion of the
program.
Electives**
• Adviser-approved electives in general technical area Units: 3
• Adviser-approved electives in technical specialization area
Units: 9
Note:
**Students in the dual degree program do not complete a
Technical Management Area elective as part of the MS SAE
portion of the program.
Graduate Certificate
Network Centric Systems Graduate Certificate
This 15-19 unit graduate certificate is jointly sponsored
by the Epstein Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hsieh
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments, and
administered by the Epstein ISE Department. The computer
science emphasis requires at least 16 units to complete, and may
require more depending on the combination of courses students
select.
This certificate is designed for practicing engineers engaged
in the creation and design of complex innovative network centric
systems in aerospace and commercial fields. Entering students
are expected to have a bachelor's degree in engineering or a
related field from an accredited institution. Three years of industry
experience are recommended. Students are required to earn a
cumulative B average or higher in courses taken for the certificate.
The courses taken for the certificate may be applied later to the
Master of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or
Systems Architecting Engineering with departmental approval.
Required Courses
• SAE 574 Net-Centric Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3
Choose four courses from one area of emphasis
(12-16 units):
Computer Science Emphasis
Required CSCI course
• CSCI 551 Computer Networking Units: 4
CSCI Electives (choose three courses, at least 9 units)
• CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 531 Applied Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 556 Introduction to Cryptography Units: 4
• CSCI 558L Internetworking and Distributed Systems
Laboratory Units: 3
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 573 Probabilistic Reasoning Units: 3
• CSCI 576 Multimedia Systems Design Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
Electrical Engineering Emphasis
Required EE course
• EE 535 Wireless Communications Units: 4
EE Electives (choose three courses, 9 units)
• EE 541 A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning
Units: 2
• EE 544 Radio Frequency Systems and Hardware Units: 3
• EE 550 Data Networks: Design and Analysis Units: 4
• EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures Units: 3
• EE 562 Random Processes in Engineering Units: 4
• EE 564 Digital Communication and Coding Systems Units: 4
• EE 567 Communication Systems Units: 3
Total units: 15-19
Systems Architecting and Engineering
Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in systems architecting and engineering
is designed for practicing engineers engaged in the creation
and design of complex innovative systems, in aerospace and
commercial fields. Entering students are expected to have
a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field from an
accredited institution. Three years of industry experience are
recommended. Students are required to earn a cumulative B
average or higher in courses taken for the certificate. The courses
taken for the certificate may be applied later to the Master of
Science in Systems Architecting and Engineering.
Required Courses - Choose Five
• ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3 or
• SAE 560 Economic Considerations for Systems Engineering
Units: 3
• ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
• ISE 544 Leading and Managing Engineering Teams Units: 3
• SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
• SAE 542 Advanced Topics in Systems Engineering Units: 3
• SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3
• SAE 548 Systems/System-of-Systems Integration and
Communication Units: 3
• SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
• SAE 574 Net-Centric Systems Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3
Note:
All programs of study will be approved by the technical director of
the Systems Architecting and Engineering program.
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USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology explores all
aspects of human development and aging. Course work and
research opportunities in biology, psychology, sociology, policy and
aging services make up its multidisciplinary curriculum.
Founded in 1975, the USC Leonard Davis School is the nation's
premier school of gerontology. Named in honor of Leonard Davis,
a philanthropist and businessman who pioneered insurance
plans for the elderly through his involvement in AARP and his
own company Colonial Penn Life Insurance, the school provides
ground-breaking solutions to issues facing an aging population.
The USC Leonard Davis School is committed to providing
students with a broad theoretical understanding of lifespan
development as well as dynamic post-graduate career placement.
Students on all levels often enroll in semester-long internship
programs. Working with our internship director, students can apply
their gerontological knowledge to an array of industries such
as health, medicine, business, finance, policy, direct services,
program development, counseling and many other fields.
The Davis School's Bachelor of Science degrees can be
pursued with a health science, a social science or a global
emphasis. The school also offers 12 master's degrees, six dual
master's programs, three graduate certificates, PhD programs in
gerontology and the biology of aging, and a doctorate program in
longevity arts and sciences.
The school is located in the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology
Center and is home to the Center for Digital Aging, the Center for
Global Aging, the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence, the Long
Beach Longitudinal Study, the Longevity Institute, the USC/UCLA
Center on Biodemography and Population Health and the Los
Angeles Caregiver Resource Center.
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
(213) 740-5156
FAX: (213) 740-0792
Email: [email protected]
gero.usc.edu
Administration
Pinchas Cohen, MD, Dean and Executive Director of the Ethel
Percy Andrus Gerontology Center
Sean Curran, PhD, Vice Dean and Director of the Ethel Percy
Andrus Gerontology Center
Maria Henke, MA, Senior Associate Dean, USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology
Faculty
William and Sylvia Kugel Dean's Chair in Gerontology: Pinchas
Cohen, MD
AARP University Chair in Gerontology: Eileen Crimmins, PhD*
ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Chair in the Neurobiology of Aging:
Caleb E. Finch, PhD*
James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology: Kelvin J.A. Davies, PhD,
DSc*
Edna M. Jones Chair in Gerontology: Valter D. Longo, PhD
Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in Education and Aging: Elizabeth
M. Zelinski, PhD*
UPS Foundation Chair in Gerontology: Jon Pynoos, PhD*
Mary Pickford Foundation Professor of Gerontology: Kathleen H.
Wilber, PhD*
Professors: Sean Curran, PhD*; Mara Mather, PhD; Christian Pike,
PhD*; Edward L. Schneider, MD
Associate Professors: Jennifer Ailshire, PhD; Susan H.
Enguidanos, PhD*; Mireille Jacobson, PhD; Carin B. Kreutzer,
EdD, MPH, RD, FAND; John P. Walsh, PhD*
Assistant Professors: Bérénice Benayoun, PhD; Teal Eich, PhD;
Jessica Ho, PhD; Andrei Irimia, PhD; Changhan David Lee, PhD;
Joseph Saenz, PhD; Ryo Sanabria, PhD; Reginald Tucker-Seeley,
ScD; Marc Vermulst, PhD
Research Professors: Henry Jay Forman, PhD; Todd Morgan, PhD
Research Associate Professors: Donna Benton, PhD; Jung Ki Kim,
PhD; Kelvin Yen, PhD
Research Assistant Professors: T. Em Arpawong, PhD, MPH;
Sebastian Brandhorst, PhD; Amy Christensen, PhD; Alexandra
Ycaza Herrera, PhD; Su-Jeong Kim PhD; Kaoru Nashiro, PhD;
Junxiang Wan, MD, PhD; Hongqiao Zhang, MD, PhD
Instructional Associate Professors: Caroline Cicero, PhD, MSW,
MPL; Cary Kreutzer, EdD, MPH, RD, FAND; Paul Nash, PhD;
George Shannon, PhD
Instructional Assistant Professors: Sarah Dhillon, PhD, MBA; Tara
Mastro, PhD; Min-Kyoung Rhee, PhD; Roberto Vicinanza, MD,
PhD
Joint Appointees: Maria Aranda, PhD (Social Work); Raquel
D. Arias, MD (Obstetrics & Gynecology); Christopher Beam,
PhD (Psychology); Michael A. Bonaguidi, PhD (Stem Cell
& Regenerative Medicine); Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
(Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences); Irene Chiolo, PhD
(Biologyical Sciences); Lucio Comai, PhD (Molecular Microbiology
& Immunology); Alexis Coulourides Kogan, PhD (Family Medicine);
Gerald C. Davison, PhD (Psychology and Gerontology); Steven
Finkel, PhD (Biological Sciences); Zach Gassoumis, PhD (Family
Medicine); Margaret Gatz, PhD (Psychology); Dana Goldman,
PhD (Public Policy, Pharmacy, Economics); Myron F. Goodman,
PhD (Molecular Biology and Chemistry); Nicholas Graham, PhD
(Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Duke Han, PhD
(Family Medicine); Diana Homeier, MD (Family Medicine); Kurt
Hong MD, PhD (Clinical Medicine); Yuri Jang, PhD (Social Work);
Ralf Langen, PhD (Physiology & Neuroscience); Martin Levine,
PhD (Law, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences); Michael
R. Lieber, MD, PhD (Pathology); Rong Lu, PhD (Stem Cell &
Regenerative Medicine); Jeffrey McCombs, PhD (Pharmacy);
Michalle Mor-Barak, DSW (Social Work); Laura A. Mosqueda, MD,
FAAFP, AGSF (Family Medicine); Roseann Mulligan, DDS, MS
(Dentistry); Robert C. Myrtle, DPA (Public Administration); Mike
Nichol, PhD (Health Policy); Judy Pa, PhD (Neurology); Carol
Prescott, PhD (Psychology); Victor Regnier, FAIA (Architecture);
Lon Schneider, MD (Psychiatry and Neurology); Freddi Segal-
Gedan, PhD (Neurology & Family Medicine); John Strauss, PhD
(Economics); John Tower, PhD (Biological Sciences); Bradley R.
Williams, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy); Ann Marie Yamada, PhD
(Social Work); Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD (Economics)
Lecturers: Jim Biggs, MPA; Socorro Carranza, MPH, RDN,
CDCES; Josh Johnson, MAG; Leah Marie Buturain Schneider,
PhD; Julia R. Walsh, JD
Adjunct Professors: Julie K. Andersen, PhD; Chris Benz, MD;
Martin Brand, PhD; Janette Brown, EdD; Judith Campisi, PhD;
Joanna Davies, MD; Dion Dickman, PhD; Lisa Ellerby, PhD; Tyler
B Evans, MD; Pejmun Haghighi, PhD; Malene Hansen, PhD;
Andrea Hevener, PhD; Doerte Junghaenel, PhD; Scott Kaiser, MD;
Pankaj Kapahi, PhD; Gordon Lithgow, PhD; Simon Melov, PhD;
Stefan Schneider, PhD; Yasuhiko Saito, PhD; Fernando Torres-Gil,
PhD*; Eric Verdin, MD; Jianjun Wang, PhD; Kai Zhou, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professors: Rachel Brem, PhD; Janet C. Frank,
DrPH; David Furman, PhD; Piedad Suarez, DDS; Daniel Winer,
MD
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Wen Dombrowski, MD, MBA;
Jennifer Garrison, PhD; John Newman, MD, PhD; Birgit Schilling,
PhD; Tara Tracy, PhD
Adjunct Lecturers: Anna Arabyan, PharmD; Julie Bates, PhD;
Tameka Brown, MAG; DeWayne McMullin, CPA, MBA, MAG; Leah
Buturain Schneider, PhD; Karlton Wong, MD
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor: Hiroshi Ueda, PhD
Adjunct Scholar: Marie-Therese Connolly, JD
Visiting Scholars: Paul Irving (Milken Institute); Guoxin Tao, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Henry Forman, PhD; Todd Morgan, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
USC DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY 595
Programs
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology offers
a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Aging;
a Bachelor of Science in Lifespan Health; undergraduate
classes through the health and humanity major in the USC
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; three minors in
gerontology; and four progressive degrees for Master of Science
in Gerontology, Master of Arts in Aging Services Management,
Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality, and Master of Arts in
Medical Gerontology, open to all undergraduate students.
The school offers several graduate degrees including a Master
of Science in Gerontology; a Master of Arts in Gerontology; a
Master of Arts in Aging Services Management; a Master of Arts
in Long Term Care Administration (with the Marshall School of
Business and the Price School of Public Policy); a Master of Arts in
Medical Gerontology; a Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality;
a Master of Arts in Foodservice Management and Dietetics; a
Master of Science in Applied Technology and Aging; a Master of
Science in Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics; a Master of Science
in Nutritional Science; and a Master of Science in Nutrition,
Healthspan and Longevity. All master's degrees are offered online
and onsite. The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology offers the
premier PhD in Gerontology program in the nation and also offers
a PhD in the Biology of Aging as well as a Doctor of Longevity Arts
and Sciences. The PhD programs are not offered online. Non-
degree graduate students may complete 16 units of gerontology
and be awarded a graduate level certificate in gerontology (also
available online).
Master's degree students may pursue one of several dual
degrees, which are jointly offered with other professional schools.
These are the Master of Science in Gerontology and the Master
of Business Administration (MS/MBA) with the Marshall School
of Business; the Master of Science in Gerontology and the Juris
Doctor (MS/JD) with the Gould School of Law; the Master of
Science in Gerontology and the Master of Public Administration
(MS/MPA), and the Master of Science in Gerontology and the
Master of Health Administration (MS/MHA) with the Price School of
Public Policy; the Master of Science in Gerontology and the Master
of Social Work (MS/MSW) with the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work; and the Master of Science in Gerontology and the
Doctor of Pharmacy (MS/PharmD) with the School of Pharmacy.
In addition to the degree and minor programs, overview courses
in aging are offered for undergraduates enrolled in other units
of the university. Many gerontology courses can be credited as
elective units.
Honor Society
The student honor society is Sigma Phi Omega, the national
honor society formed in 1980 to recognize the excellence of
those who study gerontology. The organization seeks to promote
scholarship and professionalism, and to recognize exemplary
attainment in the field of aging. Undergraduates must have a GPA
of at least 3.3 and graduate students a GPA of at least 3.5. Sigma
Phi Omega is administered by the Association for Gerontology
in Higher Education, an educational unit of the Gerontological
Society of America.
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center
The Andrus Gerontology Center initiates, designs and executes
basic and applied research on the many phases of development
and aging and provides for graduate and post-graduate
training in the biological, social, behavioral and policy sciences.
Specific areas of study include neurobiology, cognitive science,
biology, social organization behavior, human service delivery,
biodemography and social policy.
The Andrus Center offers a multidisciplinary research training
program in gerontology. It is directed toward graduate students
pursuing the PhD as well as a limited number of post-doctoral
fellows who develop research and academic careers in specialized
areas of gerontology. Research training is carried out within
individual disciplines.
Undergraduate Programs
Minors in Gerontology
The undergraduate minor program gives students the option
of combining their major with an emphasis in gerontology. The
minors provide students with the opportunity to supplement their
education with a life course perspective of aging processes.
The minor programs, which are multidisciplinary in nature, allow
the student to survey the sociological, political, psychological
and biological aspects of aging; to gain an understanding of the
current services available to older persons; and to examine the
contemporary policy issues facing the field.
The three minors include one in Geroscience, the social
science-focused Individuals, Societies and Aging and the health
science-focused Science, Health and Aging.
Bachelor of Science in Human Development
and Aging
The Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Aging
is an undergraduate degree offered at the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology that allows students to specialize within a
social science or health science track. Students specializing in the
social science track often pursue careers related to older adults
in business, law, the nonprofit sector or government agencies,
psychology and sociology. The health science track combines the
core gerontology curriculum with the prerequisites for admission to
medical school and other health-related fields including: dentistry,
pharmacy, nursing and others. In addition, students will participate
in a supervised practicum experience in which they will become
directly involved with aging clients in a health care setting.
Bachelor of Science in Lifespan Health
The Bachelor of Science in Lifespan Health prepares students
for admission to a graduate or professional school with an
emphasis on the biomedical aspects of health including disease
prevention, detection and treatment. This program is designed for
students wishing to pursue graduate studies in an allied health
field such as dental hygiene, occupational/physical therapy,
physician assistant, nutrition and other related fields.
Bachelor of Arts in Health and Humanity
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology offers
undergraduate classes through the Health and Humanity major in
the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (see the
Health and Humanity page).
Progressive Degree in Gerontology/Master
of Science in Gerontology, Master of Arts in
Aging Services Management, Master of Arts
in Senior Living Hospitality, or Master of
Arts in Medical Gerontology
The progressive degree program allows high performing
students to integrate their current undergraduate major with a
Master of Science in Gerontology, Master of Arts in Aging Services
Management, Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality, or Master
of Arts in Medical Gerontology.
Students will meet with the gerontology student adviser to
develop a course plan that must be approved by the USC Leonard
Davis School of Gerontology and the student's home department.
Students admitted into the progressive degree program begin
taking master's level courses in their senior year and will complete
the master's degree in year five. For more information on the
admission process, see the gerontology student adviser. The total
number of units for the master's degree, however, may be reduced
by a maximum of one third. Students must obtain permission
from both the bachelor's degree granting program and the USC
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. This program may be
particularly attractive to students majoring in biology, psychology,
policy and sociology. For more information on progressive
degrees, see the entry under Undergraduate Programs or
Graduate and Professional Education.
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Graduate Degrees
Master of Science in Gerontology
The Master of Science in Gerontology prepares graduates to
assume major leadership roles in the field of aging, primarily in
the planning, administration and evaluation of programs in the
private and public sectors, as well as executive positions in the
delivery of direct services to older people and their families and in
the instruction of older adults and service providers. The Master
of Science in Gerontology requires 44 units of course work. This
includes 32 units of required courses and 12 units of electives. As
part of this curriculum, a field practicum assures that these skills
can be applied in agencies and institutional settings. This program
is offered in both residential and online formats.
Master of Arts in Gerontology
The Master of Arts in Gerontology provides an opportunity to
acquire skills and formal training in gerontology. This program is
offered in both residential and online formats. Admission standards
and prerequisites are the same as listed for the Master of Science
in Gerontology with the exception that students in the online MA
program are expected to have a significant amount of experience
working in human services, health care, business or similar
settings. The program consists of 28 units of course work.
Master of Arts in Aging Services Management
The Master of Arts in Aging Services Management provides
an opportunity for those seeking careers in the aging services
industries to acquire skills and knowledge related to management
of services, products and programs for older persons. The
program requires a minimum of 12 units of core courses (three
courses) and 20 units of electives (five courses). This program
is offered in both residential and online formats. Continuous
registration in the program is required.
Master of Arts in Long Term Care Administration
The Master of Arts in Long Term Care Administration provides
an opportunity for professionals who are currently working in a
long term care profession to acquire skills and formal training in
long term care administration. The online program requires 28
units of course work. This program is offered in both residential
and online formats.
Master of Science in Nutrition, Healthspan and
Longevity
This degree is for those who want to pursue a career in nutrition
and dietetics. It can lead to working in health care facilities,
long-term care and supported living environments, tertiary and
community hospitals, university and school food service programs,
a business involving personal wellness, private practice, scientific
research on nutrition's role in health and longevity, or in policy and
advocacy. The program promotes health and longevity based on
scientific evidence, integrating academic study with professional
practice experience. The program requires 44 units of course work
and 1,000 hours of supervised practice in hospital, community, and
food service settings. Prerequisite courses are required as well as
40 hours of paid or volunteer work experience with a Registered
Dietitian. The program is a candidate for accreditation by the
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Graduates are eligible to take the Commission of Dietetics
Registration's national registration examination and receive the
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential upon passing the
examination.
Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality
The Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality (MASLH)
provides an opportunity for those seeking careers in the
senior living industry to acquire skills and knowledge related to
management of senior living organizations. The program requires
a minimum of 31 units of core courses and 12 units of electives.
Master of Arts in Medical Gerontology
The Master of Arts in Medical Gerontology prepares graduates
to become leaders in providing care to older persons throughout
the world. The program requires 33 units of course work. This
includes 25 units of required courses and 8 units of electives.
Master of Arts in Foodservice Management and
Dietetics
The Master of Arts in Foodservice Management and Dietetics
focuses on the principles and practices of lifespan nutrition and
wellness, food safety, the design and organization of food service
systems, purchasing and personnel management using classroom
learning as well as research application to address industry
problems and find solutions. The program requires 32 units of
course work.
Master of Science in Lifespan, Nutrition and
Dietetics
The Master of Science in Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics
prepares graduates with advanced training in nutrition through
both course work, research and internship experience. The
MSLND requires 38 units of course work.
Master of Science in Nutritional Science
The Master of Science in Nutritional Science provides students
with advanced understanding of lifespan human nutrition through
course work and research. The program requires 32 units of
course work. The program offers both on-campus and online
asynchronous courses and can be completed in 1-3 years.
Master of Science in Applied Technology and Aging
The Master of Science in Applied Technology and Aging is for
those interested in applying technology to the challenges faced by
an increasingly aging population. Ideally, this program is for those
with engineering, design or healthcare backgrounds or for those
whose career objectives lead to application of technology in senior
living or service organizations.
Graduate Level Certificate in Gerontology
The graduate certificate in gerontology program provides an
opportunity for those who have completed a bachelor's degree in
another profession or discipline and are employed in the field of
aging to acquire a greater understanding of gerontology theory
and research. The program consists of 16 units of gerontology
content designed to familiarize the student with several areas of
the field that relate to professional practice. This program is offered
in both residential and online formats.
Doctor of Philosophy in Gerontology
PhD in Gerontology students learn about the physiology of
human development and aging, examining social policies related
to aging as well as the psychological, behavioral and sociological
impact on lifespan development. Working closely with a faculty
mentor, they concentrate on a specific area of interest and begin
the process of discovering and shaping their own academic
specialization. They work closely with faculty on research and
publications, participate in colloquia, attend and present at national
organization meetings, acquire teaching experience and develop
a rich academic, personal, and professional network. The program
requires 60 units of course work and at least four additional
dissertation units and is only available as a residential program.
Doctor of Philosophy in the Biology of Aging
The PhD in the Biology of Aging program is designed for
students who want to become leaders in biogerontology. The
focus is on molecular, cellular, and regenerative medicine as
well as the integrative biology of aging. This unique doctoral
program, the first of its kind in the field, brings together two
world-renowned institutions: the USC Leonard Davis School and
the Buck Institute for research on Aging in Northern California.
Students can choose a mentor and PhD faculty committee from
either the Buck Institute or USC. Students' academic and research
activities take place on both the Southern and Northern California
locations. Candidates take core courses on the molecular and
cellular biology of aging and age-related diseases, and then select
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a track among neuroscience, molecular, and cellular biology, stem
cell and regenerative sciences, and biomedical sciences. The
program requires 60 units of work, including courses, seminars
and research credit. At least 24 of the 60 units must be formal
graduate course work (lectures or seminars). It is only available as
a residential program.
Doctorate of Longevity Arts and Sciences
Students enrolled in the Doctorate of Longevity Arts and
Sciences (DLAS) will learn about the human potential for
healthspan, lifespan and meaning. This program seeks to provide
a framework to advance the concept of meaning-making through
the biological, sociological and psychological sciences. The
program requires 60 units of work.
Dual Degree Programs
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology cooperates
with five other professional schools at USC in offering programs in
which the student receives two master's degrees. These degrees
provide the student with the knowledge and skills of gerontology
as well as those of the other professional field. The dual degrees
require more course work than the MS alone but offer the graduate
greater breadth of education and employment options.
Dual degrees currently available are the Master of Science in
Gerontology and the Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)
with the Marshall School of Business; the Master of Science in
Gerontology and the Juris Doctor (MS/JD) with the Gould School
of Law; the Master of Science in Gerontology and the Master of
Public Administration (MS/MPA), and the Master of Science in
Gerontology and the Master of Health Administration (MS/MHA)
with the Price School of Public Policy; the Master of Science in
Gerontology and the Master of Social Work (MS/MSW) with the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work; and the Master of
Science in Gerontology and the Doctor of Pharmacy (MS/PharmD)
with the School of Pharmacy. Students must apply to both schools
and if accepted to both, participate in specially designed programs
combining the courses of each school.
Applicants to any of the dual degree programs must submit
two separate applications to the Office of Admissions; one for the
gerontology program and one indicating the other degree program.
Each of the schools must accept the student for admission.
Acceptance into one school's degree program does not imply
acceptance into the dual degree program.
Gerontology and Business Administration
See Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in
Gerontology (MBA/MS) for requirements.
Gerontology and Public Administration
The MS/MPA dual degree offers the student interested in
management of agencies and institutions the opportunity to gain
in-depth knowledge of the administrative and organizational
processes and management skills necessary for the effective
delivery of services to older persons. See the USC Price School of
Public Policy for course requirements.
Gerontology and Health Administration
Students can specialize in health care administration (profit and
non-profit) through the dual degree with the Price School of Public
Policy's Health Administration Program. See the USC Price School
of Public Policy for course requirements.
Gerontology and Social Work
See Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Social Work
(MS/MSW) for requirements.
Gerontology and Pharmacy
See Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Gerontology
(PharmD/MS) for requirements.
Gerontology and Law
The MS/JD dual degree combines the knowledge of the older
population with understanding of the legal system. The program
prepares graduates for a number of roles in both public and private
sector organizations. Students are required to complete 110 units
of course work, 74 from the Gould School of Law and 36 from the
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. The first year is devoted
to required law courses, and the second, third and fourth years
combine gerontology and law courses. To earn the JD, all students
(including dual degree students) must complete 35 numerically
graded law units at USC after the first year. The associate dean
may make exceptions to the rule for students enrolled in the law
school honors program. See the USC Gould School of Law for
course requirements.
Bachelor's Degree
Human Development and Aging (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Aging
is an undergraduate degree offered at the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology in the social sciences. Students in this
program often pursue careers related to older adults in business,
law, the nonprofit sector or government agencies.
Students may also specialize in a health science track. The
health science track combines the core gerontology curriculum
with the prerequisites for admission to medical school and other
health-related fields including: dentistry, pharmacy, occupational/
physical therapy, physician assistant programs and others. In
addition, students will participate in a supervised practicum
experience in which they will become directly involved with aging
clients in a health care setting.
Students planning to pursue a BS are urged to notify the school
of this intent as early as possible during their undergraduate study.
This will help ensure that the student receives proper advisement
and that the student is alerted to any special requirements or
program modifications.
During the freshman and sophomore years, students enroll
primarily in general education required courses as specified by the
university and the Human Development and Aging course (GERO
200).
During their junior and senior years, students enroll in required
and elective courses in the School of Gerontology as well as other
courses throughout the university. These courses are selected
in consultation with an adviser and reflect the personal and
professional interests of the students.
The honors program is available to juniors who maintain a GPA
of 3.5 in gerontology and a GPA of 3.3 in other USC course work.
The honors program includes mentored training in research and
course work relevant to research methodology and statistics.
A grade point average of at least C (2.0) on all units attempted
at USC is required for undergraduate degrees. The School of
Gerontology requires a minimum 2.0 grade point average in upper
division courses applied toward the major.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by other
people) a generally well-educated person. This program requires
eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global
Perspectives (which may double-count with courses in the Core
Literacies). See dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge for more information.
Foreign Language or Programming Skills
(12 Units)
Students must satisfy the skill level requirement in one
language or complete ITP 101 and additional ITP 100-level
programming courses to total 12 units.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
• GERO 200 Gerontology: The Science of Adult Development
Units: 4
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
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• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
• GERO 491 Practicum Units: 2-8 (4 units)
• GERO 492 Senior Seminar Units: 4
• General Education Units: 24
• Writing Requirement Units: 8
• Foreign Language or Programming Units: 12
• Gerontology electives Units: 20
• One approved statistics course Units: 4
• General electives in gerontology or related disciplines (8
units upper division) Units: 32
Total Units: 128
Recommended General Electives
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• GERO 481 Case Management for Older Adults Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 437 Adolescent Development Units: 4 *
• SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4
• SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Human Development and Aging, Health
Science Track (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Aging
is an undergraduate degree offered at the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology in the social sciences. Students in this
program often pursue careers related to older adults in business,
law, the nonprofit sector or government agencies.
The health science track combines the core gerontology
curriculum with the prerequisites for admission to medical school
and other health-related fields including: dentistry, pharmacy,
occupational/physical therapy, physician assistant programs
and others. In addition, students will participate in a supervised
practicum experience in which they will become directly involved
with aging clients in a health care setting.
Requirements for Admission
The listed requirements for admission to the health science
track in human development and aging will not differ from existing
requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Science in Human
Development and Aging. However, because health professional
schools are very competitive, USC students interested in this
program will be expected to have achieved at least a 3.0 grade
point average (A = 4.0). Students entering the program from
high schools or transferring from community colleges will also be
expected to meet the minimum admission standards.
Degree Requirements
Science and Mathematics
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 *
Total units: 36
Gerontology Upper Division Core Courses
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4 or
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
• GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care Units: 4
Total units: 20
Additional Requirements
• General Education Units: 24
• Writing Requirement Units: 8
• Gerontology upper division electives Units: 12
• General electives in gerontology or related disciplines (8
units upper division) Units: 28
Total units: 72
Total units: 128
Recommended General Electives
• ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Units: 4
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4 *
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• LING 405 Child Language Acquisition Units: 4
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 *
• PSYC 437 Adolescent Development Units: 4 *
• SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4
• SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required.
Human Development and Aging, Honors
Programs (BS)
USC Davis offers an honors program to outstanding students
already pursuing studies for the BS in Human Development and
Aging degree. This program offers students an opportunity to
participate in mentored undergraduate research, taking course
work in research methods and statistics in aging, and experience
in writing an honors thesis that summarizes the research project.
Honors students are required to complete GERO 497a, GERO
497b, GERO 497c for a total of 6–8 units, beginning in the fall or
spring of the junior year. In the senior year, they must complete
GERO 593 Research Methods with a minimum grade of B. GERO
593 is offered only in the fall semester. Completion of the program
requires a minimum GPA of 3.5 in gerontology and 3.3 in other
courses. The program leads to the designation on the transcript
of Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Aging with
Honors.
The student takes 2 units of GERO 497a in the fall or spring
of the junior year as a mentored research course to begin the
process of developing an honors thesis. This would be in lieu of
elective units. In the fall of the junior or senior year the student
would complete GERO 593 for 4 units and 2 units of GERO 497b,
both in lieu of elective units. Also during the fall semester, the
research design and methods for the honors thesis are finalized
and the research project begun. In the spring, the student would
register for 2–4 units of GERO 497c in lieu of elective units. The
goal for that semester is to complete the research and write the
honors thesis.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
• GERO 200 Gerontology: The Science of Adult Development
Units: 4
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
• GERO 350 Administrative Problems in Aging Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
• GERO 481 Case Management for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 491 Practicum Units: 2-8
• GERO 492 Senior Seminar Units: 4
USC DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY 599
• General Education Units: 24
• Writing Requirement Units: 8
• Foreign Language or Programming Units: 12
• Gerontology electives Units: 12
• One approved statistics course Units: 4
• Electives in gerontology and related disciplines Units: 20–22
Total units: 116-118
Gerontology Honors Courses
• GERO 497a Honors Seminar Units: 2 *
• GERO 497b Honors Seminar Units: 2 *
• GERO 497c Honors Seminar Units: 2-4 *
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Total units: 10-12
Total units: 128
*Prerequisite required.
Requirements for Completion of the Health
Science Honors Track
Science and Mathematics
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4 *
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 *
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 *
Total units: 36
Gerontology Upper Division Core Courses
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4 *
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4 or
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
• GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging Units: 4 *
• GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care Units: 4
Total units: 20
Additional Requirements
• ITP 101 Introduction to Business Information Technologies
Units: 2
Total units: 60-62
Gerontology Honors Courses
• GERO 497a Honors Seminar Units: 2 *
• GERO 497b Honors Seminar Units: 2 *
• GERO 497c Honors Seminar Units: 2-4 *
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Total units: 10-12
Total units: 128
*Prerequisite required.
Lifespan Health (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Lifespan Health prepares students
for admission to a graduate or professional school with an
emphasis on the biomedical aspects of health including disease
prevention, detection and treatment. This program is designed for
students wishing to pursue graduate studies in a health field such
as medicine, pharmacy, occupational/physical therapy, psychology
and other related fields.
Admission to this program is granted through USC's admission
process, described in the admission section of this catalogue. The
same foreign language or programming skills requirement for the
Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Aging default
Social Science track (12 units total) is required as well as the USC
General Education program. Students must enroll in the following
courses:
Gerontology Required Courses (28 units)
• GERO 200 Gerontology: The Science of Adult Development
Units: 4
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
• GERO 483 Global Health and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 492 Senior Seminar Units: 4
• GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care Units: 4
Choose Three from the Following Five Courses
(12 units)
• GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 437 Social and Psychological Aspects of Death and
Dying Units: 2 or 4 **
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4 *
• GERO 475 Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health Care Units: 4
• GERO 481 Case Management for Older Adults Units: 4
Gerontology Electives (12 units)
Electives (32 units)
Notes:
*Prerequisite required.
**GERO 437 must be taken for 4 units of credit
Minor
Geroscience Minor
The Geroscience Minor provides students with the opportunity
to supplement their education with a life course perspective of
aging processes. The minor includes a specific focus on active
participation in research and course work that emphasizes current
research discoveries in geroscience. The core curriculum of this
minor includes GERO 300, GERO 301, and 8 units of directed
research credit for participating in hands-on research with a faculty
mentor. GERO 300 is an introduction to geroscience research
and is meant to be taken prior to working in a lab. This course will
expose emerging undergraduate geroscholars to the breadth of
research opportunities at USC by some of the worlds experts in
all domains of gerontology. This course is meant to help students
decide which area of research is more exciting for them and to
help them choose potential research groups to rotate in during
the spring semester. GERO 301 enables students to effectively
read current scientific literature and present a literature review to
their peer group. This course will be taken after a minimum of two
semesters of research in a mentors lab; once a student is more
familiar with the field and the research methodologies for that
discipline.
This program is multidisciplinary in nature, It allows students
to survey the biological, sociological, political and psychological
aspects of aging, which provides a critical understanding of the
current issues facing the field. Students choose one elective
course based on their research area; undergraduate researchers
working with biogerontologists will take GERO 315g A Journey into
the Mind, which is designed to help non-science majors appreciate
how important science is to their lives and to gain an applied
understanding of how science goes about getting data to support
ideas about how the brain works, and how that results in how we
all behave; while researchers working with social gerontologists
will take GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society,
which studies how Americans' political values affect public policy
and includes a discussion of landmark legislation that explores the
social contract between generations and role of governments in
social welfare. Lastly, students will choose one additional course
from a collection of electives, including two of our most popular
courses on diversity in aging (GERO 380m and GERO 435m).
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Required Courses
Take GERO 300 (2 units) and GERO 301 (2 units) and GERO 490
(2 units) for four semesters (12 units total).
• GERO 300 Introduction to Geroscience Research Units: 2
• GERO 301 Current Topics in Geroscience Research Units: 2
• GERO 490x Directed Research Units: 1-8
Elective Courses
Choose one 4-unit course from the list below.
• GERO 315g A Journey into the Mind Units: 4
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
• GERO 380m Diversity in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
• GERO 435m Women and Aging: Psychological, Social and
Political Implications Units: 4
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4
Individuals, Societies and Aging Minor
This minor is a fit for students in business, engineering,
communication, cinematic arts, or arts and sciences interested in
developing a broad knowledge of issues in aging. Based largely
on disciplines in the behavioral and social sciences, students
learn how aging will impact their lives, families and careers. Upon
completion of 20 units and graduation, the minor is noted on the
student's transcript.
Required Courses
• GERO 320g Psychology of Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 330 Society and Adult Development Units: 4
• GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in an Aging Society
Units: 4
Select two from the following:
• GERO 380m Diversity in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
• GERO 435m Women and Aging: Psychological, Social and
Political Implications Units: 4
• GERO 437 Social and Psychological Aspects of Death and
Dying Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 481 Case Management for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 491 Practicum Units: 2-8
Total units: 20
Science, Health and Aging Minor
The science, health and aging minor is appropriate for students
working toward careers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biological
sciences, public health or other health related fields. Admission to
the minor is only available to students who have completed 4 units
of prerequisites (BISC 120 or BISC 121) as part of their major
requirements. Upon completion of 20 units and graduation, the
minor is noted on the student's transcript.
Required Courses
• GERO 310 Physiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4 or
• GERO 496 Introduction to Clinical Geriatrics Units: 4
Select two from the following:
• GERO 315g A Journey into the Mind Units: 4
• GERO 415 Neuroaffective Disorders of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 437 Social and Psychological Aspects of Death and
Dying Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging Units: 4 *
• GERO 475 Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health Care Units: 4
• GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care Units: 4
* Prerequisite required.
Total units: 20
Master's Degree
Advanced Placement Gerontology (MS)
The Advanced Placement MS program allows the outstanding
student who has completed a Bachelor of Science in Gerontology
to waive several courses in order to complete the master's degree
in 36 units rather than the 44 units for the regular program.
Required Courses
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4 or
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 or
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4 or
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• Gerontology skill requirements Units: 12
• Gerontology electives Units: 4
Total units: 36
Program Adaptation
Three of the following courses, GERO 510, GERO 520, GERO
530 and GERO 540, will be waived for students in the advanced
placement track. Advanced placement students admitted to dual
degree programs must meet curriculum requirements for the
respective programs.
Aging Services Management (MA)
The Master of Aging Services Management provides an
opportunity for those seeking careers in the aging services
industries to acquire skills and knowledge related to management
of services, products and programs for older persons. The
program requires a minimum of 12 units of core courses (three
courses) and 20 units of electives (five courses). All graduate level
courses are offered on campus and via the Internet. Continuous
registration in the program is required. Leaves of absence are
available for limited times and are excluded from the total time.
In order to participate in online courses, students will be
required to have access to a computer with multimedia capability
including a laptop or desktop computer with broadband (high
speed) internet capability including a web browser, word
processing software and presentation software, as well as a
printer. Specific details regarding the computer requirements will
be provided by the department. This program is available as a
progressive degree (see Progressive Degree in Gerontology).
Students applying to the Master of Aging Services Management
must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
university with a GPA of 3.0. If the applicant's GPA falls below 3.0
the GRE will be required.
Students must choose a minimum of 12 units of core courses
from the following:
Core Courses (12 units)
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in Consumer Decision
Making Units: 4
• GERO 504 Current Issues in Aging Services Management
Units: 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
Elective Courses (20 units)
Students must select five electives (for a total of 20 units) of
Gerontology courses from the list below. Core courses may not
double count as electives, but core courses taken in excess of the
USC DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY 601
12 units required may be used toward the elective units. Students
may take any elective courses below with a few limitations:
1. GERO 499 and GERO 599 may be taken in consultation with
the academic adviser
2. A maximum of two GERO 400-level courses from the list
below
3. A maximum of 4 units of GERO 590
4. A maximum of 8 units of GERO 591
• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy
and in the Mediterranean Units: 4
• GERO 489 Finding the Key to a Long, Happy Life in
Nicoya, Costa Rica Units: 4
• GERO 493p Longevity and Death among Ancient and
Modern European Populations (Italy) Units: 2
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases
Units: 4
• GERO 499 Special Topics Units: 2-4
• GERO 505 Housing and Community Policies and
Programs Units: 4
• GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging
(Gerontechnology) Units: 4
• GERO 507 End of Life Care Units: 4
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 509 Mindful Aging: Spirituality, Gratitude, and
Resilience Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 514 The Art of Geriatric Symptom Management
Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2
or 4
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models: Comparative
Approaches Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 552 Human Resources and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and Normal Changes
with Aging Units: 4
• GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with Emphasis on
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging and Assisted
Living Units: 4
• GERO 566 Cognitive Decline: Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia and Advances in Imaging Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through
Nutrition, Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• GERO 599 Special Topics Units: 2-4
Total Units: 32
Applied Technology and Aging (MS)
This program is for those interested in applying technology to
the challenges faced by an increasingly aging population. Ideally,
for those with engineering, design or healthcare backgrounds or
for those whose career objectives lead to application of technology
in senior living or service organizations.
Applicants to the program are expected to have an
undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university
preferably from a relevant field of study.
Required Courses
Students must take 20 units of the following five courses plus 4
units of GERO 591 Field Practicum. (24 units total of required
courses).
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in Consumer Decision
Making Units: 4
• GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging
(Gerontechnology) Units: 4
• GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging and Assisted Living
Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
Electives
Students must choose two courses from the following electives
(8 units). Students may take up to 8 units of Directed Research.
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 566 Cognitive Decline: Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia and Advances in Imaging Units: 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12
• GERO 592 Multidisciplinary Research Seminar in Aging
Units: 2
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Foodservice Management and Dietetics (MA)
The degree focuses on the principles and practices of lifespan
nutrition and wellness, food safety, the design and organization
of food service systems, purchasing and personnel management
using classroom learning as well as research application to
address industry problems and find solutions. Graduates may seek
roles in long-term care, hospitals, government and other public and
private foodservice operations. The degree prepares graduates
to sit for the Certifying Board for Dietary Managers (CBDM®)
Credentialing Exam. Graduates will work with multidisciplinary
teams to provide quality food production, service and nutritional
care and are an integral member of the health care team.
Continuous registration in the program is required. Leaves
of absence are available for limited times and may require the
student to wait until the next year to re-enroll as some courses are
offered annually, and must be taken sequentially. A maximum of
two leaves of absence is allowed.
In order to participate online, students will be required to have
access to a computer with multimedia capability including high-
speed Internet access, audio and a digital video camera. Specific
details regarding computer requirements will be provided by the
program.
Prerequisites for Admission
Students applying for admission to the Master of Science in
LIfespan, Nutrition and Dietetics program must have a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university. In addition, the
following prerequisites must be complete before starting the
program: human physiology, microbiology, biochemistry and
introductory nutrition.
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In selecting applicants for admission, the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology considers both academic potential (as
reflected in undergraduate study with a GPA greater than 3.0) and
professional potential (as reflected in experience, references and
career goals). The school requests information from applicants
to supplement that supplied by the USC Application for Graduate
Admission. Supplemental information includes a résumé,
statement of interest in nutrition and longevity and two letters
of reference. Interviews may be required for highest ranking
applicants.
Probation and Disqualification
Probation and Warning: Any graduate student with a cumulative
or semester grade point average in the university falling below B
(3.0) will be placed on academic probation. A graduate student
whose semester average falls below B (3.0) but whose cumulative
grade point average in the university is 3.0 (A = 4.0) or higher will
be placed on academic warning. Students will not be allowed to
begin supervised field practice in the second semester if any first
semester grades fall below a B (3.0).
Disqualification: A graduate student on academic probation will
be disqualified if his or her cumulative record accumulates more
than 12 units of C work. A graduate student, whether on probation
or not, will be subject to disqualification if the Student Affairs
Committee of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at
any time determines deficiency in academic achievement.
Required Courses
Students must take all 10 courses listed below which total 32 units.
• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy and
in the Mediterranean Units: 4
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 512 Communicating Nutrition and Health Units: 2
• GERO 515L Food Production and Food Service
Management Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 577 Food Service and Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 578 Revenue Management for Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 (2 units required)
• GERO 592 Multidisciplinary Research Seminar in Aging
Units: 2 (4 units required)
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Gerontology (MA)
The MA in Gerontology provides an opportunity to acquire skills
and formal training in gerontology. Most courses are offered online
and on campus.
Continuous registration in the program is required. Leaves of
absence are available for limited times and are excluded from the
total time limit.
In order to participate in the online courses, students will be
required to have access to a laptop or desktop computer with
broadband (high speed) internet capability including a web
browser, word processing software and presentation software,
as well as a printer. Specific details regarding the computer
requirements will be provided by the department.
Admission standards and prerequisites are the same as listed
for the Master of Science in Gerontology with the exception
that students in the online MA program are expected to have
a significant amount of experience working in human services,
health care, business or similar settings. Students are not required
to have taken an approved additional course.
Required Courses (20 units)
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2
or 4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
Elective Courses (8 units)
Students must select two electives (for a total of 8 units) of
Gerontology courses from the list below. Students may take a
maximum of one GERO 400 level course from the list below.
Students may also take GERO 499 and GERO 599 in consultation
with the academic adviser.
• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy and
in the Mediterranean Units: 4
• GERO 489 Finding the Key to a Long, Happy Life in Nicoya,
Costa Rica Units: 4
• GERO 493p Longevity and Death among Ancient and
Modern European Populations (Italy) Units: 2
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 499 Special Topics Units: 2-4
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in Consumer Decision
Making Units: 4
• GERO 504 Current Issues in Aging Services Management
Units: 4
• GERO 505 Housing and Community Policies and Programs
Units: 4
• GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging
(Gerontechnology) Units: 4
• GERO 507 End of Life Care Units: 4
• GERO 509 Mindful Aging: Spirituality, Gratitude, and
Resilience Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 514 The Art of Geriatric Symptom Management
Units: 4
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models: Comparative
Approaches Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 552 Human Resources and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and Normal Changes with
Aging Units: 4
• GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with Emphasis on
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging and Assisted Living
Units: 4
• GERO 566 Cognitive Decline: Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia and Advances in Imaging Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• GERO 599 Special Topics Units: 2-4
Total units: 28
Gerontology (MS)
The Master of Science in Gerontology prepares graduates to
assume major leadership roles in the field of aging, primarily in
the planning, administration and evaluation of programs in the
private and public sectors, as well as executive positions in the
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delivery of direct services to older people and their families and in
the instruction of older adults and service providers. The Master
of Science in Gerontology requires 44 units of course work. This
includes 32 units of required courses and 12 units of electives. As
part of this curriculum, a field practicum assures that these skills
can be applied in agencies and institutional settings.
All students take core courses in physiological, psychological,
sociological, social policy and professional issues relating to aging,
as well as research methods and the capstone course.
The course work includes instruction on the processes of aging
and professional courses designed to develop the skills needed
for practice. The field practicum includes one or two semesters of
practical experience working in an organizational setting.
Continuous registration in the program is required. There is a
five year completion time limit for the degree. Leaves of absence
are available for limited times and are excluded from the total time
limit. A maximum of two absences (one year each) is allowed.
Most courses are offered on campus and online.
Prerequisites for Admission
Students applying for admission to the Master of Science
in Gerontology program must have a bachelor's degree from
an accredited college or university. In selecting applicants for
admission, the School of Gerontology considers both academic
potential (as reflected in undergraduate study or scores on the
Graduate Record Examinations) and professional potential
(as reflected in experience, references and career goals). The
school requests information from applicants to supplement that
supplied by the USC Application for Graduate Admission. Such
supplemental information usually includes a resume, statement of
interest in gerontology and letters of reference. Interviews may be
required.
Probation and Disqualification
Probation and Warning: Any graduate student whose cumulative
or semester grade point average in the university falls below B
(3.0) will be placed on academic probation. A graduate student
whose semester average falls below B (3.0) but whose cumulative
grade point average in the university is 3.0 (A = 4.0) or higher will
be placed on academic warning.
Disqualification: A graduate student on academic probation
will be disqualified if his or her cumulative record accumulates
more than 12 units of C work. A graduate student, whether on
probation or not, will be subject to disqualification if the Student
Affairs Committee of the USC Leonard Davis School at any time
determines deficiency in academic achievement.
Common Requirements
All candidates for the Master of Science degree must complete
the following common requirements:
Required Courses
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Total units: 28
Capstone Course
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
Suggested Electives (12 Units)
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
Total units: 44
Additional Requirements
Common requirements for all programs include the 28 required
units and GERO 555, totaling 32 units. In addition, each candidate
must complete the 12 units of electives chosen from the complete
list of electives approved by the student's adviser.
Field Practicum
The field practicum provides the opportunity for the student to
gain valuable experience and develop needed skills by working in
a community agency or institution. It involves a minimum of 240
hours of involvement. Students may elect to take an additional 4
units of GERO 591 Field Practicum as an elective.
Field placement assignments are made by the internship
coordinator of the school in consultation with the student and in
accordance with the resources available in the community. Every
effort is made to secure placement, which will reflect the student's
capacity to assume the responsibilities of a professional in
gerontology. Evaluations of the student's performance are sent to
the school by the community agency; the student receives a grade
of credit/no credit in GERO 591 Field Practicum.
Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics (MS)
The Master of Science in Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics
(MSLND) prepares graduates with advanced training in nutrition
through both course work, research and internship experience.
The degree prepares graduates to assume positions internationally
in nutrition and dietetics and equips graduates to plan, deliver
and administer programs in the private and public sectors. The
degree prepares graduates to assume leadership roles in the field
of nutrition and dietetics with a focus on wellness and longevity.
The MSLND requires 38 units of course work. As part of this
curriculum, a field practicum assures that these skills can be
applied in agencies and organizational settings. This program is
offered in both residential and online formats. This program is not
accredited by the Accreditation Council in Nutrition and Dietetics
(ACEND). Graduates would be eligible to sit for the Certified
Dietary Manager (CDM) Exam.
Continuous registration in the program is required. Leaves
of absence are available for limited times and may require the
student to wait until the next year to re-enroll as some courses are
offered annually and must be taken sequentially. A maximum of
two leaves of absence is allowed.
In order to participate online, students will be required to have
access to a computer with multimedia capability including high-
speed Internet access, audio and a digital video camera. Specific
details regarding computer requirements will be provided by the
program.
Prerequisites for Admission
Students applying for admission to the Master of Science in
Lifespan, Nutrition and Dietetics program must have a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university. In addition, the
following prerequisites must be complete before starting the
program: human physiology, microbiology, biochemistry and
introductory nutrition.
In selecting applicants for admission, the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology considers both academic potential (as
reflected in undergraduate study with a GPA greater than 3.0) and
professional potential (as reflected in experience, references and
career goals). The school requests information from applicants
to supplement that supplied by the USC Application for Graduate
Admission. Supplemental information includes a résumé,
statement of interest in nutrition and longevity and two letters
of reference. Interviews may be required for highest-ranking
applicants.
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Probation and Disqualification
Probation and Warning: Any graduate student with a cumulative
or semester grade point average in the university falling below B
(3.0) will be placed on academic probation. A graduate student
whose semester average falls below B (3.0) but whose cumulative
grade point average in the university is 3.0 (A = 4.0) or higher will
be placed on academic warning. Students will not be allowed to
begin supervised field practice in the second semester if any first
semester grades fall below a B (3.0).
Disqualification: A graduate student on academic probation will
be disqualified if his or her cumulative record accumulates more
than 12 units of C work. A graduate student, whether on probation
or not, will be subject to disqualification if the Student Affairs
Committee of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at
any time determines deficiency in academic achievement.
Course Requirements
All candidates for the Master of Science in Lifespan, Nutrition
and Dietetics degree must complete the following required
courses:
Required Courses
A minimum of 38 units is required.
• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy and
in the Mediterranean Units: 4
or
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 511 Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition Screening and
Assessment Units: 4
• GERO 512 Communicating Nutrition and Health Units: 2
• GERO 513 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Macronutrients
Units: 2
• GERO 515L Food Production and Food Service
Management Units: 4
• GERO 517L Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition Units: 4
• GERO 560 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Micronutrients Units: 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12 (2 units required)
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 (4 units required)
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• GERO 599 Special Topics Units: 2-4 (4 units required)
Long Term Care Administration (MA)
The Long Term Care Administration (MA) provides an
opportunity for professionals who are currently working in a long
term care profession to acquire skills and formal training in long
term care administration. The online program requires 28.5 units of
course work.
The required courses are in sequential order and are restricted
by availability. Continuous registration in the program is required.
Leaves of absence are available for limited times and are excluded
from the total time limit.
In order to participate in online courses, students will be
required to have access to a computer with multimedia capability
including a laptop or desktop computer with broadband (high
speed) Internet capability including a web browser and word
processing software. Specific details regarding the computer
requirements will be provided by the department.
Admission standards are the same as for the Master of Science
in Gerontology.
Transfer Credits
An admission credit evaluation is prepared for graduate
students with previous graduate level course work. This review
indicates which courses the university will approve but it is the
relevant school (Gerontology, Business, or Public Policy) that
determines if any of these courses are appropriate for this degree.
A maximum of 4 units may be used toward the master's degree.
Graduate transfer credit will not be granted for life
experience, credit by examination, non-credit extension courses,
correspondence courses or thesis supervision. Graduate transfer
credit will not be granted for any course work taken elsewhere
after the student has been admitted and enrolled at USC unless
the student receives prior written approval from the department.
Required Courses (24.5 units)
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4 or
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
(4 units required)
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GSBA 504a Operations Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 509 Marketing Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
(1.5 units required)
• PPD 601 Management of Long-Term Care Organizations
Units: 4
Elective Courses (4 units)
Students must select one elective course from the following
courses:
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
Medical Gerontology (MA)
The Master of Arts in Medical Gerontology prepares graduates
to become leaders in providing care to older persons throughout
the world. It may be completed in class or online. The goal of
this program is to provide medical doctors and other health care
professionals with gerontological training and expertise absent
from their primary training. After completing this program health
care professionals will have a greater understanding of older
persons and will have the tools to take a whole person approach to
aging and caring for older people. The program requires 33 units
of course work. This includes 25 units of required courses and 8
units of electives.
Continuous registration in the program is required. There is a
five year completion time limit for the degree. Leaves of absence
are available for limited times and are excluded from the total time
limit. A maximum of two absences (one year each) is allowed.
Prerequisites for Admission
Students applying for admission to the Master of Arts in
Medical Gerontology program must have a bachelor's degree
from an accredited college or university and it is preferable to
have a primary professional degree in one of the health fields
(e.g., occupational therapy, physical therapy, medicine, nursing,
dentistry). In selecting applicants for admission, the School of
Gerontology considers both academic potential, including an
undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, and advanced professional
training and experience, as well as references and future goals.
The school requests information from applicants to supplement
that supplied by the USC Application for Graduate Admission.
Such supplemental information usually includes a resume,
statement of interest in gerontology and letters of reference.
Interviews may be required. For more information on the
application and admission please contact the USC Leonard Davis
School Admissions Office at (213) 740-5156.
Probation and Disqualification
Probation and Warning: Any graduate student whose cumulative
or semester grade point average in the university falls below B
(3.0) will be placed on academic probation. A graduate student
whose semester average falls below B (3.0) but whose cumulative
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grade point average in the university is 3.0 (A = 4.0) or higher will
be placed on academic warning.
Disqualification: A graduate student on academic probation
will be disqualified if his or her cumulative record accumulates
more than 12 units of C work. A graduate student, whether on
probation or not, will be subject to disqualification if the Student
Affairs Committee of the USC Leonard Davis School at any time
determines deficiency in academic achievement.
Required Courses (25 units)
All candidates for the Master of Arts in Medical Gerontology
degree must complete the following common requirements:
• GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and Normal Changes with
Aging Units: 4
• GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with Emphasis on
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 566 Cognitive Decline: Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia and Advances in Imaging Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 569 Healthcare Leadership and Administration
Units: 1
Electives (8 units)
Courses are selected in consultation with an adviser. Suggested
courses include:
• GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging and Assisted Living
Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity (MS)
The Master of Science in Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity,
a Coordinated Program (CP) in Nutrition and Dietetics, prepares
graduates for roles in the field of nutrition and dietetics promoting
personalized nutrition through work in hospitals and health
care facilities, long-term care or school food service programs,
business, teaching, research or private practice. The program has
been fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in
Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) and integrates academic study
with professional practice experience. Twenty-four students are
admitted each year in the fall. Students can complete the full-time
degree program in two years, on-campus or online (for those
living more than 100 miles from USC). Online students will be
required to find and utilize facilities in their community to complete
the required course laboratory activities and supervised practice
(verification of facilities will be required after acceptance, and
before enrollment, for first-year rotations). Successful completion
of 44 units of course work is required for graduation and includes
28 units of required courses, 10 units of supervised practice and
6 units of research. The program summative experience will be
an electronic portfolio, including research completed throughout
the program. Students will be required to present their work at a
local, state or national dietetics conference as a requirement of
graduation.
Continuous registration in the program is required. Leaves
of absence are available for limited times and may require the
student to wait until the next year to re-enroll as some courses
are offered annually, and must be taken sequentially. A maximum
of two leaves of absence is allowed. Upon completion of the
Master of Science degree, students are eligible to write for the
Credentialing Examination for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.
In order to participate online, students will be required to have
access to a computer with multimedia capability including high-
speed Internet access, audio and a digital video camera. Specific
details regarding computer requirements will be provided by the
program.
Field Practicum
The field practicum provides the opportunity for students to gain
valuable experience and develop needed skills by working in an
institutional or community environment where nutrition services are
provided by registered dietitians or food services professionals.
Field placement assignments begin in the second semester of the
program and continue every semester until graduation. Students
attending the program on campus are placed by the program
coordinator in consultation with the student as resources are
available in the community. Evaluations of students are sent to the
school by the community agency; the student receives a grade of
credit/no credit in GERO 591 Field Practicum.
Prerequisites for Admission
Students applying for admission to the Master of Science
in Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity program must have a
bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. In
addition, the following prerequisites must be complete before
starting the program: cellular biology with lab, microbiology
with lab, general chemistry with lab, organic chemistry with
lab, biochemistry with lab, human physiology with lab, general
psychology or sociology, algebra or pre-calculus or calculus or
statistics, speech or communications, introductory food science
and human nutrition. All prerequisite courses cannot be more than
10 years old at the time of application. The exceptions are the
general psychology course and the math course; there is no time
limit on these two courses.
In selecting applicants for admission, the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology considers both academic potential (as
reflected in undergraduate study with a GPA greater than 3.0) and
professional potential (as reflected in experience, references and
career goals). The school requests information from applicants
to supplement that supplied by the USC Application for Graduate
Admission. Supplemental information includes a résumé,
statement of interest in nutrition and longevity and two letters of
reference. Applicants are required to document at least 40 hours
of paid or volunteer work experience with a registered dietitian.
Interviews may be required for highest ranking applicants.
Probation and Disqualification
Probation and Warning: Any graduate student with a cumulative
or semester grade point average in the university falling below B
(3.0) will be placed on academic probation. A graduate student
whose semester average falls below B (3.0) but whose cumulative
grade point average in the university is 3.0 (A = 4.0) or higher will
be placed on academic warning. Students will not be allowed to
begin supervised field practice in the second semester if any first
semester grades fall below a B (3.0).
Disqualification: A graduate student on academic probation will
be disqualified if his or her cumulative record accumulates more
than 12 units of C work. A graduate student, whether on probation
or not, will be subject to disqualification if the Student Affairs
Committee of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at
any time determines deficiency in academic achievement.
Course Requirements
All candidates for the Master of Science in Nutrition, Healthspan
and Longevity degree must complete the following required
courses.
Required Courses
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 511 Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition Screening and
Assessment Units: 4
• GERO 512 Communicating Nutrition and Health Units: 2
• GERO 513 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Macronutrients
Units: 2
• GERO 515L Food Production and Food Service
Management Units: 4
• GERO 517L Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition Units: 4
• GERO 518 Current Topics in Clinical Nutrition Units: 4
• GERO 560 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Micronutrients Units: 4
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• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Nutritional Science (MS)
The Master of Science in Nutritional Science provides students
with advanced understanding of lifespan human nutrition through
course work and research. Designed for the Registered Dietitian
Nutritionist (RDN) or those with a Didactic Program in Dietetics
(DPD) verification, the degree prepares graduates with the
advanced knowledge, skills and intellectual maturity to become
innovative and multidisciplinary practitioners and leaders in
healthspan and longevity. The program offers both on-campus and
online asynchronous courses and can be completed in 1-3 years.
Continuous registration in the program is required. Leaves
of absence are available for limited times and may require the
student to wait until the next year to re-enroll as some courses are
offered annually and must be taken sequentially. A maximum of
two leaves of absence is allowed.
In order to participate online, students will be required to have
access to a computer with multimedia capability including high-
speed Internet access, audio and a digital video camera. Specific
details regarding computer requirements will be provided by the
program.
Prerequisites for Admission
Students applying for admission to the Master of Science in
Nutritional Science program must have a bachelor's degree from
an accredited college or university in nutrition or dietetics.
In selecting applicants for admission, the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology considers both academic potential (as
reflected in undergraduate study with a GPA greater than 3.0) and
professional potential (as reflected in experience, references and
career goals). The school requests information from applicants
to supplement that supplied by the USC Application for Graduate
Admission. Supplemental information includes a résumé,
statement of interest in nutrition and longevity and two letters
of reference. Interviews may be required for highest-ranking
applicants.
Probation and Disqualification
Probation and Warning: Any graduate student with a cumulative
or semester grade point average in the university falling below B
(3.0) will be placed on academic probation. A graduate student
whose semester average falls below B (3.0) but whose cumulative
grade point average in the university is 3.0 (A = 4.0) or higher will
be placed on academic warning. Students will not be allowed to
begin supervised field practice in the second semester if any first
semester grades fall below a B (3.0).
Disqualification: A graduate student on academic probation will
be disqualified if his or her cumulative record accumulates more
than 12 units of C work. A graduate student, whether on probation
or not, will be subject to disqualification if the Student Affairs
Committee of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at
any time determines deficiency in academic achievement.
Required Courses
Students must take seven required courses (28 units) including
four units of GERO 590 Directed Research.
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 518 Current Topics in Clinical Nutrition Units: 4
• GERO 560 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Micronutrients Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12 (4 units required)
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Electives
Choose one 4-unit course from this list of electives.
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2
or 4
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models: Comparative
Approaches Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and Normal Changes with
Aging Units: 4
• GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with Emphasis on
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 577 Food Service and Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
Senior Living Hospitality (MA)
The Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality (MASLH)
provides an opportunity for those seeking careers in the
senior living industry to acquire skills and knowledge related to
management of senior living organizations. The program requires
a minimum of 31 units of core courses and 12 units of electives. All
graduate-level courses are offered on campus and via the Internet.
Continuous registration in the program is required. Leaves of
absence are available for limited times and are excluded from the
total time.
In order to participate in online courses, students will be
required to have access to a computer with multimedia capability
including a laptop or desktop computer with broadband (high
speed) Internet capability including a web browser, word
processing software and presentation software, as well as a
printer. Specific details regarding the computer requirements will
be provided by the school.
Students applying to the Master of Arts in Senior Living
Hospitality must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university with a GPA of 3.0. If the applicant's GPA falls
below 3.0, the GRE will be required.
Required Courses
Students must register for the following 10 core courses (31 units):
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 552 Human Resources and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 574 Leadership and Management in Senior Living
Units: 3
• GERO 575 Marketing Senior Living Units: 3
• GERO 576 Finance and Senior Living Units: 3
• GERO 577 Food Service and Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 578 Revenue Management for Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 579 Branding Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
Electives
Students must select three electives (for a total of 12 units). Core
courses may not double count as electives. Students may take any
elective courses from the list below with a few limitations:
• GERO 499 and GERO 599 may be taken in consultation with
the academic adviser
• A maximum of two GERO 400-level courses from the list
below
• A maximum of 4 units of GERO 590
• A maximum of 8 units of GERO 591
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• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy and
in the Mediterranean Units: 4
• GERO 489 Finding the Key to a Long, Happy Life in Nicoya,
Costa Rica Units: 4
• GERO 493p Longevity and Death among Ancient and
Modern European Populations (Italy) Units: 2
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 499 Special Topics Units: 2-4
• GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in Consumer Decision
Making Units: 4
• GERO 504 Current Issues in Aging Services Management
Units: 4
• GERO 505 Housing and Community Policies and Programs
Units: 4
• GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging
(Gerontechnology) Units: 4
• GERO 507 End of Life Care Units: 4
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 509 Mindful Aging: Spirituality, Gratitude, and
Resilience Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 514 The Art of Geriatric Symptom Management
Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models: Comparative
Approaches Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and Normal Changes with
Aging Units: 4
• GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with Emphasis on
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging and Assisted Living
Units: 4
• GERO 566 Cognitive Decline: Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia and Advances in Imaging Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• GERO 599 Special Topics Units: 2-4
Advanced Standing Option
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology offers an
advanced standing option for students who have graduated with
a bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a Master of
Business Administration from an accredited college or university.
To be eligible for the advanced standing option, students must
have successfully completed their bachelor's degree with a
minimum GPA of 3.00 for the last 60/90 units of undergraduate
work or a 3.3 GPA for their MBA. A cumulative 3.5 GPA for all
business courses with a grade of B or better is required for
admission.
Students admitted with advanced standing will bypass 11 units
of the MASLH program and will be required to complete 32 units,
including 24 units of required courses and 8 units of electives.
Advanced Standing Required Courses
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in Consumer Decision
Making Units: 4
• GERO 504 Current Issues in Aging Services Management
Units: 4
• GERO 552 Human Resources and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
Advanced Standing Electives
Students must complete at least 8 elective units. Students may
take any elective courses from the list below with a few limitations:
• GERO 499 and GERO 599 may be taken in consultation with
the academic adviser
• A maximum of 4 units of GERO 590
• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy and
in the Mediterranean Units: 4
• GERO 489 Finding the Key to a Long, Happy Life in Nicoya,
Costa Rica Units: 4
• GERO 493p Longevity and Death among Ancient and
Modern European Populations (Italy) Units: 2
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 499 Special Topics Units: 2-4
• GERO 505 Housing and Community Policies and Programs
Units: 4
• GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging
(Gerontechnology) Units: 4
• GERO 507 End of Life Care Units: 4
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 509 Mindful Aging: Spirituality, Gratitude, and
Resilience Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 514 The Art of Geriatric Symptom Management
Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models: Comparative
Approaches Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 552 Human Resources and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and Normal Changes with
Aging Units: 4
• GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with Emphasis on
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Units: 4
• GERO 563 Geronpsychology Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging and Assisted Living
Units: 4
• GERO 566 Cognitive Decline: Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia and Advances in Imaging Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
• GERO 574 Leadership and Management in Senior Living
Units: 3
• GERO 575 Marketing Senior Living Units: 3
• GERO 576 Finance and Senior Living Units: 3
• GERO 577 Food Service and Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 578 Revenue Management for Senior Living Units: 2
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• GERO 579 Branding Senior Living Units: 2
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• GERO 599 Special Topics Units: 2-4
Dual Degree
Master of Science, Gerontology/Doctor of
Pharmacy (MS/PharmD)
The emerging impact of the elderly on the health care system
has created a need for health care providers who understand the
unique needs of the elderly. As drug therapy remains the primary
therapeutic option for chronic disease, the demand for prescription
drugs will continue to rise. There is a demand for pharmacists
who are equipped to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of this
population. Geriatric pharmacy is recognized as a specialty, with
board certification through the Commission for Certification in
Geriatric Pharmacy. The PharmD/MS, Gerontology program will
provide extensive education and training in the unique health
care needs of older adults. It will allow student pharmacists with
a career interest in geriatrics or gerontology to work with health
care planning or delivery organizations to develop and implement
progressive pharmaceutical care programs for the elderly.
Application and Admissions Requirements
Students who intend to pursue the dual PharmD/MSG degree
must be accepted by both programs. This includes having
completed a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or
university with a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 and a minimum equivalent
GRE score of 297. Students will not be given special consideration
for admission to either program because they are applying for the
dual degree. Students may apply to the dual PharmD/MS degree
program in two ways. First, they may apply at the time they submit
their PharmD application by concurrently submitting applications
to both programs. Students, who elect this approach, must identify
themselves on both applications as potential dual degree students.
Students who are admitted to both programs will be offered
admission to the PharmD and will be offered admission to the dual
degree program. Second, students can apply to the dual degree
by submitting an application to the MS in Gerontology program
during their first year of enrollment in the PharmD prior to the
MS, Gerontology published application deadline. Students, who
elect this approach, must apply through the School of Pharmacy.
Students admitted to the MS program using this approach will be
offered admission to the dual degree contingent on passing all
courses in their first year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 G.P.A.
Students accepted to the dual degree program must maintain a
minimum 3.0 G.P.A. in their gerontology and PharmD courses.
Recommended Program
Dual degree students may begin taking GERO courses, as
available and as their schedule permits, starting in the 2nd year
of the PharmD program. Students may consult with the academic
adviser for GERO course recommendations.
Graduation Requirements
Students must complete all requirements for the PharmD and
MS degrees as listed in the catalogue with a minimum cumulative
3.0 G.P.A. Students must complete 32 Gerontology units as
indicated. The PharmD degree course requirements are listed in
the School of Pharmacy section.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• Gerontology electives Units: 16 *
*Choose four of the following (16 units):
• GERO 475 Ethical Issues in Geriatric Health Care Units: 4
• GERO 496 Introduction to Clinical Geriatrics Units: 4
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 519 Recent Advances in Neurobiology and
Endocrinology of Aging Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
Total units: 32
Master of Science, Gerontology/Juris Doctor
(MS/JD)
The JD/MS dual degree combines the knowledge of the older
population with understanding of the legal system. The program
prepares graduates for a number of roles in both public and private
sector organizations. Students are required to complete 112 units
of course work, 76 from the law school and 36 from the USC
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. The first year is devoted
to required law courses, and the second, third and fourth years
combine gerontology and law courses.
Gerontology Requirements
The Master of Science in Gerontology will require 36 units
of course and field work that cover the core content of the MS
program.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Gerontology elective Units: 4
Notes:
The Davis School of Gerontology will waive 8 units of electives,
which are required in the regular MS program, as well as GERO
589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change Management
because students enrolled in this program have a primary
professional focus in law.
* 8 units of GERO 591 required
Law School Requirements
The law school requires 76 units of credit.
First Year Requirements
• LAW 502 Procedure I Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 503 Contracts Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 504 Criminal Law Units: 3
• LAW 505 Legal Profession Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 507 Property Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 508 Constitutional Law: Structure Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 509 Torts I Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 512 Law, Language and Values Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 515 Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy I Units: 2, 3
• LAW 516 Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy II Units: 2
Elective Course Work
The second and third year of law study are primarily elective
with one requirement. Students must satisfy the upper division
writing requirement, either by completing a major, faculty-
supervised writing project such as a dissertation, or by taking a
course with a substantial writing component.
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The law school will waive 14 units of electives, which are
required in the regular JD program.
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of
Business Administration (MS/MBA)
The MS/MBA dual degree combines knowledge of the older
population with the skills of business management. The program
prepares graduates for a number of roles in both public and
private sector organizations including the marketing of products
or services to seniors, human resource development with older
workers and retirement benefits.
Gerontology Requirements
The Master of Science in Gerontology requires 30 units of
course and fieldwork, which covers the core content of the MS
program.
Required Courses
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• Gerontology electives Units: 6
Total units: 30
Additional Requirements
Business Administration Requirements
The Master of Business Administration will require 48 units of
credit. Required courses include: all required courses in an MBA
program; MOR 548 Competitive Advantage Through People 3;
one marketing elective chosen from among MKT 512 Customer
Insights and Analysis 3, MKT 525 Consumer Behavior 3 and
MKT 560 Marketing Strategy 3; and additional graduate business
electives sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall
School of Business to at least 48. Dual degree students may not
count courses taken outside the School of Business toward the
48 units.
Program Adaptation
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology will waive 18
units of electives, plus GERO 593 Research Methods (4 units) and
GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change Management
(4 units), which are required in the regular MS program. Students
will be exposed to research and professional issues in business
administration course work.
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of
Health Administration (MS/MHA)
Gerontology and health administration students can specialize
in health care administration (profit and nonprofit) through the
dual degree with the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
and the USC Price School of Public Policy's Health Administration
Program. Students in the dual degree program must be admitted
by both academic units and complete 78 units of post-graduate
academic work.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 *
* 8 units of GERO 591 required
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Total units: 36
Health Administration Requirements
• PPD 506 Introduction to Microeconomics: Applications in
Health Units: 2
• PPD 509 Problems and Issues in the Health Field Units: 4
• PPD 510a Financial Management of Health Services Units: 4
• PPD 512 Health Administration Residency Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery Units: 2
• PPD 514 Economic Concepts Applied to Health Units: 4
• PPD 515 Strategic Management of Health Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 517 Concepts and Practices in Managing Health Care
Organizations Units: 2
• PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts Units: 2
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 601 Management of Long-Term Care Organizations
Units: 4
Total units: 42
Additional Requirements
Statistics: The statistics requirement for dual degree students is
the same as those that apply to the Health Administration (MHA).
Program Adaptation: The USC Davis School of Gerontology
will waive GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management because students enrolled in this program will have
a primary professional focus in health administration.
Students enrolled in the dual degree are not required to take
PPDE 613 (as opposed to the stand alone MHA degree students)
because they develop the necessary proficiencies related to
their career goals in long-term care administration through other
courses such as GERO 550, GERO 591 and GERO 593. In
addition, PPD 601 is required for the dual degree (and not the
stand alone MHA program) because most of these students
will work in long-term care facilities and this course is critical for
success in that market.
Students in the MHA stand alone program are required to
complete a 1,000 hour residency at a health care organization,
generally during the second year of study. Students in the dual
degree program may be waived from this requirement with
enrollment in GERO 591 which is a supervised experiential
learning experience. Student in this situation may then waive PPD
512 and will take 2 units of Price electives for this dual degree.
Any course substitutions are done by petition on an individual
basis and should be part of a carefully developed course of study.
The USC Price School of Public Policy should be consulted
concerning this program of study.
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of
Public Administration (MS/MPA)
The Master of Public Administration/Master of Science,
Gerontology (MPA/MS) dual degree offers students interested
in management of agencies and institutions the opportunity to
gain in-depth knowledge of the administrative and organizational
processes and management skills necessary for the effective
delivery of services to older persons.
In the MPA/MS dual degree, students spend their first year
taking the required courses in the USC Leonard Davis School of
Gerontology. The research course, GERO 593 Research Methods
and the capstone course GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A
Multidisciplinary Approach, are taken in the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology. The student begins courses in the Price
School of Public Policy during the second semester of the first
year.
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Two versions of this dual degree are available, one with a
general orientation and one with an emphasis on health services
administration. Students must apply to both schools and, if
accepted to both, participate in a specially designed program
combining course work from both schools.
Curriculum requirements for the general focus dual degree are
detailed in the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology section
of this catalogue. Students are encouraged to seek advisement
as they plan their actual programs, since curriculum changes may
occur.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Gerontology elective Units: 4
Total units: 40
Public Administration Requirements
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Electives
Students select one analytic elective course (4 units).
NOTE: Electives in Public Administration need to be selected
from approved analytic electives (see MPA requirements). Any
substitutions must be approved by the graduate adviser in the
Price School of Public Policy.
Total units: 28
Additional Requirements
Program Adaptation
For the MS in Gerontology, 8 units of electives are replaced
with GERO 550 and additional internship units. GERO 589
Case Studies in Leadership and Change Management is waived
because students enrolled in this program have a primary
professional focus in public administration. For the Master of
Public Administration, 12 units of gerontology courses are used as
the substantive specialization.
Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of
Social Work (MS/MSW)
Dual Degree Programs
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work currently
offers dual degree programs with a number of other USC
professional schools. In addition, the school maintains a dual
degree program at Hebrew Union College located adjacent to the
USC campus.
The goal of these programs is to encourage graduate students
to gain a recognized competence in another discipline which has
direct relevance to the roles filled by social workers in society.
Dual degree programs are based on the premise that some topics
covered in the school are also addressed in the curricula of other
departments, so that some credit toward an MSW degree may be
given for specific courses in the cooperating department. Similarly,
these departments have recognized that some credit toward
their corresponding degree may be awarded for work completed
in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For this
reason, students enrolled in dual degree programs can obtain both
degrees with a reduced number of total units. Students wishing to
enroll in dual degree programs must apply for and be admitted to
both schools.
Master's Requirements
The MS/MSW dual degree offers the student interested in direct
service or community organization the credentials most valued
in clinical and therapeutic practice. Students enrolled in this dual
degree receive an MSW as well as an MS in Gerontology. This
dual degree requires completion of 73 units: 32 units of work in
the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and 41 units in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. The course work is
usually completed over a 24-month period for full-time students.
Students must complete MSW course work in foundation,
foundation field instruction and core courses specific to the AMHW
or SCI specializations.
See the Master of Master of Social Work/Master of Science,
Gerontology (MSW/MS) in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work for course requirements.
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 (8 units required)
Gerontology electives Units: 8
Program Adaptation
The School of Gerontology waives 12 units; GERO 555, GERO
589, and GERO 593. Another 4 units of GERO 591 is added in
lieu of one elective to meet the internship requirement of the MSW
program. The School of Social Work waives 19 units.
Graduate Certificate
Doctor of Pharmacy/Graduate Certificate in
Gerontology
This integrated program in pharmacy and gerontology prepares
students with an interest in geriatric pharmacy to assume
leadership roles at academic, administrative or policy levels within
the profession.
The program involves the completion of 16 units of core courses
in physiology, psychology, sociology and social policy aspects of
aging offered by the School of Gerontology. In addition, students
are required to complete 8 units of approved elective courses
in gerontology or geriatric pharmacy to be credited toward the
requirements for the PharmD and the Graduate Certificate in
Gerontology.
Required Courses in Gerontology
• GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the
Lifespan Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 or
• GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families
Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4 or
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
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Electives in Gerontology and Geriatric
Pharmacy (8 Units)
• GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based
Practices Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• PHRD 655 Geriatric Pharmacy I Units: 3
• PHRD 656 Geriatric Pharmacy II Units: 3
• PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE Units: 6
Completion
It is expected that the program can be successfully completed
by candidates taking electives in geriatric pharmacy or gerontology
during the regular semester and completing one core course
in gerontology during each summer in the four year PharmD
program.
Admission Requirements
Students who have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
college or university must submit separate applications to the USC
School of Pharmacy and the USC Davis School of Gerontology.
All requirements for admission to the regular PharmD program
must be fulfilled by the candidate. GRE scores are not required for
admission to the certificate program.
Gerontology Graduate Level Certificate
The residential graduate certificate in gerontology program
provides an opportunity for those who have completed a
bachelor's degree in another profession or discipline and are
employed in the field of aging to acquire a greater understanding
of gerontology theory and research. The program consists of 16
units of gerontology content designed to familiarize the student
with several areas of the field which relate to professional practice.
In addition to three of the four required core course areas for the
certificate program (GERO 510, GERO 520 or GERO 522, GERO
530 or GERO 585, GERO 540), each student will have the option
to choose one elective course that meets his or her particular area
of interest.
Certificate students do not take a field practicum. Students
admitted to the non-degree certificate program are expected to
enroll each semester until the program is completed.
Gerontology Online Graduate Level Certificate
The online graduate certificate in gerontology program provides
an opportunity for those with a bachelor's degree in another
profession or discipline who are employed in the field of aging
to acquire a greater understanding of gerontology theory and
research. The program consists of 16 units of gerontology courses
designed to familiarize the student with several areas of the field
that relate to professional practice.
Students complete the introductory course, GERO 500, two of
the four required core course areas (GERO 508 or GERO 510 or,
GERO 520 or GERO 522, GERO 530 or GERO 585, and GERO
540), and one elective course in a particular area of interest.
The required courses are delivered via the Internet. The courses
are offered in sequential order and are restricted by availability.
Continuous registration in the non-degree program is required.
Leaves of absence are available for limited times and are excluded
from the total time limit. Entering students are encouraged to begin
their course of study by taking GERO 500.
In order to participate in the online courses, students will be
required to have access to a multimedia computer with modem,
printer and CD-ROM drive; an Internet provider with email and an
Internet browser; and word processing software. The department
will provide specific details regarding the computer requirements.
Doctoral Degree
Biology of Aging (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1
The purpose of the PhD in the Biology of Aging is to provide
interdisciplinary research training in an age-centric environment.
Students will focus on basic mechanisms of aging as well as
translational research related to medical applications. Students will
approach aging as a major risk factor for disease.
Admissions Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited
four-year college or university preferably in one of the biological
sciences. Applicants are evaluated by their transcripts and GPA;
scores on the GRE General Test, three letters of recommendation
and a statement of interest.
Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
The PhD in the Biology of Aging will provide each student with
detailed knowledge and expertise in the biology of aging. The PhD
in the Biology of Aging requires the following courses (GERO 600,
GERO 601, GERO 602a, GERO 602b, GERO 603, plus 8-10 units
from the list of suggested electives or other department approved
courses). A minimum of 60 units is required, consisting of formal
courses, seminars and research credit. At least 24 of the minimum
60 total units required are to be formal graduate course work
(lecture or seminar courses).
Screening Examination
After completion of the core Biology of Aging course work
(GERO 600, GERO 601, GERO 602a GERO 602b and GERO
603) during the first year, the student's degree progress is
discussed and evaluated by a screening committee composed of
members of the gerontology faculty and the Buck Institute as well
as the student's faculty adviser. The purpose of this written and
oral evaluation is to determine competence to continue graduate
study and identify areas to be strengthened prior to the qualifying
examination.
Qualifying Examination
By the end of the third semester, students should choose
a guidance committee consistent with the requirements of the
graduate school composed of gerontology faculty, Buck Institute
faculty and one outside member. This committee will conduct
the qualifying exam and provide guidance during dissertation
research. The chair of the committee will serve as the principal
adviser. Students should consult extensively with each committee
member regarding subjects to be covered in the exam.
The qualifying exam consists of written and oral parts. Both
parts must be finished before the end of the fifth semester. For the
written exam, the adviser will consult with each of the members
of the qualifying exam committee. The written part will incorporate
evaluation and synthesis of existing knowledge related to the
topic areas, creation of a set of experiments to test a relevant
hypothesis, and interpretation of anticipated results. The oral
exam consists of an oral defense of the written part and will be
conducted with a month of the written part of the qualifying exam.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original, publishable and significant
research conducted independently by the student under the
guidance of the dissertation committee. Upon admission to
candidacy, a dissertation committee is established which consists
of three members of the faculty, some of whom may be from
the guidance committee, one of whom must hold his or her
primary appointment outside of the USC Leonard Davis School of
Gerontology.
The dissertation committee is responsible for providing
guidance and consultation during the research process, approving
the dissertation, conducting the final oral examination, and
recommending the candidate for the PhD degree.
A Masters Degree in the Biology of Aging is a terminal degree
for students admitted into the Biology of Aging PhD program
who cannot complete the PhD program for personal or medical
reasons. Enrollment of graduate students as master's degree
candidates is not encouraged and is reserved for special
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circumstances that must be approved by the Gerontology
Curriculum Committee. The master's curriculum includes all course
work required of PhD students for a minimum of 40 units.
Foreign Language Requirements
There are no foreign language requirements for the PhD in the
Biology of Aging program.
Transfer Credits
Students with a master's degree of prior graduate course work
in biology can petition to apply the credit toward required courses.
Petition for credit will be based on the Graduate School's policies
and requirements for transfer of credit and on approval by the
doctoral advisory committee. Transfer credits toward the PhD
requirements will be limited to 20 units and must be taken within
10 years of entering the program.
Gerontology (PhD)
The purpose of the PhD in Gerontology is to provide research
training in the multidisciplinary field of aging. The program is
designed to enhance the potential of able students to make
scholarly and professional contributions to the field of gerontology
through research and teaching. To obtain this goal, the PhD in
Gerontology provides (1) high level rigorous research training, (2)
the acquisition and application of scientific knowledge in the field
of aging and (3) the development of leadership skills.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the doctoral program must meet the
following requirements:
1. Recipient of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college
or university by anticipated enrollment date.
2. Academic promise, as evidenced by above average
achievement in previous undergraduate and graduate
education. A minimum GPA of 3.0 in an appropriate
undergraduate major and a baccalaureate degree are
required.
3. Personal qualities compatible with high level performance
in gerontology and indicating a potential for leadership in
the field. This includes a strong commitment to developing a
scientific research program. Applicants to the PhD program
must submit a resume of professional and academic
experience, three letters of reference (academic and
professional), a statement of objectives and examples of
written work.
4. Satisfactory performance on the Graduate Record
Examinations — existing test scores may be submitted if the
GRE has been completed no more than five years prior to
the date of application. A satisfactory score on the Verbal and
Quantitative GRE is required. Students should also provide
scores from the Analytic exam.
5. Submission of application materials as required. Instructions
for application to the Doctor of Philosophy in Gerontology
may be obtained by contacting the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology.
Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 60 units of course work
(with at least 24 of these units being completed in residency at
USC), as well as additional dissertation units (at least 4 units) as
required. All students will take courses in three areas: a set of
required core courses, research courses and elective courses.
Students will be advised about course selection during the first
year by the PhD committee. As soon as a student has selected a
specialization (e.g., psychology, sociology/demography, policy),
an advisory committee of appropriate faculty will be appointed.
The purpose of the advisory committee is to help the student in
the selection of courses and a research agenda; to monitor the
student's progress; and to insure preparation for the qualifying
examination.
Basic Scientific Core
The core for the PhD in Gerontology program stresses the
physiological, psychological, sociological and policy dimensions
of individual and population aging. Special emphases include
mechanisms associated with chronic disease such as cancer,
heart disease, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and the
interplay between genetic and environmental influences.
• GERO 610 The Aging Society Units: 4
• GERO 613 Health and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 620 Psychology of Aging Units: 4
• GERO 645 Politics and Policy Processes in an Aging Society
Units: 4
Research Core
A second core area focuses on development of research skills
which includes research design, methods and statistics. Students
in the PhD in Gerontology program are required to take GERO
593 and GERO 640 and at least one additional statistics course
— generally from another department — on the student's research
focus.
Elective Core
A third core involves electives that allow students to create
a concentration in a particular area of focus or analytic field
of inquiry. Students should select courses in consultation with
their adviser. Courses should be selected to provide in depth
knowledge in the specialized area or general knowledge in the
field of gerontology. A number of gerontology courses can be taken
as electives.
Students should note that Gerontology courses at the 600
level are usually offered only every second year. Students are
encouraged to review the course schedule to determine how
to best complete these courses in a timely manner. Successful
completion of the required course work does not complete the
educational experience of the student. Students are expected to
enhance their exposure to research by attending the colloquium
lecture series, working on research with a faculty member
and presenting original research at the annual meeting of
the Gerontological Society of America and other professional
meetings.
Additional Requirements
Foreign Language Requirements
There are no foreign language requirements for the PhD
program.
Transfer Credits
Students with master's degrees or prior graduate course work
in gerontology can petition to apply the credit toward required
courses. Petition for credit will be based on the Graduate School's
policies and requirements for "transfer of credit" and on approval
by the doctoral advisory committee. Transfer credits toward the
PhD requirements will be limited to 20 units and must be credits
taken within 10 years of entering the program.
Time Limit
The normal time for completing the PhD is four to five
years (without a prior master's degree). The first two years will
consist of required and elective courses. The third year will
consist of electives, the PhD qualifying exams and completion
of the dissertation proposal. The final year(s) will involve the
completion of the dissertation. The maximum time to complete
all requirements for the PhD degree is eight years from the first
course at USC applied toward the degree.
Students who have completed an applicable master's degree at
USC or elsewhere within five years of the proposed enrollment in
the PhD program must complete the PhD in six years.
Screening Procedures
When students have completed a minimum of 16 but not
more than 24 units of doctoral course work, the doctoral advisory
committee assesses their performance through a screening
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process and makes a decision regarding their ability to continue
in the program. If the student is granted permission to continue, a
guidance committee is established.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five faculty
members, at least three from the School of Gerontology. The
function of the qualifying exam committee is to oversee the
development of the student's academic progress through the
qualifying examination, including the preliminary dissertation
proposal.
Qualifying Examination
As a prerequisite for candidacy for the PhD, students must
pass a qualifying examination, which is multidisciplinary and
comprehensive in nature and that necessitates independent study
beyond course requirements. Students must have completed at
least 28 units of course work in the doctoral program with a GPA
of at least 3.25 before attempting the qualifying exam. The exam
is designed to test mastery of knowledge and scholarly skills and
to test readiness to undertake independent research. If the student
fails this exam, it may be repeated one time. When the exam is
successfully completed, the student then must develop and have
a dissertation proposal approved before the student is officially
admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree.
Doctoral Dissertation
Upon admission to candidacy, a dissertation committee is
established which consists of three members of the faculty, some
of whom may be from the qualifying committee.
The dissertation committee has responsibility for providing
guidance and consultation during the research process,
approving the dissertation, conducting the final oral examination,
and recommending the candidate for the PhD degree. The
doctoral dissertation should make an original contribution to the
development of knowledge and theory in gerontology.
Final Oral Examination
Upon approval of the final draft of the dissertation by all
members of the dissertation committee, the candidate must pass
a final oral examination. Upon successful completion of this final
examination, the committee recommends the candidate to the
Graduate School for award of the PhD degree.
Longevity Arts and Sciences (DLAS)
Students enrolled in the Doctorate of Longevity Arts and
Sciences (DLAS) will learn about the human potential for
healthspan, lifespan and meaning. This program seeks to provide
a framework to advance the concept of meaning-making through
the biological, sociological and psychological sciences. This
program will allow high-achieving individuals to obtain a rigorous
academic experience to enhance their capabilities for greater
social contributions based on their accumulated knowledge and
wisdom within an aging framework. The DLAS seeks to enrich
individuals' understanding of their own aging experience as well as
that of society at large. The program is designed to help individuals
develop a wide range of skills including program and policy
development that may serve the betterment of our communities,
state and nation. In addition, the program prepares individuals to
understand their own potential and abilities to lead change and
make contributions both intellectually and creatively as they age.
Doctoral candidates may choose their own pathway to complete a
final summative project.
Professional Advisory Committee
By the end of the first year in the program, students will be
expected to choose an advisory committee comprised of three
Davis School of Gerontology faculty members. With permission
of the advisory committee a fourth member may be added from
outside of the Davis School.
Application deadline: January 1
Course Requirements
The minimum number of units required for the Doctorate of
Longevity Arts and Sciences is 60, as follows:
Core Requirements
Students must take the following courses for 48 units.
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging
(Gerontechnology) Units: 4
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging Units: 4
• GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions and Older Adults
Units: 4
• GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic Diseases through Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Changes Units: 4
• GERO 590 Directed Research Units: 1-12 (8 units required)
Suggested Electives
Students must take 12 units of elective courses from the following
list of suggested electives or from courses offered anywhere at
USC with an adviser's permission.
• GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease and Longevity in Italy and
in the Mediterranean Units: 4
• GERO 489 Finding the Key to a Long, Happy Life in Nicoya,
Costa Rica Units: 4
• GERO 493p Longevity and Death among Ancient and
Modern European Populations (Italy) Units: 2
• GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases Units: 4
• GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging
Units: 4
• GERO 505 Housing and Community Policies and Programs
Units: 4
• GERO 507 End of Life Care Units: 4
• GERO 519 Recent Advances in Neurobiology and
Endocrinology of Aging Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly Environments and Injury
Prevention Units: 4
• GERO 585 The Aging Family Units: 2 or 4
• GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12
• GERO 592 Multidisciplinary Research Seminar in Aging
Units: 2
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USC Independent Health Professions at the Herman Ostrow
School of Dentistry
The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
and the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy are administered by the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Both of these divisions offer
outstanding education at the graduate level and the Mrs. T.H.
Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
offers an undergraduate program.
The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
was established in 1944. For those entering the physical therapy
profession, the division offers the Doctor of Physical Therapy, the
top-ranked DPT program in the country. For practicing physical
therapists, the division offers a Master of Science degree as well
as clinical residency programs in neurology, orthopedics, pediatrics
and sports. In addition, the division offers the nation's longest-
standing PhD degree program in Physical Therapy, now a PhD in
Biokinesiology. Experienced clinicians with a master's degree in
physical therapy may be eligible for the Doctor of Physical Therapy
in an Advanced Standing program. The division is headquartered
on the Health Sciences Campus.
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy opened in 1942 and is headquartered
on the Health Sciences Campus. More than 50 percent of the
recipients of the American Occupational Therapy Association's
highest awards have been USC alumni. The division offers three
graduate degrees: the Master of Arts; the world's first PhD in
Occupational Science; and the Occupational Therapy Clinical
Doctorate (OTD). The USC Chan Division of Occupational
Science and Occupational Therapy master's-level professional
degree program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Occupational Therapy Education®, c/o Accreditation Department,
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., 4720
Montgomery Lane, Suite 200, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3449,
(301) 652-6611 x2914, acoteonline.org. The division also offers
a professional degree program allowing students to earn a BS
degree and, in one additional year, an MA in occupational therapy.
Graduates of the professional master's program are eligible to sit
for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy®
examination. A minor in occupational science is also offered for
undergraduate students pursuing a major outside occupational
therapy.
Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Health Sciences Campus
Center for the Health Professions
1540 E. Alcazar Street, CHP 155
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9006
(323) 442-2900
FAX: (323) 442-1515
pt.usc.edu
Faculty
Associate Dean and Chair: James Gordon, EdD, PT, FAPTA
Associate Chair: Cheryl Resnik, PT, DPT, FNAP, FAPTA
Professors: James Gordon, EdD, PT, FAPTA; Christopher Powers,
PhD, PT, FAPTA; Carolee J. Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA; Francisco
Valero-Cuevas, PhD
Professors (Clinical Scholars): Linda Fetters, PhD, PT, FAPTA;
Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Professors of Clinical Physical Therapy: Beth Fisher, PT, PhD,
FAPTA; Rob F. Landel, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FAPTA; Lori
Michener, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Associate Professors: Lucinda L. Baker, PhD, PT; Nina S. Bradley,
PhD, PT; George J. Salem, PhD; Nicolas Schweighofer, PhD
Assistant Professors: Jason Kutch, PhD; James Finley, PhD;
Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professors of Clinical Physical Therapy: Beth Fisher,
PhD, PT; Cheryl Resnik, PT, DPT, FNAP; E. Todd Schroeder, PhD;
Susan Sigward, PhD, PT, ATC; Julie Tilson, PT, DPT, MS, NCS
Assistant Professors of Clinical Physical Therapy: Jesus
Dominguez, PhD, PT; Jacquelyn Dylla, PT, DPT, OCS; Rose
Hamm, DPT, CWS; Robbin Howard, PT, DPT, NCS; Yogi Matharu,
PT, DPT, OCS; Marisa Perdomo, PT, DPT; Amy Pomrantz, PT,
DPT, OCS, ATC; Barbara Sargent, PhD, PT, PCS; Michael S.
Simpson, PT, DPT, CCS; Jonathan Sum, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS;
Kimiko Yamada, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, CSCS
Assistant Professors of Research: Christina Dieli-Conwright, PhD,
CSCS, CET; Beth Smith, PT, DPT, PhD
Instructors of Clinical Physical Therapy: Elizabeth Acreman, PT,
DPT; Geoffrey Cariker, PT, DPT, GCS; Jessica Curran, PT, DPT,
OCS; Lauren Davis, PT, DPT; Aimee M. Diaz, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC;
Ryan Frendewey, PT, DPT; Lori Ginoza, PT, DPT, NCS; Janelle
Gilmer PT, DPT, GCS; Erin Hayden, PT, DPT, OCS; Lydia In,
MPT; Nicole Irizarry, PT, DPT, CCS; Eileen V. Johnson, PT, DPT;
Yasuyuki Kasayama, DPT, MHA, OCS; Kenneth Kim, PT, DPT,
OCS, CSCS; Daniel Kirages, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT; Angela
Kwan, MPT; Cherise Lathan, PT, DPT, NCS; Valerie Matthews,
PT, DPT; Brian McNeill, PT, DPT; Jennifer Okuno, MPT; David
Richards, PT, DPT, NCS; Terry Richardson, PT, DPT; Scott
Russell, PT, DPT; Don Shimabukuro, MPT; Jennifer Tanaka, PT,
DPT, NCS; Jeff Thompson, PT, DPT; Erica Sigman, DPT, OCS;
Stephanie Woelfel-Dyess, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS; Noriko
Yamaguchi, PT, DPT, CSCS, GCS; Maria Zibell, PT, DPT
Adjunct Associate Professors: Joseph Godges, DPT; Larry Ho, PT,
DPT, OCS; Jing-Ching (Sally) Ho, PT, DPT, OCS; Ning Lan, PhD;
Adjunct Assistant Professors of Clinical Physical Therapy:
Michael Andersen, PT, DPT, OCS; Kyle F. Baldwin, PT, DPT; Julia
Burlette Itamura, PT, DPT, OCS; Jason Cozby, PT, DPT, OCS;
Sean Flanagan, PhD, ATC, CSCS; Kathryn L. Havens, PhD;
John Jankoski, MPT, NCS, OCS; Rebecca Lewthwaite, PhD;
Ndidiamaka Matthews, PT, DPT, NCS; John Meyer, PT, DPT, OCS,
FAFS; Elizabeth Poppert, PT, DPT, MS, OCS; Gary Souza, PT,
DPT, OCS
Adjunct Instructors of Clinical Physical Therapy: Ginelle Amormino,
PT, DPT; Andrea Austin, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC; Melissa Brose, PT,
DPT; Erin Caudill, PT, DPT, NCS; Manjiri Dahdaul, DPT; Oscar
Gallardo, MS, PT; Julie A. Guthrie, PT, DPT, OCS; Julie Hershberg,
PT, DPT, NCS; Mils Hillman, PT, DPT, OCS; Becky Kern, PT, DPT,
OCS; Covey Lazouras, PT, DPT, NCS; Andrew Myler, PT, DPT,
NCS; Lisa Meyer, PT, DPT, OCS; Jill Ordorica, PT, DPT, PCS;
Pamela Ressler, PT, DPT, NCS; Joseph Robinson, PT, DPT; Jo
Armour Smith, PhD; Rachel Tabak Tran, PT; Jared Vagy, PT, DPT,
OCS, CSCS; Jena Van Loo, MPT; Cynthia Wederich, PT, DPT;
Jeremy Wong, PT, DPT, PCS; Jennifer Yue, PT, DPT, NCS
Programs
The Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy offers
multiple degrees, certificates and clinical residency programs
allowing graduates the opportunity to choose educational
programs that will expose them to cutting-edge research and
scientific advancements, in turn creating innovators in the physical
therapy profession. The largest degree program is the top-ranked
three-year Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT). Post-professional
programs include the clinical residency programs in neurologic,
orthopedic, pediatric and sports physical therapy. The division
also offers a PhD in Biokinesiology, one of the nation's first PhD
degrees in physical therapy education. The graduate curricula for
the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees are open
to all qualified students who are or are not physical therapists.
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Master's Degree
Biokinesiology (MS)
Graduate study for the Master of Science in Biokinesiology is
open to individuals who have a bachelor's degree and who have a
strong interest in movement science.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements include a superior grade point
average in cumulative undergraduate and graduate course work
(if applicable). Applicants should score at least 150 in each area
of the Graduate Record Examinations. Applicants are to provide
the department with three letters of recommendation. The faculty
may request a personal interview before making a decision on
admission. Admission will be considered for the fall semester only.
The application deadline is November 1. All applicants should
contact the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy for
advisement.
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for applicants to the Master of Science
program in biokinesiology is either: (a) a bachelor's degree or
higher with a science major or equivalent; or (b) a bachelor's
or master's degree in physical therapy with appropriate basic
science content. Courses completed at the time of application
must include work (with appropriate laboratory study) in chemistry,
physics, calculus and biology. Highly recommended is course
work in anatomy, physiology, histology, kinesiology, trigonometry,
neuroscience, analytical geometry, exercise physiology,
biochemistry and computer programming. Applicants with no
background in cellular or molecular biology may be required to
take PT 509 in the entry-level DPT program. Candidates should
have some degree of computer literacy. International applicants
will be considered on a special evaluation of credentials.
Students deficient in certain prerequisites may be admitted
subject to completion of requirements within two years after
admission. An additional year may be granted upon review of the
student's program by a faculty committee. Work in any prerequisite
subjects will not be part of the required units for the Master of
Science.
Degree Requirements
Completion of the degree requires satisfactory completion of a
minimum of 32 credits of course work at the 500 level or above,
a research project (BKN 559 and BKN 590), and a summative
experience.
Required Courses
Select 2 of the 3 required core discipline focus areas of
Biokinesiology: BKN 550, BKN 551 and BKN 552.
• BKN 550 Neurobehavioral Basis of Movement Units: 4
• BKN 551 Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Basis of
Movement Units: 4
• BKN 552 Physiological Basis of Voluntary Movement Units: 4
• BKN 559 Readings in Biokinesiology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (max 8)
• BKN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Students must complete the biokinesiology core courses
before sitting for their comprehensive examination. Substituting a
course for one of the core courses may be allowed after receiving
approval from the Biokinesiology Program Committee prior to the
beginning of the course.
In order to fulfill the research project requirement, the following
plan is suggested; however, each plan can be individualized based
on the needs of the student and/or adviser:
1. Select a research professor (from the department) whose
work interests them. This should be done by the end of the
first year of study.
2. After receiving the professor's approval, sign up for BKN
559 (4 units) and complete a semester reading the literature
pertinent to the professor's work.
3. The following semester, sign up for BKN 590 (4 units) and
participate in an ongoing research project that is being
conducted by the professor. The research paper must be
completed within the semester for which BKN 590 units are
being given.
See the Doctor of Philosophy in Biokinesiology section for a list
of courses available to MS students.
Biokinesiology (Sports Science) (MS)
Graduate study for the Master of Science in Biokinesiology is
open to individuals who have a bachelor's degree and who have a
strong interest in movement science.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements include a superior grade point
average in cumulative undergraduate and graduate course work
(if applicable). Applicants should score at least 150 in each area
of the Graduate Record Examinations. Applicants are to provide
the department with three letters of recommendation. The faculty
may request a personal interview before making a decision on
admission. Admission will be considered for the fall semester only.
The application deadline is November 1. All applicants should
contact the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy for
advisement.
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for applicants to the Master of Science
program in biokinesiology is either: (a) a bachelor's degree or
higher with a science major or equivalent; or (b) a bachelor's
or master's degree in physical therapy with appropriate basic
science content. Courses completed at the time of application
must include work (with appropriate laboratory study) in chemistry,
physics, calculus and biology. Highly recommended is course
work in anatomy, physiology, histology, kinesiology, trigonometry,
neuroscience, analytical geometry, exercise physiology,
biochemistry and computer programming. Applicants with no
background in cellular or molecular biology may be required to
take PT 509 in the entry-level DPT program. Candidates should
have some degree of computer literacy. International applicants
will be considered on a special evaluation of credentials.
Students deficient in certain prerequisites may be admitted
subject to completion of requirements within two years after
admission. An additional year may be granted upon review of the
student's program by a faculty committee. Work in any prerequisite
subjects will not be part of the required units for the Master of
Science.
Degree Requirements
Completion of the degree requires satisfactory completion of a
minimum of 32 credits of course work at the 500 level or above,
an internship (BKN 600) and a sports science related summative
experience.
Required Courses
Select 2 of the 3 required core discipline focus areas of
Biokinesiology: BKN 550, BKN 551 and BKN 552.
• BKN 550 Neurobehavioral Basis of Movement Units: 4
• BKN 551 Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Basis of
Movement Units: 4
• BKN 552 Physiological Basis of Voluntary Movement Units: 4
• BKN 553 Experimental Methods for the Analysis of Human
Movement Units: 4
• BKN 600 Sports Science Internship Units: 2, 3, 4
(2 units required)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Substituting a course for one of the core courses may be
allowed after receiving approval from the Biokinesiology Program
Committee prior to the beginning of the course.
In order to fulfill the summative project requirement, the
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following plan is suggested; however, each plan can be
individualized based on the needs of the student and/or adviser:
1. Select electives that align with the student's area of interest.
2. Identify a summative project adviser (course instructor
or research professor) whose work relates to the area of
interest. This should be done by the end of the first year of
study.
3. Establish project specific aims and objectives. Create a
curricular plan that aligns with completion of the project
(additional electives which may include BKN 559 and/or BKN
590)
Note: Summative project may be completed in conjunction with
BKN 600: Sports Science Internship, but must be approved and
coordinated with a faculty adviser.
See the Doctor of Philosophy in Biokinesiology section for a list of
courses available to MS students.
Electives
• BKN 559 Readings in Biokinesiology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• BKN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• BKN 610L Technology in Sport: Field Assessment of Athlete
Performance Units: 2
• BKN 611L Technology in Sport: Physiological Assessments
Units: 2
• BKN 630 Resistance Training Techniques for High
Performance Athletes Units: 2
Dual Degree
Doctor of Physical Therapy/Master of Public
Health (DPT/MPH)
The Post Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
and the Master of Public (MPH) dual degree program offers the
opportunity for physical therapy clinicians to pursue a doctoral-
level education in combination with an integrated approach to
health care. The program spans four years. Students begin the
first one to two years completing MPH core and elective course
work in the Department of Preventive Medicine. The remaining
years are devoted to program requirements in physical therapy.
Doctoral Degree
Biokinesiology (PhD)
The graduate program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in
Biokinesiology is designed to prepare candidates for research
and teaching at the university level. Actual programs of study will
be designed with a degree of flexibility directed toward individual
students who seek to become independent scholars.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet all general admission requirements of the
university. Admission requirements include a superior grade point
average in cumulative undergraduate and graduate course work
(if applicable). In addition, applicants should score at least 150 in
each area of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and have
some research experience. Students admitted for the Master of
Science degree are not automatically admitted to the Doctor of
Philosophy program. The Master of Science is not required as a
prerequisite to the PhD but may be advised.
Applicants must have a personal interview with the program
faculty. A student can be considered for admission only when a
member of the full-time PhD faculty has agreed to serve as the
student's PhD adviser. Three letters of recommendation and
duplicate transcripts must be sent to the division for preliminary
evaluation, although final acceptance is based upon the official
USC application procedure.
Prerequisites (PhD Program)
The prerequisite for applicants to the PhD program in
biokinesiology is either: (a) a bachelor's degree or higher with
a science major or equivalent; or (b) a bachelor's or master's
degree in physical therapy with appropriate basic science content.
Courses completed at the time of application must include work
(with appropriate laboratory study) in chemistry, calculus, physics
and biology. Highly recommended is course work in anatomy,
physiology, histology, cell biology, exercise physiology, kinesiology,
biochemistry, neuroscience, trigonometry, analytical geometry and
computer programming.
Candidates should be computer literate. International applicants
will be considered upon evaluation of credentials by the USC
Office of Admission.
Students deficient in certain prerequisites may be admitted
subject to completion of requirements within two years after
admission. An additional year may be granted upon review of the
student's program by a faculty committee. Work in any prerequisite
subject will not be part of the required 60 units for the Doctor of
Philosophy.
Screening Procedure
A screening procedure will be offered twice each year for
qualified students. It must be taken prior to the completion of 24
units at the 500-level or higher. The purpose of the screening
procedure is to assess the progress of the PhD student and
to determine whether that progress is sufficient to continue in
the PhD program. Passing the procedure is a prerequisite for
continuation in the PhD program.
Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units is required for the Doctor of Philosophy
degree.
Required Course Work
Select 2 of the 3 required core discipline focus areas of
Biokinesiology: BKN 550, BKN 551 and BKN 552.
• BKN 550 Neurobehavioral Basis of Movement Units: 4
• BKN 551 Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Basis of
Movement Units: 4
• BKN 552 Physiological Basis of Voluntary Movement Units: 4
• BKN 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• BKN 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794c Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794d Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794z Doctoral Dissertation Units: 0
• INTD 500 Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research
Units: 1 *
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4 **
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4 **
Note:
*Or equivalent graduate ethics course.
**Or equivalent graduate level statistics.
PhD students must complete two of the three core courses (BKN
550, BKN 551, BKN 552) before participating in the screening
procedure. Substituting a course for one of the core courses
may be allowed after receiving approval from the Biokinesiology
Program Committee prior to the beginning of the course.
Other course requirements (to complete 60 units) will vary
according to the specific needs of each student. Course work other
than departmental offerings is encouraged and may be required by
the student's qualifying exam committee.
Courses Available for MS/PhD Students
• BKN 559 Readings in Biokinesiology Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 , max 8
• BKN 563 Biomechanics Units: 2, 2 years
• BKN 566 Neurobiology of Locomotion Units: 2
• BKN 567 Advanced Topics in Biomechanics Units: 2
• BKN 573a Advanced Dissection Anatomy Units: 2
• BKN 573b Advanced Dissection Anatomy Units: 2
• BKN 575 Principles of Musculoskeletal Imaging Units: 2
• BKN 585 Systematic Research Writing Units: 3
• BKN 587a Physiological Correlates of Therapeutic Exercise
Units: 4
• BKN 587b Physiological Correlates of Therapeutic Exercise
Units: 4
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• BKN 588 Physiology and Biomechanics of Resistance
Exercise Units: 2
• BKN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• BKN 593 Behavioral Basis of Motor Control and Learning
Units: 3
• BKN 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BKN 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• BKN 594z Master's Thesis Units: 0
• BKN 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4 , max 8
• BKN 615 Principles of Skeletal Adaptation Units: 4, 2 years
• BKN 617 Modeling the Motor System: An Introduction
Units: 2, 2 years
• BKN 618L Modeling the Motor System: Laboratory Units: 1,
2 years
• BKN 621 Electromyography in Research and Practice
Units: 3, 2 years
• BKN 623 Neuroplasticity and Neural Repair Units: 3, 2 years
• BKN 672 Advanced Independent Study in Biokinesiology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 , max 8
• BKN 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• BKN 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794c Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794d Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• BKN 794z Doctoral Dissertation Units: 0
Additional Requirements
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no foreign language requirement.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Upon successful completion of the screening examination the
student and the research adviser will select a qualifying exam
committee for continuing course work and independent study.
The qualifying exam committee comprises five full-time faculty
members.
The qualifying exam committee will recommend course work,
independent study and readings in the major and cognate areas.
Qualifying Examination
The PhD qualifying examination is offered during the fall or
spring semesters. The qualifying examination concentrates on the
student's ability to demonstrate knowledge in the major academic
area chosen and its relation to other areas of study offered in the
department. The qualifying examination has both written and oral
components. A student failing any part of the examination may
be allowed one additional opportunity to pass that portion at the
discretion of the qualifying exam committee, within the regulations
of the Graduate School governing the repetition of qualifying
examinations.
Dissertation Committee
After the qualifying examination has been passed and a
dissertation topic approved, the qualifying exam committee shall
be known as the dissertation committee and may be reduced to
three members upon unanimous recommendation to the dean of
graduate studies. One of the three members must be from outside
the major division. The chair of the dissertation committee will be
the principal research adviser.
Dissertation and Oral Defense
An acceptable dissertation based on original investigation
is required. The dissertation must show technical mastery of a
special field, capacity for independent research and scholarly
ability.
The dissertation and the defense or final oral must have
the unanimous approval of the dissertation committee. The
dissertation should be complete within three years of the date the
proposal is approved.
Professional Entry-Level Doctor of Physical
Therapy Program (DPT)
This degree can be completed through an on-campus program
or through a hybrid online/on-campus program. The curriculum
comprises six semesters plus two summer sessions for on-campus
students and three summer sessions for hybrid students, resulting
in completion of the required 115 units. Clinical experience
(clerkship) is part of the curriculum during all three years. The
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy awards the DPT
to enrolled students who have satisfactorily completed the three-
year curriculum. For successful completion, students must pass
all course work with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75, meet all
professional standards and pass all clinical clerkships.
Admission Requirements (Entry-Level)
Applicants are required to complete the equivalent of a U.S.
baccalaureate degree at an accredited college or university prior to
matriculation. Prerequisite course work must include: a minimum
of four semesters/six quarters of course work in the mammalian
biological sciences (and must include one course in human
anatomy with laboratory and one course in human physiology with
laboratory), two semesters/three quarters of chemistry course
work with laboratory (which may include general chemistry, organic
chemistry or biochemistry), two semesters/three quarters of
physics course work with laboratory, a minimum of two courses in
psychology (which may include general psychology or abnormal
psychology), and one college-level statistics course (generally
from the biology, mathematics and psychology departments). A
minimum of 150 hours of clinical experience in a variety of physical
therapy settings is required. This can be in a volunteer or paid
capacity. Applicants should be computer literate.
Students from foreign countries must have completed one
year of study in the United States prior to application. Credits
from foreign institutions must be approved by the USC Office of
Graduate Admission.
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
The GRE is required of all applicants. In general, minimum
scores of 150 are required on each of the general test measures of
verbal and quantitative ability.
Applications
Applications for the on-campus program are submitted through
the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS)
Website, and must be completed by December 1 of each
year for the class beginning the following fall. Hybrid program
applications will be available through our technology partner's
Online Application and Recommendation System (OARS). For
the initial hybrid class, entering in June 2018, applications will be
completed by April 17. Only one class is admitted each year for
each program.
The Admissions Committee reviews all information submitted.
Applicants may request a personal interview. It is highly
recommended that all applicants make an appointment to visit the
division's office located on the Health Sciences Campus and talk
with students and members of the faculty.
Notice of Acceptance
Notice of acceptance in the on-campus program will be sent
to successful candidates no earlier than December of the year
prior to the August program start date (with the exception of Early
Decision applicants who are typically informed of a decision by
late September) and continually thereafter until the class is filled.
In no case will an acceptance be offered earlier than one year
before anticipated enrollment. Applicants to the hybrid program will
be reviewed on a rolling basis with notices of acceptance sent to
successful candidates continually until the class is filled.
Candidates in the on-campus program should reply to an
offer of acceptance within three weeks enclosing a $1,000
deposit (nonrefundable), which is credited to tuition at the time of
registration. Candidates in the hybrid program should submit their
initial $1,000 deposit within 10 days of an offer of acceptance.
A second nonrefundable $500 deposit is required by mid-May
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of the program start year (also to be applied in its entirety as a
tuition credit). A letter of withdrawal is required if applicants wish to
relinquish their place in the class; release is granted automatically
upon receipt of the letter.
Degree Requirements (Entry-Level)
The DPT is awarded to enrolled students who have satisfactorily
completed the three-year curriculum of 115 credits (depending on
electives chosen). The minimum number of credits required for
graduation is 115. The minimum GPA required for graduation is
2.75. Clinical experience (clerkship) is part of the curriculum during
all three years.
The Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy uses
a system of student evaluation and grading that is designed to
encourage self-reliance, to stimulate the student's independent
quest for knowledge and to promote excellence in clinical and
academic achievement.
Faculty of the program are responsible for establishing
evaluation criteria appropriate to the objectives of each course
and for specifying the manner in which evaluative information is to
be gathered. For clinical evaluation, descriptive comments based
on the student's performance are submitted by faculty and clinical
instructors to the student's permanent file.
Required Courses
• PT 509 Cellular and Systems Physiology Units: 3
• PT 514L Musculoskeletal Anatomy Units: 4
• PT 516 Principles of Disease Units: 1
• PT 521L Basics of Patient Management Units: 4
• PT 529 Life Span Motor Control Units: 2
• PT 530a Therapeutic Exercise Units: 2
• PT 530b Therapeutic Exercise Units: 2
• PT 534L Neuroanatomy Units: 3
• PT 536 Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General
Medical Conditions Units: 3
• PT 539 Clinical Pharmacology Units: 1
• PT 546 Neuropathology Units: 3
• PT 549L Clinical Exercise Physiology Units: 4
• PT 551L Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents Units: 3
• PT 554L Analytical Anatomy Units: 3
• PT 561a Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice Units: 2
• PT 561b Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice Units: 2
• PT 561c Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice Units: 2
• PT 561d Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice Units: 2
• PT 561e Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice Units: 2
• PT 566 Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System Units: 3
• PT 569 Fundamentals of Neuroscience Units: 4
• PT 571L Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary
Dysfunction Units: 4
• PT 574 Clinical Biomechanics Units: 3
• PT 581L Clinical Management of the Patient with
Neurological Dysfunction Units: 5
• PT 582 Mechanics of Human Gait Units: 2
• PT 583L Clinical Electrophysiology Units: 1
• PT 600a Clinical Experience Units: 1
• PT 600b Clinical Experience Units: 3
• PT 600c Clinical Experience Units: 1
• PT 600d Clinical Clerkship Units: 4
• PT 600z Clinical Clerkship Units: 0
• PT 606 Clinical Imaging Units: 2
• PT 621L Clinical Management of the Patient with
Musculoskeletal Dysfunction Units: 5
• PT 625 Emerging Topics in Physical Therapy Units: 3
• PT 650 Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy Units: 2
Third Year Requirements
Hybrid Track
• PT 640a Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical
Skills Units: 3
• PT 640b Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical
Skills Units: 3
• PT 642a Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Seminar
Units: 2.5
• PT 642b Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Seminar
Units: 2.5
• PT 670a Hybrid Advanced Clinical Experience with Academic
Integration Units: 6.5
• PT 670b Hybrid Advanced Clinical Experience with Academic
Integration Units: 6.5
Residential Track
• PT 630 Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills
Units: 6
• PT 632 Integrated Patient Management Seminar Units: 5
• PT 660 Advanced Clinical Experience with Academic
Integration Units: 5
• PT 665 Advanced Clinical Experience Units: 8
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy
Health Sciences Campus
Center for the Health Professions
1540 Alcazar St., CHP 133
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003
(323) 442-2850
Toll Free: (866) 385-4250
FAX: (323) 442-1540
Email: [email protected]
chan.usc.edu
Administration
Associate Dean and Chair: Grace Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Faculty
Mrs. T.H. Chan Professorship in Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy, Associate Dean and Chair: Grace Baranek,
PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Chairs: Sarah Bream, OTD, OTR/L; Jesús DÍaz, OTD,
OTR/L; Julie McLaughlin Gray, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Katie Jordan,
OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Mary Lawlor, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Professors: Grace Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Sharon
Cermak, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Mary Lawlor, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Professors: Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, PhD; Sook-Lei Liew,
PhD, OTR/L; Elizabeth Pyatak, PhD, OTR/L; Shawn C. Roll, PhD,
OTR/L, RMSKS (Sonography), FAOTA
Assistant Professors: Amber Angell, PhD, OTR/L, Bobbi Pineda,
PhD, OTR/L, CNT
Professors of Clinical Occupational Therapy: Erna Blanche, PhD,
OTR/L; Julie McLaughlin Gray, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Katie Jordan,
OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Deborah Pitts, PhD, MBA, OTR/L, BCMH
(Mental Health), CPRP, FAOTA
Associate Professors of Clinical Occupational Therapy: Rebecca
Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L; Arameh Anvarizadeh, OTD, OTR/L; Amber
Bennett, OTD, OTR/L; Sarah Bream, OTD, OTR/L; Allison Chu,
OTD, OTR/L; Celso Delgado Jr., OTD, OTR/L; Camille Dieterle,
OTD, OTR/L; Don Gordon, PhD, OTR/L; Jess Holguin, OTD,
OTR/L; Karrie Kingsley, OTD, OTR/L; Kimberly Lenington, OTD,
OTR/L; John Margetis, OTD, OTR/L; Stacey Morikawa, OTD,
OTR/L; Michael McNulty, OTD, OTR/L; Phuong Nguyen, OTD,
OTR/L; Emily Ochi, OTD, OTR/L; Daniel Park, OTD, OTR/L; Elyse
Peterson, OTD, OTR/L; Samia Rafeedie, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR
(Physical Rehabilitation), CBIS (Brain Injury); Chantelle Rice,
OTD, OTR/L; Shelby Surfas, OTD, OTR/L; Ashley Uyeshiro, OTD,
OTR/L; Jamie Wilcox, OTD, OTR/L; Myka Winder, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professors of Clinical Occupational Therapy: Yasi
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Amanat, OTD, OTR/L; Candace Chatman OTD, OTR/L; Ellie
Clark, OTD, OTR/L;Catherine Crowley, OTD, OTR/L; Rebecca
Cunningham, OTD, OTR/L; Heather Gates, OTD, OTR/L; Caroline
Hardin, OTD, OTR/L; Marisa Hernandez OTD, OTR/L; Lucy
Hosoda, OTD, OTR/L; Tracy Jalaba, OTD, OTR/L; Jennifer Jones,
OTD, OTR/L; Joshua Kotler, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS; Carnie Lewis,
OTD, OTR/L; Diego Lopez, OTD, OTR/L; Marissa Marchioni, OTD,
OTR/L; Elena Meng OTD, OTR/L; Stephanie Mielke, OTD, OTR/L;
Tessa Milman, OTD, OTR/L; Kimberly Morris-Eggleston, OTD,
OTR/L; Jodie Murakami, OTD, OTR/L; Kristy Payne, OTD, OTR/L;
Kelsey Peterson, OTD, OTR/L; Allison Phillips, OTD, OTR/L;
Lindsey Reeves, OTD, OTR/L; Janice Rocker, OTD, OTR/L; Erin
Sako, OTD, OTR/L; Trevor San Antonio OTD, OTR/L; Clarissa
Saunders-Newton, PhD, OTR/L; Lisa Semro OTD, OTR/L; Emma
Schiewe OTD, OTR/L; Emily Schulze, OTD, OTR/L; Catherine
Shin, OTD, OTR/L; Linsey Smith; OTD, OTR/L; Marilyn Thompson
OTD, OTR/L; Sonia Trejo OTD, OTR/L; Stephanie Tsai, OTD,
OTR/L; Christine Turnbull, OTD, OTR/L; Janis Yue, OTD, OTR/L;
Elizabeth Zepeda OTD, OTR/L
Instructors of Clinical Occupational Therapy: Aimee Aguillon, OTD,
OTR/L; Jenna Kobara, OTD, OTR/L; Cindy Luff, MA, OTR/L;
Deanna Mannarelli, OTD, OTR/L; Whitney Pike, BS, OTR/L; Joan
Vartanian, BS, OTR/L
Research Professors: Michael Carlson, PhD; John Sideris, PhD
Research Associate Professors: Jesús DÍaz, OTD, OTR/L; Stacey
Schepens Niemiec, PhD, OTR/L
Research Assistant Professors: Joy Agner, PhD, OTR/L; Leah
Duker, PhD, OTR/L
Research Adjunct Instructor: Ana Verran, MA, OTR/L
Clinical Associate Professors: Ashley Halle, OTD, OTR/L; Joan
Surfus, OTD, OTR/L
Clinical Assistant Professor: Janet Gunter, OTD, OTR/L
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy: Diane
Parham, PhD, OTR/L
Adjunct Assistant Professors of Clinical Occupational Therapy:
Susan Bowles, OTD, OTR/L; Alison M. Cogan PhD, OTR/L;
Juliana Gutierrez, OTD, OTR/L; Colin Lenington, OTD, OTR/L;
Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Adjunct Instructors of Clinical Occupational Therapy: Remy Chu,
MHA, OTR/L; Lisa Deshaies, MA, OTR/L; Heidi Dombish, MS,
OTR/L; Dawn Hironaka, BS, OTR/L; Rosemond Selgson, OTR/L,
ATP
Emeritus Professors: Florence Clark, PhD; Linda Fazio, PhD;
William Morgan, PhD; Elizabeth J. Yerxa, EdD, LHD (Hon.), ScD
(Hon.), DMed (Hon.), FAOTA; Ruth Zemke, PhD, FAOTA
Degrees Offered
The USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy offers a Minor in Occupational Science,
a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, a Master of
Arts in Occupational Therapy, and an entry-Level Occupational
Therapy Clinical Doctorate (OTD). The entry-level OTD is offered
to students continuing their education following an undergraduate
degree in occupational therapy at USC and students whose
first degree is in another field. The Division also offers a post-
professional Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy and a
post-professional Occupational Therapy Clinical Doctorate (OTD)
for certified occupational therapists seeking an advanced degree,
as well as a PhD in Occupational Science. Graduate certificates
ar offered in Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign®, and Sensory
Processing and Sensory Integration.
The newly launched Entry-Level OTD degree program has
been granted Candidacy Status by the Accreditation Council
for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE). Entry into
occupational therapy practice is at the graduate degree level
only. In order to practice, students in the USC bachelor's program
must earn an OTD degree in Occupational Therapy, successfully
complete a minimum of 24 full-time weeks of clinical fieldwork,
complete a doctoral capstone, and sit for the National Board for
Certification in Occupational Therapy® (NBCOT) exam, and apply
for a license.
Pi Theta Epsilon
Pi Theta Epsilon is the national honor society for occupational
therapy students and alumni. This society recognizes and
encourages superior scholarship among students enrolled in entry-
level graduate programs of occupational therapy across the United
States.
The Alpha Eta Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE) at the
University of Southern California selects candidates early in the
spring semester of each year based on National PTE guidelines
related to academic standing and students' potential for leadership
in the profession.
Bachelor's Degree
Occupational Therapy (BS)
The undergraduate curriculum leads to the Bachelor of
Science with a major in Occupational Therapy. Only incoming
freshmen may apply to the bachelor's to doctorate program in
occupational therapy; students may not change their major to
occupational therapy once admitted to USC. Students majoring in
occupational therapy begin full-time graduate study during their
senior year, substantially reducing their overall cost of education
and preparing them sooner for the National Board for Certification
in Occupational Therapy® (NBCOT) examination. Successful
completion of an Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) degree,
including successful completion of a minimum of 24 full-time
weeks of clinical fieldwork, qualifies students for eligibility to sit for
the NBCOT examination. Certification from the board and state
licensure are required to practice as an occupational therapist.
Admission Criteria and Application Procedures for
Incoming Freshmen
See the Undergraduate Admission section of this catalogue for
admission criteria and application procedures for the university.
Program Requirements
A total of 128 units is required for the Bachelor of Science
degree. An occupational therapy major cannot count any 300-level
OT course toward the BS degree.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education (GE) program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to become a generally well-educated person. This
program is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or
later, or transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time
and subsequently transferring to USC. The general education
program requires eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus two
courses in Global Perspectives (which may double-count with
courses in the Core Literacies) and two courses in writing. See
General Education for more information.
Required Pre-Professional Courses
Students in the Occupational Therapy major are required to meet
with their adviser within the Chan Division once each semester
to ensure satisfactory completion of requirements outlined below.
Students must successfully complete the pre-professional required
courses prior to taking the advanced professional courses.
All pre-professional courses must be completed:
• Within the last seven years
• With a minimum GPA of 3.0 (pass/fail or grades below a C
are not accepted)
• From an accredited junior college, four-year college or
university
• Either in a classroom setting or online; however, the anatomy
laboratory must be completed in a classroom setting (refer to
Course Work Taken Elsewhere)
• For a total of three semester units each (with the exception
of medical terminology, which may be certificate, credit/no
credit, 1 or 2 units)
Required Pre-Professional Courses (USC course numbers are
noted)
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• Students who wish to transfer credit for courses taken at
another institution must gain university approval.
Pre-Professional Courses
• OT 200 Medical Terminology for Health Professions Units: 1
• OT 250 Introduction to Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy Units: 4 or
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4 or
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
• OT 251x Across the Lifespan: Occupations, Health and
Disability Units: 4 or
• EDUC 589 Human Lifespan Development Units: 3 or
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4 with
• PSYC 337L Adult Development and Aging Units: 4
• OT 260 Human Functional Anatomy for Allied Health
Professions Units: 3 or
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4 (with laboratory)
• OT 261 Human Physiology for Allied Health Professions
Units: 3 or
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4 or
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4
Notes:
All pre-professional courses must be completed by the start of the
senior year.
Required Professional Courses
Enrollment in professional occupational therapy courses is limited
to junior and senior occupational therapy majors only.
Required Professional Courses
• OT 510 Foundations of Occupation: Kinesiology in Daily Life
Units: 2
• OT 511 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
1 Units: 3
• OT 514 Foundations of Occupation: Neuroscience in Daily
Life Units: 2
• OT 516 Foundations of Occupation: Creativity, Craft and
Activity Analysis Units: 2
• OT 517 Foundations of Occupation: Sensory Processing in
Daily Life Units: 3
• OT 519 Theoretical Foundations of Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy Units: 3
• OT 521 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
2 Units: 3
• OT 526 Practice Scholar: Applying Quantitative Evidence
Units: 3
• OT 527 Health Systems and Global Context Units: 3
One of the following:
• OT 501L Practice Immersion: Adult Physical Rehabilitation
Units: 8
• OT 502L Practice Immersion: Mental Health Units: 8
• OT 503L Practice Immersion: Pediatrics Units: 8
• OT 504L Practice Immersion: Productive Aging and Geriatrics
Units: 8
Additional Requirements
Scholastic Standards
Undergraduate occupational therapy students must maintain a
GPA of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) in all required OT courses in order to
continue into the graduate program. If an undergraduate student's
OT grade point average (GPA) falls below 3.0, or if the cumulative
undergraduate GPA falls below 3.0 at the end of the fall semester
of the senior year, continuance is not assured.
Advising
Students enrolled in the occupational therapy major are
required to meet with an academic adviser within the division each
semester.
Minor
Occupational Science Minor
The division offers a minor in the discipline of occupational
science. It is one of a select few programs in the world that
offers undergraduates the opportunity to explore importance
of occupation, or meaningful activity, as well as the fields of
occupational science and occupational therapy.
Occupational Scientists and Occupational Therapists seek to
understand and appreciate the motivations that make us human.
Humans are innately driven to fill their time with interesting,
meaningful activities, which scholars call "occupations."
Occupational Therapists and Occupational Scientists believe
that humans need to be occupied because occupations have
a profound impact on physical and mental health, one's sense
of well-being and the experience of a satisfying quality of life.
Occupational Science seeks to understand the precise nature
and function of occupations and the critical effect of daily activity
on human beings. Scientists working in the field may examine
questions such as the relationship between childhood occupations
and adult competency and achievement, what constitutes a
healthy balance of work, rest and leisure, and what factors
contribute to a good fit between a particular individual and their
occupations.
The minor in occupational science requires a total of 20 units:
a required gateway course (OT 250) for 4 units plus 16 units
selected from the elective courses. It is open to all majors at USC.
An occupational therapy major cannot count any 300-level OT
course toward the BS degree.
Required Course
• OT 250 Introduction to Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy Units: 4
Elective Courses (16 units)
• OT 101x Caring For Your Self: Engaging in Healthy Habits
and Routines Units: 2
• OT 220 Lifestyle Design: Introduction to Occupational
Therapy Units: 2
• OT 251x Across the Lifespan: Occupations, Health and
Disability Units: 4
• OT 280 Essential Occupations of Emerging Adulthood
Units: 2
• OT 300 Occupational Expressions of Diverse Identities and
Lifestyles Units: 4
• OT 310 Creativity Workshop Units: 2
• OT 312 Creating a Sustainable Lifestyle Units: 2
• OT 320 The Nature of Human Occupation: Form, Function,
and Meaning Units: 4
• OT 325 The Brain: Mind, Body, and Self Units: 4
• OT 330 Perspectives on the Daily Life of Families Units: 4
• OT 333 Sports Ethics Units: 4
• OT 340 Occupational Foundations of Human-Animal
Interaction Units: 4
• OT 350 Disability, Occupations, and the Health Care System
Units: 4
• OT 355 Doing Social Justice Units: 2
• OT 360 Creating the Self through Narrative: Acts of Life Story
Production Units: 4
• OT 370 Understanding Autism: Participation Across the
Lifespan Units: 4
• OT 375 The Narrative Structure of Social Action: Narrative,
Healing and Occupation Units: 4
Master's Degree
Occupational Therapy (MA)
The one-year Master of Arts (MA) program is designed for the
individual who is already a certified or board-eligible occupational
therapist, or an international therapist who has completed a
baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy from an accredited
college or university, or a program approved by the World
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Federation of Occupational Therapy® (WFOT). The MA program
in occupational therapy requires 32 units: 20 units of core courses
and 12 units of elective courses. All students must complete either
the Thesis or Comprehensive Exam Option.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university, three letters of recommendation, a personal
statement, and essay responses to supplemental application
questions. International students must have a satisfactory English
proficiency exam score within two years of enrollment. There is no
minimum GPA required; however, students entering with a GPA
less than 3.0 will have a registration hold based upon Graduate
School requirements (see Chan Division Student Handbook for
details regarding academic standing).
Application Procedures
Applications are accepted at any time, preferably by February
15 for fall admission.
Application materials include:
1. USC Online Graduate Application with Chan Division
supplemental application materials
2. three letters of recommendation
3. transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
4. personal statement
5. essay responses to supplemental application questions, if
requested
6. English proficiency exam scores if required
Please see the Chan Division website for the most up-to-date
application procedures: chan.usc.edu/.
International Students
Students educated outside the United States must have
their credentials evaluated by the Office of Graduate Admission
before their application to the Chan Division can be reviewed.
International students must demonstrate competency in English,
as measured by a proficiency examination. See the Admission
section of this catalogue.
Degree Requirements
The MA degree is under the jurisdiction of the USC Graduate
School. Students should also refer to the Graduate School section
of this catalogue for general regulations. All courses applied
toward the degree must be courses accepted by the Graduate
School.
Requirements include: GPA of 3.0 in all course work attempted
and all course work applied to the degree. All students must
complete either the Comprehensive Exam Option or Thesis
option. Students who complete the Comprehensive Exam option
must complete 32 units of courses: 20 units of core courses and
12 units of elective courses. Students who complete the Thesis
Option must complete a minimum of 28 units of courses: 20 units
of core courses, 4 units of electives courses and 4 units of thesis
(OT 594a and OT 594b).
Required Core Courses
• OT 515 Neuroscience of Behavior Units: 4
• OT 518 Quantitative Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 4
• OT 525 Qualitative Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 4
• OT 534 Health Promotion and Wellness Units: 2
• OT 538 Current Issues in Practice: Adulthood and Aging
Units: 2
• OT 540 Leadership Capstone Units: 2
• OT 545 Advanced Seminar in Occupational Science Units: 2
Comprehensive Examination Option (12 units)
In addition to the required courses, 12 units of elective are
required; 4 units of electives may be taken from outside the Chan
division. All electives must be 500 level or above.
Successful performance on a written comprehensive
examination administered on campus each fall and spring
semester completes the degree.
Thesis Option (8 units)
In addition to the required courses, 4 units of electives at 500
level or above and 4 units of Master's Thesis, OT 594a and OT
594b, are required. Acceptance of the thesis by the master's
committee and the university completes the degree.
Graduate Certificate
Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign® Graduate
Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign®
is designed for occupational therapy students or occupational
therapists who wish to obtain advanced training in Lifestyle
Redesign®. Certificate courses fulfill the didactic requirements
to be eligible for certification in Lifestyle Redesign®, and prepare
occupational therapy students to be able to design and implement
Lifestyle Redesign® interventions with diverse client populations.
Admissions Requirements:
Current USC Chan Graduate Students and USC Chan
Alumni: Applicants for the Certificate in Lifestyle Redesign® who
are currently enrolled in a Chan graduate program at USC and are
in good standing with a 3.0 GPA, or Chan alumni who completed
the applicable course work within the past 7 years (see required
courses), need only submit the appropriate paperwork for adding
the certificate program, which may be obtained from the Chan
Division.
Prospective Applicants: Applicants for the Certificate in
Lifestyle Redesign® who are currently registered/licensed
occupational therapists and have not matriculated at USC must
submit a formal application on the USC Graduate Admission
website.
Applicants must submit the following items:
• Official transcripts from ALL institutions attended must be
sent directly to [email protected].
• Résumé (upload via online application)
• A Letter of Recommendation (uploaded via online
application)
The certificate requires a minimum of 12 units.
Required Courses
Certificate in Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign®
(USC Chan Graduate Students and Externally-
Trained Occupational Therapists)
• OT 521 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
2 Units: 3
• OT 619 Applying Occupational Science: Lifestyle Redesign
Units: 3
• OT 638 Mentored Practicum in Lifestyle Redesign Units: 2
TWO of the following:
• OT 550 Lifestyle Redesign: Pain and Headache Management
Units: 2
• OT 551 Lifestyle Redesign: Weight Management and Related
Conditions Units: 2
• OT 552 Lifestyle Redesign: Neurological Conditions Units: 2
Certificate in Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign®
(USC Chan Alumni)
• OT 521 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
2 Units: 3 * or
• OT 578 Therapeutic Communication: Facilitating Change in
Clients Units: 4
• OT 583 Current Applications of Lifestyle Redesign Units: 4 or
• OT 619 Applying Occupational Science: Lifestyle Redesign
Units: 3
• OT 638 Mentored Practicum in Lifestyle Redesign Units: 2 or
• OT 586 Fieldwork with Seminar Units: 1, 2 ** or
• OT 686 Residency Units: 6 or 12 **
*Note: OT 521 Clinical Reasoning does NOT meet this
course requirement.
**Must be completed at an approved Lifestyle Redesign site.
OT 586 requires 2 units and OT 686 requires 6 units.
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Two of the following:
• OT 550 Lifestyle Redesign: Pain and Headache Management
Units: 2
• OT 551 Lifestyle Redesign: Weight Management and Related
Conditions Units: 2
• OT 552 Lifestyle Redesign: Neurological Conditions Units: 2
Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration
Graduate Certificate
The Sensory Processing/Sensory Integration Graduate
Certificate (SP/SI GC) is intended for those students who would
like to develop an expertise in identifying sensory processing
disorders and using sensory integration treatments to address
them. The certificate encompasses four courses with the last one
delivered in conjunction with hands-on clinical practice. The SP/SI
GC will position the students to translate the latest research on SI
and SP into practice. Once the program is completed, graduates
will be able to apply the information in clinical practice, research,
advocacy and education.
Admissions Requirements:
Current USC Chan Graduate Students and USC Chan
Alumni: Applicants for the Certificate in SP and SI who are
currently enrolled in a Chan graduate program at USC and are in
good standing with a 3.0 GPA, or Chan alumni who completed the
applicable course work within the past seven years (see required
courses), need only submit the appropriate paperwork for adding
the certificate program, which may be obtained from the Chan
Division.
Prospective Applicants: Applicants for the Certificate in
SP and SI who are currently registered/licensed occupational
therapists and have not matriculated at USC must submit a formal
application on the USC Graduate Admission website.
Applicants must submit the following items:
• Official transcripts from ALL institutions attended must be
sent directly to [email protected].
• Résumé (upload via online application)
• A Letter of Recommendation (uploaded via online
application)
USC Chan Graduate Students and Externally
Trained Occupational Therapists
(12 units)
• OT 517 Foundations of Occupation: Sensory Processing in
Daily Life Units: 3
• OT 569 Sensory Integration Theory Units: 2
• OT 570 Evaluation and Clinical Reasoning: Sensory
Integration Units: 2
• OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction Units: 4
• OT 636 Fieldwork with Seminar Units: 1, 2 *
or
• OT 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 **
*Must be completed at an approved Sensory Processing/
Sensory Integration site; taken for 1 unit.
**Occupational Therapists only; OT 590 Directed Research
must be taken for 1 unit.
USC Chan Alumni
Chan Alumni who have taken OT 564, OT 565 and
OT 568 (or OT 599 Special Topics)
(13 units)
• OT 564 Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Units: 4
• OT 565 Sensory Integration Interventions Units: 4
• OT 568 Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration: Special
Topics Units: 4 or
• OT 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 *
• OT 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 **
*Consult an adviser on which 4-unit section of OT 599 can be
used to fulfill this requirement.
**OT 590 Directed Research must be taken for 1 unit.
Chan Alumni who have taken OT 564 and OT 565
(12 units)
• OT 564 Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Units: 4
• OT 565 Sensory Integration Interventions Units: 4
• OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction Units: 4
Chan Alumni who have taken OT 564 only
(12 units)
• OT 564 Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Units: 4
• OT 570 Evaluation and Clinical Reasoning: Sensory
Integration Units: 2
• OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction Units: 4
• OT 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 *
*OT 590 Directed Research must be taken for 2 units.
Chan Alumni who have taken OT 564 and OT 610
(12 units)
• OT 564 Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Units: 4
• OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction Units: 4
• OT 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 *
*OT 590 Directed Research must be taken for 4 units.
Chan Alumni who have taken OT 610 only
(12 units)
• OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction Units: 4
• OT 517 Foundations of Occupation: Sensory Processing in
Daily Life Units: 3
• OT 569 Sensory Integration Theory Units: 2
• OT 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 *
*OT 590 Directed Research must be taken for 3 units.
Doctoral Degree
Entry-Level Occupational Therapy (OTD)
The Doctorate of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program
is open to students with or without an undergraduate degree
in occupational therapy. Students without a prior degree in
occupational therapy take both the foundational courses and the
core courses listed below. Students who have earned a bachelor
of science (BS) in Occupational Therapy from USC may apply
for Advanced Standing and follow the curriculum outlined under
Required Courses for students with Advanced Standing in the USC
Bachelor to Doctorate Program, reducing the total units required
for the degree from 96 units to 64 units.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university, three letters of recommendation, and a
personal statement. A satisfactory English proficiency exam score
within two years of enrollment is required for most international
students. There is no minimum GPA required; however, students
entering with a GPA less than 3.0 will have a registration hold
based upon Graduate School requirements (see Chan Division
Student Handbook for details regarding academic standing).
Those with a baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy
from USC may apply for Advanced Standing in the entry-OTD
program.
Those with a baccalaureate degree in a field other than
occupational therapy must have completed all of the following
prerequisites (listed below):
• within seven years of enrollment
• from an accredited junior college, college or university
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• either in a classroom setting or online; however, anatomy
should be completed in a classroom setting
• with each course totaling the equivalent of at least three
semester units (with exception of medical terminology which
may be 1 or 2 units, pass/no pass, or certificate) as follows
(course numbers refer to USC courses, but prerequisites can
be taken at any accredited college or university):
Prerequisites
• OT 200 Medical Terminology for Health Professions Units: 1
• OT 250 Introduction to Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy Units: 4 or
• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4 or
• ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Units: 4
• OT 260 Human Functional Anatomy for Allied Health
Professions Units: 3 (with laboratory)
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4 (with laboratory)
• OT 261 Human Physiology for Allied Health Professions
Units: 3 * or
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology Units: 4
• OT 251x Across the Lifespan: Occupations, Health and
Disability Units: 4
• PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology Units: 4
• A course in Gerontology or adult development
(recommended but not required)
Note:
*If anatomy and physiology are combined, students must take two
sequential semesters with a laboratory each semester (6–8 units).
Application Procedures
For those with a baccalaureate degree in occupational
therapy from USC: applications are accepted at any time,
preferably by February 15 for fall admission.
For those with a baccalaureate degree in a field other than
occupational therapy: applications are due by November 1 for
fall admission.
Application materials in Phase I include:
1. USC Online Graduate Application with Division Supplemental
Application Materials (required only for those with a
baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy)
2. OTCAS online application required only for applicants with
a baccalaureate degree in a field other than occupational
therapy)
3. three letters of recommendation
4. transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
5. English proficiency examination scores if required.
There is a Phase II of the application process, which may
require selected applicants to submit a video. Applicants selected
for Phase II will receive additional information. Please see
the Chan Division website for the most up-to-date application
procedures: chan.usc.edu/.
International Students
Students educated outside the United States must have
their credentials evaluated by the Office of Graduate Admission
before their application to the Chan Division can be reviewed.
International students must demonstrate competency in English,
as measured by a proficiency examination. See the Admission
section of this catalogue.
Degree Requirements
Satisfactory completion of 96 units beyond the baccalaureate
degree is required for the Occupational Therapy Doctorate degree.
Requirements include: GPA of 3.0 in all course work attempted
and all course work applied to the degree; All units applied to the
degree must be at the 500 level or higher.
The degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue, for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degree must be accepted by the
USC Graduate School.
Students must complete all courses in the program on a full-
time basis and in sequence, except for students approved for
disability accommodations.
Students who have earned a BS in Occupational Therapy from
USC may apply for Advanced Standing and follow the curriculum
outlined under Required Courses for students with Advanced
Standing in the USC Bachelor's to Doctorate Program, reducing
total units required for the degree from 96 units to 64 units. All
students must complete the Doctoral Capstone.
Doctoral Capstone Experience and Project
The Doctoral Capstone Experience (DCE) for the entry-
level occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) program provides
the doctoral student with an in-depth exposure to one or more
of our signature capstone experiences. In alignment with the
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
(ACOTE) accreditation standards, the DCE is a curated, full-
time 14-week experience designed by the doctoral student in
collaboration with a faculty mentor and/or site preceptor(s). This
experience includes the implementation of a Doctoral Capstone
Project supported by an evidence-based needs assessment and
synthesis of best practices, as well as a program evaluation to
ensure effective and sustainable outcomes. As a culminating
output, the doctoral student assembles a portfolio to showcase
completed work, reflections, and accomplishments achieved
throughout the capstone experience and disseminates completed
work through a final OTD leadership presentation delivered to
an audience of faculty, professional colleagues, fellow doctoral
students and alumni.
Required Foundational Courses (12 Units)
• OT 510 Foundations of Occupation: Kinesiology in Daily Life
Units: 2
• OT 514 Foundations of Occupation: Neuroscience in Daily
Life Units: 2
• OT 516 Foundations of Occupation: Creativity, Craft and
Activity Analysis Units: 2
• OT 517 Foundations of Occupation: Sensory Processing in
Daily Life Units: 3
• OT 519 Theoretical Foundations of Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy Units: 3
Required Core Courses (79 Units)
• OT 501L Practice Immersion: Adult Physical Rehabilitation
Units: 8
• OT 502L Practice Immersion: Mental Health Units: 8
• OT 503L Practice Immersion: Pediatrics Units: 8
• OT 504L Practice Immersion: Productive Aging and Geriatrics
Units: 8
• OT 511 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
1 Units: 3
• OT 521 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
2 Units: 3
• OT 526 Practice Scholar: Applying Quantitative Evidence
Units: 3
• OT 527 Health Systems and Global Context Units: 3
• OT 531 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
3 Units: 3
• OT 536 Practice Scholar: Applying Qualitative Evidence
Units: 3
• OT 539 Applying Occupational Science: Health Promotion
and Primary Care Units: 3
• OT 617 Visionaries: Innovation and Technology to Promote
Occupation Units: 3
• OT 618 Visionaries: Agents of Transformation Units: 2
• OT 619 Applying Occupational Science: Lifestyle Redesign
Units: 3
• OT 622 Advanced Clinical Perspectives: Neurocognition and
Occupation Units: 3
• OT 623 Advanced Clinical Perspectives: Medical Complexity
and Occupation Units: 3
• OT 636 Fieldwork with Seminar Units: 1, 2 *
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• OT 710 Teaching and Learning Seminar: Becoming a
Fieldwork Educator Units: 1
• OT 715 Practice Scholar: Synthesizing Evidence and
Practice Needs Units: 3
• OT 720 Pedagogy in Higher Education: Seminar and
Practicum Units: 1
• OT 725 Practice Scholar: Mobilizing Knowledge to Advance
Practice Units: 3
*Students are expected to take one 2-unit section and two
1-unit sections of this course.
Required Doctoral Capstone Courses (5 Units)
• OT 713 Doctoral Capstone Preparation: Seminar 1 Units: 1
• OT 723 Doctoral Capstone Preparation: Seminar 2 Units: 1
• OT 730 Doctoral Capstone Experience with Seminar Units: 3
Required Courses for students with Advanced
Standing in the USC Bachelor's to Doctorate
Program (64 units)
Complete three of the following immersion courses:
• OT 501L Practice Immersion: Adult Physical Rehabilitation
Units: 8
• OT 502L Practice Immersion: Mental Health Units: 8
• OT 503L Practice Immersion: Pediatrics Units: 8
• OT 504L Practice Immersion: Productive Aging and Geriatrics
Units: 8
• OT 531 Reflective, Responsive and Engaged Professionals
3 Units: 3
• OT 536 Practice Scholar: Applying Qualitative Evidence
Units: 3
• OT 539 Applying Occupational Science: Health Promotion
and Primary Care Units: 3
• OT 617 Visionaries: Innovation and Technology to Promote
Occupation Units: 3
• OT 618 Visionaries: Agents of Transformation Units: 2
• OT 619 Applying Occupational Science: Lifestyle Redesign
Units: 3
• OT 622 Advanced Clinical Perspectives: Neurocognition and
Occupation Units: 3
• OT 623 Advanced Clinical Perspectives: Medical Complexity
and Occupation Units: 3
• OT 636 Fieldwork with Seminar Units: 1, 2 *
• OT 710 Teaching and Learning Seminar: Becoming a
Fieldwork Educator Units: 1
• OT 713 Doctoral Capstone Preparation: Seminar 1 Units: 1
• OT 715 Practice Scholar: Synthesizing Evidence and
Practice Needs Units: 3
• OT 720 Pedagogy in Higher Education: Seminar and
Practicum Units: 1
• OT 723 Doctoral Capstone Preparation: Seminar 2 Units: 1
• OT 725 Practice Scholar: Mobilizing Knowledge to Advance
Practice Units: 3
• OT 730 Doctoral Capstone Experience with Seminar Units: 3
*Students are expected to take one 2-unit section and two
1-unit sections.
Occupational Science (PhD)
The PhD in Occupational Science educates individuals to
engage in the scientific study of human occupation, the purposeful
activities that constitute our life experiences.This evolving science
is chiefly concerned with the unique capacity of humans to develop
and orchestrate occupations and enact adaptive behaviors to
enhance engagement and participation in daily life. Occupational
scientists examine the function, structure and the interrelationships
among a complex array of occupations, as well as their impact on
individuals and communities.
The focus on occupation distinguishes this program from
closely related disciplines such as psychology, sociology and
anthropology. The program emphasizes the development
of research skills and encourages students to organize and
synthesize knowledge to contribute to occupational science theory
and interdisciplinary understandings of occupation, health and
social participation.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the PhD program are expected
to have a baccalaureate degree in an appropriate field, such as
one of the biological or social sciences or occupational therapy,
with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (A = 4.0). Applicants must submit
at least three letters of reference (two should be academic, one
can be a professional reference), a personal statement, and an
updated curriculum vitae (CV). All transcripts, letters of reference,
personal statement, and CV are submitted through the USC CAS
application portal. The application deadline is December 1st. Other
considerations include evidence of academic potential, interest
and skills in research and becoming a career scientist, and the
ability of the Chan Division and occupational science program to
support the applicant's scholarship interests and career goals.
International students must demonstrate competency in English,
as measured by the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System
(IELTS) examination. A personal interview and a professional
writing sample may be requested as part of the post-application
admissions review process. Please see the Chan Division website
for information and resources for the application process: chan.
usc.edu.
Degree Requirements
This degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degree must be courses accepted
by the USC Graduate School.
Course Requirements
Satisfactory completion of 60 units beyond the baccalaureate
degree is required, including the following courses:
Required Courses
Satisfactory completion of 60 units beyond the baccalaureate
degree is required. Students with an earned masters and/or
doctoral degree may apply for Advanced Standing, reducing the
units required for the degree from 60 units to 40 units. All students
must complete the required core courses and successfully
complete an independent dissertation. Program requirements
include the following courses:
• OT 640 Conceptual Foundations of Occupational Science
Units: 4
• OT 641 The Nature of Occupation Units: 4
• OT 648 Researching Occupation: Engagement, Meaning,
and Society Units: 4
• OT 649 Researching Occupation: Function, Participation,
and Health Units: 4
• OT 660 Research Practicum Units: 2 (2 units — Four
Semesters)
• OT 661 Grant Writing for Occupational Science Units: 2
Required Core Electives
Completion of a minimum of 26 units in a topic area such as
one of the following is required: quantitative research approaches,
qualitative research approaches, occupational science and/or
therapy, neuroscience, social development, life span development
or gerontology.
Additional Requirements
Those students who also wish to participate in clinical practice
in occupational therapy may opt to complete a master's degree
in occupational therapy. Such students are required to complete
the requirements for that degree, as well as the occupational
therapy undergraduate major courses if they are not registered
occupational therapists or eligible for registration prior to study.
Cognate Courses
Completion of a minimum of 26 units in a topic area approved
by the student's faculty mentor is required. Examples of cognate
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areas include: research methodologies related to dissertation
research, neuroscience, health disparities, gerontology and health
promotion.
Research Practicum
Each student will enroll in 2 units of OT 660 Research
Practicum per semester for four consecutive semesters, for a total
of 8 units. Students are required to begin enrolling in OT 660 in
their first semester of doctoral study. In this practicum the student
will develop research skills by working as part of a research team
under the direction of a faculty member.
Screening Procedures
Passing the screening is prerequisite to continuation in the
doctoral program. Directions for obtaining and filing the Report on
PhD Screening Procedures are found in the The Graduate School
section of this catalogue.
Dissertation Enrollment
Doctoral students must submit a dissertation according to the
policies and procedures described in The Graduate School section
of this catalogue. Registration in OT 794a Doctoral Dissertation,
OT 794b Doctoral Dissertation, OT 794c Doctoral Dissertation, OT
794d Doctoral Dissertation, OT 794z Doctoral Dissertation for a
minimum of 4 units (2 units in each of two consecutive semesters)
is required.
Summary of All Course Requirements
Required core courses are OT 640, OT 641, OT 648, OT 649,
OT 660, OT 661 for a total of 26 units.
Required cognate courses for a minimum total of 26 units.
Dissertation requires 2 units per semester for at least two
semesters for a minimum total of 4 units.
Additional 4 units can include 4 further units of dissertation, OT
660 or cognate courses.
Total: 60 units
Foreign Language or Research Skills
The PhD in Occupational Science does not require the
demonstration of competence in a foreign language. However,
each student is expected to achieve expertise, as defined by the
student's qualifying exam committee, in research methods through
participation in course work and the research practicum.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five faculty
members. Three members of the committee must be regular
faculty from the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational
Science and Occupational Therapy. One member must be from
outside the division. Complete regulations for establishing a
qualifying exam committee are found in The Graduate School
section of this catalogue.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying examination is comprehensive in nature and
requires the student to demonstrate a grasp of content from the
core courses and the cognate area. The examination is both
written and oral and is set and administered by the student's
qualifying exam committee. Refer to The Graduate School section
of the catalogue for additional information about the qualifying
exam.
Dissertation Committee
The dissertation committee is composed of at least three faculty
members. The chair of the committee and at least one additional
member of the committee must be regular faculty from the USC
Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy. One member must be from outside the division.
Complete regulations for establishing a dissertation committee are
found in The Graduate School section of this catalogue.
Dissertation
Doctoral students must submit a dissertation based on students'
original research according to the policies and procedures of
The Graduate School section of this catalogue. Upon approval
of the preliminary copy of the dissertation by all members of the
dissertation committee, the candidate must pass an oral defense
of the dissertation. Upon successful completion of the oral defense
and revisions, the manuscript is approved and the committee
recommends the candidate to the Graduate School for the PhD.
Teaching
To prepare students for anticipated roles as faculty members,
a teaching component is incorporated into the program. Students
work with their faculty adviser for their research immersion (OT
660) experience to identify an appropriate course or courses,
arrange mentoring experience, and ensure that the timing of the
teaching experience complements research lab participation and
dissertation plans. If students are not assigned a full course, they
are required to present a minimum of four lectures or seminars.
Additional Information
Further information about the baccalaureate, master's and
doctoral programs can be obtained by writing or calling the USC
Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy, 1540 Alcazar Street (CHP 133), Los Angeles, CA 90089-
9003; (323) 442-2850, toll free (866) 385-4250, or by sending
email to [email protected]. Information regarding the USC Chan
Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is
available at chan.usc.edu.
Required Courses (Students with Advanced
Standing)
Students with an earned masters and/or doctoral degree may
apply for Advanced Standing, reducing the units required for the
degree from 60 units to 40 units. All students must complete the
required core courses and successfully complete an independent
dissertation. Program requirements include the following courses:
• OT 640 Conceptual Foundations of Occupational Science
Units: 4
• OT 641 The Nature of Occupation Units: 4
• OT 648 Researching Occupation: Engagement, Meaning,
and Society Units: 4
• OT 649 Researching Occupation: Function, Participation,
and Health Units: 4
• OT 660 Research Practicum Units: 2 (2 Units - Four
Semesters)
• OT 661 Grant Writing for Occupational Science Units: 2
Cognate Courses (Students with Advanced
Standing)
Completion of a minimum of 10 units in a topic area such as
one of the following is required: quantitative research approaches,
qualitative research approaches, occupational science and/or
therapy, neuroscience, social development, life span development
or gerontology.
Research Practicum (Students with Advanced
Standing)
Each student will enroll in 2 units of OT 660 per semester for
four consecutive semesters, for a total of 8 units. Students are
required to begin enrolling in OT 660 in their first semester of
doctoral study. In this practicum the student will develop research
skills by working as part of a research team under the direction of
a faculty member.
Summary of all Course Requirements
(Students with Advanced Standing)
Required core courses are OT 640, OT 641, OT 648, OT 649,
OT 660, OT 661 for a total of 26 units.
Required cognate courses for a minimum total of 10 units.
Dissertation requires 2 units per semester for at least two
semesters for a minimum total of 4 units.
Total: 40 units for students with advanced standing
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Occupational Therapy (OTD)
The Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) is a post-
professional degree program that provides graduates with
advanced knowledge and skills in one of four leadership
concentrations: 1) advanced clinical practice; 2) policy and
administrative leadership; 3) educational leadership; and (4)
research expertise. OTD students graduate from the program with
a strong foundation in occupational science as well as in-depth
mentored residency experience. The OTD prepares graduates
to secure positions as expert clinicians in specialty or emerging
practice areas, as administrative leaders within health care
organizations, as non-tenure track faculty in institutions of higher
education, and as contributors to clinical research teams.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the OTD program are expected to
have at least a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
or university and must be certified or licensed as an occupational
therapist or be eligible to sit for the National Board for Certification
in Occupational Therapy® (NBCOT) examination at time of
matriculation. Domestic students not certified upon matriculation
must pass the NBCOT examination by the end of the first
semester of the program to maintain enrollment. At the discretion
of the OTD Program Director, some international students may
not be required to obtain NBCOT certification. A minimum GPA of
3.0 (A = 4.0) and completion of the Graduate Record Examination
(GRE) within five years of application are required. Applicants
must have earned a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA in the 400- and
500-level required courses. At least three letters of reference,
an autobiographical statement of purpose and a current resume
are required. Applicants' leadership potential, previous academic
record, clinical experiences and professional accomplishments will
also be considered.
International Students
Students educated outside the United States must have
graduated from a program approved by the World Federation
of Occupational Therapists (WFOT). USC maintains additional
admissions requirements for international students (see the
Admission section of this catalogue), including English language
competence as measured by the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing
System (IELTS) examination.
Application Procedures
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. For
consideration for fall semester admission, applications must
be received by October 1 for maximum funding consideration.
Applications received after October 1 will be considered on a
space-available basis. Application requirements include: 1) USC
Online Graduate Application; 2) USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division
of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy online
supplemental application for graduate admission; 3) three letters of
reference; 4) autobiographical statement of purpose; 5) transcripts
from all colleges/universities attended; and 6) GRE General Test
scores.
Degree Requirements
Satisfactory completion of 60 units beyond the baccalaureate
degree is required. Students with a Master's degree in
Occupational Therapy may apply for Advanced Standing, which
requires 36 units beyond the first graduate degree. These students
do not take the 24 units of foundational courses listed below. If
admitted without advanced standing, a student may receive partial
credit for course work taken for a previous graduate degree.
The degree is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation section and the
Graduate School section of this catalogue, for general regulations.
All courses applied toward the degree must be accepted by the
USC Graduate School.
Course Requirements (60 Units)
Required Occupational Therapy Foundational
Courses (20 Units Required)
• OT 515 Neuroscience of Behavior Units: 4
• OT 518 Quantitative Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 4 or
• OT 581 Quantitative Research for the Practicing Clinician
Units: 4
• OT 525 Qualitative Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 4
• OT 534 Health Promotion and Wellness Units: 2
• OT 538 Current Issues in Practice: Adulthood and Aging
Units: 2
• OT 540 Leadership Capstone Units: 2
• OT 545 Advanced Seminar in Occupational Science Units: 2
Electives (8 Units Required)
500-level course within the division Units: 4
500-level course within or outside the division Units: 4
Required Occupational Science Advanced Courses
(8 Units Required)
• OT 620 Current Issues in Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy Units: 4
• OT 621 Occupational Therapy Leadership: Contemporary
Issues Units: 4
Residency (24 Units Required)
• OT 686 Residency Units: 6 or 12
Additional Requirements
Elective Courses (4 units required)
Students will complete a minimum of 4 course units at the
500-level or higher selected from courses within or outside
the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy.
Residency Requirement (24 units required)
Students will complete 24 units of OT 686 residency.
The residency ensures that graduates of the OTD program
demonstrate competence in one of the following leadership
concentrations: 1) advanced clinical practice; 2) clinical research;
3) policy and administration; and 4) pedagogy.
At least 20 units applied toward the OTD must be successfully
completed before enrolling in OT 686 unless advanced standing
has been granted. Students may complete their residency over
three consecutive semesters (6 units, 6 units and 12 units) or
over four consecutive semesters. It is highly recommended that
one semester of OT 686 be enrolled full-time (12 units without
any other simultaneous course enrollment). Full-time residency
ensures the opportunity for full immersion in residency. Faculty
must approve each student's residency plan prior to enrollment.
OTD residency provides students the opportunity for mentorship
by experts in their OTD leadership concentration (e.g., a master
clinician, a world-class occupational science researcher, a leader
in professional policy or administration, or a faculty member with at
least three years of academic experience).
Portfolio Requirement
In the final semester of enrollment, each student will submit
a portfolio demonstrating knowledge of and expertise in their
selected leadership concentration. The final portfolio will include
an evidence-based deliverable and highlighted accomplishments
from their residency experience as designated in their academic
and residency plans.
Clinical Experience Criterion
If the student has less than three years of clinical experience
as a registered and/or licensed occupational therapist at time of
admission, he or she may be required to complete at least 8 units
of clinical occupational therapy courses, which may include:
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• OT 500a Clinical Problems in Occupational Therapy Units: 2,
3, 4
• OT 500b Clinical Problems in Occupational Therapy Units: 2,
3, 4
• OT 500c Clinical Problems in Occupational Therapy Units: 2,
3, 4
• OT 560 Contemporary Issues in School-Based Practice
Units: 4
• OT 564 Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Units: 4
• OT 572 Ergonomics Units: 4
• OT 574 Enhancing Motor Control for Occupation Units: 4
• OT 583 Current Applications of Lifestyle Redesign Units: 4
• OT 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction Units: 4
Course Requirements – Advanced Standing
(36 units)
Required Occupational Science Advanced Courses
(8 Units Required)
• OT 620 Current Issues in Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy Units: 4
• OT 621 Occupational Therapy Leadership: Contemporary
Issues Units: 4
Electives (4 Units Required)
500-level course within or outside the division Units: 4
Residency (24 Units Required)
• OT 686 Residency Units: 6 or 12
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USC Gould School of Law
The USC Gould School of Law provides an interdisciplinary
and innovative legal education, taught by nationally renowned
professors and practitioners and energized by a collaborative,
collegial student body. One of the most diverse among the nation's
top law schools, USC Gould comprises students from across the
country and around the world whose ideas and experiences enrich
the learning process and provide new perspectives on the law.
Through practice-focused training, hands-on experiential offerings,
and exceptional career services and support resources, Gould
students acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to excel
locally, nationally and globally.
USC Gould alumni are partners in the world's largest law firms,
chairs and top executives of industry-leading companies, and
esteemed leaders in government and public service organizations.
Since its founding in 1900, the school has produced scores of
judges and elected officials at the city, state and federal levels, as
well as abroad.
USC Gould School of Law
(213) 740-7331
Email: admissions@law.usc.edu
gould.usc.edu
Administration
Andrew T. Guzman, JD, PhD, Dean*
Thomas D. Lyon, JD, PhD, Vice Dean*
Donald M. Scotten, JD, LLM, Vice Dean*
Elizabeth A. Carroll, JD, Vice Dean
Robin Apodaca, BA, Associate Dean
Deborah A. Call, MBA, Associate Dean and Chief Programs
Officer
Ben Dimapindan, MA, EdD, Associate Dean
Raymond Flores, MBA, EdD, Associate Dean and Chief
Information Officer
Diana C. Jaque, MA, MLIS, JD, Associate Dean and Director of
the Law Library
David Kirschner, JD, Associate Dean
Robin H. Maness, MS, Associate Dean and Chief Development
Officer
Misa Shimotsu-Kim, MEd, Associate Dean
Ian Wood, MBA, Associate Dean and Chief Financial Officer
Margaret A. Kean, MFA, Assistant Dean
Nickey Woods, MEd, EdD, Assistant Dean
Faculty
Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law: Andrew T. Guzman,
JD, PhD*
University Professor and Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law,
Policy and Ethics: Alexander Morgan Capron, LLB*, MA (Hon.)
University Professor and Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard
Distinguished Professor of Law and Political Science: Lee Epstein,
MA, PhD
Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and
Psychology: Thomas D. Lyon, JD, PhD*
Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law and Business: D. Daniel
Sokol, MSt, JD, LLM
Edward G. Lewis Chair in Law and History: Daniel M. Klerman, JD,
PhD
J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science:
Robert K. Rasmussen, JD
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law: Robin Kundis Craig, MA,
JD, PhD
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law: Edward J. McCaffery,
MA, JD*
George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law: Franita Tolson, JD
The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law: Rebecca L. Brown, JD*
Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law: Nomi M. Stolzenberg, JD
UPS Foundation Chair in Law and Gerontology: Martin L. Levine,
JD, LLD*
University Professor of Journalism, Communication and Law:
Geoffrey Cowan, LLB (Journalism)
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Law:
Jeffery A. Jenkins, MA, MS, AM, PhD (Political Science)*
Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, Psychology, and
Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences: Elyn R. Saks, MLitt, JD,
PhD, LLD (Hon.)*
Leon Benwell Professor of Law and Accounting: Michael Simkovic,
JD
Virginia S. and Fred H. Bice Professor of Law: Scott A. Altman, JD*
Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law: Jody David Armour, JD
Richard L. and Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Law and
Psychology: Dan Simon, LLB, MBA, LLM, SJD
William T. Dalessi Professor of Law and Philosophy: Gregory C.
Keating, MA, JD, PhD
Sidney M. and Audrey M. Irmas Endowed Clinical Professor of
Law: Niels W. Frenzen, JD
Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law: Stephen M.
Rich, MA, JD
Richard L. and Antoinette S. Kirtland Professor of Law: Daria
Roithmayr, JD
John B. Milliken Professor of Law and Taxation: Jordan M. Barry,
JD
Dorothy W. Nelson Professor of Law and Sociology: Camille Gear
Rich, JD
Newton Professor of Constitutional Law: David B. Cruz, MS, JD*
John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History: Ariela J.
Gross, MA, JD, PhD*
John Stauffer Law Library Director: Diana C. Jaque, MA, MLIS, JD
Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law: Jonathan M. Barnett, MA,
MPhil, JD
Professors: Sofia Mary Gruskin, JD, MIA (Preventive Medicine);
Bart A. Kosko, MA, JD, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering); Sharon A. Lloyd, PhD (Philosophy); John G.
Matsusaka, MA, PhD (Business); Claudia Moatti, PhD, HDR
(Classics); Kevin J. Murphy, MA, PhD (Business); Jonathan
Quong, MA, PhD (Philosophy)*; Alison Dundes Renteln, MA, JD,
PhD (Political Science); Emily Ryo, JD, PhD; Wayne Sandholtz,
MA, PhD (International Relations); Hilary M. Schor, MA, PhD
(English); Abby K. Wood, MALD, JD, PhD
Associate Professors: Erik Hovenkamp, JD, PhD; Felipe Jimenez,
JD, LLM, JSD; Dorothy S. Lund, JD; Jessica Marglin, MA, PhD
(Religion); Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, MA, MPhil, PhD (History)
Assistant Professors: Erin Miller, JD, PhD; Jeessoo Nam, JD;
Marcela Prieto Rudolphy, JD, LLM, JSD
Adjunct Professors: Diana C. Jaque, MA, MLIS, JD; Richard
Peterson, MDR, JD, LLM
Adjunct Associate Professor: Preston Ascherin, JD
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Anitha Cadambi, LLB, LLM; Judy
K. Davis, MLIS, JD; Sarah Gruzas, JD; Cynthia Guyer, MLIS, JD;
Amber Kennedy Madole, MLIS, JD; Paul Moorman, MLIS, JD;
Brian Peck, JD; Brian M. Raphael, MLS, JD*; Jean Lantz Reisz,
JD; Karen Skinner, MS, MLS, JD
Clinical Professors: Michael J. Brennan, LLB; Michael Chasalow,
MBA, JD*; Hannah R. Garry, MA, JD*; Lisa Klerman, JD; Heidi L.
Rummel, JD
Clinical Associate Professor: Jef Pearlman, MEng, JD
Professors of Lawyering Skills: Elizabeth A. Carroll, JD; Rebecca
S. Lonergan, JD; Susan C. Wright, JD
Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills: Laura Riley, JD
Professors of the Practice of Law: Clare Pastore, JD; Donald M.
Scotten, JD, LLM
Emeriti Professors: Scott H. Bice, JD (Dean Emeritus, and
Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor Emeritus of Law);
Marshall Cohen, MA, MA (Oxon) (University Professor Emeritus,
Philosophy; Dean Emeritus); Edward J. Finegan, MA, PhD
(Linguistics); Ronald R. Garet, MA, MPhil, JD, PhD* (Carolyn
Craig Franklin Chair Emeritus in Law and Religion); Thomas D.
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Griffith, MAT, JD (John B. Milliken Professor Emeritus of Law
and Taxation); George Lefcoe, LLB (Ervin and Florine Yoder
Chair Emeritus in Real Estate Law); Michael H. Shapiro, MA, JD
(Dorothy W. Nelson Professor Emeritus of Law); Larry G. Simon,
LLB (Herbert W. Armstrong Professor Emeritus of Constitutional
Law); W. David Slawson, MA, LLB* (Torrey H. Webb Professor
Emeritus of Law)
Clinical Emeriti Professors: Lee W. Campbell, JD; Noel M.
Ragsdale, JD*
Emeriti Professor of Lawyering Skills: Robert M. Saltzman, JD
Emeriti Law Librarians: Pauline M. Aranas, MLIS, JD (John
Stauffer Charitable Trust Chief Information Officer Emerita
and Law Librarian Emerita); Leonette M. Williams, MSLS (Law
Librarian Emerita)
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
USC Gould School of Law School is accredited by the American
Bar Association. For information on ABA accreditation, please
contact:
The American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 988-5000
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (JD) is the standard degree to practice law in
the United States. To obtain the degree, full-time attendance for six
semesters is required. During the first year, students are enrolled
in a curriculum of basic courses that examine fundamental legal
institutions and address legal problems relevant to today's society
and the modern practice of law. During the second and third years,
students must complete Constitutional Law: Rights, a writing
requirement, and at least 6 units of experiential courses. Beginning
with the entering class of 2022, all students must also complete
Race, Racism, and the Law. The remainder of the courses taken
in years two and three are elective. All students must complete
37 numerically graded law units at USC beyond the first-year
curriculum and at least 88 units overall.
Qualified second- and third-year JD students have an
opportunity to study international law through an exchange
program with leading partner institutions worldwide. For more
information, please see the Gould School of Law website.
All applicants are required to take the Law School Admission
Test (LSAT) administered by the Law School Admissions
Council (LSAC) or the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE)
administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS). Based on
current test administration calendars, applicants who take the
LSAT must take the test no later than February of the year in which
they seek to start law school. Applicants who take the GRE must
take the test no later than March 1st (additional information or
changes are available in the application instructions) of the year
in which they plan to start law school. All students begin their first-
year classes in August.
USC Gould School of Law admits a small number of highly
qualified transfer students with LLM degrees from USC Gould.
These students will have taken a large number of law courses in
their LLM course of study and received strong grades in those
courses. The LSAT is not required.
Juris Doctor-Dual Degrees
USC Gould School of Law offers several dual degree programs
with the graduate schools on campus. These programs enable
qualified students to earn a law degree (JD) and a graduate
degree in less time than it would take to earn both degrees
independently. For more information, please see the Gould School
of Law website.
While students may be accepted for a dual degree program
when they are accepted to the law school, most students do not
apply until near the end of the first year. All programs require
that students successfully complete the required first year of law
school before beginning work toward the other degree. Credit for
graduate work completed prior to the completion of the first year
of law school may not be applied toward the law degree. Students
are not eligible for either of their degrees until they complete the
requirements for both degrees.
In all cases, prospective students must seek and gain
acceptance to both the law school and the other graduate
program, and have the dual degree program approved by both
schools. Decisions regarding admission to the law school and the
graduate program are made independently. For more information,
contact the Law School Admissions Office at admissions@
law.usc.edu.
Master's Degree Programs
Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution
(LLM in ADR)
The on-campus Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute
Resolution (LLM in ADR) program is a two- to four-semester,
full-time and part-time master's degree program for law graduates
and attorneys interested in building strength as advocates in
ADR processes or gaining skills and a prestigious credential for
pursuing career opportunities as mediators or arbitrators.
Students submitting an application must have earned a basic
law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), a Juris Doctor (JD) or the
foreign equivalent. Please visit the Gould School of Law website
for more information.
Master of Laws in International Business and
Economic Law (LLM in IBEL)
The on-campus Master of Laws in International Business and
Economic Law degree is a two- to four-semester, full-time and
part-time master's degree program for law graduates and attorneys
interested in developing a global perspective and interdisciplinary
skills that will enable them to understand and integrate relevant
laws, policies and business best practices that shape international
commerce and trade.
Students submitting an application must have earned a basic
law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), a Juris Doctor (JD) or the
foreign equivalent. Please visit the Gould School of Law website
for more information.
Master of Laws in International Trade Law and
Economics (MITLE)
The on-campus Master of International Trade Law and
Economics (MITLE) degree is offered by USC Gould School
of Law jointly with USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences Department of Economics. This degree provides
students with an interdisciplinary, global perspective and the
knowledge and skills relevant to the laws, policies, and business
practices that shape international trade and economics.
The Master of International Trade Law and Economics is
a one-year, 32-unit degree program offered on campus on a
full-time basis. This degree is open to anyone with a bachelor's
degree in any field, however, students are recommended to have
a strong foundation in economics and/or mathematics or another
quantitative background. Please visit the Gould School of Law
website for more information.
Master of Laws in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity
(LLM in PLCS)
The on-campus Master of Laws in Privacy Law and
Cybersecurity degree is a two- to four-semester, full-time and part-
time master's degree program for law graduates and attorneys
who wish to develop skills that will enable them to understand and
integrate relevant laws, policies and best practices that shape
privacy law and cybersecurity.
Students submitting an application must have earned a basic
law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or the foreign
equivalent. Please visit the Gould School of Law website for more
information.
Master of Laws (LLM) (On-campus and Online)
The on-campus Master of Laws (LLM) program is a master's
degree program for foreign graduate students trained in law. This
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two- to four-semester, full-time and part-time program introduces
foreign lawyers to American law and the U.S. legal system and
prepares them for leadership roles in the global market. Students
may enroll in an optional certificate track in Alternate Dispute
Resolution, Business Law, Entertainment Law, Transnational Law
and Business, or Technology and Entrepreneurship Law.
The online Master of Laws (LLM) program is a master's
degree program for foreign graduate students trained in law. This
program is offered on a part-time basis in a completely online
modality and introduces foreign lawyers to American law and
the U.S. legal system and prepares them for leadership roles in
the global market. Students may enroll in an optional certificate
track in Business Law, Compliance, Entertainment Law and
Industry, Financial Compliance, Health Care Compliance, Human
Resources Compliance, Privacy Law and Cybersecurity or Social
Work Administration.
Students submitting an application to either LLM program must
have earned a basic law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree
or the foreign equivalent. Please visit the Gould School of Law
website for more information.
Two-Year Extended Master of Laws (LLM)
The on-campus Two-Year Extended Master of Laws (LLM)
program combines a one-year certificate program with a one-
year master's degree for foreign graduate students trained in
law. During the first year, students complete mandatory law and
English courses to prepare them for the master's program and
further their English fluency. After successful completion of the
first year, students earn a Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies. In the
second year, students matriculate into our on-campus Master of
Laws program.
Students submitting an application must have earned a basic
law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or the foreign
equivalent. Please visit the Gould School of Law website for more
information.
Master of Comparative Law (MCL)
The on-campus Master of Comparative Law (MCL) program is
a master's degree program for foreign graduate students trained in
law who have already earned an LLM degree. This two-semester,
full-time program is focused on the study of comparative law.
Students submitting an application must have earned a basic
law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or the foreign
equivalent and have previously earned an LLM degree. Please
visit the Gould School of Law website for more information.
Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR)
The on-campus Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) program
is a two- to four-semester, full-time and part-time master's degree
program for graduates from varying fields of study, who are
interested in building strength as advocates in alternative dispute
resolution processes.
Students submitting an application must have earned an
undergraduate degree by the time they begin the MDR program.
Please visit the Gould School of Law website for more information.
Master of Studies in Law (MSL) (On-campus and
Online)
The on-campus Master of Studies in Law (MSL) is a full-
time and part-time master's degree program designed for new
graduates and seasoned professionals from varying fields of
studies and careers, who seek an understanding of how the
U.S. legal system functions. Students may enroll in an optional
certificate track in Business Law; Compliance; Human Resources
Law and Compliance; Law, Social Justice and Diversity; and Media
and Entertainment Law.
The online Master of Studies in Law (MSL) is designed for
new graduates as well as seasoned professionals from varying
fields of studies and careers. This program is offered on a
part-time basis in a completely online modality for students who
seek an understanding of how the U.S. legal system functions.
Students may enroll in an optional certificate track in in Business
Law, Compliance, Entertainment Law and Industry, Financial
Compliance, Health Care Compliance, Human Resources
Compliance, Privacy Law and Cybersecurity, or Social Work
Administration.
Students submitting an application must have earned an
undergraduate degree by the time they begin the MSL degree.
Please visit the Gould School of Law website for more information.
A progressive degree is an option for current USC
undergraduate students. For more information, please visit the
Gould School of Law website. You may also contact USC Gould
Undergraduate for more details.)
Certificates
USC Gould School of Law offers a variety of certificates to
which JD students may apply some of their existing course work.
Certificate requirements for JD and Graduate students differ and
are detailed at the USC Gould School of Law website.
USC Gould also offers stand-alone certificates to those with a
bachelor's degree to gain further knowledge of a particular area of
law.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate (On-campus)
• Business Law Certificate (Online)
• Compliance Certificate (Online)
• Entertainment Law and Industry Certificate (Online)
• Financial Compliance Certificate (Online)
• Health Care Compliance Certificate (Online)
• Human Resources Law and Compliance Certificate (Online)
• Law, Social Justice and Diversity Certificate (On-campus)
• Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Certificate (Online)
• Social Work Administration Graduate Certificate (Online)
Registration
Registration for JD students is handled by the USC Gould
School of Law Office of Student Affairs. First-year students are
automatically registered in their fall and spring semester courses.
Registration for master's students is handled by the Graduate
and International Programs Office. Master's students will receive
registration information with detailed instructions on how to register
for fall, spring, and summer classes prior to the start of classes.
Grading and Attendance Policies
Grading
The grading system uses both numbers and letters in a range
from 1.9 to 4.4 with letter-grade equivalents ranging from F to A+.
The grade equivalents are: A+ (4.1–4.4); A (3.8–4.0); A- (3.5–3.7);
B+ (3.3–3.4); B (3.0–3.2); B- (2.7–2.9); C+ (2.5–2.6); C (2.4); C-
(2.1–2.3); D (2.0); and F (1.9). JD students receiving a grade of 1.9
will not receive credit for the course toward graduation. A student
who fails a first-year course must repeat the course, but both
grades will be included in computing that student's grade point
average. Other courses may not be repeated except on petition to
the associate dean. A student with a weighted cumulative average
of less than 3.10 at the end of the year is subject to additional
graduation requirements. A JD student with a weighted cumulative
average of less than 2.9 at the end of any year is not permitted to
continue.
An overall grade point average of at least 2.6 is required for
graduation for students who are enrolled in the LLM, LLM in
ADR, LLM in IBEL, LLM in PLCS, MCL, MDR, MITLE, MSL, or
Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate (on-campus), Business
Law Certificate (online), Compliance Certificate (online), and
Entertainment Law and Industry Certificate (online), Financial
Compliance Certificate (online), Health Care Compliance
Certificate (online), Human Resources Law and Compliance
Certificate (online) and Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Certificate
(online) programs.
Credit/D/F
In addition to courses regularly offered on a CR/D/F basis, after
the first year, a Juris Doctor student may elect to take up to 8 units
of courses, that are otherwise numerically graded, on a CR/D/F
basis. No more than 4 such units may be taken in any semester.
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As stated above, to earn the JD, all students (including dual
degree students) must complete 37 numerically graded law units
at USC beyond the first-year curriculum.
Master's students may take up to 5 units of CR/D/F grading
during the length of their program. The student must elect to take a
course CR/D/F during the first two weeks of the semester. Courses
or seminars may, at the instructor's option, be designated prior to
registration as not available for CR/D/F grading.
Withdrawals from Courses
A student may not withdraw from a course later than two weeks
after the first day of classes of any semester without permission of
both the associate dean and the instructor.
Attendance
Class attendance is an important part of a student's law school
education. It assists both the individual and their fellow students in
making the most of the educational opportunity offered. Students
should, therefore, attend class regularly and participate in the
discussion. Some professors may require attendance and may
take attendance into account in evaluating student performance.
For tuition, fee, and financial aid information, please visit the
Gould School of Law website.
Standard Unit Rule
The Standard Unit Rule (also called "credit hour") is an amount
of work that reasonably approximates:
(1) not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty
instruction and two hours of out-of-class student work per week
for 15 weeks, or the equivalent amount of work over a different
amount of time; or
(2) at least an equivalent amount of work as required in
subparagraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as
established by the institution, including simulation, field placement,
clinical, co-curricular, and other academic work leading to the
award of credit hours. (ABA Standard 310)
Depending on the course type, the law school awards credit
for varying periods of time. In all cases, however, the course work
entails no less than the minimum total amount of in-class and out-
of-class time required by the ABA (per Interpretation 310-1):
50 minutes of in-class time and two 60-minute periods of out-of-
class time for 15 weeks for each unit of credit (a 15-week period
may include one week for a final examination).
In exceptional cases, at the discretion of the Vice Dean for
Faculty and Academic Affairs (upon the request of the faculty
member), a specific course may carry 1 unit of credit greater than
the time the course meets each week. Those cases are limited
to courses in which the instructor certifies to the Vice Dean that
the course requires substantial written work. If the written work is
optional, students may enroll in these types of courses for different
unit values. Students performing the written work will receive
additional credit.
Full policies and procedures for USC Gould School of Law
students are published in the Student Handbook and are available
on the Law Portal.
Undergraduate Courses and Programs
USC Gould School of Law, one of the nation's premier law
schools, offers undergraduate courses and programs in its
curriculum, which are taught by its internationally distinguished
faculty and lecturers. The mission is to provide a broad-based
academic foundation in law to undergraduate students who have
an interest in law and legal-related fields. Law affects everyone in
our society and students will deepen their education by exploring
the role law plays in the world, its impact on society, and the way in
which it intersects and impacts almost every facet of life.
USC Gould courses meet a variety of graduation requirements.
Some courses satisfy USC General Education (GE) requirements,
and others are either required or are electives in several USC
majors and minors. For more information about the Bachelor of
Science in Legal Studies, the minor in Legal Studies, the minor in
Law and Social Justice, the minor in Law and Migration Studies,
the minor in Law and Technology, undergraduate course offerings,
and those that satisfy USC General Education requirements,
please visit the USC Gould School of Law website or email:
undergraduate@law.usc.edu.
Undergraduate Courses
LAW 101w, LAW 200w, LAW 201, LAW 202, LAW 205, LAW
207, LAW 210p, LAW 211, LAW 212, LAW 220, LAW 225, LAW
250w, LAW 275p, LAW 300, LAW 305, LAW 310w, LAW 320p,
LAW 324, LAW 352, LAW 355, LAW 401, LAW 402, LAW 403,
LAW 404, LAW 406, LAW 444, LAW 492, LAW 493, LAW 497 and
LAW 498.
Bachelor's Degree
Legal Studies (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies provides students
with an in-depth understanding of the legal system including
the infrastructure, the reasoning process and the substantive
commitments that the legal system has made. As future leaders,
students in this major will become critical thinkers able to apply
and understand various legal concepts in their interaction with
real-world issues locally, nationally and globally. Students in the
major are required to complete a total of 48 units, consisting of 24
units of required core courses, 20 elective units, plus 2 units of
internship and 2 units of a capstone project.
Minor Programs
Legal Studies Minor
The Legal Studies Minor enables students to deepen their
understanding of the U.S. legal system and provides them with
the fundamentals of law. The Legal Studies Minor totals 22 units,
consisting of 6 required units, and 16 elective units.
Law and Social Justice Minor
The Law and Social Justice Minor provides foundational
knowledge of current legal systems of justice and encourages
critical-analysis skills to recognize where and how change can
be made. The Law and Social Justice Minor totals 20 units; 12
required units, and 8 elective units.
Law and Migration Studies Minor
The Law and Migration Studies Minor introduces students to the
U.S. legal system as it relates to various aspects of immigration
law, its impact on our communities, and consequences on our
society nationally and globally. The Law and Migration Studies
Minor totals 20 units; 12 required units, and 8 elective units.
Law and Technology Minor
The Law and Technology Minor studies the intersection
of technological developments and the legal system through
examining contemporary issues raised by developing technology,
including internet privacy, patent law and cybercrime. The Law
and Technology Minor totals 18 units; 4 required core units, 8 Law
elective units, and 6 ITP elective units.
For more details on the major and minors, please visit USC
Gould School of Law website. Undergraduate students wishing to
declare one of the Law minors, should email: undergraduate@law.
usc.edu or submit an application form.
Undergraduate Majors, that include LAW courses:
Law, History, and Culture (BA)
Philosophy, Politics and Law (BA)
Public Policy (BS)
Undergraduate Minors, that include LAW courses:
Business Law Minor
Forensics and Criminality Minor
Justice, Voice, and Advocacy Minor
Health Policy Minor
Law and Public Policy Minor
Law and Society Minor
Philosophy of Law, Politics and Economics Minor
Psychology and Law Minor
Resistance to Genocide Interdisciplinary Minor
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Progressive Degree Programs
USC's Progressive Degree program enables USC
undergraduate students to begin work on a USC master's degree
while completing the requirements for their USC bachelor's
degree. Students complete their undergraduate degree and the
Master of Studies in Law (MSL) or the Master of International
Trade Law and Economics (MITLE) degree programs in no more
than five years.
Undergraduate students may submit an application to the
Master of Studies in Law (MSL) or the Master of International
Trade Law and Economics (MITLE) degree programs as a junior
for enrollment beginning in the fall or spring. Students must have
completed at least 64 total units of undergraduate course work,
excluding AP, IB or transfer units earned prior to graduation from
high school. Students may apply in their junior (recommended)
or senior year but no later than the semester prior to beginning
graduate course work.
Students must have a minimum cumulative undergraduate
GPA of 3.0 both at the time an application is submitted and at
enrollment.
For more information, please visit the USC Gould School of Law
website or email: undergraduate@law.usc.edu.
Progressive Degree Program - Master of Studies in
Law (MSL)
The Master of Studies in Law (MSL) teaches students
fundamental U.S. law as well as various areas of legal
specialization. This program is designed for individuals who want
to gain an understanding of legal and compliance issues that will
impact their future careers as entrepreneurs, business owners,
administrators, scientists, engineers, educators, advocates,
activists and more. USC Gould Progressive Degree Program
Masters Studies in Law offers the option of earning a certificate in
business law or compliance concurrent with the MSL.
Progressive Degree Program - Master of International
Trade Law and Economics (MITLE)
The Master of International Trade Law and Economics degree
provides an interdisciplinary, global perspective for students
with an economic or other quantitative background who wish to
develop knowledge and skills related to relevant laws, policies and
business practices that shape international trade and economics.
The Master of International Trade Law and Economics students
are required to complete 32 or 24* units of study. Students
are required to enroll in 12 core units from Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences and 12 core units from Gould School
of Law, with an additional 8 units of electives chosen from a list of
approved course offerings.
*Students with a GPA of 3.3 and above may qualify to have 8
elective units waived, thus completing 24 units of study.
Accelerated Bachelor/JD Program (3+3)
Undergraduate students at USC, who have completed their
required bachelor's major course work by the end of their junior
year (or have minimal units of upper-division elective courses
remaining), may apply to our accelerated JD program. Students
will complete their undergraduate and law school studies in a total
of six years.
Students must have a minimum cumulative undergraduate
GPA of 3.80 both at the time an application is submitted and
at enrollment. Under current ABA guidelines, the LSAT is not
required; however, this is subject to change. The program is open
to all participating majors. Please visit the Gould School of Law
website for more information.
Bachelor's Degree
Legal Studies (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies will provide students
with an in-depth understanding of the legal system including
the infrastructure, the reasoning process and the substantive
commitments that the legal system has made. As future leaders,
students in this major will become critical thinkers able to apply
and understand various legal concepts in their interaction with real
world issues locally, nationally and globally.
This program is particularly appropriate for students interested
in pursuing a career that integrates legal concepts with other
disciplines or that requires familiarity with extensive aspects of the
legal system. It is a major designed for students who are looking
to become future leaders in the community, the city, the state,
the nation and the world. It is also suitable for students wanting
to pursue graduate education in various disciplines, such as
economics, humanities, social science, political science, business,
health care, public service and many more, and for anyone who
wants to obtain a general understanding of the place of law in
contemporary society.
General Education
Eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global
Perspectives (which may double-count with courses in the Core
Literacies). In addition, all entering freshmen are expected
to complete a General Education Seminar during their first
year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements.
Core Literacies:
• GE-A: The Arts (one course)
• GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
• GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
• GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
• GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
• GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives:
• GE-G: Citizenship in a Diverse World (one course)
• GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing Requirements - 8 Units
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Major Requirements - 48 Units
Students must choose one of the tracks listed
Core Courses - 24 units
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 205 Introduction to Criminal Law Units: 4
• LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System Units: 4
• LAW 220 The Legal Profession Units: 2
• LAW 225 Current Court Cases Units: 2
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
Public Law Track - 20 Units
Select 20 units from the courses below. At least 16 units must be
at the upper-division level.
• LAW 207 Personal Data in the 21st Century Units: 4
• LAW 211 Intellectual Property and Technology Units: 4
• LAW 305 International Influence: Law and Power Units: 4
• LAW 201 Law and Politics Units: 4
• LAW 202 Wrongful Convictions Units: 4
• LAW 212 Immigration Law for a New America Units: 4
• LAW 250w Children and the Law Units: 4
• LAW 275p Equal by Law: The History of Civil Rights Law in
the United States Units: 4
• LAW 355 Law and Landscape of Homelessness Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process Units: 4
• LAW 406 Individual Rights in U.S. Constitutional Law Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• LAW 401 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Units: 4
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Private Law Track - 20 Units
Select 20 units from the courses below. At least 16 units must be
at the upper-division level.
• FBE 428 Introduction to Employment Law Units: 4
• LAW 207 Personal Data in the 21st Century Units: 4
• LAW 211 Intellectual Property and Technology Units: 4
• LAW 324 Sports Law Units: 4
• LAW 350 Law and Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• LAW 352 Introduction to Law and Economics Units: 4
• LAW 401 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Units: 4
The Regulatory State Track - 20 Units
Select 20 units from the courses below. At least 16 units must be
at the upper-division level.
• LAW 207 Personal Data in the 21st Century Units: 4
• LAW 211 Intellectual Property and Technology Units: 4
• LAW 355 Law and Landscape of Homelessness Units: 4
• LAW 202 Wrongful Convictions Units: 4
• LAW 212 Immigration Law for a New America Units: 4
• LAW 250w Children and the Law Units: 4
• LAW 352 Introduction to Law and Economics Units: 4
• LAW 402 Psychology and Law Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• LAW 401 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Units: 4
General Legal Studies - 20 Units
Select 20 units from the categories below. At least 16 units must
be at the upper-division level.
• Must take 8 units from the Public Law Track
• Must take 8 units from the Private Law Track
• Must take 4 units from the Regulatory State Track
Additional Requirements - 4 units
• LAW 498 Law Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 and
• LAW 497 Legal Studies Capstone Project Units: 2
Minor
Law and Migration Studies Minor
The Law and Migration Studies Minor introduces students to the
U.S. legal system as it relates to various aspects of immigration
law, its impact on our communities and consequences on our
society nationally and globally.
The Law and Migration Studies Minor totals 20 units; 12
required units and 8 elective units, as detailed below.
Required Courses (12 units)
Students must enroll in this course:
• LAW 212 Immigration Law for a New America Units: 4
Students must also enroll in 8 units from the
following courses:
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LAW 352 Introduction to Law and Economics Units: 4
Elective Courses (8 units)
Students must enroll in 8 units of elective courses and must
choose from the following to satisfy the minor requirements:
• AMST 101gmw Race and Class in Los Angeles Units: 4
• AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global Context Units: 4
• AMST 320 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship
Units: 4
• COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
Units: 4
• HIST 100gm The American Experience Units: 4
• LAW 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• LAW 492 Undergraduate Law Review Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 498 Law Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics Units: 4
• PPD 240g Citizenship and Public Ethics Units: 4
• PPD 485m U.S. Immigration Policy Units: 4
• SOCI 155gm Immigrant America Units: 4
• SOCI 355m Immigrants in the United States Units: 4 *
• SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International
Migration Units: 4 *
* Sociology courses taken as part of this minor will have
prerequisites waived by the Sociology Department.
Law and Social Justice Minor
The Law and Social Justice Minor provides foundational
knowledge of current legal systems of justice and encourages
critical-analysis skills to recognize where and how changes can be
made.
The Law and Social Justice Minor totals 20 units; 12 required
units and 8 elective units, as detailed below.
Law and Social Justice Minor (20 units)
Required Core Courses (8 units)
Students must enroll in 8 units from the following courses:
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System Units: 4
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
Law Electives (4 units)
Students must enroll in 4 units of law elective courses:
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 202 Wrongful Convictions Units: 4
• LAW 205 Introduction to Criminal Law Units: 4
• LAW 250w Children and the Law Units: 4
• LAW 275p Equal by Law: The History of Civil Rights Law in
the United States Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• LAW 355 Law and Landscape of Homelessness Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process Units: 4
• LAW 406 Individual Rights in U.S. Constitutional Law Units: 4
• LAW 498 Law Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Social Justice Electives (8 units)
Students must enroll in 8 units of social justice elective courses:
• COMM 366 Designing Media for Social Change Units: 4
• COMM 367 Community Engagement and Service Learning
Units: 4
• COMM 412 Communication and Social Movements Units: 4
• LAW 225 Current Court Cases Units: 2
• LAW 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• LAW 492 Undergraduate Law Review Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 498 Law Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• MDA 300 The Dornsife Toolkit Units: 2
• PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice Units: 4
• POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• SOCI 150gm Social Problems Units: 4 *
• SOCI 250gmw Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
Units: 4 *
• SOCI 425 Social Movements: Power, Resistance and
Political Dynamics Units: 4 *
• SOWK 324 Juvenile Justice in America Units: 4
• SOWK 424 Community Experience in Juvenile Justice
Environments Units: 4
• SWMS 349 Women and the Law Units: 4
* Sociology courses taken as part of this minor will have
prerequisites waived by the Sociology Department.
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Law and Technology Minor
The Law and Technology minor studies the intersection
of technological developments and the legal system through
examining contemporary issues raised by developing technology,
including internet privacy, patent law, intellectual property and
cybercrime.
The Law and Technology minor requires a minimum of 18 units.
Required Core
Take 2 units.
• ITP 125L From Hackers to CEOs: Introduction to Information
Security Units: 2
Law Electives
Take 8 units from the following:
• LAW 206 Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence: Ethics
and Law Units: 4
• LAW 207 Personal Data in the 21st Century Units: 4
• LAW 211 Intellectual Property and Technology Units: 4
• LAW 350 Law and Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• LAW 401 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Units: 4
Information Technology Electives
Take 8 units from the following:
• ITP 325 Ethical Hacking Units: 4
• ITP 370 Cybersecurity Management and Operations Units: 4
• ITP 375 Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Investigations
Units: 4
• ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy Units: 4
Legal Studies Minor
The minor in Legal Studies enables students to deepen their
understanding of the U.S. legal system and provides them with
the fundamentals of law. It combines courses in law, economics,
history, philosophy, political science and public policy taught at
the Gould School of Law, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences, and the Sol Price School of Public Policy.
The minor in Legal Studies totals 22 units, consisting of 6
required units, and 16 elective units, as detailed below.
Required Courses
• LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System Units: 4
• LAW 220 The Legal Profession Units: 2 or
• LAW 225 Current Court Cases Units: 2
Elective Courses
Choose from the following courses to satisfy the remaining 16-unit
requirements for the minor.
• ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law Units: 4
• HIST 386 American Legal History Units: 4
• LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 201 Law and Politics Units: 4
• LAW 202 Wrongful Convictions Units: 4
• LAW 205 Introduction to Criminal Law Units: 4
• LAW 207 Personal Data in the 21st Century Units: 4
• LAW 250w Children and the Law Units: 4
• LAW 275p Equal by Law: The History of Civil Rights Law in
the United States Units: 4
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race Units: 4
• LAW 324 Sports Law Units: 4
• LAW 350 Law and Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• LAW 352 Introduction to Law and Economics Units: 4
• LAW 402 Psychology and Law Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process Units: 4
• LAW 406 Individual Rights in U.S. Constitutional Law Units: 4
• LAW 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• LAW 492 Undergraduate Law Review Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 498 Law Internship Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
• PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
Finance, Business and Economics Option
A maximum of 4 units from the following FBE courses may be
applied toward the minor in Legal Studies.
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• FBE 427 Real Estate Law Units: 4
• FBE 428 Introduction to Employment Law Units: 4
• FBE 429 International Business Law Units: 4
• FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and Managing
Businesses Units: 4
Master's Degree
Alternative Dispute Resolution (LLM)
The Master of Laws (LLM) in Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) degree, is designed to prepare high caliber U.S. and
foreign law graduates who are interested in the specialized and
advanced knowledge in ADR. The program resides within the new
Judge Judith O. Hollinger Alternative Dispute Resolution Program.
The Hollinger ADR Program's mission is to design, develop, and
implement a world class educational program in dispute resolution
that will rival and ultimately surpass the quality of similar programs
offered by other institutions of higher education. The goal is to
have USC Gould emerge as a preeminent leader in dispute
resolution and ADR education.
Core Curriculum Requirements
Students must complete the following courses to earn the LLM
degree in ADR Law.
• LAW 715 ADR Law and Policy: Mediation and Arbitration
Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 819 ADR Ethics Units: 1, 2
International Student Core Requirements
Students who have earned a law degree outside of the United
States must also complete the following course to earn the LLM
degree in ADR Law.
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
Elective Courses
Students may select among the following electives to complete the
24 units required for the LLM in ADR Law degree. Students may
also enroll in other graduate level Law courses by advisement to
satisfy the elective requirements.
• LAW 572 Practical Mediation Skills Clinic Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 626 International Investment Law and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2
• LAW 670 Advanced Moot Court Oral Arguments Units: 1, 2, 3
• LAW 680 Mediation Theory and Practice Units: 2, 3
• LAW 712 Negotiation Theory and Application Units: 2, 3
• LAW 781 Externship I Units: 2, 4, 10, 12
• LAW 813 Arbitration in the United States Units: 3
• LAW 817 International Arbitration Units: 3
• LAW 822 Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting
Units: 1
• LAW 824 Arbitration Advocacy Units: 1, 2
• LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation Units: 1, 2
• LAW 828 Mediation Advocacy Units: 3
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 832 Special Education Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 853 Divorce and Family Mediation Units: 2
• LAW 863 International Negotiations and Mediation Units: 2,
3, 4
• LAW 868 Organizational Ombuds Units: 2
• LAW 869 Family Law Mediation Clinic Units: 2, 4
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Comparative Law (MCL)
The on-campus Master of Comparative Law (MCL) program is
a master's degree program for foreign graduate students trained in
law who have already earned an LLM degree. This two-semester,
full-time program is focused on the study of comparative law.
Admission Requirements
Students submitting an application must have earned a basic
law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or the foreign
equivalent and have previously earned an LLM degree. Please
visit the Gould School of Law Website for more information.
Dispute Resolution (MDR)
The Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) is designed to prepare
high caliber students who plan to practice Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR) in the context of the U.S. legal system. The
program offers both part-time and full-time options for students,
and those who wish to carry full academic loads may complete the
program within one academic year.
To obtain a Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR), students must
take a total of at least 24 units of the core curriculum and elective
courses listed below.
Core Curriculum
Students must successfully complete the following courses to
receive the MDR degree.
• LAW 715 ADR Law and Policy: Mediation and Arbitration
Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 819 ADR Ethics Units: 1, 2
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
Elective Courses
Students may select among the following electives to complete the
24 units required for the MDR degree. Students may also enroll
in other graduate level Law courses by advisement to satisfy the
elective requirements.
• LAW 513 Effective Writing for Professionals Units: 2
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
• LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 571 Organizational Conflict Units: 3
• LAW 572 Practical Mediation Skills Clinic Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 626 International Investment Law and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2
• LAW 676 Dealmaking Units: 2
• LAW 680 Mediation Theory and Practice Units: 2, 3
• LAW 712 Negotiation Theory and Application Units: 2, 3
• LAW 781 Externship I Units: 2, 4, 10, 12
• LAW 813 Arbitration in the United States Units: 3
• LAW 817 International Arbitration Units: 3
• LAW 822 Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting
Units: 1
• LAW 824 Arbitration Advocacy Units: 1, 2
• LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation Units: 1, 2
• LAW 828 Mediation Advocacy Units: 3
• LAW 832 Special Education Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 833 Labor Arbitration Units: 2
• LAW 845 Negotiation Skills Units: 2, 3
• LAW 853 Divorce and Family Mediation Units: 2
• LAW 863 International Negotiations and Mediation Units: 2,
3, 4
• LAW 868 Organizational Ombuds Units: 2
International Business and Economic Law
(LLM)
The Master of Laws in International Business and Economic
Law (LLM in IBEL) degree provides an interdisciplinary, global
perspective for law students who wish to develop skills that will
enable them to understand and integrate relevant laws, policies
and business best practices that shape international business
and economic law. The program provides students with training
in cross-border transactions, as well as the organizational,
transactional and compliance aspects of servicing globally
engaged clients.
LLM in IBEL students are required to complete 24 units of study.
Students must enroll in three mandatory courses and from among
the electives below and other graduate law courses. International
students must also enroll in Introduction to the U.S. Legal System.
To qualify for admission, students must have earned a first law
degree (JD, LLB or equivalent) before enrolling in our LLM in in
International Business and Economic Law at USC Gould School
of Law.
Required Courses
Students must successfully complete the following courses to
receive the degree.
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5 (4 units)
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2
or
• LAW 637 International Trade Policy Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (2 units)
• LAW 764 International Business Transactions Units: 3 or 4
(3 units)
Electives
Students may select among the following elective courses to
complete the 24 units required for the degree. Students may also
enroll in other graduate level law courses by advisement to satisfy
the elective requirements.
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2 *
• LAW 626 International Investment Law and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2
• LAW 632 Business for Lawyers Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 637 International Trade Policy Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 *
• LAW 642 Secured Transactions Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 658 Mergers and Acquisitions Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 709 Contract Drafting and Negotiation Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 714 U.S. Foreign Policy and International Law Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• LAW 719 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 753 Antitrust Law I Units: 3 or 4
• LAW 754 Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 770 Technology Transactions Units: 2, 3
• LAW 775 Immigration Law Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 801 Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Units: 2,
3
• LAW 817 International Arbitration Units: 3
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 863 International Negotiations and Mediation Units: 2,
3, 4
Note:
*Students may not double count an elective with a required course,
but students who enroll in LAW 637 International Trade Policy as
a required course may still enroll in LAW 579 Global Regulatory
Compliance as an elective, and vice versa.
International Trade Law and Economics
(MITLE)
The Master of International Trade Law and Economics degree
provides an interdisciplinary, global perspective for students
with an economic or other quantitative background who wish to
develop knowledge and skills related to relevant laws, policies and
business practices that shape international trade and economics.
Master of International Trade Law and Economics students
are required to complete 32 units of study. Students are required
to enroll in 12 core units from Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences and 12 core units from Gould School of Law, with
an additional 8 units of electives chosen from a list of approved
course offerings.
To qualify for admission, students must have earned the
bachelor’s degree before enrolling in the program. Applicants may
have earned their bachelor’s degree in a field, other than law, that
provides a strong economics and/or mathematical background.
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Students may have graduated from an institution within or outside
of the United States.
Required Courses (32 units total)
Required Courses from Dornsife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences (12 units)
• ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 501 Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 550 Applied Trade Policy Units: 4
Required Courses from Gould School of Law (12
units)
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
• LAW 637 International Trade Policy Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (3 units)
• LAW 764 International Business Transactions Units: 3 or 4
(3 units)
• LAW 777 Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy Units: 1,
2, 3, 4 (4 units)
Elective Courses (8 units)
Choose 8 units of electives from the following list of courses
offered by Gould School of Law and the Economics Department at
the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
• ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 521 International Macroeconomics and Financial
Policy Units: 4
• ECON 572 Economics and International Health Units: 4
• ECON 580 Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy
Units: 4
• ECON 584 Economic Consulting and Applied Econometrics
Units: 4
• ECON 650 International Trade Theory Units: 4
• ECON 673 Program Evaluation Units: 4
Gould School of Law
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5 (3 units)
• LAW 626 International Investment Law and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2 (1 unit)
• LAW 662 Public International Law Units: 2, 3, 4 (3 units)
• LAW 697 Foreign Relations and National Security Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 units)
• LAW 753 Antitrust Law I Units: 3 or 4 (3 units)
• LAW 770 Technology Transactions Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 772 Intellectual Property Units: 2 or 3 (3 units)
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
Master of Laws (LLM)
The on-campus Master of Laws (LLM) program is a master's
degree program for foreign graduate students trained in law.
This two- to three-semester, full-time program introduces foreign
lawyers to American law and the U.S. legal system and prepares
them for leadership roles in the global market. Students may enroll
in an optional certificate track in Alternate Dispute Resolution,
Business Law, Media and Entertainment Law, Transnational Law
and Business, or Technology and Entrepreneurship Law.
The online Master of Laws (LLM) program is a master's degree
program for foreign graduate students trained in law. This program
is offered on a part-time or full-time basis in a completely online
modality and introduces foreign lawyers to American law and the
U.S. legal system and prepares them for leadership roles in the
global market. Students may enroll in an optional certificate track
in Business Law, Entertainment Law and Industry, Compliance,
Health Care Compliance, Financial Compliance or Human
Resources Compliance.
The on-campus Two-Year Extended Master of Laws (LLM)
program combines a one-year certificate program with a one-
year master's degree for foreign graduate students trained in
law. During the first year, students complete mandatory law and
English courses to prepare them for the master's program and
further their English fluency. After successful completion of the
first year, students earn a Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies. In the
second year, students matriculate into our on-campus Master of
Laws program.
Admission Requirements
Students submitting an application to either LLM program must
have earned a basic law degree, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree
or the foreign equivalent. Please visit the Gould School of Law
Website for more information.
Mandatory LLM Courses
All LLM students must successfully complete the following two
courses as part of the LLM degree.
• LAW 510 Legal Research Units: 0 or 1
(1 unit required)
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
Elective LLM Courses
Students must complete 18 units of upper division elective courses
offered at USC Gould School of Law in order to earn the LLM
degree.
Master of Studies in Law (MSL)
The Master of Studies in Law (MSL) teaches students
fundamental U.S. law as well as various areas of legal
specialization. This program is designed for those seeking a
graduate degree in law, mid-career professionals, including
corporate executives, government officials, and others from the
United States and from around the globe, whose prospective or
current employment or whose area of research would benefit from
the study of the U.S. legal system. It will appeal also to those who
would like to deepen their knowledge of current trends in the law
and specific areas of interest.
The MSL is offered both as an online and in-residence program.
Elective courses may differ in the online or in-residence program.
Admission Requirements
Students must have earned an undergraduate degree in
some field of study by the time they begin the MSL degree. Prior
exposure to or experience in law is not required. The Admissions
Committee will consider the student's grades, course work, work
experience and reasons for pursuing the MSL degree when
determining admission.
Required Courses
All MSL students must successfully complete the following two
courses as part of the MSL degree.
• LAW 510 Legal Research Units: 0 or 1
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
Elective Courses (Online)
Students pursuing the MSL online must complete 18 units of
the following elective courses or other courses selected with the
guidance of an academic adviser to receive their master's degree.
• LAW 505 Legal Profession Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 508 Constitutional Law: Structure Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 521 Topics in American Law Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 522 Entertainment Law and Industry Units: 2
• LAW 527 Intellectual Property: Copyright Units: 2
• LAW 551 Intellectual Property Trademark Units: 2
• LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 567 Introduction to Litigation in U.S. Courts Units: 2
• LAW 574 Health Care Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 609 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource
Compliance Units: 2
• LAW 613 Corporate Governance Units: 2
• LAW 633 Business Principles in Law Units: 2
• LAW 635 Employment Discrimination Law Units: 2, 3
• LAW 640 Financial Institution Regulation Units: 2
• LAW 658 Mergers and Acquisitions Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
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• LAW 663 Health Care Law, Business and Finance Units: 2
• LAW 664 Patient Privacy Law Units: 2
• LAW 691 Cybersecurity and Cyber Crimes Units: 2
• LAW 692 Information Management and Risk Units: 2
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3
• LAW 749 Securities Regulation Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 804 Information Privacy Law Units: 2
• LAW 811 Health Law and Policy Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation Units: 1, 2
Elective Courses (In-Residence)
Students pursuing the MSL in-residence must complete 18 units
of the following elective courses or other courses selected with the
guidance of an academic adviser to receive their master's degree.
• LAW 513 Effective Writing for Professionals Units: 2
• LAW 521 Topics in American Law Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 525 Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law Units: 3
• LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 567 Introduction to Litigation in U.S. Courts Units: 2
• LAW 574 Health Care Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 613 Corporate Governance Units: 2
• LAW 676 Dealmaking Units: 2
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3
• LAW 845 Negotiation Skills Units: 2, 3
Privacy Law and Cybersecurity (LLM)
The Master of Laws in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity degree
provides an interdisciplinary perspective for law students who
wish to develop skills that will enable them to understand and
integrate relevant laws, policies and best practices that shape
privacy law and cybersecurity. The degree explores the legal
framework concerning information privacy in the United States and
provides an overview of common legal issues and emerging law
in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. Knowledge of privacy
laws and awareness of cybersecurity issues provide students
with the opportunity to mitigate risk and to deal with threats in the
workplace.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the LLM in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity must
have earned a first degree in law (LLB, JD, LLM or equivalent)
from either inside or outside the United States. Applicants' degrees
must have been earned at degree-granting institutions that are
recognized by USC. They will have excellent undergraduate
grades and credentials, and a strong desire to specialize their
graduate studies in privacy law and cybersecurity. While USC
Gould does not have a minimum GPA requirement, successful
applicants to our LLM in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity degree
will generally have earned at least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA.
In order to apply for the LLM in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity,
students must submit the online application form, transcripts from
all institutions attended, a current resume and personal statement
detailing their desire to pursue the degree. International applicants
must submit official and valid TOEFL/IELTS scores and must have
demonstrated their proficiency in English as part of the application
process.
Mandatory Courses
The Master of Laws in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity degree
requires 24 units of course work. Students must successfully
complete the following courses. The balance of the units will be
taken from upper-division and LLM offerings in consultation with
an adviser.
• LAW 652 Computer Crime Law Units: 2
• LAW 694 Cyberlaw: Legal Issues Impacting Providers and
Users of Internet Services Units: 2
• LAW 772 Intellectual Property Units: 2 or 3 (3 units)
• LAW 804 Information Privacy Law Units: 2
• LAW 866 Counterterrorism, Privacy and Civil Liberties
Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 or 3 units)
Dual Degree
Juris Doctor/Doctor of Pharmacy (JD/PharmD)
Admission Requirements
Admission to the dual PharmD/JD program is competitive, and
involves meeting admission requirements and gaining acceptance
to both the School of Pharmacy and the law school. Students will
not be given special consideration for admission to either program
because they are applying for the dual degree. Students that have
a baccalaureate degree may apply to the dual PharmD/JD degree
program in two ways. First, they may apply at the time they submit
their PharmD application by concurrently submitting applications
to both schools. Students who elect this approach must identify
themselves on their PharmD applications as potential dual
PharmD/JD degree students. Students who are admitted to both
schools will be offered admission to the dual degree contingent
on passing all courses in their first year of the PharmD with a
minimum 3.0 GPA.
Students pursuing the dual PharmD/JD degree must notify the
law school in a timely fashion that they will be enrolling in the dual
PharmD/JD degree program and will not matriculate at the law
school until the following year. Students who are accepted only by
one school may choose to attend that school but will not be eligible
for the dual degree. Second, students can apply to the dual degree
by submitting an application to the law school during their first
year of enrollment in the PharmD program prior to the law school's
published application deadline. Students who elect this approach
must apply through the School of Pharmacy. Students admitted
to the law school using this approach would be offered admission
to the dual degree contingent on passing all courses in their first
year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA. See the admissions
section of the School of Pharmacy and the law school for specific
requirements.
Degree Requirements
The professions of pharmacy and law are distinctly different,
yet pharmacists are often involved in legal issues and lawyers
frequently deal with pharmacy, drug, health care, product
development and toxin-related matters. This dual degree program
provides qualified students with an efficient mechanism for
obtaining the expertise and professional credentials that will
enable them to develop professional practices that bring together
expertise in both areas.
Overall Requirements
A student is required to complete all work for both degrees
within six years of the date of matriculation at the School of
Pharmacy (PharmD) and five years of matriculation at the law
school (JD). The entire dual degree program will take six years to
complete. Dual degree students will be allowed to use 12 units of
approved JD course work (elective or required) to meet 12 units of
PharmD electives and 12 units of approved PharmD course work
(elective or required) to meet 12 units of JD electives. A faculty
qualifying exam committee will determine the exact program for
each student, including the appropriateness of courses in one
program used to meet elective requirements for the other program.
A total of 212 units is required for the dual degree.
PharmD Requirements
Dual degree students must successfully complete 148 units
of PharmD and acceptable JD units to receive the PharmD
degree. The 148 units must include 136 units of required and
elective pharmacy course work plus 12 units of JD course work
deemed acceptable to meet PharmD elective requirements. Dual
degree students should graduate with their PharmD degrees at
the completion of the first semester of the sixth academic year
of the dual degree program. Students will be eligible to sit for the
Pharmacy Board Exams after completion of the PharmD degree
requirements. However, dual degree students will not actually be
awarded their PharmD degrees until they complete requirements
for both degrees.
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Juris Doctor Requirements
Dual degree students must successfully complete 88 units of JD
and acceptable PharmD course work during the second to sixth
years of the dual degree program to receive the JD degree. The 88
units must be composed of 76 units of JD course work, including
satisfaction of the upper-division writing requirement and any
other substantive requirements, plus 12 units of PharmD course
work deemed acceptable to meet JD elective requirements. No
JD credit will be awarded for PharmD course work completed prior
to matriculation in the law school. Students cannot receive the JD
degree under requirements for the dual degree program without
prior or simultaneous completion of the PharmD degree.
Both professions require passing a state board or bar exam
to practice the respective professions. Neither of these degrees
requires a thesis or comprehensive final exam.
Recommended Program
PharmD/JD dual degree students will begin with the first year
of the PharmD curriculum (36 units). During the second year,
students will take the first year law core (30 units), plus 3–5
PharmD units. Due to the rigor of the law school core, pharmacy
courses during the first year of law school are limited to non-
science courses. The third through fifth years of the program
focus on PharmD courses with sufficient law courses to maintain
students' educational momentum in law. Students should complete
their PharmD requirements during the fall of their sixth year of
the program and their law course work also during the sixth year.
Students must complete both degree requirements by the end of
the sixth year of the program.
Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in Political
Science and International Relations (JD/PhD)
Application deadline (for PhD): December 1
The Political Science and International Relations program and
the USC Gould School of Law jointly offer a dual degree program
leading to the JD/PhD degree. Applicants must apply to the
Political Science and International Relations program and the law
school and meet the requirements for admission to both.
In the first year students take 30 units of course work in the law
school exclusively. The second and third years include a total of
40 units of courses in political science and international relations
and 46 units of law. To earn the JD, all students (including dual
degree students) must complete 37 numerically graded law units
at USC after the first year. Students must complete a five-course
core theory and methodology sequence. They must include a
classics-oriented, two-semester political, social, comparative and
international theory sequence (currently POIR 600), a multivariate
statistics course (such as POIR 611) and a philosophies/
methodologies in social inquiry course (POIR 610). Finally in their
second, third or fourth year, they must take an approved advanced
research methods course.
To obtain a PhD in Political Science and International Relations,
students must pass the screening process. After the completion of
required field course work with a grade of B or better, a substantive
paper or USC MA thesis relevant to the program, students must
take a PhD qualifying examination in two of their three fields of
concentration. The third field will be completed by taking at least
three courses and passing each with a grade of B or better. The
final requirement, following successful completion of the qualifying
examination, is a doctoral dissertation.
Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, Philosophy
(JD/MA)
Students must complete 24 units in the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts, and Science Department of Philosophy and 76 units
in the USC Gould School of Law.
First Year: Required law school curriculum.
Second and Third Years: The Department of Philosophy
prefers that students take at least one philosophy course each
semester. During the four semesters, students must take at least
16 units at the 500 level, including PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic
or PHIL 510 Philosophical Logic and PHIL 500 Introduction to
Contemporary Philosophical Literature and PHIL 503 Introduction
to Contemporary Philosophical Literature on Value; one 400-
or 500-level course in ethics or social/political philosophy or
aesthetics or philosophy of law; one 400- or 500-level course
in metaphysics or epistemology or philosophy of language or
philosophy of science or philosophy of mind; one 400- or 500-level
course in the history of ancient or early modern philosophy;
passage of the second year review, which shall include a research
paper based on a completed seminar paper and completion of
a publishable research paper. Students must also complete 46
additional law units.
Juris Doctor/Master of Communication
Management (JD/MCG)
Students must complete 20 units (five courses) of
communication courses at the School of Communication: one
core class from the student's preferred track; one method course;
CMGT 597a, CMGT 597b; and the remaining two courses may be
from either core or elective offerings.
First Year: Required law school courses.
Second and Third Years: 20 units of communications courses
and 46 units of law courses, of which 8 units must be approved
as appropriate for acceptance by the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism toward its degree. All students
take CMGT 597a, CMGT 597b in the third year.
Application to pursue the dual degree should be made before
completion of 15 units of work on law or 8 units toward the MA
Admission by the law school to its JD degree will be evaluated as
a substitute for GRE scores.
Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration
(JD/MPA)
The dual degree program with the USC Gould School of Law
and the USC Price School of Public Policy enables qualified
students to earn a Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration
(JD/MPA) in approximately four years of study.
Some of the topics covered in the law school are also covered
in the program of the Price School of Public Policy, so some credit
toward the law degree may appropriately be given for specified
graduate work taken in the Price School of Public Policy. Similarly,
some credit toward the master's degree may appropriately be
awarded for certain work completed in the law school. The goal
of the program is to encourage law students to gain a recognized
competence in administration, which has a direct relevance for the
roles lawyers are asked to play in society.
Students must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools. They
may be accepted to a dual degree program at the time of their
acceptance to the law school or at the beginning of their second
year of law school. The program requires the completion of the
required first year of law school and the fulfillment of a statistics
prerequisite, which can be met by passing an undergraduate
inferential statistics class with a grade of B or better at an
approved university within three years of matriculation or taking
PPD 502x Statistical Foundations for Public Management and
Policy and completing with a grade of "B" or better. To earn the JD,
all students (including dual degree students) must complete 37
numerically graded law units at USC after the first year.
Credit toward the law degree may not be given for graduate
work completed prior to the completion of the first year of law
school. The Price School of Public Policy, on the other hand, may
allow some credit toward the MPA for approved work completed
prior to the first year of law school.
Students are required to complete 108 units of course work.
Curriculum Requirements
First Year
Required law school courses (30 units).
Second and Third Year
Students complete the remaining law school courses (46 units)
and 32 units of public administration courses.
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MPA Courses (24 units)
•
PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
Electives (8 units)
Students complete one analytic elective (4 units) and one
management elective (4 units), selected in consultation with an
adviser.
Juris Doctor/Master of Public Policy (JD/MPP)
The USC Price School of Public Policy and the USC Gould
School of Law offer a dual degree that enables qualified students
to earn both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Public Policy in
approximately four years of study.
The dual degree allows students to acquire a blend of the
analytic skills of public policy and an understanding of legal
institutions and processes. This combination of knowledge is
well suited for law students who want to affect the policy-making
process and craft legislation to aid in achievement of public policy
goals. It is equally appropriate for prospective policy analysts who
are interested in law and public policy.
Students must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools. They
may be accepted to the dual degree at the time of their acceptance
to the law school or at the beginning of their second year of law
school. Dual degree students spend the first year of the program
completing the required first year of law school. The remaining
units of law school courses and the required 36 units of core MPP
courses are taken by students in the second through fourth years.
Students are required to complete 114 units of course work,
including 78 units in the Gould School of Law and 36 units in
the USC Price School of Public Policy. The MPP program has a
statistics prerequisite. See Public Policy (MPP). Requirements for
this dual degree are listed in the USC Price School of Public Policy
section.
Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate
Development (JD/MRED)
The Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate Development dual
degree program provides the opportunity for in-depth study of legal
issues and real estate development. The increasingly regulatory
environment developers work within demands that professionals
in the real estate industry have a strong understanding of the
legal system. Lawyers who plan to specialize in real estate law
will benefit from a thorough understanding of the development
process, including financial, planning, marketing and design
issues.
Application must be made to both the Gould School of Law
and the USC Price School of Public Policy. This program normally
requires three years (including one summer) of full-time study in
residence to complete.
Students must have use of an approved laptop computer as
required by instructors and must demonstrate calculator and
spreadsheet skills; a calculator and/or spreadsheet class is offered
online via the Internet.
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are
112 units, including 78 units in law and 34 units in planning. For
a complete listing, see the requirements listed in the USC Price
School of Public Policy.
Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Gerontology
(JD/MS)
The JD/MS dual degree combines the knowledge of the older
population with understanding of the legal system. The program
prepares graduates for a number of roles in both public and private
sector organizations. Students are required to complete 112 units
of course work, 76 from the law school and 36 from the USC
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. The first year is devoted
to required law courses, and the second, third and fourth years
combine gerontology and law courses.
Gerontology Requirements
The Master of Science in Gerontology will require 36 units
of course and field work that cover the core content of the MS
program.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 *
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• Gerontology elective Units: 4
Notes:
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology will waive 8
units of electives, which are required in the regular MS program,
as well as GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change
Management because students enrolled in this program have a
primary professional focus in law.
* 8 units of GERO 591 required
Law School Requirements
The law school requires 76 units, consisting of 30 units of
first-year required course work, and a minimum of 46 units of
elective course work thereafter. After the first-year required course
work, students must complete Constitutional Law: Rights, a
writing requirement, and at least 6 units of experiential courses.
At least 37 units must be numerically graded beyond the first-year
curriculum.
Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work (JD/MSW)
The Juris Doctor and Master of Social Work (JD/MSW) dual
degree program is a four-year program. Students are required to
complete 121 units of course work, including 76 units in the Gould
School of Law and 45 units in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work.
To earn the JD, all students (including dual degree students)
must complete 37 numerically graded law units at USC after the
first year. The associate dean may make exceptions to this rule for
students enrolled in law school honors programs. Students must
apply to both programs prior to matriculation. The program of study
is as follows:
First and Second Years: Complete both the first year JD
program of study and MSW course work in foundation, field and
core courses specific to the AMHW, SCI or CYF departments.
Third Year: Complete the second year JD program.
Fourth Year: Complete the the remaining required core
department and field courses and one semester of field instruction
and the final semester of the JD program in the spring.
The law school gives credit for the third semester in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, while the latter
recognizes law courses as substitutions for a one-semester
practice course, special topics courses, a third semester of social
policy and one semester of field instruction (for which a clinical law
semester is substituted).
Graduate Certificate
Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate
JD students must complete at least 12 units of arbitration and
mediation-related classes to receive this certificate. Interested JD
students must submit their applications for this certificate program
after completing the first year of law school. JD students complete
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the certificate requirements during their second and third years of
law school, and courses may count both toward the JD degree and
the certificate.
LLM students must complete at least 12 units of arbitration and
mediation-related classes to receive this certificate. LLM students
complete the certificate requirements during the year they are
taking their LLM course work, and courses may count both toward
the LLM degree and the certificate.
Certificate-only students must complete at least 12 units of
arbitration and mediation-related classes to receive this certificate.
All students must complete the required courses and a selection
of elective courses.
Required Courses
• LAW 715 ADR Law and Policy: Mediation and Arbitration
Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 819 ADR Ethics Units: 1, 2 *
*JD students are not required to take LAW 819 ADR Ethics.
In addition, all students must select at least one of the
following courses:
• LAW 817 International Arbitration Units: 3
• LAW 822 Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting
Units: 1
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
Elective Courses
Students may select from among the following elective courses to
complete the 12 units required for this certificate.
Note: Electives are dependent on the program in which a student
is enrolled. Please refer to the USC Gould School of Law website
for further details and consult an adviser on available electives.
• LAW 571 Organizational Conflict Units: 3
• LAW 572 Practical Mediation Skills Clinic Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 626 International Investment Law and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2
• LAW 680 Mediation Theory and Practice Units: 2, 3
• LAW 712 Negotiation Theory and Application Units: 2, 3
• LAW 781 Externship I Units: 2, 4, 10, 12
• LAW 813 Arbitration in the United States Units: 3
• LAW 817 International Arbitration Units: 3
• LAW 822 Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting
Units: 1
• LAW 824 Arbitration Advocacy Units: 1, 2
• LAW 825 International Arbitration Competition Units: 1, 2, 3
• LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation Units: 1, 2
• LAW 828 Mediation Advocacy Units: 3
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 832 Special Education Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 833 Labor Arbitration Units: 2
• LAW 853 Divorce and Family Mediation Units: 2
• LAW 863 International Negotiations and Mediation Units: 2,
3, 4
• LAW 868 Organizational Ombuds Units: 2
Business Law Certificate (On-Campus)
JD students must complete at least 22 units of business-
related classes to receive this certificate. Interested JD students
must submit their applications for this certificate program after
completing the first year of law school. JD students complete the
certificate requirements during their second and third years of law
school, and courses may count both toward the JD degree and the
certificate.
LLM students must complete at least 12 units of business-
related classes to receive this certificate. LLM students complete
the certificate requirements during the year they are taking their
LLM course work, and courses may count both toward the LLM
degree and the certificate.
All students are required to take both mandatory business
law courses (such as business organizations) and a selection of
elective business law courses (such as mergers and acquisitions,
advanced contracts and bankruptcy).
Business Law Certificate (Online)
USC Gould School of Law Online LLM and Business Law
Certificate students will enroll in the Online Business Law
Certificate program and will take each of their courses in the online
modality.
USC Gould School of Law JD and LLM residential students will
enroll in the residential Business Law Certificate program and will
take each of their courses in residence.
The Online Business Law Certificate program requires Business
Organizations (4 units) as a core, mandatory course. Students are
required to complete an additional 10 business law units online
to earn the certificate. Electives include Securities Regulation
(3 units), Business for Lawyers (2 units), Contract Drafting and
Strategy (2 units) and Mergers and Acquisitions (3 units and for
which Business Organizations is a prerequisite). Students must
complete a minimum of 12 units to receive this online certificate.
The program is structured especially for working professionals
who wish to take one or two courses per term in an online format.
Students are expected to enroll each semester until the program
is completed.
Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies
USC Gould School of Law offers a two-year Master of Laws
(LLM) program designed to introduce students to core doctrines
of American law. During the first year, students explore the
fundamental principles underlying the U.S. legal system by
completing the Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies, and any required
American Language Institute (ALI) courses to improve their
English fluency. During the second year, students enroll in courses
to complete the Master of Laws (LLM) degree.
To qualify for admission to USC Gould School of Law's Two-
Year Extended LLM, students must have earned their first law
degree (LLB or the equivalent) outside of the United States.
However, students may be considered for admission if they
provide evidence of recent legal work experience and hold a
bachelor's degree or its equivalent in another field. For more
information, please visit the USC Gould School of Law Website.
ALI Language Courses
Students will be required to take an English placement exam at
the beginning of the program. Students must complete 2 units of
English language course work each semester, for a total of 4 units,
unless they receive a waiver. Students will be enrolled in American
Language Institute (ALI) courses, from among those identified
below, that best suit their skill level as determined by ALI.
• ALI 224 Academic and Professional Speaking Skills I Units: 2
• ALI 225 Academic and Professional Writing Skills I Units: 2
• ALI 234 Academic and Professional Speaking Skills II
Units: 2
• ALI 235 Academic and Professional Writing Skills II Units: 2
• ALI 244 Academic and Professional Speaking Skills III
Units: 2
• ALI 245 Academic and Professional Writing III Units: 2
• ALI 254 Academic and Professional Speaking Skills IV
Units: 2
• ALI 255 Academic and Professional Writing Skills IV Units: 2
Introduction to U.S. Legal Studies
Students will enroll in the following 17 units of LAW courses during
the first year of this program. These courses will explore the
fundamental principles underlying the U.S. legal system.
• LAW 510 Legal Research Units: 0 or 1
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
• LAW 560 Academic and Professional Skills for U.S. Law
Studies I Units: 2
• LAW 561a Fundamentals of Legal Writing Skills Units: 3
• LAW 561b Fundamentals of Legal Writing Skills Units: 2
• LAW 562 Introduction to U.S. Legal Culture and Practice
Units: 2
• LAW 563 Presentation Skills for International Lawyers
Units: 2
• LAW 564 Persuasive Advocacy Units: 2
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• LAW 566 Academic and Professional Skills for U.S. Law
Studies II Units: 1
Compliance Certificate
The Compliance Certificate program is structured especially for
working professionals who wish to take one or two courses per
term in an online or on-campus format. Students are expected to
enroll each semester until the program is completed.
USC Gould School of Law Compliance Certificate students
and students who select the Compliance Certificate as part of our
online or on-campus LLM or MSL programs will take each of their
courses in the corresponding modality.
Both the online and on-campus Compliance Certificate program
require the following mandatory courses to earn the certificate.
Mandatory Courses
Students must successfully complete the courses below (12 units)
to receive a Certificate in Compliance.
• LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 574 Health Care Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3
Entertainment Law and Industry Certificate
Earning the online Entertainment Law and Industry certificate
requires successful completion of 12 credit units, including the
following courses:
Mandatory Courses
Students must successfully complete the courses below to receive
the Certificate.
• LAW 522 Entertainment Law and Industry Units: 2
• LAW 527 Intellectual Property: Copyright Units: 2
• LAW 551 Intellectual Property Trademark Units: 2
Elective Courses
Students must choose at least 6 units from the following elective
courses below to receive the Certificate.
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 653 Music Law in Practice Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 689 Digital Media Transactions Units: 2, 3
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3
• LAW 816 Dealmaking in the Entertainment Industry Units: 1,
2
• LAW 845 Negotiation Skills Units: 2, 3
Note
Courses used toward a degree completed at another university
may not be applied toward this certificate.
Financial Compliance Certificate
The online Financial Compliance Certificate program is offered
to enrolled online LLM or online MSL students, as well as on
a stand-alone basis. The program is structured especially for
working professionals who wish to take one or two courses per
term in an online format. Students are expected to enroll each
semester until the program is completed.
The online Financial Compliance Certificate requires 12 units,
including the required and elective courses listed below.
Admissions
Applicants to the certificate program must have earned an
undergraduate degree, which can be in any field of study, prior to
the time they begin the certificate program. Prior exposure to or
experience in law is not required. The Admissions Committee will
consider applicants' grades, course work, work experience, and
reasons for pursuing the certificate program when determining
admission.
Required Courses
The following courses are required, at the units specified:
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5 (4 units)
Elective Courses
Remaining units can be fulfilled in the following electives, at the
units specified:
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2 (2 units)
• LAW 613 Corporate Governance Units: 2 (2 units)
• LAW 633 Business Principles in Law Units: 2 (2 units)
• LAW 640 Financial Institution Regulation Units: 2 (2 units)
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 749 Securities Regulation Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 units)
Health Care Compliance Certificate
The online Health Care Compliance Certificate program is
offered to enrolled online LLM or online MSL students, as well as
on a stand-alone basis. The program is structured especially for
working professionals who wish to take one or two courses per
term in an online format. Students are expected to enroll each
semester until the program is completed.
The online Health Care Compliance Certificate requires 12
units, including the following required and elective courses.
Admissions
Applicants to the certificate program must have earned an
undergraduate degree, which can be in any field of study, prior to
the time they begin the certificate program. Prior exposure to or
experience in law is not required. The Admissions Committee will
consider applicants' grades, course work, work experience, and
reasons for pursuing the certificate program when determining
admission.
Required Courses
The following courses are required, at the units specified:
• LAW 574 Health Care Compliance Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
Elective Courses
Remaining units can be fulfilled in the following electives, at the
units specified:
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5 (4 units)
• LAW 663 Health Care Law, Business and Finance Units: 2
(2 units)
• LAW 664 Patient Privacy Law Units: 2 (2 units)
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 811 Health Law and Policy Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 units)
Human Resources Law and Compliance
Certificate
The Human Resources Law and Compliance Certificate is
structured for working professionals who wish to take one or two
courses per term in an online or on-campus format. Students are
expected to enroll each semester until the program is complete.
USC Gould School of Law students who select the Human
Resources Law and Compliance Certificate as part of our online
or on campus LLM, MDR, or MSL programs will take each of their
courses in the corresponding modality.
Both the online and on-campus 12-unit Human Resources
Law and Compliance Certificate program require the following
mandatory and elective courses to earn the certificate.
Admissions
Applicants to the standalone certificate program must have
earned an undergraduate degree, which can be in any field of
study, prior to the time they begin the certificate program. Prior
exposure to or experience in law is not required. The Admissions
Committee will consider applicants' grades, course work, work
experience and reasons for pursuing the certificate program when
determining admission.
Candidates pursuing the on-campus certificate as part of their
MSL or MDR degrees must take certificate courses concurrent
with their degrees.
Required Courses
The following courses are required, at the units specified:
• LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
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• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
Elective Courses
Remaining units can be fulfilled in the following electives, at the
units specified:
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5 (4 units)
• LAW 609 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource
Compliance Units: 2 (2 units)
• LAW 635 Employment Discrimination Law Units: 2, 3 (2
units)
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation Units: 1, 2 (2 units)
Law, Social Justice and Diversity Certificate
The Certificate in Law, Social Justice and Diversity is a joint
program offered by the Gould School of Law and the Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work. It provides students with an overview of
common legal issues in these areas, which will be ideal for those
who want to learn the fundamental concepts of social justice, gain
basic training in social policy and justice with a focus on those who
are underrepresented or experience discrimination and incorporate
social justice values into social change processes and actions.
Students will enroll in 12 units of course work, which will include
6 units of Gould courses and 6 units of Social Work courses.
Law Courses (On Campus) - Select 6 units
• LAW 504 Criminal Law Units: 3
• LAW 510 Legal Research Units: 0 or 1
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
• LAW 528 Constitutional Law Units: 2
• LAW 602 Criminal Procedure Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 621 Gender Discrimination Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 675 Mental Health Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 686 Civil Rights Law Units: 3
• LAW 704 Poverty Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 723 Children and the Law Units: 2
• LAW 734 Local Government Law Units: 3 or 4
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
Social Work Courses (On Campus) - Select
6 units
• SOWK 536 Policy and Advocacy in Professional Social Work
Units: 3
• SOWK 624 Social Work in Juvenile Justice Settings Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 634 Violence Against Women: A Transnational
Perspective Units: 3
• SOWK 639 Policy Advocacy and Social Change Units: 3
• SOWK 666 Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse Units: 3
• SOWK 670 Global Dimensions in Social Policy and Social
Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 684 Community Practice for Social Innovation Units: 3
• SOWK 687 Media in Social Work Units: 3
Media and Entertainment Law Certificate
JD students must complete at least 21 units of media and
entertainment related classes to receive this certificate. JD
students must submit their applications for this certificate program
after completing the first year of law school. JD students complete
the certificate requirements during their second and third years of
law school, and courses may count both toward the JD degree and
the certificate.
LLM, MSL and MDR students must complete at least 12
units of media and entertainment related classes to receive this
certificate. LLM, MSL and MDR students complete the certificate
requirements during the year they are taking their degree course
work, and courses may count both toward the degree and the
certificate.
All students are required to take both mandatory entertainment
law courses (such as intellectual property) and a selection of
elective entertainment law courses (such as copyright, legal issues
in music and sports law).
Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Certificate
The online Certificate in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity
provides an interdisciplinary perspective for law students who
wish to develop skills that will enable them to understand and
integrate relevant laws, policies and best practices that shape
privacy law and cybersecurity. The certificate explores the legal
framework concerning information privacy in the United States and
provides an overview of common legal issues and emerging law
in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. Knowledge of privacy
laws and awareness of cybersecurity issues provide students
with the opportunity to mitigate risk and to deal with threats in the
workplace.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the online Certificate in Privacy Law and
Cybersecurity must have earned an undergraduate degree (which
can be in any field) from either inside or outside the United States.
Applicants’ degrees must have been earned at degree-granting
institutions that are recognized by USC. They will have excellent
undergraduate grades and credentials, and a strong desire to
specialize their graduate studies in privacy law and cybersecurity.
While USC Gould does not have a minimum GPA requirement,
successful applicants to our online Certificate in Privacy Law
and Cybersecurity will generally have earned at least a 3.0
undergraduate GPA. In order to apply for the online Certificate
in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity, students must submit the
online application form, transcripts from all institutions attended,
a current resume and personal statement detailing their desire to
pursue the degree. International applicants must submit official
and valid TOEFL/IELTS scores and must have demonstrated their
proficiency in English as part of the application process.
Mandatory Courses
The online Certificate in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity requires
12 units of course work, which must be taken from amongst the
following courses.
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3 (2 units)
• LAW 691 Cybersecurity and Cyber Crimes Units: 2
• LAW 664 Patient Privacy Law Units: 2
• LAW 692 Information Management and Risk Units: 2
• LAW 804 Information Privacy Law Units: 2
Public Interest Certificate
The Public Interest Certificate is intended for JD students who
plan to spend a significant part of their careers in the nonprofit or
government (including criminal) sectors. It serves at least three
functions. First, it signals to future employers that the student
has made a significant commitment to acquiring the substantive
knowledge, practical skills and familiarity with the landscape of
nonprofit and government law, which will prepare him or her for a
successful career in these sectors. Second, the certificate assists
students in discerning and following a law school path that will
provide the fundamentals they need for a career in nonprofit or
government law, and exposes them to a range of substantive law
areas, practitioners and experiences in the public interest sector.
Third, the certificate allows the Law School to affirm and showcase
its support for public interest law and its offerings for students and
potential students interested in this career path.
Certificate Requirements
To earn the certificate, JD students must take at least 20 units
of mandatory, foundational, elective skills and clinical or practicum
courses, selected in consultation with an adviser, and as outlined
on the Gould School of Law website. In addition, JD students must
complete an upper-division writing requirement and 50 hours of
pro bono work.
No more than 4 units counted toward the certificate may be
taken CR/D/F. Foundational courses may not be taken CR/D/F.
Please refer to the Gould School of Law website for detailed
certificate requirements.
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Social Work Administration Graduate
Certificate
The online Graduate Certificate in Social Work Administration
is a joint program offered by the Gould School of Law and the
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. It provides students with an
introduction to the U.S. legal system and allows them to deepen
their knowledge by offering a working understanding of the law and
social work administration. The program is geared toward those
who work in administrative and leadership positions in the field of
social work and within social service agencies, in particular.
Students enroll in 12 units of course work that includes 6 units
of Law courses and 6 units of Social Work courses.
LAW Courses (Online) - Select 6 units
• LAW 508 Constitutional Law: Structure Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 510 Legal Research Units: 0 or 1
• LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System Units: 2
• LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 567 Introduction to Litigation in U.S. Courts Units: 2
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3
• LAW 609 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource
Compliance Units: 2
• LAW 613 Corporate Governance Units: 2
• LAW 635 Employment Discrimination Law Units: 2, 3
• LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis Units: 2, 3
• LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation Units: 1, 2
• LAW 845 Negotiation Skills Units: 2, 3
Social Work Courses (Online) - Select 6 units
• SOWK 629 Research and Evaluation for Community,
Organization and Business Environments Units: 3
• SOWK 648 Management and Organizational Development
for Social Workers Units: 3
• SOWK 652 Social Work Practice in Workplace Settings
Units: 3
• SOWK 658 Organizational Practice and Development in
Business Environments Units: 3
• SOWK 664 Consultation, Coaching, and Social
Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• SOWK 665 Grant Writing and Program Development for
Social Workers Units: 3
• SOWK 669 Managing Change and Organization
Development Units: 3
• SOWK 672 Social Work and Business Settings Units: 3
Technology and Entrepreneurship Law
Certificate
The Technology and Entrepreneurship Certificate program
provides a rigorous course sequence for students who have
an interest in legal practice areas involving the intersection of
technology and business law issues. The program features a
combination of traditional doctrinal courses taught principally
in a lecture format, skills-based courses taught principally in
a workshop format, and experiential field-based opportunities
outside the classroom. The program emphasizes the importance
of acquiring strong legal skills and business awareness to prepare
for legal practice.
Mandatory Courses (JD Students and LLM
Students)
Students must complete both of the following courses:
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 810 Patent Law Units: 3, 4
Core Optional Courses (JD Students)
Select at least three credits from the following courses:
• LAW 627 Business Planning: Structuring and Financing a
New Enterprise Units: 3, 4
• LAW 673 Deal Strategies in Business and Entertainment Law
Units: 3, 4
• LAW 770 Technology Transactions Units: 2, 3
• LAW 801 Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
Units: 2, 3
• LAW 812 Health Advocacy and Justice Units: 1
• LAW 827 Counseling the Startup Company Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 838 Patent Drafting and Prosecution Units: 3
Non-Core Optional Courses (JD Students)
Select sufficient units to reach the required number of total credits.
• LAW 648 Topics in Entertainment Law Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 719 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 736 Small Business Clinic I Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 737 Small Business Clinic II Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 753 Antitrust Law I Units: 3 or 4
• LAW 765 Intellectual Property Litigation Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 771 Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic I
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 772 Intellectual Property Units: 2 or 3
• LAW 773 Internet Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 780 Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic II
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 783 Exploring the Role of In-House Counsel Units: 1
• LAW 841 Copyright, Trademark and Related Rights Units: 3
Optional Courses (LLM Students)
Select sufficient courses to reach required total credits.
• LAW 648 Topics in Entertainment Law Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 719 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 753 Antitrust Law I Units: 3 or 4
• LAW 765 Intellectual Property Litigation Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 770 Technology Transactions Units: 2, 3
• LAW 772 Intellectual Property Units: 2 or 3
• LAW 773 Internet Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 801 Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Units: 2,
3
• LAW 812 Health Advocacy and Justice Units: 1
• LAW 827 Counseling the Startup Company Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 838 Patent Drafting and Prosecution Units: 3
• LAW 841 Copyright, Trademark and Related Rights Units: 3
Transnational Law and Business Certificate
All resident JD, LLM and MCL students will be eligible for this
certificate.
To earn a Transnational Law and Business Certificate, students
must complete at least 12 units of the mandatory and elective
courses outlined in the curriculum.
Mandatory Courses
All students must complete the following mandatory courses to
earn this certificate.
• LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance Units: 2
• LAW 603 Business Organizations Units: 3, 4, 5
• LAW 764 International Business Transactions Units: 3 or 4
Elective Courses
Students may select from among the following elective courses
to complete the unit requirements for this certificate. Students
should be advised that the following courses have a prerequisite
requirement: FBE 523, FBE 527, FBE 529, FBE 532, and FBE
560.
• LAW 626 International Investment Law and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2
• LAW 637 International Trade Policy Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 658 Mergers and Acquisitions Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• LAW 662 Public International Law Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 697 Foreign Relations and National Security Law
Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 709 Contract Drafting and Negotiation Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 714 U.S. Foreign Policy and International Law Units: 1,
2, 3, 4
• LAW 775 Immigration Law Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 817 International Arbitration Units: 3
• LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Units: 2
• LAW 863 International Negotiations and Mediation Units: 2,
3, 4
• FBE 523 Venture Capital and Private Equity Units: 3
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• FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for
Developing Firms Units: 3
• FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation Units: 3
• FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy Units: 3
• FBE 560 Mergers and Acquisitions Units: 3
• GSBA 548 Corporate Finance Units: 2, 3
• MOR 542 Strategic Issues for Global Business Units: 3
• PPD 526 Comparative International Development Units: 2
• PPD 688 Business and Public Policy Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Law (JD)
The Juris Doctor is the basic law degree. To obtain the degree,
a student must satisfactorily complete 88 units, be in full-time
attendance for six semesters and complete all required courses.
Several options are available through which students may, with
appropriate permission, take courses outside the law school.
Except with special permission, however, each student (including a
dual degree student) must successfully complete at least 37 units
beyond the first year curriculum, in law courses, taken at this law
school, and graded in the normal manner. Each student must also
complete a minimum of 64 of the required 88 units by attendance
in regularly scheduled class sessions at the law school. A law
student is expected to devote the major portion of his or her time to
law studies; any outside employment must therefore be restricted.
First-year students are not permitted to hold jobs, and second- and
third-year students may not hold outside employment requiring
more than 20 hours of work per week.
First-year students are required to carry the full load of courses
prescribed for that year, and second- and third year students are
required to carry between 13 and 17 units each semester, unless
special permission to carry a reduced or enlarged schedule is
granted by the dean of academic services. All students must
complete six full-time semesters.
Requirements for degrees, as well as the courses offered, may
be changed by the faculty at any time. The dean of academic
services may waive some requirements for individual students.
The First Year
During the first year, the student takes a required curriculum of
basic courses that examines fundamental legal institutions and
addresses legal problems relevant to contemporary society and
the modern practice of law.
In the fall semester, students take Torts, which explores the
individual's obligation to refrain from harming others and studies
the bases for compensating persons who suffer injuries — either
by holding responsible whomever is at fault for the harm, or by
invoking other principles of liability including the efficiency of
resource allocation and spreading of losses.
Procedure introduces students to the issues of what constitutes
fair, adequate and efficient procedures in resolving legal disputes.
Study focuses on the procedures outlined in Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure.
Contracts studies the law regulating consensual arrangements
entered into for commercial purposes. It concerns such questions
as what promises do and should the state enforce and what
remedies are available when enforceable promises are breached.
Business Fundamentals is an optional course that introduces
students who lack a business background to the basic vocabulary,
concepts and modes of analysis relevant to the organization,
financing, and governance of corporations and other enterprises.
In the spring semester, students take Criminal Law, which
studies issues relating to the decision, by legislature or court, to
designate behavior as a "crime." Significant attention is given
to the moral, psychological and philosophical issues involved in
ascribing criminal responsibility.
Constitutional Law focuses on fundamental structure provisions
and relationships under the U.S. Constitution with an emphasis on
separation of powers and federalism.
Property analyzes the development of rules dealing with land,
water and other natural resources, frequently from historical and
economic perspectives.
Legal Profession or Ethical Issues for Public Interest,
Government and Criminal Lawyers offer a traditional or specialized
examination of the role of the lawyer in society; the history and
organization of the legal profession; the adversary system and
access to justice; and ethical rules on fulfilling professional duties
in a variety of practice settings.
All students take a year-long course, Legal Research, Writing
and Advocacy. The course provides students an opportunity
to draft pleadings and to prepare legal memoranda and briefs.
Toward the end of the second semester, each student participates
in a moot court argument based on work previously prepared for
the course.
Students study basic sources of the law — case reports,
constitutions, statutes and interdisciplinary materials. There is
no uniform method of teaching, but Socratic dialogue and class
discussion are primarily employed to help the students analyze
issues, reasons and arguments. Moreover, law school faculty have
traditionally employed interdisciplinary approaches in analyzing
legal problems. First-year classes meet in sections of 60 to 100
students, about half the class size of many law schools.
The Second and Third Years
Requirements
The upper two years of law study are primarily elective, with
only three requirements. First, students must satisfy the upper
division writing requirement, either by completing a major faculty-
supervised writing project or by taking a course with a substantial
writing component.
Second, students must enroll in course work that offers
substantial instruction in professional skills generally regarded
as necessary for the effective and responsible participation in the
legal profession. Such course work includes simulation courses
(including Trial Advocacy and Pretrial Advocacy), live-client clinical
offerings and courses involving the drafting of legal documents
(including Contract Drafting and Negotiation).
Finally, students must take the Constitutional Rights class.
Course Offerings
The basic courses that most students elect to take — for
example: Business Organizations, Evidence, Taxation, and Gifts,
Wills and Trusts — are offered every year and usually twice a year.
Other courses listed are offered once a year, or in some cases,
every other year. Each year the law school attempts to provide
upper-division students with a wide variety of optional specialized
courses. Often these reflect the research interests of the faculty.
Because there are specialty courses in nearly every major area
of the law, upper-division students are able to concentrate in
a particular area, or, if they prefer, pursue a broad, basic legal
education.
Clinical Offerings
The upper-division curriculum includes a variety of opportunities
for clinical legal education. "Clinical" courses are of two kinds.
First, clinical refers to courses in which the learning of legal
principles occurs through actual work on cases in particular
subject matter areas. For example, the law of prisoners' rights and
post-conviction remedies is taught in the Post-Conviction Justice
Project, a course in which students represent inmates in the
California Institution for Women. This representation is under the
direct supervision of full-time law school faculty members. About
20 students participate each semester, traveling to the prison to
meet with their clients on a regular basis, attending seminars at the
law school, preparing briefs and papers, drafting habeas petitions,
and negotiating and dealing with prosecutors and prison and court
personnel. In addition, students make court appearances on behalf
of clients in state and federal courts, as well as courts of appeals.
The second type of clinical course concentrates on specific
lawyering skills taught in a classroom setting through the use of
hypothetical case materials, with actors playing the roles of clients.
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The best illustration of this form of clinical teaching is the three-
course sequence of Pretrial, Trial and Appellate Advocacy, which
covers the stages in the litigation process suggested by the course
titles. In these courses, students actually perform, in a simulated
courtroom or law office environment, the multiple tasks required
of lawyers. Most work is done in small groups; students are
videotaped and intensively reviewed by the instructors. A student
can take part or all of this sequence. The three courses together
require the student to do at least the following: client interviewing
and counseling, legal research, fact-finding, drafting of legal
documents, negotiation with opposing counsel, arguing pretrial
motions to a judge, preparing witnesses to testify, selecting a jury,
conducting direct and cross-examination, proposing and opposing
exhibits and testimonial evidence, arguing to a jury, and drafting
and arguing an appellate brief.
The Post-Conviction Justice Project and the advocacy courses
are not the only clinical courses in the curriculum, but they are
useful examples of the variety of clinical teaching. A course in
a specific area of law, like the Post-Conviction Justice Project,
necessarily requires students to acquire basic courtroom,
negotiation and client interviewing skills. The skills-oriented
advocacy courses require students to be familiar with substantive
areas like evidence, procedure and the law in the area of the
hypothetical client's problems. These two kinds of clinical courses
supplement each other, just as substantive knowledge and expert
skills do in the practice of law. Considered as a whole, USC's
clinical courses provide the foundation of knowledge and skill
necessary to begin the practice of law.
Judicial Externships and Clinical Internships
The clinical opportunities listed previously are focused primarily
within the law school. In addition, there are two categories of
clinical options for students to pursue outside the law school in the
actual environments of courts and law offices.
The first of these, the judicial externship program, enables
students to receive credit for full- or part-time work as an extern
to a judge of the state or federal court. Students are selected by
the judges themselves. USC students have served as externs in
the California Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District
Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, California Court of Appeal and
Superior Court. During the externship, each student is supervised
by the assistant dean and the placement supervisor.
The second program, the clinical internship option, allows USC
Gould students to work part-time in government agencies, legal
services programs or other nonprofit organizations under the
supervision of practicing attorneys and faculty members. Students
earn academic credit while providing representation to actual
clients, learning important government processes or participating
in large-scale impact litigation. Since the program includes more
than 50 pre-approved agencies, students may choose from a wide
range of clinical internships.
Neither program is considered a regularly scheduled class
session for purposes of graduation requirements.
Individual Research Projects
A wide variety of courses and institutes offers opportunities
for upper-division students to engage in individual research
under faculty supervision and often in conjunction with course
offerings, as well as to participate in large research projects.
Projects presently underway include the uses of ocean and sea
resources, the development and regulation of geothermal energy,
sentencing practices in felony cases, the effects of real estate
taxation, the delivery of legal service to low- and middle-income
persons, the civil commitment of elderly persons, the relationships
between corporate law and actual corporate practices, and
theoretical studies in law and economics. Such research projects
are financed by grants from the Brookings Institution, the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, the National Science Foundation,
the Ford Foundation, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the
National Institute of Mental Health, and the Energy Research and
Development Administration.
Independent research completed for academic credit is not
considered a regularly scheduled class session for purposes of
graduation requirements.
Courses Outside the Law School
With the concurrence of the dean of academic services,
a student may receive up to 12 units of JD credit for courses
taken outside the law school. These courses must be on the
graduate level and may be taken only at USC. Taking graduate
level courses outside the law school is an alternative to the dual
degree program; a student may not pursue both approaches. For
purposes of meeting the 37-graded-units rule, all non-law courses
are counted as CR/D/F units.
A student may, with permission of the dean of academic
services, enroll in and transfer the credit from a law course taken
at another school that is a member of the Association of American
Law Schools, if the course is equivalent to one included in the
USC Gould curriculum that will not be offered here during the
semester the student takes the course. Credit will be granted only
for courses graded "C" or better. A maximum of 5 such units may
be counted toward the JD.
Courses taken outside of the law school are not considered
regularly scheduled class sessions for purposes of graduation
requirements.
Course Selection in the Upper Division
With such a variety of courses available, how do second- and
third-year students go about selecting the program that will be best
suited to their individual interests and ambitions?
There are no precise rules or proven methods for selecting
second- and third-year courses. To a large extent, these choices
reflect each student's personal assessment at the end of the
first year — strengths and weaknesses, developing intellectual
interests and first tentative career plans. For this reason, the
combination of courses most desirable for one person will not
necessarily be best for anyone else. Students are urged to be wary
of the notion that there is a specific, recommended curriculum to
follow. But reluctance to impose a model course of study does not
mean that no guidance is available, for there are at least four ways
of thinking about these choices that, in combination, will help each
student choose the best array of courses.
One recommended approach to course selection is to choose
courses taught by professors the student admires, without
regard to subject matter. For each student there are teachers
who are particularly able to create intellectual excitement and
whose approach to analysis and teaching strikes a responsive
note. Students will benefit as much from exposure to a specific
professor's analytic skills and approach to legal issues as from
specific course content.
A second approach is to choose courses that look exciting,
without worrying about whether such courses are directly related
to the student's current career plans or to some idea of traditional
curriculum. If it appears that a course will be intellectually
interesting, will expose students to a new area of the law, or
provide needed variety, there is already more than enough reason
to enroll. Courses taken because of enthusiasm for either the
instructor or the subject matter often lead to the richest academic
experience of law school.
The third way to make decisions about taking courses is to
classify them according to clusters that emphasize similar issues
or themes and then select from each area. For example, a student
interested in ideas about family relationships will find them
discussed in different contexts in Gifts, Wills, and Trusts; Family
Law; and the Children's Legal Issues Practicum. Trial Advocacy
and Pretrial Advocacy are courses that teach practical litigation
skills, relating various performance tasks to the underlying skills
of legal writing, advocacy, legal counseling, negotiation, and
factual analysis. A further example includes courses involving
close work with statutes, such as Labor Law, Securities Regulation
and Taxation, any of which will provide opportunities to develop
important and transferable skills.
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Finally, students might think about selection as a way of
building a wide substantive expertise in an area of particular
interest. For example, the following courses are crucial to one
anticipating a substantial wills and estate planning practice:
Family Law; Community Property; Taxation; Estate Planning;
Real Estate Transactions; and Gifts, Wills and Trusts. This kind of
course planning requires some thought and investigation, since
a casual examination might omit such courses as Community
Property (which may affect one's legal ability to transfer property
by will), and Real Estate Transactions (since various forms of
property ownership may dictate a specific will or create planning
considerations).
These approaches to course selection describe only some
of the ways in which students might make reasoned choices
about their academic programs. Formal and informal academic
counseling is available from the associate deans and other faculty.
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Keck School of Medicine of USC
Departments
• PhD Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences
(PIBBS)
• Department of Anesthesiology
• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
• Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck
Surgery
• Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences
• Department of Family Medicine
• Department of Medical Education
• Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
• USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics
Institute
• Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Department of Physiology and Neuroscience
• Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
• Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
• Department of Translational Genomics
Founded in 1885, the Keck School of Medicine of USC is part
of Keck Medicine of USC, a major center of medical research,
education and patient care with more than 1,500 full-time faculty
members and a voluntary faculty of more than 2,400. Included on
the faculty are national leaders in each of its 26 clinical and basic
science departments. Located on the university's 30.8-acre Health
Sciences Campus three miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles,
the Keck School is adjacent to the Los Angeles County+USC
Medical Center, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United
States.
The Keck School's faculty, students and residents serve more
than one million patients each year through the Los Angeles
County+USC Medical Center, the USC Norris Cancer Hospital,
the Keck Hospital of USC, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USC
Verdugo Hills and a network of USC-affiliated hospitals throughout
Southern California. More than 1,700 faculty physicians and other
clinical providers deliver primary care and care for patients with
complex medical needs.
The Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative
Medicine and Stem Cell Research of USC, the USC Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute,
the USC Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, the
Translational Genomics Institute, the CardioVascular Institute, the
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, and the Department
of Population and Public Health Science provide state-of-the-
art facilities for important scientific discovery. The Clinical and
Translational Science Institute provides training and support for
physicians and scientists performing clinical, translational and
discovery based health and biomedical research. With more than
$280 million in total federal research support, the Keck School
ranks among the top U.S. medical schools in federal funding.
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is at the forefront of
medical education and was among the first medical schools
to adopt Introduction to Clinical Medicine courses for first-year
students, providing direct experience in patient care from the start.
Administration
Carolyn Meltzer, MD, Dean
Thomas A. Buchanan, MD, Vice Dean, Research
Donna D. Elliott, MD, EdD, Vice Dean, Medical Education, Chair
Department of Medical Education
Peggy J. Farnham, PhD, Vice Dean for Health and Biomedical
Sciences Education
Kathryn Carrico, Vice President for Health Sciences Advancement
Ted Budge, MS, Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating
Officer
Robert Milner, PhD, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Lawrence M. Opas, MD, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate
Medical Education
John Donovan, Associate Dean for Clinical Administration
Raquel D. Arias, MD, Associate Dean, Admissions
April Armstrong, MD, MPH, Associate Dean, Clinical Research
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, Associate Dean, Community
Initiatives
Ron Ben-Ari, MD, Associate Dean, Curriculum and Continuing
Medical Education
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Associate Dean, Social Justice
Inderbir Gill, MD, Associate Dean, Clinical Innovation
Stephanie Hall, MD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (Keck
Medical Center)
Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD, Associate Dean, Basic and
Translational Research
Martin Kast, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Integrity
Caryn Lerman, PhD, Associate Dean for Cancer Programs
TJ Malseed, Associate Dean for Information Services, Chief
Information Officer
Ite Offringa, PhD, Associate Dean, Graduate Affairs (PhD
Programs)
Tanisha Price-Johnson, PhD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
(MD Program)
Joyce Richey, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Education
Jehni Robinson, MD, Associate Dean for Primary Care
Axel Schönthal, PhD, Associate Dean for Biomedical MS
Programs
Brad Spellberg, MD, Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs (LAC+USC
Medical Center)
Maura Sullivan, EdD, Associate Dean, Simulation Education for
Health Sciences
Richard Watanabe, PhD, Associate Dean, for Health and
Population Science Programs
David Diller, MD, Assistant Dean, Curriculum
Cha-Chi Fung, PhD, Assistant Dean, Medical Education
Kevin Nash, PhD, Assistant Dean, Curriculum
Stephanie Zia, MD, Assistant Dean for Career Advising
Admissions
Doctor of Medicine
Keith Administration Building 104
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9021
(323) 442-2552
Associate Dean, Admissions: Raquel D. Arias, MD
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Committee on Admissions
is responsible for selecting members of the entering class. The
committee comprises both faculty and students. The committee
reviews candidates whose academic achievement, commitment
to service and personal qualities distinguish them from the many
thousands of applicants who apply.
The applicant's undergraduate major may be in any subject
area from an accredited college or university. Although sound
preparation in the basic sciences is essential, a background in the
humanities, and depth and breadth of personal experience are
also important.
General Admissions Information
The Keck School of Medicine of USC participates in the
centralized American Medical College Application Service
(AMCAS) and also requires the submission of the Keck School
of Medicine supplemental application. Approximately 8,900
applications are received per year and 750 applicants receive
interview invitations. Interviews begin in late August and end in
early March. Students receive acceptance letters beginning in
October.
Requirements
All applicants to the Keck School of Medicine of USC MD
degree program must have completed a baccalaureate degree,
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or its equivalent, from an accredited college or university prior to
matriculation. The school has no specific course requirements.
Strong applicants will have distinguished themselves in their
chosen field of study and have demonstrated competency in
the sciences at the time of their application. The Medical School
Admission Requirement (MSAR) guide may be referenced for
recommended course work. The Medical College Admissions Test
(MCAT) is required, and scores must be from within the previous
three years of the date of matriculation.
International applicants must hold a degree considered
equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree as evaluated by the USC
Office of Graduate and International Admissions.
Individuals who have discontinued studies in medical school for
academic reasons are not eligible to apply to the Keck School of
Medicine of USC.
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
The MCAT is required of all applicants. Applicants to the
entering class are required to take the MCAT within the previous
three years of the date of matriculation and no later than August
in the year that the application becomes available. Scores from
administrations of the examination taken outside of this time period
will not be accepted.
Applications
The Keck School of Medicine of USC participates in the
American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). AMCAS
reproduces and distributes an application and standardized
academic record to participating medical schools designated by
the student. Applications are submitted electronically at students/
applying/amcas.
Applications are available after June 1 for the class entering in
August of the following year. Applications to USC must be returned
to AMCAS by November 1, but earlier application is encouraged.
The Admissions Committee reviews all information submitted
on the AMCAS application as well as the school's supplemental
application. The nonrefundable supplemental application fee is
$100.
Personal Interviews
Personal interviews are a required aspect of the application
process. Applicants interview with members of the Admissions
Committee.
Notice of Acceptance
Notices of acceptance will be sent to successful candidates
beginning in October until the class is filled. Since Keck uses a
rolling admissions process, it is highly recommended to submit
a completed application early in the cycle. If not chosen for
an interview, candidates are usually notified by March of the
application year.
Candidates must reply to an offer of admission and agree to
the Essential Technical Standards for the completion of the MD
Degree within 10 business days of receiving the offer of admission.
A letter of withdrawal, via email or post mail, is required if students
wish to relinquish their place in the class; release is granted
automatically when the letter is received.
MD/PhD Program Admission
The Keck School of Medicine has developed an MD/PhD
program designed for individuals who aspire to a career in
academic medicine or a leadership role within the biomedical
industry. Students are expected to acquire the modern skills that
are required for physician competence. Additionally, the MD/PhD
program provides an opportunity for the development of research
expertise and academic excellence while fulfilling the requirements
for a PhD degree.
A joint program between the Keck School of Medicine and the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was established in fall
1997 for the granting of the MD/PhD degree. PhD studies may
be carried out at Caltech or through collaboration between two
laboratories at both institutions. The MD will be awarded from
the Keck School of Medicine and the PhD will be awarded from
Caltech.
The MD/PhD executive committee is responsible for selecting
students for the MD/PhD program. Members of the committee
review the qualifications of each applicant, including MCAT scores,
academic performance, letters of recommendation and research
experience. The committee interviews candidates and then selects
students for admission to the program. All applicants to the joint
program interview at Keck School of Medicine and the California
Institute of Technology.
General Information
The MD/PhD program enrolls a maximum of eight students
annually. Students have the option of doing the PhD at USC or
Caltech. Each student accepted to the program must also be
accepted to the Keck School of Medicine. All positions are fully
funded.
Requirements
Admission requirements for the MD/PhD program are those
of one of the graduate programs at Caltech, the Keck School of
Medicine and USC. Students select the program of their choice
during the first two years of the medical curriculum; descriptions
of these programs are available from each department or program
and Caltech.
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
To assist the MD/PhD Committee in its evaluation of candidates,
applicants to the MD/PhD program are encouraged to provide
recent GRE scores. The committee does not, however, require
GRE scores in order to consider an application.
Applications
Applicants to the Keck School of Medicine are advised to
request information about the MD/PhD program at the time
of application. In addition to completing the medical school
application, applicants should indicate their interest in the MD/PhD
program.
Students who are currently pursuing the medical curriculum at
the Keck School of Medicine may apply to the MD/PhD program
by contacting: MD/PhD Program, Keck School of Medicine, 1975
Zonal Avenue (KAM 108), Los Angeles, CA 90089-9020; (323)
442-2965, FAX: (323) 442-0386.
Personal Interviews
All applicants are screened by members of the MD/PhD
Executive Committee; candidates who meet the basic criteria of
the program are then invited to be interviewed by members of the
committee and faculty at USC and Caltech.
Notice of Acceptance
Students selected for acceptance to the MD/PhD program are
notified between November and May of each year. Students begin
their programs in the fall semester and register for courses in the
medical curriculum at that time.
Further information about the MD/PhD program at the Keck
School of Medicine may be obtained by contacting: MD/PhD
Program, Keck School of Medicine, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los
Angeles, CA 90089-9020; (323) 442-2965, FAX: (323) 442-0386;
email: [email protected].
Graduate Degree Programs Admissions
Admission standards for these curricula are established jointly
by the Keck School of Medicine, its participating programs and the
Graduate School.
Applicants to graduate degree programs offered at the Keck
School of Medicine must meet the general criteria for acceptance
to the Graduate School. Each participating program may have
additional requirements for application. The programmatic
requirements for the Keck School of Medicine's graduate programs
are detailed in the Graduate Degree Programs section.
Further information about graduate degree programs at the
Keck School of Medicine may be obtained by contacting: Office
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC 649
of the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Keck School of
Medicine, 1975 Zonal Avenue (KAM 409), Los Angeles, CA 90089-
9023; (323) 442-1607, FAX: (323) 442-1199.
Tuition and Fees
The tuition and fees for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program
listed below are estimated for fall semester, 2022. All fees are
subject to change without notice by action of the University of
Southern California Board of Trustees. The university reserves the
right to assess new fees or charges.
Tuition for each semester of the medical school curriculum
is due and payable at the beginning of the semester and is not
refundable. Registration is not permitted after the third week of
instruction. Late payment of tuition is subject to a mandatory late
fee. Average budgets for medical students will vary according
to their year in the curriculum. The cost of attendance for each
year of the MD curriculum can be obtained through the Office of
Financial Aid. Tuition and mandatory fees are the same for all
years.
Required Fees Doctor of Medicine Program
(Estimated)
Tuition (one semester) $34,580
Graduate Tuition (per unit) 2,137
Student Programming Fee (graduate)
(per semester)
40
Norman Topping Scholarship Fee
(per semester)
8
Malpractice Insurance 25 (per academic year)
Disability Insurance 40 (per academic year)
Other Fees
See Tuition and Fees.
Grading and Evaluation
Doctor of Medicine Program
The Keck School of Medicine employs a system of evaluation
and grading designed to encourage student self-reliance, to
stimulate the student's independent quest for knowledge and to
promote excellence in academic achievement.
For courses of the medical curriculum, the Keck School
of Medicine does not award numerical or letter grades. The
evaluation process leading to a pass or fail grade is based on
performance of the student in relation to announced course
criteria. Throughout medical school, students will be evaluated
on their fund of knowledge, problem-solving ability, professional
behavior, relevant personality traits and clinical and interpersonal
skills. Additional information on grading and evaluation is
contained in the handbook provided to every enrolled medical
student.
Master's and PhD Programs
Grading and evaluation policies for graduate degree programs
and for joint MD/PhD degrees are established in conjunction with
the Graduate School. In general, courses taken in partial fulfillment
of graduate degree requirements receive letter grades that are
recorded by the university.
Bachelor's Degree
Global Health Studies (BS)
837 Downey Way
Stonier Hall, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1149
(213) 740-1060
Email: [email protected]
hpdp.usc.edu
Director: Heather Wipfli, PhD
The Bachelor of Science in Global Health is a multidisciplinary
degree of the Keck School of Medicine's Department of Population
and Public Health Sciences. This undergraduate program offers
an examination of public health and policy issues in the context
of global affairs. Students complete course work from Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies and International
Relations in addition to requirements from other schools of
the university. The program provides students with a strong
background in understanding and evaluating global health issues
and prepares students to become health professionals with
international competencies. This program is an ideal major for
students interested in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, international
relations, public health, epidemiology, health psychology and
health behavior research.
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Science degree is awarded after students
successfully complete 128 units, consisting of 66 units for the
major and fulfillment of USC general education requirements
including third semester equivalency in a foreign language.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information about USC's general
education requirements, see General Education.
Requirements for the Major (66 units)
The program is divided into core and elective components.
As part of the core research requirements, students must
complete a directed research requirement, HP 490, with a specific
international research focus.
The core component (42–46 units) is required for all students.
Core Courses (32 Units)
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• HP 270 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• HP 320 Biological and Behavioral Basis of Disease Units: 4
• HP 470 Case Studies in Global Health Units: 4
• IR 308w Economic Globalization Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Core Research Courses (10-16 Units)
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• HP 350L Health Behavior Research Methods Units: 4
• HP 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,
max 12
Note:
Students must choose 24 units of elective course work from the
following lists. At least 8 units must be from HP and at least 8 units
must be from IR.
HP Electives (Minimum 8 Units)
• HP 300 Theoretical Principles of Health Behavior Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 405 Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Global Public
Health Priority Units: 4
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• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 409 Environmental Impacts on the Brain Units: 4
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
• HP 430 Obesity and Health Units: 4
• HP 431 Behavior and Education Strategies for Nutrition and
Fitness Units: 4
• HP 432 Clinical Nutrition Units: 4
• HP 440 Happiness, Well-Being, and Health Units: 4
• HP 441 Health Promotion in the Workplace Units: 4
• HP 442 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
• HP 443 Communicating Better Health: What Works and Why
Units: 4
• HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics Units: 4
• HP 448 Global Environmental Changes and Health Units: 4
• HP 450 Traditional Eastern Medicine and Modern Health
Units: 4
• HP 460 Adolescent Health Units: 4
• HP 470 Case Studies in Global Health Units: 4
• HP 483 Global Health and Aging Units: 4
IR Electives (Minimum 8 Units)
• IR 305w Managing New Global Problems Units: 4
• IR 306 International Organizations Units: 4
• IR 307 Contemporary International Politics Units: 4
• IR 309 Global Governance Units: 4
• IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
• IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
• IR 325 North-South Relations in the Global Economy Units: 4
• IR 339 Public Health and International Relations Units: 4
• IR 344 The Global South in World Politics Units: 4
• IR 349 International Law and Politics Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• IR 422 Ecological Security and Global Politics Units: 4
• IR 424w Citizenship and Migration in International Politics
Units: 4
• IR 444w Theories of Global Society Units: 4
Other Electives (Maximum 8 Units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• GERO 483 Global Health and Aging Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• POSC 442m The Politics of Human Differences: Diversity
and Discrimination Units: 4
• POSC 451 Politics of Resources and Development Units: 4
• POSC 456 Women in International Development Units: 4
• PPD 250m Cities in the Developing World Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society
Units: 4
• SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International
Migration Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Studies (BS)
The undergraduate program in Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Studies (HP) provides a well-rounded, professionally
focused education leading to the Bachelor of Science degree.
The program is concerned with the sociocultural, behavioral,
psychological, and biological factors contributing to wellness
and disease. It is an ideal major for students interested in
medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, public health, epidemiology, health
psychology and health behavior research. Areas of study include:
global health; cultural diversity in medicine; substance abuse
prevention and program planning; nutrition and fitness; health
promotion of minority and underserved populations; and general
public health issues (e.g., HIV/AIDS, violence, health promotion in
the workplace and behavioral medicine).
hpdp.usc.edu
Director: Heather Wipfli, PhD
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Science degree is awarded after students
successfully complete 128 units, consisting of 66 units for the
major and fulfillment of USC general education requirements
including third semester equivalency in a foreign language.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing. For more information about USC's general
education requirements, see General Education.
Requirements for the Major (66 units)
The program is divided into core and elective components.
The following core component (42 units) is required of all
students.
Non-HP Courses (20 Units)
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4 or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4 or
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
• PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology Units: 4
Note:
*MATH 125 allows students who have placed out of MATH
108 to take a higher-level math class; it also satisfies the math
requirement for premedical students.
HP Courses (22 Units)
• HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Units: 4
• HP 300 Theoretical Principles of Health Behavior Units: 4
• HP 320 Biological and Behavioral Basis of Disease Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• HP 350L Health Behavior Research Methods Units: 4
• HP 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,
max 12
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Advanced HP and Health Profession
Preparatory Courses
A total of 24 units of electives are required of all students (at least
12 of the 24 must be HP courses).
Electives (24 Units)
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 405 Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Global Public
Health Priority Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
• HP 430 Obesity and Health Units: 4
• HP 431 Behavior and Education Strategies for Nutrition and
Fitness Units: 4
• HP 432 Clinical Nutrition Units: 4
• HP 440 Happiness, Well-Being, and Health Units: 4
• HP 441 Health Promotion in the Workplace Units: 4
• HP 442 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
• HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics Units: 4
• HP 448 Global Environmental Changes and Health Units: 4
• HP 450 Traditional Eastern Medicine and Modern Health
Units: 4
• HP 460 Adolescent Health Units: 4
• PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 and
• PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
• PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and
Thermodynamics Units: 4 and
• PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism Units: 4
• PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management
Units: 4
• PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care Systems Units: 4
• PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 355 Social Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 437 Adolescent Development Units: 4
• SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power and Deviance
Units: 4
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4
Minor
Addiction Science Minor
Scientific study of the nature, causes, consequences,
prevention, intervention and treatment of the broad spectrum of
addiction and addiction-related problems.
Additional information:
The minor is 20 units in total (12 units are assigned, and 8
units are required as electives). The USC Institute for Addiction
Science supports collaborative research and education that
advances science, awareness, prevention, treatment, and policy
to rapidly and significantly reduce the societal burden of addictive
behaviors. Our mission is motivated by the unfortunate truth that
addiction is a wicked problem and leads to an array of recalcitrant
epidemics that plague society. Given the interplay of societal,
political, psychosocial, and biological influences on addiction,
transdisciplinary approaches are needed to reduce the addiction
epidemic. Faculty with addiction expertise are members in dozens
of academic units across USC. The Institute for Addiction Science
integrates and mobilizes USC's intellectual resources while
leveraging the diverse and populous backdrop of Los Angeles to
yield evidence with local, state, national and global implications.
The majority of courses to be utilized for this major have been
approved and are in use within their respective schools (these are
denoted by their associated course prefix below).
Required Courses
Required Courses (12 units total)
• ADSC 250 Foundations in Addiction Science Units: 4
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
• RXRS 302 Introduction to Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Units: 4
or
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
or
• RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances of Abuse and
Addiction Units: 4
Research Track
Students enrolled in the minor in Addiction Science may
elect to complete this minor via the research track. Students
interested in the research track will need to complete an online
questionnaire housed on a website, which will require them to
declare their general research topic and interests at minimum one
semester prior to enrolling in Directed Research. This will allow
the appropriate faculty member to be assigned as the research
supervisor to ensure consistency across the student's research
topic.
Additional Required Courses (4 units)
• RXRS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(4 units over two semesters; 2 units per semester)
or
• HP 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(4 units over two semesters; 2 units per semester)
Electives
(4-8 units) Any of the above courses, OR
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
or
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
or
• SOWK 417 Introduction to Substance Use Disorders and
Recovery Units: 4
Cinema-Television for the Health Professions
Minor
This minor introduces pre-health students to the theory and
techniques of the cinematic arts and to a set of media practices
useful for the implementation of health promotion strategies.
This minor is designed for students who plan to enter careers
or professional programs in medicine after graduation and
are interested in working with film and television producers
to disseminate accurate health information to the public. It
complements major programs such as biological sciences,
chemistry, kinesiology, health promotion and disease prevention
studies, and environmental studies.
Required Courses (24 Units)
• CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema Units: 4
• HP 345 Health Issues in Entertainment Media Units: 4
Two of the following:
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
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• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
Eight additional units from the following:
• CTAN 451 History of Animation Units: 2
• CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Television Units: 4
• CTPR 375 Functions of a Director Units: 4
• CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production
Techniques Units: 4
• CTPR 474 Documentary Production Units: 4
• CTWR 315x Filmwriting Units: 3
• CTWR 412 Introduction to Screenwriting Units: 2
• CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis Units: 2
Cultural Competence in Medicine Minor
This minor is designed for students who plan to enter careers
or professional programs in medicine after graduation and are
interested in using cultural knowledge to provide more effective
health care. The minor focuses on cultural differences in the
understanding of health, disease, health care and risk factors
unique to specific populations. The minor provides a foundation for
students who want to become effective health care providers in an
increasingly diverse society. It complements major programs such
as biological sciences, chemistry, kinesiology and environmental
studies.
Required Courses (20 Units)
• HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
One of the following:
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
• HP 442 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
• HP 450 Traditional Eastern Medicine and Modern Health
Units: 4
• HP 460 Adolescent Health Units: 4
• PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health Units: 4
Environmental Health Minor
This minor provides students with a basic understanding of
environmental health and its challenges. Curriculum will focus
on global health, epidemiology (as it relates to environmental
exposures), toxicology and exposure science. Students will be
prepared to address and prevent environmental health hazards,
promote public health and contribute to the resolution of various
environmental health challenges. This minor is ideal for pre-health
majors across the university.
Required Courses (20 Units)
• HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Units: 4
• HP 320 Biological and Behavioral Basis of Disease Units: 4 *
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics Units: 4
• HP 448 Global Environmental Changes and Health Units: 4
Note:
*Prerequisite required
Global Health Minor
This minor provides students with a basic understanding of
the factors that determine the health of populations around the
globe. Curriculum focuses on the cultural, environmental and
clinical aspects of various health topics such as maternal and child
health, aging, obesity, infectious disease and others. By studying
these issues, students from majors across the university will be
prepared to assess and contribute to the resolution of emerging
global health challenges. This minor will appeal to a wide variety
of majors, particularly majors centered on international affairs,
business and health care.
Required Courses (20 Units)
• HP 270 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• HP 470 Case Studies in Global Health Units: 4
Three of the following:
• GERO 483 Global Health and Aging Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
Health Care Studies Minor
The Keck Minor in Health Care Studies, launched in 2012, is
designed for undergraduates who wish to pursue a postgraduate
career in health care or health care related fields. Students are
exposed to course work and skills that are practical and relevant
to the foundation necessary for a future career in health care.
The minor brings together course work that explores health care
both in the classroom and the clinical settings. Students are
given practical hands-on activity and experiences in research
laboratories, hospital, simulation lab, cadaver lab and other unique
settings not typically offered at an undergraduate level.
The Minor in Health Care Studies will:
1. Provide instruction in domains identified as prerequisite
competencies for health professions education.
2. Provide content related to contemporary issues in health
care.
3. Provide students with an introduction to clinical care.
4. Demonstrate the importance of scientific research and its
applications to clinical practice.
Required Courses (8 Units)
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 or
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
• MEDS 220 Healthcare Foundations: Core Concepts and
Terminology Units: 2
• MEDS 225 Introduction to Professionalism and the Practice
of Medicine Units: 2
Electives (12 units)
Students must choose a minimum of 12 upper-division units from
any of the following lists.
Essential/Contemporary Topics in Health Care
• MEDS 260 Challenges in the Forefront of Biomedical Ethics
Units: 2
• MEDS 280 The History of Medicine: a Doctor's Perspective
Units: 2
• MEDS 405 Health Care Systems: A Doctor's Perspective
Units: 2
• MEDS 455 Integrative Health Care Units: 2
Science and Medicine
• BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry Units: 4
• HBIO 301L Human Anatomy Units: 4
• MEDS 305 The Molecular Basis of Disease: A Case-Based
Approach Units: 4
• MEDS 315 Human Anatomy, Physiology, and the Technology
of Medicine Units: 2
• MEDS 330 Bionics: Solutions to Enable the Disabled Units: 2
• MEDS 335 Human Development: From Stem to Sternum
Units: 2
• MEDS 340 The Brain in Health and Disease Units: 4
• MEDS 350 Neurochemistry of Addiction: Drugs, Brain, and
Behavior Units: 2
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• MEDS 380 Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction Units: 2
• MEDS 425 Medical Examiner-Coroner: Investigating Death
Units: 2
Topics in Clinical Medicine
• MEDS 320 Human Cadaveric Anatomy Units: 4
• MEDS 370 Organ Failure: Non-Communicable Chronic
Disease Units: 2
• MEDS 420 Human Development: Birth to Adolescence
Units: 2
• MEDS 425 Medical Examiner-Coroner: Investigating Death
Units: 2
• MEDS 440 Introduction to Surgical Principles Units: 2
• MEDS 445 Cancer: Biology, Prevention and Therapy from
the Bench to the Bedside Units: 4
• MEDS 450 OB/GYN: The Medicine and Surgery of
Reproduction Units: 2
• MEDS 460 Emergency Health Care Units: 2
• MEDS 465 Wilderness and Survival Medicine Units: 4
• MEDS 499 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Biomedical Research
• MEDS 300g Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research
Units: 4
• MEDS 360 Bench to Bedside: Application of the Basic
Sciences Units: 2
• MEDS 490x Directed Research in Biomedical Science
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Health Communication Minor
This minor is designed to appeal to students with a wide range
of interests, including those with a general interest in promoting
healthy lifestyle practices through effective communication.
These students will be prepared to seek jobs in areas such as the
managed care industry, hospitals, wellness programs, broadcast
and cable companies, and private and governmental agencies, as
well as other organizations looking for experts with demonstrated
knowledge in health-related fields.
Required Courses (20 Units)
• COMM 302 Persuasion Units: 4
• COMM 385 Organizational Communication Units: 4
• COMM 443 Communicating Better Health: What Works and
Why Units: 4
• HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Units: 4
One of the following:
• COMM 304 Interpersonal Communication Units: 4
• COMM 308 Communication and Conflict Units: 4
• COMM 315 Health Communication Units: 4
• COMM 324mw Intercultural Communication Units: 4
• COMM 375 Business and Professional Communication
Units: 4
• COMM 402 Public Communication Campaigns Units: 4
• COMM 480 Nonverbal Communication Units: 4
• COMM 486 Human and Technological Systems in
Organizations Units: 4
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
• HP 430 Obesity and Health Units: 4
• HP 442 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
Nutrition and Health Promotion Minor
This minor is designed to appeal to students interested in
nutrition, especially in preparation for graduate study in health-
related fields (e.g., medicine, public health) or to enter health-
related fields of employment. The focus of the minor is on
assessing, planning and evaluating dietary intake of individuals
or groups under various conditions of health and disease based
upon principles of nutrition and behavioral science. Students in
this minor will study factors associated with dietary habits and
the development of effective individual and group interventions. It
complements majors including psychology, gerontology, biological
sciences, chemistry, kinesiology and environmental studies.
Required Courses (20 Units)
• HP 230 Nutrition and Health Units: 4
• HP 430 Obesity and Health Units: 4
• HP 431 Behavior and Education Strategies for Nutrition and
Fitness Units: 4
Two of the following:
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
• HP 432 Clinical Nutrition Units: 4
• HP 460 Adolescent Health Units: 4
• HP 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,
max 12
Public Health Minor
This minor is designed for students interested in a broad array
of health issues. The focus of the minor is on reducing disability
and mortality from avoidable injuries and chronic disease,
educating the community about healthy lifestyles, assuring access
to health care, and measuring changes using various indicators
over time. This minor teaches students to meet the challenges
of the changing environment of the health care system. It
complements a number of majors including psychology, sociology,
American studies and ethnicity, biological sciences, economics,
environmental studies, kinesiology, gender studies, international
relations, philosophy, religion, gerontology and political science.
Required Courses (20-24 Units)
• HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Units: 4
• PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care Systems Units: 4
Three of the following:
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
• HP 420m Gender and Minority Health Issues Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
• HP 422 AIDS in Society Units: 4
• HP 430 Obesity and Health Units: 4
• HP 441 Health Promotion in the Workplace Units: 4
• HP 442 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
• HP 460 Adolescent Health Units: 4
Speech-Language and Hearing Professions
Minor
The USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and
Neck Surgery offers the minor in Collaborations in Speech-
Language and Hearing Professions. This minor is designed to
introduce undergraduate students from wide variety of majors
to the field of communication sciences and disorders (i.e.
speech-language pathology and audiology) and guide them in
the development of interdisciplinary knowledge which will lead
to collaborative practices in health care, social services and
education, as it relates to communication sciences and disorders.
Relevant majors from which students may be interested in this
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minor include education, pre-medical and biological sciences,
social work, occupational and physical therapy, linguistics, music
or other related fields in a variety of aspects related to the field of
communication sciences and disorders and/or speech, language
and hearing professions.
Coursework for this minor will focus on Interprofessional
Practice necessary to serving individuals with communication
disabilities. The coursework will examine broad aspects of typical
and atypical speech, language and hearing development, delays
and disorders, technological advancements in hearing science
and audiology practice and collaborative work settings for allied
and related professionals serving individuals with communication
disabilities. In addition, public policy and practice will be discussed
throughout the coursework, including aspects of access to medical
and educational services.
This minor requires 16 units, consisting of 4 required units and
12 elective units, as detailed below.
Required Course
• OHNS 200 Communication Development and Disorders
Across the Life Span Units: 4
Electives
Select 12 units of electives from the following:
• OHNS 301 The Practice of Educational Speech-Language
Pathology Units: 4
• OHNS 302 Hearing Science and Technology Units: 4
• OHNS 401 The Practice of Medical Speech-Language
Pathology Units: 4
• OHNS 402 The Dynamic Profession of Audiology Units: 4
Substance Abuse Prevention Minor
This minor offers students an opportunity to gain an overall
understanding of substance abuse as a major modifiable risk
factor for illness. It allows students to learn theories of behavior
change, to understand the issues in prevention and cessation of
drug abuse, and to develop, implement, and evaluate intervention
strategies. It complements a number of majors including
psychology, sociology, American studies and ethnicity, biological
science and gerontology.
Required Courses (24 Units*)
• HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Units: 4
• HP 300 Theoretical Principles of Health Behavior Units: 4 *
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
Two of the following:
• HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 4
• HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and
Applications Units: 4
• HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine Units: 4
• HP 402 Maternal and Child Health Units: 4
• HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue Units: 4
Note:
*Including prerequisite
Master's Degree
Academic Medicine (MACM)
Keith Administration Building 211
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-2372
FAX: (323) 442-2051
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: Julie G. Nyquist, PhD
Core Faculty
Professors: Donna Elliott, MD, EdD (Pediatrics); Jerry Gates,
PhD (Family Medicine); Win May, MD, PhD (Medical Education);
Julie G. Nyquist, PhD (Medical Education); Samuel Yanofsky, MD,
MSEd (Anesthesiology)
Associate Professors: Kathleen Besinque, PharmD, MSEd
(Pharmacy); Cha-Chi Fung, PhD (Medical Education); Tara
Humphrey, DO, MACM (Anesthesiology)
Assistant Professors: Cathy Jalali, PhD (Medical Education);
Shara Steiner, DO, MACM (Medical Education)
The Master of Academic Medicine is offered by the Keck
School of Medicine. The goal is to develop leaders who will create
and enhance academic and training programs for health care
professions globally. Academic medicine is defined in broad terms
as relating to those who lead training worldwide in medicine or in
other health care related fields. Enacting this vision is possible
due to the flexible delivery model selected. The program employs
a hybrid model, combining on-campus face-to-face sessions,
blended with online course work. During the 32-unit program,
the majority of sessions will be delivered using interactive online
delivery methods. All students will also be on campus for one-
week intensive sessions in the spring of each year, which focus on
community building and the development and evaluation of skills.
The program addresses the unique population of medical
and health professions faculty who are focused on leading the
academic enterprise for health professionals at the undergraduate,
graduate and continuing education levels. Our graduates will be
positioned to guide future generations of health professionals
around the world toward better meeting the health needs of our
global society. For those with a clear focus on the academic
enterprise, a complementary degree in academic medicine offers
the specialized skills needed to lead worldwide development of
enhanced training for health professionals, increases professional
capacity and provides new opportunity for promotion. The
audiences for this degree will typically have primary professional
degrees in health fields (e.g., MD, DDS, DPT, RN, MSN, PA, DVM,
DO, PharmD, DC, DOM). The Master of Academic Medicine will
provide the needed complementary training for clinician educators.
Admission
Applicants for admission to the Master of Academic Medicine
program are generally expected to have an advanced degree in a
health profession. Proof of graduation is required, as well as three
letters of recommendation. For specific information on admission
and application procedures, contact the Office of Medical
Education, (323) 442-2372.
Students are admitted for the academic year beginning in
the fall, although those admitted prior to March 15 may enroll
in summer courses. Although there is no formal application
deadline, complete applications received before March 1 will be
given priority. Application inquiries should be made to: Master of
Academic Medicine Program, University of Southern California,
Office of Medical Education, 1975 Zonal Avenue, KAM 211, Los
Angeles, CA 90033, telephone (323) 442-2372.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
A minimum of 32 units of graduate-level course work is
required.
Degree Requirements
Academic Courses (26 Units)
• ACMD 501 Introduction to Academic Medicine Worldwide
Units: 3
• ACMD 502 Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine
Worldwide Units: 3
• ACMD 503 Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers
Units: 3
• ACMD 511 Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health
I Units: 3
• ACMD 512 Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health
II Units: 3
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• ACMD 513 Professionalism in Academic Medicine and
Health Units: 3
• ACMD 514 Accreditation and Program Evaluation in
Academic Medicine Units: 3
• ACMD 591 Designing Research on Innovations in Academic
Medicine Units: 2
• ACMD 592 Implementing Research on Innovation in
Academic Medicine Units: 2
• ACMD 621 Capstone Portfolio for the Master of Academic
Medicine Units: 1
Electives (6 units)
Six units of electives may be selected from the recommended
courses below, or these may be replaced with approved courses at
the 500 level or within USC that equal 6 units.
• ACMD 593 Foundations of Academic Writing Units: 1
• ACMD 598 Fieldwork: Designing Innovations for the Health
Professions Units: 1, 2, 3
• ACMD 604 Supporting the Educational Enterprise in
Academic Medicine Units: 3
• ACMD 605 Faculty Development for Health Sciences Faculty
Educators Units: 2
• ACMD 615 Maintenance of Competence in the Health
Professions Units: 2
Addiction Science (MS)
Addiction exacts a toll on individuals, families and communities
worldwide. The Master of Science in Addiction Science (MAS)
exposes students to the biological, psychological and social
aspects of substance use and addictive behaviors. Students
study emerging trends in addiction studies with an emphasis
on evidence-based transdisciplinary approaches in to addiction
science and practice addressing epidemiology, etiology,
prevention, treatment, policy and harm reduction, as well as
sociocultural and healthcare contexts that intersect with addiction.
The MAS equips students with a solid foundation and prepares
them to enter a number of fields, from treatment to recovery and
research to policy-work, representing critical areas of support
among diverse communities in need.
Required Courses
• ADSC 501 Foundations in Addiction Science Units: 4
• RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances of Abuse and
Addiction Units: 4
Field Work Concentration
• ADSC 505a Research Methods in Addiction Science Units: 4
• ADSC 506 Considerations in Addiction Science for
Practitioners Units: 4
• SOWK 617 Substance Related and Behavioral Addictive
Disorders and Recovery Units: 3
Research Concentration
• ADSC 505a Research Methods in Addiction Science Units: 4
• ADSC 505b Research Methods in Addiction Science Units: 4
Master's Thesis
A minimum of 4 units of Master's Thesis (594ab) within Pharmacy,
Medicine or Social Work.
Directed Research and Electives
Selected in consultation with an adviser to complete a minimum of
32 units.
• Directed Research (590) in Pharmacy, Medicine and/or
Social Work
• HP 410 Issues in Prevention and Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4
• PAIN 701 Pharmacotherapeutics for Pain Units: 2
• PAIN 708 Opioids Units: 1
• PHRD 667 Drugs of Abuse Units: 3
• PHRD 680 Cannabis User Safety Units: 2
• PM 500 Foundations of Health Behavior Units: 4
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 526 Communications in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 547 Public Health Policy and Politics Units: 4
• PM 587 Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health
Units: 4
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• SOWK 612 Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
Units: 3
• SOWK 618 Systems of Recovery from Mental Illness in
Adults Units: 3
• SOWK 637 Assessing Wellness to Improve Recovery in
Integrated Care Units: 3
• SOWK 643 Social Work Practice in Integrated Care Settings
Units: 3
• SOWK 647 Advanced Practice with Complex Social Work
Cases Units: 3
Minimum Units Required: 32
Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology (MS)
The department encourages applicants with undergraduate
degrees in allied health, pharmacology, public health, medicine,
biological and clinical sciences or other related fields.
Undergraduate preparation should have included applied statistics,
college algebra, an introductory course in calculus and basic
computer programming. Applicants should also meet the minimum
requirements for admission to the Graduate School. Demonstrated
proficiency in the English language is essential. With approval of
the Graduate School, applicants not meeting these requirements
may be conditionally admitted contingent upon maintaining a GPA
of 3.0 for the first 12 units of graduate study.
Course Requirements
General requirements include at least 39 units of required
courses as follows: 26 units of core courses and at least 9 units of
elective courses. In addition, each student must register for 4 units
of PM 594a Master's Thesis, PM 594b Master's Thesis and write a
master's thesis.
Core Courses (26 Units)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
Electives (At Least 9 Units)
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 515 Multivariate Statistics in Health Behavior Research
Units: 4
• PM 516a Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 516b Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 517b Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 551 Statistical Methods in Genome-Wide Association
Studies Units: 3
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PM 566 Introduction to Health Data Science Units: 4
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3
• PM 574 Programming In Modern Statistical Software Units: 2
• PM 575 Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3
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• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
• PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health Sciences Units: 4
• PM 611 Advanced Topics in Epidemiology Units: 3
Thesis (4 Units)
• PM 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• PM 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Additional Requirements
Electives will be determined by the student's needs and
interests and will be approved by the student's adviser. When
appropriate, courses not listed above may be chosen with
approval of the student's adviser. Sufficient familiarity in
computer languages to operate major software packages for data
management and analysis is required.
Thesis Requirement
A master's thesis is required of all students. This thesis consists
of a research project approved by the faculty and chosen from
problems encountered within the department, in other departments
of the Keck School of Medicine or university or elsewhere in the
community.
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (MS)
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (BMM)
offers a program for the Master of Science degree. Primary goals
of the program are to train students in preparation for (1) further
doctoral study, and (2) research careers in industry and academia.
Students are provided the necessary theoretical foundation in
biochemistry and molecular biology, traditional and state-of-the-
art methods used for research, experimental design, applied
data science and bioinformatics. They are trained in conducting
laboratory research on a defined project, oral presentations of the
results and writing a thesis defending their project. The program
is designed to enable high-achieving students from other STEM
fields such as chemistry or pharmacy to broaden their education
and/or research experience to biological sciences. The program,
with its rigorous curriculum, is designed to simultaneously
challenge students with prior education in biology.
The prerequisites for applicants to the BMM MS Program are a
Bachelor's degree with an undergraduate major in any STEM field.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required and a GPA of 3.0 in
STEM courses is preferred. In most cases, international applicants
must demonstrate satisfactory English proficiency with a minimum
TOEFL score of 90 or an IETLS score of 7. Applicants that do
not meet all the criteria above may be considered in special
circumstances. At least three letters of recommendation are
required from faculty members and/or employers who can evaluate
the applicant's potential for graduate work and independent
research.
The MS degree in BMM is a two-year program that requires
34 units of graduate study. Master's students must take a set of
required courses, as well as perform laboratory research and write
a research thesis under the guidance of a USC faculty mentor.
Students must complete 16 or more course units offered in the
BMM Department; the majority of the remaining units are taken
as research or dissertation units. The student must successfully
defend the thesis as determined by the student's Thesis
Committee. Flexibility exists to plan each student's curriculum to
suit individual needs, ambitions and background.
Biomedical Sciences (MS)
The Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Sciences
is a terminal degree for students admitted into the PIBBS PhD
program who cannot complete the PhD program for personal or
medical reasons. The department does not accept applicants
for this MS degree. Enrollment of graduate students as master's
degree candidates is not encouraged and is reserved for special
circumstances that must be approved by the PIBBS director,
relevant KSOM PhD program director and the associate dean of
Graduate Affairs. Under such circumstances, a student admitted
to the PIBBS program may submit a formal request to complete a
terminal MS degree. If approved to pursue the MS as a terminal
degree, the student must submit a research capstone paper within
two months of approval or at the end of the current semester
enrolled, whichever comes first.
The master's curriculum includes all course work required of
PhD students for a minimum of 35 units with an accumulated GPA
of at least 3.0, comprehensive examination and submission of the
written portion of the qualifying exam. Submission of a research
capstone paper and an associated oral presentation will serve as
the comprehensive examination for the master's degree.
Biostatistics (MS)
The department encourages applicants with undergraduate
degrees in mathematics, statistics or biostatistics, computer
science or other related fields. Undergraduate preparation should
have included differential and integral calculus, introduction
to mathematical statistics, and basic computer programming.
Applicants should also meet the minimum requirements for
admission to the Graduate School. Demonstrated proficiency in
the English language is essential. With approval of the Graduate
School, applicants not meeting these requirements may be
conditionally admitted contingent upon maintaining a GPA of 3.0
for the first 12 units of graduate study.
Course Requirements
General requirements include at least 39 units of required
courses as follows: 28 units of core courses and at least 7 units
of elective courses. Each student must also register for 4 units of
PM 594a Master's Thesis, PM 594b Master's Thesis and write a
master's thesis.
Core Courses (28 Units)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 513 Experimental Designs Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 522a Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 522b Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
Electives (At Least 7 Units)
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 516a Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 516b Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 518b Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 520L Advanced Statistical Computing Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 544L Multivariate Analysis Units: 3
• PM 551 Statistical Methods in Genome-Wide Association
Studies Units: 3
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PM 566 Introduction to Health Data Science Units: 4
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3
• PM 574 Programming In Modern Statistical Software Units: 2
• PM 575 Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
• PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health Sciences Units: 4
• PM 603 Structural Equation Modeling Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 604 Health Behavior Research Methods Units: 4
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• MATH 542 Analysis of Variance and Design Units: 3
• MATH 543 Nonparametric Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 545 Introduction to Time Series Units: 3
• MATH 547 Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Learning
Theory Units: 3
• MATH 548 Sequential Analysis Units: 3
Thesis (4 Units)
• PM 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• PM 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Additional Requirements
The student's choice of elective courses will be directed by
needs and interests and must be approved by the student's
graduate adviser. When appropriate, elective courses not listed
above may be substituted with approval of the adviser. Sufficient
familiarity in computer languages to operate major software
packages for data management and analysis is required.
Clinical, Biomedical and Translational
Investigations (MS)
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Email: [email protected]
The Master of Science in Clinical, Biomedical, and Translational
Investigations (CBTI) is a joint effort to train medical students,
fellows or other health professionals, including faculty and other
scientists conducting clinical related research, in clinical research
methods to translate clinical, biomedical and technological
discoveries into advances in population-based, clinical or basic
science research. The MS Program of Clinical, Biomedical,
and Translational Investigations (CBTI) is available to medical
students who have completed their second year of medical
school, and pre-doctoral students who are interested in expanding
their pre-doctoral training to include methodology associated
with conducting translational research. Pre-doctoral students
will earn a joint degree (PhD in their research area and an MS
in CBTI). In addition, the MS CBTI Program is tailored to MDs
doing fellowships at USC or Children's Hospital Los Angeles
(CHLA), faculty interested in expanding their research careers, or
are recipients of Young Investigator Awards, including Southern
California Clinical Translational Science Institute's (SC CTSI)
Center for Education, Training, and Career Development K and
T Awardees. Tracks include: 1) Clinical Translational Research,
2) Community-based Intervention Trials, 3) Design, Conduct and
Analysis of Clinical Studies, 4) Epidemiology and Disease Etiology,
5) Health Outcomes Research, 6) Environmental Epidemiology,
7) Molecular Biology, 8) Cell Biology, 9) Vision Science and 10)
Alternative Options Track.
The MS program in Clinical and Biomedical Investigations
is designed to train students, fellows and faculty for future
independent research careers in an academic, government or
private sector setting. The objective of the MS program is to
produce a clinical researcher with either an in-depth knowledge
in laboratory methodologies or statistical and analytic skills in
population-based, clinical studies or outcomes research. The
program gives students a solid background in the methodological
aspects of translational research, and in statistical thinking as
applied to molecular epidemiology, as well as a solid grounding
in biostatistical, epidemiological methods, and community based
intervention strategies.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must apply to the Graduate School and meet the
minimum requirements for admission to the Graduate School.
The Department of Preventive Medicine administers the program
through the MS Program Office.
The program will consider applicants who satisfy all
requirements for admission to the Graduate School. For the MS
program in Clinical and Biomedical Investigations, MCAT scores
may be substituted for the GREs. Applicants not meeting Graduate
School requirements for regular standing may, with approval of
the Graduate School, be conditionally admitted. Regular standing
is contingent upon maintaining a GPA of 3.0 in the first 12 units of
graduate studies. All graduate students must maintain a GPA of
3.0 throughout their graduate studies.
General Requirements
Graduation requires the completion of a minimum of 29 units,
of which a minimum of 15 units are didactic course credits taken
in the first year (including summer sessions), with the remaining
units being directed to: a) PM 590 Directed Research (1–12 units)
and PM 594a Master's Thesis, PM 594b Master's Thesis (4 units)
taken in the second year. The equivalent of one year of full-time
effort must be devoted to research leading to a master's thesis.
The thesis provides a structure for the development of a plan
to address a research problem and a suitable approach to the
analysis and presentation of the results.
Because the background and interests of applicants varies
widely, one of the co-directors will consult with each student prior
to the first year in order to design an individualized schedule of
recommended courses, or this may be negotiated with a student's
faculty sponsor. At the end of the first year, the trainee must submit
a final program plan to the co-directors. This will summarize the
courses taken, the proposed thesis title, and the names and
credentials of the MS thesis committee. One of the members of the
MS thesis committee will be the trainee's research adviser and will
serve as the chair of the committee. At least one member of the
thesis committee must be from outside the student's department.
For faculty, at least two members of the thesis committee must be
from outside the student's department.
For those trainees or SC CTSI's CETCD K and T awardees who
do not wish to pursue an MS degree, the school offers a certificate
in clinical, biomedical, and translational investigations (CBTI).
The certificate program requires completion of 12 credits, and a
minimum of six months of practical research experience working
on a research project (PM 590) approved by either an Oversight
Committee or the CETCD's K and T Award Committee Review
Process.
Students are expected to attend the three-day workshop on NIH
proposal development if offered by Thomas Ogden, MD, PhD, and
a workshop on the principles of scientific manuscript preparation.
Clinical Translational Research (13-16 Units)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
or
• PM 612a Clinical Translational Research (CTR) Units: 4
• PM 612b Clinical Translational Research (CTR) Units: 4
• PM 612c Clinical Translational Research (CTR) Units: 4
Electives (Pick one course)
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics Units: 2
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics Units: 4
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• RSCI 530 Translational Medicine: An Overview Units: 2
Community-Based Intervention Trials (16 Units)
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation Units: 4
• PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Public
Health Units: 4
Electives (Pick one course)
• PM 526 Communications in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 562 Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Units: 4
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Design, Conduct and Analysis of Clinical
Studies (18 Units)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
Epidemiology and Disease Etiology
(15-16 Units)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
Electives (Pick one course)
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4 or
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
Health Outcomes Research (8 Units)
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PMEP 538 Pharmaceutical Economics Units: 4
• PMEP 539 Economic Assessment of Medical Care Units: 4
• PMEP 540a Seminar in Pharmaceutical Economics and
Policy Units: 2
• PMEP 540b Seminar in Pharmaceutical Economics and
Policy Units: 2
Environmental Epidemiology (17-19 Units)
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
Electives (Pick one course)
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
Molecular Biology (16 Units)
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 571 Biochemistry Units: 4
Electives (Pick one course)
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• INTD 555 Biochemical and Molecular Bases of Disease
Units: 4
• MICB 551 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics Units: 4
• PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics Units: 4
Cell Biology (15 Units)
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 571 Biochemistry Units: 4
• PATH 553 Emerging Methods in Cellular and Clinical
Pathology Units: 2
Electives (Pick one course)
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• INTD 555 Biochemical and Molecular Bases of Disease
Units: 4
Vision Science (15 Units)
• INTD 501 Recent Advances in Vision Science Units: 1
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 571 Biochemistry Units: 4
• INTD 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• PSCI 667 Intracellular Drug Delivery and Targeting Units: 2,
2 years
Alternative Options Track (Minimum 16 Units)
Courses are determined by mentor and student, based on
research interests, with approval from the oversight committee.
Seminars/Workshops
Participation is required in a Recent Advances Journal Club
to learn how to read papers critically and develop the speaking
skills necessary to explain a research paper. Faculty members in
the program rotate as course directors in order to emphasize new
topics. Students are expected to attend the three-day workshop on
NIH Proposal Development if offered by Thomas Ogden, PhD, and
a workshop on the principles of scientific manuscript preparation.
Global Medicine (MS)
Keith Administration Building 317
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9024
(323) 442-3141
msgm.usc.edu
Program Director: Navid Pour-Ghasemi, MD, MS
The Master of Science in Global Medicine (MSGM) is offered
by the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
of the Keck School of Medicine. The program aims to prepare
those planning to pursue degrees in the allied health professions
to analyze and address critical issues in global medicine. The
program provides a solid foundation in basic science while also
exposing students to a broad scope of pertinent issues in global
medicine. The program offers an advanced standing option
for physicians, dentists, current medical/dental students and
applicants with a PharmD degree from accredited institutions.
Students admitted to the advanced standing option may use
previous equivalent course work for 8 units of credit toward MEDS
503L Core Principles System I and MEDS 504L Core Principles
System II course requirements. The advanced standing option
allows students to bypass the foundation course work and focus
on globally oriented course work.
By providing the knowledge and training necessary to address
current and future global medical challenges, the MS in Global
Medicine program responds to the Institute of Medicine's
recommendation that the education of health professionals include
course work that promotes literacy in global medicine. In addition
to gaining a strong medical science foundation, students are
immersed in course work that examines methods used to create
innovative programming, solutions, and responses to global health
challenges, thereby furnishing them with the problem-solving skills
and analytical frameworks essential to their future career paths.
Through partnerships with the Marshall School of Business and
the Viterbi School of Engineering, the MS in Global Medicine also
includes a Management Track for students who intend to pursue
international health management. The MS in Global Medicine
also offers the Interprofessional Health Track for students seeking
an understanding of the interplay of various clinical specialties in
providing comprehensive and integrated care to patients and the
resultant impacts on healthcare administration. Upon completion
of the MS in Global Medicine, students will be equipped to serve
as leaders within the allied health field, including, but not limited to:
medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing. In addition, graduates
will be prepared to collaborate with, or seek employment
from, a variety of international aid, nonprofit, and global health
organizations such as: the United Nations, the International Red
Cross, United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS, United
Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, World Bank
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Admission
Applicants for admission to the program must have a bachelor's
degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution and have
earned a GPA of 3.0 (A = 4.0) in undergraduate work. Prerequisite
undergraduate course work for Clinical Track applicants must
include one year of general biology, one year of general chemistry,
one year of organic chemistry and one semester of either calculus
or statistics. Applicants to the Management and Interprofessional
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Tracks must have prerequisite undergraduate course work
that includes one year of general biology, one year of general
chemistry, and one semester of either calculus or statistics.
Organic chemistry courses are recommended but not required for
Management and Interprofessional Health Track applicants.
Applicants must supply three letters of recommendation from
evaluators qualified to assess their potential for graduate work. If
applying for the advanced standing option, U.S. applicants must
have successfully completed their first year of an MD (Doctor of
Medicine) or DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) program or earned
a PharmD degree from a U.S.- accredited institute; international
applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and
surgery or a degree equivalent of DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery)
or a PharmD degree from an accredited institute. Applicants must
supply a completed application for graduate studies including
transcripts from all institutions previously attended and three letters
of recommendation. Applications are considered for enrollment
in both fall and spring semesters. For further information contact:
Master of Science in Global Medicine Program, (323) 442-3141,
email: [email protected].
Advisement
The program recommends that students meet with an academic
adviser of the program each semester prior to registration.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified. A minimum
of 32 units of graduate level course work is required for graduation
from the clinical, interprofessional health, and management tracks.
A minimum of 24 units of graduate-level course work is required
for graduation from the advanced standing option.
Degree Requirements
Global Medicine students in the Clinical, Interprofessional
Health, and Management Tracks must complete a minimum
of 32 total units to earn the degree. (The Clinical Track offers
an Advanced Standing Track option for qualified students that
requires a minimum of 24 units).
Students are required to take the core and elective courses
specified for the track in which they are matriculating and must
complete enough courses to complete 32 or more total units.
Core Courses
GM Clinical Track Core
Clinical Track students must complete the following 12 units of
core course work:
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
• MEDS 503L Core Principles System I Units: 4
• MEDS 504L Core Principles System II Units: 4
GM Advanced Standing Track Core
The Clinical Track offers an Advanced Standing Track to those
deemed eligible for the track, including: physicians, dentists,
pharmacists, and current medical and dental students who have
previously taken course work that is equivalent to MEDS 503L and
MEDS 504L.
Advanced Standing Track students must complete the following
4-unit core course and must select 20 units of MEDS electives.
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
GM Interprofessional Health Track Core
Interprofessional Health Track students must complete the
following 14 units of core course work:
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
• MEDS 532 Non-communicable Diseases Units: 2
• MEDS 580 Interprofessional Team Dynamics in Healthcare
Units: 4
• MEDS 581 Case Studies in Interprofessional Healthcare
Units: 4
GM Management Track Core
Management Track students must complete the following 7 units of
core course work:
• DSO 582 Service Management: Economics and Operations
Units: 3
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
Elective Courses
GM Clinical Track Electives
Clinical Track students must complete a minimum of 20 units of
course work from among the following MEDS electives:
• MEDS 510 Global Health Modules, Malaria Units: 2
• MEDS 511 Global Health Modules, Tuberculosis Units: 2
• MEDS 512 Global Health Modules, Maternal and Child
Health I Units: 2
• MEDS 514 Global Health Modules, Tropical Disease Units: 2
• MEDS 515 Global Health Modules, HIV/AIDS Units: 2
• MEDS 516 Cultural Humility in Health and Medicine Units: 2
• MEDS 517 Health and Human Rights Units: 2
• MEDS 518 Children in Emergency Situations: Global Policies
and Programs Units: 2
• MEDS 519 Global Oral Health Units: 2
• MEDS 520 Medical Spanish for the Health Professions
Units: 2
• MEDS 521 Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
Units: 2
• MEDS 523 Global Toxicity and Carcinogenesis Units: 2
• MEDS 525 Global Mental Health Units: 2
• MEDS 527 Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Units: 2
• MEDS 528 Global Health Modules, Sexually Transmitted
Infections Units: 2
• MEDS 529 Refugee Health Care Units: 2
• MEDS 530a Foundation of Medicine: Anatomy, Physiology,
and Pathology Units: 4
• MEDS 530b Foundation of Medicine: Anatomy, Physiology,
and Pathology Units: 4
• MEDS 530c Foundation of Medicine: Anatomy, Physiology,
and Pathology Units: 4
• MEDS 532 Non-communicable Diseases Units: 2
• MEDS 535 Culture, Lifestyle, and Health Units: 2
• MEDS 550 Clinical Medicine and Health Care Reform in
Taiwan Units: 2
• MEDS 551 Clinical Medicine and Socioeconomic Factors in
Uganda Units: 2
• MEDS 554 Clinical Medicine and Healthcare Delivery in
Panama Units: 2
• MEDS 556 Global Health Field Study, New York Units: 2
• MEDS 557 Clinical Medicine and Healthcare Dynamics in
Denmark Units: 2
• MEDS 560 Innovating in Healthcare in Malaysia Units: 2
• MEDS 561 Global Healthcare Development and Practices in
Nepal Units: 2
• MEDS 567 Global Nutrition Units: 2
• MEDS 580 Interprofessional Team Dynamics in Healthcare
Units: 4
• MEDS 581 Case Studies in Interprofessional Healthcare
Units: 4
• MEDS 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• MEDS 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
GM Interprofessional Health Track Electives
Interprofessional Health Track students must complete a minimum
of 18 MEDS electives.
GM Management Track Electives
Management Track students must complete a minimum of 16 units
of MEDS electives and 9 units (3 courses) from the following:
• DSO 581 Supply Chain Management Units: 3
• DSO 586 Global Healthcare Operations Management
Units: 3
• ISE 507 Six-Sigma Methods and Applications Units: 3
• ISE 508 Health Care Operations Improvement Units: 3
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• MOR 542 Strategic Issues for Global Business Units: 3
• MOR 569 Negotiation and Deal-Making Units: 3
Notes:
On a case-by-case basis and with pre-approval, GM students may
take classes outside their particular group.
Integrative Anatomical Sciences (MS)
Program Director: Kristi L. Lewton, PhD
The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences provides
training in the basic medical sciences to health professional
students. It also prepares graduate students as future teachers
and researchers in the human anatomical sciences and functional
morphology. The graduate-level course of study includes in-
depth training in core anatomical disciplines: gross anatomy,
histology and neuroanatomy, including cadaveric dissection and
microscopic study of tissues. In addition, students receive an
intensive introduction to fundamentals of bone and dental biology,
human anatomical variation and clinical anatomical correlations.
Interested students may receive training in laboratory teaching for
gross anatomy or research training in functional and evolutionary
morphology.
Admission
The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences selects
highly qualified students for admission into its Master of Science
program in Human Anatomical Sciences. The prerequisite for
applicants to the MS program is a bachelor's degree with a
science major or equivalent. Applicants should have a superior
undergraduate record at an accredited college or university, with
a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0. Generally
required courses include at least one year of college-level biology,
one year of college-level physics, and mathematics through
calculus. College-level courses in cell biology, developmental
biology, organismal biology and physiology are recommended.
The IAS MS Program does not require the results of
standardized tests (for example, GRE) for admission.
Demonstrated proficiency in the English language is required.
Foreign applicants are expected to provide results from the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Results from Internet-
based, computer-based, or paper-based tests are acceptable.
However, candidates with special circumstances may be
considered for conditional admission.
Progressive Degree Applicants: Current undergraduates at USC
may apply to the IAS Masters Program as a Progressive Degree.
Special Admission Considerations: Special considerations may
be given to students who experienced extenuating circumstances
and to applicants with limited English proficiency that could
be corrected by language courses offered by the University's
American Language Institute.
Questions regarding program admission can be directed to:
Degree requirements
The Master of Science (MS) degree is awarded for
demonstrated competence in the anatomical sciences. This is a
12-month program that begins with intensive training in human
gross anatomy in the summer term. Students must complete a
minimum of 32 units of graduate-level courses (500 or higher)
beyond the baccalaureate degree, and maintain a minimum GPA
of 3.0.
Core Courses
Students complete 24 units of core courses in the anatomical
sciences.
• IAS 501aL Human Gross Anatomy Units: 3, 4 (3 units
required)
• IAS 501bL Human Gross Anatomy Units: 4
• IAS 504L Human Skeletal Anatomy Units: 3
• IAS 511aL Microscopic Anatomy I Units: 3
• IAS 511bL Microscopic Anatomy II Units: 3
• IAS 521 Neuroanatomy Units: 3
• IAS 550 Cell and Neurobiology Seminar Units: 1
• IAS 580 Teaching in the Anatomical Sciences Units: 1
• IAS 581L Teaching in the Anatomical Sciences: Practicum
Units: 3
Elective Courses
Students complete 8 units of electives, which may be chosen from
the list below or pursued in other USC departments with approval
from the IAS MS Program Director.
• BKN 551 Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Basis of
Movement Units: 4
• IAS 502L Advanced Regional Anatomy I Units: 2
• IAS 503L Advanced Regional Anatomy II Units: 2
• IAS 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• IAS 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• IAS 581L Teaching in the Anatomical Sciences: Practicum
Units: 3
• IAS 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• IAS 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
Additional Requirements
IAS 580 must be taken in the Fall, while IAS 581L is repeatable
and can be taken in the Fall and/or Spring.
Medical Physiology (MS)
Keith Administration Building 409
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9031
(323) 442-0230
FAX: (323) 442-9031
Program Director: H. Kaslow, PhD, [email protected]
Physiology is the study of the functions and activities of life
and living matter at all levels of organization within an organism.
While physiology research is frequently at the molecular level, the
tradition of the discipline challenges the researcher to consider all
homeostatic and developmental functions of an organism. This
tradition can guide research efforts seeking to identify causes of
disease and critical physiological functions possessing therapeutic
and health-promoting opportunities. The Medical Physiology
program focuses on the research experience of the thesis track
but in special circumstances will consider applications to the non-
thesis track.
Admission Applicants to the Master of Science in Medical
Physiology (MPHY) program will have earned a bachelor's degree
and completed course work in mathematics (including calculus),
physics, chemistry and biological sciences. To be considered,
applicants must complete a USC Graduate Admissions application
and submit either GRE or MCAT test scores, a brief personal
statement explaining the reasons for applying to the program,
official transcripts from all academic institutions previously
attended and three letters of recommendation. Foreign applicants
are required to submit results from a TOEFL or IELTS examination.
Potential applicants are encouraged to submit questions regarding
the program and application process to the Medical Physiology
Graduate Program Office prior to submitting the formal application
([email protected]). In the personal statement, applicants must
specify whether they are applying to the thesis- or non-thesis track
and the rationale for that decision. Normally, admission will be
in the thesis track and a recommendation to admit an applicant
will require MPHY graduate committee approval of an agreement
between an applicant and a faculty member who will serve as
mentor of the thesis project. The agreement shall specify the
general research area of the thesis.
The Medical Physiology graduate program participates in
the USC Progressive Master's Degree Program and seeks
applications from qualified students (usc.edu/programs/
ugprograms/progressive).
Course Requirements The master's degree in Medical
Physiology requires the completion of at least 32 graduate-level
units with a grade point average of 3.0. All students are required
to take the following: INTD 531, INTD 561, MPHY 572, MPHY
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573, MPHY 590, PM 510L, and at least 2 units in either INTD 574,
PHBI 550 or a seminar course approved by the program director.
Elective courses must be approved by the director of the MPHY
Graduate Program. Students may pursue a thesis option, which
requires completion of MPHY 594a, MPHY 594b, MPHY 594z.
The thesis track is required when students take less than 26 units
of non-research units (i.e., more than 6 research units out of the
32 units required for graduation). Students pursuing a non-thesis
option must complete 32 units of approved course work.
Continued enrollment: Continued enrollment in the program
requires an average GPA of at least 3.0, a grade of at least B in
MPHY 572 and MPHY 573. Beginning no later than the second
year of enrollment, students must enroll in PHBI 550, INTD 574, or
equivalent, and achieve a grade of at least B, "Pass" or "Credit."
At any time, after evaluating a student's progress, the MPHY
Graduate Committee, at its discretion, may require a student pass
a screening examination to be eligible to progress to the third or
later semester of graduate study. If a student fails to achieve these
metrics or pass a screening examination, the MPHY Graduate
Committee will make a recommendation as to whether or not
to place the student on probationary enrollment with a defined
remediation sufficient to remedy the deficiency or to recommend
the student withdraw or be dismissed from the program.
Thesis track:
The thesis work of a student in the thesis track will be
conducted under the guidance of a Master's Student Thesis
Committee, which shall consist of at least:
1. The student's adviser who shall chair the committee and be a
tenure-track member of the MPHY Graduate Committee.
2. The student's thesis mentor if not the same faculty member
as the adviser.
3. One additional tenure-track faculty member of the
Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
4. One additional tenure-track faculty member.
Final Examination: Passing the examination requires: 1)
submission of a thesis document describing the work of the thesis,
and 2) an oral defense of the thesis both to the satisfaction of the
Thesis Committee. The thesis document shall be distributed to the
student's Master's Thesis Committee and a copy provided to the
Medical Physiology Graduate Program Office at least two weeks
prior to the oral examination. If the document is not provided
by that date, then the oral examination shall be rescheduled to
accommodate this requirement. Final acceptance of the document
and passage of the oral examination requires the unanimous
recommendation of all members of the thesis committee. If the
student does not pass the examination on the first attempt, at its
discretion the MPHY Graduate Committee may grant a second
opportunity to pass the examination according to policies in the
USC Catalogue.
Non-thesis track:
Final Examination. A comprehensive examination replaces the
thesis defense. The MPHY Graduate Committee shall appoint
a member of the MPHY Graduate Committee to supervise the
final examination process (the "Examination Supervisor"). The
examination shall be on a topic approved by the Examination
Supervisor and consist of: 1) a document sufficiently discussing
the topic, and 2) passing an oral examination on the substance
of the topic. The document shall be submitted to the Examination
Supervisor at least two weeks prior to the oral examination. If the
document is not provided by that date, then the oral examination
shall be rescheduled to accommodate this requirement. To qualify
as the final examination, all the faculty of the MPHY Graduate
Committee shall be invited to attend the presentation with notice
given at least two weeks in advance and at least three members
of the MPHY Graduate Committee or alternates selected by the
program director shall attend.
During and following the presentation, faculty members
may pose questions relevant to the presentation to determine
if the student has mastered an appropriate breadth and depth
of knowledge of physiology. The Examination Supervisor shall
then receive reports from faculty attending the presentation,
usually within a week, and make a recommendation to the MPHY
Graduate Committee as to whether or not the student passed
the examination. Unless a member of the Graduate Committee
objects, the recommendation shall be considered accepted. If an
objection is received a decision shall be made by a secret ballot
vote with two thirds of those voting in favor of passage required
for passage of the examination. If the student does not pass
the examination on the first attempt, at its discretion the MPHY
Graduate Committee may grant a second opportunity to pass the
examination according to policies in the USC Catalogue.
Molecular Epidemiology (MS)
Students with a bachelor's degree in quantitative biological
sciences will be eligible for admission. In addition, the BA students
must have completed at least one year of general biology, one
semester of biochemistry and one semester of statistics to be
admitted into the Graduate School. Under unusual circumstances,
conditional acceptance will be offered to students who do not
meet these requirements — allowing them to complete the
missing undergraduate courses prior to their full admission
into the Graduate School. An introductory biochemistry class is
also available in the School of Pharmacy, which may satisfy the
biochemistry prerequisite.
Course Requirements
The MS program requires 38 graduate-level units with a
minimum grade point average of 3.0 including Epidemiology core
courses, 15 units; Biological Sciences core courses, 12 units; at
least 3 elective units; Research plus Thesis, 8 units. Students must
also complete a Master's thesis.
Epidemiology Core Courses (15 Units)
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
Biological Sciences Core Courses (12 Units)
• BIOC 575 Predictive and Prognostic Biomarkers in Cancer
Treatment Units: 2
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• INTD 522 Infection and Host Responses Units: 4
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 549 Protein Chemistry -- Structure and Function
Units: 4
• INTD 550 Introduction to Pathology Units: 4
• INTD 551 Pathobiology of Disease Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 571 Biochemistry Units: 4
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 532 Genetics in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Units: 4
• PM 554 Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants
Units: 4
• PM 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• PM 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
Electives (At Least 3 Units)
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517b Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics Units: 4
• PM 551 Statistical Methods in Genome-Wide Association
Studies Units: 3
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• PM 553 Human Exposure Assessment for Public Health
Units: 4
• PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods,
and Practice Units: 4
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 574 Programming In Modern Statistical Software Units: 2
• PM 575 Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
• PM 586 Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology Units: 4
Research + Thesis (8 Units)
Research towards the MS thesis can be conducted in
combinations of wet and dry labs or dry labs only, and should
consist of original work worth of submitting for publication in a
peer-review journal. Research can be conducted at a wet or dry
lab in Preventive Medicine, Biochemistry, or Pathology. However,
a Preventive Medicine faculty needs to be included as co-chair if a
thesis supervisor is selected from another department.
• PM 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12
• PM 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• PM 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry (MS)
The Master of Science in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
is designed to provide outstanding students in life science
majors with a rigorous, quantitative experimental experience
in molecular genetics, genomics, evolutionary biology, cell and
molecular biology, biochemistry (depending upon the research
area selected). The program is intended to position and stimulate
students for possible advanced study leading to a PhD in one
of the areas stated above, and/or provide an important research
experience to the background of a prospective medical student.
The program will also provide fundamental tools and expertise
for entry into master's level positions in academic, government
or private sector research laboratories, including biotech,
pharmaceuticals or diagnostics. This is a terminal degree.
Students who wish to pursue their doctorate at USC should apply
directly to the PhD program.
Applicants must be undergraduate majors in the life sciences,
who possess a cumulative and science GPA of 3.0 or higher and
have the following courses completed or in progress at the time
of admission: one year of introductory biology (BISC 120Lg/BISC
220Lg or BISC 121Lg/BISC 221Lg, or equivalent), one semester of
molecular biology (BISC 320Lg or equivalent), one year of general
chemistry (CHEM 105aLg/CHEM 105bL or CHEM 115aLg/CHEM
115bL, or equivalent), and one year of organic chemistry (CHEM
322aL/CHEM 322bL or CHEM 325aL/CHEM 325bL or equivalent).
All of the above must carry labs and be available for major credit in
the natural sciences at a four-year college or university.
Because this degree is based on research, students must
identify a faculty adviser prior to enrollment and submit a research
proposal approved by that adviser to the master's degree
committee. It is recommended that students have performed
the equivalent of independent study or a research internship
(equivalent to BISC 490x) in their laboratory of choice prior to
admission. Students are expected to perform 6 units of research
in both fall and spring semesters; alternatively, with the adviser's
approval upon enrollment, they may choose to perform the
research component in variable increments in summer, fall and
spring semesters to equal 12 units. This may be the preferred
schedule if students wish to take additional electives during the
academic year.
This program requires 32 units, of which 24 must be at the
graduate level.
Core Courses
• BISC 502a Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 544 Advanced Reading in Molecular Biology Units: 1, 2
(two semesters)
• BISC 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (2–3 semesters) (12 Units Required)
One from the following:
• BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 505 Genomics and Molecular Genetics Units: 4
Elective Requirements
Eight units from the following list:
• BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology Units: 4
• BISC 414 Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4
• BISC 425 Genetics through the Scientific Literature Units: 4
• BISC 426 Principles of Neural Development Units: 4
• BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 450L Principles of Immunology Units: 4
• BISC 480L Developmental Biology Units: 4
• BISC 485 Advanced Seminar in Bacterial Survival and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4 (if
core requirement fulfilled with BISC 505)
• BISC 505 Genomics and Molecular Genetics Units: 4 (if core
requirement fulfilled with BISC 502b)
• BISC 515 Evolution and Human Biology Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Students will complete a summative research paper that is
written in publication format. The student will submit a proposed
outline to the faculty mentor and one other molecular biology
faculty member by January 15 for initial approval. The final
paper is due on April 15. In the rare event that the final paper is
not acceptable to the faculty, students may enroll for one more
summer semester to perform revisions. If the paper is still not
acceptable, the MS component of the degree will not be granted.
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MS)
The primary objective of the Master of Science program is
to prepare students for a career in the broad field of biomedical
sciences with focus on, but not limited to, microbiology, virology,
immunology and cancer research. This program provides
extensive theoretical preparation in combination with hands-on
research, where students are trained in research laboratories
located on the Health Sciences Campus (HSC), comprising the
Keck Medical School, the School of Pharmacy and the USC Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center, or located at Children's Hospital
Los Angeles (CHLA).
Goals of the program are to prepare students for employment
opportunities in: academic research or teaching at universities,
institutes or not-for-profit research centers; research and
development in industry (biotech, pharma, petrol, dairies,
breweries); health care (hospitals and health care providers,
medical technology, diagnostic laboratories); law firms (patents,
intellectual property rights, technology transfer, toxic torts);
environmental organizations (advisory, management, planning);
government (public health, waste management, EPA, FDA, NIH,
etc.); publishing (journalism, journal editor).
Admission Requirements Applicants are expected to have
a bachelor's degree in science (usually biology, chemistry or
physics) from an accredited college or university. Generally
required courses include: at least one year of college-level biology,
chemistry through organic chemistry, mathematics through
calculus, and one year of college-level physics. Students who
do not meet all requirements may still apply, and admission will
be decided on a case-by-case basis. In general, a minimum
undergraduate GPA of 3.0 is expected. Additionally, a student must
take the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), and a minimum
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score of 1000 is expected. International applicants are expected
to provide results from the International English Language Testing
System (IELTS) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL; results from Internet-based, computer-based or paper-
based tests are acceptable).
Course Requirements A total of 34 units is required. Students
may pursue a thesis option, which requires completion of MICB
594a, MICB 594b, MICB 594z (2-2-0) plus 30 units of approved
course work, no more than 8 of which can be MICB 590 Directed
Research. Students pursuing a non-thesis option must complete
34 units of approved course work. Students must choose one of
these options by the end of the first year of study.
Fourteen or more course units must be taken in the Department
of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; 8 units may be
pursued outside the department and, upon approval, a maximum
of 8 units of directed research in molecular microbiology and
immunology may be applied to the degree. No more than 4 units of
course work taken outside of USC can be applied toward the MS
degree requirements. Students considering such an action should
submit a petition to the department and document a rigorous
academic standard for the course (reading materials, tests and
other performance criteria, lecture content, etc.). The graduate
advisory committee will review the petition and inform the student
of its decision.
Molecular Pathology and Experimental
Medicine (MS)
Program Director: Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PhD
For more information about our program, please contact our
program office: [email protected]
keck.usc.edu/pathology-program
The Department of Pathology offers a program for the Master
of Science (MS) degree in Molecular Pathology and Experimental
Medicine. The primary objectives of this program are to provide
the necessary theoretical and practical training in experimental
pathology that culminates with the master of science degree.
The goal of the program is to train students in preparation for
positions in various professions. Such professions include, but
are not limited to, senior research staff/senior technician positions
in academic or industrial institutions, further MD or PhD study,
consultantships requiring multidisciplinary backgrounds or
advanced teaching positions in community colleges.
Opportunities and Advantages for Graduates of the Master of
Science Program
1. Advanced position as senior research staff or senior
technician in biotechnology firms
2. Advanced position as research staff or senior technician in
academic institutions
3. Teaching position at the community college level
4. Able to continue academic studies to pursue a PhD Degree
5. Increase chances for entering MD program
6. Use credentials in pathology along with other expertise
(e.g., MBA) to gain a unique niche in health industry,
journalism, financial institutions, public policy, etc.
7. Can be completed within two years
8. Research is optional; requirements may be fulfilled
by course work only. Research-based and scholarly-based
thesis options available
Goals and Objectives of the Program
The main goals of the program are to train students for positions
as senior research staff or senior technicians in academic or
industrial settings, to enable students to continue toward their
MD or PhD degrees, to prepare graduates for multi-disciplinary
consulting positions or teaching positions in community colleges.
This program provides a flexible short-term objective to position
students for many job markets and advanced studies.
Admission
The prerequisite for applicants to the graduate program in
Pathology is a bachelor's degree with an undergraduate major in
one of the natural sciences. A minimum GPA of 3.0 in the natural
sciences (including mathematics) is usually required. In addition,
the department requires at least two letters of recommendation
from faculty members who can evaluate the applicant's potential
for graduate work. Demonstrated proficiency in English language
is required. Special circumstances may provide consideration for
conditional admission.
Progressive Degree Applicants: Current undergraduates at USC
may apply to the Pathology MS Program as a Progressive Degree.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Students in the MS Program in Molecular Pathology and
Experimental Medicine are expected to maintain a minimum 3.0
GPA. Students who earn a GPA of below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation and must improve according to established
terms if they are to remain in the school. Students on academic
probation who do not raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters
of written notification of academic probation will be academically
disqualified.
Degree Requirements
At least 34 units of graduate study are required. Fourteen or
more course units must be taken in the Department of Pathology, 8
units may be pursued outside the Department and upon approval,
and a maximum of 8 units of directed research in Pathology may
be applied to the degree. No more than 4 units of course work
taken outside of USC may be applied toward the MS degree
requirements. In some rare cases, up to 8 transfer credits may be
approved (with departmental permission). Students considering
such an action should submit a petition to the Department and
document a rigorous academic standard for the course, which
includes reading materials, lecture content, tests, and other
performance criteria. The Pathology Graduate Committee would
need to review the petition and inform the student of their decision.
Students have the option of fulfilling their MS degree by either
thesis (Experiment-based Thesis) or comprehensive examination
(Scholarly-based Thesis). At the end of each academic year, all
students' coursework progress will be reviewed by the Graduate
Committee.
For Experiment-Based Thesis Option
• Year Two: Fall Semester Admission
• Add PATH 594a (2 units) Master's Thesis (Fall semester)
• Add PATH 594b (2 units) Master's Thesis (Spring
semester)
• Year Two: Spring Semester Admission
• Add PATH 594a (2 units) Master's Thesis (Spring
semester)
• Add PATH 594b (2 units) Master's Thesis (Fall semester)
• Must continue enrollment in PATH 594z (0 units) Master's
Thesis if student does not complete degree after the second
year.
For Scholarly-Based Thesis Option
Students should enroll in GRSC 810 (0 units) Studies for
Master's Examination (fall/spring/summer) in the semester
during which the comprehensive examination is to be taken if not
otherwise enrolled.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses (26 units):
• BIOC 511 Foundations for Molecular Medicine Units: 4
• INTD 522 Infection and Host Responses Units: 4
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 550 Introduction to Pathology Units: 4
• INTD 551 Pathobiology of Disease Units: 4
• PATH 553 Emerging Methods in Cellular and Clinical
Pathology Units: 2
• PATH 554 Emerging Trends and Methods in Molecular
Pathology Units: 2
• PATH 570a Seminar in Pathology Units: 1
• PATH 570b Seminar in Pathology Units: 1
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Suggested Elective Courses:
Select courses from the following list (8 units total). Additional
500-level courses may be selected in consultation with an adviser.
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 570 Current Topics in Cellular Homeostasis Units: 2
• INTD 630 Viral Oncology Units: 2
• MPTX 500 Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology I Units: 4
• PATH 570c Seminar in Pathology Units: 1
• PATH 570d Seminar in Pathology Units: 1
Narrative Medicine (MS)
The Narrative Medicine MS degree offered by the USC
Keck School of Medicine integrates narrative theory, practical
experience and research methods to focus on the ethical
implications of storytelling for individual/community wellness
and the healthcare system. Students will be trained in narrative
medicine methods of close reading, attentive listening and
reflective writing in the service of community outreach and
professional development. Training in this field will enhance the
work of practicing and future clinicians (physicians, social workers,
nurses, physician assistants, psychotherapists, occupational
and physical therapists, speech pathologists, etc.), and provide
support for mid-career professionals seeking to transition into
teaching or service. Individuals pursuing careers in journalism,
film, the non-profit sector, humanitarian leadership, social justice
and community organizing, as well as those planning to apply to
PhD programs in the humanities and social sciences, will develop
the tools for creating boundary-crossing initiatives that address
real-world problems in community health care. A cornerstone of
this unique programming is USC's partnership with local non-profit
outreach groups. Students in the Narrative Medicine MS program
will have the opportunity to teach and learn from community
partners about the relationship between health and narrative, and
will become more adept at offering solutions that recognize the
intersection between the biomedical, behavioral and health system
sciences, and issues of healthcare equity and social justice.
Satisfactory Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
Advisement
The program recommends that students meet with an academic
adviser of the program each semester prior to registration.
Unit Requirement
A minimum of 32 units of graduate-level course work is
required.
Degree Requirements
Required Core Courses (24 units):
MDED 504 may be satisfied by an equivalent graduate-level
course taken elsewhere.
• MDED 501 Narrative Medicine I: Witnessing, Listening,
Reflecting Units: 4
• MDED 502 Narrative Medicine II: Methods and Pedagogy
Units: 6
• MDED 503 Creative Writing and Its Applications in Narrative
Medicine Units: 4
• MDED 504 Research Methods in Narrative Medicine Units: 4
• MDED 505 Intersubjectivity: Lived Bodies/Relational Selves
Units: 4
• MDED 593 Narrative Medicine Capstone Units: 2
Electives
Select courses from the following list (8 units total). Additional
500-level courses may be selected in consultation with an adviser.
• ACMD 513 Professionalism in Academic Medicine and
Health Units: 3
• ACMD 514 Accreditation and Program Evaluation in
Academic Medicine Units: 3
• ACMD 591 Designing Research on Innovations in Academic
Medicine Units: 2
• MDED 510 Narrative Ethics: Illness, Disability, Equity and
Community Units: 4
• MDED 511 Immigrants, Illness and Narrative Medicine
Units: 4
• MDED 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (4 units maximum)
• SOCI 658 Sociology of Health and Medicine Units: 4
Neuroimaging and Informatics (MS)
Degree Requirements
Graduation requires completion of 26 units, according to
the required course schedule outlined below. None of the NIIN
courses may be waived or substituted for other courses in the USC
Catalogue. This program is intended to be completed within one
academic year although a two year part-time option is available.
Graduation does not include a requirement for a master's thesis.
However, interested students may obtain research experience
concurrent with classwork, subject to approval of available faculty
research mentors.
Required Courses of Instruction
Fall
• NIIN 500 Neuroimaging and Systems Neuroscience Units: 3
• NIIN 510 Fundamentals of Human Neuroimaging Units: 3
• NIIN 530 Neuroimaging Data Acquisition w/ Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Units: 3
• NIIN 540 Neuroimaging Data Processing Methods Units: 3
• NIIN 597 Current Topics in Neuroimaging Informatics Units: 1
Spring
• NIIN 520 Experimental Design for Neuroimaging Units: 3
• NIIN 550 Computational Modeling in Neuroimaging Units: 3
• NIIN 570 Neuroimaging Genetics Units: 3
• NIIN 600 Science Communications Units: 1
Students choose one of the following:
•
NIIN 560 Brain Architecture and Neuroanatomic Exploratory
Techniques in Animal Models Units: 3
• NIIN 580 Introduction to Data Science in Neuroimaging
Units: 3
Pain Medicine (MS)
The Master of Science in Pain Medicine is an online program
with a total 27 courses (33 academic units), specifically designed
for the practicing professional who wants to improve skills and gain
expertise to deliver the best care for patients with complex pain
conditions. The curriculum is designed with a series of didactic
courses in which students will gain knowledge about the diagnosis,
pathobiology and management of pain conditions. The goal of this
postdoctoral three-year master program is to give practicing health
care providers advanced clinical, didactic, and evidence-based
education in the field of Pain Medicine. The first year provides
a foundation that years two and three build upon, giving the
non-physicians the necessary background for the following two
years. Nevertheless, physicians will also found the first year to be
important to be a meaningful educational experience.
The students participate in weekly live online sessions with
faculty and other program students, ensuring a collaborative and
social learning experience. There are 2-3 courses per trimester,
with 2-4 streaming video lectures for viewing each week. After
each video lecture students complete an associated online quiz
(comprising multiple choice, short answer or fill-in questions).
Students need to complete 3 units of elective courses.
Required Courses
• PAIN 701 Pharmacotherapeutics for Pain Units: 2
• PAIN 702 Pain Classification and Diagnosis - Part 1 Units: 2
• PAIN 703 Psychological Aspects of the Pain Experience:
Individual and Units: 2
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• PAIN 704 Pain and Society: Epidemiology and Cultural
issues Units: 1
• PAIN 705 Pain Assessment: History and Physical
Examination Units: 1
• PAIN 706 Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Pathology Units: 2
• PAIN 707 Pain Neuroscience Units: 2
• PAIN 708 Opioids Units: 1
• PAIN 709 Pain Classification and Diagnosis - Part 2 Units: 2
• PAIN 710 Advanced Pain Physiology and Neuroscience
Units: 1
• PAIN 711 Research Methodology Units: 2
• PAIN 712a Pain Medicine Capstone Units: 0.5
• PAIN 712b Pain Medicine Capstone Units: 0.5
• PAIN 712c Pain Medicine Capstone Units: 0.5
• PAIN 712d Pain Medicine Capstone Units: 0.5
• PAIN 713a Case Studies Units: 0.5
• PAIN 713b Case Studies Units: 0.5
• PAIN 713c Case Studies Units: 0.5
• PAIN 713d Case Studies Units: 0.5
• PAIN 714 Public Policy and Legal issues Units: 1
• PAIN 715 History of Pain: Theory and Treatment Units: 1
• PAIN 717 Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain Units: 2
• PAIN 716 Neuropathic Pain Units: 1
• PAIN 718 Complementary Approaches Units: 2
• PAIN 720 Physical and Occupational Therapies Units: 1
Electives
• PAIN 719 Building a Practice: Institutional or Private Units: 1
• PAIN 721 Advanced Therapeutics Units: 2
• PAIN 722 Palliative Care in End of Life Units: 1
• PAIN 723 Orofacial Pain and Headache Units: 2
Physician Assistant Practice (MPAP)
Admission Requirements and Procedures
Application to the Physician Assistant Program requires
completion of a bachelor's degree (in any discipline) from a
regionally accredited four-year institution and completion of
academic prerequisite requirements.
Admission to the program is for the fall semester only.
Admission is granted by the physician assistant selections
committee after careful review of all eligible applications.
Selections are made on the basis of a formal interview (for
competitive applicants) and consideration of a variety of factors,
which include: academic record, amount of clinical experience,
multicultural sensitivity, community service experience and
understanding knowledge of the profession.
Applicants are required to submit an application through the
Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA)
as well as a USC Supplemental Application by November 1 of
each year. Admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis.
Further details regarding admission procedures including those
for international student applicants are provided online at usc.
edu/pa. The program will not waive any aspect of the application
or deadline. Information on Admissions relating to COVID-19 can
be found at keck.usc.edu/physician-assistant-program/admission/
frequently-asked-questions/covid19.
Transfer Students or Advanced Placement
The Physician Assistant Program does not accept transfer
students, nor do we allow advanced placement based on prior
education or clinical experience. Each applicant who is admitted is
required to complete the full Master of Physician Assistant Practice
curriculum in residence at USC. No waivers or substitutions are
permitted.
Registration
Students receive information regarding registration in the
summer prior to enrollment.
Advisement
Virtual information sessions are available for prospective
students who would like to receive more information regarding the
program. For information, please call (626) 457-4240.
Degree Prerequisites
A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
and completion of all prerequisite course work are required for
admission to the Physician Assistant Program.
Applicants are expected to have a minimum cumulative
undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale in which A =
4.0). It is expected that all science prerequisites be completed by
the end of the fall semester, in the year prior to matriculation, with
a minimum grade point average of 3.0. All prerequisite courses
must be completed for a letter grade with at least a grade of C
(2.0) earned.
Science Prerequisites
One (1) year sequential coursework for biological-based
science majors in each of the following:
Biology
Option (1):
General Biology or Human Biology*: One year sequential course
work (equivalent to two semesters or three quarters**)
*If your institution does not offer General Biology or Human
Biology, then you must provide proof for the biology series of
introductory biology for biological based science majors (i.e.
Zoology, Cell Biology, Botany).
**Applicants from an institution on the quarter system: If your
institution does not offer three (3) quarters of General Biology or
Human Biology, you may elect to take two (2) quarters of General
Biology and one (1) quarter of one of the following – Genetics,
Molecular Biology, Immunology or Cell Biology.
- OR -
Option (2):
One (1) semester/quarter of General Biology or Human Biology
and;
One (1) semester or two (2) quarters of an additional Biology
course(s) from the list below:
• Cell Biology
• Endocrinology
• Histology
• Molecular Biology
• Pharmacology
• Embryology
• Genetics
• Immunology
• Neuroscience
Chemistry
Option (1):
General Chemistry with lab: One (1) year sequential course work
(equivalent to two semesters or three quarters*)
*Applicants from an institution on the quarter system: If your
institution does not offer three (3) quarters of General Chemistry
(Inorganic) with lab, you may elect to take two (2) quarters of
General Chemistry with lab and one (1) quarter of Biochemistry
with lab or one (1) quarter of Organic Chemistry with lab.
- OR -
Option (2):
One (1) semester/quarter of General Chemistry with lab and;
One (1) semester or two (2) quarters of an additional Chemistry
course(s) with a lab in the following:
• Organic Chemistry w/lab
• Biochemistry w/lab
• Quantitative Analysis w/lab
• Analytical Chemistry w/lab
• Inorganic Chemistry w/lab
Three (3) semester units or four (4) quarter units of each of the
following:
Microbiology
May be in the following:
• Microbiology with lab
• General Microbiology w/lab
• Introductory Microbiology w/lab
• Medical Microbiology w/lab
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• Human Anatomy with lab*
• Human Physiology*
*Human anatomy and physiology may be completed by taking a
two-semester sequential course of human anatomy and physiology
I and II or a quarter system equivalent sequential course.
Non-Sciences:
A minimum of one (1) semester/quarter unit at a regionally
accredited institution or submit a medical terminology certificate
of completion from a regionally accredited institution or vocational
program:
Medical Terminology
Three (3) semester units or four (4) quarter units of each of the
following:
• Statistics
• Introduction/General Psychology
One (1) year for each of the following:
• Beginning Spanish language (Must be college-level
credit earned either through coursework or by placement
examination. There is no language substitutions.)
• English – International applicants only
• AP Credit
For applicants that received AP credit in
prerequisites
*Note: Advanced Placement (AP) credit for science
prerequisites will not be accepted. If an applicant has received
one semester of AP credit (or equivalent) for one or more of
the science prerequisites, the applicant may elect to complete
the specic science prerequisite in one of two ways: 1) take the
specic course work as outlined above (i.e., a complete two-
semester or three-quarter course with lab), or 2) complete a
minimum of six-semester (nine-quarter) units of upper-division
course work for majors in that specic discipline. For example,
if you received AP credit for one semester of general biology,
you may satisfy our biology prerequisite in one of two ways: 1)
complete a one-year sequential course for biology majors in
general biology with laboratory, or 2) complete a minimum of
six-semester (nine-quarter) units of upper-division course work for
biology majors (e.g., cell, biology, genetics, histology, mammalian
physiology, etc). Upper-division courses for non-majors will not be
accepted for this purpose.
Students who intend to apply to the Physician Assistant
Program should contact the admission office for evaluation of
previous baccalaureate and/or post-baccalaureate course work.
10-Year Exemption
All science prerequisites should be completed within ten (10)
years of application to the program. Exceptions to the ten-year
science prerequisite time frame may be granted on an individual
basis to those individuals who have completed one of the
following: 1) at least eight 8 semester units of graduate credit in a
medically related natural science discipline with an overall grade
point average of 3.0 or better, completed within seven (7) years
of the application deadline, or 2) received an advanced degree
in the natural or clinical sciences (e.g., MS, DVM, PharmD, PhD,
MD) within ten years of the application deadline. In either case,
all course work completed and degrees conferred must be from
institutions of higher education accredited by an accrediting
agency recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Education. Requests for this ten-year exemption should be
directed to the chair of Admissions.
Distance Learning
Distance learning courses are acceptable provided they are
equivalent in all dimensions (including laboratory requirements)
to courses taught in "traditional" educational settings (e.g., hybrid
courses). All distance learning course credit must be provided by
regionally accredited institutions of higher education.
Clinical Experience
Hands-on, paid, patient care clinical experience is preferred.
Please refer to our list of common clinical experiences. Other
health care experience is equally acceptable as long as the clinical
experience is hands-on in nature. It is important that PA applicants
are familiar with medical care environments and the role of a
physician assistant, and have experience working with patients.
Volunteer clinical experience is also considered in the application
process and should be entered into the CASPA application, as
well; the applicant is encouraged to describe their hands-on
experience, whether it is paid or volunteer
Shadowing Opportunities
Shadowing a Physician Assistant (PA) is preferred in the
admissions application process. The selections committee
defines shadowing as observing a PA in the care of patients,
working alongside a PA on a day-to-day basis or attending virtual
shadowing opportunities. Examples of virtual shadowing include
telehealth, provider platforms and websites that offer case studies
provided by a PA. The goal of shadowing is to help an applicant
articulate the role of a PA.
Community Service Activities
A demonstration of community service dedication is expected of
all applicants. Service that benefits underserved or disadvantaged
groups is highly encouraged as the program has a commitment
to training its students as primary care providers with these
populations. Examples include: Habitat for Humanity, Boys &
Girls Club of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, soup
kitchens, homeless shelters.
Curriculum Requirements
The completion of the 33-month professional curriculum is
required to earn the Master of Physician Assistant Practice degree.
Students do not have choices of courses to take nor are they
permitted to drop any course or courses during the semester.
Progress is permitted only when the prior semester is successfully
completed. Students should view the curriculum outlined here as
advisory only and subject to modification.
Summative Evaluation
A summative evaluation is conducted on each student during
the sixth and final semester of the program to verify that each
student is prepared to enter clinical practice.
Health Requirements and Technical Standards
All accepted candidates are required to meet the PA program's
technical standards (physical and psychological competencies
of performance) prior to entering the program and throughout
training. Upon acceptance, students will be required to submit and
maintain evidence of current health status and immunizations.
Students are also required to maintain university-approved health
care insurance coverage while enrolled in the program. Specific
details outlining these technical standards are located at
usc.edu/pa.
Employment
The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at USC is a
full-time program. Students are strongly discouraged to accept
or continue outside employment while enrolled in the program.
Students are not permitted to work for the program.
Background Check
All USC Physician Assistant students are required to pass a
background check prior to admission to the Master of Physician
Assistant Practice (MPAP) Program.
Degree Requirements
All students in the Master of Physician Assistant Practice degree
program must meet course and grade point average requirements.
All students must complete each semester with a cumulative grade
point average of 3.0 or greater. Failure to achieve a 3.0 cumulative
grade point average will result in automatic academic probation
and a subsequent semester below a 3.0 cumulative grade point
average will result in academic dismissal. The degree will not be
conferred until the student has successfully completed all degree
requirements. Students are subject to the degree requirements in
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the catalogue current for the semester of their admission into the
program.
Physician assistant students are enrolled in a standard
curriculum during their 33 months in the program. The following
courses must be successfully completed in order to earn the
Master of Physician Assistant Practice degree. Only physician
assistant students may enroll in these courses. Departmental
clearance is required to enroll.
Year I, Fall Semester
Physician Assistant students enroll as a cohort in all five courses.
• PCPA 503 Behavioral Sciences I Units: 4
• PCPA 523 Clinical Skills I Units: 4
• PCPA 530 Basic Medical Sciences I Units: 3
• PCPA 536 PA Critical Thinking Course I Units: 1
• PCPA 543 Topics in Medicine I Units: 6
Total units: 18
Year I, Spring Semester
Physician Assistant students enroll as a cohort in all five courses.
• PCPA 506 Behavioral Sciences II Units: 4
• PCPA 526 Clinical Skills II Units: 4
• PCPA 537 PA Critical Thinking Course II Units: 1
• PCPA 540 Basic Medical Sciences II Units: 3
• PCPA 546 Topics in Medicine II Units: 6
Total units: 18
Year II, Fall Semester
Physician Assistant students enroll in all five courses.
• PCPA 509 Behavioral Sciences III Units: 4
• PCPA 529 Clinical Skills III Units: 4, 6
• PCPA 538 PA Critical Thinking Course III Units: 1
• PCPA 549 Topics in Medicine III Units: 6
• PCPA 550 Basic Medical Sciences III Units: 3
Total units: 18
Year II, Spring Semester
• PCPA 561 Clinical Assignment I Units: 3.5
• PCPA 562 Clinical Assignment II Units: 3.5
• PCPA 564a Clinical Assignment IV Units: 3.5
• PCPA 565a Clinical Assignment V Units: 3.5
Total units: 14
Year II, Summer Session
• PCPA 564b Clinical Assignment IV Units: 0
• PCPA 565b Clinical Assignment V Units: 0
Year III, Fall Semester
• PCPA 563 Clinical Assignment III Units: 3.5
• PCPA 566 Clinical Assignment VI Units: 3.5
• PCPA 567 Clinical Assignment VII Units: 3.5
• PCPA 568 Clinical Assignment VIII Units: 3.5
Total units: 14
Year III, Spring Semester
• PCPA 532 Clinical Skills IV Units: 3
• PCPA 583 Advanced Topics in PA Studies: Education Units: 4
• PCPA 586 Advanced Topics in PA Studies: Research Units: 4
• PCPA 589 Advanced Topics in PA Studies: Medical Care
Organization Units: 4
Total units: 15
Note:
Requests for further information may be addressed to: Primary
Care Physician Assistant Program at USC, 1000 South Fremont
Avenue, Unit 7, Building A11, Room 11-150, Alhambra, CA 91803,
or via email at [email protected]. The program's Website is
usc.edu/pa.
Public Health (MPH)
The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree provides
professional training in the field of public health, which is the
science of protecting and improving the health of people and
their communities. The MPH program addresses public health
foundational knowledge and builds student competencies in public
health practice (e.g., healthy lifestyle promotion; disease and injury
prevention; and detection, prevention, and responses to infectious
diseases, domestically and globally).
The MPH program is offered in a traditional (on-campus)
and online format. The MPH degree requires a minimum of 42
semester units of required and elective graduate courses.
Students fulfill core required courses, including four foundational
courses, a practical experience (practicum)* and a capstone
course**. In addition, on-campus students select from one of five
concentrations: Biostatistics/Epidemiology, Community Health
Promotion, Global Health, Health Services and Policy, and
Generalist.
For complete Admission Requirements, refer to the Department
of Population and Public Health Sciences.
* The practicum, an applied practice experience (internship) in
federal, state, and/or local public health agencies/organizations,
including community-based organizations, health care
organizations, and research settings, is a required component
of the MPH degree. The practicum provides the opportunity for
students to apply their public health competencies and prepare
for work in governmental and non-governmental organizations in
public health and health-related fields.
** Students enroll in the capstone course during their last semester
prior to graduation. Through a paper-writing assignment, the
course allows students to integrate their course work and practical
experiences in public health.
MPH Core Requirements
• PM 502 Foundations of Public Health Units: 4
• PM 503 Practice of Public Health Units: 4
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 596 Practicum in Public Health Units: 1
• PM 597 Capstone in Public Health Units: 1
Additional Requirements
In addition, at least another 24 units of course work must be
completed in their selected concentration of study.
Community Health Promotion Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 501 Foundations in Health Education and Promotion
Units: 4
• PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation Units: 4
• PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Public
Health Units: 4
AND Choose 1 course (4 units) from the following course
options:
• PM 526 Communications in Public Health Units: 4 * or
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4 * or
• PM 562 Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Units: 4 *
Concentration Electives (8 units)
At least 8 units from the following**:
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• CMGT 511 Health Communication Units: 4
• CMGT 583 Social Marketing and Entertainment Education
Units: 4
• CMGT 587 Audience Analysis Units: 4
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PM 514 Sexually Transmitted Infections: a Systems
Approach Units: 4
• PM 519 Moving Toward Health Equity in the United States
Units: 4
• PM 525 Culture and Health: Global Perspectives Units: 4
• PM 526 Communications in Public Health Units: 4 *
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
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• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4 *
• PM 540 Maternal and Child Nutrition: Practice and Policy
Units: 4
• PM 542 Social Network Analysis Units: 4
• PM 561 Health and Sustainable Development in Costa Rica
Units: 4
• PM 562 Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Units: 4 *
• PM 564 Public Health Leadership and Management Units: 4
• PM 567 Public Health Disaster Management and Response
Units: 4
• PM 568 Ethical Issues in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 580 Foundations of Child Health Units: 4
• PM 583 Foundations of Early Childhood Mental Health
Units: 4
• PM 586 Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 587 Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health
Units: 4
• PM 589 Global Health Policy in Action: Geneva Course
Units: 4
* Students may receive credit for concentration core or
concentration elective only.
** Concentration elective courses will be directed by the
student's needs and interests and must be approved by the
student's graduate adviser. Course options vary by semester.
Biostatistics/Epidemiology Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
AND Choose 2 courses (8 units) from the following:
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4 *
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4 *
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4 *
• PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4 *
Concentration Electives (8 units)
At least 8 units from the following**:
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PM 514 Sexually Transmitted Infections: a Systems
Approach Units: 4
• PM 515 Multivariate Statistics in Health Behavior Research
Units: 4
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517b Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 519 Moving Toward Health Equity in the United States
Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4 *
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4 *
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 532 Genetics in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Units: 4
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4 *
• PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4 *
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
• PM 542 Social Network Analysis Units: 4
• PM 553 Human Exposure Assessment for Public Health
Units: 4
• PM 554 Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants
Units: 4
• PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods,
and Practice Units: 4
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PM 561 Health and Sustainable Development in Costa Rica
Units: 4
• PM 566 Introduction to Health Data Science Units: 4
• PM 567 Public Health Disaster Management and Response
Units: 4
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3
• PM 574 Programming In Modern Statistical Software Units: 2
• PM 586 Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 587 Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health
Units: 4
• PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 589 Global Health Policy in Action: Geneva Course
Units: 4
* Students may receive credit for concentration core or
concentration elective only.
** Concentration elective courses will be directed by the
student's needs and interests and must be approved by the
student's graduate adviser. Course options vary by semester.
Health Services and Policy Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
AND Choose 8 units from the following course options:
• PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4 *
• PM 507 Public Health Services Research Methods Units: 4 *
• PM 547 Public Health Policy and Politics Units: 4 *
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4 *
Concentration Electives (8 units)
At least 8 units from:
• PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4 *
• PM 507 Public Health Services Research Methods Units: 4 *
• PM 514 Sexually Transmitted Infections: a Systems
Approach Units: 4
• PM 519 Moving Toward Health Equity in the United States
Units: 4
• PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation Units: 4
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
• PM 542 Social Network Analysis Units: 4
• PM 547 Public Health Policy and Politics Units: 4 *
• PM 568 Ethical Issues in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human Rights: Concepts
and Methods Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• PM 578 Global Health Governance and Diplomacy Units: 4
• PM 585 Child Health Policy Units: 4
• PM 589 Global Health Policy in Action: Geneva Course
Units: 4
• PPD 511 Health Information Systems Units: 2
• PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery Units: 2
• PPD 514 Economic Concepts Applied to Health Units: 4
• PPD 521a Information Technology Management Systems in
Health Care Units: 2
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4 *
* Students may receive credit for concentration core or
concentration elective only.
** Concentration elective courses will be directed by the
student's needs and interests and must be approved by the
student's graduate adviser. Course options vary by semester.
Global Health Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 565 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• PM 576 Global Health Research and Programs Units: 4
AND Choose two courses (8 units) from the following:
• PM 506 Overcoming Real World Challenges in Global Health
Units: 4 * and/or
• PM 525 Culture and Health: Global Perspectives Units: 4 *
and/or
• PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human Rights: Concepts
and Methods Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Concentration Electives (8 units)
At least 8 units from the following**:
• PM 506 Overcoming Real World Challenges in Global Health
Units: 4 *
• PM 519 Moving Toward Health Equity in the United States
Units: 4
• PM 525 Culture and Health: Global Perspectives Units: 4 *
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 540 Maternal and Child Nutrition: Practice and Policy
Units: 4
• PM 561 Health and Sustainable Development in Costa Rica
Units: 4
• PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Public
Health Units: 4
• PM 567 Public Health Disaster Management and Response
Units: 4
• PM 568 Ethical Issues in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human Rights: Concepts
and Methods Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 *
• PM 578 Global Health Governance and Diplomacy Units: 4
• PM 586 Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 587 Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health
Units: 4
• PM 589 Global Health Policy in Action: Geneva Course
Units: 4
* Students may receive credit for concentration core or
concentration elective only.
** Concentration elective courses will be directed by the
student's needs and interests and must be approved by the
student's graduate adviser. Course options vary by semester.
Generalist Concentration
Admission to this concentration is limited to students to
have already obtained an advanced graduate or professional
degree (e.g. JD, PhD, MD, etc.) or those currently enrolled in an
accredited U.S. based medical degree program (MD).
Required Courses (24 units)
Students will complete 24 units of course work through courses
identified with their faculty adviser in an individualized program of
instruction that has been tailored to their background and career
plans in public health.
Public Health (MPH) (Online)
The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree provides
professional training in the field of public health, which is the
science of protecting and improving the health of people and
their communities. The MPH program addresses public health
foundational knowledge and builds student competencies in public
health practice (e.g., healthy lifestyle promotion; disease and injury
prevention; and detection, prevention, and responses to infectious
diseases, domestically and globally).
The MPH program is offered in a traditional (on-campus)
and online format. The MPH degree requires a minimum of 42
semester units of required and elective graduate courses.
Students fulfill core required courses, including five foundational
courses, a practical experience (practicum)* and a capstone
course**. In addition, online MPH students select from one of six
concentrations: Biostatistics/Epidemiology, Community Health
Promotion, GeoHealth, Global Health, Health Services and Policy,
and Generalist.
For complete admission requirements, refer to the Department
of Population and Public Health Sciences.
* The practicum, an applied practice experience (internship) in
federal, state, and/or local public health agencies/organizations,
including community-based organizations, health care
organizations, and research settings, is a required component
of the MPH degree. The practicum provides the opportunity for
students to apply their public health competencies and prepare
for work in governmental and non-governmental organizations in
public health and health-related fields.
** Students enroll in the capstone course during their last semester
prior to graduation. Through a paper writing assignment, the
course allows students to integrate their course work and practical
experiences in public health.
MPH Core Requirements
• PM 501 Foundations in Health Education and Promotion
Units: 4
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 564 Public Health Leadership and Management Units: 4
• PM 596 Practicum in Public Health Units: 1
• PM 597 Capstone in Public Health Units: 1
Additional Requirements
In addition, at least another 20 units of course work must be
completed in their selected concentration of study.
Community Health Promotion Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 526 Communications in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation Units: 4
• PM 562 Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Units: 4
• PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Public
Health Units: 4
Concentration Elective Courses (4 units)
AND choose one course (4 units) from the following:
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
OR
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
Biostatistics/Epidemiology Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
• PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
Concentration Elective Courses (4 units)
AND choose one course (4 units) from the following:
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
OR
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
Global Health Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 525 Culture and Health: Global Perspectives Units: 4
• PM 565 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• PM 576 Global Health Research and Programs Units: 4
• PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human Rights: Concepts
and Methods Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Concentration Elective Courses (4 units)
AND choose one course (4 units) from the following:
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
OR
• PM 568 Ethical Issues in Public Health Units: 4
Health Services and Policy Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4
• PM 547 Public Health Policy and Politics Units: 4
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
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Concentration Elective Courses (4 units)
AND choose one course (4 units) from the following:
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
OR
• PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human Rights: Concepts
and Methods Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
GeoHealth Concentration
Required Concentration Courses (16 Units)
•
SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Concentration Elective Courses (4 units)
AND choose one course (4 units) from the following:
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
OR
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
Generalist Concentration
Admission to this track will be limited to students to have
already obtained an advanced graduate or professional degree
(e.g. JD, PhD, MD, etc.) or those currently enrolled in an
accredited U.S. based medical degree program (MD).
Required Concentration Courses (20 units)
Students will complete 20 units of course work through courses
identified with their faculty adviser in an individualized program of
instruction that has been tailored to their background and career
plans in public health.
Public Health Data Science (MS)
The MS in Public Health Data Science degree program consists
of required courses in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Computing
in addition to at least one elective course chosen to complement
one or more of these areas. From the required courses, students
will learn the foundations of Data Science, including developing
the coding skills to acquire, manage and analyze large, noisy
health-related datasets.
Students in the MS in Public Health Data Science will learn
to wrangle, scrape, create, and manage large health-related
datasets; summarize, visualize, and interpret data; apply statistical
methods to draw conclusions from the data; use machine learning
to reveal features of large, complex health-related datasets; learn
the statistical theory behind common data science methods; and
effectively communicate results and findings to a broad audience.
This program is designed to be a terminal degree, but for students
interested in pursing further education, it can be used to lay the
foundation for a PhD in Biostatistics, Statistics, Data Science or
Computer Science.
Core Courses
15 units.
• PM 522b Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 566 Introduction to Health Data Science Units: 4
• PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health Sciences Units: 4
• PM 592 Regression Analysis for Health Data Science Units: 4
Note:
PM 522a will be waived for this program. Students must have
taken an equivalent course during their undergraduate studies.
Population and Public Health Requirement
Choose 1 class; 3-4 units
• PM 502 Foundations of Public Health Units: 4
• PM 503 Practice of Public Health Units: 4
• PM 504 Quality in Health Care Units: 4
• PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. Units: 4
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 513 Experimental Designs Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
• PM 547 Public Health Policy and Politics Units: 4
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
Computing Requirement
Choose 1 class; 4 units
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
Electives
Remaining units; choose any course listed above
• MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• PM 516a Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 516b Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 520L Advanced Statistical Computing Units: 3
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 542 Social Network Analysis Units: 4
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 574 Programming In Modern Statistical Software Units: 2
• PMEP 547 Programming Methods for Empirical Analysis of
Health Data Units: 4
Practicum
3 units.
• PM 606 Health Data Science Practicum Units: 3
Minimum Units Required: 32
Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
The Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-
SLP) will provide the graduate level academic and clinical training
to enter the field of speech-language pathology. Graduates will
be trained in the prevention, assessment and intervention for
individuals with communication and swallowing disorders across
settings and across the lifespan.
The professional entry-level Master of Science (MS) in Speech-
Language Pathology is a rigorous full-time program. Students
must meet all admission requirements, including prerequisite
courses identified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) and must have either a bachelor's degree
in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) or Speech-
Language Pathology or the equivalent. These undergraduate and/
or post-baccalaureate programs must be completed at a program
from an accredited university in the United States.
The curriculum comprises six semesters over two years,
consecutive enrollment in a cohort model. The program includes
both academic courses and clinical practicum courses for a total of
69 units. Clinical experiences are assigned by the program to meet
the 400 hours of clinical experiences in different settings across
the life span, per ASHA requirements.
Core Requirements
Students enrolled in the MS-SLP are required to take all
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designated core courses to fulfill degree requirements, for a total
of 69 units.
• OHNS 500 Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology for Speech,
Language and Hearing Units: 3
• OHNS 501 Speech Sound Disorders Units: 3
• OHNS 502 Language and Literacy Disorders Units: 3
• OHNS 504 Speech-Language Pathology Methods and
Evidence-Based Practice Units: 3
• OHNS 505 Audiology for Speech-Language Pathologists
Units: 2
• OHNS 506 Autism Spectrum Disorder, AAC and Cognitive
Communication Disorders in Children Units: 3
• OHNS 507 Voice and Resonance Disorders Units: 3
• OHNS 508 Assessment of Communication Disorders Units: 3
• OHNS 509 Dysphagia Units: 3
• OHNS 510 Clinical Practicum in Speech-Language
Pathology Units: 2
• OHNS 511 Aural (Re)Habilitation Units: 3
• OHNS 512 Communication Disorders in Early Childhood
Units: 3
• OHNS 513 Adult Neurogenic and Related Cognitive
Communication Disorders Units: 3
• OHNS 514 Clinical Rotations in Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 3 *
• OHNS 515 School-Based Issues in Speech-Language
Programs Units: 3
• OHNS 516 Motor Speech Disorders/Craniofacial Disorders
Units: 3
• OHNS 517 Multicultural Issues in Speech-Language
Pathology Units: 2
• OHNS 518 Research/Capstone in Communication Sciences
and Disorders Units: 1 **
• OHNS 519 Externship in Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 3 *
• OHNS 520 Professional Issues in Speech-Language
Pathology Units: 1
• OHNS 521 Fluency Disorders Units: 2
• OHNS 522 Telepractice and Technological Applications in
Speech-Language Pathology Units: 2
• OHNS 523 Counseling in Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 2
Note:
*Students must enroll in OHNS 514 and OHNS 519 twice, for a
total of 6 units each.
**Students must enroll in OHNS 518 twice, for a total of 2 units.
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
(MS)
Stem cell biology is one of the newest and most powerful
approaches in biomedical science; it offers the opportunity
to experimentally approach previously intractable biological
questions, create models of human disease and develop cell-
based therapeutics.
This intensive one-year program (with an optional second
year) will give students a deep understanding of the scientific
and clinical underpinnings of stem cell biology and regenerative
medicine. The program includes three didactic lecture courses
that address developmental cell biology and human embryology,
stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, and translational and
therapeutic aspects of stem cell technology. The program also
includes two laboratory modules that provide guided hands-on
experience with stem cells and stem cell laboratory approaches,
and several different faculty-led discussion-based courses that
allow detailed investigation within specific aspects of stem cell
biology and regenerative medicine.
Students completing this program will be well-positioned
to proceed to medical or PhD programs, find laboratory
or administrative employment in the growing stem cell
pharmaceutical domain, or engage in public policy or regulatory
administration of academic, clinical or business efforts in this
expanding discipline.
California is globally recognized as the worldwide center of stem
cell science, and USC has invested significantly in building the
new Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, within which this MS
program is based and administered.
Degree Requirements
Graduation requires completion of 27 units, according to the
required Year One course schedule outlined below. None of these
courses may be substituted or waived.
This program is intended to be completed within one academic
year, and does not include a requirement for independent
laboratory research or a thesis. Students may request approval
to undertake laboratory research and continuing course work
during a second year research option; students must already be
matriculated into the program before making this request, and not
all students will be granted this opportunity (selection will be based
on academic performance and student research interests, and on
availability of laboratory space). During this optional second year,
students must enroll in the required Year two courses listed below;
none of these courses may be substituted or waived.
Year One, Fall Semester
Required Courses (14 Units):
• DSR 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell Biology and
Organogenesis Units: 1
• SCRM 511 Developmental Biology and Human Embryology
Units: 4
• SCRM 513 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Units: 4
• SCRM 525 Tools and Techniques in Stem Cell Biology
Units: 2
• SCRM 555 Writing About Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine Units: 1
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
Year One, Spring Semester
Required Courses (11 Units + one required elective (2 Units) =
13 Units):
• DSR 610 Current Topics in Regenerative Medicine Units: 1
• SCRM 515 Bringing Stem Cells to the Clinic Units: 4
• SCRM 522L Biological Imaging in Stem Cell Research
Units: 2
• SCRM 524L Culture and Differentiation of Human Pluripotent
Stem Cells Units: 2
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
Year One, Spring Semester: General Elective
Courses
Select one course from the following:
• SCRM 517 Historical and Contemporary Stem Cell Research
Units: 2
• SCRM 519 Historical and Contemporary Research: Neural
Stem Cells Units: 2
• SCRM 521 Historical and Contemporary Research: Tissue
Development Engineering Units: 2
OPTIONAL Year Two Research, Fall Semester
• DSR 574 Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar
Series Units: 1
• DSR 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell Biology and
Organogenesis Units: 1
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
• SCRM 590 Independent Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
OPTIONAL Year Two Research, Spring
Semester
• DSR 574 Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar
Series Units: 1
• DSR 610 Current Topics in Regenerative Medicine Units: 1
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
• SCRM 590 Independent Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
with Research Year (MS)
Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine is one of the
newest and most powerful approaches in biomedical science;
it offers the opportunity to experimentally approach previously
intractable biological questions, create models of human disease
and develop cell-based therapeutics.
Program Description
This two-year program will give students a deep understanding
of the scientific and clinical underpinnings of stem cell biology and
regenerative medicine. In the first year, the program includes three
didactic lecture courses that address developmental biology and
human embryology, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine
and translational and therapeutic aspects of stem cell technology.
The program also includes two laboratory modules that provide
guided hands-on experience with stem cells and stem cell
laboratory approaches, along with several faculty-led discussion-
based courses that allow detailed investigation within specific
aspects of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
During the second year, under the mentorship of department
faculty, students will extend their educational experience with
two additional seminar courses (DSR 620 and DSR 610) and
apply methodologies used in stem cell biology and regenerative
medicine to create an independent capstone project. This
capstone project (SCRM 594a, SCRM 594b, SCRM 594z)
will involve assembling a thesis committee, meetings with the
committee, preparing a thesis to be submitted to the USC library
and a public defense.
Applicants to this program must have a bachelor's degree
or its equivalent from an accredited institution with a minimum
grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) in undergraduate work.
Other materials required include: official transcripts, two letters of
recommendation and a Statement of Purpose. The Statement of
Purpose should succinctly describe the reasons for applying to the
program, the preparation for this field of study, academic interests,
future career plans and any other aspects of the applicant's
background that may aid the admissions committee in evaluating
aptitude and motivation for graduate study in this field.
Students enrolled in the MS Program in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine (without thesis) can petition to transfer at
the completion of year 1 if they are in excellent academic standing.
These students must obtain approval from both the Thesis Mentor
and Program Director.
Students completing this degree will be well-positioned
to proceed to PhD or medical programs, find laboratory
or administrative employment in the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology domains, engage in public policy or administration
of academic, clinical or business efforts in the expanding discipline
of regenerative medicine.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe foundational concepts in stem cell and
developmental biology and translational biology.
2. Explain the principles underlying the equipment, reagents,
databases and methods commonly used for research in stem
cell biology and regenerative medicine.
3. Develop critical thinking skills by analysis of experimental
data in published literature.
4. Outline the steps of the research process, state key research
criteria and pitfalls, and design a credible and meaningful
research project.
5. Evaluate current issues and approaches in stem cell biology
through writing and oral presentation
6. Implement and manage academic sources and citations
to competently and efficiently produce documents.
7. Create original research which will if appropriate, entail
trouble shooting, hypothesis testing and data analysis.
8. Defend a master's thesis succinctly, in written and oral
forms, to faculty, mentors and potential collaborators.
Degree Requirements
Graduation requires completion of 35 units according to the
course schedule outlined below. This program is intended to be
completed within two academic years and culminates with the
completion of a capstone project to be presented and defended as
part of SCRM 594a, SCRM 594b, SCRM 594z.
Year One, Fall Semester (14 units)
Required Courses:
• DSR 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell Biology and
Organogenesis Units: 1
• SCRM 511 Developmental Biology and Human Embryology
Units: 4
• SCRM 513 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Units: 4
• SCRM 525 Tools and Techniques in Stem Cell Biology
Units: 2
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
Year One, Spring Semester (13 units)
Required Courses and one Elective:
• DSR 610 Current Topics in Regenerative Medicine Units: 1
• SCRM 515 Bringing Stem Cells to the Clinic Units: 4
• SCRM 522L Biological Imaging in Stem Cell Research
Units: 2
• SCRM 524L Culture and Differentiation of Human Pluripotent
Stem Cells Units: 2
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
Year One, Spring Semester Elective
Select one course from the following:
• SCRM 517 Historical and Contemporary Stem Cell Research
Units: 2
• SCRM 519 Historical and Contemporary Research: Neural
Stem Cells Units: 2
• SCRM 521 Historical and Contemporary Research: Tissue
Development Engineering Units: 2
Year Two, Fall Semester (3-5 units)*
• SCRM 590 Independent Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (1 unit
required)
• SCRM 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
Year Two, Spring Semester (3-5 units)*
• SCRM 590 Independent Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (1 unit
required)
• SCRM 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Year Two Electives
*Select 2 units from the following electives to be taken in either
fall or spring of year two. SCRM 517, SCRM 519 and SCRM 521
cannot be taken twice for credit.
• DSR 610 Current Topics in Regenerative Medicine Units: 1
• DSR 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell Biology and
Organogenesis Units: 1
• SCRM 517 Historical and Contemporary Stem Cell Research
Units: 2
• SCRM 519 Historical and Contemporary Research: Neural
Stem Cells Units: 2
• SCRM 521 Historical and Contemporary Research: Tissue
Development Engineering Units: 2
Translational Biomedical Informatics (MS)
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
1450 Biggy St. NRT 2508
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9601
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: David W. Craig, PhD
dtg.usc.edu/education/translational_bioinformatics
Program Summary
The Department of Translational Genomics is offering a Master
of Science (MS) degree in Translational Biomedical Informatics.
This MS program aims to train medical students, fellows and
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other healthcare scientists in biomedical informatics, specifically
around translational applications in human health and care moving
from bench to bedside. The goal of this program is to provide
individuals with a solid biology or medical background a program
a degree grant mechanism for transitioning from the bench to the
dry-lab in academic biomedical research, clinical research and
pharmaceutical research. Graduates will have the practical skills to
understand molecular biology, systems biology, structural biology,
proteomics, genomic sequencing and genomic tools and datasets.
The program focuses on training in human biomedical
informatics centered around applications in healthcare and
biomedical research. Students will learn to effectively implement,
develop, and design analytical solutions within for different
healthcare applications from prototyping to production. Moreover,
students will learn by application with a major emphasis on data
analysis, data processing, and interpretation of next-generation
sequencing (NGS) datasets. Students will be trained and gain an
understanding of modern web-development frameworks, and how
to extract and interact with a wide variety of databases spanning
open access frameworks to restricted and regulated frameworks.
A capstone project helps students build an on-line portfolio that
showcases both their ability to conduct complex analysis and
share their results through interactive web-applications.
The program is intended to be flexible, and attract applicants
with training in biology, medicine, and related biomedical
disciplines. It will focus on individuals with a background in biology
and medicine, and is not intended or appropriate for those with
computer engineering and software degrees.
Admission
Applicants should have a minimum cumulative undergraduate
GPA 3.0. Applicants should have two semesters/three quarters
of General Biology; two semesters/two quarters of General
Chemistry, and one semester/one quarter of Statistics.
A minimum score of 300 on the Graduate Record Examinations
(GRE) General Test is required. In lieu of GRE, DAT (minimum 18),
MCAT (minimum 28 pre-2015 or 505 post-2015) or USMLE may
be submitted. Applicants must also supply a statement of purpose
and three letters of recommendation from evaluators qualified
to assess their potential for graduate work. Please visit program
website for additional information on admission and application
procedures.
Advisement
The program recommends that students meet with an academic
adviser of the program each semester prior to registration.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
A minimum of 28 units of graduate level course work is required
for graduation.
Required (20 Units)
• TRGN 510 Basic Foundations in Translational Biomedical
Informatics Units: 4
• TRGN 514 Introduction to Human Genomic Analysis
Methods Units: 4
• TRGN 515 Advanced Human Genomic Analysis Methods
Units: 4
• TRGN 516 Translational Genomics, Applied Databases and
Datastructures Units: 4
• TRGN 520 Translational Biomedical Informatics Capstone
Portfolio Units: 2, 3, 4
Electives (8 Units)
• BME 528 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics
Applications Units: 4
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
• NIIN 500 Neuroimaging and Systems Neuroscience Units: 3
• NIIN 540 Neuroimaging Data Processing Methods Units: 3
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
• PM 544L Multivariate Analysis Units: 3
• PM 566 Introduction to Health Data Science Units: 4
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health Sciences Units: 4
• TRGN 524 Applications of Genomic Technology in
Biomedical Research I Units: 4
• TRGN 525 Applications of Genomic Technology in
Biomedical Research II Units: 4
• TRGN 526 Clinical Bioinformatics in Genomic Testing
Units: 2
• TRGN 527 Applied Data Science and Bioinformatics Units: 4
• TRGN 537 Pathway and Target Discovery Units: 4
• TRGN 539 Translational Biotechnology Practicum Units: 2,
3, 4
• TRGN 543 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization I Units: 2
• TRGN 544 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization II Units: 2
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
Translational Biotechnology (MS)
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
1450 Biggy St. NRT 2508
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9601
(323) 442-3237
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: Carol S. Lin, PhD, MAE
keck.usc.edu/translational-biotechnology-program/
dtg.usc.edu/education/translational_biotechnology
Keck School of Medicine Department of Translational
Genomics offers a Master of Science (MS) degree in Translational
Biotechnology. This program combines a unique curriculum and
distinctive practical training that exposes students to biotechnology
and its applications in translating genomic and molecular insights
into developing novel therapies and precision medicine. Drawing
strength from the Keck School of Medicine faculty's education,
research, and practice expertise, this program educates students
on approaches used in the academic research, biotechnology and
medical sciences industries.
Program Summary
Students in this program will gain an understanding of:
• the science of human diseases and their interventions
• the role of biotechnology in developing new therapies and
precision medicine
• the scope of issues and decisions faced by collaborating
basic and clinical researchers in the bench-to-bedside
process
• the regulatory framework that impacts the use of new
interventions
• the private and public capital that develop the growing
biotechnology and biomedical markets.
The program is ideal for those who are passionate about
biomedical sciences and would like a career in biotechnology
beyond laboratory research.
• Students with a moderate biology background have the
opportunity to extend their course work in biotechnology and
biological sciences and continue in these fields.
• Professionals in management, investment, regulatory affairs
or law in the biotechnology industry are able to extend their
knowledge of the science behind this industry, enabling them
to make better decisions regarding this rapidly developing
technology.
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• Students interested in doctoral programs or professional
degree programs, such as medical school and law school,
will build a strong foundation in biotechnology prior to
applying to their top programs of study.
Admission
Admission requirements include a minimum GPA of 3.0
and an undergraduate major in biological sciences, or at least
6 bioscience courses in the molecular, cellular, genetics and
biochemistry topics.
A minimum score of 300 on the Graduate Record Examinations
(GRE) General Test is required. In lieu of GRE, DAT (minimum 18),
MCAT (minimum 28 pre-2015 or 505 post-2015) or USMLE may
be submitted. Applicants must also supply a statement of purpose
and three letters of recommendation from evaluators qualified
to assess their potential for graduate work. Please visit program
website for additional information on admission and application
procedures.
Advisement
The program requires that students meet with an academic
adviser of the program each semester prior to registration.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
A minimum of 28 units of graduate level course work is required
for graduation.
Core Lecture Courses (Required, 12 Units)
Students with strong background in biotechnology may
substitute TRGN 536 with another appropriate course, with
permission of the program director. A minimum grade point
average of 3.0 on all core courses is required.
• TRGN 536 Biotechnology Primer Units: 4
• TRGN 537 Pathway and Target Discovery Units: 4
• TRGN 538 Seminar in Translational Biotechnology Units: 2
• TRGN 543 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization I Units: 2
Experiential Learning (Required, 7 Units)
Experiential learning includes a total of 4 units of TRGN 539
plus two Capstone courses. This program does not require a
thesis. Instead, students are required to defend their program
capstone through TRGN 540 and TRGN 541, which include
practicum conclusion, reflective narratives, and portfolio
presentation.
• TRGN 539 Translational Biotechnology Practicum Units: 2,
3, 4
• TRGN 540 Translational Biotechnology Capstone
Preparation Units: 1
• TRGN 541 Translational Biotechnology Capstone Defense
Units: 2
Electives (At least 9 Units)
At least 4 units must be from TRGN. No more than 4 units of
TRGN 590 may be used to fulfill degree requirements.
• BAEP 551 Introduction to New Ventures Units: 3
• BAEP 552 Venture Feasibility Units: 3
• BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in Innovative Industries: Life
Sciences Units: 1.5
• BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• INTD 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• TRGN 510 Basic Foundations in Translational Biomedical
Informatics Units: 4
• TRGN 514 Introduction to Human Genomic Analysis
Methods Units: 4
• TRGN 515 Advanced Human Genomic Analysis Methods
Units: 4
• TRGN 516 Translational Genomics, Applied Databases and
Datastructures Units: 4
• TRGN 524 Applications of Genomic Technology in
Biomedical Research I Units: 4
• TRGN 525 Applications of Genomic Technology in
Biomedical Research II Units: 4
• TRGN 526 Clinical Bioinformatics in Genomic Testing
Units: 2
• TRGN 527 Applied Data Science and Bioinformatics Units: 4
• TRGN 542 Biotechnology-based Therapeutics Units: 2
• TRGN 544 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization II Units: 2
• TRGN 545 Exploring Chemical and Biological Therapeutic
Modalities Units: 2
• TRGN 546 Biotechnology Intellectual Property, Regulatory,
and Corporate Law Units: 2
• TRGN 550 Communicating Science: Writing Units: 1
• TRGN 551 Communicating Science: Speaking Units: 1
• TRGN 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• TRGN 599 Special Topics Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Dual Degree
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Business
Administration (MD/MBA)
In response to the ongoing reorganization of health care
delivery systems, and the growing awareness of the impact of
business decisions on health care, the Keck School of Medicine
and the USC Marshall School of Business jointly offer an
innovative program for individuals seeking knowledge in both
medicine and business administration. The program is designed
to prepare its graduates to assume leadership in the design and
management of health care systems.
The MD/MBA program spans five years. Interested students
apply during their second or third year of medical school, and
begin required MBA courses following successful completion of the
first two or first three years of medical school. The remaining time
is devoted to the clinical clerkships of the Keck School of Medicine
and completion of graduate business elective courses. At the
conclusion of the program, students will have completed 48 units
in the Marshall School of Business, including required and elective
courses, and four years of courses in the Keck School of Medicine.
Dual degree students may not count courses taken outside the
Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.
First and Second Years: Required medicine courses.
Third or Fourth Year: Required MBA courses and graduate
business electives.
Remaining Years: Keck School of Medicine core, selective and
elective clerkships and graduate business electives.
Admission Requirements
Students who have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
college or university and have successfully completed at least
two years in the Keck School of Medicine will be considered for
admission to the Marshall School of Business. Requirements for
admission to the regular MBA Program (with the exception of the
GMAT) must be fulfilled by the medical student for admission to
the Marshall School.
The MD and the MBA degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of their requirements by the Keck School of
Medicine and the Marshall School of Business.
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health
(MD/MPH)
The joint MD/MPH program at the Keck School of Medicine
is designed for individuals who envision a medical career that
combines public health and medical disciplines. Many individuals
entering careers as medical doctors or public health practitioners
wish to acquire not only medical practice competencies, but also
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an understanding of the history, organization, goals and philosophy
of public health. The joint MD/MPH program offers a broadbased
orientation to public health while the student completes medical
school requirements. The Master of Public Health degree provides
increased knowledge of and sensitivity to the political, historical,
economic and social environments of health promotion and health
services delivery.
The MD/MPH program can be completed in five years. After
the successful completion of at least the first two years of medical
school, students take one year off from medical school to complete
the MPH program in one year. Upon completion of the MPH
program, students will return to medical school. The remainder
of the program is devoted to clinical clerkships of the School of
Medicine.
Students who are enrolled in the Keck School of Medicine must
apply to the Master of Public Health program no later than January
of their third year. All requirements for admission to the regular
MPH program must also be fulfilled by dual degree applicants.
All students in the MD/MPH program must meet course
requirements, grade point average requirements and program
proficiency requirements of both programs. Students must have
a grade point average of 3.0 in the MPH curriculum to meet
graduation requirements.
The MD and the MPH degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of the Keck School of Medicine and the Master of
Public Health program requirements. For more information, contact
the MPH Program Office at (323) 442-7257.
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science, Global
Medicine
The dual degree in Doctor of Medicine and Master of Science
in Global Medicine will provide medical students with formal
education in the field of global health. Students will benefit from
a curriculum that supplements and strengthens their medical
knowledge with additional expertise in cultural competence, the
specific diseases that affect various populations worldwide, and
the unique issues respective to practicing medicine in a developing
country or in vulnerable, underserved populations domestically.
Requirements
Current enrollment in the Keck School of Medicine MD program
and successful completion of at least the first two years of the MD
curriculum are required prior to submitting an application to the
MS in Global Medicine program for admission to the dual degree
program. Students must gain admission to and fulfill the degree
requirements for both programs, which include four years of
course work for the Doctor of Medicine and 24 units of the MS in
Global Medicine (Clinical track only).
For the dual degree with Global Medicine Clinical Track, 24 GM
elective units should be successfully completed. The MD and the
MS in Global Medicine degrees are awarded simultaneously upon
successful completion of both degree requirements.
Program Adaptation
For the dual degree with Global Medicine Clinical Track, there
are no Global Medicine core unit requirements. Students enrolled
in MD/MSGM dual degree will be eligible to apply 2 GM study-
abroad elective units and 2 other GM elective units (except MEDS
503, MEDS 504, MEDS 520 and MEDS 530a, MEDS 530b,
MEDS 530c) toward their MD program elective requirements.
GM Management Track electives cannot be applied toward either
degree requirements.
Master of Public Health/Doctor of Pharmacy
(MPH/PharmD)
The School of Pharmacy and the Master of Public Health
program, in recognition of the rapidly changing health care
environment, and in response to the growing demand for
pharmacists who are knowledgeable in both pharmacy and
population-based health care issues, have developed a dual
degree program. The joint PharmD/MPH degree will enable
graduates to be more responsive to today's health care needs
and will provide training for pharmacists who seek to be agents of
change within the profession and to assume leadership roles in the
pharmacy field and in public health at the local, state and national
levels.
Students who are enrolled in the School of Pharmacy must
apply to the Master of Public Health program no later than January
of their first year. All requirements for admission to the regular
MPH program must also be fulfilled by dual degree applicants.
The PharmD/MPH program spans five years (four years of
pharmacy school courses and one year of public health courses).
Students begin the core MPH courses following the successful
completion of the first year of pharmacy school. The last three
years of the program are devoted to course work and the clinical
rotations of the School of Pharmacy and to the completion of the
elective courses and practicum (field experience) of the MPH
program.
All students in the PharmD/MPH program must meet course
requirements, grade point average requirements and program
residency requirements of both programs. Students must have a
cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the PharmD curriculum and a 3.0 in the
MPH curriculum to meet graduation requirements.
The PharmD and the MPH degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of the School of Pharmacy and the Master of
Public Health requirements.
Admission Requirements and Procedures
Students applying for the dual degree program must meet
the respective admission requirements for each program. This
includes having completed a baccalaureate degree from an
accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0
and having acceptable GRE and TOEFL or IELTS scores as
applicable. Students will not be given special consideration for
admission to either program because they are applying for the
dual degree. Students may apply to the dual PharmD/MPH degree
program in two ways. First, they may apply at the time they submit
their PharmD application by concurrently submitting applications
to both programs. Students who elect this approach must identify
themselves on both applications as potential dual degree students.
Students who are admitted to both programs will be offered
admission to the PharmD and will be offered admission to the dual
degree program contingent on passing all courses in their first
year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students who are
accepted by only one program may choose to attend that program,
but will not be eligible for the dual degree. Second, students can
apply to the dual degree by submitting an application to the MPH
program during their first year of enrollment in the PharmD prior to
the MPH published application deadline. Students who elect this
approach must apply through the School of Pharmacy. Students
admitted to the MPH program using this approach will be offered
admission to the dual degree contingent on passing all courses in
their first year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Master of Public Health/Master of Science,
Social Entrepreneurship (MPH/MS)
The Master of Public Health/Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship (MPH/MSSE) dual degree program is designed
for individuals who wish to create sustainable solutions to public
health challenges through the creation of innovative enterprises
and organizations. This program combines the business aspects
of social entrepreneurship with the knowledge and understanding
of public health challenges and how to improve the health of
individuals, communities, and populations, locally and globally. It
will enable graduates to become agents of change by equipping
them with the tools to build innovative enterprises that balance
financial sustainability with public health impact, preparing them
uniquely to become leaders in the field.
Application and Admission
Applicants to the MSSE/MPH should apply for admission to
both schools simultaneously.
Information about the application process and admission
requirements for the MPH degree is available on the MPH website
at pphs.usc.edu.
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Information about the application process and admission
requirements for the MSSE degree is available on the MSSE
website at marshall.usc.edu/msse/admission.
Degree Requirements
The total unit requirement for the MPH/MSSE dual degree is
62 units: 38 units for the MPH degree and 24 units for the MSSE
degree.
Students are required to complete 38 units of MPH specific
course work, including 18 units of MPH core course work and 20
units of concentration specific course work. Students may choose
from any concentration within the MPH program.
Students are required to complete 24 units, including
all "Required Courses," in the Master of Science in Social
Entrepreneurship curriculum. Dual degree program students
may not count courses taken outside the USC Marshall
School of Business toward the MSSE degree. Visit the Social
Entrepreneurship (MS) section of this Catalogue for MSSE degree
requirements.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the MSSE
curriculum and a 3.0 in the MPH curriculum, in addition to having
a minimum 3.0 cumulative overall GPA in all graduate course work
taken at USC in order to meet graduation requirements.
The MSSE and the MPH degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Public Health/Master of Social Work
(MPH/MSW)
The Master of Public Health/Master of Social Work (MPH/MSW)
dual degree offers the student interdisciplinary preparation in the
fields of public health and social work leading to the Master of
Social Work (MSW) and Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees.
The dual degree program is a collaborative effort between
the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and
the Department of Preventive Medicine in the Keck School of
Medicine. The objectives of the program are to provide students
with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote health,
prevent disease, and enhance the delivery of health and social
services in the community. Students will build interdisciplinary
skills and an interdisciplinary professional identity by developing
an understanding of the breadth of each field and their interface,
while permitting concentration in particular specialization
areas. The program prepares graduates for work in a variety of
interdisciplinary settings; and for some, it will provide the basis for
doctoral study.
Program Requirements:
Students must complete a minimum of 82 units for completion
of this dual degree; 48 units in Social Work and 34 units in Public
Health. Most students complete both program requirements over
three years for full-time students; however, the program may be
completed in less time if the student takes a full course load during
the two summer sessions (MPH course work only; MSW is not
available during the summer).
Course requirements in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work include the required courses outlined in the Social
Work (MSW) section of the catalogue. Students will take their
remaining MSW units in department core courses specific to either
the AMHW, SCI or CYF departments. Students will be advised into
the appropriate courses.
Students will take MPH course work specific to the following
public health concentrations, based on their chosen MSW
department:
*AMHW and CYF Students will take required curriculum in the
Community Health Promotion concentration.
*SCI Students will take required curriculum in the Health Services
and Policy concentration.
Students in the dual degree program are not required to take
the 8 units of concentration electives.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the MSW
curriculum and a 3.0 in the MPH curriculum to meet graduation
requirements.
Master of Science, Global Medicine/Doctor of
Pharmacy (PharmD/MS)
The dual degree in Pharmacy and Global Medicine is designed
for students who are interested in providing pharmaceutical care
to underserved populations around the world. Students enrolled
in this dual degree program will benefit from an advanced
understanding of the role of, and issues surrounding, modern
medicine in developing countries.
Requirements
Students must gain admission to and fulfill the degree
requirements for both programs, which include 136 units for the
Doctor of Pharmacy and 24 units for the MS in Global Medicine.
Six units of MEDS elective units can be used toward the PharmD
elective requirement, and PHRD 503 and PHRD 504 substitute for
MEDS 503 and MEDS 504.
Program Adaptation
Because MEDS 503 and MEDS 504, core requirements for
the MS in Global Medicine program, cover the same material as
PHRD 503 and PHRD 504, the PharmD/Global Medicine dual
degree program substitutes PHRD 503 and PHRD 504 for MEDS
503 and MEDS 504 as core requirements for the dual degree.
Medicine (MD/PhD)
Departments and programs of the University of Southern
California and the California Institute of Technology participate
in the joint MD/PhD degree program administrated by the USC
Graduate School, the Keck School of Medicine and the California
Institute of Technology. This program integrates the medical school
curriculum with graduate curricula in the basic sciences, to provide
a unified course of study leading to both the MD and PhD degrees.
This program is especially designed to prepare highly qualified
students for careers in academic medicine and medical research.
Formal course work and dissertation research provide the student
with in-depth scientific preparation and research experience which
enhances the application of basic science information to the
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Conversely, the
PhD education becomes more meaningful because of its disease-
oriented emphasis.
The curriculum for MD/PhD students differs from that of PhD
graduate students in the basic sciences in that the former take
medical school courses as well as selected graduate level basic
science courses and specific courses designed for MD/PhD
students. The integrated training of the MD/PhD program enables
students to compress their total academic effort by applying
some course work toward the requirements of both degrees. On
average, completion of the combined program requires a total of
eight years.
The following graduate programs from the Keck School of
Medicine participate in the MD/PhD program:
Cancer Biology and Genomics
Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Medical Biology
Molecular Structure and Signaling
Biological Sciences/Neurosciences, Molecular and
Computational Biology
Engineering
Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics, Epidemiology, IPR/Health
Behavior, Molecular Epidemiology)
Selected graduate programs from the USC Viterbi School of
Engineering and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences also participate in the combined degree program.
Time limits for qualifying examinations and other procedures are
determined by considering MD/PhD students as medical students
for the periods when they are following the medical curriculum
and as full-time graduate students during their years of graduate
research prior to advancement to the Junior/Senior Continuum.
MD/PhD candidates have the option of pursuing a laboratory
experience before beginning the Year I medical curriculum through
a laboratory rotation at either USC or the California Institute of
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Technology. This laboratory experience is strongly encouraged
although not required.
During the first two years of their program, MD/PhD students
follow the medical school curriculum and gain added exposure
to research faculty through a special survey course. Students
are guided by the MD/PhD executive committee, which outlines
the integration of the graduate program with the medical school
curriculum and serves as the students' liaison until they have
selected a graduate program and graduate research adviser. The
graduate programs vary widely in the extent to which they allow
credit toward the PhD for courses taken during the first two years
of medical school. MD/PhD students are encouraged to select a
graduate program by early spring of the second year of medical
school. Students are required to apply for admission to the PhD
program of their choice by the recommended deadline on the
graduate application.
Prior to entering PhD studies, the Keck School of Medicine
allows MD/PhD candidates the option of beginning their clinical
training by taking a clinical clerkship. This can provide an early
introduction to clinical medicine and a context for integration with
the basic sciences of the thesis years.
Beginning with the third year of the MD/PhD program, students
enter their selected program as full-time graduate students.
Although the content of graduate courses required of MD/PhD
students is generally identical to that required of PhD students
in the same graduate program, MD/PhD students are permitted
greater latitude in the scheduling of their graduate courses. Four
years are commonly necessary to fulfill requirements for the PhD,
including course work, qualifying examinations, independent
dissertation research, and writing of the dissertation.
After completion of the graduate program, the student is
advanced to the Junior/Senior Continuum and completes the
final two years of clinical training required by the medical school
curriculum. No portion of clinical training is deleted from the
joint program. Prior to beginning the clinical component of the
joint degree, students will be expected to participate in a clinical
shadowing experience, which could be done throughout the PhD
studies or as part of an intensive program prior to entering the
clinic. MD/PhD students are also required to complete a four-week
ambulatory medicine elective upon return to the year 3 curriculum.
Keck School of Medicine-Caltech MD/PhD
Program
A joint program between the Keck School of Medicine and the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was established for
the granting of the MD/PhD degree. Students do their preclinical
and clinical work at the Keck School of Medicine and their PhD
work with any member of the Caltech faculty, including the
biology, chemistry, engineering, applied sciences divisions and
interdisciplinary programs divisions.
Admission to this joint program is made through the usual Keck/
USC MD/PhD process. All applicants are interviewed at Keck
School of Medicine and Caltech. Matriculated students in this
program have the option of doing their PhD at USC or Caltech.
The MD degree will be awarded from the Keck School of Medicine
and the PhD from Caltech.
Further information about the MD/PhD program at the Keck
School of Medicine may be obtained by contacting: MD/PhD
Program, Keck School of Medicine, 1975 Zonal Avenue (KAM
108), Los Angeles, CA 90089-9023; (323) 442-2965, FAX: (323)
442-0386; email [email protected].
Graduate Certificate
Academic Medicine Certificate
University Certificate Programs
Academic Medicine Certificate
Students who do not wish to pursue a Master of Academic
Medicine degree at this point may earn a university certificate in
Academic Medicine. The certificate requires 12 units of course
work. Each learner may only seek a single certificate. There
are two options available, the Teaching/Learning Track and the
Leadership Track. The teaching learning track provides graduates
with the essential principles of teaching and learning needed to
integrate leaning principles, teaching techniques and assessment
methods within the health professions to effectively teach health
professions' learners at all levels: undergraduate, graduate and
continuing education. The leadership track is designed to prepare
those in academic medicine for leadership positions, for example
assistant/associate dean, program director (including assistant
or associate), designated institutional officer and associate or
vice chair for education. After completion of the certificate, if a
learner decides to go on to pursue a Master of Academic Medicine
(MACM) degree all 12 units of the certificate can be applied to the
MACM degree.
All students begin with the core course: ACMD 501 (Introduction
to Academic Medicine Worldwide, 3 units). Students then take
two required courses (6 units) related to their selected track. Each
student completes the 12-unit certificate with 3 units of elective
course work from the courses available within the Master of
Academic Medicine program. All courses should be selected with
the approval of the learner's adviser.
Academic Medicine Certificate (all learners)
All certificate students are required to take the core course.
• ACMD 501 Introduction to Academic Medicine Worldwide
Units: 3
Teaching/Learning Track
Students in the Teaching/Learning track must select two of the
three courses below (6 units).
• ACMD 511 Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health
I Units: 3
• ACMD 512 Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health
II Units: 3
• ACMD 513 Professionalism in Academic Medicine and
Health Units: 3
Leadership Track
Students in the Leadership track must take the two courses listed
below to provide core skills in leadership (6 units).
• ACMD 502 Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine
Worldwide Units: 3
• ACMD 503 Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers
Units: 3
Elective
All certificate students are required to take 3 units of elective
course work from the courses available within the Master of
Academic Medicine program. All courses should be selected with
the approval of the learner's adviser.
Clinical, Biomedical and Translational
Investigations Certificate
Students who do not wish to pursue an MS degree may earn
a university certificate in clinical, biomedical, and translational
investigations. The certificate program requires 12 didactic credits
and a minimum of six months ( PM 590 Directed Research 3 units)
of practical experience working on a research project approved by
the faculty mentor and co-directors.
Community Health Promotion Certificate
The online graduate certificate in Community Health Promotion
provides training in key theories and techniques in community
health promotion. This training is aimed at working professionals
coming from a variety of backgrounds who wish to advance their
knowledge and skills in community health promotion, such as
public health administrators, physicians, nurses, clinical research
professionals and policy analysts, among others. It is also an
excellent starting point for those interested in public health.
Participants will be introduced to key theories and techniques
for community health promotion, the specifics of intervention
development and delivery and how these might vary across
settings, behaviors and strategies, and techniques and strategies,
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used to successfully organize and mobilize communities for better
health. Courses are taken online through the Keck School of
Medicine for a total of 12 units. The program can be completed in
as few as three semesters or over the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
This certificate program can serve as a possible “stepping
stone” toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of “B” or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does
not automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program. Also
note that students enrolled in the Community Health Promotion
concentration of the MPH program are not eligible.
The certificate in Community Health Promotion is also open to
students who are currently enrolled in another graduate program
at USC and are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA. These students
only need to submit the appropriate paperwork, which may be
obtained from the student services adviser, and pay associated
tuition costs for adding the certificate program.
Required Courses
The following courses are required to earn the certificate (12 units
total).
• PM 501 Foundations in Health Education and Promotion
Units: 4
• PM 562 Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Units: 4
• PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Public
Health Units: 4
Epidemiology Certificate
This online graduate certificate in Epidemiology provides
training in key concepts and skills in epidemiology. This training
is aimed at working professionals coming from a variety of
backgrounds who wish to advance their knowledge and skills in
epidemiology, such as public health administrators, physicians,
nurses, clinical research professionals, health educators and
policy analysts, among others. It is also an excellent starting point
for those interested in public health. Participants will be introduced
to key concepts and skills in epidemiology, how to investigate
the epidemiology of a specific disease or other health-related
phenomenon, how to critically evaluate population-based research
studies designed to test health-related hypotheses, with advanced
training in both infectious and chronic disease epidemiology.
Courses are taken online through the Keck School of Medicine
for a total of 12 units. The program can be completed in as few as
three semesters or over the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
This certificate program can serve as a possible "stepping
stone" toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of "B" or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does
not automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program. Also
note that students enrolled in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology
concentration of the MPH program are not eligible.
The certificate in Epidemiology is also open to students who
are currently enrolled in another graduate program at USC and
are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA. These students only need to
submit the appropriate paperwork, which may be obtained from
the student services adviser, and pay associated tuition costs for
adding the certificate program.
Required Courses
The following courses are required to earn the certificate
(12 units).
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
• PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Units: 4
Global Health and Human Rights Leadership
Graduate Certificate
The online certitifcate in Global Health and Human Rights
Leadership provides interdisciplinary leadership training in key
aspects of global health, human rights, law, management and
leadership for global health professionals. Training is aimed at
professionals in or seeking leadership positions in health, including
within the private non-profit and public sectors. Participants
are introduced to key concepts and trends in global health, the
application of human rights to health, management and leadership
skills in public health and how to develop compliance programs.
Courses are taken online through both the Keck School of
Medicine (12 units) and the Gould School of Law (2 units) for a
total of 14 units. The program can be completed in as few as three
semesters or over the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
This certificate program can serve as a possible “stepping
stone” toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of “B” or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does not
automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program.
The certificate in Global Health and Human Rights Leadership
is also open to students who are currently enrolled in another
graduate program at USC and are in good standing with a
3.0 GPA. These students only need to submit the appropriate
paperwork, which may be obtained from the student services
adviser, and pay associated tuition costs for adding the certificate
program.
Required Courses
Students are required to complete the following courses for the
certificate program (14 units total).
• LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance Units: 2, 3
(2 units required)
• PM 564 Public Health Leadership and Management Units: 4
• PM 565 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human Rights: Concepts
and Methods Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
(4 units required)
Global Health Communications Graduate
Certificate
The online graduate certificate in Global Health
Communications provides interdisciplinary training in key aspects
of global public health and communications for public health
professionals. Training is aimed at professionals in or seeking
communications or public relations positions in health, including
within the private non-profit and public sectors. Participants will
be introduced to key trends in global health and the application of
communications theories, strategies and methodologies to improve
global public health. Courses are taken online through both the
Keck School of Medicine (8 units) and the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism (4 units) for a total of 12 units. The
program can be completed in as few as three semesters or over
the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
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This certificate program can serve as a possible "stepping
stone" toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of "B" or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does not
automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program.
The certificate in Global Health Communications is also open to
students who are currently enrolled in another graduate program
at USC and are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA. These students
only need to submit the appropriate paperwork, which may be
obtained from the student services adviser, and pay associated
tuition costs for adding the certificate program.
Required Courses
Students must complete the following courses for the certificate
(12 units total).
• CMGT 510 Communication, Values, Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4
• PM 526 Communications in Public Health Units: 4
• PM 565 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
Global Medicine Graduate Certificate
The certificate program in global medicine is for students
who do not wish to pursue a Master of Science degree in global
medicine, but hope to pursue or expand careers in global health
care. Students will study current topics in global health and health
care, and will have a strong grounding in cultural competence,
specific diseases and creating and implementing health
interventions in developing countries.
Students take 16 units of graduate course work that may not
be used or have been used for any other degree or certificate
program. These units include one core class and 12 units of
electives, as follows:
Core Course (4 units)
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
Elective Courses (12 units)
Students will take 12 units of electives, chosen in consultation with
their adviser, from among all MEDS courses numbered 510 or
above.
Pain Medicine Certificate
The online Certificate in Pain Medicine is a program with a
total seven courses (12 academic units), specifically designed for
the practicing professional who wants to improve skills and gain
expertise to deliver the best care for patients with complex pain
conditions. The curriculum is designed with a series of didactic
courses in which students will gain knowledge about the diagnosis,
pathobiology and management of pain conditions. The goal of
this one-year certificate program is to give practicing health care
providers didactic, and evidence-based education in the field of
Pain Medicine.
The students participate in weekly live online sessions with
faculty and other program students, ensuring a collaborative
and social learning experience. There are two-three courses per
trimester, with two-four streaming video lectures for viewing each
week. After each video lecture students complete an associated
online quiz (comprising multiple choice, short answer or fill-in
questions).
Course List
• PAIN 701 Pharmacotherapeutics for Pain Units: 2
• PAIN 702 Pain Classification and Diagnosis - Part 1 Units: 2
• PAIN 703 Psychological Aspects of the Pain Experience:
Individual and Units: 2
• PAIN 704 Pain and Society: Epidemiology and Cultural
issues Units: 1
• PAIN 705 Pain Assessment: History and Physical
Examination Units: 1
• PAIN 706 Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Pathology Units: 2
• PAIN 707 Pain Neuroscience Units: 2
Pain Science Certificate
The certificate program in Pain Science is a program with eight
courses (12 academic units), specifically designed for the non-
clinical professional who wants to improve skills and gain expertise
in the field of chronic pain.
Pain Sciences Courses
The Certificate requires completion of all courses:
• PAIN 702 Pain Classification and Diagnosis - Part 1 Units: 2
• PAIN 703 Psychological Aspects of the Pain Experience:
Individual and Units: 2
• PAIN 704 Pain and Society: Epidemiology and Cultural
issues Units: 1
• PAIN 714 Public Policy and Legal issues Units: 1
• PAIN 715 History of Pain: Theory and Treatment Units: 1
• PAIN 717 Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain Units: 2
• PAIN 718 Complementary Approaches Units: 2
• PAIN 720 Physical and Occupational Therapies Units: 1
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for
Global Health and Development Graduate
Certificate
This online graduate certificate in Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation for Global Health and Development provides training in
key aspects and methodologies for program planning, monitoring
and evaluation for global health and development. This training
is aimed at professionals in or seeking program planning and
evaluation positions in global health and/or development, in
both private non-profit and public institutions, such as ministries
of health, United Nations agencies, and non-government
organizations. Courses are taken online through the Keck School
of Medicine for a total of 12 units. The program can be completed
in as few as three semesters or over the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
This certificate program can serve as a possible “stepping
stone” toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of “B” or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does not
automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program.
The certificate in Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for
Global Health and Development is also open to students who are
currently enrolled in another graduate program at USC and are
in good standing with a 3.0 GPA. These students only need to
submit the appropriate paperwork, which may be obtained from
the student services adviser, and pay associated tuition costs for
adding the certificate program.
Required Courses
Students must complete the following courses for the certificate
(12 units total).
• PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation Units: 4
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
• PM 576 Global Health Research and Programs Units: 4
Project Management in Global Health and
Development Graduate Certificate
The online certificate in Project Management in Global Health
and Development provides training in key aspects of management
for global health and development professionals. It is aimed at
professionals in or seeking management positions in health or
international development, including within the private non-profit
and public sectors. Participants are introduced to key concepts
and skills in management from the project to the program to the
organizational level. Courses are taken online through both the
Keck School of Medicine (8 units) and Bovard College (4 units)
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for a total of 12 units. The program can be completed in as few as
three semesters or over the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
This certificate program can serve as a possible “stepping
stone” toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of “B” or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does not
automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program.
The certificate in Project Management in Global Health and
Development is also open to students who are currently enrolled in
another graduate program at USC and are in good standing with
a 3.0 GPA. These students only need to submit the appropriate
paperwork, which may be obtained from the student services
adviser, and pay associated tuition costs for adding the certificate
program
Required Courses
The following courses must be completed for the certificate (12
units total).
• PJMT 500 Principles of Project Management Units: 2
• PJMT 535 Specialized Project Management Units: 2
• PM 564 Public Health Leadership and Management Units: 4
• PM 576 Global Health Research and Programs Units: 4
Spatial Sciences for Global Health Graduate
Certificate
The online certificate in Spatial Sciences for Global Health
provides interdisciplinary training in key aspects of global public
health and spatial sciences methodologies that can be used to
improve public health. Training is aimed at professionals in or
seeking data analyst positions in public health, including within the
private and public sectors, such as government agencies, United
Nations agencies, consulting firms and research institutions.
Participants will be introduced to key trends in global health, core
concepts and methods of planning and implementing health-
related research and programs in resource-constrained settings,
and the application of spatial sciences concepts, methodologies
and software programs that can be used to address global public
health challenges. Online courses are taken through the Keck
School of Medicine (8 units) and the Spatial Sciences Institute at
USC Dornsife College (8 units). The program can be completed in
as few as three semesters or over the course of three years.
Applicants for the certificate must make a formal application for
admission to the certificate program and provide transcripts of all
undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (if applicable), a
resume and a statement of purpose. The GRE is not required.
This certificate program can serve as a possible “stepping
stone” toward the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program.
Up to 12 units may be applied toward both the certificate and
the core or electives in the MPH. Note that students must apply
and be admitted to the MPH program and must earn a grade
of “B” or better in a course to be eligible to transfer that course
toward the degree program. Completion of the certificate does not
automatically guarantee admission to the MPH program.
The certificate in Spatial Sciences for Global Health is also open
to students who are currently enrolled in another graduate program
at USC and are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA. These students
only need to submit the appropriate paperwork, which may be
obtained from the student services adviser, and pay associated
tuition costs for adding the certificate program.
Required Courses
Students must complete the following courses for the certificate
(16 units total).
• PM 565 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• PM 576 Global Health Research and Programs Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Certificate
The certificate program is designed for current students in
the Master of Science in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine program at USC, who have completed the requirements
for the MS degree and wish to complete a second year of study
including an independent research project. Graduates from
other programs and other institutions both inside and outside
the U.S., who desire advanced training in this field may also be
considered for admission. A smaller number of students may
come from nontraditional backgrounds (business, legal, etc.) and
seek specific training in this discipline in order to advance specific
career paths in which they are already employed. All students are
expected to already have completed undergraduate courses in cell
and molecular biology.
Stem cell biology is one of the newest and most powerful
approaches in biomedical science; it offers the opportunity
to experimentally approach previously intractable biological
questions, create models of human disease and develop cell-
based therapeutics. This one-year program will give students a
solid understanding of the scientific and clinical underpinnings of
stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
Students completing this program will be well positioned
to proceed to medical or PhD programs, find laboratory
or administrative employment in the growing stem cell
pharmaceutical domain, or engage in public policy or regulatory
administration of academic, clinical or business efforts in this
expanding discipline.
California is globally recognized as the worldwide center of stem
cell science, and USC has invested significantly in building the
new Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, within which this certificate
program is based and administered.
Degree Requirements
Graduation requires completion of 16 units according to the
course schedule outlined below. None of these courses may be
substituted or waived. This program is intended to be completed
within one academic year, and does not include a requirement for
a thesis.
• DSR 574 Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar
Series Units: 1
• DSR 610 Current Topics in Regenerative Medicine Units: 1
• DSR 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell Biology and
Organogenesis Units: 1
• SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series Units: 2
• SCRM 590 Independent Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Note:
DSR 574 (1 unit) and SCRM 580 (2 units) must be taken twice for
a total of 6 units. SCRM 590 (1-4 units) must be taken twice for a
total of 8 units.
Translation and Entrepreneurship in
Biomedical Sciences Certificate
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
1450 Biggy Street, NRT 2508
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9601
(323) 865-1591
Fax: (323) 442-2490
Email: [email protected]
dtg.usc.edu
Program Director: Carol S. Lin, PhD, MAE
keck.usc.edu/translational-genomics/
dtg.usc.edu/education/translation_entrepreneurship
Keck School of Medicine Department of Translational Genomics
offers a Graduate Certificate in Translation and Entrepreneurship
in Biomedical Sciences (TEBS). This program combines a unique
curriculum and distinctive practical training to enable students who
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already have advanced biosciences training to gain familiarity with
drug and device development from the initial discovery process,
e.g., translation; the regulatory framework; the processes involved
in management of private and public capital to develop growing
markets, and the economics, business, and law terminologies
important in navigation of the commercialization process.
Program Summary
The certificate program in TEBS is for students who wish to
expand career options in the biotechnology or biomedical sciences
industry, adding to their existing advanced graduate degree
training.
Students in the program will gain an understanding of
• The role of scientific discovery in the development of new
therapies
• The process of moving inventions from a university to a
commercial entity and finally to the marketplace
• The regulatory environment that impacts novel therapies
• Investment in new discoveries, and the sources of capital
needed to commercialize new treatments
• The legal processes that govern biomedical invention and
translation to commercialization
The program is ideal for postdoctoral researchers, PhD students
and clinician scientist scholars who
• Aspire toward an academic career with a strong translational
component
• Seek to become entrepreneurs
• Seek a career in a start-up company in the life sciences
• Aspire towards a career in small to large pharma or biotech
companies.
Or, for professionals in management, investment, regulatory
affairs or law in the biotechnology industry with a strong
background in the biomedical sciences and who wish to get a
deeper understanding of the commercialization process and how it
links to scientific discoveries.
Admission
Admissions requirements include a strong graduate
preparation in biological sciences. Examples of this include
appointment as a postdoctoral fellow with a PhD degree in a
relevant topic, appointment as a clinician scientist as a faculty,
resident or fellow with relevant basic science preparation, and/or
acquisition of relevant course work in the PhD program consistent
commensurate with that required for advancement to candidacy.
Applicants must also supply a statement of purpose and two
letters of recommendation from evaluators qualified to assess their
potential for graduate level course work. Please visit the program
Website for additional information on admission and application
procedures.
Advisement
The program requires that students meet with an academic
adviser of the program each semester prior to registration.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
A minimum of 14 units of course work from the TEBS curriculum
is required for the completion of certificate program.
Required (12 units)
• TRGN 537 Pathway and Target Discovery Units: 4
• TRGN 543 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization I Units: 2
• TRGN 546 Biotechnology Intellectual Property, Regulatory,
and Corporate Law Units: 2
• TRGN 548 Seminar in Translation and Entrepreneurship in
Biomedical Sciences Units: 1 * (2 units required)
• TRGN 549 Translation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical
Science Capstone Project Units: 2
Elective (2 units)
Select 2 units at the graduate level with academic adviser
approval. Options may include the courses below.
• BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization Units: 3
• BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in Innovative Industries: Life
Sciences Units: 1.5
• TRGN 544 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization II Units: 2
• TRGN 550 Communicating Science: Writing Units: 1
• TRGN 551 Communicating Science: Speaking Units: 1
Translational Biotechnology Certificate
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
1450 Biggy Street, NRT 2508
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9601
(323) 865-1591
Fax: (323) 442-2490
Email: [email protected]
dtg.usc.edu
Program Director: Carol S. Lin, PhD, MAE
keck.usc.edu/translational-biotechnology-program/
dtg.usc.edu/education/translational_biotechnology
Keck School of Medicine Department of Translational Genomics
offers a Graduate Certificate in Translational Biotechnology. This
program combines a unique curriculum and distinctive practical
training that exposes students to biotechnology and its applications
in translating genomic and molecular insights into developing novel
therapies and precision medicine. Drawing strength from the Keck
School of Medicine faculty's education, research, and practice
expertise, this program educates students on approaches used
in the academic research, biotechnology and medical sciences
industries.
Program Summary
The certificate program in Translational Biotechnology is for
students who wish to expand career options in the biotechnology
or biomedical sciences industry, but do not wish to pursue a
graduate degree.
Students in this program will augment their current background
with additional knowledge of:
• the science of human diseases and their interventions
• the role of biotechnology in developing new therapies and
precision medicine
• the scope of issues and decisions faced by collaborating
basic and clinical researchers in the bench-to-bedside
process
• the regulatory framework that impacts the use of new
interventions
• the private and public capital that develop the growing
biotechnology and biomedical markets.
The program is ideal for
• Professionals in management, investment, regulatory
affairs or law in the biotechnology industry, to extend their
knowledge of the science behind this industry, enabling them
to make better decisions regarding this rapidly developing
technology.
• Current graduate students, to learn translational
biotechnology in addition to their own field of concentration.
• Students with a moderate biology background, to extend their
course work in biotechnology and therapeutic discovery and
development.
• Students interested in doctoral programs or professional
degree programs, to build a strong foundation in
biotechnology prior to applying to their top programs of study.
Admission
Admission requirements include a minimum GPA of 3.0 and
an undergraduate major in biological sciences, or at least six
bioscience courses in the molecular, cellular, genetics and
biochemistry topics.
Applicants must also supply a statement of purpose and three
letters of recommendation from evaluators qualified to assess their
potential for graduate-level course work. Please visit the program
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Website for additional information on admission and application
procedures.
Advisement
The program requires that students meet with an academic
adviser of the program each semester prior to registration.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on
academic probation. Students on academic probation who do not
raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters of written notification of
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
A minimum of 14 units of course work from Translational
Biotechnology curriculum is required for completion of certificate
program.
Core (Required, 6 units)
Student with strong background may substitute core with other
appropriate courses, with permission of the program director.
• TRGN 537 Pathway and Target Discovery Units: 4
• TRGN 543 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization I Units: 2
Electives (8 units)
Choose from below as well as other courses available within
the Translational Biotechnology program. All courses should be
selected with the approval of the student's academic adviser.
• TRGN 536 Biotechnology Primer Units: 4
• TRGN 538 Seminar in Translational Biotechnology Units: 2
• TRGN 539 Translational Biotechnology Practicum Units: 2,
3, 4
• TRGN 542 Biotechnology-based Therapeutics Units: 2
• TRGN 544 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization II Units: 2
• TRGN 545 Exploring Chemical and Biological Therapeutic
Modalities Units: 2
Doctoral Degree
Biostatistics (PhD)
The department offers a degree program leading to the PhD in
Biostatistics. The program is designed to produce biostatisticians
who will have in-depth knowledge of statistical theory and
methodology and the ability to apply this knowledge creatively
to statistical problems in the biological and health sciences.
All students will enroll in a set of core courses that cover both
biostatistical theory and applications. Students will then choose
from one of four tracks that will allow them to develop expertise in
a specific area. The available tracks are: (1) biostatistics theory;
(2) statistical genetics; (3) environmental statistics; (4) clinical
trials.
Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units of graduate study is required for the PhD
degree; a maximum of 19 of these units may be from research and
dissertation. In preparation for the qualifying examination, students
are required to take all remaining core and track-specific courses.
Screening Procedure
In preparation for the screening examination, all students
must take four core courses: PM 511a, PM 511b and PM 522a,
PM 522b. A student failing the screening examination will either
terminate or will terminate with the MS degree upon completion of
an acceptable thesis.
Qualifying Exam Committee
A formal qualifying exam committee will consist of at least five
faculty members. The committee chair and at least two additional
members must be affiliated with the student's program. At least
three members of the committee must be tenured or tenure track.
Qualifying Examination
The written portion of the qualifying examination will comprise
testing on track-specific course content and focus on the student's
dissertation topic. An oral examination will ascertain the student's
competence in orally communicating this knowledge. Students
must pass the written portions and the oral portions in order to
pass the qualifying examination.
Annual Research Appraisal (ARA)
Beginning in the second year, each student must register for PM
610 (1 unit) and present an annual progress report to the program
oversight committee. Once a dissertation topic has been selected,
the annual progress report is presented to the student's qualifying
exam committee. Once the student has passed the qualifying
examination and is appointed to candidacy, the annual progress
report is presented to the student's dissertation committee. The
student will meet annually with the dissertation committee, until
he or she graduates from the program. The oral portion of the
screening examination as well as the qualifying examination and
the defense examination will count as ARAs.
Dissertation and Oral Defense
Upon passing the qualifying examination the PhD candidate
and his or her chair will recommend a three-member dissertation
committee. The dissertation should be completed within two
years and should be oriented toward a theoretical-methodological
application to a problem area in the biological or health sciences.
The oral defense is based on a rough draft or final version of
the dissertation. The defense is administered by the dissertation
committee, with other faculty invited to attend.
Prerequisite
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
Required Courses for All Tracks (Screening
Exam Courses)
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 522a Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 522b Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
Recommended Courses: All Tracks
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 520L Advanced Statistical Computing Units: 3
• PM 610 Seminar in Biostatistics and Epidemiology Units: 1
Recommended Courses: Biostatistics Theory
Track
• PM 513 Experimental Designs Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 518b Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
Recommended Courses: Statistics Genetics
Track
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
Recommended Courses: Environmental
Statistics Track
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 518b Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods,
and Practice Units: 4
• PM 575 Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3
Recommended Courses: Clinical Trials Track
• PM 513 Experimental Designs Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
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Elective Courses
• BISC 502a Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Units: 4
• BISC 505 Genomics and Molecular Genetics Units: 4
• CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language Processing Units: 4
• CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
• CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
• CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
• CSCI 573 Probabilistic Reasoning Units: 3
• CSCI 585 Database Systems Units: 4
• CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management Units: 4
• CSCI 653 High Performance Computing and Simulations
Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• INTD 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• INTD 577 Writing in the Biomedical and Biological Sciences
Units: 1
• MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and Computation Units: 3
• MATH 505a Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 505b Applied Probability Units: 3
• MATH 507a Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 507b Theory of Probability Units: 3
• MATH 509 Stochastic Differential Equations Units: 3
• MATH 520 Complex Analysis Units: 3
• MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 542 Analysis of Variance and Design Units: 3
• MATH 543 Nonparametric Statistics Units: 3
• MATH 545 Introduction to Time Series Units: 3
• MATH 547 Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Learning
Theory Units: 3
• MATH 548 Sequential Analysis Units: 3
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 513 Experimental Designs Units: 3
• PM 516a Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 516b Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517b Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 518b Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 520L Advanced Statistical Computing Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
• PM 542 Social Network Analysis Units: 4
• PM 544L Multivariate Analysis Units: 3
• PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics Units: 4
• PM 551 Statistical Methods in Genome-Wide Association
Studies Units: 3
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
• PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods,
and Practice Units: 4
• PM 565 Introduction to Global Health Units: 4
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 575 Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
• PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health Sciences Units: 4
• PM 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• PM 603 Structural Equation Modeling Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 605 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Units: 4
• PM 610 Seminar in Biostatistics and Epidemiology Units: 1
• PM 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• PMEP 547 Programming Methods for Empirical Analysis of
Health Data Units: 4
• QBIO 478 Computational Genome Analysis Units: 4
• QBIO 577 Computational Molecular Biology Laboratory
Units: 2
• QBIO 578a Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
• QBIO 578b Computational Molecular Biology Units: 3
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
Cancer Biology and Genomics (PhD)
The PhD program in Cancer Biology and Genomics (CBG)
focuses on training investigators in strategies to understand
the mechanisms of cancer development and progression which
includes cell biological and genomic approaches. The ultimate
objective is to translate basic findings into diagnostics, treatments
and ultimate cures. The program applies a multidisciplinary
approach toward these goals, with the full realization that
cancers in different organs represent different diseases. However
all cancers relate to uncontrolled cell proliferation with many
cancers having a strong genetic predisposition. Consequently,
major features of this program include the breadth of medically
related interests and training and faculty characterized by wide
and varied skills in many cancer-related research areas. To
facilitate the application of multidisciplinary approaches to make
cancer a disease of the past, close and regular contact between
participating faculty of different disciplines and students is a major
theme of this PhD program.
Cancer Biology and Genomics students are required to take
CBG 580 and CBG 504 and must complete a total of 4 units from
the following: INTD 549, INTD 685, MPTX 500, PM 512, PM 517a,
PM 517b, PM 533*, PM 534*, PM 570*, PM 579, PM 599, TRGN
510, TRGN 514, TRGN 515 or other courses approved by the
academic adviser. In the second year, students are required to
register for CBG 580 in the fall and spring semesters. In the third
and subsequent years, students should register for INTD 600
every fall and spring semester. In addition, students are required to
complete at least 4 units of CBG 794a Doctoral Dissertation, CBG
794b Doctoral Dissertation.
PhD students must supplement course work by registering for
CBG 790 Research during the fall, spring, and summer semesters
as needed to complete the minimum 60 units required for the PhD
program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in Cancer
Biology and Genomics, students must adhere to the unit/course
requirements, guidance committee and dissertation committee
guidelines and must complete the qualifying examination, annual
research appraisal, and dissertation and oral defense as outlined
in the sections following the descriptions of the PhD programs.
Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative
Medicine (PhD)
The goal of the PhD program in Development, Stem Cells,
and Regenerative Medicine is to train the next generation of
investigators in the history and practice of developmental and stem
cell biology. The ultimate aim is to understand how the genomes
of animals are translated into complex morphological forms, and
to apply this basic knowledge to the emerging field of regenerative
medicine. Close and regular contact between participating faculty
of different disciplines and students is expected to facilitate the
application of multidisciplinary approaches toward regenerative
medicine.
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Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine students
are required to complete DSR 542 and at least 2 units from
the following: DSR 610, DSR 620, INTD 504 or other courses
approved by the faculty adviser. In the second and subsequent
years, students are required to register in DSR 574 every fall and
spring semester. In addition, students are required to complete
at least 4 units of DSR 794a Doctoral Dissertation, DSR 794b
Doctoral Dissertation.
PhD students must supplement course work by registering for
DSR 790 Research during the fall, spring and summer semesters
as needed to complete the minimum 60 units required for the PhD
program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in Development,
Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine, students must adhere to
the unit/course requirements, guidance committee and dissertation
committee guidelines and must complete the qualifying
examination, annual research appraisal, and dissertation and oral
defense as outlined in the sections following the descriptions of the
PhD programs.
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
The USC Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice offers a
concentrated academic and comprehensive clinical curriculum.
Nurse Anesthesia Residents develop their clinical acumen and
advanced skills through mandatory and specialty rotations in
general surgery, cardiothoracic, neurosurgical, genitourinary,
gynecologic, head and neck, plastic, orthopedic, trauma,
obstetrics, pediatric and ambulatory outpatient procedures as
well as experience in regional anesthesia, pain management,
trauma, emergency airway response, and independent practice
settings. The program aims to graduate full-service anesthesia
professionals who competently provide expert care across diverse
populations and to underserved communities. The program
consists of 80 units and is completed in 36 months of continuous
enrollment (nine semesters).
This professional doctoral program includes the essentials for
doctoral education from the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing and the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia
Educational Programs. Core science courses in anatomy,
physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and principles of
nurse anesthesia complement the clinical nurse anesthesia
residency. In addition, the student will discuss and synthesize
current policies of the complex health care ecosystem, review
principles of population health, explore health technology
advances, and complete an extensive research project inclusive
of translating science into practice. High fidelity simulation is
incorporated into the curriculum to enhance student learning and
clinical assimilation through skills workshops and communication,
leadership, and critical thinking.
Academic and Scientific Prerequisites
Program prerequisites include appropriate undergraduate
course work in biology, anatomy, physiology, inorganic chemistry,
organic chemistry, biochemistry, introductory physics, statistics,
health assessment and English composition. A minimum of two
years of critical care profession nursing experience in a high acuity
setting by matriculation and a quality shadow experience with a
certified registered nurse or physician anesthesiologist. Licensure
as a registered nurse in California and current BLS, ACLS and
PALS certifications are required prior to enrollment.
Computer Skill Requirements
During the program, students must have a personal computer
or notebook with Internet access. The primary mode of program
communication is email, Slack and the Blackboard learning
platform. Email, Slack and Blackboard accounts are provided by
the University to all enrolled students.
Advisement
Prospective students should review the Program website for
dates of live information sessions and additional details regarding
admission requirements.
Admission
General requirements for admission include graduation from
an accredited school of nursing, a baccalaureate degree in
nursing or a related field from a regionally-accredited university or
college, a minimum of two years of critical care nursing experience
(surgical, medical, neurosurgical, trauma, pediatric or neonatal
are accepted) as a registered nurse by matriculation, a cumulative
undergraduate GPA of 3.0, or higher, on a scale of 4.0, Graduate
Record Examinations, completion of university and program
supplemental applications, current licensure as a registered
nurse, completion of shadow verification form, submission of two
statement of purpose questions, a professional resume and three
letters of recommendation.
Competitive applicants will be interviewed and must articulate
their reasons for pursuing this educational opportunity and
demonstrate an acceptable understanding of the role and
responsibilities of a certified registered nurse anesthesiologist.
Selections are made objectively on the basis of the formal
interview and consideration of a variety of factors that
include previous academic performance, clinical experience,
professionalism, and emotional intelligence.
Admission procedures follow the information in the USC
Graduate School section of this catalogue. Admission standards
for the USC nurse anesthesia program are established jointly by
the Keck School of Medicine, the USC Graduate School, and the
Department of Anesthesiology. Interested students should apply
online at gradadm.usc.edu. Additional admissions requirements
and the program-specific supplemental application can be
obtained from the nurse anesthesia program website.
Degree Requirements
The program consists of a minimum of 80 units (including
academic and clinical courses, the doctoral capstone project, and
successful completion of several high-stake examinations). The
program is completed in 36 months of continuous enrollment (nine
semesters).
Academic Courses
• ANST 501 Advanced Pharmacology of Anesthesia Practice
I Units: 4
• ANST 502 Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Units: 4
• ANST 503 Advanced Pharmacology of Anesthesia Practice
II Units: 4
• ANST 504 Advanced Pathophysiology Related to Anesthesia
Practice Units: 4
• ANST 506 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Units: 4
• ANST 508 Research: Investigative Inquiry Units: 3
• ANST 601 Professional Integration to the Clinical
Environment Units: 2
• ANST 602 Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 3
• ANST 604 Healthcare Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
Units: 3
• ANST 608 Advanced Clinical Anatomy for Nurse Anesthesia
Practice Units: 2
• ANST 609 Advanced Health Assessment Units: 3
• ANST 610 Advanced Physiology for Nurse Anesthesia
Practice Units: 4
• ANST 611 Leadership and Collaborative Practice Units: 3
• ANST 613 Clinician-Technology Interface Units: 3
• ANST 631 Clinical Synthesis I Units: 2
• ANST 632 Clinical Synthesis II Units: 2
• ANST 633 Clinical Synthesis III Units: 2
• ANST 634 Clinical Synthesis IV Units: 2
• ANST 651 PeriOperative Evaluation and Management I
Units: 3
• ANST 652 PeriOperative Evaluation and Management II
Units: 3
• ANST 691 The Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Essentials Units: 2
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• ANST 694a Doctoral Capstone Project Units: 2
• ANST 694b Doctoral Capstone Project Units: 2
• ANST 694c Doctoral Capstone Project Units: 2
Clinical Residency Courses
• ANST 614 Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia I Units: 2
• ANST 615 Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia II Units: 2
• ANST 616 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia
I Units: 2
• ANST 617 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia
II Units: 2
• ANST 618 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia
III Units: 2
• ANST 619 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia
IV Units: 3
Note
All students will take the Self-Evaluation Examination administered
by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse
Anesthetists (NBCRNA) in the sixth and eighth clinical semesters.
The program administration determines and certifies the
graduate's eligibility to take the National Certification Examination
administered by the NBCRNA, contingent upon successful
completion of all course work.
Epidemiology (PhD)
The department offers a degree leading to the PhD in
epidemiology. This program may be an extension of the applied
biostatistics and epidemiology MS program and is especially
aimed at persons with a strong background in medicine: in
particular, students enrolled in the MD program of the Keck School
of Medicine who wish to interrupt their MD studies after two years
to complete a PhD degree. This program is designed to produce
an epidemiologist with in-depth statistical skills. The program
requires a solid core of courses in methodological aspects of
statistics and in statistical thinking as applied to medicine, as well
as a solid grounding in epidemiological methods and in certain
medical disciplines.
Summary of course requirements:
Fourteen units of core course work are required in year 1 as
preparation for the screening exam (assuming students have
completed PM 510L and PM 512 or comparable classes from MS
training). Additional units of track-specific course work are required
in year 2 or after. A total of 60 units are required for completion,
which may be fulfilled by any approved electives, plus dissertation
research units. After passing the screening exam, all students
must enroll in at least two semesters of PM 610: Graduate
Seminar in Biostatistics. The first semester of PM 610 is typically
taken before the Qualifying Examination and the second semester
of PM 610 before the final dissertation defense.
Special Requirements: By the end of the first semester, the
student should have selected a faculty mentor who will verify the
student's readiness for the screening exam (e.g., have passed
the first semester's core courses and be registered for the second
semester's courses or have equivalent prior training) and must
sign the application for the screening exam. The mentor will also
work with the student to identify a suitable dissertation chair and
explore possible topics. Identification of the dissertation chair and
formation of the student's Qualifying Exam Committee is expected
to be done by the end of the second year.
Executive Committee: The Epidemiology Executive Education
Committee will review mentors, as well as approve changes
in the curriculum and qualifying exam. They will also ensure
that required courses are taught, will make decisions on which
electives are continued, added, or removed, and will work
with the course organizers to collect and summarize course
evaluations. Members of the Epidemiology Executive Education
Committee are represented on the Preventive Medicine Education
Committee, chaired by the Vice Chair for Education (currently Dr.
Richard Watanabe), which is charged with establishing general
department-wide policies.
Admissions Committee: The majority of applications
first come directly to the department and are reviewed by the
Epidemiology Admissions Committee. Candidates recommended
for admissions and funding are then presented to the KSOM
PhD Programs Committee for approval. Direct admissions to the
individual faculty member's research team are handled in the
same way, must meet the same standards and be approved by
the Epidemiology Admissions Committee. PIBBS students may
elect to join the Epidemiology PhD program, provided they have
done at least one rotation with an epidemiology faculty member
who agrees to support that student and the students acceptance is
approved by the Chair of the Epidemiology Admissions Committee.
Course Guidance or Advising Committee: The student will
decide along with his/her mentor and dissertation committee chair
which, if any, additional course work will be undertaken.
Qualifying Examination Committee: The student, in
consultation with his/her mentor, will nominate five faculty
members to serve on the Qualifying Examination Committee.
Three of the faculty must be from the Epidemiology Program
and one from another department (the "External Member"). The
Committee should reflect a diversity of expertise and typically will
include one member from a different division of the Department
of Preventive Medicine (e.g., one with subject-matter expertise in
the proposed application portion of the dissertation). The role of
the Qualifying Examination Committee is to guide the student on
development of an appropriate dissertation project, both in content
and time commitment, and to evaluate the student's knowledge
of the topic, epidemiological and biostatistical methodology, and
readiness for completing the dissertation research.
Dissertation Committee: The Dissertation Committee is
typically drawn from the membership of the Qualifying Examination
Committee and includes the student's primary mentor as chair,
an external member, and at least one other member of the
Epidemiology Division. All Qualifying Examination Committee
members may be retained if preferred by the student. The role
of the Dissertation Committee is to advise the doctoral student
on the research topic and methods, and then to review the final
completed dissertation for acceptance. Students are expected
to meet with the dissertation committee at least once per year to
discuss progress; more frequent meetings will typically be needed
as the student approaches the final defense of the dissertation.
Dissertation committee members are expected to read and
comment on a dissertation within 2 weeks from its submission. The
student and faculty will coordinate a time line for the student to
present the dissertation to the committee. This time line must allow
all dissertation committee members enough time to fulfill their
responsibilities within the two-week deadline.
Review of Membership in Faculty Mentorship:
Membership should be reviewed on a three-year cycle, with
one-third of the members reviewed each year. The main criteria
for membership are the existence of an active research program
related to epidemiologic research; evidence of outstanding past
mentoring; and participation in programmatic and/or teaching
activities. Members are expected to actively participate in teaching,
screening exams, qualifying exams, dissertation committees
and recruitment. Review of members will be conducted by the
Executive Committee. Mentors whose record reflects poor
academic performance, poor mentoring or poor participation will
be subject to non-renewal or to a probationary period in which
improvements in noted deficiencies must be demonstrated as a
condition of continuing membership.
Prerequisites:
As a condition of admission, students must hold a Master's
degree in a related discipline (e.g., mathematics, statistics,
epidemiology, public health) and have completed a Master's thesis.
Students entering the program with a relevant Master's degree
that does not require a thesis (e.g. Master of Public Health) will
be assigned an administrative or research mentor upon entering
the program who will evaluate their quantitative and writing skills
before the student takes the screening exam. All students are
required to pass the program screening examination before being
fully admitted as a doctoral student in the program. It is preferred
that all students admitted to the program have successfully
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completed a minimum of one class in epidemiology and one
class in biostatistics before entering the doctoral program. Some
students may be admitted to the program without meeting the
Master's program requirements (e.g., if they have strong research
background and clear evidence of ability in the health research
field or were admitted through PIBBS), but will be expected
to complete PM 510L and PM 512 and pass the screening
examination prior to being considered fully admitted as a doctoral
student in the program.
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4 (or the equivalent)
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
*It is recommended that students TA or re-take these courses
if credit taken at separate institution prior to starting program
at USC.
Screening Exam Core Courses (14 units)
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4 *
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517b Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
*PM 511b is recommended for Screening Exam
EPIDEMIOLOGY TRACKS (11-12 units)
Please choose one track: Cancer Epidemiology, Genetic
Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, or
General Epidemiology and Methods
Cancer Epidemiology
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• PM 559 Cancer Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4 or
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
Genetic Epidemiology
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4 or
• PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics Units: 4
Environmental Epidemiology
• PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods,
and Practice Units: 4
• PM 553 Human Exposure Assessment for Public Health
Units: 4 or
• PM 554 Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants
Units: 4 or
• PM 555 Environmental Health, Policy and Practice Units: 4
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3 or
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4 or
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
Clinical Trials
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4 or
• PM 515 Multivariate Statistics in Health Behavior Research
Units: 4
General Epidemiology and Methods
Includes students who choose to design specific class electives
with their adviser, tailored to their unique research interests.
• PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 605 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3 or
• PM 559 Cancer Epidemiology Units: 4 or
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3 or
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4 or
• PM 607 Nutrition and Health: Myths, Controversies and
Science Units: 4
Electives (34-35 units)
In addition to the required courses, the remaining required units
may be selected from any of the following courses:
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4
• INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer Units: 4
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 571 Biochemistry Units: 4
• MICB 551 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics Units: 4
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• MPTX 512 Regulation of Pharmaceutical and Biological
Products Units: 3
• MPTX 513 Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Units: 3
• PHBI 550 Seminar in Advanced Cellular, Molecular and
Systemic Physiology Units: 1
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 515 Multivariate Statistics in Health Behavior Research
Units: 4
• PM 516a Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 516b Statistical Problem Solving Units: 1
• PM 517a Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 517b Research Methods in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 518a Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 518b Statistical Methods for Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3
• PM 522a Introduction to the Theory of Statistics Units: 3
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Units: 4
• PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4
• PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 533 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 534 Statistical Genetics Units: 3
• PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Units: 3
• PM 544L Multivariate Analysis Units: 3
• PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics Units: 4
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
• PM 553 Human Exposure Assessment for Public Health
Units: 4
• PM 554 Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants
Units: 4
• PM 555 Environmental Health, Policy and Practice Units: 4
• PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods,
and Practice Units: 4
• PM 559 Cancer Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 569 Spatial Statistics Units: 3
• PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics Units: 4
• PM 571 Applied Logistic Regression Units: 3
• PM 575 Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3
• PM 579 Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4
• PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health Sciences Units: 4
• PM 603 Structural Equation Modeling Units: 4, 2 years
• PM 605 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Units: 4
• PM 607 Nutrition and Health: Myths, Controversies and
Science Units: 4
• PM 610 Seminar in Biostatistics and Epidemiology Units: 1
• PM 611 Advanced Topics in Epidemiology Units: 3
• PM 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• PM 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• PM 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• PSCI 665 Drug Transport and Delivery Units: 4
• PSYC 514 Psychopathology Units: 4
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• PSYC 524 Research Design in Developmental Psychology
Units: 4
• RSCI 531 Industrial Approaches to Drug Discovery Units: 4
• RSCI 532 Early Stage Drug Development Units: 3
• RSCI 533 Safety Evaluation during Drug Development
Units: 3
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• SSCI 582 Spatial Databases Units: 4
• SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
• SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project Management
Units: 4
• SSCI 586 GIS Programming and Customization Units: 4
• SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
• SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
• SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization Units: 4
• SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS Units: 4
Note:
Electives will be determined by the student's needs and interests.
When appropriate, courses not listed above may be chosen
from the University course offerings with approval from the
student's adviser and Program Director. Sufficient familiarity in
computer languages to operate major software packages for data
management and analysis is required.
Additional Requirements
Preparation for Screening Examination
The Screening Examination will be taken at the end of the
first or second year after students have completed their core
classes and covers material learned in these classes and the core
knowledge of epidemiologic theory and applications. Prior to the
screening examnation a mentor who will serve on the qualifying
exam committee must be identified. The screening examination
will consist of an applied and theory component and will be
conducted in class over two to three days. The written component
will be drawn from the core courses. A student failing the screening
examination may be given a second opportunity to retake either
one or both portions. Students failing the examination for the
second time will terminate with the MS degree upon satisfactory
completion of 37 units and an acceptable master's thesis.
Annual Research Appraisal (ARA)
After advancing to candidacy, progress on dissertation research
is evaluated annually with an Annual Research Appraisal (ARA) by
the Annual Dissertation Committee. A key element is participation
in PM 610: Graduate Seminar in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
for at least two semesters after passing the Screening Exam. It
is recommended that students take PM 610 to gain presentation
experience and feedback before completing the qualifying
examination and again before completing the final dissertation
defense. Students give seminars and research updates that
encompass both a global view of their area of investigation and a
focus on the problem they are addressing. The oral portion of the
screening examination as well as the qualifying examination and
the defense examination will count as ARAs.
Infectious Diseases, Immunology and
Pathogenesis (PhD)
The objective of the PhD program in Infectious Diseases,
Immunology and Pathogenesis (IDIP) is to educate investigators
to develop strategies to translate and implement knowledge from
cellular, molecular and genetic advances into studies of normal
human organ system function as well as mechanisms of human
organ system dysfunction in disease and how to reverse this
dysfunction by medical treatment. Animal disease models as well
as clinical trials in patients are frequently used to advance this
field.
The program applies multidisciplinary approaches to
understanding the human organism as a whole. Breadth of
medically related interests and training are major features of
this track and wide and varied skills in many research areas
characterize the faculty. To facilitate application of multidisciplinary
approaches, close and regular contact between participating
faculty and students is a major theme of this PhD program.
The IDIP program caters to MD/PhD students, clinician
scientists and PIBBS students interested in but not limited to
the following fields: immunology (including cancer immunology),
virology (including cancer virology), microbiology, physiology and
pathology (for example: diabetes, obesity, autoimmunity, infectious
diseases, gastro-intestinal and liver diseases, heart and lung
diseases, hypertension, central nervous system diseases, etc.)
Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Pathogenesis (IDIP)
students are required to complete 8 units from the following
courses: INTD 504, INTD 522, INTD 549, INTD 550, INTD 551,
INTD 572, INTD 573 or other courses approved by the faculty
adviser. In the second and subsequent years, students are
required to register in INTD 574 every fall and spring semester.
In addition, students are required to complete at least 4 units
of MEDB 794a Doctoral Dissertation, MEDB 794b Doctoral
Dissertation.
PhD students must supplement course work by registering
for MEDB 790 Research during the fall, spring and summer
semesters as needed to complete the minimum 60 units required
for the PhD program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in Infectious
Diseases, Immunology and Pathogenesis (IDIP), students must
adhere to the unit/course requirements, guidance committee
and dissertation committee guidelines and must complete the
qualifying examination, annual research appraisal, and dissertation
and oral defense as outlined in the sections following the
descriptions of the PhD programs.
Integrative Anatomical Sciences (PhD)
This program is designed to provide students with a broad
foundation in the Anatomical Sciences, including Human Gross
Anatomy, Microanatomy and Neuroanatomy. Students will build on
this foundation to develop detailed expertise in their chosen area
of research under the guidance of the faculty in the Department
of Integrative Anatomical Sciences. Faculty research interests
span a wide range of topics including Evolutionary Morphology,
Comparative Biomechanics and Integrative Physiology. The core
course work includes in-depth training in fundamental anatomical
sciences including cadaveric dissection and microscopic study of
tissues. This program is aimed at preparing students for tenure
and non-tenure track teaching and research faculty positions in
medical schools, allied health programs, universities and colleges,
and research museums.
Admissions
The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences selects
highly qualified students for admission into the Integrative
Anatomical Sciences PhD program. The prerequisite for applicants
to the PhD program is a bachelor's degree with a science major
or equivalent. Applicants should have a superior undergraduate
record at an accredited college or university, with a minimum
undergraduate grade point average of 3.0. Applicants are expected
to have a strong background in science and mathematics.
College-level courses in evolutionary biology, developmental
biology, organismal biology and physiology are recommended. All
applications are expected to be supported by three strong letters
of recommendation.
Demonstrated proficiency in the English language is required.
Foreign applicants are expected to provide results from the Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or comparable test.
Results from Internet-based, computer-based or paper-based tests
are acceptable. However, candidates with special circumstances
may be considered for conditional admission.
Degree and course requirements:
Course work
Each student must complete a minimum of 60 units of formal
courses, seminars and research units while maintaining a
minimum GPA of 3.0. The core required courses include 16 units
from courses in Human Gross Anatomy (IAS 501aL, IAS 501bL),
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Microscopic Anatomy (IAS 511aL, IAS 511bL) and Neuroanatomy
(IAS 521), equivalent to medical school instruction. An additional
8 units of electives must be taken from course offered by the
department. Relevant courses in other departments and schools
can also be selected, but all course work must be approved by
the student's dissertation committee. Following completion of the
required course work, students must be continuously enrolled
in IAS 794 abcdz (Doctoral Dissertation) each Fall and Spring
semester until the PhD degree is conferred.
Screening Exam
After completion of the core anatomical sciences course
work (IAS 501aL, IAS 501bL, IAS 511aL, IAS 511bL and IAS
521 ) during the first year, the student's degree progress will be
evaluated by a screening committee composed of members of the
IAS faculty as well as the student's major adviser. The purpose
of this written and oral evaluation is to determine competence to
continue graduate study and identify areas to be strengthened
prior to the qualifying examination.
Qualifying Exam
Prior to the end of the third semester, the student must select
a Qualifying Exam Committee to oversee the qualifying exam.
The makeup of the committee must include five members, at least
three of which must be from IAS, including the chair, and at least
one member from outside IAS. All members of the committee must
meet the requirements of the graduate school. The student should
consult with all members of the committee for guidance on material
to be covered on the exam.
The qualifying exam consists of a written and oral component
and will be conducted following the requirements of the graduate
school. The oral exam must be conducted within 60 days of the
submission of the written exam, and the written exam must be
reviewed and approved prior to moving forward with the oral exam.
Dissertation Committee
Following completion of the Qualifying Exam, the student
must select a Dissertation Committee to provide guidance on the
student's dissertation research. The Dissertation Committee must
be comprised of at least three, but no more than five members.
The majority of the committee must be from IAS and include at
least one member from outside IAS. The student's major advisor
will serve as the chair of the committee and must be appointed in
IAS.
Doctoral Dissertation
A doctoral dissertation comprising original, publishable research
must be submitted to dissertation committee members no fewer
than 60 days prior to the dissertation defense date. Dissertations
must follow the requirements outlined by the graduate school.
Dissertation Defense
The student will deliver a 50-minute presentation of their PhD
dissertation research that is open to the public. Following the
presentation, the student must successfully defend their PhD
dissertation before their dissertation committee in a closed-door
setting.
IAS Core Curriculum and Research
Core courses to be taken by all students in the IAS PhD Program.
• IAS 501aL Human Gross Anatomy Units: 3, 4
• IAS 501bL Human Gross Anatomy Units: 4
• IAS 511aL Microscopic Anatomy I Units: 3
• IAS 511bL Microscopic Anatomy II Units: 3
• IAS 521 Neuroanatomy Units: 3
• IAS 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• IAS 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• IAS 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• IAS 794c Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• IAS 794d Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
IAS Electives
Chose 8 units from the following courses. Additional courses may
be acceptable with permission from your dissertation committee.
• IAS 502L Advanced Regional Anatomy I Units: 2
• IAS 503L Advanced Regional Anatomy II Units: 2
• IAS 504L Human Skeletal Anatomy Units: 3
• IAS 550 Cell and Neurobiology Seminar Units: 1
• IAS 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
• IAS 573 Medical Physiology II Units: 4
• IAS 580 Teaching in the Anatomical Sciences Units: 1
• IAS 581L Teaching in the Anatomical Sciences: Practicum
Units: 3
Medical Biophysics (PhD)
The goal of the PhD program in Medical Biophysics (MBPH)
is to train the next generation of structural biologists and
biophysicists to a) be very familiar with the basic chemical and
physical principles important in every living organism, b) be
proficient with the theoretical and practical aspects of the of
important experimental and theoretical biophysical methods,
c) to be able to apply these methods to answer fundamental
biomedical questions and d) to become responsible investigators
eager to translate their findings. The program includes all aspects
of biophysics, with an emphasis on structural biology and on
application of biophysical methods and theories to answer
important biomedical questions.
The MBPH program is an inter-campus program that includes
faculty from all over USC who not only have active biophysical
research programs and serve as mentors, but also contribute to
courses offered by the program. In addition, a monthly biophysics
seminar series with presentations from USC and outside faculty
will expose the students to current biophysical research. As the
result, the MBPH program will teach a comprehensive overview
about all aspects of biophysics including hands-on training in many
biophysical methods. Consequently, students will obtain practical
and theoretical knowledge as well as the necessary overview to be
able to complete a successful thesis.
Medical Biophysics students are required to complete one of
the following courses: BIOC 522, CHEM 521, CHEM 488, CHEM
544, CHEM 565L, CHEM 625, PHBI 650, PHBI 651, PSCI 557,
PSCI 664, PSCI 665 or other courses approved by the faculty
adviser program directors. In the second and subsequent years,
students are required to register in INTD 600 every fall and spring
semester. In addition, students are required to complete at least 4
units of MBPH 794a Doctoral Dissertation, MBPH 794b Doctoral
Dissertation.
PhD students must supplement coursework by registering
for MBPH 790 Research during the fall, spring and summer
semesters as needed to complete the minimum 60 units required
for the PhD program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in Medical
Biophysics, students must adhere to the unit/course requirements,
guidance committee and dissertation committee guidelines and
must complete the qualifying examination, annual research
appraisal and dissertation with oral defense as outlined in the PhD
Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences section of the
catalogue.
Medicine (MD)
Physician-Citizen-Scholar Curriculum
The Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) MD program has
implemented a new three-phase Physician-Citizen-Scholar
Curriculum. The goals of the new curriculum are to ensure that
KSOM MD students: 1) gain the medical knowledge and clinical
skills to be outstanding physicians; 2) learn through collaboration
with other health professionals, patients and our surrounding
communities to be respectful and respected citizens who serve
and lead and; 3) are trained in methods of scientific inquiry and
equipped as lifelong scholars who are able to contribute to new
discoveries and to solving problems of patient care and health
systems.
Phase 1: Scientific and Clinical Foundations
• Provides students with a broad and extensive range of
knowledge and skills in biomedical sciences and clinical care.
• Composed of blocks of curricular content organized around
function.
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• Longitudinal instruction in core clinical skills and clinical
reasoning is integrated throughout using active and case-
based learning.
• Students actively engage in the surrounding community to
gain a firsthand understanding of the factors that influence
health and health outcomes.
• Service-learning experiences give students the opportunity to
work directly with our local communities and to gain exposure
to the impacts of social determinants of health while serving
the needs of our surrounding population.
• Students participate in Longitudinal Learning Communities
with a dedicated faculty coach as part of a curriculum for
individualized professional development.
Phase 2: Clerkship Phase: Clinical Immersion
• Provides students with rich and immersive clinical training
in core clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine,
Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics,
Psychiatry, and Surgery.
• Students will participate in dedicated course work in Health
Justice and Systems of Care.
• Students serve and learn as important contributing members
of interprofessional teams.
• Two "Just in Time Training" weeks will prepare students for
their subsequent core clerkships and will reinforce application
of the basic sciences in clinical medicine.
• Cross-cutting themes in quality improvement and patient
safety, geriatric medicine, chronic disease prevention and
management and mental health will be integrated throughout.
• Longitudinal Learning Communities for coaching and
individualized professional development will continue through
the clerkship phase.
Phase 3: Post-Clerkship: Individuation and
Transformation
• Provides students with an extensive array of clinical
opportunities to individualize and tailor their education to
determine and achieve their postgraduate career goals.
• All students participate in a residency preparation course.
• Students may select an area of emphasis for in-depth
exploration. Areas of emphasis include:
• Biomedical Research
• Health Policy and Advocacy
• Medical Education
• Medical Humanities
• Primary Care and Community Engagement
• Health Technology and Innovation
• Clinical Medicine: Practice and Administration
• Students complete a scholarly project related to an area of
emphasis or special interest.
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) is a longitudinal clinical
skills curriculum integrated with instruction in the Scientific
and Clinical Foundations phase. ICM exemplifies the patient-
centered orientation of the medical school curriculum. Students
are introduced to patients and are involved in patient care
activities beginning in the first few weeks of medical school.
ICM emphasizes the systematic acquisition of clinical skills and
students gain competency in interviewing, history taking, physical
examination and medical record keeping.
Health Justice and Systems of Care
It is well known that historical and systemic social forces (e.g.,
poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia, immigration, violence and
environmental issues) contribute substantially to a wide range
of deleterious effects on health, which disproportionately affect
individuals from disenfranchised groups. Physicians are well-
positioned to be at the forefront of social change and the Keck
School of Medicine has a deep commitment to equity, justice
and structural transformation with a goal of ameliorating health
disparities and benefiting society. The establishment of a Health
Justice Curriculum reflects the commitment of the Keck School of
Medicine to social justice and its efforts to impact health equity.
The Health Justice curriculum is core content for all KSOM medical
students and a certificate in Health Justice is issued at graduation.
The goal is to provide KSOM medical students with transformative
and immersive educational experiences in Health Justice, which
create and sustain future generations of physicians, imbuing them
with the knowledge and skills to build practices and organizations
that meet the needs of individuals and communities and enabling
them to lead policy efforts to address healthcare inequities in
society.
Health Justice Curriculum Objectives:
To earn the Health Justice certificate, KSOM students will:
• Build knowledge of theories of justice and explore how
interrelated topics such as residential segregation, income,
education, gender, food insecurity, and structural racism
impact human rights and health disparities.
• Recognize the ways in which socioeconomic systems deny
or promote individuals' realization of human rights based on
categories of prejudice or privilege locally and globally.
• Employ skills of communication, community assessment,
organizing and mobilization, leadership, and advocacy
needed to influence systems and societal structures to
cultivate an equitable healthcare system and provide
equitable health care.
• Gain insight into the role of community organizing and
mobilization in driving policy and practice to respond to the
challenges of inequities in health and health care.
Core Content:
The curriculum will progress from an inward look at self, to
interactions with others including peers, community members and
patients and to understanding societal and legal influences on
health and healthcare.
• Implicit bias training
• Theories of justice and human rights
• Health justice ethics
• Cultural humility
• Health care disparities
• Social determinants of health
• Structural competency
• Structural racism
• Access to care
• Healthcare for homeless populations
• Trauma-informed care
• Adverse childhood events
• Community assessment and mobilization
• Advocacy
Health Justice Certificate
The establishment of a Health Justice Curriculum reflects the
commitment of the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) to social
justice. The Health Justice curriculum is core content for all KSOM
medical students and a certificate in Health Justice is issued
at graduation to recognize the depth of that work. All KSOM
medical students participate in transformative and immersive
educational experiences to equip KSOM graduates with the
knowledge and skills to build practices and organizations that
meet the needs of communities and lead policy efforts to address
healthcare inequities in society. The curricular requirements of
the Health Justice certificate are fulfilled through experiences in
the community and health systems (e.g., patient navigator, street
medicine, advocacy project), selected readings and videos, team-
based learning sessions, and focused topic meetings with students
in round table fashion or in small groups. Skills are taught through
mentoring, in which students are given the opportunity to process
their experiences in real time through dialogue with community
providers engaged in the service experiences and through
complementary reflective sessions with faculty.
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Legacy Curriculum (Effective for the Classes of 2023
and 2024)
Scholarly Project
The Scholarly Project is a longitudinal learning and experiential
course that takes place during the second year of medical school.
The objective is to engage medical students in hypothesis-
driven research to develop skills and attitudes of critical thinking
around evidence-based medicine and research. Students identify
a project mentor and are given a timeline that includes the
milestones for the course. Students complete the bulk of their
"hands on" research during the summer between Years I and II
and throughout Year II. All students will submit an abstract and
have a poster presentation at the Annual Spring Medical Student
Research Forum to meet course requirements.
Year III–IV (two academic years)
Years III and IV are designed as a continuum of two calendar
years. Students rotate throughout the Year III/IV continuum in
cohort groups of approximately 28 students on required clinical
clerkships and selective/elective experiences. When on required
clinical clerkships (family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics
and gynecology, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery),
students are immersed in clinical settings and learn while providing
direct care to patients as integral members of interprofessional
healthcare teams.
Transition to Clinical Practice
Transition to Clinical Practice is a one-week course at the
beginning of Year III designed to prepare students for the transition
from predominantly classroom-based instruction in Years I/II to
learning while on clinical clerkships. The course provides learning
experiences in cultural sensitivity, teamwork, patient safety and
quality, and personal resilience and well-being. Students are
also afforded the opportunity to acquire skills in basic radiology,
EKG interpretation, the presenting and documenting of clinical
encounters, the use of aseptic technique, managing airways,
and in achieving compliance with different types of isolation
requirements. The course culminates in students donning a white
coat and a group recitation of the Hippocratic Oath to reinforce the
commitment to professional principles as they transition to their
new roles as student physicians on healthcare teams.
Required Clerkships
There are nine required clerkships in the Year III/IV continuum.
All required clerkships provide comparable experiences across
clinical sites and core didactic curricula.
Family Medicine (six weeks)
The Family Medicine Clerkship provides students with
individualized opportunities for medical students to explore the
breadth of family medicine and understand the role of a family
physician. Students will care for patients across the full spectrum
of ages within the context of an ongoing personal patient-physician
relationship focused on integrated care. This clerkship offers
students a close, collegial relationship with their preceptors as they
address preventive care, acute and chronic illness, and mental
health in the outpatient setting. In addition to outpatient clinic,
students may participate in home visits, hospital rounds, nursing
home rounds, obstetrical deliveries, volunteer clinics, or sporting
events to ensure experiences that cover the breadth of family
medicine practice.
General Surgery (six weeks)
The Surgery Clerkship provides students with experiences in
caring for patients with common general surgery diagnoses and
traumatic injuries. These patients range from infants to geriatric
patients. The students are integral members of an inpatient team
consisting of a faculty attending, a fellow, a senior resident, several
junior residents, one to two interns and three to four third-year
students. All student activities revolve around perioperative care.
Students participate in the operating room and are active in doing
surgical consults, seeing patients in the clinic, and rounding daily
with their inpatient teams.
Internal Medicine (six weeks)
The Internal Medicine Clerkship provides students with a
comprehensive experience in hospital medicine. The clerkship
exposes students to a diverse patient population with a wide range
of medical conditions and students become familiar with the role
that hospitalists play in providing inpatient care. While a member of
the medical team, students gain experience managing complicated
medical conditions, interacting with consulting services, and
developing specific disposition plans for individual patient needs.
Obstetrics and Gynecology (six weeks)
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship provides students
the opportunity to interact with women in all stages of life,
from adolescence through and beyond menopause. Students
experience a variety of obstetrical and gynecological conditions
in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Students gain an
understanding of the primary care mission within obstetrics
and gynecology in the outpatient segment, and the inpatient
experience provides an exposure to the dynamic aspects of birth,
obstetric and gynecologic surgeries, and emergencies.
Pediatrics (six weeks)
The Pediatrics Clerkship addresses issues unique to newborns,
infants, children and adolescents by focusing on the health and
well-being of the developing human, emphasizing growth and
development, principles of health supervision, and recognition and
treatment of common health problems. Additionally, the clerkship
emphasizes the importance of the interaction of family, community,
and society on the complete health of the patient. The role of the
pediatrician in prevention of disease and injury, and the importance
of collaboration between the pediatrician, other health professions,
and the family is emphasized.
Psychiatry (six weeks)
The Psychiatry Clerkship provides students with experiences
engaging in the care of patients in several different treatment
settings, including inpatient wards, the psychiatric emergency
room, outpatient clinics and hospital-based consultation
services. Students are exposed to pathology ranging from
uncomplicated depression and anxiety disorders to severely
decompensated psychotic disorders. Students learn in detail about
the biopsychosocial model and a holistic approach to treatment
of mental illness, including the use of both psychotherapy and
psychopharmacology, and the importance of individualized social
interventions. The integration of psychiatry into the broader field of
medicine is emphasized, as is the use of bioethical concepts in the
treatment of all patients.
Neurology (four weeks)
The Neurology Clerkship provides students with experiences
interacting with patients of different ages who have damage to the
nervous system of varying types and degrees. Many neurological
disorders are insidious in onset with gradual deterioration over
time. Students learn to appreciate that neurologic diseases
may impair physical functioning and/or can alter the core of
what defines individuals as a person, i.e., cognition, memory,
and personality. Students learn how to evaluate and treat these
patients and their families. Furthermore, because many patients
are followed for extended periods of time, students learn how
neurologic disease affect, and may restrict, one's lifestyle choices,
family interactions, work, school, living situations and levels of
activity.
Internal Medicine Sub-internship (four weeks)
The Internal Medicine Sub-Internship enables Year IV students
to work directly with attending physicians and residents in the
provision of patient care in an inpatient, sub-internship experience.
Students are integral members and contributors to the patient care
team and assume a more advanced level of responsibility under
the supervision of the resident and attending physician.
Intersessions I and II
Intersessions I and II are one-week-long sessions delivered
early in Year III (Intersession I) and late in Year III (Intersession
II) that enable students to pause, reflect and consolidate the
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many and varied clinical/educational experiences in which they
participate during Year III. The sessions provide experiences in
advanced clinical skills, professional development, evidence-
based medicine, patient safety and quality, health policy, ethical
decision-making, the business of medicine and the residency
application process.
Selective Clerkships
Students are required to complete 16 weeks of selective
clerkships chosen from a list of four-week clerkships. Selective
clerkships are always exactly four continuous weeks and are
under the direction of USC faculty members at USC affiliated
hospitals and encompass virtually all specialty and subspecialty
areas. Students are required to take one critical care or acute
care (emergency medicine) selective, a medicine or pediatric
subspecialty rotation, and two additional selectives from the above
designations or other specialties.
Elective Clerkships
The elective period consists of 16 weeks, during which students
may complete research and a combination of approved rotations
at KSOM, other medical schools, or other medical centers in the
United States or abroad.
Track Mentor Program
The KSOM Year III Track Mentor Program capitalizes on the
KSOM structure of student cohorts to promote the continued
development of professional attributes and a positive learning
environment. Each Year III student cohort group meets with their
assigned mentor (who is not involved in the evaluation process)
six to seven times during the academic year. The mentors facilitate
discussions on topics such as professional development; ethical,
professional, and cultural challenges; student health and well-
being; and collaboration and team development.
Humanities, Ethics, Arts, and Law (HEAL) Curriculum
This four-year curricular thread is integrated into a variety
of courses throughout medical school including ICM, required
clerkships and Intersessions. The curriculum begins in Year I with
collaborative discourse about ethical problems to help students
learn to identify, analyze, and resolve clinical ethical problems.
The program then focuses on ethical discernment and action in
simulated settings and the study of the human dimensions of
medicine. Year III includes ethics education by clinical role models
as an integral part of the core clerkships. During Intersessions,
the program includes a series of sessions that focus on the
humanities, arts, contemporary health care and systems issues,
and the physician-in-society.
Fifth-year Research Option and Dean's Scholars
USC offers students the opportunity to take a full year of
research experience with either a Keck School of Medicine faculty
mentor or an approved faculty mentor at another institution. This
program is open to any student in good academic standing who
has completed his or her first year of medical school. Students
interested in the option identify a faculty preceptor and present a
description of the proposed research program and funds available
in support of the program to the director of the fifth-year research
option. A stipend, comparable to that received by a graduate
student at the postgraduate level, is available for selected dean's
research scholars pursuing this option.
Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior
Research) (PhD)
The Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Health
Behavior Research, offers a degree program in preventive
medicine (health behavior), leading to attainment of the PhD.
The program is designed to train exceptional researchers and
scholars in the multidisciplinary field of health behavior research.
Students receive a thorough grounding in academic and research
experience, encompassing theoretical and methodological training
in such allied fields as communication, psychology, preventive
medicine, biostatistics, public health and epidemiology. Students
receive research experience by participating in projects conducted
through the USC Institute for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Research (IPR). The doctoral program is full-time:
students are expected to enroll for fall, spring and summer
semesters.
Assistantships
Financial and educational support is provided to qualified
doctoral students in health behavior research. Graduate (research
and/or teaching) assistantships are half-time (20 hours per week)
and provide tuition remission as well as a monthly stipend.
Computer Language Requirement
Sufficient familiarity in computer languages to operate major
software packages for data management and analysis is required.
Course Requirements
The doctoral program in health behavior research is structured
as a four to five year course of study for students entering with a
bachelor's degree. Time requirements are subject to review and
approval by the division's Graduate Program Committee and the
Graduate School.
A total of 60 units of graduate study is required for the PhD in
health behavior research. Students are required to complete nine
core courses: PM 500, PM 511a, PM 511b, PM 515, PM 530,
PM 601, PM 604, PM 615 and PM 756 (total of 37 units). Other
requirements include: two elective PM courses, one not offered
by health behavior faculty (minimum of 7 units); and a minimum of
4 units each in PM 590, PM 690 series (PM 690a, PM 690b, PM
690c, PM 690d, PM 690z), PM 790 and the PM 794 series (PM
794a, PM 794b, PM 794c, PM 794d, PM 794z).
For students entering with a bachelor's degree, one of the
directed research projects will be equivalent in scope to a master's
thesis. All research experiences/projects must be completed
before registering for the PM 794 Doctoral Dissertation series (PM
794a, PM 794b, PM 794c, PM 794d, PM 794z).
Screening Procedure
The progress of each student is reviewed at the end of every
academic year. At the end of the second year of study, students
who have not made satisfactory progress are advised that they
will be dropped from the program unless their progress improves
during their second year.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Each student's qualifying exam committee consists of five
members, including: no more than three health behavior faculty
members; one other member from the Department of Preventive
Medicine; and one member from a doctorate-granting program
outside the Department of Preventive Medicine, representing the
student's minor field.
Qualifying Examination
Following course work and prior to beginning the dissertation,
students must demonstrate written and oral mastery of the
general field of health behavior research as well as of their chosen
area of specialization. The qualifying process includes a written
examination on theory and literature relevant to a selected content
area. The examination is administered by the student's qualifying
exam committee.
In addition to the qualifying examination, each student is
expected to produce the following as evidence of qualification to
conduct dissertation research: an academic dossier consisting of a
summary of the student's academic record, teaching and research
experience, and professional presentations and publications; at
least one original empirical research paper of publishable quality,
produced in connection with one of the student's courses or
research experiences or developed independently; a dissertation
proposal; and an oral defense of all the preceding materials.
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Department of Anesthesiology
Nurse Anesthesia Program
1540 Alcazar Street
Center for Health Professions #205
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9012
(323) 442-2037
FAX: (323) 442-1701
Email: [email protected]
Website: keck.usc.edu/anesthesiology/training-education/
nurse-anesthesia-program/
Program Directors: Elizabeth Bamgbose, PhD, CRNA; Jeffery
Darna, DNP, CRNA, ACNP-BC
Associate Program Directors: Teresa Norris, EdD, CRNA; Michele
E. Gold, PhD, CRNA
Administrative Faculty: Erica McCall, DNP, MS, CRNA, MPH;
Jennifer Hogan, MS, CRNA
Faculty
Chair and Professor: Holly Muir, MD
Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Jack Berger; Michele Gold;
Gligor Gucev; Steven Haddy; Mary Joseph; Philip Lumb; Steven
Richeimer; Duraiyah Thangathurai; Vladmir Zelman
Associate Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Dimiter Arnaudov;
Eugenia Ayrian; Sherif Kandil; Jeffrey Lee; Rajesh Patel; Peter
Roffey; Ashraf Sedra; Earl Strum; Fayez Takla
Assistant Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Russel Alexander;
Rudolfo Amaya; Tawfik Ayoub; Elizabeth Bamgbose; Maxim
Benbassat; Janak Chandrasoma; Isaac Chu; Connie Chung; Kari
Cole; Jeffrey Darna; Judith Franco; Rougbeh Jahansouz; Wayne
Kaufman; Michael Kerns; Rafat Khan; Michael Kim; John Lee;
Rodney McKeever; Arash Motomed; Chuck Nguyn; Teresa Norris;
Linda Rever; Candace Tay; Michael Tom; Chelsia Varner
Instructors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Claudia Altomare; Priscilla
Arceo; Roberta Ashley; Debbie Avnet; Babatunde Bamidele;
Brindusa Bauer; Paula Belson; Daniel Bourke; Ryan Brown;
Chelsea Caine; James Carey; Jennilyn Casalme; Adrian Castro;
Verzhine Chaparyan; Gicela Chen Zhou; Adrian de La Cruz; Kavita
Davenport; Melissa Dowling; Geoff Edwards; Kevin Faustino;
Jerome Fernandez; Charlotte Garcia; Katharine Getz; Dolores
Gibbs; David Godden; Daniel Gregory; Tseganesh Haileselas;
Jennifer Hogan; Dina Hunt; Monique Jabbour; Ronald Jarvina;
Kelsey Johnson; Kim Jones-Tang; Andrea Kaek; Rory Keenan;
Joseph Kim; Philip Klaine; Vadim Kuraev; Danielle Kuykendall;
Edgar Lampano; Cheryl Lansang; Krichelle Lanson; Nikola
Lazovich; Jennifer Lee; Rubin Macias; Victoria Mahony; Jason
Malig; Tracy May; Jon McIntyre; Paul Montori; Sharon Munfus;
Arthur Norcliff; Cathy Ngo; Aileen Nguyen; Michelle Olivares;
Margaret Oliveto; Robert Olson; Patricia Omoto; Nilu Patel;
Nancy Perez; Sharon Perez; Erin Peters; Karissa Picolo; Nicole
Que; Seth Quiambao; Ali Quilter; Christina Raimondo; Joseph
Sammut; Jacob Schonau-Taylor; Avneet Signh; Ethan Tate; Crystal
Trinooson; Regalado Valerio; Suzanna Valerio; Rhona Wang; Kelly
Zhou
The USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia prepares qualified
registered nurses to obtain a doctoral of nurse anesthesia
practice; upon successful completion of the curriculum the student
is authorized to sit for the certification examination given by
the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse
Anesthetists. The USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia offers a
concentrated academic and comprehensive clinical curriculum.
Students will gain experience in the various required clinical
specialty areas, including but not limited to general, cardiothoracic,
neurosurgical, genitourinary, gynecologic, head and neck,
plastic, orthopaedic, trauma, obstetric, pediatric and ambulatory
outpatient procedures, regional anesthesia, pain management,
trauma, POCUS, and emergency airway response. Our mission
is to promote scholarly education and professional development
of future nurse anesthetists with the academic strength and
leadership skills to advance our profession.
Students enrolling in the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
(DNAP) course of study must complete 78-81 units, over the
course of a continuous full-time, 36-month curriculum. Advanced
science courses in anesthesiology, anatomy and physiology,
pathophysiology, and pharmacology complement the two-year
nurse anesthesia clinical residency. Graduates become experts
in anesthesiology, perioperative care and pain management, as
well as proponents of translational science. Students learn to
analyze, synthesize and translate scientific evidence into clinical
practice and demonstrate their skill proficiency in a scholarly
doctoral capstone project. In addition, course work in health care
policy, leadership and advocacy, informatics and technology, and
population health prepare nurse anesthesia students for becoming
industry leaders and change agents. The USC Program of Nurse
Anesthesia has received accreditation through 2023 by the Council
on Accreditation (COA) of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
and continues its commitment to excellence in the education of its
nurse anesthetist students.
The program is based in the Department of Anesthesiology, and
classroom instruction is provided by nurse anesthesia program
faculty, the Department of Integrative and Anatomical Services
within the Keck School of Medicine, as well as clinical instructors
from the affiliated clinical sites. Clinical training occurs at Los
Angeles County + USC Medical Center, Keck Hospital of USC,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA-Santa Monica Medical
Center, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and West Los
Angeles Veterans' Administration Medical Center for the primary
rotations. Advanced rotations occur at those sites, as well as
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles,
UCLA Medical Center, Endeavor Surgical Center, UCI Medical
Center, Los Angeles Downtown Medical Center and the Raymond
Renaissance Surgery Center.
Programs
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Pain Medicine Program
USC Pain Center
1520 San Pablo St, Building HCC 2, Suite #3450
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(213) 740-9158
FAX: (213) 821-2972
Email: [email protected]
Student adviser: Claudia Lopez at [email protected]
Faculty
Information for individual faculty: painmed.usc.edu/faculty
Steven Richeimer, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and
Psychiatry, Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Keck School of
Medicine Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Diplomat in
Psychiatry (ABP&N) Diplomat in Anesthesiology (ABA) Diplomat in
Pain Medicine (ABA and ABPM)
Glenn Clark, DDS, MS, Professor and Section Chair for Diagnostic
Sciences, Ostrow School of Dentistry, Director, Orofacial Pain/
Oral Medicine Center, Diplomat in Orofacial Pain, Fellow in
Oral Medicine, Program Director, Conventional Orofacial Pain
Residency Program, Program Director, Hybrid-Online MS degree
in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine
Professor: John Berger (Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology)
Associate Professors: Melissa Durham, (Clinical Pharmacy &
Pharmaceutical Econonomics and Policy); Susan Enguidanos
(Gerontology); Shahin Sadik (Anesthesiology); Faye Miriam
Weinstein (Anesthesiology & Psychiatry and the Behavioral
Sciences)
Assistant Professors: Reyes Enciso; John Lee (Anesthesiology);
Mariela Padilla (Periodontics, Diagnostic Sciences & Dental
Hygiene); Kathryn Havens (Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy);
Shahin Sadik; Jonathan Chen Sum (Physical Therapy); Ashley
Uyeshiro (Occupational Therapy); Yogi S. Matharu (Physical
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Therapy); Sunita Puri (GIM - PAT.Care); Armaity V Austin (Family
Medicine); William F. Spalding (Anesthesiology)
Adjunct Professors: Reed Levine (Neurology); John D. Harwell
(Law)
The administrative offices of the Pain Medicine programs are
located on the University Park Campus. Faculty of the department
are located predominantly at the Health Sciences Campus.
Programs
Pain Medicine Certificate
Pain Science Certificate
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
1975 Zonal Avenue, KAM 400
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9151
(323) 442-1145
FAX: (323) 442-2494
Email: [email protected]
keck.usc.edu/biochemistry-and-molecular-medicine/
Faculty
Departmental Chair: Peggy J. Farnham, PhD
Faculty with Primary Appointments in BMM
Peggy J. Farnham, Professor and The William M. Keck Chair in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Amy S. Lee, Professor and The Judy and Larry Freeman Chair in
Basic Science Research
Joseph G. Hacia, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Medical
Education
Judd Rice, Associate Professor and Director of the BMM Master of
Science Program
Professors: Peter V. Danenberg; Vijay Kalra; Frank S. Markland,
Jr.; Robert Maxson; Pragna Patel; Michael Stallcup
Associate Professors: Woojin An; Sita Reddy
Research Assistant Professors: Jobin Varkey; Daniel
Weisenberger
Faculty with Secondary Appointments in BMM
Hooman Allayee (Professor of Preventive Medicine); Ruchi
Bajpai (Assistant Professor of Dentistry); Zea Borok (Professor of
Medicine); Paula Cannon (Professor of Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology); Lily Chao (Clinical Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics); Jianfu Chen (Assistant Professor of Dentistry); David
Cobrinik (Associate Professor of Opthamology); Lucio Comai
(Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology); Yves
De Clerck (Professor of Pediatrics); Robert Farley (Professor
of Physiology and Biophysics); Baruch Frenkel (Professor of
Orthopaedics); Mark Frey (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics);
Young-Kwon Hong (Associate Professor of Surgery); Chih-
Lin Hsieh (Professor of Urology); Ralf Langen (Professor of
Physiology & Neuroscience); Troy McEachron (Assistant Professor
of Research Translational Genomics); Ite Offringa (Associate
Professor of Surgery); Michael Lieber (Professor of Pathology);
Ching-Ling Lien (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics); Carol Lin
(Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Education); Wange Lu
(Associate Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine);
Crystal Marconett (Research Assistant Professor of Surgery); Amy
Merrill (Assistant Professor of Dentistry); Marcel Nimni (Professor
of Pediatrics); Brent Polk (Professor of Pediatrics); Bodour
Salhia (Assistant Professor of Translational Genomics); Ansgar
Siemer (Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience); (
Stephen Swenson (Research Assistant Professor of Neurological
Surgery); Tobias Ulmer (Associate Professor of Physiology and
Neuroscience); Jian Xu (Assistant Professor of Dentistry)
The USC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
prides itself on maintaining a broad-based approach to various
aspects of biochemical and molecular biological research.
Altogether, the department numbers 43 primary and joint-
appointment faculty members, with major research programs in
the molecular basis of control and regulation of gene expression,
cancer biology and epigenomics, molecular mechanisms of signal
processing and transduction, developmental and stem cell biology,
detailed analyses of macromolecular structure and function, the
biochemistry and molecular biology of the brain, and genetic
medicine including gene therapy.
Members of the department are also members of the USC
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the USC Institute for
Genetic Medicine (IGM), the USC Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
(ZNI), the Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative
Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, and the Children's
Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).
The offices and laboratories of the primary faculty members are
located on the Health Sciences Campus.
Graduate Programs
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Master of Science:
Most applicants to the Master of Science graduate program
in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine have a bachelor's
degree with an undergraduate major in one of the natural
sciences. Undergraduate course work should have included
biochemistry, physics, mathematics and courses in the biological
sciences. A minimum GPA of 3.0 in the natural sciences
(including mathematics) is normally required. Applicants must
pass satisfactorily the general portions of the Graduate Record
Examinations. In addition, the department requires at least three
letters of recommendation from faculty members who can evaluate
the applicant's potential for graduate work and independent
research. See keck.usc.edu/biochemistry-and-molecular-medicine-
program/ for more details about the program. Students can apply
to the MS program in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at
gradadm.usc.edu/apply/.
PhD Programs: Faculty members of the Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine participate in the USC
Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (PIBBS).
Students interested in pursuing a PhD degree in the fields related
to biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and genetics
should apply to PIBBS. Applications for the PhD Programs in
Biomedical and Biological Sciences should be submitted online
through the PIBBS website (usc.edu/pibbs).
Fellowships
Students admitted to PIBBS PhD programs are awarded
fellowships that pay for tuition and provide a stipend. No
fellowships are available for master's degree students.
Programs
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (MS)
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PhD Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (PIBBS)
Keith Administration Building 409
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9031
(323) 442-1609
FAX: (323) 442-1199
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: Mark R. Frey, PhD
The USC PhD Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences
(PIBBS) is a gateway program into graduate studies at the USC
Health Sciences Campus, leading to a PhD degree in a broad
range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
PIBBS students experience a common first-year curriculum that
will build a solid foundation in biomedical and biological sciences.
Students are required to complete 29 units of core classes and
laboratory rotations during the fall, spring and summer semesters
of the PIBBS year, including courses in cell biology, molecular
biology, human molecular genetics, protein chemistry, principles of
biostatistics, ethics and accountability in biomedical research, and
writing in the biomedical and biological sciences.
At the end of the spring semester of the first year, students
will select a faculty adviser and a specific PhD program from
among the four participating programs listed. In the second year,
students will take classes that will differ depending on the PhD
program they join; second year classes may include, but are not
limited to, topics such as biochemistry, epidemiology, stem cell
biology, cancer biology, bioinformatics, virology, immunology
and physiology. In addition, each student will complete qualifying
examinations for the chosen PhD program and will develop and
complete an original research project that will serve as the basis
for a doctoral dissertation.
PhD Graduate Programs
Cancer Biology and Genomics (PhD)
Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine (PhD)
Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Pathogenesis (PhD)
Medical Biophysics (PhD)
PIBBS Admission Requirements
Application Deadline (priority review): December 1
Applicants to PIBBS should have a baccalaureate degree in
natural sciences, or sufficient courses in mathematics and the
life sciences. This is required to provide a strong background
for studies in biomedical and biological research. Appropriate
undergraduate degrees include biology, physiology, engineering,
chemistry or computer science.
Applicants should have a strong record of academic
achievement. Other requirements for admission include: a detailed
statement of purpose as well as three letters of recommendation,
one of which should be from a wet laboratory or computational
research mentor. Previous research experience is expected.
Students are admitted for the academic year in the fall semester.
Applicants who are accepted with minor deficiencies are expected
to correct these during the first year following enrollment. Although
there is no formal application deadline, complete applications
received by December 1 will be given priority.
Financial Support
Admitted students are supported by research assistantships or
fellowships during their graduate career. Tuition, health insurance
and health fees are also covered.
Lab Rotations
During the first year, students register for INTD 790 Research
(4 units in the fall semester and 3 units in the spring semester) and
rotate through the labs of three faculty members of the program
(potential research advisers). By the first summer of graduate
study, but no later than after 12 months in the program, each
student is expected to have selected a faculty mentor/research
adviser.
PIBBS Required Core Curriculum and Research
First Semester
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• (4 units)
Second Semester
• INTD 549 Protein Chemistry -- Structure and Function
Units: 4
• INTD 577 Writing in the Biomedical and Biological Sciences
Units: 1
• INTD 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• (3 units)
Third Semester
• INTD 500 Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research
Units: 1
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
Admission Requirements for PhD Programs
Admission to the Keck School of Medicine PhD program is open
to all incoming PIBBS students provided all PIBBS admission
requirements are met and all first year course and lab rotation
requirements have been satisfactorily completed. Students from
other sources, such as MD/PhD students and clinician scientists,
may also be eligible on a case-by-case basis.
In general, new graduate students apply for admission to USC
through the PhD programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences
(PIBBS), and become enrolled in one of four PhD programs at the
Keck School of Medicine after the successful completion of the
PIBBS year. During the PIBBS year, students must complete the
core curriculum of 29 units, maintain a 3.0 grade point average
with no grade lower than a C on all courses, complete three
laboratory rotations and successfully identify a lab to join in order
to continue into a PhD program.
Application information is available by contacting the PIBBS
Program at [email protected].
Unit/Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units of graduate course credits is required
for the PhD, including course work, seminars, research and
dissertation units. No more than 8 units of 794 may be applied
toward the PhD degree. Students must complete the first year
PIBBS core curriculum as well as course requirements for their
specific PhD program. Thirty units of course work, including the
PIBBS core curriculum, must be completed before students are
considered for the qualifying examination. Additional course work
relevant to the student's research interests may be required by the
student's qualifying exam committee or by the student's faculty
adviser.
Guidance Committee
After 30 units of course work, which includes the PIBBS core
curriculum and course requirements for one of the four PhD
programs, the student, in consultation with a faculty adviser,
will nominate five faculty members to serve on the guidance
committee for the qualifying examination. A minimum of three of
the faculty must be from the student's PhD program, and one must
be a faculty member from outside the PhD program. The chair
of the guidance committee must be a member of the student's
PhD program and the faculty adviser is not allowed to be on the
committee (but may be a silent presence during the exam). These
nominations are submitted to the chair of the program for formal
appointment.
Qualifying Examination
Students in the PhD program must pass both the written
screening and the oral portions of the qualifying examination
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administered by their guidance committee during the second year
of graduate study.
The written screening exam involves writing a research grant
proposal. The deadline for completion of the written screening is
the second week of January of the second year. Students who
receive a failing score will be allowed one resubmission, with a
deadline of within 30 days of notification of score receipt. The
written portion must be passed before the oral portion can be
taken.
The oral examination must be completed within 60 days after
successful completion of the written screening exam. The oral
examination consists of two parts. The first part consists of a
presentation of the proposed thesis research. The second part
consists of an open forum in which the guidance committee asks
general questions on any topic related to the student's research.
Final evaluation of the examination is determined by a
consensus of the guidance committee. If a student does not pass,
it is at the discretion of the committee to allow the student to repeat
the oral examination within 60 days. If the student is again unable
to pass, this will be grounds for dismissal from the program.
Advancement to Candidacy
Recommendation for advancement to candidacy for the PhD
degree is made on the basis of the successful completion of the
qualifying examination, course requirements and the student's
maintenance of at least a 3.0 GPA. A student who has not been
recommended for advancement to candidacy at the end of the first
semester of the third year will be dismissed from the program.
Dissertation Committee
After advancement to candidacy, the student must form a
dissertation committee, in consultation with a faculty adviser. A
minimum of three committee members must be selected, one of
which is the faculty adviser, and at least one of which must be
a tenured or tenure-track faculty member of the student's PhD
program. Committee members may be non-tenure track. The
chair of the dissertation committee must be a member of the
student's PhD program and may not be the faculty adviser. The
dissertation committee is responsible for counseling the student
during preparation of the dissertation and conducting the final
oral examination during the dissertation defense. Students are
expected to meet with the dissertation committee once per year to
discuss progress.
Annual Research Appraisal (ARA)
After advancing to candidacy, each graduate student presents
an annual progress report to his or her dissertation research
committee. Prior to the meeting, the student prepares a short
written document describing significant experiments, problems and
projected studies. This document is distributed to the committee
and is included in the student's file. The ARA meeting is intended
to be a working session between the student and his or her
committee; experimental results and problems are discussed
with this context. In addition the student presents a research plan
for the next year of work. A satisfactory ARA is required of every
student for each year of residence after the completion of the
qualifying exam. A final ARA is required the semester before the
student is permitted to defend the dissertation.
Dissertation and Oral Defense
The student's research is reported in a dissertation written
under the guidance of the dissertation committee. The dissertation
must demonstrate the student's capacity for independent research,
scholarly achievement and technical mastery of a special field.
Students are expected to have at least one first author publication
accepted in a peer-reviewed journal before the defense.
When the final draft of the dissertation is ready, the student
will take the final oral defense. Students must submit their
dissertations to the dissertation committee at least one month
before they expect to make final revisions.
Dissertation committee members are expected to read and
comment on a dissertation within two weeks from its submission.
The student and faculty will coordinate a timeline for the student to
present the thesis to the dissertation committee. This timeline must
allow all dissertation committee members enough time to fulfill
their responsibilities within the four-week deadline.
The dissertation defense is a formal public presentation of
the student's research before the program faculty and students.
Dissertation defenses must be publicized at least two weeks prior
to the oral defense.
All doctoral candidates must be registered in 794 Doctoral
Dissertation each semester (excluding summer sessions) from the
time of their advancement to candidacy until their dissertation is
approved and submitted to the Graduate School.
Department of Family Medicine
Division of Physician Assistant Studies
Primary Care Physician Assistant Program
1000 South Fremont Avenue
Unit 7, Building A10, Ste. N10100
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone: (626) 457-4240
FAX: (626) 457-4245
Email: [email protected]
Website: usc.edu/pa
Interim Program Director: Mitzi D'Aquila, MACM, PA-C
Medical Director: Katherine Gibson, MD
Faculty
Clincial Associate Professors of Family Medicine: C. Feifer, DrPH;
A. Vallejo, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professors of Family Medicine: M. D'Aquila,
MACM, PA-C; B. Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C; C. Feldman, MMS,
PA-C; N. Houser, DMSc, PA-C; S. Ma, PharmD; M. Maldonado,
MPH, MPAP, PA-C; D. Mayo, MPAS, PA; C. Powell, DMSc, PA-C;
J. Tramel, MS-HPE, PA-C Emeritus
Clinical Instructors of Family Medicine: G. Benitez, DMSc, PA-C;
L. Hudson, MSPA, PA-C, MPH; A. Ingalls, MS, PA-C; J. Ramos,
MPAP, PA-C; A. Villapudua, BA
The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at USC is
dedicated to the advancement of physician assistant education
and emphasizes service to the medically underserved. The
program is committed to preparing students from diverse
backgrounds to positively transform the healthcare system.
Students, graduates, faculty and staff are committed to doing this
through collaboration, inclusivity, innovation, integrity, excellence
and joy. Students earn a Master of Physician Assistant Practice
(MPAP) degree upon completion of the program.
The program is a full-time educational and professional training
program. Students are required to participate in all scheduled
program activities, as well as comply with all program policies,
including requirements of professional behavior. Instructors
include PA, NP, MD, DO, PhD, MSW, OT, RN and PharmD. While
most classes are held during the day, there are some curricular
activities in the evening. Currently, course work is given in a hybrid
setting with virtual and in classroom instruction, both in real-time
and asynchronously. Clinical assignments/rotations include both
day and evening shifts, weekends and some on-call schedules.
Written examinations and performance evaluations are scheduled
regularly throughout the duration of the program. Students
must pass each component of the curriculum in order to make
satisfactory academic progress in the program. Student learning
services may be recommended for students who experience
academic difficulty. Students must meet all health requirements
and maintain current health records.
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General areas of study include basic sciences (anatomy,
physiology, pathophysiology, genetics, pharmacology); cross-
cultural critical thinking; health behavior; clinical skills including
patient interviewing, history-taking, written documentation, all
components of physical assessment; laboratory and radiological
principles; nutrition; principles of primary care, including prevention
and patient education; medical Spanish; interpretation of medical
literature; professional development; and specialty seminars in
research, education and medical care organizations. Additionally,
students participate in clinical training in the areas of family
medicine, pediatrics, women's health, surgery, orthopedics,
internal medicine, behavioral and mental health, and emergency
medicine. The curriculum consists of 33 months of didactic and
clinical training. The educational process consists of a total of four
semesters of didactic (classroom-based) instruction and 54 full-
time equivalent weeks of on-site clinical education.
Clinical education takes place at multiple clinical sites
throughout the greater Los Angeles region, including the Los
Angeles County+USC Medical Center, Keck Medicine of USC
Medical Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, a range of private
offices, and managed care settings, community-based clinics, VA
facilities, and specialty settings. Clinical training sites and clinical
preceptors are established and maintained by the PA program.
The program assigns students to the appropriate clinical rotations
and exercises the right to assign students within a 60-mile radius
of the Health Sciences Alhambra Campus.
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the
Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-
Continued status to the USC Physician Assistant (PA) Program,
sponsored by USC. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation
status granted when a currently accredited program is in
compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.
Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or
withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation
is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The
approximate date for the next validation review of the program
by the ARC-PA will be June 2029. The review date is contingent
upon continued compliance with the Accreditation Standards and
ARC-PA policy.
The program's accreditation history can be viewed on the
ARC-PA website at arc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/
Accreditation-History-U-of-Southern-Cal-153.pdf.
For more information on the Primary Care Physician Assistant
Program at USC, please call us at (626) 457-4240 or email us at
Programs
Physician Assistant Practice (MPAP)
Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences
Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences
Bishop Hall 401
1333 San Pablo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9151
(323) 442-2771
FAX: (323) 442-2411
Email: [email protected]
keck.usc.edu/integrative-anatomical-sciences/
Faculty
Professor and Chair: E.R. Seiffert*
Professors: M. Snow*; R.I. Wood*
Associate Professors: K.J. Carlson; R. Gopalakrishna*; K.L.
Lewton*; C.M. McGowan; B.A. Patel; M. Winfield*
Assistant Professors: A.K. Huttenlocker; A.D. Kemp; M.F. Laird
Emeritus Professors: G. Albrecht*; T.H. McNeill*; J.E. Schechter;
D. Warren III
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences provides
training in the basic medical sciences to health professional
students, and prepares graduate students as future teachers and
researchers in the human anatomical sciences and functional
morphology.
Integrative Anatomical Sciences Graduate Program
The graduate-level course of study includes in-depth training
in core anatomical disciplines: gross anatomy, histology and
neuroanatomy, including cadaveric dissection and microscopic
study of tissues. In addition, students receive an intensive
introduction to fundamentals of bone and dental biology, human
anatomical variation, and clinical anatomical correlations.
Interested students can receive training in laboratory teaching for
gross anatomy, or research training in functional and evolutionary
morphology.
Admission
The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences selects
highly qualified students for admission into its Master of Science
program in Integrative Anatomical Sciences. The prerequisite
for applicants to the MS program is a bachelor's degree with a
science major or equivalent. Applicants should have a superior
undergraduate record at an accredited college or university, with
a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0. Generally
required courses include at least one year of college-level biology,
one year of college-level physics and mathematics through
calculus. College-level courses in cell biology, developmental
biology, organismal biology and physiology are recommended.
Demonstrated proficiency in the English language is required.
Foreign applicants are expected to provide results from the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Results from Internet-
based, computer-based or paper-based tests are acceptable.
However, candidates with special circumstances may be
considered for admission with continuing registration requirements.
Applicants will need to submit the following for consideration:
1. Three letters of recommendation from faculty members who
can evaluate the applicant's potential for graduate work and
independent research.
2. Complete undergraduate transcripts.
3. TOEFL scores (if applicable).
4. Statement of Purpose (should describe your reasons for
seeking a MS degree in the anatomical sciences and
describe your career goals).
5. Answers to the following application questions:
A. Describe your motivation for pursuing a MS degree in
Integrative Anatomical Sciences. (150-300 words)
B. Describe your preparation for entering a MS degree
program. What courses have you taken that have
prepared you for advanced training in anatomical sciences
(e.g., human anatomy and physiology, embryology,
biology, evolutionary biology, biological anthropology,
neuroscience)? Describe any extracurricular experiences
(e.g., volunteer work, employment) that have prepared you
for a MS degree in anatomical sciences. (200-300 words)
C. Describe your intended career path, explain how a MS
degree in anatomical sciences will assist you in reaching
your career goals, and describe why the MS IAS Program
at USC is an ideal fit. (200-300 words)
D. Optional – Do you have diverse life experiences that have
shaped your personal development in ways that could
contribute to increasing equity, diversity and inclusion in
science? (200-300 words, OPTIONAL)
Programs
Integrative Anatomical Sciences (MS)
Integrative Anatomical Sciences (PhD)
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC 697
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Hoffman Medical Research Center 401
2011 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9094
(323) 442-1711
FAX: (323) 442-1721
Email: [email protected]
keck.usc.edu/molecular-microbiology-and-immunology/
Faculty
Distinguished Professor and Chair: Jae U. Jung, PhD
Distinguished Professor: Paula Cannon, PhD
Professors: Omid Akbari; Siyi Chen; Lucio Comai; W. Martin Kast;
Minnie McMillan; Jing-Hsiung Ou; Paul Pattengale (Pathology)
Associate Professors: Emil Bogenmann (Pediatrics); Roger
Duncan (Pharmacy); Henry Fong (Ophthalmology); Ambrose Jong
(Pediatrics); Joseph R. Landolph; Hayoun Lee; Chengyu Liang;
Keigo Machida; Takeshi Saito (GI Liver-Medicine); Axel Schönthal;
Stanley Tahara; Weiming Yuan; Ebrahim Zandi
Assistant Professors: Juliet Emamaullee (Surgery); Hyungjin Eoh;
I-Chueh Huang; Brian Luna
Associate Professor of Research: Sung Yong Park
Clinical Assistant Professor: Jie Li
The Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
is located on the Health Sciences Campus in the Elaine
Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Center, the USC Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Zilkha Neurogenetic
Institute. Faculty guidance and specialized facilities are available
for advanced research in a variety of biomedical research projects.
Graduate Program
Admissions
An applicant to the graduate program in molecular microbiology
and immunology must have a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university with a major in science —
usually biology, chemistry or physics. The applicant must have
demonstrated strength in science or mathematics. Undergraduate
course work should include at least one year of biology, chemistry
through organic chemistry, mathematics through calculus, physics
and physical chemistry. Deficiencies may be made up early in the
predoctoral program.
The department encourages applicants to contact its office
prior to making formal application. Each applicant must pass the
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) or the Medical College
Admissions Test (MCAT). Furthermore, applicants must arrange
for three letters of recommendation to be sent on their behalf.
Applicants must also provide a one-page statement of career
objectives, including the general area of research interest. This
statement is intended to facilitate selection of those students
who will most benefit from the department's graduate program. A
personal interview is recommended but not required.
Program
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MS)
Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck
Surgery (OHNS)
1537 Norfolk Street, Suite 5800
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP)
1640 Marengo Street, Ste. 200
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Email: [email protected]
Program Director: Barbara J. Moore, EdD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
The Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck
Surgery (OHNS) offers two academic programs related to the
care of individuals with communication and swallowing disorders.
The minor in Speech-Language and Hearing Professions is
designed to introduce undergraduate students from a wide variety
of majors to the field of communication sciences and disorders
(i.e. speech-language pathology and audiology) and guide them
in the development of interdisciplinary knowledge, which will
lead to collaborative practices in health care, social services and
education, as it relates to serving individuals with communication
disabilities. The Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
(MS-SLP) is an engaging and innovative degree program
designed to provide students with the knowledge base and
clinical experiences to apply current evidence-based, ethical and
collaborative practices in the field. Through dynamic academic
courses and an expansive array of clinical experiences, and
working within the values and expectations of the university, our
graduates will be prepared to serve a diverse, urban community in
a variety of interdisciplinary settings. The mission, vision, program
goals and other information about the MS-SLP program can be
found on the program website at keck.usc.edu/speech-language-
pathology-ms-program/.
Minor
Speech-Language and Hearing Professions Minor
Programs
Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute
2025 Zonal Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 44-BRAIN
Email: [email protected]
niin.usc.edu
NIIN Core Faculty
Professor of Neurology: Danny Wang, PhD
Associate Professors of Neurology: Neda Jahanshad, PhD;
Yonggang Shi, PhD
Assistant Professors of Neurology: Meredith Braskie, PhD (NIIN
Program Director); Dominique Duncan, PhD; Hosung Kim, PhD;
Michael Bienkowski, PhD
Assistant Professors of Research: Leon Aksman, PhD; Ryan
Cabeen, PhD, Kay Jann, PhD (NIIN Program Assistant Director);
Ioannis Papas, PhD; Xingfeng Shao, PhD
Instructor of Research: Lauren Salminen, PhD
Introduction
The Master of Science (MS) in Neuroimaging and Informatics
(NIIN) program provides students with an understanding of the
scientific and clinical underpinnings of neuroimaging science
and how to leverage that knowledge to make new and important
discoveries in biomedicine. Students who successfully complete
the program will be ideally positioned to apply to formalized
medical training programs, join PhD research training programs,
obtain laboratory or administrative employment in the growing
field of brain imaging neuroscience, or engage in public policy or
regulatory administration of academic, clinical or business efforts
in this expanding discipline.
The program comprises 10 courses (eight 3-unit and two 1-unit)
to be taken in one academic year. Didactic lectures address the
technology of neuroimaging, a detailed examination of brain
anatomy and function, and the variety of data-type dependent
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as well as integrative computational processing approaches.
Laboratory modules (1) provide guided, hands-on experience
with neuroimaging data collection approaches for examining
anatomy, connectivity and functional activity; and (2) examine and
develop optimized data processing strategies. Finally, scholarship
is enriched by several distinct faculty-guided, discussion-based
courses that allow detailed examination of specific aspects of
neuroimaging of elemental neurological processes and carefully
selected applications in neurological and psychiatric medicine.
Graduation requires completion of 26 course units.
Admissions Requirements
Applicants must supply a completed application for graduate
studies including: transcripts from all institutions previously
attended, standardized test scores, a personal statement
describing scientific and career interests, and two letters of
recommendation. Applications are generally anticipated for fall
enrollment. Applicants to the program must apply to the USC
Graduate School and must meet the minimum requirements for
admission to the Graduate School. Students should have an
overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better (or equivalent) and
have achieved graduation with a BS or BA degree (or equivalent)
prior to matriculation. Students are expected to have taken the
general portion of the GRE exam before application and to have
met or exceeded university score requirements. Applicants not
meeting Graduate School requirements for regular standing
may, with the approval of the Graduate School, be conditionally
admitted. International students from non-English speaking
home countries are expected to demonstrate English language
proficiency or take remedial English language courses, according
to Graduate School policy.
Advisement
The program director, assistant director and other faculty are
available to advise and promote students in the program.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the program is required at all
times. Any student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be
given written notification that they have been placed on academic
probation. Students who do not raise their GPA to 3.0 in the
second semester are academically disqualified.
Programs
Neuroimaging and Informatics (MS)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hoffman Medical Research Center 204
2011 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9092
MS Student Adviser: Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PhD; (323) 442-
1296
PhD Student Adviser: Florence M. Hofman, PhD; (323) 442-1153
Program Director, Pathology Residency Training Program: Wesley
Y. Naritoku, MD, PhD; (323) 409-4698
MD Student Adviser: Wesley Y. Naritoku, MD, PhD; (323) 409-
4698
Faculty
Michael E. Selsted, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair
Renette and Marshall Ezralow Family Chair in Cancer
Therapeutics: Parkash Gill, MD
Harold E. Lee Chair in Cancer Research: Michael F. Press, MD,
PhD
Kenneth T. Norris Jr. Chair in Medicine and Hastings Professor of
Medicine: Edward D. Crandall, MD, PhD
Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in Basic Cancer Research:
Michael Lieber, PhD, MD
Rupert and Gertrude Stieger Vision Research Chair: Narsing Rao,
MD
Gavin S. Herbert Professor of Vision Research: David R. Hinton,
MD
Professors: T.C. Chen (Neurological Surgery); C.-M. Chuong;
T.D. Coates (Pediatrics); Wendy Cozen (Preventive Medicine);
E.D. Crandall (Medicine); L. Dubeau; A.L. Epstein; P.S. Gill
(Medicine, Urology); S. Govindarajan; D. Hinton (Neurological
Surgery, Ophthalmology); F.M. Hofman (Ophthalmology,
Neurological Surgery); R.W. Jelliffe (Medicine); M.N. Koss*; P.R.
Levitt (Pediatrics, Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Psychology); M.R. Lieber (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology); T.M. Mack (Family and
Preventive Medicine); C.A. Miller (Neurology); A.J. Ouellette; P.K.
Pattengale (Molecular Microbiology and Immunology); M.F. Press;
F.P. Quismorio, Jr. (Medicine); N.A. Rao (Ophthalmology); S.
Rasheed*; M.E. Selsted; D.K. Shibata; I.A. Shulman; M.R. Stallcup
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); C.R. Taylor*; T.J. Triche
(Pediatrics); H. Tsukamoto
Professors (Clinical Scholars): J.A. Biegel; M.R.G. O'Gorman
(Pediatrics); D.M. Parham; H. Shimada
Associate Professors: S. Asgharzadeh, (Pediatrics); S. Bellusci
(Surgery); A. Erdreich-Epstein (Pediatrics); B.H. Gross (Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine); Y.M. Kim, (Pediatrics); A.
Kovacs (Pediatrics); J.R. Landolph (Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology); H.A.
Liebman (Medicine); S.E. Martin; S.B. Turkel (Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics)
Associate Professor (Clinical Scholar): A.R. Judkins
Assistant Professors: T. Saito (Medicine, Molecular Microbiology,
Biology & Immunology); B. Stiles (Pharmacology and
Pharmaceutical Sciences); D. Tian
Clinical Professors: C.A. Bell; H.N. Canawati; J.N. Carberry;
J. Cicciarelli (Urology, Surgery); K.A. Frankel; F.H. Gilles
(Neurological Surgery, Neurology); D.S. Harrington; R.E.
Horowitz; G. Kanel; D.V. Kon; O.T. Kuzma (Medicine); D.H. Mills;
J. Nelson; P. Nichols; P.N. Rao; C. Rogers; A.A. Roscher; L.
Sathyavagiswaran (Medicine); S.V. Sostrin; A. Verity
Adjunct Clinical Professors: R.Y. Osamura; S.-R. Shi
Clinical Associate Professors: C. J. Cobb; T.E. Howard; G.
Pezeshkpour; A.S.S. Raza; J.S. Wollman
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professors: M.M. Cosgrove; M.
Pietruszka
Clinical Assistant Professors: JD Augustine; A. Baltayan; E.
Carpenter, Jr.; J.A. Chan; W. Chick; O. Chinwah; P.D. Colman;
E.C. Dinovo; R. Djabourian; R. Gellibolian; K.E. Grimm; M.D.
Haimowitz; J. Iqbal; M. Kennedy; M.T. Kiyabu; B. Kwok; B.J. Le
Berthon; M.S. Lewis; K. Matsuda; V. Nelson; S.D. Oh; R. Phan;
G. Pinsky; S. Prabhu; S.T. Pullarkat; L.A. Scheinin; R.A. Soni; J.P.
Tovar; K.J. Young; S.K. Young
Clinical Assistant Professor (Clinical Educator): N.M. Shillingford
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professors: F. Antelo; M.A. Fajardo; N.M.
Green; C. Lwin; Z. Pavlova; O.C. Upko
Professors of Clinical: R.K. Brynes; P. Carpenter; J.F. Emerson;
A.L. Hiti; Y. Iwaki (Urology, Surgery); P. Mhawech-Fauceglia
(Obstetrics and Gynecology); W.Y. Naritoku; A.E. Sherrod; S. Wu
(Pediatrics); G.-Q. Xiao
Adjunct Professor of Clinical: L.A. Baxter-Lowe
Professors of Research: J. Groffen (Pediatrics); E. Heisterkamp
(Pediatrics)
Associate Professors of Clinical: M. Aron; R.C. Bender (She);
S. M. Butler-Wu; D.B. Casebolt; J. Dien Bard; A.N. Fedenko
(Orthopaedic Surgery); X. Gai; D. Hawes; S. He (Ophthalmology);
G.H. Kim (Dermatology); Y. Ma; A. Mathew; K.A. Nash*; G. Raca;
S. Saitta; I. Siddiqi; L.L. Wang (Surgery); P.M. Ward; G.D. Zeger
Assistant Professors of Clinical: M. Burnett (Neurology); A.B.
Chambliss; S. Chopra; A.J. Correa; J. Cotter; B.K. DeClerck
(Dermatology); W.A. Elatre; X. Fu; J.P. Hudgins; K.M. Hurth; J.
Ji; K. Lai; M.J. Oberley; L. O'Brien; A.C. Perumbeti; P. Sanchez
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC 699
(Pediatrics); M.E. Sibug Saber (Ophthalmology); S. Tatischev; M.
Vegara-Lluri; M. Warren; S. Zhou
Associate Professors of Research: K. Asahina; R.B. Widelitz
Research Associate Professor: T.V. Tatarinova
Assistant Professors of Research: D.E. Feldman; T. Jiang; R.A.
Moats (Radiology); P. Tongaonkar; P. Wu; Jun Xu; D. Zhu
Research Assistant Professors: P. Hu; N.W. Marten; Y. Ouyang
Adjunct Research Associate Professor: S.A. Imam
Resident Clinical Instructors: Z. Ashraf; L. Aye; C. Chang; T.
Chong; C. Costales; A. Fong; M. Goebel; R. Golestani; W. Guo; S.
Hamidi; T. Jenkins; T. Jong; M. Khoshchereh; T.H. Kim; I. Larsen;
J. Makker; A. Mehta; R. O'Connell; N. Plaza; M. Takeda; S. Walia;
D. Wang; C. Wei; D. Yau
Resident Clinical Instructors – Fellows: F. Baratelli; M.
Boonyasampant; K. Duncan; E. Enbom; B. Kay; X. Li; V. Martin; B.
Song; L. Szymanski; N. Tirawi; E. Yung
Emeritus Professors: S.B. Chandor; P.T. Chandrasoma; B.N.
Nathwani; J.W. Parker; P. Roy-Burman; N.E. Warner; E.T. Wong
Emeritus Associate Professor: A.D. Cramer
Emeritus Clinical Professors: R.D. Aller; M. Greenblatt; G.G.
Hadley; W.H. Kern; D.S. Shillam; R.J. Schroeder
Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor: W.C. Smith
Emeritus Clinical Assistant Professors: R.L. McClure; J.K. Waken
Emeritus Professors of Clinical: K.-M. Chan; D.L. Commins; J.F.P.
Dixon; C.B. Inderlied; T.T. Noguchi (Emergency Medicine, Surgery)
Emeritus Associate Professor of Clinical: W.P. Lewis
Emeritus Assistant Professor of Clinical: R.B. Hopper
Emeritus Professor of Research: T.L. Lincoln
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
provides training for both medical and graduate students. Medical
students are trained in general, systemic and cellular pathology,
providing them with an understanding and visualization of the
basic processes underlying symptoms and clinical courses, as
well as the ability to evaluate laboratory findings. This department
also contributes to the training of residents and fellows at the
LAC+USC Healthcare Network, Keck Hospital of USC and the
USC Norris Cancer Hospital, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and
Los Angeles County Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office, providing
these residents and fellows with an intensive residency program
in anatomic and clinical pathology and offering subspecialty
fellowship training in surgical pathology, cytopathology,
hematopathology, neuropathology and forensic pathology.
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine has a
Master of Science program. The two-year MS program provides
training in the latest technologies and concepts of biomedical
research and provides the graduate with enhanced opportunities
for positions in biotechnology companies, teaching colleges and
various health department/governmental positions.
With 96 full-time faculty and 52 residents and fellows in training,
the USC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is
one of the largest pathology departments in the United States.
The department has strong and diverse research programs in
basic, clinical and translational pathology. Basic research includes
programs in stem cell biology and organogenesis, molecular
mechanisms of cancer, mechanisms of neurodegeneration and
ocular diease, and pathogenesis of liver injury and disease.
Clinical research is particularly strong in surgical pathology,
cytopathology, hematopathology, immunohistochemistry, molecular
pathology, microbiology, neuropathology, ocular pathology and
pediatric pathology. Investigators in the department are leading
programs developing novel therapeutics utilizing peptides,
immunotherapies and stem cells. Residency training has
added months in dermatopathology and molecular pathology
at Keck Hospital of USC and in cytogenetics at CHLA. The
hematopathology fellowship has increased fellowship items
from two to three fellows and added Norris Cancer Hospital and
CHLA as affiliated institutions, making this one of the leading
hematopathology fellowships in the nation. CHLA has also
provided funding for a second neuropathology fellow, and rotations
at CHLA have been added in surgical and autopsy neuropathology,
molecular genetics and research. The forensic pathology
fellowship training program at the Los Angeles County Medical
Examiner/Coroner's Office has administrative affiliation with the
LAC+USC Medical Center.
The department provides diagnostic laboratory services for
the LAC+USC Medical Center, the USC Norris Comprehensive
Cancer Center and Hospital, Keck Hospital of USC, the USC
Clinical Laboratories Group, and all USC Clinics. Approximately
30 of the department's full-time faculty members work in service
laboratories throughout the LAC+USC Medical Center, where
they are supported by 40 residents and fellows and a technical
and clerical staff numbering in excess of 300. The USC Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital and Keck Hospital
of USC, as well as the USC clinics, are served by 34 full-time
pathologists, two fellows, three residents and approximately 200
technical and support staff.
Graduate Programs
General Admissions
Applicants to the graduate program in pathology must have
a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
with an undergraduate major in one of the natural sciences;
a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for undergraduate work is
required. Applicants must submit undergraduate transcripts and
letters of recommendation from two undergraduate teachers with
their application. All applicants must take the general portion of
the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). A combined score
of at least 315 for the verbal and quantitative scores is required.
International students whose native language is not English must
submit scores from the IELTS (International English Language
Testing System) or the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign
Language) examination. Personal interviews by members of the
department's graduate committee may be requested.
Original application materials, except letters of recommendation,
should be sent to the Office of Admission, University of Southern
California. To expedite consideration of the application, applicants
should also send photocopies of the application, transcripts and
GRE scores to the Pathology Department's graduate committee
secretary. Letters of recommendation should be addressed directly
to the secretary, graduate committee. Applications are considered
for admission to both the fall and spring semesters.
Residency and Fellowship Programs
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers
six first-year residency positions and 24 residency positions in its
fully ACGME-accredited four-year training program in anatomic
and clinical pathology at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Training
is offered in autopsy and surgical pathology, neuropathology,
cytology, microbiology, hematopathology, immunohematology,
clinical chemistry, toxicology, immunopathology, cytogenetics,
cytogenomics, instrumentation, laboratory management, clinical
informatics, electron microscopy, molecular pathology and other
specialty areas. The Department of Pathology also offers the
Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
fully accredited fellowship training in cytopathology (four positions),
hematopathology (three positions), neuropathology (two positions),
surgical pathology (seven positions) and forensic pathology
(six approved positions). Admissions to residency is exclusively
through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) and
the NRMP (National Resident Matching Program). Applicants to
fellowship should contact the fellowship program director and
program coordinator directly; the CAP (College of American
Pathologists) Universal Fellowship Application Form is accepted
by all USC fellowships.
Programs
Molecular Pathology and Experimental Medicine (MS)
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Department of Physiology and Neuroscience
Keith Administration Building 400
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9037
(323) 442-1145
FAX: (323) 442-2494
Email: [email protected]
Student Adviser: H. Kaslow, PhD; [email protected]
Faculty
Information for individual faculty: profiles.sc-ctsi.org/search/
Chair of the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience and
Director of the Center for Neurodegeneration and Regeneration
at the USC Zilkha Neurogenic Institute: Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD,
PhD
Director, USC Research Center for Liver Diseases, Chief, Division
of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, USC Associates/Thomas
H. Brem Chair in Medicine, and Veronica P. Budnick, MD, Chair in
Liver Disease: Neil Kaplowitz, MD
Professors: Vito M. Campese; Robert H. Chow; Casey Donovan
(Exercise Science); Robert A. Farley* (Biochemistry); Caleb Finch
(Gerontology and Neurobiology); Michael Goran (Preventive
Medicine); Sarah Hamm-Alvarez (Pharmaceutical Sciences);
Cage Johnson (Professor Emeritus); Neil Kaplowitz (Medicine/GI
Liver/Patient Care); Thomas Keens (Pediatrics); Kwang Jin Kim
(Medicine, Biomedical Engineering); Herbert J. Meiselman; Austin
K. Mircheff; Janos Peti-Peterdi; Richard Watanabe; Alan G. Watts;
Li Zhang
Associate Professors: Harvey R. Kaslow; Richard L. Lubman
(Medicine/Pulmonary Patient Care); Steven Mittelman; Jang-Hyun
Youn
Assistant Professors: Jon Detterich; Joyce Richey
Adjunct Professor: Dwight W. Warren III
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
The administrative offices of the Department of Physiology
and Neuroscience are located on the Health Sciences Campus.
Faculty of the department are located predominantly at the Health
Science Campus.
Programs
Medical Physiology (MS)
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Bioinformatics Division
1845 N. Soto Street
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Division Chief: Paul Thomas, PhD
pphs.usc.edu/divisions/bioinformatics/
Biostatistics Division
1845 N. Soto Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90032-9234
Division Chief: W. Gauderman, PhD
(323) 442-1810
FAX: (323) 442-2993
Email: [email protected]
pphs.usc.edu/divisions/biostatistics/
Disease Prevention, Policy and Global Health Division
1845 N. Soto Street, SSB 318J, MC 9239
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Division Chief: Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA
(323) 865-0826
pphs.usc.edu/divisions/disease-prevention-global-health/
Environmental Health Division
1845 N. Soto Street, Suite 230
Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628
Division Chiefs: Rob McConnell, MD; Carrie Breton, ScD
(323) 442-1096
FAX: (323) 442-3272
pphs.usc.edu/divisions/environmental-health/
Epidemiology and Genetics Division
1845 N. Soto Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90032-9234
Division Chief: Christopher Haiman, ScD
(323) 442-1810
FAX: (323) 442-2993
Email: [email protected]
pphs.usc.edu/divisions/epidemiology-genetics/
Health Behavior Research Division
c/o USC/IPR
1845 N. Soto Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628
Division Chief: Genevieve Dunton, PhD, MPH
(323) 442-8299
Email: [email protected]
phdhbr.usc.edu
Global Health Studies
837 Downey Way
Stonier Hall, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1149
Director: Heather Wipfli, PhD
(213) 740-1060
Email: [email protected]
hpdp.usc.edu
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies Program
837 Downey Way
Stonier Hall, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1149
Director: Heather Wipfli, PhD
(213) 740-1060
Email: [email protected]
hpdp.usc.edu
Master of Science in Global Medicine Program
1333 San Pablo Street
McKibben Hall, MCH 144
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Director: Navid Pour-Ghasemi, MD
(323) 442-3141
Email: [email protected]
msgm.usc.edu
Master of Public Health Program
1845 N. Soto Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628
Director: Amie Hwang, PhD, MPH
(323) 442-8237
Email: [email protected]
pphs.usc.edu/education_programs/master-of-public-health/
Faculty
Professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair in Preventive Medicine,
Keck School of Medicine of USC: Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD
Professor and Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Chair in Cancer Prevention,
Keck School of Medicine of USC: David Conti, PhD
Professor and AFLAC Chair in Cancer Research, Keck School of
Medicine of USC: Christopher Haiman, ScD
Professor and Sidney R. Garfield Chair in Health Sciences, Keck
School of Medicine of USC: Mary Ann Pentz, PhD
Professor and Jane and Kris Popovich Chair in Cancer Research,
Keck School of Medicine of USC: Wendy Setiawan, PhD
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Professor and Ira Goodman Chair in Cancer Research, Keck
School of Medicine of USC: Mariana Stern, PhD
Professors: H. Allayee (Chemistry and Mol Biology); L.
Baezconde-Garbanati; R. Bluthenthal; C. Breton; L Chatzi; M.
Cockburn; D. Conti; G. Dunton (Psychology); W.J. Gauderman;
F.D. Gilliland; S. Gruskin (Gould Law School); C. Hughes Halbert;
C. Haiman; H. Hu; A. Leventhal (Psychology); Chun Li; Wendy
Mack (Gerontology); R. McConnell; M.A. Pentz; W. Setiawan
(Medicine); K. Siegmund; D. Stram; S. Sussman; T. Valente
(Dentistry and Annenberg); P.D. Thomas, Jr. (Molecular &
Computational Biology); J. Unger; R. Watanabe (Physiology and
Biophysics); J. Wiemels; A. Wu
Associate Professors: D. Black; J.C. Chen; K. de la Haye (Spatial
Science); S. Eckel; S. Ingles (OB/GYN); D. Meeker (Pediatrics and
CHLA); J. Tsui
Assistant Professors: J. Barrington-Trimis; B. Belcher; Z. Chen;
C. Chiang; A. Farias; S. Farzan; L. Ferguson; E. Garcia; S. Gazal;
M. Herting (Pediatrics and CHLA); J. Johnston; N. Mancuso; A.
Tackett
Professors of Clinical: E. Avol; V. Cortessis (OB/GYN); D. Deapen;
J. Klausner; E. Nezami; L. Rohrbach; M. Stern (Urology); D. Van
Den Berg
Associate Professors of Clinical: D. Barkauskas; T. Bastain;
R. Burke; F. Choudhury; R. Habre (Spatial Science); K.
Honda; R. Karim; S. Kumar; S. Kim; L. Liu; R. Mckean-Cowdin
(Ophthalmology); J. Steinberg; M. Wilson; H. Wipfli; M. Withers
Associate Professor of Clinical and Educational Scholar: C.
Patino-Sutton
Assistant Professors of Clinical: R. Ceasar; H. Dang; A. de Smith;
J. Hartiala; A. Hwang; L. Ji; J.P. Lewinger; A. Luleijian; T. Mason;
M. Nuno; J. Piao; T. Pickering; C. Soto (Children, Youth and
Families); S. Tommasi
Professors of Research: T. Alonzo; H. Bersaratinia; J.D. Buckley
(Pediatrics and CHLA); M. Li; A. Hamilton; S. Hempel; M. Krailo;
P. Marjoram
Associate Professors of Research: J. Huh; M. Kirkpatrick; E. Lee;
H. Mi; L. Renfro
Assistant Professors of Research: J.P. Allem; J. Cho, K. Islam; J.
Millstein; R. Pang
Adjunct Professors: K. Berhane; W. Cozen; J. Figueriedo; P.
Gounder; R. Khosla; A. Kim; L. Mascola; J. Milam; J. Miles; J.
O'Malley; S. Salvy; J. Samet; G. Singh; D.J.M. Tarantola; H. Tseng
Adjunct Associate Professors: T. Evans; J. Milam; L. Park; A. Xiang
Adjunct Assistant Professors: T. Alderate; A. Auslander; M.
Bashash; Y. Casagrande; N. Gatto; L. Kysh; A. Malin; Y. Ornelas
Van Horne; J. Pogoda; T. Salam; C. Toledo-Corral; N. Wade
Emeritus Professors: S.P. Azen (Biokinesiology and Physical
Therapy, Ophthalmology, Occupational Science); L. Bernstein; J.
Casagrande; C-P Chou; M. Cousineau; S.Groshen; A. Hricko; B.
Langholz; T. M. Mack; M.C. Pike; J. Richardson; R. Sposto; D.C.
Thomas; G. Ursin
The department is responsible for training medical, graduate
and undergraduate students in the areas of biostatistics,
epidemiology, health behavior research, and population and public
health sciences. Faculty from the statistical genetics and molecular
epidemiology department also perform research in the areas of
biostatistics, epidemiology of acute and chronic diseases, and
environmental health.
The undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the
department are noteworthy for the extensive opportunities
offered to the students for involvement in faculty research. It is
not uncommon for students to begin working closely with faculty
members on research projects as early as their first or second
year of study.
Undergraduate Degrees
Progressive Degree Programs in Population and
Public Health Sciences
The Master of Public Health, the Master of Science in
Biostatistics, the Master of Science in Applied Biostatistics/
Epidemiology, the Master of Science in Global Medicine, and the
Master of Science in Molecular Epidemiology programs admit a
limited number of undergraduate students to a progressive degree
program, which allows them to pursue a master's level degree
while completing the bachelor's degree. Applicants to the program
must have completed 64 units of course work. Applicants need
not submit GRE scores, but are expected to have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 at the time of application. The application for admission
to a progressive degree program must be accompanied by an
approved course plan proposal and two letters of recommendation.
The requirements for both the BS and the master's degrees must
be satisfied, including a minimum of 128 undergraduate units.
For further details on progressive degree programs, see the
Requirements for Graduation page.
Graduate Programs
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Clinical)/Master
of Public Health (Health Promotion)
The PhD/MPH dual degree combines knowledge of clinical
psychology research and practice with an understanding of health
from a population perspective. The student enrolls primarily in the
clinical psychology doctoral program and may apply to the MPH
program during the first year. During the second and subsequent
years, course work is taken in both programs. The dissertation is
undertaken through the Department of Psychology.
PharmD/Master of Public Health
The School of Pharmacy and the Master of Public Health
program, in recognition of the rapidly changing health care
environment and in response to the growing demand for
pharmacists who are knowledgeable in both pharmacy and
population-based health care issues, have developed a dual
degree program. The joint PharmD/MPH degree will enable
graduates to be more responsive to today's health care needs
and will provide training for pharmacists who seek to be agents of
change within the profession and to assume leadership roles in the
pharmacy field and in public health at the local, state and national
levels.
The Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Public Health (PharmD/
MPH) program spans five years (four years of pharmacy school
courses and one year of public health courses). Students begin
the core MPH courses following the successful completion of the
first year of pharmacy school. The last three years of the program
are devoted to the clinical rotations of the School of Pharmacy
and to the completion of the elective courses and practicum (field
experience) of the MPH program.
MD/Master of Public Health
The joint MD/MPH program at the Keck School of Medicine
is designed for individuals who envision a medical career that
combines public health and medical disciplines. For further
information about the joint program, refer to the program page.
Programs
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences offers
the following degree programs:
Global Health Studies (BS)
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies (BS)
Addiction Science (MS)
Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology (MS)
Biostatistics (MS)
Global Medicine (MS)
Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations (MS)
Molecular Epidemiology (MS)
Public Health (MPH)
Public Health (MPH) (Online)
Public Health Data Science (MS)
Master of Science, Global Medicine/Doctor of Pharmacy
(PharmD/MS)
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science, Global Medicine
(MD/MS)
Master of Public Health/Doctor of Pharmacy (MPH/PharmD)
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Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health (MD/MPH)
Master of Public Health/Master of Urban Planning (MPH/
MUP)
Master of Public Health/Master of Social Work (MPH/MSW)
Master of Public Health/Master of Science, Social
Entrepreneurship (MPH/MS)
Biostatistics (PhD)
Epidemiology (PhD)
Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research) (PhD)
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences also
offers the following undergraduate minor programs:
Addiction Science Minor
Cinema-Television for the Health Professions Minor
Cultural Competence in Medicine Minor
Environmental Health Minor
Global Health Minor
Health Communication Minor
Nutrition and Health Promotion Minor
Public Health Minor
Substance Abuse Prevention Minor
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences also
offers the following certificate programs:
Clinical, Biomedical and Translational Investigations
Certificate
Community Health Promotion Certificate
Epidemiology Certificate
Global Health and Human Rights Leadership Graduate
Certificate
Global Health Communications Graduate Certificate
Global Medicine Graduate Certificate
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Global Health and
Development Graduate Certificate
Project Management in Global Health and Development
Graduate Certificate
Spatial Sciences for Global Health Graduate Certificate
Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine
and Stem Cell Research at USC
1425 San Pablo St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 865-1266
FAX: (323) 442-8067
Email: [email protected]
scrm.usc.edu
Chair: Andrew P. McMahon, PhD
Program Director: Francesca Mariani, PhD
Master of Science in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine
The one-year program offers courses in cutting-edge biomedical
science, including developmental biology, human embryology,
regenerative medicine, and the translational and therapeutic
aspects of stem cell technology. The program also provides
practical hands-on laboratory experience with the growth and
differentiation of stem cells. Although not required, students are
encouraged to engage in laboratory research during the year, with
one of the 80+ lab groups that constitute USC Stem Cell. At the
completion of the MS program, students may informally continue
to conduct research in their labs, or may continue research with a
guided and structured optional second research year.
After completing this program, students will be poised to
apply to medical or PhD programs, enter the growing stem cell
pharmaceutical domain, or engage in other academic, clinical or
business efforts. Students will possess a unique understanding
of how the body's own developmental and repair mechanisms
can restore damaged cells, tissues and organs — providing new
opportunities to treat conditions ranging from blindness to cancer,
from organ failure to HIV/AIDS.
Admissions Requirements
Applicants must supply a completed application for graduate
studies including: transcripts from all institutions previously
attended, a personal statement describing scientific and career
interests, and two letters of recommendation. Applicants to the
program must apply to the USC Graduate School and must meet
the minimum requirements for admission to the Graduate School.
Students are required to have a 3.0 or better overall GPA (or
equivalent) and have achieved graduation with a BS or BA degree
(or equivalent) before matriculation. Please note that students who
have GRE, MCAT, or DAT scores that are no more than five years
old may submit them to supplement their application. Applicants
not meeting Graduate School requirements for regular standing
may be admitted, with the approval of the Graduate School,
with continuing registration requirements. International students
from non-English speaking home countries are expected to
demonstrate English language proficiency or take remedial English
language courses, according to Graduate School policy. Specific
recommended preparation for this program include completed
course work with a B or better grade (or equivalent) in Cell Biology
and in Molecular Biology.
Advisement
The program recommends that students meet with the student
services adviser each semester prior to registration.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A graduate GPA of at least 3.0 is required at all times. Any
student whose graduate GPA falls below 3.0 will be given written
notification that they have been placed on academic probation.
Students who do not raise their GPA to 3.0 after two semesters on
academic probation will be academically disqualified.
Programs
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (MS)
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine with Research
Year (MS)
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Certificate
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC 703
Department of Translational Genomics
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
1450 Biggy Street, NRT 2508
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9601
(323) 865-1591
Fax: (323) 442-2490
Email: [email protected]
dtg.usc.edu
Faculty
John D. Carpten, PhD, Professor and Chair, Royce and
Mary Trotter Chair in Cancer Research , Director, Institute of
Translational Genomics
Llewellyn James Cox, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer
David Wesley Craig, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Co-Director,
Institute of Translational Genomics
Brooke Erika Hjelm, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical
Translational Genomics
Ron King, PhD, MBA, Adjunct Lecturer
Carol S. Lin, PhD, MAE, Associate Professor
Bodour Salhia, PhD, Associate Professor
Zarko Manojlovic, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research
Arman Nadershahi, JD, Adjunct Lecturer
Enrique Israel Velazquez Villarreal, MD, PhD, MS, MPH, Assistant
Professor of Research
The Department of Translational Genomics represents an
academic department within the Keck School of Medicine of
USC with a core mission of developing and driving genetic
methodologies toward improvements in patient management and
outcomes through translational research and training.
Over the past decade, genomics has led to massive changes
in biomedical research in which top medical schools lead in
research and clinical trials by leveraging investments in genomics
infrastructure coupled to strong bioinformatics. In particular, the
emergence next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has
changed how systems are being studied at the molecular, cellular
and systems level through hundreds of novel assays. Even further,
these assays on NGS platforms have been translated to the
clinic, changing how clinical researchers approach patient-driven
trials. This may never be more evident than through the recent
signing of bi-partisan legislation, the 21st Century Cures Act,
the Precision Medicine Initiative, the Cancer Moonshot and the
BRAIN Initiative. Genomics represents a central and foundational
discipline underpinning these programs; it represents the emerging
standard for molecular research. To be competitive small and
large universities are making massive investments to build NGS
infrastructure, expertise and informatics.
The department is committed to excellence in translational
genomics education and research, bringing to bear vast
experience and expertise in molecular genetics, genome science,
biomedical informatics, translational science, and molecular
medicine. The ultimate goal is to serve the Keck community
by bridging basic and clinical research through discovery and
validation of novel diagnostics and therapeutics for earlier
diagnosis and smarter treatments.
Programs
Translational Biomedical Informatics (MS)
Translational Biotechnology (MS)
Translational Biotechnology Certificate
Translation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Sciences
Certificate
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USC Thornton School of Music
Since its founding in 1884, the USC Thornton School of
Music has become the center of higher education in music in the
western United States and is among the top schools of music
in the nation. Situated in the heart of the vital musical life of Los
Angeles, USC Thornton brings together a distinguished faculty
and gifted students from around the world. It is in this wonderfully
diverse cultural milieu that students are offered instruction
in virtually all professional and scholarly branches of music,
including instrumental and vocal performance, jazz, popular music
performance, music production, early music, composition, screen
scoring, music industry, musicology, music teaching and learning,
arts leadership, pedagogy, choral and sacred music, conducting
and opera. In addition to its major programs, USC Thornton also
offers a wide array of music minors and general interest courses
for students majoring in other disciplines.
The USC Thornton Symphony, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir,
Opera, Wind Ensemble, Popular Music Ensembles, Songwriter
Showcases, Jazz Orchestra, Contemporary Music Ensemble,
Early Music Ensemble and a wide variety of large and small choral
and instrumental ensembles offer students a broad performing
experience. More than 500 formal and informal concerts and
recitals are presented on campus each year and the school
regularly presents eminent visiting artists and scholars in master
classes, workshops, lectures, seminars and in performance.
Los Angeles is the home of numerous musical organizations
whose performances contribute immeasurably to the cultural life
of the region, and is also the home of the nation's major recording,
radio, film and television industries. All offer abundant opportunities
to the serious young music professional.
Music Student Affairs
The Music Complex 200
(213) 740-4721
Email: [email protected]
Associate Dean: Phillip Placenti
Music Admission
The Music Complex 200
(213) 740-8986
Email: [email protected]
Associate Dean: Phillip Placenti
Arts Leadership
Music Faculty Building 402
(213) 740-1895
Director: Kenneth Foster
Choral Music
Music Faculty Building 416
(213) 821-5756
Chair: Cristian Grases
Classical Guitar
Ramo Hall of Music 112
(213) 740-7702
Chair: Scott Tennant
Composition
Music Faculty Building 308
(213) 740-7416
Chair: Donald Crockett
Conducting
Music Faculty Building 308
(213) 740-7416
Chair: Larry Livingston
Jazz Studies
The Music Complex 118
(213) 740-3119
Chair: Jason Goldman
Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Ramo Hall of Music 112
(213) 740-7703
Director: Alan Smith
Keyboard Studies
Ramo Hall of Music 112
(213) 740-7703
Chair: Alan Smith
Musicology
Music Faculty Building 308
(213) 740-7416
Chair: TBD
Music Teaching and Learning
Music Faculty Building 402
(213) 740-6935
Chair: Beatriz Ilari
Music Industry
The Music Complex 118
(213) 740-3224
Email: contemporary[email protected]
Chair: Michael Garcia
Music Technology
The Music Complex 118
(213) 740-3224
Chair: Richard Schmunk
Organ
Ramo Hall of Music 112
(213) 740-7703
Director: Ladd Thomas
Popular Music Performance
The Music Complex 118
(213) 740-3244
Chair: Patrice Rushen
Screen Scoring
The Music Complex 118
(213) 821-4192
Email: contemporary[email protected]
Director: TBD
Strings
Ramo Hall of Music 112
(213) 740-7702
Chair: Lina Bahn
Studio Guitar
The Music Complex 118
(213) 740-3224
Chair: Nick Stoubis
Vocal Arts
Ramo Hall of Music 112
(213) 740-7704
Chair: Lisa Sylvester
Winds and Percussion
Music Faculty Building 308
(213) 740-7416
Chair: Sharon Lavery
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All departments may be reached by writing to:
USC Thornton School of Music
Music Faculty Building
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851
FAX: (213) 740-3217
email: [email protected]
music.usc.edu
Administration
Josh Kun, Interim Dean
Lucinda Carver, DMA, Vice Dean, Division of Classical
Performance Studies
Rotem Gilbert, DMA, Vice Dean, Division of Scholarly and
Professional Studies
Sean Holt, MA, Vice Dean, Division of Contemporary Music
Jeffrey de Caen, MBA, Associate Dean for Operations
A. Phoenix Delgado, DMA, Associate Dean for Advancement
Joanna Demers, PhD*, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Brian Head, MM, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Susan Miltner Lopez, MBA, Associate Dean for Administration and
Finance
Phillip Placenti, EdD, Associate Dean for Admission and Student
Affairs
Faculty
Jascha Heifetz Chair in Music: Glenn Dicterow, BA
Bowen H. "Buzz" McCoy and Barbara M. McCoy Endowed
Chair in Jazz at the Flora L. Thornton School of Music, Honoring
President Steven B. Sample, 10th President of the University of
Southern California: Bob Mintzer, BA*
Gregor Piatigorsky Chair in Violoncello: Ralph Kirshbaum, BA
Stephen H. Crocker Professorship in Music: Elizabeth Hynes, BM
Judge Widney Professor of Music: Midori Goto, MA*
Judge Widney Professor of Music: Michael Tilson Thomas
Professors: Ken Cazan, BFA*; Terry Cravens, DMA*; Donald
Crockett, PhD*; Robert A. Cutietta, DEd; Joanna Demers, PhD*;
Glenn Dicterow, BA; Kevin Fitz-Gerald, Art. Dipl; Adam Gilbert,
PhD; Stewart Gordon, DMA*; Cristian Grases, DMA; Jeffrey
Kahane, MA; Ralph Kirshbaum, BA; Larry Livingston, MM; Ronald
McCurdy, PhD; Bob Mintzer, BA*; Alan Pasqua, BM*; Daniel
Pollack, MS*; Frank Potenza, MM*; Jo-Michael Scheibe, DMA*;
Alan Smith, DMA*; Richard Smith, MM; John Thomas, MM; Frank
Ticheli, DMA*
Associate Professors: Yehuda Gilad, Dipl*; Rod Gilfry, MM; Ted
Hearne, MM; Elizabeth Hynes, BM; Beatriz Ilari, PhD; David
Moore, BM
Assistant Professors: William Coppola, PhD; Camae Dennis; Nate
Sloan, PhD; Scott Spencer, PhD; Lisa Vest, PhD*; Nina Young,
DMA
Professors of Practice: Bernadene Blaha, MM; Lucinda Carver,
DMA*; Peter Erskine; Kenneth Foster, MA; Rotem Gilbert,
DMA*; Mark Goldstein, JD; Brian Head, MM*; Lynn Helding, MM;
Veronika Krausas, DMA; Richard Schmunk, DMA*; Nick Stoubis,
MM; Nick Strimple, DMA; Scott Tennant, MM; Joel Timm, DMA
Associate Professors of Practice: Jeffrey Allen, BA; Lina Bahn,
DM*; Jason Goldman, MM; Susan Helfter, DMA*; Lyndia Johnson,
MMA; William Kanengiser, MM*; Sharon Lavery, MM; Yura Lee,
Art Dipl; Kevin Lyman, BS; Brent McMunn, MM; Karen Parks,
MM; Antoinette Perry, MM; Stephen Pierce, DMA; Christopher
Sampson, MM; Tram Sparks, DMA; Lisa Sylvester, DMA; Jacob
Vogel, DMA
Assistant Professors of Practice: Thomas Michael Allen, MM;
Russell Ferrante, Dipl; Michael Garcia, BA; Sean Holt, MA*; Paul
Jackson, Jr., BA; William Kennedy; Timothy Kobza, MM; Andrew
Leff, JD; Brian Malouf, BA; Sean Nye, PhD; Christopher Rozé,
DMA; Patrice Rushen, BA; Michael Smith, BA; Mark Weiser, MM
Lecturers and Senior Lecturers (Full-time): Andrae Alexander,
MA; David Arnay, MM; Charles Gutierrez, AA; Aaron Serfaty, BFA;
Stephen Trovato, BS
Adjunct Professors: Margaret Batjer; Jeff Brabec; Todd Brabec;
Martin Chalifour; Julie Landsman; Vincent Mendoza; Cherry
Rhodes; Pepe Romero; James Self; Carl St Clair; Jo Ann
Turovsky; Allan Vogel; Bing Wang; Richard Wolf
Adjunct Associate Professors: James Babor; Karen Dreyfus; Judith
Farmer; David Howard; Joseph Pereira; Andrew Shulman
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Adriana Balic; Jon Burlingame; Neal
Desby; Bruce Forman; Thomas Hooten; Catherine Karoly; Adam
Kofler; Jennifer Marotta; Leah Morrison; Darek Oleszkiewicz;
Robert Sheppard; Andrea Stolpe; Robert Young
Adjunct Instructors: Andy Abad; Helane Anderson; Pete Anthony;
Michael Arrom; Jonathan Azu; Steve Becknell; Bobby Borg; Snehal
Desai; Siobhán Dougall; Maxine Eilander; Sara Gazarek; Peter
Golub; Kathleen Grace; Tim Greiving; Jeremy Gruber; Ben Hong;
Alphonso Johnson; Michael Kaminsky; Jennifer Kampani; Laura
Karpman; Patrick Kirst; Marion Kuszyk; Daniel Lincoln; Edwin
Livingston; Ginny Luke; Andrew Martin; Mary Mattei; Jessica
Maxfield; Roy McCurdy; Loren Medina; Jazmin Morales; Shawn
Mouser; Alexandra Nickson; Sung-Hwa Park; Douglas Petty;
David Poe; Timo Preece; Sophie Reeves; Lolita Ritmanis; John
Schmidt; Garry Schyman; Lawrence Shragge; Michael Stever;
Katie Thiroux; Douglas Tornquist; Melissa Treinkman; Vivian
Wang; Lindsay Wolfington; Vincent Womack
Lecturers (Part-time): Daniel Allas; Nicolas Benavides; Dan
Caputo; Juan Pablo Contreras; Jae Deal; Lot Demeyer; Jeremy
Frank; Eric Pham; Troy Quinn; Jason Yoshida
Distinguished Professors Emeritus of Composition: Stephen
Hartke, PhD*; Morten Lauridsen, DMA*
Emeritus Professors: Arthur C. Bartner, EdD*; William Dehning,
DMA*; Gary Glaze, MM*; James Hopkins, PhD*; Frederick
Lesemann, DMA*; Thom Mason, DMA*; Donald McInnes, MM;
Cynthia Munzer, BM*; John Perry, MM; William A. Schaefer, MA;
Margaret Schaper, MM*; Alice Schoenfeld*; Bryan Simms, PhD*;
Ladd Thomas, DMA; William Thomson, PhD; James Walker,
BME*; Nancy Woods, MM
Emeritus Associate Professor of Practice: Kenneth Lopez, BA
Emeritus Senior Lecturer: Patrick Kelley, BM
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degree Programs
The Thornton School of Music offers professional and academic
degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. These
degrees are summarized below.
Bachelor of Music: Students working toward this professional
degree have a wide choice of specializations: choral music,
composition, music industry, instrumental performance, jazz
studies, popular music performance, music production and vocal
arts. Students can take either a single major program or double
majors in several combinations such as piano and composition,
string, or percussion instrument. The two majors must be offered
by different departments but lead to the same degree (for example,
Bachelor of Music). Double majors consisting of two majors in the
same department are not permitted. The degree is granted by the
Thornton School of Music.
Bachelor of Arts: These degrees are designed for students
with a strong music background who wish to combine professional
music training with substantial study in other disciplines.
Bachelor of Science: Offered by the Thornton School of Music
in the specialized area of music industry.
Minors in Music: Eight different minors in music are offered,
each approaching the discipline from a unique perspective
and with a distinct curriculum: Jazz Studies, Musical Studies
(Performance), Musical Theatre, Music Industry, Music Production,
Music Recording, Popular Music Studies and Songwriting.
Master of Music: This is a professional degree that represents
proficiency in one area of musical practice and relevant
knowledge in musical literature, performance and technique. It
requires a minimum of 30 graduate units, of which 15 must be
at the 500 level or higher. Students complete a thesis, recital(s)
or other capstone project as part of the degree requirements.
The degree can be earned in choral music, composition, jazz
studies, keyboard collaborative arts, guitar, organ, piano, voice or
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instrumental performance, teaching and learning, or sacred music.
The degree is granted by the Thornton School of Music.
Master of Arts: This degree, offered through the Graduate
School in conjunction with the Thornton School of Music, stresses
music history or early music performance, with emphasis on
scholarly research.
Master of Science: Two degrees are offered in Arts Leadership
and Music Industry.
Doctor of Musical Arts: This is a professional degree that
represents the highest level of expertise in a major field of musical
practice and competence in several additional areas. Students
may specialize in choral music, composition, jazz studies, vocal or
instrumental performance, sacred music, or teaching and learning.
Doctor of Philosophy: Conferred by the Graduate School,
this is an academic degree in the field of historical musicology.
A substantial background in music, research and languages is
required.
Entrance to the Degree Programs
Admission to a degree program is granted through USC's
admission process, described in the Admission section of this
catalogue. Supplementary materials are also required for students
seeking admission to the Thornton School of Music, which are
described online at music.usc.edu.
Applicants to a program within the school are screened by
appropriate faculty selection committees that hold auditions,
interviews and examine supporting materials. Letters of
acceptance are issued by the USC Office of Admission.
Audition
A performance audition is required of applicants to most degree
and certificate programs in the Thornton School of Music. Detailed
information regarding audition requirements for specific Thornton
programs is available online at music.usc.edu.
Graduate Academic Admission Examination
All DMA and PhD applicants as well as Master's applicants
in Music Teaching and Learning, Community Music, and Early
Music must, as part of the admission process, take the Graduate
Academic Admission Examination administered by the Thornton
School. Detailed information is posted annually at the USC
Thornton School of Music website (music.usc.edu).
Placement Tests
Undergraduate transfer students who have had formal
study in any of the following areas must take the appropriate
placement examination prior to their first registration: aural
skills, theory, music history, conducting, analysis, orchestration
and performance. The results of these examinations determine
placement in appropriate sequential courses.
Admission to Graduate Standing
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available at the
USC Thornton School of Music website (music.usc.edu).
MGEEs are administered during a prescribed time period prior
to the first week of classes each fall and spring semester. Entering
students must take all required exams at the scheduled exam
time prior to the beginning of their first semester in the program. If
any given exam is not passed on the first attempt, that exam can
be retaken at the scheduled exam time prior to the beginning of
the second semester in the program. If the exam is not passed
on the second attempt, the corresponding review course must be
successfully completed with a grade of B minus or better before
the beginning of the third semester in the program. No MGEE can
be attempted after the second semester in the program, regardless
of whether the exam has previously been attempted. If students
complete any MGEE after their second semester in the program,
the score earned on said exam will be invalid. Failure to fulfill all
MGEE requirements by the beginning of the third semester –
either through exams or review courses – may delay permission
to fulfill degree requirements such as recitals, comprehensive or
qualifying examinations, thesis projects, and dissertations, and
may also have a negative impact on financial aid eligibility.
If a student is not able to take an exam at the scheduled exam
time, the exam administrator may choose to administer a similar
exam at another scheduled time during the first week of the
semester. This alternate exam time will be arranged in rare cases
and at the sole discretion of the exam administrator.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
The Thornton School of Music adheres to the USC Admission
policies regarding TOEFL and IELTS scores. With some
exceptions, international applicants from non-English-speaking
countries are required to submit these scores by the application
deadline. Test scores that are more than two years old at the time
of application are not accepted. For any applicant whose first
language is not English, regardless of educational background
or immigration status, the Thornton School may require as a
condition of admission that they take the International Student
English (ISE) exam, administered by the USC American Language
Institute, as well as complete any English language course work
that may be prescribed from the results of that exam.
Advanced Standing Credit for Music Courses Taken at
Accredited Institutions
Music courses completed with satisfactory grades at a
regionally accredited institution of higher education may be
acceptable for transfer. A review of transcripts and course
syllabi will be required in order to determine transferability of
course work. The Thornton School may also require a student
to take a placement test (at no cost) to determine the extent of
their knowledge in a given area of musical study before a final
determination is made regarding transferability of course work.
Advanced Standing Credit for Music Courses Not
Taken at Accredited Institutions
Music courses completed at an institution that is not regionally
accredited will generally not be transferable. In exceptional cases,
the Thornton School may consider petitions for transfer credit for
these courses. The petition review process will include evaluation
of transcripts with letter grades, course syllabi for each course for
which transfer credit is being requested, and examples of work
completed for a grade in those courses. Additional information may
also be required in order for the Thornton School to complete a full
transfer credit evaluation.
Curriculum Requirements
The curriculum requirements for each major are listed under
each degree. The USC course classification and numbering
system is explained in the Registration section of this catalogue.
In addition, music courses sometimes carry the following
abbreviations: CD = Conducting; CG = Classical Guitar; HC =
Harpsichord; OR = Organ; P = Piano; SG = Studio Guitar; VA =
Viola; VC = Voice Coaching; VO = Voice.
Change of Curriculum
To change from one curriculum to another, a student must
apply and be approved for the new curriculum by the appropriate
department chair and declare the intent to change curriculum
through his or her academic adviser in the Thornton School.
Non-Degree Programs
Students who have highly specialized interests that may not be
met through degree programs may apply for admission to one of
the following non-degree programs.
Artist Diploma Program
This program is designed for young artists of exceptional ability
and musical sensitivity who plan careers as solo performers. The
Artist Diploma Program provides young artists the opportunity
to devote their full time to concentrated study and practice for
the duration of their assigned programs. This program typically
requires two to three consecutive years of study for completion.
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Graduate Certificate in Arts Leadership
The Graduate Certificate program in arts leadership is a two-
semester program for artists, arts administrators and cultural
workers of all types to develop the skills necessary to become
successful leaders in the arts and arts organizations in a rapidly
changing and radically altered contemporary world.
Graduate Certificate Program in Performance
This two-year graduate-level program is designed for students
who have completed their undergraduate education in music, or its
equivalent, and intend to concentrate their energies on the full-time
development of their discipline.
Honor Society
Pi Kappa Lambda
Pi Kappa Lambda is a national honor society established
in 1918 for the promotion and recognition of scholarship and
performance in music. Students of the Thornton School of Music
are eligible for election to Eta chapter at the University of Southern
California, established in 1923, according to guidelines established
by the board of the Eta chapter.
Undergraduate Degrees
Minors in Music
Minor in Performing Arts Studies
The minor in performing arts provides an interdisciplinary inquiry
into the nature and aesthetics of the performing arts. It combines
the disciplines of cinematic arts, dance, music and theatre. The
minor is a unique course of study that looks at how the performing
arts contribute to a culturally literate society. See the USC School
of Dramatic Arts section of this catalogue.
Graduate Degrees
Admission-Audition Requirements
Applicants to graduate programs in the Thornton School of
Music must fulfill all music admission requirements described at
usc.edu/music, in addition to fulfilling all USC graduate admission
requirements. See Thornton School of Music Degree Programs
and Entrance to the Degree Programs sections of this catalogue
for further information.
Bachelor's Degree
Choral Music (BA)*
Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Choral Music combines the flexibility of
a Bachelor of Arts program with an in-depth education in choral
music that includes an introduction to choral music and course
work in choral conducting, choral development, choral arranging,
diction and choral ensemble.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Lessons (6 units)
• MPVA 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
6 units total of MPVA 301 (Choral)
Music Ensembles (8 units)
• Choral Music Ensemble at the 300-level: eight 1-unit courses
Program Intensive Courses (12 units)
• MPVA 442 Introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet
Units: 2
• MUCD 340 Choral Conducting I Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCM 320 Introduction to Choral Music Units: 2
• MUCM 440 Choral Development Units: 2
• MUCO 441 Choral Arranging Units: 1, 2 (2 units total of
MUCO 441)
Core Thornton Academic Courses (38 units)
• MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 338x Elementary Orchestration Units: 2
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
Foreign Language (12 units)
Three 4-unit courses in the same language
Electives (20 units)
Total required for degree: 128
*With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Choral Music (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
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Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Project
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (6 units)
•
MPVA 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
6 units total of MPVA 301 (Choral)
Ensembles (8 units)
•
MUEN Choral Ensemble at the 300-level: eight 1-unit
courses
Program Intensive (26 units)
•
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPVA 260 Italian Language and Diction Units: 4
• MPVA 261 French Language and Diction Units: 4
• MPVA 262 German Language and Diction Units: 4
• MUCD 340 Choral Conducting I Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCM 320 Introduction to Choral Music Units: 2
• MUCM 440 Choral Development Units: 2
• MUCO 441 Choral Arranging Units: 1, 2
2 units total of MUCO 441
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Project (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Composition (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 709
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recital
A senior recital must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recital, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recital, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (24 units)
•
MUCO 137a Composition I Units: 4
• MUCO 137b Composition I Units: 4
• MUCO 237a Composition II Units: 4
• MUCO 237b Composition II Units: 4
• MUCO 337a Composition III Units: 2
• MUCO 337b Composition III Units: 2
• MUCO 437a Composition IV Units: 2
• MUCO 437b Composition IV Units: 2
Ensembles (2 units)
MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 300-level: two 1-unit courses
Program Intensive (14 units)
•
MUCO 135 Counterpoint I Units: 2
• MUCO 235 Counterpoint II Units: 2
• MUCO 336a Orchestration II Units: 2
• MUCO 336b Orchestration II Units: 2
• MUCO 434 Analytical Techniques Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
• MTEC 474b Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
• MTEC 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
Select 2 units from the following:**
• MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Requirement may be fulfilled with MPKS 301 Piano if proficiency
level equivalent to MPKS 250b is demonstrated by examination.
Jazz Studies (BM)
Overview
The Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies consists of course work
in the major, core music studies (theory, aural skills, music history,
ensemble) and USC's general education and writing program.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
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in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Project
A senior recital or senior project must be completed under
approved faculty supervision and guidance. The faculty of the
department of the student's major program determines the detailed
requirements of the recital or project, including content, length,
format and/or other specifications. Note that senior projects
must first be approved by the Jazz faculty. In cases in which a
performance venue is required in order to present the recital,
reservations must be made according to the current guidelines of
the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements for Non-Guitar
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (24 units)
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
Program Specific Courses (58 units)
Individual Instruction (16 units)
•
MUJZ 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 153 in your primary instrument
• MUJZ 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 253 in your primary instrument
• MUJZ 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 353 in your primary instrument
• MUJZ 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 453 in your primary instrument
Ensembles (14 units)**
Select 14 units from the following as directed by the
department:
• MUEN 305 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 329 Jazz Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 332 Jazz Chamber Music Units: 1
• MUJZ 311 Vocal Jazz Techniques Units: 2 **
** Vocal Jazz students will only be required to completed
12-units of ensemble and will be required to take MUJZ 311
Vocal Jazz Techniques as the remaining 2-units. All other
jazz instrumentalists must complete 14-units of ensemble to
complete the ensemble requirement.
Program Intensive Courses (28 units)
Complete 4 units of MUJZ 195 or MUJZ 197ab, as listed
for your primary instrument:
• MUJZ 195L Jazz Elements I Units: 2
4 units total of MUJZ 195 required for all jazz instrumentalists
(non-vocal jazz)
or
• MUJZ 197a Vocal Jazz Elements I Units: 2
• MUJZ 197b Vocal Jazz Elements I Units: 2
4 units total of MUJZ 197ab required for all vocal jazz (non-
jazz instrumentalists)
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 305a Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 305b Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 395 Jazz Elements II Units: 2
4 units total of MUJZ 395
• MUJZ 400 Arranging for Jazz Ensemble Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following as directed by the
department:
• MPGU 415 Studio Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy Units: 2
Select 4 units from the following:
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 444 Non-Linear MIDI Sequencing Units: 2
• MTEC 445 Advanced Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
Electives (18 units)
Capstone Project
Senior Recital or Senior Project: 0 units
Total required for degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Curriculum Requirements for Guitar
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (24 units)
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
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• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
Program Specific Courses (58 units)
Individual Instruction (16 units)
•
MUJZ 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 153 (Guitar)
• MUJZ 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 253 (Guitar)
• MUJZ 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 353 (Guitar)
• MUJZ 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 453 (Guitar)
Ensembles (6 units)
•
MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
2 units total of MUEN 326
Select 4 units from the following as directed by the
department:
• MUEN 305 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble
• MUEN 329 Jazz Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 332 Jazz Chamber Music Units: 1
Program Intensive Courses (26 units)
•
MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUJZ 195L Jazz Elements I Units: 2
4 units total of MUJZ 195
• MUJZ 305a Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 305b Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 395 Jazz Elements II Units: 2
4 units total of MUJZ 395
• MUJZ 400 Arranging for Jazz Ensemble Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following as directed by the
department:
• MPGU 415 Studio Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy Units: 2
Select 4 units from the following:
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 444 Non-Linear MIDI Sequencing Units: 2
• MTEC 445 Advanced Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
Guitar Intensive Courses (10 units)
•
MPGU 160a Functional Skills for the Jazz Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 160b Functional Skills for the Jazz Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 260 Improvising and Arranging for Jazz Guitar
Units: 2
Select 4 units from the following as directed by the
department:
• MPGU 420 Guitar Styles Units: 2
• MPGU 460 Advanced Improvising and Arranging for Jazz
Guitar Units: 2
• MPGU 462 Recording and Producing Techniques for the
Guitarist Units: 2
Electives (18 units)
Capstone Project
Senior Recital or Senior Project: 0 units
Total required for degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Music (BA)*
Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Music combines a rigorous foundation
in music consisting of theory, aural skills, and music history, with
the USC general education program, foreign language study,
and the flexibility of a Bachelor of Arts curriculum. Within the core
Thornton academic courses, students will have the opportunity to
choose course groupings that reflect their interests within classical,
popular music, and jazz disciplines. At the end of the program,
students will complete a senior thesis as a capstone project.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to the Bachelor of Arts in Music is available to current
USC undergraduates who wish to change their major program of
study to the BA Music. Students will be required to apply for and
be approved for admission. Specific entrance requirements are
available at the Thornton School of Music website (music.usc.edu).
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Project
Senior Thesis
The capstone will consist of one or two substantial papers on
a topic that is either a focus of traditional music research (e.g.,
musicology, ethnomusicology, music teaching and learning, music
theory and analysis, the music industry), or an interdisciplinary
topic that explores music's relationship to other fields of study. The
expected total length is a minimum of 50 double-spaced pages,
exclusive of bibliography. This can be one 50-page paper or two
papers of roughly 25 pages each. Students will enroll in 4 units of
Directed Research 490 in the appropriate department in order to
facilitate the Senior Thesis requirement. Students will be required
to secure a Senior Thesis adviser who will also serve as the
supervising faculty member on the Directed Research contract.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (38 units)
Thornton Academic Courses (16 units)
•
MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
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• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
Musicianship (10 units)
Select one concentration from the following:
Classical Concentration
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
Popular Music Concentration
• MUCO 131a Harmony in Popular Music Units: 2
• MUCO 131b Harmony in Popular Music Units: 2
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
Jazz Concentration
• MUJZ 195L Jazz Elements I Units: 2
4 units total of MUJZ 195
• MUJZ 305a Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 305b Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 400 Arranging for Jazz Ensemble Units: 2
Music History (8 units)
Select two courses from the following:
• MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
Keyboard/Drumming (4 units)
Select two courses from the following:
• MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (12 units)
Individual Instruction (8 units)
•
4 units total of Individual Instruction at the 153 level in
primary instrument/voice
• 4 units total of Individual Instruction at the 353 level in
primary instrument/voice
Ensembles (4 units)
•
MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 300-level: four 1-unit
courses
Foreign Language (12 units)
• Three 4-unit courses in the same language
Music Electives at the 300 or 400 Level (10 units)
Electives (20 units)
Capstone Project (4 units)
• Enroll in 4 units total of Directed Research 490 in order to
facilitate the Senior Thesis requirement
• Senior Thesis: 0 units
Total required for degree: 128
*With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Music Industry (BM)
Bachelor of Music
The Bachelor of Music (BM) is a professional degree granted by
the Thornton School of Music. The various majors for the degree
are listed below, along with specified requirements for each.
Senior Recital/Culminative Project
All performance majors are required, as indicated in the specific
curriculum listings below, to either present a senior recital or
complete a culminative project. Both must be completed under
approved faculty supervision and guidance. The faculty of the
department of the student's major program determine the detailed
requirements of these recitals and projects, including content,
length, format, and other specifications. In cases in which a
performance venue is required in order to present the recital or
complete the project, reservations must be made according to the
current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in six
Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which
may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies) and two
courses in writing.
The provost has allowed an exception to the rules governing the
new general education requirements for certain groups of students
pursuing performance degrees in music. Students pursuing the
Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies or the Bachelor of Music in
Performance (in all tracks except organ) may satisfy their social
issues and first writing requirement separately by taking WRIT
130 (instead of WRIT 150) in the spring of their freshman year.
In addition those pursuing the Bachelor of Music in Performance
(vocal arts) may satisfy Category I of the new program with MUHL
331 and MUHL 332.
In all other respects, students in the Thornton School of Music
must satisfy the general education requirements as described on
the General Education Program page.
Individual Instruction Limitations
Music majors may accumulate a maximum of 16 units of
individual instruction at the 300 level toward an undergraduate
degree program.
Entrance Requirements
Applicants must submit the Thornton School of Music
Supplementary Application, a statement of objectives, resume
and repertoire list. A performance audition according to the
requirements of the department of the applicant's primary
instrument or voice is also required.
Curriculum Requirements
• General education 6 courses
• Writing 2 courses
• MPxx 153 Units: 4 units total of individual instruction in
primary instrument/voice
• MPxx 253 Units: 4 units total of individual instruction in
primary instrument/voice
• MPxx 353 Units: 4 units total individual instruction in primary
instrument/voice*
• MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MUCD 340 Choral Conducting I Units: 2 or
• MUCD 343 Instrumental Conducting I Units: 2
• Ensemble electives Units: 2 units total
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 231 Music History Units: 3
• MUHL 232 Music History II Units: 3
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• MUHL 331 Music History III Units: 3
• MUHL 332 Studies in Musical Culture Units: 3
• MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 280 Communications in the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 360 Introduction to Music Law Units: 4
• MUIN 450 Practicum in Music Industry Issues (Internship)
Units: 2, 3, 4 (8 units total)
Two courses from the following:
•
MUIN 370 Music Publishing and Licensing Units: 2
• MUIN 385 Radio in the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUIN 430 Artist Management and Development Units: 4
• MUIN 435 Manufacture and Distribution of Musical Products
Units: 4
• MUIN 440 Arts Management Units: 4
• MUIN 443 The Business of Music for Visual Media Units: 4
• MUIN 445 International Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 495 Web Design for the Music Industry Units: 4
Music Technology requirements:
• MTEC 175 Fundamentals of Audio Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 176 Critical Listening Units: 2
• MTEC 275 Fundamentals of Audio Engineering Units: 4
6 units from the following:
• MUIN 287 The Business and Economics of the Recording
Industry Units: 2
• MUIN 340 Introduction to Sound Reinforcement Units: 4
• MTEC 389 Digital Equipment and Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 392a Acoustics and Speaker Design Units: 2
• MTEC 392b Acoustics and Speaker Design Units: 2
• MTEC 442 Operation of the Radio Studio Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MUIN 476a Advanced Sound Reinforcement Units: 2
• MUIN 476b Advanced Sound Reinforcement Units: 2
• MTEC 477 Remote Recording Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2
• MTEC 479 Audio Mastering Units: 2
• MTEC 494 Classical Music Recording Units: 4
• MUIN 496 Music Media Solutions Units: 4
Electives: 6 units
Junior Recital: 0 units
Total required for degree: 132
*All individual instruction units must be taken in the same area in
which the students auditioned.
Music Industry (BS)
Overview
The Bachelor of Science in the Music Industry is a professional
degree that prepares students to enter a variety of careers in
the music industry of today. Students must fulfill a series of core
requirements for the degree.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Business-related Requirements
In addition to the above general education requirements, the
following courses offered through the USC Marshall School of
Business, the USC Leventhal School of Accounting and the USC
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences are required.
Capstone Project
A capstone project must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the project, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the project, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Business Related Courses (12 units)
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
Any 4 unit ECON course
One course from the following:
• BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4
• BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
Program Intensive Courses (28 units)
• MPPM 100 Forum Units: 1 (2 units total of MPPM 100)
• MTEC 175 Fundamentals of Audio Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 176 Critical Listening Units: 2
• MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 360 Introduction to Music Law Units: 4
• MUIN 370 Music Publishing and Licensing Units: 2
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUIN 450 Practicum in Music Industry Issues (Internship)
Units: 2, 3, 4 (4 units total of MUIN 450)
• MUIN 497 Current Topics, Case Studies, and Analysis
Units: 2 (4 units total of MUIN 497)
Select 12 units from the following:
• MUIN 280 Communications in the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 340 Introduction to Sound Reinforcement Units: 4
• MUIN 372 Business and Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
Units: 4
• MUIN 430 Artist Management and Development Units: 4
• MUIN 435 Manufacture and Distribution of Musical Products
Units: 4
• MUIN 443 The Business of Music for Visual Media Units: 4
• MUIN 444 Music Supervision Units: 4
• MUIN 445 International Music Industry Units: 4
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• MUIN 450 Practicum in Music Industry Issues (Internship)
Units: 2, 3, 4
• MUIN 475 Advanced Concert Management Units: 4
• MUIN 476a Advanced Sound Reinforcement Units: 2
• MUIN 476b Advanced Sound Reinforcement Units: 2
• MUIN 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• MUIN 495 Web Design for the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 496 Music Media Solutions Units: 4
Select 8 units from the following:
• MUIN 340 Introduction to Sound Reinforcement Units: 4
• MUIN 476a Advanced Sound Reinforcement Units: 2
• MUIN 476b Advanced Sound Reinforcement Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 275 Fundamentals of Audio Engineering Units: 4
• MTEC 389 Digital Equipment and Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 392a Acoustics and Speaker Design Units: 2
• MTEC 442 Operation of the Radio Studio Units: 2
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
• MTEC 474b Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
• MTEC 477 Remote Recording Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2
• MTEC 479 Audio Mastering Units: 2
• MTEC 486 Computer-Assisted Music Editing for Picture
Units: 2
• MTEC 493 Audio Signal Processing Equipment Units: 2
Select 4 units from the following:
• BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4
• MUIN 410 Marketing, Branding and Strategic Alliances in
Music Units: 2
• MUIN 420 DIY Music Marketing Units: 2
Select 4 units from the following:
• MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music Units: 4
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 423 Classic Rock: Popular Music of the Sixties and
Seventies Units: 2
• MUSC 424 Iconic Figures of Popular Music Units: 2
• MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Select 6 units from the following:
• MPGU 120a Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar Units: 2
• MPGU 120b Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar Units: 2
• MPGU 120c Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar Units: 2
• MPGU 121 Intensive Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar Units: 4
• MPKS 150a Beginning Piano Units: 2
• MPKS 150b Beginning Piano Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 340 Intermediate Drum Set Proficiency Units: 2
• MPVA 141 Class Voice Units: 2
• MPVA 241 Intermediate Class Voice Units: 2
• MUCO 101x Fundamentals of Music Theory Units: 2
• MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUCO 130bx Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
• MUSC 355 Songwriting II Units: 2
• MUSC 455 Songwriting III: The Performing Songwriter
Units: 2
Electives (20 units)
Capstone Projects (2 units)
• MUIN 498a Final Capstone Project Units: 1
• MUIN 498b Final Capstone Project Units: 1
Total units: 128
*With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and two writing
courses) will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Music Production (BM)
Overview
The Bachelor of Music in Music Production consists of course
work in the major area, core music classes, USC's general
education and writing, as well as electives to take advantage of the
offerings of the Thornton School and of the entire university.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Project
A capstone project must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the project, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the project, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
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Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (34 units)
• MUCO 131a Harmony in Popular Music Units: 2
• MUCO 131b Harmony in Popular Music Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
One course from the following:
• MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
One course from the following:
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
4-units from the following**:
• MPPM 325a Arranging in Popular Music Units: 2 ***
• MPPM 325b Arranging in Popular Music Units: 2 ***
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUJZ 400 Arranging for Jazz Ensemble Units: 2
• MUSC 455 Songwriting III: The Performing Songwriter
Units: 2
• SCOR 403 Introduction to Scoring Movies and Television
Units: 2
• SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video Games Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (50 units)
Individual Instruction and Forum (6 units)
•
MPPM 100 Forum Units: 1
2 units total of MPPM 100
• Individual Instruction at the 301 level in primary instrument/
voice (4 units total)
Ensembles (2 units)
MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 300-level: two 1-unit courses
Program Intensive (42 units)
•
MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2 ****
• MTEC 137a Music Production I Units: 2
• MTEC 137b Music Production I Units: 2
• MTEC 176 Critical Listening Units: 2
• MTEC 237a Music Production II Units: 2
• MTEC 237b Music Production II Units: 2
• MTEC 275 Fundamentals of Audio Engineering Units: 4
• MTEC 337a Music Production III Units: 2
• MTEC 337b Music Production III Units: 2
• MTEC 445 Advanced Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2
• MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
• MUSC 355 Songwriting II Units: 2
One course from the following:
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 444 Non-Linear MIDI Sequencing Units: 2
Take 8-units from MTEC or MUIN 200-499 courses
Electives (14 units)
Capstone Projects (2 units)
• MTEC 498a Senior Project Units: 1
• MTEC 498b Senior Project Units: 1
Total Required For Degree: 132
*With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Courses may be chosen from the list or in consultation with the
chair of Music Technology.
***Prerequisite required.
****Keyboardists will substitute a class in drums, guitar or voice.
Performance (Classical Guitar) (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recitals
A junior and senior recital must be completed under approved
faculty supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of
the student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recitals, including content, length, format, and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recitals, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
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Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (20 units)
•
MPGU 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 153 (Classical Guitar)
• MPGU 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 253 (Classical Guitar)
• MPGU 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 353 (Classical Guitar)
• MPGU 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 453 (Classical Guitar)
Select four units in the following styles, Baroque/Lute,
Flamenco, Pop, or Jazz, from the list below:
• MPEM 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
• MPGU 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
• MPPM 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
• MUJZ 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
Ensembles (10 units)
•
MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
8 units total of MUEN 326
• MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 300-level: two 1-unit
courses
Program Intensive (10 units)
•
MPGU 417 Classical Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MPGU 426 Classical Guitar History and Literature Units: 2
• MPGU 427 Advanced Topics in Classical Guitar History and
Literature Units: 2
• MPGU 459 Functional Skills for Classical Guitarists II Units: 2
Select two units from the following:
• MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select four units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet),
(Bassoon), (Saxophone), (French Horn),
(Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba) or (Percussion)
(BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 717
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recital
A senior recital must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recital, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recital, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (16 units)
•
MPWP 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPWP 153 in your primary instrument
• MPWP 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPWP 253 in your primary instrument
• MPWP 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPWP 353 in your primary instrument
• MPWP 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPWP 453 in your primary instrument
Ensembles (16 units)
•
MUEN 323 University Wind Ensemble Units: 1 **
8 units total of MUEN 323
• MUEN 325 Wind and Percussion Chamber Music Units: 1 **
8 units total of MUEN 325
Program Intensive (8 units)
•
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• MUCD 340 Choral Conducting I Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• THTR 419 Alexander Technique for Performers Units: 2
• Any course from DANC 181-189
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Required each semester in residence.
Performance (Organ) (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
718 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recital
A senior recital must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recital, including content, length, format, and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recital, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (20 units)
•
MPKS 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 153 (Organ)
• MPKS 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 253 (Organ)
• MPKS 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 353 (Organ)
• MPKS 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 453 (Organ)
• MPKS 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MPKS 301 (Organ Service Playing)
Ensembles (6 units)
MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 300-level: six 1-unit courses
Program Intensive (10 units)
•
MPKS 160a Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors I Units: 2
• MPKS 160b Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors I Units: 2
• MPKS 260a Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors II Units: 2
• MPKS 260b Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors II Units: 2
• MUCD 340 Choral Conducting I Units: 2
Music Electives (4 units)
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Performance (Piano) (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC’s General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 719
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisors in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recital
A senior recital must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recital, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recital, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (16 units)
•
MPKS 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 153 (Piano)
• MPKS 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 253 (Piano)
• MPKS 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 353 (Piano)
• MPKS 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPKS 453 (Piano)
Ensembles (2 units)
MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 300-level: two 1-unit courses
Program Intensive (22 units)
•
MPKS 160a Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors I Units: 2
• MPKS 160b Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors I Units: 2
• MPKS 228 Four-Hand Keyboard Repertoire Units: 1
2 units total of MPKS 228
• MPKS 260a Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors II Units: 2
• MPKS 260b Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors II Units: 2
• MPKS 360a Keyboard Collaboration in Vocal Repertoire/
Instrumental Repertoire Units: 2
• MPKS 360b Keyboard Collaboration in Vocal Repertoire/
Instrumental Repertoire Units: 2
• MPKS 431a Piano Pedagogy: Introduction and Practicum
Units: 2
• MPKS 431b Piano Pedagogy: Introduction and Practicum
Units: 2
• MPKS 472a Piano History and Literature Units: 2
• MPKS 472b Piano History and Literature Units: 2
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select four units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Performance (Popular Music) (BM)
Overview
The Bachelor of Music in Popular Music is designed for
students interested in pursuing a career in the performance of
popular music. This program consists of course work in the major
performance area, core music classes, USC's general education
and writing, as well as electives to take advantage of the offerings
of the Thornton School and of the entire university.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
720 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Capstone Project
A capstone project must be completed under approved faculty
supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of the
student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the project, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the project, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
• WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Lessons, Forum and Performance Class (24 units)
• MPPM 100 Forum Units: 1
4 units total of MPPM 100
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
8 units total of MPPM 120
• MPPM 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MPPM 153
• MPPM 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MPPM 253
• MPPM 320 Popular Music Performance II Units: 2
4 units total of MPPM 320
Music Ensembles (2 units)
Music Ensemble at the 300-level: two 1-unit courses
Program Intensive Courses (20 units)
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2 **
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2 ***
• MPPM 325a Arranging in Popular Music Units: 2
• MPPM 325b Arranging in Popular Music Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Select one course from the following:
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
Core Thornton Academic Courses (30 units)
• MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music Units: 4
• MUCO 131a Harmony in Popular Music Units: 2
• MUCO 131b Harmony in Popular Music Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
One course from the following:
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Electives (22 units)
Capstone Projects (2 units)
• MPPM 450a Final Project Units: 1
• MPPM 450b Final Project Units: 1
Total required for degree: 132
*With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Drummers will substitute a class in guitar or voice.
***Keyboardists will substitute a class in guitar or voice.
Performance (Studio Guitar) (BM)
Overview
The Bachelor of Music in Studio Guitar consists of course work
in the major, core music studies (theory, aural skills, music history,
conducting, large ensemble) and USC's general education and
writing program.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
The university's General Education program provides a
coherent, integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge
you will need to consider yourself (and to be considered by
other people) a generally well-educated person. This program
is effective for all students entering USC in fall 2015 or later, or
transfer students beginning college elsewhere at that time and
subsequently transferring to USC. It requires eight courses in
six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives
(which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies)
and two courses in writing. In addition, all entering freshmen are
expected to complete a General Education Seminar during their
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first year at USC. These seminars satisfy one of the Core Literacy
requirements above.
Note that courses within the major will also satisfy certain Core
Literacy requirements. Please work with your major adviser to
determine those courses.
Capstone Projects
A junior and senior recital must be completed under approved
faculty supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of
the student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recitals, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recitals, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements for Traditional
Emphasis
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Lessons (16 units)
• MPGU 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 153 (Studio Guitar)
• MPGU 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 253 (Studio Guitar)
• MPGU 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 353 (Studio Guitar)
• MPGU 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 453 (Studio Guitar)
Music Ensembles (10 units)
• MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
6 units total of MUEN 326
• Ensemble electives: four 1-unit courses
Program Intensive Courses (27 units)
• MPGU 158 Guitarists in the U.S. Units: 2
• MPGU 159 Functional Skills for Studio Guitarists I Units: 2
• MPGU 258 Functional Skills for Studio Guitarists I Units: 2
4 units total of MPGU 258
• MPGU 358 Performance Practices for Studio Guitarists
Units: 2
4 units total of MPGU 358
• MPGU 415 Studio Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MPGU 416 Evolution of the Guitar in the United States
Units: 3
• MPGU 426 Classical Guitar History and Literature Units: 2
• MPGU 428a Improvisation and Arranging for Guitarists
Units: 3
• MPGU 428b Improvisation and Arranging for Guitarists
Units: 3
• MPGU 458 Current Electric Guitar Styles Units: 2
Core Thornton Academic Courses (40 units)
• MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MUCD 343 Instrumental Conducting I Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 338x Elementary Orchestration Units: 2
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
Electives (7 units)
Capstone Projects
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total required for degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Curriculum Requirements for Jazz Emphasis
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Lessons (18 units)
• MPGU 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 153 (Studio Guitar)
• MPGU 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 253 (Studio Guitar)
• MPGU 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
2 units total of MPGU 301 (Classical Guitar)
• MPGU 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 353 (Studio Guitar)
• MPGU 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPGU 453 (Studio Guitar)
Music Ensembles (10 units)
• MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
6 units total of MUEN 326
• Ensemble electives: four 1-unit courses
Program Intensive Courses (27 units)
• MPGU 158 Guitarists in the U.S. Units: 2
• MPGU 159 Functional Skills for Studio Guitarists I Units: 2
• MPGU 258 Functional Skills for Studio Guitarists I Units: 2
4 units total of MPGU 258
• MPGU 358 Performance Practices for Studio Guitarists
Units: 2
4 units total of MPGU 358
• MPGU 415 Studio Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MPGU 416 Evolution of the Guitar in the United States
Units: 3
• MPGU 426 Classical Guitar History and Literature Units: 2
• MPGU 428a Improvisation and Arranging for Guitarists
Units: 3
• MPGU 428b Improvisation and Arranging for Guitarists
Units: 3
• MPGU 458 Current Electric Guitar Styles Units: 2
Core Thornton Academic Courses (34 units)
• MUCD 343 Instrumental Conducting I Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
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• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 141b Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 305a Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 305b Advanced Jazz Theory Units: 2
• MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music Units: 4
One course from the following:
• MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Select 2 units from the following:
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MUCO 338x Elementary Orchestration Units: 2
Electives (11 units)
Capstone Projects
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total required for degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello),
(Double Bass) or (Harp) (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recitals
A junior and senior recital must be completed under approved
faculty supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of
the student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recitals, including content, length, format and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recitals, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements For Violin, Viola and
Violoncello Majors
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (16 units)
•
MPST 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 153 in your primary instrument
• MPST 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 253 in your primary instrument
• MPST 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 353 in your primary instrument
• MPST 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 453 in your primary instrument
Ensembles (16 units)
•
MUEN 320 USC Symphony Units: 1 **
8 units total of MUEN 320
• MUEN 327 String Chamber Music Units: 1
8 units total of MUEN 327
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Program Intensive (8 units)
•
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MPST 472 Orchestra Repertoire--Strings Units: 2
4 units total of MPST 472
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Required each semester in residence
Curriculum Requirements For Double Bass
Majors
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (20 units)
•
MPST 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 153 (Double Bass)
• MPST 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 253 (Double Bass)
• MPST 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 353 (Double Bass)
• MPST 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 453 (Double Bass)
Select 4 units from the following:
• MPEM 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
• MPPM 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
• MUJZ 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
Ensembles (12 units)
•
MUEN 320 USC Symphony Units: 1 **
8 units total of MUEN 320
• MUEN 327 String Chamber Music Units: 1
4 units total of MUEN 327
Program Intensive (8 units)
•
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MPST 472 Orchestra Repertoire--Strings Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• THTR 419 Alexander Technique for Performers Units: 2
• Any course from DANC 181 - 189
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
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* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Required each semester in residence
Curriculum Requirements For Harp Majors
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (40 units)
Individual Instruction (16 units)
•
MPST 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 153 (Harp)
• MPST 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 253 (Harp)
• MPST 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 353 (Harp)
• MPST 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPST 453 (Harp)
Ensembles (12 units)
•
MUEN 320 USC Symphony Units: 1 **
8 units total of MUEN 320
• MUEN 327 String Chamber Music Units: 1
4 units total of MUEN 327
Program Intensive (6 units)
•
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
Select 2 units from the following:
• THTR 419 Alexander Technique for Performers Units: 2
Any course from DANC 181 - 189
Music Electives (6 units)
Electives (20 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (16 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
**Required each semester in residence
Performance (Vocal Arts) (BM)
Overview
All USC Thornton undergraduate programs in classical
performance and composition combine a rigorous foundation of
the finest conservatory training with curricular flexibility for students
to chart their own artistic pathways. All curricular components are
designed to support students in creating a distinctive musical voice
and preparing for a fulfilling musical career.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
General Education Requirements
USC's General Education program, revised in fall 2015,
provides a coherent, integrated approach to the study of the liberal
arts, with the goal of nurturing habits of thought that are essential
for professional success, personal development, and meaningful
lifelong learning. Eight courses are required in six Core Literacies,
in addition to two courses in Global Perspectives, two courses
in Writing, and one General Education Seminar taken during the
first year at USC. With careful planning, certain courses (including
courses required for the music major) can fulfill more than one
of these general education requirements. Academic advisers in
the Thornton School carefully guide Thornton students in making
their course choices. This typically will result in Thornton students
taking a total of eight courses (including two writing courses) in
order to fulfill all of the USC general education requirements.
Capstone Projects
Young Artist Project
During the junior and senior years of the program, students
develop and fully realize unique individualized, mentored projects
related to their work as classical musicians. This could involve
developing a hybrid performance, conducting original research,
exploring new creative technologies, or applying creative
expression to a pressing social issue.
Recitals
A junior and senior recital must be completed under approved
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 725
faculty supervision and guidance. The faculty of the department of
the student's major program determines the detailed requirements
of the recitals, including content, length, format, and other
specifications. In cases in which a performance venue is required
in order to present the recitals, reservations must be made
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Curriculum Requirements
General Education *
Core Literacies
GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)
Global Perspectives
GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)
Writing
•
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic
Approaches Units: 4
• WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4
Core Thornton Academic Courses (36 units)
• MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and Orchestration
Units: 2
• MUCO 132a Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 132b Aural Skills I Units: 2
• MUCO 133a Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 133b Theory I Units: 3
• MUCO 232a Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 232b Aural Skills II Units: 2
• MUCO 233a Theory II Units: 3
• MUCO 233b Theory II Units: 3
• MUHL 250g Music and Ideas Units: 4
• MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I Units: 4
• MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II Units: 4
• MUSC 496 Careers in Music Units: 2
Program Specific Courses (44 units)
Individual Instruction (18 units)
•
MPVA 153 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPVA 153 (Voice)
• MPVA 253 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPVA 253 (Voice)
• MPVA 353 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPVA 353 (Voice)
• MPVA 453 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
4 units total of MPVA 453 (Voice)
• MPVA 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
2 units total of MPVA 301 (Vocal Coaching)
Ensembles (4 units)
MUEN Choral Ensemble at the 300-level: four 1-unit courses
Program Intensive (22 units)
•
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I Units: 2
• MPVA 203a Acting for Singers I Units: 2
• MPVA 260 Italian Language and Diction Units: 4
• MPVA 261 French Language and Diction Units: 4
• MPVA 262 German Language and Diction Units: 4
• MPVA 404 Word and Music in Opera Units: 2
• MPVA 438 Foundations of Vocology Units: 2
• MPVA 479 Song Literature Units: 2
Electives (16 units)
Contemporary Division Electives (4 units)
Select 4 units from the Contemporary Division
Courses include those listed below or others, in consultation with
your chair and the Contemporary Division:
• MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop Guitarist Units: 2
• MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the Popular Guitarist Units: 2
• MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I Units: 2
• MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the Popular Musician
Units: 2
• MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge: Contemporary Vocal
Performance Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 248 Introduction to Music Notation Units: 1
• MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design for Musicians Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the Improviser Units: 2
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion Instruments Units: 2
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
General Electives (12 units)
Capstone Projects (4 units)
• MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I Units: 2
• MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II Units: 2
Junior Recital: 0 units
Senior Recital: 0 units
Total Required For Degree: 132
* With correct planning, only 32 units (6 GE and 2 Writing courses)
will be needed outside of your major requirements.
Minor
Jazz Studies Minor
This 21-unit minor program in jazz studies incorporates
course work in individual instruction, the history of jazz masters,
techniques of jazz improvisation and jazz theory for improvisers.
The minor is not available to BM jazz studies majors.
Requirements for admission are: GPA per university regulations
and an audition.
Required Courses (19 units)
• MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUJZ 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
4 units total of MUJZ 301 in your primary instrument
• MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation Units: 2
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
Select 4 units from the following:
• MUEN 305 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 329 Jazz Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 332 Jazz Chamber Music Units: 1
Music Electives (2 units)
Music courses numbered 300–499 (2 units total)
Total units: 21
Music Industry Minor
A minor in the music industry is offered for undergraduate
students to provide them with the background necessary to enter
varied fields in the music business and to familiarize them with
standard practices and procedures. A minimum of 20 units is
required for completion of this minor. The minor is not available to
music industry majors.
Prerequisite
Acceptance into the program might require a personal interview
by the Thornton School of Music.
Students admitted to this minor will be expected to have a
minimum GPA of 2.0 and to maintain that average with no grade
lower than a "C" for all courses taken in the minor.
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Required Courses
• MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry Units: 4
Select 4 units from the following:
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times
Units: 4
• MUSC 423 Classic Rock: Popular Music of the Sixties and
Seventies Units: 2
• MUSC 424 Iconic Figures of Popular Music Units: 2
• MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Select 12 units from the following:
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MUIN 280 Communications in the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 370 Music Publishing and Licensing Units: 2
• MUIN 372 Business and Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
Units: 4
• MUIN 410 Marketing, Branding and Strategic Alliances in
Music Units: 2
• MUIN 420 DIY Music Marketing Units: 2
• MUIN 425 Live Music Production and Promotion Units: 4
• MUIN 430 Artist Management and Development Units: 4
• MUIN 443 The Business of Music for Visual Media Units: 4
• MUIN 444 Music Supervision Units: 4
• MUIN 495 Web Design for the Music Industry Units: 4
• MUIN 497 Current Topics, Case Studies, and Analysis
Units: 2
Total units: 20
Music Production Minor
A successful career in the 21st century music industry often
requires that musicians be the songwriter, performer, producer
and/or audio engineer on any given project. The minor in Music
Production allows students to develop the creative, collaborative
and technical skills required to compose, arrange and produce for
contemporary music projects.
Prerequisite
Acceptance into the program might require a personal interview
by the Thornton School of Music to assure that the student has
sufficient musical background and skill.
Students admitted to this minor will be expected to have a
minimum GPA of 2.0 and to maintain that average with no grade
lower than a "C" for all courses taken in the minor.
Required Courses
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4 *
• MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
Select 8 units from the following:
• MTEC 378 Introduction to Mixing and Mastering Units: 2
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 444 Non-Linear MIDI Sequencing Units: 2
• MTEC 445 Advanced Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
(2 units total)
• MTEC 474b Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4
(2 units total)
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2
• MUSC 355 Songwriting II Units: 2
• MUCO 338x Elementary Orchestration Units: 2
• SCOR 403 Introduction to Scoring Movies and Television
Units: 2 **
• SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video Games Units: 2 **
Note:
*Music Industry majors can substitute MTEC 175 and MTEC 176
for MTEC 277.
**Courses have prerequisites
Total Units: 19
Music Recording Minor
A minor in music recording is offered for undergraduate students
to provide them with the background necessary to enter the field of
audio engineering and to familiarize them with the standards and
techniques used in audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering.
Prerequisite
Acceptance into the program might require a personal interview
by the Thornton School of Music to assure that the student has
sufficient musical background and skill.
Students admitted to this minor will be expected to have a
minimum GPA of 2.0 and to maintain that average with no grade
lower than a "C" for all courses taken in the minor.
Students must apply for this minor, and admission is based on
successful completion of MTEC 277x. Generally, students who
earn a B or better in this course and have a GPA of 2.0 or higher
are admitted. Declared engineering (ENGR) majors with a GPA of
3.0 or higher may be admitted before completing MTEC 277x .
Required Courses
• MTEC 275 Fundamentals of Audio Engineering Units: 4
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4 *
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
8 units from the following:
• MTEC 378 Introduction to Mixing and Mastering Units: 2
• MTEC 389 Digital Equipment and Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 392a Acoustics and Speaker Design Units: 2
• MTEC 430 Advanced Instrumental Recording Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
• MTEC 477 Remote Recording Techniques Units: 2
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2
• MTEC 479 Audio Mastering Units: 2
• MTEC 491 The Recording Console Units: 4
• MTEC 493 Audio Signal Processing Equipment Units: 2
• MUIN 340 Introduction to Sound Reinforcement Units: 4
Total units: 18
* Music Industry majors can substitute MTEC 175 and MTEC 176
for MTEC 277x.
Musical Studies Minor
This 18-unit program in musical studies, with an emphasis in
performance, incorporates the study of music theory, music history,
performance, and ensembles. Students may enter the program in
their freshman year. An audition is required for this minor, which is
not available to music majors.
Required Courses
• MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUCO 130bx Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
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• MUEN 300–499
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• Individual Instruction at the 301 level
Total Units: 18
Musical Theatre Minor
The minor in musical theatre, interdisciplinary in nature, is
a 21-unit program incorporating the study of acting, dance or
movement, vocal arts and related musical subjects. Admission to
the minor requires an audition for music but not for theatre.
Required Courses (13 units)
• MPVA 402 Musical Theatre Workshop I Units: 3
• MPVA 412 Musical Theatre Workshop II Units: 3
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• THTR 343 Musical Theatre Audition Units: 3
Select 8 units from the following: *
• DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen Units: 2
• DANC 181–189
• MPVA 301 Individual Instruction Units: 1, 2
• THTR 101 Introduction to Acting Units: 4
• THTR 216 Movement for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 252a Intermediate Acting I: Drama/Comedy Units: 4
• THTR 252b Intermediate Acting I: Drama/Comedy Units: 4
• THTR 316 Advanced Movement for Actors Units: 2
• THTR 352a Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
• THTR 352b Intermediate Acting II Units: 4
Total units: 21
*Note for dance, music and theatre majors: dance majors must
select 8 units in music and/or theatre, music majors must select
8 units in dance and/or theatre, and theatre majors must select 8
units in dance and/or music. Exception: Theatre majors may select
THTR 216 and/or THTR 316 as part of the 8-unit requirement.
Popular Music Studies Minor
This minor consists of courses that examine different aspects of
popular music. The minor focuses on the study of the repertories
and their cultural and social context. Students must be in
good academic standing to be admitted. No previous musical
experience is required.
Course Requirements (16 units total)
Choose 16 units from the following:
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times
Units: 4
• MUSC 423 Classic Rock: Popular Music of the Sixties and
Seventies Units: 2
• MUSC 424 Iconic Figures of Popular Music Units: 2
• MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Songwriting Minor
The minor in songwriting incorporates practical instruction in
the craft of songwriting and in performance skills, instruction in
the technology relevant to songwriting, and critical studies in the
relevant repertories.
Requirements for admission: Those who are considering this
program should enroll in MUSC 255 Songwriting I. Admission will
be based on songwriting ability and potential as determined by the
songwriting faculty.
Required Courses (16 units)
• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing
Units: 1
• MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUCO 130bx Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2
• MUSC 355 Songwriting II Units: 2
• MUSC 455 Songwriting III: The Performing Songwriter
Units: 2
Choose one course from the following:
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing
Units: 2
Choose 4 units from the following:
• COMM 306 Innovation, Entertainment, and the Arts Units: 4
• COMM 307 Sound Clash: Popular Music and American
Culture Units: 4
• COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
• COMM 440 Music as Communication Units: 4
• MUSC 102gw World Music Units: 4
• MUSC 115gp Western Music as Sounding History Units: 4
• MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical: Reflections of
American Diversity Units: 4
• MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black Americans Units: 4
• MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and Culture Units: 4
• MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending Units: 4
• MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and Nationalism Units: 4
• MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music Units: 4
• MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times
Units: 4
• MUSC 423 Classic Rock: Popular Music of the Sixties and
Seventies Units: 2
• MUSC 424 Iconic Figures of Popular Music Units: 2
• MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
Units: 4
• MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to
the Present Units: 4
• MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture Units: 4
Total units: 20
Diploma
Artist Diploma Program
This program is designed for young artists of exceptional ability
and musical sensitivity who plan careers as solo performers. The
Artist Diploma Program provides young artists with the opportunity
to devote their full time to concentrated study and practice for the
duration of their assigned programs.
Entrance Requirements
Following the recommendation of the student's major
department, a performance audition, consisting of a full-length
recital before the Artist Diploma Committee, is required.
Curriculum Requirements
A minimum of 16 units at the 754 level (from MPEM, MPGU,
MPKS, MPST, MPVA or MPWP) and four full-length recitals are
required. This program requires four consecutive semesters of
study for completion.
Master's Degree
Arts Leadership (MS)
Overview
USC's Arts Leadership program (ARTL) is a flexible, multi-
disciplinary graduate program for artists, arts administrators
and cultural entrepreneurs who want to expand their personal
vision and develop the ability to create a life and a career in the
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nonprofit arts. The curriculum is appropriate for both early and
mid-career individuals engaged in any or multiple arts disciplines,
who recognize that the rapidly changing world of the 21st century
requires an innovative approach to arts leadership. The program
is highly individualized, allowing students to design the course
of study that is most appropriate for them and their career
aspirations.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the Practicum. A grade point average of not less than 3.0
(A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses, and a grade of B or
higher is required for all courses in the major department. Students
who transfer credits must achieve this average on all combined
transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Science degree
is five years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Capstone
A practicum project is required as the capstone for the Master of
Science in Arts Leadership. Students will conceptualize, develop
and complete an arts project of his or her own choosing to pursue
in conjunction with the course work. The practicum project will be
centered around a complex leadership challenge that resonates
both for the student's particular artistic circumstances and for the
field of arts leadership.
Curriculum Requirements
Program Intensive Courses (11 units)
• ARTL 500 Arts Leadership and Arts Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• ARTL 501 Executive Leadership in the Arts Units: 2
• ARTL 502 Issues in the Arts and the Contemporary World
Units: 2
• ARTL 503 Arts Organizations: Innovation and New Models
Units: 2
• ARTL 504 Arts and the Community: Current Practice and
New Visions Units: 2
• ARTL 520 Arts Leadership Intensive Units: 1
Field Experience Courses (4 units)
Select 4 units from the following:
• ARTL 512 Essentials of Orchestra Management Units: 2
• ARTL 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• ARTL 598 Internship for Arts Leadership Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Elective Concentration Courses (12 units)
Students will select a topic area of concentration related to
their interests. Relevant courses will be chosen from around
the University in consultation with and approved by the Arts
Leadership Program Director in conjunction with appropriate
department chairs and directors.
Suggested topic areas include but are not limited to:
• Curatorial
• Organizational Communication
• Globalization and the Arts
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Arts
• Art and Technology
• Organizational Management
• Cultural Entrepreneurship
• Art and Social Change
Capstone Project (4 units)
• ARTL 510 Arts Leadership Practicum Units: 2
4 units total of ARTL 510
Total Units: 31
Choral Music (MM)
Overview
The MM in choral music consists of course work in choral
conducting, choral music seminars, choral literature, choral
development, music history, and vocal arts. The program
culminates with a graduate recital.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Master's Recital
One public recital is required of all candidates for the Master
of Music degree (Choral Music), as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
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Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature,
and/or technique. A final oral examination in choral literature,
conducting and rehearsal techniques will be administered by the
choral music faculty.
Curriculum Requirements
Keyboard Proficiency
A keyboard proficiency test will be given by the choral faculty
during the student's first semester in residence to determine if
additional study in keyboard is required.
Lessons (2 units)
• MPVA 501 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
VO (2 units total)
Music Ensembles (2 units)
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total*
Program Intensive Courses (16 units)
• MUCD 541 Choral Conducting III Units: 2
(6 units total)
• MUCM 440 Choral Development Units: 2
• MUCM 541 Choral Literature I Units: 2
• MUCM 542 Choral Literature II Units: 2
• MUCM 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
(2 units total)
• MUCM 641 Choral Literature III Units: 2
Core Thornton Academic Courses (10 units)
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL Electives at 500 level Units: 4 units total
Choose one course from the following:
• MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology Units: 2 **
• MPVA 542 Vocal Pedagogy Teaching Practicum Units: 2
Capstone Projects (0 units)
• Graduate recital Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
*Choral music majors must participate in a choral ensemble
chosen from MUEN 510 or MUEN 512 each semester if enrolled
for 4 or more units.
**Courses with similar content in MPVA 541 taken at another
institution may be substituted, subject to Vocal Arts departmental
approval. Consult with the Vocal Arts and Sacred Music
departments to finalize substitution approval and/or course
placement.
Community Music (MM)
Overview
The Master of Music in Community Music is for musicians
with a commitment to developing the necessary skills and best
understandings of music teaching and learning in community
settings. The program will build upon music preparation from the
undergraduate level with course work designed to nurture skills in
community music teaching, program development, professional
practice, scholarship and research. With the wide range of courses
available, the program can be tailored for a variety of student
goals. This degree provides an academic link to the rich music
learning opportunities available through community programs in
urban Los Angeles and, in particular, to the Thornton Community
Engagement Programs.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including a capstone and comprehensive review. A grade point
average of not less than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate
courses in music, and a grade of B or higher is required for all
courses in the major department. Students who transfer credits
must achieve this average on all combined transferred and
residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering this graduate-level degree program at
USC Thornton, who have not previously completed a degree at
USC Thornton, must take a series of entrance exams in core
music subjects. These exams are called Music Graduate Entrance
Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding which exams are required
for specific majors is available from the Thornton Student Affairs
office. Also see the USC Thornton School of Music Admission to
Graduate Standing section of this catalogue for specific policies
relating to these exams.
Capstone and Comprehensive Review
A final project is required for candidates as a capstone for the
Master of Music in Community Music. The project will consist of
a scholarly document written on a topic approved by the Music
Teaching and Learning department. Candidates must also
submit a comprehensive portfolio of representative work product
consistent with their work in classes and in the field.
Guidance Committee
Before registering for MTAL 592, a student must establish
a guidance committee composed of three members of the
faculty, approved by the department chair, of which at least
two are from the home department. The chair of the guidance
committee directly supervises the preparation of the project.
The final acceptance of the project and portfolio is based upon
the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Curriculum Requirements
Program Intensive Courses (minimum of 22 units)*
Core Academic Courses (9 units)
•
ARTL 504 Arts and the Community: Current Practice and
New Visions Units: 2
• MTAL 500 Research Foundations in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 535 Community Engagement Through Music Units: 2
• MTAL 607 Foundations of Community Music Units: 2
Pedagogical Courses (minimum of 6 units)
•
MTAL 449 Teaching Marching Band Units: 2
• MTAL 470 Improvisation and Composition for Teaching and
Learning Units: 2
• MTAL 475 Teaching and Learning: Children Units: 2
• MTAL 476 Teaching and Learning: Youth Units: 2
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• MTAL 481 Contemporary Pedagogy, Larger Instrumental
Ensembles Units: 3
• MTAL 517 Teaching and Learning Popular Songwriting
Units: 2
• MTAL 576 Using Technology in the Classroom Units: 2
• MTAL 653 World Music Pedagogy Units: 2
• MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy Units: 2
Theoretical Courses (minimum of 7 units)
•
ARTL 503 Arts Organizations: Innovation and New Models
Units: 2
• MTAL 477 Cultural Diversity in Music Teaching and Learning
Units: 2
• MTAL 502 Sociological Foundations of Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 503 Philosophical and Advocacy Issues in Music
Teaching and Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 504 Psychological Foundations of Music Units: 3
• MTAL 516 Popular Music Teaching and Learning Units: 2
• MTAL 538 Music in the Community, Program Development
and Evaluation Units: 2
• MTAL 608 Creative Thinking in Music Units: 3
• MTAL 615 Assessment and Reflective Practice Units: 2
• MTAL 721 Qualitative Research in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
Applied Music (4 units)
Select four units from the following areas of musical study:
Courses in songwriting, arranging, composition, improvisation,
conducting; individual instruction (lessons); or ensemble. Courses
must be at the 500-level.
Capstone and Comprehensive Review (4 units)
• MTAL 589 Community Music Practicum Units: 2
• MTAL 592 Final Project Units: 2
• Comprehensive Review Units: 0
Total Units: Minimum of 30**
*Students must select courses accordingly to complete a minimum
of 22 units from the Program Intensive Courses.
**A minimum of 30 units are needed to complete the degree
Composition (MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Composition
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in composition or theory.
Curriculum Requirements
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• Electives at the 500 level in MUHL or MUCO
• Individual instruction 501 in any performance medium (MPxx
501) or applicable MTEC or MUCD instruction Units: 4 units
total
• MUCO 537 Advanced Composition I Units: 1 or 2 (8 units
total)
• MUCO 592 Selected Topics in Graduate Composition
Units: 2
• MUCO 536 Advanced Orchestration I Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 (2 units
total)
• Electives Units: 4 units total
• Graduate recital Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
• MM composition portfolio Units: 0
Total units: 30
Conducting (MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 731
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Conducting
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a bachelor's degree with a music major
and have at least one year of experience conducting an orchestra.
Curriculum Requirements
• MUCD 550 Orchestral Conducting Seminar Units: 2 (8 units
total)
• Ensemble (preferably chamber music) Units: 4 units total
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 575 Music of the Baroque Era Units: 2
• MUHL 591 Seminar in Baroque Repertories and Performance
Practice Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• Electives
• Two graduate recitals Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
One course from
•
MUHL 573 Music of the Middle Ages Units: 2, 2 years
• MUHL 574 Music of the Renaissance Units: 2
• MUHL 576 Music of the Classical Period Units: 2, 2 years
• MUHL 577 Music of the 19th Century Units: 2, 2 years or
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
Total units: 30
Contemporary Teaching Practice (MM)
Overview
The Master of Music in Contemporary Teaching Practice is
designed as an intensive program and places special emphasis
on urban settings. The overall goal of this degree is to provide a
credential path for graduate music students who wish to teach
in public and private schools in California and other states. The
program will build on the students' undergraduate preparation in
music (including music theory, aural skills, keyboard skills, music
history and performance education including playing, singing,
conducting and ensemble work) by adding courses in music
teaching and learning and general education. Special course
work in music in the lives of children and youth, contemporary
teaching methods, music composition/improvisation, research and
assessment, and community and entrepreneurial engagement will
highlight the degree. Certain courses will include extensive field
experiences in the schools. Attention will be paid to children with
special needs and English Language Learners (ELL), as mandated
by the state of California. Finally, as a special opportunity, newly
conferred students in this degree will have the ability to access
monthly online mentoring sessions with USC faculty. This
opportunity will be available in the first year of teaching, after the
degree has been conferred.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 30 semester units at USC,
including the comprehensive review. A grade point average of
not less than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in
music, and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the
major department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exam
All students entering this graduate-level degree program at
USC Thornton, who have not previously completed a degree at
USC Thornton, must take a series of entrance exams in core
music subjects. These exams are called Music Graduate Entrance
Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding which exams are required
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for specific majors is available from the Thornton Student Affairs
office. Also see the Thornton School of Music Admission to
Graduate Standing section of this catalogue for specific policies
relating to these exams.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music in Contemporary Teaching
Practice must submit a comprehensive portfolio of music teaching
experiences consistent with their work in class and in the field.
This portfolio is reviewed by faculty in the department.
Curriculum Requirements
Program Intensive Courses (24 units)
• MTAL 470 Improvisation and Composition for Teaching and
Learning Units: 2
• MTAL 475 Teaching and Learning: Children Units: 2
• MTAL 476 Teaching and Learning: Youth Units: 2
• MTAL 480 Contemporary Pedagogy, Small Instrumental
Ensembles Units: 3
• MTAL 481 Contemporary Pedagogy, Larger Instrumental
Ensembles Units: 3
• MTAL 482 Contemporary Pedagogy, Vocal and General
Music Units: 2
• MTAL 503 Philosophical and Advocacy Issues in Music
Teaching and Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 535 Community Engagement Through Music Units: 2
• MTAL 588 Guided Practice Units: 3
• MTAL 615 Assessment and Reflective Practice Units: 2
Courses from USC Rossier School of Education
(10 units)
• EDUC 670 Introduction to Curriculum and Pedagogy in
Urban Schools Units: 4
• EDUC 671 Contexts for Educational Equity, Access, and
Agency Units: 3
• EDUC 672 Integrated Language Development Across the
Curriculum Units: 3
Comprehensive Review (0 units)
Proficiencies (0 units)
• Certification in music for children with special needs
• Competency playing test in snare drum, drum set, acoustic
and electric guitar, and electronic keyboard
• Competency playing test in flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone,
violin, and cello
• Competency singing test in vocal technique
Total Units: 34
Additional Note:
Information for Certification:
California has a two-tier credential structure. A five-year
preliminary credential is the first credential issued after an
individual meets basic credential requirements. A clear credential
is issued when all credential requirements have been completed.
Upon successful completion of the MM, CTP degree candidates
are recommended for a Preliminary credential. Internships and
Induction programs that lead to clear credentials are currently
satisfied under the purview of your district of employment.
All Preliminary Credential teacher candidates must meet the
following requirements in order to be recommended/endorsed
for a teaching credential: Basic Skills Competency, successful
completion of all MM, CTP course work, evidence of successful
completion and passing of the edTPA (Teaching Performance
Assessment) and verification of training in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) that covers infant, child and adult CPR skills.
Early Music Performance Emphasis (MA)
Overview
This degree is under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.
Students should also refer to The Graduate School section of this
catalogue for general regulations.
Departmental Requirements
Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of transcripts of previous
college courses, a research paper and letters of reference.
Regular (classified) standing is achieved when the Music
Graduate Entrance Examinations have been completed
satisfactorily. Remedial course work, if recommended, may be
substituted for repetition of examinations.
Language Requirement
Students are required to demonstrate a reading knowledge
by passing an examination in one foreign language chosen
by the student from among French, German, Italian or Latin.
This requirement must be passed prior to the comprehensive
examination.
Prerequisites
Applicants should have an undergraduate degree with a major
in music or the equivalent, and a substantial background in
languages, arts and letters.
Master of Arts in Music, Early Music
Performance Emphasis
Curriculum Requirements
• MUEN 550 Early Music Ensemble Units: 1 (3 units total)
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 572 Seminar in Historical Musical Notation Units: 2
• MUHL 574 Music of the Renaissance Units: 2
• MUHL 575 Music of the Baroque Era Units: 2
• MUHL 589 Seminar in Renaissance Repertories and
Performance Practice Units: 2
• MUHL 591 Seminar in Baroque Repertories and Performance
Practice Units: 2
• MUHL 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• MUHL 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
• MPEM 450 Collegium Workshop Units: 1 (2 units total)
• MPEM 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 (5 units total)
• Elective in music
• Electives in letters, arts and sciences
Total units: 32
The thesis will include the planning, research, preparation
and leadership of a full-length program in early music. This
practical work will be supported by a written essay that deals, as
appropriate, with historical data sources, authentic performance
practices and a stylistic assessment of the repertoire that is
performed. In lieu of a comprehensive examination, candidates for
the Early Music Performance Emphasis will be required to pass
periodic reviews to demonstrate progress.
Jazz Studies (MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 733
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Jazz Studies
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in jazz studies or its equivalent.
Curriculum Requirements
• MUEN 505 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Units: 1 or
• MUEN 529 Jazz Ensemble Units: 1 (4 units total)
• MUEN 532 Jazz Chamber Music Units: 1 (4)
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level
• MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy Units: 2 or
• MUJZ 545 Jazz Ensemble Development Units: 2, 2 years
• MUJZ 547 Jazz Composition Units: 2
• MUJZ 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 (8 units total)
• Electives
• Two graduate recitals Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
Music History and Literature Emphasis (MA)
Overview
This degree is under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.
Students should also refer to The Graduate School section of this
catalogue for general regulations.
Departmental Requirements
Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of transcripts of
previous college courses, a research paper and letters of
reference.
Regular (classified) standing is achieved when the Music
Graduate Entrance Examinations have been completed
satisfactorily. Remedial course work, if recommended, may be
substituted for repetition of examinations.
Language Requirement
Students are required to demonstrate a reading knowledge
by passing an examination in one foreign language chosen
by the student from among French, German, Italian or Latin.
This requirement must be passed prior to the comprehensive
examination.
Prerequisites
Applicants should have an undergraduate degree with a major
in music or the equivalent, and a substantial background in
languages, arts and letters.
Master of Arts in Music, Music History and
Literature Emphasis
Core Thornton Academic Courses (8 units)
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
Select 6 units from the following:
• MUHL 579 Studies in Music History Units: 4
• MUHL courses numbered 600-699
Program Intensive Courses (16 units)
• Courses in history, language, literature or the arts other than
music: 8 units total
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
Select 8 units from the following:
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL courses numbered 500-699
Electives (6 units)
Capstone Project (0 units)
• Comprehensive Examination: 0 units
Total Units: 30
Music Industry (MS)
Overview
The Master of Science in Music Industry program aims to
produce the next generation of music industry leaders via a
comprehensive yet student-tailored education. Class topics include
copyright, concerts, artist management, marketing data and
analysis, and a one-semester internship. Additionally, students
have four emphasis track options including music performance,
supervision, the business of touring/live event promotion, and
entrepreneurship.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 32 semester units at USC,
including the portfolio. A grade point average of not less than 3.0
(A = 4.0) is required for all USC courses. Students who transfer
credits must achieve this average on all combined transferred and
resident units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
734 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Science degree
is five years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Portfolio Requirement
A portfolio, as capstone to a two-semester immersion into a
student-led music campaign, is required for graduation. The Music
Industry faculty will provide students with additional details for this
requirement.
Curriculum Requirements
Program Intensive Courses (27 units)
• MUIN 510 The Music Industry: Careers, Rights and Income
Streams Units: 4
• MUIN 511 Music Industry History: Entrepreneurs, Moguls and
Catalogs Units: 2
• MUIN 512 The Management of Live Performances Units: 2
• MUIN 520 Artist Management: Campaign Planning, Pitching,
Partnerships Units: 2
• MUIN 521 Music Industry/Producers Forum Units: 1
• MUIN 522 Music Marketing, Branding and Campaigns
Units: 3
• MUIN 523 Survey/Analysis of Music Agreements Units: 4
• MUIN 530 Mentorship Units: 1
• MUIN 540 Artist Management: Campaign Execution and
Hindsight Analysis Units: 2
• MUIN 541 Data Analytics: Music Marketing Decisions and
Presentations Units: 2
• MUIN 542 Developing Copyright Laws and Business Models
Units: 3
• MUIN 598 Internship Units: 1
Core Business Fundamentals Course (3 units)
• GSBA 504a Operations Management Units: 1.5
• GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3
Select one Emphasis Option from the following and
complete a minimum of 5 units from the emphasis
(minimum 5 units)
Emphasis Option 1: Business of Live Promotion/Touring
• MUIN 515 Live Touring Strategy Units: 2
• MUIN 525 Concert Promotion, Venue Management and
Event Planning Units: 3
Emphasis Option 2: Music Supervision and Visual Media
• CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From Story Concept to
Exhibition Units: 2
• MUIN 526 Music Supervision, Production and Creative
Licensing Units: 3
Emphasis Option 3: Performance*
• MUEN at the 500 level: 2 units total
• Courses in music at the 400 or 500 level: 3 units total
Emphasis Option 4: Entrepreneurship
• BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup Units: 2
• BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• BAEP 555 Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipate and Avoid Startup
Pitfalls Units: 3
• BAEP 556 Technology Feasibility Units: 3
• BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship Units: 3
Portfolio Requirement (0 units)
Portfolio: 0 units
Total Units: Minimum of 35
* Subject to Thornton audition/acceptance
Performance (Classical Guitar) (MM)
Overview
The MM in classical guitar is a two-year, 30-unit program
consisting of individual instruction, ensembles, Baroque music,
guitar history, music history and electives. Two graduate recitals
are required.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Master's Recitals
Two public recitals are required of all candidates for the Master
of Music degree (Classical Guitar), as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 735
Master of Music in Performance
(Classical Guitar)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a bachelor's degree with a major in music
with guitar as the principal instrument.
Curriculum Requirements
Core Thornton Academic Courses (6 units)
•
MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level: 2 units total
Individual Instruction (8 units)
•
MPGU 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
8 units total of MPGU 553 (Classical Guitar)
Ensembles (4 units)
•
MUEN 526 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
2 units total of MUEN 526
• MUEN Ensemble Electives at the 500-level: 2 units total
Program Intensive Courses (8 units)
•
MPGU 417 Classical Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MPGU 426 Classical Guitar History and Literature Units: 2
• MPGU 427 Advanced Topics in Classical Guitar History and
Literature Units: 2
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
Electives (4 units)
Capstone Projects (0 units)
•
Two Graduate Recitals: 0 units
• Comprehensive Review: 0 units
Total units: 30
Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet),
(Bassoon), (Saxophone), (French Horn),
(Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba) or (Percussion)
(MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance (Flute),
(Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon), (Saxophone),
(French Horn), (Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba)
or (Percussion)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in a wind instrument or percussion or equivalent.
Curriculum Requirements
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUEN 523 University Wind Ensemble Units: 1 (4 units total)
• MUEN 525 Wind and Percussion Chamber Music Units: 1 (4
units total)
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level
• MPWP 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2 or
• MPWP 482 Interpretation of Classic, Romantic, and 20th
Century Wind and Percussion Music Units: 2
• MPWP 551 Individual Instrument Performance Class III
Units: 1 (2 units total)
• MPWP 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 (8 units total)
• Graduate recital Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
Performance (Keyboard Collaborative Arts)
(MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
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and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance
(Keyboard Collaborative Arts)
Prerequisite
Applicants must hold the Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in piano or keyboard collaborative arts or equivalent background
as determined by the collaborative arts faculty. It is strongly
suggested that students who have not previously taken courses in
Italian, French, English and German diction, or in song literature,
enroll in the appropriate course(s) (MPVA 440, MPVA 441, MPVA
479) as part of their electives.
Curriculum Requirements
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MPKS 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 CP (8 units
total)
• MPKS 560 Song Interpretation Master Class Units: 2
• MPKS 561 Chamber Music Interpretation Master Class
Units: 2
• Electives in music
• Two graduate recitals, one with voice(s), the other with
instrument(s) Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
Performance (Organ) (MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
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semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance (Organ)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in organ or equivalent.
Curriculum Requirements
• Ensemble
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MPKS 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 or (8 units total)
• Music electives (at least two from the 500 level)
• Electives
• Graduate recital Units: 0
Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
Performance (Piano) (MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance (Piano)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree in piano or
equivalent.
Curriculum Requirements
• Ensemble
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives at 500 level Units: 6
• MPKS 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 P (8)
• MPKS 450a Piano Pedagogy: Intermediate Literature and
Functional Skills Units: 2
• MPKS 520 Special Studies in Solo Repertoire for Piano
Units: 2 (6 units total)
• Electives
• Two graduate recitals Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
Performance (Studio Guitar) (MM)
Master of Music
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Thesis/Project/Portfolio Requirements and
Qualifying Exam Committees
A composition portfolio is required of candidates for the
Master of Music degree in composition; a thesis or final project is
required of candidates for the Master of Music degree in music
education. For music education majors, the thesis will consist of
a research document written on a topic approved by the music
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teaching and learning department; the final project will consist of
a creative project that will present the arrangement, production
or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for specific
applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a Thesis,
or a similarly required course for a capstone project or portfolio,
a student must establish a qualifying exam committee composed
of three members of the faculty, approved by the department
chair, of which at least two are from the home department. The
chair of the qualifying exam committee directly supervises the
preparation of the thesis, the final acceptance of which is based
upon the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Master's Recital
One or more public recitals are required of all candidates for
the Master of Music degree, as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance (Studio
Guitar)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a bachelor's degree with a major in music
with guitar as the principal instrument.
Curriculum Requirements
• MUEN 526 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1 (2 units total)
• Electives
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level
• MPGU 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 SG (8 units
total)
• MPGU 558 Advanced Studio Guitar Performance Class
Units: 1 (4 units total)
• Music electives
• Electives
• Two graduate recitals Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello),
(Double Bass) or (Harp) (MM)
Overview
The MM in violin, viola, violoncello, double bass or harp
performance is a two-year, 30-unit program consisting of individual
instruction, ensembles, conducting, Baroque music, music history
and electives. A graduate recital is required.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Master's Recital
One public recital is required of all candidates for the Master
of Music degree (Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass or Harp),
as indicated below. Candidates must apply for recital dates,
according to the current guidelines of the Music Operations office.
Some departments require that a candidate be prepared to play or
conduct the recital program for the approval of a faculty committee
in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance (Violin),
(Viola), (Violoncello) or (Harp)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in a string instrument or equivalent.
Curriculum Requirements For Violin, Viola,
Violoncello and Harp Majors
Core Thornton Academic Courses (8 units)
•
MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level: 4 units total
Individual Instruction (8 units)
•
MPST 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
8 units total of MPST 553 in your primary instrument
Ensembles (8 units)
•
MUEN 520 USC Symphony Units: 1
4 units total of MUEN 520
• MUEN 527 String Chamber Music Units: 1
4 units total of MUEN 527
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Program Intensive Courses (4 units)
•
MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
Music Electives (2 units)
Music electives: 2 units total
Capstone Projects (0 units)
•
Graduate Recital: 0 units
• Comprehensive Review: 0 units
Total Units: 30
Master of Music in Performance (Double
Bass)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in a string instrument or equivalent.
Curriculum Requirements For Double Bass Majors
Core Thornton Academic Courses (8 units)
•
MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL 578 Music since 1900 Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level: 4 units total
Individual Instruction (8 units)
•
MPST 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
8 units total of MPST 553 (Double Bass)
Ensembles (6 units)
•
MUEN 520 USC Symphony Units: 1
4 units total of MUEN 520
• MUEN 527 String Chamber Music Units: 1
Select one unit from the following:
• MUEN 525 Wind and Percussion Chamber Music Units: 1
• MUEN 527 String Chamber Music Units: 1
• MUEN 530 Contemporary Music Ensemble Units: 1
• MUEN 550 Early Music Ensemble Units: 1
Program Intensive Courses (4 units)
•
MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
Music Electives (4 units)
Music electives: 4 units total
Capstone Projects (0 units)
•
Graduate Recital: 0 units
• Comprehensive Review: 0 units
Total Units: 30
Performance (Vocal Arts) (MM)
Overview
The MM in vocal arts performance is a two-year, 30-unit
program consisting of individual instruction, ensembles, cantata
and oratorio, pedagogy, vocal literature, music history and
electives. A graduate recital is required.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Thirty units of graduate work are required; a minimum of 15
units (excluding thesis or project) must be at the 500 level or
higher. All students must satisfy the specified requirements of their
major department (see department chair or academic adviser).
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Master's Recital
One public recital is required of all candidates for the Master
of Music degree (Vocal Arts), as indicated below. Candidates
must apply for recital dates, according to the current guidelines
of the Music Operations office. Some departments require that a
candidate be prepared to play or conduct the recital program for
the approval of a faculty committee in advance.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Master of Music in Performance (Vocal
Arts)
Prerequisite
The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Music degree with a
major in vocal arts. Students who have not had formal training
in foreign language, diction, vocal pedagogy, acting for singers,
song literature and in Italian, French or German languages must
show competency in these areas through examination or complete
appropriate course work with a grade of B or higher.
Curriculum Requirements
Lessons (8 units)
• MPVA 553 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
8 units total of MPVA 553 (Voice)
Music Ensembles (2 units)
500 level Music Ensemble (two 1-unit courses)
Program Intensive Courses (6 units)
• MPVA 443 Cantata and Oratorio Units: 2, 2 years
• MPVA 540 Special Studies in Vocal Literature Units: 2
• MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology Units: 2
Core Thornton Academic Courses (4 units)
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
MUHL Electives at the 500 level (2 units total)
Electives (10 units)
Electives in music at the 400 or 500 level (6 units total)
Electives in non-music or music at the 400 or 500 level
(4 units total)
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Capstone Projects
Graduate Recital (0 units)
Comprehensive Review (0 units)
Total Units: 30
Comprehensive Review
A final examination in vocal pedagogy, art song and oratorio
literature and diction will be administered by the vocal arts faculty.
Students are required to write extensive program notes for the
degree recital.
USC Opera
USC Opera is an integral part of the Vocal Arts Department,
providing career development opportunities for singers, coach/
pianists, conductors and directors. The program includes
instruction in opera history and literature, coaching techniques,
stage direction, body movement for singers, stage training, role
study and analysis.
The opera workshop is a repertory experience involving
preparation and performance of operatic works and excerpts for
performance both on and off the USC campus.
Popular Music Teaching and Learning (MM)
Overview
The Master of Music in Popular Music Teaching and Learning
is a professional degree that prepares graduates for the growing
teaching opportunities in the private, public and community
sectors in popular music through a curriculum that balances
professional practice, scholarship and research. The degree is
designed for: 1) working/performing popular musicians wanting
to transition into teaching, 2) musicians with a bachelor's degree
in music performance or music education looking to expand their
knowledge base into popular music and 3) musicians seeking
to advance into doctoral level work in Teaching and Learning.
Course work addresses issues specific to popular music, including
blending informal and formal teaching strategies, songwriting,
music production, small ensemble/band coaching, vocal coaching
and program development. Additional courses in music teaching
and learning provide foundational work in research, teaching
philosophies, music psychology, technology, community music and
assessment.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including a capstone and comprehensive review. A grade point
average of not less than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate
courses in music, and a grade of B or higher is required for all
courses in the major department. Students who transfer credits
must achieve this average on all combined transferred and
residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering this graduate-level degree program at
USC Thornton, who have not previously completed a degree at
USC Thornton, must take a series of entrance exams in core
music subjects. These exams are called Music Graduate Entrance
Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding which exams are required
for specific majors is available from the Thornton Student Affairs
office. Also see the USC Thornton School of Music Admission to
Graduate Standing section of this catalogue for specific policies
relating to these exams.
Capstone and Comprehensive Review
A final project is required for candidates as a capstone for the
Master of Music in Popular Music Teaching and Learning. The
project will consist of a scholarly document written on a topic
approved by the Music Teaching and Learning department and
include elements of supervised applied teaching. Candidates
must also submit a comprehensive portfolio of representative work
product consistent with their work in classes and in the field.
Guidance Committee
Before registering for MTAL 592, a student must establish
a guidance committee composed of three members of the
faculty, approved by the department chair, of which at least
two are from the home department. The chair of the guidance
committee directly supervises the preparation of the project.
The final acceptance of the project and portfolio is based upon
the unanimous recommendation of all three members of the
committee.
Curriculum Requirements
Program Intensive Courses (11 units)
Core Academic Courses (9 units)
•
MTAL 500 Research Foundations in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2 *
• MTAL 516 Popular Music Teaching and Learning Units: 2
Select one course from the following:
• MTAL 517 Teaching and Learning Popular Songwriting
Units: 2
• MTAL 518 Teaching and Learning Music Technology Units: 2
• MTAL 520 Coaching the Popular Music Ensemble Units: 2
• MTAL 521 Coaching the Popular Music Vocalist Units: 2
Music History Course (2 units)
MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 2 units total
Music Elective Courses (minimum of 13 units)**
Select a minimum of 13 units from the following:
• MPVA 438 Foundations of Vocology Units: 2
• MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology Units: 2
• MTAL 477 Cultural Diversity in Music Teaching and Learning
Units: 2
• MTAL 502 Sociological Foundations of Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 503 Philosophical and Advocacy Issues in Music
Teaching and Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 504 Psychological Foundations of Music Units: 3
• MTAL 517 Teaching and Learning Popular Songwriting
Units: 2 ***
• MTAL 518 Teaching and Learning Music Technology
Units: 2 ***
• MTAL 520 Coaching the Popular Music Ensemble Units: 2 ***
• MTAL 521 Coaching the Popular Music Vocalist Units: 2 ***
• MTAL 535 Community Engagement Through Music Units: 2
• MTAL 576 Using Technology in the Classroom Units: 2
• MTAL 607 Foundations of Community Music Units: 2
• MTAL 608 Creative Thinking in Music Units: 3
• MTAL 615 Assessment and Reflective Practice Units: 2
• MTAL 653 World Music Pedagogy Units: 2
• MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy Units: 2
• MUSC 475 Musician's Health and Wellness Units: 2
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Applied Music (4 units)**
Select four units from the following areas of musical study:
Courses in popular music performance, songwriting, music
production or individual instruction in popular music. Courses must
be at the 400-level or higher.
Capstone and Comprehensive Review (2 units)
• MTAL 592 Final Project Units: 2
• Comprehensive Review Units: 0
Total Units: Minimum of 30
*Students with significant professional teaching experience
may substitute a different MTAL 500 level or above course in
consultation with their faculty adviser.
**Per faculty advisement.
*** If not selected as part of Core Academic Courses.
Sacred Music (MM)
Overview
The MM in sacred music consists of course work in sacred
music, choral conducting, choral literature, choral development,
music history, and vocal arts. The program culminates with a
graduate recital or project.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the thesis or recital. A grade point average of not less
than 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music,
and a grade of B or higher is required for all courses in the major
department. Students who transfer credits must achieve this
average on all combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Master's Recital/Project
Students majoring in Sacred Music must complete a recital or
a project, as approved by the department. Candidates completing
the recital must perform one public recital. Candidates must apply
for recital dates, according to the current guidelines of the Music
Operations office. Some departments require that a candidate be
prepared to play or conduct the recital program for the approval of
a faculty committee in advance. Candidates completing the project
must work with the department to determine the details for this
requirement.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique. A final oral examination in sacred music and related
areas will be administered by the sacred and choral music faculty.
Curriculum Requirements
Keyboard and Voice Proficiency
Proficiency tests in keyboard and voice will be given by the
choral and sacred music faculty during the student's first semester
in residence to determine if additional study in either medium is
required.
Lessons (2 units)
Take 2 units from the following:
• MPKS 501 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 ** (PI or OR)
• MPVA 501 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2 **
Music Ensembles (2 units)
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total*
Program Intensive Courses (20 units)
• MSCR 571 Music of the Great Liturgies Units: 2
• MSCR 572 Sacred Music Administration Units: 2
• MSCR 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12 (2 units total)
• MUCD 541 Choral Conducting III Units: 2 ** (4 units total)
• MUCM 440 Choral Development Units: 2 **
• MUCM 541 Choral Literature I Units: 2 **
• MUCM 542 Choral Literature II Units: 2 **
Choose one course from the following:
• MSCR 473 Hymnology Units: 2
• MSCR 475 Introduction to Jewish Music Units: 2
Choose one course from the following:
• MSCR 474 The Organ in Worship and Congregational Life
Units: 2
• MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology Units: 2 ***
• MPVA 542 Vocal Pedagogy Teaching Practicum Units: 2
Core Thornton Academic Courses (4 units)
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives at the 500 level Units: 2 units total
Electives (2 units)
Capstone Projects (0 units)
• Graduate recital or project Units: 0
• Comprehensive review Units: 0
Total units: 30
*Sacred music majors must participate in a choral ensemble
chosen from MUEN 508, MUEN 510, MUEN 511 or MUEN 512
each semester if enrolled for 4 or more units.
**In some cases, MUHL 500-level courses and/or private
instruction in organ, piano, voice or guitar may be substituted
for MUCM 440, MUCM 541, MUCM 542 and MUCD 541. In
some cases, instruction in guitar or another instrument may be
substituted for MPKS 501 or MPVA 501.
***Courses with similar content in MPVA 541 taken at another
institution may be substituted, subject to Vocal Arts departmental
approval. Consult with the Vocal Arts and Sacred Music
departments to finalize substitution approval and/or course
placement.
Screen Scoring (MM)
Overview
This two-semester master's program focuses on the art and
craft of composing, orchestrating, programming, conducting,
producing, recording, mixing, editing, copying and integrating
music for screen-based media, including motion pictures,
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television programming, video games, Internet fare and other
new visual media. Classes are also offered in technology,
entrepreneurialism and the business of making movies.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the portfolio. A grade point average of not less than 3.0
(A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music, and a grade
of B or higher is required for all courses in the major department.
Students who transfer credits must achieve this average on all
combined transferred and residence units.
Portfolio Requirement
A portfolio of multiple original manuscript scores for films and/
or games, along with screening copies containing audio tracks, is
required for graduation. The scoring faculty will provide students
with additional details for this requirement.
Curriculum Requirements
Individual Instruction (4 units)
• SCOR 502 Individual Instruction in Advanced Screen Scoring
Units: 1, 2
4 units total of SCOR 502
Program Intensive Courses (32 units)
• CTPR 473 Spotting Music for Cinema Units: 2
• SCOR 503a Advanced Scoring for Motion Pictures and
Television Units: 2
• SCOR 503b Advanced Scoring for Motion Pictures and
Television Units: 2
• SCOR 504a Orchestral Scoring Units: 2
• SCOR 504b Orchestral Scoring Units: 2
• SCOR 505a Advanced Game Scoring and Integration
Units: 2
• SCOR 505b Advanced Game Scoring and Integration
Units: 2
• SCOR 506 Applied Techniques in Contemporary Scoring
Units: 2
• SCOR 507 Studio Conducting and Contemporary Score
Analysis Units: 2
• SCOR 511a History of Film Scoring Units: 2
• SCOR 511b History of Film Scoring Units: 2
• SCOR 512 Entrepreneurialism for the Screen Composer
Units: 2
• SCOR 521a Recording, Mixing and Editing for the Screen
Composer Units: 2
• SCOR 521b Recording, Mixing and Editing for the Screen
Composer Units: 2
• SCOR 523a Advanced Screen Scoring Technology Units: 2
• SCOR 523b Advanced Screen Scoring Technology Units: 2
Portfolio Requirement
Portfolio: 0 units
Total Units: 36
Teaching and Learning (MM)
Overview
The goal of this professional degree is to prepare the student
for an advanced level of pre-college teaching and leadership in
the music education profession by developing core knowledge
and expertise in pedagogical skills and scholarship. It provides a
seamless transition into the DMA in Teaching and Learning, with
most units being transferable to the DMA requirements.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Unit and Grade Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 semester units at USC,
including the capstone. A grade point average of not less than 3.0
(A = 4.0) is required for all graduate courses in music, and a grade
of B or higher is required for all courses in the major department.
Students who transfer credits must achieve this average on all
combined transferred and residence units.
Transferred Credits
All credits transferred must be the equivalent of corresponding
current work at USC. Course work completed at another institution
that has been approved by the Thornton School for transfer credit
must have been completed within seven years from the date of
admission to a master's degree program to be applied toward that
degree. Transfer credit petitions must be filed with the appropriate
Thornton adviser during the first semester in residence.
Time Limit
The time limit for completing the Master of Music degree is five
years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the first course
at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will be granted
by petition to the Thornton School for only the most compelling
reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA, PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Capstone and Guidance Committee
A thesis or final project is required for candidates as a capstone
for the Master of Music in Teaching and Learning. The thesis will
consist of a research document written on a topic approved by
the Music Teaching and Learning department; the final project
will consist of a creative project that will present the arrangement,
production or design of innovative ideas, materials or curricula for
specific applications in teaching music. Before registering for 594a
Thesis or 590 and 592 (for the project option), a student must
establish a guidance committee composed of three members of
the faculty, approved by the department chair, of which at least
two are from the home department. The chair of the guidance
committee directly supervises the preparation of the thesis,
the final acceptance of which is based upon the unanimous
recommendation of all three members of the committee.
Comprehensive Review
Candidates for the Master of Music must pass a comprehensive
review toward the end of their course of study, usually in the final
semester. This review, which is administered by the faculty of
the major department, consists of an oral or written examination,
covering relevant aspects of musical performance, literature, and/
or technique.
Curriculum Requirements
Applied Music (4 units)
4-units total are to be earned by choosing from the following:
Individual Instruction (lessons); courses in conducting, composition
or arranging; or ensemble. Individual instruction and ensembles
must be at the 500 level. Conducting, composition and arranging
courses must be at the 400 or 500 level.
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Program Intensive Courses (11 units)
• MTAL 500 Research Foundations in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
Two courses from the following:
• MTAL 501 Historical Foundations of Music Education Units: 3
• MTAL 502 Sociological Foundations of Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 503 Philosophical and Advocacy Issues in Music
Teaching and Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 504 Psychological Foundations of Music Units: 3
Core Thornton Academic Courses (8 units)
MUHL electives at the 500 level: two 2-unit courses
One course from the following:
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
One course from the following:
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
Electives in music at the 400 or 500 level (3 units)
Comprehensive Review (0 units)
Capstone Project (4 units)
Choose one group from the following:
• MTAL 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
and
• MTAL 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Or
• MTAL 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
(2 units total of MTAL 590) and
• MTAL 592 Final Project Units: 2
Total units: 30
Graduate Certificate
Arts Leadership Graduate Certificate
Certificate in Arts Leadership (ARTL)
The graduate program in arts leadership is a two-semester
certificate program for artists, arts administrators and cultural
workers of all types to develop the skills necessary to become
successful leaders in the arts and arts organizations in a rapidly
changing and radically altered contemporary world. The program
is based in the Thornton School of Music, but it is designed to
be applicable for artists/students engaged in any of the arts
disciplines who want to develop their leadership skills in the hybrid
and holistic environment of the contemporary arts. The program is
highly individualized and deeply student centered in its approach,
with simultaneous emphases on research, discovery, theory and
current practice. With strong faculty mentorship and guidance from
the director of the program and other working professionals in the
field, students explore the dimensions of the most current issues
and ideas while developing specific real-world applications of
these ideas to their own practice as artists and leaders.
The program consists of a minimum of 18 units which can be
completed in two semesters. The program begins with a 2-unit
gateway course (ARTL 500), which introduces the students to
the varied, complex and contentious issues in the arts and arts
leadership that currently exist in the contemporary arts world. From
this experience, students will develop a life plan that examines
their own career and life trajectory for the next several years,
providing a guidepost for their own personal development in arts
leadership. Students will take four core courses including ARTL
501, which focuses on a deep understanding and application
of the challenges of executive leadership in the arts and ARTL
502, which looks at major environmental trends affecting the arts
and how that impacts the student's leadership role in the arts.
Essential to all of these courses is developing the ability to think,
speak and write critically about the arts in the contemporary
world, key components of strong arts leadership. There is also a
two semester practicum, ARTL 510, in which the student creates,
develops and completes an actual arts leadership project of his or
her own choosing, supported by faculty mentorship and the cohort
of other practicum students.
Admission to the program is by application, reviewed and
approved by the director of the program. Admission to the
practicum requires a project proposal to be created by the student
and approved by the director of the program.
Core Courses
• ARTL 500 Arts Leadership and Arts Entrepreneurship Units: 2
• ARTL 501 Executive Leadership in the Arts Units: 2
• ARTL 502 Issues in the Arts and the Contemporary World
Units: 2
• ARTL 503 Arts Organizations: Innovation and New Models
Units: 2
• ARTL 504 Arts and the Community: Current Practice and
New Visions Units: 2
• ARTL 510 Arts Leadership Practicum Units: 2 (2 semesters)
(4 units total)
Total units: 14
Select a Minimum of 4 Units From the
Following Courses*
• MUIN 570 The Music Industry Units: 4
• PAS 561 Curatorial/Organizational Models Units: 2
• PAS 571 Histories of Art in the Public Sphere Units: 3
• PAS 572 Contemporary Art in the Public Sphere Units: 3
• PAS 585 Theorizing the Public Realm Units: 3
• PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Units: 4
• PPD 687 Strategic Management in the Nonprofit Sector
Units: 4 **
• PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Units: 4
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Total units: 4
*Courses may be chosen from this list or in consultation with the
Director of Arts Leadership.
**Prerequisite: PPD 675 and PPD 689
Minimum total units: 18
Performance Graduate Certificate
This two-year graduate-level program is designed for students
who have completed their undergraduate education in music, or its
equivalent, and intend to concentrate their energies on the full-time
development of their discipline.
Entrance Requirements
A performance audition is required with repertory to be
determined by the student's primary department.
Curriculum Requirements
The requirements for this program consist of 16 units of
Graduate Certificate Performance (4 units per semester of MPEM
554, MPGU 554, MPKS 554, MPST 554, MPVA 554, MPWP 554
or MUJZ 554). Graduate Certificate Performance encompasses
individual instruction, studio class and two ensembles or the
equivalent as appropriate to the discipline.
Doctoral Degree
Choral Music (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Choral Music consists of the following areas of
study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an
academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
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Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
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that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination comprises a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Admission to Candidacy
For the DMA in Choral Music, admission to candidacy occurs
after the student has passed the comprehensive examination,
upon formal action of the dean of the Thornton School. The
dissertation must be completed after admission to candidacy.
Doctoral Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation and/or creative
work is required of candidates in Composition, Music Teaching and
Learning and Choral Music. The dissertation must reveal scholarly
ability, technical mastery, capacity for independent research and
originality in creative thought.
Dissertation Committee
After the guidance committee recommends admission to
candidacy and approves the dissertation topic, the committee is
reduced to three members. This smaller committee shall be the
dissertation committee and will guide the student through the
completion of the dissertation. Additional members may be added
at the discretion of the chair of the committee if the topic requires
special expertise.
Registration for Dissertation
The student must register in 794 Dissertation each semester
after admission to candidacy until degree requirements (including
the dissertation) are completed. Registration for 794 in no less
than two regular semesters following admission to candidacy
entitles the candidate to supervision by the dissertation committee.
If the dissertation is not completed and accepted within two
semesters, the candidate must register for 794 each semester
thereafter until the document has been accepted. No more than
8 units of credit in 794 may be accumulated regardless of the
number of semesters the candidate may be required to register.
A candidate who must withdraw temporarily from registration
in 794 for a semester must report this in writing to the Thornton
doctoral adviser before the beginning of that semester. As part
of that report, the candidate must also petition for a formal leave
of absence. During a leave of absence the candidate will not be
entitled to assistance from his or her dissertation committee or to
the use of university services and facilities. A leave of absence will
be granted only under exceptional circumstances.
Format for Theses and Dissertations
All dissertations submitted for requirements for graduate
degrees must conform to university regulations in format and
method of preparation. See the USC Graduate School's guidelines
for Theses and Dissertations.
Abstract of Dissertation
Since the abstract of the dissertation is published in Dissertation
Abstracts International, it should be written with care and be
representative of the final draft of the dissertation.
Defense of the Dissertation
After meeting all requirements including the comprehensive
examination, the candidate must defend the dissertation. This
defense takes place in order for the committee to determine
whether the dissertation should be approved or rejected. While
this oral defense is open to the general university community, only
the members of the dissertation committee have the authority to
recommend its acceptance or rejection. The recommendation must
be unanimous in order for the dissertation to be approved.
At least seven weeks before the scheduled date of the defense
of the dissertation, written approval by all members of the
candidate's dissertation committee, along with a typed copy of the
dissertation abstract, must be filed with the doctoral adviser of the
Thornton School of Music.
A candidate may defend the dissertation on the basis of an
approved preliminary copy. If the defense is satisfactory and
the committee is satisfied with the manuscript as presented, the
committee then signs the Approval to Submit Defended and Final
Copy of the Doctoral Work form. If additional work is required, the
form is left unsigned until the work has been approved.
The final electronic PDF copy of the dissertation, together with
signed signature sheet and approval forms, must be presented to
the Thesis Editor in the USC Graduate School by the Graduate
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School's submission date and times. Approval of format and
acceptance by the Graduate School must be presented to the
doctoral adviser of the Thornton School of Music at least one week
before the end of the semester.
Curriculum Requirements for Choral Music
Major
A keyboard proficiency test will be given by the choral faculty
during the student's first semester in residence to determine if
additional study in keyboard is required.
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2 *
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction, Ensembles and Performance
Classes (10 units)
• Ensemble (500 level; choral music majors must participate
in a choral ensemble each semester if enrolled for 4 or more
units) Units: 2 units total
• MUCD 541 Choral Conducting III Units: 2
4 units total of MUCD 541
• MUCD 641 Choral Conducting IV Units: 2
• MUCD 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
2 units total of MUCD 653
Program Intensive Courses (12 units)
• MSCR 571 Music of the Great Liturgies Units: 2
• MUCM 540 Seminar in Advanced Choral Development
Units: 2
• MUCM 541 Choral Literature I Units: 2 **
• MUCM 542 Choral Literature II Units: 2 **
• MUCM 641 Choral Literature III Units: 2
• MUCO 441 Choral Arranging Units: 1, 2
2 units total of MUCO 441
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (19 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations that include the major area, one academic field and
two elective fields.
Conduct two principal choral concerts; at least one
of which will include instrumental ensemble (0 units)
Capstone Project (4 units)
• MUCM 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MUCM 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Total units: 65
*Choral music majors are not required to take MUCD 441.
**May be taken as part of the master's degree.
Composition (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Composition consists of the following areas of
study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an
academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the USC Thornton School
of Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
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• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
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Admission to Candidacy
For the DMA in Composition, admission to candidacy occurs
after the student has passed the comprehensive examination,
upon formal action of the dean of the Thornton School. The
dissertation must be completed after admission to candidacy.
Doctoral Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation and/or creative
work is required of candidates in Composition, Music Teaching and
Learning and Choral Music. The dissertation must reveal scholarly
ability, technical mastery, capacity for independent research and
originality in creative thought.
Dissertation Committee
After the guidance committee recommends admission to
candidacy and approves the dissertation topic, the committee is
reduced to three members. This smaller committee shall be the
dissertation committee and will guide the student through the
completion of the dissertation. Additional members may be added
at the discretion of the chair of the committee if the topic requires
special expertise.
Registration for Dissertation
The student must register in 794 Dissertation each semester
after admission to candidacy until degree requirements (including
the dissertation) are completed. Registration for 794 in no less
than two regular semesters following admission to candidacy
entitles the candidate to supervision by the dissertation committee.
If the dissertation is not completed and accepted within two
semesters, the candidate must register for 794 each semester
thereafter until the document has been accepted. No more than
8 units of credit in 794 may be accumulated regardless of the
number of semesters the candidate may be required to register.
A candidate who must withdraw temporarily from registration
in 794 for a semester must report this in writing to the Thornton
doctoral adviser before the beginning of that semester. As part
of that report, the candidate must also petition for a formal leave
of absence. During a leave of absence the candidate will not be
entitled to assistance from his or her dissertation committee or to
the use of university services and facilities. A leave of absence will
be granted only under exceptional circumstances.
Format for Theses and Dissertations
All dissertations submitted for requirements for graduate
degrees must conform to university regulations in format and
method of preparation. See the USC Graduate School's guidelines
for Theses and Dissertations.
Abstract of Dissertation
Since the abstract of the dissertation is published in Dissertation
Abstracts International, it should be written with care and be
representative of the final draft of the dissertation.
Defense of the Dissertation
After meeting all requirements including the comprehensive
examination, the candidate must defend the dissertation. This
defense takes place in order for the committee to determine
whether the dissertation should be approved or rejected. While
this oral defense is open to the general university community, only
the members of the dissertation committee have the authority to
recommend its acceptance or rejection. The recommendation must
be unanimous in order for the dissertation to be approved.
At least seven weeks before the scheduled date of the defense
of the dissertation, written approval by all members of the
candidate's dissertation committee, along with a typed copy of the
dissertation abstract, must be filed with the doctoral adviser of the
Thornton School of Music.
A candidate may defend the dissertation on the basis of an
approved preliminary copy. If the defense is satisfactory and
the committee is satisfied with the manuscript as presented, the
committee then signs the Approval to Submit Defended and Final
Copy of the Doctoral Work form. If additional work is required, the
form is left unsigned until the work has been approved.
The final electronic PDF copy of the dissertation, together with
signed signature sheet and approval forms, must be presented to
the Thesis Editor in the USC Graduate School by the Graduate
School's submission date and times. Approval of format and
acceptance by the Graduate School must be presented to the
doctoral adviser of the Thornton School of Music at least one week
before the end of the semester.
Curriculum Requirements for Composition
Major
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction, Ensembles and Performance
Classes (8 units)
• MUCO 637 Advanced Composition II Units: 1, 2
• 4 units total of MUCO 637
• MUCO 737 Advanced Composition III Units: 1 or 2
• 4 units total of MUCO 737
Program Intensive Courses (8 units)
• MUCO 536 Advanced Orchestration I Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• 2 units total of MUCO 536
• MUCO 592 Selected Topics in Graduate Composition
Units: 2
• 4 units total of MUCO 592
• MUCO 636 Advanced Orchestration II Units: 1 or 2
• 2 units total of MUCO 636
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (25 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations that include the major area, one academic field and
two elective fields.
Graduate Recital (0 units)
Capstone Project (4 units)
• MUCO 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MUCO 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Total units: 65
Jazz Studies (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Jazz Studies consists of the following areas of
study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an
academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 749
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
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Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Jazz Studies
Major
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction, Ensembles and Performance
Classes (12 units)
• MUEN 532 Jazz Chamber Music Units: 1
• 4 units total of MUEN 532
• MUJZ 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
• 8 units total of MUJZ 653
Program Intensive Courses (12 units)
• MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy Units: 2
• MUJZ 545 Jazz Ensemble Development Units: 2, 2 years
• MUJZ 547 Jazz Composition Units: 2
• 4 units total of MUJZ 547
• MUJZ 688 Special Topics in Jazz Performance Units: 2
• 4 units total of MUJZ 688
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (21 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations that include the major area, one academic field and
two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Two recitals of original compositions and arrangements
written while in the DMA program Units: 0
• Lecture-recital in conjunction with an appropriate research
project Units: 0
Total units: 65
Music, Historical Musicology Emphasis, (PhD)
The Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in music is
granted by the Graduate School. Candidates for the PhD in music
should also refer to the Graduate School section of this catalogue
for general regulations.
A substantial background in music and liberal arts is required.
Graduate course requirements for the PhD are adapted to the
needs and research interests of the individual student. A minimum
of 60 post-baccalaureate units is required.
Foreign Language Requirements
Students are required to demonstrate a reading knowledge by
passing an examination in German and one other foreign language
chosen by the student from among French, Italian or Latin. With
the permission of the chair of the qualifying exam committee, a
foreign language relevant to the dissertation may be chosen in
place of French, Italian or Latin. The language requirement for the
MA degree may be applied toward the PhD Doctoral language
requirements should be passed as early as possible, but, at latest,
during the fourth semester of course work.
Screening Procedure
Before the completion of 24 units of graduate work at USC
and with the approval of the department chair, students must be
interviewed by the curriculum committee of the School of Music.
Continuance in course work will be contingent upon approval
of the committee. PhD candidates in musicology who did not
receive an MA degree from USC must take the MA comprehensive
examination in historical musicology prior to the interview.
Continuance in course work will be contingent upon passing these
examinations.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 751
Historical Musicology Emphasis
Requirements
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
Courses selected from:
•
MUHL 579 Studies in Music History Units: 4
• MUHL 600–699
Total units: 12
Electives in history, language, literature or arts other than
music
Total units: 8
Courses drawn from:
•
MUHL 500–699
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
Total units: 10
Electives in music, letters, arts and sciences
Total units: 24
Dissertation
•
MUHL 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MUHL 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Total units: 4
Total units: 60
Performance - Organ, Percussion or Winds
(DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Performance - Organ, Percussion or Winds
consists of the following areas of study: the basic DMA curriculum,
course work in the major, an academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
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by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major - Organ, Percussion or Winds
It is the objective of the performance curriculum to combine high
standards of performance with intellectual accomplishments
appropriate to a university degree. Candidates electing this
major must present at least four major public appearances: two
solo recitals and two other appropriate appearances. The exact
format, content and scheduling of the four appearances are the
responsibility of the candidate's faculty advisers for the major field
of study.
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• Individual instruction 653 (take organ, percussion or winds
for a maximum of 12 units): 12 units total in your primary
instrument
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (33 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 753
Recitals (0 units)
• Two solo recitals and two other appropriate performances
Units: 0
Total Units: 65
Majors in percussion and winds must participate in a large
ensemble each semester if enrolled in 4 or more units.
Performance - Violin, Viola, Violoncello,
Double Bass or Harp (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Performance - Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double
Bass or Harp consists of the following areas of study: the basic
DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an academic field and
two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
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doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major - Violin, Viola, Violoncello or Harp
It is the objective of the performance curriculum to combine high
standards of performance with intellectual accomplishments
appropriate to a university degree. Candidates electing this
major must present at least four major public appearances: two
solo recitals and two other appropriate appearances. The exact
format, content and scheduling of the four appearances are the
responsibility of the candidate's faculty advisers for the major field
of study.
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• MPST 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
12 units total of MPST 653 in your primary instrument
Ensembles (4 units)
• MUEN 527 String Chamber Music Units: 1
4 units total of MUEN 527
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (29 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Two solo recitals and two other appropriate performances
Units: 0
Total Units: 65
Majors in strings must participate in a large ensemble each
semester if enrolled in four or more units.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major - Double Bass
It is the objective of the performance curriculum to combine high
standards of performance with intellectual accomplishments
appropriate to a university degree. Candidates electing this
major must present at least four major public appearances: two
solo recitals and two other appropriate appearances. The exact
format, content and scheduling of the four appearances are the
responsibility of the candidate's faculty advisers for the major field
of study.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 755
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• MPST 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
12 units total of MPST 653 (Double Bass)
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (33 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Two solo recitals and two other appropriate performances
Units: 0
Total Units: 65
Majors in strings must participate in a large ensemble each
semester if enrolled in four or more units.
Performance - Vocal Arts (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Performance - Vocal Arts consists of the following
areas of study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the
major, an academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the USC Thornton School
of Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
756 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major - Vocal Arts
It is the objective of the performance curriculum to combine high
standards of performance with intellectual accomplishments
appropriate to a university degree. Candidates electing this
major must present at least four major public appearances: two
solo recitals and two other appropriate appearances. The exact
format, content and scheduling of the four appearances are the
responsibility of the candidate's faculty advisers for the major field
of study.
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• MPVA 653 Individual Instruction Units: 1 or 2
12 units total of MPVA 653 (Voice)
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 757
Program Intensive Courses (2 units)
• MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology Units: 2
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (31 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Two solo recitals and two other appropriate performances
Units: 0
Total Units: 65
Performance — Classical Guitar (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Classical Guitar consists of the following areas of
study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an
academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
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is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major — Classical Guitar
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• MPGU 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
• 12 units total of MPGU 653 (Classical Guitar)
Ensembles (2 units)
• MUEN 626 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
2 units total of MUEN 626
Program Intensive Courses (8 units)
• MPGU 417 Classical Guitar Pedagogy Units: 2
• MPGU 426 Classical Guitar History and Literature Units: 2
• MPGU 427 Advanced Topics in Classical Guitar History and
Literature Units: 2
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (23 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
Four recitals in total: Two solo recitals (one mixed program and
one thematic program), one chamber music recital, and one
lecture-recital Units: 0
Total units: 65
Performance — Early Music (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Early Music consists of the following areas of study:
the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an academic
field and two elective fields.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 759
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
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serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major — Early Music
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total *
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction, Ensembles and Performance
Classes (16 units)
• MPEM 650 Collegium Directing Units: 2
• 4 units total of MPEM 650
• MPEM 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
• 8 units total of MPEM 653
• MUEN 650 Early Music Ensemble Units: 1
• 4 units total of MUEN 650
Program Intensive Courses (6 units)
• MUHL 572 Seminar in Historical Musical Notation Units: 2
• MUHL 589 Seminar in Renaissance Repertories and
Performance Practice Units: 2
• MUHL 591 Seminar in Baroque Repertories and Performance
Practice Units: 2
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (23 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Four graduate recitals: two as soloist and ensemble director,
one lecture-recital, and one recital of the student's choice
Units: 0
Total units: 65
*Must include MUHL 574 and MUHL 575.
Performance — Keyboard Collaborative Arts
(DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Keyboard Collaborative Arts consists of the
following areas of study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in
the major, an academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 761
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
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in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major — Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• MPKS 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
• 12 units total of MPKS 653
Program Intensive Courses (6 units)
• MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque Music Units: 2
• MPKS 560 Song Interpretation Master Class Units: 2
• MPKS 561 Chamber Music Interpretation Master Class
Units: 2
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (27 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations, which include the major area, one academic field
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Four doctoral level recitals; one with voice(s), one with
instrument(s), one lecture recital, and other recital as
approved Units: 0
Total units: 65
The exact format, content and scheduling of the four graduate
recitals are the responsibility of the candidate's major professor.
Performance — Piano (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Piano consists of the following areas of study: the
basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an academic field
and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 763
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
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with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major — Piano
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction (12 units)
• MPKS 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
• 12 units total of MPKS 653
Program Intensive Courses (6 units)
• MPKS 520 Special Studies in Solo Repertoire for Piano
Units: 2
• 6 units total of MPKS 520
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (27 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Four graduate recitals: two solo recitals, one chamber recital,
and one lecture-recital Units: 0
Total units: 65
Performance — Studio Guitar (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Studio Guitar consists of the following areas of
study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an
academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC 765
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
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satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Curriculum Requirements for Performance
Major — Studio Guitar
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Individual Instruction, Ensembles and Performance
Classes (20 units)
• MPGU 558 Advanced Studio Guitar Performance Class
Units: 1
• 4 units total of MPGU 558
• MPGU 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2
• 12 units total of MPGU 653
• MUEN 526 Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
• 4 units total of MUEN 526
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (25 units)
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations which include the major area, one academic field,
and two elective fields.
Recitals (0 units)
• Four doctoral recitals, one of which must be a lecture recital
in conjunction with an appropriate research project Units: 0
Total units: 65
Sacred Music (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Sacred Music consists of the following areas of
study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the major, an
academic field and two elective fields.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (six units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
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academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as
areas outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are
determined by the department in which they are administered.
Eight to ten units are taken in the academic field. Six to eight
units are taken in each elective field. The academic field may
not duplicate a major or an elective field. No more than two of
the four fields of concentration may be under the guidance of
the same department within the Thornton School of Music, and
at least one of the elective fields must culminate in a substantial
written paper or examination. Students must apply to their chosen
fields. Admission to academic and elective fields is determined
by the appropriate department, prior to the Graduate Committee
Interview. Individualized programs of study will be created in each
field in consultation with a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination is comprised of a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Admission to Candidacy
For students pursuing the dissertation option, admission to
candidacy occurs after the student has passed the comprehensive
examination, upon formal action of the dean of the Thornton
School. The dissertation must be completed after admission
to candidacy. For students pursuing the project option, the
project must also be completed after the student has passed the
comprehensive examination.
Doctoral Project
The doctoral project must be approved by the department and
may take the form of a lecture recital, a composition, a musical
edition, or other appropriate creative endeavor. The doctoral
project must reveal creative and scholarly ability, technical
mastery, and must take a form relevant to the field. The evaluation
of the doctoral project is made by the department in accordance
with Thornton School of Music practice in evaluation of capstone
doctoral recitals.
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Doctoral Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation and/or creative
work is required of candidates in Composition, Music Teaching and
Learning, and Choral Music. This also applies to Sacred Music
candidates who pursue the dissertation option. The dissertation
must reveal scholarly ability, technical mastery, capacity for
independent research and originality in creative thought.
Dissertation Committee
After the guidance committee recommends admission to
candidacy and approves the dissertation topic, the committee is
reduced to three members. This smaller committee shall be the
dissertation committee and will guide the student through the
completion of the dissertation. Additional members may be added
at the discretion of the chair of the committee if the topic requires
special expertise.
Registration for Dissertation
The student must register in 794 Dissertation each semester
after admission to candidacy until degree requirements (including
the dissertation) are completed. Registration for 794 in no less
than two regular semesters following admission to candidacy
entitles the candidate to supervision by the dissertation committee.
If the dissertation is not completed and accepted within two
semesters, the candidate must register for 794 each semester
thereafter until the document has been accepted. No more than
8 units of credit in 794 may be accumulated regardless of the
number of semesters the candidate may be required to register.
A candidate who must withdraw temporarily from registration
in 794 for a semester must report this in writing to the Thornton
doctoral adviser before the beginning of that semester. As part
of that report, the candidate must also petition for a formal leave
of absence. During a leave of absence the candidate will not be
entitled to assistance from his or her dissertation committee or to
the use of university services and facilities. A leave of absence will
be granted only under exceptional circumstances.
Format for Theses and Dissertations
All dissertations submitted for requirements for graduate
degrees must conform to university regulations in format and
method of preparation. See the USC Graduate School's guidelines
for Theses and Dissertations.
Abstract of Dissertation
Since the abstract of the dissertation is published in Dissertation
Abstracts International, it should be written with care and be
representative of the final draft of the dissertation.
Defense of the Dissertation
After meeting all requirements including the comprehensive
examination, the candidate must defend the dissertation. This
defense takes place in order for the committee to determine
whether the dissertation should be approved or rejected. While
this oral defense is open to the general university community, only
the members of the dissertation committee have the authority to
recommend its acceptance or rejection. The recommendation must
be unanimous in order for the dissertation to be approved.
At least seven weeks before the scheduled date of the defense
of the dissertation, written approval by all members of the
candidate's dissertation committee, along with a typed copy of the
dissertation abstract, must be filed with the doctoral adviser of the
Thornton School of Music.
A candidate may defend the dissertation on the basis of an
approved preliminary copy. If the defense is satisfactory and
the committee is satisfied with the manuscript as presented, the
committee then signs the Approval to Submit Defended and Final
Copy of the Doctoral Work form. If additional work is required, the
form is left unsigned until the work has been approved.
The final electronic PDF copy of the dissertation, together with
signed signature sheet and approval forms, must be presented to
the Thesis Editor in the USC Graduate School by the Graduate
School's submission date and times. Approval of format and
acceptance by the Graduate School must be presented to the
doctoral adviser of the Thornton School of Music at least one week
before the end of the semester.
Curriculum Requirements for Sacred Music
Major
Proficiency tests in both keyboard and voice will be given by the
choral and sacred music faculty during the student's first semester
in residence to determine if additional study in either area is
required.
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Ensembles (2 units)
• Music Ensemble at the 500-level: 2 units total*
Program Intensive Courses (6 units)
• MSCR 571 Music of the Great Liturgies Units: 2 **
• MSCR 572 Sacred Music Administration Units: 2 **
One course from the following:
• MSCR 474 The Organ in Worship and Congregational Life
Units: 2
• MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology Units: 2 ***
• MPVA 542 Vocal Pedagogy Teaching Practicum Units: 2
Choose 4 units from the following:
• MSCR 473 Hymnology Units: 2
• MSCR 475 Introduction to Jewish Music Units: 2
• MUHL 550 Music and the Holocaust Units: 2
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (25 units)****
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations, which include the major area, one academic field
and two elective fields.
Capstone Project (8 units)
Choose one option from the following:
Dissertation Option:
•
Individual Instruction at the 501 level (2 units total)
• MSCR 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(2 units total)
• MSCR 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MSCR 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Final Project Option:
•
MSCR 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(2 units total)
• MUCD 653 Performance Units: 1 or 2 (2 units total)
• Individual Instruction at the 501 level (4 units total)
• Lecture/Recital Units: 0
Total required for degree: 65
*Sacred music majors must participate in a choral ensemble
chosen from MUEN 508, MUEN 510, MUEN 511 or MUEN 512
each semester if enrolled for 4 or more units.
**If these courses have already been taken toward a Master of
Music degree at USC, then 500-level MUHL courses or 500-level
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MUCO analysis courses should be substituted, on consultation
with the Sacred Music faculty.
***Courses with similar content in MPVA 541 taken at another
institution may be substituted, subject to Vocal Arts departmental
approval. Consult with the Vocal Arts and Sacred Music
departments to finalize substitution approval and/or course
placement.
****Requires one elective field in a performance area.
Teaching and Learning (DMA)
Overview
The DMA in Teaching and Learning consists of the following
areas of study: the basic DMA curriculum, course work in the
major, an academic field and two elective fields.
The DMA curriculum has been designed to extend beyond the
public school setting and prepare students for collegiate teaching
in both traditional and alternative settings (such as community-
based and on-line programs). Further, the degree offers innovative
courses on teaching at the college level. Students have the
opportunity to intern with university professors in music education
methodology classes. The program also includes core scholarly
subjects, such as research, sociology, philosophy, psychology
and history of music education. The focus goes beyond the
traditional band/orchestra/choir model and extends to additional
areas especially relevant to the current diverse and technologically
proficient student population.
The professional degree stresses teaching with cutting-edge
technological tools while developing core knowledge and expertise
in pedagogical skills and scholarship. Students will acquire writing
and design skills for a wide range of multimedia publications, while
being able to pursue a choice of research activities or advanced
creative work that will enable them to lead our profession to new
heights. USC is one of the few universities that equally values
students being able to declare elective fields in areas outside of
music education, while also achieving rigorous scholarship, writing
and multimedia design skills, and gaining pedagogical experience
that prepares them for collegiate teaching in a rapidly changing
society.
Degree Prerequisites
DMA applicants must complete the appropriate master of music
degree program or its equivalent.
Admission
Admission to Thornton programs is granted through the USC
admission process. Applicants are screened by appropriate
faculty selection committees. Specific entrance requirements are
reviewed on an annual basis and published online at music.
usc.edu.
Grade Point Average Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required
for all graduate course units in music. A grade of B or higher is
required for all courses in the major field. For courses in academic
and elective fields, the minimum passing grade is C.
Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department in the Office of Academic
Records and Registrar determines whether course work taken
elsewhere is available for transfer credit. A maximum of 30 units of
transfer credit may be applied toward a doctoral degree in music.
Whether such credit is applicable toward a specific requirement
in a major or minor field is determined by the Thornton School
department in which the subject is taught, pending approval by
the dean of the Thornton School. Transfer credit petitions must be
filed with the Thornton doctoral adviser during the first semester
in residence. Transfer work must have been completed within 10
years of admission to the DMA program to be applied toward that
degree.
Residence Requirement
A minimum of two years of full-time study beyond the Master
of Music degree is required for the Doctor of Musical Arts. At least
one year of full-time study beyond the master's degree (6 units or
more per semester) must be in residence at USC.
Time Schedule
The time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is eight years. For students who earned an applicable master's
degree within five years prior to admission to the doctoral program,
the time limit for completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
is six years. Progress is measured from the beginning of the
first course at USC applied toward the degree. Extensions will
be granted by petition to the Thornton School for only the most
compelling reasons.
Music Graduate Entrance Exams
All students entering a graduate-level degree program (MA,
MM, DMA and PhD) at USC Thornton, who have not previously
completed a degree at USC Thornton, must take a series of
entrance exams in core music subjects. These exams are called
Music Graduate Entrance Exams (MGEEs). Information regarding
which exams are required for specific majors is available from the
Thornton Student Affairs office. Also see the Thornton School of
Music Admission to Graduate Standing section of this catalogue
for specific policies relating to these exams.
Foreign Language
An academic reading knowledge of a language other than
English is required of all Thornton doctoral students. This
requirement can be met in any of the following ways:
• Completion of a prior degree, as verified on an official
transcript, from an accredited institution of higher education
at which the primary language of instruction is a language
other than English.
• Completion of at least three semesters of college-level
language instruction in a language other than English, as
verified on an official transcript, at an accredited institution of
higher education.
• Completion of one or more USC language course(s) (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
• Earning a passing score on a written examination (in a
language other than English) as approved by the Thornton
School.
Departments within the Thornton School may require additional
language skills. All language requirements must be fulfilled before
entering the third semester in the program. Students who have
engaged in extensive study of one or more languages other than
English that does not meet this requirement as described above
may request an exception.
Course Requirements
Each student is required to complete four areas of
concentration: the major field, an academic field and two elective
fields.
Required courses for each major curriculum are listed in the
description of major programs below. Required courses for any
academic or elective field are determined for their respective fields
by the faculty advisers on a student's DMA guidance committee.
A minimum of 65 graduate units beyond the bachelor's degree
are required to complete a DMA degree. Fifty-five or more units
must be in music, 12 of these beyond the master's level must be in
the major. At least 40 of these must be at the 500 level or higher.
All course work earned under these requirements for a doctoral
degree is considered to be obsolete after 10 years from the date
of completion of such work and may not be used to fulfill degree
requirements.
Academic and Elective Fields
For the academic field students must choose one from
Musicology, Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning,
Choral Music or Sacred Music. For the elective fields students
will choose two fields from among 50 possible areas, including
Composition, Performance, Early Music, Jazz Studies, Music
Teaching and Learning, Choral Music, Sacred Music, Conducting,
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Pedagogy, Electroacoustic Media, Music Industry, as well as areas
outside of music. The fields comprise courses that are determined
by the department in which they are administered. Eight to 10 units
are taken in the academic field. Six to 8 units are taken in each
elective field. The academic field may not duplicate a major or an
elective field. No more than two of the four fields of concentration
may be under the guidance of the same department within the
Thornton School of Music, and at least one of the elective fields
must culminate in a substantial written paper or examination.
Students must apply to their chosen fields. Admission to academic
and elective fields is determined by the appropriate department,
prior to the Graduate Committee Interview. Individualized
programs of study will be created in each field in consultation with
a faculty adviser in each area.
Graduate Committee Interview
Before the completion of 16 units beyond the master's degree
and before permission to present the second doctoral recital
is requested, doctoral students must meet with the Graduate
Advisory Committee of the Thornton School of Music to discuss
their progress in the program and their goals for the future. In
preparation for this interview, students must prepare a dossier
according to specific instructions available from the Thornton
doctoral adviser. The committee determines the student's
continuation in the program, and approves both the student's
individualized curriculum (including all fields of concentration) and
the members of his or her DMA guidance committee.
DMA Guidance Committee
The DMA guidance committee is composed of at least five
members: two faculty members from the major department, one of
whom will serve as chair, and a faculty member from each of the
three other areas of concentration. At least three members of a
committee must be full-time faculty of rank in the Thornton School.
The composition of the DMA Guidance Committee is proposed
and approved as part of the Graduate Committee Interview.
The guidance committee administers the written and oral parts
of the comprehensive examination. The committee continues to
serve until the comprehensive examination has been passed,
the dissertation topic approved (if applicable) and the student is
admitted to candidacy (if applicable). For students in curricula
that require recitals, the two major field advisers serve as the
recital committee and are responsible for determining the
approved format, content, scheduling, and presentation of these
performances for credit toward the requirements of the degree.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination for the DMA is administered
by the student's guidance committee. This examination consists
of written and oral components and is designed to assess
the student's mastery of his or her fields of concentration
and readiness for professional independence as a performer,
composer, teacher, researcher and/or scholar. The student must
obtain permission from the guidance committee to take the
comprehensive examination and schedule it at least two months
in advance to ensure the committee's availability. The examination
must be taken after completion of all required course work for all
fields of concentration, except (in some cases) a limited number
of the required units of Individual Instruction in the major field.
In degree programs that require the presentation of four major
recitals, at least two major recitals must be presented prior to
the administration of the comprehensive examination. Up to two
required recitals may be presented after the comprehensive
examination. The dissertation (if required) must be written after the
comprehensive examination. Comprehensive examinations will not
be scheduled during summer sessions except under extraordinary
circumstances and only with the written approval of members of
the guidance committee. All portions of the examination must be
completed within one month.
The comprehensive examination comprises a substantial
culminative work for each field of concentration, as well as an
oral examination with the student's guidance committee. The
culminative work for each field may be a written examination,
paper, project or recital, as appropriate for the particular field.
For the academic field and at least one elective field, this
culminative requirement must be a substantial written examination
or paper. Following the successful completion of all culminative
requirements and the approval of each by the corresponding
faculty adviser, the student will sit for a two-hour oral examination
with the guidance committee. This oral examination covers in
greater depth the topics discussed in the written examinations
and other requirements for the fields of concentration. The oral
examination may also cover new material as determined by the
guidance committee.
The two major field advisers and the academic field adviser
must be present at the oral examination and render a judgment on
the acceptability of the comprehensive examinations as a whole.
It is highly preferable that the faculty advisers for the two elective
fields participate in the oral examination with the other members
of the guidance committee. If, however, there are challenges
with scheduling or other issues that are reasonably unresolvable,
the participation of the faculty advisers for elective fields is not
required for the oral examination if they feel that the candidate
has demonstrated knowledge and mastery of material that is
appropriate for an elective field in their disciplines.
The examinations will be reported as passing if there is no
more than one dissenting vote on the committee. A student must
pass both the written and oral portions to pass the comprehensive
examination. A pass on the examination cannot be made
contingent upon any form of additional work.
If a student fails the comprehensive examination, the guidance
committee may permit the student to repeat it once at a mutually
satisfactory time within a period of not less than six months nor
more than one year from the date of the first oral examination. A
student may not take the comprehensive examination more than
twice.
The comprehensive examination serves as the qualifying
examination for programs that require a dissertation.
Admission to Candidacy
For the DMA in Teaching and Learning, admission to candidacy
occurs after the student has passed the comprehensive
examination, upon formal action of the dean of the Thornton
School. The dissertation must be completed after admission to
candidacy.
Doctoral Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation and/or creative
work is required of candidates in Composition, Music Teaching and
Learning and Choral Music. The dissertation must reveal scholarly
ability, technical mastery, capacity for independent research and
originality in creative thought.
Dissertation Committee
After the guidance committee recommends admission to
candidacy and approves the dissertation topic, the committee is
reduced to three members. This smaller committee shall be the
dissertation committee and will guide the student through the
completion of the dissertation. Additional members may be added
at the discretion of the chair of the committee if the topic requires
special expertise.
Registration for Dissertation
The student must register in 794 Dissertation each semester
after admission to candidacy until degree requirements (including
the dissertation) are completed. Registration for 794 in no less
than two regular semesters following admission to candidacy
entitles the candidate to supervision by the dissertation committee.
If the dissertation is not completed and accepted within two
semesters, the candidate must register for 794 each semester
thereafter until the document has been accepted. No more than
8 units of credit in 794 may be accumulated regardless of the
number of semesters the candidate may be required to register.
A candidate who must withdraw temporarily from registration
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in 794 for a semester must report this in writing to the Thornton
doctoral adviser before the beginning of that semester. As part
of that report, the candidate must also petition for a formal leave
of absence. During a leave of absence the candidate will not be
entitled to assistance from his or her dissertation committee or to
the use of university services and facilities. A leave of absence will
be granted only under exceptional circumstances.
Format for Theses and Dissertations
All dissertations submitted for requirements for graduate
degrees must conform to university regulations in format and
method of preparation. See the USC Graduate School's guidelines
for Theses and Dissertations .
Abstract of Dissertation
Since the abstract of the dissertation is published in Dissertation
Abstracts International, it should be written with care and be
representative of the final draft of the dissertation.
Defense of the Dissertation
After meeting all requirements including the comprehensive
examination, the candidate must defend the dissertation. This
defense takes place in order for the committee to determine
whether the dissertation should be approved or rejected. While
this oral defense is open to the general university community, only
the members of the dissertation committee have the authority to
recommend its acceptance or rejection. The recommendation must
be unanimous in order for the dissertation to be approved.
At least seven weeks before the scheduled date of the defense
of the dissertation, written approval by all members of the
candidate's dissertation committee, along with a typed copy of the
dissertation abstract, must be filed with the doctoral adviser of the
Thornton School of Music.
A candidate may defend the dissertation on the basis of an
approved preliminary copy. If the defense is satisfactory and
the committee is satisfied with the manuscript as presented, the
committee then signs the Approval to Submit Defended and Final
Copy of the Doctoral Work form. If additional work is required, the
form is left unsigned until the work has been approved.
The final electronic PDF copy of the dissertation, together with
signed signature sheet and approval forms, must be presented to
the Thesis Editor in the USC Graduate School by the Graduate
School's submission date and times. Approval of format and
acceptance by the Graduate School must be presented to the
doctoral adviser of the Thornton School of Music at least one week
before the end of the semester.
Curriculum Requirements for Teaching and
Learning Major
Basic DMA Curriculum (20 units) - Required for All
DMA Candidates
• MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II Units: 2
• MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2
• MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music Units: 2 *
• MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques Units: 2 **
• MUHL electives numbered 500 through 695: 6 units total
• Ensemble Units: 2 units total
Note:
Courses with similar content taken for graduate credit at another
accredited institution may be substituted, subject to departmental
approval. Master's degree credit for ensemble taken at USC may
fulfill this requirement, subject to departmental approval.
Program Intensive Courses (20 units)
• MTAL 500 Research Foundations in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 502 Sociological Foundations of Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 503 Philosophical and Advocacy Issues in Music
Teaching and Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 607 Foundations of Community Music Units: 2
• MTAL 615 Assessment and Reflective Practice Units: 2
• MTAL 720 Quantitative Research in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 721 Qualitative Research in Music Teaching and
Learning Units: 3
• MTAL 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• 1 unit total of MTAL 790
Electives within MTAL Department (6 units)***
Electives to Fulfill the Academic Field and Two
Elective Fields (20 units minimum)****
Comprehensive Examinations (0 units)
Examinations include the major area, one academic field and two
elective fields.
Capstone Project (4 units)
• MTAL 794a Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
• MTAL 794b Doctoral Dissertation Units: 2
Total units: 68**
*Music Teaching and Learning students are required to take MTAL
605 instead of MTAL 505 in the basic DMA curriculum.
**MTAL 500 satisfies the requirement of MUHL 570 in the basic
DMA curriculum.
***Electives within MTAL will be chosen in consultation with the
department.
****It is possible for Music Teaching and Learning students to elect
either the academic field or one of the elective field options from
outside of the Thornton School. Possible options might include
psychology, sociology, education, social work or statistics. These
options must be approved by the Graduate Advisory Committee.
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USC School of Pharmacy
Founded in 1905, the USC School of Pharmacy is the oldest
and foremost pharmacy school in Southern California. The school
is a national leader known for its progressive curriculum and
research excellence. Approximately 50 percent of the practicing
pharmacists in Southern California are graduates of USC. The
school has an average student body of 755 full-time students in
the PharmD program and 417 students pursuing MS, PhD, DRSc
and undergraduate degrees in pharmacology and toxicology,
pharmaceutical sciences, health economics, regulatory science,
healthcare decision analysis and biopharmaceutical marketing.
There are 77 full-time faculty and more than 300 part-time and
volunteer faculty at the school.
The school occupies state-of-the-art facilities on the USC Health
Sciences Campus in metropolitan Los Angeles, adjacent to the
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center (one of the largest
teaching hospitals in the country), the USC Norris Cancer Hospital
and the Keck Hospital of USC. USC School of Pharmacy students
receive clinical training at these facilities and many other affiliated
hospitals, healthcare clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home
healthcare agencies and pharmacies in the Southern California
region.
Recognized as one of the most innovative schools of pharmacy,
the USC School of Pharmacy serves as a model for other
progressive schools. In 1950, USC was the first to establish a
Doctor of Pharmacy program. Additional national "firsts" that
distinguish the school include: first clinical pharmacy program
(1968); first PharmD/MBA dual degree program (1988); first MS
and PhD programs in pharmaceutical economics and policy (1994)
and first professional doctorate in regulatory science (2008).
Consistently the top private pharmacy school nationwide, the
school is a member of the American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy, and the PharmD program is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 135 S. LaSalle
Street, Suite 4100, Chicago, IL 60603-4810, phone: (312) 664-
3575; fax: (312) 664-4652 or (312) 664-7008.
USC School of Pharmacy
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121
(323) 442-1369 (phone)
(323) 442-1681 (fax)
pharmacyschool.usc.edu
Office of Admission and Student Affairs (PharmD)
(323) 442-1466
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
pharmacyschool.usc.edu/apply/admission
Office of Graduate Affairs (PhD, MS)
(323) 442-1474
(323) 442-2258 (fax)
Email: [email protected]
pharmgradprograms.usc.edu
Healthcare Decision Analysis
635 Downey Way
Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall, VPD 312
Los Angeles, CA 90089-3333
(213) 821-6478
Email: [email protected]
hcda.usc.edu
Biopharmaceutical Marketing
635 Downey Way
Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall, VPD 312
Los Angeles, CA 90089-3333
(213) 821-6478
Email: [email protected]
bpmk.usc.edu
Regulatory and Quality Sciences
1540 Alcazar St., CHP 140
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(323) 442-3102
Email: [email protected]
regulatory.usc.edu
Administration
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, DSc (hon), Dean
Steven W. Chen, PharmD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Daryl L. Davies, PhD, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Kari L. Franson, PharmD, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic and
Student Affairs
Irving Steinberg, PharmD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD, Associate Dean for Research
Affairs
Curtis T. Okamoto, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Education
and Postdoctoral Studies
Paul Beringer, PharmD, Chair, Titus Family Department of Clinical
Pharmacy
Geoffrey Joyce, PhD, Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical and
Health Economics
Eunjoo Pacifici, PhD, Chair, Department of Regulatory and Quality
Sciences
Clay C.C. Wang, PhD, Chair, Department of Pharmacology and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty
John Stauffer Dean's Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Vassilios
Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD
William A. and Josephine A. Heeres, Endowed Chair in Community
Pharmacy: Steven Chen, PharmD
University Professor and Boyd P. and Elsie D. Welin Professor in
Pharmaceutical Sciences: Jean Chen Shih, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Public Policy, and
Economics and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair: Dana
Goldman, PhD
John A. Biles Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Julio A.
Camarero, PhD
Gavin Herbert Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Andrew
MacKay, PhD
Charles Krown/Pharmacy Alumni Professor in Pharmaceutical
Sciences: Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor and Dean: Timothy M. Chan, PhD
Emeritus Professors: Eric J. Lien, PhD; Bradley R. Williams,
PharmD; Wei-Chiang Shen, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professors of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD; Julio A. Camarero, PhD; Sarah F.
Hamm-Alvarez, PhD; Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD;
Jean C. Shih, PhD; Bangyan Stiles, PhD; Clay C.C. Wang, PhD
Associate Professors of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical
Sciences: Martine Culty, PhD; Roger F. Duncan, PhD; Ian S.
Haworth, PhD; J. Andrew MacKay, PhD; Curtis T. Okamoto, PhD;
Jennica Zaro, PhD
Assistant Professors of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical
Sciences: Zhipeng Lu, PhD; Paul Seidler, PhD; Jianming Xie, PhD;
Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD
Lecturers: Rebecca Romero, PhD; Angel Tabancay, PhD
Titus Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Professors of Clinical Pharmacy: Melvin F. Baron, PharmD, MPA;
Paul M. Beringer, PharmD; Steven Chen, PharmD; Daryl Davies,
PhD; Julie A. Dopheide, PharmD; Kari L. Franson, PharmD,
PhD; Stanley G. Louie, PharmD; Tien M.H. Ng, PharmD; Fred G.
Weissman, PharmD, JD; Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD
Associate Professors of Clinical Pharmacy: Melissa Durham,
PharmD; Kevin L. Forrester, PharmD; Lisa W. Goldstone,
PharmD; William C. Gong, PharmD; Cynthia L.L. Lieu, PharmD;
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Emi Minejima, PharmD; Edith Mirzaian, PharmD; Dima M.
Qato, PharmD, PhD, MPH; Irving Steinberg, PharmD; Fred G.
Weissman, PharmD, JD
Assistant Professors of Clinical Pharmacy: Houda Alachkar,
PharmD, PhD; Carla Blieden, PharmD; Amanda Burkhardt, PhD;
Michelle Chu, PharmD; David Dadiomov, PharmD; Richard Dang,
PharmD; Tatyana Gurvich, PharmD; Emily Han, PharmD; Connie
Kang, PharmD; Kum Ja Lee, PharmD; Serghei Mangul, PhD; Scott
Mosley, PharmD; Rory O'Callaghan-Kim, PharmD; Tam Phan,
PharmD; Raffi Svadjian, PharmD, MBA; Patrick Tabon, PharmD;
Ying Wang, PharmD; Paul J. Wong, PharmD; Maryann Wu, EdD
Research Professor: Jing Liang, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy: Liana
Asatryan, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Professors of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics: Dana
Goldman, PhD; Joel W. Hay, PhD; Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD
Associate Professors of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics:
Geoffrey Joyce, PhD; Grant D. Lawless, MD, RPh; Jeffrey S.
McCombs, PhD; John Romley, PhD; Seth Seabury, PhD; Daniel
Tomaszewski, PharmD, PhD; Ken S. Wong, PharmD, MPH
Assistant Professors of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics:
William Padula, PhD; Erin Trish, PhD
Research Assistant Professors of Pharmaceutical and Health
Economics: Bo Zhou, PhD; Steven Fox, MD
Department of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Professor, Department of Regulatory and Quality Sciences:
Frances J. Richmond, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Regulatory and Quality
Sciences: Eunjoo Pacifici, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professors, Department of Regulatory and Quality
Sciences: Susan Bain, DRSc; Terry David Church, DRSc; C.
Benson Kuo, PhD; Nancy Pire-Smerkanich, DRSc
Programs
The School of Pharmacy offers curricula leading to the Doctor
of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Doctor of Regulatory Science (DRSc)
degrees and graduate degrees through the Graduate School
including: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Economics; and
the PhD Programs in Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences
which is a one-year umbrella program after which students
select one of the following three tracks to complete their PhD
degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Molecular Pharmacology
and Toxicology, or Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics. The
School also offers Master of Science (MS) in Pharmaceutical
Economics and Policy; Master of Science (MS) in Pharmaceutical
Sciences; Master of Science (MS) in Molecular Pharmacology and
Toxicology; Master of Science (MS) in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics; Master of Science (MS) in Healthcare Decision
Analysis; Master of Science (MS) in Biopharmaceutical Marketing;
Master of Science (MS) in Regulatory Science; Master of Science
(MS) in Regulatory Management; Master of Science (MS) in
Management of Drug Development; and Master of Science (MS)
in Medical Product Quality. Eight dual degree programs are also
offered, including: PharmD/PhD, PharmD/JD, PharmD/MBA,
PharmD/MPH, PharmD/MS in Regulatory Science, PharmD/
MS in Gerontology, PharmD/MS in Global Medicine, PharmD/
MS in Healthcare Decision Analysis, and a joint degree in
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (PhD). Graduate certificates
include advanced pharmacy practice, biopharmaceutical
marketing, clinical research design and management, food safety,
healthcare analytics and operations, healthcare decision analysis,
medical product quality, preclinical drug development, patient and
product safety, and regulatory and clinical affairs.
The School of Pharmacy also offers a Bachelor of Arts
(BA) and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacology and
Drug Development; a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Bachelor
of Science (BS) in Biopharmaceutical Sciences; and minors
in Biopharmaceutical Business, Science and Management of
Biomedical Therapeutics, and Foundation in Regulatory Sciences.
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Program
Admission Requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy
(PharmD) Program
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university. A cumulative grade point average
of 3.0 and a prerequisite grade point average of 3.0 or higher
is strongly recommended. All students should complete the
prerequisite courses that are required by the USC School of
Pharmacy before they start the program. An interview is mandatory
and required of all students prior to admission. International
students are required to complete the TOEFL and may request a
virtual interview.
Acceptance criteria will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
The admission committee reviews each student holistically,
taken all application materials and the interview process into
consideration when making an admission decision. Along
with being academically prepared, having the soft skills to
communicate, problem solve, build relationships and show
your ability to think critically are important characteristics to
demonstrate.
Tuition and Fees (Estimated)
Tuition for the PharmD at USC School of Pharmacy degree
programs is charged at a flat rate (which differs from standard
USC tuition). See the Tuition and Fees section for fee information.
These fees are subject to change.
Doctor of Pharmacy students must pay a $1,000 non-refundable
acceptance deposit that is applicable toward tuition. For deposit
information in other degree programs in the School of Pharmacy,
please consult appropriate offices.
Honor Societies
Rho Chi
Theta chapter of Rho Chi, the academic honor society
in pharmacy, was established at USC in 1925. Eligibility for
membership is based on high attainment in scholarship, character,
personality and leadership. All candidates selected for membership
must have completed three semesters of the pharmacy program
(or post-qualifying exam for PhD students), and they must be
approved by the dean of the School of Pharmacy.
Phi Lambda Sigma
The Phi Lambda Sigma chapter was established at USC in
1988. This national pharmacy leadership society is devoted
to identifying, supporting and recognizing the contribution of
pharmacy students to their colleges, their classmates, their
campuses, their communities and to their chosen profession.
Undergraduate Honors Program
The undergraduate honors in pharmacology and drug
development (post code 1681) or biopharmaceutical sciences is
awarded through successful completion of the senior capstone
project. The project is a demonstration of knowledge in the
student's chosen area of interest which results in a product/
project, research data, research paper, or portfolio of work, and
a presentation. This experience encourages students to use a
variety of skills in the areas of writing, speaking, research, and
documentation, which distinguishes them as scholars and future
leaders in pharmacy. Students will register in RXRS/BPSI - 493,
Senior Honors Seminar I and RXRS/BPSI - 494 Senior Honors
Seminar II.
Student Housing and Service Facility, Health
Sciences Campus
There are no university-managed accommodations on the
Health Sciences Campus. Currie Hall is privately owned, has a
state-of-the-art fitness center, 24-hour academic success center,
pool, wi-fi and fully furnished apartments with enhanced-privacy
floor plans. For more information about Currie Hall, call (213) 784-
7558 or visit the Currie Hall website.
For bookstore information, call (323) 442-2674. Students may
also live in student housing on the University Park Campus,
located about eight miles from the Health Sciences Campus.
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Student Health Services, Health Sciences Campus
Services of the Student Health Center, covered by the
mandatory student health fee, include the ambulatory care health
services provided by the Student Health Center nursing staff.
The Student Health Center is located in the USC Health Care
Consultation Center, 1500 San Pablo Street, Suite 104, adjacent
to the USC University Hospital, one block northeast of the School
of Pharmacy. The telephone number is (323) 442-5980. In addition
to the student health fee, all students must have major medical
insurance coverage from the USC Student Health Plan. A student
may request a waiver of the USC Student Health Plan if covered
by a personal medical plan that meets criteria established by the
Health Insurance Office.
Graduate Degrees
The School of Pharmacy, through the Graduate School,
offers curricula leading to the MS and PhD degrees in clinical
and experimental therapeutics, molecular pharmacology and
toxicology, pharmaceutical sciences and health economics,
as well as a doctorate in Regulatory Sciences (DRSc). The
Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS) PhD
Program is a one-year umbrella program after which students
select a particular track to complete their PhD in pharmaceutical
sciences, molecular pharmacology and toxicology, or clinical and
experimental therapeutics. The school also offers interdisciplinary
MS degrees in regulatory science, in regulatory management,
in the management of drug development, in medical product
quality, in healthcare decision analysis and in biopharmaceutical
marketing. The MS degree in pharmaceutical economics and
policy is offered jointly with the USC Price School of Public Policy
and the Department of Economics. In addition, the school offers
dual degrees with the schools of law, business, gerontology and
medicine as well as other programs. Instructions given in the
Admission section of this catalogue are to be followed. An online
application is required. See the Graduate Admission application
page. Additional information may be obtained by calling (323) 442-
1474 or sending an email to [email protected].
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants with graduate
or professional degrees are encouraged to apply. A minimum
grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) and qualifying scores on the
GRE or equivalent examination are required. Special attention is
given to the grades achieved in science courses relevant to the
program (e.g., chemistry, biology, biochemistry, pharmacology
and mathematics). Students who have research experience and/
or work experience in the pharmaceutical arena are encouraged
to apply.
Acceptance criteria for those individuals will be assessed on a
case-by-case basis. English proficiency is essential. Students will
be selected for admission, whenever possible, after interviews with
one or more members of faculty.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology and
Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Applicants should possess a bachelor's or master's degree in
pharmacy, chemistry, biology or other related disciplines from an
accredited college or university. A minimum grade point average
of 3.0 is required. Submission of scores on the GRE in the verbal
and quantitative areas is strongly recommended. Special attention
is given to the grades achieved in science courses relevant to the
program (e.g., chemistry, biology, biochemistry, pharmacology and
mathematics).
Applicants must have demonstrated proficiency in verbal
and written English and in fundamental scientific areas such
as organic and physical chemistry, biochemistry, biology,
mathematics, statistics and computer science. Three letters
from faculty knowledgeable about the student's ability and
capability are required. These letters should provide a thorough
assessment of the student's experience in laboratory research,
ability to communicate in verbal and written English, motivation
and creativity, and other qualities in the student's academic
performance.
Applications for admission are reviewed by the Pharmacology
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Admissions Committee of
the School of Pharmacy and are evaluated primarily on the basis
of academic excellence.
Admission Requirements for Programs in
Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences:
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics, Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular
Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Doctor of
Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences
All prospective students will apply through the single umbrella
program in Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences and
become enrolled in one of the three participating PhD programs
after having successfully completed the first year's course work
and laboratory rotations. Application materials will be reviewed by
a joint admission committee, with equal representation of faculty
from each track, evaluating applications on the basis of academic
excellence and scientific research commitment.
Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree in the natural
sciences, or sufficient courses in mathematics and the life
sciences. This is required to provide a strong background for
studies in biomedical and biological research. Appropriate
undergraduate degrees include biology, physiology, engineering,
chemistry or computer science. A student currently enrolled in the
PharmD program may pursue a PharmD/PhD by following the
admission procedure in the Catalogue.
Applicants should have a strong record of academic
achievement. A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required
and previous research experience is expected.
In addition to the application for admission, three letters of
recommendation from faculty knowledgeable of the student's
ability and capability are required. These letters should provide
a thorough assessment of the student's experience in laboratory
research, ability to communicate in verbal and written English,
motivation, creativity and other qualities in the student's academic
performance. The student's research and professional experience
should be well described within the application and include a
personal statement summarizing career objectives and research
interests.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Applicants for admission must have achieved a minimum 3.0
GPA in an undergraduate or professional school and adequate
scores on the GRE. In addition, applicants will be required to have
completed upper-division courses in statistical methods, calculus
and microeconomics.
Admission Requirements for the Doctor of
Philosophy in Health Economics
Candidates with a bachelor's, master's or PharmD degree are
invited to apply. Applicants must have demonstrated proficiency
in verbal and written English and aptitude in economics,
mathematics, statistics and computer science. Deficiencies in
economics and statistical background can be addressed through
preliminary course work after admission to the program.
A minimum grade point average of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) is
required. Special attention is given to the grades achieved in
economics, statistics and mathematics courses relevant to the
program. A qualifying score on the GRE in verbal and quantitative
areas is required. There is no set minimum score required for
admission, and GRE scores are considered in conjunction with all
other parts of the application.
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Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Healthcare Decision Analysis
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants with graduate
or professional degrees are encouraged to apply. A minimum
grade point average of 3.0 is required. The program encourages
the participation of part-time students with work experience.
Acceptance criteria for those individuals will be assessed on a
case-by-case basis. English proficiency is essential. Additional
requirements for international students are outlined by university
regulations under Admission of International Students.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Biopharmaceutical Marketing
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants with graduate
or professional degrees are encouraged to apply. A minimum
grade point average of 3.0 and qualifying scores on the GRE
or GMAT examinations are required. The program encourages
the participation of part-time students with work experience.
Acceptance criteria for those individuals will be assessed on a
case-by-case basis. English proficiency is essential. Additional
requirements for international students are outlined by university
regulations under Admission of International Students.
Admission Requirements for the Doctorate of
Science in Regulatory Science
The program is designed for individuals with strong professional
experience and demonstrated intellectual and leadership
capabilities. Applicants are expected to have a GPA of 3.0 on
university-level course work and ten or more years of professional
experience. Admission requirements include university transcripts,
a résumé or curriculum vitae, at least three letters of reference,
and a one-page personal statement that outlines the background,
a topic of interest for the dissertation and goals of the applicant.
Students are encouraged even at this early stage to identify areas
in which they are interested in conducting research. Additional
requirements for international students are outlined by university
regulations under Admission of International Students. (See
Admission and Orientation.) Students are not required to provide
GRE scores unless indicated by the program director. Applicants
will be selected for admission, whenever possible, after interviews
with one or more members of faculty, current student and/or
alumnus of the program.
Students with an appropriate graduate or professional degree
may use some previous graduate courses as transfer units
toward the overall credit requirements of the Doctor of Regulatory
Science program with the approval of the program director and
under the policies of the university. Students who have graduated
from the Master of Science program in Regulatory Science at
USC are eligible to apply all of the previously taken course work
toward the doctoral degree. Students with graduate degrees from
outside of the Regulatory Science program are required to take
a minimum of 32 units of course work and 4 units of dissertation
research to complete the requirements for graduation. The course
work requirements will be determined on an individual basis in
consultation with the program director and student's advisers.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Regulatory Science
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants with graduate
or professional degrees are encouraged to apply. A minimum
grade point average of 3.0 and applicants are not required to
provide GRE scores unless indicated by the program director. The
program encourages the participation of part-time students with
work experience.
Acceptance criteria for those individuals will be assessed on a
case-by-case basis. English proficiency is essential.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Management of Drug Development
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants with graduate
or professional degrees are encouraged to apply. A minimum
grade point average of 3.0 and applicants are not required to
provide GRE scores unless indicated by the program director.
The program encourages the participation of part-time students
with work experience. Acceptance criteria for those individuals
will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. English proficiency is
essential.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Medical Product Quality
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants with graduate
or professional degrees are encouraged to apply. A minimum
grade point average of 3.0 and applicants are not required to
provide GRE scores unless indicated by the program director. The
program encourages the participation of part-time students who
are already working in the industry as well as students who have
recently completed or are about to complete an undergraduate
program.
Acceptance criteria will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
English proficiency is essential. Applicants who do not meet all
the specific requirements indicated above, but who show unique
potential, may be considered for admission with conditions, which
may be fulfilled during the first semester of enrollment.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science
in Regulatory Management
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
from an accredited college or university. Applicants should also
possess a conferred doctoral degree or equivalent from an
accredited college or university. A minimum grade point average of
3.0 and applicants are not required to provide GRE scores unless
indicated by the program director. Acceptance criteria for those
individuals will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. English
proficiency is essential. The program encourages the participation
of part-time students who are already working in the industry as
well as students who have recently completed or are about to
complete a doctoral program.
Acceptance criteria will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
English proficiency is essential. Applicants who do not meet all
the specific requirements indicated above, but who show unique
potential, may be considered for admission with conditions, which
may be fulfilled during the first two semesters of enrollment.
Admission of International Students to Graduate
Degree Programs
All requirements described in this section are also applicable
to the admission of international students. In addition, special
application and admission procedures are required of international
students. Refer to the section on Admission of International
Students in this catalogue.
Degree Requirements
These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the School of
Pharmacy and/or jointly with the Graduate School. Students
should also refer to the Requirements for Graduation section
and The Graduate School section of this catalogue for general
regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must be
courses accepted by the Graduate School.
• Master of Science in Biopharmaceutical Marketing
• Master of Science in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics
• Master of Science in Healthcare Decision Analysis
• Master of Science in Management of Drug Development
• Master of Science in Medical Product Quality
• Master of Science in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
• Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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• Master of Science in Regulatory Management
• Master of Science in Regulatory Science
• Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics
• Doctor of Philosophy in Health Economics
• Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Pharmacology and
Toxicology
• Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Economics and
Policy
• Doctor of Regulatory Science
• PharmD
• PharmD/Juris Doctor
• PharmD/Master of Business Administration Dual Degree
Program
• PharmD/Master of Science, Gerontology
• PharmD/Master of Science, Global Medicine
• PharmD/Master of Science, Healthcare Decision Analysis
• PharmD/Master of Public Health
• PharmD/Master of Science, Regulatory Science
• PharmD/Doctor of Philosophy
Non-Degree Programs
Office of Continuing Professional Development
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121
(323) 442-2403
FAX: (323) 442-3600
Email: [email protected]
pharmacyschool.usc.edu/programs/ce/
Continuing Education
The School of Pharmacy, Office of Continuing Professional
Development, is a recognized provider of continuing pharmacy
education accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education (ACPE) and recognized by the California State Board of
Pharmacy and throughout the United States.
The school serves as a primary educational resource for
pharmacists in California and as a supplementary resource
for other health professionals and pharmacists, nationally and
internationally.
Programs are designed to educate pharmacists about current
issues in pharmaceutical care, practice management, therapeutics
and other topics of professional interest. Continuing education
programs are held at the School of Pharmacy and other locations.
For information concerning continuing education programs
contact the Office of Continuing Professional Development.
Bachelor's Degree
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPS) provides a well-dened pathway for science and non-
science majors to gain signicant knowledge in pharmacology,
pharmaceutical sciences, toxicology and medical product
development, regulation, marketing and use.
The Bachelor of Arts in Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPS) is a
cooperative degree program involving the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the USC School of Pharmacy.
Students complete 128 units, including at least 70 units of course
work in USC Dornsife and at least 36 units of course work in USC
School of Pharmacy.
The Bachelor of Arts in Biopharmaceutical Sciences offers a
unique interdisciplinary approach designed to provide in-depth
training in the discovery, development and commercialization of
pharmaceutical products and their role in health care industries.
Courses focus on sub disciplines of pharmaceutical sciences
including the study of the chemical and physical properties of
drugs and their biological effects, and will link these systems to the
discovery, development and commercialization of pharmaceuticals
for the advancement of human health. Courses will also focus
on the business and marketing aspects of the pharmaceutical
industry.
The Bachelor of Arts in Biopharmaceutical Sciences will
be a springboard to diverse careers in industrial, academic or
other research environments within the areas of drug discovery,
development and commercialization. It will prepare students
for professional or graduate studies in graduate education
in pharmaceutical, medical and basic sciences and post-
baccalaureate professional education in biomedical engineering,
business, finance and law.
The Bachelor of Arts in Biopharmaceutical Sciences requires
the completion of a minimum of 128 units that include:
1. General Education, Foreign Language and Writing
Requirements
2. Foundational courses designed to prepare students for the
major
3. An introductory 4-unit lower-division (200 level) course in
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science (RXRS)
4. A minimum number of 32 units of upper-division (300 level
and above) courses in Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
and Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science (RXRS)
5. A minimum of 8 units of upper-division (300 level and above)
courses in Biological Sciences (BISC) unique to the major
The Bachelor of Arts in Biopharmaceutical Sciences is
conferred by USC Dornsife.
Calculus
Select one course.
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics
Select one course.
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
Chemistry
Select two courses from either the general chemistry or the
advanced general chemistry series.
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Biology
Select two courses from either the general biology or the advanced
general biology series.
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI) and
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Unit Requirement
Students must complete a minimum of 36 units of BPSI or RXRS
course work, including one 4-unit lower-division RXRS course and
a minimum of 32 units of upper-division (300 level and above)
BPSI or RXRS course work. A maximum of 4 units can be met by
taking Directed Research (BPSI 490x).
USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 777
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 1)
One course.
• RXRS 200 Approaches to Pharmacology and Drug
Development Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
Requirement (Part 2)
One course.
• BPSI 402 Biopharmaceutics I Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
Requirement (Part 3)
Select a minimum of 4 units from:
• BPSI 407 Pharmaceutical and Health Economics Units: 4
• BPSI 414 Pharmacoethics Units: 2
• BPSI 415 Science Talk Units: 2
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI) and
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 4)
Select a minimum of 16 units from:
• BPSI 403 Biopharmaceutics II Units: 4
• BPSI 410 Biopharmaceutical Product Development and
Brand Planning Units: 4
• BPSI 411 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Analysis and Strategy
Units: 4
• BPSI 412 Targeted and Precision Medicines Units: 4
• BPSI 413 Rigor, Resources and Reproducibility Units: 2
• RXRS 422 Regulation, Guidance and Control of Medical
Products Units: 2
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI) and
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 5)
Select a minimum of two courses totaling a minimum of 8 units.
Can be a combination of BPSI and RXRS course work.
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• BPSI 406 Drug Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology Units: 4
• BPSI 408 Biologics and Vaccines Units: 4
• BPSI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
Biological Sciences (BISC) Requirement
Select two courses.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Undergraduate Honors Program (optional)
The undergraduate honors in Biopharmaceutical Sciences is
awarded through successful completion of the senior capstone
project. The project is a demonstration of knowledge in the
student's chosen area of interest which results in a product/
project, research data, research paper, or portfolio of work, and
a presentation. This experience encourages students to use a
variety of skills in the areas of writing, speaking, research and
documentation, which distinguishes them as scholars and future
leaders in pharmacy.
• BPSI 493 Senior Honors Seminar I Units: 2
• BPSI 494 Senior Honors Seminar II Units: 2
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPS) offers a unique interdisciplinary approach designed to
provide in-depth training in the discovery, development and
commercialization of pharmaceutical products and their role in
health care industries. Courses will focus on subdisciplines of
pharmaceutical sciences including the study of the chemical
and physical properties of drugs and their biological effects,
and will link these systems to the discovery, development and
commercialization of pharmaceuticals for the advancement
of human health. Courses will also focus on the business and
marketing aspects of the pharmaceutical industry.
The Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Sciences will
train students for diverse positions in industrial, academic or
other research environments within the areas of drug discovery,
development and commercialization. It will also prepare students
for professional or graduate studies in graduate education in
pharmaceutical, health care delivery, medical and basic sciences
and post-baccalaureate professional education in medicine,
pharmacy, business, regulatory and quality science, finance and
law.
The Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Sciences will
be a springboard to diverse careers in industrial, academic or
other research environments within the areas of drug discovery,
development and commercialization. It also will prepare students
for professional or graduate studies in graduate education
in pharmaceutical, medical and basic sciences and post-
baccalaureate professional education in biomedical engineering,
business, finance and law.
The Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Sciences
requires the completion of a minimum of 128 units that include:
1. General Education and Writing Requirements
2. Foundational courses designed to prepare students for the
major
3. An introductory 4-unit lower-division (200 level) course in
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science (RXRS)
4. A minimum number of 32 units of upper-division (300 level
and above) courses in Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
and Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science (RXRS)
5. A minimum of 8 units of upper-division (300 level and
above) courses in Biological Sciences (BISC) unique to the
major
Students interested in pursuing advanced degrees in pharmacy,
medicine, chemistry or dentistry are encouraged to take organic
chemistry and/or physics.
The Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Sciences is
conferred by the USC School of Pharmacy.
Calculus
Select one course.
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics
Select one course.
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Chemistry
Select two courses from either the general chemistry or the
advanced general chemistry series.
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Biology
Select two courses from either the general biology or the advanced
general biology series.
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
778 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI) and
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Unit Requirement
Students must complete a minimum of 36 units of BPSI or RXRS
coursework, including one 4-unit lower-division RXRS course and
a minimum of 32 units of upper-division (300 level and above)
BPSI or RXRS coursework. A maximum of 4 units can be met by
taking Directed Research (BPSI 490).
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 1)
One course.
• RXRS 200 Approaches to Pharmacology and Drug
Development Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
Requirement (Part 2)
One course.
• BPSI 402 Biopharmaceutics I Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
Requirement (Part 3)
Select one course.
• BPSI 407 Pharmaceutical and Health Economics Units: 4
• BPSI 410 Biopharmaceutical Product Development and
Brand Planning Units: 4
• BPSI 411 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Analysis and Strategy
Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
Requirement (Part 4)
Select four courses.
• BPSI 403 Biopharmaceutics II Units: 4
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• BPSI 406 Drug Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology Units: 4
• BPSI 408 Biologics and Vaccines Units: 4
• BPSI 412 Targeted and Precision Medicines Units: 4
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI) and
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 5)
Select a minimum of two courses totaling a minimum of 8 units.
Can be a combination of BPSI and RXRS coursework.
• BPSI 413 Rigor, Resources and Reproducibility Units: 2
• BPSI 414 Pharmacoethics Units: 2
• BPSI 415 Science Talk Units: 2
• BPSI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
• RXRS 422 Regulation, Guidance and Control of Medical
Products Units: 2
Biological Sciences (BISC) Requirement
Select two courses.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Undergraduate Honors Program (optional)
The undergraduate honors in Biopharmaceutical Sciences is
awarded through successful completion of the senior capstone
project. The project is a demonstration of knowledge in the
student's chosen area of interest which results in a product/
project, research data, research paper, or portfolio of work, and
a presentation. This experience encourages students to use a
variety of skills in the areas of writing, speaking, research and
documentation, which distinguishes them as scholars and future
leaders in pharmacy.
• BPSI 493 Senior Honors Seminar I Units: 2
• BPSI 494 Senior Honors Seminar II Units: 2
Pharmacology and Drug Development (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Pharmacology and Drug Development
(PDD) provides a well-dened pathway for science and non-
science majors to gain signicant knowledge in pharmacology,
pharmaceutical sciences, toxicology and medical product
development, regulation, marketing and use.
The Bachelor of Arts in Pharmacology and Drug Development
is a cooperative degree program involving the USC Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the USC School of
Pharmacy. Students complete 128 units, including at least 70 units
of coursework in USC Dornsife and at least 36 units of coursework
in USC School of Pharmacy.
The Bachelor of Arts in Pharmacology and Drug Development
offers a unique interdisciplinary approach designed to
provide in-depth training in the discovery, development and
commercialization of pharmaceutical products and their role
in health care industries. Courses focus on sub disciplines of
pharmaceutical sciences including the study of the chemical
and physical properties of drugs and their biological effects,
and will link these systems to the discovery, development and
commercialization of pharmaceuticals for the advancement
of human health. Courses will also focus on the business and
marketing aspects of the pharmaceutical industry.
The Bachelor of Arts in Pharmacology and Drug Development
will be a springboard to diverse careers in industrial, academic or
other research environments within the areas of drug discovery,
development, and commercialization. It will prepare students
for professional or graduate studies in graduate education
in pharmaceutical, medical and basic sciences and post-
baccalaureate professional education in biomedical engineering,
business, finance and law.
The Bachelor of Arts in Pharmacology and Drug Development
requires the completion of a minimum of 128 units that include:
1. General Education, Foreign Language and Writing
Requirements
2. Foundational courses designed to prepare students for the
major
3. An introductory 4-unit lower-division (200 level) course in
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science (RXRS)
4. A minimum number of 32 units of upper-division (300 level
and above) courses in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory
Science (RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
5. A minimum of 8 units of upper-division (300 level and
above) courses in Biological Sciences (BISC) unique to the
major
The Bachelor of Arts in Pharmacology and Drug Development is
conferred by USC Dornsife.
Calculus
Select one course.
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics
Select one course.
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 779
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Chemistry
Select two courses from either the general chemistry or the
advanced general chemistry series.
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Biology
Select two courses from either the general biology or the advanced
general biology series.
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPSI) Unit Requirement
Students must complete a minimum of 36 units of RXRS or BPSI
coursework, including one 4-unit lower-division RXRS course and
a minimum of 32 units of upper-division (300 level and above)
RXRS or BPSI courses. A maximum of 4 units can be met by
taking Directed Research (RXRS 490x)
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 1)
One course.
• RXRS 200 Approaches to Pharmacology and Drug
Development Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 2)
One course.
• RXRS 402 Human Pharmacology: Challenge of Therapeutics
in Society Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 3)
Select one course.
• RXRS 302 Introduction to Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 4)
Select four courses.
• RXRS 304 Mysterious Deaths: From Poisons in Literature
and History to Forensic Toxicology Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 408 Arming the Immune System for Novel Therapies
Units: 4
• RXRS 411 Innovations in Medical Product Development
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances of Abuse and
Addiction Units: 4
• RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market Units: 4
• RXRS 421 Management and Operation of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Requirement (BPSI) (Part 5)
Select a minimum of two courses totaling a minimum of 8 units.
Can be a combination of RXRS and BPSI upper-division course
work.
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 406 Clinical Pharmacology and Medication
Management Units: 4
• RXRS 410 Cancer Biology and Pharmacotherapy Units: 4
• RXRS 417 Food Safety: The Good, The Bad and The Deadly
Units: 4
• RXRS 418 Plant Medicines in Modern Medicine Units: 4
• RXRS 422 Regulation, Guidance and Control of Medical
Products Units: 2
• RXRS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• BPSI 412 Targeted and Precision Medicines Units: 4
• BPSI 413 Rigor, Resources and Reproducibility Units: 2
• BPSI 414 Pharmacoethics Units: 2
• BPSI 415 Science Talk Units: 2
Biological Sciences (BISC) Requirement
Select two courses.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Undergraduate Honors Program (optional)
The undergraduate honors in Pharmacology and Drug
Development is awarded through successful completion of
the senior capstone project. The project is a demonstration of
knowledge in the student's chosen area of interest which results
in a product/project, research data, research paper or portfolio of
work, and a presentation. This experience encourages students
to use a variety of skills in the areas of writing, speaking, research
and documentation, which distinguishes them as scholars and
future leaders in pharmacy.
• RXRS 493x Senior Honors Seminar I Units: 2
• RXRS 494x Senior Honors Seminar II Units: 2
Pharmacology and Drug Development (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology and Drug
Development (PDD) provides a well-defined pathway for
science and non-science majors to gain significant knowledge in
pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, toxicology and medical
product development, marketing and use.
Pharmacology is the science of drugs including their origin,
composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic
uses and toxicology. Drug development is the discipline that deals
with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a
safe and effective medication for the advancement of human
health. Completion of the PDD major will significantly prepare
USC undergraduates for advanced training in health related fields
including pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, occupational therapy and
other clinical specialties. The PDD major is also uniquely suited
to provide coursework applicable for undergraduates interested
in drug discovery/development training that will lead to careers in
biotech, pharmaceutical and biomedical industries ranging from
private companies to governmental careers.
The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology and Drug
Development requires the completion of a minimum of
128 units that include:
1. General Education and Writing Requirements
2. Foundational courses designed to prepare students for the
major
3. An introductory 4-unit lower-division (200 level) course in
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science (RXRS)
780 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
4. A minimum number of 32 units of upper-division (300 level
and above) courses in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory
Science (RXRS)
5. A minimum of 8 units of upper-division (300 level and
above) courses in Biological Sciences (BISC) unique to the
major
The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology and Drug
Development provides a novel path for science and non-science
undergraduates at USC to gain significant knowledge in the
disciplines of pharmacology and drug development. Pharmacology
is the science of drugs including their origin, composition,
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic uses and
toxicology. Drug development is the discipline that deals with
the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a safe
and effective medication for the advancement of human health.
Completion of the major will prepare students for advanced clinical
training in health-related fields including pharmacy, medicine and
dentistry. It will also provide foundational education that can lead
to new opportunities for students considering careers in biotech,
pharmaceutics and biomedical industries.
The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology and Drug
Development is conferred by the USC School of Pharmacy.
Calculus
Select one course.
• MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus Units: 4
• MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4
• MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
Statistics
Select one course.
• BME 423 Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4
• ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical Methods Units: 4
• MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4
• PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4
• QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological Sciences Units: 4
Chemistry
Select two courses.
• CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
and
• CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4
or
• CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
and
• CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
Courses must be selected from either the general chemistry
or the advanced general chemistry series.
Biology
Select two courses.
• BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and
Evolution Units: 4
and
• BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4
or
• BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology
and Evolution Units: 4
and
• BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and
Physiology Units: 4
Courses must be selected from either the general biology or
the advanced general biology series.
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPSI) Unit Requirement
Students must complete a minimum of 36 units of BPSI or RXRS
course work, including one 4-unit lower-division RXRS course and
a minimum of 32 units of upper-division (300 level and above)
BPSI or RXRS course work. A maximum of 4 units can be met by
taking Directed Research (BPSI 490x).
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 1)
One course.
• RXRS 200 Approaches to Pharmacology and Drug
Development Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 2)
One course.
• RXRS 402 Human Pharmacology: Challenge of Therapeutics
in Society Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Requirement (Part 3)
Select one course.
• RXRS 302 Introduction to Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPSI) Unit Requirement (Part 4)
Select four courses.
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• RXRS 304 Mysterious Deaths: From Poisons in Literature
and History to Forensic Toxicology Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 408 Arming the Immune System for Novel Therapies
Units: 4
• RXRS 410 Cancer Biology and Pharmacotherapy Units: 4
• RXRS 411 Innovations in Medical Product Development
Units: 4
• RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances of Abuse and
Addiction Units: 4
• RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market Units: 4
• RXRS 421 Management and Operation of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPSI) Unit Requirement (Part 5)
The remaining units may be selected from the following RXRS
and/or BPSI courses, including, but not limited to:
• BPSI 412 Targeted and Precision Medicines Units: 4
• BPSI 413 Rigor, Resources and Reproducibility Units: 2
• BPSI 414 Pharmacoethics Units: 2
• BPSI 415 Science Talk Units: 2
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 406 Clinical Pharmacology and Medication
Management Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• RXRS 417 Food Safety: The Good, The Bad and The Deadly
Units: 4
• RXRS 418 Plant Medicines in Modern Medicine Units: 4
• RXRS 422 Regulation, Guidance and Control of Medical
Products Units: 2
• RXRS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
A maximum of 4 units can be met by taking Directed
Research (RXRS 490)
USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 781
Biological Sciences (BISC) Requirement
Select two courses.
• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 307L General Physiology Units: 4
• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4
• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4
Undergraduate Honors Program (optional)
• RXRS 493x Senior Honors Seminar I Units: 2
• RXRS 494x Senior Honors Seminar II Units: 2
Minor
Biopharmaceutical Business Minor
The minor in Biopharmaceutical Business will provide a
foundation in biopharmaceutical business and marketing practices
that can be used in a variety of careers. For example, graduates
may find jobs in product development, marketing and brand
management in the biopharmaceutical industry. Beyond the
biopharmaceutical industry, graduates may apply their knowledge
to applied business areas of medical and pharmacy practice,
healthcare law, healthcare finance and healthcare consulting.
Students who minor in Biopharmaceutical Business must take
a minimum of six upper-division courses in BPSI and/or RXRS,
totaling at least 22 units. At least 16 units of course work must be
from BPSI and must not overlap with the major, another minor or
general education requirements of the undergraduate students.
A maximum of 4 units can be met by taking Directed Research
(BPSI 490x).
Only students with a declared major are eligible to apply.
Students must be in sophomore standing and have completed a
minimum of 32 USC units as an entering freshman or 16 units as
an entering transfer student.
Students will select course work in consultation with an
academic adviser.
Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI) and
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Unit Requirement
Students must complete a minimum of six upper-division courses
in BPSI and/or RXRS, totaling at least 22 units. At least 16 units of
course work must be from BPSI. A maximum of 4 units can be met
by taking Directed Research (BPSI 490x).
Part 1: Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
Course Requirements
Three courses (10 units).
• BPSI 410 Biopharmaceutical Product Development and
Brand Planning Units: 4
• BPSI 411 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Analysis and Strategy
Units: 4
• BPSI 414 Pharmacoethics Units: 2
Part 2: Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPSI)
and Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) Course Work
Complete a minimum of 12 units; at least 6 units must be selected
from BPSI course work.
• BPSI 402 Biopharmaceutics I Units: 4
• BPSI 403 Biopharmaceutics II Units: 4
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• BPSI 406 Drug Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology Units: 4
• BPSI 407 Pharmaceutical and Health Economics Units: 4
• BPSI 408 Biologics and Vaccines Units: 4
• BPSI 412 Targeted and Precision Medicines Units: 4
• BPSI 413 Rigor, Resources and Reproducibility Units: 2
• BPSI 415 Science Talk Units: 2
• BPSI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
• RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market Units: 4
• RXRS 421 Management and Operation of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• RXRS 422 Regulation, Guidance and Control of Medical
Products Units: 2
Foundation in Regulatory Sciences Minor
The Foundation in Regulatory Sciences minor will deepen
students' understanding of current regulations and quality
practices with practical application in the development and
commercialization of drugs, biologics and medical device products.
This minor will broaden perspectives and integrate knowledge to
allow students to effectively understand the regulatory process.
Students who minor in Foundation in Regulatory Sciences must
take a minimum of five upper division RXRS courses, totaling at
least 20 units. All courses must be at the 300 and 400 level, and
must be unique to this minor and must not overlap with the major
or another minor. A maximum of 4 units can be met by taking
Directed Research (RXRS 490x).
Only students with a declared major are eligible to apply.
Students must be in sophomore standing and have completed a
minimum of 32 USC units as an entering freshman or 16 units as
an entering transfer student.
Required Courses (12 units)
• RXRS 402 Human Pharmacology: Challenge of Therapeutics
in Society Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
• RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market Units: 4
Electives (minimum of 8 RXRS course units)
Select a minimum of two RXRS courses totaling a minimum of
8 units. A maximum of 4 units can be met by taking Directed
Research (RXRS 490x).
• RXRS 304 Mysterious Deaths: From Poisons in Literature
and History to Forensic Toxicology Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 406 Clinical Pharmacology and Medication
Management Units: 4
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 408 Arming the Immune System for Novel Therapies
Units: 4
• RXRS 410 Cancer Biology and Pharmacotherapy Units: 4
• RXRS 411 Innovations in Medical Product Development
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances of Abuse and
Addiction Units: 4
• RXRS 417 Food Safety: The Good, The Bad and The Deadly
Units: 4
• RXRS 418 Plant Medicines in Modern Medicine Units: 4
• RXRS 421 Management and Operation of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• RXRS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Science and Management of Biomedical
Therapeutics Minor
The minor in Science and Management of Biomedical
Therapeutics consists of a minimum of 20 units of Pharmaceutical
and Regulatory Science (RXRS) course work, 16 of which must
be at the 300 or 400 level, and which are unique to this minor and
do not overlap with the major, another minor or general education
requirements of the undergraduate students.
The minor in Science and Management of Biomedical
Therapeutics requires a minimum of five RXRS courses. A
maximum of 4 units can be met by taking Directed Research
(RXRS 490). Only students with a declared major are eligible
to apply. Students must be in sophomore standing and have
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completed a minimum of 32 USC units as an entering freshman or
16 units as an entering transfer student.
Course work within the minor will focus on domains of
pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, toxicology, nutritional
sciences, medical product development and drug use and abuse.
Students will select course work in consultation with an
academic adviser.
Required Pharmaceutical and Regulatory
Science (RXRS) Course Work
To gain a solid foundation for the minor, at least two core courses
(selected from the four below) are required:
• RXRS 402 Human Pharmacology: Challenge of Therapeutics
in Society Units: 4
• RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease
Units: 4
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of
Medicines Units: 4
• RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market Units: 4
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
(RXRS) and Biopharmaceutical Sciences
(BPSI) Course Work
The remaining units may be selected from the following RXRS
and BPSI courses. A maximum of 4 units of lower-division course
work is permitted. Students may select courses from the required
course work category to complete the minimum five-course
requirement.
• BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology, Drug Delivery and
Drug Action Units: 4
• RXRS 200 Approaches to Pharmacology and Drug
Development Units: 4
• RXRS 201p The History and Geography of Drugs Units: 4
• RXRS 302 Introduction to Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Units: 4
• RXRS 304 Mysterious Deaths: From Poisons in Literature
and History to Forensic Toxicology Units: 4
• RXRS 405 Breaking Brains: The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4
• RXRS 406 Clinical Pharmacology and Medication
Management Units: 4
• RXRS 408 Arming the Immune System for Novel Therapies
Units: 4
• RXRS 410 Cancer Biology and Pharmacotherapy Units: 4
• RXRS 411 Innovations in Medical Product Development
Units: 4
• RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society Units: 4
• RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry Units: 4
• RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances of Abuse and
Addiction Units: 4
• RXRS 417 Food Safety: The Good, The Bad and The Deadly
Units: 4
• RXRS 418 Plant Medicines in Modern Medicine Units: 4
• RXRS 421 Management and Operation of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• RXRS 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Joint Degree
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (PhD)
Application deadline: December 1
The Department of Economics and the Department of
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (USC School of Pharmacy)
jointly offer a program of study leading to the PhD degree and to
the MA degree in the process of work toward the PhD degree.
Required courses include both core requirements and area
requirements. Core requirements include courses in economic
theory, econometrics, and research methods. Area requirements
include courses in health economics, pharmaceutical economics,
welfare theory and applied econometrics.
For a detailed description of this program, see the School of
Pharmacy section of this catalogue.
Master's Degree
Biopharmaceutical Marketing (MS)
Master of Science in Biopharmaceutical
Marketing
The Master's Program in Biopharmaceutical Marketing
(BPMK) is an intensive, industry focused and uniquely targeted
program designed to produce graduates whose undergraduate
and graduate backgrounds in marketing, communication,
biological and pharmaceutical, related sales and advertising,
drug management and other healthcare-involved business
are enhanced by knowledge and skills appropriate for a highly
regulated environment, specifically in the application and practice
of biopharmaceutical marketing. Biopharmaceutical marketing
is a uniquely emerging branch of drug product development,
management, market placement, access and insurance coverage,
outcomes and value determinations that functions at the
intersection of audience segmented product marketing, healthcare
industry and government regulatory issues and treatment
efficiency, including value and reimbursement. This program will
provide the opportunity for mid-career professionals as well has
highly motivated new graduates to enter a field in which public and
private payers, biopharmaceutical industry and government cannot
find sufficient qualified individuals and technically skilled managers
to meet demand.
The Biopharmaceutical Marketing Master of Science (BPMK)
program will require 27 academic units of formal course work,
selected in consultation with an adviser. Course requirements
normally include a minimum of seven courses and may include
a capstone (21 units total) from the BPMK program with
emphasis on biopharmaceutical marketing, market research and
analytics, business intelligence, and applied health care policy.
Recommended course work and electives include some courses
available in other departments of the university. These courses will
be selected in consultation with program advisers according to the
areas of intended specialization of the participant in order to meet
the credit requirements of the program. Students should develop
a specific plan of study in consultation with the graduate advisers
before beginning the program.
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (MS)
A Master of Science in Clinical Experimental and Therapeutics
(28 units) will be granted on the basis of completion of at least
24 units of formal course work, in addition to 4 units earned by
either completing a master's thesis (CXPT 594a and CXPT CXPT
594b, both 2-unit courses based on the results of an original
investigation), or by completing a non-thesis option which entails
writing a comprehensive review paper on the topic selected with
the adviser. Students must choose one of these options by the end
of the first year of study.
Currently, there are four required courses totaling 15 units:
CXPT 609, CXPT 610, CXPT 664 and PM 510L. The remaining
9 elective units will be completed from courses offered within
the School of Pharmacy or in related disciplines outside the
department, if approved by the Clinical Experimental Therapeutics
Program Director. At least 75 percent of the 28 units must be at
the 500 level or above. A maximum of 7 units of upper-division,
400-level courses may be applied toward the degree.
Healthcare Decision Analysis (MS)
Curriculum Requirements
A Master of Science degree in healthcare decision analysis
will be granted upon completion of at least 33 units of formal
course work. Students with experience in industry or government
can substitute an equivalent amount of formal course work
with a research project, subject to the approval from program
administrators.
Course requirements normally include a minimum of eight
courses (24 units) with emphasis on applied health care policy,
business intelligence and technical analysis. Recommended
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course work and electives include some courses available
in other departments of the university and will be selected in
consultation with the program advisers according to the areas of
intended specialization of the participant in order to meet the credit
requirements of the program. Students should develop a specific
plan of study in consultation with the graduate advisers before
beginning the program.
Grade Point Average
A grade point average of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be achieved
on graduate course work at USC.
Management of Drug Development (MS)
A Master of Science degree in the management of drug
development will be granted upon completion of at least 32
units of course work. The program is offered on both a full-time
and part-time basis, and courses are also available in distance
formats. Course requirements normally include a minimum of
three courses concerned with translational aspects of medical
product development. Recommended courses to satisfy this core
requirement include RSCI 531, RSCI 532, PSCI 664 or CXPT
609. The program must also include a minimum of one course in
each of: regulatory science, quality assurance, clinical research,
business and statistics. Students should develop a specific plan of
study in consultation with graduate advisers before beginning the
program.
Medical Product Development
Recommended coursework includes:
• CXPT 609 Preclinical Experimental Drug Therapeutic
Development Units: 4
• PSCI 664 Drug Discovery and Design Units: 4
• RSCI 531 Industrial Approaches to Drug Discovery Units: 4
• RSCI 532 Early Stage Drug Development Units: 3
Medical Product Quality (MS)
To keep medical products safe and effective, a strong system
of quality management is required. Quality is assured through
compliance with strict regulations and is assessed by regulatory
agencies through audits and inspections. A Master of Science
degree in Medical Product Quality is a specialized program
designed to prepare individuals to function effectively as quality
specialists in pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. The
degree will be granted upon completion of at least 32 units of
course work. Course requirements normally include a minimum of
four courses concerned with the quality aspects of medical product
development and manufacturing and a minimum of one course
each in regulatory science, risk management, statistics and project
management. The program is offered on both a full-time and part-
time basis, and courses are also available in distance formats.
Students should develop a specific plan of study in consultation
with their graduate adviser before beginning the program.
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (MS)
A Master of Science in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
(28 units) will be granted on the basis of completion of at least
24 units of formal course work, in addition to four units earned
by either completing and successfully presenting a thesis (MPTX
594a and MPTX 594b, both 2-unit courses based on the results
of an original investigation), or by completing a non-thesis option.
Students must choose one of these options by the end of the first
year of study.
Three courses (12 units) are required from Department of
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences: PSCI 501, PSCI
502 and PSCI 503. Additionally, four units are in a degree-specific
required course: MPTX 500.
The remaining units will be taken from courses offered within
the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences or
in various related disciplines outside the department, if approved
by the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate Affairs Committee.
All 28 units must be at the 500 level or above.
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (MS)
The Department of Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
(School of Pharmacy) offers a program of study leading to the
MS degree. Applicants must apply to the Graduate School
and meet the admissions requirements of the program. This
program requires students to demonstrate skills in the analysis of
pharmaceutical and health technology innovations, as well as an
understanding of contemporary health policy issues.
A minimum of 36 units of graduate level courses is required.
Grade Point Average
A grade point average of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) must be achieved
on graduate course work at USC.
Recommended Courses
Students must complete all recommended courses for the degree
within five years of entry into the program. It is recommended
that the student complete the following 36 units of graduate level
course work.
• PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Units: 2 and
• PPD 501b Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Units: 2
• HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and Global Access
Units: 3
• PMEP 509 Research Design Units: 4
• PMEP 525 Pharmacoeconomics I Units: 4 *
• PMEP 526 Pharmacoeconomics II Units: 2 *
• PMEP 527 Pharmacoeconomics III Units: 4
or approved elective
• PMEP 535 Behavioral Science and Policy in Healthcare
Units: 4
• PMEP 539 Economic Assessment of Medical Care Units: 4
• PMEP 547 Programming Methods for Empirical Analysis of
Health Data Units: 4
• PMEP 551 Introduction to Health Econometrics Units: 4
• PMEP 552 Advanced Health Econometrics I Units: 4
or approved elective
• PMEP 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
Note:
* The student must satisfactorily complete the recommended
courses in public administration (PPD 501a and PPD 501b) prior
to enrolling in PMEP 525 and PMEP 526.
Additional Degree Requirements
The student is also required to complete an empirical research
project on a topic relevant to pharmaceutical economics and
policy. This paper will be completed under the advisement of a
faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health
Economics and be approved by two additional faculty.
List of Approved Electives
• ECON 401 Mathematical Methods in Economics Units: 4
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4
• ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 601 Microeconomic Theory I Units: 4
• ECON 603 Microeconomic Theory II Units: 4
• ECON 604 Game Theory Units: 4
• ECON 611 Probability and Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• ECON 615 Applied Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 688 Empirical Industrial Organization Units: 4
• HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and Global Access
Units: 3
• HCDA 507 Foundations of Product Development and
Commercialization Units: 3
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
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• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS)
A Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (28 units) will
be granted on the basis of completion of at least 24 units of formal
course work, in addition to 4 units earned by either completing and
successfully presenting a thesis (PSCI 594a and PSCI 594b, both
2-unit courses based on the results of an original investigation), or
by completing a non-thesis option. Students must choose one of
these options by the end of the first year of study.
Three courses (12 units) are required from Department of
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences: PSCI 501, PSCI
502 and PSCI 503. Additionally, 4 units are in a degree-specific
required course: PSCI 665.
The remaining units will be taken from courses offered within
the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences or
in various related disciplines outside the department, if approved
by the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate Affairs Committee.
All 28 units must be at the 500 level or above.
Regulatory Management (MS)
Regulatory management relates to the leadership of teams
involved in the regulatory and legal requirements of biomedical
product development to the scientific study needed to establish
product safety and efficacy. The Master of Science in Regulatory
Management program is designed to provide post-doctoral
scientists with the knowledge and skills necessary to become
leaders in regulatory and clinical research. A Masters of Science
in Regulatory Management will be granted upon completion of at
least 24 units of formal course work. Degree requirements include
courses concerned with the regulatory aspects of medical product
development, quality assurance, clinical research and business.
Students should develop a specific plan of study in consultation
with the graduate advisers before beginning the program.
Course Work
Students may select courses from areas within the regulatory
science program, including from regulatory science, quality
management, and clinical development, including that of business,
human resource management, and project management.
Suggested course options include but are not limited to the
following:
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• MPTX 512 Regulation of Pharmaceutical and Biological
Products Units: 3
• MPTX 513 Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Units: 3
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• RSCI 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
Regulatory Science (MS)
Regulatory science relates the regulatory and legal
requirements of biomedical product development to the scientific
study needed to establish product safety and efficacy. A Master
of Science degree in regulatory science will be granted upon
completion of at least 36 units of formal course work. Course
requirements normally include a minimum of three courses
concerned with regulatory aspects of medical product development
and a minimum of one course each in quality assurance, clinical
research, business, statistics and law. Recommended course
work includes some courses available in other departments of
the university. Students should develop a specific plan of study
in consultation with the graduate advisers before beginning the
program.
Dual Degree
Doctor of Pharmacy/Doctor of Philosophy
(PharmD/PhD)
The Doctor of Pharmacy/Doctor of Philosophy (PharmD/PhD)
program is designed to permit qualified PharmD students with
a bachelor of science or equivalent degree to pursue research
training in the pharmaceutical sciences and toxicology. A student
accepted into the joint program must meet all requirements for
the PharmD, as well as the requirements for the PhD in the
pharmaceutical sciences or toxicology sections listed in this
catalogue. A maximum of 20 units from the PharmD program
may be credited toward the PhD. Up to 12 units of these PharmD
courses may, at the discretion of the student's PhD adviser, be
counted toward the required 24 units of core course work.
Admission Procedure
Students applying for the dual degree program must meet
the respective admission requirements for each program. This
includes having completed a baccalaureate degree from an
accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a
minimum GRE score of 1000. Students will not be given special
consideration for admission to either program because they are
applying for the dual degree. Students may apply to the dual
PharmD/PhD degree program in two ways. First, they may apply
at the time they submit their PharmD application by concurrently
submitting applications to both programs. Students who elect
this approach must identify themselves on both applications as
potential dual degree students. Students who are admitted to
both programs will be offered admission to the PharmD and will
be offered admission to the dual degree program contingent
on passing all courses in their first year of the PharmD with a
minimum 3.0 GPA. Students who are accepted by only one
program may choose to attend that program but will not be eligible
for the dual degree. Second, students can apply to the dual degree
by submitting an application to one of the PhD programs in the
School of Pharmacy during their first two years of enrollment in
the PharmD prior to the respective published application deadlines
for the PhD programs. Students who elect this approach must
apply through the PharmD program. Students admitted to the PhD
program using this approach will be offered admission to the dual
degree contingent on their having maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA
in the PharmD program.
Doctor of Pharmacy/Juris Doctor (PharmD/JD)
Admission Requirements
Admission to the dual Doctor of Pharmacy/Juris Doctor
(PharmD/JD) program is competitive, and involves meeting
admission requirements and gaining acceptance to both the
School of Pharmacy and the USC Gould School of Law. Students
will not be given special consideration for admission to either
program because they are applying for the dual degree. Students
who have a baccalaureate degree may apply to the dual PharmD/
JD degree program in two ways.
First, they may apply at the time they submit their PharmD
application by concurrently submitting applications to both schools.
Students who elect this approach must identify themselves on
their PharmD applications as potential dual PharmD/JD degree
students. Students who are admitted to both schools will be
offered admission to the dual degree contingent on passing all
courses in their first year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Students pursuing the dual PharmD/JD degree must notify the
law school in a timely fashion that they will be enrolling in the dual
PharmD/JD degree program and will not matriculate at the law
school until the following year. Students who are accepted by only
one school may choose to attend that school but will not be eligible
for the dual degree.
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Second, students can apply to the dual degree by submitting
an application to the Gould School of Law during their first year
of enrollment in the PharmD program prior to the law school's
published application deadline. Students who elect this approach
must apply through the School of Pharmacy. Students who are
admitted to the law school using this approach would be offered
admission to the dual degree contingent on passing all courses
in their first year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA. See
the admissions section of the School of Pharmacy and the Gould
School of Law for specific requirements.
PharmD Requirements
Dual degree students should graduate with their PharmD
degrees at the completion of the first semester of the sixth
academic year of the dual degree program. Students will be
eligible to sit for the Pharmacy Board Exams after completion of
the PharmD degree requirements. However, dual degree students
will not actually be awarded their PharmD degrees until they
complete requirements for both degrees. The PharmD requires
136 units.
Juris Doctor Requirements
Dual degree students must complete their JD course work
during the second to sixth years of the dual degree program.
Students cannot receive the JD degree under the requirements of
the dual degree program without prior or simultaneous completion
of the PharmD degree.
Both professions require passing a state board or bar exam to
practice the respective professions. Neither of these professional
doctoral degrees requires a thesis or comprehensive final exam.
The JD requires 76 units.
Year I (P1) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 501 Pharmaceutics I Units: 3
• PHRD 502 Pharmaceutics II Units: 2
• PHRD 503 Biological Systems I Units: 4
• PHRD 511 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 1 Units: 5
• PHRD 515 Metabolism and Cell Biology Units: 2
• PHRD 521 Medicinal Chemistry Units: 2
Spring
• PHRD 504 Biological Systems II Units: 4
• PHRD 512 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 514 Calculations and Compounding Units: 2
• PHRD 516 Non-Prescription Therapies Units: 3
• PHRD 520 Introduction to Therapeutics Units: 2
• PHRD 552 Pharmaceutics III Units: 3
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
Year II (P2) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 508 Pharmacy Literature Analysis and Drug
Information Units: 3
• PHRD 559 Therapeutics: Pharmacokinetics Units: 3
• PHRD 563 Case Conference 1 Units: 2
• PHRD 572 Therapeutics: General Medicine Units: 5
• PHRD 625 Hospital Pharmacy Practice Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 517 Pharmacogenetics Units: 2
• PHRD 564 Case Conference 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 570 Therapeutics: Central Nervous System Units: 5
• PHRD 603 Therapeutics: Endocrine System Units: 5
• PHRD 624 Community Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 634 Scholarly Project 1 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Year III (P3) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 611 Therapeutics: Infectious Diseases Units: 5
• PHRD 619 Therapeutics: Cardiovascular System Units: 5
• PHRD 622 Case Conference 3 Units: 2
• PHRD 633 Pharmacy Management and Economics Units: 2
• PHRD 635 Scholarly Project 2 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 567 Pharmacy Law Units: 2
• PHRD 608 Therapeutics: Oncology and Immune Disorders
Units: 5
• PHRD 623 Case Conference 4 Units: 1
• PHRD 636 Scholarly Project 3 Units: 1
• PHRD 650 APPE Gateway Units: 2
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
• APPE Course (Optional): 6 units
Required Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (IPPE) Courses
Students will be required to register for the following IPPE course
sequences as indicated in the schedule above. Students will need
to register for the second course of each sequence until they
have completed the 80 hours of IPPE associated with each the
first courses of each sequence. Students will be given a grade of
Credit (CR) in the first course of each sequence once the 80 IPPE
hours have been successfully completed.
• PHRD 627a Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 627b Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 0
• PHRD 629a Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2
• PHRD 629b Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
• PHRD 631a Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3
• PHRD 631b Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
Note:
*Elective courses: Students MUST complete a minimum of 3
units of elective courses for the PharmD degree. Students will be
provided a list of courses approved each year.
**APPE courses are described below. Students may begin their
APPEs in late March or early April of their P3 year and may be
assigned to any of APPEs listed below.
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
(APPE)
Students must enroll in a minimum of six 6-unit six-week APPEs
for a total of 36 units. Some students will take their APPEs entirely
in their P4 year. Some will take one 6-unit APPE starting in the
spring of their P3 year (late March/early April). Students will return
to campus the last six weeks of their P4 year.
Required APPE Courses
Students must complete all APPE courses below (24 units) and
the Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone courses (0 units).
• PHRD 701 Acute Care Clinical APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 704 Primary Care APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 705 Community Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 718 Hospital Pharmacy Practice APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 796a Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0
• PHRD 796b Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0,1,3
Elective APPE Courses
Students must complete 12 units from the list below.
• PHRD 714 Nuclear Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 725 International Pharmacy Practice Experience
Units: 3, 6
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• PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 738 Pharmaceutical Industry APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 750 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective (APPE)
Units: 6
• PHRD 751 Non-traditional Advanced Pharmacy Elective
(APPE) Units: 6
Plus a minimum of 76 units of JD Course Work
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Business
Administration (PharmD/MBA)
Responding to the growing demand on pharmacists to be
knowledgeable in both science and business administration, the
USC School of Pharmacy in 1988 helped pioneer an innovation
in pharmaceutical education by offering this unique five-year dual
degree program.
The Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Business Administration
(PharmD/MBA) dual degree program is offered cooperatively
by the School of Pharmacy and the USC Marshall School of
Business. Students must complete concurrently all requirements
established by both schools for their respective degrees.
The program involves completion of the first year in the School
of Pharmacy, the second in the Marshall School of Business, and
then completion of the balance of both degrees during the third
through fifth years. A total of 48 units must be completed in the
Marshall School of Business.
First Year: Required Pharmacy School courses.
Second Year: Required MBA courses and graduate business
electives.
Third to Fifth Years: remaining Pharmacy courses and
graduate business electives sufficient to bring the total units
completed in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48. Dual
degree students may not count courses taken outside the Marshall
School of Business toward the 48 units. The PharmD and the MBA
are awarded simultaneously upon completion of the School of
Pharmacy and the Marshall School of Business requirements.
MBA Admission Requirements
Applicants to this program must have a baccalaureate degree
from an accredited college or university and should apply during
their first year of pharmacy studies. Only students who have
successfully completed one year in the School of Pharmacy will be
considered for admission to the Marshall School of Business. See
the Marshall School of Business for admission requirements.
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Public Health
(PharmD/MPH)
The School of Pharmacy and the Master of Public Health
program, in recognition of the rapidly changing health care
environment, and in response to the growing demand for
pharmacists who are knowledgeable in both pharmacy and
population-based health care issues, have developed a dual
degree program. The joint PharmD/MPH degree will enable
graduates to be more responsive to today's health care needs
and will provide training for pharmacists who seek to be agents of
change within the profession and to assume leadership roles in the
pharmacy field and in public health at the local, state and national
levels.
The PharmD and the MPH degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of the School of Pharmacy and the Master of
Public Health requirements.
Admission Requirements and Procedures
Students applying for the dual degree program must meet
the respective admission requirements for each program. This
includes having completed a baccalaureate degree from an
accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0
and having acceptable GRE and TOEFL or IELTS scores as
applicable. Students will not be given special consideration for
admission to either program because they are applying for the
dual degree. Students may apply to the dual PharmD/MPH degree
program in two ways. First, they may apply at the time they submit
their PharmD application by concurrently submitting applications
to both programs. Students who elect this approach must identify
themselves on both applications as potential dual degree students.
Students who are admitted to both programs will be offered
admission to the PharmD and will be offered admission to the dual
degree program contingent on passing all courses in their first
year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students who are
accepted by only one program may choose to attend that program,
but will not be eligible for the dual degree. Second, students can
apply to the dual degree by submitting an application to the MPH
program during their first year of enrollment in the PharmD prior to
the MPH published application deadline. Students who elect this
approach must apply through the School of Pharmacy.
Year I (P1) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 501 Pharmaceutics I Units: 3
• PHRD 502 Pharmaceutics II Units: 2
• PHRD 503 Biological Systems I Units: 4
• PHRD 511 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 1 Units: 5
• PHRD 515 Metabolism and Cell Biology Units: 2
• PHRD 521 Medicinal Chemistry Units: 2
Spring
• PHRD 504 Biological Systems II Units: 4
• PHRD 512 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 514 Calculations and Compounding Units: 2
• PHRD 516 Non-Prescription Therapies Units: 3
• PHRD 520 Introduction to Therapeutics Units: 2
• PHRD 552 Pharmaceutics III Units: 3
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
Year II (P2) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 508 Pharmacy Literature Analysis and Drug
Information Units: 3
• PHRD 559 Therapeutics: Pharmacokinetics Units: 3
• PHRD 563 Case Conference 1 Units: 2
• PHRD 572 Therapeutics: General Medicine Units: 5
• PHRD 625 Hospital Pharmacy Practice Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 517 Pharmacogenetics Units: 2
• PHRD 564 Case Conference 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 570 Therapeutics: Central Nervous System Units: 5
• PHRD 603 Therapeutics: Endocrine System Units: 5
• PHRD 624 Community Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 634 Scholarly Project 1 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Year III (P3) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 611 Therapeutics: Infectious Diseases Units: 5
• PHRD 619 Therapeutics: Cardiovascular System Units: 5
• PHRD 622 Case Conference 3 Units: 2
• PHRD 633 Pharmacy Management and Economics Units: 2
• PHRD 635 Scholarly Project 2 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 567 Pharmacy Law Units: 2
• PHRD 608 Therapeutics: Oncology and Immune Disorders
Units: 5
• PHRD 623 Case Conference 4 Units: 1
• PHRD 636 Scholarly Project 3 Units: 1
• PHRD 650 APPE Gateway Units: 2
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• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
• APPE Course (Optional): 6 units
Required Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (IPPE) Courses:
Students will be required to register for the following IPPE course
sequences as indicated in the schedule above. Students will need
to register for the second course of each sequence until they have
completed the 80 hours of IPPE associated with the first course
of each sequence. Students will be given a grade of Credit (CR)
in the first course of each sequence once the 80 IPPE hours have
been successfully completed.
• PHRD 627a Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 627b Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 0
• PHRD 629a Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2
• PHRD 629b Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
• PHRD 631a Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3
• PHRD 631b Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
Note:
*Elective courses: Students MUST complete a minimum of 3 units
of elective courses for the degree. Students will be provided a list
of courses approved each year.
**APPE courses are described below. Students may begin their
APPEs in late March or early April of their P3 year and may be
assigned to any of APPEs listed below.
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
(APPE)
Students must enroll in a minimum of six 6-unit six-week APPEs
for a total of 36 units. Some students will take their APPEs entirely
in their P4 year. Some will take one 6-unit APPE starting in the
spring of their P3 year (late March/early April). Students will return
to campus the last six weeks of their P4 year.
Required APPE Courses
Students must complete all APPE courses below (24 units) and
the Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone courses (0 units).
• PHRD 701 Acute Care Clinical APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 704 Primary Care APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 705 Community Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 718 Hospital Pharmacy Practice APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 796a Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0
• PHRD 796b Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0,1,3
Elective APPE Courses
Students must complete 12 units from the list below.
• PHRD 714 Nuclear Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 725 International Pharmacy Practice Experience
Units: 3, 6
• PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 738 Pharmaceutical Industry APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 750 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective (APPE)
Units: 6
• PHRD 751 Non-traditional Advanced Pharmacy Elective
(APPE) Units: 6
MPH Curriculum
Students in the PharmD/MPH dual degree must complete 38 units
of MPH specific course work (18 units of MPH core + 20 units of
concentration course work). Relevant courses taken in the School
of Pharmacy will be counted toward the MPH concentration
elective requirement.
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science,
Gerontology (PharmD/MS)
The emerging impact of the elderly on the health care system
has created a need for health care providers who understand the
unique needs of the elderly. As drug therapy remains the primary
therapeutic option for chronic disease, the demand for prescription
drugs will continue to rise. There is a demand for pharmacists
who are equipped to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of this
population. Geriatric pharmacy is recognized as a specialty, with
board certification through the Commission for Certification in
Geriatric Pharmacy. The PharmD/MS, Gerontology program will
provide extensive education and training in the unique health
care needs of older adults. It will allow student pharmacists with
a career interest in geriatrics or gerontology to work with health
care planning or delivery organizations to develop and implement
progressive pharmaceutical care programs for the elderly.
Application and Admission Requirements
Students who intend to pursue the dual PharmD/MSG
degree must be accepted by both programs. This includes
having completed a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum
equivalent GRE score of 1000. Students will not be given special
consideration for admission to either program because they are
applying for the dual degree. Students may apply to the dual
PharmD/MS degree program in two ways. First, they may apply
at the time they submit their PharmD application by concurrently
submitting applications to both programs. Students who elect
this approach must identify themselves on both applications as
potential dual degree students. Students who are admitted to both
programs will be offered admission to the PharmD and will be
offered admission to the dual degree program. Second, students
can apply to the dual degree by submitting an application to the
MS program during their first year of enrollment in the PharmD
prior to the MS published application deadline. Students who
elect this approach must apply through the School of Pharmacy.
Students admitted to the MS program using this approach will be
offered admission to the dual degree contingent on passing all
courses in their first year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Students accepted to the dual degree program must maintain a
minimum 3.0 GPA in their Gerontology and PharmD courses.
Recommended Program
First year: Required Year I PharmD course work
Second year: Required Gerontology course work
Third year: Required Year II PharmD course work
Fourth year: Required Year III PharmD course work
Fifth year: Required Year IV PharmD course work
Graduation Requirements
Students must complete all requirements for the PharmD (see
the Professional Degrees page) and MS, Gerontology degrees
as listed in the current catalogue with a minimum cumulative 3.0
GPA. The specific MS course requirements for the dual PharmD/
MS degree are listed on the School of Gerontology Dual Degree
Programs page.
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science, Global
Medicine (PharmD/MS)
The dual degree in Pharmacy and Global Medicine is designed
for students who are interested in providing pharmaceutical care
to underserved populations around the world. Students enrolled
in this dual degree program will benefit from an advanced
understanding of the role of, and issues surrounding, modern
medicine in developing countries.
Requirements
Students must gain admission to and fulfill the degree
requirements for both programs, which include 136 units for the
Doctor of Pharmacy and 24 units for the MS in Global Medicine.
Program Adaptation
Because MEDS 503 and MEDS 504, core requirements for
the MS in Global Medicine program, cover the same material as
PHRD 503 and PHRD 504, the PharmD/MS, Global Medicine dual
degree program substitutes PHRD 503 and PHRD 504 for MEDS
503 and MEDS 504 as core requirements for the dual degree.
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Year I (P1) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 501 Pharmaceutics I Units: 3
• PHRD 502 Pharmaceutics II Units: 2
• PHRD 503 Biological Systems I Units: 4
• PHRD 511 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 1 Units: 5
• PHRD 515 Metabolism and Cell Biology Units: 2
• PHRD 521 Medicinal Chemistry Units: 2
Spring
• PHRD 504 Biological Systems II Units: 4
• PHRD 512 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 514 Calculations and Compounding Units: 2
• PHRD 516 Non-Prescription Therapies Units: 3
• PHRD 520 Introduction to Therapeutics Units: 2
• PHRD 552 Pharmaceutics III Units: 3
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
Year II (P2) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 508 Pharmacy Literature Analysis and Drug
Information Units: 3
• PHRD 559 Therapeutics: Pharmacokinetics Units: 3
• PHRD 563 Case Conference 1 Units: 2
• PHRD 572 Therapeutics: General Medicine Units: 5
• PHRD 625 Hospital Pharmacy Practice Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 517 Pharmacogenetics Units: 2
• PHRD 564 Case Conference 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 570 Therapeutics: Central Nervous System Units: 5
• PHRD 603 Therapeutics: Endocrine System Units: 5
• PHRD 624 Community Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 634 Scholarly Project 1 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Year III (P3) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 611 Therapeutics: Infectious Diseases Units: 5
• PHRD 619 Therapeutics: Cardiovascular System Units: 5
• PHRD 622 Case Conference 3 Units: 2
• PHRD 633 Pharmacy Management and Economics Units: 2
• PHRD 635 Scholarly Project 2 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 567 Pharmacy Law Units: 2
• PHRD 608 Therapeutics: Oncology and Immune Disorders
Units: 5
• PHRD 623 Case Conference 4 Units: 1
• PHRD 636 Scholarly Project 3 Units: 1
• PHRD 650 APPE Gateway Units: 2
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
• APPE Course (Optional): 6 units
Required Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (IPPE) Courses
Students will be required to register for the following IPPE course
sequences as indicated in the schedule above. Students will need
to register for the second course of each sequence until they have
completed the 80 hours of IPPE associated with the first course
of each sequence. Students will be given a grade of Credit (CR)
in the first course of each sequence once the 80 IPPE hours have
been successfully completed.
• PHRD 627a Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 627b Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 0
• PHRD 629a Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2
• PHRD 629b Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
• PHRD 631a Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3
• PHRD 631b Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
Note:
*Elective courses: Students MUST complete a minimum of 3
units of elective courses for the PharmD degree. Students will be
provided a list of courses approved each year.
**APPE courses are described below. Students may begin their
APPEs in late March or early April of their P3 year and may be
assigned to any of APPEs listed below.
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
(APPE)
Students must enroll in a minimum of six 6-unit six-week APPEs
for a total of 36 units. Some students will take their APPEs entirely
in their P4 year. Some will take one 6-unit APPE starting in the
spring of their P3 year (late March/early April). Students will return
to campus the last six weeks of their P4 year.
Required APPE Courses
Students must complete all APPE courses below (24 units) and
the Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone courses (0 units).
• PHRD 701 Acute Care Clinical APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 704 Primary Care APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 705 Community Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 718 Hospital Pharmacy Practice APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 796a Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0
• PHRD 796b Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0,1,3
Elective APPE Courses
Students must complete 12 units from the list below.
• PHRD 714 Nuclear Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 725 International Pharmacy Practice Experience
Units: 3, 6
• PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 738 Pharmaceutical Industry APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 750 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective (APPE)
Units: 6
• PHRD 751 Non-traditional Advanced Pharmacy Elective
(APPE) Units: 6
Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Science,
Regulatory Science (PharmD/MS)
Regulatory science is the branch of knowledge that relates
the regulatory and legal requirements of biomedical product
development to the scientific testing and oversight needed to
ensure product safety and efficacy. The program provides an
opportunity for advanced preparation in the fields of regulatory
affairs, quality assurance and clinical research. Students must
complete concurrently all of the requirements established for the
respective degrees. The program alternates the courses required
for the PharmD program during the fall and spring terms with
courses required in summer terms for the MS program. Students
will typically take courses in the summers of years two to four. Up
to 12 appropriate units of course work from the PharmD program
can be applied toward the MS degree. The PharmD and the MS,
Regulatory Science degrees will be awarded simultaneously upon
completion of requirements for the two programs.
Admission Requirements and Procedures
Students applying for the dual degree program must meet
the respective admission requirements for each program and
must have a baccalaureate degree. Students will not be given
special consideration for admission to either program because
they are applying for the dual degree. Students may apply to
the dual PharmD/MS, Regulatory Science degree program in
two ways. First, they may apply at the time they submit their
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PharmD application by concurrently submitting applications to
both programs. Students who elect this approach must identify
themselves on both applications as potential dual degree students.
Students who are admitted to both programs will be offered
admission to the PharmD and will be offered admission to the dual
degree program contingent on passing all courses in their first
year of the PharmD with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students who are
accepted by only one program may choose to attend that program
but will not be eligible for the dual degree. Second, students can
apply to the dual degree by submitting an application to the MS
in Regulatory Science program during their first or second year of
enrollment in the PharmD prior to the MS in Regulatory Science
published application deadline. Students who elect this approach
must apply through the School of Pharmacy. Students admitted to
the MS in Regulatory Science using this approach will be offered
admission to the dual degree contingent on passing all courses in
their PharmD studies with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Healthcare Decision Analysis (PharmD/MS)
The Healthcare Decision Analysis (HCDA) program gives
students the tools and knowledge to succeed in the complex
world of healthcare data analytics, international access and
reimbursement, product pricing and value assessment, insurance
operations and design, along with competitive business
intelligence. A dual degree of Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of
Science in Healthcare Decision Analysis will be granted upon the
completion of the course work required for the PharmD degree,
and the HCDA core and elective units. Dual degree students will
be credited up to 9 units of appropriate PharmD course work
toward the MS, HCDA. Dual degree students will select from a
series of HCDA core courses and required electives to meet the
MS, HCDA degree requirements. Electives will be considered from
the disciplines: applied healthcare policy, business intelligence,
regulatory science, and healthcare economics, along with all
required clerkships and rotations offered though the USC School
of Pharmacy. Students should develop a specific plan of study
in consultation with program administrators before beginning the
program.
Graduate Certificate
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Graduate
Certificate
The USC School of Pharmacy Graduate Certificate for
Advanced Pharmacy Practice program provides an accelerated
pathway to licensure for foreign-trained pharmacists with advanced
degrees. Participants, who must have FPGEC certification to
enroll, will benefit from the extensive network for pharmacy
practice rotations at USC to complete four core 6-unit rotations
and 12 units of elective rotations. Participants will also enroll in the
Capstone course that prepares them for the NAPLEX and CPJE or
MPJE exams.
Required Courses (24 Units)
• PHRD 701 Acute Care Clinical APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 704 Primary Care APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 705 Community Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 718 Hospital Pharmacy Practice APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 796a Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0
• PHRD 796b Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0,1,3
Elective Courses (12 Units)
Must take two courses from the options below:
• PHRD 714 Nuclear Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 725 International Pharmacy Practice Experience
Units: 3, 6
• PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 738 Pharmaceutical Industry APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 750 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective (APPE)
Units: 6
• PHRD 751 Non-traditional Advanced Pharmacy Elective
(APPE) Units: 6
Minimum Units Required: 36
Biopharmaceutical Marketing Certificate
The BPMK Certificate is ideal for professionals across the
healthcare industry, working clinical professionals, and those in
fields allied to healthcare delivery and systems. Specifically, the
BPMK certificate seeks students who want to pursue a related
career in the biopharmaceutical industry or simply those who
wish to expand their current understanding of industry business
practices as part of expanding their overall learning experiences
such as Medicine, Law and Consulting. Students are required
to complete 12 total units to be eligible for the BPMK Certificate,
selected in consultation with an adviser.
Required Courses (6 units)
The following three courses are recommended as the core set:
• BPMK 500 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Management
Units: 3
• BPMK 502 Biopharmaceutical Product Development and
Marketing Units: 3 or
• HCDA 507 Foundations of Product Development and
Commercialization Units: 3
Elective Requirement (6 units)
Eligible students may select from any of the following alternative
courses to complete the 6 unit elective requirement:
• BPMK 502 Biopharmaceutical Product Development and
Marketing Units: 3
• BPMK 503 Biopharmaceutical Advertising and
Communication Units: 3
• BPMK 504 Market Access and Reimbursement Strategy
Units: 3
• BPMK 505 Product Health Economics and Valuation Units: 3
• BPMK 506 Biopharmaceutical Product Pricing and
Competition Units: 3
• BPMK 508 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Research and
Analytics Units: 3
• BPMK 509 Seminars in Biopharmaceutical Marketing Units: 1
• HCDA 502 Comparative International Healthcare Systems
Units: 3
• HCDA 503 Competitive Healthcare Intelligence Units: 3
• HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and Global Access
Units: 3
• HCDA 510 Business Implications of Healthcare Policy
Units: 3
• HCDA 520 Health Economic and Outcomes Methodology
Units: 3
• HCDA 525 Healthcare Literature Analysis and Applications
Units: 3
• HCDA 540 Executive Leadership and Healthcare Marketing
Units: 3
• HCDA 550 Healthcare Innovation: Creativity to Value Units: 3
• HCDA 553 Advanced Pricing Strategies Units: 3
• HCDA 560 Managing Effective Partnerships and Mergers
Units: 3
Clinical Research Design and Management
Certificate
The graduate certificate in clinical research design and
management is designed to strengthen the statistical, research
and project management skills of clinical researchers and their
associated clinical team members. Students must complete at
least 12 units of course work including at least two courses in
clinical design and trial management, one course in ethics and one
course in a specialized aspect of design, management or statistics,
subject to the approval of the program director. The program will
include course work delivered in nontraditional formats such as
intensive weekend sessions and will use distance learning tools,
Webcast lectures and study materials. Courses can be taken on
site, by distance or as a blended combination. Students should
confirm their specific course work plan in consultation with the
graduate advisers before beginning the program. Students who
have bachelor's degrees from accredited colleges or universities
must submit an application for graduate study through the
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regulatory science program of the School of Pharmacy. GRE
scores are not required for admission to the certificate program.
Students are expected to enroll each semester until the program
is completed.
Requirements
Introduction to Clinical Trials
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
Clinical Design/Statistics (choose one)
• MPTX 522 Introduction to Clinical Trial Design and Statistics
Units: 3
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
Biomedical Ethics
• MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics Units: 2
Elective (choose at least one)
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• MPTX 522 Introduction to Clinical Trial Design and Statistics
Units: 3 *
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4 *
• RSCI 506 Auditing Principles Units: 3
• RSCI 520 Introduction to Risk Management for Health Care
Products Units: 2
• RSCI 527 Medical Product Safety Units: 3
• RSCI 603 Managing Complex Projects Units: 3
*Note:
Cannot be double counted as an elective and the Clinical Design/
Statistics requirement.
Food Safety Certificate
The graduate certificate in food safety is a 12-unit program
of course work designed to strengthen the knowledge base and
functional "toolkit" of individuals who deal with the production
and management of food in industry and government. Students
are required to take an entry level course that focuses on
regulatory requirements for foods and dietary supplements and
two additional courses that focus on food science and food/drug
toxicology respectively. Final course work will be selected from a
small grouping of electives that deal with quality systems or risk
management. The program will include course work delivered
in nontraditional formats, such as intensive weekend sessions,
and will use distance learning tools, Webcast lectures and study
materials. Courses can be taken on site, by distance or as a
blended combination. Students should confirm their specific
course work plan in consultation with the graduate advisers before
beginning the program. Students who have bachelor's degrees
from accredited colleges or universities must submit an application
for graduate study through the regulatory science program of the
School of Pharmacy. GRE scores are not required for admission
to the certificate program. Students are expected to enroll each
semester until the program is completed.
Requirements
• MPTX 514 Regulation of Food and Dietary Supplements
Units: 3
• MPTX 524 Introduction to Food Science and Technology
Units: 3
• RSCI 525 Introduction to Drug and Food Toxicology Units: 3
Quality/Risk Management Option:
Select at least one course (3 units):
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• MPTX 515 Quality Systems and Standards Units: 3
• MPTX 526 Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls Units: 3
• RSCI 508 Quality Assurance for Drugs and Biologics Units: 3
• RSCI 509 Quality Assurance, Medical Devices and
Combination Products Units: 3
• RSCI 520 Introduction to Risk Management for Health Care
Products Units: 2
• RSCI 529 Application of Risk Management Tools and
Techniques Units: 2
Healthcare Analytics and Operations
Certificate
The certificate in Healthcare Analytics and Operations is an
industry-focused program designed to produce graduates whose
backgrounds in life sciences, patient care, drug management and
other healthcare-related areas are enhanced by knowledge and
skills appropriate for a highly complex and regulated healthcare
business environment.
The program requires 12 academic units of formal course
work that is selected in consultation with an adviser. Course
requirements normally include a minimum of four courses from
the Healthcare Decision Analysis program that emphasize data
analytics, modeling, operations, healthcare insurance and delivery.
Recommended course work may include courses available in
other programs at the School of Pharmacy and other departments
of the university. These courses will be selected in consultation
with program advisers. Students should develop a specific plan of
study in consultation with the graduate advisers before beginning
the program.
Recommended Courses
• HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and Global Access
Units: 3
• HCDA 515 Healthcare Decision Analysis and Modeling
Units: 3
• HCDA 572 Introduction to Healthcare Data Analytics Units: 3
Additional Recommended Courses
• HCDA 503 Competitive Healthcare Intelligence Units: 3
• HCDA 507 Foundations of Product Development and
Commercialization Units: 3
• HCDA 510 Business Implications of Healthcare Policy
Units: 3
• HCDA 520 Health Economic and Outcomes Methodology
Units: 3
• HCDA 525 Healthcare Literature Analysis and Applications
Units: 3
• HCDA 540 Executive Leadership and Healthcare Marketing
Units: 3
• HCDA 553 Advanced Pricing Strategies Units: 3
• HCDA 560 Managing Effective Partnerships and Mergers
Units: 3
Healthcare Decision Analysis Certificate
The Healthcare Decision Analysis (HCDA) Certificate program
gives students the tools and knowledge to succeed in the
complex world of healthcare data analytics, international access
and reimbursement, product pricing and value assessment,
insurance operations and design, along with competitive business
intelligence. Course work is typically delivered in nontraditional
formats such as intensive weekend sessions, Webcast lectures,
and distance learning tools. Courses must be taken on-site.
Students should confirm their specific course work plan in
consultation with the graduate adviser before beginning the
program. Students who have bachelor's degrees from accredited
colleges or universities must submit an application for graduate
study through the Healthcare Decision Analysis program. GRE
scores are not required for admission to the certificate program.
Students are expected to enroll each semester until the program
is completed.
Students must complete at least 12 units of specified course
work, which normally will include two introductory courses on
healthcare insurance and access, and product development and
commercialization, along with two additional elective courses.
The certificate can be completed on a part-time basis but must be
finished within five years.
Required Courses
• HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and Global Access
Units: 3
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• HCDA 507 Foundations of Product Development and
Commercialization Units: 3
Electives (select two):
• HCDA 501 Fundamentals of Healthcare Insurance Design
Units: 3
• HCDA 502 Comparative International Healthcare Systems
Units: 3
• HCDA 503 Competitive Healthcare Intelligence Units: 3
• HCDA 510 Business Implications of Healthcare Policy
Units: 3
• HCDA 515 Healthcare Decision Analysis and Modeling
Units: 3
• HCDA 520 Health Economic and Outcomes Methodology
Units: 3
• HCDA 525 Healthcare Literature Analysis and Applications
Units: 3
• HCDA 530 Total Product Development: Benchtop to Launch
Units: 3
• HCDA 540 Executive Leadership and Healthcare Marketing
Units: 3
• HCDA 550 Healthcare Innovation: Creativity to Value Units: 3
• HCDA 553 Advanced Pricing Strategies Units: 3
• HCDA 560 Managing Effective Partnerships and Mergers
Units: 3
• HCDA 570 Asia Pacific: Access, Delivery and
Reimbursement Units: 3
Medical Product Quality Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Medical Product Quality is a 12-unit
program designed for students with a background in biological,
pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences and biomedical
engineering. Quality assurance and quality control are the two
functions in the biomedical industry that are responsible for the
testing and oversight required to ensure the safety of the health
care products that are manufactured. An essential tenet of
regulatory oversight is the assurance of quality through guidelines,
audits and inspections. In this program the regulations and
guidelines to ensure the quality of drugs, biologics and medical
devices, both in the United States and internationally, will be
studied to develop an understanding of the basic principles
important for the interpretation and implementation of quality
practices and quality systems. Course work is typically delivered
in nontraditional formats such as intensive weekend sessions
and will use distance learning tools, Webcast lectures and study
materials. Courses can be taken on site, by distance or as a
blended combination. Students should confirm their specific
course work plan in consultation with the graduate advisers before
beginning the program. Students who have bachelor's degrees
from accredited colleges or universities must submit an application
for graduate study through the regulatory science program of the
School of Pharmacy. GRE scores are not required for admission
to the certificate program. Students are expected to enroll each
semester until the program is completed.
Students must complete 12 units of specified course work
(four course minimum), that normally will include an introductory
course in the basic principles of quality systems, a course in
project management, a course in quality tools and one elective
chosen from the quality or regulatory offerings. The certificate can
be completed on a part-time basis but must be finished within five
years.
Choose at least one Quality Systems course
from:
• MPTX 515 Quality Systems and Standards Units: 3
• RSCI 508 Quality Assurance for Drugs and Biologics Units: 3
• RSCI 509 Quality Assurance, Medical Devices and
Combination Products Units: 3
Choose at least one Quality Tools course from:
• RSCI 506 Auditing Principles Units: 3
• RSCI 507 Quality Systems and Statistical Process Control
Units: 2
• RSCI 535 Methods Development and Validation Units: 3
Project Management
• RSCI 603 Managing Complex Projects Units: 3
Choose an elective from the Quality or
Regulatory offerings (minimum 3 units)
Elective course selected in consultation with academic adviser
Patient and Product Safety Certificate
The graduate certificate in patient and product safety is a
12-unit program that educates students in the emerging field of
safety and risk management in the health care environment. It is
designed to produce graduates who have a particular expertise
in the evaluation and mitigation of medical errors and health-
care product problems. Course work is typically delivered in
nontraditional formats such as intensive weekend sessions and
will use distance learning tools, Webcast lectures and study
materials. Courses can be taken on site, by distance or as a
blended combination. Students should confirm their specific
course work plan in consultation with the graduate advisers before
beginning the program. Students who have bachelor's degrees
from accredited colleges or universities must submit an application
for graduate study through the regulatory science program of the
School of Pharmacy. GRE scores are not required for admission
to the certificate program. Students are expected to enroll each
semester until the program is completed.
Students must complete 12 units of specified course work,
that normally will include an introductory course in the basic
principles of risk management, a second course in the use of risk
management tools, and two additional courses in patient and
product safety respectively as listed below. In addition, a course
in medical ethics is recommended. Most students will take the
courses that are listed in the sample student program below,
but if students have already strong previous experience in risk
management or safety, other statistical or quality courses taught in
graduate programs at USC may be substituted with the permission
of the program director. The certificate can be completed on a part-
time basis but must be finished within five years.
Courses may be selected from the following recommended
course list.
Recommended Course List
• MPTX 515 Quality Systems and Standards Units: 3
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics Units: 2
• RSCI 520 Introduction to Risk Management for Health Care
Products Units: 2
• RSCI 527 Medical Product Safety Units: 3
• RSCI 529 Application of Risk Management Tools and
Techniques Units: 2
• RSCI 603 Managing Complex Projects Units: 3
Preclinical Drug Development Certificate
The graduate certificate in preclinical drug development
provides advanced foundational training in preclinical aspects of
drug development, translational research and regulatory control.
Students must complete at least 12 units of course work including
at least three courses in preclinical design and development
(typically, RSCI 530 Translational Medicine: An Overview ; RSCI
531 Industrial Approaches to Drug Discovery; RSCI 532 Early
Stage Drug Development) and one course in a related aspect
of research design, regulation or ethics, subject to the approval
of the program director. The program will include course work
delivered in nontraditional formats such as intensive weekend
sessions and will use distance capabilities, Webcast lectures and
study materials. Courses can be taken on site, by distance or as
a blended combination. Students should confirm their specific
course work plan in consultation with graduate advisers before
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beginning the program. Students who have baccalaureate degrees
from accredited colleges or universities must submit an application
for graduate study through the regulatory science program of the
School of Pharmacy. GRE scores are not required for admission
to the certificate program. Students are expected to enroll each
semester until the program is completed.
Regulatory and Clinical Affairs Certificate
The graduate certificate in regulatory and clinical affairs is
designed to provide specialized education for individuals interested
in developing a systematic understanding of the U.S. regulatory
system for medical products. Students must complete at least 12
units of course work including an introductory course in regulatory
affairs:
Requirements
Introductory Course (1 course)
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation
Units: 3
• RSCI 531 Industrial Approaches to Drug Discovery Units: 4
• RSCI 532 Early Stage Drug Development Units: 3
Advanced Regulation (1 course)
• MPTX 512 Regulation of Pharmaceutical and Biological
Products Units: 3
• MPTX 513 Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Units: 3
• MPTX 514 Regulation of Food and Dietary Supplements
Units: 3
Clinical Trials (1 course)
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• MPTX 518 Writing Regulatory Drug Submissions Units: 3
• MPTX 522 Introduction to Clinical Trial Design and Statistics
Units: 3
• MPTX 526 Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls Units: 3
• RSCI 525 Introduction to Drug and Food Toxicology Units: 3
Quality Assurance and Risk Management (1 course)
• MPTX 515 Quality Systems and Standards Units: 3
• RSCI 508 Quality Assurance for Drugs and Biologics Units: 3
• RSCI 509 Quality Assurance, Medical Devices and
Combination Products Units: 3
• RSCI 520 Introduction to Risk Management for Health Care
Products Units: 2
Minimum Units: 12
Additional Requirements
Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the
program director. The program will include course work delivered
in nontraditional formats such as intensive weekend sessions and
will use distance capabilities to capture and Webcast lectures and
study materials. Courses can be taken on site, by distance or as
a blended combination. Students should confirm their specific
course work plan in consultation with the graduate advisers before
beginning the program. Students who have a baccalaureate
degree from an accredited college or university must submit an
application for graduate study through the regulatory science
program of the School of Pharmacy. GRE scores are not required
for admission to the certificate program. Students are expected to
enroll each semester until the program is completed.
Doctoral Degree
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (PhD)
The goal of the PhD program in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics is to develop a scientist who is engaged in team
science through interdisciplinary education; competent in
conducting research across clinical and basic science disciplines;
and integrates basic investigations and clinical observations in
applied research to better understand disease process, advance
drug development and evaluate efficacy and toxicity of therapeutic
regimens with the goal of improving the safe, effective and
economical use of therapeutic modalities by patients.
The program applies an interdisciplinary approach that
focuses the graduate studies directly toward translational,
rather than basic science, aiming to educate students with the
perspective and skill set to identify important connections between
fundamental biomedical research and human disease. This
program emphasizes cross-training between clinical and basic
sciences focusing on the investigation of disease processes, drug
development and the efficacy and toxicity of therapeutic regimens.
Course requirements and research opportunities for graduate
students enrolled in the program provide both experimental (basic)
and disease-focused experiences that complement the graduate's
research focus.
Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units is required. At least 26 of the 60 units
are to be formal graduate course work at the 500- level or
above, exclusive of seminars and directed research. Students
must complete 14 units of course work before they are eligible
for the screening procedure. Additional course work relevant
to the research interests of the student may be required by the
student's advisers or the student's qualifying exam committee,
with an emphasis on cross-training and taking into account the
amount and level of previous scientific preparation and the nature
of the research dissertation that will be the major endpoint of the
program. Specifically, recommended course work differs between
students who have an advanced professional degree (Track I)
and those who do not (Track II). A maximum of 12 units may be
transferred from graduate studies elsewhere.
In the first year, all students (Tracks I and II) are recommended
to take 14 units of course work in translational medicine (RSCI
530, 2 units), research design (CXPT 609, 4 units), biostatistics
(PM 510, 4 units), and clinical trial design (MPTX 517, 4 units).
In the second year, Track I students will take the remaining 12
units of course work as electives based on the background of the
student and the proposed research focus of the student. Track II
students who do not have an advanced professional degree are
recommended to select from the following courses as part of their
electives: systems physiology and disease (INTD 572 and INTD
573, 4 units each) or pathology (INTD 550, INTD 551, 4 units
each). Other electives that can be chosen are INTD 531, INTD
561, PM 533, PM 538, PM 570 and PSCI 665.
The remaining 34 of the 60 units required for the PhD degree
may be fulfilled with other courses including ethics, interdisciplinary
seminar, directed research and dissertation. Note that to become
eligible to take the qualifying exam, Track II students must fulfill
the prescribed clinical experiences that match the disease-related
topic of the student's thesis work as approved by the student's
advisers and advisory committee. Students with a bachelor's
degree in a health care subject area (e.g., nursing, pharmacy,
medicine) will be evaluated on a case basis and may be required
to meet the therapeutic course work or clinical experience
component described above, as determined by their background
and previous experiences.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no formal language requirement. However, an
individual qualifying exam committee can require competency in
a foreign language or a computer language if it is relevant for the
student's area of research.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Upon admission, the student will be assigned to a member of
the graduate faculty who will serve as his or her temporary adviser
until a permanent adviser has been identified. The student's
program of study will be under the direction of the qualifying exam
committee composed of at least five members, one of whom
must be from outside the department. Because of the centrality
of research in the PhD program, the student is encouraged to get
acquainted with the participating faculty mentors from the day they
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enter the program, and have selected a research direction, paired
graduate advisers (clinical and basic scientists), and qualifying
exam committee no later than the third semester of study. The
graduate affairs committee will serve as the qualifying exam
committee until one is selected.
Screening Procedure
The performance of each student will be evaluated no later
than the end of the second semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. This screening procedure is conducted by the student's
qualifying exam committee or, if a student has not yet selected
a qualifying exam committee, by the graduate affairs committee.
The committee reviews the student's progress to date in various
areas including course work, research interests, and laboratory
performance on his or her research project or laboratory rotations.
If a performance deficiency is determined, specific goals will be
established that the student must fulfill to continue in the program.
Passing this screening procedure is prerequisite to continuation in
the PhD program.
Qualifying Examination
Students will be required to pass a comprehensive written
and oral examination on the chosen disease-focused area of
research emphasis. The examination will encompass basic
scientific concepts relevant to the disease under study and the
laboratory techniques in that discipline, fundamental principles
of clinical research and design, biostatistics, and therapeutics in
the chosen disease-focused area of research. The examination is
administered by the qualifying exam committee and consists of two
parts: a written examination administered to all students at the end
of their second year of study and a detailed written proposal and
its oral presentation and defense by the student to the qualifying
exam committee. The examination process is conducted by the
student's advisory committee with oversight by the graduate affairs
committee. All course and qualifying examination requirements
for the Doctor of Philosophy must be completed within two-and-a-
half years after admission. After passing these examinations, the
student is admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree.
Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation in a relevant
scientific area is required for the PhD. The dissertation research
must represent a significant contribution to science and should
demonstrate the candidate's scholarly advancement and
competence to undertake independent research. An oral defense
of the dissertation will be held after the candidate submits the final
draft of the dissertation to the dissertation committee. (See Theses
and Dissertations in the Graduate School section.)
Student Teaching
Teaching experience is considered an integral part of the
training of graduate students. As part of the general requirements
for the PhD degree, each student is required to participate in the
teaching program of the School of Pharmacy.
Health Economics (PhD)
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
(in the School of Pharmacy) offers a program of study leading to
the PhD degree in Health Economics. The program focuses on
microeconomics; econometrics; health economics and policy;
public finance; pharmaceutical economics and policy. The
program offers one track in microeconomics and a second track in
pharmaceutical economics and policy.
Microeconomics Track
Students in the microeconomics track will complete the
microeconomic theory and econometric sequence and course
work in health economics. They will receive focused training and
mentoring in health economics through collaboration on research
projects.
Satisfactory completion of the economic theory
sequence with a grade point average of B or higher.
At least one of the econometrics courses must be completed with
a grade of B or higher. The courses recommended for fulfilling the
requirements for the Microeconomics Track are:
• GSBA 602 Selected Issues in Economic Theory I Units: 3
• PMEP 509 Research Design Units: 4
• ECON 636 Health Economics I Units: 4
• ECON 693 Seminar in Applied Economics and Public Policy
Units: 2
• GSBA 612 Selected Issues in Economic Theory II Units: 3
or
• PMEP 525 Pharmacoeconomics I Units: 4
and
• PMEP 526 Pharmacoeconomics II Units: 2
• PMEP 535 Behavioral Science and Policy in Healthcare
Units: 4
• PMEP 544 Health Economics II Units: 4
• PMEP 547 Programming Methods for Empirical Analysis of
Health Data Units: 4
• PMEP 551 Introduction to Health Econometrics Units: 4
• PMEP 552 Advanced Health Econometrics I Units: 4
• PMEP 553 Advanced Health Econometrics II Units: 4
• PMEP 698 Seminar in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Units: 1
Additional Requirements
Students in the microeconomics track will complete the
microeconomic theory and econometric sequence and course
work in health economics. They will receive focused training and
mentoring in health economics through collaboration on research
projects.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no formal foreign language requirement. However,
competence in the use of one computer programming language
is required for the graduate degree. Such competence can be
demonstrated either by course work or examination.
Grade Point Average
A grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 and typically
considerably higher (on a scale of 4.0) must have been achieved
on all graduate work at USC for the passing of the screening
procedure. The Graduate School requires a minimum GPA of 3.0
on all course work taken as a graduate student at USC.
Unit Requirements
The PhD in Health Economics requires a minimum of 64 units
of graduate-level courses numbered 500 or higher (excluding 794)
and a minimum of 4 units of 794. A maximum of two full courses
(eight units) or their equivalent may be PMEP 790 (research)
since directed research will generally be incorporated into most
500- and 600-level courses. Exceptions will be considered on an
individual basis. Normally, a full-time graduate student course load
is three full courses or their equivalent per semester, with a four-
course maximum. Students may transfer and substitute up to 24
units of graduate course work from other universities to fulfill the
required 64 units of graduate credit subject to the approval of the
department.
Screening Procedure
The student's progress will be reviewed after each semester
and before registration for any additional course work to determine
if progress has been satisfactory. The screening procedure
will include satisfactory performance on written screening
exams covering the major topics covered in the recommended
coursework for each track.
Qualifying Exam
Upon successful completion of the first two years of course
and grade requirements, and following passing of required
screening procedures, the student takes a general written and
oral examination on the chosen area of research emphasis after
presenting a detailed written dissertation proposal. After passing
these examinations, the student is admitted to candidacy for the
PhD degree.
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The student will select a member of the graduate faculty who
will serve as his or her adviser and chair of the student's qualifying
exam committee. The student should consult the director of
Graduate Studies for the Health Economics program on the
selection of his or her adviser and chair of the PhD qualifying exam
committee after taking the written screening examinations. The
chairman of the student's PhD qualifying exam committee advises
the student on matters of curriculum and graduate opportunities.
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five members.
The committee chair and at least two additional members must
have appointments in the student's program. Faculty eligible
to serve as committee chairs and members include tenured,
tenure-track, and research faculty, teaching faculty, practitioner
faculty or clinical faculty (RTPC) faculty. The committee chair
and at least three members must be research active in a field
relevant to the research thesis and one member of the committee
must be tenured or tenure track; and the committee membership
requires approval by the dean of the school. Visiting faculty may
not serve on qualifying exam committees. The vice provost for
graduate programs is an ex officio member of all qualifying exam
committees.
The composition of all PhD qualifying exam committees must
be approved by the director of Graduate Studies for the Health
Economics program. The student must form his or her qualifying
exam committee soon after passing the departmental screening
procedure.
Dissertation Proposal Preparation
The student is required to register for two units of PMEP 790
and write a research paper on a topic suitable for a dissertation.
Typically, the chair of the student's guidance committee directs this
work. The resulting essay becomes part of the student's written
dissertation proposal which constitutes the written portion of the
qualifying exam. This proposal is presented and critiqued during
the oral portion of the qualifying examination.
Dissertation
After admission to candidacy, the student forms a dissertation
committee comprising three faculty members, one of whom can
be from an outside department. The chair of this committee is
the dissertation supervisor. The student must register for PMEP
794a, PMEP 794b, PMEP 794c, PMEP 794d, or PMEP 794z each
semester, excluding summer sessions, until the dissertation and all
other degree requirements are completed.
The student is expected to complete a dissertation based on an
original investigation. The dissertation must represent a significant
contribution to knowledge and must be defended in an oral
examination administered by the dissertation committee (see the
section on Theses and Dissertations).
Student Teaching
Teaching experience is considered an integral part of the
training of graduate students. As part of the general requirements
for the PhD, all students are required to undergo training as an
educator. This will include participating in seminars on educational
techniques and hands-on teaching experiences through
participation in didactic and small group teaching in the School of
Pharmacy or the USC Price School of Public Policy.
Seminar Requirements
Every student is recommended to take and satisfactorily
complete 4 units of research seminars chosen from ECON 693,
PMEP 698 or the equivalent. At least one of these seminars must
be related to the student's major field, and the same seminar may
be taken more than once. Before completing the dissertation, it
is recommended that the student present at least one original
research paper in a seminar of his or her choice. This paper
should typically consist of original results contained in the student's
dissertation.
Three electives at the 500 level or higher from the School of
Pharmacy's Health Economics Program and from the departments
of economics, mathematical statistics, biometry, epidemiology,
public administration, computer science or other relevant fields are
required.
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Track
Students in the pharmaceutical economics and policy track will
specialize in areas such as cost-effectiveness, comparative
effectiveness, drug therapy outcomes and organization of
pharmaceutical markets. They will receive focused training and
mentoring in pharmaceutical economics and policy through
collaboration on research projects.
Satisfactory completion of the pharmaceutical
economics and policy sequence with an average
grade of B or higher
• ECON 636 Health Economics I Units: 4
• GSBA 602 Selected Issues in Economic Theory I Units: 3
• PMEP 509 Research Design Units: 4
• PMEP 525 Pharmacoeconomics I Units: 4
• PMEP 526 Pharmacoeconomics II Units: 2
• PMEP 527 Pharmacoeconomics III Units: 4
• PMEP 535 Behavioral Science and Policy in Healthcare
Units: 4
• PMEP 539 Economic Assessment of Medical Care Units: 4
• PMEP 547 Programming Methods for Empirical Analysis of
Health Data Units: 4
• PMEP 551 Introduction to Health Econometrics Units: 4
• PMEP 552 Advanced Health Econometrics I Units: 4
• PMEP 553 Advanced Health Econometrics II Units: 4
• PMEP 698 Seminar in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Units: 1
Additional Requirements
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no formal foreign language requirement. However,
competence in the use of one computer programming language
is required for the graduate degree. Such competence can be
demonstrated either by course work or examination.
Grade Point Average
A grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 and typically
considerably higher (on a scale of 4.0) must have been achieved
on all graduate work at USC for the passing of the screening
procedure. The Graduate School requires a minimum GPA of 3.0
on all course work taken as a graduate student at USC.
Unit Requirements
The PhD in Health Economics requires a minimum of 64 units
of graduate-level courses numbered 500 or higher (excluding 794)
and a minimum of 4 units of 794. A maximum of two full courses
(eight units) or their equivalent may be PMEP 790 (research)
since directed research will generally be incorporated into most
500- and 600-level courses. Exceptions will be considered on an
individual basis. Normally, a full-time graduate student course load
is three full courses or their equivalent per semester, with a four-
course maximum. Students may transfer and substitute up to 24
units of graduate course work from other universities to fulfill the
required 64 units of graduate credit subject to the approval of the
department.
Screening Procedure
The student's progress will be reviewed after each semester
and before registration for any additional course work to determine
if progress has been satisfactory. The screening procedure
will include satisfactory performance on written screening
exams covering the major topics covered in the recommended
coursework for each track.
Qualifying Exam
Upon successful completion of the first two years of course
and grade requirements, and following passing of required
screening procedures, the student takes a general written and
oral examination on the chosen area of research emphasis after
presenting a detailed written dissertation proposal. After passing
these examinations, the student is admitted to candidacy for the
PhD degree.
The student will select a member of the graduate faculty who
will serve as his or her adviser and chair of the student's qualifying
exam committee. The student should consult the director of
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Graduate Studies for the Health Economics program on the
selection of his or her adviser and chair of the PhD qualifying exam
committee after taking the written screening examinations. The
chairman of the student's PhD qualifying exam committee advises
the student on matters of curriculum and graduate opportunities.
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five members.
The committee chair and at least two additional members must
have appointments in the student's program. Faculty eligible
to serve as committee chairs and members include tenured,
tenure-track, and research faculty, teaching faculty, practitioner
faculty or clinical faculty (RTPC) faculty. The committee chair
and at least three members must be research active in a field
relevant to the research thesis and one member of the committee
must be tenured or tenure track; and the committee membership
requires approval by the dean of the school. Visiting faculty may
not serve on qualifying exam committees. The vice provost for
graduate programs is an ex officio member of all qualifying exam
committees.
The composition of all PhD qualifying exam committees must
be approved by the director of Graduate Studies for the Health
Economics program. The student must form his or her qualifying
exam committee soon after passing the departmental screening
procedure.
Dissertation Proposal Preparation
The student is required to register for 2 units of PMEP 790
and write a research paper on a topic suitable for a dissertation.
Typically, the chair of the student's guidance committee directs this
work. The resulting essay becomes part of the student's written
dissertation proposal, which constitutes the written portion of the
qualifying exam. This proposal is presented and critiqued during
the oral portion of the qualifying examination.
Dissertation
After admission to candidacy, the student forms a dissertation
committee comprising three faculty members, one of whom can
be from an outside department. The chair of this committee is
the dissertation supervisor. The student must register for PMEP
794a, PMEP 794b, PMEP 794c, PMEP 794d, or PMEP 794z each
semester, excluding summer sessions, until the dissertation and all
other degree requirements are completed.
The student is expected to complete a dissertation based on an
original investigation. The dissertation must represent a significant
contribution to knowledge and must be defended in an oral
examination administered by the dissertation committee (see the
section on Theses and Dissertations).
Student Teaching
Teaching experience is considered an integral part of the
training of graduate students. As part of the general requirements
for the PhD, all students are required to undergo training as an
educator. This will include participating in seminars on educational
techniques and hands-on teaching experiences through
participation in didactic and small group teaching in the School of
Pharmacy or the USC Price School of Public Policy.
Seminar Requirements
Every student is recommended to take and satisfactorily
complete 4 units of research seminars chosen from PMEP 698 or
the equivalent. At least one of these seminars must be related to
the student's major field and the same seminar may be taken more
than once. Before completing the dissertation, it is recommended
that the student present at least one original research paper in a
seminar of his or her choice. This paper should typically consist of
original results contained in the student's dissertation.
A minimum of three electives at the 500 level or higher from
the School of Pharmacy's Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Program and from the departments of economics, mathematical
statistics, biometry, epidemiology, public administration, computer
science or other relevant fields are required.
List of Electives
• ECON 401 Mathematical Methods in Economics Units: 4
• ECON 415 Behavioral Economics Units: 4
• ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy Units: 4
• ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 601 Microeconomic Theory I Units: 4
• ECON 603 Microeconomic Theory II Units: 4
• ECON 604 Game Theory Units: 4
• ECON 611 Probability and Statistics for Economists Units: 4
• ECON 615 Applied Econometrics Units: 4
• ECON 688 Empirical Industrial Organization Units: 4
• GSBA 612 Selected Issues in Economic Theory II Units: 3
• HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and Global Access
Units: 3
• HCDA 507 Foundations of Product Development and
Commercialization Units: 3
• MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health Units: 4
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 511aL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511bL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 511cL Data Analysis Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies Units: 3
• PM 536 Program Evaluation and Research Units: 4
• PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Units: 3
• PM 560 Statistical Programming With R Units: 2
• PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and Addiction Units: 4
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
(PhD)
This program emphasizes basic as well as applied research in
various aspects of drug discovery and molecular and behavioral
mechanisms of action. Research opportunities span investigations
of fundamental molecular and cellular physiological mechanisms,
including receptor activity, intracellular signaling and the regulation
of gene expression, to the molecular bases of disease and aging,
including avenues of pharmacological intervention.
A minimum of 60 units is required for the Doctor of Philosophy
degree. At least 24 units of course work are required at the
500-level or above, exclusive of seminar and directed research.
The Doctor of Philosophy candidate must select a minimum of 12
units from courses offered in the Department of Pharmacology
and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPSI), eight of which must be
selected from the core 4-unit courses. The remainder of the 24
units may be taken from PPSI courses or from courses offered in
other departments that are approved by the PPSI graduate affairs
committee. The qualifying exam committee may require more than
24 units of course work. A maximum of 12 units can be transferred
from graduate studies elsewhere.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no formal language requirement. However, an
individual qualifying exam committee can require competency in
a foreign language or a computer language if it is relevant for the
student's area of research.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Upon admission, the student will be assigned to a member of
the graduate faculty who will serve as his or her temporary adviser
until a permanent adviser has been identified. The student's
program of study will be under the direction of a qualifying exam
committee composed of at least five members, one of whom
must be from outside the department. The student should select a
graduate adviser and qualifying exam committee no later than the
third semester in residence. The graduate affairs committee will
serve as the qualifying exam committee until one is selected.
Screening Procedure
The performance of each student will be evaluated no later
than the end of the second semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. This screening procedure is conducted by the student's
qualifying exam committee or, if a student has not yet selected
a qualifying exam committee, by the graduate affairs committee.
The committee reviews the student's progress to date in various
areas including course work, research interests and laboratory
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performance on his or her research project or laboratory rotations.
If a performance deficiency is determined, specific goals will be
established that the student must fulfill to continue in the program.
Passing this screening procedure is prerequisite to continuation in
the PhD program.
Qualifying Examination
Students will be required to pass a comprehensive qualifying
examination in major areas of molecular pharmacology, including
fundamental principles of molecular and cellular biology. The
examination is administered by the qualifying exam committee
and consists of two parts: a written examination administered to
all students at the end of their second year of study and a written
proposal outlining the dissertation goals, and its oral presentation
and defense by the student to the qualifying exam committee.
The examination process is conducted by the student's advisory
committee with oversight by the graduate affairs committee. The
qualifying examination must be completed within three years after
admission, unless an extension is obtained from the qualifying
exam committee.
Annual Research Appraisal (ARA)
Beginning in the third year, each graduate student will meet with
the qualifying exam committee and present a progress report on
his or her research. Prior to the meeting the student will present a
short written document describing significant experiments during
the past year, problems and projected studies. This document
is distributed to the committee members and is included in the
student's file. The oral ARA meeting is intended to be a working
session between the student and the qualifying exam committee.
Experimental results and problems are discussed in this context,
as well as a research plan for the next year of work. A satisfactory
ARA is required for each year in the graduate program.
Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation in a relevant
scientific area is required for the PhD The dissertation research
should demonstrate the student's ability to undertake independent
research through planning, conducting and evaluating
experiments. The dissertation research must represent a
significant contribution to knowledge. A public oral defense of the
dissertation will be held after the candidate submits the final draft
of the dissertation to the dissertation committee, and it is approved
by the graduate adviser and dissertation committee. For additional
details, see Theses and Dissertations.
Student Teaching
Teaching experience is considered an integral part of the
training of graduate students. As part of the general requirements
for the PhD degree, each student is required to participate in the
teaching program of the School of Pharmacy.
Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)
This program emphasizes basic as well as applied research
in drug delivery and targeting, utilizing medicinal chemistry,
computational chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics,
molecular pharmacology, immunology and cell biology.
A minimum of 60 units is required for the Doctor of Philosophy
degree. At least 24 units of course work are required at the
500-level or above, exclusive of seminar and directed research.
The Doctor of Philosophy candidate must select a minimum of 12
units from courses offered in the Department of Pharmacology
and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPSI), eight of which must be
selected from the core 4-unit courses. The remainder of the 24
units may be taken from PPSI courses or from courses offered in
other departments that are approved by the PPSI graduate affairs
committee. The qualifying exam committee may require more than
24 units of course work. A maximum of 12 units can be transferred
from graduate studies elsewhere.
Foreign Language Requirement
There is no formal foreign language requirement. However, an
individual qualifying exam committee can require competency in
a foreign language or some other research tool such as computer
language, if this is relevant for the student's area of research.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Upon admission, the student will be assigned to a member of
the graduate faculty who will serve as his or her temporary adviser
until a permanent adviser has been identified. The student's
program of study will be under the direction of a qualifying exam
committee composed of at least five members, one of whom must
be from outside the department granting the degree. The student
should select a graduate adviser and qualifying exam committee
no later than the third semester in residence.
Screening Procedure
The performance of each student will be evaluated no later
than the end of the second semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. This screening procedure is conducted by the student's
qualifying exam committee or, if a student has not selected his
or her research adviser at that time, by the Graduate Review
Committee of the department. The committee reviews thoroughly
the student's progress up to that point in various areas including
course work, research interests and laboratory performance on his
or her research project or laboratory rotations. If a performance
deficiency is detected at that point by the committee, the student
will be recommended to either take additional course work or
transfer to the Master of Science program. Passing this screening
procedure is prerequisite to continuation in the PhD program.
Qualifying Examination
Students will be required to pass a comprehensive qualifying
examination in major areas of the pharmaceutical sciences. The
examination is administered by the qualifying exam committee
and consists of two parts: a written examination and a written
proposition outlining a research project, followed by an oral
examination based on the proposition and questions dealing with
the written examination. All course and qualifying examination
requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy must be completed
within two and one half years after admission.
Dissertation
A dissertation based on original investigation is required.
The research should make a contribution to science and should
demonstrate the candidate's scholarly advancement and
competence to undertake independent research. An oral defense
of the dissertation will be held after the candidate submits the final
draft of the dissertation to the dissertation committee (see Theses
and Dissertations).
Student Teaching
Teaching experience is considered an integral part of the
training of graduate students. Thus, as part of the general
requirements for the PhD, each student is required to participate in
the teaching program of the School of Pharmacy.
Pharmacy (PharmD)
The USC School of Pharmacy offers a full-time, four-year
course of study leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD). An
undergraduate BA or BS degree is required for admission to the
program. A description of the curriculum is listed in the following
pages. The degree will be conferred only upon successful
completion of all Doctor of Pharmacy degree requirements.
The USC School of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy program is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education,
which is the sole agency providing accreditation for professional
degree programs in pharmacy.
Application Procedure
The School of Pharmacy requires applicants to complete both
the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) and
a supplemental application for admission. The supplemental
application is available at pharmacyschool.usc.edu.
Both the PharmCAS and the supplemental applications
deadlines are November 1. Applicants are encouraged to
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follow the instructions carefully for both the PharmCAS and
supplemental applications. Applications will not be reviewed until
both applications have been received by the Office of Admission
and Student Affairs. An interview is required for admission. Only
applicants with complete application files are evaluated for an
interview and only highly qualified applicants will be granted
interviews. Not all applicants will be invited for an interview.
Applicants are encouraged to apply well before the November 1
deadline to allow time for file review.
All documents mailed directly to the School of Pharmacy and
received from PharmCAS by the Office of Admission become the
property of the university and cannot be returned or duplicated for
other than USC's purposes.
Admission Guidelines
The Admission Committee considers several factors in
making admissions decisions including: previous academic
performance; the interview including a writing component; letters
of recommendation; and other components of the completed
application. The committee also considers a candidate's motivation
to pursue pharmacy, interpersonal skills, oral and written
communication skills, and leadership abilities. While the School of
Pharmacy gives equal consideration to every qualified applicant,
the school cannot accommodate all qualified candidates who apply
for admission.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to the School of Pharmacy requires completion of
a baccalaureate degree; completion of the specified prerequisite
college courses, with a grade of C or better; and a minimum 3.0 (A
= 4.0) grade point average, both in the prerequisite courses and
cumulative grade point average.
Pre-pharmacy Requirements*
*Courses for science majors are required to meet
the Pre-Pharmacy Requirements
To be eligible for admission to the School of Pharmacy,
applicants must take required prerequisite college courses,
including general biology (one-year course with laboratory,
excluding human anatomy and physiology), general chemistry
(one-year course with laboratory, including inorganic and
qualitative analysis), organic chemistry (one-year course with
laboratory), biochemistry (one course upper division), microbiology
(one course), calculus (one semester or two quarters), statistics
(one course) and human physiology (one course for science
majors). The science requirements should be completed at an
accredited four-year university.
Prerequisite courses are subject to change, and applicants
are encouraged to check with the school prior to submitting an
application.
Recommended Courses:
Upper-division molecular biology, physics (thermodynamics and
electromagnetism), microeconomics, statistics (non-business),
human behavior in either general psychology, introductory
sociology, or cultural anthropology
Grades of pass/no pass or credit/no credit will not be accepted
(unless a course is only offered on a pass/no pass basis). Online
courses are not accepted for science courses with a laboratory
requirement.
Mathematics and Sciences
Courses must include calculus, general biology, microbiology,
human physiology, general chemistry, biochemistry, and organic
chemistry. Only courses for science majors are acceptable. It is
highly recommended that math and science courses be completed
during the regular academic year and not during a summer term.
Advanced Placement and International
Baccalaureate Examinations
Applicants may use AP and IB courses to meet certain USC
School of Pharmacy prerequisites with the following provisos.
AP results are acceptable only with scores of 4 or 5. Results for
IB courses are acceptable with a score of 5. Credit for AP or IB
courses is limited to a maximum of two courses (total). In addition,
the AP or IB courses taken may be applied to a maximum of one
semester/one quarter of general chemistry or general biology;
they may not be used to satisfy the laboratory requirement. Note:
AP/IB courses used to meet prerequisites will be for course credit
only (i.e., they will not count toward the GPA). The Admission
Committee recommends that applicants enroll in all of the required
pre-pharmacy courses. Please contact the School of Pharmacy
Office of Admission for specific information.
Entrance Examination
An interview is required for admission.
Special Admission Program for Entering Freshmen
The Trojan Admission Prepharmacy (TAP) program provides
priority consideration for admission to the USC School of
Pharmacy's four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program for
USC undergraduates who are accepted to the program. The TAP
program is designed to attract highly qualified, mature high school
seniors applying to USC. Students accepted into the TAP program
apply to the Doctor of Pharmacy program during their final year
of undergraduate education. Students must meet all regular
admission criteria to the School of Pharmacy, including a BA/
BS degree from USC, specific academic performance standards
(GPA) and complete an interview. Students in the TAP program
are required to complete all prerequisite courses at USC and meet
regularly with a TAP program adviser. A specific listing of USC
courses and a recommended program for TAP participants may
be obtained from the School of Pharmacy Office of Admission or
online at pharmacyschool.usc.edu/programs/pre/tap.
PharmD Curriculum Requirements
The completion of the four-year professional curriculum is
required for the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree. The
PharmD curriculum is a "block" program, meaning all students
enroll for specified courses each semester and progress as a
"class" through the curriculum. Students do not have a choice
in the course sequence and must remain full-time students
throughout the program. Students have a limited number of
elective course choices and a list of electives offered is available
to students prior to registration each semester. Student progress
is permitted only when the prior semester has been successfully
completed. Students should view the curriculum outlined here as
advisory only and subject to modification. A minimum of 136 units
is required for graduation.
Students enrolled in the Doctor of Pharmacy program are
required to hold an Intern Pharmacist license in good standing
(clear of restrictions) issued by the California Board of Pharmacy
as an intern pharmacist for the entire length of the program.
Licensure is required because completion of the pharmacy
program requires placement in health care settings for experiential
learning during each academic year. The School of Pharmacy
has developed technical standards to inform students of the
non-academic requirements of the program. Placement in health
care settings requires the applicants pass criminal background
screening and/or drug screening tests.
The pharmacist of tomorrow will provide preventive and
therapeutic pharmaceutical care, provide drugs to patients,
communicate in health care matters, meet the ethical and
legal requirements of the practice of pharmacy and maintain
professional expertise.
The curriculum committee of the School of Pharmacy has
developed guidelines and patient care competencies consistent
with interpretations of this new role. An appropriate and dynamic
educational program is needed to develop these competencies.
Therefore curriculum changes may be necessary in order to
meet scientific advances, population profile changes, increasing
health expectations, technological advances, or changes in health
services.
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Core Curriculum
Foundational courses in biomedical, pharmaceutical, social
administrative and clinical sciences comprise the first three
years of the program. A Pharm.D. Scholarly Project must also be
completed by the end of the third year of the program.
Students must complete Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (IPPEs) throughout their first three years in the
program. Students may begin Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (APPEs) as early as late March or early April of the
third year and throughout the fourth year of the program.
Year I (P1) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 501 Pharmaceutics I Units: 3
• PHRD 502 Pharmaceutics II Units: 2
• PHRD 503 Biological Systems I Units: 4
• PHRD 511 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 1 Units: 5
• PHRD 515 Metabolism and Cell Biology Units: 2
• PHRD 521 Medicinal Chemistry Units: 2
Spring
• PHRD 504 Biological Systems II Units: 4
• PHRD 512 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 514 Calculations and Compounding Units: 2
• PHRD 516 Non-Prescription Therapies Units: 3
• PHRD 520 Introduction to Therapeutics Units: 2
• PHRD 552 Pharmaceutics III Units: 3
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
Year II (P2) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 508 Pharmacy Literature Analysis and Drug
Information Units: 3
• PHRD 559 Therapeutics: Pharmacokinetics Units: 3
• PHRD 563 Case Conference 1 Units: 2
• PHRD 572 Therapeutics: General Medicine Units: 5
• PHRD 625 Hospital Pharmacy Practice Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 517 Pharmacogenetics Units: 2
• PHRD 564 Case Conference 2 Units: 2
• PHRD 570 Therapeutics: Central Nervous System Units: 5
• PHRD 603 Therapeutics: Endocrine System Units: 5
• PHRD 624 Community Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 634 Scholarly Project 1 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (2 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Year III (P3) Curriculum
Fall
• PHRD 611 Therapeutics: Infectious Diseases Units: 5
• PHRD 619 Therapeutics: Cardiovascular System Units: 5
• PHRD 622 Case Conference 3 Units: 2
• PHRD 633 Pharmacy Management and Economics Units: 2
• PHRD 635 Scholarly Project 2 Units: 1
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
Spring
• PHRD 567 Pharmacy Law Units: 2
• PHRD 608 Therapeutics: Oncology and Immune Disorders
Units: 5
• PHRD 623 Case Conference 4 Units: 1
• PHRD 636 Scholarly Project 3 Units: 1
• PHRD 650 APPE Gateway Units: 2
• Pharmacy Practice IPPE (0 unit; CR/NC or IP)
• Electives: 1-3 units*
• APPE Course (Optional): 6 units
Required Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (IPPE) Courses
Students will be required to register for the following IPPE course
sequences as indicated in the schedule above. Students will need
to register for the second course of each sequence until they have
completed the 80 hours of IPPE associated with the first course
of each sequence. Students will be given a grade of Credit (CR)
in the first course of each sequence once the 80 IPPE hours have
been successfully completed.
• PHRD 627a Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 2
• PHRD 627b Longitudinal Elective Pharmacy Practice Units: 0
• PHRD 629a Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2
• PHRD 629b Longitudinal Community Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
• PHRD 631a Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3
• PHRD 631b Longitudinal Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0
Note:
*Elective courses: Students MUST complete a minimum of 3 units
of elective courses for the degree. Students will be provided a list
of courses approved each year.
**APPE courses are described below. Students may begin their
APPEs in late March or early April of their P3 year and may be
assigned to any of APPEs listed below.
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
Students must enroll in a minimum of six 6-unit six-week APPEs
for a total of 36 units. Some students will take their APPEs entirely
in their P4 year. Some will take one 6-unit APPE starting in the
spring of their P3 year (late March/early April). Students will return
to campus the last six weeks of their P4 year.
Required APPE Courses
Students must complete all APPE courses below (24 units) and
the Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone courses (0 units).
• PHRD 701 Acute Care Clinical APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 704 Primary Care APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 705 Community Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 718 Hospital Pharmacy Practice APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 796a Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0
• PHRD 796b Doctor of Pharmacy Capstone Units: 0,1,3
Elective APPE Course
Students must complete 12 units from the list below.
• PHRD 714 Nuclear Pharmacy APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 725 International Pharmacy Practice Experience
Units: 3, 6
• PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 738 Pharmaceutical Industry APPE Units: 6
• PHRD 750 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective (APPE)
Units: 6
• PHRD 751 Non-traditional Advanced Pharmacy Elective
(APPE) Units: 6
Degree Requirements
All students in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program must
meet course requirements, grade point average requirements,
licensure requirements, competency assessment requirements
(PCOA) and program residency requirements.
All course requirements must be completed with a grade of "C"
or better for letter graded courses and a grade of Credit (defined
as B quality work or better) in non-letter graded courses.
Grade point average requirements: Students must have a
cumulative grade point average of 2.5 in the Doctor of Pharmacy
curriculum to meet graduation requirements.
Licensure requirements: All students must obtain and maintain
a license in good standing (clear of restrictions) as an Intern
Pharmacist issued by the California State Board of Pharmacy at all
times during the program.
Competency assessment requirements: Students are required
to take and demonstrate satisfactory performance on the national
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PCOA Exam (Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment). The
PCOA exam is administered by the NABP (National Association
of Boards of Pharmacy) and is required by ACPE (Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy Education) for a Doctor of Pharmacy
degree.
Residency requirements: Students must complete all
requirements for the degree within 6 years. The degree will not
be conferred until the student has successfully completed all
Doctor of Pharmacy degree requirements. Students are subject
to the degree requirements in the USC Catalogue current for the
semester of their admission into the Doctor of Pharmacy program
unless progression is delayed.
Registration
Details of the School of Pharmacy registration procedures will
be included in the orientation program prior to the first week of
classes.
Cancellation of Registration
During the didactic portion of the Doctor of Pharmacy program
(P1, P2 and P3 years), a student may only withdraw from the
entire block of courses enrolled in a semester and may not
selectively withdraw from a single course or group of courses.
During the APPE portion of the curriculum, students may not
withdraw from an APPE after the completion of the fourth week of
a six-week course and must contact the School of Pharmacy Office
of Admission and Student Affairs. Procedures for readmission into
the program or makeup of incomplete courses are included in the
school's academic policies and procedures handbook.
Regulatory Science (DRSc)
The Doctor of Regulatory Science program cultivates research,
leadership and inquiry skills for advanced students in the
emerging profession of global regulatory science. It is designed
to produce graduates with expertise in strategic management,
policy development and research assessment who can play
leadership roles in the public sector, academia and the medical
products industry. Participants in this program will take a set of
interdependent courses that extend from a strong core of basic
regulatory science course work and additionally focus on three
main areas — global product strategy, product lifecycle strategy,
and project and personnel management. After students have
completed foundational course work, they will participate as
a cohort that typically has a two-year cycle of classes and an
additional year of dissertation research. The program has been
designed to meet the needs of individuals who are already working
full-time outside of the university. The doctoral degree will be
administered by the School of Pharmacy.
Admission
The program is designed for individuals with strong professional
experience and demonstrated intellectual and leadership
capabilities. Applicants are expected to have a GPA of 3.0 on
university-level course work and ten or more years of professional
experience. Admission requirements include university transcripts,
a resume, at least three letters of reference, and a one-page
personal statement that outlines the background and goals of the
applicant. Students are encouraged even at this early stage to
identify areas in which they are interested in conducting research.
Additional requirements for international students are outlined by
university regulations under Admission of International Students.
Students are not required to provide GRE scores unless indicated
by the program director.
Students with an appropriate graduate or professional degree
may use some previous graduate courses as transfer units toward
the overall credit requirements of the Doctor of Regulatory Science
program with the approval of the program director and under
the normal rules of the university. Students who have graduated
from the MS program in Regulatory Science can apply all of the
previously taken course work toward the doctoral degree. Students
with graduate degrees from outside of the regulatory science
program are required to take a minimum of 32 units of course work
and 4 units of dissertation research to complete the requirements
for graduation. The course work requirements will be determined
on an individual basis in consultation with the program director and
participant's advisers.
Curriculum Requirements
The Doctor of Regulatory Science is administered by the School
of Pharmacy. It requires participants to complete 64 units that
include the following elements:
Requirements
• Foundation courses 15 Units
• Product lifecycle strategy 8 Units
• Global strategy 8 Units
• Project/personnel management 8 Units
• Research methods 4 Units
• Dissertation 4 Units
Additional Requirements
Additional elective course work will be selected in consultation
with the program advisers according to the areas of intended
specialization of the participant in order to meet the credit
requirements of the program. Typically foundational courses and
some electives will be taken in the first two years of the program.
Advanced courses in product lifecycle strategy, global strategy
and project/personnel management will normally be taken by
the doctoral cohort of students during the third and fourth years
of the program. Dissertation planning and research will typically
commence in the third year of the program, and extend until the
successful completion of the dissertation.
Foundation Courses
Fifteen or more units of foundation courses may be taken as
part of the master's program in regulatory science, or with prior
approval, from another graduate program with similar objectives.
Required foundational courses normally include: MPTX 511
Introduction to Medical Product Regulation; two from MPTX 512
Regulation of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, MPTX
513 Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics, MPTX
514 Regulation of Food and Dietary Supplements; MPTX 515
Quality Systems and Standards, MPTX 516 Medical Products
and the Law; MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical
Trials. Other courses may be substituted after the participant's
background preparation has been considered.
Product Lifecycle Strategy
Eight or more units of course work related to product lifecycle
management, from discovery to commercialization, will be drawn
from a broad list of courses offered in regulatory science or
through the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. Included in this list are:
PMEP 538 Pharmaceutical Economics; PMEP 539 Economic
Assessment of Medical Care; RSCI 601 Biomedical Commerce.
Other courses may also be considered in consultation with the
supervisors and program director. Students are also encouraged
to take courses outside the School of Pharmacy when more
specialized courses fit their professional research or development
plans.
Global Regulatory Strategy and Policy
Eight or more units of course work related to global regulatory
strategy could include some of the following courses: MPTX 519
Global Regulation of Medical Products; PPD 571 International
Public Policy and Management Seminar; RSCI 604 Regulatory
Strategy in Asia; RSCI 608 Regulatory Strategy in Europe and the
Americas .
Project and Personnel Management
Eight or more units of relevant course work should typically
include: MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics; RSCI 603
Managing Complex Projects; RSCI 605 Managing Organizations
and Human Resources. Graduate courses in other university
departments or schools can be substituted with the approval of the
program director.
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Research Methods
Participants will typically take PMEP 509 Research Design or
MPTX 522 Introduction to Clinical Trial Design and Statistics.
Student Progress and Assessments
In the third year, students are expected to identify a pair of
advisers including one USC faculty member and one adviser
from industry or the private sector. Students are typically placed
in study groups of three or four whose dissertation interests are
most similar and whose collective supervisors will oversee their
academic and research progress. This committee will form the
dissertation committee.
At the completion of the foundational course work, students will
undergo a competency review that will include considerations of
academic progress. Students are expected to maintain a GPA of
3.0 and will be required to pass a written examination designed
to assure the professional competence of the student prior to
advancing further in the program. Students who do not pass this
preliminary review, administered prior to entering the dissertation
and advanced course work phase of the program, will be notified
of dismissal from the program in writing by the associate dean for
graduate studies in the School of Pharmacy.
Doctoral Dissertation
Students must enroll in RSCI 794a, RSCI 794b, RSCI 794c,
RSCI 794d, RSCI 794z for at least two terms, during which
time they will develop a dissertation proposal and conduct
the necessary research and analysis in collaboration with the
supervisory team. The dissertation committee will approve
the thesis plan and monitor its progress. Each student will be
required to produce and defend an independent dissertation as a
requirement for graduation. A maximum of 6 dissertation units can
be applied to satisfy the degree requirement, but students should
register for the dissertation units in each term subsequent to the
completion of their course work requirements. Institutional Review
Board approval is required for all human studies.
PhD Programs in Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS)
Graduate Affairs Office
Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9031
(323) 442-1474
FAX: (323) 442-2258
Email: [email protected]
Website: pharmgradprograms.usc.edu
Program Director: Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD
The USC PhD Programs in Pharmaceutical and Translational
Sciences (PHTS) prepare students for careers in academia and
advanced scientific research in a broad range of settings. The
training encompasses a unique scientific framework from drug
discovery, delivery and development to application of genetics and
genomics to experimental and clinical/translational research.
The umbrella structure is intended to bring together students
during their first year to attend foundation core courses and
seminars. The goal of the shared experiences is to introduce
them to a broad range of pharmaceutical sciences research
methods and build a solid foundation in scientific writing,
biostatistics, literature evaluation and ethical conduct in research.
Complementing their foundation course work, the students will
choose from laboratories across the three PhD program tracks
(MPTX, PSCI, CXPT) to do rotations during their first year.
This fosters interdisciplinary cross-training among students,
collaborations among faculty, and assists students in finding the
ideal laboratory and faculty mentor in line with the specialized
track of study they want to pursue.
At the end of the spring semester of the first year, students
will select a faculty adviser and a specific PhD program track
from among the three participating programs listed below. In
subsequent years, students will take classes that will differ
depending on the PhD program they join. In addition, each student
will complete qualifying examinations for the chosen PhD program
and will develop and complete an original research project that will
serve as the basis for a doctoral dissertation.
PhD Graduate Programs: Three Tracks
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (MPTX)
Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSCI)
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (CXPT)
PHTS Admission Requirements
Application Deadline (priority review): December 1
All prospective students will apply through the single umbrella
program Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS).
Application materials will be reviewed by a joint admission
committee, with equal representation of faculty from each track,
evaluating applications on the basis of academic excellence and
scientific research commitment.
Applicants should have a baccalaureate degree in natural
sciences, or sufficient courses in mathematics and the life
sciences. This is required to provide a strong background for
studies in biomedical and biological research. Appropriate
undergraduate degrees include biology, physiology, engineering,
chemistry or computer science.
Applicants should have a strong academic record. Other
requirements for admission include: a detailed personal statement
as well as three letters of recommendation, one of which should
be from a research mentor, because previous research experience
is expected. Students are admitted for the academic year, once in
year in the fall semester. Applicants who are accepted with minor
deficiencies are expected to correct these during the first year
following enrollment.
Admission Criteria
The Admission Committee will consider applications based on
the following factors:
1. Overall Grade Point Average (GPA)
A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. Special attention is given to
grades achieved in science courses relevant to the program (e.g.,
chemistry, biology, biochemistry, pharmacology and physiology).
2. Letters of Recommendation
Three letters from faculty knowledgeable of the student's
ability and capability are required. These letters should provide
a thorough assessment of the student's experience in research,
particularly laboratory or computational-based research; ability to
communicate in verbal and written English; motivation; creativity or
other unique qualities in the student's academic performance.
3. TOEFL Scores for International Applicants
A minimum TOEFL (computer based) score of 100 is required.
A score of 100 is highly competitive for admission and financial
support. An IELTS score of 7 is competitive; and an IBT minimum
score of 100, with at least 20 in each section, is required.
4. Research and Professional Experience
The student's research and professional experience should be
well described within the application. Also, a CV and/or a personal
statement summarizing career objectives and research interests,
published manuscripts and letters of reference should be included.
These documents will help the Admissions Committee in their
evaluation of the candidate's background preparation for success
in the PhD program. For those interested in pursuing PhD training
in the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (CXPT) track,
special emphasis will be given to applicants with an advanced
professional degree (e.g. PharmD, MD, DDS).
Application Deadline
Applications may be submitted anytime between September 1
and January 15 — the deadline for consideration for admission for
the following fall semester. Applications will be reviewed as they
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are received, beginning in the Fall. Consideration for certain USC
Scholarships and Fellowships begins in December. Applicants are
encouraged to submit their applications by the December 1 priority
deadline.
Admission decisions will continue to be made until the class is
filled, usually by mid to late spring before April 15. Applications are
only considered for admission beginning in the fall term, except
under exceptional circumstances.
Financial Support
Admitted students are supported by research and teaching
assistantships or fellowships during their graduate training. Tuition,
health insurance, dental insurance and health center fees are also
covered.
Lab Rotations
During the first year, students rotate through the labs of at least
two faculty members of the program (potential research advisers).
By the first summer of graduate study, but no later than after 12
months in the program, each student is expected to have selected
a faculty mentor/research adviser.
Admission Requirements for PhD Programs in PHTS
All prospective students will apply through the single umbrella
program Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS) and
become enrolled in the MPTX, PSCI or CXPT PhD programs
after having successfully completed the first year's course work
and rotations. During the PHTS year, students must complete the
foundation core curriculum of 24 units, maintain a 3.0 grade point
average with no grade lower than a C on all courses and must
complete at least two laboratory rotations in order to continue on to
one of the three PhD program tracks below.
Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular
Pharmacology and Toxicology (MPTX)
Program Director: Roger Duncan, PhD
This track provides training in molecular mechanisms of disease
as well as disease and drug interaction. Course work emphasizes
cell biology and molecular pharmacology. Research areas are
laboratory based and include molecular and neuro-pharmacology,
receptor pharmacology, cancer biology and pharmacology,
metabolism and biochemistry, and oxidant toxicology.
MPTX students are recommended to take PSCI 664 (4, Fa)
Drug Design and Discovery; MPTX 500 (4, Sp) Cell Signaling; and
PSCI 665 (4, Sp) Drug Transport and Delivery.
PhD students must supplement course work by registering
for 790 Research /794 Doctoral Dissertation (a-d & z) during the
fall, spring and summer semesters as needed to complete the
minimum 60 units required for the PhD program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in Molecular
Pharmacology and Toxicology, students must adhere to the unit/
course requirements, guidance committee and dissertation
committee guidelines and must complete the qualifying
examination, annual research appraisal, and dissertation and oral
defense as outlined in the sections following the descriptions of the
PhD programs.
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical
Sciences (PSCI)
Program Director: Roger Duncan, PhD
This track provides training that emphasizes basic as well as
applied research through advanced course work in contemporary
pharmaceutical sciences. Independent laboratory research
areas include drug design, development, targeting, and delivery,
medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry, pharmaceutics,
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunology, and
molecular and cell biology.
PSCI students are recommended to take MPTX 500 (4, Sp) Cell
Signaling and PSCI 665 (4, Sp) Drug Transport and Delivery.
PhD students must supplement course work by registering for
790 Research /794 Doctoral Dissertation (a-d and z) during the
fall, spring and summer semesters as needed to complete the
minimum 60 units required for the PhD program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in
Pharmaceutical Sciences students must adhere to the unit/course
requirements, guidance committee and dissertation committee
guidelines and must complete the qualifying examination, annual
research appraisal, and dissertation and oral defense as outlined
in the sections following the descriptions of the PhD programs.
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical and
Experimental Therapeutics (CXPT)
Program Director: Stan Louie, PharmD
This track provides cross-training between clinical and basic
sciences — focusing on the investigation of disease processes,
drug development and the efficacy and toxicity of therapeutic
regimens. Course requirements and research opportunities for
graduate students enrolled in the track provide both experimental
(basic) and disease-focused experiences that complement the
graduate's respective research focus. The emphasis in this track is
clinical translational, rather than basic science research.
CXPT students are recommended to take CXPT 609 (4, Sp)
Preclinical Experimental Therapeutic Drug Development; MPTX
517 (4, FaSpSm) Clinical Trial Design; CXPT 664 (3, Sp) Clinical
Problem Solving (for students without an advanced professional
degree).
PhD students must supplement course work by registering for
790 Research /794 Doctoral Dissertation (a-d and z) during the
fall, spring and summer semesters as needed to complete the
minimum 60 units required for the PhD program.
As part of the requirements for the PhD degree in Clinical
and Experimental Therapeutics, students must adhere to the
unit/course requirements, guidance committee and dissertation
committee guidelines and must complete the qualifying
examination, annual research appraisal, and dissertation and oral
defense as outlined in the sections following the descriptions of the
PhD programs.
Unit/Course Requirements
A minimum of 60 units of graduate course credits is required
for the PhD, including course work, and research and dissertation
units. At least 24 units of formal course work are required at
the 500 level or above (see Course Offerings below), exclusive
of directed research. No more than 8 units of 794 Doctoral
Dissertation may be applied toward the PhD degree. Students
must complete the first year PHTS foundation curriculum as well
as course requirements for their specific PhD program track.
Additional course work relevant to the research interests of the
student may be required by the student's guidance committee or
by the student's faculty adviser. A minimum of 12 of the 24 units is
to be taken in courses in the student's chosen track. Of the total
60 units, 36 units may be fulfilled with other courses, directed
research and dissertation.
Graduate Seminar
All first-year PhD candidate students are required to attend
departmental and other scheduled school-wide seminars. Students
in their second year and above are required to present at least one
departmental seminar each year.
Individual Development Plan (IDP)
All PhD students regardless of their chosen tracks/PhD
programs are required to complete an Individual Development
Plan (IDP) annually at the end of each year of matriculation.
IDPs are intended to serve as a tool to facilitate communication
between trainees and their advisers. The student will meet with
his/her adviser and IDP committee to systematically identify
training needs and competencies, establish goals and take stock
of year-by-year progress during the PhD years; and to plan and
prepare for their post-PhD future while they are in graduate school.
The IDP committee is composed of the student's primary adviser
(or program chair if the student does not yet have an adviser at
the end of the first year) along with two other members from the
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student's qualifying or dissertation committee (see below), with
the option of substituting one of the committee members with a
professional from the student's career of interest.
Guidance Committee
After 24 units of course work, which includes the PHTS core
curriculum and course requirements for one of the three PhD
program tracks, the student, in consultation with his/her faculty
adviser, will nominate five faculty members to serve on the
guidance committee for the qualifying examination. A minimum of
three of the faculty must be from the student's PhD program track.
The chair of the guidance committee must be a member of the
student's PhD program track and the faculty adviser is expected
to be on the committee as the chair. These nominations are
submitted to the Graduate Affairs Office. The appointment form is
signed by the committee members, the chair of the program and
the dean or dean designate for formal appointment.
Qualifying Examination
Students will be required to pass a qualifying exam by the
end of the first semester of their third academic year. Before
permission is granted to sit for the qualifying examination, all
students must complete the 24 required units as stated above, with
no grades lower than "C" and with an overall GPA of 3.0 or better.
Final evaluation of the examination is determined by a consensus
of the guidance committee. If a student fails, it is at the discretion
of the committee to allow the student to repeat the examination
within 60 days. The program has the option to dismiss the student
from the program with or without the option of a terminal master's
degree after the first or second failure.
Dissertation Committee
After advancement to candidacy, the student must form a
dissertation committee, in consultation with his or her faculty
adviser. A minimum of three committee members must be
selected, one of which is the faculty adviser, and at least one of
which must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member of the
student's PhD program track. One committee member may be
nontenure track. The chair of the dissertation committee is usually
the faculty adviser. The dissertation committee is responsible
for counseling the student during preparation of the dissertation
and conducting the final oral examination during the dissertation
defense. Students are expected to meet with the dissertation
committee once per year to discuss progress.
Dissertation committee members are expected to read and
comment on a dissertation within two weeks from its submission.
The student and faculty will coordinate a timeline for the student to
present the thesis to the dissertation committee. This timeline must
allow all dissertation committee members enough time to fulfill
their responsibilities within the four-week deadline.
Dissertation and Oral Defense
A dissertation based on original investigation in a relevant
scientific area is required for the PhD. The dissertation research
must represent a significant contribution to science and should
demonstrate the candidate's scholarly advancement and
competence to undertake independent research through planning,
conducting and evaluating experiments. Students should have
at least one first author publication accepted in a peer-reviewed
journal before the defense. A public oral defense of the dissertation
will be held after the candidate submits the final draft of the
dissertation to the dissertation committee, and it is approved by
the graduate adviser and dissertation committee.
All doctoral candidates must be registered in 794 Doctoral
Dissertation each semester (excluding summer sessions) from the
time of their advancement to candidacy until their dissertation is
approved and submitted to the Graduate School.
Student Teaching
Teaching experience is considered an integral part of the
training of graduate students. Thus, each PhD student is given the
opportunity to participate in the teaching program of the School of
Pharmacy.
PHTS Foundation Core Curriculum
• MPTX 502 Pharmacology Units: 4
• MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics Units: 2
• PM 510 Principles of Biostatistics Principles of Biostatistics
Units: 4
• PSCI 556 Principal Research Approaches and Scientific
Writing Units: 4
Additional Core Curriculum for MPTX, PSCI and
CXPT Tracks
At least one of the following three courses, from the MPTX, PSCI
and CXPT tracks should be selected:
• CXPT 609 Preclinical Experimental Drug Therapeutic
Development Units: 4
• MPTX 500 Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology I Units: 4
• PSCI 665 Drug Transport and Delivery Units: 4
Additional graduate courses offered in the School of
Pharmacy
To reach the required 24 units of course work, the student can
take more than one of the track courses, and any of the approved
courses listed below, as well as other individualized program
selected offerings approved by PHTS and the student's adviser.
• CXPT 664 Clinical Problem Solving Units: 3
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials
Units: 4
• PHTS 654 Computation in Drug Discovery and Development
Units: 2
• PSCI 557 Introduction to Tools and Techniques for Chemical
Biology Units: 2
• PSCI 599 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
• PSCI 655 Immunopharmaceutics Units: 2, 2 years
• PSCI 667 Intracellular Drug Delivery and Targeting Units: 2,
2 years
Additional campus-wide general courses
To reach the required 24 units of course work, the student can
take more than one of the track courses, and any of the approved
courses listed below, as well as other individualized program
selected offerings approved by PHTS and the student's adviser.
• INTD 531 Cell Biology Units: 4
• INTD 549 Protein Chemistry -- Structure and Function
Units: 4
• INTD 561 Molecular Biology Units: 4
• INTD 572 Medical Physiology I Units: 4
PhD Programs in Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences
(PHTS)
- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (PhD)
- Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (PhD)
- Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)
USC PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY 803
USC Price School of Public Policy
The USC Price School of Public Policy provides a dynamic
learning environment where interdisciplinary education abounds.
At USC Price, students choose a program of study from the
independent yet related fields of public administration and
leadership, public policy, nonprofits and philanthropy, health
management and policy, urban planning, real estate development
and executive leadership. Students are supported by a committed
faculty who contribute to the strong sense of community present in
the school.
The school's mission is to improve the quality of life for
people and their communities. Faculty engage in solving some
of society's most pressing issues — and challenge students to
do the same. USC Price is renowned for its expertise in areas
such as: sustainability and the environment, health care policy,
nonprofit management, housing and real estate, transportation,
infrastructure, urban development and land use, social policy,
governance, civic engagement, community development,
immigration and risk analysis, among others.
Defining characteristics of USC Price are the depth of its
academic classroom experience and connecting classroom theory
to professional practice through practicums, internships and
laboratory work locally, nationally and around the globe. Students
can also participate in international exchange programs and
acquire knowledge and skills necessary to become successful
leaders in a global market. Students graduate with the knowledge,
skills and experiences to lead in their chosen field of practice.
Today's complex challenges call for leaders who are able to
work across disciplines and across the public, private and nonprofit
sectors to find solutions. It is for this multidisciplinary reality that
USC Price prepares its students.
USC Price students go on to hold high-ranking appointments in
our nation's capital, analyze and determine public policy, design
new transportation systems, and redesign city, county, state and
federal governance structures — in the United States and abroad.
Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 312
(213) 740-0350
FAX: (213) 740-5379
Email: [email protected]
priceschool.usc.edu
Administration
Dana Goldman, PhD, Dean
Alice Chen, PhD, Vice Dean for Research
Jim Ferris, PhD, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
Juliet Musso, PhD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
LaVonna Lewis, PhD, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion
Christine Klein, Chief of Staff
Carol A. Rush, Chief Operating Officer
Lance Ignon, Senior Associate Dean of Communication
Kattie Johnson, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Carole King, Associate Dean for Advancement
Faculty
Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication and Journalism: Manuel
Castells, PhD (Communication)
Judith & John Bedrosian Chair in Governance & Public Enterprise;
Provost Professor: Jeffery A. Jenkins, PhD
Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance: Glenn A.
Melnick, PhD
Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government:
Genevieve Giuliano, PhD*
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning: Elizabeth
Currid-Halkett, PhD
Lusk Chair in Real Estate: Richard K. Green, PhD (Business)
Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business and the Economy:
Elizabeth Graddy, PhD*
Emery Evans Olson Chair in Nonprofit Entrepreneurship and
Public Policy: James M. Ferris, PhD
Price Family Chair in Social Innovation: Christine Beckman, PhD
Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Innovation:
Darius Lakdawalla, PhD (Pharmacy)
Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair of the USC Leonard D.
Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics; Distinguished
Professor: Dana Goldman, PhD*
The Norman Topping National Medical Enterprise Chair in
Medicine and Public Policy: Jason Doctor, PhD
Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society & Social Change: Manuel Pastor
PhD (Sociology, and American Studies and Ethnicity)
Borstein Family Endowed Professor of Real Estate: Christian L.
Redfearn, PhD
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral
Science: Wandi Bruine de Bruin, PhD
Governor Downey Professor of State and Global Policy: Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Frances R. and John J. Duggan Distinguished Professor of Public
Administration: Shui Yan Tang, PhD*
Houston I. Flournoy Professor in State Government: Lois
Takahashi, PhD
William M. Keck Professor of Energy Resources: Donald Paul,
PhD (Engineering and Earth Sciences)
John Milner Professor of Child Welfare: Jacquelyn McCroskey,
PhD (Social Work)
Mary Pickford Foundation Professor: Kathleen Wilber, PhD
(Gerontology)
UPS Foundation Professor: Jon Pynoos, PhD (Gerontology)
Judge Widney Professor: Leonard D. Schaeffer
Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture: Dana Gioia,
MA, MBA
Professors: Ali E. Abbas, PhD (Engineering); Antonio Bento,
PhD; Marlon Boarnet, PhD; Ann Crigler, PhD (Political Science);
Howard Greenwald, PhD; Eric Heikkila, PhD; Dan Mazmanian,
PhD; James Moore II, PhD (Engineering); Dowell Myers, PhD;
Michael B. Nichol, PhD; Ann Owens, PhD (Sociology); Gary
Painter, PhD; Jane Pisano, PhD; Alison D. Renteln, PhD* (Political
Science); Lisa Schweitzer, PhD; David Sloane, PhD; Neeraj
Sood, PhD; Robert Suro (Journalism); Detlof von Winterfeldt, PhD
(Engineering)
Associate Professors: Emma Aguila, PhD; Nicole Esparza, PhD;
Christian Grose, PhD (Political Science); Geoffrey Joyce, PhD
(Pharmacy); Annette Kim, PhD; Pamela McCann, PhD; Juliet
Musso, PhD*; Christian Redfearn, PhD; William Resh, PhD;
Peter Robertson, PhD*; John Romley, PhD; Jeffrey Sellers, PhD
(Political Science); Abby Wood (Law); Julie M. Zissimopoulos, PhD
Assistant Professors: Geoffrey Boeing; Alice Chen, PhD; Spencer
Couts, PhD; Jorge De la Roca, PhD; Moussa Diop, PhD; Kathleen
Doherty, PhD; Nicolas Duquette, PhD; Alexandra Graddy-Reed,
PhD; Janna King, PhD; Eugene Lin, MD, MS (Medicine)
Visiting Professors: Wandi Bruine de Bruin; Rosalie Pacula, PhD
Professors (Teaching): Grace Bahng, PhD; Elizabeth Falletta,
MRED; LaVonna B. Lewis, PhD; Deborah J. Natoli, PhD; Dora
Vertenten, DPA
Associate Professors (Teaching): Tara Blanc, PhD; Mary Lynne
Boorn, PhD; Rym Kaki, PhD; William Leach, PhD; John Loper,
MRED; T.J. McCarthy, PhD; Mark D. Phillips, PhD; Kelly Rawlings,
PhD; Michael Thom, PhD
Assistant Professor (Teaching): Lisa Ozaeta, DrPH
Research Professors: Michael Cousineau, PhD (Medicine); Adam
Rose, PhD
Research Associate Professor: Dan Wei, PhD
Research Assistant Professors: Jonathan Eyer, PhD; Jakub
Hlavka, PhD; Karen Mulligan, PhD; Mindy Romero, PhD; Erin
Trish, PhD; Karen Van Nuys, PhD; Bryan Tysinger, PhD
Professors of Practice: Phil Dalton, MS (Health Management and
Policy), MPH; Carol J. Geffner, PhD (Governance, Management
and Policy); Paul B. Ginsburg, PhD (Health Policy and
Management); Michael E. Harris (Health Services Administration
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and Policy); Geraldine Knatz, PhD (Public Policy and Engineering);
Erroll Southers (Governance); Frank Zerunyan, JD (Governance)
Adjunct Professors: Janis Breidenbach, MA; Jonathan Brown,
DPA; Robert Champion, MRED; Thomas Collins, EdD; Rick Culley,
PhD; Patrick G. Hays, MHA; Lori Howard, PhD; Stanley Iezman,
JD; Robert Ingenito, MA; Allan Kotin, MA; Ehud Mouchly, MA;
Tomson Ong, JD, PhD, LLM; Henry Zaretsky, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professors: Aggie Afarinesh, MPA; P.K. Agarwal,
MS; Austin Anderson, MBA; Deepak Bahl, MBA, MPl; Bruce Baltin;
William Barcellona, MHA, JD; Vinayak Bharne, MArch; Sandipan
Bhattacharjee, MPl; David Brown, JD; Grace Cheng, MSPH;
Glenn Daley, MPhil, MBA; Terri Dickerhoff, MRED; Grace Dyrness,
DPDS; Ali Farahani, PhD; James Fawcett, PhD; Veronica Flores,
MA; Matt Gainer, MFA; Richard Garcia, DPA; Guillermo Gil, MBA;
Todd Gish, PhD; Shawn Godkin, MArch; Ray Gonzales, PhD;
David Grunwald, JD, MPP; Richard A. Hagy, PhD; Ray Hahn,
MHA; Mark Hanson, PhD; Daniel Haverty, DPA; Con Howe, MCP;
Donald Hufford, MD; Daniel Inloes, MPL, MPA; Bryan Jackson, JD;
Dion Jackson, MBA, MPl, MRED; Daniel Jordan, PhD; Rym Kaki,
PhD; Steven Kellenberg, MAUD; William R. Kelly, MPA, MBA, MA;
Michael Kodama, MA; Kathy Kolnick, PhD; Alon Kraft, MPl; Jeffrey
Kreshek, MBA, MRED; Vi-Nhuan Le, PhD; Richard Little, MS;
Kenneth Long; John Loper, MRED; Melissa Lopez, PhD; Robert
Manford, DPPD; Marcella Marlowe, PhD; Carl Meyer, MArch;
Donald Morgan, PhD; Bret Nielsen, MRED; Mark E. Oliver, MRED;
Ralph Oyaga, MBA, JD; P. Michael Paules, MPA; Katherine Perez,
MURP; John Perfitt, MBA; John Raffoul, DPA; Maurice Rahimi,
PhD; Ann Reyes Robbins, PhD, JD; Ellen Riley, MBA; Jeanne
Ringel, PhD; Shlomi Ronen, MBA; Robert A. Saunders, MRED;
Jeffrey Schaffer, MPA; Bonnie Shrewsbury, MA; Susan Sinclair,
MBA; Krista Sloniowski, MPl; Jeffrey Smith, PhD; Matthew Smith,
MRED; Helene Smookler, PhD; Donald Spivack, MCP; Elwood
Tescher, MArch; Halil Toros, PhD; Mark Velez, JD, PhD; Barry
Waite, MPA; Jeffrey Wasserman, PhD; Dennis A. Watsabaugh;
Clyde Wesp, MD; Chris Wilson, MBA; Jack Wong, MA; Ke Ye,
PhD; Diane Yoder, PhD
Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor Emeritus in Public
Administration: Chester A. Newland, PhD
Emeritus Professors: William C. Baer, PhD, AICP; Tridib Banerjee,
PhD; Gerald Caiden, PhD; Robert M. Carter, DCrim.; T. Ross
Clayton, PhD; Terry Cooper, PhD; Lois Friss, Dr.PH; Peter
Gordon, PhD; Alan Kreditor, MCP, AICP; David Lopez-Lee, PhD;
Robert C. Myrtle, DPA; E.K. Nelson, DPA; William Petak, DPA;
Francine Rabvinovtiz, PhD, AICP; Robert Stallings, PhD; Richard
A. Sundeen, PhD*; Robert E. Tranquada, MD; Joseph S. Wholey,
PhD; William J. Williams, DPA
Emeritus Associate Professor: Catherine Burke, PhD
*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.
Degrees Offered
The Price School of Public Policy offers the following degrees:
• Bachelor of Science in Public Policy
• Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development
• Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies and Planning
• Master of Health Administration
• Executive Master of Health Administration
• Executive Master of Leadership
• Master of International Public Policy and Management
• Master of Urban Planning
• Master of Planning and Development Studies
• Master of Public Administration
• Master of Public Policy
• Master of Public Policy Data Science
• Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management
• Master of Real Estate Development
• Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and Management
• Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Development
• Doctor of Policy, Planning, and Development
The Bachelor of Science and the school's master's degrees
are also offered jointly as a progressive five-year program and the
school participates in the following interdisciplinary minors:
• Construction Planning and Management
• Education Policy
• Health Policy
• International Policy and Management
• Law and Public Policy
• Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism
• Real Estate Development
• Urban Sustainable Planning
The Master of Urban Planning is offered as a dual master's
degree with programs in architecture, curatorial practices and
the public sphere, heritage conservation, landscape architecture,
business administration, public administration, public health, public
policy, real estate development and social work.
The Master of Public Administration is offered as a dual
master's degree with programs in urban planning, gerontology,
Jewish nonprofit management, law and social work.
The Master of Real Estate Development is offered as a dual
degree with the Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor
and Master of Urban Planning.
The Master of Health Administration is offered as a dual degree
with the Master of Science in Gerontology.
The Master of Public Policy is offered as a dual degree with
programs in law and urban planning.
National Honor Societies
Pi Alpha Alpha
Pi Alpha Alpha is the national honor society for public affairs and
administration. Graduate students in the Price School of Public
Policy who have completed at least 18 semester units and have
earned a 3.7 grade point average are eligible for membership.
Pi Sigma Alpha
Pi Sigma Alpha is the national honor society for students in
public administration, political science and international relations.
Students who have completed at least three courses from among
these fields and have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average
are eligible to apply.
Undergraduate Degrees
The Price School of Public Policy offers a suite of degrees that
allow undergraduate students to gain the skills and knowledge
necessary to understand complex health, environmental and
urban issues, as well as to potentially enter the professional fields
of health and nonprofit management, public policy, real estate
development, and urban planning. Students may enroll in the
Bachelor of Science in Public Policy, Bachelor of Science in Urban
Studies and Planning or the Bachelor of Science in Real Estate
Development. In addition, students can select from a challenging
set of minors or possibly the very competitive progressive degrees
associated with the Master of Health Administration, Master of
Urban Planning and Master of Public Administration.
Admission
Freshman and transfer students may indicate their desire
to declare a Price School major on their university application.
Students enrolled at USC wishing to declare either a Price major
or to be admitted into the minors must be in good academic
standing. Interested current USC students should contact
the Admissions and Recruitment Office in RGL 111 for more
information.
Advisement
Students must discuss courses of study with the appropriate
undergraduate advisers throughout their college enrollment and
need to develop their own individual programs with faculty and
staff advisers at the time of first enrollment and throughout their
college careers.
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Progressive Degrees in the Price School of
Public Policy
The Price School of Public Policy offers students who have
demonstrated exceptional academic success the opportunity to
earn both bachelor's and master's degrees in a progressive degree
program. This program allows students to earn both the Bachelor
of Science and a master's degree in five years. Further details
about progressive degrees can be found on the Requirements for
Graduation page.
Admission
Admission is available after the completion of 64 units of course
work toward the undergraduate degree. Students must apply for
admission to the progressive degree program after completing 64
units of applicable course work to their undergraduate programs,
but prior to the completion of 96 units of course work (not including
AP, IB or courses taken prior to high school graduation). The
application for admission to the progressive degree plan must
be accompanied by a course proposal plan and two letters of
recommendation with one at least from a Price School faculty
member.
Awarding of Degrees
The Bachelor of Science and master's degree may be awarded
separately upon completion of all degree requirements, but the
master's degree will not be awarded before the bachelor's degree.
Students who elect not to complete the master's, must complete
128 units to earn the bachelor's degree, including 32 units of
upper-division Price course work (including any graduate Price
classes).
Time Limits
All requirements for the progressive degree must be completed
within 12 semesters. If not completed within that time, students will
no longer be eligible for the master's degree but may still earn the
bachelor's.
Transfer of Credits
Graduate courses will not be accepted for transfer credit.
Undergraduate classes may be transferred in accordance with
university guidelines.
Minor Programs
Minor in Construction Planning and Management
This program covers the most current theories and practice of
construction planning and management. The program provides
a valuable adjunct credential to professional school students
pursuing careers in business administration, public administration,
environmental studies, and other areas; and a unique opportunity
for professional focus to students in the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Construction activities are complex. In contemporary society,
effective planning and management of these activities requires
specialized knowledge of the technical, economic and political
environment. This program couples the knowledge of how
construction activities are organized with a broader understanding
of the urban system in which construction projects are embedded.
With the exception of statistics, all of the required courses are
within the Department of Civil Engineering and the Price School of
Public Policy.
Any USC undergraduate who has completed the equivalent of
two full-time semesters in good standing is eligible to pursue the
minor program. This minor program is rigorous enough to serve
as an introductory credential for students subsequently electing
to pursue advanced studies in development, urban planning,
construction management or allied fields.
See the Department of Civil Engineering for course
requirements.
Minor in International Policy and Management
The minor in international policy and management brings
together courses from the School of International Relations,
dealing with the new global challenges, specific regions of the
world, and international organizations and policies, and the Price
School of Public Policy, dealing with core management skills
and public policy processes. Students will examine the changes
and challenges which are transforming the world, and the policy
and management skills used to deal with them. To increase their
understanding of the context and application of these concepts,
students must complete a semester-long internship either in
Washington, D.C. (through participation in the Washington, D.C.
semester program) or in Los Angeles with an organization that has
an international focus.
Students minoring in international policy and management take
three courses in international relations, including the gateway
course, IR 305w Managing New Global Problems; three courses
in public policy and management; and an approved internship
through the School of International Relations ( IR 491x Field
Study). For additional course information, see International
Relations.
Graduate Degrees
Admission
Applicants for admission to the Master of Health Administration;
Executive Master of Health Administration; Executive Master of
Leadership; Master of Nonprofit Management and Leadership;
Master of Urban Planning; Master of Planning and Development
Studies; Master of Public Administration; Master of Public
Policy; Master of International Public Policy and Management;
Master of Real Estate Development; Doctor of Policy, Planning,
and Development; Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and
Management; and Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and
Development must have a bachelor's degree or its equivalent
from an accredited educational institution. In recognition of the
increasing diversity of capabilities required as the theories and
practices of policy, planning, and development evolve, students
from a variety of undergraduate and graduate backgrounds are
encouraged to apply.
Applicants for admission will be expected to have completed
a broad range of undergraduate courses in addition to their
academic major or professional concentration. Generally, this will
be reflected in completion of courses from the following fields:
English; economics (basic theory); political science, history
or sociology; physical or natural science; art or philosophy. In
addition, mathematics (algebra, calculus, probability theory) and a
course in statistics are strongly recommended.
Application for Admission
Admission to graduate programs in the Price School of Public
Policy is highly selective and competitive. Preference is given to
those with a record of high educational achievement and personal
qualities favoring success in the fields of planning or development.
Applicants must have achieved superior grades during
undergraduate and any graduate education. A grade point average
of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) is normally expected as well as satisfactory
scores on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). The GRE
and GMAT are neither accepted nor required for the DPPD or
executive MHA programs. Students applying for admission to the
Master of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Master of Urban
Planning, Master of Planning and Development Studies or the
Master of Real Estate Development program may submit results
from the Graduate Management Administration Test (GMAT).
MRED applicants may also submit results from the Law School
Admission Test (LSAT). In exceptional cases, an applicant who
has not met these scholarship requirements may be admitted with
conditions of admission.
For specific information on admission requirements and
application procedures, contact the Price School of Public
Policy, Office of Recruitment and Admissions, at (213) 740-0550.
Certificate in Transportation Systems applicants should apply to
the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. For additional information,
contact the school at (213) 740-0587.
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Transfer Credit
The Degree Progress Department determines whether work
done elsewhere is available for consideration for credit toward the
USC degree. That office requires official transcripts of all course
work done before entering USC. A Graduate Transfer Credit
Statement of these official transcripts, done after a student has
been admitted to regular status at USC, will indicate which units
are available for transfer. These courses do not apply toward the
degree unless, and until, the student's major department approves
and submits transfer credit to the Degree Progress Department in
the Office of Academic Records and Registrar.
Application of any available transfer credits toward a graduate
degree will be determined by the director of the particular degree
program, based on the semester units available for transfer as
shown on the Transfer Credit Statement.
These general guidelines are followed by the admissions
evaluator and by faculty members: (1) the work must be completed
at an accredited graduate school; (2) the grade must be B or
better; (3) the work must be a fair and reasonable equivalent to
current USC course work at the graduate level which fits into the
logical program for the degree; (4) the units are not more than
seven years old at the time of admission to their master's program
(or 10 years old for a doctoral program); (5) the units must reflect
current knowledge in the field; and (6) the work must be completed
prior to admission to the USC program.
USC does not give transfer credit for life experience, credit
by examination, noncredit extension courses or thesis course
supervision.
Please consult with your degree director before enrolling in
courses outside of USC. In many of the Price School's master's
degree programs, only courses taken outside of USC prior to
admission may be applied to your degree.
Waiver of Course Content
The school recognizes that some applicants may have covered
the material contained in core courses or courses required for
a particular specialization. Under these circumstances, one
particular course requirement may be waived, allowing the student
to complete a more advanced course in the same area. Students
who have a background in a particular area of study may be
allowed to substitute other courses. In these situations students do
not receive unit credit but are permitted to take course work, which
does not repeat earlier academic experiences.
Waiver of content is usually given only in the case of previous
academic study of the subject, not in the case of experiential
background in the area.
Students who believe they are eligible for content waiver
decisions must petition the faculty of the school, providing
evidence of the previous work through transcripts, syllabi and
other pertinent material. Contact the school's Student Affairs Office
for information.
Master of Science in Health Systems
Management Engineering
This program is jointly sponsored by the Epstein Industrial and
Systems Engineering Department and the Price School of Public
Policy, and administered by the Epstein Industrial and Systems
Engineering Department. For more information, see Health
Systems Management Engineering (MS).
Graduate Professional Labs
USC's Price School of Public Policy offers professional
consulting-like experience for graduate students in its core
master's degree programs. Participants are presented with a
challenging professional assignment and a well-defined client and
terms of reference. Students typically work in teams to produce a
professional report and related materials that are presented to the
client at the close of the assignment. The terms of reference for
the lab vary each year depending upon the client, the instructor
and the setting, among other considerations.
In principle, these professional labs may be held anywhere,
either in Los Angeles, elsewhere in the United States or abroad.
The Price School professional laboratory teaches students to
integrate scholarly knowledge with professional practice. Likewise,
it helps participants make the transition from the classroom back to
a "real world" setting. In the case of international labs, participants
also gain a deeper and more direct understanding of how the
culture of professional practice can vary from one setting to the
next. Through the Price School professional laboratory students
build their credentials and experience while also extending their
network of professional contacts.
These professional labs are intended primarily for graduate
students in public administration, urban planning, real estate
development, public policy and health administration. A distinctive
feature of the professional laboratory is that it is intended as an
integrative professional experience across the school, so that
students from any of these programs may participate fully.
Each summer the Price School offers one or more international
labs/workshops. Recent international labs have been held in
China, Brazil, Germany, Morocco, Italy and Vietnam. All students
are encouraged to take at least one international lab course.
Exchange Program
The Price School International Exchange Programs are one-
semester exchange programs with a host institution in Germany
or South Korea during either the fall or spring semester. These
programs provide opportunities for students to acquire knowledge
and skills necessary to become successful leaders in a global
market. Students complete a maximum of 12 units at the host
institution. All instruction is in English; proficiency in a foreign
language is not required. Courses completed are graded credit/no
credit on the student's USC transcript. The courses are selected
from a list approved by the Price School of Public Policy. Students
must work with their program administrator to understand how the
courses will return to their degree.
Graduate Certificate Programs
Certificate in Health Systems Operations
This 17-unit graduate certificate is jointly sponsored by the
Epstein Industrial and Systems Engineering Department and the
Price School of Public Policy (Master of Health Administration
program), and administered by the Epstein Industrial and Systems
Engineering Department. See the Industrial and Systems
Engineering Department for course requirements.
Non-Credit Programs Offered by the Center for
International Training and Development
Management Effectiveness Program
This is a four-week intensive training program in the art and
science of management. The program is designed to enhance
leadership effectiveness and the development of a management
generalist perspective.
International Executive Development Laboratory
This five-week laboratory focuses on issues in executive
leadership, strategic management, environmental analysis,
international finance and economics, computer-based project
planning, and implementation of planned change strategies.
Dual Degree Programs
A dual degree program is an academic option that allows
a student to enroll in two graduate programs simultaneously.
Application must be made to both schools, and if accepted to both,
the student pursues a specially designed program that combines
selected courses from the two academic units. Students are
required to seek advisement from both schools. The student will
have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills from two
fields of study.
The dual degree program enables the student to integrate a
closely related field with planning or development. The purpose of
the dual program is to provide an enriched educational experience;
accordingly, concurrent course work in the two fields is required.
Since the unit requirements of dual degrees depend upon the
mutual transfer of units between the two academic units, no other
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transfer of credits will be allowed.
Students who decide, at any point, to earn only one of the two
degrees must meet all the regular requirements for earning that
degree alone.
Students in Master of Urban Planning dual degree programs
must fulfill the comprehensive examination and appropriate
internship requirements except where noted otherwise.
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Urban
Planning
See the Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Urban
Planning (MHC/MUP) for degree requirements.
Master of Urban Education Policy/Master of Public
Policy
See the Master of Urban Education Policy/Master of Public
Policy (PhD/MPP) for degree requirements.
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Advanced
Architectural Studies
The Master of Urban Planning/Master of Advanced Architectural
Studies dual degree program facilitates highly related cross-
disciplinary studies in architecture and in urban planning at
the master's level. This program offers students interested in
developing a career in urban design an opportunity to make
more substantial commitments in both disciplines and to achieve
a more coherent and extensive knowledge in the design of
built environments and public policy. This dual degree program
normally requires five semesters in residence.
Qualified students who are admitted to the graduate programs
in both the School of Architecture and the USC Price School of
Public Policy may complete both degrees in a highly integrated
five-semester program. Such students must already possess a
five-year professional degree in architecture.
Requirements
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are 72
units, including 36 units in architecture and 36 units in planning.
See the USC School of Architecture for course requirements.
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Business
Administration
See the Master of Business Administration/Master of Urban
Planning (MBA/MUP) for degree requirements.
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial
Practices and the Public Sphere
See the Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial
Practices and the Public Sphere (MUP/MA) for degree
requirements.
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Landscape
Architecture
The dual degree option in urban planning and landscape
architecture (in the USC School of Architecture) trains
professionals in policy and design, and to be competent with
design problems at different scales, but with a distinctly urban
focus. Candidates must be independently admitted to the
Master of Urban Planning and Master of Landscape Architecture
programs. The dual degree program normally requires between
five and seven semesters in residence.
Requirements
Completion of the dual degree requires 24 units of courses
in urban planning, 10 units of thesis option I or II and either 32
units of landscape architecture (for those students admitted
with advanced standing); 48 units of landscape architecture (for
those students admitted with advanced placement); or 74 units
of landscape architecture (for those students admitted to the
three-year curriculum). See USC School of Architecture for course
requirements.
Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate Development
See the USC Gould School of Law for degree requirements.
Master of Real Estate Development/Master of
Business Administration
See the Master of Business Administration/Master of Real
Estate Development (MBA/MRED) for degree requirements.
Regulations Concerning a Second Master's Degree
For rules governing a second master's degree, see the
Requirements for Graduation page. In accordance with these
policies, transfer credits will be granted only on the basis of a
written petition to the MPA program coordinator and on the basis of
credits recognized by USC in a Transfer Credit Statement.
Teaching Opportunities
Students may want to prepare for teaching as well as for
public service. By careful planning in the upper division of
the undergraduate degree and during the graduate years,
requirements for a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and the
university recommendation for a community college instructorship
may be met without unnecessary duplication of effort and waste
of time. Those interested in teaching should consult advisers in
both the USC Price School of Public Policy and the USC Rossier
School of Education before beginning upper-division and graduate
work.
Public Administration Professional Sequence with
the Viterbi School of Engineering
Regulations governing the Master of Science in Civil
Engineering permit some candidates for this degree to take 12
units outside the School of Engineering. Those who wish to do
so may take 12 units in public administration. Two courses in this
sequence must be selected from among PPD 500, PPD 501a,
PPD 501b, PPD 540, PPD 541, PPD 545, PPD 546. One course
in this sequence must be selected from among PPD 542, PPD
557, PPD 666. PPD 541 requires PPD 502x and statistics as
prerequisites. PPD 546 should be taken last if elected.
Joint Degree Program
Master of Arts in Long Term Care Administration
This program is designed to prepare competent individuals
to administer the long term care needs of America's elderly
population. It is jointly offered by the Davis School of Gerontology,
the USC Marshall School of Business, and the Price School of
Public Policy. For information see the USC Leonard Davis School
of Gerontology.
Doctoral Degrees
The USC Price School of Public Policy offers the Doctor of
Philosophy in Public Policy and Management (PhD), the Doctor
of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Development (PhD) and
the Doctor of Policy, Planning, and Development (DPPD). The
PhD degrees are designed to prepare individuals for university
level teaching and research. The DPPD degree is intended to
develop a high level of conceptual and research competence for
professional leadership in planning and development. The DPPD
is administered by the Price School of Public Policy; the PhD
programs are administered by the Graduate School and the faculty
of the Price School of Public Policy. PhD students must consult
The Graduate School section of this catalogue for regulations
and requirements pertaining to its degrees. Students should also
consult the Academic Policies section of this catalogue.
Completion of the requirements for all these degrees is
assumed to take a minimum of three years of approved graduate
study and research beyond the bachelor's degree. For the
PhD student, a minimum of 24 graduate units completed in
residence on the University Park Campus in Los Angeles is
required. DPPD students are required to complete a minimum
of 24 units at the University Park Campus. Full-time study is
represented by enrollment in 6 units during the semester. Usually
the school and the student's qualifying exam committee insist
on a clear and mutually understood commitment of time and
energy by the student to ensure significant involvement in the
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doctoral learning experience. For university policies regarding
continuous enrollment, leave of absence and readmission, see the
Requirements for Graduation page.
Application and Admission
Admission to graduate standing for the PhD or DPPD is
recommended by the school's admissions committee acting under
guidelines established by the Graduate School as outlined in the
Graduate School section and the Graduate Admission section.
In addition to those guidelines, DPPD students are expected to
have a minimum of five years of substantial relevant experience.
Students intending to apply should direct questions about the
program and all materials for the admission application to Doctoral
Programs, Office of Student Affairs, RGL 111, Price School of
Public Policy, University of Southern California, University Park,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626.
The deadline for applications for admission to the PhD and
DPPD programs is December 1. Applications for admission are
made once each year for fall semester admission.
The admission decision for PhD students is made using
criteria that include verification that the applicant has a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university, has maintained
a high grade point average in the last 60 units of undergraduate
work, and has earned a competitive score on the verbal and
quantitative portions of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).
Other elements of the applicant's educational and experiential
background are also evaluated, including performance in other
advanced degrees. DPPD applicants must also provide evidence
of at least five years of practical administrative or other relevant
experience. The GRE and GMAT scores are neither accepted nor
required for the DPPD program.
Each applicant should submit the following: (1) one copy of
official transcripts of all previous college and university work (be
sure that these official transcripts show an awarded degree where
appropriate); (2) copies of GRE scores; (3) a 1,000-word essay
discussing the applicant's background and reasons for wanting
to pursue a PhD degree and identifying his or her personal,
educational and professional goals; (4) an up-to-date résumé,
including academic and professional accomplishments; (5) three
letters of recommendation, two from previous instructors, the other
from an instructor or from a professional supervisor or colleague.
The letters should indicate the applicant's academic and
professional accomplishments and potential; (6) a completed USC
Graduate Admission Application, along with the nonrefundable
application fee; (7) a writing sample of approximately 1,000
words (in addition to the applicant essay); and (8) a completed
Price School of Public Policy Supplemental Graduate Application.
International applicants are asked to submit additional information.
Applicants should carefully choose, and clearly state, the degree
objective (PhD or DPPD) for which they are applying, since
different sets of admissions criteria exist for each of them.
Transfer Credits
The application of any available transfer credits toward a
graduate degree at USC will be determined by the faculty and the
dean of the Price School of Public Policy, based on the semester
units available for transfer as shown in the Transfer Credit
Statement (determined by the USC Office of Academic Records
and Registrar). Refer to Admission with Advanced Standing for
more information.
Deferral of Enrollment
Admission to the university is granted for a specified semester,
and it is expected that students will begin their programs during
that semester. The school will normally allow students to defer
their enrollment up to one year from the admission semester.
Students who wish to defer enrollment should notify the school in
writing no more than 30 days after the beginning of the semester
of admission. Students who do not inform the school in a timely
manner of their intent to defer enrollment may be required to
reapply for admission.
Please note that more stringent regulations apply to
international students. See the Admission and Orientation section
of this catalogue.
Admission to Candidacy
Acceptance to graduate standing does not in itself imply that
the student is admitted or will be admitted to candidacy for an
advanced degree. Application for admission as a candidate for an
advanced degree is a separate and subsequent step. See the The
Graduate School section of this catalogue.
Admission of International Students
All international applicants for admission to doctoral programs
should submit materials to Doctoral Programs, Recruitment
and Admissions Office, RGL 111, Price School of Public Policy,
University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA
90089-0626. See the Admission of International Students section
of this catalogue.
Screening
PhD students are required to have a 3.3 overall GPA in first-year
courses to continue in the program. DPPD students are required
to pass a screening procedure after 16 units of course work. The
procedure is designed to ensure that only those students who
have demonstrated intellectual and scholarly potential continue in
the program.
There are differences between the screening process for PhD
and DPPD students. Students should consult the relevant faculty
director of the doctoral program in which they are enrolled.
Qualifying Exam Committee (for the PhD programs)
A qualifying exam committee assists the student in outlining
an academic program leading toward the degree. Students will
form an initial qualifying exam committee by the end of the first
fall semester. The committee might not yet include the Graduate
School representative from outside the Price School, but must
include at least three tenure track the Price School faculty
members, one of whom is identified as the chair. This committee
bears responsibility for counseling the doctoral student, for
approving a course schedule and preliminary and qualifying
examinations, and for recommending the student for admission to
candidacy. After approval of the student's program and proposed
time schedule, the program is submitted in writing to the relevant
director. This should be accomplished by the beginning of the
second year, following successful screening.
The complete qualifying exam committee must be in place no
later than the third semester. The chair should have recognized
expertise in the qualifying area and should be a regular participant
in the qualifying examination committee for that area. The majority
of the members of the qualifying exam committee (typically at least
three out of five) should be experts in the area in which the student
is qualifying and should be regular participants in the qualifying
examination committee. The remaining members should have a
clear interest in this area with the exception of the outside member
whose primary responsibility is to serve as the representative of
the Graduate School, ensuring the university's commitment to
the equitable treatment of all students and that the highest quality
education standards are upheld.
Students will formalize their relationship with their committees
through the development of a work plan that specifies all courses,
degree progress, seminar attendance and what was learned from
these sessions as well as a research plan that articulates major
research questions being explored. At the end of the first year of
study, the qualifying exam committee chair reviews and approves
the work plan. At the end of the second year, the full qualifying
exam committee reviews the work plan and the second year paper.
Instructional Modalities
The Price School offers programs in various modalities ranging
from traditional in-residence to hybrid to fully online course
delivery. When designing curriculum, the Price School utilizes
innovative learning tools to deliver courses in a variety of formats
depending on the individual programmatic goals and learning
objectives. This may include formats such a flipped classrooms
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and intensives that utilize a blend of in-person and online lectures
and course activities.
Bachelor's Degree
Public Policy (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Public Policy is an interdisciplinary
major that prepares students for graduate study and/or
professional careers by engaging them in the analysis of
society's political, social and economic issues. The major
introduces students to theoretical foundations and practical
applications through a set of cross-cutting introductory courses
and specialized courses in one of four tracks: health policy and
management, public policy and law, philanthropy, nonprofits and
social innovation, or public policy and data analytics. Students
will be introduced to analytical and research tools relevant for and
connected to professional practice, as exemplified by consultative
class projects and the mandatory internship.
Pre-Major Requirements
Students must complete the pre-major requirements. A minimum
grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must be earned in each of the pre-major
courses. All pre-major requirements must be taken for a letter
grade.
• MATH 117g Introduction to Mathematics for Business and
Economics Units: 4
• PPD 203 Economic Analysis for Public Policy Units: 4
Core Curriculum (30 Units)
• PPD 225 Public Policy and Management Units: 4
• PPD 240g Citizenship and Public Ethics Units: 4
• PPD 300 Social Justice Issues in Public Policy and Urban
Planning Units: 4
• PPD 301 PPD Practices: Internship Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 303 Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development
Units: 4
• PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 373 Public Policy and Planning Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 431 Undergraduate Policy, Planning, and Development
Studio Units: 4
Tracks
Students select one track for degree emphasis; they take 28 units
from the track selected. Each track includes five required courses
and two elective courses with the exception of the Public Policy
and Data Analysis track, which has four required courses and
three elective courses. During advisement, students will be given
a list of recommended elective courses particularly appropriate
for the chosen track. Students may work with their adviser for
approval to take track electives outside of the courses listed to
meet their academic needs. The required courses for each track
are listed below followed by track elective options.
Health Policy and Management Track
Required Track Courses (28 units: 20 required, 8 electives)
• PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management
Units: 4
• PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care Systems Units: 4
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 413 Administration of Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 415 Health Policy Units: 4
Track Electives (Select two)
• GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood Units: 4
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 320 Organizational Behavior in Public Administration
Units: 4
• PPD 403 Management Analysis I Units: 4
• PPD 404 Empirical Methods for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 414 Community Health Policy and Planning Units: 4
• PPD 478 Social Innovation Units: 4
Philanthropy, Nonprofits and Social Innovation Track
Required Track Courses (28 units: 20 required, 8 electives)
• PPD 353 Philanthropy and Social Change Units: 4
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
• PPD 402 Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 478 Social Innovation Units: 4
Track Electives (Select two)
• BUCO 485 Business Communication Management for
Nonprofits Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 320 Organizational Behavior in Public Administration
Units: 4
• PPD 372m Public Service in an Urban Setting Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• PPD 404 Empirical Methods for Public Policy Units: 4
Public Policy and Law Track
Required Track Courses (28 units: 20 required, 8 electives)
• PPD 313 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• PPD 342 Crime and Public Policy Units: 4
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
or
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
or
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
Track Electives (Select two)
• ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law Units: 4
• LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• PPD 360 Urban Transportation Planning and Policy Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• PPD 404 Empirical Methods for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 414 Community Health Policy and Planning Units: 4
• PPD 439 Housing and Community Development Units: 4
• PPD 478 Social Innovation Units: 4
• PPD 485m U.S. Immigration Policy Units: 4
For the two track requirements that consist of a choice
(POSC 340 or LAW 300 and LAW 200w or PPD 357), the
courses not used to satisfy these requirements may be taken
as electives.
Public Policy and Data Analytics Track
Required Courses
Required Track Courses (28 units: 16 required, 12 electives):
• PPD 313 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPD 404 Empirical Methods for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4
or
• DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science Units: 4
• PPD 430 Urban Informatics Units: 4
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Electives
Track Electives (Select 12 units):
• DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 429 Security and Privacy Units: 4
• ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 342 Crime and Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 415 Health Policy Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4
• PPD 439 Housing and Community Development Units: 4
If not used to satisy the core track requirement, either PPD
427L or DSCI 250 may be selected as an elective.
Cross-cutting Topics Course
Students will be required to take 4 units of a cross-cutting topics
course. It is taken preferably junior year after completion of the
core curriculum. Students may select a course from the list below.
If a student uses a course to satisfy a requirement or elective that
has already been taken in the track requirements, it can not be
double-counted as the cross-cutting course. The cross-cutting
course must be a different course.
• PPD 313 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management
Units: 4
• PPD 342 Crime and Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 353 Philanthropy and Social Change Units: 4
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
• PPD 400 Topics in Public Policy and Urban Studies Units: 4
• PPD 404 Empirical Methods for Public Policy Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Capstone
All students will take 4 units of a capstone experience during
their senior year. This may be fulfilled by taking PPD 431
Undergraduate Policy, Planning, and Development Studio (4) or
PPD 497a Senior Thesis, PPD 497b Senior Thesis (2-2). Students
wishing to enroll in PPD 497a, PPD 497b must have a 3.7 GPA in
PPD courses and an overall 3.5 GPA.
Internships
Public Policy majors are required to complete 140 hours of
internship by enrolling in PPD 301 PPD Practices: Internship
Seminar or the Washington, D.C., Semester internship. Internships
are matched as closely as possible to the student's interests and
skills.
PPD 301 and the internship in a position provide numerous
opportunities to develop and formulate future career goals, as well
as to gain personal and professional experience while completing
the undergraduate degree.
Honors
Price School honors are available at graduation to qualified
PPD majors and result in a special designation of departmental
honors on a student's transcript. Achievement of PPD honors
requires a 3.7 GPA in PPD major courses and a 3.5 overall GPA as
well as nomination by the professor in the capstone experience. In
addition, students must earn an A in their capstone course (PPD
497a, PPD 497b or PPD 431).
Washington, D.C., Semester
The Washington, D.C., Semester program provides an intensive
semester of confrontation with the political center of the nation
and its complex components. The program offers opportunities
for behind-the-scenes work in national government agencies and
related organizations, combined with an academic environment
and the chance to explore, share and learn with a group of fellow
students.
Real Estate Development (BS)
Price School students are trained to look at the interaction
between people and place and the consequences for our
communities. The Bachelor of Science in Real Estate
Development explores the broader context of real estate allowing
students to launch their careers by grasping the full structure of
the industry and its role in society. The foundational core courses
integrate the many disciplines that are the basis for real estate
education, including accounting, economics and business finance.
The real estate core classes taken through the Price School
focus on real estate principles, financial analysis, market analysis,
land use policy, urban design and the history of cities. Students
also select electives to complement their interests from either
the Price School or closely related disciplines. Throughout, the
students' education will be connected to professional practice,
as exemplified by the mandatory internship. Finally, the major is
structured to provide students with sufficient elective credits to
explore minors or other programs at USC so they can broaden
their education to better prepare themselves for the next stage of
their lives.
Double Major
Students who wish to pursue the Bachelor of Science in Real
Estate Development as a second major must satisfy all university
requirements for a second major and complete 32 units unique to
the Real Estate Development major.
Pre-major requirements (8 units)
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• MATH 117g Introduction to Mathematics for Business and
Economics Units: 4
Foundational Core (22 units)
• ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
• BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance Units: 4 or
• RED 325 Introduction to Finance in Cities Units: 4
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4 *
• PPD 303 Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development
Units: 4
• RED 200 Introduction to Real Estate Units: 4
• RED 201 Real Estate Career Seminar Units: 2
Note:
*May double count as general education.
Real Estate Core (24 units)
• RED 362 Real Estate Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• RED 375 Real Estate Development Analysis Units: 4
• RED 417 History of Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 425 Designing Livable Communities Units: 4
• RED 435 Analyzing Real Estate Markets Units: 4
• RED 437 Advanced Finance and Investment for Real Estate
Development Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Real Estate Electives (11-12 units)
Students select 11-12 units of course work from the Price
School or in related fields. Elective classes must be approved by
the Price School academic adviser.
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Capstone (4 units)
Students will complete four units of a capstone experience
during their senior year. This may be fulfilled by taking PPD 431
Undergraduate Policy, Planning, and Development Studio (4) or
PPD 497a Senior Thesis, PPD 497b Senior Thesis (2-2). Students
wishing to enroll in PPD 497a, PPD 497b must have a 3.7 GPA in
Price School courses and an overall 3.5 GPA.
Internship (1 unit)
Students are required to complete 140 hours of while
concurrently enrolled in RED 301 Real Estate Internship
Seminar. Internships are matched as closely as possible to the
student's interests and skills. RED 301 and the internship provide
opportunities to develop and formulate future career goals, as well
as to gain personal and professional experience while completing
the undergraduate degree.
Honors
Price School honors are available at graduation to qualified
students and result in a special designation of departmental
honors on a student's transcript. Achievement of Price School
honors requires a 3.7 GPA in Price School major courses, a
3.5 overall GPA, as well as nomination by the professor of the
capstone experience. In addition, students must earn an A in their
capstone course (PPD 431 or PPD 497a, PPD 497b).
Urban Studies and Planning (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies and Planning is
an interdisciplinary major that prepares students for graduate
study and careers as change agents in the urban world. The
major introduces students to theoretical foundations and practical
applications through a set of introductory courses and develop
expertise through electives. Students will learn analytical
techniques for urban sustainability, methods for stakeholder
engagement, approaches for poverty alleviation, and the role of
the built environment and geographic data in city problem solving.
Environmental analysis and sustainability, Geographic Information
Systems, statistics, urban design, applied field research, and
the mandatory internship are a sample of the courses and tools
used to educate our students and to better prepare them for their
professional careers or graduate studies.
The program requires a minimum of 128 units.
Pre-major Requirements
Students must complete the pre-major requirements. A minimum
grade of C, 2.0 (A=4.0), must be earned in each of the pre-major
couress. All pre-major requirements must be taken for a letter
grade.
• ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
• MATH 117g Introduction to Mathematics for Business and
Economics Units: 4
Core Curriculum
• PPD 240g Citizenship and Public Ethics Units: 4
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4
• PPD 300 Social Justice Issues in Public Policy and Urban
Planning Units: 4
• PPD 301 PPD Practices: Internship Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 303 Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development
Units: 4
Urban Studies and Planning Core (20 units)
• PPD 227 Urban Planning and Development Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4
• PPD 430 Urban Informatics Units: 4
• RED 417 History of Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 425 Designing Livable Communities Units: 4
Urban Studies and Planning Electives
(16 units)
Students in this major select 16 units of electives. Students may
petition to take elective outside of the list below.
• PPD 250m Cities in the Developing World Units: 4
• PPD 306 Visual Methods in Policy, Management, Planning
and Development Units: 4
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4
• PPD 360 Urban Transportation Planning and Policy Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 364 Technology and the City Units: 4
• PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
• PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 414 Community Health Policy and Planning Units: 4
• PPD 416 Food Policy and Planning Units: 2
• PPD 420 Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 4
• PPD 421 Land Use, Environment, and Housing in Developing
Countries Units: 4
• PPD 422 Transportation and Technology and the Future of
Mobility Units: 4
• PPD 438 Local Economic Development Units: 4
• PPD 439 Housing and Community Development Units: 4
• PPD 478 Social Innovation Units: 4
• RED 362 Real Estate Development Fundamentals Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Cross-cutting Topics Courses
Students will be required to take 4 units of cross-cutting topics
courses (PPD 400), preferably in junior year after they have
completed the core curriculum.
Capstone
All students will take 4 units of a capstone experience during
their senior year. This may be fulfilled by taking PPD 431
Undergraduate Policy, Planning, and Development Studio (4) or
PPD 497a Senior Thesis, PPD 497b Senior Thesis (2-2). Students
wishing to enroll in PPD 497a, PPD 497b must have a 3.7 GPA in
PPD courses and an overall 3.5 GPA.
Internships
Urban Studies and Planning majors are required to complete
140 hours of internship by enrolling in PPD 301 PPD Practices:
Internship Seminar or the Washington, D.C., Semester internship.
Internships are matched as closely as possible to the student's
interests and skills.
PPD 301 and the internship in a position provide numerous
opportunities to develop and formulate future career goals, as well
as to gain personal and professional experience while completing
the undergraduate degree.
Honors
Price School honors are available at graduation to qualified
PPD majors and result in a special designation of departmental
honors on a student's transcript. Achievement of PPD honors
requires a 3.7 GPA in PPD major courses and a 3.5 overall GPA as
well as nomination by the professor in the capstone experience. In
addition, students must earn an A in their capstone course (PPD
497a, PPD 497b or PPD 431).
Washington, D.C., Semester
The Washington, D.C., Semester program provides an intensive
semester of confrontation with the political center of the nation
and its complex components. The program offers opportunities
for behind-the-scenes work in national government agencies and
related organizations, combined with an academic environment
and the chance to explore, share and learn with a group of fellow
students.
Minors
Construction Planning and Management Minor
(Public Policy)
This program covers the most current theories and practice of
construction planning and management. The program provides
a valuable adjunct credential to professional school students
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pursuing careers in business administration, public administration,
environmental studies, and other areas; and a unique opportunity
for professional focus to students in the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Construction activities are complex. In contemporary society,
effective planning and management of these activities requires
specialized knowledge of the technical, economic and political
environment. This program couples the knowledge of how
construction activities are organized with a broader understanding
of the urban system in which construction projects are embedded.
With the exception of statistics, all of the required courses are
within the Department of Civil Engineering and the Price School
of Public Policy. Any USC undergraduate who has completed the
equivalent of two full-time semesters in good standing is eligible to
pursue the minor program. This minor program is rigorous enough
to serve as an introductory credential for students subsequently
electing to pursue advanced studies in development, urban
planning, construction management or allied fields.
See the Construction Planning and Management Minor in the
Department of Civil Engineering for course requirements.
Education Policy Minor
Education is one the largest expenditures of state and local
governments, and educational costs continue to rise. Yet many are
dissatisfied with the performance of the education system—both
the low levels of achievement relative to our international peers
and the considerable opportunity and achievement gaps that
separate racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups. As governments
face increasingly tight budgets, they are turning to new and novel
policies and interventions to address our educational challenges.
The 20-unit minor is designed to equip students with both
substantive and methodological skills relating to the analysis of
education policy. Students gain from the expertise of faculty in the
Sol Price School of Public Policy and the USC Rossier School of
Education. The program's content courses introduce students to
the most pressing policy issues in education today.
Required Courses (16 units)
• EDUC 431 Education Policy in the United States Units: 4
• EDUC 432 Inequality in Education Units: 4
• PPD 225 Public Policy and Management Units: 4
• PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public Policy Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
• PPD 240g Citizenship and Public Ethics Units: 4
• PPD 300 Social Justice Issues in Public Policy and Urban
Planning Units: 4
• PPD 303 Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development
Units: 4
Health Administration Minor
This 16-unit minor in health administration provides students
with a background in administration and management issues in
the field of health care and the skills necessary to pursue health-
related management opportunities in the for-profit, nonprofit and
governmental sectors.
Required Courses (12 Units)
• PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management
Units: 4
• PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care Systems Units: 4
• PPD 413 Administration of Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
Electives (4 units)
• PPD 320 Organizational Behavior in Public Administration
Units: 4
• PPD 407 Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 414 Community Health Policy and Planning Units: 4
Health Policy Minor
This 16-unit minor in health policy provides students with a
background in the policy issues and challenges globally, nationally
and locally related to quality, cost and access to health care.
Students in this minor will acquire an understanding of these
issues and the skills required to influence health policy.
Required Courses (12 Units)
• PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management
Units: 4
• PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care Systems Units: 4
• PPD 415 Health Policy Units: 4
Electives (4 Units)
• HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• PPD 357 Government and Business Units: 4
• PPD 414 Community Health Policy and Planning Units: 4
Law and Public Policy Minor
The minor in law and public policy draws upon four fields
of study: public policy and management, law, economics and
political science. It provides students with an understanding of the
political and economic contexts in which laws are made as well
as how legal institutions shape policy formulation. Students learn
to analyze the consequences of policy and alternatives; the roles
played by government, business and nonprofit organizations in
public decision making; and the legal bases for various areas of
public policy.
Students minoring in law and public policy take 20 units,
including the gateway class, PPD 225 Public Policy and
Management, and one elective. The latter enables the student to
focus on a specific area of law.
Required Courses
• POSC 340 Constitutional Law Units: 4
• PPD 225 Public Policy and Management Units: 4
• PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
• PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public Policy Units: 4
And one of the following:
• ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law Units: 4
• FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business
Units: 4
• LAW 200w Law and Society Units: 4
• LAW 300 Concepts in American Law Units: 4
• LAW 403 Mental Health Law Units: 4
• POSC 345 International Law Units: 4
• POSC 347 Environmental Law Units: 4
• POSC 432 Politics of Local Criminal Justice Units: 4
• POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process
Units: 4
• POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the Law Units: 4
• POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and Liberties Units: 4
• POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and Public Policy Units: 4
Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism
Minor
This four-course minor enables students to learn about the
nonprofit sector — its organizations, philanthropy and voluntary
action. The three-course core provides: (1) an overview of the
nonprofit sector and philanthropy and its role in the United States,
including its historical and theoretical foundations, its various
components and its relation to public policy; (2) a focus on
voluntary action and service as one means for social change and
problem-solving; and (3) insights into the management of nonprofit
organizations. Students select an elective that extends their
understanding to the role of nongovernmental organizations in
international affairs or to the role of public relations for nonprofits.
This minor is intended for students who plan (1) to work
in a nonprofit or charitable organization, whether it is a large
organization such as United Way, a small social service agency,
an environmental advocacy group, a museum or a religious
organization, (2) to participate with nonprofits as a volunteer
throughout their lives or (3) pursue further graduate work in a
service-related profession.
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Required Courses
• PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest
Units: 4
• PPD 402 Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 478 Social Innovation Units: 4
Electives (select one)
• BUCO 485 Business Communication Management for
Nonprofits Units: 4
• IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World
Politics Units: 4
• PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit
Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 353 Philanthropy and Social Change Units: 4
• PPD 372m Public Service in an Urban Setting Units: 4
• PR 455 Public Relations for Non-Profit Organizations Units: 4
Real Estate Development Minor
This minor provides students with an overview of the field of real
estate development - its principles, the urban context and history,
finance, as well as the opportunity to select an elective. The
minor requires 20 units, including four core courses and 4 units of
electives. The minor is intended for any student with an interest in
a career in real estate.
Core (16 units):
• RED 200 Introduction to Real Estate Units: 4
• PPD 227 Urban Planning and Development Units: 4 or
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4
• RED 362 Real Estate Development Fundamentals Units: 4
• FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and
Development Units: 4 or
• RED 375 Real Estate Development Analysis Units: 4
Electives (4 units):
• PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4
• PPD 360 Urban Transportation Planning and Policy Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 364 Technology and the City Units: 4
• PPD 422 Transportation and Technology and the Future of
Mobility Units: 4
• PPD 439 Housing and Community Development Units: 4
• RED 351 Land Use Regulation Units: 4
• RED 398 Shaping Cities Through Real Estate Units: 2, 3, 4
• RED 417 History of Planning and Development Units: 4
• RED 425 Designing Livable Communities Units: 4
• RED 435 Analyzing Real Estate Markets Units: 4
• RED 469 Mixed Use Development Process Units: 4
Total Units: 20
Urban Sustainable Planning Minor
The 20-unit minor in urban sustainable planning focuses on the
application of public policy, urban planning and public management
to the analysis and solution of urban problems. It draws upon
the interdisciplinary faculty and programs of the Price School of
Public Policy and includes foundational courses that introduce
students to the nature of urban phenomena and the analysis and
solution of urban problems. The minor also introduces students to
the professional and academic fields of either urban planning and
development or public policy and public management. In addition,
based on their specific interests, students have the opportunity
to explore in greater depth three areas and approaches of urban
problem-solving. This minor is appropriate for students interested
in expanding their understanding of the fields of urban planning
and public policy and management as potential professional
careers as well as increasing their comprehension of the analysis
and solution of urban problems.
Required Core Courses (12 units)
• PPD 245g The Urban Context Units: 4
• PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Applications Units: 4
• RED 425 Designing Livable Communities Units: 4
Electives (8 units)
• PPD 227 Urban Planning and Development Units: 4
• PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4
• PPD 360 Urban Transportation Planning and Policy Units: 4
• PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 414 Community Health Policy and Planning Units: 4
• PPD 438 Local Economic Development Units: 4
• PPD 439 Housing and Community Development Units: 4
• RED 417 History of Planning and Development Units: 4
Master's Degree
Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development
(MRED)
The Master of Real Estate Development program is a carefully
integrated program that brings together the three main elements
of real estate development: design, finance and policy. It is a
one-year full-time or two-year evening executive program of
study designed to provide students with the knowledge and
skills they require to compete successfully in the development
industry. The curriculum encompasses eight areas of study with
which developers must be conversant, including real estate
law, economics, finance, market analysis, negotiation, planning,
architecture and engineering. Courses are taught by full-time
faculty members from the Price School of Public Policy. In addition,
practicing developers, lawyers, planners and other professionals
make regular contributions to the course of study, helping students
link learning to practice.
Curriculum Requirements
The program of graduate study for the professional degree
requires successful completion of the core curriculum (36 units),
elective courses (8 units) and a comprehensive examination.
Students must complete a total of 44 units.
Core Curriculum
The core comprises 13 lecture-seminar courses that combine
lectures, projects, case analyses, and exercises which allow
students to experience all facets of the developer's tasks and
problems. The integrative project, RED 575, provides problem
solving exercises and the evaluation of actual development
situations. Courses emphasize various design, regulatory and
fiscal problems associated with urban development and the
developer's role in improving development standards in the
industry.
Core Courses
• PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership Units: 2
• PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Units: 2
• RED 509 Market Analysis for Real Estate Units: 4
• RED 542 Finance of Real Estate Development Units: 3
• RED 544 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 2
• RED 546 Applications of Real Estate Finance to Problems of
Development Units: 3
• RED 547 Project Management and Construction Units: 2
• RED 551 The Approval Process Units: 4
• RED 562 Legal Issues in Real Estate Development Units: 4
• RED 573 Design History and Criticism Units: 2
• RED 574 Building Typologies Units: 2
• RED 575L Community Design and Site Planning Units: 2, 3,
4
• RED 598 Real Estate Product Development Units: 2, 3, 4
Additional Requirements
Eight units of elective course work are required for the Master
of Real Estate Development. These courses may be taken in
the schools of Public Policy, Architecture, Business, Law and
the Department of Civil Engineering. Admission to some classes
requires advanced prerequisites and is subject to availability and
approval of the instructor.
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Comprehensive Examination
Successful completion of a comprehensive written and oral
examination is required of all students seeking the Master of Real
Estate Development degree. The examination explicitly covers
the core courses. It is normally administered late in the spring
semester by a faculty committee appointed by the dean. Students
who fail the examination once may take it again within one year.
The examination may not be repeated more than once.
General Requirements
Residence and Course Load
The Master of Real Estate Development may be completed
on either a full-time or part-time basis. Both options begin in the
summer session in June. The full-time program requires 11 months
of study. The evening executive option is completed over a two-
year period. Students are also expected to participate fully in all
extracurricular activities associated with the Master of Real Estate
Development program, including the weekly speaker series.
Students who wish to take a leave of absence for a semester or
longer must request it from the dean in writing; such leaves may
be granted for up to one year.
Students must have an approved laptop computer as required
by instructors and must demonstrate calculator and spreadsheet
skills.
Time Limit
The time limit within which students in the program must
complete the requirements for the Master of Real Estate
Development is governed by the following regulations:
All requirements for the Master of Real Estate Development
must be completed within five calendar years from the first course
at USC applied toward the degree.
University regulations prohibit the acceptance of credits for
courses taken toward a Master of Real Estate Development
degree more than seven years after the date they were
successfully completed.
Grade Point Average Requirement
While enrolled in the program, a student must maintain a grade
point average of at least 3.0 for all courses taken toward the
degree.
Probation and Disqualification
Any student with a cumulative grade point average of below 3.0
for all courses taken in the program will be placed on academic
probation. A student may be disqualified to continue toward a
graduate degree if the student has been on academic probation
for two consecutive semesters. Whether or not on academic
probation or warning, a student may be disqualified at any time
from continuing in the program if the dean of the school, after
consultation with the faculty, determines that the student is
deficient in academic achievement or in another qualification
required for the attainment of the Master of Real Estate
Development degree.
Course Exemptions and Transfer of Credits
Courses taken toward other degree programs, if determined
by the dean to be equivalent to courses in the curriculum, may
be accepted for subject credit only. All students are required to
complete 44 units while enrolled in the Master of Real Estate
Development program. The acceptance of previous course work
for subject credit will enable the student to take additional elective
courses.
Health Administration (Executive MHA)
The Executive MHA Program offers clinical and management
professionals an opportunity to advance their careers in health
care and to more effectively improve health services within their
communities. Mid- to senior-level professionals who have the
ambition and potential to serve as industry leaders in the highly
dynamic and competitive health care environment are encouraged
to consider the Executive MHA degree. The Executive MHA is
geared to those who have demonstrated capabilities, yet who will
benefit from expanded skills and competencies that will enable
them to lead.
Participants sharpen their business acumen by gaining
exposure to and in-depth knowledge of the latest theories and the
best in contemporary health management practice. A practical,
problem-solving approach ensures that skills can immediately be
applied on the job.
Requirements for Admission
Applicants for the Executive Master of Health Administration
apply directly to the program. A minimum of five years of
experience with progressively greater levels of responsibility in
health care or a related field is required for entry into the Executive
MHA program. Applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree
from an accredited college or university. A minimum grade
point average of 3.0 in undergraduate course work is required.
Allowances may be made when justified by exceptional work
experience and letters of recommendation.
Prerequisites
Accounting
A basic competence in accounting is required for the Executive
MHA program. The accounting prerequisite must be satisfied
before enrolling in HMGT 565 Managing the Organization's
Financial Health. This prerequisite may be met in one of three
ways: (1) completing the non-credit Executive MHA accounting
workshop with a passing score; (2) demonstrating prior work
experience or (3) completing prior course work at an accredited
academic institution in accounting and finance.
Curriculum
The Executive MHA offers a hybrid online/in-residence
executive education program that will prepare the graduate to
meet career objectives. The program provides students with the
flexibility to meet program requirements while maintaining full-time
administrative positions, but also emphasizes the importance of
an integrated approach to executive education. In addition to the
synchronous and asynchronous learning modules included in each
course, students will participate in five-day, in-residence sessions
at the University Park Campus twice during the program. The first
in-residence session will occur before the midpoint of the program,
and the second session will be a capstone experience in the last
semester of the program. The Executive MHA degree program
does not require a supervised field placement (residency) in a
health care organization.
The curriculum of the EMHA is organized around five themes:
thriving in transformational times through innovative leadership;
delivering cost-effective care in an era of value-based purchasing;
providing efficient management and administration; developing
and implementing strategies to enhance patient safety and
quality of care; and demonstrating organizational and clinical
effectiveness through health information technology. These
integrated themes and the associated content provide graduates
with a comprehensive approach that expands their understanding
of the key principles and applications necessary to function in a
senior administrative leadership role.
Required Courses (36 Units)
• HMGT 512 Information Technology and Patient Engagement
Units: 2
• HMGT 520 Leading People and Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
• HMGT 540 Health Economics, Financing and
Reimbursement Units: 4
• HMGT 565 Managing the Organization's Financial Health
Units: 4
• HMGT 570 Strategic Management Units: 4
• HMGT 575 Managing and Improving Health Units: 4
• HMGT 600 Managing Risk Units: 2
• HMGT 601 Operations Management for Accountability
Units: 4
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• HMGT 602 Operational Efficiency Processes in Health Care
Organizations Units: 2
• HMGT 603 Developing and Monitoring of Quality and Patient
Safety Outcomes Units: 2
• PPD 511 Health Information Systems Units: 2
• PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts Units: 2
Additional Requirements
Participants in the executive program gain practical skills.
Emphasis is given to executive decision-making; development of
sound planning, analytical and leadership capabilities; and strong
interpersonal communication. More specifically, Executive MHA
graduates will achieve advanced competency in disciplines which
include economics and finance, health care regulation, business
development, operations, strategic analysis and management,
organizational design, quality and outcomes assessment and
information management. Our graduates will model effective
leadership and management in a rapidly evolving health care
environment.
The core faculty is drawn from the USC Price School of Public
Policy and includes senior, experienced faculty, along with
nationally renowned academic specialists and health care experts.
The opportunity to interact with health care's leading thinkers,
policymakers and practitioners is an essential component of the
Executive MHA program.
The Executive MHA office is located in Ralph and Goldy Lewis
Hall, Room 307, Price School of Public Policy, (213) 740-2984,
email [email protected].
Health Administration (MHA)
The issues surrounding the delivery and financing of health
services have an enormous impact on individuals and the
communities in which we live. The health care industry now
accounts for more than 15 percent of the U.S. economy. Fast-
moving developments in technology, economics, ethics, finance,
policy, management and globalization are driving changes
in the health sector. Effective health leadership requires an
understanding of governance systems and the complex interplay
between the public, private and nonprofit sectors as well as
the dual imperatives of both the clinical and business facets of
health care delivery. As the health care system changes, career
opportunities abound. The field has a tremendous need for
leaders, managers and analysts — in hospitals, health plans,
physician practices, health-related enterprises, community health
organizations, social advocacy groups, and regulatory and
legislative agencies.
The Price School of Public Policy's multidisciplinary nature,
with degree programs in public policy, public administration, urban
planning, and international policy, adds breadth that distinguishes
USC's MHA degree, providing students with an understanding of
the larger social context in which the health sector is embedded
and how it intersects and interacts with other social policy issues.
The Price School programs in health management and policy
offer two degree options — the Master of Health Administration
and the Executive Master of Health Administration. These degrees
position the student to acquire the knowledge, skills and applied
experience to shape health policy and lead health organizations.
Requirements for the Executive MHA differ from those of the
traditional MHA and are found on the program page.
The Master of Health Administration builds a solid foundation
emphasizing managerial, analytical and public policy skills for
those entering the health field, while the Executive Master of
Health Administration deepens professional skills and permits
those already working in the health field to advance to higher
levels of leadership.
The MHA curriculum incorporates five major areas of
competence: management/operations/leadership; health policy
analysis; health finance; health information technology; and, health
care quality. Each student will be exposed to these core areas
and will specialize in two of them. The program prepares students
for management positions in hospitals; managed care systems;
physician groups; ambulatory care systems, government agencies
concerned with health care policy, planning, quality assurance and
regulation; and private firms involved in health care consulting,
finance, performance assessment and evaluation.
Requirements for Admission
General
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university. Applicants may take courses on limited
standing pending formal admission to the master's degree
program.
Applicants with bachelor's degrees must have a minimum
grade point average of 3.0 in their undergraduate course work
and a score of at least 500 on the verbal and at least 500 on the
quantitative sections of the GRE. Deviations from these minimums
will be allowed when justified by exceptional work experience,
letters of recommendation or improvement in academic
performance during the third and fourth years of undergraduate
study.
Prerequisites
Statistics
A basic competence in descriptive and inferential statistics is
also required for the MHA program. The statistics prerequisite
must be satisfied prior to enrollment. This prerequisite may be
met in one of two ways: (1) entering students must have passed
an undergraduate inferential statistics class, with a grade of
"B" or better, at an approved university within three years of
matriculation, or (2) completing PPD 504 Essential Statistics for
Public Management with a grade of "C" or better (this course credit
may not count toward the MHA degree).
Limited Status Students (Preadmission)
Students taking courses who have not been admitted to the
school are designated limited status students. These students
may be waiting for part of their application package materials to
arrive; or they may be investigating whether an MHA may be right
for them.
To be considered for limited status reenrollment, interested
students need to complete the Price School of Public Policy
Limited Student Application for Enrollment form and submit official
or unofficial copies of their transcripts from their bachelor's degree
granting institution. Students with a 3.0 grade point average (A =
4.0) may enroll in up to 8 units of graduate courses in the Price
School of Public Policy.
Price School of Public Policy Limited Student Application for
Enrollment forms may be obtained from the Admissions Office,
USC Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern
California, RGL 111, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, telephone
(213) 740-6842. Limited students may only enroll during the in-
person registration period (the week before classes begin).
Limited status students may apply only 8 units of appropriate
graduate work toward the MHA after admission. Units beyond
these first 8 must be petitioned for through the school. Students
on limited status are encouraged to complete the application and
admission process before completing those first 8 units.
Certificate Program
Information regarding the Certificate Program in Health
Management and Policy Programs can be found on the Graduate
Certificates page.
Curriculum
Curriculum for the MHA includes 48 units (40 required units
and 8 elective units). In addition, a supervised field placement
(residency) in a health service organization is required. The MHA
degree is designed to be completed in two years of full-time study,
but can be extended for those who work while going to school.
Evening classes and classes that meet in an intensive, workshop
format of two to four sequential days of training are designed to
accommodate working professionals.
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Required Core (40 Units)
• PPD 506 Introduction to Microeconomics: Applications in
Health Units: 2
• PPD 509 Problems and Issues in the Health Field Units: 4
• PPD 510a Financial Management of Health Services Units: 4
• PPD 512 Health Administration Residency Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery Units: 2
• PPD 514 Economic Concepts Applied to Health Units: 4
• PPD 515 Strategic Management of Health Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 517 Concepts and Practices in Managing Health Care
Organizations Units: 2
• PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts Units: 2
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 613 Analytics and Operations for Healthcare
Management Units: 2
Electives
In addition to the 40 required units, students are required to take
8 units of electives. Elective courses will be taken in two of the five
specialization areas: management/operations/leadership; health
policy analysis; health finance; health information technology; and
health care quality. The two specializations will be selected by the
student with the advice and written consent of the MHA program
director and faculty adviser.
Residency
The MHA student is required to complete a 1,000 hour
residency at a health care organization, generally during the
second year of study. This residency may be reduced, but
must include at least 500 hours, depending on the health
care experience of the student. The residency is designed to
provide the student with practical administrative experience that
complements program course work.
International Public Policy and Management
(IPPM)
The International Public Policy and Management (IPPAM)
Program offers a Master of International Public Policy and
Management (IPPM). The degree is designed for managers,
planners and analysts involved in social sector programs who
want to strengthen their management skills and further develop
their policy analysis capabilities. For professionals working in
the social sectors, IPPAM offers an opportunity to deepen their
conceptual understanding of the forces driving change in their
sectors and to develop an analytical approach for accessing and
reshaping social policy. The program is well-suited for mid-career
professionals working in the social sectors, such as physicians,
nurses and pharmacists in the health professions; educators and
administrators in the teaching professions; government regulators,
managers and staff; community organizers, aid workers and others
working in the NGO sector; and reporters and others in the news
professions interested in covering social issues.
This program is specifically designed for international students
and U.S. students who wish to work in international settings,
including the Pacific Rim, Latin America and countries in other
regions with evolving social systems.
Students are required to complete a minimum of 32 units. All
students must fulfill core requirements (18 units) in fundamental
policy analysis and management disciplines and an additional 14
units in an area of concentration chosen by the student. The core
requirements include: PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning
and Development; PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation; PPD
569 Applied International Policy Analysis and Management Project;
PPD 570 Applied Statistics for Planning, Policy and Management;
and PPD 571 International Public Policy and Management
Seminar.
Students select an area of concentration in which they complete
a set of recommended elective courses. Each concentration
allows students to pursue in depth one or more areas of particular
relevance to their career goals. The concentration areas enable
students in the interdisciplinary IPPAM program to establish a
second "home" in one of the school's programs, such as health
administration or urban planning. Students are required to consult
with IPPAM faculty advisers to choose elective courses from a
recommended list of courses relevant to the IPPM degree.
Through the integrated curriculum, participants gain practical
skills, which are developed within an appropriate conceptual
context. Many of the courses and applied projects integrate
examples and data from the student's home countries. Program
graduates will have achieved advanced competency in disciplines
that include public sector economics, applied methods for public
policy analysis, evaluation and management.
Core faculty are drawn from the Price School of Public Policy
and include senior, experienced faculty along with leading
practitioners and experts in applied fields such as community
development, international trade policy, health care policy, and
so forth. In addition to the participation of distinguished visiting
scholars as guest lecturers in class sessions, the program features
an international seminar on public policy and management with
guest lectures by policy makers. The opportunity to interact with
leading scholars, policy makers, and practitioners from the United
States and abroad is an essential component of the program.
The program begins in mid-June with intensive English
language workshops and the course in applied statistics. The
language workshop can be waived for students with 250+
computer-based TOEFL scores or 600+ paper-based TOEFL
scores, or a score of 6.5 on the IELTS exam with no less than a
score of 6 on each band score. In the fall semester, international
students transition into the regular program consisting of required
courses and electives in their chosen concentration area. Some
international students may be required to enroll in additional
English language workshops depending on how they score on
required English exams. Most students can expect to complete
the program in 13 months. The intensive nature of the program is
designed for full-time students who take a leave from work while
enrolled in the program. This approach minimizes the amount of
time that professionals must be away from their full-time careers to
pursue an advanced degree.
Applicants should have at least a bachelor's degree from
an accredited university and three to seven years of significant
professional experience. The IPPAM Program office is located in
the Price School of Public Policy, Von KleinSmid Center, Room
253, phone (213) 740-0547, fax (213) 821-1331, email ippam@
usc.edu.
Leadership (Executive ML)
The Executive Master of Leadership Program offers
professionals from a variety of fields including public
administration, public policy, planning, law enforcement,
transportation and other public, nonprofit and business
organizations, with at least five years of professional experience,
the opportunity to build leadership skills at five levels: individual,
team, organizational, community and institutional. The program
design offers participants insight into the mechanisms that
facilitate effective personal and organizational networks, as well as
collaborative problem-solving strategies and practices.
The program follows a cohort model for the four required core
courses. The degree curriculum has three distinguishing features:
a design to connect ethics with leading through core values; an
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary problem-solving approach;
and transformational leadership that connects the public, private
and nonprofit sectors.
Requirements for Admission
Applicants for the Executive Master of Leadership apply directly
to the program. A minimum of five years of experience with
progressively greater levels of responsibility is required for entry
into the program.
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Candidates for admission must have earned a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum
3.0 grade point average. Exceptions to the minimum GPA
requirement may be made when justified by exceptional work
experience and letters of recommendation.
Applicants must submit a standard USC graduate application
and fee along with official transcripts from all undergraduate and
graduate institutions attended. Letters of recommendation, a
current resume, an essay and an interview will also be required.
Degree Requirements
Students are required to complete 28 units of graduate work —
16 units of required core courses and 12 units of electives.
Required Core Courses (16 Units)
• PPD 640 Leadership Foundations: Competencies and Core
Values Units: 4
• PPD 641 Leading Individuals, Groups and Teams Units: 4
• PPD 642 Strategic Leadership of Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 643 Leading Transformations Across Sectors:
Integrative Seminar Units: 4
Electives
In addition to these 16 required units, students are required to
take 12 units of electives.
Elective courses will be selected in consultation with the faculty
adviser based on the student's individual learning/development
plan. Students will choose these electives in order to concentrate
in a particular area of study. The following are examples of
concentrations that are available: public management, nonprofit
policy and management, urban planning, transportation, public
policy and political management. The Price School of Public
Policy offers a wide range of electives to students each semester.
In addition to these 16 required units, students are required
to take 12 units of electives. Elective courses will be selected
in consultation with the faculty adviser based on the student's
individual learning/development plan. Students will choose these
electives in order to concentrate in a particular area of study. The
following are examples of concentrations that are available: public
management, nonprofit policy and management, urban planning,
transportation, public policy and political management. The Price
School of Public Policy offers a wide range of electives to students
each semester.
Master of Public Administration with Seoul
National University
This graduate program offers students a unique opportunity to
develop skills and expertise in the field of public administration
from a U.S. and Korean perspective. The program is designed
and offered in partnership with Seoul National University (SNU).
Students spend a year at USC Price and a year at Seoul National
University and earn the MPA degree.
Admissions
Students wishing to pursue the dual MPA degree will have to
apply to both SNU GSPA and USC Price separately and fulfill both
institutions' admissions criteria independently. Please see the
Price Website for further information.
Sample Program - Price Students
Year One - USC (24 Units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4 or
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
Electives: one 4-unit management elective and one 4-unit
analytics elective
Year Two - SNU (19 Units)
M2856.000100* Theories of Global Public Administration, or
M2856.000600 Economics and Public Administration Units: 3
Electives Units: 6
PPD 546 ** Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
*Price students would take either PPD 540 or PPD 503 in their first
year, and then would take the equivalent SNU GSPA course for
the other one in their second year.
**The capstone course is taken in the last semester at Price.
Sample Program - SNU Students
Year One - SNU (18 Units)
M2856.000100 Theories of Global Public Administration
Units: 3
M2856.000300 Social Research Methods of Public
Administration Units: 3
Electives Units: 6
Independent study (thesis preparation) Units: 6
Year Two - USC (24 Units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4 or
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
Electives: including one management elective and one
analytic elective
Variations from the above:
Price students could take both the PPD 540 and PPD 503
courses in either their first year or their second year, instead of one
of the two in each year.
GSPA students could take Economics and Public Administration
in their first year rather than in their second year at Price, and they
could take PPD 540 in their second year at Price rather than in
their first year.
Price students could take Social Research Methods of Public
Administration at GSPA in their second year instead of their
analytic elective at USC in their first year, and GSPA students
could take Policy and Program Evaluation (PPD 542) at Price in
their second year instead of Social Research Methods of Public
Administration in their first year.
Nonprofit Leadership and Management
(MNLM)
The Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (MNLM)
program is designed to prepare students to distinguish themselves
as leaders in the nonprofit sector whether managing nonprofits,
advocating for social change or developing and implementing
innovation solutions to social problems.
Degree Requirements
Students are required to complete 40 units of graduate work,
with 30 units of core organized under three areas: theory and
context, leadership and management, and analytical skills and 10
elective units based on their interests.
Required Core Courses
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4 *
• PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Units: 4
• PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Units: 4
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• PPDE 680 Board Governance and Leadership Units: 2
• PPDE 681 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• PPDE 682 Capstone in Nonprofit Leadership and
Management Units: 4
*PPD 502 is a prerequisite for PPD 542.
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Electives
Students complete 10 units of electives based on their interest and
in consultation with their adviser.
Planning and Development Studies (MPDS)
The Master of Planning and Development Studies degree is
designed for mid-career professionals in planning, development
or related disciplines who desire to update and/or redirect their
professional skills and careers. The program is very flexible,
allowing students to pursue areas of expertise that they find
valuable in their present or future careers. Entering students must
have a minimum of five years of planning, development or related
professional work experience.
Curriculum Requirements
The Master of Planning and Development Studies program
requires completion of 28 units. Basic degree requirements consist
of two core courses; 16 units in a concentration area approved by
an adviser; and an integrative seminar course during which the
student completes a written and oral comprehensive examination.
Required Courses
• PPD 611 Policy Issues in Planning and Development Units: 4
• PPD 612 Research and Analytical Techniques Units: 4
• PPD 638 Integrative Seminar Units: 4 (normally in the
last semester in conjunction with the comprehensive
examination)
Concentration Area(s)
Students elect a concentration area from one of three already
defined or, with prior approval by an adviser, design a
concentration from Price School of Public Policy courses and USC
graduate courses. A minimum of eight units must be Price School
of Public Policy courses. The three defined concentration areas
are:
Community Economic Development
Select 16 units from the following courses:
• PPD 618 Housing Facilities and Community Development
Units: 4
• PPD 623 Community Development and Site Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 624 Local Economic Development: Theory and Finance
Units: 4
• PPD 625 Planning and Economic Development Finance
Units: 4
• PPD 626 Public/Private and Mixed Enterprises Planning
Units: 2, 4
• PPD 631 Geographic Information Systems for Policy,
Planning, and Development Units: 2
• RED 509 Market Analysis for Real Estate Units: 4
• RED 542 Finance of Real Estate Development Units: 3
• RED 546 Applications of Real Estate Finance to Problems of
Development Units: 3
Environmental Policy and Planning
Select 16 units from the following courses:
• PLUS 600 Environmental Goods in Planning and
Development Units: 4
• PLUS 633 Seminar in Comparative Housing Policy and
Urban Planning Programs Units: 4
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12
• PPD 617 Urban Demography and Growth Units: 4
• PPD 619 Smart Growth and Urban Sprawl: Policy Debates
and Planning Solutions Units: 4
• PPD 620 General Plans Units: 4
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPD 622 Seminar in Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 631 Geographic Information Systems for Policy,
Planning, and Development Units: 2
• PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
Units: 4
• PPD 712 Seminar in Public Policy Units: 4
International Planning and Development
Select 16 units from the following courses:
• PLUS 631 Seminar in Physical Planning and Design in
Developing Countries Units: 4
• PLUS 632 National Urban Policy in Developing Countries
Units: 4
• PLUS 633 Seminar in Comparative Housing Policy and
Urban Planning Programs Units: 4
• PLUS 635 Urban Finance Units: 4
• PLUS 640 International Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 626 Public/Private and Mixed Enterprises Planning
Units: 2, 4
• RED 583 International Development Opportunities Units: 2
• RED 585 Comparative International Development Workshop
Units: 2, 3, 4
Integrative Seminar and Comprehensive
Examination
Successful completion of a comprehensive examination is
required of all students seeking the Master of Planning and
Development Studies degree. The integrative seminar course
(PPD 638) and comprehensive exam should be taken during
the semester of intended graduation. During the seminar class,
students identify a practice-oriented problem covering the core
courses and concentration area, which ideally is sponsored by a
planning and/or development office or firm. The student will: (1)
prepare a professional-quality document; (2) present the solution
to a faculty committee with invited sponsor guests; and (3) have an
oral defense. Students who fail the examination may take it again
within one year, but it may only be repeated once.
General Requirements
Residence and Course Load
The Master of Planning and Development Studies may be
completed in one academic year of 12 units in the fall and spring
semesters and the four-unit integrative seminar/comprehensive
examination the following summer semester.
At least 18 units of graduate study must be done in residence
at the University Park Campus, the USC State Capital Center or at
an approved off-campus study center.
Time Limit
Students in the program must complete all requirements for the
Master of Planning and Development Studies within five calendar
years from the beginning of the semester in which the student was
admitted to the program.
Grade Point Average Requirement
While enrolled in the program, a student must maintain a grade
point average of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0) for all courses taken toward
the degree.
Probation and Disqualification
Any student with a cumulative grade point average below 3.0
for all courses taken in the program will be placed on academic
probation. A student whose semester grade point average is below
3.0, but whose cumulative grade point average is 3.0 or higher, will
be placed on warning.
A student may be disqualified to continue toward a graduate
degree if the student has been on academic probation for two
consecutive semesters. Whether or not on academic probation or
warning, a student may be disqualified at any time from continuing
in the program if the dean of the school, after consultation with
the faculty, determines the student is deficient in any degree
requirement.
Course Exemption and Transfer of Credits
Credit for graduate work may be transferred from approved
graduate schools as determined by the USC Degree Progress
Department in the Office of Academic Records and Register
on recommendation of the dean of the school. Not more than
four units of graduate work, with grades of B or better, can
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be transferred for credit toward the Master of Planning and
Development Studies degree.
The following courses, or their equivalents, may not normally
be transferred for unit credit from other institutions: PPD 611, PPD
612 and PPD 638. Undergraduate work may not be transferred
into the degree program for unit credit.
Some applicants for admission to the school will have been
engaged in work in planning, development or closely related
activities. Although this experience should be beneficial to
the students involved, it may not be considered equivalent to
academic education.
Public Administration (MPA)
Admission
The Master of Public Administration programs are under the
jurisdiction of the Price School of Public Policy. All admissions
decisions are made by the school, following guidelines set by the
university. See the Admission section of this catalogue.
All questions about the programs and all materials required for
admission should be submitted to: MPA Programs, Admissions
Office, RGL 111, University Park, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626.
Admission to each of these programs is determined by the
faculty and admissions committees connected with those areas.
Application packages should be sent directly to the program office.
Applications
The admission decision is made using criteria which include
verification that the applicant has completed a bachelor's degree
from an accredited college, has maintained a B average in
undergraduate course work and has earned an acceptable score
on the verbal and quantitative portions of the Graduate Record
Examinations (GRE) or the Graduate Management Admissions
Test (GMAT). Other elements of the applicant's educational and
experiential background are also evaluated. International students
whose native language is not English must also submit a Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English
Language Testing System (IELTS) score.
Each candidate should submit the following to the school: (1)
official transcripts of all previous college and university work,
showing an awarded degree where appropriate; (2) copies of
GRE or GMAT scores; (3) an essay answering questions on
the admission questionnaire provided by the school; (4) an
up-to-date resume which includes academic and professional
accomplishments; (5) three or more letters of evaluation from
previous instructors and from professional associates who can
attest to the applicant's potential; (6) completed USC Graduate
Admission Application, along with the nonrefundable processing
fee; and (7) completed Price School of Public Policy Supplemental
Graduate Application.
International applicants may be asked to supply additional
information. See the Graduate Admission section of this catalogue.
Deadlines
Applications for admission are evaluated monthly. Those
students who are also applying for financial aid, or who must meet
other deadlines for admission, should submit application materials
early enough to allow the admissions decision to be made in
advance of those other deadlines.
The admissions process generally takes about four to six weeks
after all necessary materials have been submitted.
Pre-Service/In-Service Designation
Most MPA students are classified as pre-service or in-service
students at the time of admission. Pre-service students are those
who enter the program with less than two years of professional
work experience. In addition to course work, pre-service students
complete an internship. Students pursuing a dual degree program
are not classified as pre-service or in-service. Appeals for
reclassification of this designation must be submitted during the
first semester of enrollment.
International Students
Students applying for graduate programs should send
applications and appropriate documents to the MPA Programs
Admissions Office, which processes all such applications.
Admission
A student is accepted for admission only for the semester
indicated on the letter of admission. If the student desires to enter
at another time, or if the student cannot arrive on campus in time
for the semester in which he or she was admitted, the student
must contact the MPA Programs Admissions Office in writing. That
office will contact the Office of International Admissions.
Students who do not enroll for the semester indicated on
the letter of admission cannot be guaranteed admission to a
later session. They will need to work with the MPA Programs
Admissions Office to determine procedures to follow.
Registration Requirements
International students on student visas must be registered
as full-time students as arranged by the Office of International
Services. Doctoral students must carry a load of at least 6 units to
be considered full-time students. A full-time graduate load is eight
units. Such students are not eligible to be considered students
without formal registration and may be in violation of immigration
laws when not properly registered.
International students who have questions about registration
requirements should contact the Office of Recruitment and Student
Affairs.
Admission Status
MPA applicants may be permitted to take courses before the
admission process is completed or they may be admitted before
certain conditions have been met; each student must, however,
attain regular status (standing) admission to the school prior to or
upon completion of 8 graduate units.
Limited Status Students (Preadmission)
Students taking courses who have not been admitted to the
school are designated limited status students. These students may
be taking courses to meet prerequisites; they may be waiting for
part of their application package materials to arrive; or they may be
investigating whether an MPA is the best choice for them.
To be considered for limited status enrollment, interested
students need to complete the Price School of Public Policy
Limited Student Application for Enrollment form and submit official
or unofficial copies of their transcripts from their bachelor's degree
granting institution. Students with a 3.0 grade point average (A =
4.0) may enroll in up to 12 units of graduate courses in the Price
School of Public Policy.
Price School of Public Policy Limited Student Application for
Enrollment forms may be obtained from the Admissions Office,
Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California,
RGL 111, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626; (213) 740-6842. Limited
students may only enroll during the in-person registration period
(the week before classes begin).
Limited status students may apply only 12 units of appropriate
graduate work toward the MPA after admission. Units beyond
these first 12 must be petitioned for through the school. Students
on limited status are encouraged to complete the application and
admission processes before completing those first 12 units.
PhD Candidates
PhD students who pass the qualifying examinations and
complete the MPA course requirements or their equivalent during
their course work at USC may, with the recommendation of the
coordinator of the MPA program, apply for and receive the MPA
degree.
MPA Curriculum
The MPA course requirements are designed to address current
and future professional competencies for accomplishment; to
establish a sequence of basic required courses; and to maximize
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student choice and depth in specialized studies. The curriculum
requires 40 units for completion (41 for pre-service students).
Pre-service students, that is, those who have less than 25 months'
employment experience in a professional level position, are also
required to take an internship that includes a one-unit seminar.
Core Courses
The core courses cluster along two themes: political institutions
and organizations and analytics for public administration.
Institutions and Organizations (10 units)
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2 or
• PPDE 506 Professional Residency in Public Administration
Units: 1 and
• PPDE 507 Capstone Residency in Public Administration
Units: 1
Analytics (10 units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Electives (16 units)
Students will pursue 16 units of electives, 8 of which are
chosen from a list of courses that extend their competencies in
institutional/organizational management and analytic reasoning.
They may take these from the Price School, or select related
courses from other schools at USC. They are encouraged to
cluster their electives around particular areas of interest while also
maximizing opportunities to obtain graduate certificates.
Students who are pursuing a certificate program may petition
to subsitute certificate-related course(s) for the analytic and/or
management elective with approval by the director of the program.
Analytic Elective (4 units)
Students will select one four-unit elective course from the following
list:
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
Management Elective (4 units)
Students will select one four-unit elective course from the following
list:
• PPD 672 Collaborative Governance Units: 4
• PPD 673 Strategic Planning in the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Units: 4
• PPDE 648 Performance Management Units: 4
Capstone
Students complete the capstone which integrates the
competencies attained in the core and electives courses as
students complete a policy or management analysis for an
organizational client.
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
Internship
Pre-service students (those with fewer than 25 months
employment in a professional level position) are required to
complete at least 300 hours of an internship and an internship
seminar (PPD 543). MPA students may enroll in the internship
seminar during their first semester. Students are encouraged but
not required to complete their internship hours in conjunction with
the internship seminar.
Thesis Option
Thesis option, PPD 594a Master's Thesis (2 units), PPD 594b
Master's Thesis (4 units), may be taken as part of the elective
category. Information regarding the thesis contract is available
from the MPA director. All theses and dissertations submitted in
fulfillment of requirements for graduate degrees must conform
to university regulations with regard to form and method of
preparation.
Additional Requirements
PPD 540 must be taken in the first semester or within the first
12 units and PPD 546 must be taken in the final semester or the
last 12 units of the student's program.
Public Policy (MPP)
In our dynamic global society, talented professionals who
contextualize, analyze and shape policy with an eye for the public
good are vitally important. The USC Price Master of Public Policy
program prepares students to become these essential leaders.
Our program is organized around three broad areas: policy
processes and analysis, economics and quantitative analysis.
With an emphasis on social justice and innovation, students'
comprehensive studies will be immersive, spanning a variety of
disciplines and culminating in a unique year-long practicum.
The MPP degree is offered at the University Park Campus only.
Requirements for Admission
Potential for distinguished academic and professional
achievement is the principal criterion for admission to the Master of
Public Policy program. In assessing an application, the admission
committee evaluates:
• past performance and future promise as evidenced by
grades, work experience, community service, etc.
• commitment to educational and career goals, as
demonstrated particularly in the writing sample
In general, successful applicants will have at least a 3.0
undergraduate grade point average (GPA).
Students are admitted to the fall semester. Students applying
are encouraged to submit applications prior to December 15 in
order to receive full scholarship consideration. Since the admission
review process does not include an interview, submitted materials
should present student qualifications clearly and completely.
Prerequisites
All entering students must have a bachelor's degree from an
accredited institution and are required to demonstrate proficiency
in foundational statistical methods. The statistics prerequisite can
be satisfied in one of two ways:
Statistics or Econometrics Course Taken Prior to Enrollment
in the MPP
Completion of a college-level statistics or econometrics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation. At
minimum, prior coursework must have included essential topics in
descriptive and inferential statistics such as measures of central
tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, and hypothesis
testing. If relevant statistical coursework was completed more than
three years prior, a waiver may be granted based on the level of
statistical training completed and the degree to which currency
with this material was maintained through subsequent professional
use.
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management
If a student has not completed a college-level statistics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation,
they will need to complete a summer course prior to starting the
MPP program. USC offers PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public
Management each summer; a grade of "C" or better in PPD
504 is sufficient to satisfy the statistics prerequisite. Students
may instead choose to satisfy the requirement by completing a
qualifying statistics course at another institution prior to enrolling
at USC. If the course is completed outside of USC, it must be
taken for a grade and the student must earn a grade of "B" or
better. Regardless of which course is used to meet the prerequisite
requirement, the units associated with the course will not be used
toward the 48 required degree units.
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Pre-semester MPP Labs
The Professional Fundamentals and Statistics/STATA Labs
provide an introduction to the program, acclimate students to skills
that will be further developed in their first-semester courses and
help to create a genuine camaraderie within the first-year student
cohort. Entering MPP students are required to participate in the
Statistics/STATA Lab as well as the Professional Fundamentals
Lab. The labs meet the week prior to the start of the fall semester.
The Professional Fundamentals Lab will lead directly into PPD 554
Foundations for Policy Analysis, while the Statistics/STATA Lab
will provide initial exposure to the statistical software that will be
utilized extensively in PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Public Policy degree requires 48 units of
graduate work, with 20 units of core courses, the 4-unit Policy
Analysis Practicum and 24 additional elective units divided
between analytic and specialization areas.
Core Courses (20 units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4
Policy Analysis Practicum (4 units)
• PPD 561a Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 1
• PPD 561b Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 3
Note: *During a student's final two semesters of the program,
the Policy Analysis Practicum is required as a component
of the program's 48 units of course work. The practicum is
an opportunity for students to apply their skills to a current
problem for an actual client. Enrollment in the practicum
requires successful completion of all core course work.
Electives (24 units)
Students complete 8 units of analytic electives and 16 units of
specialization electives. Students may take up to 12 elective units
outside of the Price School of Public Policy with written approval
from the MPP program.
Analytic Elective (8 Units)
•
COMM 650 Survey Construction and Validation Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
• PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design and Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 665 Economic Models and Applications for Impact
Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4
• PPDE 671 Economic Analysis of Education Policy Units: 4
• PPDE 672 An Exploration of the Intelligence Community -
from Policy to Cyber Espionage Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Specialization Electives (16 units)
Specialization electives are chosen by the student under the
guidance of the program administrator. Students may choose to
specialize in a particular policy area or complete multiple policy-
related courses
Public Policy Data Science (MS)
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Big data is revolutionizing the way many agencies operate,
particularly with respect to governance transparency and
accountability, law enforcement, transportation and housing
policy. Big data is changing strategies for crime-fighting, defense,
national intelligence, social programs and finance and operations
of agencies. The Master of Science in Public Policy Data Science
is a multi-disciplinary program offered jointly between the USC
Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Data Science Program
in the department of Computer Science at the Viterbi School of
Engineering, and will provide a curriculum that will make degree
recipients appealing to the employers of the 21st century.
Statistics Prerequisite
All entering students must have a bachelor's degree from an
accredited institution and are required to demonstrate proficiency
in foundational statistical methods. The statistics prerequisite can
be satisfied in one of two ways:
Statistics or Econometrics Course Taken Prior to Enrollment
in the MPP
Completion of a college-level statistics or econometrics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation. At
a minimum, prior course work must have included essential topics
in descriptive and inferential statistics such as measures of central
tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, and hypothesis
testing. If relevant statistical course work was completed more
than three years prior, a waiver may be granted based on the level
of statistical training completed and the degree to which currency
with this material was maintained through subsequent professional
use.
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management
If a student has not completed a college-level statistics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation,
they will need to complete a summer course prior to starting the
MPP program. USC offers PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public
Management each summer; a grade of "C" or better in PPD
504 is sufficient to satisfy the statistics prerequisite. Students
may instead choose to satisfy the requirement by completing a
qualifying statistics course at another institution prior to enrolling
at USC. If the course is completed outside of USC, it must be
taken for a grade and the student must earn a grade of "B" or
better. Regardless of which course is used to meet the prerequisite
requirement, the units associated with the course will not be used
toward the 36 required degree units.
Pre-semester MPPDS Labs
The Professional Fundamentals Lab provides an introduction
to the program, acclimates students to skills that will be further
developed in their first-semester courses, and help to create a
genuine camaraderie within the first-year student cohort. Entering
MPPDS students are required to participate in the Professional
Fundamentals Lab. The lab takes place the week prior to the start
of the fall semester. The Professional Fundamentals Lab will lead
directly into PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis. Entering
MPPDS students are also required to participate in the Statistics/
STATA Lab in January. The Statistics/STATA Lab meets the week
prior to the start of the spring semester. The Statistics/STATA Lab
will provide initial exposure to the statistical software that will be
utilized extensively in PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
Public Policy Courses
Core Courses (12 units):
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
Elective Course
Select one from the following:
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4
Data Science Courses
Core Courses (12 units):
• DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for Data Science
Units: 4
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• DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science Units: 4
• DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale Units: 4
Note:
Students with a computer science background will have the option
of replacing DSCI 510, DSCI 549, and DSCI 550 with DSCI 551,
DSCI 552, and DSCI 553.
Elective Course
Select one from the following:
• DSCI 551 Foundations of Data Management Units: 4
• DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
• DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications of Data Mining
Units: 4
• DSCI 554 Data Visualization Units: 4
• DSCI 555 Interaction Design and Usability Testing Units: 4
• DSCI 556 User Experience Design and Strategy Units: 4
Capstone
Students will complete a capstone experience and project through
enrollment in DSCI 560.
• DSCI 560 Data Science Professional Practicum Units: 4
Urban Planning (Executive MUP Online)
The USC Price Executive Master of Urban Planning (EMUP)
degree is built to respond to the needs of the professionals
who are rising leaders in urban planning, urban policy and
development. The curriculum is designed to train professionals
committed to crossing boundaries, and to educating persons who
seek synergy between the public objectives and business aspects
of planning.
The core of the EMUP revolves around the interlocking themes
of urban economics, citizen participation and governance, urban
design and site analysis, and data analytics and visualization. The
degree does not train narrow experts in any of those four areas.
Instead, the degree trains professionals who will be leaders in
fields where the interplay of those themes is essential to private
sector development, public sector planning and policy, and the
goals of non-profit entities.
The target audience is experienced professionals in fields allied
with urban planning and public policymaking, where place is a
central feature: community development and redevelopment, real
estate development, architecture, urban design, law, public policy,
economic development, and infrastructure.
The degree is designed to be completed by working
professionals in four semesters of part-time study. The degree
will be 24 units, taken over four semesters. Each semester is 5
units of online course work. There are also two four-day in-person
intensives.
For admission information, please go to the USC Price Website.
Required Courses (24 Units)
Students will take 12 courses for this program.
• PLUS 660 Economics of a Productive Development - A
Public/Private Perspective Units: 3
• PLUS 661 Politics and Process of Urban Development
Units: 2
• PLUS 662 Planning and Development Case Study Units: 1
• PLUS 663 Designing Livable Environments I Units: 1
• PLUS 664 Urban Political Economy and Urban Development
Units: 2
• PLUS 665 Economics for a Productive City Units: 3
• PLUS 667 Effective Engagement with Stakeholders Units: 3
• PLUS 668 Big Data for Planning and Development Units: 2
• PLUS 669 Designing Livable Environments II Units: 1
• PLUS 670 Communicating Data for Planning and
Development Units: 1
• PLUS 671 Leading a Collaborative City Units: 3
• PLUS 672 Integrating Concepts for Action Units: 2
Urban Planning (MUP)
The Master of Urban Planning (MUP) degree trains students
to be leaders and innovators in all aspects of urban planning.
Students study the traditional elements of urban planning while
being immersed in innovative and emerging themes. Students will
study normative approaches to social justice, equity, and inclusion
in planning practice, data resources, and visualization techniques
that are transforming cities, and methods for crafting place-based
approaches to societies most pressing issues.
Planners are engaged in evaluating and guiding community
and urban development at geographic scales, ranging from the
local American neighborhood to the global village utilizing the
public, private and nonprofit sectors. Cities worldwide are being
transformed by technology, mass movements of populations and
demographic transitions, environmental challenge, rapid economic
change, and questions of distribution and justice. Planners play
a central role as analysts, conveners, forward-thinkers and
innovators.
The MUP curriculum provides a core of knowledge around five
themes – (1) the interaction of planning theory and history with
normative questions of justice, (2) the use of research, data, and
evidence to inform the public good, (3) the economics of urban
areas, including the economics of environmental externalities
and cost benefit analysis, (4) the legal context for planning, and
(5) the built environment and urban design. In all cases, students
are immersed in study that includes comparative approaches and
examples from international examples, training students to be
globally adept. A goal of the MUP curriculum is to prepare planners
to practice anywhere in the world.
The Planning Accreditation Board of the American Planning
Association and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
accredit the MUP program.
All persons pursuing the MUP will complete core courses that
present basic theories, techniques and methods.
Concentrations are available in six areas: arts and culture;
design of the built environment; economic development;
planning for climate change and sustainability; housing and real
estate development; and mobility and transportation planning.
A concentration in any of these areas qualifies graduates for a
wide range of private, public and nonprofit sector careers with
government agencies, consulting firms, corporations, utilities,
international technical assistance programs, nonprofit and special
interest organizations and joint public-private ventures.
Core Curriculum (16 units):
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design
Units: 2
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
Concentrations (16 units)
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program. Each concentration has a required gateway
and method course for 8 units and students select 8 units of
concentration electives.
Arts and Culture Concentration
In post-industrial societies, arts and culture play an increasingly
important role economically, socially, and environmentally. In
Arts and Culture Planning, students will prepare for positions in
cultural affairs offices, nonprofit advocacy and program providers,
economic development organizations, and political offices.
Students will consider such concepts as cultural economy, creative
placekeeping and placemaking, and cultural heritage as they learn
to assess and spatially analyze community dynamics and work
with disparate types of art interventions with those skills related to
community engagement and improvement.
Gateway Course:
•
PPDE 641 Art and the City Units: 4
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Methods Course:
•
PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
Concentration Electives (8 units):
•
ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 585 Visual Storytelling and Entrepreneurship in Media
Units: 2
• ARTL 502 Issues in the Arts and the Contemporary World
Units: 2
• ARTL 504 Arts and the Community: Current Practice and
New Visions Units: 2
• PPD 623 Community Development and Site Planning
Units: 4
• PPDE 631 Public Space: Theory, Policy, and Design Units: 4
• PPDE 633 Communicating City Design: Positions and
Representations Units: 2
• PPDE 638 Race, Arts, and Placemaking Units: 4
Design of the Built Environment Concentration
In contemporary settings, planning and construction typically do
not begin with a blank slate. Rather, new structures are inserted
into an existing built environment, which must be respected for
its historical heritage and its contributions to the new. Design of
the Built Environment offers students the opportunity to prepare
for practice in urban design as well as for community planners
addressing issues of health and environmental justice through
design. Students will acquire skills to assess, plan, and design
spaces using sophisticated methods as well as the ability to
spatially analyze stressors within the built environment that inhibit
residents' quality of life.
Gateway Course:
•
PPD 644 Shaping the Built Environment Units: 4
Methods Course:
•
PPD 627 Design Skills for Urban Planners Units: 4
Concentration Electives (8 units):
•
ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• PPD 530 Historical Analysis of Urban Form and Planning
Practice Units: 2
• PPD 615 Comparative Urbanization, Development, and
Inequality Units: 4
• PPD 618 Housing Facilities and Community Development
Units: 4
• PPD 619 Smart Growth and Urban Sprawl: Policy Debates
and Planning Solutions Units: 4
• PPD 623 Community Development and Site Planning
Units: 4
• PPD 631 Geographic Information Systems for Policy,
Planning, and Development Units: 2
• PPDE 631 Public Space: Theory, Policy, and Design Units: 4
• PPDE 635 Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing
Regions Units: 4
• PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation Planning Units: 4
Planning for Climate Change and Sustainability
Concentration
Metropolitan areas are the source of most of our environmental
quality problems, such as air and water pollution, species and
habitat problems, and greenhouse gas emissions. Planning
and design of our cities and communities play a critical role in
both pollution and exposure to its damages. How and where
we site housing, commercial centers, or trash dumps helps to
determine how much pollution is generated and who is affected.
This concentration addresses issues of environmental justice,
sustainable urban design, public health, and climate change.
Students will learn methods for analyzing environmental impacts,
relationships between exposure and health, urban vulnerabilities
to climate change effects, and the role of urban planning and
public policies in achieving more sustainable and livable urban
environments.
Gateway Course:
•
PPDE 640 Climate, Sustainability and Environmental
Planning Units: 4
Methods Course:
•
PPDE 634 Methodology, Methods and Tools for Urban
Sustainability Units: 2, 3, 4 (4 units required)
Concentration Electives (8 units):
•
PPD 615 Comparative Urbanization, Development, and
Inequality Units: 4
• PPD 618 Housing Facilities and Community Development
Units: 4
• PPD 620 General Plans Units: 4
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPD 627 Design Skills for Urban Planners Units: 4
• PPD 631 Geographic Information Systems for Policy,
Planning, and Development Units: 2
• PPD 692 Transportation and the Environment Units: 4
• PPD 694 Coastal Policy and Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 635 Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing
Regions Units: 4
• PPDE 637 Urban Mass Transit Units: 4
Housing and Real Estate Development
Concentration
A well-housed, economically healthy community is an essential
part of residents' quality of life. Cities and towns worldwide are
experiencing housing crises that range from severe affordability
problems, insecure and informal land tenure, social inequities,
and sub-standard housing quality. In Housing and Real Estate
Development, students will prepare for practice as housing
analysts, planners, policy-makers, or developers. Students will
learn needs estimation, the fundamentals of urban development
and land markets, and a set of specific problems related to
gentrification and neighborhood change, filtering, and the structure
of affordable housing development projects and policies. Careers
include policy positions in all levels of government, work with
affordable or market-rate housing developers, and advocacy
groups.
Gateway Course:
•
PPDE 639 Housing Dynamics for Policy and Planning
Units: 4
Methods Course:
•
PPD 625 Planning and Economic Development Finance
Units: 4
Concentration Electives (8 units):
•
PPD 616 Participatory Methods in Planning and Policy
Units: 4
• PPD 617 Urban Demography and Growth Units: 4
• PPD 622 Seminar in Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 624 Local Economic Development: Theory and Finance
Units: 4
• PPD 626 Public/Private and Mixed Enterprises Planning
Units: 2, 4 (4 units required)
• PPD 639 Introduction to Community and Economic
Development Units: 4
• PPDE 635 Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing
Regions Units: 4
• RED 510 Real Estate Practice and Principles Units: 4
• RED 511 Foundations of Real Estate Analysis Units: 4
• RED 512 Real Estate Project Analysis Units: 4
Economic Development Concentration
Economic development focuses on core activities of workforce
development, strategies for job generation, and methods for
improving the fiscal well-being of local areas. Specific topics
include the technology sector, arts and culture sector, advanced
manufacturing, and logistics related to trade through the ports.
Students in the Economic Development concentration will learn the
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fundamentals of urban economies, the causes and consequences
of economic decline, strategies of subsidy and tax revenue use,
strategies of public/private partnerships, incubators, micro-
financing, and other entrepreneur and small business development
strategies. To support their analytic work, they will also acquire
skills of demographic and economic analysis, and spatial analysis
of local economies. Students' skills will equip them to work in
either the public or private sector.
Gateway:
•
PPD 639 Introduction to Community and Economic
Development Units: 4
Methods Course:
•
PPD 625 Planning and Economic Development Finance
Units: 4
Concentration Electives (8 units):
•
PPD 622 Seminar in Urban Development Units: 4
• PPD 624 Local Economic Development: Theory and Finance
Units: 4
• PPD 626 Public/Private and Mixed Enterprises Planning
Units: 2, 4 (4 units required)
• PPDE 635 Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing
Regions Units: 4
• RED 510 Real Estate Practice and Principles Units: 4
• RED 511 Foundations of Real Estate Analysis Units: 4
• RED 512 Real Estate Project Analysis Units: 4
Mobility and Transportation Planning Concentration
Transportation is essential to urban life. The movement of both
people and goods is a fundamental determinant of land use
and urban form, as well as of quality of life. These movements
take place by motorized vehicles (cars, trucks, trains, buses),
bicycles, and walking, all of which are studied in this concentration.
Transportation is being disrupted by technology in ways that have
not occurred in a century, and students in this concentration will
learn how to lead innovation in rapidly evolving public, private,
and non-profit settings. Transportation and urban mobility
students will acquire skills related to transportation analysis, travel
behavior, environmental impacts of mobility, spatial analysis, land
use and transportation relationships, and design of sustainable
transportation strategies and policies.
Gateway:
•
PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
Units: 4
Methods Course:
•
PPD 633 Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation
Planning Units: 4
Concentration Electives (8 units):
•
PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
• PPD 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operational
Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPD 630 Urban Economic Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 631 Geographic Information Systems for Policy,
Planning, and Development Units: 2
• PPD 635 Principles of Transportation Systems Analysis
Units: 4
• PPD 692 Transportation and the Environment Units: 4
• PPDE 637 Urban Mass Transit Units: 4
• PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation Planning Units: 4
Planning Studios (4 units)
Planning studios are an integral part of the curriculum of the Price
School of Public Policy, providing the essential educational link
between academic education and preparation for professional
practice. The planning studios require that students learn to work
together as a team by applying their respective capabilities and
knowledge to a real-world common problem and to produce a
professional project. Students must complete 4 units of planning
studios.
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12
Capstone (4 units)
All Master of Urban Planning students must complete PPD 629
Capstone in Urban Planning (4 units).
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Free Electives (8 units)
Total Units: 48
Additional Requirements
Internship
Students working toward the Master of Urban Planning degree
must complete an internship of at least 10 weeks duration and 400
hours in an organization engaged in planning or a closely related
activity. Students must submit a report to the director of career
services describing and evaluating the internship experience.
Arrangements must also be made for an evaluative report of the
internship by the student's supervisor submitted directly to the
academic adviser. The internship is not for unit credit.
Students often fulfill their internship while working part-time
in a planning-related job during their course of study in the
program or in the summer between the two academic years. If a
student has had equivalent career experience prior to admission
to the program, the department chair may waive the internship
requirement on the recommendation of the student's academic
adviser.
The Price Office of Career Services actively works with
school alumni and area planning organizations to assist students
in obtaining appropriate internships. Numerous internship
opportunities are available in the greater Los Angeles area. The
student is responsible for securing the internship and fulfilling the
requirement.
Directed Research
With the advice of the faculty, a student may elect to enroll in
directed research as an elective. Working directly with a faculty
member, the student pursues an interest or problem appropriate to
the student's program of study.
The faculty member supervising the student must approve
the final product of directed research. The final product may be
a written report, article, graphic formulation, physical model,
mathematical-statistical analysis, computer output or film —
depending on the most appropriate expression of the research
undertaken.
General Requirements
Residence and Course Load
The Master of Urban Planning normally requires two academic
years of full-time study. Courses are also scheduled to allow
completion on a part-time basis.
At least 36 units of graduate-level study must be done in
residence at USC. The residency requirement may not be
interrupted without prior permission from the Price School of
Public Policy. Students accepted into the program with academic
deficiencies will require a correspondingly longer time to complete
their course work. Students seeking the degree on a part-time
basis must take at least one course each semester.
Students must be enrolled at USC for the fall and spring
semesters each year until all degree requirements have been met.
Students who find it necessary to be excused from a semester of
registration must request a leave of absence from the Academic
Programs Office by the last day to drop/add courses of the
semester in question; such leaves may be granted for up to one
year. For additional information refer to USC policies governing
continuous enrollment, readmission, and leaves of absence in the
Academic Policies section of this catalogue.
Time Limits
All requirements for the Master of Planning must be completed
within five calendar years from the beginning of the semester
in which the student was admitted to the program. University
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regulations prohibit the acceptance of credits for courses taken
toward the Master of Planning degree more than seven years after
the date they were successfully completed.
Grade Point Average Requirement
While enrolled in the program a student must maintain a grade
point average of at least a 3.0 for all courses taken toward the
degree.
Probation and Disqualification
Any student with a cumulative grade point average below 3.0
for all courses taken in the program will be placed on academic
probation. A student whose semester grade point average is below
3.0, but whose cumulative grade point average is 3.0 or higher, will
be placed on academic warning.
A student may be disqualified to continue toward a graduate
degree if the student has been on academic probation for two
consecutive semesters. Whether or not on academic probation or
warning, a student may be disqualified at any time from continuing
in the program if the dean of the school, after consultation with
the faculty, determines that the student is deficient in academic
achievement or in another qualification required for the attainment
of the Master of Urban Planning degree.
Course Exemptions and Transfer of Credits
Graduate work by transfer may be accepted from approved
graduate schools as determined by the USC Articulation Office
upon recommendation of the dean of the school. Not more than
12 units of graduate work, with grades of B or better may be
transferred for credit to the Master of Planning degree.
The following courses, or their equivalents, cannot normally be
transferred for unit credit from other institutions: PPD 522, PPD
523, PPD 528, PPD 529, PPD 531L, PPD 534, PPD 629, PPD
594a, PPD 594b, PPD 594z. Undergraduate work will not be
credited for advanced or graduate standing. Students may petition
to receive subject credit for these courses; but unit requirements
must be met through the completion of additional electives.
Some applicants for admission to the school have been
engaged in work in planning, development or closely related
activities. Although this experience may have been beneficial to
the students involved and may satisfy the internship requirement, it
may not be considered equivalent to academic education.
Dual Degree
Master of Health Administration/Master of
Science in Gerontology (MHA/MS)
Gerontology and health administration students can specialize
in health care administration (profit and nonprofit) through the
dual degree with the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
and the USC Price School of Public Policy's Health Administration
Program. Students in the dual degree program must be admitted
by both academic units and complete 78 units of post-graduate
academic work.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 *
*8 units of GERO 591 required
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
Total units: 36
Health Administration Requirements
• PPD 506 Introduction to Microeconomics: Applications in
Health Units: 2
• PPD 509 Problems and Issues in the Health Field Units: 4
• PPD 510a Financial Management of Health Services Units: 4
• PPD 512 Health Administration Residency Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery Units: 2
• PPD 514 Economic Concepts Applied to Health Units: 4
• PPD 515 Strategic Management of Health Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 517 Concepts and Practices in Managing Health Care
Organizations Units: 2
• PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts Units: 2
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 601 Management of Long-Term Care Organizations
Units: 4
Total units: 42
Additional Requirements
Statistics: The statistics requirement for dual degree students
is the same as those that apply to the Master of Health
Administration.
Program Adaptation: The USC Davis School of Gerontology will
waive GERO 589 because students enrolled in this program will
have a primary professional focus in health administration.
Students enrolled in the dual degree are not required to take
PPDE 613 (as opposed to the stand alone MHA degree students)
because they develop the necessary proficiencies related to
their career goals in long term care administration through other
courses such as GERO 550, GERO 591 and GERO 593. In
addition, PPD 601 is required for the dual degree (and not the
stand alone MHA program) because most of these students
will work in long-term care facilities and this course is critical for
success in that market.
Students in the MHA stand alone program are required to
complete a 1,000 hour residency at a health care organization,
generally during the second year of study. Students in the dual
degree program may be waived from this requirement with
enrollment in GERO 591 which is a supervised experiential
learning experience. Student in this situation may then waive PPD
512 and will take 2 units of Price electives for this dual degree.
Any course substitutions are done by petition on an individual
basis and should be part of a carefully developed course of study.
The USC Price School of Public Policy should be consulted
concerning this program of study.
Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of
Urban Planning (MHC/MUP)
The Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Urban Planning
dual degree program facilitates highly related cross-disciplinary
studies in heritage conservation and in urban planning at the
master's level. The primary objective of the dual degree curriculum
is to impart to students a basic familiarity with the origins and
development of the philosophies, theories, and practices of
planning and heritage conservation. This curriculum has been
developed so that students will graduate from this program with
a broad practical knowledge of the laws, regulations, and policies
that apply to planning and conservation practice in the United
States and internationally. This expertise will include knowledge of
urban design, public policy, and architectural and planning history
and theory. Students will be expected to understand the critical
methodological tools necessary for a professional engaged in
the investigation, interpretation, and evaluation of the urban built
environment.
Qualified students who are admitted to the graduate programs
in both the School of Architecture and the USC Price School of
Public Policy may complete both degrees in a highly integrated
five-semester program.
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Requirements
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are 60
units, including 30 units in heritage conservation and 30 units in
urban planning, as follows:
Architecture
• ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage Conservation Units: 3
• ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning
Units: 3
• ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and Materials Units: 3
• ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site Documentation
Units: 2
• ARCH 553 History of American Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3
• ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation Practicum — Advanced
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in Heritage Conservation
Units: 2
• ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage Conservation Theory
Units: 2
• ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making Units: 2
• ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 1
• ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 4
• ARCH 691z Heritage Conservation Thesis Preparation and
Thesis Units: 0
• ARCH Electives Units: 2
Total units: 30
Urban Planning
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of
Urban Planning program: Arts and Culture, Design of the Built
Environment, Planning for Climate Change and Sustainability,
Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic Development,
and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students must select
a concentration gateway and methodology course (4 units each,
8 units total). Please see the Master of Urban Planning section of
the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and course lists.
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of PPD 528 in the
MUP core as they take ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-Making.
Total units: 30
Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of
Urban Planning (MLArch/MUP)
Qualified students who are admitted to the Master of Landscape
Architecture program in the School of Architecture and to the
graduate program in the USC Price School of Public Policy may
complete both degrees in a highly integrated five-seven semester
program.
Completion of the dual degree requires 26 units of courses in
urban planning, 9 units of Advanced Design Research and either
49 units of landscape architecture (for those students admitted
with advanced placement); or 71 units of landscape architecture
(for those students admitted to the three-year curriculum).
Master of Landscape Architecture (Advanced
Placement)/Master of Urban Planning
Qualified students who have completed a pre-professional
undergraduate degree in landscape architecture or environmental
design, or a professional degree in architecture and are admitted
to the graduate program in the School of Architecture with
advanced placement and to the USC Price School of Public Policy
may complete both degrees in a highly integrated six-semester
program.
Completion of the dual degree requires 84 units, including 49
units of courses in landscape architecture, 26 units of courses in
urban planning, and 9 units of Advanced Design Research.
Landscape Architecture
• ARCH 439 Landscape Architecture Foundations Workshop
Units: 2
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• ARCH 698aL Advanced Design-Research Units: 3
• ARCH 698bL Advanced Design-Research Units: 6
• ARCH 698zL Advanced Design-Research Units: 0
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Electives:
3 units of elective courses taken in the School of Architecture.
*Electives must be 400-level and above.
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of ARCH 530 in the
MLA core as professional practice is obtained in the PPD courses.
Students in this dual degree will also be waived out of ARCH 639
as parametric design is not a required skill for planning-oriented
landscape architects.
Studios
• ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
Total units for MLArch: 58
Urban Planning
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program. They are as follows: Arts and Culture, Design
of the Built Environment, Planning for Climate Change and
Sustainability, Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic
Development, and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students
must select a concentration gateway and methodology course
(4 units each, 8 units total). Dual degree students do not need to
take concentration electives as they will complete elective units in
Economics. Please see the Master of Urban Planning section of
the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and course lists.
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of PPD 528 in
the MUP core as design knowledge is obtained in the ARCH
urban landscape courses. Students in this dual degree will also
be waived out of the planning studio requirement in the MUP as
students take 12 units of ARCH studios in Landscape Architecture.
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Total units for MUP: 26
Dual degree students, like all other MUP students, must fulfill the
internship requirement.
Total units for dual degree: 84
Master of Landscape Architecture (Three-Year
Curriculum)/Master of Urban Planning
Qualified students admitted to the Master of Landscape
Architecture three-year curriculum in the School of Architecture
and to the USC Price School of Public Policy may complete both
degrees in a highly integrated seven-semester program.
Completion of the dual degree requires 106 units, including 71
units of courses in landscape architecture, 26 units of courses in
urban planning, and 9 units of Advanced Design Research.
Landscape Architecture
• ARCH 439 Landscape Architecture Foundations Workshop
Units: 2
• ARCH 531 Urban Ecology Units: 4
• ARCH 534 Landscape Construction: Topographic Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 535 Landscape Construction: Performance
Approaches Units: 3
• ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification Units: 2
• ARCH 538L Planting Design Units: 2
• ARCH 539L Media for Landscape Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism: Case Studies Units: 3
• ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of Landscape
Architecture Units: 3
• ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban Ecology Units: 3
• ARCH 548 Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3
• ARCH 565 Global History of Designed Landscapes Units: 3
• ARCH 571 Community-Based Design, Conservation and
Planning Units: 2
• ARCH 635 Landscape Construction: Assembly and
Documentation Units: 3
• ARCH 698aL Advanced Design-Research Units: 3
• ARCH 698bL Advanced Design-Research Units: 6
• ARCH 698zL Advanced Design-Research Units: 0
• SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape Architecture Units: 2
Studios
• ARCH 541aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 541bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
• ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture Design Units: 6
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of ARCH 530 in the
MLA core as professional practice is obtained in the PPD courses.
Students in this dual degree will also be waived out of ARCH 639
as parametric design is not a required skill for planning-oriented
landscape architects
Total units for MLArch: 80
Urban Planning
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of
Urban Planning program: Arts and Culture, Design of the Built
Environment, Planning for Climate Change and Sustainability,
Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic Development,
and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students must select
a concentration gateway and methodology course (4 units
each, 8 units total). Dual degree students do not need to take
concentration electives as they will complete elective units in
Economics. Please see the Master of Urban Planning section of
the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and course lists.
Note:
Students in this dual degree will be waived out of PPD 528 in
the MUP core as design knowledge is obtained in the ARCH
urban landscape courses. Students in this dual degree will also
be waived out of the planning studio requirement in the MUP as
students take 12 units of ARCH studios in Landscape Architecture.
Total units for MUP: 26
Dual degree students, like all other MUP students, must fulfill the
internship requirement.
Total units for dual degree: 106
Master of Public Administration/Master of
Arts, Jewish Nonprofit Management (MPA/MA)
The Master of Public Administration/Master of Arts in Jewish
Nonprofit Management (MPA/MA) has been developed, in
cooperation between the USC Price School of Public Policy and
the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management at HUC-
JIR, to prepare those students who want to pursue a career in
Jewish nonprofit management. Students in this dual degree
program develop policy and leadership practices that support a
strategic understanding of how the application of financial and
program resources shape a community's future. The MA in Jewish
Nonprofit Management program is project based. Through paid
field internships in Jewish organizations and consulting projects,
students apply what is learned in the classroom in a real world
experience that develops their professional expertise.
Students must complete 68 units of course work, 34 in Public
Administration and a minimum of 34 credits in Jewish Nonprofit
Management. There is an opportunity to spend either 12 months
in Sacramento, California, or Washington, D.C. At these sites,
students attend classes while serving internships in the offices of
politicians, lobbyists or other advocates.
Students must meet admission requirements and be admitted
by both the Price School of Public Policy and the Zelikow School
of Jewish Nonprofit Management.
Curriculum Requirements
The program begins in June of each year and continues for the
next 24 months. Students are expected to work out individual
course plans with advisers from each school.
In addition to applying to the Price School of Public Policy, those
interested in the program should contact Melissa Garai at the
Zelikow School at (213) 765-2173 or visit the Website at ZSJNM.
HUC.edu, for more information about its requirements.
Public administration course work may be taken in Los Angeles or
Sacramento. In Sacramento, a student will complete the Price core
and elective courses, will take independent study with an HUC
professor, and will serve in an internship while enrolled in HUC
fieldwork classes.
Public Administration Requirements
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
Electives
One management elective (4 units) and 8 additional elective units
are required for a total of 12 units.
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Management Elective
Choose one:
• PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Units: 4 or
• PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Units: 4
Additional Electives
Choose 8 units:
• PPD 684 Leadership Development in the Public and
Nonprofit Sectors Units: 2
• PPD 685 Human Resources Management in Public and Non-
Profit Sectors Units: 2
• PPDE 646 Grant Writing Practicum Units: 2
• PPDE 649 International Development NGOs: Theory, Policy
and Management Issues Units: 4
Note: Substitutions may be requested by petition to the
graduate adviser in the Price School of Public Policy
Additional Requirements
Fieldwork Requirement
Throughout the program, students are expected to serve in
supervised internships. Fieldwork is administered cooperatively
by the faculties of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit
Management and the Price School of Public Policy.
Program Adaptation
Students enrolled in the dual degree are not required to take
PPD 504 or an analytic elective in the MPA program (as opposed
to the stand alone MPA degree students) because they develop
the necessary proficiencies in research methods (including
relevant statistical analysis material) in the courses offered in
the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management (CS 900A
Capstone and CS 900B Capstone). Students in the dual degree
may elect an alternative 4 units within the Price School.
Master of Public Administration/Master of
Science in Gerontology (MPA/MS)
The Master of Public Administration/Master of Science in
Gerontology (MPA/MS) dual degree offers students interested
in management of agencies and institutions the opportunity to
gain in-depth knowledge of the administrative and organizational
processes and management skills necessary for the effective
delivery of services to older persons.
In the MPA/MS dual degree, students spend their first year
taking the required courses in the USC Leonard Davis School of
Gerontology. The research course, GERO 593 Research Methods
and the capstone course GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A
Multidisciplinary Approach, are taken in the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology. The student begins courses in the Price
School of Public Policy during the second semester of the first
year.
Two versions of this dual degree are available, one with a
general orientation and one with an emphasis on health services
administration. Students must apply to both schools and, if
accepted to both, participate in a specially designed program
combining course work from both schools.
Curriculum requirements for the general focus dual degree are
detailed in the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology section
of this catalogue. Students are encouraged to seek advisement
as they plan their actual programs, since curriculum changes may
occur.
Gerontology Requirements
• GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology Units: 2 or
4 (4 units required)
• GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology Units: 4
• GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
• GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary
Approach Units: 4
• GERO 591 Field Practicum Units: 1-12 *
• GERO 593 Research Methods Units: 4
• Gerontology elective Units: 4
* 8 units of GERO 591 required
Total units: 40
Public Administration Requirements
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Electives
Students select one analytic elective course (4 units).
NOTE: Electives in Public Administration need to be selected
from approved analytic electives (see MPA requirements). Any
substitutions must be approved by the graduate adviser in the
Price School of Public Policy.
Total units: 28
Additional Requirements
Program Adaptation
For the MS in Gerontology, 8 units of electives are replaced
with GERO 550 and additional internship units. GERO 589
Case Studies in Leadership and Change Management is waived
because students enrolled in this program have a primary
professional focus in public administration. For the Master of
Public Administration, 12 units of gerontology courses are used as
the substantive specialization.
Master of Public Administration/Master of
Social Work (MPA/MSW)
The Master of Public Administration/Master of Social Work
(MPA/MSW) dual degree offers students interested in careers
as administrators of social agencies the opportunity to prepare
for social work while developing the administrative capabilities
necessary in the public sector.
The MPA/MSW requires two calendar years of full-time study.
The first academic year is devoted to the standard social work first
year curriculum. During the second year, the curriculum combines
social work and public administration course work. The curriculum
for both summers will be in public administration.
Students can enter this program only with the written consent
of both schools. Students who apply initially to the USC Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work must declare their intention to
pursue the MPA/MSW dual degree at the time of their application.
If admission is approved, such students will be admitted to the
dual degree program. Social work students selecting this program
are required to select the Community Organization, Planning and
Administration concentration in their second year program.
Students must complete 82 units (54 in social work and 28 in
public administration).
Social Work (54 Units)
Contact the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work for
Social Work requirements.
Public Administration (28 Units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
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• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Note:
*PPD 545 is not required as students in this dual take SOWK 506
Human Behavior and the Social Environment, which covers similar
content.
Electives
Students take 8 units of electives (one management and one
analytic).
Electives in Public Administration need to be selected
from approved management and analytic electives (see MPA
requirements). Any substitutions must be approved by the
graduate adviser in the Price School of Public Policy.
Master of Public Health/Master of Urban
Planning (MPH/MUP)
The Master of Public Health/Master of Urban Planning (MPH/
MUP) dual degree is designed for individuals who envision a
career that combines urban planning and public health disciplines.
This dual degree combines the knowledge of urban planning
with an understanding of health from a population perspective. It
will provide training for planning, evaluating and guiding healthy
community and urban development, and will enable graduates
who seek to be agents of change within the profession to assume
leadership roles in planning and in public health at the local, state
and national levels. The degree requires 32 MUP units and 34
MPH units for a total of 66 units required for the dual degree.
Urban Planning Requirements
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design
Units: 2
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program. They are as follows: Arts and Culture, Design
of the Built Environment, Planning for Climate Change and
Sustainability, Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic
Development, and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students
must select a concentration gateway and methodology course (4
units each, 8 units total). Please see the Master of Urban Planning
section of the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and
course lists.
Internship
Dual degree students, like all other MUP students, must fulfill an
internship requirement. Students will take 200 hours of planning
internship placement in addition to 1 unit in PM 596 and 1 unit
in PM 597. See below for further internship details for this dual
degree.
MPH Core Requirements
• PM 502 Foundations of Public Health Units: 4
• PM 503 Practice of Public Health Units: 4
• PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics Units: 4
• PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology Units: 4
• PM 596 Practicum in Public Health Units: 1
• PM 597 Capstone in Public Health Units: 1
MPH Concentration Core Requirements
Students may choose one of two concentrations in the MPH
program: Community Health Promotion and Health Services and
Policy. Students are required to complete the concentration core
requirements (16 units) specific to their chosen concentration of
study. Relevant courses taken in the Price School of Public Policy
will be counted toward the MPH concentration elective requirement
required by non-dual degree students.
Students will complete a total of 34 units specific to the MPH
program.
MPH Practicum Requirement
For PM 596, students will complete an internship specific to meet
the competencies of the students' chosen concentration. Dual
degree students will enroll in this 1-unit course and complete
a 130-hour placement. The other 130 hours would be waived
because students will spend 200 hours during their planning
internship, acquiring additional relevant practical experience.
(Note: This is consistent with the established dual degree
programs with medicine, pharmacy, social work and clinical
psychology).
Units required to complete program: 66
Master of Public Policy/Juris Doctor (MPP/JD)
The Price School of Public Policy and the USC Gould School
of Law offer a dual degree that enables qualified students to earn
both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Public Policy in approximately
four years of study.
The dual degree allows students to acquire a blend of the
analytic skills of public policy and an understanding of legal
institutions and processes. This combination of knowledge is
well suited for law students who want to affect the policy-making
process and craft legislation to aid in the achievement of public
policy goals. It is equally appropriate for prospective policy
analysts who are interested in law and public policy.
Students must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools.
They may be accepted to the dual degree at the time of their law
school acceptance or during their first year in the law school.
Dual degree students spend the first year completing law school
curricular requirements. The 36 units of MPP curriculum, as well
as remaining law school requirements, are completed during
the final three years. To earn the JD, all students (including dual
degree students) must complete 37 numerically graded law units
at USC after the first year.
Prerequisites
All entering students must have a bachelor's degree from an
accredited institution and are required to demonstrate proficiency
in foundational statistical methods. The statistics prerequisite can
be satisfied in one of two ways:
Statistics or Econometrics Course Taken Prior to
Enrollment in the MPP
Completion of a college-level statistics or econometrics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation. At
minimum, prior course work must have included essential topics
in descriptive and inferential statistics such as measures of central
tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, and hypothesis
testing. If relevant statistical course work was completed more
than three years prior, a waiver may be granted based on the level
of statistical training completed and the degree to which currency
with this material was maintained through subsequent professional
use.
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management
If a student has not completed a college-level statistics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation,
they will need to complete a summer course prior to starting the
MPP program. USC offers PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public
Management each summer; a grade of "C" or better in PPD
504 is sufficient to satisfy the statistics prerequisite. Students
may instead choose to satisfy the requirement by completing a
qualifying statistics course at another institution prior to enrolling
at USC. If the course is completed outside of USC, it must be
taken for a grade and the student must earn a grade of "B" or
better. Regardless of which course is used to meet the prerequisite
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requirement, the units associated with the course will not be used
toward the 114 required degree units.
Pre-semester MPP Labs
The Professional Fundamentals and Statistics/STATA Labs
provide an introduction to the program, acclimate students to skills
that will be further developed in their first-semester courses and
help to create a genuine camaraderie within the first-year student
cohort. Entering MPP students are required to participate in the
Statistics/STATA Lab as well as the Professional Fundamentals
Lab. The labs meet the week prior to the start of the fall semester.
The Professional Fundamentals Lab will lead directly into PPD
554 Foundations of Policy Analysis, while the Statistics/STATA Lab
will provide initial exposure to the statistical software that will be
utilized extensively in PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Public Policy/Juris Doctor degree requires 114
units of graduate work, with 78 law school units and 36 public
policy units. The public policy units include 20 units of core
courses, the 4-unit Policy Analysis Practicum and 12 additional
elective units divided between analytic and policy elective areas.
Public Policy Core Courses (20 units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4
Policy Analysis Practicum (4 units)
• PPD 561a Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 1
• PPD 561b Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 3
Note: *During a student’s second year of policy course work,
the Policy Analysis Practicum is required as a component of
the program’s 36 units of policy course work. The practicum
is an opportunity for students to apply their skills to a current
problem for an actual client. Enrollment in the practicum
requires successful completion of all core course work.
Analytic Electives (8 units):
• COMM 650 Survey Construction and Validation Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
• PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design and Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 665 Economic Models and Applications for Impact
Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4
• PPDE 671 Economic Analysis of Education Policy Units: 4
• PPDE 672 An Exploration of the Intelligence Community -
from Policy to Cyber Espionage Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Policy Specialization Elective (4 units)
The policy-related elective is chosen by the student under the
guidance of the program administrator.
Master of Public Policy/Master of Urban
Planning (MPP/MUP)
The Master of Public Policy/Master of Urban Planning dual
degree program gives students the opportunity to develop a depth
of analytic and design skills with which to effectively address
the problems of urban communities. The dual degree program
normally requires six semesters in residence.
Requirements
Completion of the dual degree requires 72 units.
Prerequisites
All entering students must have a bachelor's degree from an
accredited institution and are required to demonstrate proficiency
in foundational statistical methods. The statistics prerequisite can
be satisfied in one of two ways:
Statistics or Econometrics Course Taken Prior to
Enrollment in the MPP
Completion of a college-level statistics or econometrics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation. At
minimum, prior course work must have included essential topics
in descriptive and inferential statistics such as measures of central
tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, and hypothesis
testing. If relevant statistical coursework was completed more than
three years prior, a waiver may be granted based on the level of
statistical training completed and the degree to which currency
with this material was maintained through subsequent professional
use.
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management
If a student has not completed a college-level statistics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation,
they will need to complete a summer course prior to starting the
MPP program. USC offers PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public
Management each summer; a grade of "C" or better in PPD
504 is sufficient to satisfy the statistics prerequisite. Students
may instead choose to satisfy the requirement by completing a
qualifying statistics course at another institution prior to enrolling
at USC. If the course is completed outside of USC, it must be
taken for a grade and the student must earn a grade of "B" or
better. Regardless of which course is used to meet the prerequisite
requirement, the units associated with the course will not be used
toward the 72 required degree units.
Pre-semester MPP Labs
The Professional Fundamentals and Statistics/STATA Labs
provide an introduction to the program, acclimate students to skills
that will be further developed in their first-semester courses and
help to create a genuine camaraderie within the first-year student
cohort. Entering MPP students are required to participate in the
Statistics/STATA Lab as well as the Professional Fundamentals
Lab. The labs meet the week prior to the start of the fall semester.
The Professional Fundamentals Lab will lead directly into PPD
554 Foundations of Policy Analysis, while the Statistics/STATA Lab
will provide initial exposure to the statistical software that will be
utilized extensively in PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
Dual Degree Requirements
The Master of Public Policy/Master of Urban Planning dual
degree requires 72 units of graduate work, with 40 public policy
units and 32 urban planning units. The public policy units include
20 units of core courses, the 4-unit Policy Analysis Practicum, and
16 additional elective units divided between analytic and policy
elective areas.
Public Policy Core Courses (20 units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4
Policy Analysis Practicum (4 units)
During a student's second year of the program, the Policy Analysis
Practicum is required as a component of the program's 40 units of
policy course work. The practicum is an opportunity for students
to apply their skills to a current problem for an actual client.
Enrollment in the practicum requires successful completion of all
core coursework.
• PPD 561a Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 1
• PPD 561b Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 3
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Analytic Electives (8 units)
• COMM 650 Survey Construction and Validation Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
• PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design and Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4
• PPDE 671 Economic Analysis of Education Policy Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
• PPDE 672 An Exploration of the Intelligence Community -
from Policy to Cyber Espionage Units: 4
• PPDE 665 Economic Models and Applications for Impact
Analysis Units: 4
Public Policy Electives (8 units)
Students select 8 units of policy-related electives under the
guidance of the program administrator.
Urban Planning Courses
Students in this dual degree will take 32 units of urban planning
coursework. Students must select one of the six available
concentrations and select a gateway and methodology course
associated with the concentration. Please see the Master of Urban
Planning section of the catalogue for the concentration options.
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design
Units: 2
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 4 units required
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentration Courses (8 units)
Students choose one of the six available concentrations in the
MUP program: Arts and Culture, Design of the Built Environment,
Planning for Climate Change and Sustainability , Housing and
Real Estate Development, Economic Development, and Mobility
and Transportation Planning. Students are required to complete
the concentration gateway and methodology requirements (8
units) specific to their selected concentration of study. Please
see the Master of Urban Planning section of the catalogue for the
concentration options.
Students in the dual MUP/MPP program do not need to take an
additional 8 units of concentration electives as in the standalone
MUP program due to the required electives in the MPP. Through
advisement, students are encouraged to select elective courses
that meet their interests and educational goals.
Additional Requirements
Internship
Dual degree students, like all other MUP students, must fulfill the
internship requirement.
Master of Real Estate Development/Juris
Doctor (MRED/JD)
The Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate Development dual
degree program provides the opportunity for in-depth study of legal
issues and real estate development. The increasingly regulatory
environment developers work within demands that professionals
in the real estate industry have a strong understanding of the
legal system. Lawyers who plan to specialize in real estate law
will benefit from a thorough understanding of the development
process, including financial, planning, marketing and design
issues. Application must be made to both the USC Gould School
of Law and the USC Price School of Public Policy. This program
normally requires three years (including one summer) of full-time
study in residence to complete.
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are
112 units, including 78 units in law and 34 units in planning and
development. To earn the JD, all students (including dual degree
students) must complete 37 numerically graded law units at USC
after the first year. The associate dean may make exceptions to
this rule for students enrolled in law school honors programs.
Law School
• LAW 502 Procedure I Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 503 Contracts Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 504 Criminal Law Units: 3
• LAW 505 Legal Profession Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 507 Property Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 508 Constitutional Law: Structure Units: 2, 3, 4, 5
• LAW 509 Torts I Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 512 Law, Language and Values Units: 2, 3, 4
• LAW 515 Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy I Units: 2, 3
• LAW 516 Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy II Units: 2
• LAW electives including fulfillment of the upper division
writing requirement and skills course Units: 45
Real Estate Development
• PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership Units: 2
• PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Units: 2
• RED 509 Market Analysis for Real Estate Units: 4
• RED 542 Finance of Real Estate Development Units: 3
• RED 544 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 2
• RED 546 Applications of Real Estate Finance to Problems of
Development Units: 3
• RED 547 Project Management and Construction Units: 2
• RED 551 The Approval Process Units: 4
• RED 573 Design History and Criticism Units: 2
• RED 574 Building Typologies Units: 2
• RED 575L Community Design and Site Planning Units: 2, 3,
4
• RED 598 Real Estate Product Development Units: 2, 3, 4
• Elective from the Price School of Public Policy Units: 2
Additional Requirements
Students are required to complete a comprehensive
examination administered by faculty members from both the law
school and the Price School of Public Policy.
Students are required to complete a comprehensive
examination administered by faculty members from both the law
school and the Price School of Public Policy.
Students must have an approved laptop computer as required
by instructors and must demonstrate calculator and spreadsheet
skills.
Master of Real Estate Development/Master of
Business Administration (MRED/MBA)
The Master of Real Estate Development/Master of Business
Administration dual degree program enables students to expand
their skills in planning, land development, marketing, decision
sciences, accounting, management, finance and economics. The
program is targeted for students who have a clear career goal
of becoming real estate developers but who lack formal training
in business. The program normally requires two years (including
summers) of full-time study in residence to complete.
Requirements
A total of 82 units is required. Required courses include: all
required courses in an MBA program; FBE 565 Economics of
Urban Land Use: Feasibility Studies (3 units); FBE 588 Advanced
Real Estate Law (3 units); graduate business electives sufficient
to bring the total units completed in the USC Marshall School of
Business to at least 48; and Policy, Planning, and Development
courses (34 units). Dual degree students may not count courses
taken outside the USC Marshall School of Business toward the
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48 units. Students must have an approved laptop computer as
required by instructors and must demonstrate calculator and
spreadsheet skills.
Real Estate Development
• PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership Units: 2
• RED 509 Market Analysis for Real Estate Units: 4
• RED 542 Finance of Real Estate Development Units: 3
• RED 544 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 2
• RED 546 Applications of Real Estate Finance to Problems of
Development Units: 3
• RED 547 Project Management and Construction Units: 2
• RED 551 The Approval Process Units: 4
• RED 573 Design History and Criticism Units: 2
• RED 574 Building Typologies Units: 2
• RED 575L Community Design and Site Planning Units: 2, 3,
4
• RED 598 Real Estate Product Development Units: 2, 3, 4
• Elective from the Price School of Public Policy Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Comprehensive Examination: Students are required to complete
a comprehensive examination administered by faculty members
from both the Marshall School of Business and the Price School of
Public Policy.
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts,
Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere
(MUP/MA)
The Master of Urban Planning/Master of Arts, Curatorial
Practices and the Public Sphere offers an unusually rich
opportunity for students interested in developing a new knowledge
base to become successful professionals working in the arena
of organizing art projects in urban public space, planning and
community development. Los Angeles and the facilities at USC
provide a unique learning laboratory to educate a more competitive
professional with a better understanding of both the administration
of public art and issues of urban planning. This dual degree
requires 58 units for completion, 26 in Roski and 32 in urban
planning in Price.
Required Roski Courses
The following Roski courses are required for the degree (26 units):
• ART 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar Seminar Units: 2 (4 units
required)
• CRIT 510 History and Theory of Art and Exhibitions Units: 4
• CRIT 512 Art and Curatorial Visits Units: 2
• CRIT 555 Methods of Curating: Introduction to Curatorial
Practicum Units: 4
• CRIT 556 Curatorial Practicum: Individual/Group Projects
Units: 4
• CRIT 557 Curatorial Practicum: Group Project Summation
Units: 4
• CRIT 594a Master's Thesis Units: 2
• CRIT 594b Master's Thesis Units: 2
Required Urban Planning Courses
The following Planning courses are required for the degree
(24 units):
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design
Units: 2
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentration Courses (8 units)
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program: Arts and Culture, Design of the Built
Environment, Planning for Climate Change and Sustainability,
Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic Development,
and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students must select
a concentration gateway and methodology course (4 units each,
8 units total). Please see the Master of Urban Planning section of
the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and course lists.
Additional requirements for the dual degree
There are 400 hours of internship required for the degree,
usually pursued in the summer of the second year (fifth and final
semester).
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Public
Administration (MUP/MPA)
The Master of Urban Planning/Master of Public Administration
dual degree program is designed for the study of the relationships
between planning and public administration. Administrative
skills, budgeting and fiscal analysis, a knowledge of operations
services of local governments, and formulation and conduct of
planning operations within the context of municipal management
are required. This dual degree program normally requires five
semesters in residence.
Requirements
Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are
64 units, including 32 units in public administration (including 8
units of management and analytic electives) and 32 units in urban
planning.
Public Administration
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management Units: 2
• PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration
Units: 2
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Electives
Students select one management elective (4 units) and one
analytic elective (4 units) for a total of 8 units. Please see the
Master of Public Administration for course options.
Urban Planning
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design
Units: 2
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program. They are as follows: Arts and Culture, Design
of the Built Environment, Planning for Climate Change and
Sustainability, Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic
Development, and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students
must select a concentration gateway and methodology course (4
units each, 8 units total). Please see the Master of Urban Planning
section of the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and
course lists.
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Master of Urban Planning/Master of Real
Estate Development (MUP/MRED)
The Master of Urban Planning/Master of Real Estate
Development dual degree program enables students to expand
their skills in planning, land development, market analysis, finance
and economics. Exposure to both fields becomes an educational
as well as a professional asset for careers in either real estate
development or urban planning. This dual degree program
normally requires five semesters, including one summer, in
residence.
Requirements
A total of 74 units is required for the dual degree, all from within
the Price School of Public Policy.
Urban Planning Core
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program. They are as follows: Arts and Culture, Design
of the Built Environment, Planning for Climate Change and
Sustainability, Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic
Development, and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students
must select a concentration gateway and methodology course (4
units each, 8 units total). Please see the Master of Urban Planning
section of the catalogue for the concentration descriptions and
course lists.
Real Estate Core
• PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership Units: 2
• PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Units: 2
• RED 509 Market Analysis for Real Estate Units: 4
• RED 542 Finance of Real Estate Development Units: 3
• RED 544 Real Estate Capital Markets Units: 2
• RED 546 Applications of Real Estate Finance to Problems of
Development Units: 3
• RED 547 Project Management and Construction Units: 2
• RED 551 The Approval Process Units: 4
• RED 562 Legal Issues in Real Estate Development Units: 4
• RED 573 Design History and Criticism Units: 2
• RED 574 Building Typologies Units: 2
• RED 575L Community Design and Site Planning Units: 2, 3,
4
• RED 598 Real Estate Product Development Units: 2, 3, 4
Additional Requirements
Electives: 14 additional units of elective courses taken within
the Price School of Public Policy.
Students in this dual degree do not take the Urban Planning
capstone but are required to complete the MRED comprehensive
examination.
The internship requirement is waived for students who enter
the program with professional experience in either planning, real
estate or a related field.
Program Adaptation: MUP/MRED dual degree students may
waive PPD 529 because RED 562 covers similar material. PPD
528 may also be waived for this dual because MRED students
take three design courses which cover similar material (RED 573,
RED 574 and RED 575L). Students in this dual also do not need to
take PPD 629 (the MUP Capstone) as they will be required to take
the MRED comprehensive exam.
Master of Urban Planning/Master of Social
Work (MUP/MSW)
The dual degree program between the USC Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work and the USC Price School of Public
Policy offers unique opportunities for students who want to devote
their professional careers to social policy, social planning or social
services delivery. Students with a dual degree will have broader
employment options beyond those in traditional planning or social
work.
The schedule of courses allows students to experience
direct service in the first year so that course work planning is
supplemented by a knowledge of consumers, service delivery, etc.
Courses for both schools are taken simultaneously, intermingling
social work and planning content. Two years of field practicums in
social work provide in-depth exposure to social service issues from
both planning and direct service perspectives, thus satisfying some
of the planning laboratory/workshop requirements and eliminating
the need for a separate planning internship requirement.
Requirements
Requirements for completion of the MSW/MUP degree are
83 units including 51 units in social work and 32 units in urban
planning. Students must select a community organization, planning
and administration concentration in the second year of their social
work program.
Social Work
Contact the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
for Social Work requirements.
Urban Planning
• PPD 522 Planning Theory and History for a Just Society
Units: 4
• PPD 523 Urban and International Development Units: 4
• PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design
Units: 2
• PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2
• PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12 (4 units required)
• PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and Communication of the Public
Good Units: 4
• PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning Units: 4
Concentrations
There are six concentrations available in the Master of Urban
Planning program. They are as follows: Arts and Culture, Design
of the Built Environment, Planning for Climate Change and
Sustainability, Housing and Real Estate Development, Economic
Development, and Mobility and Transportation Planning. Students
must select a concentration gateway and methodology course
(4 units each, 8 units total). Dual degree students do not need to
take concentration electives as they will complete elective units in
Social Work. Please see the Urban Planning (MUP) entry in the
catalogue for the concentration descriptions and course lists.
Additional Requirements
Dual degree students, like all other MUP students, must fulfill
the internship requirement.
Urban Education Policy/Public Policy
(PhD/MPP)
The Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education Policy/Master of
Public Policy dual degree offers students interested in careers in
Educational Policy rigorous training in education, policy research
and analysis. Students emerging with this dual degree will apply
in-depth knowledge of policy processes, content and analysis to
critical questions of contemporary education policy.
The PhD/MPP requires five calendar years of full-time study.
The first academic year is devoted to MPP classes, the second to
PhD classes, completion of the MPP practicum in the third year,
PhD qualifying exam in the fourth year and the PhD dissertation in
the fifth year.
Students can enter this program one of two ways: (1) apply
simultaneously to both programs and state their intent to be
admitted to the dual degree program; or (2) apply to the PhD
during the first semester as an MPP student. If admission is
approved by each school, students will be admitted to the dual
degree program.
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Student must complete 84 units (48 from the PhD in Urban
Education Policy and 36 from the Master of Public Policy).
Degree Requirements for the PhD
The PhD in Urban Education Policy, adapted for the dual
degree, requires a minimum of 48 units of course work, comprising
the following elements: Core Block (16 units), Concentration Block
(15 units), Research Block (12 units), and Dissertation Proposal
and Dissertation Block (5 units).
Degree Requirements for the MPP
The Master of Public Policy, adapted for the dual degree,
requires a total of 36 units. The public policy units include 24 units
of core courses, the 4-unit Policy Analysis Practicum, and 8 units
of analytic electives.
Prerequisites
All entering students must have a bachelor's degree from an
accredited institution and are required to demonstrate proficiency
in foundational statistical methods. The statistics prerequisite can
be satisfied in one of two ways:
Statistics or Econometrics Course Taken Prior to
Enrollment in the MPP
Completion of a college-level statistics or econometrics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation. At
a minimum, prior course work must have included essential topics
in descriptive and inferential statistics such as measures of central
tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, and hypothesis
testing. If relevant statistical course work was completed more
than three years prior, a waiver may be granted based on the level
of statistical training completed and the degree to which currency
with this material was maintained through subsequent professional
use.
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management
If a student has not completed a college-level statistics course
with a grade of "B" or better within three years of matriculation,
they will need to complete a summer course prior to starting the
MPP program. USC offers PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public
Management each summer; a grade of "C" or better in PPD
504 is sufficient to satisfy the statistics prerequisite. Students
may instead choose to satisfy the requirement by completing a
qualifying statistics course at another institution prior to enrolling
at USC. If the course is completed outside of USC, it must be
taken for a grade and the student must earn a grade of "B" or
better. Regardless of which course is used to meet the prerequisite
requirement, the units associated with the course will not be used
toward the 84 required degree units.
Pre-semester MPP Labs
The Professional Fundamentals and Statistics/STATA Labs
provide an introduction to the program, acclimate students to skills
that will be further developed in their first-semester courses and
help to create a genuine camaraderie within the first-year student
cohort. Entering MPP students are required to participate in the
Statistics/STATA Lab as well as the Professional Fundamentals
Lab. The labs meet the week prior to the start of the fall semester.
The Professional Fundamentals Lab will lead directly into PPD
554 Foundations of Policy Analysis, while the Statistics/STATA Lab
will provide initial exposure to the statistical software that will be
utilized extensively in PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
Public Policy Core Courses (24 units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4
Policy Analysis Practicum (4 units)
• PPD 561a Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 1
• PPD 561b Policy Analysis Practicum Units: 3
Note: *During a student’s second year of the program, the
Policy Analysis Practicum is required as a component of the
program’s 36 units of policy course work. The practicum is
an opportunity for students to apply their skills to a current
problem for an actual client. Enrollment in the practicum
requires successful completion of all core coursework.
Analytic Electives (8 units)
• COMM 650 Survey Construction and Validation Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
• PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
• PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design and Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 665 Economic Models and Applications for Impact
Analysis Units: 4
• PPDE 672 An Exploration of the Intelligence Community -
from Policy to Cyber Espionage Units: 4
• SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Program Adaptation
Students in the dual degree are not required to take the 12-unit
specialization elective requirement from the MPP program. Instead
they are required to take PPDE 668 and 8 units of analytic course
work/electives, and because they will specialize in educational
policy, they will obtain the relevant expertise through the Rossier
course work.
Students also do not take the 12-unit Cognate Block and 3 units
of the 15-unit Research Block from the PhD program because the
scope of these block requirements are interdisciplinary in nature
or research-oriented, and as such are naturally suited to combine
with the MPP.
Students work with their adviser to make the best selection of
elective course work to align with their educational and career
goals.
Graduate Certificate
City/County Management Certificate
The graduate Certificate in City/County Management is for
students interested in acquiring the foundational training needed to
pursue a career in public service leadership and provides students
with the necessary knowledge, training and skills development
that will ensure their professional success as a future city/county
manager.
The Certificate in City/County Management consists of 16 units
of graduate course work.
Required Courses (16 Units)
• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 651 Seminar in the Administration of Local Government
Units: 4
• PPD 672 Collaborative Governance Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Admission Requirements and Application
Procedures
Applicants for the Certificate in City/County Management who
are currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC and are in
good standing with a 3.0 GPA only need to submit the appropriate
paperwork for adding the certificate program, which may be
obtained from the program administrator.
Applicants for the Certificate in City/County Management who
have not matriculated at USC must make a formal application
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for admission to the certificate program; provide transcripts of all
college work, a resume and one letter of recommendation.
Please contact the USC Price Office of Admissions at
[email protected] for more information.
Health Management and Policy Programs
Certificate
The Health Management and Policy Programs of the Price
School of Public Policy offers certificate programs in specialized
areas of health care administration. The certificates are designed
to provide practitioners with means for improving or updating their
knowledge and experience in a challenging and professionally
relevant course of study. Certificates are offered in Administration
of Long Term Care Programs and Management of Ambulatory
Care Systems. Applicants for the certificate programs must make
formal application for admission to the certificate program, provide
transcripts of all college work, supplemented by three letters of
recommendation, including one from a former instructor, a resume
and a personal statement describing their career goals and the
relationship of the certificate to those ends.
It is expected that applicants to the certificate programs should
have graduated from a recognized college with an approximate
grade point average of B in the last 60 units of college work. Non-
graduates may be admitted if the director believes that there is
evidence to suggest that the applicant is capable of graduate level
work.
Successful completion of the certificate will not be a deciding
factor in the admission decision for the degrees offered by the
Health Management and Policy Programs or the Price School of
Public Policy.
Ambulatory Care
The Ambulatory Care program requires 20 units of graduate
credit including a 16-unit core and a four-unit specialized seminar
in the area of the certificate concentration.
Core courses (16 units) are:
• PPD 509 Problems and Issues in the Health Field Units: 4
• PPD 510a Financial Management of Health Services Units: 4
or
• PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4 or
• PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
• one elective
One specialized seminar as follows (four units):
• PPD 600 Management of Managed Care Organizations
Units: 2
• PPD 601 Management of Long-Term Care Organizations
Units: 4
• GERO 550 Administration and System Management in
Programs for Older Adults Units: 4
Certificate in Administration of Long Term Care
Programs
The Certificate in Administration of Long Term Care Programs
requires 16 units of course work
The required courses are
• GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An
Introduction to Aging Units: 4
• PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery Units: 2
• PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts Units: 2
• PPD 601 Management of Long-Term Care Organizations
Units: 4
• PPD 510a Financial Management of Health Services Units: 4
or
• PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4
Note:
The program can be completed via distance learning.
Additional Requirements
Completing a certificate program does not constitute completion
of or admission to the Master of Health Administration (MHA)
or Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) degree
programs nor will it be a deciding factor in the admission decision
to those programs. Students in the MHA program, however,
may qualify for award of these certificates if they complete the
applicable course requirements.
Homeland Security and Public Policy
Certificate
This graduate certificate program provides students with a
foundation in homeland security and public policy. It is designed to
provide expertise to individuals working in the field with an interest
in refining their risk and security analysis skills as well as others
with interest in the field. The certificate develops risk analysis skills
and provides students with the knowledge needed to understand
the issues surrounding the increasingly important issues of
homeland security and public policy.
Applicants for the Certificate in Homeland Security and Public
Policy who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC in
good standing with a 3.0 GPA only need to submit the appropriate
paperwork for adding the certificate program which may be
obtained from the student services adviser.
Applicants for the Certificate in Homeland Security and
Public Policy who have not matriculated at USC must make
a formal application for admission to the certificate program,
provide transcripts of all college work, a resume and one letter of
recommendation.
The certificate in homeland security and public policy consists
of 15–16 units of graduate course work depending on the courses
selected.
Required Core Course (8 units)
• PPD 683 Homeland Security and Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
Choose two of the following (7-8 units):
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPDE 670 American Contemporary Homegrown Violent
Extremism Units: 4
• PPDE 672 An Exploration of the Intelligence Community -
from Policy to Cyber Espionage Units: 4
• PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4 or
• ISE 562 Decision Analysis Units: 3
International Policy and Planning Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in International Policy and Planning
strengthens students' understanding of global policy, planning and
public management issues underscoring comparative differences
in policy approaches and governance institutions across countries,
builds a core foundation of knowledge about the governing
institutions and agreements that operate on a global level, and
prepares students for working in international organizations.
The professions of graduate students in the Price School (public
administration, public policy, urban planning, health policy and
management, and real estate development) are globalizing. To
analyze and understand the impact of globalization on their chosen
field and to be competitive in a global context, emerging leaders in
these professions should be conversant in thinking and operating
on a global scale. Earning this certificate better prepares students
for the professional demands of the globalized era.
The Certificate in International Policy and Planning consists of
14 units of graduate course work.
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Required Courses (8 units)
Core Courses (8 units)
• PPD 677 International Development Administration Units: 4
Plus one of the following (4 units):
•
PPD 531L Planning Studio Units: 4, 8, 12
• PPD 532L International Planning and Development
Laboratory Workshop Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• PPD 613a Policy, Planning, and Development International
Laboratory Units: 1
• PPD 613b Policy, Planning, and Development International
Laboratory Units: 3
Note:
*If students select PPD 613a and PPD 613b, both must be
completed.
Elective Courses (6 units)
Students select at least 6 units of elective courses. The elective
courses may be taken from within the Price School of Public Policy
course offerings or other USC units. The electives will be selected
from three topic areas: international development; urbanization,
policy issues and sustainability; and global health. The electives
will be selected in consultation with and approved by the faculty
adviser for the certificate program. The electives should be chosen
such that the combination of core classes and electives produces
a well-rounded and rigorous preparation for professional practice
in a globalized context.
Additional Requirements
Admission Requirements and Application
Procedures
Applicants for the Certificate in International Policy and Planning
who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC and
are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA only need to submit the
appropriate paperwork for adding the certificate program, which
may be obtained from the program administrator.
Applicants for the Certificate in International Policy and Planning
who have not matriculated at USC must make a formal application
for admission to the certificate program; provide transcripts of all
college work, a resume and one letter of recommendation.
Please contact the USC Price Office of Admissions at uscprice@
usc.edu for more information.
Nonprofit Management and Policy Certificate
This graduate certificate program provides students with a
foundation in nonprofit management and policy. The certificate
develops nonprofit management skills and provides students the
knowledge needed to understand the increasing importance of
nonprofits in society and their role in forming and influencing public
policy.
Applicants for the Certificate in Nonprofit Management and
Policy who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC
and are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA only need to submit the
appropriate paperwork for adding the certificate program, which
may be obtained from the student services adviser.
Applicants for the Certificate in Nonprofit Management and
Policy who have not matriculated at USC must make a formal
application for admission to the certificate program, provide
transcripts of all college work, a resume and one letter of
recommendation.
The certificate in nonprofit management and policy consists of
16 units of graduate course work.
Core Courses (12 Units)
• PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Units: 4
• PPD 687 Strategic Management in the Nonprofit Sector
Units: 4
• PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Units: 4
Additional Requirements
Elective Course
Students select 4 elective units. The elective course(s) may be
taken from within the Price School of Public Policy course offerings
or other USC units. The elective selection must be approved by
the faculty adviser for the certificate program.
Up to 10 units of the certificate may be applied to both the
certificate and the core requirements or electives in the Master
of Public Administration program. Up to 12 units may be applied
toward both the certificate and the core or electives in the Master
of Public Policy program.
The Master of Public Administration director will provide
advisement.
Political Management Certificate
This graduate certificate program provides students with a
foundation in political management. It is designed to provide
expertise for students who wish to work in public policy advocacy,
in political relations, with elected officials and with the public,
nonprofit or private sectors.
Applicants who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at
USC and are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA only need to submit
the appropriate paperwork for adding the certificate program which
may be obtained from the student services adviser.
Applicants who have not matriculated at USC must make a
formal application for admission to the certificate program, as well
as provide transcripts of all college work, a resume and one letter
of recommendation.
The Certificate in Political Management consists of 14–16 units
of graduate course work depending on the courses selected.
Core Course (4 Units)
• PPD 658 Advocacy in Public Administration Units: 4
Foundation Course (2-4 Units)
Select one:
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 684 Leadership Development in the Public and
Nonprofit Sectors Units: 2
• PPD 672 Collaborative Governance Units: 4
Choose Two of the Following (8 Units)
• PPD 616 Participatory Methods in Planning and Policy
Units: 4
• PPD 656 Political Management: Theory and Applied
Techniques Units: 4
• PPD 657 Political Leadership in Public Organizations Units: 4
• PPD 693 Communicating Public Policy Units: 4
Note:
Up to 10 units of the certificate may be applied toward both the
certificate and to the core requirements or electives in the Master
of Public Administration. Up to 12 units may be applied toward
both the certificate and toward core or electives in the Master of
Public Policy or Master of Planning.
The director of the graduate programs in public policy and
management will provide advisement.
Public Financial Management Certificate
Complex social and economic climates - at the national,
state, and local level - make sound public financial management
essential to the fiscal sustainability and growth of communities
everywhere. This graduate certificate program provides students
with the skills to analyze financial information, assess public sector
finance systems, prepare and manage budgets, and ensure the
financial accountability of public organizations.
Required Courses
Complete each of the following courses (12 units):
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
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• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Units: 4
• PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4
Elective Courses
Complete one of the following (4 units):
• PPD 624 Local Economic Development: Theory and Finance
Units: 4
• PPD 625 Planning and Economic Development Finance
Units: 4
• PPD 652 Financial Administration in Local Government
Units: 4
Note
Course substitutions are permitted with advanced approval of
the program director. Any of the above courses taken to satisfy
normal degree requirements count also toward this certificate
requirements up to the university's maximum double counting
rules.
Public Management Certificate
This program provides students with a solid foundation of
training and skills in management. Individuals who need training
in public administration but who are unable to enroll for the Master
of Public Administration (MPA) degree may find this certificate
program of particular interest. Key to the program's success is the
close integration of the academic curriculum and the application of
skills and theory to managerial work assignments. Students may
enroll at any time throughout the year.
The program consists of four courses:
• PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration Units: 4
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior
Units: 4
• and one elective selected from any 500-level offering in the
Price curriculum.
Public Policy Certificate
This graduate certificate program provides students with a
foundation in public policy analysis. It is designed to provide
expertise in public policy to individuals who do not want to pursue
the Master of Public Policy degree. Potential students include
those who are pursuing another degree and want to complement
that work with a specialization in public policy, as well as qualified
students holding a bachelor's degree who have not matriculated
at USC. The certificate develops policy analytic skills and their
integration with a policy issue area of interest to the student.
Applicants for the Certificate in Public Policy who have not
matriculated at USC must make a formal application for admission
to the certificate program, provide transcripts of all college work, a
resume and one letter of recommendation.
The program consists of 16 units of graduate course work.
Core Courses (12 Units)
• PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Units: 4
Choose one course from a policy area (4 Units)
There are many policy issues courses from which to choose (e.g.,
health, nonprofit, transportation, environment, housing).
The Master of Public Policy director will provide advisement.
Real Estate Development Certificate
This graduate certificate program provides students with a
foundation of the key elements of real estate development. It is
designed to provide these foundations for non-Master of Real
Estate Development students who wish to obtain this knowledge
to complement their graduate program of study as well as their
careers. For admissions information, visit the Price School
Website.
The certificate in real estate development consists of 12 units of
graduate course work: RED 510, RED 511, and RED 512.
Social Innovation Certificate
Persistent social problems such as concentrated poverty,
environmental degradation, and income inequality demand
innovative new solutions to addressing these issues and improving
the quality of life for all members of society. This certificate
prepares future social innovators to design innovative policy
solutions, create social enterprises and develop new financial tools
to speed the pace of social innovation.
Students will take 13-15* units of course work depending on
the electives chosen. There are two required courses (7 units) and
students select two elective courses.
*Total unit value depends on elective courses selected.
Required Courses
• BAEP 591 Social Entrepreneurship Units: 2, 3
• PPDE 580 Social Innovation Units: 4
Electives (Student Select Two)
*Students select two electives. Price courses are 4 units. Marshall
courses are 3 units. Therefore, the total unit value completed for
the certificate will vary depending on the courses selected.
• BAEP 564 Investing in Impact Ventures Units: 3
• MOR 555 Designing High Performance Organizations
Units: 3
• MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability and Competitive
Advantage Units: 1.5, 3
• PPD 665 Contemporary Issues in Philanthropy Units: 4
• PPD 688 Business and Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Units: 4
• PPDE 683 Social Finance and Development Units: 4
Social Justice Certificate
The graduate certificate in Social Justice is for students
interested in understanding the set of factors that contribute to a
broad range of disparities (or inequities) and the challenges that
exist when managing, planning and policy making among diverse
populations. The course work in this certificate focuses on the
theories and analytic tools that are needed to assess issues in
social justice.
The certificate in Social Justice consists of 12 units of graduate
course work.
Core Courses (8 units)
Students will take two core courses.
• PPDE 664 Seminar in Social Justice and Public Policy
Units: 4
• PPD 616 Participatory Methods in Planning and Policy
Units: 4
or
• PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis Units: 4
Elective Course
Students select one 4-unit elective course from the following:
• AMST 560 Readings on Race and Ethnicity Units: 4
• AMST 580 Readings in Cultural Studies Units: 4
• COMM 653 Research, Practice and Social Change Units: 4
• PPD 606 Urban Health Policy Units: 4
• PPD 616 Participatory Methods in Planning and Policy
Units: 4 *
• PPD 617 Urban Demography and Growth Units: 4
• PPD 618 Housing Facilities and Community Development
Units: 4
• PPD 628 Urban Planning and Social Policy Units: 4
• PPD 686 U.S. Immigration Policy Units: 4
• PPD 690 Alternative Dispute Resolution Units: 4
• PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography and Critical
Cartography Units: 4
• PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis Units: 4 *
• PPDE 663 Media for Policy Change Units: 4
• SOCI 642 Sex and Gender in Society Units: 4
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Note:
* Students will take PPD 616 or PPDE 661 as their methodology
course for the certificate. They may select the alternate course to
satisfy the elective requirement but can not double count either
course for this program.
Sustainable Policy and Planning Certificate
This graduate certificate program provides students with a
foundation in policy and planning issues in sustainability and the
environment. The certificate develops analytic and methodological
skills and provides students the knowledge to understand the
increasing importance of issues surrounding the environment and
sustainability in policy and planning.
For admissions information, please visit the Price website. The
Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis will provide
advisement.
The Certificate in Sustainable Policy and Planning consists of
12-15 units of graduate course work:
Required Courses (8 units)
Students take PPDE 634 and either PPDE 660 or PPDE 665.
• PPDE 634 Methodology, Methods and Tools for Urban
Sustainability Units: 2, 3, 4 (4 units required)
• PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design and Analysis
Units: 4 or
• PPDE 665 Economic Models and Applications for Impact
Analysis Units: 4
Elective Courses (4-7 units)
Students select 4 to 7 units of electives.
• ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures,
Urban Landscapes, and Buildings Units: 3 *
• ENE 502 Environmental and Regulatory Compliance
Units: 4 *
• ENE 505 Energy and the Environment Units: 4 *
• GEOL 525 The Science of Climate Change Units: 4
• MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability and Competitive
Advantage Units: 1.5, 3 *
• PPD 587 Risk Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 619 Smart Growth and Urban Sprawl: Policy Debates
and Planning Solutions Units: 4
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPD 690 Alternative Dispute Resolution Units: 4
• PPD 692 Transportation and the Environment Units: 4
• PPD 694 Coastal Policy and Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities Units: 4
• PPDE 640 Climate, Sustainability and Environmental
Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation Planning Units: 4
Note:
*If students select 3-unit courses, they will take 6-7 units of
electives. Others will take 4.
Transportation Planning Certificate
With more people living in cities and urban areas than ever
before, transportation systems and planning are critical to
managing sustainability and the demands of a rapidly growing
population.
The Certificate in Transportation Planning is an interdisciplinary
program administered by the USC Sol Price School of Public
Policy. Combining transportation planning with transportation
policy and project management, this certificate program is
especially appropriate for students intending to pursue careers
as transportation professionals who will design or implement
transportation policies and plans, whether within government
agencies, the private sector or with non-profit organizations.
The certificate consists of 12 units of course work.
Required Courses (8 units)
• PPD 633 Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation
Planning Units: 4
• PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
Units: 4
Elective Courses (4 units)
Students select one elective course from the list below.
• PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
• PPD 621 Environmental Impacts Units: 4
• PPDE 630 Community Health Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 637 Urban Mass Transit Units: 4
• PPDE 640 Climate, Sustainability and Environmental
Planning Units: 4
• PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation Planning Units: 4
Doctoral Degree
Policy, Planning, and Development (DPPD)
The USC Price Doctor of Policy, Planning, and Development
offers established professionals in the public, private and
nonprofit sectors a high level academic experience to enhance
their leadership capabilities, to develop their capacities in
social change and innovation, and to extend their knowledge
of policy, administration, planning and development. Through
their interaction with Price faculty and advanced practitioners,
including members of their cohort, participants in the program will
become more adaptive agents of change as they address the most
complex and challenging governance problems of our times.
The goals of the DPPD are: to create a unique educational
environment that will forge advanced professionals into a
cadre for effective social, political and economic change; to
develop professionals who can apply new policy, planning and
administrative tools to design and implement new and integrative
public policies; to establish and impart a new set of problem-
solving paradigms for examining and altering decision making;
and to equip professionals with sophisticated analytical tools and a
sharper global and cultural awareness.
The DPPD offers a rigorous curriculum, an applied approach
and an interdisciplinary course of study that provides knowledge,
practice-based skills, and research capabilities for today's
leaders. Moreover, the program prepares advanced professionals
to provide change leadership in social innovation, particularly
in urban communities. Doctoral candidates will specialize in a
particular domain, one often cutting across disciplinary boundaries,
that enables students to align their research and doctoral thesis
with their professional and intellectual interests.
Applicants are expected to hold a master's degree in planning,
public policy, public administration, leadership, real estate
development or a closely related field. Applicants without master's
degrees in other fields will be expected to complete foundation
courses prior to entering the degree core courses in consultation
with the appropriate degree director. Those admitted without
advanced standing complete a total of 60 units.
Prerequisite
Applicants are required to have a basic competence in
descriptive and inferential statistics. This prerequisite may
be met in one of two ways: (1) entering students must have
passed a college level inferential statistics class, with a grade
of "B" or better, at an approved university within three years of
matriculation or (2) take PPD 502 Statistical Foundations for Public
Management and Policy and complete with a grade of "B" or
better. If students select to take PPD 502, the units associated with
this class may not be used toward the DPPD degree.
Professional Advisory Committee
By the end of the second year of study, the student will form
a three-member Professional Advisory Committee consisting
of three persons. The chair of the committee will be a full-time
USC Price faculty member (tenured, tenure-track or full-time
teaching or research faculty member). However, other committee
members may include either faculty or professionals in the field
of the student's area of interest. This committee will oversee the
student's program to its conclusion. One member of the committee
needs to be a tenure-track or tenured professor at USC.
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Curriculum Requirements
The DPPD program is administered by the Price School of
Public Policy. A minimum of 60 units of course work beyond the
baccalaureate is required for a doctoral degree including research
courses and 4 units of doctoral dissertation. A minimum of 36 units
of course work beyond the first graduate degree, exclusive of
dissertation units, is required for doctoral degree students admitted
with Advanced Standing. If a student enters with a related master's
degree, he or she may be admitted with advanced standing and
complete a minimum of 40 units.
Foundation Courses (20 units)
Up to 20 units of foundation courses are required for students
admitted without advanced standing. These courses may be taken
from the school's master's degree programs or, with prior approval,
from other USC graduate programs.
Required Courses
Students are required to complete 16 units of required core
courses, 4 units of methodology, 16 units of field coursework, and
4 units of professional dissertation (PLUS 694a PLUS 694b PLUS
694c PLUS 694d PLUS 694z).
Core Courses (16 units)
•
PLUS 650 Public Policy and Globalization Units: 4
• PLUS 651 Applied Research Design and Inquiry Units: 4
• PLUS 652 Place, Institutions, and Governance Units: 4
• PLUS 653 Leading Change and Innovation in Urban
Communities Units: 4
Methodology Course (4 units)
Students select one 4-unit methods course, to be determined
and approved by the student's professional advisory committee.
Field of Study (16 units)
In consultation with their faculty adviser and Professional
Advisory Committee, students will craft the field of study and
identify associated courses related to their professional area
of interest. The field may or may not reflect standard academic
boundaries and we expect most fields would cut across traditional
disciplinary boundaries. Students should take advantage of
USC's resources in developing the field, especially taking into
consideration the relationship of practice to theory. The field of
study should be seen as providing the tools for effective practice
in the student's area of interest. Sixteen units of course work are
required for the field of study, of which 8 may be taken outside
the Price School of Public Policy. Four units of the 16 units of
field courses should be directed research with the student's
Professional Advisory Committee Chair, to prepare for writing the
professional dissertation.
Qualifying Exam
Students will hold a formal defense of their dissertation topic
at the end of year three as the qualifying examination. Upon
successful completion, students advance to doctoral candidacy
and enroll in PLUS 694a, PLUS 694b, PLUS 694c, PLUS 694d
and PLUS 694z.
Dissertation (4 units)
The professional dissertation is a research-based study of
a policy issue, an administrative process, or other element of
professional practice. Students are expected to enroll in PLUS
694a, PLUS 694b, PLUS 694c, PLUS 694d and PLUS 694z in fall
and spring semesters for a minimum of four units, typically with
their cohort, once they have defended a professional dissertation
proposal. PLUS 694a, PLUS 694b, PLUS 694c, PLUS 694d and
PLUS 694z will be taken in year four to satisfy this requirement.
Each professional dissertation should be designed to present
an innovative or original contribution to the world of practice, and
is expected to be a substantial work that satisfies the rigorous
standards of academic research and creativity. It is likely that
dissertations will cut across various fields and disciplines. The
parameters of the professional dissertation are intentionally
left open, allowing the project to be produced as solely text, or
text in conjunction with film, computer program, design or other
multimedia format.
The dissertation is supervised by the student's Professional
Advisory Committee. Students must then maintain continuous
registration in the PLUS 694a, PLUS 694b, PLUS 694c, PLUS
694d and PLUS 694z series until completion of the professional
dissertation. Upon completion of an approved draft of the
dissertation, students will present their findings in an open session
but the Professional Advisory Committee will be the sole evaluator.
General Requirements
The DPPD is administered by the Price School of Public Policy.
At least 24 units must be fulfilled in residence at USC. The total
length of study must not exceed six academic years. Policies
regarding time limits, leaves of absence, scholarship standing,
academic warning and other issues not directly addressed here
are consistent with those of the Graduate School.
Public Policy and Management (PhD)
The Price School offers two PhD programs. Both the Doctor
of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Policy and Management and the
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Urban Planning and Development
degree programs are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Students should also refer to Graduate and Professional
Education and The Graduate School sections of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by The Graduate School.
This PhD program in the Price School emphasizes a rigorous
program of advanced study and research, stressing qualitative or
quantitative analysis and the theoretical foundations of their field
of study. This program is designed to provide students with the
opportunity to develop their own specialization and expertise in
their major field while also offering a breadth of knowledge in an
especially rich intellectual environment.
Curriculum Requirements
Theoretical Core (11-12 Units)*
• PPD 711 Theoretical Foundation of Public Management
Units: 4
• PPD 712 Seminar in Public Policy Units: 4
• PPD 715 Political Economy and Institutional Analysis
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Students may petition to substitute PPD 715 with a different
theory course derived from a discipline. Examples include MOR
602, ECON 500, etc.
Methodology (20 units):
• PPD 706 Paradigms of Research and the Design of Inquiry
Units: 4
• PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4 or
• ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics Units: 4
• PPD 716 Econometrics for Policy, Planning and Management
I Units: 4 *
• PPD 717 Econometrics for Policy, Planning and Management
II Units: 4 *
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4 *
Note:
*Students may petition to substitute PPDE 668, PPD 716, PPD
717 with different methodology courses with the approval of the
faculty adviser or qualifying exam chair (if applicable), and the
PhD director. Students with master's degrees and who have taken
an equivalent course to PPD 558 may petition to substitute this
course requirement with another methodology course.
Field Courses (12 units)
Students select 12 units of field courses that can be used to
develop disciplinary expertise related to specialization interest or
additional methodological expertise. Fields are developed with
qualifying exam committee approval, can include any combination
of the Price School and outside courses and are unique to each
student.
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Directed Research (4 units)
Students will enroll in four units of directed research during their
first year (2 units fall and 2 units spring). This will ensure they get
involved in a research experience during their first year with faculty
mentors.
• PPD 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research Seminar (4 units)
Students will take PPD 710a, PPD 710b (2 units each, 4 total
units), the Price School research seminar course.
• PPD 710a Research Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 710b Research Seminar Units: 2
Teaching Seminar (2 units)
Students will take one semester of the teaching seminar:
• PPD 700 Teaching Seminar (2 units)
Students entering the doctoral program without a relevant
master's degree in public administration or public policy or a
related field will be required to complete prerequisites (10-11 units)
relevant to their program as determined by their faculty adviser.
Additional Requirements
Admission with Advanced Standing
Students entering the doctoral program with a master's degree
from an accredited institution in public management/administration,
public policy, planning, or urban development or related field may
be admitted with advanced standing to either PhD program. In the
Public Policy and Management program, students must complete
a minimum of 53-54 units of doctoral classes beyond that graduate
degree, exclusive of PPD 794a Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794b
Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794c Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794d
Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794z Doctoral Dissertation units,
for a minimum of 57-58 semester units. In the Urban Planning
and Development program, students must complete a minimum
of 54 units of doctoral classes beyond that graduate degree,
exclusive of PPD 794a Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794b Doctoral
Dissertation, PPD 794c Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794d Doctoral
Dissertation, PPD 794z Doctoral Dissertation units, for a minimum
of 58 semester units. Additional course work may be required if
deemed necessary by the student's faculty following the screening
examination.
A maximum of 6 units of transfer credit may be applied toward
a doctoral degree with advanced standing and with the approval
of the faculty adviser or PhD director. Only course work not used
to complete the master's degree described above is available for
transfer credit. No exceptions are allowed.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Students will form an initial qualifying exam committee by
the end of the first fall semester, which officially oversees the
development of the student's academic program through the
qualifying examination.Students should refer to the Graduate
School section regarding the qualifying exam committee and the
outside member. The complete qualifying exam committee must
be in place no later than the third semester.
Screening Procedures
Students must have a 3.3 overall GPA in first-year courses to
continue in the program.
Work Plans
At the end of each spring semester, the student submits an
academic work plan for the coming year to his or her qualifying
exam committee chair. The plan should include courses, degree
progress, seminar attendance and what was learned from those,
and a research plan that articulates the major research questions
being explored. At the conclusion of year one, the chair reviews
and approves the work plan and at the end of year two, the chair
reviews the work plan and the second year paper.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying exam committee prepares a comprehensive
written examination covering the fields of study. Following
completion of the written portion, the entire committee conducts
an oral examination of the student, focusing on material both
complementary and supplementary to the written examination but
relevant to the field and overall program selected by the student.
Upon passing both portions of the qualifying examination, the
student becomes a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
The qualifying exam will occur in the fall semester of year three.
Proposal Defense
Students are expected to have a proposal defense by the end of
their third year after passing the qualifying exam.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original research. The research is
supervised by a dissertation committee of three or more faculty
members. Students should refer to the Graduate School section
regarding the dissertation committe. A two-semester minimum
registration in PPD 794a, PPD 794b, PPD 794c, PPD 794d,
PPD 794z is required of all candidates. Students must maintain
continuous registration until completion of the dissertation.
Defense of the Dissertation
Oral defense of the dissertation before the dissertation
committee is usually made on a preliminary draft.
Format for Theses and Dissertations
All theses and dissertations submitted in fulfillment of
requirements for graduate degrees must conform to university
regulations with regard to format and method of preparation.
Regulations for Format and Presentation of Theses and
Dissertations is available from the Graduate School Website.
General Requirements
Refer to the Graduate School section in this catalogue for
policies regarding time limits, leave of absence, scholarship
standing and probation.
Urban Planning and Development (PhD)
The Price School offers two PhD programs. Both the Doctor
of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Policy and Management and the
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Urban Planning and Development
degree programs are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate
School. Students should also refer to Graduate and Professional
Education and The Graduate School sections of this catalogue for
general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must
be courses accepted by The Graduate School.
The PhD programs in the Price School both emphasize rigorous
programs of advanced study and research, stressing qualitative
or quantitative analysis and the theoretical foundations of their
field of study. The programs are designed to provide students with
the opportunity to develop their own specialization and expertise
in either major field — public policy and management or urban
planning and development — while also offering them a breadth of
knowledge in an especially rich intellectual environment.
Curriculum Requirements
The Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and Management and
the Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Development are
administered by the doctoral committee of the school. The PhD
program in Public Policy and Management requires the completion
of 64 units of course work, comprising the following elements
outlined below:
PhD, Urban Planning and Development
Core Curriculum
Theoretical Core (8 Units)
•
PPD 713 Advanced Planning Theory Units: 4
• PPD 714 Advanced Urban Development Units: 4
Methodology (20 units)
•
PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis Units: 4
• PPD 706 Paradigms of Research and the Design of Inquiry
Units: 4
• PPD 708 Qualitative Methods Units: 4
• PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
Units: 4
• One additional methods courses selected with qualifying
exam committee approval Units: 4
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Note:
Students may petition to substitute PPD 708, PPDE 668 with
different methodology courses with the approval of the faculty
adviser or qualifying exam chair (if applicable), and the PhD
director. Students with master's degrees and who have taken
an equivalent course to PPD 558 may petition to substitute this
course requirement with another methodology course.
Specialized Field Courses (16 units)
Students take a minimum of four courses to develop their
specialized area of study. Courses may be taken in the Price
School or other USC units. Students, working with their qualifying
exam committees, have considerable flexibility in forming
specializations.
Directed Research (2, 2; 4 units total)
Students will enroll in four units of directed research during their
first year (2 units fall and 2 units spring). This will ensure they get
involved in a research experience during their first year with faculty
mentors.
• PPD 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research Seminar (4 units)
Students will take PPD 710a, PPD 710b (2 units each, 4 total
units), the Price School research seminar course.
• PPD 710a Research Seminar Units: 2
• PPD 710b Research Seminar Units: 2
Teaching Seminar (2 units)
Students will take one semesters of the teaching seminar:
• PPD 700 Teaching Seminar Units: 2
Students entering the doctoral program without a relevant master's
degree in urban planning or a related field will be required to
complete prerequisites (10 units) relevant to their program.
Additional Requirements
Admission with Advanced Standing
Students entering the doctoral program with a master's degree
from an accredited institution in public management/administration,
public policy, planning, or urban development or related field may
be admitted with advanced standing to either PhD program. In the
Public Policy and Management program, students must complete
a minimum of 53-54 units of doctoral classes beyond that graduate
degree, exclusive of PPD 794a Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794b
Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794c Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794d
Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794z Doctoral Dissertation units,
for a minimum of 57-58 semester units. In the Urban Planning
and Development program, students must complete a minimum
of 54 units of doctoral classes beyond that graduate degree,
exclusive of PPD 794a Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794b Doctoral
Dissertation, PPD 794c Doctoral Dissertation, PPD 794d Doctoral
Dissertation, PPD 794z Doctoral Dissertation units, for a minimum
of 58 semester units. Additional course work may be required if
deemed necessary by the student's faculty following the screening
examination.
A maximum of 6 units of transfer credit may be applied toward
a doctoral degree with advanced standing and with the approval
of the faculty adviser or PhD director. Only course work not used
to complete the master's degree described above is available for
transfer credit. No exceptions are allowed.
Qualifying Exam Committee
Students will form an initial qualifying exam committee by
the end of the first fall semester, which officially oversees the
development of the student's academic program through the
qualifying examination. Students should refer to the Graduate
School section regarding the qualifying exam committee and the
outside member. The complete qualifying exam committee must
be in place no later than the third semester.
Screening Procedures
Students must have a 3.3 overall GPA in first-year courses to
continue in the program.
Work Plans
At the end of each spring semester, the student submits an
academic work plan for the coming year to his or her qualifying
exam committee chair. The plan should include courses, degree
progress, seminar attendance and what was learned from those,
and a research plan that articulates the major research questions
being explored. At the conclusion of year one, the chair reviews
and approves the work plan and at the end of year two, the chair
reviews the work plan and the second year paper.
Qualifying Examination
The qualifying exam committee prepares a comprehensive
written examination covering the fields of study. Following
completion of the written portion, the entire committee conducts
an oral examination of the student, focusing on material both
complementary and supplementary to the written examination but
relevant to the field and overall program selected by the student.
Upon passing both portions of the qualifying examination, the
student becomes a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
The qualifying exam will occur in the fall semester of year three.
Proposal Defense
Students are expected to have a proposal defense by the end of
their third year after passing the qualifying exam.
Doctoral Dissertation
The dissertation is based on original research. The research is
supervised by a dissertation committee of three or more regular
USC faculty, at least one of whom must be from outside the Price
School of Public Policy. A two-semester minimum registration
in PPD 794a, PPD 794b, PPD 794c, PPD 794d, PPD 794z is
required of all candidates. Students must maintain continuous
registration until completion of the dissertation.
Defense of the Dissertation
Oral defense of the dissertation before the dissertation
committee is usually made on a preliminary draft.
Format for Theses and Dissertations
All theses and dissertations submitted in fulfillment of
requirements for graduate degrees must conform to university
regulations with regard to format and method of preparation.
Regulations for Format and Presentation of Theses and
Dissertations is available from the Graduate School, Student Union
301, or online at the Graduate School Website.
General Requirements
Refer to the Graduate School section in this catalogue for
policies regarding time limits, leave of absence, scholarship
standing and probation.
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Aerospace Studies
Physical Education Building 112
(213) 740-2670
Administration
Mark Burley, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Faculty
Professor: Mark Burley (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF)
Assistant Professors: Reynor Mañalac, (Captain, USAF);
Jacqueline Salas, (Captain, USAF)
The Department of Aerospace Studies offers a three- to four-
year program of instruction leading directly to commissioning as
an officer in the United States Air Force or United States Space
Force. To obtain a commission, qualified students must pass
an aptitude test, physical fitness assessment and a medical
examination; complete the Aerospace Studies program of
instruction and concurrently receive an undergraduate or graduate
degree. Credits earned in Aerospace Studies courses may be
counted as electives in some degree programs. Those students
who qualify for and are selected to enter Air Force pilot training will
be given flight instruction upon graduation. Qualified applicants
may compete for a variety of Air Force scholarships, some of
which pay full tuition, books and associated fees. USC also offers
a matching $4,000 annual scholarship for all AFROTC scholarship
recipients enrolled at USC full-time. See the Tuition and Fees
page for additional scholarship information. Students dual-enrolled
as AFROTC cadets are offered competitive opportunities to
attend various related symposia and professional development
opportunities throughout the year.
Program Requirements
Academic Year Program
This program consists of up to eight semesters of Aerospace
Studies academic and Leadership Laboratory courses (AEST
100a, AEST 100b through AEST 400a, AEST 400b) plus a two-
week summer field training course. All students, regardless of
desire to pursue a military commission, may enroll in the academic
courses that focus on such disciplines as Foundations of the
United States Air Force, Team and Leadership Fundamentals, and
National Security Affairs. The program can be tailored for students
who join during their freshman or sophomore years. The open
enrollment classes consist of one hour of academics weekly for the
AEST 100 and AEST 200 courses and three hours of academics
for the AEST 300 and AEST 400 courses. The weekly, two-hour
Leadership Laboratory courses are for AFROTC Cadets only.
Summer Training Courses
Field training is offered during the summer at Maxwell Air Force
Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Students participate in two weeks
of intensive training, normally between their sophomore and junior
years.
The major areas of study in the field training course include
junior officer leadership training, career orientation, survival
training, weapons training, physical training, and base functions as
well as the Air and Space Force environments.
Additional summer training courses at locations around the
world are available to interested students to build leadership and
human relations skills, develop cultural and language proficiency,
provide a general orientation in Air and Space Force specialties,
and motivate cadets toward an Air or Space Force career. The
training opportunities vary each year but may include cultural
and language immersion programs, engineering research and
apprenticeships, and orientation programs related to other air,
space and cyberspace specialties.
Military Science
Physical Education Building 110
(213) 740-1854
Administration
Eric Polk (Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army)
Faculty
Professor/Commander: Eric Polk (Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army)
The Department of Military Science provides professional
training for students leading to a commission, upon graduation,
in the Active Army, Army Reserve or the Army National Guard.
Through the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program
(AROTC), scholarship benefits include full tuition, fees and book
stipends. Scholarships are also available for Guaranteed Reserve
Forces Duty. Military science instruction is focused on hands-on
leadership development and the practical application of military
skills needed to produce America's future leaders. Additionally,
military science courses count as electives in many degree
programs. MS 101 and MS 102 are open to students who are
not enrolled in the program, but have an interest in leadership,
management, military history or military training. Enrollment in the
Army ROTC program is open to qualified full-time students.
Scholarship Program
The majority of Army ROTC cadets attend USC on Army
scholarships. All Army scholarships are merit-based and are
not dependent on individual financial need. Scholarships are
available for both Active Duty and Guaranteed Reserve Forces
Duty. Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified
applicants for two-, three- or four-year periods depending on the
applicant's academic level and program of study. Scholarship
cadets receive benefits that cover full tuition, fees and a book
stipend, and are available to all majors. See the Tuition and Fees
page for additional scholarship information.
Enrolled Cadets
Contracted scholarship and non-scholarship cadets can
receive a monthly stipend. Contracted scholarship cadets receive
an annual book allowance. All enrolled scholarship and non-
scholarship cadets receive uniforms and military science textbooks
from the department.
Four-Year Program
The four-year military science curriculum is designed to be
part of the student's undergraduate degree program. During the
freshman and sophomore years, students receive introductory
instruction in the theory of warfare, military history, military
leadership and basic military skills. During the junior and senior
years, cadets participate in a professional development program
with instruction in leadership, management, military justice and
advanced military skills.
Three-Year Program
The three-year program is available to qualified sophomore
undergraduate students. Students may compress the first two
years of the ROTC program by attending two ROTC classes
per semester during their sophomore year. Scholarships are
available, on a competitive basis, for students with three years
remaining toward the completion of their undergraduate degree.
Transfer students who meet the same criteria are also eligible for
scholarships. Upon acceptance, students then follow the military
science program described for the four-year program.
Two-Year Program
The two-year program is available to qualified junior and senior
undergraduate students and graduate students who have two
years of academic work remaining. Veterans who have achieved
junior academic status and meet enrollment criteria are also
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eligible for this program. Students may receive credit for the first
two years of the ROTC program by attending the Army ROTC
Basic Camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, or by previous participation
in Junior ROTC (JROTC). Transfer students who meet the same
criteria are also eligible for scholarships. Upon acceptance,
students then follow the military science program described for
junior and senior cadets in the four-year program.
Field Training
Besides the classroom instruction, cadets will have ample
opportunity to demonstrate their military and leadership skills
during practical application in a field environment throughout the
academic year and during the summer, as required. Cadets will
hone their fitness skills during designated morning fitness training
sessions, participate in one leader laboratory per week, and attend
one tactical training exercise per semester at a local military
installation. Additionally, qualified cadets will attend a 35-day paid
Army ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the summer
after their junior year.
Adventure Training
Qualified candidates may also receive training in Airborne
school, Air Assault school (rappelling from helicopters), Cadet
Troop Leadership Training (training in Army units around the
world), Northern Warfare school (Arctic survival), Combat Diver
school and Mountain Warfare school.
Naval Science
Physical Education Building (PED) 101
(213) 740-2663
Administration
Gilbert D. Juarez, BA, MOS, MSS (Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps),
Commanding Officer
Faculty
Professor: Gilbert D. Juarez, BA, MOS, MSS (Colonel, U.S. Marine
Corps)
Associate Professor: Joshua N. Ragadio, BA, MEM, EML
(Commander, U.S. Navy)
Assistant Professors: Andrew P. Bates, BS (Lieutenant, U.S.
Navy); Kristen R. Gabel, BS (Captain, U.S. Marine Corps);
Christina M. Perez, BS (Lieutenant, U.S. Navy); Jack C. Tribolet,
BS (Lieutenant, U.S. Navy)
The Department of Naval Science provides professional training
for undergraduate students (midshipmen) leading to a commission,
upon graduation, as an officer in the United States Navy or the
United States Marine Corps. Through the Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps Program (NROTC) program, scholarship students
receive a scholarship that can be applied towards full tuition,
associated fees, a book stipend, and a subsistence allowance,
or apply the scholarship towards room and board. The university
also provides additional funds to NROTC scholarship students to
assist with housing costs. Non-scholarship students may apply to
participate as members of the midshipman battalion with limited
financial assistance, earning a commission upon completion of the
baccalaureate degree. Because of the rapid development of highly
technical ship systems, aviation and other military equipment,
the majority of Navy scholarships are awarded to science and
engineering majors; however, limited Navy scholarships and all
Marine Corps scholarships are currently available to students
pursuing any major offered by the university, as long as they
complete basic technical requirements. In addition to university
requirements, midshipmen must complete 17-23 units of Naval
Science courses, a physical fitness test and three active duty
summer training sessions ranging from three to six weeks long.
All naval science courses are open to students who are not in
the program but have an interest in the Navy and Marine Corps
related fields, such as engineering, navigation, amphibious
warfare, naval operations, history and leadership.
Program Requirements
Scholarship Program
The majority of naval science students attend the university on
Navy or Marine Corps scholarships. Scholarships are awarded
primarily on a four-year basis to high school seniors selected
in nationwide competition. Two- and three-year scholarship
programs are also available through a similar selection process.
Scholarship students receive full tuition and associated fees, a
$375 book stipend each semester, and a $250-$400 per month
(increasing $50 each year in the program) subsistence allowance.
The university also provides an additional automatic scholarship of
$2,000 per semester for each NROTC scholarship recipient.
College Program
Students may join NROTC as non-scholarship "College
Program Basic" students. These students receive uniforms and
participate as regular midshipmen in the program but do not
receive scholarship, stipend or subsistence funds and do not
attend summer training. College Program Basic students must
compete for a two- or three-year scholarship or be awarded
"College Program Advanced" status in order to continue in the
program and receive a commission. College Program Advanced
students attend the final summer training session and receive both
the book stipend and subsistence funds.
Navy Option
The Navy option prepares midshipmen for service as ensigns
in the United States Navy. Navy Option midshipmen must
successfully complete First Class summer training in order to earn
their commission. This hands-on assignment to a Navy ship or
squadron is completed during their final summer training session.
Most Navy Option students will be required upon graduation
to serve a minimum of five years active military service. The
NROTC program normally commissions ensigns into the following
communities: Aviation (pilot or naval flight officer), Submarine
Warfare, Surface Warfare, Special Operations (Explosive
Ordinance Disposal), Special Warfare (SEALs), or Cyber Warfare
Engineer.
Marine Corps Option
The Marine Corps option prepares midshipmen for service as
second lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps. Marine
Option Midshipmen must successfully complete Officer Candidate
School (OCS) in order to earn their commission. This intensive
six-week course is completed during their final summer training
session. Marine Corps Option students also participate, on a
limited basis, in local field training exercises during the academic
year. Most Marine Corps Option midshipmen will be required upon
graduation to serve at least four years on active duty. All Marine
Corps second lieutenants attend The Basic School (TBS) after
graduation and are assigned a Military Occupational Specialty;
however, qualifying Marine Option midshipmen may apply for and
be granted a guaranteed assignment to the Aviation or Law Military
Occupational Specialty.
Requirements for Commissioning
Students must meet USC degree requirements in their chosen
fields and complete the prescribed Naval Science courses, two
courses of English, one course in American history/national
security policy and one course in world culture/regional studies. In
addition, they must also attend weekly Naval Science Laboratory
(NS LAB), drill, and physical training. Navy scholarship students
must also include in their programs MATH 125 Calculus I and
MATH 126 Calculus II and PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics
I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics and PHYS 152L Fundamentals
of Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism.
For more detailed program information, go to the USC NROTC
website at priceschool.usc.edu/rotc-programs/nrotc/.
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USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
champions social justice for the well-being of individuals, families
and communities through innovative teaching of evidence-
informed and practice-based skills, pioneering transformative
research and cultivating leadership for social change.
The school's programs equip students with a broad background
of knowledge about health and social welfare problems, programs,
services and policies designed to prevent and address those
problems and existing and emergent trends and issues. Across
all programs, students are professionalized and encouraged to
develop professional philosophies and approaches that are in
harmony with the basic tenets of their chosen professions. At the
same time, students share the desire and calling to prevent and
mitigate severe social and health problems that challenge the
viability of culturally diverse and complex urban settings; to build
on the strengths of individuals, families, and communities; and
to lead the scholarly search for innovative, efcacious and just
solutions.
Montgomery Ross Fisher Building 214
Main: (213) 740-2711
Admissions: (213) 740-2013
FAX: (213) 740-0789
Website: dworakpeck.usc.edu
Administration
Vassilios Papadopoulos, PhD, Interim Dean
John Clapp, PhD, Executive Vice Dean
Devon Brooks, PhD, Associate Dean for Curriculum
Joshua Watson, EdD, Assistant Dean, Student Services
Suzanne Wenzel, PhD, Associate Dean for Research
Anne Marie Yamada, PhD, Associate Dean of Inclusion and
Diversity
Michael Hurlburt, PhD, Director, Doctoral Programs
June Wiley, PhD, Chair, MSW Program
Michelle Zappas, Program and Clinical Placement Director, MSN-
FNP Program
Ruth Supranovich, EdD, Director, Field Education
Faculty
Dean and Ernest P. Larson Professor of Health, Ethnicity, and
Poverty: Sarah Gehlert, PhD
Dean's Professor of Social Work and Business: Michàlle E. Mor
Barak, PhD
Frances L. and Albert G. Feldman Endowed Professorship in
Social Policy and Health: Lawrence Palinkas, PhD
Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor in Urban Social
Development: Suzanne Wenzel, PhD
Professors: Carl Castro, PhD; John Clapp, PhD; Benjamin
Henwood, PhD; Yuri Jang, PhD; Michàlle E. Mor Barak, PhD;
Lawrence Palinkas, PhD; Eric Rice, PhD; Avelardo Valdez, PhD;
Suzanne Wenzel, PhD; Maria Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW
Associate Professors: Cleopatra Abdou, PhD; Concepcion Barrio,
PhD; Devon Brooks, PhD; Julie Cederbaum, PhD; Alice Cepeda,
PhD; Michael Hurlburt, PhD; Karen Lincoln, PhD; Dorian Traube,
PhD; Shinyi Wu, PhD; Ann Marie Yamada, PhD
Assistant Professors: John Blosnich, PhD; Robynn Cox, PhD;
Jordan Davis, PhD; Daniel Hackman, PhD; Elizabeth Kim, PhD;
Jungeun Olivia Lee, PhD; Hans Oh, PhD; Monica Perez Jolles,
PhD; Rebecca Rebbe, PhD
Teaching and Field Education Professors: Rafael Angulo, MSW;
Margarita Artavia, MSW; Judith Axonovitz, MSW; Annalisa Enrile,
PhD; Stephen Hydon, EdD; Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD; Renee
Smith-Maddox, PhD
Teaching and Field Education Associate Professors: Rosamaria
Alamo, PhD; Estela Andujo, MSW; Juan Araque, PhD; Karra
Bikson, PhD; David Bringhurst, PhD; Ruth Cislowski, MSW;
Terence Fitzgerald, PhD; Pamela Franzwa, MSW; Kim Goodman,
MSW; Suh Chen Hsiao, DPPD; Maria Hu, DSW; Dawn Joosten-
Hagye, PhD; Terri Lee, MSW; Jennifer Lewis, PhD; Omar Lopez,
MSW; Renee Michelsen, MSS; Sam Mistrano, JD; Christina
Paddock, MSW; Erik Schott, EdD; Michal Sela-Amit, PhD; Melissa
Singh, EdD; Ruth Supranovich, EdD; Vivien Villaverde, MSW;
Benita Walton-Moss, PhD; Deborah Waters-Roman, EdD; June
Wiley, PhD;; Lisa Wobbe-Veit, MSW; Kathleen Woodruff, DNP;
Michelle Zappas, DNP
Teaching and Field Education Assistant Professors: Danielle
Brown, MSW; Laura Cardinal, MSW; Kerry Doyle, MSW; Umeka
Franklin, EdD; Susan Hess, MSW; Janett Hildebrand, PhD; Harry
Hunter Jr., PhD; Jane James, JD; Tracie Kirkland, DNP; Stacy
Kratz, PhD; Jennifer Parga, MSW; Holly Priebe Sotelo, MSW;
Cynthia Sanchez, DNP; Sara Schwartz, PhD
Lecturers: Cassandra Fatouros, MSW/MBA; Marco Formigoni,
MSW; Laura Gale, EdD; Iris Gonzalez-Thrash, MSW; Robert
Hernandez, DSW; Sara McSweyn, MSW; Richard Newmyer,
MSW; Aimee Odette, DSW; Cynthia Rollo-Carlson, MSW; Lily
Ross, MSW; Shane'a Thomas, MSW; Dorothy Nieto Manzer, MSW
Research Assistant Professors: Hazel Atuel, PhD; Sara Kintzle,
PhD; Sonya Negriff, PhD; John Prindle, PhD; Harmony Rhoades,
PhD
Emeritus Professors: John Brekke, PhD; Iris Chi, DSW;
Helen Land, PhD; Jacqueline McCroskey, DSW, MSW Janet
Schneiderman, PhD; Barbara Solomon, DSW
Emeritus Professors of Clinical Education: Anne Katz, PhD;
Martha Lyon-Levine, PhD; Paul Maiden, PhD; Doni Whitsett, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Field Education: Marleen Wong, PhD
Degree and Minor Programs
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
various degree programs that lead to a Master of Social Work
(MSW), Doctorate of Social Work (DSW), Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) in Social Work, and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) as
well as a number of graduate certificates. The school also offers
an undergraduate Social Work and Juvenile Justice Minor.
Master of Social Work (MSW)
The Master of Social Work degree requires 42-60 semester
units of course work. The program of study leads to the Master
of Social Work (MSW) degree with a specialization in an area
of advanced practice. Course requirements are organized into
a generalist curriculum and a specialized practice curriculum.
The generalist curriculum provides students with knowledge,
values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes that prepare
them for professional practice with individuals, families, groups,
organizations and communities. The specialized practice
curriculum involves integration of social work knowledge, values,
skills, and cognitive and affective processes and demonstrated
ability to engage, assess, intervene and evaluate across or within
client populations, problems areas, and methods of intervention.
Areas of specialization available to students include Adult Mental
Health and Wellness; Children, Youth and Families; Military Social
Work and Veteran Services; School Social Work; or Social Change
and Innovation.
Adult Mental Health and Wellness (AMHW)
This curriculum prepares students to address the health and
well-being of younger and older adults within families, agencies,
institutions, communities, and other environments, and to eliminate
disparities. Course work focuses on mental health and substance
use, integrated primary and behavioral health care, wellness and
recovery, promotion of healthy aging, social welfare policy, and
program and policy evaluation and analysis.
Children, Youth and Families (CYF)
This curriculum prepares students to address the needs of
vulnerable children, youth, and families from the earliest years of
childhood through adolescence and the transition to adulthood.
Course work focuses on promoting wellness and preventing
trauma, as well as which kinds of service programs are showing
USC SUZANNE DWORAK-PECK SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 845
the best results for families with different makeups from a variety
of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Students are trained
to serve families in a variety of service settings, including health,
mental health, early education, schools, child welfare and juvenile
justice.
Military Social Work and Veteran Services
This curriculum targeting military personnel, spouses and other
military dependents and military retirees who wish to maintain
a post-military career affiliation with the armed forces; military
veterans who wish to provide professional services to their military
comrades; and civilian personnel who are committed to assisting
military personnel, their families, and military veterans with
adapting, coping, and managing the stresses and strains of military
life and post-military life. The curriculum offers courses focusing on
the needs of military personnel, veterans and their families.
School Social Work
The school social work curriculum prepares students to practice
in TK-12th grade settings across micro, mezzo and macro
levels. Students learn about development as well as theoretical
concepts related to working with children and adolescents in
educational settings. They also learn various roles a social worker
encompasses in the school setting to include leadership and
system wide intervention. Course work additionally focuses on
mental health service delivery and practice to include awareness
of trauma informed schools, social and emotional learning, and
polices that impact educational systems locally and nationally.
Students have opportunities through field education to apply these
concepts in school settings.
Social Change and Innovation (SCI)
This curriculum prepares students to lead bold, large-scale
solutions to social problems and drive positive change in
organizations, businesses, and government agencies. Course
work focuses on community organization, organizational planning
and development, workplace interventions, and advocacy. The
community track prepares students to think critically about
problems in communities and organizations, identify barriers
to progress and design interventions to facilitate change. The
business track prepares students for corporate settings, where
they may help employees manage the demands between work
and life and companies build positive relationships with their
communities.
Field Education
Field education is the signature pedagogy for social work.
Field education typically takes place over four semesters through
a combination of community-based placement, classroom
instruction, and training with simulated clients. The school works
closely with thousands of community agencies, organizations,
businesses and other field partners to ensure students receive
valuable hands-on practice experience and training that
complements their classroom learning. Depending on the program
selected, students generally complete a minimum of either 1,000
or 1,300 field hours in order to be awarded the Master of Social
Work degree. Students usually spend 16-24 hours/week in field
placement and 2 hours weekly/biweekly in the classroom seminar.
During their time in "field," students are trained to apply three
evidence-based interventions: motivational interviewing, problem-
solving therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Community-based placement occurs in selected agencies and
centers representing a broad range of social services. Placements
are approved on the basis of the quality of their professional
practice, commitment to social justice and to addressing social
work problems, interest in participating in professional education,
and ability to make personnel and other resources available.
Field instructors, MSWs who are employed by either the agency
or the school, are responsible for teaching students in their field
placements.
Each placement in field education is made on an individual
basis, taking into consideration the following: geographic location,
previous experiences, future goals, professional interests, special
needs and stipend requirements. Students are responsible for
transportation to their field placements and are encouraged to
have access to a car.
Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) and Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD) in Social Work
The Doctorate of Social Work
The Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) is a fully online program
that offers an advanced practice doctorate in social change and
innovation for agency and community leaders and entrepreneurs.
Standard Track: 9 semesters (36 months); Accelerated Track: 7
semesters (28 months). Prospective DSW students must hold a
master's degree. This may include an MSW from a Council on
Social Work Education (CSWE)–accredited program, any master's
degree from a regionally accredited program or any professional
doctorate.
The PhD in Social Work
The PhD program prepares academics and scientists focused
on the discovery of new knowledge through research. PhD
candidates are interested in a career in academia, teaching or
other research-intensive environments. A PhD program is centered
around pursuing an original research project that culminates in
a dissertation based on the original research and contribution to
social work theory. The PhD program is located at the University
Park Campus in Los Angeles and is full time. It requires a
minimum of 45 units beyond the master's degree and successful
completion of written and oral qualifying exams and the doctoral
dissertation. It typically takes four to five years to complete the
doctoral program. Candidates must have a master's degree in
social work or related field, excellent undergraduate and graduate
academic records, participation in independent research and
satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).
International applicants must also have a satisfactory score on the
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
The online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is a 49-credit
hour program. The Family Nurse Practitioner program prepares
nurses to treat patients across the life span in primary care
settings. The program is delivered online and is available to
registered nurses across the country. It also features a virtual
campus that facilitates an engaging online learning experience.
Students attend live classes that are kept small to encourage
collaboration and connection with peers and faculty. Students
apply what they learn in class during in-person clinical placements.
Clinical placement coordinators work with students to find
placements in or near their own communities. The program can
be completed in 21 to 33 months, depending on whether you
attend as a full-time (five semesters) or part-time (eight semesters)
student. Candidates must hav a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
(BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from an accredited
college or university. Admissions requirements include a minimum
3.0 grade point average in the student's BSN program, a grade
of C or better in a 3-credit course in statistics, a U.S. license as a
registered nurse (RN) and residence within the United States upon
application, throughout the duration of the program and for one
year of clinical experience.
Master of Science in in Addiction Science
The Master of Science in Addiction Science (MAS) exposes
students to the biological, psychological and social aspects of
substance use and addictive behaviors. Students study emerging
trends in addiction studies with an emphasis on evidence-based
transdisciplinary approaches to addiction science and practice
addressing epidemiology, etiology, prevention, treatment, policy
and harm reduction, as well as sociocultural and healthcare
contexts that intersect with addiction. The MAS equips students
with a solid foundation and prepares them to enter a number of
fields, from treatment to recovery and research to policy work,
representing critical areas of support among diverse communities
in need. For program requirements, see Addiction Science (MS).
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Graduate Certificate in Law, Social Justice and
Diversity
The graduate certificate in Law, Social Justice and Diversity is
offered in conjunction with the Gould School of Law.
Graduate Certificate in Social Work Administration
The graduate certificate in Social Work Administration is offered
in conjunction with the Gould School of Law.
Social Work and Juvenile Justice Undergraduate
Minor
The Social Work and Juvenile Justice undergraduate minor is
designed for students who want to increase their knowledge of the
juvenile justice system and service environments for diverse youth
populations. This 16-unit minor completed across three semesters
is fit for students in the behavioral and social sciences and any
student interested in developing a broad knowledge of issues in
the field of juvenile justice.
Minor
Social Work and Juvenile Justice Minor
The Social Work and Juvenile Justice minor is designed for
students who want to increase their knowledge of the juvenile
justice system and service environments for diverse youth
populations. This minor is fit for students in the behavioral and
social sciences and any student interested in developing a broad
knowledge of issues in the field of juvenile justice. The minor is of
particular interest to students wishing to pursue graduate studies in
social work, law, sociology, psychology, public health or education.
Required Courses
• SOWK 200xm Institutional Inequality in American Political
and Social Policy Units: 4
• SOWK 324 Juvenile Justice in America Units: 4
• SOWK 350 Adolescent Gang Intervention Units: 4
• SOWK 424 Community Experience in Juvenile Justice
Environments Units: 4
Master's Degree
Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)
The program of study that leads to the Master of Science in
Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) degree consists
of 49 units (31 units of theory; 12 units of clinical practicum; and
6 units of Social Work courses). The program, which prepares
students to practice as family nurse practitioners (FNP), is
administered primarily online via the Virtual Academic Center
within the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and
features two on-campus intensives (OCI) providing students with
opportunities for skills assessments and patient simulations.
The clinical practica can be taken in various healthcare settings,
including private practice and community-based facilities, and are
based on the student's geographical location. The USC MSN-FNP
degree is offered in a full-time (five-semester) or part-time (eight-
semester) format.
The Department of Nursing is committed to achieving
distinction and preparing diverse leaders in research, education
and advanced nursing practice. The department aims to work
collaboratively with its Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work and Keck School of Medicine and other health science
colleagues to improve patient care by preparing outstanding
advanced practice nurses who provide evidence-based health
care, and transform the health care system by preparing leaders in
health care policy and research.
Required Courses
MSN-FNP Students are required to take the following courses:
• NURS 501 Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice
Units: 4
• NURS 502 Advanced Health Assessment Across the Life
Span Units: 3
• NURS 503 Theory: Clinical Management of Adult Patients
Units: 3
• NURS 504 Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing
Units: 3
• NURS 505 Clinical Practicum: Management of Adult Patients
Units: 3
• NURS 507 Theory: Clinical Management of the Childbearing/
Childrearing Family Units: 3
• NURS 600 Theory: Clinical Management of Adult Patients
with Complex Medical Issues Units: 3
• NURS 601 Clinical Practicum: Management of the
Childbearing/Childrearing Family Units: 3
• NURS 602 Research/Analytical Methods Units: 3
• NURS 603 Transforming Research Evidence into Practice
Units: 3
• NURS 604 Clinical Practicum: Management of Adult Patients
with Complex Medical Issues Units: 3
• NURS 605 Professional Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing
Units: 2
• NURS 606 Health Policy Principles in Changing Health Care
Contexts Units: 2
• NURS 607 Theory: Family Primary Care Units: 2
• NURS 608 Clinical Practicum: Family Primary Care Units: 3
• SOWK 506 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Units: 3
Plus one elective in Social Work (3 units)
Bridge Course Requirement
During the admissions process, applicants will be identified
for NURS 500 Bridge Course based on grades in prior science
courses and/or length of time away from an academic program
of more than five years. Students that successfully complete and
receive credit for the Bridge Course will start the full- or part-time
MSN-FNP program course sequence in the following semester.
Students who do not receive credit for the Bridge Course will
not be admitted to the program of study but may reapply to the
program in one year.
• NURS 500 Bridge Course Units: 2
Social Work (Integrative Social Work) (MSW)
The program of study that leads to the Master of Social Work
degree with a specialization in Integrative Social Work (ISW) (also
referred to as the "ISW MSW") consists of 42 units.
The basic generalist curriculum (typically completed in
semesters one and two) introduces students to the range of
social welfare problems and programs, and to the varieties of
human behavior with which social work is concerned. At the
same time, students learn the methods by which the social
worker, the social agency and the organized community work
with people and problems. Field instruction, under supervision
in a social agency, is scheduled for two or three days per week
for most students, enabling students to apply theory to practice.
All content areas include content on diversity, social work values
and ethics and economic justice and populations at risk. At the
completion of foundation requirements, students are expected to
have acquired a sense of professional responsibility and the ability
to use knowledge on behalf of the individual, the group and the
community.
Students complete their specialized coursework and training
in integrative social work practice typically in semesters three
and four of the ISW MSW curriculum. When completing their
specialization, students may choose a sub-specialization by
selecting a track that introduces them to practice with a particular
client population, setting or system. If chosen, tracks are complete
within the existing 42-unit curriculum.
The program is available at these locations:
• University Park Campus (campus-based and some online
classes); some classes may be offered at City Center in
downtown Los Angeles.
• Virtual Academic Center (VAC) (all online classes via the
Internet).
The ISW MSW can be completed in a full-time program
(four semesters) or a part-time/extended program (five or more
semesters). Additionally, it can be completed in an advanced
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standing program (two to three semesters) or an accelerated
program (two to three semesters).
Program Requirement (24 units)
All students are to take the following courses for 3 units each:
• SOWK 506 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Units: 3
• SOWK 523 Foundations of Integrative Social Work Practice
I Units: 3
• SOWK 525 Foundations of Integrative Social Work Practice
II Units: 3
• SOWK 536 Policy and Advocacy in Professional Social Work
Units: 3
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 591 Applied Learning in Field Education I Units: 3
• SOWK 593 Applied Learning in Field Education II Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
Optional Tracks
Adult Mental Health and Wellness (AMHW) Track
(18 units)
In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to
take a 3-unit, adviser approved elective.
• SOWK 612 Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
Units: 3
• SOWK 643 Social Work Practice in Integrated Care Settings
Units: 3
• SOWK 647 Advanced Practice with Complex Social Work
Cases Units: 3
• SOWK 691 Applied Learning In Field Education III Units: 3
• SOWK 693 Applied Learning in Field Education IV Units: 3
Children, Youth and Families (CYF) Track (18 units)
In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to
take a 3-unit, adviser-approved elective
• SOWK 608 Research and Critical Analysis for Social Work
with Children and Families Units: 3
or
• SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in Child, Youth and
Family Services Units: 3
• SOWK 613 Social Work Practice with Children and Families
in Early and Middle Childhood Units: 3
• SOWK 621 Social Work Practice with Adolescents, Young
Adults and their Families Units: 3
• SOWK 691 Applied Learning In Field Education III Units: 3
• SOWK 693 Applied Learning in Field Education IV Units: 3
Social Change and Innovation (SCI) (18 units)
In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to
take a 3-unit, adviser-approved elective
• SOWK 639 Policy Advocacy and Social Change Units: 3
• SOWK 648 Management and Organizational Development
for Social Workers Units: 3
• SOWK 665 Grant Writing and Program Development for
Social Workers Units: 3
• SOWK 691 Applied Learning In Field Education III Units: 3
• SOWK 693 Applied Learning in Field Education IV Units: 3
Military Population and Settings (MPS) (18 units)
In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to
take a 3-unit, adviser-approved elective
• SOWK 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
(3 units required)
• SOWK 633 Life in the US Military: Foundations of Practice in
Military Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 691 Applied Learning In Field Education III Units: 3
• SOWK 693 Applied Learning in Field Education IV Units: 3
• SOWK 608 Research and Critical Analysis for Social Work
with Children and Families Units: 3
or
• SOWK 612 Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
Units: 3
or
• SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in Child, Youth and
Family Services Units: 3
or
• SOWK 665 Grant Writing and Program Development for
Social Workers Units: 3
School and Education Settings (SES) (18 units)
In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to
take a 3-unit, adviser-approved elective
• SOWK 608 Research and Critical Analysis for Social Work
with Children and Families Units: 3
or
• SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in Child, Youth and
Family Services Units: 3
• SOWK 609 Introduction to Social Work Practice with
Children, Youth and Families Units: 3
• SOWK 614 Social Work Practice in School Settings Units: 3
• SOWK 691 Applied Learning In Field Education III Units: 3
• SOWK 693 Applied Learning in Field Education IV Units: 3
Minimum Units Required: 42
Social Work (MSW)
The program of study that leads to the Master of Social Work
degree consists of 60 units. The program is available at these
locations:
• University Park Campus (campus-based and some online
classes)
• Virtual Academic Center (VAC) (all online classes via the
Internet)
The MSW program can be completed in a full-time (four
semesters) program or part-time/extended (five or more
semesters) program.
The basic generalist curriculum introduces students to the
range of social welfare problems and programs, and to the
varieties of human behavior with which social work is concerned.
At the same time, students learn the methods by which the social
worker, the social agency and the organized community work
with people and problems. Field instruction, under supervision
in a social agency, is scheduled for two or three days a week for
most students, enabling students to apply theory to practice. All
content areas include content on diversity, social work values
and ethics, and economic justice and populations at risk. At the
completion of foundation requirements, students are expected to
have acquired a sense of professional responsibility and the ability
to use knowledge on behalf of the individual, the group and the
community.
This curriculum is organized around three specializations:
1. Children, Youth and Families (CYF)
2. Adult Mental Health and Wellness (AMHW)
3. Social Change and Innovation (SCI)
Students will select one of these specializations upon
completion of the generalist curriculum, take required courses and
electives focused on their chosen specializations. Students take
six required specialization courses, a required diversity course,
and three electives focused on the student's individual interests.
Specific course content includes:
Children, Youth and Families (CYF)
This specialization prepares students to address the needs of
vulnerable children, youth and families from the earliest years of
childhood through adolescence and the transition to adulthood.
Course work focuses on promoting wellness and preventing
trauma, as well as which kinds of service programs are showing
the best results for families with different makeups from a variety
of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Students are trained
to serve families in a variety of service settings, including health,
mental health, early education, schools, child welfare and juvenile
justice.
Adult Mental Health and Wellness (AMHW)
This specialization is focused on enhancing the health and
well-being of younger and older adults within families, agencies,
institutions, communities and other environments, and eliminating
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disparities. The curriculum offers course work in mental health
and substance use, integrated primary and behavioral health care,
wellness and recovery, promotion of healthy aging, social welfare
policy, and program and policy evaluation and analysis.
Social Change and Innovation (SCI):
This specialization prepares students to lead bold, large-
scale solutions to social problems and drive positive change in
organizations, businesses and government agencies. Students
can customize their learning experience by taking courses
on social change, advocacy, organizational planning and
development, workplace interventions, military social work, and
evaluation research.
This system of curriculum offerings provides a strong
educational program with a continuing commitment to a generalist
base and a focused set of specialized content, in combination
with a range of options to meet special interests. This program
enables graduates to move into the social work community with
a combination of knowledge and skills in a broad arena, as well
as in-depth knowledge and skills in both practice methods and a
specific client population, setting or system.
The curriculum builds on a liberal arts foundation that all
entering students are required to have. The applicant should have
a range of undergraduate courses in the humanities and the social
and physical sciences.
General Requirements
The Master of Social Work degree requires a minimum of 60
semester units of courses, including field education.
The degree is not awarded solely on the basis of credits earned
but also requires evidence of competence in both theory and
practice. At their discretion, the faculty may require courses or
fieldwork or both beyond the minimum requirements.
Time Limit
For most students, the master's degree program will be
completed in four semesters of full-time study.
Grade Point Average Requirement
A grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) is required for admission to
the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. In some
instances, applicants with less than 3.0 may be considered for
conditional admission through a special review. An overall GPA of
3.0 for graduation from the master's degree program.
Course Requirements
All newly admitted MSW students will follow a program that
includes one course in social work practice; one course in policy;
one course in human behavior; one course in research methods;
one course in diversity; four semesters of field education; six
specialization-specific core courses and three electives.
Course requirements are organized into one semester of
generalist practice course work and three semesters of specialized
practice course work. Academic credit is not granted for life
experience or work experience in lieu of the field practicum or any
other courses in the curriculum.
Required Courses
MSW students are required to take the following courses:
• SOWK 506 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Units: 3
• SOWK 536 Policy and Advocacy in Professional Social Work
Units: 3
• SOWK 544 Social Work Practice With Individuals, Families,
and Groups Units: 3
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 588 Integrative Learning for Social Work Practice
Units: 2
• SOWK 589a Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 589b Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 698a Integrative Learning for Advanced Social Work
Practice Units: 1
• SOWK 698b Integrative Learning for Advanced Social Work
Practice Units: 1
• SOWK 699a Advanced Applied Learning in Field Education
Units: 4
• SOWK 699b Advanced Applied Learning in Field Education
Units: 4
Plus six additional specialization core courses and three
additional Social Work electives totaling 27 units.
Additional Requirements
Field Education
Field education is an integral part of the Master of Social Work
curriculum. Two year-long field education courses are required.
The school works closely with thousands of community agencies,
organizations, businesses and other field partners to ensure
students receive valuable hands-on practice experience that
complements their classroom learning. Students must complete
two field internships, or 1,000 field hours in order to be awarded
the Master of Social Work degree. The first placement requires 16
hours a week at a practicum agency that aligns with a student's
specialization and includes a two-hour practice lab in the first
semester. In these labs, students will be trained to apply three
evidence-based interventions: motivational interviewing, problem-
solving therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. In the second
semester, students will participate in a two-unit field seminar while
completing 16 hours a week at a practicum agency. In the second
year of the program, students will increase their field time to 20
hours a week, and in some cases, they may be able to remain at
their original field site if the organization can facilitate advanced
learning experiences. Additionally, second-year students will
participate in a one-unit field seminar where they will learn to apply
evidenced-based interventions specific to their specialization.
Field education takes place in selected agencies and
centers, which represent the complete range of social services.
Field placements are approved on the basis of the quality of
their professional practice, commitment to social justice and
to addressing social work problems, interest in participating
in professional education, and ability to make personnel and
resources available. Field instructors, who are employed by either
the agency or the school, are responsible for teaching students
in their field placements. The senior associate dean for field
education is administratively responsible for all field assignments.
Each placement in field education is made on an individual
basis, which takes into consideration the following: geographic
location, previous experiences, future goals, professional interests,
special needs and stipend requirements. In these placements,
students engage in selected and organized social work activities
that provide practical experience in applying skills learned in the
classroom.
The number of field placement options for non-driving students
is limited. Students are encouraged to have access to an
automobile for field placement.
Research Requirement
The research requirement consists of one foundation course.
In the generalist course of study, SOWK 546 is designed to impart
knowledge of research methodology and statistics. Students are
required to enroll in courses that combine research skills with
evaluation and program development in their specialization field
of study.
Transfer Students
Applicants who have recently completed part or all of the first
half of graduate study at a Council on Social Work Education-
accredited school of social work may apply as transfer students.
In addition to materials described in the section on application
procedures, transfer students should forward course syllabi and a
bulletin of the school for the year in which the course or courses
were taken.
Transfer credits may be applied for those courses determined
to be equivalent to USC's first-year courses or to meet the
expectation of the second-year electives. The grade point average
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for any course taken at another school of social work must be at
least 3.0 on a 4.0 grading scale. Where foundation courses are
similar, but not equivalent, transfer students may be permitted
to take a waiver examination for possible exemption from those
courses. Transferred credit for fieldwork will be computed on the
basis of clock hours completed as well as on the breadth and
depth of contents covered.
Military Social Work and Veteran Services
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers a
Military Social Work and Veteran Services program in the MSW
curriculum targeting military personnel, spouses and other
military dependents and military retirees who wish to maintain
a post-military career affiliation with the armed forces; military
veterans who wish to provide professional services to their military
comrades; and civilian personnel who are committed to assisting
military personnel, their families and military veterans with
adapting, coping and managing the stresses and strains of military
life and post-military life.
Course Requirements
Beyond the basic professional social work foundation course
requirements of the Master of Social Work degree, the program
in Military Social Work and Veteran Services will offer a series of
specialized courses focusing on the needs of military personnel,
veterans and their families. Students will take two courses in
special topics that focus on this area of practice. Individuals
pursuing the Military Social Work and Veteran Services program
options will also be able to select from a variety of highly relevant
elective courses that will serve to enhance their training and future
service delivery capabilities.
Advanced Standing Option
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers an
advanced standing option for students who have graduated with a
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from a Council on Social
Work Education (CWSE)-accredited BSW program within the
past five years. To be eligible for the advanced standing option,
students must have successfully completed their BSW with a
minimum GPA of 3.00 for the last 60/90 units of undergraduate
work. A cumulative 3.5 GPA for all social work courses with a
grade of B or better is required for admission.
Students admitted to advanced standing will bypass 23 units of
the MSW program and be required to complete 37 units total of the
following course work:
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 698a Integrative Learning for Advanced Social Work
Practice Units: 1
• SOWK 698b Integrative Learning for Advanced Social Work
Practice Units: 1
• SOWK 699a Advanced Applied Learning in Field Education
Units: 4
• SOWK 699b Advanced Applied Learning in Field Education
Units: 4
Plus six additional specialization core courses and two
additional Social Work electives totaling 24 units.
Note:
Our Advanced Standing Program is offered both on-campus and
online through our Virtual Academic Center and can be completed
in three semesters (full-time) or five semesters (part-time).
Dual Degree
Master of Social Work/Doctor of Philosophy
(MSW/PhD)
Dual Degree Programs
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work currently
offers dual degree programs with a number of other USC
professional schools. In addition, the school maintains a dual
degree program at Hebrew Union College located adjacent to the
USC campus.
The goal of these programs is to encourage graduate students
to gain a recognized competence in another discipline which has
direct relevance to the roles filled by social workers in society.
Dual degree programs are based on the premise that some topics
covered in the school are also addressed in the curricula of other
departments, so that some credit toward an MSW degree may be
given for specific courses in the cooperating department. Similarly,
these departments have recognized that some credit toward
their corresponding degree may be awarded for work completed
in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For this
reason, students enrolled in dual degree programs can obtain both
degrees with a reduced number of total units. Students wishing to
enroll in dual degree programs must apply for and be admitted to
both schools.
Master's/PhD Requirements
The MSW/PhD dual degree program is a course of study
leading to both a graduate degree (Master of Social Work) and
doctor of philosophy (PhD) in social work. This course of study is
offered to exemplary students seeking advanced research based
study in social work to become professional leaders who will make
significant contributions to the knowledge base of the profession in
the social work academic world.
Application:
Prospective students must meet both the MSW and PhD
standing admission requirements.
Program Requirements:
A total of at least 90 units is required for the dual degree with at
least 42 units in the MSW program and at least 48 units in the PhD
program (exclusive of SOWK 794a, SOWK 794b, SOWK 794c,
SOWK 794d, SOWK 794z, Doctoral Dissertation). The program
can be completed within four years.
Required MSW Courses
Course requirements include the required MSW courses
outlined below. Students will take their remaining MSW units in
department core courses specific to either the AMHW, SCI or CYF
department. Students will be advised into the appropriate courses.
• SOWK 544 Social Work Practice With Individuals, Families,
and Groups Units: 3
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 588 Integrative Learning for Social Work Practice
Units: 2
• SOWK 589a Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 589b Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 698a Integrative Learning for Advanced Social Work
Practice Units: 1
• SOWK 698b Integrative Learning for Advanced Social Work
Practice Units: 1
• SOWK 699a Advanced Applied Learning in Field Education
Units: 4
• SOWK 699b Advanced Applied Learning in Field Education
Units: 4
PhD Course Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 48 course units beyond
the master's degree (exclusive of SOWK 794a SOWK 794b
SOWK 794c SOWK 794d SOWK 794z Doctoral Dissertation).
Students must complete at least 24 units within the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and at least three courses
in other departments or schools within the university. At least 8 of
these 12 units must be in courses with a substantive rather than a
research-methodology or statistic focus. Students must also take
at least one 3-unit elective and one additional research or statistics
course either in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work or elsewhere in the university. Each student must develop
a concentration either in another discipline outside the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work (such as gerontology;
sociology; psychology; preventive medicine; business; policy,
planning and development; or political science) or in a problem
area where different external courses in different departments
or schools bear on a specific social problem like homelessness.
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An overall grade point average of B (3.0) on all graduate work
attempted in the doctoral program is required for graduation.
Core Content
All students are expected to master core content. They must
also complete 12 units from the substantive five core courses.
Required PhD Courses
Substantive Courses – Students choose four:
• SOWK 702 Theories of Human Behavior in the Contexts of
Social Environments Units: 3
• SOWK 703 Explanatory Theories for Larger Social Systems
Units: 3
• SOWK 743 Theories for Practice with Small Systems Units: 3
• SOWK 733 Policy Analysis and Advocacy in a Comparative
Social Policy Context Units: 3
• SOWK 744 Theories for Practice with Large Systems Units: 3
Macro focus: students with a macro focus in policy,
community organization or administration must complete
either SOWK 702 or SOWK 743 .
Micro focus: students with a micro focus in direct practice
must complete either SOWK 703, SOWK 733 or SOWK 744.
Core Courses:
• SOWK 760L Introduction to Social Work Statistics Units: 3
• SOWK 761L Multiple Regression for Social Work Research
Units: 3
• SOWK 762 Social Work Research Methods I Units: 3
• SOWK 763 Social Work Research Methods II: Issues in
Research for Social Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 764 Advanced Multivariate Statistics Units: 3
Other Requirements
Elective* Units: 3
Research or statistics course* Units: 3
Three external courses outside of Social Work Units: 9
SOWK 790 Research Units: 6
*Must be taken in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work or elsewhere at USC
Individualized Study Plan
MSW/PhD dual degree students will develop an Individualized
Study Plan (ISP) at two points in their educational process. They
will develop a plan with their mentor before the fall semester
begins in year 1 to identify courses they plan to take in their first
and second years. It will be approved by the doctoral committee.
Students will develop a plan with their mentor in the spring
semester of their second year to identify courses and tutorials they
will take in their third and fourth years.
Master of Social Work/Juris Doctor, Law
(MSW/JD)
The Master of Social Work and Juris Doctor (MSW/JD) dual
degree program is a four-year program. Students are required to
complete 121 units of course work, including 76 units in the USC
Gould School of Law and 45 units in the USC Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work.
Program Requirements:
To earn the JD, all students (including dual degree students)
must complete 37 numerically graded law units at USC after the
first year. The associate dean may make exceptions to this rule for
students enrolled in law school honors programs. Students must
apply to both programs prior to matriculation. The program of study
is as follows:
First Year: Complete the first year JD program of study.
Second Year: Begin taking course requirements in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, which includes the
required courses outlined in the Social Work (MSW) section of
the catalogue. Students will also begin to take department core
courses specific to the MSW in either the AMHW, SCI or CYF
department. Students will be advised into the appropriate courses.
Third Year: Complete the second year JD program.
Fourth Year: Complete the remaining required MSW courses,
per advisement, and the final semester of the JD program in the
spring.
The law school gives credit for the third semester in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, while the latter
recognizes law courses as substitutions for a one-semester
practice course, special topics courses, a third semester of social
policy and one semester of field instruction (for which a clinical law
semester is substituted).
Master of Social Work/Master of Arts, Jewish
Nonprofit Management (MSW/MA)
Dual Degree Programs
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work currently
offers dual degree programs with a number of other USC
professional schools. In addition, the school maintains a dual
degree program at Hebrew Union College located adjacent to the
USC campus.
The goal of these programs is to encourage graduate students
to gain a recognized competence in another discipline which has
direct relevance to the roles filled by social workers in society.
Dual degree programs are based on the premise that some topics
covered in the school are also addressed in the curricula of other
departments, so that some credit toward an MSW degree may be
given for specific courses in the cooperating department. Similarly,
these departments have recognized that some credit toward
their corresponding degree may be awarded for work completed
in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For this
reason, students enrolled in dual degree programs can obtain both
degrees with a reduced number of total units. Students wishing to
enroll in dual degree programs must apply for and be admitted to
both schools.
Master's Requirements
The dual degree program combines in-class learning and
fieldwork under the auspices of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion's School of Jewish Nonprofit Management
(formerly the School of Jewish Communal Service) and the
University of Southern California's Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work.
Application:
Students must apply to both programs prior to matriculation.
Program Requirements:
Students in this dual degree program simultaneously pursue
graduate studies leading to the MSW and an MA in Jewish
Nonprofit Management over a 24-month period for full-time
students. A total of 80 units must be completed to meet the
requirements of both degrees (42 units in social work and 38 units
at the HUC-JIR School of Jewish Nonprofit Management).
Course requirements in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work include the required courses outlined below. Students
will take their remaining MSW units in department core courses
specific to either the AMHW, SCI or CYF department. Students will
be advised into the appropriate courses.
See Hebrew Union College for MAJNM degree requirements.
Required MSW Courses
• SOWK 506 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Units: 3
• SOWK 536 Policy and Advocacy in Professional Social Work
Units: 3
• SOWK 544 Social Work Practice With Individuals, Families,
and Groups Units: 3
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 589a Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 589b Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
USC SUZANNE DWORAK-PECK SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 851
Master of Social Work/Master of Business
Administration (MSW/MBA)
The MSW/MBA dual degree develops knowledge and skills
in working with individuals, families and groups, as well as
organizational dynamics, marketing, decision sciences, accounting
and human relations. Students interested in working in the
management of human services and not-for-profit organizations
will develop knowledge of human resources, philanthropic and
corporate social responsibility, organizational development and
information management.
Application:
Prospective students must apply to both the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work and the USC Marshall School of
Business.
Program Requirements:
The MSW/MBA requires completion of a total of 96 units: 48 in
the Marshall School of Business and 48 in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work.
Course requirements in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work include the required courses outlined in the
Social Work (MSW) section of the catalogue. Students will take
their remaining MSW units in department core courses in the
Department of Social Change and Innovation (SCI). Students will
be advised into the appropriate courses.
Course requirements in the Marshall School of Business include
all required courses in an MBA program and graduate business
electives sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall
School of Business to at least 48. Dual degree students may not
count courses taken outside the Marshall School of Business
toward the 48 units. For MBA admission and degree requirements,
visit USC Marshall School of Business.
The MBA and the MSW degrees are awarded simultaneously
upon completion of all program requirements.
Master of Social Work/Master of Public
Administration (MSW/MPA)
Dual Degree Programs
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work currently
offers dual degree programs with a number of other USC
professional schools. In addition, the school maintains a dual
degree program at Hebrew Union College located adjacent to the
USC campus.
The goal of these programs is to encourage graduate students
to gain a recognized competence in another discipline which has
direct relevance to the roles filled by social workers in society.
Dual degree programs are based on the premise that some topics
covered in the school are also addressed in the curricula of other
departments, so that some credit toward an MSW degree may be
given for specific courses in the cooperating department. Similarly,
these departments have recognized that some credit toward
their corresponding degree may be awarded for work completed
in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For this
reason, students enrolled in dual degree programs can obtain both
degrees with a reduced number of total units. Students wishing to
enroll in dual degree programs must apply for and be admitted to
both schools.
Master's Requirements
The Master of Social Work/Master of Public Administration/
(MSW/MPA) dual degree program provides those students
interested in careers as administrators of social service agencies
the opportunity to combine preparation in the substantive field of
social work with the acquisition of the administrative capabilities
necessary in the public sector.
Program Requirements:
Students must complete 82 units: 54 units in social work and 28
units in public administration.
Course requirements in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work include the required courses in outlined in the Social
Work (MSW) section of the catalogue. Students will take their
remaining MSW units in department core courses specific to either
the AMHW, SCI or CYF department. Students will be advised into
the appropriate courses.
For MPA degree requirements, see Master of Public
Administration/Master of Social Work (MPA/MSW).
Most students complete both program requirements over a
24-month period for full-time students.
Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health
(MSW/MPH)
Dual Degree Programs
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work currently
offers dual degree programs with a number of other USC
professional schools. In addition, the school maintains a dual
degree program at Hebrew Union College located adjacent to the
USC campus.
The goal of these programs is to encourage graduate students
to gain a recognized competence in another discipline which has
direct relevance to the roles filled by social workers in society.
Dual degree programs are based on the premise that some topics
covered in the school are also addressed in the curricula of other
departments, so that some credit toward an MSW degree may be
given for specific courses in the cooperating department. Similarly,
these departments have recognized that some credit toward
their corresponding degree may be awarded for work completed
in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For this
reason, students enrolled in dual degree programs can obtain both
degrees with a reduced number of total units. Students wishing to
enroll in dual degree programs must apply for and be admitted to
both schools.
Master's Requirements
The Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health (MSW/MPH)
dual degree offers the student interdisciplinary preparation in the
fields of public health and social work leading to the Master of
Social Work (MSW) and Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees.
The dual degree program is a collaborative effort between
the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the
Department of Preventive Medicine in the Keck School of
Medicine. The objectives of the program are to provide students
with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote health,
prevent disease and enhance the delivery of health and social
services in the community. Students will build interdisciplinary
skills and an interdisciplinary professional identity by developing
an understanding of the breadth of each field and their interface,
while permitting concentration in particular specialization
areas. The program prepares graduates for work in a variety of
interdisciplinary settings; and for some, it will provide the basis for
doctoral study.
Students must complete a minimum of 82 units for completion
of this dual degree; 48 units in Social Work and 34 units in Public
Health. Most students complete both program requirements over
three years for full-time students; however, the program may be
completed in less time if the student takes a full course load during
the two summer sessions (MPH course work only; MSW is not
available during the summer).
Course requirements in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work include the required courses outlined in the Social
Work (MSW) section of the catalogue. Students will take their
remaining MSW units in department core courses specific to either
the AMHW, SCI or CYF departments. Students will be advised into
the appropriate courses.
Students will take MPH course work specific to the following
public health concentrations, based on their chosen MSW
department:
• AMHW and CYF Students will take required curriculum in the
Community Health Promotion concentration.
• SCI Students will take required curriculum in the Health
Services and Policy concentration.
Students in the dual degree program are not required to take
the 8 units of concentration electives.
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Master of Social Work/Master of Science,
Gerontology (MSW/MS)
Dual Degree Programs
The Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work currently
offers dual degree programs with a number of other USC
professional schools. In addition, the school maintains a dual
degree program at Hebrew Union College located adjacent to the
USC campus.
The goal of these programs is to encourage graduate students
to gain a recognized competence in another discipline which has
direct relevance to the roles filled by social workers in society.
Dual degree programs are based on the premise that some topics
covered in the school are also addressed in the curricula of other
departments, so that some credit toward an MSW degree may be
given for specific courses in the cooperating department. Similarly,
these departments have recognized that some credit toward
their corresponding degree may be awarded for work completed
in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For this
reason, students enrolled in dual degree programs can obtain both
degrees with a reduced number of total units. Students wishing to
enroll in dual degree programs must apply for and be admitted to
both schools.
Master's Requirements
The Master of Social Work and Master of Science, Gerontology
(MSW/MSG) dual degree offers the student interested in direct
service or community organization the credentials most valued
in clinical and therapeutic practice. Students enrolled in this dual
degree receive an MSW as well as an MS in Gerontology.
Program Requirements:
This dual degree requires completion of 73 units: 32 units
of work in the Davis School of Gerontology and 41 units in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. The course work is
usually completed over a 24-month period for full-time students.
Course requirements in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work include the required courses outlined below. Students
will take their remaining MSW units in department core courses
specific to either the AMHW or SCI departments only. Students will
be advised into the appropriate courses.
For MSG degree requirements, see the USC Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology.
Required MSW Courses
• SOWK 506 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Units: 3
• SOWK 536 Policy and Advocacy in Professional Social Work
Units: 3
• SOWK 544 Social Work Practice With Individuals, Families,
and Groups Units: 3
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 588 Integrative Learning for Social Work Practice
Units: 2
• SOWK 589a Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 589b Applied Learning in Field Education Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
Master of Social Work/Master of Urban
Planning (MSW/MUP)
The dual degree program between the USC Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work and the USC Price School of Public
Policy offers unique opportunities for students who want to devote
their professional careers to social policy, social planning or social
services delivery. Students with a dual degree will have broader
employment options beyond those in traditional planning or social
work.
The schedule of courses allows students to experience
direct service in the first year so that course work planning is
supplemented by a knowledge of consumers, service delivery, etc.
Courses for both schools are taken simultaneously, intermingling
social work and planning content. Two years of field practicums in
social work provide in-depth exposure to social service issues from
both planning and direct service perspectives, thus satisfying some
of the planning laboratory/workshop requirements and eliminating
the need for a separate planning internship requirement.
Requirements
Requirements for completion of the MSW/MUP degree are
83 units including 51 units in social work and 32 units in urban
planning. Students must select a community organization, planning
and administration concentration in the second year of their social
work program. For MUP requirements see the USC Price School
of Public Policy entry for the dual degree, and the Urban Planning
program entry for concentration descriptions and course lists.
Graduate Certificate
Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice
Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Advanced Clinical Social Work
Practice prepares students for practice in clinical settings by
enhancing their theoretical, empirical and practice knowledge
relevant to these settings and by offering a blend of didactic and
experiential learning. Through an intersectional lens, students
enhance their understanding of critical elements of advanced
clinical practice, such as assessment and conceptualization,
diagnosis and treatment. Given that social workers treat diverse
client populations, this certificate also encompasses a commitment
to social justice and addressing barriers to mental health
treatment.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 615 Brief Therapy and Crisis Intervention Units: 3
• SOWK 666 Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse Units: 3
• SOWK 692 Loss, Grief and Bereavement Units: 3
• SOWK 694 Group Psychotherapy in Mental Health Settings
Units: 3
Advanced Integrative Social Work and Nursing
Practice Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Advanced Integrative Social Work
and Nursing Practice focuses on micro clinical interventions,
mezzo organizational systems of care and macro health care
policy to promote wellness and recovery for individuals living
with co-occurring health and mental health disorders. Course
work applied to this certificate incorporates theories and models
regarding primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, etiology
and treatment of health and mental health related issues across
systems of care. Students draw on theory, biopsychosocial
assessment, diagnosis and treatment goals to select and
implement evidence-supported interventions that focuses on
the intersection of physical and mental health disorders and
associated behaviors that may require complex intervention
strategies. Social workers and nurses consider pertinent theory,
client characteristics, intersecting health and mental health issues,
client motivation and readiness for change, and client needs and
desires to implement best interventions in accordance with their
goals and available resources. Evidence-supported interventions,
including medication adherence, retention in care and chronic
USC SUZANNE DWORAK-PECK SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 853
disease self-management. This certificate enables graduates
to work with clients to enhance the quality of health and mental
health care.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 8 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• NURS 606 Health Policy Principles in Changing Health Care
Contexts Units: 2
• SOWK 617 Substance Related and Behavioral Addictive
Disorders and Recovery Units: 3
• SOWK 637 Assessing Wellness to Improve Recovery in
Integrated Care Units: 3
Aging and Health Graduate Certificate
Social workers and other healthcare and human service
practitioners are at the forefront of ensuring that older adults and
their family members lead healthy, productive and respected lives
well into their later years. Challenges related to an aging society
are well-documented: ageism and discrimination; increased health-
and long-term care costs due to increased numbers of people
with chronic medical conditions, disability and excess mortality;
increased population dependency ratios, rising poverty among
specific subgroups; family caregiving challenges; and increased
pressure on programs and services in the U.S. The certificate
advances students' ability to apply knowledge of the biological,
psychological, social and cultural aspects of aging, and the clinical
interventions that enhance well-being in later life.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 616 Clinical Practice with Older Adults Units: 3
• SOWK 638 Policy in Integrated Care Units: 3
• SOWK 653 Social Work with Older Adults Units: 3
Child and Family Well-Being Graduate
Certificate
The graduate certificate in Child and Family Well-Being is
intended to guide specialized integrated practice with children
and families. Course work applied to this certificate incorporates
specialized practice with young children, adolescents, and policy
practice regarding children, and issues regarding child protection.
Additionally, students will have the opportunity to add a selective
course that will enhance their practice with children and families
such as substance use, domestic violence, transition-age youth,
management and documentary film making.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 619 Social Work in Public Child Welfare Settings
Units: 3
• SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in Child, Youth and
Family Services Units: 3
• SOWK 687 Media in Social Work Units: 3
Ending Homelessness Graduate Certificate
Affiliated with the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck Center for
Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity Research, the
graduate certificate in in Ending Homelessness offers advanced
training to promote the discovery and dissemination of evidence-
based solutions to reduce homelessness and health disparities.
The certificate acquaints students with the history and current
status of homelessness in the United States with a particular focus
on Los Angeles that has the largest unsheltered population in the
country. Students learn about how homelessness, and responses
to homelessness, have been differently conceived, defined,
measured and prioritized. A major goal of the certificate is to be
able to differentiate between "upstream" and "downstream" factors
that must be addressed to solve homelessness and recognize
that we have proven and effective ways to intervene. Issues of
how racism and stigma contribute to the challenge of solving
homelessness will also be a focus. The certificate offers a unique
opportunity to have an immersive experience requiring students
to engage people experiencing homelessness through conducting
surveys that are part of the Greater Los Angeles Annual Homeless
Count, which is required by the federal government in order to
funding for homeless services. Students will receive a stipend for
their participation in the Annual Homeless Count.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• SOWK 617 Substance Related and Behavioral Addictive
Disorders and Recovery Units: 3
• SOWK 618 Systems of Recovery from Mental Illness in
Adults Units: 3
• SOWK 696 LGBTQ2SIA+ Psychological, Social and Political
Issues Units: 3
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LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care Graduate Certificate
The certificate in LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care provides an
integration of clinical mental health and social policy practices for
social workers when working with Sexual and Gender Minorities
(SGM). Students receive specialized training on skills for providing
affirming care to individuals, families and groups from the
LGBTQ+ community. Political, psychological and social issues
competencies for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer, questioning, two-spirit, intersex, asexual, ally and plus
clients will be addressed. The impact of intimate partner violence,
substance use disorders and specialized clinical affirmative
psychotherapy also are addressed.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 617 Substance Related and Behavioral Addictive
Disorders and Recovery Units: 3
• SOWK 666 Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse Units: 3
• SOWK 674 Human Sexuality in Clinical Social Work Practice
Units: 3
• SOWK 696 LGBTQ2SIA+ Psychological, Social and Political
Issues Units: 3
Social Inquiry for Community, Social and
Environmental Justice Graduate Certificate
The certificate in Social Inquiry for Community, Social and
Environmental Justice prepares students to incorporate social
justice and interculturally competent concepts and practice
methods into social inquiry related to community, social and
environmental justice. With instructor and peer mentoring, students
will complete original research in their areas of interest, in line with
the broader theme of sustainability.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 10 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 608 Research and Critical Analysis for Social Work
with Children and Families Units: 3
• SOWK 612 Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
Units: 3
• SOWK 622 Threat Assessment and Management Units: 3
• SOWK 629 Research and Evaluation for Community,
Organization and Business Environments Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 635 Research and Evaluation for Social Work with
Adults and Older Adults Units: 3
• SOWK 664 Consultation, Coaching, and Social
Entrepreneurship Units: 3
• SOWK 665 Grant Writing and Program Development for
Social Workers Units: 3
• SOWK 690a Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
• SOWK 690b Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
Social Work Practice in Addiction Graduate
Certificate
The Social Work Practice in Addiction certificate is intended
to guide specialized practice with individuals and communities
affected by substance use. Course work applied to this certificate
incorporates theories and models regarding the prevention,
etiology and treatment of substance use disorders and related
issues and the level of empirical evidence that exists for each.
They draw on theory, assessment, diagnosis and treatment
goals to select and implement evidence-supported interventions
regarding substance use and associated problems for individuals
and families. Content focuses on the intersection of physical and
mental health issues with substance use, and understanding
the interplay of substance use and associated behaviors that
may require complex intervention strategies. Social workers
consider pertinent theory; client characteristics; intersecting
health, mental health and addiction issues; client motivation and
readiness for change; and client needs and desires to implement
best interventions in accordance with their goals and available
resources. Substance use treatment and current evidence-
supported interventions, including medication-assisted treatment
and harm reduction strategies. This certificate will enable
graduates to work with clients to enhance the quality of individual,
family and community well-being in order to facilitate recovery.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, and organizational
and environmental justice. Certificates are designed to
complement and deepen training provided through our degree
programs by focusing on experiential application of concepts in
relation to particular and diverse client populations, settings, and
systems. Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may
in part be satisfied by courses completed for a degree program.
Certificates are also available to graduate students from other
disciplines and to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 612 Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
Units: 3
• SOWK 617 Substance Related and Behavioral Addictive
Disorders and Recovery Units: 3
• SOWK 637 Assessing Wellness to Improve Recovery in
Integrated Care Units: 3
• SOWK 643 Social Work Practice in Integrated Care Settings
Units: 3
• SOWK 647 Advanced Practice with Complex Social Work
Cases Units: 3
Trauma Informed Practices in Educational
Settings Graduate Certificate
Given the current K-12 school landscape in the United States,
social workers must be prepared to respond to the overwhelming
needs of youth and schools. To combat contemporary challenges
in educational settings, the Trauma Informed Practices in
Educational Settings certificate provides training on child and
family development; culturally responsive, trauma-informed
practices; and holistic approaches. By the time they complete
USC SUZANNE DWORAK-PECK SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 855
the certificate, students will have been trained to deliver several
evidenced-based interventions relevant to educational settings.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates which provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 604 Contemporary Grand Challenges in Education
Units: 3
• SOWK 606 Trauma-Informed Interventions in Education
Units: 3
• SOWK 609 Introduction to Social Work Practice with
Children, Youth and Families Units: 3
• SOWK 614 Social Work Practice in School Settings Units: 3
• SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in Child, Youth and
Family Services Units: 3
Visual Social Work Graduate Certificate
The certificate in Visual Social Work enhances students’ ability
to use unique approaches for understanding, communicating
about, intervening and positively impacting complex social justice
issues. The certificate is designed for students not satisfied with a
purely theoretical or conceptual understanding of human problems,
but who instead desire the first-person voice in the testimonial and
to bring the viewer into the world of the storyteller's experience.
This personalization of social issues recasts previous notions of
witness and testimony by calling on the viewer to engage and
empathize with the personal story of the subject through their own
self-representation. Macro issues are made manifest into micro
experiences. The certificate trains students how to examine issues
visually, drawing from social work and other disciplines, qualitative
research and archival material.
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates which provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals.
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 546 Science of Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 628 Visual Social Work Units: 3
• SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice, Culturally Humble Social
Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 687 Media in Social Work Units: 3
Youth Justice Graduate Certificate
The certificate in Youth Justice provides an opportunity for
students interested in serving youth involved in or at-risk for
involvement in the juvenile justice system. Through the selective
courses, students can develop a more macro- or micro-centered
training, inclusive of other systems/settings closely related to the
juvenile justice system (e.g., school, child welfare).
The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers
university certificates that provide students advanced practice
or research training through a social justice and intercultural
competence lens that emphasizes community, organizational and
environmental justice. Certificates are designed to complement
and deepen training provided through our degree programs by
focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to
particular and diverse client populations, settings, and systems.
Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be
satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates
are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and
to employed professionals
Required Courses:
A minimum of 6 units are required from course options listed
below. The remaining 6 units can be selected in consultation with
the program adviser.
• SOWK 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
• SOWK 624 Social Work in Juvenile Justice Settings Units: 3
• SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in Child, Youth and
Family Services Units: 3
• SOWK 639 Policy Advocacy and Social Change Units: 3
• SOWK 687 Media in Social Work Units: 3
Doctoral Degree
Social Work (DSW)
The Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) program at the USC
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers an advanced
practice doctorate in social change and innovation for agency
and community leaders and entrepreneurs. The DSW program
prepares experienced professionals to develop practical, applied
solutions to large-scale social challenges that directly impact
vulnerable, marginalized or otherwise disadvantaged populations.
The foundation for the DSW curriculum rests on three pillars: (1)
problem definition within the Grand Challenges for Social Work; (2)
innovative design; and (3) executive leadership in human service
organizations and community contexts. Students are required
to complete a minimum of 42 units of coursework beyond their
first master’s degree in social work or another allied field from an
accredited institution. The core DSW curriculum consists of 14
courses. There are no specializations available. Students may
complete this accelerated advanced practice doctorate in seven or
more semesters culminating with an independent capstone project,
representing a substantive advance in practice or policy related to
one of the Grand Challenges for Social Work.
Required Courses
DSW students are required to take the following courses:
• SOWK 704 Strategic Innovations for the Grand Challenges
Units: 3
• SOWK 705 Leading Public Discourse Units: 3
• SOWK 706 Leading and Managing Large Complex Systems
Units: 3
• SOWK 707 Financial Management for Social Change
Units: 3
• SOWK 711 Design Laboratory for Social Innovation I Units: 3
• SOWK 713 The Application of Implementation Science
Units: 3
• SOWK 714 Executive Leadership: Leaders as Maestros
Units: 3
• SOWK 720 Communication and Influence for Social Good
Units: 3
• SOWK 721 Data Driven Decision Making in Social Services
Units: 3
• SOWK 723 Design Laboratory for Social Innovation II
Units: 3
• SOWK 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(6 units are required)
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• SOWK 725a Preparatory Scholarship for Capstone Units: 2
• SOWK 725b Preparatory Scholarship for Capstone Units: 2
• SOWK 725c Preparatory Scholarship for Capstone Units: 2
Social Work (PhD)
With the enrollment of a small group of highly qualified
experienced social workers, the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work established the first social work doctoral program
in the Western United States in 1953. Over the years, the school
has continued the tradition of providing opportunities for learning in
small classes, seminars and tutorials.
The major goal of the doctoral program in social work is to
produce social work scholars who will have the capacity to make
valuable and significant contributions to the knowledge base of
the profession. Students acquire the skills necessary to become
professional scholars and develop a significant capacity for
professional leadership. Toward this end, the school is committed
to pursuing excellence in education with persons of definite
promise and to seeking gifted students of varied social, ethnic and
economic backgrounds.
Through training in specific areas, graduates of the program
develop theoretical, conceptual, critical and analytic skills which
can be applied to social, organizational, interpersonal and personal
problems. They emerge from the program with substantive
knowledge and analytic skills that enable them to contribute to
understanding social problems and ways of solving them. With
these skills, they are able to take a disciplined approach to the
issues confronting the profession of social work and the field of
social welfare and are prepared to make a significant contribution
to the research and scholarship that informs society's effort to
improve the human condition.
The PhD program in social work is administered by the Doctoral
Committee of the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
in accordance with the policies set by the Graduate School. The
requirements listed below are special to the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work and must be read in conjunction with
the general requirements of the Graduate School.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the doctoral program must meet the
following requirements:
1. A master's degree from a program accredited by the Council
on Social Work Education or from another field related to
social work.
2. Academic promise, as evidenced by above average
achievement in undergraduate and professional education
and a personal statement outlining the applicant's scholarly
goals.
3. Professional competence as demonstrated through
substantial experience in responsible social work, internships
or other positions either during or subsequent to the master's
program.
4. Personal qualities compatible with performance in social
work and indicating a potential for leadership in the field:
skill in relationships, flexibility and openness to new ideas,
maturity, identification with the profession of social work, and
commitment to furthering the development of the profession.
5. Satisfactory performance on the Graduate Record
Examinations — existing test scores may be submitted if the
GRE has been completed no more than five years prior to
the date of application. Information may be obtained from the
USC Center for Testing and Assessment, Student Union 301,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0896, (213) 740-7166, or from the
Educational Testing Service at ets.org.
6. Satisfactory performance on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) or International English Language
Testing System (IELTS) for all international students prior to
the date of application. Existing test scores may be submitted
if the TOEFL or IELTS has been completed no more than
two years prior to the date of application. Information may be
obtained from the USC Center for Testing and Assessment,
Student Union 301, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0896, (213) 740-
7166, or from the Educational Testing Service at ets.org.
7. Submission of application materials as required.
Instructions for application to the Doctor of Philosophy in
Social Work program may be obtained by writing to the
director of the program.
Under unusual circumstances, applications from persons who
do not meet these requirements, including those who have just
been awarded the MSW degree, will be considered. In cases
where the MSW (or its equivalent) has recently been granted and
the applicant does not have the prerequisite post-master's degree
employment experience, it may be required that such experience
be acquired concurrent with enrollment in the doctoral program.
Under very unusual circumstances, applications to the doctoral
program in social work will be considered from those who do not
hold the MSW or an equivalent degree. Such applicants, in order
to be admitted to the program, must have a master's degree (or
its equivalent) in a field related to social work and a demonstrated
commitment to the field of social work as evidenced by substantial
contribution to the knowledge base of the profession. Admission
decisions on applicants who do not hold an MSW or equivalent
degree will be made by the full Doctoral Program Committee of
the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work rather than by a
subcommittee of that body.
Priority will be given to applications that are completed by
January 1.
Application Procedure
All applicants to the doctoral program must submit the
following information: (1) graduate admission application
using the university's online system; (2) statement of purpose
which is submitted as part of the online application; (3) current
resume which is uploaded as part of the online application;
(4) all undergraduate and graduate transcripts; (5) four letters
of reference, at least three of which are from persons who can
assess the student's scholarly potential; (6) recent GRE scores;
(7) recent TOEFL or IELTS scores; (8) documented evidence of
financial support is required of all international applicants; (9) PhD
Information Form for the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work; (10) career plans and goals; and (11) scholarly writing
sample.
Foreign Language/Research/English Language
Requirements
There is no foreign language requirement for the PhD degree.
Competence in advanced research methodology and statistics is
required through satisfactory completion of required courses. All
international students are required to submit their TOEFL or IELTS
scores from a test date prior to application and to meet university
requirements for teaching.
Course Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 48 course units beyond
the master's degree (exclusive of SOWK 794a, SOWK 794b,
SOWK 794c, SOWK 794d, SOWK 794z Doctoral Dissertation).
Students must complete at least 24 units within the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and at least three courses
in other departments or schools within the university. At least 8 of
these 12 units must be in courses with a substantive rather than a
research-methodology or statistic focus. Students must also take
at least one 3-unit elective and one additional research or statistics
course either in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work or elsewhere in the university. Each student must develop
a concentration either in another discipline outside the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work (such as gerontology;
sociology; psychology; preventive medicine; business; policy,
planning and development; or political science) or in a problem
area where different external courses in different departments
or schools bear on a specific social problem like homelessness.
An overall grade point average of B (3.0) on all graduate work
attempted in the doctoral program is required for graduation.
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Core Content
All students are expected to master core content. They must also
complete 12 units from the substantive five core courses.
Required Courses
24 units from the following:
• SOWK 702 Theories of Human Behavior in the Contexts of
Social Environments Units: 3
• SOWK 703 Explanatory Theories for Larger Social Systems
Units: 3
• SOWK 733 Policy Analysis and Advocacy in a Comparative
Social Policy Context Units: 3
• SOWK 743 Theories for Practice with Small Systems Units: 3
• SOWK 744 Theories for Practice with Large Systems Units: 3
Core Courses:
•
SOWK 760L Introduction to Social Work Statistics Units: 3
• SOWK 761L Multiple Regression for Social Work Research
Units: 3
• SOWK 762 Social Work Research Methods I Units: 3
• SOWK 763 Social Work Research Methods II: Issues in
Research for Social Work Practice Units: 3
• SOWK 764 Advanced Multivariate Statistics Units: 3
Macro focus:
students with a macro focus in policy, community organization or
administration must complete either SOWK 702 or SOWK 743 as
part of their core curriculum.
• SOWK 702 Theories of Human Behavior in the Contexts of
Social Environments Units: 3 or
• SOWK 743 Theories for Practice with Small Systems Units: 3
Micro focus:
students with a micro focus in direct practice must complete either
SOWK 703, SOWK 733 or SOWK 744.
• SOWK 703 Explanatory Theories for Larger Social Systems
Units: 3 or
• SOWK 733 Policy Analysis and Advocacy in a Comparative
Social Policy Context Units: 3 or
• SOWK 744 Theories for Practice with Large Systems Units: 3
Other Requirements
• Elective Units: 3 *
• Research or statistics course Units: 3 *
• SOWK 790 Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(6 units required)
Note:
*Must be taken in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work or elsewhere at USC
Additional Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 12 units per semester in
their first semester and second semester of their first year in the
program to maintain their status as full-time students and eligibility
for financial support from the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work.
Individualized Course of Study
The second year of the curriculum is largely individualized to
meet each student's educational goals. It is organized around a
specific field of social work practice or a problem area. In the case
of fields of practice or problem area, students gain knowledge of
that field's development and policies; one level of comparative
practice theory applicable to that field; comparative explanatory
theory appropriate to the field and the chosen practice level; and
advanced research methods which can be used to explore field-
specific questions.
Field of Practice is defined as a field of activity in which there
is an identifiable service delivery system, a continuum of care for
clients, and a defined or established role for social workers.
Given the current expertise of the faculty and available faculty
resources, students may choose from the following fields of
practice specializations:
Given the current expertise of the faculty and available faculty
resources, students may choose from the following fields of
practice specializations: (1) families and children, (2) mental
health, (3) health, (4) occupational/industrial employment, (5)
aging/gerontology, or (6) economic security/income maintenance.
Additional fields of practice can be added to the above choices
depending on faculty interest, expertise and availability.
Problem Area is defined as a social or service delivery problem
that is relevant to the field of social work such as homelessness or
urban health systems.
Practice Theory is defined as advanced knowledge of
comparative practice theories at one point on the intervention
continuum as they relate to the field of practice chosen. The
practice intervention continuum is defined to include practice with
individuals, families and groups, as well as community practice,
administration, planning and policy practice.
Explanatory Theory is defined as advanced knowledge of
comparative social science theories as they relate to the field of
practice and level of intervention chosen.
Specialized Research Skills is defined as advanced skills in
research methodology and statistics which support the student's
dissertation within the field of practice.
Students fulfill the requirement for the mastery of the content
of their individualized course of study through a combination of at
least three (2-unit) directed tutorials (SOWK 790) with members
of the social work faculty, at least three university courses in other
departments of the university and an elective.
Students prepare an individualized course study plan with their
faculty adviser in the spring of the first year that is approved by
the doctoral committee. It details classes and tutorials that each
student will take during the second year of the program.
Opportunities for Further Skill Development
The program offers students skills training in both teaching and
research.
Teaching Skills
All doctoral students must teach for two semesters before they
graduate. Requirements may be fulfilled by coteaching, teaching
as an assistant or solo teaching. Before beginning these teaching
experiences, students must take a teaching course approved
by the doctoral committee. International students must meet the
English proficiency standards set forth by the American Language
Institute and participate, if necessary, in specialized training
offered by the Center for Excellence in Teaching.
Additional Research Skills
Students are also offered the opportunity for enhanced skills
building in research through a research internship. The one- or
two- semester internship (SOWK 785), starting typically in the
spring of the second year, is designed to provide students with
hands-on, practical experience with an ongoing faculty research
project prior to the start of their own dissertation research.
Typically, activities include data collection and/or analysis. The
practicum is expected to yield a paper of publishable quality co-
authored by the student and the faculty member.
Students may enroll in SOWK 599 by petitioning the doctoral
committee in writing. The decision to grant or deny admission will
be based on each applicant's learning and research interests and
permission of the instructor.
The usual program includes two years of full-time course
work, plus an additional period for completing the qualifying
examinations and dissertation. In rare cases, students who are
not able to take the full-time program because of employment may
spread course work over three years. They must, however, have
the equivalent of full-time study in residence for at least one year.
Students should specify whether they are applying for the full-
time or part-time program at the time they apply to the program.
Part-time students usually carry two courses per semester during
the academic year. They may wish to accelerate their progress by
enrolling in appropriate courses when available during the summer
session.
The time limit for completing all requirements for the PhD
degree is eight years from the first course taken at USC to be
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applied toward the degree. Students who have completed an
applicable master's degree at USC or elsewhere (almost all
students in the social work doctoral program) must complete the
PhD in six years.
Transfer of Credit
The transfer of post-master's doctoral course work from another
institution will only be considered if a grade of B or better (A = 4.0)
has been obtained, and the course has been completed within the
last five years. Transfer of credits must be petitioned and approved
by both the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the
Graduate School.
Screening Procedures
When students have completed a minimum of 16 units (but
not more than 24 units) of doctoral course work, the doctoral
committee assesses their performance and makes a decision
about their readiness to continue in the program. If the decision
is to deny permission to continue, the students are so notified. If
permission is granted, a qualifying exam committee is established.
Qualifying Exam Committee
The qualifying exam committee is composed of five faculty
members, four of whom, including the chair, are from the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and one from an academic
unit of the university other than the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work. The function of the qualifying exam committee is
to oversee the development of the student's academic program
through the qualifying examination.
Qualifying Examination
As a prerequisite to candidacy for the PhD degree, students
must pass written and oral qualifying examinations. In order to
take the examinations, students must complete all core courses, at
least 6 units of SOWK 790 tutorials and at least 32 units of course
work in the doctoral program with a minimum grade point average
of 3.0.
All students must pass a qualifying examination by completing a
paper that the examination committee judges to be of publishable
quality and passing an oral examination on subject matter related
to the paper. The paper must deal with a substantive theoretical,
model-building or methodological issue in the student's chosen
area. Critical reviews of the literature or reports of empirical
studies conducted by the student specifically for the qualifying
examination are acceptable. The topic of the paper will be chosen
in conjunction with the student's chair and must be defended
before and agreed to by the entire examination committee.
The content of the paper is to go beyond products developed
for tutorials and must be an independent effort. Further details
for completing the paper and oral examination are provided as
needed. When students pass the written and oral portions of the
qualifying examination, they advance to candidacy.
In accordance with university policy, since the two portions
of the qualifying examination are considered part of a single
examination, only one retake of either portion of the examination
is permitted. When the oral examination has been passed, the
student is formally admitted to candidacy.
Doctoral Dissertation
When the student is admitted to candidacy, a dissertation
committee is established consisting of three members of the
qualifying exam committee, one of whom must be from outside the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. The dissertation
committee has the responsibility of providing consultation in
research, approving the dissertation, conducting the final oral
examination and recommending the candidate for the PhD degree.
The doctoral dissertation should make a contribution to knowledge
and theory related to the profession of social work. Dissertations
must not only show technical mastery of the subject and research
methodology but must also demonstrate the candidate's ability to
work independently as a scholar.
The first step in the dissertation process is the development of
a dissertation proposal. Normally about 25-30 pages, the proposal
should contain a clear statement of purpose, a rationale for the
research, research questions or hypotheses, a review of pertinent
literature, and an explication of the research methods to be used
including the design, instrumentation, sampling procedures and
plan for analysis. The proposal must include human subject
clearances for the anticipated research obtained from the
appropriate school and university committees.
The dissertation proposal is submitted to the student's
dissertation committee and defended. Upon approval of the
proposal, a copy is filed with the director of the doctoral program.
It is expected that students will begin work on their dissertation
prospectus as soon as possible after completion of the qualifying
examinations, and that an acceptable proposal will be presented
within three months of the completion of the examination.
Abstract of Dissertation
Since the abstract of the dissertation is also published in
Dissertation Abstracts International, it should be written with care
and must be representative of the final draft of the dissertation.
A shorter abstract for publication in Social Work Research and
Abstracts is also required.
Final Oral Examination
Upon approval of the final draft of the dissertation by all
members of the dissertation committee, the candidate must pass
a general final oral examination. After the candidate successfully
completes the final oral examination, the committee recommends
the candidate to the Graduate School for the PhD degree.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 859
Courses of Instruction
The terms indicated are expected but are
not guaranteed. For the courses offered
during any given term, consult the Schedule
of Classes.
Arts, Technology and the
Business of Innovation
ACAD 174 Innovators Forum
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Leaders in diverse disciplines, industries
and the arts present and discuss problems
facing society and critique real-world
projects that challenge the concept of
innovation. Duplicates Credit in former
ACAD 175 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 176 Rapid Visualization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques,
methods, concepts, tools, and materials
that are used to quickly visualize and
communicate ideas and develop problem-
solving skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 177 Digital Toolbox: Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basics of
industry-standard creative, analytical
and presentation software. Applications
include design, illustration, presentation
and publishing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 178 Digital Toolbox: Motion
Graphics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basics of
industry standard software for motion
graphics, visual effects, animation design,
generative art and interactive visual
experiences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 179 Digital Toolbox: Excel for
Business Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Eight-week
course designed to provide a spreadsheet
format to analyze information and
build Microsoft Excel-based models for
business management and creative data
visualization. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Arts, Technology and the Business
of Innovation students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 180 Digital Toolbox: Sound and
Audio
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basics of
industry-standard hardware and software
used for designing, creating, processing
and distributing sound and audio.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 181g Disruptive Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Critical
approaches to social and cultural changes
stemming from disruptive innovations in the
arts, science, technology, communications,
new media, politics and business. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Iovine and Young
Academy students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 182 Case Studies in Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Employing
a case-study methodology, students
analyze the artistic, technological, and
entrepreneurial factors and address the
conceptual, ethical, and logistical issues
that lead to disruptive innovation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 187 Digital Toolbox: 3D Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basics of
industry standard software for modeling
and rendering 3D materials, objects and
lighting. Includes instruction in pipelines
for 3D assets. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 188 Digital Toolbox: Modeling
Products I
Units: 2 Tools and techniques specific to
CAD design and design improvements,
focused on the ideation and development
new products. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 189 Digital Toolbox: Modeling
Products II
Units: 2 An investigation of the tools
and techniques specific to intermediate
CAD design and design improvements,
focused on the ideation and development
new products. Corequisite: ACAD 188
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 200 Advanced Sound and Audio
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An in-depth
study of sound, acoustics, psychoacoustics,
and the standard components of the audio
signal chain, including microphones,
mixers, interfaces, signal processors,
amplifiers, loudspeakers, and audio-
distribution systems. Recommended
Preparation: ACAD 180. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 202 Modeling Physical Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The physics
of mechanics and motion is integrated
with differential and integral calculus.
The concepts are linked through
a computational, problem-solving,
methodology. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 203 Statics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AME 201)
ACAD 204 Strength of Materials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AME 204)
ACAD 206 Communication and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COMM 206)
ACAD 207 Designing Narrative Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
conceive and produce persuasive media-
based narratives presenting new ideas,
products and services. Students develop
the requisite media production skills to
drive impact through storytelling. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 217 Designing Immersive Media
Units: 4 Students design and develop
live immersive experiences in a variety of
mediums including AR, VR and small- to
large-scale interactive environments.
Recommended Preparation: ACAD 207
Duplicates Credit in former ACAD 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 240 Materials: Denim to
Nanotubes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Covers the
fundamentals of materials science and
introduce students to the principles of
designing with specific materials in mind.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 245 Designing Products I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introductory course in learning how to
design physical products, including the
processes for determining consumer need,
market opportunity and competitive product
analysis. Prerequisite: ACAD 176 or DES
102 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 255 Advancing Journalism with
Human-Centered Design
Units: 4 Employing a human-centered
design framework, students research and
develop novel solutions to experience,
collaboration and culture issues that
pervade newsrooms worldwide. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as JOUR 255
ACAD 256 Designing for News and
Information
Units: 4 Techniques and methods used to
improve the user experience with digital
and physical platforms for the delivery of
news and information. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as JOUR 256
ACAD 260 Introduction to Healthcare
Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductions
to various health innovations, including
pathways, technology, techniques and
outcomes. A framework for innovation in
healthcare and overview of tools for health
innovators. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MEDS 250
ACAD 261 Human Health and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to major concepts and theories on the
biological, scientific and technological
aspects of health care and disease
prevention and management. mHealth,
surveillance, electronic/personal health
records, wearables, virtual/augmented
realities, telehealth. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MEDS 261
ACAD 275 Dev I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Web page
design and creation, web objects, scripting
and interactivity. Includes developing skills
to design and build interactive websites.
Duplicates Credit in former ITP 204
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 276 Dev II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of server-side scripting and web templates.
Design and creation of data structures and
databases. Visualize analytics and data.
Prerequisite: ACAD 275 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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ACAD 277 Dev III: Designing
Applications for Emerging Platforms
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: Sp
An accelerated approach to object-oriented
programming, including foundations of
applications for devices, with a focus on
user interface design. Prerequisite: ACAD
276 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 280 Designing Digital Experiences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Designing
elegant and powerful interfaces and
experiences for the ways people interact
with data, devices, systems and digital
environments. Prerequisite: ACAD 275
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 281 Designing Live Experiences
Units: 4 Experience-based solutions for
the design of branded environments and
the development of prototypes that are
entertaining, informational and inspirational.
Prerequisite: ACAD 176 Recommended
Preparation: Install Sketch up, Rhino,
Solidworks, CAD, Vectorworks or similar
to create plans and elevations and/
or renderings. Maker space training.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 301 Understanding Play
Units: 4 Examines various theories of play
and how it shapes and defines human
experiences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 302 The Hacker Imagination: from
Ancient Greece to Cupertino
Units: 4 Exploring issues in innovation,
design and invention from the perspective
of the hacker imagination. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 306 Innovation, Entertainment,
and the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COMM 306)
ACAD 308 Computer-Aided Design for
Bio-Mechanical Systems
Units: 3 (Enroll in ITP 308)
ACAD 309g Dreams & Madness: The Art
of Japan's Golden Age of Animation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An in-
depth look at the art, politics, and cultural
impact of several Japanese filmmakers
including Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki,
Satoshi Kon, Mamoru Hosoda and Makoto
Shinkai. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 310 Launching Disruptive
Ventures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BAEP 310)
ACAD 311 Design for User Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ITP 310)
ACAD 312L Materials Behavior and
Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MASC 310)
ACAD 315x Basics of Project and
Operations Management for Non-Majors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BUAD 315x)
ACAD 317 Designing Media Studio
Units: 4 Students design and develop
advanced narrative, immersive and
interactive multimedia experiences for
existing and experimental platforms.
Studio-based structure allows for individual
projects and pacing. Recommended
Preparation: ACAD 217 Duplicates Credit
in former 407 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 324g The Practice of Design:
Ideation to Innovation
Units: 4 History and application of proven
collaborative design processes and
methodologies as they relate to ideation
and innovation. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 331x Influence and Collaboration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MOR 331x)
ACAD 341 Android App Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ITP 341)
ACAD 342 iOS App Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ITP 342)
ACAD 343 Mobile Development for
Content and Media
Units: 1 (Enroll in ITP 343)
ACAD 344 Advanced iOS App
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ITP 344)
ACAD 345 Designing Products II
Units: 4 A thorough look into developing
a feasible consumer product through
implementing all aspects of the R&D
process, including consumer insights,
competitive analysis, ideation and
manufacturability. Prerequisite: ACAD 245
Corequisite: ACAD 188 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 350 International Experience
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: Sp
International study tour providing in-depth
and field-based knowledge in design,
technology and/or business. Sites selected
from the world's most exciting established
and emerging innovation hubs. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 352 Digital Audio Recording and
Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
principles, techniques, and aesthetics of
digital audio recording and processing with
an emphasis on mastering for multimedia
integration. Recommended Preparation:
ACAD 200. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 354 Synthesis and Sound Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A
comprehensive study of the elements
of electronic synthesis and sampling, as
well as the use of "live" and "found" audio
recordings for creative sound design
purposes. Recommended Preparation:
ACAD 200 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 356 Audio and Media Integration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods and
techniques for integrating audio into various
media and applications including: film and
video, Internet streaming, mobile devices,
and other digital and computer applications.
Recommended Preparation: ACAD 200
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 360 Design Strategy: Problem
Solving for Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A professional,
collaborative and multidisciplinary
consulting approach to diagnosing
problems and applying design-based
solutions on behalf of organizations.
Recommended Preparation: ACAD 181
and ACAD 182 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 362 Analytics for Health
Innovators
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and methods of health data analytics,
including foundational knowledge in
statistical methods, data mining, big data
applications, visual analytics and physician
performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MEDS 362
ACAD 365 Managing Data in C++
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ITP 365)
ACAD 366 Designing Media for Social
Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COMM 366)
ACAD 375 Business and Professional
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COMM 375)
ACAD 376 Industry Practicum I:
Designing and Implementing Real-World
Solutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Practicum
through which students serve as design
strategists for high-profile industry
collaborators, and learn advanced methods
and processes to solve problems in
field-specific environments. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Arts, Technology
and the Business of Innovation majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 377 Industry Practicum II:
Designing and Implementing Real-World
Solutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
application of skills and concepts learned
in ACAD 376. Prerequisite: ACAD 376
Registration Restriction: Open only to Arts,
Technology and the Business of Innovation
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 382 Mobile Game Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in
ITP 382)
ACAD 387x Cloud Architecture and
Applications
Units: 4 (Enroll in ITP 387)
ACAD 401 Story Building for Inventors
and Entrepreneurs
Units: 4 Methods and frameworks for
active and inclusive storytelling across
and within disciplines. Students will
learn to strategically align their story with
entrepreneurial vision and enterprise.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 404 Advanced Front-End Web
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in
ITP 404)
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ACAD 405 Advanced Back-End Web
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ITP
405)
ACAD 419 Professional Internship
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An experiential/academic
opportunity in an arts, technology and
business related facility. Written analysis,
evaluation, and working internship.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACAD 425 Web Application Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ITP
425)
ACAD 442 Mobile App Project
Units: 4 (Enroll in ITP 442)
ACAD 445 Designing Products III
Units: 4 An understanding of bringing a
product to market through the process
of determining consumer pain points,
competitive analysis, marketability,
feasibility, and the supporting business
model. Prerequisite: ACAD 345 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 449 Data Mining: Descriptive and
Predictive
Units: 4 (Enroll in ITP 449)
ACAD 450 Industry and Impact Projects
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Practicum in which
student teams serve as design strategists
for industry collaborators; advanced
methods and processes to solve problems
in collaborative, field-specific environments.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 460 Web Application Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ITP
460)
ACAD 463 Evidence Based Medicine for
Health Innovators
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to evidence based medicine (EBM)
for non-clinicians, including how EBM
impacts health care. Includes basics of
research, studies and systematic reviews.
Prerequisite: ACAD 260 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MEDS 463
ACAD 464 Mining Health Data Through
Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
both supervised and unsupervised machine
learning tools to mine health data to gain
insights for predictive analytics for health
organizations. Includes deep learning
technologies. Prerequisite: ACAD 362
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as MEDS 464
ACAD 467 Strategic Management of
Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MOR
467)
ACAD 475a The Garage Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Academy
capstone leading to innovative outcomes,
including advanced research artifacts,
operational prototypes, and breakthrough
enterprises across multiple fields and
industries. Prerequisite: ACAD 377
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors in Arts, Technology and the
Business of Innovation major Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 475b The Garage Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation of
ACAD 475a. Students refine and perfect
outcomes, leading to a pitch/presentation
to faculty and industry experts for funding
or validation, and critical networking.
Prerequisite: ACAD 475a Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors in Arts,
Technology and the Business of Innovation
major Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 476 Technologies for Interactive
Marketing
Units: 4 (Enroll in ITP 476)
ACAD 490 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACAD 491 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 16 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Weekly, individual
instruction with an Academy professor
for deep exploration and study within an
Academy core discipline. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0
Comprehensive exploration of particular
aspects of art, technology and the business
of innovation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACAD 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to graduate degree. Maximum units which
may be applied to degree determined by
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ACAD 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Comprehensive exploration of particular
aspects of art, technology and the business
of innovation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Accounting
Major Restrictions
Enrollment in most 500-level business
courses by non-business graduate students
requires special permission. For information
about the registration application process
for non-business students, visit the
Schedule of Classes.
ACCT 370 External Financial Reporting
Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding of decision-making,
problem solving, and research skills as
a supplement to financial accounting
knowledge for accounting professionals.
Prerequisite: BUAD 280 or BUAD 305
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 371 Introduction to Accounting
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding of technology and
controls needed to capture data used by
professionals in financial and managerial
accounting, auditing and taxation.
Prerequisite: BUAD 281 or BUAD 305
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 372 Internal Reporting Issues
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding of decision-making,
problem solving, and research skills as
a supplement to managerial accounting
knowledge for accounting professionals.
Prerequisite: BUAD 281 or BUAD 305
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 373 Introduction to Auditing and
Assurance Services
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
the requisite skills and knowledge needed
to offer services in assurance, attestation or
auditing engagements. Prerequisite: ACCT
370 and ACCT 371. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 374 Introduction to Tax Issues
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic tax
principles, introduction to U.S. federal,
state and local tax systems, income and
expense definitions, property transactions,
and fundamentals of individual taxation.
Prerequisite: BUAD 281 or BUAD 305
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 377 Valuation for Financial
Statement Purposes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)
820 "Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures" and reviews the historical
background of US GAAP fair value
guidance. Prerequisite: ACCT 370.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 380 Introduction to Enterprise
Risk Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Understand
the concept of risk, risk assessment,
and management frameworks. Learn to
identify, analyze, manage and mitigate,
and communicate this risk to stakeholders.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BUAD 380
ACCT 385x Introduction to Risk
Management and Insurance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Understand
the underlying economics, structure, and
business models of an organization (often
an insurance carrier) willing to accept
risk for diverse situations: property, life,
healthcare. Credit Restriction: Not for Major
Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as BUAD 385
ACCT 387 Risk Management in
Entertainment, Sports and the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Knowledge
and skills needed to identify, analyze,
control, finance and report on the risks
particular to entertainment, sports and the
arts. Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BUAD 387
ACCT 388x Innovating Risk Solutions in
Disruptive Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
the skills needed to think critically about
identified and assessed risks and develop
innovative solutions to control and transfer
those risks. Not available for major credit
in Accounting. Credit Restriction: Not
available for major credit in Accounting
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BUAD 388
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ACCT 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Non-
technical presentation of accounting
for users of accounting information;
introduction to financial and managerial
accounting. Not open to students with
course credits in accounting. Not available
for unit or course credit toward a degree
in Accounting or Business. Registration
Restriction: Not open to accounting and
business majors Credit Restriction: Not
available for unit or course credit toward
a degree in Accounting or Business
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 415x Intermediate Financial
Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
study of balance sheet, income statement,
and cash flow statement issued from
the perspective of a user (not preparer)
of corporate financial reports. Not open
to accounting majors. Prerequisite:
ACCT 410x or BUAD 280 or BUAD 305
Registration Restriction: Not open to
accounting majors Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit to accounting
majors Duplicates Credit in former ACCT
411x and ACCT 412x Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 416 Financial Reporting and
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the role of financial statement analysis
in the prediction of a firm's future financial
performance. Prerequisite: (BUAD 215 or
BUAD 306 or BUAD 308) and (ACCT 370
or ACCT 415) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 430 Accounting Ethics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
knowledge and practical application
accountants need to identify ethical issues
and reconcile conflicts among competing
stakeholders' interests in all major areas of
accounting practice. Prerequisite: (ACCT
373 and ACCT 374) or (ACCT 451 and
ACCT 456) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 442 The Ethics of Financial and
Political Accountability
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 442)
ACCT 451 Tax Analysis with Data
Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Capabilities
to identify and analyze relevant tax issues;
apply research tools to find solutions
and provide alternate approaches using
data analytics. Prerequisite: BUAD 280
or BUAD 305 or ACCT 410x Registration
Restriction: Open only to accounting majors
Duplicates Credit in ACCT 374 and ACCT
474 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 456 Auditing with Data Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Auditing
with data analytics from the perspective of
management and other users of financial
statements including external auditors and
assurance professionals. Prerequisite:
ACCT 370 Registration Restriction: Open
only to accounting majors Duplicates Credit
in ACCT 373 and ACCT 473 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 462 Detecting Fraudulent
Financial Reporting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding/identifying methods of
fraudulent financial reporting, and signals
that financial statements were fictitiously
prepared; major frameworks for analyzing
ethical dilemmas; reforms in corporate
reporting environment. Prerequisite: ACCT
370 or ACCT 415x. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 463 Internal Audit
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of internal audit/auditors and their
relationship to management, the investors,
the regulators, and the external auditors.
Prerequisite: ACCT 370 and (ACCT 373
or ACCT 456) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 470 Advanced External Financial
Reporting Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
capabilities to identify and resolve
advanced external financial reporting
challenges, focusing primarily on operating,
financing, and investing activities of
business enterprises. Prerequisite: ACCT
370 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 472 Managerial Accounting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding of systems providing cost
information useful in management decision-
making and problem solving. Prerequisite:
ACCT 372. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 473 Financial Statement Auditing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Course builds
on the background developed in ACCT 373,
specifically the process used by external
auditors to conduct financial statement
audits. Prerequisite: ACCT 373. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 474 Tax Issues for Business
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Capabilities to
identify and articulate tax issues related to
a business entity's life: formation, investing,
financing and operations, and change of
form. Prerequisite: ACCT 374. Duplicates
Credit in former ACCT 451. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 476 Performance Measurement
Issues
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to understanding how management control
systems can enhance achievement of the
organization's objectives and strategies.
Prerequisite: ACCT 410x or BUAD 281
or BUAD 305 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 477 Intermediate Fair Value Issues
in Accounting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Develops the
ability to identify and understand new areas
of emerging guidance involving fair value
issues and to recognize and demonstrate
appropriate application of methodologies.
Prerequisite: ACCT 377. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 479 Accounting Systems
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the fundamentals of accounting systems
development. Introduction to the concepts
of implementation and support with
emphasis on system quality assurance,
evaluation and attestation. Duplicates
Credit in former ACCT 454 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 493 Leventhal Honors Research
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Provides
the methodological tools to identify
research problems, develop researchable
hypotheses, apply appropriate
methodologies, conduct research, derive
meaningful conclusions from data, write a
research proposal. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Accounting and Business
Majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 494 Marshall Honors Research
and Thesis
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Experience in conducting research
and writing a thesis under supervision of a
faculty adviser. Prerequisite: ACCT 493 or
BUAD 493 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Leventhal and Marshall Honors
students Duplicates Credit in BUAD 494
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ACCT 495 Accounting Internship: Work,
Ethics and Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Provides
insights and tools for the work environment
specifically integrating technical,
communication and ethical decision-
making; bridging classroom learning and
"real world" experience. Recommended
Preparation: ACCT 370, BUAD 302
Registration Restriction: Open only to
accounting majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ACCT 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics reflecting current
trends and recent developments in the field
of accounting. Topics vary each semester.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 509 Concepts of Financial and
Management Accounting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the concepts of financial and managerial
accounting. The course will provide
coverage of key concepts needed by
managers of businesses in order to
communicate information important in
decision-making. Registration Restriction:
Not open to business or accounting majors
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 510, GSBA 518
and GSBA 536 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 525x Intensive Accounting
Principles and Practices
Units: 15 Terms Offered: Sm Technical
accounting theory and principles necessary
for graduate work. Satisfies the prerequisite
requirements for intermediate and
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advanced accounting, auditing, and tax.
Recommended Preparation: introductory
accounting courses. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 526 Global Accounting Experience
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Cross-
border transactions in the global economy
examining accounting, legal, and tax
environments, economic and political
systems, and cultural differences. Includes
international travel to selected region.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 527 Financial Statement Analysis -
Audit Perspective
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sm Analysis of
corporate financial reports to evaluate the
firm's past and present performance as
well as to predict likely future performance
from an auditor's perspective. Prerequisite:
ACCT 541L Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to Master
of Accounting students Duplicates Credit
in ACCT 581 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 528 Fair Value Accounting: GAAP,
IFRS and Emerging Issues
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Case
study approach to explore fair value
issues in accounting; research and
analysis of causes of valuation differences.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 529 Tax Data Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Tax analytics
from management's perspective; sources of
accounting data, introduction to database
and ERP tools; application of data and
analytics to tax issues. Corequisite:
ACCT 551T and ACCT 561T Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master of
Business Taxation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 530L Ethics for Professional
Accountants
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides the
ethical grounding that accountants need
to identify ethical issues and reconcile
conflicts among competing stakeholder
interests. Registration Restriction: Open
only to business and accounting students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 531T Taxation of Cross-Border
Transactions Using Data Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to income taxation of cross-border
transactions, state/local and multinational
tax rules; application of data and analytics
tools to multijurisdictional tax issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Business Taxation students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 532 Financial Accounting for
Mergers and Acquisitions
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
problems in accounting for business
combinations. Consolidated financial
statements: fair value, acquisition and
equity basis accounting. Prerequisite:
GSBA 510 Duplicates Credit in former
ACCT 582 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 533 Mergers and Acquisitions: Tax
Planning and Strategy
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Tax
planning and strategy in corporate
restructuring including mergers,
acquisitions, and divestitures. Tax
background not required to be successful
in this course. Prerequisite: GSBA 510
Duplicates Credit in former ACCT 582
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 536 Advanced Cost Analysis and
Management Accounting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
and design of systems that provide cost
information useful in making strategic
and operating decisions. Advantages
and limitations of activity-based costing
methods. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate business and accounting
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 537 Performance Measurement,
Evaluation, and Incentives
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Financial
responsibility centers, financial and
nonfinancial performance measures,
budgets and other targets, evaluation
techniques and styles, incentives. Strategy
implementation and execution. Corporate
governance. Registration Restriction:
Online registration limited to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 540 Technological Innovations in
Accounting and Auditing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp New,
emerging and potential technologies for
accounting and audit, emphasizing data
and analytics. Actual and potential effects
of new technologies in accounting and
auditing settings. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to Master of
Accounting (Data and Analytics) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 541L Auditing in the Enhanced
Data Age
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Framework
of the audit model including use of large
data sets with automated audit tools. A
lab environment is an integral part of the
course. Corequisite: ACCT 548 Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
Master of Accounting (Data and Analytics)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 542 Fraud Analytics in the Audit
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sm
Understanding/identifying fraud risk from
an auditor's perspective; development of
an analytics skillset to detect financial fraud
risk. Prerequisite: ACCT 541L Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
Master of Accounting students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 546 Auditing and Assurance
Services
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and principles governing independent
professional services that provide
assurance on the reliability and relevance
of information, including financial statement
information. Topics include demand and
supply issues for these services, basic
principles of evidence, risk assessment and
testing. Recommended Preparation: ACCT
525x. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 547 Enterprise Information
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Focuses on
accounting enterprise database models
and information technology required to
support those systems. Includes analysis
and design of interfunctional process flows
through reengineering to exploit technology
capabilities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 548L IT Audit and Data
Applications
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration of
the role systems play in organizations, the
technology that supports these systems
and issues relating to technology risk,
system/application security and system
review/audit. Corequisite: ACCT 541L
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 549 Advanced Enterprise Systems
and Technologies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Design, control
and development of advanced enterprise
systems, using reengineering, focusing
on accounting and financial systems,
using a wide range of emerging existing
technologies. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 550T Tax Research and
Professional Responsibilities
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Tax law research
methods; interpreting statutes, cases
and rulings; communicating research
results; administration and professional
responsibilities of tax practice. Registration
Restriction: Online registration limited
to graduate business taxation students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 551T Taxation of Partnerships and
S-Corps
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Federal
taxation of flow-through entities, including:
partnerships, S corporations, limited
liability partnerships (LLPs) and limited
liability companies (LLCs). Recommended
Preparation: ACCT 550T or ACCT 560T
or LAW 600. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 554T Research, Theory and Ethics
in Taxation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Basic theories
of tax law, application of research tools,
interpretation of statutes, cases and rulings,
within the context of the professional
responsibilities of tax practice. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only
to graduate business taxation students
Duplicates Credit in ACCT 550T, ACCT
560T Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 557 Advanced Financial Statement
Auditing Topics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
coverage of topics in financial statement
auditing including market effects of auditing,
auditor litigation and client acceptance,
errors and fraud, analytical procedures,
and going-concern assessment.
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Prerequisite: ACCT 525x. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 558 Advanced Accounting
Valuation
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
complex valuation issues arising in financial
reporting and the related professional
standards and guidance. Prerequisite:
ACCT 528. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 559 Strategy and Operations
Through CFO Lens
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of strategic objectives and operations within
specific industries and companies. Chief
Financial Officers present how they view
the business as a whole and measure
performance effectively. Registration
Restriction: Online registration limited to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 560T Tax Theory and Ethics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Taxation and
its relationship to business and investment
decisions; the effects of taxation on
business organization, capital structure,
policies, operation, and expansion.
Recommended Preparation: An introductory
tax course Registration Restriction: Online
registration limited to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 561T Income Tax of Corporations
and Their Shareholders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and principles governing the taxation of
corporations and their shareholders; the
effect of taxes on corporate formation,
capital structure, distributions, and
liquidations. Recommended Preparation:
ACCT 550T or ACCT 560T or LAW 600.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 562 Methods and Motivations of
Financial Reporting Fraud
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Discover
and analyze signals of major and frequently
committed methods of fraudulent financial
reporting; explore current reforms in
financial reporting, auditing, and corporate
governance. Recommended Preparation:
ACCT 572 or other intermediate accounting
course Registration Restriction: Online
registration open to only graduate business
and accounting students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 563T Federal Estate and Gift
Taxes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Taxation
of decedents' estates and lifetime gifts;
valuation of property subject to estate
and gift taxes. Prerequisite: ACCT 550T
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 567T Taxation of Transactions in
Property
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm Taxation of
gains and losses from sales, exchanges
and other transactions involving property,
especially real estate; tax planning.
Prerequisite: ACCT 550T. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
accounting majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 568T International Taxation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Taxation
of cross-border transactions of U.S.
citizens and corporations and of U.S.
source income of foreign persons and
corporations; planning for organization of
international operations under the tax laws.
Prerequisite: ACCT 561T Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 569T Advanced Partnership
Taxation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced tax
concepts involving partnerships and limited
liability companies, designed to produce
a level of expertise in Subchapter K of the
Internal Revenue Code. Prerequisite: ACCT
551T. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 570T State and Local Tax
Concepts
Units: 3 State income taxes; property
tax; other state and local taxes; the effect
of state and local taxes on multistate
operations. Prerequisite: ACCT 550T
Recommended Preparation: ACCT 561T
or minimum one year of work in corporate
taxation Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate students
in Business Taxation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 571T Taxation of Business
Owners and High Net-Worth Individuals
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Application
of tax law in areas of compensation
planning, investment planning, tax shelters,
and current developments relating to
the individual taxpayer. Prerequisite:
ACCT 550T Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 572 Corporate Accounting and
Reporting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A study
of financial reporting and disclosure
issues with an emphasis on the use of
corporate financial statements and their
accompanying footnotes. Prerequisite:
GSBA 510. Registration Restriction: Not
open to students with credit in equivalent
subjects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 573T Federal Tax Procedure
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Tax reporting
and collection procedures; administrative
and judicial procedures governing tax
controversies; the rights and obligations
of the taxpayer. Prerequisite: ACCT 550T;
ACCT 560T or LAW 600. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 574 Accounting and Corporate
Governance in Global Business
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp How corporate
governance and financial reporting systems
are influenced by business environments
internationally. Global perspective of
governance and reporting challenges
and mechanisms for their remedy.
Recommended Preparation: GSBA 510
or other Financial Accounting course
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 575T Taxation of Financial
Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Taxation of
financial market products with focus on
derivative products. Basics of tax forwards,
futures, options, swaps, collars and floor.
Time value of money considerations.
Prerequisite: ACCT 561T. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 576T Tax Consolidations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and principles of taxation of companies
operating as consolidated groups.
Prerequisite: ACCT 550T and ACCT 561T.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 578T Advanced Corporate
Taxation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
corporate divisions and reorganizations,
carryovers, and other advanced topics in
corporate taxation. Prerequisite: ACCT
561T. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 579T Advanced International
Taxation
Units: 3 Analysis of tax treaties, foreign
currency transactions, international
licensing, reorganization of foreign
corporations, and other current topics as
the law changes. Prerequisite: ACCT 568T.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 580T Tax Accounting Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Concepts
governing timing of recognition of income
and deductions for income tax purposes.
Covers differences between GAAP and
income tax accounting for all taxpayers.
Prerequisite: ACCT 550T. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 581 Financial Statement Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis of
corporate financial reports from a decision-
maker's perspective. This course is case-
and-applications-oriented. Applications
include credit analysis, equity valuation,
and financial distress. Prerequisite: GSBA
510 Registration Restriction: Online
registration limited to graduate accounting
and business students Duplicates Credit
in ACCT 527 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 583 Income Tax Accounting and
Auditing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of FAS 109 and roles of auditors, tax
professionals and corporate financial
personnel in preparing, analyzing and
reviewing accrual of income taxes.
Prerequisite: ACCT 561T or ACCT 585.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 584 Family Wealth Preservation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
transfer of property during lifetime or
at death from a tax saving perspective.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
limited to graduate business and accounting
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 585 Professional Responsibilities
in Accounting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm A case study
approach to the integration of accounting
and auditing knowledge; research,
communication, and interpersonal skills
developed through extensive written and
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 865
presentation requirements. Recommended
Preparation: ACCT 572 Registration
Restriction: Online registration limited to
graduate accounting students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 587 Forensic Accounting
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Role
of the accountant in litigation matters.
Identification and exploration of the
analytical and communication tools
necessary to be an effective forensic
accountant. Prerequisite: ACCT 572.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Research leading to the
master's degree. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the School of Accounting. Maximum
units which may be applied to the degree
to be determined by the school. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ACCT 592 Field Research in Accounting
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team projects studying
the business practices of an industry,
company, government agency, country,
geographic region, etc. Proposal, data
collection, analyses, and written report.
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of MAcc or MBT course work. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ACCT 593 Independent Research in
Accounting
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research beyond normal
course offerings. Proposal, research and
written report/paper required. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ACCT 595 Internship in Accounting
Units: .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09
Supervised on-the-job business experience
in the field of Accounting. (Curricular
Practical Training). Application required.
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of required MAcc or MBT course work
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate accounting students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ACCT 596 Research Practicum in
Accounting
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Leventhal faculty
member on an ongoing research project.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ACCT 597 Consulting Project in
Accounting
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5,
5 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSp
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ACCT 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular New developments
in contemporary accounting. Specific
topics vary each semester. Registration
Restriction: Online registration limited to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 601 Applied Econometrics and
Research Design
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Develop a
strong intuition for the research design
methodologies commonly used in archival
accounting research. Recommended
Preparation: Graduate level Econometrics
class Registration Restriction: Open only to
Accounting PhD students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 602 Judgment and Decision-
Making Research in Accounting
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Irregular Key
psychological drivers of judgment and
decision-making research in accounting,
covering key research questions and
frequently used methods. Departmental
approval. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 604 Management Accounting and
Control Systems Research
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Irregular Theories
underlying management accounting
research. Types of research methods used
including laboratory and field experiments,
survey studies and archival methods.
Recommended Preparation: Working
knowledge of business and a completed
accounting course Registration Restriction:
Open only to PhD students in business
and accounting Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 605 Survey of Financial Reporting
Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
major topics and methods in research on
financial reporting with coverage of both
key research questions and frequently used
methods. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Business Administration doctoral
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ACCT 606 Tax Research in Accounting
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to tax research in accounting
and how it fits within the larger bodies
of research in accounting, finance and
economics. Recommended Preparation:
Graduate level exposure to economics,
econometrics and empirical research
in financial accounting Registration
Restriction: Open only to PhD students in
business and accounting Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 608 Positive Accounting Research
Units: 3 Survey of major topics related to
positive accounting research with coverage
of both key research questions and
frequently used methods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 610 Survey of Accounting
Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
seminar that surveys both seminal
and cutting edge research in financial
accounting, managerial accounting,
accounting information systems, and tax
accounting. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 611 Selected Topics in Accounting
Research
Units: 1.5 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Advanced seminar to address issues/
topics covered in accounting research.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 615 Financial Reporting Research
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to research in financial
accounting; develop critical thinking skills
for evaluating research; facilitate the
generation of ideas for conducting original
research. Recommended Preparation:
Graduate level Econometrics course
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Accounting doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in ACCT 605 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 621 Research Forum
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Review and discuss current
research in Accounting. Presentations by
faculty, visiting researchers, and advanced
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Marshall Ph.D. students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ACCT 624 Capital Markets Research in
Accounting
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to foundational capital markets research,
the limitations of foundational archival
capital markets research. Provide
students with basis for identifying new
opportunities. Recommended Preparation:
Basic knowledge of accounting, finance,
economics and statistics Registration
Restriction: Open only to PhD students in
Business and Accounting Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 626 Advanced Capital Markets
Research in Accounting
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of accomplishments and limitations of
advanced capital markets research. How to
critically evaluate advanced capital markets
research and identify new opportunities.
Prerequisite: ACCT 624 Registration
Restriction: Open only to PhD students in
business and accounting Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 630 Auditing and Archival
Research
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
major topics and methods in archival
auditing research, research design
methodologies, use of STATA and statistical
modeling. Recommended Preparation:
Graduate level econometrics course.
Registration Restriction: Open only to PhD
students in Accounting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 641 Debt Contracting and Banking
Research
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Irregular
Framework for understanding and
evaluating empirical research in debt
contracting and banking. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Accounting
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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ACCT 642 Research on Disclosure and
Information Intermediaries
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Irregular
Framework for understanding and
evaluating empirical research in disclosure
and information intermediaries. Focus
on methodology and research design as
well as underlying economic questions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Accounting doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 643 Evaluating Earnings Quality
Units: 1.5 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
Fa Examination of multiple approaches
researchers use to define earnings quality
with a focus on investors as the primary
users of financial statements. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Marshall and
Leventhal PhD students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACCT 661a Accounting Research
Methodology
Units: 2 Advanced doctoral seminar
concerned with review and critique of
accounting research forum papers and
with the preparation, presentation, and
defense of research proposals and papers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 661b Accounting Research
Methodology
Units: 2 Advanced doctoral seminar
concerned with review and critique of
accounting research forum papers and
with the preparation, presentation, and
defense of research proposals and papers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACCT 699 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Exploration of emerging
topics, literature and research techniques
in contemporary accounting. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Academic Medicine
ACMD 501 Introduction to Academic
Medicine Worldwide
Units: 3 Introduces the master's program;
includes historical development of training
in the health professions; current issues,
challenges and opportunities in academic
medicine and health worldwide. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 502 Becoming a Leader in
Academic Medicine Worldwide
Units: 3 Current approaches to leadership
within the context of global academic
medicine and health professions education;
individual applications, group dynamics,
teamwork, and interpersonal skill
enhancement. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 503 Leading Change in Academic
Medical Centers
Units: 3 Exploration and practice of skills
for promoting programs within academic
medicine and health professions' education;
building trust, organizational change,
conflict resolution, negotiation, and
managing resources. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 511 Competencies in Academic
Medicine and Health I
Units: 3 Acquisition of cognitive knowledge
and problem-solving skills in health
professions worldwide; instructional
methods, assessment techniques,
designing curricula for health professions
education. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 512 Competencies in Academic
Medicine and Health II
Units: 3 Learning theory, teaching
methods, assessment techniques related
to acquisition and reinforcement of
competencies related to patient care,
practice based learning and improvement
and systems-based practice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 513 Professionalism in Academic
Medicine and Health
Units: 3 Acquisition and evaluation of
interpersonal and communication skills
and professionalism including ethics and
cultural competence; within the context of
health care disparities and health initiatives.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ACMD 514 Accreditation and Program
Evaluation in Academic Medicine
Units: 3 Evaluating health professions
training programs within guidelines of
relevant accreditation organizations; models
of evaluation, designing plans and tools for
evaluation of program elements. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 591 Designing Research on
Innovations in Academic Medicine
Units: 2 Introduction to design and scholarly
review of innovations in health professions
education; needs assessment, problem
selection, use of research methods to study
an innovation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 592 Implementing Research on
Innovation in Academic Medicine
Units: 2 Mentored research on an
innovation in academic medicine leading
to the master's degree. The project will
result in a formal written research report.
Prerequisite: ACMD 591. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 593 Foundations of Academic
Writing
Units: 1 Academic writing for conference
papers, grant proposals and journal articles.
Recommended Preparation: A completed
study of an innovation in academic
medicine or other health-related field that
is ready to move to publication. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 598 Fieldwork: Designing
Innovations for the Health Professions
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 3.0 Individual
projects designing curricular or other
innovations for the home program as an
application of Year 1 concepts and as part
of the capstone experience. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ACMD 604 Supporting the Educational
Enterprise in Academic Medicine
Units: 3 Explores support functions in
academic medical centers and health
professions schools; financial, scientific,
educational, faculty and student affairs
departments, and offices of medical
education. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 605 Faculty Development for
Health Sciences Faculty Educators
Units: 2 Role of faculty development
programs in health professions schools;
tools for delivering effective continuing
education and faculty development; models
for mentoring clinical faculty. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 615 Maintenance of Competence
in the Health Professions
Units: 2 Maintenance of competence and
continuing professional development
(CPD) of physicians and other health
care professionals; trends, needs,
strategies, assessing outcomes, examining
effectiveness of CPD programs. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ACMD 621 Capstone Portfolio for the
Master of Academic Medicine
Units: 1 Role of portfolios for teachers and
learners; develop a personal capstone
portfolio that represents each learner's
accomplishment of the core competencies
of the MACM program. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Advanced Dental Education
Conjoint Program
ADNT 701 Research Methodologies in
Dentistry
Units: 2 Critical evaluation of the scientific
principles in the development, execution,
and interpretation of methodologies used in
dentistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis
Units: 2 Didactic and clinical experience
in physical diagnosis relevant to practice
of the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 703a Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 703b Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 703c Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 703d Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 703e Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 703f Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 867
ADNT 703h Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ADNT 703i Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ADNT 703j Seminar: Combined
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Interdisciplinary consideration
of complex cases which involve several of
the dental specialties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ADNT 704a Oral Biology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13 each Interdisciplinary consideration of
contemporary biology of the cell, bone,
teeth, periodontium, occlusion, dental pulp,
pain and human growth and development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ADNT 704b Oral Biology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13 each Interdisciplinary consideration of
contemporary biology of the cell, bone,
teeth, periodontium, occlusion, dental pulp,
pain and human growth and development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ADNT 704c Oral Biology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13 each Interdisciplinary consideration of
contemporary biology of the cell, bone,
teeth, periodontium, occlusion, dental pulp,
pain and human growth and development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ADNT 706 Seminar: Diseases of
Childhood
Units: 2 Intraoral hard and soft tissue
pathologic conditions in children, common
bacterial and viral diseases and their
transmission in the pediatric dental
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ADNT 707 Behavior of the Child Patient
Units: 2 Child and adolescent psychological
growth and development: Human
communication, needs, motivation, and
learning. Critical analysis of patient
management, team treatment, and practice
administration. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Practical experience
teaching predoctoral students. Units and
hours variable. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Addiction Science
ADSC 250 Foundations in Addiction
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Causes and
consequences of addiction as they relate
to the individual, family, community,
and society are discussed. Addiction
issues related to diverse populations are
presented. Duplicates Credit in former HP
250 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ADSC 501 Foundations in Addiction
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Transdisciplinary study of addiction science
bridging the gap between science, practice
and policy. Explores facets of addiction and
applies theories to the study of addiction.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Addiction Science graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ADSC 505a Research Methods in
Addiction Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
research in addiction sciences through
directed readings, live lectures and
development of an independent research
project. Concurrent Enrollment: ADSC
501 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Addiction Science graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ADSC 505b Research Methods in
Addiction Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Real-world
implementation of an observational
research study in addiction science that
teaches subject recruitment, survey
administration, data collection and analysis,
and dissemination of study results.
Prerequisite: ADSC 505a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Addiction Science
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ADSC 506 Considerations in Addiction
Science for Practitioners
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
students to issues related to evidence-
based approaches to substance abuse
interventions in the context of the
organizations in which they are commonly
delivered. Prerequisite: ADSC 501
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Addiction Science graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Aerospace Studies
AEST 100a Aerospace Studies I: Air
Force Mission and Organization
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction to
U.S. Air Force and the military profession;
USAF organization and functions;
Strategic Air Command organization,
command, control, and weapons systems;
communication skills. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AEST 100b Aerospace Studies I: Air
Force Mission and Organization
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Organization
and function of NORAD; tactical air, military
airlift, systems, logistics, air training and
communications commands; Army, Navy,
Marines; reserves; separate operating
agencies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AEST 110a Leadership Laboratory I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the military experience focusing
on customs and courtesies, drill and
ceremonies, and the environment of an
Air Force officer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 110b Leadership Laboratory I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the military experience focusing
on customs and courtesies, drill and
ceremonies, and the environment of an
Air Force officer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 200a Aerospace Studies II: Air
Force History
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of aerospace power in the U.S. through
World War II; emphasis on the Army Air
Corps; communication skills. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AEST 200b Aerospace Studies II: Air
Force History
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of aerospace power since World War II;
emphasis on international confrontations
involving the United States; communication
skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AEST 210a Leadership Laboratory II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the military experience focusing
on customs and courtesies, drill and
ceremonies, and the environment of an
Air Force officer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 210b Leadership Laboratory II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the military experience focusing
on customs and courtesies, drill and
ceremonies, and the environment of an
Air Force officer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 220a Advanced Leadership
Laboratory II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Additional
exposure to the military experience for
continuing AFROTC cadets, focusing
on customs and courtesies, drill and
ceremonies, and the environment of an
Air Force officer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 220b Advanced Leadership
Laboratory II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Additional
exposure to the military experience for
continuing AFROTC cadets, focusing
on customs and courtesies, drill and
ceremonies, and the environment of an
Air Force officer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 300a Aerospace Studies III: Air
Force Management and Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Air Force
management focusing on the new manager
in the Air Force milieu. Emphasis on
communication skills peculiar to the Air
Force. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AEST 300b Aerospace Studies III: Air
Force Management and Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Air Force
management focusing on the new manager
in the Air Force milieu. Emphasis on
communication skills peculiar to the Air
Force. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AEST 310a Leadership Laboratory III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
introduction to Air Force leadership focusing
on military communicative skills, group
dynamics, and application of theories of
leadership and management. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AEST 310b Leadership Laboratory III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
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introduction to Air Force leadership focusing
on military communicative skills, group
dynamics, and application of theories of
leadership and management. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AEST 400a Aerospace Studies IV:
National Security Forces in
Contemporary American Society
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Military
professionalism and the context in
which defense policy is formulated and
implemented; national security policy,
political/social constraints, and military
justice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AEST 400b Aerospace Studies IV:
National Security Forces in
Contemporary American Society
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Military
professionalism and the context in
which defense policy is formulated and
implemented; national security policy,
political/social constraints, and military
justice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AEST 410a Leadership Laboratory IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced Air
Force leadership experience focusing on
the practical development of the Air Force
officer through command and staff positions
within the Cadet Corps. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 410b Leadership Laboratory IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced Air
Force leadership experience focusing on
the practical development of the Air Force
officer through command and staff positions
within the Cadet Corps. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 420a Leadership Laboratory V
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
leadership experiences for AFROTC
continuing cadets. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AEST 420b Leadership Laboratory V
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
leadership experiences for AFROTC
continuing cadets. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Art History
AHIS 100g Introduction to Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The description
and analysis of various forms of visual
culture, including both mass media and
"high" art representations, both Western
and non-Western images. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 120gp Foundations of Western Art:
Prehistoric to Renaissance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Mediterranean
and European art and architecture
presented in historical, cultural and social
context that introduces art history as a
discipline. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 121gp Foundations of Western Art:
Renaissance to Contemporary
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm European
art and its legacy in the Americas. Painting,
sculpture, architecture and other visual
media considered in relation to social and
cultural history. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 125gp Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to
1300
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the major art forms and monuments
of religious art in India, Southeast Asia,
China, and Japan from pre-history to
1300. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 126g Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the
Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A survey of
the art and architecture of India, China,
Korea, and Japan from 1300 to the present.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 127g Arts of the Ancient Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey of
the art, architecture, and archaeology of
the diverse array of peoples and cultures
in ancient Mesoamerica and the South
American Andean Mountains. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 128gp The Arts and Society in
Latin America, Colonial to Contemporary
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of the
art, architecture, and visual culture of
Latin America from the colonial period
to the present, focusing on connections
to culture and society. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
HIST 128
AHIS 130 A History of Modern Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the history of modern design in the
United States and Europe, with reference
to design traditions elsewhere around the
globe. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 201g Digging into the Past
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A broad survey,
covering some 8,000 years and focusing
on the material culture of the ancient world
in a historical and social context. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 215g Studies in Architecture and
Urbanism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analyzing
a wide range of case studies, this course
provides a roadmap to analyze and
interpret the built environment in many
different eras and contexts. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 220g Medieval Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Medieval visual
culture as an introduction to the Christian
heritage of western civilization and to the
interaction of Church and state from the 3rd
to the 13th century. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts Satisfies
Old General Education in Category I:
Western Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 230 Art and Culture in Early
Modern Europe
Units: 4 Survey of European art from the
15th to the 17th century. Case studies
in Renaissance and Baroque art with
emphasis on artists in major urban centers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 240g Introduction to American Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
Introduction to North American visual and
material culture from the late sixteenth
century to the present. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 250gm Art, Modernity and
Difference
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Consideration of
various categories of "The Modern" as they
have been constructed in Western art of the
late 19th and 20th centuries. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social
Conflict in the Modern World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of social conflicts and political controversies
in American culture through the lens of
visual art and photography. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The
Arts Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 260 Nature, Environment,
Landscape, Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigates
historical and contemporary ideas
about nature and the environment while
examining the works of art and designed
landscapes those ideas have informed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 270 L.A. Now: Contemporary Art in
Los Angeles
Units: 4 Explores the production, display
and critical reception of contemporary
art, taking Los Angeles as its laboratory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 869
AHIS 282 Korean Art
Units: 4 Introduction to the richness and
complexity of artistic expression in Korean
art through the study of painting, sculpture,
ceramics, and architecture through the 19th
century. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 301 Guardians of the Past? Art
Preservation, Ethics, and the Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to key ethical, historical, and legal debates
about art preservation and collecting
across the globe. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 304gm Art, Power and Identity in
Renaissance Italy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the
visual, material and performative aspects
of Italian culture in the expression of
power and the construction of identity in
the Renaissance. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 318 Arts of the Ancient Andes
Units: 4 Survey of the art and architecture
of the ancient cultures of the Andes in
South America. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 319 Mesoamerican Art and Culture
Units: 4 Introductory survey of painting,
sculpture, and architecture of Mesoamerica
before the Spanish conquest presented in
their social, cultural, and political contexts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ETST-319
AHIS 320 Aegean Archaeology
(Enroll in CLAS 323)
AHIS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of artistic
works and monuments of ancient Greece
from the Geometric through the Hellenistic
period (c. 1000 - 30 BCE.). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CLAS 321, ARCG 321
AHIS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of the
art and architecture of ancient Rome and
its empire, from the beginnings of the city
through Constantine (8th century BCE to
4th century CE). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CLAS
322, ARCG 322
AHIS 324 Late Antique Art and
Archaeology
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 324)
AHIS 325 Roman Archaeological
Excavation: Methods and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Students
learn about archaeological methodology
and practice by visiting archaeological sites
in Rome and excavating a nearby ancient
site. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 326 Archaeology of Religion in the
Greco-Roman World
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 328)
AHIS 328 Colonial Latin American Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
survey of the art, architecture, and visual
culture of colonial Latin America, focusing
on connections to culture and society.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 330 Medieval Art
Units: 4 Introductory survey of art and
architecture of Christianity from 300–1300;
biblical themes and classical traditions;
cultural and historical analysis of medieval
art. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 336 Bodies of Knowledge: Art and
Anatomy in Renaissance Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
anatomical knowledge and art making
in Renaissance Europe, focusing
on collaborations between medical
professions, printers and artists in
illustrated anatomy books. Recommended
Preparation: AHIS 120 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 342 Northern Renaissance Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the visual culture of northern
Europe from about 1400 to 1600, with an
emphasis on painting, sculpture and print-
making. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 343 Renaissance Art
Units: 4 Painting, sculpture and architecture
in Renaissance Europe, north and
south, from 1300–1600. Recommended
Preparation: AHIS 120 or AHIS 121.
Duplicates Credit in former AHIS 340
and AHIS 342. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 344 Baroque Art
Units: 4 Painting, sculpture and architecture
in 17th century Europe, north and south.
Duplicates Credit in former AHIS 353
and AHIS 356. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 345 Northern Baroque Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
how iconoclasm shaped artistic production
in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
in the Netherlands. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 346 Art Across Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Visual
materials and artifacts and how they
participated in the experience of encounter,
exchange, interpretation and representation
among different and often distant cultures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 357 History of French Art
1860–1920
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Paris Semester
only) Exploration of the main movements of
late 19th and early 20th century French art
using the resources of Parisian museums
and monuments. Visits to Paris museums
are an integral part of the course work.
Recommended Preparation: familiarity with
modern European history. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 361 British Modernism, 1780-1918
Units: 4 A survey of art and architecture
in Britain from the age of Hogarth to Art
Nouveau. Among the artists studied are
Constable, Turner, and the Pre-Raphaelites.
Duplicates Credit in the former AHIS 461
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the
Culture Wars
Units: 4 Focuses on issues of race, gender,
and sexuality in American art of the last
three decades. Recommended Preparation:
AHIS 121gp Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 364 Myths, Arts, Realities: Visual
Culture in California, 1849 to the Present
Units: 4 Diverse interpretations of "the
California experience and lifestyle" in
paintings, sculpture, photography, cinema,
public art and popular culture of the last 150
years. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 365m African American Art
Units: 4 A survey of the fine arts produced
by people of African descent in the United
States from the nation's inception in the
late 18th century until the contemporary
movement. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
AMST-364
AHIS 366g Picturing Democracy:
American Art and Visual Culture, 1750-
1900
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studies
the art and visual culture of the United
States from nation formation to the
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Recommended Preparation: any 100-level
Art History course Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 367g Early American Modernism:
American Art and Visual Culture, 1876-
1939
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studies the
art and visual culture of the United States
between 1876, the date of the Centennial
Fair in Philadelphia, to the eve of World
War II. Recommended Preparation: any
100-level art history course Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 368 Modern Art I: 1700–1850
Units: 4 A cultural and historical
examination of European art and
architecture from 1700 (Rococo) to 1850
(Realism), focusing on the beginnings
of modernism in the age of revolution.
Duplicates Credit in former AHIS 360.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 369 Modern Art II: 1851–1940
Units: 4 An examination of European
modern art and design, focusing on
industrialization, urbanism, primitivism,
colonialism, and their relations to the arts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 370g Modern Art III: 1940 to the
Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Questions of
social engagement and political structure
address this examination of major
international movements in art since
1940. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 373g History and Theory of
Photography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Explores
key moments in the history of photography
from its invention to the present. Issues
include modernity and mass culture;
photography as a fine art; technologies of
vision. Satisfies New General Education
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in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 376 Introduction to African Art
Units: 4 An introduction to sub-Saharan
art (sculpture, textiles, architecture,
masquerades, performances and body arts)
in the context of issues of function, gender,
politics and ethnic diversity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 378 Modern Russian Art
Units: 4 (Enroll in SLL 378)
AHIS 381g Visual Cultures of Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of one or more major traditions of visual
culture in Asia through cross-cultural,
interdisciplinary perspectives. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EALC 381
AHIS 382 Art and Cultural Heritage in
East Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
EALC 382)
AHIS 384 Early Chinese Art
Units: 4 A survey of Chinese architecture,
ceremonial bronzes, sculpture, ceramics
and painting from antiquity through the
T'ang Dynasty. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
EALC-384
AHIS 385 Later Chinese Art
Units: 4 A survey of Chinese painting from
900 to the present, emphasizing the role
of painting within the context of Chinese
intellectual history. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EALC-383
AHIS 386 Early Japanese Art
Units: 4 A survey of Japanese Buddhist and
secular architecture, sculpture and painting
from antiquity to 1333, stressing the relation
of art to cultural context. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EALC-387
AHIS 387 Later Japanese Art
Units: 4 A survey of Japanese architecture,
garden design, ceramics, and painting from
1333 to the present, stressing the role of
art within cultural context. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EALC-388
AHIS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Supervised,
individual studies. No more than one
registration permitted. Enrollment by
petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 400x Undergraduate
Apprenticeship
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Independent work in art museums,
galleries or art history related institutes
supervised by on-site professionals and
USC faculty. Not available for credit to art
history majors. Available to upper-division
art history majors only. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AHIS 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and
Theories of Things
Units: 4 Developing strategies for analyzing
what material culture of the past can tell
us about the individuals and cultures that
interacted with it. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CLAS
415, ARCG 415
AHIS 420 Studies in Ancient Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular In-depth exploration of specified
topics within the area of Ancient art and
architecture. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in
Classical Art and Archaeology: Research
and Methodology
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Each year a different topic in
Greek and Roman art and archaeology
will be examined in depth. Emphasis on
interdisciplinary methodological approaches
and research techniques. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CLAS-425
AHIS 427 Archaeological Theories,
Methods, and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examined
are various theoretical approaches,
methods, and practice of archaeology
in a seminar style format, with lectures,
oral presentations, and museum visits.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 428 Studies in Colonial Latin
American Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
exploration of specified topics within
colonial Latin American art. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 429 Studies in Art, Science, and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the connections between
art, science, and technology, focusing on a
specific time period and/or set of questions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 430 Studies in Renaissance Art
Units: 4 In-depth exploration of specified
topics within the area of Renaissance
art and architecture. Recommended
Preparation: AHIS 230 or AHIS 330.
Duplicates Credit in former AHIS 444
and AHIS 446. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 433 Studies in Medieval Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of specified topics within the
area of Medieval art and architecture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 436 The Philosophy of Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Discusses
writings on aesthetics, the history of
aesthetics and art criticism, the philosophy
of art, and modern philosophical notions
such as genius and originality. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 449 History of Prints and Drawings
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Aspects
of the history of the graphic arts; stylistic
and technical considerations may both be
included or specific areas stressed at the
choice of the instructor. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 453 Studies in Baroque Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of specified topics within the
area of 17th century art and architecture.
Recommended Preparation: AHIS 230
or AHIS 344. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 460 Studies in 18th and 19th
Century Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 In-depth exploration
of specified topics within the area of 18th
and 19th century art and architecture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 465 Studies in American Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 In-depth exploration
of a specified topic in the history of
American art. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
AMST-465
AHIS 466 Studies in the Decorative Arts
and Design
Units: 4 Exploration of a specified topic in
the history of the decorative arts and design
in Europe and America. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 467 19th Century French Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the main movements in 19th century
French art, using the city of Paris and its
museums. Field trips in conjunction with
classwork. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 468 Studies in Modern Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular In-depth exploration of a specified
topic in art of the late 19th and/or early
20th centuries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to
Photography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Selected
problems in the history, theory and criticism
of photography; recent scholarship
considered in relationship to specific
photographers and photographic images.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 470 Studies in Contemporary Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 In-depth exploration
of specified topics within the area of
contemporary art and architecture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 475m Blackness in American
Visual Culture
Units: 4 A historical overview of how people
of African - descent have been represented
visually in American culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST-475
AHIS 476 The Art of Walt Disney
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The trajectory
of Walt Disney's career, artistic influences
and his artistic reception within a broad
range of institutional contexts, including
museums. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 477 Studies in Visual and Material
Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of selected topics in visual and
material culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 479 History in the Museum:
The Past in Objects
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 479)
AHIS 481 Studies in Japanese Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of specified topics within the
area of Japanese art and architecture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EALC-481
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 871
AHIS 482 Japanese Photography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Surveys
the evolution of Japanese photography
from 1850 to 21st century and examines
how photography has helped define
Japan's national and cultural identity.
Recommended Preparation: AHIS 125gp
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EALC 482
AHIS 484 Studies in Chinese Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of specified topics within the
area of Chinese art and architecture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EALC-484
AHIS 485 Material Culture of the Silk
Road
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
EALC 485)
AHIS 486 Introduction to Museums:
Past, Present, and Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Comprehensive
exploration of the role of art museums in
society. Inquiry into the present and future
potential of museums as a complex force in
society. Registration Restriction: Not open
to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 488 Topics in Art Conservation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to heritage conservation, an interdisciplinary
field devoted to preserving material objects
and structures that are deemed to hold
cultural significance. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 489 History of the Book
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the history of the book; books as material
objects and practices of reading, collecting
and storing. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 492 Museum Educator Training
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Experiential
research conducted at the Getty Center
museum; supervised development of
docent skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 494 Undergraduate Proseminar in
Art History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Historiography and methodology:
introduction to techniques of research and
writing. Required of all art history majors,
preferably in the junior year. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 495a Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Research and
writing of original thesis under guidance of
faculty member. Departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 495b Undergraduate Honors
Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Research and
writing of original thesis under guidance of
faculty member. Departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 496 Paintings in the Prado Museum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
(Madrid Center only) From Romanticism
through Goya in relation to European
and Mediterranean antecedents using
paintings in the Prado Museum. Field trips
in conjunction with classwork. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 497 Senior Seminar in Early
Modern Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ENGL
497)
AHIS 498 The Gods and Goddesses of
the Renaissance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Renaissance
visual and material culture and the visual
representation of Ancient mythology,
recovery and reception of ancient art, and
collecting practices. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0
Comprehensive exploration of particular
aspects of the history of art. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 500 Methods and Theory of Art
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Methodologies,
theories and critical traditions that have
shaped the discipline. Emphasis will vary
depending on faculty. Required of all first-
year MA and PhD candidates. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 501 Problems in the History and
Theory of Collecting and Display
Units: 4 Explores the history of patronage,
collecting and display in the private and
the public spheres (e.g., salons, galleries,
museums, and international expositions).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 502 Markets, Value and the
Institutions of Art
Units: 4 Intensive examination of economic,
societal, and aesthetic frameworks in
which art was sold, bought, exhibited and
reviewed. Explores how perceptions of art
and value were shaped. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 503 Categories and Collections
Units: 4 How collections are organized by
category — e.g., period, culture, materials,
or mode of production. Examines collecting
protocols, historiography and modes of
collecting and viewing associated with that
category. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 504 Museum Research
Assistantship
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Working
within an institution with a collection and
reflecting, in class meetings, upon how
collections are formed, shaped and used.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 505 Seminar in Feminist Theory
and Visual Culture
Units: 4 Recent feminist scholarship in
art history, cultural studies, film theory.
Feminist theory in relation to art from the
late 19th and 20th centuries. Occasional
film screenings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 509 Seminar in Arts of the Ancient
Americas
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of a specified topic in the arts of
the ancient Americas, which includes North,
Central, and South America. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 510 Seminar in Ancient Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 511 Seminar in Medieval Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 512 Seminar in Renaissance Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Recommended
Preparation: relevant languages. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 513 Seminar in Baroque Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 0.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 514 Seminar in 18th and 19th
Century European Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 515 Seminar in Contemporary Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 516 Seminar in the History of
Photography and Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the history of photography with emphasis
on the way the medium has been used as
a form of communication and knowledge
transmission. Registration Restriction:
Open only to seniors and graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 517 Seminar in Korean Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 In-depth exploration
of a specified topic in the history of Korean
art. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AHIS 518 Seminar in Chinese Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 0.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 519 Seminar in Japanese Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 520 Seminar in Modern Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
exploration of a specified topic within the
area of European art of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 521 Seminar in Modern German Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 In-depth exploration
of a specific topic in modern German
art of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 522 Writing (and) the History of Art
Units: 4 Examination of how various
forms of writing and different contexts of
presentation shape the visual experience
of art and the understanding of its history,
encouraging students to think critically
about how to develop a voice of their own.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 524 Readings in Greek and Roman
Authors on Ancient Art and Monuments
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Focuses on
readings of ancient Greek and Roman
authors writing on Greek and Roman art,
monuments and topography. Topics vary
from year to year. Departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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AHIS 525 Seminar in American Art
Units: 4 In-depth exploration of a specified
topic in the history of American art.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST-525
AHIS 528 Seminar in Colonial Latin
American Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
exploration of specific topics in the arts of
colonial Latin America. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 529 Seminar in Art, Science, and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
exploration of the connections between
art, science, and technology, focusing on a
specific time period and/or set of questions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 530 The Philosophy of Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp What makes
a work of art good? Will address question
with a focus on Western art from antiquity to
the present. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 540 Transatlantic Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the depiction of land, landscape and
the natural world in British and American
art of the nineteenth century. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 550 Art, Business and the Law
Units: 4 Investigation of the financial, legal
and ethical dimensions of the collection
and display of cultural property by private
and public institutions. Participants will
explore the legal and ethical issues related
to the public use of museums and visual
reproductive technologies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AHIS 590 Directed Research
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Research leading to the
master's degree. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AHIS 593x Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within College disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Art History doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AHIS 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit upon acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit upon acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit upon acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 595 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program. Registration Restriction:
International Graduate Standing Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AHIS 596 Seminar on Advanced Writing
and Professionalization in Art History
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Trains Art
History graduate students to write for a
variety of professional purposes, such as
grant and job applications, conference
abstracts, and reviews. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral Art History students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AHIS 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Comprehensive exploration of
particular aspects of the history of art.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AHIS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AHIS 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
AHIS 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
American Language Institute
ALI 090x Beginning English as a Second
Language for International Students
Units: 12 Required for international
students assessed to have no proficiency in
English by the International Student English
Examination (ISE). Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ALI 103x Elective Courses in English
as a Second Language for International
Students
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Specialized tutorial classes in
listening, speaking, reading, or writing.
A maximum of 4 units may be counted
toward a degree. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 134 Intermediate Oral Skills
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international students whose oral skills
are assessed to be at the intermediate
level by the International Student English
Examination (ISE) or previous ALI course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 135 Intermediate Writing Skills
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international students whose writing
skills are assessed to be at the intermediate
level by the International Student English
Examination (ISE) or previous ALI course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 144 High Intermediate Oral Skills
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international students whose oral skills
are assessed to be at the high intermediate
level by the International Student English
Examination (ISE) or previous ALI course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 145 High Intermediate Writing Skills
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international students whose writing
skills are assessed to be at the high
intermediate level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 200 Elementary English as a Second
Language for International Students
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international students assessed to be
at the beginning level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or by
the completion of a lower level ALI course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 211 Low Intermediate ESL (II) for
International Students
Units: 6 Required for international students
assessed to have intermediate level writing
skills, but pre-intermediate level oral skills
or by completion of a lower level ALI
course. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 224 Academic and Professional
Speaking Skills I
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
whose oral skills are assessed to be at the
low intermediate level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Duplicates Credit in
former ALI 210 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 225 Academic and Professional
Writing Skills I
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international
students whose writing skills are assessed
to be at the low intermediate level by the
International Student English Examination
(ISE) or previous ALI course. Duplicates
Credit in former ALI 210 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 234 Academic and Professional
Speaking Skills II
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
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whose oral skills are assessed to be at
the intermediate level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Duplicates Credit in
former ALI 220 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 235 Academic and Professional
Writing Skills II
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
whose writing skills are assessed to be at
the intermediate level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Duplicates Credit in
former ALI 220 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 242 High Intermediate Pronunciation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Required for international students whose
pronunciation skills are assessed at the
high intermediate level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 244 Academic and Professional
Speaking Skills III
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
whose oral skills are assessed to be at the
high intermediate level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Duplicates Credit
in former ALI 230 and former ALI 240
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 245 Academic and Professional
Writing III
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
whose writing skills are assessed to
be at the high intermediate level by the
International Student English Examination
(ISE) or previous ALI course. Duplicates
Credit in former ALI 231 and former ALI 240
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 246 Intermediate Oral
Communication for ITAs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international teaching assistants (ITAs)
whose oral skills are assessed to be at
the intermediate level by the ITA exam or
previous ALI course. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 252 Advanced Pronunciation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Required for international students whose
pronunciation skills are assessed at the
advanced level by the International Student
English Examination (ISE) or previous ALI
course. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 254 Academic and Professional
Speaking Skills IV
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
whose oral skills are assessed to be at the
advanced level by the International Student
English Examination (ISE) or previous ALI
course. Duplicates Credit in former ALI 259
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 255 Academic and Professional
Writing Skills IV
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Required for international students
whose writing skills are assessed to be
at the advanced level by the International
Student English Examination (ISE) or
previous ALI course. Duplicates Credit in
former ALI 258 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 256 High Intermediate Oral
Communication for ITAs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for international teaching assistants (ITAs)
whose oral skills are assessed to be at the
high intermediate level by the ITA exam
or previous ALI course. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 270 Advanced Oral Communication
for ITAs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Classroom
interaction skills for international teaching
assistants, with a focus on the language
needed to lead discussions and make
presentations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 271 Language Tutorial for
International Teaching Assistants
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individualized tutorial on the language and
oral skills used by international teaching
assistants in the performance of his or her
duties. Based on observation and feedback.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 274 Advanced Academic and
Professional Spoken English
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for International Teaching Assistants
(ITAs) who, after taking the ITA Oral
Interview Exam, are determined to need
the particular skills taught in this course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 275 Writing for Publication and
Dissertations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Elective
course for international graduate students
focusing on conventions of advanced
academic writing and problems in syntax,
vocabulary, and register for writing and/or
publishing dissertations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ALI 276 Workshop for International
Teaching Assistants
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: Sm
Language assistance and individualized
instruction to help International Teaching
Assistants develop the skills and language
proficiency necessary to perform their
classroom duties. Graded CR/NC.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to International Teaching Assistants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ALI 280 English Skills and Strategies for
the Job Search
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Elective course for
undergraduate and graduate international
students. Introduces students to job search
skills and strategies while focusing on
improving their English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering
AME 101L Introduction to Mechanical
Engineering and Graphics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Gateway to the
bachelor of science degree in mechanical
engineering. Introduction to mechanical
engineering disciplines and practice;
graphical communication and layout of
machine parts; introduction to computer-
aided drafting and drawing. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 105 Introduction to Aerospace
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Gateway
to the Aerospace Engineering major.
Introduction to flight vehicle performance
and propulsion. Elements of the physics of
gases. Laboratory: computers and graphics;
model rocket and glider test flights. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 150L Introduction to Computational
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Computer
programming; organization of problems
for computational solution; introduction to
software for computation and graphics;
applications to engineering problems.
Corequisite: MATH 125. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 201 Statics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
forces acting on particles and rigid bodies
in static equilibrium; equivalent systems
of forces; friction; centroids and moments
of inertia; introduction to energy methods.
Prerequisite: PHYS 151Lg or PHYS 161Lg
or PHYS 171L Recommended Preparation:
AME 101L Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 203
AME 204 Strength of Materials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Stress, strain
and deflection of mechanical elements
due to tension, shear, bending, or torsion;
combined loads; energy methods, statically
indeterminate structures; strength-based
design. Prerequisite: AME 201 or CE 205
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 204
AME 232L Manufacturing Processes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ISE
232L)
AME 261 Basic Flight Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Performance of
flight vehicles; maximum speed, rate-of-
climb, range, and endurance; basic stability
and control, weight, and balance; computer
exercises. Recommended Preparation: ITP
168 Grading Option: Letter
AME 291 Undergraduate Design
Projects I
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Analysis, design, fabrication, and
evaluation of devices intended for entry
in local and national design competitions.
Intended for lower division students or
those with little prior project experience.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AME 301 Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp 2-D and 3-D
kinematics and dynamics of particles and
rigid bodies; systems of particles and rigid
bodies; coupled rigid bodies; introduction
to vibrations. Prerequisite: AME 201 or CE
205 Recommended Preparation: PHYS
151Lg Grading Option: Letter
AME 302 Dynamic Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Modeling of
lumped parameter elements and systems;
free and forced response of first and
second order systems; design oriented
approach to dynamic systems. Prerequisite:
MATH 245 Recommended Preparation:
AME 309 or CE 309; AME 301 or CE 215
Grading Option: Letter
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AME 303 Dynamics of Machinery
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Kinematics and dynamics of machines;
balancing of rotating and reciprocating
machinery; gyroscopic effects; critical
speeds; energy variation in machinery;
introduction to mechanism design.
Prerequisite: AME 301 or CE 235 Grading
Option: Letter
AME 305 Mechanical Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Design and
analysis of mechanical elements including
shafts, bearings, springs, screws, belts
and gears; strength, fatigue and deflection
considerations in machine design.
Prerequisite: AME 204 or CE 225. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 308 Computer-Aided Analyses for
Aero-Mechanical Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the finite element method;
practical application of computer analysis
tools for structural analysis and design.
Prerequisite: AME 204 Corequisite: AME
301 Grading Option: Letter
AME 309 Dynamics of Fluids
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fluid statics;
conservation of mass, momentum, and
energy in integral and differential form;
applications. Laminar and turbulent pipe
flow; compressible flow; potential flow
over bodies. Prerequisite: AME 201
Recommended Preparation: AME 310
Corequisite: MATH 245 Grading Option:
Letter
AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
laws of thermodynamics applied to actual
and perfect gases and vapors; energy
concepts, processes, and applications.
Prerequisite: MATH 226 or MATH 227 or
MATH 229 Recommended Preparation:
PHYS 151Lg, high-level programming
language Grading Option: Letter
AME 331 Heat Transfer
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp General
principles underlying heat transfer by
conduction, convection, and radiation;
steady and transient conditions; heat
exchangers. Prerequisite: AME 310;
Corequisite: AME 309 or CE 309. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 341aL Mechoptronics Laboratory
I and II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A coordinated
laboratory and lecture sequence on
aeromechanical instrumentation and device
control stressing the symbiotic integration
of mechanical, optical and electronic
components. Prerequisite: (PHYS 152L or
PHYS 162L ) and (MATH 126 or MATH 127
or MATH 129 ) Grading Option: Letter
AME 341bL Mechoptronics Laboratory
I and II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A coordinated
laboratory and lecture sequence on
aeromechanical instrumentation and device
control stressing the symbiotic integration
of mechanical, optical and electronic
components. Prerequisite: PHYS 152L,
MATH 126. Grading Option: Letter
AME 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 403 Stress Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theories
of failure, shear center, unsymmetrical
bending, curved beams, torsion of non-
circular sections; cylinders, rotating discs,
thermal stresses, inelastic strains, energy
methods. Prerequisite: AME 204. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 404 Computational Solutions to
Engineering Problems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Mathematical
aspects of the solutions to typical advanced
mechanical engineering problems.
Modeling, simulation, computational
aspects, computer solutions, and
computational tools. Recommended
Preparation: FORTRAN, MATLAB and
Maple. Grading Option: Letter
AME 405 Functional Approach to
Computational Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to computational methods in engineering:
learning to develop and implement
numerical algorithms for solving a range
of mathematics, physics, and engineering
problems. Suitable for undergraduate
students in aerospace, bio, civil and
mechanical engineering. Recommended
Preparation: 1 year of college-level calculus
and physics Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AME 408 Computer-Aided Design of
Mechanical Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
of mechanical systems using advanced
graphics techniques; computer-aided
drafting, design optimization, elements
of computer graphics, solids modeling;
introduction to computer-aided
manufacturing. Prerequisite: AME 204 or
CE 225; Recommended Preparation: AME
308. Grading Option: Letter
AME 409 Senior Design Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Modeling,
analysis, integration, layout and
performance analysis of a mechanical
system to meet specified design
requirements. Prerequisite: senior standing.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 410 Engineering Design Theory
and Methodology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Product planning
and task clarification, voice of customers,
quality function deployment, conceptual
and embodiment design, axiomatic
theory of design, product quality and
manufacturability, design decision-making.
Recommended Preparation: AME 305.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 412 Molecular Theory of Gases
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Molecular
structure; intermolecular potentials;
molecular processes in gases; molecular
interpretation of concepts of classical
thermodynamics; radiative transport
phenomena in gases. Prerequisite: AME
310. Grading Option: Letter
AME 414 Engineering Thermodynamics II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of thermodynamic principles to fluid flow,
power cycles, and refrigeration, with
modern applications to thermodynamic
cycles and introduction to equilibrium
electrochemistry. Prerequisite: AME
310 Recommended Preparation: Basic
knowledge of Physics and a programming
language Duplicates Credit in former AME
312 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AME 415 Turbine Design and Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Physics of
turbine operation; design and analysis
for the development of turbine hardware
for propulsion and power generation.
Recommended Preparation: familiarity with
Matlab. Grading Option: Letter
AME 416 Mechanics and Transport in
Medicine and Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to mechanics of living organs; analysis of
fluid and solid forces acting on biological
systems; introductory hemodynamics and
bio-transport phenomena. Recommended
Preparation: Fundamental physics and the
understanding of static forces at the level
of AME 201 and differential equations at
the level of MATH 245 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AME 420 Engineering Vibrations I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theory of free
and forced vibrations with and without
damping; systems of single and multiple
degrees of freedom; iteration; methods;
vibration isolation; instrumentation.
Prerequisite: MATH 245 Grading Option:
Letter
AME 423L Loudspeaker and Sound
System Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design
and construct loudspeakers. Covers
fundamentals of acoustic design, analog
electronics, electro-mechanical dynamics,
and the real-world performance of project
speakers vs. theoretical predictions.
Prerequisite: AME 341aL and AME 341bL
Grading Option: Letter
AME 428 Mechanics of Materials
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 428)
AME 430 Thermal Systems Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Design
methodology for thermal systems; boilers,
condensers, air conditioning, power
generation, air pollution control, combustion
and alternative fuels. Prerequisite: AME
331; Recommended Preparation: AME 312.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 436 Energy and Propulsion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Performance
and analysis of reciprocating, jet,
rocket engines, and hybrid systems.
Characteristics of inlets, compressors,
combustors, turbines, nozzles and engine
systems. Energy and environmental
problems. Prerequisite: AME 310; AME 309
or CE 309. Grading Option: Letter
AME 441aL Senior Projects Laboratory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Individual
engineering projects designed and
constructed to model and test a physical
principle or system. Prerequisite: AME
341bL. Grading Option: Letter
AME 441bL Senior Projects Laboratory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Individual
engineering projects designed and
constructed to model and test a physical
principle or system. Prerequisite: AME
341bL. Grading Option: Letter
AME 443 Control Systems Laboratory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Vibration
measurement and analysis; simulation,
design, and experimental verification of
mechanical control systems; identification
of system parameters, implementation
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of controllers, verification of closed-loop
performance via experimentation and
stimulation. Prerequisite: AME 420 or
AME 451 or EE 482. Duplicates Credit in
former AME 442bL. Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EE 481
AME 451 Linear Control Systems I
Units: 3 Transform methods, block
diagrams; transfer functions; stability;
root-locus and frequency domain analysis
and design; state space and multiloop
systems. Prerequisite: AME 302 and MATH
245. Duplicates Credit in EE 482. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 453 Engineering Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
of dynamics applied to mechanical and
aerospace problems. Introduction to
gyroscopic motion and rigid body dynamics.
Prerequisite: MATH 245. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 455 Introduction to MEMS
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
micro-electro-opto-mechanical systems;
scaling effects on material properties, fluid
flows, dynamical behavior; fabrication
methods; design considerations for MEMS
sensors and actuators. Recommended
Preparation: AME 301, AME 309 and AME
310. Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
EE-415
AME 457 Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Laminar and
turbulent boundary layer flow with and
without heat transfer; boundary layer
separation, stability, transition and control;
introduction to compressible fluid flow.
Prerequisite: AME 310; AME 309 or CE
309. Grading Option: Letter
AME 459 Flight Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Applications
of basic aerodynamics to aircraft and
missile performance, power and thrust,
stability and control, compressibility effects.
Recommended Preparation: AME 309
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 460 Aerodynamic Theory
Units: 3 Basic relations describing the
inviscid flow field about bodies and wings
moving at subsonic and supersonic speeds.
Prerequisite: AME 309. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 461 Formation Data Sensing with
Well Logs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PTE
461)
AME 462 Economic, Risk and Formation
Productivity Analysis
Units: 4 (Enroll in PTE 462)
AME 463L Introduction to Transport
Processes in Porous Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PTE
463L)
AME 464L Modeling and Simulation of
Subsurface Flow Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in PTE
464L)
AME 465L Drilling Technology and
Subsurface Methods
Units: 3 (Enroll in PTE 465L)
AME 481 Aircraft Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Aircraft design
and analysis, design requirements and
specifications; integration of structure,
propulsion, control system, and
aerodynamic configuration; performance
analysis and prediction. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 485 Aerospace Structures I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Design,
qualification, and workmanship verification
of aerospace structures. Analysis for
assessing buckling and crippling, welds,
and analysis of connections and thin-
walled structures. Prerequisite: AME 204
Recommended Preparation: AME 231Lor
MASC 310 Duplicates Credit in former AME
353 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AME 486 Mechanics of Composite
Materials for Modern Structures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Current
and potential applications of composite
materials including manufacturing methods;
determining mechanical properties; failure
analysis; and design, inspection, and repair
considerations. Prerequisite: AME 204
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Individual research and readings.
Not available for graduate credit. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 491 Undergraduate Design
Projects II
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Analysis, design, fabrication, and
evaluation of devices intended for entry
in local and national design competitions.
Intended for students with prior project
experience. Upper division standing.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AME 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpx Course content to be selected each
semester from recent developments in
mechanical engineering and related fields.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 501 Innovative Conceptual Design
for New Product Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ISE
501)
AME 502 Modern Topics in Aerospace
Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Current topics in
Aerospace Engineering are addressed by
a number of industry panelists. Students,
under panelists' supervision and guidance,
complete independent research reports and
briefings. Recommended Preparation: AME
261, AME 441, AME 481 or equivalents.
Genuine interest in design of flight vehicles.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors, master and doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 503 Advanced Mechanical Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Specific
problems and methods of analysis in
mechanical systems design. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 504L Mechatronic Systems
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ISE
511L)
AME 505 Engineering Information
Modeling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Symbolic
and object-oriented modeling, product
and process modeling for design and
manufacturing, information models for
computer integrated and collaborative
engineering, information modeling for life-
cycle engineering. Grading Option: Letter
AME 506 Continuum Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A unified
mathematical description for modeling
the mechanics and thermodynamics of
continua, including topics like elasticity,
inelastic material modeling and fluid
behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AME 507 Mechanics of Solids I
Units: 4 (Enroll in CE 507)
AME 508 Machine Learning and
Computational Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Machine
learning applications in computational
physics and engineering; relationships
between computational physics and
ML algorithms; hybrid physics-informed
ML prediction with tools for uncertainty
quantification. Prerequisite: AME 525
Recommended Preparation: Basic
familiarity with Python/Matlab Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AME 509 Applied Elasticity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Cartesian
tensors; kinematics of deformation, balance
laws, and constitutive equations; variational
principles; finite elasticity; plates and
cylindrical shells; viscoelasticity; analytical
and numerical solutions for elasticity.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 510 Advanced Computational
Design and Manufacturing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ISE
510)
AME 511 Compressible Gas Dynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Compressible
flow equations; Rayleigh/Fanno flows;
shock/expansion waves and interactions;
potential flow, small disturbance theory and
similarity; hypersonics; viscosity, high-
temperature and radiation effects. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 513a Fundamentals and
Applications of Combustion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Chemical
equilibrium, flame temperature,
chemical kinetics, transport phenomena,
conservation equations of multi-component
reacting flows, laminar flames, droplet
combustion, flame speed, combustion
pollutants, atmospheric pollution processes.
Duplicates Credit in former AME 513
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 513b Fundamentals and
Applications of Combustion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
topics in combustion including analytical
methods, stretch effects, stability,
ignition and extinction of flames, plasma-
assisted combustion, turbulence effects,
detonations, and micropower generation.
Prerequisite: AME 513a Duplicates Credit in
former AME 514 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AME 515 Advanced Heat and Mass
Diffusion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analytical
techniques for heat and mass diffusion
problems in various geometries; application
to heat/mass transfer in solids, liquids,
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porous media and bioporous materials.
Recommended Preparation: AME 526
Grading Option: Letter
AME 516 Thermal and Biological
Transport Phenomena
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analytical
techniques for solving convective heat
and mass transfer problems; applications
include heat/mass transfer in biological
systems as well as traditional industrial
settings. Prerequisite: AME 525
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
courses on differential equations, fluid
dynamics, thermodynamics and heat
transfer; AME 526 Grading Option: Letter
AME 517 Radiation Heat Transfer
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Radiation
properties; black body radiation; shape
factors of radiation network analogy and
solar radiation. Prerequisite: AME 331;
Corequisite: AME 525 or AME 526. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 520 Modeling of Bio-Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Interacting
population dynamics, Cheyne-Stokes
respiration, reaction kinetics, biological
switches, neuronal models, BZ reaction,
phase locking, reaction diffusion,
chemotaxis, biological waves, and animal
coat patterns. Recommended Preparation:
MATH 245. Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as BISC-522, BME-520
AME 521 Engineering Vibrations II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Multi-degree
of freedom systems; continuous systems;
modal analysis. Beams, rods, membranes,
plates, shells. Approximate methods;
Galerkin, Rayleigh Ritz; assumed-mode,
finite elements. Prerequisite: AME 420
Grading Option: Letter
AME 522 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems,
Vibrations, and Chaos
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Flows on a
line and circle; phase plane methods;
bifurcation theory; limit cycle/relaxation
oscillations; chaotic systems, one-
dimensional maps, the Lorenz equations,
fractals and strange attractors. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 523 Random Vibrations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Random
processes, ergodic theory. Ito calculus.
Linear systems under stationary and
nonstationary excitations. Fokker-Planck
equations. Failure analysis and first
passage problems. Prerequisite: AME 420,
basic probability (or MATH 407), AME 451
recommended. Grading Option: Letter
AME 524 Advanced Engineering
Dynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principle of
virtual work, constraints, Lagrange's
equations, Gibbs-Appell equations, Gauss's
principle, theory of rotations, dynamics
of rigid bodies, Hamiltonian mechanics,
control and mechanics. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 525 Engineering Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Engineering mathematical methods: linear
algebra, eigen problems, introduction
to linear partial differential equations,
transforms and complex variable theory.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 526 Introduction to Mathematical
Methods in Engineering II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
intermediate and comprehensive methods
of engineering mathematics course
covering basic methods for solving linear
partial differential equations including the
method of characteristics and Green's
function. Grading Option: Letter
AME 527 Elements of Vehicle and
Energy Systems Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Design
synthesis of aero/hydro/mechanical
systems; techniques of design; conceptual
thinking; problem definition, configurational
development, analytic engineering
approximation, oral briefings and group
problem solving. Registration Restriction:
Graduate standing. Grading Option: Letter
AME 528 Finite Element Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CE
529)
AME 529 Aircraft Structures Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Stress Analysis.
Linear Elasticity. Thin Plates. Finite Element
Methods. Structural stability. Vibration
of Continuous Systems. Emphasis on
aerospace and aeronautical applications
Grading Option: Letter
AME 530a Dynamics of Incompressible
Fluids
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A unified
discussion of low-speed fluid mechanics
including exact solutions; approximation
techniques for low and high Reynolds
numbers; inviscid flows; surface
waves; dynamic stability; turbulence.
Recommended Preparation: Vector/tensor
notation, linear algebra, multivariable
calculus, complex variables and differential
equations at the level of AME 525/AME 526
(which are strongly recommended if lacking
this background) Grading Option: Letter
AME 530b Dynamics of Incompressible
Fluids
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A unified
discussion of advanced topics in
incompressible fluid mechanics focusing on
vorticity dynamics, stability theory, transition
to turbulence, linear and nonlinear wave
propagation. Prerequisite: AME 530a and
AME 526 Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with ordinary and partial
differential equations, and introductory fluid
mechanics concepts at the level of AME
530a Grading Option: Letter
AME 532a Flight Vehicle Stability and
Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Response
of flight to linear, nonlinear, and randomly
defined disturbances. Generation
and measurement of error signals in
navigational systems. Stability and control
techniques. Recommended Preparation:
AME 459. Grading Option: Letter
AME 532b Flight Vehicle Stability and
Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Response
of flight to linear, nonlinear, and randomly
defined disturbances. Generation
and measurement of error signals in
navigational systems. Stability and control
techniques. Recommended Preparation:
AME 459. Grading Option: Letter
AME 533 Multi-Phase Flows
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Physics of the
interaction between phases, empirical and
analytical methods of solution to relevant
technological problems. Prerequisite: AME
457. Grading Option: Letter
AME 534 Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Thermal-fluid
phenomena for nuclear power stations.
Heat generation by nuclear reactions,
conduction in fuel rods, and transport of
generated heat by convection, boiling, and
condensation. Prerequisite: AME 457 or
AME 530a; and AME 526 and AME 581;
Recommended Preparation: undergraduate
degree in engineering. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master's and
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AME 535a Introduction to Computational
Fluid Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Convergence,
consistency, stability: finite difference,
finite element, and spectral methods;
direct and iterative procedures for steady
problems; linear diffusion and advection
problems; non-linear advection problems.
Recommended Preparation: AME 526.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 535b Introduction to Computational
Fluid Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Generalized
curvilinear coordinates; grid generation;
numerical techniques for transonic and
supersonic inviscid flows; boundary layer
flows; reduced Navier-Stokes equations;
compressible and incompressible viscous
flows. Recommended Preparation: AME
511 or AME 530a, AME 535a. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 536 Biofluid Mechanics: Transport
and Circulatory Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An analytical
and theoretical introduction to fluid
dynamics and transport phenomena
of the physiological systems such as
cardiovascular, respiratory and renal
system. Recommended Preparation:
Elementary knowledge of fluid mechanics
and solid mechanics; coursework in
mathematical techniques for undergraduate
engineering majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as BME 540
AME 537 Microfluidics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
fluid dynamics in the microscale. Scaling
parameters, dynamic, thermodynamic,
electroosmotic and electrochemical
forces. Flow in microdevices, external flow
measurement and control, microvalves
and micropumps. Limited to students
with graduate standing. Recommended
Preparation: AME 309, MATH 445. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 539 Multi-body Dynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Kinematics and
kinetics of rigid body motion, quaternions;
quaternions equations; elastic vibrations
of continua; geometric and material
nonlinearities; Galerkin methods; complex
dynamical systems; computational
methods. Grading Option: Letter
AME 541 Linear Control Systems II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa State space
representation, linearization, solution
of state equations; controllability and
observability; state feedback, state
observers; optimal control; output feedback.
Prerequisite: AME 451 Recommended
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Preparation: Knowledge of a programming
language (MATLAB, SIMULINK) Duplicates
Credit in EE 585 Grading Option: Letter
AME 542 Theory of Plates and Shells
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CE
542)
AME 543 Structural Instability and
Failure
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CE
543)
AME 544 Computer Control of
Mechanical Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Computer
control as applied to machine tools,
mechanical manipulators, and other
mechanical machinery; discrete time
controller design; microprocessor
implementation of motion and force control
servos. Prerequisite: AME 451. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 545 Modeling and Control of
Distributed Dynamic Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Modeling and
analysis of complex flexible mechanical
systems; distributed transfer function
synthesis; frequency-domain control
methods; smart structure design;
applications in vibration and noise control.
Prerequisite: AME 521 and AME 541.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 546 Design for Manufacturing
Assembly
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of
methods and tools for creating products
that are easier to manufacture and
assemble thereby reducing manufacturing
costs. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AME 547 Foundations for Manufacturing
Automation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An overview of
the building blocks that underlie automation;
mechanics-based models for designing
automated systems; decision-making tools
and methods for supporting manufacturing
automation. Recommended Preparation:
AME 451 or background in Linear Controls
Grading Option: Letter
AME 548 Analytical Methods in Robotics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Homogeneous transformations; formal
description of robot manipulators; kinematic
equations and their solution; differential
relationships; dynamics; control; static
forces; compliance. Prerequisite: EE 545;
EE 482 or AME 451; knowledge of linear
algebra. Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EE-548
AME 549 Systems Architecting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm (Enroll in
SAE 549)
AME 550 Seminar in Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering
Units: 1 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSp Recent developments and research
in aerospace and mechanical engineering
and related fields. Oral and written reports.
Registration Restriction: Open only to AME
graduate students. Duplicates Credit in
former AME 550a and former AME 550b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
AME 551 Mechanical Behavior of
Engineering Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MASC 551)
AME 552 Nonlinear Control Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Phase plane,
describing function, applications to
mechanical and aerospace systems.
Lyapunov stability theory. Popov theorem.
Circle criterion. Lyapunov redesign.
Sliding mode control. Backstepping.
Passivity. Prerequisite: AME 541 or EE 585
Recommended Preparation: Background
in dynamics and classical control system
Grading Option: Letter
AME 553 Digital Control Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
543)
AME 554 Additive Manufacturing
Technologies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
and working principles of commonly
used additive manufacturing processes;
process models; process and material
selection; cost estimation methods;
current applications and future directions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 556 Robot Dynamics and Control
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to dynamics and control of robotic systems
including Model Predictive Control (MPC),
Quadratic Program (QP)-based nonlinear
control and trajectory optimization.
Recommended Preparation: Dynamics and
controls on the level of AME 302, AME 451
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 547
AME 559 Creep
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in MASC
559)
AME 560 Fatigue and Fracture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MASC
560)
AME 561 Dislocation Theory and
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MASC
561)
AME 562 Computational Energy
Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to computational mechanics and
thermodynamics of energy materials
including phase transformations, material
kinetics and continuum mechanics
of crystalline solids. Recommended
Preparation: AME 525, basic familiarity with
Mathematica Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AME 567 Collaborative Engineering
Principles and Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ISE
567)
AME 572L Experimental Engineering
Projects
Units: 3 Experimental methods appropriate
to engineering research, emphasizing
interdisciplinary investigations. Individual
projects. Grading Option: Letter
AME 573 Aerosol Physics and Chemistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the fundamentals of aerosol formation
and evolution, aerosol effects on health
and climate, and the principles of aerosol
measurement. Registration Restriction:
Open only to masters and doctoral
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AME 575 Advanced Engineering
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Solution of
engineering problems by methods of
calculus variations, integral equations,
asymptotic expansions. Prerequisite: CE
525 or AME 525 and AME 526. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 576 Advanced Engineering
Analytical Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Solution of
engineering problems by methods of linear
and nonlinear partial differential equations
of first and second order; perturbations.
Prerequisite: AME 525 or AME 526 or CE
525 or CE 526. Grading Option: Letter
AME 577 Survey of Energy and Power
for a Sustainable Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Power
production includes conventional fossil
fuels, synthetic fuels, hydroelectric, solar,
wind, geothermal, biomass and nuclear.
The environmental consequences of
various energy sources are discussed.
Recommended Preparation: Graduate
standing in Engineering, Physics, or
Chemistry Duplicates Credit in CHE 510
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EE 626
AME 578 Modern Alternative Energy
Conversion Devices
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Alternative
energy/power conversion including
fuel cells, photovoltaic, batteries, and
biologically inspired energy processes;
biomass conversion and utilization;
Environmental implications of alternative
energy processes. Grading Option: Letter
AME 579 Numerical Modeling of Single
and Multiphase Reactive Flows
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
numerical modeling of reacting flows.
Physical and statistical description of
combustion subprocesses: flames, edge
flames, ignition, sprays. Multi physics
principles of modeling. Prerequisite: AME
535a and AME 513b Grading Option: Letter
AME 581 Introduction to Nuclear
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Review of basic
nuclear physics, binding energy, reactor
kinetics, thermal transport in reactor
systems, radioactivity, shielding, reactor
safety and health effects of radiation,
risk assessment. Open only to graduate
students. Recommended Preparation:
Undergraduate degree in engineering;
AME 310, MATH 245, PHYS 153L. Grading
Option: Letter
AME 582 Nuclear Reactor Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Neutron-induced
fission chain reactions, reactor criticality.
Neutron transport and diffusion in nuclear
reactors. Mathematical/computational
foundation for diffusion theory and transport
calculations for fission reactor design/
analysis. Prerequisite: AME 526 and
AME 581; Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in engineering and
PHYS 153L. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master's and doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 583 Effects of Radiation on Health
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Nuclear physics
relevant to human health. Biological
effects of radiation, quantification and
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measurement of different types of radiation
affecting living tissue, radiation protection,
nuclear accidents. Prerequisite: AME 526
and AME 581; Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in engineering and
PHYS 153L. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master's and doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AME 584 Fracture Mechanics and
Mechanisms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in MASC
584)
AME 585 Aerospace Structures II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
repairs in aircraft/launch vehicles. Flexible
dynamics for spacecraft, random vibration,
deployable spacecraft components,
certification of thermal protection
systems. Practical finite element analysis.
Prerequisite: AME 485 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AME 588 Materials Selection
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in MASC
583)
AME 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AME 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AME 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AME 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AME 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Course content will be selected each
semester to reflect current trends and
developments in the field of mechanical
engineering. Grading Option: Letter
AME 620 Aero and Hydrodynamic Wave
Theory
Units: 3 Linear and nonlinear wave motion
in fluids: group velocity, dispersion, wave
action, wave patterns, evolution equations,
solitons and solitary waves, resonance
phenomena. Recommended Preparation:
AME 526 and CE 309. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 621 Stability of Fluids
Units: 3 Linear and nonlinear stability
analysis applied to free shear layers,
boundary layers and jets; Rayleigh-Benard
convective instabilities and centrifugal
instability of rotating flows. Recommended
Preparation: AME 530b. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 623 Dynamics of Stratified and
Rotating Flows
Units: 3 Fluid motions in which density
gradients and/or rotation are important,
including internal wave motions with
rotation, flow past obstacles, viscous
effects, singular perturbations.
Recommended Preparation: AME 530b.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 624 The Fluid Dynamics of Natural
Phenomena
Units: 3 Application of the basic concepts of
rotating, stratified fluid motion to problems
in meteorology, oceanography, geophysics
and astrophysics. Grading Option: Letter
AME 626 Singular Perturbation Methods
Units: 3 Asymptotic series, W.K.B.
approximation, method of steepest descent,
stationary phase; matched asymptotic
expansions and method of multiple scales
applied to ordinary and partial differential
equations. Recommended Preparation:
AME 526. Grading Option: Letter
AME 630 Transition to Chaos in
Dynamical Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular A unified
discussion of advanced topics in nonlinear
dynamics focusing on bifurcations in
iterated maps, differential dynamics,
and evolutionary game-theory and
epidemiological compartment modeling.
Prerequisite: AME 526 Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with ordinary and
partial differential equations at the level
of AME 525/AME 526 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AME 640 Advanced Theory of Elasticity
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 640)
AME 645 Uncertainty Modeling and
Stochastic Organization
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 645)
AME 647 Multiscale Methods in
Mechanics
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 647)
AME 651 Statistical Theories of
Turbulence
Units: 3 Stationary stochastic processes.
Isotropic turbulence; governing
equations for the velocity correlation and
spectrum functions. Turbulent diffusion.
Scalar fluctuations in a turbulent field.
Recommended Preparation: AME 530b.
Grading Option: Letter
AME 652 Turbulent Shear Flows
Units: 3 Free shear layers. Turbulent flows
in pipes and channels. Turbulent boundary
layers. Effects of compressibility. Sound
radiation by turbulence. Recommended
Preparation: AME 530b. Grading Option:
Letter
AME 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Laboratory
study of specific problems by candidates
for the degree Engineer in Mechanical
Engineering. Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AME 694a Thesis
Units: 2 Required for the degree Engineer
in Aerospace Engineering. Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
AME 694b Thesis
Units: 2 Required for the degree Engineer
in Aerospace Engineering. Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
AME 694z Thesis
Units: 0 Required for the degree Engineer
in Aerospace Engineering. Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
AME 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AME 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
AME 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
AME 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
AME 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
AME 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Anesthesia and Medicine
AMED 421 Seminar: Teaching Local
Anesthesia
Units: 1 Techniques of teaching local
anesthesia to dental hygiene students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMED 502 Emergency Medicine
Units: 2 Recognition and management of
life-threatening emergencies, including
unconsciousness, altered consciousness,
respiratory distress, convulsions, drug-
related emergencies, and chest pain.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMED 523 Pharmacosedation II
Units: 1 Introduction to intravenous
sedation; evaluation of patient, selection
of technique and procedure; prevention
of complications, recognition and
management of complications; introduction
to general anesthesia. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMED 524 Pain and Anxiety Control
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
techniques for pain control, anxiety
includes: local anesthetics; drugs,
adjunctive premedication, techniques
in oral, rectal, intramuscular, inhalation
sedation, prevention, management
of complications. Duplicates Credit in
the former AMED 521 and AMED 522.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMED 610 Physical Diagnosis/
Cardiology
Units: 1 Participation in the Cardiac Clinic
at LAC+USC Medical Center; experience
in cardiac auscultation, abnormal breath
sounds, use of cardiac drugs, and
prosthetic valve management. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMED 750a Physical Evaluation and
Anesthesia
Units: 2 In-depth examination of physical
evaluation, emergency medicine, basic life
support, inhalation sedation, intravenous
sedation, local anesthesia, and patient
monitoring; includes clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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AMED 750b Physical Evaluation and
Anesthesia
Units: 2 In-depth examination of physical
evaluation, emergency medicine, basic life
support, inhalation sedation, intravenous
sedation, local anesthesia, and patient
monitoring; includes clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMED 750c Physical Evaluation and
Anesthesia
Units: 1 In-depth examination of physical
evaluation, emergency medicine, basic life
support, inhalation sedation, intravenous
sedation, local anesthesia, and patient
monitoring; includes clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
American Studies and Ethnicity
AMST 101gmw Race and Class in
Los Angeles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of race
and the economic, political, gender, and
social dimensions of contemporary Los
Angeles including topics such as residential
segregation, economic inequality, and city
politics. Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship
in a Diverse World Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 135gmw Peoples and Cultures of
the Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to cultures and people in the
Americas; the social, historical, economic
and cultural formations that together
make up the Latino/a American imaginary.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship
in a Diverse World Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AMST 140gw Borderlands in a Global
Context
Units: 4 Interdisciplinary survey of theory
and borderland site cases, national
sentiment, linguistic and cultural conflicts,
exploration of local, regional, and national
identities in cultural contact zones. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AMST 150gw The American War in
Viet Nam
Units: 4 Examination of the ways that
different nations and cultures have
remembered the Vietnam War or the
American War as it is called in Vietnam.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies Old
General Education in Category V: Arts and
Letters Duplicates Credit in former AMST
377. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 200gm Introduction to American
Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to American studies and ethnic studies.
Provides an overview of major theories,
concepts, and issues. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 201g LGBTQ America
Units: 4 Examines how U.S. sexual identity
and experience are represented in the
20th and 21st century and introduces the
interdisciplinary field of LGBTQ Studies.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 202m Interethnic Diversity in the
West
Units: 4 Introduction to community, culture,
and ethnicity within the Western United
States with emphasis on African American,
Asian American, and Chicano/Latino
cultures and social patterns. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 204g Introduction to Native
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of Native American studies, including
Indigenous intellectualism and resistance
through language revitalization, film-
making, and the recognition of one
another. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 205g Introduction to American
Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines the
relation between U.S. national culture, race,
and popular culture. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AMST 206gm The Politics and Culture of
the 1960s
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
political and cultural change in the United
States during the decade of the 1960s.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 211g Sex in America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
how the proliferation of sexual cultures,
identities, politics shape everyday lives in
the United States and beyond. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Duplicates Credit in former
AMST 111 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AMST 215gw Race and Mixed Race
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Concepts
of race and mixed race historically shaped
through law, science, and popular culture,
including their social construction and
evolution over time. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 220gmw The Making of Asian
America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical,
social, and cultural analysis of (East, South,
and Southeast) Asians in the United States.
Themes examined: immigration, race and
gender relations, ethnic culture, community
and identity. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 230g Introduction to African
American Studies
Units: 4 Examines the socio-historical and
political imperatives of multi-disciplinary
scholarship foundational to the study of
African Americans. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 240gm Representing 9/11 and
Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ANTH 240gm)
AMST 242gm Social Responses to
Disaster
Units: 4 Exploration of social complexities
associated with U.S. disasters; influences
of (political) action on mitigation, response,
recovery; how activities and investment
vary along racial and economic lines.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 250gmw The African Diaspora
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History,
political-economy and aesthetics of the
African Diaspora with emphasis on Latin
America, the Caribbean, Europe and
Africa. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ENGL-250
AMST 252gmw Black Social Movements
in the U.S.
Units: 4 This course examines black social
movements for freedom, justice, equality,
and self-determination. Beginning with
Reconstruction, movements include labor,
civil rights, radical feminism, socialism,
reparations, Black Nationalism, prisoners'
rights, and Hip Hop. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 274gmw Exploring Ethnicity
through Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the constructions of
American ethnicity/race in film. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Duplicates
Credit in former AMST 374m. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 285gm African American Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
history of popular cultural forms such
as literature, music, dance, theatre, and
visual arts produced by and about African
Americans. Concurrent Enrollment: MDA
140. Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
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Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENGL-285
AMST 301gp America, the Frontier, and
the New West
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the interdisciplinary study of American
political, cultural, and social life with
a particular emphasis on the Western
United States as a region. Recommended
Preparation: HIST 100, ENGL 263. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
AMST 305 Art and Performance in the
Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Critically
examine the histories, formations, and
possibilities of art and performance from the
1970s forward. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 312 Documenting Latinx Los
Angeles Food Cultures
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 312)
AMST 318 Global Cyphers: Hip Hop
Circles Around the World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
FREN 318)
AMST 320 Social Construction of Race
and Citizenship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
perspective on the social construction of
race and citizenship. Social, economic and
political experiences of selected groups in
the U.S. are examined. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as POSC-322
AMST 325gw The Middle East in
Hollywood
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of how Hollywood
representations of the Middle East
have changed over the last 100 years,
focusing on how representations influence
perceptions and policies. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 326 Latinx Media Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 326)
AMST 328 Asian American Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
POSC 328)
AMST 330m Black Music and the
Political Imagination
Units: 4 Explores the changing political
meanings of "Black music" throughout the
20th century, from freedom to a threat to
civil order, from racial integration to Black
liberation. Duplicates Credit in the former
GEOG 350m. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 331gw The Black Atlantic:
Narratives of Migration and Travel
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of narratives accounting for the global
dimensions of Black migratory experiences
between Africa, Europe and the Americas,
from early modern trajectories to
contemporary times. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COLT 331
AMST 332m Post-Civil Rights Black
America
Units: 4 Analyzes the political, economic,
and cultural experiences of the post-
1965 period through an interrogation of
contemporary conditions, movements,
and responses to power in Black America.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 333 Religion in the Borderlands
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 333)
AMST 336 Re-Viewing Religion in Asian
America
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 336)
AMST 337m Islam in Black America:
From Slavery to Hip Hop
Units: 4 Exploration of the rise of Islam
in Black America, and the relationship of
Black American Muslims to more recent
Muslim immigrants using historical and
sociopolitical frameworks. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as REL-337
AMST 340m Latina/o LA
Units: 4 Examination of spatial and
social patterns of the Latino population in
Los - Angeles. Emphasis on economic,
demographic and cultural processes.
Duplicates Credit in the former GEOG 340.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 342m Law and Identities
Units: 4 Examines the complex and
contested interaction between the law and
racial, gender, religious, ethnic, and sexual
identities using historical and contemporary
cases. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 343 Food, Health and Culture in
Los Angeles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of Los Angeles' diverse food cultures
as well as the food justice issues that
affect many low-income residents of
neighborhoods surrounding USC campus.
Duplicates Credit in SPAN 385 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 344m Islamic Law and American
Society
Units: 4 Examination of the nature and
substance of Islamic law (Shari'a) and how
it relates to American democracy, society
and secularism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
REL-344
AMST 345 Law and American Indian
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
indigenous sovereignties and the historical
and contemporary legal histories and
cases which inform them. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 348m Race and Environmentalism
Units: 4 Relationships between
environmentalism, environmental
problems and racial-ethnic minorities.
Rise of environmental justice movement.
Assessment of social science methods
used to investigate these relationships.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 350 Junior Seminar in American
Studies and Ethnicity: Theories and
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
study in interdisciplinary theories and
methods for analyzing race and ethnicity in
the United States, including a comparative
study of topics such as inequality, gender,
and class. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 353m Race and Racism in the
Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of selected topics in the historical
development of racism with the goal of
understanding the complex ways in which
race has functioned in the modern world.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as HIST-353
AMST 357m Latino Social Movements
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focuses
on the political experience of Latinos in
the U.S. Comparative analysis of their
political experiences and perspectives, their
histories of identity formation, and their
political organizations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SOCI-357
AMST 364m African American Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AHIS 365m)
AMST 365 Leadership in the
Community — Internship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Eight to 10
hours per week in a community-based
internship plus two hour lecture. Theoretical
and practical issues associated with
community leadership. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 373m History of the Mexican
American
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Racial and
cultural background of Mexico; immigration
and conquest; the Mexican in California
and the southwest; the rise of contemporary
Mexican- American consciousness.
Duplicates Credit in former HIST 472.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as HIST-373
AMST 376m Contemporary Issues in
Asian American Communities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SOCI 376m)
AMST 378m Introduction to Asian
American History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
examination of the social, economic, and
political experiences of Asian immigrants
and their descendants in the U.S., 1840s–
present. Duplicates Credit in former HIST
378. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST-378
AMST 379 Arabs in America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Arab
immigration and acculturation in the U.S.
from late 19th century to present; emphasis
on community formation, race, religion and
gender. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST-379
AMST 380 American Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
HIST 380)
AMST 382 America and the World: Japan
Case Study
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Transnational,
global perspective on American culture
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 881
to examine the relationship between Los
Angeles and various cities in Japan. Trip to
Japan. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 383 Jews in American Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in JS
383)
AMST 385 African American Culture and
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines social
and cultural issues affecting the past and
present lives of African Americans in the
United States. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 389m Carceral Geographies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focusing
on California, interdisciplinary research
teams will study why there are so many
new U.S. prisons. What is their relationship
to shopping malls, gated communities,
globalization? Prerequisite: AMST 200.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration;
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 392 Undergraduate Research
Methods
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines processes of scholarly research;
quantitative and qualitative research
methods; faculty mentorship; experiential
learning; research proposal writing; careers
in research. Sophomore or junior standing
in the major. Departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EDUC-392
AMST 395m African American Humor
and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of one of several traditions of African
American humor for insights into shifting
notions of race, culture, language and
identity in and beyond Black America.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH-395
AMST 406 Social Media Storytelling for
Latinx Audiences
Units: 2 (Enroll in JOUR 406)
AMST 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
CTCS 414)
AMST 424m Political Participation and
American Diversity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in POSC
424m)
AMST 428 Latino Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in POSC
428)
AMST 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations
in a Global Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SOCI 432m)
AMST 440 Graphic America: Reading
American Culture Through Graphic
Novels
Units: 4 Examine American identity and
culture through exploration of graphic
novels that vary widely in theme, including
ancestry, race, gender, sexuality,
throughout American history. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 442 American Literature, 1920 to
the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ENGL 442)
AMST 444m Native American Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ENGL 444m)
AMST 445 African American
Anthropology
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 445)
AMST 446 Cultural Circuits in the
Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How does
culture move within and across the
Americas? What are the relationships
between new global media conglomerates,
"national cultural industries," and local
cultural practices? Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 447 Caribbean Literature
Units: 4 An introduction to Caribbean
studies, using literature and film, with a
focus on specific islands examined in
their transnational and global contexts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 448m Chicano and Latino
Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of poetry, essay, short story and novel of
the Chicano and Latino peoples of the
United States, with particular emphasis on
the differentiating characteristics between
the multiple cultures that constitute the
Latino populations. Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 448m. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENGL-448
AMST 449m Asian American Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
Asian American literature from the earliest
time to the present; development of prose,
poetry and novel. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENGL
449
AMST 452m Race, Gender and Sexuality
Units: 4 Examination of sexual discourses
in the United States in the context of
slavery, empire, sex work, labor markets,
schools and prisons. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 456m People of Color and the
News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 466m)
AMST 458m Race and Ethnicity in
Entertainment and the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COMM 458m)
AMST 464m Latino News Media in the
United States
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 465m)
AMST 465 Studies in American Art
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp (Enroll in AHIS 465)
AMST 466m The Psychology of African
Americans
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides an
introduction to the study of health, mental
health, and social behavior among African
Americans. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 469 Black Religion in America
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 469)
AMST 475m Blackness in American
Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AHIS 475m)
AMST 483 Religion and Popular Culture
in the United States
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in REL
483)
AMST 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 492 Research Methods in
American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Develop the research proposal
and methods for completing a senior
honors thesis; for students in one of the
four American Studies and Ethnicity honors
programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 493 Senior Honors Thesis in
American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Writing the honors thesis; for
students in one of the four American
Studies and Ethnicity majors and Honors
Program. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 498 Senior Seminar in American
Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Capstone
course for majors, highlighting
interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity
in a comparative context. Prerequisite:
AMST 200. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Special topics
in the earth sciences. Field trip required
when appropriate to the topic. Departmental
approval required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 500 Introduction to American
Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An exploration
of themes, theoretical influences, and
methodological approaches current in
American Studies and Ethnic Studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 509 Key Topics in Linguistic
Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ANTH 509)
AMST 510 Readings in Chicano/Latino
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Perspectives
from the major debates that have driven
the development of the field of Chicano/
Latino/a studies across the disciplines.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 519 Indigenous, Decolonial and
Transhemispheric American Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Evaluate
pressing social science and humanities
concerns hemispherically in relation to first
peoples, decolonialization, land, cultural
memory, and politics within comparative
ethnic studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 520 Readings in Asian American
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Graduate
seminar covering critical themes in the
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interdisciplinary field of Asian American
Studies, including perspectives from
anthropology, literature, sociology, history,
political science, religious studies, cultural
studies, women/gender studies and
psychology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 522 Transpacific History
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 560)
AMST 525 Seminar in American Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AHIS 525)
AMST 530 Readings in African American
Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar exploring crucial theoretical,
methodological and historical issues in the
development of African American Studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 543 Critical Studies in Whiteness
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Examines meaning of "whiteness"
from historical and other disciplinary
perspectives; focus is on how whiteness
operates within specific racial regimes to
perpetuate inequality. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 552 Archives and Subcultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSm Introduction
to the practice of archival research with
an emphasis on the literary and historical
methods of documenting subcultural
groups, particularly racial and sexual
minorities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 553 Race, Gender and Sexuality
Units: 4 Interdisciplinary investigation of
concepts, theories, and debates in the
study of race and its intersection with gay,
lesbian, trans, heterosexual and other
sexualities/genders. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-553
AMST 554 Readings in Chicano/Latino
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Readings,
analyses, and discussion of various
approaches, topics, and genres in the field
of Chicano/Latino history. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as HIST-554
AMST 560 Readings on Race and
Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
research on race and ethnicity in the United
States as it pertains to political, social,
economic, cultural and historical issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 562 The Practice of Ethnography
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 562)
AMST 567 Body, Power and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Surveys
interdisciplinary research and theory on
the human body, state power, scientific
knowledge, professions and representation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SWMS 567
AMST 570 Readings on Los Angeles and
Urban Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of some of the leading scholarship from
a variety of disciplines writing about Los
Angeles and the Southern California
area. Particular emphasis is placed on the
intersections of historical, contemporary
and cultural issues that inform recent
scholarship on Los Angeles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 572 Quantitative Methods for a
Diverse Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Diversity
and empirical social research;
conceptualization, design and
measurement; conducting, analyzing and
evaluating surveys and experiments; focus
on obstacles in the empirical study of
diversity. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 580 Readings in Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar in
theoretical approaches to cultural studies,
with an emphasis on the analysis of race,
gender, sexuality, and class in the U.S.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 585 Topics in Cultural Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introduction to key texts on
poststructuralism and its theorizing of
the body, power, and historical trauma.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 586 Utopia and Dystopia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How did
Marx conceptualize modernity? What is
capital? Historical materialism? Dialectical
materialism? What roles do race, class,
gender, sexuality, territory and the state
perform? Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the program. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AMST 593 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts: American Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
principles for the long term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines,
intended for teaching assistants in
American Studies and Ethnicity. Duplicates
Credit in MDA 593. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AMST 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Seminar in
selected topics in American studies and
ethnicity. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
AMST 610 Interdisciplinary Research
Seminar in Chicano/Latino Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Exploration of issues involved in
conducting research in the interdisciplinary
field of Chicano/Latino Studies and guides
students through the design and completion
of a journal- quality research paper.
Recommended Preparation: graduate
reading course in Chicano/ Latino Studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 622 Research Seminar on
Transpacific Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Interdisciplinary research seminar
foregrounding a multilateral approach
towards understanding the political,
cultural, economic, and military relations
and conflicts between Asia, the Americas,
and the Pacific. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
HIST-660
AMST 630 Interdisciplinary Research
Seminar: African American Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Methodological and theoretical approaches
to conducting research in African American
Studies; design and completion of a
publishable research paper. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 635 Critical Spatial Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An overview
of key methodological and theoretical
approaches to the study of race and space.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 640 Race, Technology, Power
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to an emerging field of scholarship
that examines how race, science and
technology are mutually constituted.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 645 The Middle East in American
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Traces the
development of scholarship about Arab,
Southwest Asian/North African (SWANA),
and Muslim racialization in the context
of American Studies and Ethnic Studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 657 Critical Theories of Race and
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 657)
AMST 660 Interdisciplinary Research
Seminar in Race and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Explores issues of conducting
interdisciplinary research in race and
ethnicity and guides students through
the design and completion of a journal-
quality research paper. Recommended
Preparation: graduate reading course
in race and ethnicity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 662 Research Seminar in
Comparative Ethnic Studies
Units: 4 Examination of the historical
evolution and current status of comparative
and relational ethnic studies. Original
research project required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
AMST 670 Interdisciplinary Research
Seminar on Los Angeles
Units: 4 Introduces students to issues
of - urban-based research concerning
Los Angeles and guides students through
the design and completion of a journal-
quality research paper. Recommended
Preparation: graduate reading course on
Los Angeles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
AMST 680 Interdisciplinary Research
Seminar in Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Explores theoretical approaches to
cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field
and guides students through the design
and completion of a journal-quality research
paper. Recommended Preparation:
graduate reading course in cultural studies.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 883
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 700 Theories and Practices of
Professional Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Offers
students a structured environment in which
to write their dissertation proposals and
focuses on professional development.
Completion of qualifying exam. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
AMST 701 Contemporary Theories of
American Studies and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Seminar in representative theoretical works
in the fields of American Studies and Ethnic
Studies published in the past fifteen years.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
AMST 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the program. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
AMST 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AMST 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AMST 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AMST 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
AMST 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Anatomy
ANAT 321 Head and Neck Anatomy
Units: 2 Anatomy of the head and neck with
lecture and laboratory demonstration for
dental hygienists. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANAT 501 Functional Neuroanatomy-
Neurophysiology
Units: 3 Structure and function of the
human nervous system. Includes
participation in neurology clinics at
LAC+USC Medical Center. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANAT 521 Head and Neck Anatomy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Detailed
morphology of the head and neck
emphasizing considerations applicable
to dentistry; morphology of the thorax;
osteology of the skull. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANAT 522 Systemic Human Anatomy
Units: 3 Structure and function of
the human body; organ systems and
morphology of the abdomen and pelvis;
axilla and arm; osteology of the skull.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANAT 523 Head and Neck Dissection
Units: 1 Laboratory experience in dissection
of the structures of the human head and
neck with emphasis on the osteology and
morphology of the face. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANAT 701 Advanced Head and Neck
Anatomy
Units: 1 Detailed study of structure and
function of the orofacial region including
recent research and advances in dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANAT 722 Advanced Head and Neck
Anatomy Laboratory
Units: 1 Dissection of the head and neck
with emphasis on the osteology and
morphology of the face. Prerequisite: ANAT
701 enrollment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Anesthesiology
ANST 501 Advanced Pharmacology of
Anesthesia Practice I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
principles, uptake and distribution of
inhalational anesthetics, and pharmacology
of respiratory and cardiovascular drugs.
Application of pharmacologic principles
to anesthetic management. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia Program majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 502 Principles of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
theory of anesthesia administration,
preanesthetic assessment, physical
examination, monitoring. Case
management including airway and blood/
fluid management, anesthesia machine,
and postoperative pain. Lecture/case study
format. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 503 Advanced Pharmacology of
Anesthesia Practice II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic
principles of drugs covering different
organs systems (cardiovascular, CNS,
hematology, endocrine), herbal therapies,
chemotherapeutics, antimicrobials.
Application of pharmacology to anesthetic
management using problem-based
learning. Prerequisite: ANST 501 and ANST
502. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 504 Advanced Pathophysiology
Related to Anesthesia Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp In-depth study
of cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, liver,
endocrine and neurophysiology and
pathophysiology with application of these
principles to anesthetic case management
using problem-based learning. Prerequisite:
ANST 501, ANST 502. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 506 Advanced Principles of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
theory of anesthesia management for
general and specialized procedures,
diagnostic procedures, pediatrics and
obstetrics. Prerequisite: ANST 503 and
ANST 504 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia
Program majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANST 508 Research: Investigative
Inquiry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Utilization of
research, which includes the evaluation
of research, problem identification within
the practice setting, awareness of practice
outcomes and the clinical application of
research. Recommended Preparation:
research course; basic statistics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree in nurse anesthesia.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Prerequisite: ANST 508. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ANST 591 Special Projects
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Max Units: 12 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised learning in
an academic and/or clinical area of focus
reflecting current trends and development
in the field of nurse anesthesia. Registration
Restriction: Only open to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ANST 600 Gateway Tools
Units: 2 Emphasize strategies that
build critical skills for the transition from
clinician to doctoral level scholarship and
clinical practice. Discussions used to
develop self awareness, self regulation,
internal motivation, empathy, social skills
and role transition. Acceptance into the
USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia.
Registration Restriction: Open to Doctor
of Nurse Anesthesia Practice students
only Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ANST 601 Professional Integration to the
Clinical Environment
Units: 2 Correlation of techniques of
anesthesia administration with application
of scientific and pharmacologic theory in the
clinical environment with observation and
supervised clinical instruction. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 602 Analytical Methods for
Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 3 Evaluation of the appropriateness
of statistical methods applied to answer
research questions and impact of statistical
choice on applying evidence-based
medicine to nurse anesthesia practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ANST 603 Anatomy and Advanced
Health Assessment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Lectures and laboratory simulation in
anatomy emphasizing structure and
function of major organs to include brain,
cardiovascular, lungs, liver, kidneys and
musculoskeletal systems. Acceptance into
the USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia.
Registration Restriction: Open to Doctor of
884 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Nurse Anesthesia Practice students only
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANST 604 Healthcare Policy for
Advocacy in Health Care
Units: 3 Examining the health care system
focusing on policy development, health care
costs, quality and patient safety, access
to care, disparities, and future trends.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ANST 607 Advanced Health Assessment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Advanced
health assessment of all human systems
utilizing advanced assessment techniques,
concepts and approaches. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Nurse Anesthesia
students only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ANST 608 Advanced Clinical Anatomy
for Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Units: 2 Investigation of the cardiovascular,
respiratory, renal, hepatic, spine, head
and neck, musculoskeletal and nervous
system anatomy with emphasis on
these systems relating to anesthesia
management. Concurrent Enrollment:
ANST 610 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 609 Advanced Health Assessment
Units: 3 Focuses on the patient's health
history, on inspection, palpation, percussion
and auscultation of major organ systems
and differential diagnosis. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 610 Advanced Physiology for
Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
investigation of the human cardiovascular,
respiratory, renal, hepatic, neurological,
and hematological systems and cellular
physiology with special emphasis on
how these systems relate to anesthesia
management. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia
Program majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANST 611 Leadership and Collaborative
Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Emphasis
on the professional components of nurse
anesthesia practice including scope
of practice, organizational leadership,
accountability, ethics and collaborative
practice. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 613 Clinician-Technology Interface
Units: 3 Exploring informatics, the
integration of computer science, cognitive
science, and informational science
to manage and communicate data,
information, knowledge and wisdom in
healthcare delivery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 614 Clinical Residency in Nurse
Anesthesia I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Correlation of techniques of anesthesia
administration with application of scientific
and pharmacologic theory in the clinical
setting with observation and supervised
clinical residency. Prerequisite: ANST 501
and ANST 502 Registration Restriction:
Open to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia
Practice students only Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ANST 615 Clinical Residency in Nurse
Anesthesia II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Correlation of techniques of anesthesia
administration with application of scientific
and pharmacologic theory in the clinical
setting with observation and supervised
clinical residency. Prerequisite: ANST 614
Registration Restriction: Open to Doctor of
Nurse Anesthesia Practice students only
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 616 Advanced Clinical Residency
in Nurse Anesthesia I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Correlating techniques of anesthesia
administration with application of scientific
and pharmacologic theory expanded
to geriatric, obstetrical, and pediatric
anesthesia; anesthetic management
includes medically compromised patients.
Prerequisite: ANST 614 and ANST 615
Registration Restriction: Open to Doctor of
Nurse Anesthesia Practice students only
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 617 Advanced Clinical Residency
in Nurse Anesthesia II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Correlation of techniques of anesthesia
administration with application of scientific
and pharmacologic theory expanded to
neuroanesthesia, cardiac anesthesia,
trauma anesthesia, critical care and pain
management. Prerequisite: ANST 614 and
ANST 615 and ANST 616 Registration
Restriction: Open to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice students only
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 618 Advanced Clinical Residency
in Nurse Anesthesia III
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Correlation of techniques of anesthesia
administration with application of scientific
and pharmacologic theory expanded to
neuroanesthesia, cardiac anesthesia,
trauma anesthesia, critical care and pain
management. Prerequisite: ANST 614 and
ANST 615 and ANST 616 and ANST 617
Registration Restriction: Open to Doctor of
Nurse Anesthesia Practice students only
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 619 Advanced Clinical Residency
in Nurse Anesthesia IV
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Correlation of techniques of anesthesia
administration with application of scientific
and pharmacologic theory expanded to
neuroanesthesia, cardiac anesthesia,
trauma anesthesia, critical care and pain
management. Prerequisite: ANST 614 and
ANST 615 and ANST 616 and ANST 617
and ANST 618 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia
Practice students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ANST 631 Clinical Synthesis I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Lecture
and simulation curriculum promoting
synthesis and mastery of topics integral
to the art and science of nurse anesthesia
planning, management and delivery.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia students
Duplicates Credit in former ANST 620a
and former ANST 620b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 632 Clinical Synthesis II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Part two
of a four-semester curriculum promoting
synthesis and mastery of topics integral
to the art and science of nurse anesthesia
planning, management and delivery.
Prerequisite: ANST 631 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia students Duplicates Credit
in ANST 621band former ANST 621a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANST 633 Clinical Synthesis III
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Lecture
and advanced simulation curriculum
promoting synthesis and mastery of
topics integral to the art and science of
nurse anesthesia planning, management
and delivery. Prerequisite: ANST 632
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANST 634 Clinical Synthesis IV
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Part four
of a four-semester curriculum promoting
synthesis and mastery of topics integral
to the art and science of nurse anesthesia
planning, management and delivery.
Prerequisite: ANST 633 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANST 651 PeriOperative Evaluation and
Management I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Emphasizes the differential diagnosis,
illness management, and perioperative
optimization in patients presenting
with hyperacute, acute, and chronic
health alterations using illness scripts.
Prerequisite: ANST 608 and ANST 610
Recommended Preparation: Two years
of direct patient care in a critical care
setting Concurrent Enrollment: ANST
609 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Residents Duplicates Credit in former ANST
605 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 652 PeriOperative Evaluation and
Management II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of ANST 651 with an
emphasis on differential diagnosis,
illness management, and perioperative
optimization in patients with multiple
health alterations. Prerequisite: ANST 651
Recommended Preparation: Two years of
direct patient care in a critical care setting
Concurrent Enrollment: ANST 501 and
ANST 502 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Residents Duplicates Credit in former ANST
605 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research, in
part, leading to a doctoral degree in nurse
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 885
anesthesia. Maximum units which may be
applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Prerequisite: ANST
508 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ANST 691 The Doctor of Nurse
Anesthesia Practice Essentials
Units: 2 Examination of elements involved
in capstone project preparation. Emphasis
placed on identification of a project
through literature review, gap analysis
and assessment of project feasibility.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANST 694a Doctoral Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Mentored
research on an individualized topic
of interest leading to the professional
doctorate. The project will culminate
in a formal written research paper or
presentation. Prerequisite: ANST 691
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ANST 694b Doctoral Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Mentored
research on an individualized topic
of interest leading to the professional
doctorate. The project will culminate
in a formal written research paper or
presentation. Prerequisite: ANST 694a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ANST 694c Doctoral Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Mentored
research on an individualized topic
of interest leading to the professional
doctorate. The project will culminate
in a formal written research paper or
presentation. Prerequisite: ANST 694b
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ANST 694d Doctoral Capstone Project
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Mentored
research on an individualized topic
of interest leading to the professional
doctorate. The project will culminate
in a formal written research paper or
presentation. Prerequisite: ANST 694c
Registration Restriction: Open to Doctor of
Nurse Anesthesia Practice students only
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Anthropology
ANTH 101g Body, Mind and Healing:
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
body, illness and healing from a cultural
perspective, including comparative studies
of folk healing systems, curing rituals and
Western biomedical practices. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and
Politics
Units: 4 Survey of the impact of public
institutions, private interests and cultural
practices on health and the delivery
of health care. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as OT
105
ANTH 125g Social Issues in Human
Sexuality and Reproduction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the "natural" (biological) and "unnatural"
(social and cultural) dimensions of human
sexuality and reproduction. Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 140g Mesoamerican Cosmovision
and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration
of the nature and contributions of pre-
Columbian high civilizations (Maya,
Aztecs, etc.) and their descendants as
they resist and assimilate to the modern
world. Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 200Lg The Human Animal
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 (Enroll in HBIO
200Lg) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 201g Introduction to Sociocultural
Anthropology
Units: 4 Introduction to sociocultural
anthropology, emphasizing the study of
human values and social structures across
diverse examples. Readings in ethnography
and social analysis. Gateway course for the
Anthropology Major. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 202g Archaeology: Our Human
Past
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Archaeology
as the means of investigating our shared
human past, from the origins of humanity
to the foundations of current civilization.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CLAS 202, ARCG 202
ANTH 203 Global Media
Units: 4 An anthropological approach
to examine social and cultural practices
of media production, circulation and
consumption, engaging with a variety of
multimedia. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 205g Introduction to Global
Studies and Cross-cultural Research
Units: 4 The effects of globalization
on social life in diverse communities,
approaching related issues from an
ethnographic perspective. Gateway course
for the Global Studies Major. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 207 Introduction to Heritage
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
interdisciplinary field of heritage studies
and investigates how cultural heritage is
defined, valued and protected. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 235g The Changing Pacific:
History, Culture, Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Current social
and political developments in the South
Pacific analyzed from the perspective of the
historical relationship between indigenous
cultures and the West. Concurrent
Enrollment: MDA 140. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 240gm Representing 9/11 and
Hurricane Katrina
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
examination of visual, textual, and
performative representations of culture
and identity anchored by discussion of
the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and Hurricane
Katrina. Recommended Preparation: ANTH
263g Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST 240
ANTH 250g Race and Sexual Politics in
Southeast Asia
Units: 4 Southeast Asia is studied as a
meeting place of different races and cultural
traditions, with emphasis on the precolonial
heritage of sexual equality and postcolonial
reinterpretations of men's and women's
worlds. Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 255 Culture, Performance and
Personal Narrative
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
personal narratives: Stories people tell
about their own lives and experiences as
objects of artistic expression and sites for
formation of individual and social identity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through
Film
Units: 4 Concepts of social anthropology,
using filmic representations of societies
throughout the world. Gateway course
for the Anthropology major. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 273g Shamans, Spirits and
Ancestors: Non-Western Religious
Traditions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An intensive
study of local systems of belief and
knowledge in selected societies in the
Pacific, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and
Latin America with emphasis on ideas
of the spirit world. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 275 Anthropology of the Arts
Units: 4 Addresses what it means to study
the arts anthropologically. Highlights
anthropological methods for examining
the making, doing, meaning-making and
context-making processes integral to arts.
Recommended Preparation: Introduction
886 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
to Socio-Cultural Anthropology Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 300 Evolution, Ecology, and
Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm (Enroll in HBIO 300) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ANTH 301g The Global Performance of
Healing
Units: 4 Survey of the performance of
healing in cross-cultural perspective.
The course culminates in field research
to Spiritist centers outside the United
States. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 302 Humans and Ancient
Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine
ways that humans have caused and
adapted to environmental change in the
past. Recommended Preparation: ANTH
202 and GEOL 105Lg or GEOL 150Lg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 303 Exploring Ancient Ways of
Living: Experimental Archaeology
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 303)
ANTH 304 Prehistoric Archaeology
Units: 4 Examination of the rise of human
social complexity from the first Homo
Sapiens through the development of
agriculture, chiefdoms, states and empires.
Recommended Preparation: HBIO 200Lg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and
Reproduction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Cross-cultural
analysis and comparison of the experience
and cultural conception of birth, maternity,
parenthood, and childhood in western and
non-western societies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-305
ANTH 306 Biology of the Non-Human
Primates
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
HBIO 306)
ANTH 307 Trojan Archaeology:
Excavating USC
Units: 4 Archaeological excavation on
USC's campus features training in research
design, digging, survey, mapping, archive
use, artifact analysis, public communication,
and confronting political and ethical
challenges. Recommended Preparation:
ANTH 202g Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ARCG 307
ANTH 308 Origins and Evolution of
Human Behavior
Units: 4 (Enroll in HBIO 308)
ANTH 309L Virtual and Digital Culture,
Heritage and Archaeology
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm (Enroll in ARCG 305L)
ANTH 310 Archaeology of the Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Pre-
Columbian culture from early hunters to the
Spanish conquest in major geographical
areas of Mexico, Central America, Peru,
or the United States. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ARCG 310
ANTH 311 Old World Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Neolithic
revolution and origins of civilization in major
culture centers such as Mesopotamia,
Egypt, India, or China. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 312 Documenting Latinx Los
Angeles Food Cultures
Units: 4 Explores Latinx food in Los
Angeles through an anthropological lens.
Students experience, document and
analyze local food knowledge and traditions
through active field study. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AMST 312
ANTH 314g The Nature of Maya
Civilization
Units: 4 A seminar forum on Maya culture
from the earliest form to present; problems
of origins, classic florescence, systems
collapse, conquests, persistence, and
transformation today. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 315gw Native North Americans
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Indigenous
peoples of North America: major cultural
themes, contemporary issues, language
revitalization, native sovereignty,
environmental issues, decolonization.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship
in a Diverse World Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 316gmp Native Americans in
American Public Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Role of Native
Americans in American public life from
colonial times to the present; Native
American societies and governments
and their relations to the U.S. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as HIST 317gmp
ANTH 318 Ethics and Global Heritage
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 304 )
ANTH 319 Political Anthropology of
Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
political systems in Europe through an
anthropological lens: nationalism, gender,
citizenship and race. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 320 Male and Female in Pacific
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Cultural
variations in gender systems and
historical changes due to colonialism and
development in Polynesia, Melanesia,
Indonesia, and other Pacific Rim cultures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 321 Space, Place, Perception and
Power
Units: 4 The social construction of
spaces, places, and landscapes and their
reciprocal relationships to human embodied
experiences, processes of identity
formation and society. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ARCG 334
ANTH 322 Anthropology of Bali
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the methodology of social anthropology,
focusing on the culture of the Indonesian
island of Bali. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 323 Southeast Asian Cultures
Today: Globalization and Multiple
Modernities
Units: 4 The cultural and social diversity
of Southeast Asia today, focusing on
globalization, modernity, and change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 324gw Contemporary China:
Cultural Politics and Social Realities
Units: 4 Everyday life, politics, social
transformations, and cultural practices
in the People's Republic of China, from
cultural studies and social science
perspectives. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EALC 324
ANTH 325 Global Studies Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Methods for field
research in international settings include
ethnography, archival work, surveying and
documentation; preparation for overseas
research and senior thesis. Recommended
Preparation: ANTH 205. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 326 European Cultures and
Societies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Europe
as a geographic area in terms of its
linguistic, ethnic and cultural diversity,
explored especially through the study of
folk traditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 329 Archaeology and Global
Cultural Heritage
Units: 4 Exploration of the role archaeology
plays in the creation of modern national,
ethnic, racial and other types of identities
worldwide. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 330m Culture, Gender and Politics
in South Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
violence, identity, law, religion, nationalism,
development, caste, kinship, gender, and
the South Asian diaspora. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-330
ANTH 332g Anthropology and Narrative
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration of
illness, disability, and healing narratives,
how narratives are culturally shaped, and
their significance for western biomedical
practices. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 333gm Forms of Folklore
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
folklore as a discipline, including folklore
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 887
research methods and theory. Core course
for the minor in Folklore and Popular
Culture. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in SWMS
336)
ANTH 337 Anthropology of Warfare
Units: 4 Examination of the origins of
warfare, its evolution and the changes
it brought to human civilization.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 202,
ANTH 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 338g Food in Culture and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the field of food studies,
as a historical and cross-disciplinary
study of the place of food in culture and
society. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 340 Anthropology In and Of the
Museum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
museums as objects of anthropological
analysis. History and theory of museums as
institutions that shape heritage and identity.
Recommended Preparation: Introduction
to Socio-Cultural Anthropology Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 344g Social Memory
Units: 4 Uses anthropology to explore
the gaps between official histories and
lived traditions. Ritual, practice and
phenomenology in the production and
transmission of historic knowledges.
Recommended Preparation: Prior
coursework in Anthropology Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 345 Politics, Social Organization
and Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Legal systems
are embedded in political, social and
historical contexts: comparative study
of legal systems throughout history and
around the world. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 355 Urban Anthropology
Units: 4 Anthropological study of city life
and urban social experience. Ethnography
and social theory of cities including
social space, public policy, ethnic politics,
globalization. Recommended Preparation:
Coursework in Anthropology Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide,
Cultures of Care
Units: 4 The comparative analysis of
genocide in different cultures and historical
moments as well as different cultural
responses to it, including human rights and
humanitarianism. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 360 Symbolic Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The role
of symbols in the evolution of culture;
symbolic aspects of myth, ritual, and social
life. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 365 Life History in
Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Examination of one's life within its
sociocultural context; study of family
history, autobiography, diary, journal, and
film; research and writing of a life history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage: An
Introduction to Kinship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Comparative
examination of family and kinship in
tribal, peasant, and complex societies,
emphasizing non-Western cultures, societal
and normative consequences of forms
and functions in family. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS 370
ANTH 371gm Cross-Cultural Research
on Urban Gangs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Youth
gang dynamics and their effects on
institutions. Comparative analysis of
Asian, African, and Mexican American
gangs. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 372 Interpretation of Myth and
Narrative
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Oral
narratives from non-Western cultures;
communications about deeply-held beliefs,
psychological tensions, social problems,
and the structure of the mind. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 373 Magic, Witchcraft and Healing
Units: 4 Analysis of the practices of witches
and witch doctors, priests, diviners and
traditional healers in Western and non-
Western societies, relating their practices
to religion and medicine. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 375 Anthropology for Consulting
and Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
training in qualitative research methods for
design consulting and real-world problem
solving in development, government, and
corporate contexts. Socially-engaged
ethnography; anthropology as cultural
critique. Recommended Preparation:
Previous course work in Anthropology
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 376 Scientific Analysis in
Archaeology
Units: 4 Examination of the range of
scientific techniques and technologies
used for the analysis and interpretation
of material culture recovered during
archaeological excavations. Recommended
Preparation: ANTH 202g Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ARCG 376
ANTH 377g Archaeological Interpretation
of Complex Societies
Units: 4 Archaeologists translate raw
data sets into broader understanding
through interpretation. Students engage
specific examples and develop their own
perspectives on past societies. (Block
semester) Recommended Preparation:
ANTH 202g Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ARCG 377
ANTH 380 Sex and Gender in
Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4 Cultural construction of gender
in a number of non-Western societies
is compared to ideas of sex and sexual
differences in American society. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS-380
ANTH 385m Men and Masculinity
Units: 4 (Enroll in SWMS 385m)
ANTH 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 393 Directed Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSp Real-world work
experience in an internship position, while
also learning to apply anthropological
theory and research methods to complete
a related research project. Enrollment
requires permission from department.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 200 or
300-level course with a grade of B or higher
Registration Restriction: Only open to
juniors, seniors, and graduate anthropology
and related majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 395m African American Humor
and Culture
Units: 4 (Enroll in AMST 395m)
ANTH 400 Maya Resilience:
Constructing Past and Present Identities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of how the Maya, past and present,
have forged their cultural identity. Issues
are explored through visits to sites and
communities. Recommended Preparation:
ANTH 202g, ANTH 310, ANTH 314g
or another anthropologically based
archaeology course Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ARCG 400
ANTH 401 Environment and Politics in
the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDES 401)
ANTH 405 Evolutionary Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
HBIO 405)
ANTH 406 Theory and Method in Human
Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
HBIO 406)
ANTH 409 Indigenous Languages in the
Contemporary World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examination of
indigenous languages in Northern Ireland,
with a focus on the sociopolitical dimension
of revitalization movement. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
methods for acquiring and analyzing
qualitative research data, emphasizing
ethnographic methods for field research in
Anthropology. Recommended Preparation:
Prior ANTH coursework Duplicates Credit
888 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
in former ANTH 410a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 411 Thesis Seminar in
Ethnographic Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Social analysis
of qualitative and ethnographic research
data, advanced ethnographic writing
and representation. Capstone course
for Anthropology Major. Recommended
Preparation: Upper-division Anthropology
coursework Duplicates Credit in former
ANTH 410b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 414 Refugees: Migration, Race
and the Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
international refugee regime is examined
through its discursive and embodied
dimensions, using a political and legal
anthropological lens. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 415 Global Issues Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
seminar on a key theme or topic in Global
Studies selected by the instructor, with
specific focus subject to change with each
offering. Recommended Preparation:
Upper-division ANTH coursework
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 425 Peoples and Cultures of Latin
America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Cultures
of the indigenous peoples of South
America; results of Spanish conquest and
colonization; present folk societies and their
cultures. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 435 Ethnic Identity and Minority
Politics in China
Units: 4 Modern history and contemporary
conditions of ethnic groups in the People's
Republic of China, with a focus on the
politics of race, belonging and border
regions. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as EALC 435
ANTH 440 History of Anthropological
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Ideas about
man, culture, and society which have
formed the field of anthropology as a
research discipline; present trends and
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 441w Cities of the Middle East
Units: 4 (Enroll in MDES 441w)
ANTH 445 African American
Anthropology
Units: 4 An examination of anthropological
research on race and African American
culture, from the 18th century to the
present. Recommended Preparation: AMST
385, ANTH 263 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST
445
ANTH 449 Feminist Science and
Technology Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Familiarize
students with foundational debates
in feminist science and technology
studies and examine new horizons that
emerge when feminist STS theories and
methodologies are mobilized. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 450 Field Research in Maya
Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Hands on
research experience at a Maya ruin,
including archaeological survey and
excavation in the jungle. Prerequisite:
ANTH 202g or ANTH 310 or ANTH 314g
Corequisite: ANTH 400 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ARCG 482
ANTH 460 Economic Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Comparative study of human systems of
valuation and exchange. Topics include
labor and work; manufacturing, trade
and infrastructure; monetization and
commodification. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 465 Archaeology and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
CLAS 465)
ANTH 470 Multimodal Methods in Visual
Anthropology
Units: 4 Projects in practicing anthropology
across multiple media, making ethnographic
research and anthropological knowledge
collaborative, public and scalable in new
ways. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 472 Visual Techniques in
Anthropology: Stills
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Visual
techniques for data collection and analysis
in anthropological research. Visual
anthropology research using 35 mm.
photography skills, fieldwork procedures,
data analysis, and presentation formats.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 474 Posthuman Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
how posthumanism is reshaping our
understanding of humankind, including the
ways in which "vernacular posthumanisms"
are increasingly enacted in our everyday
lives. Recommended Preparation:
Introductory courses in Anthropology and/
or Philosophy Registration Restriction: Not
open to freshmen Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 475 Anthropological Film Analysis
Units: 4 Close viewing and analysis of
narrative and other modes of representation
in classic and contemporary ethnographic
film. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 476 Ethnographic Film Theory
from an Historical Perspective
Units: 4 Technologies and uses of,
theoretical frameworks for, and the
presentation styles of ethnographic
materials are examined from an historical
perspective. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 478 Local Culture in A Globalizing
World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Globalization across, and in, locales;
diverse experiences in the conjoining of
global and local flows of culture in the
contemporary world. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 480 Heritage and Power
Units: 4 Capstone seminar critically
explores the idea of heritage and how
discourses of race, ethnicity and culture
elide with what is referred to as "heritage."
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 481L GIS for Investigating the
Past
Units: 4 Training of archaeology students in
the use of GIS through the understanding of
basic principles and theoretical restrictions
of geospatial sciences. Recommended
Preparation: ANTH 202g, SSCI 382L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ARCG 481
ANTH 485 Global Studies Capstone
Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Provides senior
Global Studies majors with the practical
and theoretical skills needed to complete
the required Senior Capstone project in
Global Studies. Registration Restriction:
Senior Capstone for Global Studies majors.
Enrollment requires departmental approval
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 491 Directed Research for Honors
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Individually
guided research and readings culminating
in the production of an honors thesis.
Prerequisite: 3.0 GPA; ANTH 201 plus
8 units of upper-division anthropology
courses. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Current literature: social change,
comparative institutions, urbanization,
ideology. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 501 History and Foundations of
Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A brief critical
introduction to the history of anthropological
thought over the course of the discipline's
long twentieth century, from the 1880s to
the present. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 502 Contemporary Theory in
Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
the emergence and transformation of
modern anthropology as an empirically
based, but theoretically informed,
practice of knowledge production about
human sociality and culture. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 503 Problematizing Locality:
Comparative Ethnographies
Units: 4 A critical and comparative analysis
of ideas of locality, space and place in
the ethnographies of different cultural
areas. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 506 Primate Behavior and
Sociobiology
Units: 4 Advanced course on the behavior,
ecology and socio - biology of living
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 889
primates. Takes a Darwinian approach to
behaviors such as parenting, mating, diet
and feeding, competition, and demography.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 509 Key Topics in Linguistic
Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to key topics in linguistic anthropology with
special focus on interrelations between
language, identity, culture, gender, and
power in the U.S. and beyond. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST-509
ANTH 510 Urban Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Intensive
ethnographic analysis of specialized urban
niches, microsettings, ethnicity, community
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 550 Global Black Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
Black intellectual genealogies across a
variety of sites and historical periods,
with a thematic emphasis on the traffic of
ideas and political forms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 554 Women in Global Perspective
Units: 4 (Enroll in SWMS 554)
ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Major
approaches to ethnographic fieldwork are
explored in classic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AMST-562
ANTH 575 Seminar in Ethnographic Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey
of ethnographic film using both the
dimensions of natural history descriptions
and process, contrasted with naturalism
and structuralism as tools of controlled
comparison and analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 576L Anthropological Media
Seminar
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 A hands-on
laboratory-based survey of preproduction
techniques in video and audio production,
including exercises to prepare students
to shoot their own documentaries.
Recommended Preparation: visual
anthropology background. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 577L Advanced Anthropological
Media Seminar
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 A hands-on
laboratory-based survey of post-production
technologies, including editing both
new and older footage. Students should
be finishing their own documentaries.
Prerequisite: ANTH 576. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Graded
CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ANTH 593 Practicum for Teaching in
Anthropology
Units: 2 Practical principles for the long-
term development of effective teaching
within the discipline of Anthropology.
Intended for teaching assistants in
Anthropology. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students in
Anthropology Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ANTH 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ANTH 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ANTH 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ANTH 595 Ethnographic Postproduction
Units: 4 Provides supervision in
developing a visual media thesis project
and understanding the requirements -
scholarly and technical - for producing a
publication-ready work of scholarly media.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 576L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ANTH 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in Anthropology
and Visual Anthropology Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ANTH 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 601 Feminist Issues in
Anthropology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Feminist
concerns in both Western and Non-Western
societies are examined in relation to
globalization; the practice of ethnography
and issues of power. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 602 The Anthropology of Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
relationship between anthropology and
popular culture is explored through a critical
examination of the category "popular
culture." Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 603 Experiments in Ethnography
Units: 4 A practice based course that
explores different modalities of rendering
ethnographic experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 604 Bodies and Practices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
cultural construction of body image,
embodied practice, race, sexuality and
healing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ANTH 605 Race: Performance, Politics,
Cultural Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on the performance and social construction
of race and its intersection with gender,
sexuality, class, place, nation and empire.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 606 Seminar on Nationalism and
Ethnicity
Units: 4 Cross-cultural analysis of
nationalism and ethnicity from an
ethnographic perspective. Registration
Restriction: Graduate standing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 610 Museum Anthropology:
History and Theory
Units: 4 The museum as object of
anthropological study; history and theory
of museums as western institutions of
knowledge. Recommended Preparation:
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ANTH 650 Seminar in Ethnography and
Interpretation
Units: 4 A seminar where issues
in contemporary ethnography and
interpretation are discussed, grouped
around a theme of current concern, such as
power and resistance, colonialism, Marxist
approaches, feminism, etc. Prerequisite:
ANTH 501. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ANTH 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
leading to the doctorate. Minimum 8 units,
maximum number of units which may be
applied to the degree to be determined by
the department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ANTH 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ANTH 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ANTH 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ANTH 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ANTH 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Arabic
ARAB 122 Arabic I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic:
Development of speaking, listening,
reading, and writing skills in contemporary
cultural contexts. Duplicates Credit in
890 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
former MDES 122. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARAB 152 Arabic II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of Arabic I. Prerequisite: ARAB 122.
Duplicates Credit in former MDES 152.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARAB 222 Arabic III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
Modern Standard Arabic. Continued
development of speaking, listening,
reading, and writing skills. Prerequisite:
ARAB 152. Duplicates Credit in former
MDES 222. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARAB 252 Arabic IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of Arabic III. Continued development
of speaking, listening, reading, and
writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic.
Prerequisite: ARAB 222. Duplicates Credit
in former MDES 252. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation
Units: 4 Introduces students to the
fundamentals of Arabic-English translation
and offers analytical, linguistic and cross-
cultural factors affecting interpreting
and translation. Prerequisite: ARAB 222
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as LING 300
ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I
Units: 4 Advanced expression in written and
spoken Arabic, including reading of original
texts, understanding different registers,
and exposure to modern Arabic cultures.
Prerequisite: ARAB 252. Duplicates Credit
in former MDES 322. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional
Dialects
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Introduction to a
regional Arabic dialect, focusing primarily
on verbal skills. Prerequisite: ARAB 152
Recommended Preparation: ARAB 222 or
ARAB 252 Duplicates Credit in the former
MDES 333 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARAB 334 Media Arabic
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
and development of language skills
encountered in print and broadcast media
Arabic. Prerequisite: ARAB 222. Duplicates
Credit in former MDES 334. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of Advanced Arabic I. Prerequisite: ARAB
322. Duplicates Credit in former MDES 352.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Archaeology
ARCG 202g Archaeology: Our Human
Past
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ANTH 202)
ARCG 298aL Introduction to Scientific
Diving
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ENST
298a)
ARCG 298bL Introduction to Scientific
Diving
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ENST
298b)
ARCG 304 Ethics and Global Heritage
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 304)
ARCG 305L Virtual and Digital Culture,
Heritage and Archaeology
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm In-depth exploration of 3D
digital, immersive, virtual or extended
reality visualizations of cultural heritage,
archaeology, historical sites and artifacts,
including their legal and ethical dimensions.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 202g
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ANTH
309, REL 305
ARCG 306L Maritime Archaeology
Survey and Technology
Units: 4 Introduction to the use of remote
sensing technologies for underwater
archaeology, mapping and research on
submerged cultural heritage remains
whether ancient sites or sunken ships.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 202g
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCG 307 Trojan Archaeology:
Excavating USC
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 307)
ARCG 308 Techniques and Issues in 3D
Imaging and Modeling
Units: 2 In-depth exploration of applications,
techniques and standards involved in
stereoscopic imaging and photogrammetric
modeling. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCG 310 Archaeology of the Americas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
ANTH 310)
ARCG 321 Greek Art and Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in AHIS
321)
ARCG 322 Roman Art and Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in AHIS
322)
ARCG 323p Roman Archaeology:
History, Methods and Field Work
Units: 4 Students learn archaeological
methods and practices in the city and
environs of Rome. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Duplicates Credit
in AHIS 325 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCG 334 Space, Place, Perception and
Power
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 321)
ARCG 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion
and Archaeology in Israel
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in JS
370gp)
ARCG 376 Scientific Analysis in
Archaeology
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 376)
ARCG 377 Archaeological Interpretation
of Complex Societies
(Enroll in ANTH 377)
ARCG 378 Jewish Magic in the Ancient
World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in JS
378)
ARCG 400 Maya Resilience:
Constructing Past and Present Identities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Enroll in ANTH
400)
ARCG 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and
Theories of Things
Units: 4 (Enroll in AHIS 415)
ARCG 465 Archaeology and Society
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CLAS
465)
ARCG 481L GIS for Investigating the
Past
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 481)
ARCG 482 Field Research in Maya
Archaeology
Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Enroll in
ANTH 450)
ARCG 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12 Individual research and readings.
Not available for graduate credit.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 202g or
ANTH 307 or REL 494 Credit Restriction:
Not for Degree Credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCG 494 Lab Methods and Theories in
Archaeology
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 494)
Architecture
All courses must be taken in sequential
order, a before b.
ARCH 100x A-LAB Architecture
Development Program
Units: 4 Immersive, project-based
architecture thinking, drawing, building,
and making course, which includes aspects
of professional development and college
readiness. (Not available for major or minor
credit.) Registration Restriction: Restricted
to high school students participating in the
School of Architecture A-LAB Development
Program Credit Restriction: Not for Major
Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 102a Architectural Design I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to principles and processes;
sequence of exercises emphasizing
development of basic skills, ideas, and
techniques used in the design of simplified
architectural projects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 102bL Architectural Design I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to principles and processes;
sequence of exercises emphasizing
development of basic skills, ideas, and
techniques used in the design of simplified
architectural projects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 104 History and Theory of
Architecture, Technology, Innovation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
and critical examination of history, theory
and cultural significance of architecture,
technology and innovation through lectures
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design
Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Visual
communication techniques applicable to the
design of the built environment; drawing,
photography, modeling. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
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ARCH 106x Workshop in Architecture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the ways architecture is created and
understood, for minors and non-majors.
Hands-on discussion and laboratory
session with some drawing and model
building. Credit Restriction: Not available
for credit to architecture majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 108 Idea to Reality
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
the entrepreneurial process of taking
a product from idea to marketplace,
including innovation, concepts of feasibility,
design, prototyping, getting investors and
marketing. Recommended Preparation:
ARCH 104 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 109 Design Foundation Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to concepts and principles that are
the distinguishing attributes of the
architectural discourse and to the range
of skills essential to the design process.
Prerequisite: ARCH 105 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Architecture and
Inventive Technologies students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and
Community
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the ways architecture represents
aspirations of culture, satisfies practical
and spiritual needs, shapes the social and
urban environment, and helps preserve the
planet. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 202aL Architectural Design II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Continuing
development of principles and processes;
sequence of projects selected to broaden
awareness of design issues at various
scales in the urban context. Prerequisite:
ARCH 102bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 202bL Architectural Design II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Continuing
development of principles and processes;
sequence of projects selected to broaden
awareness of design issues at various
scales in the urban context. Prerequisite:
ARCH 102bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 203 Visualizing and Experiencing
the Built Environment
Units: 4 Methods for direct observation
and recording of the directly experienced
built environment through drawing,
diagramming, photographing, and writing.
Course includes exercises and field
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 205aL Building Science I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The process
and communication of building design:
physical building shell, systems for
structure, enclosure, and space ordering.
Prerequisite: CE 106. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 205bL Building Science I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The process
and communication of building design:
physical building shell, systems for
structure, enclosure, and space ordering.
Prerequisite: CE 106. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 207 Computer Applications in
Architecture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
for the non-programmer to the uses of the
computer in architecture, including the
application of existing programs and their
implications for design. Overview and use
of software types. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 211 Materials and Methods of
Building Construction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Basic
considerations and design implications
of the problem of determination of the
materials and construction details and
processes for buildings. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 213a Building Structures and
Seismic Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Investigation and design of elements
and systems for building structures;
applied mechanics, strength of materials,
structural investigation as a design tool.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 125
and MATH 108g. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 213b Building Structures and
Seismic Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
and design of structure systems: their
resistance to seismic and wind forces
and integration with architectural design
for synergy of form and structure.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 125
and MATH 108g. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 214ag World History of
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp A world-wide
perspective of architectural history as a
product of social, cultural, religious, and
political dimensions, 4500 BCE to 1500
CE. Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 214bg World History of
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa A world-wide
perspective of architectural history as a
product of social, cultural, religious, and
political dimensions, 1500 CE to present.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 215 Design for the Thermal and
Atmospheric Environment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Ideas, problems,
and computations related to the design of
buildings in response to the thermal and
atmospheric environment; passive solar
systems, mechanical control systems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 218 Resilient Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Seminar focused
on sustainability and resilient design
strategies. Topics such as urban ecology,
climate change, sea-level rise, wildfires
and Net Zero design will be examined.
Recommended Preparation: ARCH 108
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 219 Design at the Scale of the
Human Body Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A design-based
exploration of the scale of the human
body and how it informs, interferes or
interacts with furniture, goods, fixtures
and furnishings. Prerequisite: ARCH 109
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Architecture and Inventive Technologies
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 220 The Architect's Sketchbook
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
architect's sketchbook as a portable
laboratory for perceiving and documenting
space introduces the study of the built
environment. On-site sessions develop
drawing, observation, and visualization
skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 228 Social Environments
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
the intersection between the urban form
and the social life of cities, looking at
systemic problems of urban societies and
potential design solutions. Recommended
Preparation: ARCH 218 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 229 Shelter Design Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
design at an occupiable scale -- from tents
and pavilions to single units of housing,
including issues of materiality, accessibility,
constructability, functionality, etc.
Prerequisite: ARCH 219 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 302aL Architectural Design III
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Special
integrative year including design issues
relating to housing. Prerequisite: ARCH
202bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 302bL Architectural Design III
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Special
integrative year including design issues
relating to housing. Prerequisite: ARCH
202bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 303 Principles of Spatial Design I
Units: 4 Introduction to design principles
and processes; sequence of exercises
emphasizing development of basic skills,
ideas, and techniques used in the creation
of simplified urban space design projects.
Prerequisite: ARCH 203. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 304x Intensive Survey: Prehistory
to the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An intensive
historical overview of architecture from
prehistory to the present, emphasizing
interrelationships of various global cultures
and how social considerations were
translated into form. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to architecture majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 305aL Building Science II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The design
of a building as a complex of interacting
systems; relations of subsystems;
influences of production and marketing
on design. Prerequisite: ARCH 205aL,
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ARCH 205bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 305bL Building Science II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The design
of a building as a complex of interacting
systems; relations of subsystems;
influences of production and marketing on
design. Prerequisite: ARCH 205aL, ARCH
205bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 306m Shelter
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Investigation of
issues, processes, and roles of individuals,
groups and communities in relation to
present and future shelter needs and
aspirations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 307 Digital Tools for Architecture
Units: 3 Exploration of digital tools with
an emphasis on building information
modeling (BIM), parametric modeling,
and interoperability including special
topics in Architecture/Engineering/
Construction (AEC) and sustainable
design. Recommended Preparation: basic
computer skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 313 Design of Building Structures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Problems and
processes of design of building structures;
structural investigation for design; codes
and standards; design of elements and
systems of wood, steel, masonry, and
concrete for gravity and lateral loads.
Prerequisite: ARCH 213a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 314 History of Architecture:
Contemporary Issues
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of the buildings, issues and images,
the polemics and personalities that are
animating current architectural discourse
and practice. Prerequisite: ARCH 214bg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 315 Design for the Luminous and
Sonic Environment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Ideas, problems,
and computations related to the design
of buildings in response to the luminous
and sonic environment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 316 Place and Culture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Study
abroad programs only) Study of the
relationships between places and culture
through readings, lectures, discussion and
weekly field trips. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 318 Experimental Futures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
experimental architecture, both historically,
in the present day and the future. New
waves of experimentation have the
potential to bring about positive change in
architecture. Recommended Preparation:
ARCH 228 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 319 Architectural Product Design
Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
into development of students' own
architectural product and working prototype,
using digital fabrication techniques for
creating a physical prototype or coding
for development of an app. Prerequisite:
ARCH 229 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 326 The Modern Movement in
Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Major theories
of modern architecture are presented by
studying the work of masters such as:
Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Corbusier,
and Kahn. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 328 Entrepreneurial Practices for
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Development
of business acumen around new
architectural products, materials, systems,
etc. Marketing, pitching, business
plan development and networking are
important aspects of business that all
early entrepreneurs need to learn and
understand. Recommended Preparation:
ARCH 318 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 329 Professional Practicum
Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Students are
required to have an architecture-related
internship. Students reflect on the nature
of their internships and the practice in
general through readings and assignments.
Prerequisite: ARCH 319 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 341 History of Italian Architecture
1400–1990
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the important buildings, architects and
architectural movements in Italy from the
Renaissance to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 370 Architectural Studies —
Expanding the Field
Units: 2 Survey of opportunities,
specializations, and professions related
to architecture provides a resource for
professional growth for architecture majors,
and introduction to the field for non-majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 402aL Architectural Design IV
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected
areas of specialization; three projects
chosen with advisement from a variety of
studio offerings that concentrate on different
areas of vital concern. Prerequisite: ARCH
302bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 402bL Architectural Design IV
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected
areas of specialization; three projects
chosen with advisement from a variety of
studio offerings that concentrate on different
areas of vital concern. Prerequisite: ARCH
302bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 403 Principles of Spatial Design II
Units: 4 Emphasis on developing advanced
urban spatial design solutions set within
contemporary urban conditions, with a
particular emphasis on ecology, public
space, neighborhoods and districts.
Prerequisite: ARCH 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture
in Southern California
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Investigation of
modern architecture in southern California
within its cultural and historic contexts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 405aL Building Science III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
of building systems as an experimental
process. Prerequisite: ARCH 305aL, ARCH
305bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 405bL Building Science III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
of building systems as an experimental
process. Prerequisite: ARCH 305aL, ARCH
305bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 406 Global Studies: Topics in
Architecture, Urbanism, History and Art
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Offered for
particular geographic areas of study.
Required prerequisite for all full semester
undergraduate global programs. Also
intended for general interest in focused
study on particular geographic area.
Prerequisite: ARCH 214ag, ARCH 214bg
or ARCH 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 407 Advanced Computer
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Investigation of
computer graphic applications, emphasizing
the role of computers in helping designers
create and communicate using color
(rendering), form (modeling), and time
(animation) and the implications of future
technological advancements. Prerequisite:
ARCH 207. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 409L Design Foundation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
basic architectural design principles for
problem solving scenarios; foundational
architectural design course for systematic
thinking. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 410 Computer Transformations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm To explore
the potential of computer-integrated design
software; to develop techniques for critical
analysis of architectural precedents; to
expand the ability to visualize options; to
expand perception; and to learn the basics
of computer-integrated design. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 411 Architectural Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Architectural
design considered as a technological
problem; influence of technology on design;
buildings as integrated sets of subsystems.
Prerequisite: ARCH 313. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 412L GeoDesign Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SSCI 412L)
ARCH 414 Perspectives in History and
Theory in Architecture
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Perspectives in
Architecture and Urbanism is an advanced
course that allows students to delve deeply
into one aspect of world history, theory and/
or contemporary issues to develop more
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focused and critical understanding of that
discourse. Prerequisite: ARCH 214a or
ARCH 214b or ARCH 304 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 417 Computer Programming in
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
underlying computer programming,
emphasizing algorithms, procedures,
and program structures applicable to
architecture. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 418 Designing with Natural Forces
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Investigation of
natural force effects and their relationships
to architecture; laboratory work includes
drawing, photography, model building and
tests on models. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 419 Architectural Sustainability
Tools and Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Lectures,
comparative studies and exercises on
international architectural sustainability
rating and certification systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 420 Visual Communication and
Graphic Expression
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa An exploratory
study of fundamental and innovative visual
communication principles and graphic
expression techniques to facilitate the
design enquiry process for architects.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
Freshman and Sophomore students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 421 Digital Architectural
Photography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Perceiving
and documenting the built environment
through the perspective and frame of
the digital camera. Mastering the basic
principles of the digital image through an
understanding of frame, light, exposure,
color correction, and printing output.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 422L Architectural
Photography — Film and Digital
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp See how
light alters the visual impact of architectural
forms; master high-resolution images both
with film and digital; become a professional
image developer/processor utilizing
photographic software. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 423 Light, Color and the Character
of Material
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Color theory,
constructed drawings, constructed
shadows, descriptive geometry, constructed
perspective drawing, and layered wash
techniques lead to experimentation with
methods representing materiality and
construction in design projects. Registration
Restriction: Not open to Freshman and
Sophomore students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 424L Field Studies in Architecture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Study
abroad programs only.) Field studies
using direct observation, site recordings/
documentation, analysis and evaluation
supplemented by discussions and readings
in architecture. Prerequisite: Department
approval. Recommended Preparation: core
curriculum. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 425L Field Studies in Urbanism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Study
abroad programs only.) Field studies
using direct observation, site recordings/
documentation, analysis and evaluation
supplemented by discussions and readings
in urbanism. Prerequisite: Departmental
approval. Recommended Preparation: core
curriculum. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 426L Field Studies in Tectonics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Study
abroad programs only.) Field studies
using direct observation, site recordings/
documentation, analysis and evaluation
supplemented by discussions and readings
in tectonics. Prerequisite: Departmental
approval. Recommended Preparation: core
curriculum. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 430 Design Teaching Methods
Units: 2 The teaching of architectural
design is introduced through readings,
seminar discussions, and the observation
of teaching in action. In addition to a one
hour per week seminar, each student
will participate in a design practicum.
Prerequisite: ARCH 302L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 431 Nonconventional Materials for
the Built Environment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration
of materials science topics relevant to the
application of nonconventional materials
in architecture, design, and engineering,
addressing a broad range of materials,
from the experimental to the vernacular.
Recommended Preparation: ARCH 211
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 432 People, Places and Culture:
Architecture of the Public Realm
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Critical
observation of the architecture of public
buildings and places and the importance of
design in promoting a better contemporary
public life. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 439 Landscape Architecture
Foundations Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introductory
field studies and media workshop for
new landscape architecture students.
Topics include: regional ecology, field
drawing, measured drawings, computer
software (Adobe Creative Suite, Autocad,
Rhinoceros, GIS). Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Landscape
Architecture Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 440m Literature and the Urban
Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Post-industrial
revolution urban environments and dynamic
relationships in cities such as Manchester,
Paris, St. Petersburg, New York, and
Los Angeles, as revealed in novels,
architecture, and urban forms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 442m Women's Spaces in History:
"Hussies," "Harems" and "Housewives"
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Methods for
studying patterns of spatial differentiation
of women throughout history from home to
city embodied in gender specific language
and gendered spaces. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-442
ARCH 444 Great Houses of Los Angeles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the architectural
philosophies of seven influential California
architects through readings and site visits to
significant case studies. Duplicates Credit
in former ARCH 322. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 447 Ecological Factors in Design
Units: 3 Lectures, laboratory exercises
and field trips introduce basic knowledge
of incorporating ecological factors in urban
design and interaction of landscape science
with the human environment. Duplicates
Credit in former ARCH 361 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 454 Contemporary Asian
Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration of
various "Asian" architectures, comparisons
of areas, identifying current trends and
impact of Asia on Southern California and
Los Angeles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 464 The Politics of Architectures
and Infrastructures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Global histories
and anthropologies of architectures
and infrastructures are studied through
questions of equitability, enfranchisement
and political agency. Discussions
are supplemented by visual material.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
Freshman and Sophomore students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 465 The Landscape Imaginary
Units: 4 A cross-cultural introduction to
ideas about and attitudes toward nature,
landscape and the environment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 469 Mixed Use Development
Process
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in RED
469)
ARCH 470a Architectural Studies
Capstone
Units: 1 Introduction to methods of inquiry,
research framework, and scholarly writing
necessary to develop a comprehensive
foundation for the Architectural Studies
Capstone (ARCH 470b). Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors in
Architectural Studies Duplicates Credit in
former ARCH 470 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 470b Architectural Studies
Capstone
Units: 3 Collaborative research project and
research paper in an area of concentration.
Prerequisite: ARCH 470a Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors in
Architectural Studies Duplicates Credit in
former ARCH 470 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 472 Building Skins: Materials and
Methods for Facades and Enclosures
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Broad-
based survey course focused on facade
system technology and explores the
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potent leverage of the building skin in the
realization of intelligent and sustainable
buildings and urban habitat. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 480 Conversations on the
Expanded Role of the Architect
Units: 1 Max Units: 10 Modeled after
Renaissance Salons, this "flipped
classroom" course relies on lectures by
luminaries and discussions as a means
to interrogate the role of the architect.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 481 Furniture Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp An
investigation into 20th century furniture
design and its relationships to architecture,
art and design. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in various
specialty areas of architecture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 500aL Comprehensive
Architectural Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Fa Selected areas
of specialization; projects chosen from
a variety of studio offerings, all with an
emphasis on the comprehensive design
of buildings. Prerequisite: ARCH 402a
and ARCH 402b Corequisite: ARCH 501.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 500zL Comprehensive
Architectural Design
Units: 0 Terms Offered: Fa Selected
areas of specialization; projects chosen
from a variety of studio offerings, all with
an emphasis on the comprehensive
design of buildings. Prerequisite: 402abL;
Corequisite: ARCH 501. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
ARCH 501 Critical Topics in Architecture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Seminar
supporting the research, development, and
writing of Degree Project Paper provides
a comprehensive base of information for
the final Bachelor of Architecture studio.
Prerequisite: ARCH 402bL. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 502aL Architectural Design V
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Sp The final
architectural project under the guidance of a
faculty adviser to demonstrate architectural
knowledge, skills, and professional interests
and goals. Prerequisite: ARCH 500aL and
ARCH 501 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Architecture seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: In Progress and Letter
ARCH 502zL Architectural Design V
Units: 0 Terms Offered: Sp The final
comprehensive architectural project
under the guidance of a faculty adviser
to demonstrate architectural knowledge,
skills, and professional interests and goals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In-progress & Letter Grade
ARCH 505aL Graduate Architecture
Design I
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp A general
introduction to architectural principles,
intended to develop design and critical
thinking skills and proficiency to
communicate those ideas effectively.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 505bL Graduate Architecture
Design I
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp A general
introduction to architectural principles,
intended to develop design and critical
thinking skills and proficiency to
communicate those ideas effectively.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 507 Theories of Computer
Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
theories and meanings of computation
as a technique in architectural design.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 510 Independent Degree Project
Preparation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Research and
analysis, including written and graphic
components, that tests a question/
proposition in detail in preparation for
Independent Degree Project Document.
Corequisite: ARCH 501. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials
and Construction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Studies of
construction system development within the
architectural design context; processes and
issues of selection, evaluation, optimization,
integration, design control, and innovation.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 512 Material + Process: Material
Systems
Units: 2 Confronts the conventional
concepts behind modern building science
and material applications, reapplying the
processes of fabrication and methods
of construction to investigate materiality.
Prerequisite: ARCH 211 or ARCH 511L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced
Structures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Issues and
problems in the development of structural
systems for buildings; design criteria,
system choice, design development,
optimization, subsystem integration.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 514a Global History of
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A historical
survey of global architecture, analyzed as
a product of social, cultural, religious and
political forces. 4500 BCE to 1500 CE.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 514b Global History of
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A historical
survey of global architecture, analyzed
as a product of social, cultural, religious
and political forces. 1500 CE to present.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced
Environmental Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A compressed
course in design criteria and calculation
methods for mechanical and passive solar
systems (loads, plant system, duct, and
storage sizing) and lighting and acoustics
(CIE and IES methods, dBA and NC
systems). Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 517 Current Topics in Building
Science
Units: 1 Max Units: 6.0 Critical studies in
building science ranging from sustainability,
lighting, acoustics, materials and methods,
structures, energy issues, digital media,
and fabrication. Students focus on minimum
of two topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 518 Advanced Surface Tectonics:
Methods in Material and Enclosure
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Studies
in contemporary building systems
through analysis, research, and
computational methods leading to the
design of a prototypical building surface.
Recommended Preparation: A prior
knowledge of fundamental building systems
and 3D modeling. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 519 Sustainability in the
Environment: Infrastructures, Urban
Landscapes, and Buildings
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Methodologies
and exercises on contextual design and
environmentally sound technologies (EST's)
applications for the sustainability of urban
infrastructures, operative landscapes, and
building integration in the urban system.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 520 Housing and Community
Design for an Aging Population
Units: 2 Exploration of the role design plays
in enhancing independence and well-being
for older people by examining cross-cultural
models of housing and community design.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 521 Health and the Designed
Environment: Landscape, Place, and
Architecture
Units: 4 Case study-oriented course
presenting critical relationships between
human health and well-being and
architectural and landscape architectural
design at three scales: buildings, public
space, and the urban landscape. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 522 Healthcare Design
Units: 2 The evolution of healthcare design
and construction is traced from small scale
to major medical centers with emphasis on
technology, landscape design and public
health. Registration Restriction: Not open
to freshmen and sophomores Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 523aL Structural Design and
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to behavior and analysis of building
structures. Structural loading, materials,
and element types will be explored to
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understand the basic building blocks of
buildings. Recommended Preparation: One-
semester college-level course in physics
or calculus. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 523bL Structural Design and
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
and design of building structural systems
for gravity, wind and seismic loading.
Comprehensive design exploration of
framing type, materials, detailing, layout,
form and integration. Recommended
Preparation: One-semester college-level
course in physics or calculus. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 524 Professional Practicum
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Comparative studies of
professional practice between U.S. firms
and firms in other countries. Registration
Restriction: Open to international upper-
division undergraduate and graduate
architecture students only Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ARCH 525 Professional Practice:
Pre-Design, Project and Office
Administration
Units: 3 Design methodology, typology
programming, site analysis, budget
formulation and pro-forma procedures.
Office management, emphasizing
professional service and professional ethics
as well as project management focusing
on the architect's responsibilities during
construction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 526 Professional Practice:
Legal and Economic Context, Project
Documentation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Design
methodology, typology programming, site
analysis, budget formulation and pro-
forma procedures. Office management,
emphasizing professional service and
professional ethics as well as project
management focusing on the architect's
responsibilities during construction.
Prerequisite: ARCH 500a or ARCH 605b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 527 Case Studies: The
Development of Urban Housing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An exploration
of the various elements and stages
of the housing development process.
Recommended Preparation: a preliminary
understanding of real estate or housing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 528 Urban Housing: Types and
Typologies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Applications and
precedents for the architect interested in
designing multi-family housing. Review of
the sources of modern housing types, the
impact of building codes and technology on
the form and construction of housing, and
study of housing densities; comparative
analysis of multi-family residential patterns.
Major emphasis on critical knowledge of
historic housing typologies as they are
applied to site conditions and groupings,
building form, section, organization,
and the design of individual dwellings.
Recommended Preparation: two years
of undergraduate architectural studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 529 Urban Housing: Programs,
Precedents, and Recent Case Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Historical
overview of the major domestic and
international housing developments and
innovations since the early 20th century.
Case study format examining a wide range
of issues that determine the form of urban
housing in various cultures. Major emphasis
on the detail analysis of social, technical,
and design factors affecting recent housing
developments. Recommended Preparation:
two years of undergraduate architectural
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 530 Landscape Architecture
Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the principles and ethics, scope and
activities, and types of organization for
landscape architecture practice. Duplicates
Credit in former ARCH 630. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 531 Urban Ecology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Lectures,
laboratory exercises and field trips
introducing basic knowledge of the
continually transforming landscape as a
base for human settlement. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 532 Elements of the Urban
Landscape
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Study of the
basic spatial and infrastructure elements of
the city, and how urban places are formed.
Typological analysis of buildings, open
space, and urban patterns. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 533 Urban Landscape Case
Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Lectures,
discussion, and individual research on the
physical, formal, and spatial characteristics
of historical urban centers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 534 Landscape Construction:
Topographic Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Techniques,
strategies, materials, and standards to
topographic design and construction in
landscape architecture. In-class labs
practice basic grading, drainage design,
and stormwater management. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 535 Landscape Construction:
Performance Approaches
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Develop tools
and knowledge to expand the performative
boundaries of landscape architecture
beyond common typologies. Topics range
from ecological infrastructure to design with
weather patterns. A systematic approach to
case studies, landscape technologies, and
field trips seeds the knowledge base and
respresentational methods necessary to
design and build these complex landscape
performances. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 536 The Landscape Planning
Process
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods
of assessing urban places regarding
natural, social, cultural and political factors;
identification of landscape architecture
planning and project implementation issues
and strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 537 Plant Ecology + Identification
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Principles and
concepts of plant ecology and regional
plant identification; introduction to California
native plant species and communities with
field trips and case studies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 538L Planting Design
Units: 2 Principles of planting design for
landscape architecture focusing on form/
space and sustainable performance.
Planting design strategies for improved
planetary health and resilience.
Prerequisite: ARCH 537 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 539L Media for Landscape
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of methods and skills for the study of
landscape architecture design and for
project presentation, including natural
resource and urban mapping. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Planning and
Landscape Architecture majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 540 Topics in Media for
Landscape Architecture
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Exploration of emerging techniques
for landscape architecture study,
presentation and documentation; topics
vary from year to year; may be repeated
for credit when subject matter is different.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 541aL Landscape Architecture
Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Projects on
urban sites with emphasis on cultural and
ecological purpose and on urban place and
form; use of traditional and digital media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 541bL Landscape Architecture
Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Projects in
urban settings with emphasis on landscape
continuities as well as development of
integrative schematic proposals and
detailed open space design. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture
Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Project
strategies for urban infrastructure repair
and intervention, phasing, and design of
initial catalytic projects. Prerequisite: ARCH
541bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture
Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Projects for
the public realm with emphasis on urbanity
and connectivity, place and meaning.
Prerequisite: ARCH 541bL. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 543 Research Methods
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to methods of inquiry and documentation
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including critical review of published
materials, techniques for systematic
observation, generating findings from
comparative studies of relevant precedents
and problems, and legible presentation
of outcomes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 544 Landscape as Urbanism:
Case Studies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Cities
predominantly in the Global South are
studied in relationship to landscape
systems. Focus on historic and future
urbanization at the interface of natural
systems and climate dynamics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 545 Contemporary Theories of
Landscape Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
contemporary landscape architecture
theories, propositions and projects in
the context of cities. The exploration
methodology includes the study of epochal
projects and theoretical texts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 546 Topics in Landscape
Architecture: Issues and Practices
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 A broad range of
developing urban landscape conditions and
issues, both domestic and global, are given
focused attention. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 547 Advanced Topics in Urban
Ecology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Builds
on knowledge related to the impacts
of anthropocentrism on our current
environmental/ landscape condition -
stresses on biodiversity, urban heat
island, sea-level rise, etc, and strategies
at mitigating these conditions - urban
forestry, building soils, etc. Recommended
Preparation: ARCH 531 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 548 Media for Landscape
Architecture: 3D Design
Units: 3 Developing and communicating
landscape architecture design intent using
visualization tools for three-dimensional
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 549 Fundamentals of Heritage
Conservation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm Concepts
and strategies for conservation of significant
elements of the built environment:
buildings, sites and communities as
revealed by readings, site visits, and case
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 550 Heritage Conservation Policy
and Planning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Conservation
practice within an economic, political, and
cultural context looking at the regulatory
environment, public advocacy and policy,
real estate development, heritage tourism,
environmental sustainability, cultural
diversity, and interpretation. Recommended
Preparation: ARCH 549. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 551 Conservation Methods and
Materials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts
and techniques for building conservation
including identification of treatments,
recordation and research, material
properties and behavior, building forensics,
and project implementation. Recommended
Preparation: ARCH 549. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 552 Introduction to Historic Site
Documentation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of basic
guidelines and standards for documentation
in historic preservation, including cultural
resource surveys, historic structures reports
and Historic American Building Survey
and Historic American Engineering Record
recordation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 553 History of American
Architecture and Urbanism
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa History of
American architecture and urbanism
from prehistory to World War II examined
in relation to European influences and
indigenous developments. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 554 Heritage Conservation
Practicum — Advanced Documentation
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Heritage conservation practicum
utilizing in-depth documentation
methodology to explore the historic built
environment of greater Los Angeles. Topics
will vary from year to year; may be repeated
for credit when subjectmatter is different.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 555 Global Perspectives in
Heritage Conservation
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Fa
In-depth analysis of international heritage
conservation practice with a focus on a
single country, continent, or world region
outside the United States. Topics will vary
from year to year; may be repeated for
credit when subject matter is different.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 556 Readings in Heritage
Conservation Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Trans-
disciplinary intensive reading and
discussion course related to issues in
contemporary heritage conservation.
Prerequisite: ARCH 549. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 557 Sustainable Conservation of
the Historic Built Environment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of the
intersection between "green building" and
historic resources with an emphasis on
stewardship and sustainability. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 558 Fundamentals of Place-
Making
Units: 2 Concepts and strategies for urban
design and place-making for heritage
conservation as revealed by place-making
exercises, site visits, and case studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 559 Cultural Resource
Management
Units: 3 An introduction to the field
of cultural resource management/
archaeology as it is practiced in the United
States, examining archaeological theory,
methods, legal frameworks and research.
Recommended Preparation: ARCH 549
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 560 A History of Architectural
Theory: 1400-1914
Units: 2 A seminar on architectural history
from Alberti to Scott, reviewing primary
texts and subsequent criticisms. Duplicates
Credit in former ARCH 441 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 561 Urbanism Themes and Case
Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examines
urbanism through case studies in theory
and design to understand the impacts of
globalization, technology, and sustainability
on the contemporary city. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 562 Architecture Themes and
Case Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Architectural
themes and case studies focusing on the
design and development of architecture,
from the industrial city to today. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 563 Contemporary Architectural
Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Investigates,
compares, and critiques modern and
contemporary theories of the designed
and built environment by focusing on key
figures, movements, and texts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 564 Descriptive and
Computational Architectural Geometry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the history, methods, and cases of
descriptive and computational geometry
impacting representational, modeling,
and historically significant paradigms of
architectural design. Introduces a range of
geometric first principles, technologies and
techniques through contemporary design
tools. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 565 Global History of Designed
Landscapes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Understanding
of the global history of landscape design
in relation to social, political, religious,
environmental and aesthetic principles;
current design theory, projects and their
historical references are critically reviewed
and analyzed. Duplicates Credit in ARCH
465 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 566 Cross Cultural Topics in
Landscape Architecture History
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Comparative analysis and
appreciation of landscape architecture as a
manifestation of nature, society, and design.
Topics and world regions vary from year
to year; may be repeated for credit when
subject matter is different. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 567L Landscape Architecture
Vertical Workshop and Debate Series
Units: 0.5 Max Units: 3 Terms Offered:
FaSp A dynamic and topical supplement
that provides critical content in the form
of a post-mid review workshop and series
of debates led by distinguished guests.
Corequisite: ARCH 541aL and ARCH 541bL
and ARCH 542aL and ARCH 542bL and
ARCH 642L and ARCH 698bL Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
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Landscape Architecture Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 569 The Invented Landscape of
Southern California
Units: 3 An analysis of the successive
stages of land planning, garden design and
plant introductions that have influenced the
Southern California landscape. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 570 Cultural Landscape Practicum
Units: 3 An introduction to the theories,
tools and techniques for documenting and
researching cultural landscapes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 571 Community-Based Design,
Conservation and Planning
Units: 2 Introduces methods of designing
with communities rather than for them.
It focuses on public history, cultural
asset mapping and participatory design.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 572 Advanced Building Skins:
Designing High-Performance Facade
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
technical skillset applicable to the design
and delivery of high-performance facade
systems. The predominant focus will be the
design of contemporary glazed curtainwalls
and rainscreen systems in their many
forms. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 573 Seismic Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Theory, design
methodology and practice of how seismicity
affects architecture and structural system
selection required for robust earthquake
performance and seismic sustainability.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
knowledge of physics and/or exposure
to architectural design. Two semesters
of building structures required for MArch
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 574 Parametric Design
Units: 3 An in depth and critical look into
the reasons and uses for parametric design
and its relationship to contemporary form,
fabrication, and construction of the built
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 575a Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of the scientific principles governing the
thermal environment and human physiology
to contemporary issues of environmentally
responsive building energy concepts and
systems. Recommended Preparation:
ARCH 505aL, ARCH 505bL. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 575b Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp The
fundamental scientific principles governing
light and sound in the built environment
will be examined in the context of
human physiological, psychological and
biological needs. Prerequisite: ARCH 575a
Recommended Preparation: ARCH 505aL,
ARCH 505bL Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 576 Sustainable Design for
Healthy Indoor Environments
Units: 3 Course outlines the building design
and its performance diagnostic processes
required to assure indoor environmental
quality and the building occupants'
environmental health, productivity, and
physiological comfort. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 577L Lighting Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The physics,
technical knowledge, professional
knowledge, design, and documentation
processes used in architectural lighting
design, including first principles, manual
calculations and computer simulations.
Recommended Preparation: Some
knowledge of physics and exposure to the
design process and design presentation
skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 578 Technology-Enabled
Architecture, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) Projects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CE
578)
ARCH 579 Sustainable Building and
Environment using LEED Metrics
Units: 3 Fundamental knowledge of
sustainable building concepts, current
environmental design building rating
systems, building performance and
diagnostics metrics, as well as reference
standards related to sustainable design.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 580L Field Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Off-campus field studies using
direct observation, site recordings/
documentation, analysis and evaluation
supplemented by discussions and readings.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 581 Techniques in Digital
Fabrication
Units: 3 A practical introduction to digital
fabrication. Covered topics include 3D
surface milling, thermoforming, materials,
casting and shop technology as applied
to repeatable surfaces in architecture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 585 Visual Storytelling and
Entrepreneurship in Media
Units: 2 Investigating visual stories as an
active tool to critically explore and express
design ideas; positions social media and
crowdfunding as a foundation for creative
action. Registration Restriction: Not open
to Freshmen and Sophomores. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 586 City Cine: Visuality, Media
and Urban Experience
Units: 4 Explores the relationship between
urban experience and visual media (from
the photographic, to the filmic, to the digital)
from circa 1880 to the present. Duplicates
Credit in the former ARCH 434 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 588 Physical Computing: Linking
Architectural Computing with the
Physical World
Units: 3 Provides hands-on prototyping
experience with environmental sensing,
actuation, and embedded computing
technologies. Recommended Preparation:
While no experience working with
electronics is required, basic knowledge
and willingness to learn programming
and physical prototyping is assumed.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
freshmen and sophomores Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 596 Building Science Thesis
Preparation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of topics leading to the development of a
thesis prospectus. Topics may be in the
areas of building structures, seismic design,
environmental control, passive and active
energy, or other relevant topics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in various
specialty areas of architecture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 605zL Graduate Architecture
Design II
Units: 0 Terms Offered: Sm Advanced
topical investigations emphasizing diverse
areas of specialization. Projects will be
faculty-led research investigations that
concentrate on diverse areas of vital
concern. Prerequisite: ARCH 605b
ARCH 605aL Graduate Architecture
Design II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Fa Basic principles
of structural (seismic/wind and gravity),
HVAC, building envelope, access/
egress, building service systems; and
sustainable strategies are critical to the
proper execution of performative goals.
The integration of building systems will
be delineated to demonstrate the tectonic
viability a design solution. Prerequisite:
ARCH 505b. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Architecture majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 605bL Graduate Architecture
Design II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Sp Comprehensive
project emphasizing the interaction between
general principles and local sites, building
technologies and total building design.
Prerequisite: ARCH 505b. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Architecture
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 606 Advanced Architectural
Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Interrogates the
architectural and cultural landscape of our
contemporary cities through a combination
of lectures and seminars on theories of
place, identity, aesthetics, and technology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 607 Advanced Computation
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introduction to a range of new
technologies and techniques examining
their technical and theoretical implications
including advanced computational design
techniques and geospatial design tools.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 608 Urban Theory: Los Angeles
Case Study
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Critically
investigates the urban condition of Los
Angeles through lectures, readings, and
field visits. Aims to heighten awareness of
the entwinement of environment, culture,
architecture and the contemporary city.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 609 Advanced Fabrication
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSm Introduction to a range of new
technologies and techniques examining
technical and theoretical implications
including a range of digital fabrication
technologies, robotics and film-making
techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 610L Advanced Graduate
Architecture Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Elective
advanced design and research studio
investigations. As faculty-led topical
themes, the design-based projects will
engage critical topics engaging diverse
areas of specialization. Prerequisite: ARCH
605b. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 611 Advanced Building Systems
Integration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design criteria
development, material and construction
process methods, occupancy based load
profiles, performance/material life-cycle-
mandates, durability for advanced building
systems including integrity in sustainable
urban systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 613L Seminar: Structures
Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An overview
of research topics in building structures;
detailed investigation of selected major
issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 614 Contemporary Issues in
Architecture: A Critical Dialectic
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Issues that
are important to the contemporary built
environment are explored using a dialectical
format to encourage debate, augmented
by invited speakers and topical readings.
Prerequisite: ARCH 214a, ARCH 214b and
ARCH 514a, ARCH 514b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 615L Seminar: Environmental
Systems Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A detailed
examination of current issues in
the thermal, acoustical, and radiant
environment; recent developments in
criteria, systems, controls, design tools
and simulations; an understanding of
the relationships between environmental
factors, economics, and architectural goals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 619 Digital Fabrication - Materials
and Methods of Production
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of multiple fabrication, manufacturing,
and construction techniques used in the
production of architecture, furniture and
industrial design. Registration Restriction:
Not open to freshman, sophomore and
junior students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 635 Landscape Construction:
Assembly and Documentation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Learn and
practice the process by which a landscape
design is assembled through materials
systems and design documentation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 639 Media for Landscape
Architecture: Dynamic Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Computational
capacities of parametric software,
including flow dynamics, procedural
media, and geospatial analysis, to
analyze and generate both existing and
emergent systems at the landscape scale.
Prerequisite: ARCH 548 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 642L Landscape Architecture
Design
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Fa Fully integrated
landscape place design; reclamation sites
at significant urban or natural locations.
Prerequisite: ARCH 542aL, ARCH 542bL.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 672 Future Building Skins:
Advanced Applications in Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Focuses
on the development of novel facade
solutions that respond to shortcomings of
contemporary facades applications in both
new and existing buildings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 690aL Directed Research
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ARCH 690bL Directed Research
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ARCH 691a Heritage Conservation
Thesis Preparation and Thesis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to,
and exploration of, topics leading to the
development of a thesis prospectus and
directed research towards the completion of
the master's thesis in heritage conservation.
Prerequisite: ARCH 549 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master of Heritage
Conservation students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
ARCH 691b Heritage Conservation
Thesis Preparation and Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to,
and exploration of, topics leading to the
development of a thesis prospectus and
directed research towards the completion of
the master's thesis in heritage conservation.
Prerequisite: ARCH 549 Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
in Heritage Conservation Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
ARCH 691z Heritage Conservation
Thesis Preparation and Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to, and exploration of, topics leading to
the development of a thesis prospectus
and directed research towards the
completion of the master's thesis in heritage
conservation. Prerequisite: ARCH 549 and
ARCH 553. Credit Restriction: Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Registration restricted
to Master of Heritage Conservation and
Historic Preservation students who have
satisfactorily completed 12 hours of
graduate course work and have permission
of the Program Director. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 692aL Building Science Thesis
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
and thesis for the Master of Building
Science degree. Prerequisite: ARCH 596.
Credit Restriction: Credit on completion
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 692bL Building Science Thesis
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
and thesis for the Master of Building
Science degree. Prerequisite: ARCH
692aL Registration Restriction: Open only
to Master of Building Science students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: In Progress/Credit/No Credit
ARCH 692zL Building Science Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
and thesis for the Master of Building
Science degree. Prerequisite: ARCH 596.
Credit Restriction: Credit on completion
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 693aL M.Arch. Thesis, Option I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
research option for M.Arch. degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
research project. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ARCH 693bL M.Arch. Thesis, Option I
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
research option for M.Arch. degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
research project. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ARCH 693zL M.Arch. Thesis, Option I
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
research option for M.Arch. degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
research project. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ARCH 694 Research Publication
Methods for Building Science
Units: 2 Technical documentation, graphic
representation, and verbal presentation
for writing and presenting journal articles
and conference presentations in building
science. Recommended Preparation:
completion of MBS Core Seminars
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Building Science students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 695aL M.Arch. Thesis, Option II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
thesis for the Master of Architecture degree.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master's level Architecture students. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 899
ARCH 695bL M.Arch. Thesis, Option II
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
thesis for the Master of Architecture degree.
Credit Restriction: Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 695zL M.Arch. Thesis, Option II
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
thesis for the Master of Architecture degree.
Credit Restriction: Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 696a Building Science Thesis
Units: 1 Research and thesis for the
Master of Building Science degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 696b Building Science Thesis
Units: 6 Research and thesis for the
Master of Building Science degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 696c Building Science Thesis
Units: 8 Research and thesis for the
Master of Building Science degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 696zL Building Science Thesis
Units: 0 Research and thesis for the
Master of Building Science degree. Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 697aL MLArch Thesis, Option II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Field
studies and thesis for the MLArch degree.
Credit Restriction: Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 697bL MLArch Thesis, Option II
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Field
studies and thesis for the MLArch degree.
Credit Restriction: Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 697zL MLArch Thesis, Option II
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Field
studies and thesis for the MLArch degree.
Credit Restriction: Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ARCH 698aL Advanced Design-Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
research option for the MLArch degree.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Landscape Architecture
and in Planning/Landscape Architecture
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARCH 698bL Advanced Design-Research
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
research option for the MLArch degree.
Prerequisite: ARCH 698aL Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
in Landscape Architecture and in Planning/
Landscape Architecture Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option: In
Progress and Letter
ARCH 698zL Advanced Design-Research
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
research option for the MLArch degree.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: In Progress and Letter
ARCH 702L Advanced Graduate
Architecture Design – Themes
Units: 6 Advanced thematic topical
investigations emphasizing diverse areas
of specialization. Projects will be faculty-led
research investigations that concentrate on
diverse areas of vital concern. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ARCH 705L Advanced Graduate
Architecture Design – Topics
Units: 6 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSm Advanced topical investigations
emphasizing diverse areas of
specialization. Projects will be faculty-led
research investigations that concentrate on
diverse areas of vital concern. Prerequisite:
ARCH 605bL or ARCH 702L. Registration
Restriction: Open to Architecture majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ARCH 790 Doctoral Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSp Research leading to
the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the School of Architecture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 791 Proposal for Doctoral
Dissertation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
dissertation proposal. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ARCH 793aL Architecture Directed
Design Research Option I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Directed
Design Research option for graduate
level architecture degree. Prerequisite:
ARCH 605bL or ARCH 702L. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Architecture
majors. Credit Restriction: Credit on
acceptance of research project. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ARCH 793bL Architecture Directed
Design Research Option I
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Directed
Design Research option for graduate
level architecture degree. Prerequisite:
ARCH 605bL or ARCH 702L. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Architecture
majors. Credit Restriction: Credit on
acceptance of research project. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ARCH 793z Architecture Directed Design
Research Option I
Units: 0 Directed Design Research option
for graduate level architecture degree.
Credit on acceptance of research project.
Prerequisite: ARCH 793b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ARCH 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
Restriction: Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
ARCH 795aL Architecture Thesis
Option II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Thesis option
for graduate level architecture degree.
Prerequisite: ARCH 605bL or ARCH 702L.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Architecture majors. Credit Restriction:
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ARCH 795bL Architecture Thesis
Option II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Thesis option
for graduate level architecture degree.
Prerequisite: ARCH 605bL or ARCH 702L.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Architecture majors. Credit Restriction:
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ARCH 795z Architecture Thesis Option II
Units: 0 Thesis option for graduate level
architecture degree. Credit on acceptance
of research project. Prerequisite: ARCH
795b. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
Art
ART 105 Art and Design Studio I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the fundamental elements in art making,
design creation and thinking, including key
principles of process and critical analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as DES 105
ART 106 Art and Design Studio II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the fundamental elements in art making,
design creation and thinking, including
the key principles of process and critical
analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as DES 106
ART 110 Drawing for Art and Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to drawing, both skill and
perception oriented, as the basic tool for
all the visual arts and design. Duplicates
Credit in former FADW 101 Instruction
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Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as DES 110
ART 120 Painting I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
introduction to oil and acrylic pigments,
painting tools, mediums, processes
and contemporary concepts. Primary
experience in: color, composition and
perception through representational and
abstract painting. Duplicates Credit in
former FAPT 105 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 130 Ceramics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
and theoretical exploration of the nature
of surface, form, volume and mass as
fundamental elements of clay sculpture
and the ceramic object. Duplicates Credit in
former FACE 112 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 140 Sculpture I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
and theoretical introduction to sculpture
as dimensional manipulation. Primary
exploration of form, mass, gravity, surface,
structure and associative recognition in
three-dimensional art. Duplicates Credit
in former FASC 106 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ART 141xg Creating and Understanding
Visuals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Lecture-
studio course on the theory and history
behind contemporary art, design, and visual
communication; students also create work,
informed by ideas from the lecture. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A: The
Arts Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 150 Introduction to Photography:
Process and Concept
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Digital
photography as a medium of contemporary
art. Includes concept development, DSLR
cameras, lighting, digital workflow, software,
large format printing and installation.
Duplicates Credit in former FAPH 209
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 207a Two-Dimensional Art
Workshop
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Studio practice to develop
drawing fundamentals for game designers,
animators and narrative artists. Duplicates
Credit in former FA 207a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 207b Two-Dimensional Art
Workshop
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continuation of ART 207a.
Prerequisite: ART 207a Duplicates Credit in
former FA 207b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 208a Three-Dimensional Art
Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Studio
practice to develop standards of judgment
and appreciation of the visual arts.
Duplicates Credit in former FA 208a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ART 208b Three-Dimensional Art
Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of ART 208a. Prerequisite:
ART 208a Duplicates Credit in former
FA 208b Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ART 230 Wheel Throwing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introductory course using wheel throwing
techniques for ceramics to explore a
variety of forms through three-dimensional
exercises. Duplicates Credit in former
FACE 212 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ART 243 Construction Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of art fabrication and the techniques and
philosophies of working with a variety of
materials. Recommended Preparation: ART
140 Duplicates Credit in former FASC 246
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ART 255 Black and White Film and
Darkroom Photography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
film cameras, development, and darkroom
techniques, photographic history, theory
and practice within an art context.
Duplicates Credit in ART 150 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 260 Introduction to Video:
Projection and Virtual Worlds in Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introductory course exploring contemporary
processes and practices of video
experimentation in art including the camera,
editing, digital manipulation and spatial
and virtual platforms. Duplicates Credit in
former FAIN 220 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 280 Studio Critique I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Interdisciplinary forum where students
develop research skills, learn how to
best articulate their artistic production,
discuss materials related to their research
interests, and critique the work of their
peers. Registration Restriction: Open only
to sophomores in Art and Fine Arts majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 300 Professional Practices
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Instruction on producing written and
visual documentation of art/design work,
proposals, statements, and portfolios;
applications for art/design employment
opportunities, grants, research projects, and
graduate school. Registration Restriction:
Open only to sophomores, juniors and
seniors Duplicates Credit in former FA 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 310 Drawing II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
examination of personal approaches to
drawing with emphasis on making visual
and artistic decisions and developing
additional skills and sources of inspiration.
Individual expression will be encouraged.
Prerequisite: ART 110 or FADW 101
Duplicates Credit in former FADW 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 311 Anatomical Drawing from Life
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
advanced, concentrated study of the human
figure; expands on skills depicting and
visualizing the human form. Prerequisite:
ART 110 or FADW 101 Duplicates Credit
in former FADW 321 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 312 Comics Project
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp All aspects of comics will be covered,
from writing and composition to inking
and marketing through the production of
an individual multi-page comic creation.
Recommended Preparation: Any drawing,
graphic design or creative writing course
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 314 Illustration for Art and Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Illustration
techniques and professional practices
across the range of fine art, comics,
editorial illustration, narrative arts, visual
development and others. Digital and hybrid
approaches. Recommended Preparation:
ART 110, ART 120, or any graphic design
course Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as DES 314
ART 320 Painting II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Directed examination of historic and
contemporary painting concepts and
aesthetics, investigation into personal ideas
towards the development of a creative
visual language and practice in painting.
Prerequisite: ART 120 or FAPT 105 Credit
in former FAPT 305 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 330 Ceramics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Directed
examination of aesthetic concepts and
investigation into personal ideas as they
relate to the development of a creative
visual language in ceramics. Prerequisite:
ART 130 or FACE 112 Duplicates Credit in
former FACE 312 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 331 Clay and Glazes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A foundation in
the formulation of clay bodies and glaze
materials through lectures and studio
exercises to suit specific needs with the
artist in mind. Recommended Preparation:
ART 130 or ART 230 Duplicates Credit
in former FACE 313 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ART 340 Sculpture II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Directed
examination of three-dimensional aesthetic
concepts; development of an individual
creative vision. Prerequisite: ART 140
Duplicates Credit in former FASC 306
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 350 Intermediate Photography:
Studio, Field, Independent Projects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continued
examination of the conceptual, technical,
aesthetic and historical tools necessary
for a well-informed deliberate art practice.
Emphasis on generating self-directed ideas.
Prerequisite: ART 150 Duplicates Credit
in former FAPH 309b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 360 Video Installation and Moving
Image Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
studio course. Investigates video
installation as an evolving contemporary
art form that extends the conversation of
video art beyond the frame and into live,
hybrid media, site-specific and multiple
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 901
channel environments. Prerequisite: ART
260 or FAIN 220 Credit in former FAIN 320
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 361 Post-Internet Art and Aesthetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A technically
and conceptually intensive studio exploring
contemporary processes and practices
of Internet art and online expression.
Prerequisite: ART 260 Recommended
Preparation: ART 150 Duplicates Credit in
former FAIN 315 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 362 Ideas in Intermedia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the impact of digital media
on contemporary culture, with attention to
a particular, changing topic each semester.
Duplicates Credit in former FAIN 330
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 370 Printmaking
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
course in various printmaking techniques;
necessary skills and inherent expressive
qualities of different printmaking methods
are explored. Duplicates Credit in former
FAPR 311 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ART 380 Studio Critique II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A continuation
of ART 280 for third-year students,
providing an interdisciplinary forum for
artistic practice and a deepening critique
of one's work and the work of peers.
Prerequisite: ART 280 Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors in Art and
Fine Arts majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Duplicates Credit in former
FA 390 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ART 410 Topics in Advanced Drawing
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of personal
approaches and professional careers in
drawing and 2D art making, emphasis
on making a body of work with creative
freedom in committed studio space.
Prerequisite: ART 310 or FADW
301Duplicates Credit in former FA 401
and FADW 401 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 415 Studies in Drawing and
Painting
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
A studio examination of rotating topics
in drawing/painting, either media-based
or content-driven, with individual and
collaborative projects; topics change each
semester. Recommended Preparation: ART
310; ART 320 or permission of instructor
Duplicates Credit in former FADW 331 and
former ART 315 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 418 Independent Studies in Studio
Arts
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research of specific topics
under the direction of a faculty member.
Administrative and faculty approval
required. Recommended Preparation:
appropriate 300-level course work
Duplicates Credit in former FA 418
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 419 Professional Internship in the
Arts
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An experiential/academic
opportunity in a museum, gallery,
community cultural center or related facility.
Lectures, seminars, written analysis and
working internship. Registration Restriction:
Open only to upper-division fine arts
majors Duplicates Credit in former FA 419
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit Crosslisted as DES 419
ART 420 Topics in Advanced Painting
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of personal
approaches and professional careers in
painting and 2D art making, emphasis
on making a body of work with creative
freedom in committed studio space.
Prerequisite: ART 320 or FAPT
305Duplicates Credit in former FAPT 405
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 430 Topics in Advanced Ceramics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued directed examination
of aesthetic concepts and investigation
into personal ideas as they relate to the
development of a creative visual language
in ceramics. Prerequisite: ART 330 or FACE
312Duplicates Credit in former FACE 412
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ART 434 Sound Art
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A survey of
developments in non-traditional musical
instrument making in clay including
design, fabrication and composition,
culminating in a musical performance.
Recommended Preparation: ART 130 or
FACE 112Duplicates Credit in former ART
414 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ART 440 Topics in Advanced Sculpture
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Individual direction of the study of
aesthetic issues in sculpture; investigation
of an individual creative vision. Prerequisite:
ART 340 or FASC 306Duplicates Credit
in former FASC 406 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ART 441 Installation Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
challenge the traditional art object as
they explore the use of space and time
in their artwork. Prerequisite: ART 140
Recommended Preparation: any upper
division art or design course Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 442 Art and Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An
interdisciplinary course between art and
engineering that addresses creative
thinking in the manipulation of media and
the communication of ideas. Duplicates
Credit in former FASC 436 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 443 Woodworking
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the essential skills in woodworking
through lecture, demonstration and hands-
on training. Includes instruction in joinery
and relevant machinery and hand tools.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 444 Modeling and Mold Making
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to plaster mold making using clay and
wax for both ceramics and sculpture.
Exploration of various casting materials.
Duplicates Credit in former FASC 136 and
former ART 142 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 445 Metal
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to metal in fine art. Emphasis on technical
proficiencies and effective solutions working
in a variety of metals. Recommended
Preparation: ART 140 Duplicates Credit
in former FASC 236 and former ART 242
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 450 Topics in Advanced
Photography
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp In-depth exploration of photographic
and artistic concepts as they apply to the
articulation of personal work. Prerequisite:
ART 350 or FAPH 309b Credit in former
FAPH 409 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ART 460 Post-Material Studio
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Advanced studio and discussion course
that affords the student a conceptual and
practical platform from which to discuss
and realize a major work or series.
Recommended Preparation: any upper
division studio course or permission of
instructor Duplicates Credit in former FAIN
440 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ART 461 Techniques in After Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An intensive
investigation of the mechanics and
methodology of contemporary software
for video art. Recommended to be taken
concurrently with ART 260. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 462 Performance Art Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduce
contextual understanding of performance
art history and basic principles of using
the body in time and space in relation to
an audience in order to convey meaning.
Recommended Preparation: ART 260 or
ART 362 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ART 463 Performance Art and the Frame
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of iconic performance documentation and
creation of a snapshot and/or moving image
narrative, manipulating temporal space
to lock it into a frame. Recommended
Preparation: Background in visual arts of
any form (e.g., performance art, time-
based media, video art, installation and
any form of 2D or 3D art), cinema, media,
music, communications, narrative studies
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 470 Topics in Advanced
Printmaking
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Directed examination of specific
printmaking media in relation to
personal aesthetic goals and expressive
concepts. Prerequisite: ART 370 or FAPR
311Duplicates Credit in former FAPR 411
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 480 International Art Study Tour
Units: 2 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSp An immersive experience in the
artistic culture of a specific city or region
that includes a short (less than two weeks)
international trip. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 484 Contemporary Issues in Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
An advanced studio and discussion course
aims to expand a student's relationship to,
and understanding of, contemporary artistic
dissemination, discourse, and display via
a series of rotating topics. Recommended
Preparation: junior status or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ART 485 Studio Capstone
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A faculty-
mentored course supporting advanced
conceptual exploration and the
development of an ambitious, self-defined
series or body of work; may culminate in
a group exhibition or individual project.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to seniors in Art and Fine Arts majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ART 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit Duplicates
Credit in former FA 490 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 494a Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Individual research under guidance
of faculty member for senior-level BFA
students, leading to a substantial paper
or other project. Registration Restriction:
Open only to seniors in Fine Arts Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 494b Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Individual
research under the guidance of faculty
for senior level BFA students, leading to a
substantial paper or project. Prerequisite:
ART 494a Registration Restriction: Open
only to seniors in Fine Arts Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Comprehensive exploration of
particular aspects of visual art. Duplicates
Credit in former FA 499 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar
Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Lecture and discussion course in
the professional practice of art featuring
formal presentations by visiting artists
and scholars. Duplicates Credit in FA 515
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CRIT 515
ART 520 Individual Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Investigation of creative problems
through various media. Course may be
repeated. Duplicates Credit in former FA
520. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ART 525 Making and Curating Art:
Pedagogy and Praxis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CRIT
525)
ART 530 Art and Globalization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Tracks the
historical emergence and proliferation
of globalization and its relationship to
political, economic and cultural phenomena.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CRIT 530
ART 535 Group Critique
Units: 2 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp Presentation and critique which
builds students' skills in presenting and
contextualizing their artwork for peer
review; analytic discussion regarding
directions in contemporary art. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ART 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to graduate degree.
Maximum units which may be applied
to degree determined by department.
Duplicates Credit in former FA 590.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ART 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
masters students. Duplicates Credit in
former FA 594abz. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ART 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
masters students. Duplicates Credit in
former FA 594abz. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ART 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
masters students. Duplicates Credit in
former FA 594abz. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ART 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Comprehensive exploration of particular
aspects of the history of art. Duplicates
Credit in former FA 599. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Arts and Letters
ARLT 100g Arts and Letters
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
analysis of significant works of literature,
philosophy, visual arts, music and/or film;
intensive reading and writing to develop
knowledge of analytical techniques in
the humanities. Limited to freshmen
and sophomores. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
Duplicates Credit in ARLT 101 and in former
LTA 100 and in former LTA 101. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARLT 101g Studies in Arts and Letters
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
analysis of significant works of literature,
philosophy, visual arts, music and/or film;
intensive reading and writing to develop
knowledge of analytical techniques in
the humanities. Limited to students with
sophomore status or higher. Satisfies Old
General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Duplicates Credit in ARLT 100
and in former LTA 100 and in former LTA
101. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ARLT 105g First Year Seminar: Arts and
Letters
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Critical
analysis of significant literary, philosophical,
and artistic texts; intensive reading and
writing to develop analytical skills in
interpreting and responding to original
works. Satisfies Old General Education in
Category V: Arts and Letters Duplicates
Credit in ARLT 100g and ARLT 101g.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Arts Leadership
ARTL 310 Music and Dance In Paris
Salon Culture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp During this
twenty-four day Maymester course in Paris,
students will explore moments in Parisian
salon culture as sites of artistic inspiration
and collaboration. Registration Restriction:
Priority will be given to majors in Thornton
and Kaufman, then minors in Thornton and
Kaufman, then the general USC population.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Individual research and readings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors and seniors Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARTL 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 500 Arts Leadership and Arts
Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to key issues involved in both managing an
arts organization and creating sustainable
enterprise. For students in music, arts,
public policy, and related fields. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARTL 501 Executive Leadership in the
Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
into a variety of leadership approaches
within an arts organization, with a focus
on the development of the student's own
leadership capacity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARTL 502 Issues in the Arts and the
Contemporary World
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of major environmental trends including
changing demographics, new business
models, rapidly developing technology
and globalization, and understanding their
implications for the arts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ARTL 503 Arts Organizations: Innovation
and New Models
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Designed for
current and future arts leaders interested in
looking critically at organizational practice
and bringing innovative solutions to old
problems in a contemporary context.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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ARTL 504 Arts and the Community:
Current Practice and New Visions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
a range of ideas, ideologies and strategies
that have historically been used to connect
arts organizations to their communities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 510 Arts Leadership Practicum
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Year-long practicum which puts ideas
and concepts into practice. Each student
will conceptualize, develop, and complete
an arts project of his/her own choosing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 512 Essentials of Orchestra
Management
Units: 2 Ten day seminar that provides in
depth, participative instruction in orchestra
management and the practicalities of being
a successful leader of an arts organization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 520 Arts Leadership Intensive
Units: 1 Five-day, intensive course that
serves as a deep-dive introduction to
the field for all Arts Leadership students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ARTL 598 Internship for Arts Leadership
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 04 Practical
work experience in the student's field of
study, at an off-campus location. Students
are individually supervised by faculty.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ARTL 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ARTL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Communication and Journalism
ASCJ 020x Annenberg Skills
Units: 1 Intensive skills boot camps teach
the verbal, written, and digital skills needed
for "real world" jobs. Not available for
degree credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ASCJ 100 The Changing World of
Communication and Journalism
Units: 2 Survey of major themes in media
and communication; exploring what it
means to be a professional in the fields
of communication, journalism, and public
relations. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ASCJ 200 Navigating Media and News in
the Digital Age
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Students will
be engaged as discriminating media/news
consumers and contributors. Emphasis on
critical skills needed to understand, employ,
enjoy and help shape our media landscape.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ASCJ 210 Contours of Change in Media
and Communication
Units: 4 Provides an introduction to
cultivating a curious, critical, and proactive
approach to the challenges of social
change. Students will be encouraged to
develop an expansive and critical definition
and understanding of change as it relates
to the role of media and communication
in producing and responding to political
and cultural transformations that shape
our status as citizens and our ideas of
citizenship. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ASCJ 220x Annenberg Experimental
Units: 0, 1, 2 Max Units: 6.0 Cutting-edge,
experimental, experiential, interdisciplinary,
results-based classes taught in new ways
and places. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ASCJ 420 Annenberg Collaboratory
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0
Collaborative, cutting-edge, experimental,
experiential, interdisciplinary, results-based
classes taught in new ways and places.
Recommended Preparation: ASCJ 220.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Astronautics and Space
Technology
ASTE 101L Introduction to Astronautics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Gateway to
the Astronautical Engineering major.
Introduction to space, space exploration
and the space business. Elements of orbits,
spacecraft systems, rocket propulsion, and
communications. Laboratory: introduction
to graphics, computation and simulation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Coordinate
systems and transformations. Spherical
trigonometry. Orientation angles.
Spacecraft orbits and orbital maneuvers.
Introduction to rocket propulsion, spacecraft
attitude dynamics and control and space
environment. Prerequisite: MATH 226g and
PHYS 151Lg Recommended Preparation:
Skill in MATLAB programming. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 291 Team Projects I
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Participation in ASTE undergraduate
student team projects. Intended for lower-
division students or those with little prior
project experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 305 Astronautical Gas Dynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
compressible and rarefied gas flows with
applications to rocket propulsion and the
dynamics of supersonic and hypersonic
vehicles and spacecraft; ionized gases
and plasmas. Prerequisite: (PHYS 153L
or PHYS 163L) and AME 310 Corequisite:
MATH 245 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 331a Spacecraft Systems
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to spacecraft systems: propulsion,
attitude dynamics and control, structures,
communications, power, thermal control.
Space environment. Systems engineering
as applied to spacecraft. Prerequisite:
ASTE 280 Recommended Preparation: Skill
in MATLAB programming and spreadsheets
Corequisite: PHYS 153L Duplicates Credit
in former ASTE 330 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 331b Spacecraft Systems
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to spacecraft systems: propulsion,
attitude dynamics and control, structures,
communications, power, thermal control.
Space environment. Systems engineering
as applied to spacecraft. Prerequisite:
ASTE 331a Recommended Preparation:
Skill in MATLAB programming and
spreadsheets Duplicates Credit in former
ASTE 330 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
ASTE 404 Computational Programming
and Numerical Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of simulation code with high-performance
languages such as C++ and Fortran;
numerical techniques for continuum
and rarefied gas flows, GPU utilization;
data visualization, machine learning.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
programming experience with Matlab,
C/C++, Python, or other programming
languages, and/or similar exposure on
the level of ITP 115 or ITP 165 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 421x Space Mission Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Space systems
engineering process: requirements
definition; trade studies; system integration;
technical reviews; cost and schedule
development; case studies; ethics.
Capstone design experience. Prerequisite:
ASTE 331b Registration Restriction: Open
only to seniors Credit Restriction: Not for
graduate credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 445 Molecular Gas Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Physical
description of kinetic nature of gas flows;
distribution function; introduction to
the Boltzmann equation; free-molecule
flow; surface and molecular reflection
properties; Monte Carlo flow calculations.
Recommended Preparation: AME 309
or ASTE 305 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 470 Spacecraft Propulsion
Units: 3 Introduction to rocket engineering.
Space missions and thrust requirements.
Compressible gas dynamics. Propellant
chemistry and thermodynamics. Liquid- and
solid-fueled rockets. Nuclear and electric
propulsion. Prerequisite: senior or graduate
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ASTE 475 Rocket Propulsion
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Liquid-fueled
and solid-fueled rocket engines; adiabatic
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flame temperature; duct flows with area
change, heat addition, mass addition;
rocket heat transfer; staging; and electric
thrusters. Prerequisite: PHYS 152 and
(ASTE 305 or AME 309) Duplicates Credit
in ASTE 470, ASTE 575 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 480 Spacecraft Dynamics
Units: 3 Two-body motion, rigid-body
motion, attitude dynamics and maneuvers,
spacecraft stabilization: gravity gradient,
reaction wheels, magnetic torques, thruster
attitude control. Prerequisite: senior
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ASTE 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 491 Team Projects II
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Participation in ASTE undergraduate
student team projects. Intended for students
with prior project experience. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Course content
to be selected each semester from current
developments in astronautics, space
technology, and related fields. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 501a Physical Gas Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Molecular
structure; radiative processes; microscopic
description of gas phenomena;
translational, rotational, vibrational, and
electronic freedom degrees; particle energy
distributions; microscopic representation
of thermodynamic functions. Prerequisite:
graduate standing or departmental
approval. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 501b Physical Gas Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Kinetic
concepts in gas physics; thermal non-
equilibrium; intermolecular potentials;
transport of radiation and particles in
high-temperature gas; dissociation and
ionization equilibrium; energy relaxation.
Prerequisite: ASTE 501a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 505a Plasma Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Charged
particle dynamics. Kinetic fluid theories.
Rarefied and collisional plasma flows.
Plasma-surface interactions. Waves,
instabilities, turbulence. Applications
in engineering and space technology.
Recommended Preparation: Graduate
standing in engineering or physics.
Duplicates Credit in EE 572ab. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 505b Plasma Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Charged
particle dynamics. Kinetic fluid theories.
Rarefied and collisional plasma flows.
Plasma-surface interactions. Waves,
instabilities, turbulence. Applications
in engineering and space technology.
Recommended Preparation: Graduate
standing in engineering or physics.
Duplicates Credit in EE 572ab. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 520 Spacecraft System Design
Units: 3 System components; vehicle
structure, propulsion systems, flight
dynamics, thermal control, power systems,
telecommunication. Interfaces and
tradeoffs between these components.
Testing, system reliability, and integration.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 523 Design of Low Cost Space
Missions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Reviews all
aspects of space mission design for
practical approaches to reducing cost.
Examines "LightSat" mission experience
and potential applicability to large-scale
missions. Graduate standing in engineering
or science. Recommended Preparation:
ASTE 520 or some experience in space
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 524 Human Spaceflight
Units: 3 Engineering, technologies, and
systems for human spaceflight. Life
support, space environments, crew
accommodations. Mission operations,
safety. Astrodynamics, launch and space
vehicles, space stations, planetary bases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 527 Space Studio Architecting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Programmatic/
conceptual design synthesis/choice
creation methods for complex space
missions. Aerospace system engineering/
architecture tools to create innovative
projects. Evaluated by faculty/industry/
NASA experts. Recommended Preparation:
ASTE 520 or experience in space industry.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 528 Reliability of Space Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reliable space
system design and operations for human
and robotic space, applications, and
commercial space. Reliability of space
systems, subsystems, hardware, software
and human reliability. Recommended
Preparation: ASTE 520 or equivalent
course on fundamentals of space systems
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in science or engineering
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 529 Safety of Space Systems and
Space Missions
Units: 3 Engineering methodology and
analysis techniques for safety certification
and mission assurance of robotic and
human space systems and space missions
by government and commercial industry.
Recommended Preparation: ASTE 520 or
some experience in space engineering.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Engineering graduate students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 535 Space Environments and
Spacecraft Interactions
Units: 3 Space environments and
interactions with space systems. Vacuum,
neutral and ionized species, plasma,
radiation, micrometeoroids. Phenomena
important for spacecraft operations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 545 Computational Techniques in
Rarefied Gas Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Particle-
based computational simulation methods
for rarefied, high-speed flows. Molecular
collision kinetics. Monte Carlo direct
simulation and related techniques.
Recommended Preparation: ASTE 501a
and skill in FORTRAN programming.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 546 Computational Plasma
Dynamics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Plasma
simulation techniques; particle-in-cell
(PIC); PIC with Monte Carlo; computational
electromagnetics; computational
magnetohyrdodynamics. Parallelization.
Applications in engineering and space
plasma physics. Prerequisite: ASTE 505a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 552 Spacecraft Thermal Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Spacecraft
and orbit thermal environments; design,
analysis, testing of spacecraft thermal
control system and components; active
and passive thermal control, spacecraft
and launch vehicle interfaces. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 553 Systems for Remote Sensing
from Space
Units: 3 The operation, accuracy, resolution,
figures of merit, and application of
instruments which either produce images
of ground scenes or probe the atmosphere
as viewed primarily from space. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 554 Spacecraft Sensors
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Spacecraft
sensors from concept and design to
building, testing, interfacing, integrating,
and operations. Optical and infrared
sensors, radiometers, radars, phased
arrays, signal processing, noise reduction.
Recommended Preparation: ASTE 520.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 555 Space Cryogenic Systems and
Applications
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theory and
practice in cryogenic engineering as applied
to space systems, emphasizing sensor
cooling techniques; cryostats; cryoradiators;
mechanical cryocoolers; introductions
to superfluidity and superconductivity.
Recommended Preparation: ASTE 520
or equivalent course on fundamentals of
space systems Registration Restriction:
Graduate standing in science or
engineering Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 556 Spacecraft Structural
Dynamics
Units: 3 Applied analytical methods
(vibrations of single and multidegree of
freedom systems, finite element modeling,
spacecraft applications); requirements
definition process; analytical cycles; and
design verification. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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ASTE 557 Spacecraft Structural Strength
and Materials
Units: 3 Spacecraft structural strength
analysis and design concepts overview;
spacecraft material selection; analysis of
composite materials; finite element method;
spacecraft configuration; structural testing;
bolted joint design. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master's, doctoral, and
professional students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 561 Human Factors of Spacecraft
Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
fundamentals and experimental methods
of human factors design and evaluation for
spacecraft which incorporate human-in-
the-loop control. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 562 Spacecraft Life Support
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Engineering
fundamentals of spacecraft systems design
and analysis to support human life in the
space environment. Prerequisite: ASTE 524
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 566 Ground Communications for
Satellite Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory, practice,
architecture, operations of ground satellite
communications with satellites. Practical
implementation of satellite communications
system and reception and analysis of
satellite transmitted signals. Prerequisite:
ASTE 520 Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Viterbi School of Engineering
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 570 Liquid Rocket Propulsion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Liquid-propelled
rocket propulsion systems. Capillary
devices for gas-free liquid acquisition
in zero gravity. Ground and in-orbit
operations. Propellant life predictions and
spacecraft end-of-life de-orbiting strategies.
Prerequisite: ASTE 470 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 571 Solid Rocket Propulsion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
concepts, implementation and applications
of solid rocket propulsion. Propellants,
performance, ballistics, structures and
systems used for space launch vehicles,
sounding rockets and rocket motors.
Prerequisite: ASTE 470 or ASTE 575
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 572 Advanced Spacecraft
Propulsion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Nuclear, electric,
sails, and far-term propulsion systems.
Overviews of nozzles, heat transfer,
electromagnetics, rarefied gases, and
plasma physics. Analysis of electrothermal,
electrostatic and electromagnetic thrusters.
Graduate standing in engineering or
science. Prerequisite: ASTR 470 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 574 Space Launch Vehicle Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals,
technologies, and design of space launch
vehicles. Propulsion, trajectory analysis
and optimization, static and dynamic
structural loads, stability, control, and
safety. Recommended Preparation: ASTE
470 or equivalent course work in spacecraft
propulsion Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 575 Rocket and Spacecraft
Propulsion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Space
missions, rocket dynamics, and propulsion
requirements. Thermodynamics and
combustion; compressible gas dynamics
in nozzles. Liquid- and solid-propellant
rockets; launch systems. Advanced
propulsion. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Duplicates Credit
in ASTE 470 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 577 Entry and Landing Systems
for Planetary Surface Exploration
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Multi-disciplinary
engineering theory, simulation techniques,
and unique technologies for landing robotic
and human space vehicles on the surface
of planets and moons. Recommended
Preparation: ASTE 520 or similar course
in fundamentals of space systems
Registration Restriction: Open only to
engineering students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 580 Orbital Mechanics I
Units: 3 Physical principles; two-body and
central force motion; trajectory correction
maneuvers; position and velocity in
conic orbits; Lambert's problem; celestial
mechanics; orbital perturbations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 581 Orbital Mechanics II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theory of
perturbations of orbits; numerical methods
in orbital mechanics; satellite dynamics;
averaging methods; resonance; mission
analysis. Prerequisite: ASTE 580.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 583 Space Navigation: Principles
and Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Statistical orbit
determination: (weighted) least squares,
batch and sequential (Kalman) processing,
illustrative examples; online ephemeris
generation: potentially hazardous asteroids,
comets, satellites; launch: vehicles,
payloads, staging. Graduate standing in
engineering or science. Recommended
Preparation: ASTE 580. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 584 Spacecraft Power Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to solar arrays, batteries, nuclear power
sources, mechanical energy storage.
Application theory of operation, practical
considerations. Subsystem topologies
and performance. Design optimization
techniques. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 585 Spacecraft Attitude Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Review
of attitude dynamics, gravity gradient
stabilization, attitude stabilization with a
spin, attitude maneuvers, control using
momentum exchange devices, momentum-
biased stabilization, reaction thruster
control. Prerequisite: AME 451 or EE 482;
Recommended Preparation: a course
in dynamics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 586 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
Units: 3 Dynamics of systems of particles
and rigid bodies; spacecraft attitude
systems; attitude maneuvers (spin,
precession, nutation, etc.); attitude
stabilization and attitude determination;
simulation methods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 589 Solar System Navigation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Free-return
trajectories for exploration of the moon,
optimization and control of interplanetary
trajectories, and mission design using the
Interplanetary Superhighway. Prerequisite:
ASTE 580 Recommended Preparation:
Proficiency in use of MATLAB for exercises
on standard desktop and laptop computers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to
be determined by the division. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ASTE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
ASTE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
ASTE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ASTE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Course content
to be selected each semester from current
developments in astronautics, space
technology, and related fields. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 683 Advanced Spacecraft
Navigation
Units: 3 Advanced topics in spacecraft
navigation: rendezvous, frozen/sun
synchronous orbits, stationkeeping.
Nonlinear filtering for orbit and attitude
determination. Optical navigation. Mission
applications. Prerequisite: ASTE 580 and
ASTE 583; Recommended Preparation:
skill in MATLAB programming. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTE 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory studies
of specific problems by candidates for
the degree Engineer in Astronautical
Engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ASTE 694a Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for the degree Engineer in Astronautical
Engineering. Credit on acceptance of
thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
ASTE 694b Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for the degree Engineer in Astronautical
Engineering. Credit on acceptance of
thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
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ASTE 694z Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for the degree Engineer in Astronautical
Engineering. Credit on acceptance of
thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
ASTE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the division. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ASTE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ASTE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
ASTE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
ASTE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
ASTE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
Astronomy
ASTR 100Lgx The Universe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of the
universe: planets, satellites, comets, stars,
nebulae, galaxies. Practical component
includes planetary observations and
dark-sky field trip. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Credit
Restriction: Not for Major Credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz Grading
Option: Letter
ASTR 104L Special Laboratory
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Laboratory
component for ASTR 100Lgx for transfer
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. For transfer students
only. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ASTR 200Lg Life in the Universe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of the
prospects for life in our solar system and
beyond, based on the evolution of life on
Earth. Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ASTR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTR 400 The Solar System
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Earth's
motions; planets and their satellites;
comets; meteorites; interplanetary
matter; elementary celestial mechanics.
Prerequisite: MATH 226. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTR 422 Galaxies and Large-Scale
Structures in the Universe
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Galaxies and clusters of galaxies: their
content, structure, dynamics, distribution,
and motions; the cosmic microwave
background: theory and observation;
elements of observational cosmology.
Prerequisite: PHYS 153L or PHYS 163L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ASTR 424 Cosmology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts of
space-time, general relativity applied to an
homogeneous and expanding universe.
Universe's content and thermal history.
Introduction to current observational tests
of cosmology. Prerequisite: PHYS 153L
or PHYS 163L Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTR 450 Stellar Astrophysics
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Observation and theory of stellar
atmospheres and stellar interiors. Theory of
stellar evolution. Physical and astronomical
significance of the end states of stellar
evolution. Prerequisite: PHYS 153L or
PHYS 163L. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ASTR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Not
available for graduate credit. Prerequisite:
one upper-division course in astronomy and
departmental approval. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ASTR 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Special Topics in Astronomy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTR 540 Advanced Cosmology
Units: 3 Perturbed Einstein's and Boltzman
equations, Universe's content, anisotropies:
initial conditions, linear evolution,
comparison with observations. Prerequisite:
PHYS 504, PHYS 508a, PHYS 508b,
PHYS 510, PHYS 518. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ASTR 740 Selected Topics in
Astrophysics
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Selected topics
in cosmology. Course content includes
dark matter, dark energy, gravitational
lensing, the cosmic microwave background,
inflation, galaxy and galaxy cluster surveys.
Prerequisite: ASTR 540 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Business Entrepreneurship
BAEP 310 Launching Disruptive
Ventures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of entrepreneurship tracing new venture
evolution, including recognition of disruptive
opportunities, entrepreneurial financial
analysis, and understanding the innovator's
and investor's mindsets. Prerequisite:
ACAD 181 or BUAD 201x. Registration
Restriction: Not open to business and
accounting majors. Duplicates Credit in
BAEP 423, BAEP 450, BAEP 451, BUAD
301. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ACAD-310
BAEP 423 Management of Small
Businesses
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Strategic,
organizational, financial, and human issues
facing the small business. Duplicates Credit
in BAEP 310 and BAEP 450 and BAEP 451
and BUAD 301. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 450 Fundamentals of
Entrepreneurship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Starting
and managing one's own business:
developing a viable concept, organizing the
enterprise, market and financial planning,
and controlling the organization. Duplicates
Credit in BAEP 310, BAEP 423, BAEP
451, BUAD 301. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 451 The Management of New
Enterprises
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of analytical and conceptual
skills in entrepreneurship and venture
management. Duplicates Credit in BAEP
310, BAEP 423, BAEP 450, BUAD 301.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
develop, analyze, and validate
entrepreneurial concepts (including
marketing, operational, and financial
considerations) using customer feedback
and risk assessment to conclude
worthiness to pursue. Prerequisite: BAEP
310 or BAEP 423 or BAEP 450 or BAEP
451 or BUAD 301. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 453 Venture Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design and
application of organization structures and
systems in management of new ventures.
Prerequisite: BAEP 310 or BAEP 423 or
BAEP 450 or BAEP 451 or BUAD 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching
and Scaling Your Startup
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Learn to build
a startup from concept to reality. Focus
on real-world entrepreneurial action
and execution. Prerequisite: BAEP 452.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 455 Founder's Dilemmas
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Prepares
potential founders, hires, and investors for
the decisions they will face both before
and during their involvement with new
ventures. Registration Restriction: Open
only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Perspectives into the art and
science of entrepreneurship under the
guidance of a master instructor. Specific
topics vary. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for
Entrepreneurs: Creating a Tech Startup
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Learn to
use digital tools and technologies, such
as social media, mobile, cloud computing,
and e-commerce, to start and grow
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entrepreneurial ventures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 469 Growth Hacking: Scaling
Startups
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Accelerate
the growth of an entrepreneurial business
with applied analytics tools and methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial
Mindset — Taking the Leap
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A deeper
insight into the entrepreneurial mind, how
it approaches opportunities and challenges
and gives leadership to an organization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 471 Social Innovation Design Lab
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
design thinking as applied to innovation
and entrepreneurship. Hands-on projects
to create solutions to specific societal
problems faced by underprivileged
communities. Registration Restriction:
Open only to sophomores, juniors and
seniors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BAEP 472 The Science of Peak
Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Ingrains
expertise and application of the science of
peak performance, broadens preparation
for personal challenge, and builds business-
centered critical thinking and applied
analytical skills. Registration Restriction:
Open only to sophomores, juniors and
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BAEP 473 Sales Mindset for
Entrepreneurs
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The sales
planning decisions that entrepreneurs
make, including how to accelerate startup
revenue, what metrics drive success and
how to build great sales teams. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 474 The Entrepreneur's Guide to
Intellectual Property
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
fundamentals of intellectual property -- its
value, its basic workings, and its role in
entrepreneurship, business in general,
science, the arts, and the professions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 475 Entertainment
Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
the current entrepreneurial trends and
opportunities in the entertainment industry
and uncover the key success factors for
entrepreneurs in this industry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 477 Entrepreneurial Imagination:
Past, Present and Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A case-based
study of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial
endeavors over time to understand how
the past can inform the successful launch
of new ventures. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 480 Entrepreneurial Family
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the dynamics of family and privately held
businesses. Exploring generational and
extended family issues, opportunities and
obstacles faced in today's environment.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
freshmen. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 491 Introduction to Social
Entrepreneurship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
social enterprise models from micro-finance
to job development. Analysis of basic
issues regarding the difference between
socially responsible companies, for-profit,
and non-profit-run enterprises. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 495 Practicum in Business Issues
(Internship)
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Combined
classroom discussion and field application
of business theories and practices; part-
time internship employment. Project to
be jointly defined by student, employer
and professor. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BAEP 496 The Digital Startup Launchpad
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Real-life
challenge of imagining, prototyping, testing
and iterating, building, pricing, marketing,
distributing and selling a digital product
or service. Prerequisite: BAEP 452 and
ITP 466 and ITP 476 Corequisite: ITP 496
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 497 Field Project in
Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual or team projects solving
real problems for an enterprise. Situation
analyses; research proposal composition;
field research techniques; statistical
analysis; oral and written presentations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors and seniors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BAEP 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current developments in the field
of entrepreneurship: topics to be selected
each semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 549 The Entrepreneurial Journey
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to entrepreneurship with a
focus on opportunity recognition and the
entrepreneurial mindset. Development
of knowledge and skills in launching new
ventures. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to BUSV and ENTR
majors Duplicates Credit in BAEP 550,
BAEP 551, GSBA 550a and GSBA 550b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 550 Entrepreneurship and Venture
Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
conceptual and practical knowledge
in entrepreneurship and new venture
management. Registration Restriction:
Online registration limited to graduate
business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549, BAEP 551,
GSBA 550a and GSBA 550b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 551 Introduction to New Ventures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
and development of analytical and
conceptual skills in the management
of new enterprises and new ventures
within large organizations. Registration
Restriction: Online registration limited to
graduate business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549, BAEP 550,
GSBA 550a and GSBA 550b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 552 Venture Feasibility
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Assess
the viability of and develop potential
new business opportunities through the
application of analytic frameworks and
field research. Corequisite: BAEP 549 or
BAEP 550 or BAEP 551 or GSBA 550b
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting majors Duplicates Credit in
BAEP 556, BAEP 566 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 553 Cases in New Venture
Management
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Cases and readings expose students to
the challenges of developing long-range
strategies for entrepreneurial ventures.
Case work emphasizes developing new
industries, growth through strategic
alliances, and issues involved in the long-
term strategic positioning of emerging
companies. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 554 Venture Initiation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Learn to
launch and scale a new business through
entrepreneurial action and execution.
Prerequisite: BAEP 552 or BAEP 556
or BAEP 566. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 555 Founder's Dilemmas:
Anticipate and Avoid Startup Pitfalls
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Delves into
founders' early decisions about when and
whether to found, co-founders, hires, and
investors that tend to get them into trouble
down the road. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 556 Technology Feasibility
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Assess the
viability of and develop potential technology
business opportunities through the
application of analytic frameworks and field
research. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Duplicates Credit
in BAEP 552 and BAEP 566 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 557 Technology
Commercialization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Identification,
evaluation and commercialization of new
technologies. Emphasis will be placed on
the legal, financial and marketing aspects
of technology transfer and development.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate business and
accounting students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 558 The Entrepreneurial Advisor:
Problem Solving for Early-Stage
Companies
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Experiential course designed to develop
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skills in framing and solving complex
problems in young companies. Apply
skills to real ventures participating in
course projects. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 559 Investing in New Ventures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Focus on
the entrepreneurial skill set applied to new
venture opportunities. Taught from the
business plan reader's point of view; focus
on selecting opportunities, structuring the
relationship, adding value and realizing
the value of that investment. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only
to graduate business and accounting
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BAEP 560 Acquiring Your Own Business
or Opportunity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Issues faced
by the entrepreneur who wishes to
acquire an enterprise; appropriateness
of an enterprise, understanding funding
sources and valuation methods, developing
a plan for due diligence, negotiating
and consummating the transaction.
The acquisition process, approaches to
valuation, and the roles of the various
parties in negotiating and consummating
an acquisition of an existing business.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in
Innovative Industries: Life Sciences
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp The
challenges of new venture creation in
the biotechnology, medical device, and
healthcare areas; experience, evaluate,
and analyze profits of current impact in
the life sciences. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 562 Entrepreneurship in
eCommerce
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to building, funding, and running an
entrepreneurial eCommerce venture.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate and business
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa How established
organizations build successful new
businesses through corporate venturing
and intrapreneurship. Learn to apply an
entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial
frameworks within an established
organization. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 564 Investing in Impact Ventures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Exploring
the field of social impact investing, learn
how social entrepreneurs attract for-profit
investors and how conscious investors
are utilizing investments to achieve social
impact. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 565 Venture Lab
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Interact
with startups and venture capitalists to
develop skills and processes to source
deals, perform diligence, evaluate
investments, draft investment memoranda
and manage portfolio companies.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 566 Cases in Feasibility Analysis
for Social Ventures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Deploy analytic
frameworks and conduct fieldwork to
evaluate the real-world potential of new
business concepts with a specific focus
on new social ventures. Recommended
Preparation: BAEP 589 or BAEP 591
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting majors Duplicates Credit in
BAEP 552 and BAEP 556 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 567 Social Entrepreneurship:
Design, Develop, and Deliver
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Develop the
analytical, conceptual, and practical
skills required to design, develop, and
deliver a new social business concept
and opportunity. Prerequisite: BAEP 566
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Social Entrepreneurship
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 571 Social Innovation Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Use innovative
problem-solving approaches to design
radically affordable solutions to challenges
faced by under-resourced communities.
Engage in early-stage market and rapid
prototyping. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Social
Entrepreneurship Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 575 Entrepreneurship in the Media
and Entertainment Industry
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to the ever-evolving field of
media and entertainment with a focus
on entrepreneurial opportunities within
the industry. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BAEP 585 Seminar: The Entrepreneurial
Mindset
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore the
art and science of entrepreneurship under
the guidance of a master entrepreneur.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate accounting and
business majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 589 Social Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Lead and
manage with entrepreneurial methodology
for charities, non-government organizations,
social oriented enterprises and not for profit
organizations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to MS in Social Entrepreneurship
students Duplicates Credit in BAEP 591
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BAEP 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BAEP 591 Social Entrepreneurship
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: Sp Lead and
manage with entrepreneurial methodology
for charities, non-government organizations,
social oriented enterprises and not for profit
organizations. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting majors Duplicates
Credit in BAEP 589 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BAEP 592 Field Research in Business
Entrepreneurship
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
or team projects studying the business
practices of an entrepreneurial industry,
company, government agency, country, etc.
Proposal, data collection, analyses, and
written report. (Recommended Preparation:
completion of required MBA, MAcc,
MBT, MKT, MSEI or MSSE course work)
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of required MBA, MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI
or MSSE course work Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BAEP 593 Independent Research in
Business Entrepreneurship
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4, Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research beyond normal
course offerings. Proposal, research and
written report/paper required. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BAEP 595 Internship in Business
Entrepreneurship
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised on-the-job
business experience in the student's area
of interest. (Curricular Practical Training.)
Recommended preparation: completion of
required MBA, MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI,
or MSSE course work. Recommended
Preparation: Completion of required MBA,
MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI, or MSSE course
work. Registration Restriction: Application
required. Open only to specified graduate
accounting and business students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BAEP 596 Research Practicum in
Business Entrepreneurship
Units: 0.5-2, Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Hands-on practical experience
working with a faculty member in the Lloyd
Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
on an ongoing research project. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BAEP 597 Consulting Project in
Business Entrepreneurship
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 909
and written presentations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Doctoral Students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BAEP 598 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular Current developments in
the field of entrepreneurship: topics to be
selected each semester. Graded CR/NC.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BAEP 599 Special Topics
Units: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular Current developments
in the field of entrepreneurship: topics to
be selected each semester. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to
only graduate accounting and business
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Biochemistry
BIOC 501 Recent Advances in
Biochemistry
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Lectures on areas of intermediary
metabolism and the chemistry of natural
products. Prerequisite: BISC 435 and
CHEM 431 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BIOC 502 Biochemistry Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Formal presentations and discussion
by students of material from research
literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BIOC 511 Foundations for Molecular
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Structure,
function and metabolism of nucleic acids,
proteins, carbohydrates and lipids and
related regulatory mechanism including
transcription factor and upstream signaling
pathways initiated at the cell membrane.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BIOC 515 Logic and Design of Disease
Mechanism Studies
Units: 4 Experimental logic used to
determine the mechanism of disease
development, identity and validate
therapeutic targets, and design therapeutic
approaches. Recommended Preparation:
BIOC 511, BIOC 581 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BIOC 522 Applications of Physical
Methods in Biochemistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
of physical analytical methods commonly
utilized in research in biochemistry and
molecular biology. Concurrent Enrollment:
CHEM 521. (Langen) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BIOC 555 Biochemical and Molecular
Bases of Disease
Units: 4 (Enroll in INTD 555)
BIOC 557 Biochemistry of Anti-Cancer
Agents
Units: 2 Explore how the development
of various classes of anti-cancer drugs
came about: the rationales behind their
design, what was discovered about their
biochemical mechanisms of action and
whether their clinical activities came up to
the original expectations. Other aspects
such as the origin of the concepts of
combination chemotherapy and biochemical
modulation will also be addressed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BIOC 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
BIOC 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
BIOC 573 Optimal Research
Presentations
Units: 1 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Lectures by peers; formal critique; prepare
and present own research to faculty and
peer audiences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BIOC 575 Predictive and Prognostic
Biomarkers in Cancer Treatment
Units: 2 Exploration of how appropriate
biomarkers can predict response to
cancer therapy, tumor recurrence after
surgery, rapid detection of tumor response
and overall prognosis. Recommended
Preparation: INTD 571 and a basic
understanding of molecular biology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BIOC 581 Toolbox for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Explores the principles and
applications of traditional and state-of-
the-art methods in molecular biology,
biochemistry and cell biology with intensive
problem-solving exercises in class.
Recommended Preparation: Fundamental
knowledge of DNA, RNA and protein
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BIOC 582 Exploring the Path from Data
to Publication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Reviews
best practices for research questions(s),
experimental design, data analysis,
manuscript review process and publication.
Teaches hands-on analysis and oral/
written presentation of various data types.
Recommended Preparation: BIOC 581
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BIOC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master of science degree. Maximum
units which may be applied to the degree
will be determined by the department.
Graded CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BIOC 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
BIOC 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
BIOC 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
BIOC 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BIOC 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BIOC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BIOC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BIOC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BIOC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BIOC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BIOC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Biological Sciences
BISC 101Lgx Cellular and Molecular
Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cellular and
molecular biology with examples related to
human biology and diseases. Fundamental
life processes examined at the genetic,
cellular and molecular levels. Satisfies
New General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Credit
Restriction: Not for major credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 102Lgx Humans and Their
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the physical and biological
laws that influence agriculture, pollution,
population dynamics (including humans),
climate, biodiversity and ecosystem
structure and function. Satisfies New
General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
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BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the
Environment and Life
Units: 4 Study of common skills in biology,
including basics of evolution, systematics,
ecology, genetics, biochemistry and
molecular biology, physiology, and
anatomy. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
BISC 104Lgx How the Body Works
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Structure and
function of the human body, including the
role of organ systems, tissues, and cells
in normal function. Malfunctions relating
to disease, substance abuse and lifestyle.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category III: Scientific
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 108L Special Laboratory I
Units: 1 Laboratory component for BISC
120 for entering freshmen or transfer
students with advanced placement or
equivalent lecture credit from another
institution. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 109L Special Laboratory II
Units: 1 Laboratory component for BISC
220 for entering freshmen or transfer
students with advanced placement or
equivalent lecture credit from another
institution. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 110g Good Genes, Bad Genes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the scientific method; basic instruction
in molecular biology with emphasis on
how biological research advancement has
impacted medicine, commerce and society
in general. Recommended Preparation:
High school biology Satisfies New General
Education in Category D: Life Sciences
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 112Lxg Data, Denial or Doom?:
Talking about Climate Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Interdisciplinary
approach to understanding the effects
of climate change on extreme weather,
biodiversity and human societies;
challenges with telling climate histories
and predicting climate futures. Satisfies
New General Education in Category D:
Life Sciences Credit Restriction: Not for
Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENGL 112
BISC 115Lxg The Biology of Food
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of molecular biology, biochemistry,
microbiology, nutrition and the history of
biology through the study of food, focusing
on food's relationship to the biological
world. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Credit
Restriction: Not for Major Credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 120Lg General Biology:
Organismal Biology and Evolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth
survey of key topics related to advances
in our knowledge of the diversity of life
and evolution; origin of life; eukaryotes/
prokaryotes; ecology. Satisfies New
General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in BISC 112L, BISC 113L, and
BISC 121L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology:
Organismal Biology and Evolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Equivalent
to BISC 120, but taught at a higher level
for exceptionally well-prepared students.
Admission to the course by departmental
approval only. Corequisite: CHEM 115aLg.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category III: Scientific
Inquiry Duplicates Credit in BISC 112L,
BISC 113L, and BISC 120L. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 140g Our Blue Planet in a
Changing Climate
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to biological oceanography and marine
ecosystems. Impact of climate changes on
marine ecosystems. Analysis of ocean-
related case studies being discussed by
mainstream media. Satisfies New General
Education in Category D: Life Sciences
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 150Lgx The Nature of Human
Health and Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The human
organism; the nature of inherited and
acquired diseases; the biological and
societal basis for the AIDS epidemic;
therapy, drug design and the future.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 180Lgx Evolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Changes in the
physical and biological universe over time;
origins of life, dinosaurs, human evolution.
Implications of evolutionary mechanisms
and mass extinctions for human survival.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit in any major. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 193 Introduction to Research I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa A series of
lectures and discussions at which faculty
of the department introduce their research
activities to students entering biology and
related majors. Recommended Preparation:
At least one introductory biology course or
equivalent AP credit in biology Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BISC 194 Introduction to Research II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp A series of
lectures and discussions at which faculty
of the department introduce their research
activities to students entering biology and
related majors. Recommended Preparation:
At least one introductory biology course or
equivalent AP credit in biology Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BISC 199 Neuroscience Colloquium
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to research activities conducted by
Neuroscience faculty at USC. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/ No
Credit Crosslisted as NEUR 199
BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell
Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp In-depth
survey of key topics related to advances
in our knowledge of cellular biology and
physiology; cell composition/metabolism;
gene action; organism structure and
function. Recommended Preparation: high
school chemistry; BISC 120Lg or BISC
121Lg. Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Duplicates Credit
in BISC 110L, BISC 111L, and BISC 221L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology:
Cell Biology and Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Equivalent
to 220L but taught at a higher level for
exceptionally well-prepared students.
Admission to the course by departmental
approval only. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg
or BISC 121Lg; Corequisite: CHEM 105bL
or CHEM 115bL. Satisfies New General
Education in Category D: Life Sciences
Duplicates Credit in BISC 110L, BISC 111L,
and BISC 220L. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the unique properties of
brain cells that allow complex perceptions
and behaviors; examination of structure
and activity of brain cells that underlie
function. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Credit Restriction: Not
available for major credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 235 The Biology of Sex
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
sexual reproduction in nature through the
lens of evolution and physiology; biological
cost/benefits of sex, sex determination,
sexual selection, sexual dimorphism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 290 Introduction to Biological
Research
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Experience in basic techniques
through supervised research in the
research laboratory of a departmental
faculty member. Prerequisite: (BISC 120Lg
or BISC 121Lg) and (BISC 220Lg or BISC
221Lg) and (CHEM 105bL or CHEM 108L
or CHEM 115bL) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Comparative
approach to bacteria, Archaea and
viruses; their structure, life cycles,
geochemical activity, ecology and nutrition.
Fundamentals of metabolism and microbial
genetics. Prerequisite: (BISC 103 or BISC
120 or BISC 121 or BISC 220 or BISC 221)
and (BISC 312 or BISC 320) Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 911
BISC 305g Statistics for Biological
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Statistical
methods in biological science and medicine,
including populations and samples,
random sampling, confidence intervals,
paired samples and regression. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BISC 307L General Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Physiological
functions of the circulatory, digestive,
endocrine, integumentary, musculoskeletal,
nervous, respiratory, and urogenital
systems of animals. Prerequisite: BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 310 Statistical Thinking for
Quantitative Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in QBIO
310)
BISC 312x Molecular Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Structure
and function of biological macromolecules;
major metabolic pathways including
glycolysis and photosynthesis. DNA
replication, repair, and recombination; gene
expression, regulation and epigenetics.
Recommended Preparation: BISC 220 or
BISC 221 Credit Restriction: Not for Major
Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 313L Evolution and Population
Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp History of
evolutionary thought; molecular basis
for evolution; dynamics of genes in
populations; speciation and macro
evolution; patterns of evolution.
Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or BISC
221Lg; BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg;
Recommended Preparation: BISC 320Lg,
BISC 325, and familiarity with algebra,
basic chemistry, and basic physics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 314L Cell Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Modern
biological research laboratory cell
culture techniques with an emphasis on
mammalian systems; topics include in-vitro
cell growth requirements, cryopreservation
and transfected DNA expression.
Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 121 or
BISC 220 or BISC 221 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Organism-
environment interactions; dynamics of
populations, communities, and ecosystems;
evolutionary forces. Prerequisite: BISC
103Lgx or BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Structure and
synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins;
molecular biology of prokaryotes and
eukaryotes; principles of genetics and
cell biology. Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL
or CHEM 108L or CHEM 115bL Satisfies
New General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 321 Multidisciplinary Seminar:
Science, Technology and Society
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Builds upon
a basic science background to provide
students with an awareness of cutting
edge scientific research, its technological
applications and its societal ramifications.
Prerequisite: (BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg
or BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg) and (CHEM
105aLg or CHEM 107Lg or CHEM 115aLg)
and (PHYS 135aLg or PHYS 151Lg)
Duplicates Credit in former MDA 321
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 325 Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Transmission
genetics and genotype/phenotype; mapping
methods; complex traits; genetics of
human disease and population genetics.
Prerequisite: (BISC 120Lg or BISC
121Lg) and (BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 326L Urban Conservation Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to urban conservation biology, focusing
on Los Angeles; emphasis on biological
aspects of urban conservation, biodiversity
and extinction, population restoration,
conservation planning and actions.
Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 121
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 330L Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
biochemical principles; classes of
molecules - structure and function; cellular
energetics. Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL or
CHEM 325aL Duplicates Credit in former
BISC 316 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CHEM 330
BISC 335 Science, Health and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ENST
335)
BISC 352 Conservation Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
of conservation science in marine and
terrestrial ecosystems with emphasis on
protecting biological diversity and balancing
the needs of nature with those of humans.
Recommended Preparation: Introductory
course in biology such as BISC 103, BISC
120 or BISC 121, or AP Biology credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENST-352
BISC 363L Mammalogy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the morphology, classification,
distribution and physiology of mammals;
study of major mammalian groups
worldwide and identification and field study
of local species. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 365 Phylogenetics and Evolution
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Underlying
biological philosophies of systematics
and phylogenetic algorithms used to
infer phylogenetic relationships between
organisms. Interpretation and production
of cladograms and phylogenetic trees.
Recommended Preparation: BISC 120Lg
or HBIO 200Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 369L Ecology and the Natural
History of California
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Marine,
freshwater, and terrestrial communities
of California. Life histories, morphology,
special evolutionary adaptations.
Relationships between organisms and their
biological-physical-chemical environment.
Offered on Catalina. Emphasis on field
biology. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or BISC
121Lg. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 371L Molecular Approaches to the
Diversity of Life
Units: 4 Patterns of evolutionary change
investigating the molecular basis of heredity
utilizing DNA data. History, principles and
application of molecular systematics,
and genetic variation. Taught on Catalina
Island. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or BISC
121Lg; BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg;
Recommended Preparation: BISC 320Lg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 372 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the experiments, theories and knowledge
of modern cell biology; analysis of
cutting-edge research papers; focused on
organelles, signaling, cytoskeleton and
the cell cycle. Prerequisite: BISC 220 or
BISC 221 and MATH 125 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BISC 379L Our Future Changing Ocean
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Human-induced
oceanic global change, including fisheries
collapse, acidification and pollution;
management and conservation strategies to
prevent and mitigate damage to the ocean
environment. Recommended Preparation:
An introductory course in biology, earth
sciences, or environmental studies, and
math Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 401 Introduction to Computational
Analysis of Biological Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
QBIO 401)
BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Molecular
mechanisms and control of DNA replication,
DNA repair, recombination, gene
expression, cell growth, and development in
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, from
bacteria to humans. Prerequisite: BISC
320 Recommended Preparation: BISC 313
or BISC 325. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 405L General Embryology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Vertebrate and
human development: cellular differentiation;
germ cell development and growth;
hormonal regulation of reproductive
cycles; cleavage through neurulation
and subsequent development of primary
organs. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or
BISC 121Lg; BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg;
Recommended Preparation: two from
BISC 313, BISC 320Lg, BISC 325 and
BISC 330L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
912 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
BISC 406L Biotechnology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Techniques
in molecular biology and biochemistry
applied to prokaryotic and eukaryotic model
systems; applications of recombinant DNA
and genomic technology. Prerequisite:
BISC 320Lg; Recommended Preparation:
BISC 313 or BISC 325. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 407 Cellular and Molecular
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of individual nerve cell
development, target location, and
establishment of functional synapses; how
dysfunction in these processes contributes
to neurological and neuropsychiatric
diseases. Prerequisite: BISC 421
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
NEUR 407
BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience: From
Synapses to Perception
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Sensory
systems to illustrate basic concepts
regarding the functional organization of the
brain, from the microscopic arrangement
of neural circuits to global processes such
as perception. Prerequisite: BISC 421.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
NEUR-408
BISC 410 Applications of Molecular
Biology to Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advances and
trends in the understanding, diagnosis and
treatment of human diseases. Prerequisite:
BISC 312x or BISC 330L or CHEM 350g
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors or other exceptionally well-prepared
students with instructor permission
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 411 Advanced Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
synthesis, transport and assembly of the
complex structures that mediate eukaryotic
cellular function. Electrical and biochemical
mechanisms underlying intercellular
communication. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg
or BISC 221Lg; BISC 320Lg. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 412 Oceans, Climate, and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
GEOL 412)
BISC 414 Biology of Cancer
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Focus on the
advances in molecular biology of cancer,
from fundamental molecular signaling
pathways to DNA repair to stem cell biology,
through primary research literature reviews.
Prerequisite: BISC 320Lg Recommended
Preparation: BISC 325 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 419L Microbiology for a
Sustainable Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Qualitative and
quantitative appraisal of microbial activities
related to sustainable human communities
and climate; microbial biogeochemistry;
effects of microorganisms on their
surroundings; advanced research training.
Recommended Preparation: BISC 300L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 421 Neurobiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Structure,
function, and development of nervous
systems; neural integration and
mechanisms of behavior; organization and
operation of brains. Prerequisite: BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as NEUR 421
BISC 422L Neurobiology Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Experimentation
on excitable cells, synapses, and neural
circuits; intracellular and extra cellular
techniques for recording, stimulation, and
identification of nerve and muscle cells.
Corequisite: BISC 421. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological
Basis of Neurological Disorders
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
various neurological disorders originating
from developmental signaling and/or
anatomical abnormalities. Prerequisite:
BISC 421 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
NEUR 423
BISC 424 Brain Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp How the parts
of the brain are interconnected to form
a complex biological computer, from
historical, evolutionary and developmental
perspectives. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
NEUR 424
BISC 425 Genetics through the Scientific
Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Literature-based
seminar in current and classical topics in
genetics. Recommended Preparation: BISC
325 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 426 Principles of Neural
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Basic
phenomena and principles of neural
development, their relation to functional
development of neural circuits, behavior,
and disease. General concepts and
experimental approaches are emphasized.
Prerequisite: BISC 421. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as NEUR-426
BISC 427 The Global Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Earth's
development as a habitable planet,
from origin to human impacts on global
biogeochemical cycles in the ocean, land,
atmosphere. Discussion of environmental
alternatives. Prerequisite: (BISC 103Lgx or
BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg) and (CHEM
103Lgx or CHEM 105bL or CHEM 108L
or CHEM 115bL) Registration Restriction:
Open only to Biological Sciences,
Environmental Studies, and Geological
Sciences majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENST
427, GEOL 427
BISC 428 The Biology of Health from a
Global Perspective
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: Fa
Prevention and surveillance of infectious
and chronic diseases from a global public
health and systems perspective. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 429 Cancer Immunology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp In-depth
study of the role of the immune system
in oncogenesis. Discussion of cellular
transformation, immune surveillance,
immune-based therapies, and new
approaches in cancer treatment.
Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity
with Molecular Biology, Genetics, Principles
of Immunology Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the habitat, phylogenetic,
physiological and metabolic diversity of
microbial life in aquatic environments.
Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg
Duplicates Credit in BISC 419L Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 434 Introduction to Genome
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Characterization
of the sequence, function and evolution
of genomes; study of the molecular
basis of phenotypes and the relationship
between genomics and synthetic biology.
Recommended Preparation: BISC 325
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Macro molecular
structure and function; enzymology;
metabolic regulation. Prerequisite: BISC
330L. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 437L Comparative Physiology of
Animals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Control of the
internal environment of animals in relation
to their external environment. Thermal
regulation, osmoregulation, excretion,
and ion balance. Offered on Catalina.
Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 121;
BISC 220 or BISC 221; Recommended
Preparation: two from BISC 313, BISC
320Lg, BISC 325 and BISC 330L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 438 Nutritional Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Metabolism of
carbohydrates, proteins, fats. Biochemical
basis of nutrition's impact on metabolic
functions, including vitamins, minerals and
biologically active non-nutrients; medical
aspects of nutrition. Prerequisite: BISC
330L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 440 Biodemography of Aging
Units: 4 (Enroll in GERO 440 )
BISC 444 Practical Analysis of Biological
Data in R
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Instruction
in the open-source statistical program
environment R to analyze biological
data; manipulation of large datasets and
customization of statistical tests using
simulations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 445L Fundamentals of Vertebrate
Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Evolution and
comparative anatomy of vertebrates.
Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 121
Recommended Preparation: two from
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 913
BISC 313, BISC 320, BISC 325 and
BISC 330 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 447L Island Biogeography and
Field Ecology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Biogeography,
geology, ecology, climate, flora, and fauna
of terrestrial and marine environments of
Catalina and the Channel Islands including
laboratory and field techniques of ecology.
Taught on Catalina Island. Prerequisite:
BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 450L Principles of Immunology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Immune
processes, humoral and cellular;
immunoglobulins; antibody formation;
antigen-antibody interactions; immune
dyscrasias; transplantation and tumor
immunology; basic hematology and
immuno-hematology. Prerequisite: BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 455L Molecular Approaches to
Microbial Diversity — Catalina Semester
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
and practical application of genetic and
immunological techniques for examining
diversity and community structure of
natural microbial assemblages in aquatic
ecosystems. Prerequisite: BISC 320Lg;
Corequisite: BISC 431L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 456L Conservation Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Biological
principles underlying conservation
including ecology, evolution, genetics
and biogeography. Covers both marine
and terrestrial environment, with special
emphasis on island biology. Catalina
semester only. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or
BISC 121Lg; BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg;
Recommended Preparation: BISC 320Lg;
BISC 313 or BISC 325. Duplicates Credit in
BISC 373L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENST-456
BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology
and Biological Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
standard methods used in oceanography
and marine biology through a combination
of lectures, laboratory exercises and field
experiences. Prerequisite: BISC 103 or
BISC 120 or BISC 121 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 460 Seminar in Marine and
Environmental Biology
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Topical seminar in marine and
environmental biology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 461 Seminar in Molecular and
Computational Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Topical
seminar in molecular and computational
biology. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as GERO-461
BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Topical seminar in neurobiology.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors, seniors, master and doctoral
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as NEUR 462
BISC 469L Marine Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Oceanography
and marine biology, sampling techniques,
evolutionary adaptations, morphology,
systematics. Prerequisite: BISC 103Lgx or
BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg Recommended
Preparation: BISC 473L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 473L Biological Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Biological,
physical, chemical dynamics and analysis
of the ocean; primary production of
phytoplankton, secondary production by
zooplankton, bacterial remineralization;
physiology, ecology of fishes, marine
mammals. Prerequisite: BISC 103 or BISC
120 or BISC 121Lg Registration Restriction:
Junior, Senior, or with permission from the
instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 474L Ecosystem Function and
Earth Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa General
principles of ecosystem function, energy
flow and materials cycling in marine
systems at various scales and the
importance of microbial processes in
these systems. Taught on Catalina Island.
Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
GEOL-474
BISC 479L Computational Genome
Analysis Laboratory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in QBIO
479L)
BISC 480L Developmental Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
mechanisms of animal development are
considered at different levels of analysis.
Emphasis is on molecular, genetic and
cellular processes underlying vertebrate
and invertebrate development. General
concepts and evolutionary mechanisms are
emphasized. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or
BISC 221Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 482 Systems Biology: Modeling the
Dynamics of Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in QBIO
482)
BISC 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Relationships
between microbiota and the earth
environment including the hydrosphere,
lithosphere and atmosphere, with
consideration of the potential for life on
other planets. Prerequisite: (BISC 120Lg or
BISC 121Lg) and (CHEM 105bL or CHEM
108L) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as GEOL 483
BISC 485 Advanced Seminar in Bacterial
Survival and Evolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Literature-
based seminar in current topics in microbial
evolution and adaptation. Prerequisite:
(BISC 120Lg or BISC 121Lg) and (BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg) and (BISC 312x or
BISC 320Lg or CHEM 350g) and (CHEM
322aL or CHEM 325aL) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 486 Regenerative Medicine:
Principles, Paradigms and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of molecular and cellular processes
that generate, maintain and repair body
systems. Special emphasis on stem
cell biology with clinical applications to
regenerative medicine. Prerequisite: (BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg) or BISC 320L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 488 Microscopy and Spectroscopy
of Biological Systems
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and principles of modern approaches to
microscopy and spectroscopy. Hands-
on experience with advanced imaging
systems, focusing on problem-based
learning to solve biological problems.
Recommended Preparation: BISC 220Lg,
BISC 330L, PHYS 135aLg, PHYS 135bL,
MATH 125g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 491L Practical Aquaculture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Directed
research focused on sustainable marine
aquaculture; in particular, research and
development projects leveraged by a
partnership between academic, non-profit
and commercial organizations. Prerequisite:
BISC 103 or BISC 120 or BISC 121
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors, seniors, progressive master's
and master's students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 493x Honors Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or BISC
121Lg; BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 494x Honors Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Prerequisite:
BISC 493. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Lecture and discussion in specialized
areas of the biological sciences. Students
cannot register more than twice for this
course. Recommended Preparation: BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg, BISC 320Lg, BISC
325 and BISC 330L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 502a Molecular Genetics and
Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Current genetic
and biochemical analysis of replication,
recombination, mutagenesis, and repair.
Fundamentals of transcription and
regulation of gene expression. Recent
applications of genetic engineering and
genome analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 502b Molecular Genetics and
Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Current
genetic and biochemical analysis of
replication, recombination, mutagenesis,
and repair. Fundamentals of transcription
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and regulation of gene expression. Recent
applications of genetic engineering and
genome analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BISC 504L Laboratory Techniques in
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Rotation of graduate
students through Molecular Biology
research laboratories to learn the major
technological skills required in the field.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BISC 505 Genomics and Molecular
Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Molecular
genetics (mutagenesis, repair,
recombination, and gene regulation) from
quantitative and mechanistic approaches.
Simple and complex genome analysis
using recombinant DNA, physical, and
computational techniques. Recommended
Preparation: BISC 502b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 511 Integrative Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Current topics in
integrative biology including form, function
and energy use throughout the lifespan in
the context of genetics, natural selection
and ecology. Duplicates Credit in the former
BISC 510a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 512 Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
current topics in evolutionary biology;
genetics, natural selection, ecology;
emphasis on higher order complex
questions of lifespan, form, function, and
energy use. Duplicates Credit in the former
BISC 510b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 515 Evolution and Human Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Topics in
evolution and human biology with emphasis
on life span, form, function and energy use
in the context of genetics, natural selection
and ecology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 519 Recent Advances in
Neurobiology and Endocrinology of
Aging
Units: 2, 4 (Enroll in GERO 519 )
BISC 520 Recent Advances in
Neurobiology
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: Fa Lectures on selected topics
in neurobiology. Registration restricted to
three semesters. Prerequisite: graduate
status in departmental program or
departmental approval. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 521 Hearing and Communication
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A basic
grounding in broad aspects of the
neuroscience of hearing and vocal
communication. Prerequisite: BISC 421
and NSCI 524 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as NSCI
521
BISC 522 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems,
Vibrations, and Chaos
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AME
520)
BISC 529 Seminar in Marine Biology
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
BISC 530 Advanced Seminar in Plankton
Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An overview
of phytoplankton and zooplankton taxa,
their morphologies and life histories
using material collected from the local
environment off LA and near the Phillip K.
Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina
Island. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 531 Advanced Seminar on the
Physiology of Marine Organisms
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Physiological
processes dictate survival potential,
growth rates, and many other biological
processes that affect the distribution of
species in the oceans. Emphasis on the
diverse environmental factors that influence
physiological adaptations of marine
organisms. Examples from a wide variety
of marine organisms, from bacterial to
animals, will be studied. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 532 Advanced Seminar in
Molecular and Microbial Ecology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Microorganisms dominate biological
processes in the ocean. These species
pose significant problems for estimating
species diversity, abundance and activity.
Examination of modern molecular biological
approaches for analyzing aquatic microbial
communities and their ecological roles.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 533 Advanced Seminar in Remote
Sensing and Modeling
Units: 2 Modern oceanographic methods for
making remote measurements of aquatic
and terrestrial ecosystems using satellite
imagery and other means. Integrating these
data into models that describe ecosystem
structure and enable interpretation of
ecosystem function. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 534 Advanced Seminar in
Population Genetics of Marine
Organisms
Units: 2 An overview of the theory
underlying population and quantitative
genetics, with applications to marine
systems. Basic evolutionary mechanisms
(mutation, migration, drift, selection,
nonrandom mating) and modern evidence
for their roles in structuring genetic variation
within and among marine populations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 535 Seminar in Physiology
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 536 Advanced Seminar in Marine
Biogeochemistry
Units: 2 Examination of the interplay
between ocean biology and the cycling of
carbon, nitrogen and other elements on a
local, regional and global scale. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 537 Seminar in Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 538 Metals and Biology in Oceanic
Regimes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Relationships
between metals in reducing regimes
and microbes that utilize them for
metalloenzymes. Focus on biological
availability of micronutrient and processes
like chemoautotrophy or biomineralization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 539 Race and Racism in
Evolutionary Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
seminar discussing biological concepts of
race and ancestry, the history of eugenics,
race and intelligence/aptitude tests, race-
based medicine, strategies for increasing
diversity in STEM. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 542 Seminar in Molecular Biology
Units: 1 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
BISC 544 Advanced Reading in
Molecular Biology
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced training for molecular
biology graduate students in reading
primary journal articles. Emphasis on
critical analyses of primary scientific
literature. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master and doctoral students in
Computational Molecular Biology, Molecular
Biology, Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 545 Modeling and Numerical
Techniques for Marine Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Statistical
analyses of data sets, development of
modeling frameworks, numerical models
of varying complexity, and techniques for
analyzing model results. Recommended
Preparation: Suggested reading MATLAB
Primer (Timothy Davis) Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as GEOL 545, OS 545,
QBIO 545
BISC 549 Seminar in Integrative and
Evolutionary Biology
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current topics in integrative and
evolutionary biology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 550a Developmental Origins of
Health and Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Molecular
mechanisms affected by environmental
factors that may predispose individuals to
many adult diseases and have pre-/peri-
natal origins with multigenerational effects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 550b Developmental Origins of
Health and Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Molecular
mechanisms affected by environmental
factors that may predispose individuals to
many adult diseases and have pre-/peri-
natal origins with multigenerational effects.
Prerequisite: BISC 550a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 552 Bioethics, Health Policy and
Human Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of human development utilizing bioethics,
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health policy and social justice frameworks;
maternal-fetal health care, epigenetics/
genomics privacy, environmental influences
and social determinants of health.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 555 Epidemiology of
Developmental Origins of Disease
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Epidemiology
terminology and use; analysis and
interpretation of raw data; communication
of results to the general public; applications
to developmental origins of health and
disease. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 556 Developmental Nutrition and
Lifelong Health
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp The role of
nutrition at various stages of the human
life cycle and the effect of nutritional
concerns on disease etiology/pathogenesis
in adulthood. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 557 Emerging Technologies for the
Study of Health and Disease
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Provides
students with a conceptual and practical
understanding of advanced techniques
in molecular and imaging science and
research. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 558a Capstone Research Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Develop
skills in analyzing and discussing
complex, intersectional problems in the
developmental origins of human health and
disease with ethical and policy implications.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 558b Capstone Research Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Develop
skills in analyzing and discussing
complex, intersectional problems in the
developmental origins of human health and
disease with ethical and policy implications.
Prerequisite: BISC 558a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 558c Capstone Research Project
Units: 8 Terms Offered: Sm Modern,
innovative techniques in molecular and
imaging science to solve challenging
interdisciplinary problems in the
developmental origins of health and
disease; laboratory-based instruction.
Prerequisite: BISC 558b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 559 DOOHD Seminar Series
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminars discussing the complex
interplay in human development and aging,
(epi)genetics and environment, racial
and socioeconomic disparities, local and
global health, climate change and pollution.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
BISC 574 Systems Physiology and
Disease II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
BISC 576 Practical Statistics and
Bioinformatics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
experience in statistics and bioinformatics
methods, software packages applicable
to molecular biology, genomics analysis,
and structural bioinformatics and their
underlying principles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 581L Current Problems in Marine
Sciences
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular In-depth studies on selected
problems of current interest in the marine
sciences. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
BISC 582 Advanced Biological
Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Aspects of
physics and chemistry of the oceans.
Qualitative and quantitative considerations
of the ecology of pelagic and benthic
communities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as OS-
582
BISC 583 Evolution and Adaptation of
Marine Organisms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamentals
of evolutionary patterns and processes in
the marine environment, with emphasis on
rates of adaptation to a changing ocean.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BISC 584 Faculty Lecture Series
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Multi- instructor
course designed to introduce students to
the breadth and depth of faculty interests
within the Marine Environmental Biology
section of Biological Sciences and the
Natural History Museum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 585 Scientific Writing and
Reviewing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Hands-on
experience writing and reviewing scientific
literature. The review process and
participation in writing and reviewing their
own proposals. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BISC 586 Biological Oceanographic
Instrumentation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
analytical principles, theory and application
behind commonly used methodologies in
biological oceanography. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 587 Communicating Ocean
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Multi-instructor,
interdisciplinary course focused on student
awareness and improvement of cognitive
processes used in research development,
and communication of ocean literacy in the
public sector. Recommended Preparation:
Graduate level understanding of
oceanographic principles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 588 Introduction to Bioinformatics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Hands-
on introduction to basic bioinformatics
skills, software and analysis pipelines for
biologists with minimal to no prior command
line experience. Registration Restriction:
Registration open only to MBBO and
OCS graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BISC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BISC 593 Practicum in Teaching the
Biological Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
BISC 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BISC 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BISC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BISC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BISC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BISC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BISC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BISC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Biokinesiology
BKN 504 Neuromuscular Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in BME
504)
BKN 510 Sports Science Statistics -
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Apply
statistical methods for hypotheses testing
sports science using commonly used
methods and statistical software. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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BKN 550 Neurobehavioral Basis of
Movement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the neurobehavioral and neurobiological
basis of movement. Review of information
processing, neural basis of perception/
action, motor systems, and higher cognitive
function and behavior. Recommended
Preparation: biology and physiology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BKN 551 Musculoskeletal and
Biomechanical Basis of Movement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the mechanical properties of the
musculoskeletal system. Review of
connective tissue and muscle mechanics,
arthrology, anatomical design and
statics. Laboratory dissections illustrate
biomechanical concepts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 552 Physiological Basis of
Voluntary Movement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Consideration
of the neuromuscular and musculoskeletal
physiology of voluntary movement.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BKN 553 Experimental Methods for the
Analysis of Human Movement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
students to the techniques and hardware
used to record movement, measure
movement-related variables, and analyze
those variables to address hypotheses.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BKN 557L Functional Neuroanatomy
with Lab Dissection
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Comprehensive survey of regional
neuroanatomy covered in lecture and
laboratory format with dissection. In-depth
consideration is given to neuroanatomical
basis of sensory and motor function. Topics
include neuroanatomical basis of cellular
function, somatosensation, special senses,
movement and distributed motor control,
and homeostasis regulation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 559 Readings in Biokinesiology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Independent review
and synthesis of papers appearing in the
current literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BKN 560 Movement Analysis for Sport
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Perform
systematic quantitative biomechanical
analyses of common movements in sport
and exercise using a variety of motion
analysis techniques. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 563 Biomechanics
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Advanced study of the kinematics of human
motion. Emphasis on the inverse dynamics
solution to qualify forces and moments of
force. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 566 Neurobiology of Locomotion
Units: 2 Topics include developmental
biology of embryonic motility, central pattern
generators, descending neural regulation,
sensory modulation, and perception/
action influences on the motor control of
locomotion. Prerequisite: BISC 524, BISC
525; Recommended Preparation: BKN 550.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BKN 567 Advanced Topics in
Biomechanics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
examination of motion-analysis techniques,
applications and data interpretation.
Magnetic tracking techniques, upper-
extremity kinematics, energy/work/impulse
concepts, intersegmental dynamics, and
EMG muscle modeling are examined.
Prerequisite: BKN 563. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 573a Advanced Dissection
Anatomy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
analysis of systems or structures with
dissection. Emphasis on correlations with
function. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 573b Advanced Dissection
Anatomy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
analysis of systems or structures with
dissection. Emphasis on correlations with
function. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 575 Principles of Musculoskeletal
Imaging
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Basic principles
of musculoskeletal imaging as it relates to
biomechanics research. Topics include MRI
physics, variable imaging parameters and
selection of pulse sequences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 578 Classic Readings in
Biokinesiology
Units: 2 A seminar course in which students
read and discuss classic scientific papers
that have shaped the development of the
movement sciences over the past 150
years. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 585 Systematic Research Writing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Development
of analytical journal reading skills and
proficiency in scientific writing. Lecture and
tutorial format. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BKN 587a Physiological Correlates of
Therapeutic Exercise
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Responses
of the physically handicapped to exercise.
Emphasis on muscle, energy metabolism,
body temperature, environment, endocrine
considerations. Strengthening, training,
endurance, and evaluation of performance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BKN 587b Physiological Correlates of
Therapeutic Exercise
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Responses of
the physically handicapped to exercise, with
emphasis on cardiovascular and respiratory
adaptations and pathology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 588 Physiology and Biomechanics
of Resistance Exercise
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Science
of resistance-exercise prescription,
adaptation, and outcome assessment.
Topics include periodization, neuromuscular
and connective tissue adaptation,
special populations, and biomechanical
considerations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BKN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BKN 593 Behavioral Basis of Motor
Control and Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Seminar
in movement science dealing with the
behavioral basis of motor control and
learning from an information processing
perspective. Recommended Preparation:
statistics; psychology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
BKN 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
BKN 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
BKN 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BKN 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Studies of scientific theory in
physical therapy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BKN 600 Sports Science Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
combination of observation, participation
(testing/assessments, training) and analysis
and interpretation of data. Supervision and
guidance from the internship mentor will
vary depending on the setting and credit
hours. Allows students a progressively
increasing amount of responsibility with
respect to athlete/subject and/or data
involvement. Prerequisite: BKN 551 and
BKN 552 and BKN 550 and BKN 553
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BKN 610L Technology in Sport: Field
Assessment of Athlete Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction of topics related to
assessments of athlete performance on
the field or in the sports setting. Focus
on understanding and applying available
technology to athlete field assessments.
Overview of the techniques and hardware
used to assess athlete performance outside
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of a laboratory setting. Prerequisite: BKN
551 and BKN 552 and BKN 553 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 611L Technology in Sport:
Physiological Assessments
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the physiological
assessment of athlete performance.
Focus on understanding, performing and
interpreting physiological assessments
such as metabolic testing (VO2max),
hydration, oxygen saturation, body
composition, lactate threshold, heart rate,
core body temperature. Prerequisite: BKN
551 and BKN 552 and BKN 553 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 615 Principles of Skeletal
Adaptation
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sm
Introduction to the integrative physiology of
skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading.
Emphasis on mechanical and chemical
regulation of bone mass. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 617 Modeling the Motor System:
An Introduction
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Introduction of basic principles and models
of the primate motor system. Emphasis
on arm control. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BKN 618L Modeling the Motor System:
Laboratory
Units: 1, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Introduction of computer programming and
implementation of computational models
in a laboratory setting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BKN 621 Electromyography in Research
and Practice
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Physiology and electrophysiology of
muscular contraction, how it is collected,
quantified and processed. Uses of
electromyographic information for research
and clinical assessments. Recommended
Preparation: human anatomy, skeletal
muscle physiology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 623 Neuroplasticity and Neural
Repair
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered:
Fa Integration of basic research on
neuroplasticity and clinical research on
central nervous system reorganization after
brain injury. Implication for neurorecovery
and rehabilitation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BKN 630 Resistance Training
Techniques for High Performance
Athletes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to training methods and
techniques as they pertain to high
performance athletes with a focus on
advanced resistance training programs and
periodization schemes. Prerequisite: BKN
551 and BKN 552 and BKN 550 and BKN
553 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 672 Advanced Independent Study
in Biokinesiology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Examination of selected
mechanisms underlying normal movement
and pathological movement. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BKN 680 Introduction to Data Science
for Biomedical and Movement Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
students in biomedical, biological and
movement sciences who want to learn
modern advanced statistical learning
methods and to improve R programming.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
BKN 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BKN 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BKN 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BKN 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BKN 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
BKN 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Biopharmaceutical Marketing
BPMK 500 Biopharmaceutical Marketing
Management
Units: 3 Gain fundamental analytic skills
and insights of medical trends directly from
global payers, industry and government
policy leaders covering healthcare
reform, access and future therapies.
Recommended Preparation: Graduate
degree in pharmacy, medicine, or related
MS or PhD program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPMK 501 Healthcare Payers, Insurance
and Coverage Policy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Review
evolution, design, forecasting future
healthcare and coverage policies. Actuarial
costs impact and controls on insurance
premiums. Master and design successful
formulary and reimbursement tactics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPMK 502 Biopharmaceutical Product
Development and Marketing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Portfolio role
of clinical trials, regulatory and government
agencies in product development. Winning
through strategy! Planning profiles for novel
products R&D vs. unmet medical needs.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPMK 503 Biopharmaceutical
Advertising and Communication
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Understand
product positioning, timing and market
opportunities. Key message development
and communication pathways, budgets,
quantitative measures for Grab and Growth!
Integrated launch and market planning.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPMK 504 Market Access and
Reimbursement Strategy
Units: 3 Profile insurance categories,
controls and public demands. Aligning
formulary and value measures and
research. Play to Win! Quantitative
assessment of market segmentation and
evidence generation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPMK 505 Product Health Economics
and Valuation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Applied
microeconomic tools, health technology
assessment, cost effectiveness and
commercial utility research. Practical
understanding data sets and applications
of real-world outcomes research and
innovative modeling. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPMK 506 Biopharmaceutical Product
Pricing and Competition
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Design
risk maps, methods and processes for
competitive intelligence. War Games!
Pricing tools and revenue models.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPMK 508 Biopharmaceutical Marketing
Research and Analytics
Units: 3 Research and analytical
methods for synthesizing data-driven
insights informing marketing decisions
of biopharmaceutical products. Apply
systematic frameworks of marketing
research to assess a drug's commercial
opportunities. Registration Restriction: Not
open to GSBA Business Administration
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BPMK 509 Seminars in
Biopharmaceutical Marketing
Units: 1 Max Units: 03 Weekly seminar
and literature series to review and discuss
policy of biopharmaceutical and healthcare
access issues. Student-led discussions,
expert guest speakers, group projects,
critical thinking. Registration Restriction:
Not open to GSBA Business Administration
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BPMK 510 Capstone I:
Biopharmaceutical Management Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Program
directed basic research and topics to
develop student core skills surrounding
research design, execution, planning,
presentation and defense, consistent with
BP industry standards. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPMK 511 Capstone II:
Biopharmaceutical Management Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Student directed
advanced research and topics to develop
student individual skills surrounding
research design, execution, planning,
presentation and defense, consistent with
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BP industry standards. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPMK 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Special Topics in Biopharmaceutical
Marketing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry
BMDD 588a Digital Technology Applied
to Dentistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to critically review,
analyze, and discuss digital technologies
applied to dentistry. Registration Restriction:
Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BMDD 588b Digital Technology Applied
to Dentistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to critically review,
analyze, and discuss digital technologies
applied to dentistry. Prerequisite: BMDD
588a Registration Restriction: Open only
to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BMDD 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BMDD 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
BMDD 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Prerequisite: BMDD 594a Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Credit/No Credit
BMDD 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Prerequisite: BMDD 594b Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Credit/No Credit
Biomedical Engineering
BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Historical
development and survey of major areas
comprising biomedical engineering:
theoretical neurobiology and systems
physiology, biomedical instrumentation,
artificial organ and prosthetic devices,
biomedical computer applications.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
BME 201 Biomedical Engineering
Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of the technical and practical challenges
involved in the development of medical
devices, including neural implants,
in industry and the clinical setting.
Recommended Preparation: BME 101.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 202 Control and Communication in
the Nervous System
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the structure and function of the nervous
system for biomedical engineers. Modeling
of neurophysiological processes at single
neuron and systems levels. Prerequisite:
MATH 126g or MATH 129 Duplicates
Credit in former BME 402 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 204 Biomedical Prototyping and
Fabrication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of physical prototypes of biomedical
devices and systems; acquisition and
practice of skills for documentation and
fabrication; prototype testing and validation
against requirements. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
BME 210 Biomedical Computer
Simulation Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Computational
methods for simulation of circulatory,
respiratory, pharmacokinetic, and neural
models. Quadrature, differential equations,
systems of linear equations, simulation
languages, experimental statistics.
Recommended Preparation: BME 101
Corequisite: MATH 245 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BME 302L Medical Electronics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Electronic
design and measurements for medical
applications. Use of integrated circuits,
biopotential measurements, static and
dynamic calibration of physiological
transducers. Prerequisite: EE 202L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BME 308 Computer-Aided Design for
Bio-Mechanical Systems
Units: 3 (Enroll in ITP 308)
BME 350 Biomedical Engineering
Industrial Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Training in
specific skills relevant to biomedical
industry. Placement in summer internship
following successful completion of the
course. Junior standing. Prerequisite: BME
210. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 402 Control and Communication in
the Nervous System
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the structural and functional elements
common to nervous systems, with
emphasis on cellular dynamics,
interneuronal communication, sensory
and effector systems. Prerequisite: (BME
210 and MATH 245) and (BISC 110g or
BISC 220Lg) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BME 403L Physiological Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A thorough
bioengineering treatment of the
physiological properties of various
mammalian organ systems: e.g.,
cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and
musculoskeletal. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg
and MATH 245 Corequisite: EE 202L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BME 404 Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Mechanical
properties of biological tissues, application
of statics and dynamics to assess loads
within the musculoskeletal structures,
and fundamentals of orthopaedic implant
performance. Prerequisite: PHYS 151Lg
and MATH 245 Recommended Preparation:
Basic knowledge of anatomical structures,
fundamentals of mechanics of materials
including stress-strain relations, and
mechanical properties of materials
Corequisite: AME 201 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BME 405L Senior Projects:
Measurements and Instrumentation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of instrumentation and measurement
techniques to biomedical engineering
projects involving measurement,
replacement or augmentation of biomedical
systems. Prerequisite: BME 210, EE 202L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BME 406 Introduction to Bioengineering
in Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Bioengineering
concepts and technologies applied
to cancer diagnosis, drug discovery,
immunotherapeutic development, stem
cell techniques and therapies, mechanistic
research. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BME 408 Rehabilitation Engineering and
Assistive Technologies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
technologies used for rehabilitation and
improved function, including limb and spinal
orthoses and prostheses, gait analysis
and sensory aids and augmentation.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
background in statics and dynamics at
the level taught in AME 201 and AME 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials
and Tissue Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
survey of the cells, materials, and
techniques used to engineer human tissues
for applications in regenerative medicine
and drug screening. Prerequisite: CHEM
322aL and BISC 220Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CHE 410
BME 412 Craniofacial and Dental
Technology
Units: 4 (Enroll in DENT 412)
BME 413 Bioengineering Signals and
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to concepts relating to linear signals and
systems theory, time and frequency domain
analysis, and application of these concepts
to problems in Biomedical Engineering.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BME 414 Rehabilitation Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to rehabilitation technology: limb and
spinal orthoses; limb prostheses; functional
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electrical stimulation; sensory aids.
Recommended Preparation: AME 201.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the process of medical product
development with emphasis on the
regulations that govern the design,
fabrication and maintenance of medical
products. Registration Restriction: Open
only to juniors and seniors Duplicates
Credit in BME 416L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 416L Development and Regulation
of Medical Products
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to medical product development and
the regulations that govern their design,
fabrication and maintenance; practical
applications to a proposed product.
Duplicates Credit in BME 415 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BME 423 Statistical Methods in
Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Applications
of parametric and nonparametric tests,
analysis of variance, linear regression,
time-series analysis, and autoregressive
modeling, with biomedical applications
to statistical analysis of biomedical data.
Prerequisite: MATH 245 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BME 425 Basics of Biomedical Imaging
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering,
clinical applications and modern physics
concepts underlying X-ray imaging,
Computed Tomography (CT), nuclear
medicine, positron emission tomography,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),
ultrasound imaging. Prerequisite: PHYS
152L. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 426 Basics of Biomedical Imaging:
Ionizing Radiation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Ionizing
radiation imaging techniques; x-ray
imaging, mammography, fluoroscopy, CT
and nuclear medicine imaging including
SPECT and PET; engineering and modern
physics concepts; clinical applications.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 427 Basics of Biomedical Imaging:
Non-Ionizing Radiation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Non-ionizing
radiation imaging techniques; MRI,
ultrasound and emerging optical imaging
techniques including fluorescence, Raman
and photoacoustic imaging; engineering
and modern physics concepts; clinical
applications. Prerequisite: PHYS 152L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 430 Principles and Applications of
Systems Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Computational
methods for simulation and analysis of
metabolic networks, cellular signaling
pathways, and gene regulatory networks.
Biochemical kinetics, differential equations,
stability analysis, sensitivity analysis.
Prerequisite: MATH 245 and (BME 210
or CHE 205) Recommended Preparation:
BISC 220Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CHE 430, QBIO 430
BME 451L Fundamentals of Biomedical
Microdevices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
biomedical microdevices with emphasis
on microtechnologies and biomedical
microelectromechanical systems
(bioMEMS). Principles for measurement
of small-scale biological phenomena
and clinical applications. Recommended
Preparation: Basic biology and electronics
Corequisite: EE 202L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BME 452 Introduction to Biomimetic
Neural Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
principles, biology, technological challenges
and state-of-the-art developments in
the design of implantable biomimetic
microelectronic devices that interface
with the nervous system. Recommended
Preparation: Basic knowledge of biology
Corequisite: EE 202L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 453 Engineering Biomedical
Innovations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Engineering
principles in design, modeling, and
analysis of biomedical innovations will be
presented to develop creative solutions for
real-world medical problems or treatment
implementation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to juniors and seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 459L Introduction to Nanomedicine
and Drug Delivery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Drug delivery
and use of nanoengineered materials,
including cutting-edge nanoparticle-based
therapy, imaging, and tissue engineering.
Nanoparticle synthesis and characterization
methods are introduced through labs.
Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL Recommended
Preparation: BISC 220Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
BME 489 Biochemical Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CHE
489)
BME 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Current trends
and developments in the field of biomedical
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
topics in selected biomedical systems:
cardiopulmonary, neuromuscular, renal
and endocrine. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BME 502 Advanced Studies of the
Nervous System
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced topics
on the structure and function of the nervous
system examined from the viewpoint of
computational systems science. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 504 Neuromuscular Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
the fundamentals of mathematical,
Newtonian, and robotic analysis applicable
to multi-muscle biomechanical systems.
Combines physiology with numerical
simulations to understand and predict
motor function. Recommended Preparation:
Linear algebra on the level of MATH 225;
MATLAB on the level of ITP 168 or Python
on the level of ITP 216 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as BKN 504
BME 505aL Laboratory Projects in
Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Integration
of biomedical science, engineering
principles and state-of-the-art technology
for the study of selected physiological
systems in the laboratory setting.
Laboratory. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BME 505bL Laboratory Projects in
Biomedical Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Integration
of biomedical science, engineering
principles and state-of-the-art technology
for the study of selected physiological
systems in the laboratory setting.
Laboratory. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BME 506 Bioengineering of Disease and
Cell Therapeutics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to micro-/nano-technologies, microscopy,
single-cell techniques, materials, surface
chemistry, pathology, cancer, immunology,
cell therapy and grant writing in biomedical
research. Recommended Preparation:
General cell biology (e.g. BISC 101Lgx) and
chemistry (e.g. CHEM 103Lgx) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 510 Cellular Systems Engineering
Units: 4 In-depth survey of the cells,
materials and techniques used to
engineer microscale human tissue models
("Organs on Chips") for applications in
disease modeling and drug screening.
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
courses in cell biology, chemistry, physics
and organic chemistry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 511 Physiological Control Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application of
control theory to physiological systems;
static analysis of closed-loop systems;
time-domain analysis of linear control
identification methods; nonlinear control.
Recommended Preparation: Exposure
to Ordinary Differential Equations,
Laplace Transforms and Matlab/Simulink
programming Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BME 513 Signal and Systems Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Classification;
representation; statistical analysis;
orthogonal expansions; least-squares
estimation; harmonic analysis; Fourier,
Laplace and Z transforms; the linear
system; filtering; modeling and simulation;
linear control theory. Recommended
Preparation: Introductory courses in signal
and system analysis (e.g., BME 413)
and basic Matlab proficiency in signal
processing including Discrete Fourier
Transform Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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BME 514 Physiological Signals and Data
Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of linear time- and frequency-domain
techniques, adaptive filtering, nonlinear
dynamics and machine learning
approaches to the analysis of physiological
signals. Prerequisite: BME 513
Recommended Preparation: Working
knowledge of MATLAB and/or PYTHON
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 515 Data Analytics in Biomedical
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Presentation
and application of advanced computational/
mathematical methodologies for analysis of
biomedical time-series data, emphasizing
predictive analytics to advance biomedical
science and improve clinical support
systems. Prerequisite: BME 513
Recommended Preparation: Working
knowledge of MATLAB and/or Python
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 520 Modeling of Bio-Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AME
520)
BME 523 Measurement and Processing
of Biological Signals
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Acquisition,
analysis, and display of biological data
using digital computers; laboratory
applications of digital signal processing and
real time analysis. Prerequisite: BME 513.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 525 Advanced Biomedical Imaging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
scientific and engineering principles of
biomedical imaging including magnetic
resonance, X-ray computed tomography,
ultrasound and single photon and positron
emission tomography. Recommended
Preparation: BME 513 or EE 483 or
previous/concurrent exposure to linear
systems and signals, Fourier Transform,
and signal processing in the frequency
domain Registration Restriction: Open only
to master and doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EE 523
BME 527 Integration of Medical Imaging
Systems
Units: 4 Introduce basic concepts of
Medical Imaging Informatics with an
introduction to clinical information systems
(eg, PACS, RIS, EMR) related to the
imaging workflow in a clinical healthcare
enterprise Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as DSCI
562
BME 528 Medical Diagnostics,
Therapeutics and Informatics
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Picture archive
communication system (PACS) design
and implementation; clinical PACS-
based imaging informatics; telemedicine/
teleradiology; image content indexing,
image data mining; grid computing in
large-scale imaging informatics; image-
assisted diagnosis, surgery and therapy.
Recommended Preparation: BME 527 or
previous/concurrent exposure to clinical
systems in radiology (e.g., EMR/RIS/PACS)
and imaging informatics Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as DSCI 563
BME 530 Introduction to Systems
Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Computational
methods for simulation and analysis of
metabolic networks, cellular signaling
pathways, and gene regulatory networks.
Biochemical kinetics, differential equations,
stability analysis, sensitivity analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as QBIO
530
BME 533 Seminar in Bioengineering
Units: 1 Max Units: 3.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
BME 535L Ultrasonic Imaging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduce
ultrasonic imaging and its biomedical
applications, including ultrasonic
transducers, ultrasound systems, Doppler
flow measurements, Doppler imaging and
photoacoustic imaging as well as labs.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
BME 536 Ultrasonic Transducers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Background and
foundation covering the design, fabrication
and testing of ultrasonic transducers and
arrays. Design approaches, modeling tools
will be discussed. Design project assigned.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 540 Biofluid Mechanics: Transport
and Circulatory Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in AME
536)
BME 551 Introduction to Bio-MEMS and
Nanotechnology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
and biomedical applications of micro-
electromechanical systems (MEMS) and
nanotechnology, including microfluidics,
nanowire sensors, nanomotors, quantum
dots, biofuel cells and molecular imaging.
Recommended Preparation: General
Biomedical engineering (e.g., BME 101)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 552 Neural Implant Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
studies of the basic neuroscience,
engineering design requirements and
technological issues associated with
implantable neural prostheses, with
particular emphasis on retinal and cortical
function. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 559 Nanomedicine and Drug
Delivery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Drug delivery
and use of nanoengineered materials,
including cutting-edge nanoparticle-based
therapy, imaging and tissue engineering.
Nanotoxicology and the regulatory
landscape is introduced. Recommended
Preparation: Organic Chemistry (CHEM
322aL equivalent) and Cell Biology and
Physiology (BISC 220Lg equivalent)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 566a Topics in Health, Technology
and Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Interdisciplinary
approach to impart the skills, knowledge
and familiarity with stages of collaborative
projects related to medical device and
methods innovation in health care settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Health, Technology and Engineering
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 566b Topics in Health, Technology
and Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Interdisciplinary
approach to impart the skills, knowledge
and familiarity with stages of collaborative
projects related to medical device and
methods innovation in health care settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Health, Technology and Engineering
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 566c Topics in Health, Technology
and Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Interdisciplinary
approach to impart the skills, knowledge
and familiarity with stages of collaborative
projects related to medical device and
methods innovation in health care
settings. Concurrent Enrollment: BME
567a. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Health, Technology and Engineering
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 566d Topics in Health, Technology
and Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Interdisciplinary
approach to impart the skills, knowledge
and familiarity with stages of collaborative
projects related to medical device and
methods innovation in health care
settings. Concurrent Enrollment: BME
567b. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Health, Technology and Engineering
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 567a Case Studies in Health,
Technology and Engineering
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Learning from
cases illustrating paths from health care
problems to solutions. Faculty, students
and invited guests will provide examples
of both successful and unsuccessful
innovation attempts. Concurrent
Enrollment: a: Concurrent enrollment:
BME 566c. b: Concurrent enrollment: BME
566d. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Health, Technology and Engineering
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 567b Case Studies in Health,
Technology and Engineering
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Learning from
cases illustrating paths from health care
problems to solutions. Faculty, students
and invited guests will provide examples
of both successful and unsuccessful
innovation attempts. Concurrent
Enrollment: a: Concurrent enrollment:
BME 566c. b: Concurrent enrollment: BME
566d. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Health, Technology and Engineering
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BME 575L Computational
Neuroengineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to computational modeling in
neuroengineering, anchored in examples of
brain function. Topics include transduction,
synapses, spiking, networks, normalization,
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learning, Bayesian models, and Kalman
filtering. Prerequisite: BME 502. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as NEUR-534
BME 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic
Circuits
Units: 4 (Enroll in EE 582)
BME 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BME 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
BME 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
BME 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
BME 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Current trends
and developments in the field of biomedical
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BME 608 Wearable Technology
Units: 4 (Enroll in EE 608)
BME 620L Applied Electrophysiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The theoretical
basis and applied design principles for
medical devices and instrumentation that
interact with electrically excitable tissues of
the body. Prerequisite: BME 502. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
BME 650 Biomedical Measurement and
Instrumentation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design of
biomedical instrumentation and diagnostic
devices (aspects such as mechanics,
electronic architecture and chemical and
biological components) used to measure
physiological parameters Recommended
Preparation: BME 513. Basic knowledge
of electronics (EE 202L or equivalent
courses), physics (PHYS 152L or
equivalent courses), and chemistry (CHEM
105aLg or equivalent courses) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 670 Early Visual Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Interdisciplinary
topics in biological and artificial low-level
visual processing. Retina, lateral geniculate
nucleus; computer vision; neurophysiology,
retinal prosthesis; molecular biology,
phototransduction; edge detection;
movement. Prerequisite: NSCI 524 or BME
502 or CSCI 574. Registration Restriction:
Open to graduate students only. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 671 Late Visual Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Interdisciplinary
topics in biological and artificial high-level
visual processing. Visual cortex; computer
vision; neurophysiology; psychophysics;
MRI; computational models; orientation
selectivity; steropsis; motion; contours;
object recognition. Prerequisite: NSCI 524
or BME 502 or CSCI 574. Registration
Restriction: Open to graduate students only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BME 680 Modeling and Simulation of
Physiological Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Mathematical theories and computation
techniques for modeling physiological
systems, with emphasis on
cardiorespiratory, metabolicendocrine,
and neuronal functions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BME 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research applicable to the doctorate.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BME 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
BME 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
BME 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
BME 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
BME 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Biomedical Implants and Tissue
Engineering
BITE 582 Introduction to Biomedical
Implants
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-
depth exploration of the biologic basis
of osseointegration and host conditions
that affect the outcome of wound healing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
BITE 583 Clinical Applications of Tissue
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
clinicians and clinical scientists with
the fundamental understanding of the
field of tissue engineering, as applied to
the reconstruction of the tissues in the
maxillofacial region. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BITE 584 Evidence Based Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on scientific search engines and search
strategies to evaluate and incorporate
literature to establish an evidence based
dental implant practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BITE 585 Biomaterial and Protocols
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on material science, host response and
clinical outcome of biomaterial application
in the craniofacial region. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BITE 586 Current Trends in Biomedical
Implants and Tissue Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the developments in regenerative medicine
with immediate or future translational
applications in biomedical implants and
tissue engineering for the maxillofacial
region. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BITE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Project-based
research under the guidance of a scientific
adviser. Maximum units which may be
applied to the degree to be determined by
the department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BITE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
BITE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: BITE
594a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
BITE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Prerequisite: BITE 594b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
BPSI 402 Biopharmaceutics I
Units: 4 Comprehensive overview of
pharmaceutical sciences. Interdisciplinary
areas of study that deal with the design,
action, delivery, disposition and patient
acceptance of drugs. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 403 Biopharmaceutics II
Units: 4 Comprehensive overview of early
drug discovery and medicinal product
development; in vitro and in vivo assays
simulations/modeling, biopharmaceutical
classification system, drug delivery science
and technology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 405 Organ Systems Physiology,
Drug Delivery and Drug Action
Units: 4 Principles of cellular and organ
physiology systems. Interplay between the
physiology of organ systems, drug delivery
and drug action. Duplicates Credit in former
RXRS 420 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 406 Drug Safety Pharmacology and
Toxicology
Units: 4 Toxicology and safety
pharmacology principles that guide the
clinical development of safe and efficacious
drugs and biologics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 407 Pharmaceutical and Health
Economics
Units: 4 Application of economics principles
to pharmaceutical and health care issues;
prescription drug pricing, access and
innovation; topics related to pharmaceutical
policy. Duplicates Credit in former RXRS
415 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BPSI 408 Biologics and Vaccines
Units: 4 How biologics and vaccines are
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researched, designed and used to treat and
prevent diseases; regulatory and ethical
issues surrounding these therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPSI 410 Biopharmaceutical Product
Development and Brand Planning
Units: 4 Introduces critical financial
decisions and development milestones
in biopharmaceutical drug product
development and commercialization. Learn
to align business strategies with decisions
supporting a product lifecycle. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 411 Biopharmaceutical Marketing
Analysis and Strategy
Units: 4 Introduces marketing analysis and
strategy for biopharmaceutical drugs. Learn
to conduct analysis to develop integrated
marketing strategies and to execute on
marketing and promotion plans. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 412 Targeted and Precision
Medicines
Units: 4 Precision medicine utilizing data
from basic science, clinical, personal,
environmental and population settings;
understanding biological processes and
disease mechanisms; develop precise
diagnostics, therapeutics and prevention.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPSI 413 Rigor, Resources and
Reproducibility
Units: 2 Medical product business planning
in public-private partnerships to enhance
scientific rigor, expand resource sharing
and manage corporate responsibility in
developing new products. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 414 Pharmacoethics
Units: 2 Ethics as a challenge in the
pharmaceuticals industry. Organizational
ethics and bioethics related to research,
development and marketing across the
public and healthcare professional groups.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPSI 415 Science Talk
Units: 2 Students will learn to present
science to others using techniques of
storytelling, informative, commemorative,
persuasive speeches, interviews and
scientific presentations; strategies to reduce
speaker apprehension. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BPSI 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Individual research, reading, writing and
project development. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate degree credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPSI 493 Senior Honors Seminar I
Units: 2 Exciting and challenging
opportunity to marshal and deploy research,
analysis, interpretation and writing skills
learned in their major. Registration
Restriction: Open to juniors and seniors
in the BioPharmaceutical Sciences major
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BPSI 494 Senior Honors Seminar II
Units: 2 An independent study course for
students undertaking the research and
writing of an Honors thesis. Prerequisite:
BPSI 493 Registration Restriction:
Open only to juniors and seniors in the
BioPharmaceutical Sciences major
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Business Administration
BUAD 100x Foundations of Finance and
Accounting
Units: 2 Accounting information in decision-
making from the perspective of users
and preparers. Basics of financial asset
valuation. Consideration of time-value
of money and risk. Credit Restriction:
Not available for major or minor credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUAD 101 Freshman Leadership
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Colloquium of leading researchers, authors,
and administrators in the Marshall School
of Business and other schools at USC.
Industry leaders will also be invited to
talk about leadership challenges. Graded
CR/NC. Registration Restriction: Open
by invitation only to freshman business
and accounting majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUAD 102 Global Leadership Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Colloquium of researchers and industry
leaders discussing international business
and the challenges faced by leaders in a
global environment, with a specific focus on
China. Graded CR/NC. International travel
may require additional fees. Prerequisite:
BUAD 101 Registration Restriction: Open
by invitation only to freshmen business
and accounting majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUAD 104 Learning About International
Commerce
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
insight into the opportunities and challenges
faced by business professionals operating
in a global environment by focusing on
international cultural norms. Graded CR/
NC. Registration Restriction: Open only to
Business and Accounting majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BUAD 105 The Marshall Difference:
Human-Centric Problem Solving
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
problem-solving and thinking skills across
disciplines at Marshall by analyzing
business problems through the lens of
each Marshall emphasis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUAD 111 World Bachelor in Business
Program Freshman Academy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to selected academic subject matter,
development of intercultural communication
skills, and access to business
professionals. Registration Restriction:
Enrollment limited to students in the World
Bachelor in Business degree program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUAD 112 AI for Business Freshman
Academy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to Artificial Intelligence for Business, both
in curriculum and resources, and access
to industry professionals. (Graded CR/
NC) Registration Restriction: Open only to
declared AI for Business (BS) first years
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUAD 114 Global Social Impact
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Assess and
advise NGOs or social enterprises.
Develop real solutions to real problems.
Team projects, international travel and
presentations. Recommended Preparation:
BUAD 111 Registration Restriction:
Enrollment limited to students in the World
Bachelor in Business degree program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 200x Economic Foundations for
Business
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
fundamental concepts of both
microeconomics and macroeconomics
as they pertain to business and financial
decisions. Credit Restriction: Not available
for degree credit to business majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 201x Introduction to Business for
Non-Majors
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the principles and practices
of businesses, sequence of exercises
developing the basic skills, and influence
of the economy on business and individual
decisions. Registration Restriction: Not
open to accounting and business majors
Credit Restriction: Not available for
credit for business or accounting majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 206 Transfer International
Experience
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
Sp Experiential study of international
business. Analysis of the impacts of global
and international business on an industry.
International travel required. Graded: C/
NC. Registration Restriction: Open only to
transfer business and accounting majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUAD 206a Transfer International
Experience
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
Fa Experiential study of international
business. Analysis of the impacts of global
and international business on an industry.
International travel required. Graded: C/
NC. Registration Restriction: Open only to
transfer business and accounting majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUAD 206b Transfer International
Experience
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
Sp Experiential study of international
business. Analysis of the impacts of global
and international business on an industry.
International travel required. Graded: C/
NC. Prerequisite: BUAD 206a Registration
Restriction: Open only to transfer business
and accounting majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUAD 215x Foundations of Business
Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles
and practices of modern financial
management; use of financial statements;
valuation of investment; asset pricing under
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uncertainty; elements of financial decisions.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
accounting and business majors Credit
Restriction: Not available for degree credit
for accounting or business administration
majors Duplicates Credit in BUAD 306
and BUAD 308 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 252 Choosing and Planning a
Future Career in Business
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explore
and plan for future career choices and
options in business. Learn theoretical
principles, best practices and strategies,
and contemporary workplace issues/trends.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial
Accounting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Emphasis
on understanding financial statements and
the impact of business transactions on
information presented to management and
interested stakeholders. Duplicates Credit
in BUAD 305 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial
Accounting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
emphasis on how accounting information,
combined with a variety of techniques
and best practices, supports enhanced
management decision making. Prerequisite:
BUAD 280 Duplicates Credit in BUAD 305
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Starting
and managing a technological business:
developing a viable concept, market and
financial planning, product development,
organizing the venture, protecting
intellectual property rights. Duplicates
Credit in BAEP 310, BAEP 423, BAEP
450, BAEP 451. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ENGR-301
BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Theory,
practices, and techniques of business
communication strategy essential to
external and organizational communication;
group and interpersonal communication;
development of skill in oral and written
communication. Duplicates Credit in the
former BUAD 302T Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and
Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The role
of leadership in business organizations;
concepts and skills for managing oneself
and others. Registration Restriction: Open
only to freshmen, sophomores and juniors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of
Accounting Information
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Uses of
accounting information in decision-making;
accounting issues concerning income
and cash flows, economic resources and
capital. Registration Restriction: Open only
to transfer business and accounting majors
Duplicates Credit in BUAD 280 and BUAD
281 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BUAD 306 Business Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Financial
problems of business enterprise; function
of financial manager; sources of funds;
instruments, institutions, and practices of
finance; problems of financial management
using case studies. Recommended
Preparation: Foundational courses in
microeconomics, financial accounting,
and business statistics Duplicates Credit
in BUAD 215x and BUAD 308 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develop
a managerial viewpoint in planning,
executing, and evaluating marketing
decisions of the firm, including decisions
related to products, pricing, distribution
channels and promotion. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 308 Advanced Business Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Rigorous
coverage of principles and practices of
financial management; valuation of cash
flows; capital budgeting; risk and return;
cost of capital; corporate financial policy.
Recommended Preparation: Foundational
courses in macroeconomics, financial
accounting, and business statistics.
Duplicates Credit in BUAD 215 and BUAD
306 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Statistical
methods for business analysis; data
exploration and description; sampling
distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing,
simple and multiple regression; model
building. Extensive computer applications.
(Duplicates credit in BUAD 312g and the
former ITP 251.) Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Registration Restriction: Open
only to undergraduate students Duplicates
Credit in BUAD 312g and the former ITP
251 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 311 Operations Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of operations management.
Skills needed to analyze, manage, and
improve business processes. Topics
include: process, capacity, service, and
inventory management and optimization.
Corequisite: (BUAD 310g or BUAD 312g
or EE 364 or MATH 407) Duplicates Credit
in BUAD 311T and BUAD 315x Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 312g Statistics and Data Science
for Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Statistical
methods for exploration, visualization,
and analysis of large business datasets;
simulation; hypothesis testing, multiple
regression modeling, and confidence
intervals. Coding taught through data
applications. (Faster-paced version of
BUAD-310g.) Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Registration Restriction: Open
only to undergraduate students Duplicates
Credit in BUAD 310 and former ITP 251
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 315x Basics of Project and
Operations Management for Non-Majors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to tools and methods for the design,
production, and delivery of goods and
services. Techniques for planning,
monitoring, and controlling complex
projects. Not available for degree or
major credit for business and accounting
majors. Registration Restriction: Not open
to business and accounting majors and
exchange students Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree or major credit for
business and accounting majors Duplicates
Credit in BUAD 311 and BUAD 311T
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 315
BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for
Business Decisions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Theory
of the firm in the enterprise system;
profits, demand, and cost analysis; market
competition and resource allocation;
problems of size efficiency and growth.
Prerequisite: MATH 118gx or MATH 125g or
MATH 126g or MATH 226g Recommended
Preparation: introductory economics course
Registration Restriction: Open only to
undergraduate students Duplicates Credit
in ECON 351x Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for
Business Decisions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Behavior of economic indicators over
business fluctuations, economic growth,
monetary and fiscal policy, exchange rate
movements. Prerequisite: ECON 203g and
ECON 205g Corequisite: BUAD 351 or
ECON 351x Registration Restriction: Open
only to undergraduate students Duplicates
Credit in ECON 352x and former BUAD 350
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 380 Introduction to Enterprise
Risk Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACCT 380)
BUAD 385x Introduction to Risk
Management and Insurance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ACCT
385x)
BUAD 387x Risk Management in
Entertainment, Sports and the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACCT 387)
BUAD 388x Innovating Risk Solutions in
Disruptive Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACCT 388)
BUAD 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUAD 425 Introduction to Business
Analytics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Leveraging large corporate datasets; slice
and dice data; dash boards; data mining
and statistical tools; neural network;
multiple and logistic regression; decision
tree; gain inference and decision making;
clustering. Prerequisite: (BUAD 281 or
BUAD 305) and BUAD 302 and BUAD
304 and (BUAD 306 or BUAD 308) and
924 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
BUAD 307 and (BUAD 310 or BUAD 312)
and BUAD 311 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings under the supervision of a
faculty adviser. Application and proposal
required. Credit Restriction: Not available
for graduate credit. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 493 Marshall Honors Research
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Provides
the methodological tools to identify
research problems, develop researchable
hypotheses, apply appropriate
methodologies, conduct research, derive
meaningful conclusions from data, write a
research proposal. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Business and Accounting
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BUAD 494 Marshall Honors Research
and Thesis
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Experience in conducting research
and writing a thesis under the supervision
of a faculty adviser. Prerequisite: ACCT
493 or BUAD 493 Registration Restriction:
Open only to students in the Marshall
Honors program Duplicates Credit in ACCT
494 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
BUAD 495 Practicum in Business Issues
(Internship)
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Combined
classroom discussion and structured,
supervised field application of business
theories and practices within a part-
time employment context. Registration
Restriction: Open only to: Freshmen,
Sophomore, Junior, Senior. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BUAD 497 Strategic Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of managerial decision-
making, planning, and policy under
changing environments; readings, cases,
exercises, simulations. Prerequisite:
(ACCT 410x or BUAD 281 or BUAD 305)
and BUAD 302 and BUAD 304 and BUAD
307 and (BUAD 310g or BUAD 312g) and
(BUAD 351 or ECON 351x) and (BUAD 352
or ECON 352x) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUAD 498 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: Irregular Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments
in business. (Graded CR/NC) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BUAD 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
Irregular Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments
in business. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Business Communication
BUCO 252 The Art of Case Analysis and
Presentation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develop
analytical problem-solving and persuasive
presentation skills to successfully
analyze strategic business situations
and convincingly argue your position in a
competitive environment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MOR-252
BUCO 333mw Communication in the
Working World - Managing Diversity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Communication strategies to manage
workplace diversity. Historical, social,
legal precedents. Institutional barriers to
diversity. Race, gender, sexual orientation,
age, physical disabilities, culture. Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 425 Ethics and Professional
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
the intersection between business and
professional leadership, language, and
ethics. Analyze and present results to
public audiences through publications,
professional conferences, ethics case
competitions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 445 Communicating to Lead and
Persuade
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Building
expertise and skill in business
communication, both in-person and via
media channels, to persuade and lead in
organizational contexts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 450 Communication for
Organizations: Exploring Creativity
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of individual creative thinking and problem-
solving skills; exploration of workplace
creativity; advancement of managerial
communication skills necessary to foster
organizational innovation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 458 Managing Communication
and New Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Individual
and team exploration of 21st century media
tools and their impact on communication
strategies in business. Course uses social
media, collaborative software, virtual
immersion, and video conferencing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUCO 460 International Business
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
the cultural dynamics and organizational
communication models that contribute
to successful business practices in
multinational corporations and other global
settings. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
BUCO 485 Business Communication
Management for Nonprofits
Units: 4 Communication environment;
communication activities for fundraising
and visibility; research and evaluation
methods; grant proposals; strategies for
communicating social mission to media,
government, and for-profit partners.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUCO 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Current developments in the field
of business communication. Topics vary
from semester to semester. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 503 Advanced Managerial
Communication
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Optimize
individual, interpersonal communication
dynamics and advance skill development
through executive coaching model and
applied business communication theory.
Recommended Preparation: prior course
work or experience in management or
business communication Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUCO 504T Writing for Accounting and
Tax Professionals
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Effective written
communication for accounting and tax
professionals. Registration Restriction:
Open to only graduate accounting and
taxation students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 533 Managing Communication in
Organizations
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyze,
design, develop, and present theory-
based communication solutions and
strategies to sophisticated interpersonal,
group, organizational, and environmental
communication issues and problems.
Recommended Preparation: GSBA 502
or GSBA 523 or GSBA 542. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate business
and accounting students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 534 Unconscious Bias, Diversity
and Inclusion
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa The knowledge,
tools, and strategies needed to manage
and leverage diversity, inclusion, and equity
to achieve organizational effectiveness and
success. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 536 Leading with Digital
Communication
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and
practice of communicating via social media
and other forms of new media to achieve
business goals and build your credibility as
a leader. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 552 Defining and Communicating
Your Professional Value
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Understand
how to define and communicate your
individual professional identity and value
to employers across diverse professional
fields using specialized applied tools.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate accounting and
business majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 925
BUCO 592 Field Research in
Management Communication
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team projects studying the
communication practices of an industry,
company, government agency, country,
geographic region, etc. Proposal, data
collection, analyses, and written report.
Recommended Preparation: completion
of required MBA course work. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUCO 593 Independent Research in
Management Communication
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research beyond normal
course offerings. Proposal, research and
written report/paper required. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master's students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
BUCO 595 Internship in Management
Communication
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 9.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised on-the-
job business experience in the field of
management communication. (Curricular
Practical Training.) Recommended
Preparation: completion of required MBA,
MAcc, or MBT course work. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Business and
Accounting master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
BUCO 596 Research Practicum in
Management Communication
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Management
Communication faculty member on an
ongoing research project. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUCO 597 Consulting Project in
Management Communication
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Doctoral Students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUCO 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Max Units:
9.0 Current developments in the field of
business communication. Topics vary
from semester to semester. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate business
and accounting students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 633 Writing a Journal Article for
Publication
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Developing strategies for productive
academic writing; drafting and revising an
article for journal submission. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
BUCO 634 Presenting Your Research
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Oral
presentation skills for academic and
professional conferences and teaching.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 635 Preparing for the Academic
Job Market
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Creating
job application packets; writing research
and teaching philosophy statements;
interviewing; preparing the job talk.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
BUCO 636 Communication for Doctoral
Students: Tutorial
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Individualized
tutorial focusing on academic writing
and presentation skills for dissertations,
conference papers, and journal articles.
Prerequisite: BUCO 633 or BUCO 634
or BUCO 635. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
BUCO 637 Communication for Doctoral
Students: Succeeding as a Teacher
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Theories
of teaching and learning; strategies for
developing course materials; practical
advice for managing common challenges;
lecturing, leading discussion, creating in-
class activities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Cancer Biology and Genomics
CBG 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll
in INTD 504)
CBG 574 Cancer Biology and Genomics
Research Seminar Series
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Cancer
biology research seminar for doctoral
students enrolled in the CBG program.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Cancer Biology and
Genomics Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CBG 580 Topics in Cancer (Epi)
Genomics
Units: 1.0 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Selected topics in Cancer Biology and
Genomics including review of contemporary
literature and research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CBG 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Special topics selected to reflect current
trends and new developments in Cancer
Biology and Genomics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CBG 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CBG 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CBG 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CBG 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CBG 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CBG 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
Craniofacial Biology
CBY 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
CBY 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
CBY 573 Molecular Embryology
Units: 4 Principles of developmental
biology; emphasis on molecular genetics
and cell and molecular mechanisms of
tissue interaction and morphodifferentiation.
CBY 574 Statistical Methods in
Bioexperimentation
Units: 3 Experimental design and
analysis as applied to all levels of biologic
organization; hypothesis construction;
probability; univariate and multivariate
analysis; basic epidemiology.
CBY 575 Biologic Basis of Oral-facial
Disease
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Cell and
molecular biology of oral tissues in disease:
emphasis on immunopathology. Duplicates
Credit in former CBY 575a.
CBY 576 Biochemical Aspects of
Periodontal Disease
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Cell and
molecular biology of oral tissues in disease;
emphasis on molecular oral pathology.
Duplicates Credit in former CBY 575b.
CBY 578 Pathological Conditions of the
Craniofacial Complex
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Acquired
and inherited, systemic and local disease
resulting in clinical craniofacial morbidity:
cellular and molecular expression as
related to etiology, diagnosis, treatment,
and prognosis.
CBY 579L Craniofacial Molecular
Genetics
Units: 4 Principles and methodologies of
mammalian molecular genetics; laboratory
exercises applied to pre- and postnatal
craniofacial growth and development.
CBY 580a Seminars in Craniofacial
Biology
Units: 2 Seminars presented by recognized
researchers in the various disciplines
relating to craniofacial biology; selected
readings in preparation for discussion.
Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.
926 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
CBY 580b Seminars in Craniofacial
Biology
Units: 2 Seminars presented by recognized
researchers in the various disciplines
relating to craniofacial biology; selected
readings in preparation for discussion.
Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.
CBY 582L Laboratory Methods
Units: 3 Contemporary methods of
laboratory analysis, including theoretical
and practical exposure to procedures and
equipment in the research laboratory.
CBY 583 Craniofacial Clinical Genetics
Units: 4 Principles of human genetics;
clinically oriented normal and abnormal
human embryology; diagnosis and natural
history of human craniofacial birth defects;
genetic counseling and bioethics.
CBY 585 Systematic Research Writing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Enhancement of critical research thinking
by fulfilling anticipated conceptual
components of the journal article; perfection
of writing skills by correcting inter- and
intra-sentence flaws.
CBY 586x Scientific Writing Practicum
Units: 3 Development of writing skill while
completing a discipline-required project
(proposal, dissertation, journal article).
Seminar and tutorial format. Not for
graduate credit. Prerequisite: CBY 585 or
DENT 402.
CBY 587 Cell and Molecular Biology of
Craniofacial Tissues
Units: 3 Contemporary cell and molecular
biology as applied to the development,
structure, and function of craniofacial
tissues.
CBY 589 Craniofacial Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
comprehensive knowledge and essential
research concepts of Craniofacial Biology,
building the foundation for independent
laboratory research training. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Graduate Visitors
and Master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CBY 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.
CBY 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.
CBY 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.
CBY 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.
CBY 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: max 8 Seminars
on craniofacial biology in subject areas of
special interest to faculty and students.
CBY 671 Epistemology and Ethos of
Bioscience
Units: 2 Classical and contemporary
thought on knowledge acquisition, truth,
and method as applied to bioscience;
characteristic spirit, beliefs, and moral
assumptions of bioscientists in modern
history.
CBY 672 Advances in Development and
Differentiation
Units: 2 Integration of recent advances in
cell and molecular developmental biology
into classical and emerging thematic
frameworks.
CBY 673 Biomineralization
Units: 2 Fundamental principles and
mechanisms of matrix mediated
biomineralization in model systems from
bacteria to humans.
CBY 674 Advanced Oral Microbiology
Units: 2 Cell and molecular aspects of
microbiology as applied to oral infections:
microbial physiology and genetics; oral
microbial ecology; host resistance factors in
oral infections.
CBY 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.
CBY 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded IP/
CR/NC.
CBY 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded IP/
CR/NC.
CBY 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded IP/
CR/NC.
CBY 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded IP/
CR/NC.
CBY 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded IP/
CR/NC.
Cognitive Science
CGSC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Juniors and Seniors in the
Cognitive Science major Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CGSC 498 Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Writing of
the honors thesis. Registration Restriction:
Open only to seniors in Cognitive Science
Honors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Civil Engineering
CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the civil engineering discipline,
subdisciplines, technology and problem
solving; technical report writing;
contemporary civil engineering topics;
engineering ethics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 107L Introduction to Civil
Engineering Graphics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Graphic
communication and drawing; Free-hand
sketching; Use of CAD software; Drawing
in 2-D, including lettering, dimensioning,
and detailing; Drawing and modeling in 3-D.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CE 108 Introduction to Computer
Methods in Civil Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Computer
programming, organization of problems
for computational solution, flow charts,
programming; numerical methods; analysis
and solution of civil engineering problems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CE 110 Introduction to Environmental
Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Basic concepts
of environmental engineering including
topics of water, land, energy, air, climate,
resource management, human society
and professional development. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 119 Probability Concepts and Civil
Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Elements of
statistical data exploration, interpretation
and analysis. Corequisite: MATH 245
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 215 Statics and Dynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Statics,
kinematics and kinetics of systems of
particles and rigid bodies; equivalent
force systems; distributed forces and
applications; moments of inertia,
momentum, energy; vibrations; Euler's
equations. Prerequisite: PHYS 151Lg
Duplicates Credit in former CE 205 and
former CE 235 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of stress and strain; axial, flexural, and
torsional behavior of slender bars; elastic
deflections; combined stresses; introduction
to elastic stability and energy methods.
Prerequisite: CE 215 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CE 309 Fluid Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fluid statics;
relative velocity field; total acceleration;
divergence theorem; conservation of
mass, energy, and momentum applied
to engineering problems in laminar and
turbulent flow. Prerequisite: MATH 226g or
MATH 229 Corequisite: CE 225 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of
Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic material
science, atomic bonding, crystalline
structures, structural and mechanical
behavior and characterization of metals,
concrete, wood, composites and asphalt.
Prerequisite: (CE 225 or AME 204) and
(CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg) and
PHYS 152L Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MASC 334
CE 358L Elementary Theory of
Structures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Deformations
and deflections of elastic systems; statically
indeterminate beams, arches, and frames;
secondary stresses; computer analysis of
simple structural systems. Prerequisite: CE
225 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 927
CE 363L Water Chemistry and Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Chemistry of
water purification technology and water
pollution control, chemical processes in
natural and engineering environments;
physical/chemical and biological
characterization of water and wastewater.
Prerequisite: ENE 200 and (CHEM 105bL
or CHEM 115bL) Duplicates Credit in
former CE 463 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
CE 385 Human-Systems Integration for
Global Engineering
Units: 4 (Enroll in ENGR 385) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 402 Computer Methods in
Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of computer-oriented numerical analysis
methods and tools to a broad spectrum
of practical science and engineering
problems. Use of Python, R and computer
algebra. Prerequisite: CE 108 and MATH
245 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 404 Business and Intellectual
Property Law for Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa An examination
of legal issues confronting the professional
engineer. Topics include the legal system,
contracts, risk management, forms of doing
business, capital formation and intellectual
property rights. Registration Restriction:
Upper division standing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ISE-404
CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in
Civil Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to probabilistic concepts and to the
formulation and solution of related problems
in civil and environmental engineering.
Corequisite: MATH 245 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 409aL Computer-Aided Design
Units: 3 Applications of interactive computer
graphics to design problems; automated
drafting; 3-D graphic algorithms. Analysis of
design process from information processing
viewpoint. Prerequisite: CE 225. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CE 409bL Computer-Aided Design
Units: 3 Applications of interactive computer
graphics to design problems; automated
drafting; 3-D graphic algorithms. Analysis of
design process from information processing
viewpoint. Prerequisite: CE 225. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CE 410L Introduction to Environmental
Engineering Microbiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
and applications of microbiology in
the context of natural and engineered
environmental systems. Prerequisite:
BISC 220Lg and (CHEM 105aLg or CHEM
115aLg) and (CHEM 105bL or CHEM
115bL) Duplicates Credit in former CE 210
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CE 412 Construction Contracts and Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Legal aspects
of property development and construction:
land use, construction practices and
specifications, architecture and engineering
contracts, agency, subcontracting,
professional registration, liability, insurance,
liens, bonds. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 428 Mechanics of Materials
Units: 3 Analysis of stress and deformation;
equations of elasticity; bending of beams;
elastic instability; torsion problems;
introduction to plates and shells; elastic
wave propagation; numerical methods.
Prerequisite: CE 225. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AME-428
CE 443 Environmental Chemistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Chemistry
of water, gas, liquid and solid wastes.
Chemical principles applicable to
environmental engineering. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105bL or CHEM 115bL. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ENE-443
CE 450 Basic Coastal Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Mechanics
of wave motion; wave refraction, diffraction
and reflection; wave forecasting; shore
processes; planning of coastal engineering
projects; design of seawalls, breakwaters
and offshore installations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Control and
utilization of inland and coastal water,
quantitative hydrology, groundwater,
probability concepts, extreme events,
coastal hydrodynamics, wave-structures
interactions, multiple purposes water
projects, economic study. Prerequisite:
CE 309 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 453 Water Quality Science and
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Water quality
criteria and fundamentals of acceptability;
processes employed in treatment of
water and wastewater; water reclamation
and reuse; sustainability in water and
wastewater systems. Prerequisite: CHEM
105aLg or CHEM 115aLg Corequisite: CE
309 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 456 Structural Design I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Structural
design processes for wood, steel, concrete,
and masonry structural beams, columns,
and connections; determination of structural
loads; framing systems; and applications
of structural mechanics to the design
process. Prerequisite: CE 225 Duplicates
Credit in former CE 207 and former CE 478
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 457 Structural Design II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design of
structural systems in wood, steel, concrete
and masonry, and the performance of
structural systems for wind and seismic
forces. Prerequisite: CE 358L and CE 456
Duplicates Credit in former CE 207 and
former CE 478 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 458 Computational Structural
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Computerized
structural analysis; displacement method;
force method; large scale structural
systems; static analyses; structural
dynamics of systems; earthquake
engineering; nonlinear analysis; elastic
stability and buckling. Prerequisite: CE
358L Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CE 459 Introduction to Structural
Dynamics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Response of
single and multiple degree of freedom
systems to dynamic excitation; structural
modeling and approximate solutions;
introduction to earthquake resistant design.
Prerequisite: CE 458 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 460 Construction Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the construction processes; estimating
and bidding, construction administration,
planning and scheduling, equipment and
methods, labor relations, cost control
systems, safety and ethics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 461 Construction Estimating
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
principles and practices of advanced
building cost estimating using Revit
Models and industry standard databases.
Recommended Preparation: CE 460
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors, seniors and graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 462 Construction Methods and
Equipment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Current
procedures in selected fields of
construction; organization and planning;
equipment economics; machinery.
Recommended Preparation: CE 460
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors, seniors and graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 464 Geotechnical Engineering
Units: 3 Fundamentals of soil mechanics
and foundation engineering; soil
classification, seepage, stress-strain
behavior, shear strength, consolidation,
design of retaining structures and
foundations, and slope stability. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CE 465 Water Supply and Sewerage
System Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design of water
supply systems, storm drains, sanitary
sewers, and lift stations. Prerequisite: CE
453 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENE 465
CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamentals of
geotechnical engineering; soil classification,
seepage, stress-strain behavior, shear
strength, consolidation, design of retaining
structures and foundations, and slope
stability. Soil testing. Prerequisite: CE 225.
Duplicates Credit in CE 464. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CE 469 Sustainable Design and
Construction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Leadership
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in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED); green building strategies; carbon
footprinting; calculating the embodied
energy of building materials; cyclical
processes in design and construction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 470 Building Information Modeling:
Project Visualization and Simulation for
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Building
Information Modeling, current BIM
technologies; coordination of design and
construction; information management
throughout building lifecycle; project
visualization and simulation for integrated
practice. Registration Restriction: Open
only to juniors, seniors and graduate
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 471 Principles of Transportation
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Planning,
design, construction, maintenance, and
operation of facilities for air, water, rail and
highway transit systems. Prerequisite:
MATH 226g or MATH 227 or MATH 229
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 473 Engineering Law, Finance and
Ethics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa An examination
of the legal, financial and ethical issues
regularly considered by all practicing
engineers. Registration Restriction: Upper
division standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 476 Design of Hydraulic Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Design of
pressurized and free surface hydraulic
systems, piping networks, surge
suppression, pumps, turbines, submarine
outfalls, water wave interactions with
marine structures, breakwater design.
Prerequisite: CE 309 Duplicates Credit in
former CE 466 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 480 Civil and Environmental
Engineering Capstone Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Civil and
Environmental Engineering capstone
design project incorporating all disciplines
of Civil Engineering and Environmental
Engineering. Prerequisite: CE 408 and
(CE 456 or CE 457 or CE 476 or CE 485)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 482 Subsurface Foundation Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Site exploration
and characterization; analysis and design
of structural foundations, including spread
footings, mats, piles and drilled shafts;
retaining wall and braced excavation
design. Prerequisite: CE 467L Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 484 Water Treatment Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Predesign
studies, precipitation softening, coagulation
and flocculation, sedimentation,
filtration, sludge handling, chlorination,
chloramination, ozonation; plant hydraulics,
flow measurement, pumps, instrumentation
and control, tertiary treatment. Prerequisite:
CE 451. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 485 Water and Wastewater Treatment
Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Engineering
design of unit operations and processes
for water and wastewater treatment:
coagulation, sedimentation, filtration,
disinfection; primary, secondary, tertiary,
advanced treatment; sludge treatment
and processing. Prerequisite: CE 453 and
CE 363 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 486a Innovation in Engineering and
Design for Global Crises
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
innovation to design products, services
and technologies with a human-centered
approach to help solve the needs of people
affected by global crises. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 486b Innovation in Engineering and
Design for Global Crises
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Engineering
innovation to design products, services
and technologies with a human-centered
approach to help solve the needs of people
affected by global crises. Prerequisite: CE
486a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 495 Seminars in Civil Engineering
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Information
necessary for successful transition to
engineering practice with emphasis on
substantive engineering topics, employee
rights and responsibilities, communication
skills, ethic and lifelong learning.
Registration Restriction: Open only to upper
division engineering majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Course content
to be selected each semester from recent
developments in civil engineering and
related fields. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 501 Construction Practices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Systems,
processes, and constraints governing
the initiation, direction, engineering, and
delivery of major construction projects.
Professional construction management,
responsibilities, and practice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 502 Construction Accounting,
Finance and Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
accounting principles, financial analysis
and financial control, strategic management
and a review of alternative project delivery
methods. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ISE 502
CE 503 Microbiology for Environmental
Engineers
Units: 3 Basic microbiology of water, air,
and soil. Application of microbiology to the
practice of environmental pollution control.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE-503
CE 504 Solid Waste Management
Units: 3 Characterization, production,
storage, collection, and transport of solid
wastes; alternative disposal methods;
design principles and environmental impact;
management of radiological solid wastes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE-504
CE 505 Data Management for Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The basics of
databases and database management
systems as applied to engineering
problems. Introduction to data mining
concepts, techniques and knowledge
discovery in database principles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 506 Heavy Construction Estimating
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Methods
engineering, work analysis and pricing
for route construction. Grading, draining,
paving, haul economy, plant-materials
production, pipeline and bridge building.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 507 Mechanics of Solids I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
theory of linear elasticity applicable to
multiple branches of solid mechanics.
Recommended Preparation: Expected
to have knowledge of mechanics of
deformable bodies or solid mechanics on
the level of CE 225 or AME 204 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AME 507
CE 508 Mechanics of Solids II
Units: 3 Thermal stresses; introduction to
elastic stability; yield criteria; constitutive
equations for elastoplastic materials;
elastoplastic stress analysis; viscoelasticity
and creep. Prerequisite: CE 507 or CE 428.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 509 Mechanics of Solids III
Units: 3 Advanced topics in mechanics of
solids; complex variable methods for plane
problems; three-dimensional problems;
introduction to fracture mechanics.
Prerequisite: CE 507. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 510 Groundwater Management
Units: 3 Groundwater hydrology, aquifer
testing technology, groundwater quality
and contamination, geophysical method,
well design and development, basin
water balance, computer modeling, legal
aspects, groundwater management system.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 511 Flood Control Hydrology
Units: 3 Flood frequency, storm
characteristics, net rain; surface drainage,
peak discharge, flood runoff. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 514a Advanced Sanitary Engineering
Design
Units: 3 Design of water and waste
treatment works. Prerequisite: CE 453.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE-514a
CE 514b Advanced Sanitary Engineering
Design
Units: 3 Design of water and waste
treatment works. Prerequisite: CE 453.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE-514B
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CE 516 Geohydrology
Units: 3 Principles of groundwater motion;
acquifer characteristics, prospecting,
practical engineering problems, well
design, maintenance and rehabilitation;
hydrodynamic dispersion, field testing
essentials and procedures, groundwater
quality, artificial recharge. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 517 Industrial and Hazardous Waste
Treatment and Disposal
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sm
Physical, chemical, and biological
treatment processes for industrial and
hazardous wastes; pretreatment systems,
biodegradation of toxic chemicals;
groundwater and soil decontamination;
biofilters for air decontamination.
Prerequisite: CE 463L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENE-517
CE 518 Carbon Capture and
Sequestration
Units: 3 The needs for carbon capture
and sequestration (CCS) and systematic
introduction to CCS technologies. Main
topics include: introduction to global
change, world energy consumption,
greenhouse gases control, carbon capture
and separation, and carbon sequestration.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 519 Transportation Engineering
Units: 3 Principles of analysis and planning.
Characteristics of transportation systems.
Urban and regional systems. Relationship
between environment and transportation
systems. Estimating the impact of
decisions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 520 Ocean and Coastal Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
coastal engineering. Basic wave kinematics
and dynamics, long wave theory, tsunamis,
effects of climate change and coastal
reliance. Recommended Preparation:
Knowledge of fluid mechanics on the
level of CE 309 or ENE 410, and partial
differential equations on the level of CE 526
Duplicates Credit in former CE 520a and
former CE 520b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 522 Groundwater Hydrologic
Modeling
Units: 3 Simulation of groundwater
hydrologic processes through
mathematical, analog, and physical models.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 523 Physiochemical Processes in
Environmental Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Concepts
and applications of physicochemical
processes in engineered systems, including
coagulation, sedimentation, filtration,
adsorption and membrane processes.
Prerequisite: CE 453 Recommended
Preparation: CE 363L and CE 485
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE 523
CE 525 Engineering Mathematical
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Engineering
problems discussed on a physical basis
with solutions via mathematical tools:
Vector analysis; functions of complex
variables, infinite series, residues and
conformal mappings. Duplicates Credit
in the former CE 525a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 526 Engineering Mathematical
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
problems discussed on a physical
basis with solutions via mathematical
tools: Fourier series; Fourier and
Laplace transforms; partial differential
equations, wave and Laplace equations.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
differential equations on the level of MATH
245 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 527 Climate Change and
Atmospheric Aerosols
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ENE
527)
CE 528 Seismic Analysis and Design of
Reinforced Concrete Bridges
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamental
concepts, methods and current codes used
in the analysis and design of reinforced
concrete bridge structures. Experimental
and earthquake observations of bridge
performance. Prerequisite: CE 457;
Recommended Preparation: CE 538.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 529 Finite Element Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic concepts;
variational methods; isoparametric
formulation; plane stress; plane strain;
axisymmetric structures; plates and shells;
structural dynamics; stability and buckling;
computer applications; nonlinear analysis.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge
in strength of materials equivalent to CE
225 or AME 204; Extensive knowledge of
MATLAB at the level of CE 108 Duplicates
Credit in former CE 529a and former
CE 529b Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME
528
CE 530 Nonlinear Mechanics
Units: 3 Nonlinear problems in structural
dynamics; elastic-plastic response;
approximate methods of nonlinear analysis;
stability theory; stability of periodic
nonlinear oscillations; Liapounov's method;
nonlinear buckling problems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 533 Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamental
and design-oriented understanding of the
"state-of-the-practice" of geotechnical
earthquake engineering, related to analysis
and design of foundations, slopes and
retaining walls. Recommended Preparation:
Knowledge of soil phase parameters and
phase relations; effective stress concepts;
and soil strength parameters and laboratory
strength testing procedures on the level of
CE 467L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 534 Design of Earth Structures
Units: 3 Designed to provide a thorough
understanding of the analytical and design
principles underlying the construction of a
broad range of earth structures. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 535 Earthquake Engineering: Strong
Motion Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Earthquake
source mechanisms; wave propagation,
scattering, diffraction and amplification;
scaling of strong ground motion for seismic
hazard analysis for earthquake resistant
design. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 537 Advanced Reinforced Concrete
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced beam
flexural analysis; shear behavior of beams;
beam-columns and interaction diagrams;
torsion; structural wall design; analysis
of D-regions; nonlinear behavior of RC
systems. Recommended Preparation: CE
457; CE 225 or AME 204; CHEM 105aLg
or CHEM 115aLg; PHYS 152L Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 538 Prestressed Concrete
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the concept, principles and applications of
prestressed concrete; covers the analysis
and design of prestressed concrete
structures. Recommended Preparation:
Expected to have knowledge of reinforced
concrete design on the level of CE 457
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 539 Advanced Steel Structures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Structural steel
and its properties, the design of typical
steel buildings and design and performance
of steel buildings for earthquake loads.
Recommended Preparation: Steel structure
design knowledge on the level of CE 457
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 540 Modeling and Analysis of Tall
and Special Structures
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Integration of
structural modeling with the analysis and
design of tall and special structures to
resist earthquake motion through inelastic
response. Prerequisite: CE 529 and CE 541
Recommended Preparation: Experience
with ETABS and SAP Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 541 Dynamics of Structures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Forced
vibrations of discrete and distributed
systems; energy methods; analytical
dynamics; computational techniques;
approximate methods; random vibration
concepts; nonstationary response;
structural control; nonlinear system
response. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Duplicates Credit
in former CE 541a and former CE 541b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 542 Theory of Plates and Shells
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Theory of plate
bending; rectangular and circular plates;
energy methods; numerical methods;
vibration of plates, stability of plates,
introduction to shell theory, membrane
and bending stresses, cylindrical shells.
Recommended Preparation: CE 358L
or equivalent Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME
542
CE 543 Structural Instability and Failure
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Stability analysis
of columns, frames, plates, circular rings
and shells; Energy-based method; Dynamic
analysis of structural stability; Elastic
fracture mechanics; Small-strain plasticity.
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
strength of materials class on the level of
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CE 225 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME 543
CE 545a Advanced Finite Element
Method in Structural and Continuum
Mechanics
Units: 3 Finite elements in nonlinear
mechanics, elasticity, plasticity,
viscoelasticity; advanced finite element
applications in fracture mechanics, heat
transfer, fluid mechanics; computational
implementation of finite element method.
Prerequisite: CE 529a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 545b Advanced Finite Element
Method in Structural and Continuum
Mechanics
Units: 3 Mathematical aspects of the
finite element method; correctness of
discretizations for elliptic, parabolic,
and hyperbolic equations; accuracy and
convergence considerations; stability of
time dependent algorithms. Prerequisite:
CE 545a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 546 Structural Mechanics of
Composite Materials
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Structural
mechanics and applications of composites
are discussed: anisotropic materials;
laminated composites; buckling and
dynamics; strength and failure; inter-
laminar stresses; de-lamination; design
considerations. Recommended Preparation:
CE 358L or equivalent Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 547 Earthquake Engineering:
Response of Structures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Develop skills
for using current knowledge about structural
response in the design of earthquake
resistant structures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 548 Timber and Masonry Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the design of timber and masonry
structures including seismic design of wood
and masonry structural systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 549 Building Design Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Integrated
design project following design office
procedures. A building will be designed in
detail using the team approach. Capstone
for MEng in Structural Design. Prerequisite:
CE 459 or CE 541a, CE 458 or CE 529a,
CE 537; Corequisite: CE 539. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 550 Computer-Aided Engineering
Units: 3 Basic concepts of computer-
aided engineering. Modeling;
simulation; visualization; optimization;
artificial intelligence; manufacturing;
information management. Organization
and management of computer-aided
engineering projects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 551 Computer-Aided Engineering
Project
Units: 3 Computer-aided engineering in a
project environment. Responding to RFPs;
conceptual design; preliminary analysis;
overall and detailed analysis and design;
trade-off studies; project management;
project presentation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 552 Managing and Financing Public
Engineering Works
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Tools for
improving the efficiency and effectiveness
of public engineering works, taking into
account the political and policy context.
Recommended Preparation: microeconomic
theory. Registration Restriction: Graduate
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PPD-552
CE 553 Biological Processes in
Environmental Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design of
aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment
processes for organic and inorganic
pollutant removal and resource recovery
from waste streams. Prerequisite: CE 453
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE 553
CE 554 Risk and Reliability Analysis for
Civil Infrastructure Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Elements of
feasibility, reliability, and risk analysis of
civil infrastructure systems, simulation,
optimization, life-cycle cost, evaluation and
decision making. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 555 Underwater Structures
Units: 3 Loads on underwater structures;
stress analysis of typical structural
elements; buckling problems; dynamic
response. Prerequisite: CE 507. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 557 Advanced Building Estimating
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Processes
in compiling a bid for construction of
nonresidential building. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 558 International Construction and
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Business
development and project management
in international markets. Topics include
marketing, planning, contracts and
negotiations, procurement, logistics,
personnel and financing. Construction
operations in adverse environments.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 559 Strategic Planning in
Construction Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Elements
and techniques of strategic planning for
construction engineering. Fundamentals
of engineering as a service sector
enterprise. Assessment of markets
(including international issues), competitors,
and technology. Aspects of overseas
engineering business. Management of
technology and the role of R&D. Emphasis
on concepts. Recommended Preparation:
CE 502. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CE 560 Simulation of Civil Infrastructure
Systems Performance
Units: 3 Time/space and frequency/
wave number domain analysis, spectral
representation of wind, earthquake and
other natural loads, FEM techniques for
system response simulation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 561 Uncertainty Quantification and
Data Analytics in Civil and Mechanical
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Data analysis
and interpretation in the context of civil
and mechanical engineering applications
with a focus on statistical aspects of data
and models. Recommended Preparation:
Elementary statistics and probability
concepts including introduction to statistical
dependence expectation and probability
distribution functions on the level of CE 408
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 562 Aquatic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ENE
562)
CE 563 Chemistry and Biology of Natural
Waters
Units: 3 Chemical and biological limnology;
cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous,
sulfur, and other biologically-mediated
chemical transformations; effect of pollution
on biology and chemistry of natural
waters. Prerequisite: CE 443 and CE 453.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENE-563
CE 564 Construction Planning and
Preconstruction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The steps
and processes for the planning and pre-
construction phases of a project using tools
and technologies for budgeting, scheduling
and planning. Recommended Preparation:
Knowledge of construction practices at the
level of CE 501 Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 565 Wave Propagation in Solids
Units: 3 Elastic waves in infinite and semi-
infinite regions; plates and bars; steady-
state and transient scattering; dynamic
stress concentration; viscoelastic and
plastic bodies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 567 Smart Infrastructures
Units: 3 Examination of smart
infrastructures relating to energy, water,
waste and transportation drawing from
the fields of engineering, sustainability,
communications, sociology, and
psychology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 568 Fundamental Concepts of
Computing and Programming in Civil
and Environmental Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts of
computing and programming related to
engineering; Form and operation of modern
computational devices; Data structures
and algorithms that support CEE software
applications. Registration Restriction: Open
only to civil and environmental engineering
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 569 Project Controls
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Project
controls principles including costs and
schedules, cost engineering concepts,
schedule development, status evaluation,
progress monitoring and responses to
variances and changes. Duplicates Credit
in former CE 556 and former CE 566
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 570 Building Information Modeling
for Collaborative Construction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Multidisciplinary
and geographically distributed virtual project
teams used to simulate engineering and
construction problems for projects selected
in collaboration with industry partners.
Prerequisite: CE 470; Recommended
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 931
Preparation: CE 556 CE 566. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master's and
Doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 571 Nuclear Safety and Security:
Human Performance and Safety Culture
Units: 3 Provides an overview of human-
systems integration considerations, human
performance and safety culture in the
nuclear power operations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 572 Construction Labor Management
Units: 2 Unionism in construction. Craft
tradition, objectives, regulation, motivation,
labor force economics, productivity,
and technical change. Hiring systems,
supervision of project labor operations,
jurisdictional administration.
CE 573 Advanced Technologies in AEC
Practices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Data-centric
engineering paradigms, modeling and
simulation technologies; applications for
Architecture, Engineering and Construction
(AEC) projects or challenges. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 574 Construction Means and
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Job site
logistics, field management, means and
methods as they pertain to the builder,
with an emphasis on constructability,
productivity and schedule impacts for
building construction. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 575 Sustainability, Well-Being and
Innovation in the Built Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of topics in sustainability, well-being
and innovation in the built environment.
Specifically, sustainable and healthy built
environments; metrics and initiatives;
end-user interactions; and innovation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 576 Invention and Technology
Development
Units: 3 This project-oriented course
elaborates on the process of engaging
creative thought, tools and techniques
for invention, and issues involved in
bringing inventions to the production
phase. Duplicates Credit in former ISE 555
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit Crosslisted as ENGR 576,
SAE 576
CE 578 Technology-Enabled
Architecture, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) Projects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Integration of
architecture, engineering and construction
practices through the development of a
construction project. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ARCH 578
CE 579 Introduction to Transportation
Planning Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm Federal and
state statutory and regulatory requirements
affecting California transportation systems,
including transportation planning and
funding law; and government contracting,
environmental and civil rights requirements.
Recommended Preparation: General
background in either planning or
engineering; should have an interest in
transportation, but no prior coursework in
transportation is needed Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as PPD 588
CE 580 Law and Finance for Engineering
Innovation
Units: 3 (Enroll in ISE 565)
CE 581 Negotiation For Engineering
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ISE
581)
CE 582 Transportation System Security
and Emergency Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Multimodal
transportation resilience with emphasis on
transit systems. Principles of emergency
management, preparedness, vulnerability
assessment, countermeasures. Related
topics in policy and economics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as PPD 582
CE 583 Design of Transportation
Facilities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Planning,
design, staging, construction, test
and maintenance of the public works
and facilities for land, water, and air
transportation. Recommended Preparation:
CE 471 and CE 457; probility and statistics
on the level of CE 408. This course is
primarily for graduate engineering students.
It is not appropriate for applied social
science students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 584 Intelligent Transportation
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of intelligent transportation systems,
including automated vehicle technology
and applications, communication systems,
advanced transportation management
systems, policy issues, transportation
network services and smart cities.
Recommended Preparation: Prior
coursework in transportation engineering
at the level of CE 471 or PPDE/CE 637
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 585 Traffic Engineering and Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Conceptual
engineering geometric design, installation,
and calibration of vehicular storage and
traffic controls; safe flow optimization
of vehicles on various thoroughfares.
Recommended Preparation: CE 471.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 586 Modeling Transportation Network
Supply and Demand
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories and
applications of transportation network
demand and supply models and simulation
techniques. Hands-on opportunities to work
with simulation software to solve problems.
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
engineering background or the equivalent,
including basic knowledge of 1 programing
language, statistics and optimization (such
as linear programming). Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CE 587 Transportation Energy Analysis
Units: 3 Energy consumption and
socioeconomic impacts of past, present,
and future transportation systems; analysis
of alternatives between energy-intensive
and low-cost transportation modes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 588 Railroad Engineering
Units: 3 Railroad infrastructure including
passenger and freight operations, track
alignment (horizontal and vertical) design,
basic components and terminology used
in rail design and an understanding of this
mode of transportation. Recommended
Preparation: CE 471. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and
Operational Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Marine port/
terminal and landside logistics systems
and support facilities. Planning, design,
operational efficiency and advanced
technologies. Recommended Preparation:
General background in either planning
or engineering; should have an interest
in transportation and logistics with some
prior related coursework Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ISE 589, PPD 589
CE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CE 591 Civil and Environmental
Engineering Research Colloquium
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered: FaSp
A forum for the exploration and critical
assessment of current research activities
in civil and environmental engineering;
presentations from academia and industry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit Crosslisted as ENE 591
CE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CE 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
09 Course content will be selected
each semester to reflect current trends
and developments in the field of civil
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CE 603 System Identification
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods for
building linear and nonlinear dynamical
models from input and output time series
data; theoretical models, algorithms, and
toolbox implementation. Prerequisite:
EE 482 or AME 451 Recommended
Preparation: Basic probability (e.g., CE
408, EE 364, or MATH 407); Exposure to
basic optimization (e.g., ISE 330 or ISE
536) Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EE 603
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CE 611 Stochastic Modeling and
Simulation
Units: 3 Stochastic methods for modeling
and simulating physical, chemical and
biological processes. Topics include:
Stochastic partial differential equations,
Monte Carlo simulations, moment
equation methods, stochastic expansions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as PTE-611, CHE-611
CE 629 Advanced Finite Element
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Nonlinear
mechanics; geometric nonlinearity; total
Lagrangian and updated Lagrangian
formulations; hyperelasticity, plasticity,
viscoelasticity; computational fluid
mechanics; static and eigenvalue solvers;
geometric modeling, meshing and
optimization. Prerequisite: CE 529a or CE
529 Duplicates Credit in former CE 529b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CE 633 Urban Transportation Planning
and Management
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll
in PPD 633)
CE 634 Institutional and Policy Issues in
Transportation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in PPD
634)
CE 637 Urban Mass Transit
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PPDE
637)
CE 638 Stochastic Optimization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ISE
638)
CE 640 Advanced Theory of Elasticity
Units: 3 Curvilinear tensors; equations of
nonlinear elasticity; elementary solutions;
small deformations superimposed on large
deformations; bifurcation of equilibrium
states; nonlinear shell theory. Prerequisite:
CE 507. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME-640
CE 645 Uncertainty Modeling and
Stochastic Optimization
Units: 3 Introduction to the mathematical
foundations, numerical algorithms, and
computational tools necessary for solving
problems of optimization under uncertainty.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AME-645, ISE-645, EE-645
CE 647 Multiscale Methods in Mechanics
Units: 3 Behavior of man-made and
natural materials at different scales;
experimental methods to characterize
behavior; governing equations, interscale
coupling, information exchange;
probabilistic representations; error analysis.
Prerequisite: AME 525 or AME 526 or CE
525 or CE 526. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master's, doctoral, and
professional students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AME-647
CE 670 Advanced Research Methods for
Built Environment Informatics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Research
methods in informatics for intelligent built
environments; data acquisition, analysis
and interpretation for adaptive and
responsive built environments and their
interactions with end users. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CE 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Laboratory
study of specific problems by candidates for
the degree Engineer in Civil Engineering.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CE 692 Transportation and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in PPD
692)
CE 694a Thesis
Units: 2 Required for the degree Engineer
in Civil Engineering. Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CE 694b Thesis
Units: 2 Required for the degree Engineer
in Civil Engineering. Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CE 694z Thesis
Units: 0 Required for the degree Engineer
in Civil Engineering. Credit on acceptance
of thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Community Oral Health
COH 593a Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Guided
learning of the research process by the
design and implementation of an approved
project. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COH 593b Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent study to prepare an
oral defense of the Capstone project.
Prerequisite: COH 593a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 701 Community Health Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of common theoretical and
conceptual models, health education
methodologies and emerging technology
to provide health services in community
settings. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COH 702 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Social and
behavioral factors of diverse groups that
can affect the health status and choices
of communities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COH 703 Community Health Program
Planning and Implementation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the concepts and processes
used in evidence-based community oral
health program development. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 704 Environmental Health Sciences
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Environmental factors affecting community
health and evidence-based approaches
to control or reduce the risks of these
health problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COH 705 Research and Biostatistics in
Healthcare
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to research processes;
emphasizes methods and designs
frequently used to study health and health
care delivery. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COH 706 Foundations and Strategies in
Health Education
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the impact of education in community oral
health, identifying strategies to engage and
empower the members of the community
to achieve health and wellness. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 707 Epidemiology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
fundamental understanding of epidemiology
that concerns various domains and
disciplines; application of epidemiologic
principles in community oral health projects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COH 708 Community Health Science
Administration, Assessment and
Evaluation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of foundational knowledge
and skills to be administrative and
executive leaders in the healthcare industry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COH 709 Community Health Program
Execution and Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of communication skills as
an administrator, including social marketing
techniques for health promotion. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 710 Health Assessment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
importance of health assessment;
identification of strategies to understand the
needs and priorities of a healthy community.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 933
COH 711 Practicum 1
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
the opportunity to apply acquired
competencies to real world settings to
improve health promotion and disease
prevention. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COH 712 Practicum 2
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Incorporates a service learning approach
involving a partnership between the
student, community organization and
designated faculty or research team
members. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COH 713 Health Education and
Promotion
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of an action plan for health
education and promotion, including the
planning, designing and evaluation of
instruction and materials. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 714 Community Health Funding
and Support
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Approaches to the generation and
allocation of financial support for community
oral health policies, programs and systems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COH 715 Community Health Practice
Standards
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Standards
of practice, regulations, policies and
ethical principles that affect healthcare
providers, payers and other stakeholders in
community healthcare settings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 716 Healthcare Communication
Technology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Emerging
technology for patient and professional
health-related education and applications
for patient access to care. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COH 717 Practicum 3
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Participation in a multidisciplinary team;
collection of community health data to build
a plan for sustainability and maintenance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Chemical Engineering
CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem-
solving techniques in chemical engineering,
including an introduction to engineering
problem analysis, mass balances, and
energy balances. Corequisite: MATH 125g
and (CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg)
Registration Restriction: Open only to the
Viterbi School of Engineering Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 205 Numerical Methods in Chemical
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Computational
tools for solving numerical problems in
Chemical Engineering. Prerequisite: MATH
125. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 301g Introduction to Engineering
Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
methods to understand and design
molecules, cells, and living organisms.
Techniques to analyze biological systems
at the molecular and microscopic level.
Computational analysis. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105a or CHEM 115a or MASC
110 Recommended Preparation: Basic
understanding of chemistry, atoms, and
molecules. Completion of an Advanced
Placement chemistry class in high school
is acceptable preparation for CHE 301g.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Registration
Restriction: Open only to Viterbi School
of Engineering students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical
Analysis for Chemical Engineers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
numerical algorithms, computational tools,
principles of probability and statistics, and
their application to chemical engineering
problems. Prerequisite: MATH 125g and
MATH 126g Corequisite: MATH 226g
Duplicates Credit in former CHE 205 and
former CHE 405 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 330 Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic laws,
energy and entropy balances. Multi-
component phase behavior. Physical and
chemical equilibria. Energy conversion
and equilibrium separation processes,
estimation and use of property data.
Corequisite: MATH 226g Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHE 350 Introduction to Separation
Processes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the design of chemical separation
processes based on the principles of phase
equilibrium, material balance and energy
balance. Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL or
CHEM 115bL Recommended Preparation:
CHE 330 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 391L Introduction to
Nanotechnology Research
Units: 2 Planning and execution of an
experiment, and presentation of findings
through oral presentations and a written
report. Application of the scientific method
learned through immersion in a lab
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CHE 405 Applications of Probability and
Statistics for Chemical Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of probability and statistics, random
variables and random functions. Application
to chemical engineering problems,
including process design, process safety,
heterogeneous materials and processes.
Prerequisite: MATH 245. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 410L Introduction to Biomaterials
and Tissue Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BME 410L)
CHE 430 Principles and Applications of
Systems Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in BME
430)
CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Problem-
solving techniques in Chemical Reactor
Design, including the description of
chemical kinetics and rates, and analysis
of mass balances, and energy balances.
Prerequisite: MATH 245 and CHE 443
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 443 Chemical Engineering Fluid
Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamental
principles of fluid mechanics and
momentum transfer applied to chemical
engineering and chemical processing
operations. Corequisite: CHE 350 or MATH
245 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering
Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Conduct
experiments and analyze data to generate
results used to solve chemical engineering
problems. Communicate results, data,
and solutions in written reports and oral
presentations. Prerequisite: CHE 120
Corequisite: CHE 330 and CHE 350
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering
Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Conduct
experiments and analyze data to generate
results used to solve chemical engineering
problems. Communicate results, data,
and solutions in written reports and oral
presentations. Prerequisite: CHE 330
Corequisite: CHE 443 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering
Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Conduct
experiments and analyze data to generate
results used to solve chemical engineering
problems. Communicate results, data,
and solutions in written reports and oral
presentations. Prerequisite: CHE 330
and CHE 444bL Corequisite: CHE 447
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHE 445 Heat Transfer in Chemical
Engineering Processes
Units: 2 Phenomenological rate laws,
differential and macroscopic equations, and
elementary kinetic theory of heat transfer
processes with emphases on conduction
and convection. Prerequisite: CHE 443,
MATH 245. Duplicates Credit in AME 331.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 446 Mass Transfer in Chemical
Engineering Processes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Molecular and
continuum approaches to diffusion and
convection in fluids and multicomponent
mixtures; simultaneous mass, heat and
momentum transfer; steady-state and
time-dependent diffusion; Maxwell-Stefan
equations. Prerequisite: MATH 245, CHE
443, CHE 445. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in
Chemical Engineering Processes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Differential and
macroscopic equations of heat transfer;
molecular and continuum approaches
to diffusion and convection in fluids;
simultaneous heat, mass and momentum
transfer. Prerequisite: MATH 245 and CHE
443 Duplicates Credit in former CHE 445
and former CHE 446 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 450 Sustainable Energy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
of sustainable energy, with emphasis
on quantitative approaches to evaluate
sustainability and examination of renewable
sources of energy from the perspective
of sustainability. Prerequisite: CHE 330
Corequisite: CHE 443 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics
and Control
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Dynamic
analysis and automation of chemical
processes using closed loop control
schemes. Control schemes are
analyzed, simulated and implemented
in the laboratory. Prerequisite: CHE 120
Corequisite: MATH 245 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 461 Formation Data Sensing with
Well Logs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PTE
461)
CHE 462 Economic, Risk and Formation
Productivity Analysis
Units: 4 (Enroll in PTE 462)
CHE 463L Introduction to Transport
Processes in Porous Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PTE
463L)
CHE 464L Modeling and Simulation of
Subsurface Flow Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in PTE
464L)
CHE 465L Drilling Technology and
Subsurface Methods
Units: 3 (Enroll in PTE 465L)
CHE 472 Polymer Science and
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
major concepts in chemistry and physics
of synthetic polymers, and understanding
of how they are used in the modern
engineering applications Prerequisite:
CHEM 322aL Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MASC 472
CHE 474L Polymer Science and
Engineering Laboratory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Experimental
methods for the preparation,
characterization, and properties of synthetic
polymers. Recommended Preparation:
CHE 472. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CHE 475 Physical Properties of
Polymers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to polymer physical properties and
characterization, relationship to synthesis
techniques and processing techniques,
natural and synthetic materials, property
optimization and modern applications.
Recommended Preparation: CHEM 325aL
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as MASC 475
CHE 476 Chemical Engineering Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to major concepts in materials science
and engineering directly applicable to
materials-related processing, research
and development in chemical engineering.
Prerequisite: CHEM 322a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EE 476 and MASC 476
CHE 477 Computer Assisted Polymer
Engineering and Manufacturing I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Estimation
of physical, mechanical, chemical and
processing properties of thermal plastics.
Major molding processes. Mold flow
simulation and residual stresses analysis.
Case studies. Prerequisite: junior class
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant
Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design and
evaluate a chemical process/plant based
on safety, economics, sustainability and
engineering viability through the application
of unit operations, thermodynamics, kinetics
and separations. Prerequisite: CHE 485
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical
Process Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Simulate, design
and optimize chemical engineering unit
operations and process using modern
process simulation software. Prerequisite:
CHE 442 and CHE 443 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 486 Design of Environmentally
Benign Process Plants
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Chemical
Process Plants interact with the
environment as an integrated system. This
course discusses design procedures to
minimize unwanted effluents to air, water
and solid wastes. Corequisite: CHE 480
or CHE 485. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale
Engineering through Chemical
Processes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Properties
and processing of nanomaterials
including polymeric, metallic, and ceramic
nanoparticles, composites, colloids, and
surfactant self-assembly for templated
nanomaterial production. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg or MASC
110L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 488 Molecular and Cellular
Bioengineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Design,
synthesis, and analysis of biological
molecules; routes to understand and
engineer living systems at the molecular
and cellular level; systems and synthetic
biology. Prerequisite: BISC 320. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theoretical,
quantitative, and experimental methods
for understanding and engineering cellular
systems for biotechnological applications.
Prerequisite: CHE 330 and BISC 320Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BME 489
CHE 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 491 Nanotechnology Research for
Undergraduates
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Independent
research in nanotechnology. Research
project selected by the student in close
consultation with a research adviser.
Prerequisite: CHE 391L. Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Course content
to be selected each semester from recent
developments in chemical engineering and
related fields. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 501 Modeling and Analysis of
Chemical Engineering Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
treatment of mathematical modeling
and analysis of Chemical Engineering
core topics including fluid flow, heat and
mass transfer, reaction engineering, and
deformation of materials. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of real analysis
on the level of MATH 425a and MATH
425b Corequisite: CHE 442 and CHE
447 Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 502 Numerical Methods for
Diffusive and Convective Transport
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Numerical
solution of ordinary and partial differential
equations describing fluid flow, diffusion
with chemical reaction, and conduction
in heterogeneous media. Registration
Restriction: Graduate standing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 510 Energy and Process Efficiency
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Management
and engineering strategies utilized to
improve energy efficiency. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students. Duplicates Credit in AME
577. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep
Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MASC
520)
CHE 523 Principles of Electrochemical
Engineering
Units: 3 (Enroll in MASC 523)
CHE 530 Thermodynamics for Chemical
Engineers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Elements of
classical and statistical thermodynamics.
Molecular theory and property estimation,
emphasis on multi-component multi-phase
fluid systems. Advanced applications,
including highly non-ideal solutions,
polymers, electrolytes. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate-level
thermodynamics on the level of CHE
330 and a proficiency with MATLAB or a
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spreadsheet program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 532 Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium
Units: 3 Thermodynamics of phase
relations; prediction and correlation of
phase behavior. Prerequisite: CHE 330.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 538 Transport Processes I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of transport processes - momentum, heat
and mass transfer - in systems of interest
to chemical engineering. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of mathematical
modeling for chemical processes on the
level of CHE 501; knowledge of fluid
mechanics on the level of CHE 443;
knowledge of heat and mass transport on
the level of CHE 445 Duplicates Credit
in former CHE 540, former CHE 541 and
former CHE 544 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 539 Transport Processes II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An advanced
exploration of the principles of heat and
mass transfer with applications to problems
in chemical engineering. Prerequisite:
CHE 538 Duplicates Credit in former CHE
540, former CHE 541 and former CHE 544
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 540 Viscous Flow
Units: 3 Fluid mechanical problem of
interest to chemical engineers involving
laminar flows of incompressible fluids,
viscous-dominated creeping flows, and
motion of bubbles and drops. Prerequisite:
CE 309 or AME 309 or CHE 443. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 541 Mass Transfer
Units: 3 Fundamentals of mass transfer
within a single phase and between phases;
applications to separation processes.
Recommended Preparation: CHE 445.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 542 Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
concepts in Reaction Engineering and
Reactor Design. Prerequisite: CHE 442
Recommended Preparation: BS degree
in Chemical Engineering or equivalent
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 544 Heat Transmission
Units: 3 Principles of conduction, radiation,
and convection of heat; application
to chemical and related industries.
Recommended Preparation: CHE 330,
CHE 445. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 550 Seminars in Chemical
Engineering
Units: 0, 1 Max Units: 02 Terms
Offered: FaSp Seminars to cover recent
developments in the field of chemical
engineering given by invited speakers.
Recommended Preparation: graduate
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
CHE 554 Principles of Tissue
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
scientific and engineering principles of
tissue engineering including stem cell
biology, biomaterial scaffolds, protein-
surface interaction, bioreactor, and selected
bioartificial organs (e.g., kidney, bone,
skin). Recommended Preparation: CHE
476, CHE 489. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHE 560 Advanced Separation and
Bioseparation Processes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Experimental
techniques for separation and
bioseparation processes and theoretical
and computational techniques for modeling
them. Registration Restriction: Graduate
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHE 572 Advanced Topics in Polymer
Kinetics and Rheology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Kinetics of
polymer synthesis reactions and rheology
of polymer solutions. Recommended
Preparation: CHE 442, CHE 472.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHE 575 Data-Driven Modeling for
Physical Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Data-driven
and machine learning algorithms for
dimensionality reduction, analysis and
prediction in physical systems; applications
in process control, fluid dynamics and
energy and environmental systems.
Recommended Preparation: Linear algebra
and differential equations on the level of
MATH 245, computer programming on
the level of ITP 115 or ITP 168 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as PTE 575
CHE 586 Process Data Analytics and
Machine Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Topics include
multi-linear regression, supervised
learning, unsupervised learning, principal
component analysis, partial least squares,
canonical correlation analysis, clustering
methods, lasso, neural networks, and deep
learning. Applications include analysis of
chemical process data, quality data, and
indirectly measured data. Recommended
Preparation: Programming experience in
R or MATLAB preferred; an understanding
of engineering statistics and knowledge of
matrix operations; emphasis is on linear
algebraic approach over a probabilistic
approach Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CHE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CHE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CHE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CHE 596 Chemical Reactions in the
Atmosphere
Units: 3 (Enroll in ENE 596)
CHE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Course content
will be selected each semester to reflect
current trends and developments in the field
of chemical engineering. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHE 611 Stochastic Modeling and
Simulation
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 611)
CHE 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory study of
specific problems by candidates for the
degree Engineer in Chemical Engineering.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CHE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CHE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CHE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CHE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CHE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CHE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Chemistry
CHEM 050x General Chemistry Tutorial
Units: 2 Weekly tutorial for selected
students in CHEM 105aLg. Strong
emphasis on chemical mathematics
and key concepts in general chemistry.
Concurrent Enrollment: CHEM 105aLg.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit Crosslisted as Topics
parallel lectures in CHEM 105aLg.
CHEM 051x General Chemistry Tutorial
Units: 2 Structured tutorial for selected
students in CHEM 105bL. Strong emphasis
on chemical mathematics and key concepts
in general chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM
105a; Concurrent Enrollment: CHEM
105bL. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit Crosslisted as
Topics parallel lectures in CHEM 105bL.
CHEM 102 The Molecular World
Units: 4 Basic chemistry and its impact on
the contemporary world. Topics include:
structures and reactions of molecules,
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stoichiometry, nomenclature, gases,
solutions. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the
Environment and Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Chemistry
for environmental studies, neuroscience
and other life sciences: organic and
inorganic structures, nomenclature,
stoichiometry, solutions, gases, non-
covalent interactions, equilibria, acid-base
and redox reactions. Satisfies New
General Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Credit
Restriction: Not for major credit in chemistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental principles and laws of
chemistry; laboratory work emphasizes
quantitative procedures. Prerequisite:
Prerequisite to all more advanced courses
in chemistry. CHEM 050x or passing of
placement test. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category III: Scientific Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in CHEM 115aLg or CHEM 115bL
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 105bL General Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental principles and laws of
chemistry; laboratory work emphasizes
quantitative procedures. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 107Lg or CHEM
115aLg Duplicates Credit in CHEM 115bL
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for
Chemistry Majors
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
principles and laws of chemistry
emphasizing contemporary chemistry;
laboratory work focuses on quantitative
procedures. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Registration Restriction: Open
only to Chemistry and Biochemistry majors
Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105a and
CHEM 115a. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 108L General Chemistry for
Chemistry Majors: Kinetics and
Equilibrium
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
principles and laws of chemistry
emphasizing contemporary chemistry;
laboratory work focuses on quantitative
procedures. Second-semester general
chemistry course for majors. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 107Lg or CHEM
115aLg Registration Restriction: Open
only to Chemistry and Biochemistry majors
Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105bL and
CHEM 115bL Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General
Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Equivalent
to CHEM 105aLg -CHEM 105bL but
taught at a higher level for exceptionally
well-prepared students. Satisfies New
General Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 105bL
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab
Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 115bL Advanced General
Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Equivalent to
CHEM 105a - CHEM 105b, but taught at a
higher level for exceptionally well-prepared
students. Prerequisite: CHEM 105a or
CHEM 107 or CHEM 115a Duplicates
Credit in CHEM 105b Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required, Quiz
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 201Lgx Chemistry in the
Environment, Energy and Society
Units: 4 A range of issues where chemistry
impacts society will be explored. Topics
such as global warming, pollution, energy
utilization and genetic engineering will
be covered. Students who have taken
CHEM 105a, CHEM 105b previously or
concurrently with CHEM 201 will not receive
credit for CHEM 201. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category IV: Science and Its
Significance Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 203Lgx AIDS Drug Discovery and
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Scientific
principles underlying molecular approaches
to diagnosis and treatment of diseases,
using specific models within a societal
(business, legal, ethical) context. Satisfies
New General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 204Lg Pandemics Shaping Our
World: Past, Present and Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Coronavirus
101! We explore pandemic diseases
from historic plagues to Covid-19 and
beyond, discussing their societal impact
and the "science" of drugs, vaccines and
tests. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CHEM 205Lgx Chemical Forensics:
The Science, and Its Impact
Units: 4 Scientific principles underlying
forensic approaches to the investigation
of crimes and its societal impact on law,
culture and media. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 221x Organic Chemistry Problem
Solving Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Distance
learning course designed to bridge
the gap between general and organic
chemistry. Focus on problem solving and
understanding the language of organic
chemistry. Not for major credit for chemistry,
chemistry (chemical nanoscience),
chemistry (chemical physics), chemistry
(research) or chemistry (chemical biology)
majors. Prerequisite: CHEM 105b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CHEM 250x Organic Chemistry Tutorial A
Units: 2 Major principles of organic
chemistry and its relevance. Topics
covered parallel to those of CHEM 322aL.
Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL. Corequisite:
CHEM 322aL. Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CHEM 251x Organic Chemistry Tutorial B
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Structured
tutorial course, which enables students to
understand fundamental principles, better
approach problems with success. Explores
the major principles of organic chemistry
and its relevance. Topics covered will
parallel CHEM 322b. Prerequisite: CHEM
322aL. Corequisite: CHEM 322bL. Credit
Restriction: Not available for degree credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CHEM 280x Research Design,
Interpretation and Statistics
Units: 2 Fundamental principles behind the
design and execution of scientific research
in the chemical, physical and biological
sciences, emphasizing scientific reasoning,
data interpretation and statistical analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 290a Special Laboratory
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Laboratory component for CHEM 105a,
CHEM 105b, 322, or CHEM 322b for
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. Prerequisite: consent
of department head. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 290b Special Laboratory
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Laboratory component for CHEM 105a,
CHEM 105b, 322, or CHEM 322b for
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. Prerequisite: consent
of department head. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 290c Special Laboratory
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Laboratory component for CHEM 105a,
CHEM 105b, 322, or CHEM 322b for
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. Prerequisite: consent
of department head. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 290d Special Laboratory
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Laboratory component for CHEM 105a,
CHEM 105b, 322, or CHEM 322b for
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. Prerequisite: consent
of department head. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 292 Supervised Research
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Supervised undergraduate
research experience. Corequisite: CHEM
105a or CHEM 115a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 294 Undergraduate Research
Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminars in current research in
the chemical and molecular sciences.
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Corequisite: CHEM 105a or CHEM 115a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and practice in chemical analysis,
emphasizing instrumental techniques;
error analysis, fractional distillation,
extraction; chromatography; visible,
ultraviolet, and infrared spectroscopy;
introductions to electrochemistry and
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL or CHEM 108L
or CHEM 115bL Corequisite: CHEM 322aL
or CHEM 325aL Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Chemistry
of the carbon compounds of the aliphatic
and aromatic series; laboratory preparation
of typical compounds of both series.
Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL or CHEM 108L
or CHEM 115bL Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Lab Required, Quiz Grading
Option: Letter
CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Chemistry
of the carbon compounds of the aliphatic
and aromatic series; laboratory preparation
of typical compounds of both series.
Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL or CHEM 325aL
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab
Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Required of
majors in chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM
105bL or CHEM 108L or CHEM 115bL
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Chemistry and Biochemistry majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab
Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Required of
majors in chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM
325aL or CHEM 322aL Registration
Restriction: Open only to Chemistry and
Biochemistry majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 330L Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BISC 330L)
CHEM 332L Physical Chemical
Measurements
Units: 4 Experimental study of topics
discussed in CHEM 430 and CHEM
431; adsorption, magnetic susceptibility;
electron spin resonance, kinetics, equilibria,
molecular spectra and structure, viscosity,
dielectric properties. Corequisite: CHEM
430bor CHEM 431 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of
Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Biomolecular
structures, protein and nucleic acid
chemistry and functions, carbohydrates,
lipids, membranes, enzyme catalysis and
kinetics, coenzymes, biochemical signaling,
major metabolic pathways, control of gene
expression, replication, transcription,
and translation. Prerequisite: CHEM
105bL or CHEM 108L or CHEM 115bL
Recommended Preparation: BISC 220Lg
or BISC 221Lg Corequisite: CHEM 322aL
or CHEM 325aL Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 423L Advanced Laboratory
Techniques in Organic and Inorganic
Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
synthetic, analytical, and physical
measurement techniques in organic
and inorganic chemistry. Emphasis
on laboratory work with discussion of
theoretical background. Prerequisite: CHEM
300L, CHEM 322bL or CHEM 325bL.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 426 Advanced Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
treatment of organic chemistry from a
mechanistic point of view according to
the following topics: polar and isopolar
reactions, intermediates. Prerequisite:
CHEM 322bL or CHEM 325bL. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry:
Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Kinetic theory;
equations of state; thermodynamics; phase
equilibria; chemical equilibrium; statistical
thermodynamics; kinetics; electrochemistry;
surface and colloid chemistry; polymers.
Prerequisite: (CHEM 300L or CHEM 322aL
or CHEM 325aL) and (MATH 225 or MATH
226g) and PHYS 151Lg Duplicates Credit
in former CHEM 430a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum
Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Classical and
quantum mechanics: atomic structure;
molecular structure; chemical bonds;
solid state; symmetry; electric and
magnetic properties of molecules; atomic
spectroscopy; rotational and vibrational
spectroscopy; electronic spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152L Duplicates Credit
in former CHEM 430b Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the
Life Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
physical chemistry relevant for the life
sciences: thermodynamics, chemical
equilibria, molecular dynamics, kinetics,
molecular structures and interactions,
spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics
and macromolecular structures.
Prerequisite: CHEM 300L or CHEM 322aL
or CHEM 325aL; MATH 126; PHYS 135a L
or PHYS 151Lg. Duplicates Credit in CHEM
430a. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic
Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Atomic structure,
theory of bonding, molecular structure,
metallic state, coordination compounds,
transition and nontransition metals,
magnetic and optical properties, crystal
field theory, mechanism of reactions.
Prerequisite: (CHEM 105bL or CHEM 108L
or CHEM 115bL) and (CHEM 322aL or
CHEM 325aL) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 455 Chemical Nanotechnology
Units: 4 Studies in the fundamental
principles governing nanoscale materials.
Structure and chemical bonding,
preparative methods, and electrical, optical
and magnetic properties of nanoscale
materials and applications. Prerequisite:
CHEM 322aL or CHEM 325aL Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 463L Chemical Nanotechnology
Laboratory
Units: 2 Experimental techniques in the
synthesis and characterization of nanoscale
materials. Emphasis on examining
size-dependent properties of various
nano - scale materials using spectroscopic
techniques. Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL or
CHEM 325aL Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 465L Chemical Instrumentation
Units: 4 Principles of operation of
instruments used in physical sciences.
Basic electronics, interconnection of
building blocks, data acquisition and data
reduction, noise, instrument systems.
Prerequisite: CHEM 332L or CHEM 430b or
CHEM 431 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 467L Advanced Chemical Biology
Laboratory
Units: 2 Principles, methods and
protocols of chemical biology through
experimentation focusing on the
interactions of small molecules with
biomacromolecules such as proteins and
DNA. Prerequisite: CHEM 322b or CHEM
325b Corequisite: CHEM 300 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 488 Introduction to Theory and
Practice of X-ray Crystallography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
single crystal X-ray diffraction theory and
its extension to two-dimensional diffraction.
Application of modern instrumentation and
software techniques to problems of current
chemical interest. Prerequisite: CHEM 300;
CHEM 322a or CHEM 325a; and CHEM
322b or CHEM 325b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 494x Advanced Research
Experience
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Directed undergraduate
research supervised by faculty, with
advanced capstone research experience.
Prerequisite: CHEM 490. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 495 Beyond the Classroom -
Research in Modern Chemistry
Units: 2 Current topics in chemical
research, understanding structures of
modern graduate training program and
navigating the process of graduate program
application. Registration Restriction: Open
only to juniors and seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Lectures
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and discussions on specialized topics
in chemistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 510x Alternative Energy
Technologies and Options
Units: 4 Introduce the essential scientific
background to understand complex issues
involving energy use and its environmental
consequences. Critically analyze energy
issues that will shape policy decisions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 515 Structure and Bonding in
Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
Units: 4 An integrated core course of
structure and bonding in inorganic,
coordination and organometallic chemistry
within an oxidation state framework.
Symmetry, electronic properties. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 516 Synthesis, Reactivity,
and Mechanism in Inorganic and
Organometallic Chemistry
Units: 4 A reactivity framework for inorganic
and organometallic chemistry. Synthesis,
reaction mechanisms and energetics.
Homogeneous catalysis. Prerequisite:
CHEM 515. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 519 Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology: An Introduction for Chemists
Units: 4 Amino acids and peptides; protein
structure and function; enzyme kinetics;
structure, analysis and synthesis of nucleic
acids; chemical biology of DNA and RNA;
biotechnology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 520a Advanced Chemical Biology
Units: 2 Chemical approaches to investigate
protein function and posttranslational
modifications. Recommended Preparation:
CHEM 322ab, and BISC 330 (or
equivalent). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 520b Advanced Chemical Biology
Units: 2 Chemical approaches to investigate
protein function and posttranslational
modifications. Recommended Preparation:
CHEM 322ab, and BISC 330 (or
equivalent). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 521 Basic Principles of Physical
Methods in Biochemistry
Units: 2 Principles underlying physical
analytical methods commonly utilized in
research in biochemistry and molecular
biology. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHEM 523 Introduction to Functional
Inorganic Materials
Units: 2 An introduction to functional
inorganic materials emphasizing crystalline
materials and how their properties can
be understood based on their structure,
elemental composition, and electronic
structure. Recommended Preparation: A
basic understanding of molecular orbital
theory and electronic structure of extended
solids Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 524 Inorganic Materials Chemistry
Units: 2 Studies in the fundamental
principles governing inorganic materials.
Structure and chemical bonding,
preparative methods, and electrical, optical
and magnetic properties of inorganic
materials and applications. Prerequisite:
CHEM 515. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 526 Structure and Mechanism in
Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 Review of modern structural theory
of organic chemistry; and relation to the
mechanisms of organic chemical reactions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 527 Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Units: 4 A survey of representative groups
of widely used synthetic organic reactions;
emphasis on scope, limitations, and
stereochemical consequences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 532 Molecular Photochemistry
and Photophysics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Molecular
electronic structure; description of the
excited state; radiative/nonradiative
decay and electron/energy transfer.
Recommended Preparation: CHEM 515
and CHEM 526 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 535 Introduction to Molecular
Spectroscopy
Units: 4 Theory and experimental methods
of molecular spectroscopy and applications
to chemistry. Rotational, vibrational,
electronic and nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopies. Prerequisite: CHEM 544.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 536 Molecular Dynamics
Units: 2 or 4 Potential energy surfaces,
reaction dynamics, scattering theories,
classical trajectories, statistical
theories, molecular energy transfer,
photodissociation dynamics, gas- surface
interactions, experimental results, beam
and laser techniques. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 538 Mathematical Techniques of
Physical Chemistry
Units: 4 Fundamentals and techniques of
mathematics and physics. Linear algebra,
differential equations, mechanics, electricity
and magnetism. Applications to physical
chemistry/chemical physics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 539 Surface Chemistry
Units: 4 Physical and chemical properties
of solid surfaces; thermodynamics and
kinetics of gas chemisorption; chemical
bonding at surfaces; applications to
catalysis and electronic materials.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 540 Introduction to Statistical
Mechanics
Units: 4 Study of macroscopic systems
from molecular viewpoint using statistical
mechanics: ensembles, fluctuations, gases,
gas-solid interfaces, crystals, polymers,
critical phenomena, non-equilibrium
systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 544 Introduction to Quantum
Chemistry
Units: 4 Basic principles of quantum
mechanics and their application to
chemistry. Electronic structure of atoms
and molecules. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 545 Theory and Practice of
Molecular Electronic Structure
Units: 4 Provide working knowledge and
hands-on experience in current quantum
chemical methods for chemists who would
like to employ these techniques in their own
research. Prerequisite: CHEM 538, CHEM
544. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CHEM 546 Mathematics in Physical
Chemistry
Units: 2 Introduction to mathematical
methods in physical chemistry and quantum
mechanics: ordinary and partial differential
equations, orthogonal polynomials, Fourier
series, Fourier transforms, eigenvalue
and matrix equations Duplicates Credit
in CHEM 538 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 547 Numerical Calculations in
Physical Chemistry
Units: 2 Introduction to numerical
calculations in physical chemistry and
quantum mechanics: translational and
vibrational wavepackets, tunneling motions,
particle in a potential, rotational-vibrational
spectra of diatomic molecules. Duplicates
Credit in CHEM 538 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 548 Computer Simulations of
Chemical and Biological Systems
Units: 4 Key aspects of the rapidly growing
field of computer simulation of molecular
systems in general and biological molecules
in particular. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate course in physical chemistry
or equivalent. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 550 Special Topics in Chemical
Physics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of
selected areas of chemical physics. Critical
evaluation of recent advances in the field.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 551 Theory of Open Quantum
Systems
Units: 4 (Enroll in PHYS 550)
CHEM 555 Computational Quantum
Chemistry: Methods and Applications
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 04 Introduction
to modern computational quantum
chemistry. Prediction of molecular structure,
molecular spectra and molecular reaction
mechanisms using ab initio and semi-
empirical methods. Prerequisite: CHEM
430bor CHEM 431 Recommended
Preparation: CHEM 544 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 561 Polymer Synthesis
Units: 4 Concepts of polymer structure
and stereochemistry. Organic chemistry of
polymerization reactions with emphasis on
condensation, radical, cationic, anionic, and
coordination- - metathesis polymerization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 565L Advanced Practical Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Units: 2 Application of multidimensional
and time resolved NMR spectroscopy to
problems in structure determination and
thermochemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM
322b or CHEM 325b; Recommended
Preparation: CHEM 625. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 939
CHEM 570 Seminar in Chemical Biology
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Introduce students
to emerging research areas in chemical
biology through a thorough discussion of
seminal research articles and presentations
of current research topics. Recommended
Preparation: some research experience and
familiarity with literature search. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 575 Modern Trends in Physical
Chemistry
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Emerging research
areas in physical and theoretical chemistry
through a thorough discussion of seminal
research articles and presentations of
current research topics. Recommended
Preparation: some research experience and
familiarity with literature search. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 577a Medicinal Chemistry and
Drug Design
Units: 2 Introduction to fundamentals of
medicinal chemistry with special attention to
the drug discovery process. Recommended
Preparation: PSCI 664 and CHEM 519.
PSCI 664. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 577b Medicinal Chemistry and
Drug Design
Units: 2 Concepts, methods and examples
of current approaches to drug design
including computer-based molecular
modeling techniques. Recommended
Preparation: PSCI 664 and CHEM 519.
PSCI 664. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 580 Current Topics in Inorganic
Chemistry and Nanoscience
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Introduction to
emerging research areas in inorganic
chemistry and nanoscience through a
discussion of seminal research articles and
presentations of current research topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 581 Current Topics in Sustainable
Energy Generation and Storage
Units: 2 Introduction to emerging research
areas in the chemistry of sustainable
energy generation and storage through
discussion of core research areas and
presentations on current research.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 588 Advanced Practical X-ray
Structure Determination of Small
Molecules
Units: 2 Advanced techniques and methods
in small molecule X-ray crystal structure
determination. Emphasis on practical and
laboratory work. Duplicates Credit in former
CHEM 588a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 589 Macromolecular
Crystallography
Units: 2 Advanced techniques and methods
in X-ray crystal structure determination of
biological macromolecules with emphasis
on practical work. Duplicates Credit in
former CHEM 588b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CHEM 593x Practicum in Teaching
Chemistry
Units: 2 Practical principles for effective
teaching in the laboratory. Intended for
teaching assistants in Chemistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CHEM 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CHEM 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CHEM 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CHEM 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Part-time or
full-time, practical work experience in the
student's field of study. The internship
must be located at an off-campus facility.
Students are individually supervised by
faculty. May not be taken until the student
has completed at least one semester
of enrollment in the graduate program.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CHEM 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Special topics in chemistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 625 Chemical Applications of
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Units: 4 Elementary theory of magnetic
resonance spectroscopy, methods of
spectral analysis, treatment of Fourier
Transform methods and time dependent
phenomena; recent applications in organic
chemistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 626 Natural Products Chemistry
Units: 2 Survey of the chemistry and
biogenesis of the major classes of
secondary metabolites along biogenetic
lines: terpenes, acetogenins, and alkaloids.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CHEM 630 Fundamentals of
Electrochemical Energy Systems
Units: 2 Fundamentals of electrochemical
energy systems including various batteries,
fuel cells and electrolyzers with a focus
on materials, operating principles and
applications. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 632 Introduction to Surface
Chemistry and Electrocatalysis
Units: 2 Introduction to principles governing
physical and chemical behavior of surfaces:
structures, thermodynamics, adsorption,
desorption, diffusion, electron transfer and
electrocatalytic reactions, and experimental
surface analytical techniques. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 661 Selected Topics in Polymer
Synthesis
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Advanced
level study in selected areas of
polymer synthesis. Critical evaluation
of recent advances. Topic examples:
ionic polymerization; stereo chemistry
of polymers; silicon polymers; ladder
polymers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CHEM 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CHEM 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CHEM 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CHEM 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CHEM 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CHEM 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Criminal Justice
CJ 500 Criminology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Key
theories and frameworks used to explain
crime and inform responses to crime.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CJ 505 Analysis of Criminal Justice
Systems
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
criminal justice system's response to crime
through a theoretical and interdisciplinary
lens. Registration Restriction: Open only to
USC Bovard College Students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CJ 510 Criminal Justice Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Theory
and practice of traditional and contemporary
approaches to leadership in the context of
criminal justice. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CJ 515 Applied Research Methods for
Criminal Justice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental research methods and design
commonly used to answer questions
related to criminal justice. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 520 Applied Statistics and Data
Analysis in Criminal Justice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of statistics and statistical
analyses commonly used to interpret crime
data for evaluation and performance.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CJ 525 Ethical Decision-Making in
Criminal Justice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination and analysis of how societal
expectations for ethical behavior and
regulatory oversight affect leaders and
managers in criminal justice. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CJ 530 Organizational Change in
Criminal Justice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Knowledge, skills, and tools necessary
to lead organizational change within
the context of criminal justice systems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CJ 535 Youthful Offenders
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Key
concepts and evidence-based interventions
and responses to promote positive
growth and reduced recidivism in the
youthful offender population. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CJ 540 Criminal Justice Policy and
Program Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
analysis of all major stages of the criminal
justice policymaking process. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CJ 545 Criminal Investigations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
criminal investigative techniques such as
search and seizure, use of technology, and
multi-jurisdictional and transnational crime
investigations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CJ 550 Corrections and Community
Supervision
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
evidence-based corrections and community
supervision practices including offender
rehabilitation, bail, restorative justice and
victims' issues. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CJ 555 Making a Difference in Criminal
Justice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Preparing
for the critical role of leadership through
policy evaluation and policy change
initiatives. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Classics
All of the following courses require a
knowledge of Greek or Latin.
CLAS 500 to CLAS 794z.
CLAS 101gp State and Society in the
Ancient World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
HIST 101gp)
CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their
Legacies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the culture of ancient Greece and
its influence on contemporary ideas,
institutions, values, and literary and
artistic works of the imagination. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Ancient
Roman values, ideas, and institutions of
relevance to later periods of civilization.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category H:
Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 160gp Ancient Lives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The lives of
prominent Greeks, Romans and others in
their ancient historical and biographical
contexts and in modern reevaluations
through various written and visual media.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category H:
Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category V: Arts and Letters Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 170gp Classics of Music and
Literature: from Ancient Greece Through
Contemporary LA
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Joint
introduction to classical music and
classical literature through close study of
works of music inspired by the Greek and
Roman literary tradition. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MUSC 170
CLAS 180g Classical Mythology and the
Mythic Imagination
Units: 4 Introduction to central works of
mythology in classical Greek, Roman and
Near Eastern traditions; emphasis on
the relationship of myth, culture and the
human imagination. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 190g History of Science: Antiquity
to the Scientific Revolution
Units: 4 Introduction to the history of
premodern science and the social and
intellectual processes and practices
that have shaped the work of scientists.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as HIST 190
CLAS 202 Archaeology: Our Human Past
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 202)
CLAS 212 Archaeology: Interpreting the
Past
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Methods
and techniques employed in modern
archaeological research, including the tools
and principles of allied scientific fields and
the impact of analytical and technological
advances. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art
and Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Classical
Greek and Roman mythology as inspiration
for literature, art, music, and film in
various historical contexts. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 300 Women in Antiquity
Units: 4 Theoretical approaches to women's
history; evidence for the daily life, legal
status, and religion of ancient Greek and
Roman women; the female in literature
and art. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-300
CLAS 305 Roman Law
Units: 4 History and elements of Roman
law, including persons, property,
obligations, and inheritance, in context
of social structure (family, gender,
class, slavery, empire). Recommended
Preparation: CLAS 151 or HIST 101.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 307 Law and Society in Classical
Greece
Units: 4 Investigations of the legal culture
of classical Greece, focusing on regulation
of social practices and on the role of social
values in defining crime. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 310 Pagans and Christians
Units: 4 The Christian reception and
transformation of pagan religious and
philosophical thought. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 315 Sport and Spectacle in the
Ancient World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The role of
athletic training and competition in ancient
society, from the Greek Olympic games to
Roman gladiatorial combat and modern
recreations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the
Classical Western Tradition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Political,
ethical, and ideological aspects of classical
Western attitudes towards human diversity.
Relationship between classical tradition
and - contemporary discussions of diversity
and unity. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 941
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in AHIS
321)
CLAS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AHIS
322)
CLAS 323 Aegean Archaeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of the
Bronze Age Aegean societies of Minoan
Crete and Mycenaean Greece; emphasis
on archaeological theory and method in
a prehistoric context. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AHIS-320, REL-323
CLAS 324 Late Antique Art and
Archaeology
Units: 4 Investigation of the transformation
between classical antiquity and the
middle ages through examination of cities,
buildings, images and artifacts of the
3rd–8thcentury Mediterranean. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AHIS-324
CLAS 325 Ancient Epic
Units: 4 Representative epics of the Greek
and Roman world; development of the
character of the hero; later influences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 328 Archaeology of Religion in the
Greco- Roman World
Units: 4 Examination of ancient objects,
images and archaeological sites as
evidence for religious practice and ideas
about the sacred in the GrecoRoman world.
Recommended Preparation: AHIS 120gp,
AHIS 201g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AHIS-
326, REL-328
CLAS 330 Ancients VS. Moderns
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The history
of the conflicts and compromises between
advocates of antiquity and of modernity that
continues to shape our own approaches to
the past. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CLAS 333 Cult and City in Ancient
Greece
Units: 4 Explores the relationship between
civic and religious institutions in ancient
Greece: city planning, warfare, mystery
cults, drama, sacrifice, and women's rituals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 336 Rome and its Discontents:
Literature and Social Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study
of major literary texts in translation from
early imperial Rome and their responses
to profound political and social change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama
Units: 4 Tragedies and comedies of the
ancient world; later influences. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 338 Warfare, State, and Society in
the Ancient World
Units: 4 War, warriors, and their relationship
to politics and culture in the ancient world.
Mobilization, socioeconomic status of
soldiers, discipline, organization, and
hierarchy. Memory of war. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as HIST 311
CLAS 339 Ancient Science
Units: 4 Cross-cultural investigation of
aims, origins, and transmission of various
scientific traditions in antiquity. Relationship
between science and philosophy, scientific
thought and practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 340 Ethics and Politics in Ancient
Rome
Units: 4 Introduction to ethical and
political thought of classical Roman
writers. Relationship between theory and
practice. Implications for contemporary
society. Recommended Preparation: Basic
familiarity with Roman history. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 348g Athens in the Age of
Democracy and Empire
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Democratic
Institutions and practices, empire building,
and cultural innovations of fifth and fourth
century B.C. Athens using historical,
rhetorical, dramatic, philosophical, and
artistic sources. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm History
and cultures of the ancient empires of
southwest Asia, from Cyrus the Great to
the establishment of Islam. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Duplicates Credit in former
CLAS 149 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MDES 349
CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities:
Classical Models
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of political and moral leadership in classical
republican, democratic, and imperial
communities; consideration of how these
models are useful to contemporary
democracies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COLT-370
CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra:
The Mediterranean in an Age of
Expansion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The history
and culture of the Greek kingdoms in
Egypt and Asia. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST
387
CLAS 375 Alexander the Great
Units: 4 Ancient sources on Alexander's
life, personality and conquests. Modern
evaluations of his achievements as a
prototype for autocracy and empire-building
from antiquity to today. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Social,
cultural, and political history of Egypt from
Alexander to Cleopatra; state formation;
immigration and cultural interaction
between ethnic groups. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MDES 378, HIST 328
CLAS 380 Approaches to Myth
Units: 4 Advanced study of uses and
interpretations of myth. Approaches include
myth and ritual; psychology; gender; myth
in literature, film and art. Recommended
Preparation: CLAS 280. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 410 Capstone Research Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Required
capstone for classics majors; overview
of research methods and resources
in classical studies culminating in final
capstone project. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Classics majors in year three
and above Duplicates Credit in former
CLAS 410a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and
Theories of Things
Units: 4 (Enroll in AHIS 415)
CLAS 420 Science and Empire from
Baghdad to Byzantium
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
on medieval science and scientists in the
Byzantine and Islamic empires, including
astronomy, astrology, medicine, and
alchemy. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CLAS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in
Classical Art and Archaeology: Research
and Methodology
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 Terms Offered:
Irregular (Enroll in AHIS 425)
CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
The interaction of archaeology and
contemporary societies through political
and moral claims; archaeologists' role
as stewards and interpreters of ancient
cultures and their remains. Capstone
course for the Archaeology major.
Recommended Preparation: background
in archaeology, classics, or related field
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 465, REL 465,
ARCG 465
CLAS 470 Democracies Ancient and
Modern
Units: 4 Democratic and republican
governments in Athens and Rome; their
influence on republicanism in early modern
Italy and 18th-century America; their
relevance for contemporary democracies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 485 Comparative Grammar of
Greek and Latin
Units: 4 A systematic comparative
and historical linguistic study of the
phonological, morphological and syntactic
components of the grammars of the ancient
Greek and Latin languages. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Not
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available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 495x Honors Research
Units: 4 Individual research for honors in
the major leading to a substantial paper
or other project. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 500 Proseminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
classical scholarship; research methods;
bibliography. Recommended Preparation:
This course requires a knowledge of Greek
or Latin. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CLAS 501a Cross Registration with
UCLA
Units: 21/2 Special studies in selected
areas of classical civilization and literature.
Recommended Preparation: This course
requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 501b Cross Registration with
UCLA
Units: 21/2 Special studies in selected
areas of classical civilization and literature.
Recommended Preparation: This course
requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 501c Cross Registration with
UCLA
Units: 21/2 Special studies in selected
areas of classical civilization and literature.
Recommended Preparation: This course
requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 501d Cross Registration with
UCLA
Units: 21/2 Special studies in selected
areas of classical civilization and literature.
Recommended Preparation: This course
requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 510 Seminar in Classical Philology
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Fa Close study of the Greek and
Latin languages and linguistic theory.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
Greek or Latin Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 511 Sanskrit I
Units: 4 Introduces the student to the
fundamentals of Sanskrit grammar, the
ancient Indo- European language most
closely related to Greek. Recommended
Preparation: This course requires a
knowledge of Greek or Latin. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 512 Sanskrit II
Units: 4 Completes the acquisition of the
fundamentals of Sanskrit grammar and
enables the student to read a variety
of Vedic and classical Sanskrit texts.
Recommended Preparation: This course
requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 515 Topics in Classical
Scholarship
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive study of individual
authors, genres, periods, or areas of
classical scholarship. Recommended
Preparation: knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
Greek or Latin Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 520 Approaches to Antiquity
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study in the history and theory of
classical scholarship. Recommended
Preparation: knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
Greek or Latin Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 525 Studies in Ancient and
Pre-Modern Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Investigation of cultural interaction
among Greeks, Romans and other ancient
peoples. Includes a comparative study
of pre-modern cultures. Recommended
Preparation: knowledge of Greek or Latin.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
Greek or Latin Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 540 Seminar in Early Greek
Literature
Units: 4, 3 years Terms Offered: Fa Homer
through Aeschylus. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 545 Seminar in Theoretical
Approaches to Greek Culture and
Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduces students to the study of Greek
culture and to the range of theories useful
for modeling that culture and its literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 550 Seminar in Classical and
Hellenistic Literature
Units: 4, 3 years Terms Offered: Sp Tragic
poetry, comic poetry, Hellenistic poetry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 555 Seminar in Greek History,
Culture and Society
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Develops a historical framework for Greek
culture from the Mycenaean period through
the Hellenistic world. Emphasis on prose
texts: historians, philosophers, orators.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 560 Seminar in Republican Latin
Literature
Units: 4, 3 years Terms Offered: Fa Early
Latin literature through Virgil. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 565 Seminar in Theoretical
Approaches to Roman Culture and
Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduces students to the study of Roman
culture and to a range of theories useful
for modeling that culture and its literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CLAS 570 Seminar in Imperial Latin
Literature
Units: 4, 3 years Terms Offered: Sp Latin
literature from the Augustan period to that
of the Antonines. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 575 Seminar in Roman History,
Culture and Society
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduces students to research in Roman
history and historiography. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSp Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CLAS 593x Practicum in Teaching
Liberal Arts: Classics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Basic principles
of philosophical pedagogy, with emphasis
on practical applications and the importance
of career-long skill development. Required
for first-semester teaching assistants in
Classics. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Classics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CLAS 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CLAS 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CLAS 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CLAS 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Special topics in classical
language, literature and culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CLAS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CLAS 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CLAS 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CLAS 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CLAS 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CLAS 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
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Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Community Dentistry
CMDT 501 Introduction to Community
Dentistry Programs
Units: 1 Lectures and practical field
experiences introducing the role of the
dentist in a variety of organized public
health programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMDT 502a Contemporary Dental
Practice
Units: 2 Economic, legal, and professional
aspects of dental practice; alternative
careers in dentistry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMDT 502b Contemporary Dental
Practice
Units: 2 Economic, legal, and professional
aspects of dental practice; alternative
careers in dentistry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMDT 507a Ethical Issues in the Practice
of Dentistry
Units: 0 Examination of the major ethical
issues in the current practice of dentistry;
study of effective and proper methods of
addressing the issues. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
CMDT 507b Ethical Issues in the
Practice of Dentistry
Units: 0 Examination of the major ethical
issues in the current practice of dentistry;
study of effective and proper methods of
addressing the issues. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
CMDT 507c Ethical Issues in the Practice
of Dentistry
Units: 1 Examination of the major ethical
issues in the current practice of dentistry;
study of effective and proper methods of
addressing the issues. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMDT 601 Mobile Clinic
Units: 1 Clinic experience in provision
of dental care for children of low income
agricultural workers through use of mobile
dental clinic on location. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMDT 603 Multiphasic Experiences in
Extramural Dentistry
Units: 1 Community responsibilities of
dentists in a dynamic society. Practical
experiences include consultations and
visitations to private offices, group
practices, hospitals, and neighborhood
health clinics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMDT 606 Business Principles in
Dentistry
Units: 2 Overview of basic business
administration principles, including
economics, accounting, marketing, finance,
entrepreneurship, and strategic planning
as relevant to the practice of dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Communication Management
CMGT 500 Managing Communication
Units: 4 Production and distribution of
information within large organizations;
information networks, organization
structure, control and decision-making
functions. Resources necessary for
effective organizational communication
systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 501 Communication Management
Pro-Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Central issues
of theory and practice in the management
of communication; broad introduction to
all areas of the program. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Communication
Management majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 502 Strategic Corporate
Communication
Units: 4 Roles, responsibilities and
requirements of communication
functions within corporations; design and
implementation of communication plans;
strategic message production for internal
and external audiences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 503 Strategic Communication
Consulting
Units: 4 Communication consulting skills
including facilitation, training, presentation
coaching, benefits writing, speech writing,
and communicating organizational
change; consulting basics, proposals, cost
estimating, and final reports. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 504 Writing for Strategic
Communication
Units: 4 Writing skills necessary for an
organizational communicator; review
of strategic writing fundamentals;
development of portfolio of diverse media
applications based on strategic corporate
communication requirements. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 505 Communication in Work
Settings
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp How work
settings determine communication: basic
structures of communication, influence of
technology, social contexts and physical
space. Applications to management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Communication Management majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 506 Images and Image
Management
Units: 4 Examines images and image
manipulation in communication,
management and social control.
Synthesizes work ranging from cognition
and interpersonal behavior to mass media
and popular culture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 507 Information Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Conceptual
frameworks to understand variability,
uncertainty and bias associated with
information and data. Principles and
strategies for critical analyses, sense-
making, knowledge discovery, data-based
presentation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 508 Communicating Strategy and
Change
Units: 4 Examination of role of
communication in developing and
implementing business strategy; critical
assessment and practice with models,
tools, and techniques for communicating
change. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 509 Influential Communication in
the Marketplace
Units: 4 Promotional messages as both
creative expressions and agents for
behavioral change; application of social
science theories of persuasion and
compliance in interpersonal and mass-
media venues. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 510 Communication, Values,
Attitudes and Behavior
Units: 4 Theory and research on value
and attitude formation and change;
consequences for communication and
behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 511 Health Communication
Units: 4 Connections between health
providers' communication and patients'
well-being; consultation language,
nonverbal behavior, physical settings,
design of media messages, information
technologies in patient education and care.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 512 Unintended Consequences of
Communication
Units: 4 A multidisciplinary examination
of the unintended consequences of
interpersonal, mass media, political,
commercial and social communication by
analyzing tactical and strategic errors in
communication campaigns. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 514 Analytical Tools for
Communication Decisions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Decision making
for communication professionals utilizing
statistics, methods, and analysis. Identifying
solutions and how to communicate these
solutions to others. Prerequisite: CMGT
540 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Communication Management majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 515 Innovation and the
Information Economy
Units: 4 Analysis of the innovation
dynamics fueled by the information and
communication technology revolution;
economic, technological, institutional and
personal underpinnings of innovation and
entrepreneurship. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 516 Communication Strategies
For Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Communication research, analysis and
strategies for new ventures to establish
spread and acceptance in saturated
mediascapes. Help founders find
persuasive voice and identity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 517 Communication in the Luxury
Fashion Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
luxury fashion marketing communication,
focusing on connecting with the audience.
Topics include history of the industry,
media channels, digital platforms and
communicating values. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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CMGT 520 Social Roles of
Communication Media
Units: 4 How mass media shape public
images of groups, channel political power,
promote consumption of goods. Social
and political theories as tools in evaluating
media impact. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 528 Website Strategies for
Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Assess
organizations' online needs, to examine the
use of the Internet in terms of electronic
commerce and global pressures, and
design Web page strategies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 529 Social Media Entertainment
and Creator Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Maps the
global rise and evolution of Social Media
Entertainment and China's Wang Hong
industries distinguished by creators, aka
influencers, YouTubers, live streamers,
KOLs and Wang Hong. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 530 Social Dynamics of
Communication Technologies
Units: 4 Impact of television, satellites,
computers, and other new technologies;
competing theories about the role of
technology in society; historical effects of
introducing new technologies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 531 Communication and the
International Economy
Units: 4 Examines the impact of global
economic changes on communications
industries, the political and economic forces
shaping these industries and the roles of
its managers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 532 Development of American
Electronic Media Industry
Units: 4 Origins of American radio and
television broadcasting industry and
analysis of its development into the
contemporary media industry; covers
history, technology, regulation, and
business practices. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 533 Emerging Communication
Technologies
Units: 4 Basics of multimedia; new forms of
audio and video interactive technologies;
computer communication networks;
social, political, cultural, interpersonal,
organizational issues related to emerging
communication technologies. Duplicates
Credit in former COMM 533. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 535 Online Communities for
Organizations
Units: 4 How Web-based technologies
affect organizational communication,
including issues related to collaboration,
innovation and knowledge management,
forecasting, and networking. Duplicates
Credit in former COMM 535. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 536 Team Communication and
Leadership
Units: 4 Theories of effective team
communication and leadership; case
studies of effective and ineffective teams
and leaders; teamwork and communication
development; and distributed work teams.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 537 The Industry, Science and
Culture of Video Games
Units: 4 History, social dynamics,
and cultural impact of video games;
developments in technology and design;
issues confronting the video game industry
and organizations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 540 Uses of Communication
Research
Units: 4 Applications of both data
and interpretation in communications
management. Topics include: audience
ratings, surveys, experimental tests of
programs and campaigns, formative
evaluation, secondary data sources.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to Communication Management and
Communications Management Online
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 541 Integrated Communication
Strategies
Units: 4 Communication strategies for
product marketing and advertising;
communication's role in developing
domestic and international marketplaces;
practical applications of persuasion theory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 542 Business Strategies of
Communication Firms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of business strategies in
communication agencies. Emphasis on
active cases. Students prepare strategic
and executional aspects for communication
needs in client firms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 543 Managing Communication in
the Entertainment Industry
Units: 4 Examination, application and
critique of traditional and contemporary
organizational communication theory as
it applies to the entertainment industry's
unique internal and external environments.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PR 583
CMGT 544 Creating Organizational
Identity: Meaning Through Messages
Units: 4 Use of rhetorical theories
and communication models to create
organizational identification with internal
and external audiences; the role of values
and ethics in creating identities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 545 Communication and Global
Competition
Units: 4 How communication technologies
are used to secure competitive advantage;
how firms use communication systems to
sustain effective positioning in an industry;
convergence of communication industries.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 546 Sports Media and Society
Units: 4 History and evolution of sports
media industry; traditional, new and
alternative sports media; globalization of
sports; sports promotions and personalities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 547 Distribution of Recordings:
Media, Retail and Online Channels
Units: 4 Cultural and critical analyses of
radio and recording industry development
and business strategy; influence of legal
and regulatory institutions, impact of new
forms of distribution. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 548 Issues in Children's Media
Units: 4 Historical review of children's
programming; programming genres;
ethical and business issues of marketing to
children; children's uses of various media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 549 Case Studies in Digital
Entertainment
Units: 4 Explores foundation of U.S.
media policy in the digital age; students
prepare White Papers on an urgent
issue of contemporary digital media and
entertainment policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 550 Hollywood 3.0 —
Entertainment Industry in the
Convergence Age
Units: 4 In-depth analysis of the challenges
confronting the entertainment industry in
the wake of media convergence including
a survey of media convergence history and
theories. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 551 Communicating
Entertainment Media Identities
Units: 4 Understanding dynamics in
entertainment markets enabled by
emerging digital technologies; broad and
niche strategies to target appropriate
audiences, building audience engagement
with entertainment content identities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 552 Visual Storytelling:
Production, Management and Culture
Units: 4 Focuses on management,
production and distribution of scripted film,
television and web stories to understand
visual storytelling as a communicative
strategy for advertising and education.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 553 Marketing Communication
Theory and Application
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Applies
communication theory and research
to understand emerging marketing
communication topics and issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Communication Management
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 554 Copywriting and Creativity
Units: 4 Foundational and advanced
practices for copywriting and related design
in communication; integrated analysis of
concepts and pragmatics surrounding
creativity for communication effectiveness.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 555 Online Marketing
Communication Development and
Analysis
Units: 4 Analysis and development of online
communication and marketing campaigns;
exploration of current Internet best practices
in social media, SEM, privacy, location-
based marketing, and online measurement.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 556 Global Marketing
Communication
Units: 4 Communication strategies in a
global marketing environment; analysis of
global-local challenges and opportunities;
effective global integrated communication to
create and sustain competitive advantage.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 557 Communication Policy in the
Global Marketplace
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of
various countries' communication and
information technology policies; examines
developments in telecommunications,
broadcasting, and entertainment industries
and policy questions for global media
marketplace. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 558 The International
Entertainment Marketplace
Units: 4 Global influences on entertainment
industries (broadcasting, film,
telecommunications, Internet, video games,
and music); case analyses of specific
organizations and geographic regions;
impact on local cultures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 559 Global Hollywood
Units: 4 Examines the influence of the
transglobal flow of media between the U.S.
entertainment industries and other national
media industries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 560 Communications Policy
Units: 4 Evolving regulation of telephone,
radio, television, cable, print, and other
media. Major policy-makers and decision
points in policy-making at local, state,
national, and international levels. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 561 Principles of Public Relations
Units: 3 (Enroll in PR 561)
CMGT 562 Foundations of Effective PR
Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other (Enroll in PR
562)
CMGT 563 Qualitative Research for
Marketing Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides
a comprehensive set of qualitative
communication tools to examine the
dynamics of consumer decision making,
leading to actionable insights to inform
marketing communication. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 564 Methodological Fundamentals
of Big Data in Communication
Units: 4 Understanding of fundamental
methodological issues about big data:
types, platforms, tools, analysis techniques,
and relevant theoretical frameworks.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 565 Communication Law and
Broadcasting
Units: 4 History and present status of
broadcast regulations; emphases on
First Amendment, character of regulatory
agencies, impact of court decisions,
influence of technological advances.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 566 Communication Law and New
Technologies
Units: 4 Development of law in newer
technologies. Cases include cable
television, low power television, direct
broadcast satellites, teletext, video
cassettes, telephone, data networks,
computer regulation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 567 Internet Policy, Practice and
Regulation
Units: 4 Examines how legal decisions
impact commercial and personal uses
of the Internet; regulatory responses to
court decisions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 568 Influencer Strategies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Students master
skills and strategies to distinguish the truly
influential from the merely popular, manage
international influencer campaigns and
develop successful influencers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 571 Communications
Technologies
Units: 4 Basic technological concepts
necessary to understand the workings of
modern communications products and
services, to include frequency, bandwidth,
electricity, modulation, and digital
conversion. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 573 Evaluating Communication
Needs
Units: 4 Participation as consultants in field
projects. Use of organizational, interpretive,
and statistical methods to design
organizational communication systems is
emphasized. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 574 Tele-Media: Strategic and
Critical Analysis
Units: 4 Strategic and critical analyses
of emerging and new communication
technologies from historical, business,
financial, consumer, and policy
perspectives. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 575 Communicating in Crisis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How to use
effective organizational communication
to facilitate crisis prevention, provide
leadership during a crisis and manage
organizational change. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 576 Communication Strategies for
Conflict Management
Units: 4 Communication strategies for
effective negotiation, mediation and
facilitation of disputes; structures for public
interventions; emergence of online dispute
resolution systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 577 Communicating Corporate
Social Responsibility
Units: 4 Evolution, models, metrics and
stakeholders. Key communication issues in
designing and implementing initiatives, CSR
reporting, strategic partnerships and online
communities. Analysis of communication
paradoxes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 578 Non-profit Advocacy
Units: 4 Examines non-profit advocacy
(vs. for-profit communication) marked by
different rhythmic and creative drivers;
non-profit audience analysis; creation of
conversations for viral communication
impact. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMGT 580 Chinese Media and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Legacy and
emerging media industries in China. Focus
on key actors, particularly relationships
between platforms, creators, content,
audience, intermediaries and sponsors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 581 Media in Social Services:
Design and Evaluation of Campaigns
Units: 4 Theory and research issues in
the use of media for changing behavior in
health, public safety, welfare, and other
areas of social services. Duplicates Credit
in former COMM 581. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 582 International Communication:
National Development
Units: 4 Comparison of traditional
communication programs and newer
information and communication
technologies for analyzing needs of
international communities; design,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
of development-related projects. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 583 Social Marketing and
Entertainment Education
Units: 4 Theoretical foundations of social
marketing and entertainment education;
uses of dramatic serials, telenovelas
and animation to promote human rights;
program design, evaluation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 584 Communication and the
Multicultural Marketplace
Units: 4 Popular culture and marketing
communication; race, gender, sexual
orientation and consumer culture;
consumption patterns and identity, loyalty
and self-actualization; cultural marketing
campaigns and sociopolitical conflict.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 585 Communication Leadership
in the Entertainment Industry
Units: 4 Examination of the communicative
elements of leadership in entertainment
products and processes; the role of
communication experts in supporting,
coaching and facilitating entertainment
leadership. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 586 Entertainment Media:
Content, Theory, and Industry Practices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of social scientific theory and research
on patterns of media content; effects of
mass media exposure on individuals and
society; and industry practices. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Communication
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 587 Audience Analysis
Units: 4 Fundamental principles of audience
research; critique of existing methodologies;
implications for global audiences and mass
media markets. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 588 Global Storytelling:
The Power of Narrative
Units: 4 Theory, structure and effects of
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culture on narrative. Story in non-profit
and health organizations; new fields that
recognize the importance of storytelling;
storytelling in diverse media. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 589 Storytelling, Culture and
Experiential Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How to
communicate through storytelling in
contemporary culture. Strategic story
development for brands, for self-branding,
and for social impact. Story creation utilizes
narrative theories and workshop-style
participatory activities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMGT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to
the degree to be determined by the school.
Duplicates Credit in former COMM 590.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CMGT 591 Communication Internship
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Field experience in applying
communication principles to settings
in organizations, campaigns, or other
contexts; analysis and assessment
of issues and problems. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
in the following majors: Communication
PhD, Communication Management, Global
Communication, Digital Social Media,
Public Diplomacy, Public Diplomacy
(Practitioner and Mid-Career Professional)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CMGT 592 Theory and Practice of
Professional Presentations
Units: 2 Application of communication and
persuasion theories in the creation of oral
presentations; critical assessment of the
role of new technologies for professional
presentations. Credit Restriction: Not
available for students in the MA and PhD
programs in communication. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CMGT 597a Communication Research
Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
design and produce an original project
appropriate for their emphasis area within
the Master of Communication degree.
Prerequisite: CMGT 501 and CMGT 540.
Registration Restriction: Open to Master of
Communication Management students only.
Duplicates Credit in former CMGT 597.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 597b Communication Research
Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
design and produce an original project
appropriate for their emphasis area within
the Master of Communication degree.
Prerequisite: CMGT 501 and CMGT 540.
Registration Restriction: Open to Master of
Communication Management students only.
Duplicates Credit in former CMGT 597.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMGT 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Motion Picture Producing
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CMPP 541a Producing Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Hands-on
workshops in creative and physical
filmmaking. Duplicates Credit in CTPR 504
and former CMPP 541L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 541b Producing Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Further hands-
on creative and physical filmmaking,
making more advanced short films.
Duplicates Credit in CTPR 504 and former
CMPP 541L. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 548 Introduction to Producing for
Television
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the creative and business aspects
of producing for television. Registration
Restriction: Open only to PFTM students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMPP 550 Script Analysis for the
Producer
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Detailed
evaluation of completed scripts and of the
producer's role in bringing them to fruition.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMPP 560 Script Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp From idea
and story to finished shooting script.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMPP 561 Motion Picture and Television
Marketing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis and
preparation of film and television show
marketing campaigns from creative
concept to targeting across various media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMPP 563 Producing Symposium
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Lectures on
creative aspects of producing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CMPP 564 Digital Media and
Entertainment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Exploring the
effect of digital media on the entertainment
landscape. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 565 Scheduling and Budgeting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Concept and
preparation of a complete schedule and
budget. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMPP 566 Finance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
on financial aspects of film industry and
methods of financing films. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 568 Producing for Television
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Discussions
of the creative and financial aspects of
television producing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 569 Seminar on Non-Mainstream
Producing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Discussions
on non-major studio producing options,
including non-traditional financing and
non-theatrical producing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 570 Advanced Television
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
studies of the business of television,
including the economic structure of the
television industry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 571 Producing the Screenplay
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Workshop
for the creation and development of a
screenplay or teleplay. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 589a Graduate Film Business
Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Economics
of the entertainment industry, including
entertainment law, and rights acquisition.
Includes weekly film screening. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 589b Graduate Film Business
Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Economics
of the entertainment industry, including
entertainment law, and rights acquisition.
Includes weekly film screening. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CMPP 591 Producing Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Producing
workshop encompassing all aspects of
producing, including script development,
budgeting, casting and actual production.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CMPP 592 Individual Project Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Directed
research project and seminars in related
topics. Duplicates Credit in former CTPR
592. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CMPP 599 Special Topics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular
Investigation of new and emerging aspects
of producing motion pictures and television;
special and experimental subjects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Cinematic Arts
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CNTV 101 Reality Starts Here
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to emerging forms of immersive
entertainment, to Cinematic Arts faculty,
and to guest speakers who will comment
on the changing nature of the industry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CNTV 325 Digital Cinematography
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm The craft of
cinematography for digital media; includes
lectures, on-set video production exercises,
and scene studies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 332 The Art of Motion Picture
Editing
Units: 2 Analyzing and deconstructing
all the elements of the art of creatively
manipulating visual images through editing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 367 The Music Video: Business
and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Creating
concepts, writing treatments, pitching, and
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the realities and details of music video
production including budgeting, pre- and
post-production. Duplicates Credit in CTPR
497 Music Video Production. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 370 3-D Animation for Film and
Video
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The basics of
3-D computer animation techniques and
their use in creating animated characters.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 372 Developing the Screenplay
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm The process
of script development, examining a
project from the initial idea and tracking
its progress through to the completed
screenplay ready for production. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 375 Breaking Into the
Entertainment Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm An overview
of the entertainment industry and the tools
needed to secure jobs and survive and
succeed in the market. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 392 Filmmaking Intensive
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The basic
technical and aesthetic concepts underlying
motion picture production and an
exploration of visual language. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 393 16mm Filmmaking:
Structuring Scenes That Work
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The creative
and technical aspects of 16mm filmmaking,
particularly as they apply to the short film
or the individual scene. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 403 Filmmaking Online
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm An intensive
online course in expressing ideas through
the moving image. Writing, directing,
photographing and editing short projects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 405 Studio Producing and
Directing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Understanding
the craft and art of directing in the studio
system, and developing a working
methodology for creative producing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 410 Non-Fiction Filmmaking
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Conceiving,
researching, writing, producing, directing,
and editing an original non-fiction work and
exploring practical training in techniques of
non-fiction film. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 411 Creating the Short Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm An overview of
the concerns, functions and responsibilities
associated with creating a short narrative
film. Casting, producing and directing an
individual project. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 413 Digital Editing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
non-linear editing techniques, hardware,
digitizing, logging, and special effects, using
the AVID Media Composer editing system.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 415 Commercial Production:
The Art of the Sixty-Second Story
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The three
main components of commercials: agency
creation, spot production, and post-
production. Writing, pitching, casting,
directing, and editing commercials.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 419 Inside the Business of Film
and Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of the contemporary studio
system, independent films, and television,
including script analysis, pitching, optioning
properties, the marketplace, representation,
career management, and networking.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 420 Independent Feature
Filmmaking
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent feature film development,
financing, production, and distribution.
Discussions with independent filmmakers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 427 The Art and Commerce of
Independent Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A
comprehensive analysis of the
development-to-release life cycle of
independently produced films. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 428 Fundamentals of
Entertainment Law and Dealmaking
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the legal aspects of securing and
protecting content in all forms of
media, and the business side of project
development and implementation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Business Administration with Cinematic Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 440 The Business of the
Entertainment Industry: Motion Pictures,
Television, Animation, Video Games, and
Interactive Entertainment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An in-depth
analysis of the history, evolution, and
current state of the motion picture,
television, animation, video game, and
interactive entertainment industries.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 441 Business and Cinematic Arts
Entertainment Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of business and cinematic arts concepts
to entertainment industry networking
and career-building experiences. Peer
collaboration/competition, and identifying
organizational compatibility. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Business
Administration (Cinematic Arts) majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 457 The Entertainment
Entrepreneur: Getting Your First Project
Made
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The practical
aspects of entrepreneurial producing in
the entertainment industry. Identifying and
understanding the pitfalls and benefits of
creating one's own projects. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 458 Producing and Marketing
Feature Length Films
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The principles
and business practices of producing and
marketing feature length films in the motion
picture industry. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Business Administration
(Cinematic Arts) majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 463 Television: Integrating
Creative and Business Objectives
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An investigation
of the creative and business sides of
television and how they connect, including
changes caused by fractionalization and
digital technology. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Business Administration
(Cinematic Arts) students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 467 The Future of Digital Media
and the Entertainment Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Examines how
digital media will affect the future of the
television, motion picture, game, music,
and interactive industries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 474 Digital DNA: Media Redefined
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A practical,
hands-on learning experience in creating
media content and turning that content into
a myriad of viable businesses. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CNTV 478 Horror Film Analysis and
Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The
fundamentals of horror filmmaking, analysis
of horror as a genre and professional
opportunities in the entertainment industry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 481 Entertainment Industry
Launchpad
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Provides senior
Business of Cinematic Arts majors with the
practical and theoretical skills needed to
launch their entry into the Entertainment
Industry. Registration Restriction: Open only
to seniors in Business Administration with
Cinematic Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 495 Internship in Cinematic Arts
Units: 1, 2, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm On-the-job film, television, and
interactive industry experience in the
areas of interest of the individual student.
Requires departmental approval. Duplicates
Credit in former CTIN 495 and former
CTPR 495 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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CNTV 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in cinematic arts. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 501 Cinematic Arts Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Introduction to an industry and art form
in the midst of transformation, with guest
speakers and cinematic arts faculty who will
address new research and technologies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CNTV 521 The World of the Producer
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A
comprehensive overview of the role
of the producer in creating television
programming, feature films, and new media
content. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CNTV 522 The Television Industry:
Networks, Cable and the Internet
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The current
state of the television industry and future
business paradigms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 523 Feature Film Financing and
the Studio System
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An overview
of the motion picture studio system and
how to finance feature films. Principles,
business practices, and future trends.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 524 Digital Technologies and the
Entertainment Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The impact of
digital technologies on the film, television,
and music industries from content creation
to distribution. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 525 Entertainment Marketing in
Today's Digital Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Entertainment
industry marketing disciplines, covering
motion pictures, television, music, theme
parks, home entertainment, and video
games. Current principles and business
practices. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introductory course in the ethical questions
professionals encounter in the field of
cinematic arts. Case studies and guest
lectures. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the School of Cinematic
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 561 Publicity for Cinema and
Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis and
preparation of advertising and publicity
campaigns for entertainment films and
television. Duplicates Credit in former
CTPR 561 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 562 Seminar in Motion Picture
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Problems of
studio operation, production, distribution,
exhibition or legal procedures relating to
the motion picture. Duplicates Credit in
former CTPR 562 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 563 The Business of
Representation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Various roles
an agent, manager, attorney and publicist
play in representing talent, producers and
writers. Taught by professionals who are at
the forefront of the entertainment industry.
Duplicates Credit in former CTPR 563
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 589 Graduate Film Seminar
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Detailed investigations
and discussion of various aspects of film.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CNTV 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CNTV 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CNTV 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CNTV 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CNTV 595 Professional Practicum
Units: 1, 2, 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Film, media, archival and
interactive industry experience in areas
of interest to the individual student, and
development of a personal brand. Requires
departmental approval. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CNTV 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Detailed investigation of
new or emerging aspects of cinematic arts;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CNTV 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
CNTV 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
CNTV 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
CNTV 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
CNTV 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Credit/No Credit
Comparative Literature
COLT 101gp Masterpieces and
Masterminds: Literature and Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A broad
introduction to the great works of Western
culture from antiquity to 1800. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Duplicates Credit
in former COLT 150x. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
COLT 102g On Location: The Place of
Literature in Global Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
study of works from a broad range of
cultural traditions that originate from, and
provide insight into, vital global locations
outside the Western sphere. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Comparative
study of Latin American cultures, especially
vis-a-vis those of Europe and the U.S.
Materials drawn from literature, but also
film, opera, history, cultural theory. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
COLT 251g Modern Literature and
Thought of the West Since 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Survey of
literary and other cultural texts from the
19th to the 21st centuries, with emphasis on
the individual and social change. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COLT 255gw Southeast Asian Literature
and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
EALC 255gw)
COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and
Literary Traditions
Units: 4 A comparative study of the Asian
aesthetic heritage of poetry, painting, music,
and drama; of literary themes, trends, and
myths. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
EALC-264
COLT 302 Introduction to Literary Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to general forms of reflection on literary
discourse. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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COLT 303 Globalization: Culture,
Change, Resistance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Cultural
dimensions of issues in globalization:
migration, diaspora, terrorism,
communications, climate change,
collectives, production and technology,
money and exchange. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 311 Epic
Units: 4 Formation and development of
epic poetry from Near Eastern and Greco-
Roman antiquity through the Renaissance
to the present. Emphasis on relation to
political and cultural change. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in
Literature and the Arts
Units: 4 Study of transformations of
characters and themes from myth, legend
or fairytale (Oedipus, Antigone, Faust, Don
Juan, Cinderella, Comic and Tragic Twins,
Hero and Monster). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 324 Women in Medieval and
Renaissance Europe
Units: 4 Study of literary, social and cultural
lives of women during the European
Middle Ages and Renaissance. Reading
and analysis of texts written by and about
women. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-324
COLT 331g The Black Atlantic:
Narratives of Migration and Travel
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 331gw)
COLT 335 Decadence and Modernity
Units: 4 Study of the notion of "decadence"
and its impact on modern and
contemporary literary/cultural production,
with a comparatist focus on different
linguistic traditions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 345 Realist Fiction
Units: 4 Study of the ways literature
presents the "real" (social and/or individual)
through readings of selected novels and
short stories in the realist and naturalist
traditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COLT 346 Fictions of the First Person
Units: 4 Study of prose fiction in the first
person as a model of fiction in general and
as a reflection of the fictional structure of
selfhood. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COLT 347g Modern Arab Culture and
Literature
Units: 4 (Enroll in MDES 343g)
COLT 348 Modernist Fiction
Units: 4 Study of the Modernist aesthetic in
narrative texts by Gide, Joyce, Kafka, Woolf
and others; possible focus on related trends
in other literary traditions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 354 Revolutions in Theater
Units: 4 Comparative study of
groundbreaking contributions to modern
theories of theater and performance in the
context of other 20th century revolutions —
aesthetic, cultural, and social. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 357 The Avant-Garde
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of the
relationship between literary modes and
other arts since 1900, focusing on particular
avant-garde movements. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 360gp Fictions of Africa
Units: 4 Introduction to African cultural
history by way of a comparative study of
major literary works and intellectual thought
from representative regions and countries
in Africa. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture
Units: 4 Study of mass-reproduced verbal
and visual art forms, such as graphic
novels, comics, animation, popular music,
video, graffiti, advertising. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 370 Leaders and Communities:
Classical Models
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CLAS 370)
COLT 372gp Medicine, Health and the
Body in Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
FREN 372)
COLT 373 Literature and Film
Units: 4 Examines literature and film as
distinct modes of representation, narration,
and structuring of time, language, memory,
and visuality. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CTCS-373
COLT 374gm Women Writers in Europe
and America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to works of major women writers from
the Middle Ages to the 20th century in
their literary, social and cultural contexts.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category I:
Western Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SWMS 374, ITAL 374
COLT 375 Latin American Cultural and
Literary Theory
Units: 4 Survey of cultural critique focused
on Latin America as a cultural region and
on Latin Americanism as a transnational
academic practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SPAN 375
COLT 377 Gender and Sexuality in
Literary Theory
Units: 4 Literary representations and
theories of gender difference. Examines
questions of gendered voice in writing
and the cultural construction of gender in
various periods and cultures. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS 378
COLT 379 Nationalism and
Postcolonialism in Southeast Asian
Cinema
Units: 4 Cinema from Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, and Vietnam in local and global
cultural contexts. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CTCS-379
COLT 381 Psychoanalysis and the Arts
Units: 4 Introduction to psychoanalytic
literature on the arts, including classic
texts by Freud, Jones, Lacan, Derrida, and
others. Readings of theoretical and fictional
works. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian
Literature
Units: 4 Studies of the presence and
influence of Zen Buddhism and Daoism in
Asian literature, with a focus on China and
Japan. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as REL 382
COLT 385 Literature and Justice
Units: 4 Examination of literary and
autobiographical texts that raise questions
of justice in multicultural societies; links to
theories of justice in historical, political, or
philosophical contexts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COLT 391 Literary Criticism from Plato
to Postmodernism
Units: 4 Survey of major texts in the literary
criticism of the West from the Greeks to
postmodern theories. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 393 Seminar in French Thought
and Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
(Enroll in FREN 393)
COLT 420 The Fantastic
Units: 4 Representative works from the
"fantastic" and related currents within the
European, U.S., and Spanish American
traditions; reading of texts by authors such
as Borges, Cortazar, Kafka, and Poe.
Discussion of relevant theoretical concepts
and critical works. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 426 Utopias
Units: 4 Examination of selected utopias in
their historical context as "no places" whose
projections of alternate cultures always
comment on their own. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing
and Interpreting the Self
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of twentieth-century Arabic
autobiographical writings and interrogation
of the complex ways by which such works
unsettle fundamental assumptions of
literary history and modernity. Duplicates
Credit in COLT 448 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MDES 437
COLT 445 Europe and the Writing of
Others
Units: 4 Analysis of European texts —
literary, musical, philosophical, visual —
that focus on other cultures, as well as of
non-European texts dealing with Europe
or - European cultural forms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics/
Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
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Introduction to nineteenth-century Arabic
travel-writing and investigation of its role in
the reconfiguration of the Arabic tradition
at the interface of aesthetics and politics.
Duplicates Credit in COLT 448 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MDES 447
COLT 448 Multilingual Encounters
Units: 4 Exploration of multilingual
encounters in literary works, films, and
theoretical texts. Topics may include
immigrant languages, dialects, jargons,
imaginary or hybrid languages, theories
of translation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MDES 449
COLT 449g Dante
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ITAL
382g)
COLT 451 Opera and Cultural Theory
Units: 4 Study of the words and plots
of operas from the viewpoint of gender,
postcolonial, and psychoanalytical theory.
Special attention to contemporary stagings
and film versions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COLT 453 Bildungsroman in Modern
East Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EALC
454)
COLT 454 Aesthetic Philosophy and
Theory
Units: 4 Introduction to philosophical and
critical writings on the nature of art and
aesthetic experience. Special attention
to technology's impact on art. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ENGL-454
COLT 460 Love, Self and Gender in
Japanese Literature
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 460)
COLT 462 Soundtracks of Our Lives
Units: 4 The reciprocal, ideological relations
between modes of listening, sounds, music;
and literature, film, culture. Examines a
range of issues in auditory culture across
a broad historical span. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 470 Literature and Media in Latin
America
Units: 4 Study of the relations between
Latin American literature and different
mass-media genres. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SPAN-470
COLT 471 Literature, Theory, History
Units: 4 Examines the relation between
historical and theoretical approaches to
literary works. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction
Units: 4 The noir tradition in books and films
set in Los Angeles. Emphasis on generic
conventions, representations of the city,
and discourses of class, gender, race.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COLT 474 Desire, Literature, Technology
Units: 4 Relations between technology,
desire, power and literature through
contemporary philosophers, theorists
and literary critics. Examines literature
and philosophy in relation to global
technological planning. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 475 Politics and the Novel
Units: 4 Examination of the modern
realist novel with special focus on the
representation of social change (revolution,
class conflict, sexual politics). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ENGL 475
COLT 476 Narrative and the Law
Units: 4 Study of the relationship between
law and narrative through Western
literature, including the realist novel,
medieval morality plays and Greek drama.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COLT 478 Family in Theory and
Literature
Units: 4 Representations of the family in
literary works and films across different
cultures and historical periods. Readings in
anthropology, philosophy, psychoanalysis,
and feminist and gender theory. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism
Units: 4 A comparative study of Dada
and Surrealism in literature in relation
to painting, sculpture, photography and
cinema. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COLT 485 The Shoah (Holocaust) in
Literature and the Arts
Units: 4 A critical analysis, in their historical
contexts, of representative literary,
dramatic, musical and artistic works created
by or about the victims of the Shoah
(Holocaust). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COLT 486 Deconstructive Thought
Units: 4 Deconstructive analysis of theories
of language, representation, selfhood,
the human, art and technology, politics
and ethics. Study of works by Derrida and
others. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COLT 487 Critical Image
Units: 4 Introduction to critical reflection
on the image. Analysis of criticism, fiction,
film, and visual artifacts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CTCS 487
COLT 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Not
available for graduate credit. Prerequisite:
departmental approval. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 495 Senior Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Writing of an honors thesis under
individual faculty supervision. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Intensive study
of selected author or authors in the context
of a major literary tradition. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 510 Introduction to Translation
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the graduate certificate in Translation
Studies; study of canonical works in
translation theory. Registration Restriction:
Only open to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSLC 510
COLT 511 Translating Race
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Contemporary notions of racial, cultural,
and religious difference across languages
and history. Recommended Preparation:
COLT 510 Registration Restriction: Only
open to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSLC 511
COLT 512 Literary and Cinematic
Translingualism and Translation
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introduces key debates regarding
translingualism and translation in
postcolonial, comparative, and cross-
cultural literary and cinematic contexts
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CSLC 512
COLT 519 Translation in Theory and
Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Workshop in
translation; capstone to graduate certificate
in Translation Studies. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSLC 519
COLT 525 Studies in Literary and
Cultural History
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Literary and cultural
currents from classical antiquity through
modernity. Varying focus on specific genres,
periods, movements or problematics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSLC 525
COLT 545 Studies in Literature and the
Other Arts
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Study of
intersections between the literary arts and
music, opera, film, theatre, photography,
dance or painting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CSLC 545
COLT 555 Studies in Literatures of the
Americas
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Comparative study
of literary currents in the U.S., Canada,
Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSLC-555
COLT 565 Studies in Literatures of Asia
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of major
cultural paradigms and their divergent
influences in the literatures of China, Japan,
Korea, and Southeast Asia. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSLC-565
COLT 575 Studies in Literature and
Ethnicity
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of literary
expression in different cultural, racial, or
religious communities. Possible focus
on African, Asian, Hispanic, or Jewish
themes across several national traditions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COLT 585 Studies in Literature and
Gender
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Emphasis on
gender difference and sexual difference
as signifying categories for literary works,
criticism, or theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COLT 593 Teaching Practicum for
Graduate Students
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
principles for the long-term development of
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effective teaching within College disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
college. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Dornsife College doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
COLT 602 Seminar in Literary Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Intensive study of a
theoretical tradition or critical movement, or
of an individual topic or thinker, in literary
criticism or theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CSLC 602
COLT 620 Seminar in Literature, Culture
and Thought
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Varying focus on
social and political thought, psychoanalysis,
and philosophy in relation to literary and
cultural analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSLC
620
Communication
COMM 200 Communication and Social
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Social scientific inquiry into human
communication; core theories of message
production and reception in interpersonal,
group and organizational contexts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 204 Public Speaking
Units: 4 Principles and practices of effective
oral communication; analysis of the
speaking-listening process; selection and
organization of speech materials; use of
new presentation technologies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 205x Communication Practicum
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 4.0 Students
address communication issues in a field
setting. They will evaluate communication
practices using appropriate methodology.
Projects are jointly evaluated by internship
supervisor and professor. Registration
Restriction: Sophomore standing. Credit
Restriction: Not Available for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
COMM 206 Communication and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
cultural institutions, ideologies, artifacts,
and productions; role of culture in everyday
life; cultural studies as methodology;
culture and power. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD-206
COMM 209 Communication and Media
Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Economic
and political economic principles for
the analysis of communication and
media industries including broadcasting,
newspapers, motion pictures, music, video
games, advertising and public relations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 211x Professional Effectiveness
Through Third Space Thinking
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Experiential
learning and structured practice to build
skills in communication effectiveness,
problem solving, decision making and
self-awareness. Not for major credit for
Communication majors. Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 300 Entertainment,
Communication and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
foundation for understanding the
construction, consumption, and
consequences of entertainment from
classical to contemporary times; situates
entertainment within the ecology of
information and communication. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 301Lg Empirical Research in
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Experimental and survey methods for
communication study; basic statistical
concepts, procedures, and tests. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 302 Persuasion
Units: 4 Theories and research in
social influence; strategies and tactics
of persuasive communications in such
settings as politics, public relations,
advertising, business. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 303 Learning from Case Studies
in Communication
Units: 4 Case study approaches to
communication research; reliability, validity,
generalizability, and ethics in qualitative
social research; cases in communication
policy and practices. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 304 Interpersonal
Communication
Units: 4 Analysis of face-to-face interaction;
role of communication in the development,
maintenance and destruction of
relationships; communication processes in
managing interpersonal conflict. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 305 Understanding Social
Science Research
Units: 4 Students learn to be consumers
rather than creators of social science
research. Examines the challenges and
opportunities of communicating research
through mass media. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 306 Innovation, Entertainment,
and the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explorations of innovation in the
entertainment business. The effects of
digital mobile media on TV, movies, music,
advertising, social networks and art.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ACAD-306
COMM 307 Sound Clash: Popular Music
and American Culture
Units: 4 Music as inter-cultural
communication and method for exploring
race and ethnicity in the constitution of
American culture and American self; role of
music industry. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 308 Communication and Conflict
Units: 4 Nature and functions of
communication in human conflict;
development of communication skills
for managing conflict productively
in interpersonal, organizational and
intercultural contexts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 309 Communication and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cultural,
social, political, and economic dynamics
of communication technologies, including
internet architecture, social media,
participatory cultures, privacy, surveillance,
networked journalism, big data, algorithms,
online activism. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
COMM 310 Media and Society
Units: 4 Interplay between media and
society, including family and children's
socialization, inter-group relations and
community, pornography and violence,
gender and race, media ethics, conduct of
politics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 311 Communication and Publics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Forms of civic
life; opportunities and obstacles in forming,
participating in, and disrupting community;
issues of knowledge, power, identity;
theories/methods of rhetorical analysis
and production. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
COMM 312 The Business and Culture of
Celebrity
Units: 4 Employs the concept of "celebrity"
as an optic through which to view and
assess some of the key aspects of the
communication revolution. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 313 Communication and Mass
Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
mass communication research; history,
content, effects, theories, and policy
implications of various media. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 314 The Evolution of K-Pop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines the
various stages of K-pop's transformations
and related issues in the process of its
rise as a global popular culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 315 Health Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Behavioral
approaches to health communication;
communication competencies in health
care settings, theories of risky behaviors
and behavioral change programs.
Recommended Preparation: COMM 301Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 320 Small Group and Team
Communication
Units: 4 Group process theories relevant
to communicative behavior in small group/
team settings, including information
exchange, decision making, leadership,
and meetings; student team projects testing
theoretic propositions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 321 Communication and Social
Media
Units: 4 Social media within the broader
social, political, and historical contexts;
key themes include labor, Web 2.0, self-
branding, celebrity, participation, privacy,
online shaming, and activism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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COMM 322 Argumentation and Advocacy
Units: 4 Basic argumentation theory
including analysis, research and evidence,
case construction, refutation; discursive and
visual argument; diverse fields of advocacy
including law, politics, organizations,
interpersonal relations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 323 Public Deliberation
Units: 4 Introduction to deliberative
democracy in culture and governance;
examines historical and contemporary
institutions of democratic discourse and
emerging communication norms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 324mw Intercultural
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Cultural
variables and social psychological
processes that influence intercultural
interaction; relationship between
communication and culture in diverse
settings including business, medicine, and
education. Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 325 Intercultural Britain: Media,
History and Identity
Units: 4 Examines urgent social and
political issues as they are shaped,
represented and expressed by the
institutions of media, culture and
communication within the United Kingdom.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 326 Latinx Media Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
students to critical analyses of media texts,
industries and technologies that shape the
lives of Latinx communities in the United
States. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST 326
COMM 330p Rhetoric in Classical
Culture
Units: 4 Theories of communication and
persuasion in ancient Greece and Rome;
cultural and social contexts of classical
rhetorical theory; major historical figures
and concepts. Recommended Preparation:
COMM 311 Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 335 Rhetoric in Contemporary
Culture
Units: 4 Theories of communication and
persuasion in contemporary society; cultural
and social contexts of contemporary
rhetorical theory; major theorists, concepts
and controversies. Recommended
Preparation: COMM 311 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 336 Communicating About Sex
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Communicating with partners, friends,
parents and health care professionals
about sexual behavior; interpersonal and
mediated contexts; understanding of
sexual scripts; current theory and research.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 337 The LGBTQ Revolution and
the Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Explores
the role of the media in the LGBTQ
revolution that transformed the lives of
sexual and gender minorities in the United
States. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SWMS 337
COMM 339 Communication Technology
and Culture
Units: 4 Examination of philosophies and
popular representations of technology from
the origins of western culture to the present
and identifies the complex attitudes toward
technology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media
Units: 4 Cultural implications of computer-
mediated communication and related
media. Ideological responses to media
innovation; debates over artificial
intelligence, virtual communities, and virtual
reality. Recommended Preparation: COMM
339. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 345 Social and Economic
Implications of Communication
Technologies
Units: 4 Social and economic impacts
of information and communication
technologies; social factors that shape
technological change; issues include
access, privacy, freedom of expression,
productivity, democratic control. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 350 Video Games: Content,
Industry, and Policy
Units: 4 Introduction to the medium; history
of video games; video games as aesthetic
products, cultural products, economic
outputs; policy issues, effects, and sites
of community. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 355 Advertising and
Communication
Units: 4 Advertising as a mode of
communication; U.S. advertising history and
institutions; economic and policy contexts
(domestic and global); critical analysis of
advertising texts. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 360 Los Angeles: Communication
and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Representations of Los Angeles
communicated in diverse media; the
city as a rhetorical text; analysis of
cultural identities, art, architecture and
representations in popular culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 362 Engaging Media in the UK
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Engage with
Communication professionals; visit, analyze
and evaluate the working practices of
media organizations in the UK. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Communication,
Journalism and Public Relations majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 363 Media Consumption
Units: 4 Theoretical approaches to
the study of media consumption and
audiences; examines international media
and consumption practices; explores new
media's impact on consumption. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 364 Comparative Media: United
States and the United Kingdom
Units: 4 Cross-national approaches to the
study of U.S. and U.K. media; focuses on
news and entertainment media products;
examines content, industries, technologies
and audiences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 365 The Rhetoric of London
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the modern city as a
communicative text with London as the
case study. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 366 Designing Media for Social
Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
explore the theoretical and practical issues
involved in designing effective media and
communication projects for social change
in international contexts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACAD 366
COMM 367 Community Engagement and
Service Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
engage with a community partner, bridging
classroom learning with "real world"
experiences by working within the diverse
community surrounding USC. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 369w Public Diplomacy and
Global Citizenship
Units: 4 (Enroll in PUBD 369w)
COMM 371 Media Censorship and the
Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The study of
current and historical battles over the limits
of free expression from press and public
parks to television, movies, music, online
and social media. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as JOUR
371
COMM 372 The Image of the Journalist
in Popular Culture
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 375)
COMM 373 Media Technologies and Free
Speech
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
how freedom of speech has been adapted
and applied to "new media" from film to
computer algorithms and video games.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 375 Business and Professional
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Oral and
written communication skills demanded in
the workplace including informative and
persuasive speeches; interviewing; team
communication; and training material
preparation. Recommended Preparation:
COMM 204. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ACAD-375
COMM 380 Forensics Laboratory
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Directed
individual research studies of contemporary
problems. Supervised laboratory
experience. Registration Restriction: Open
only to members of the University debate
squad. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 381 Issues in Contemporary
Sport
Units: 4 Explores social, political and
ethical issues in elite sports and how issues
are addressed through popular media;
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examination includes the relationship
between sports and politics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 382 Sports, Business and Media
in Today's Society
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 380)
COMM 383m Sports, Communication
and Culture
Units: 4 Rhetorical and critical approaches
to sports and public discourse; application
to sports organizations, the news and
popular media; representations of gender
and race in sports. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture
Units: 4 Popular culture as an indicator of
cultural values, a producer and reflection
of cultural meaning, and a means of
communication; theory and case studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 385 Organizational
Communication
Units: 4 How communication processes
both create organizations and are
constrained by them. Theory and research
into topics such as culture, technology,
power, leadership and decision-making
in a variety of organizational contexts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 387 Sports and Social Change
Units: 4 Application of critical, sociological
and rhetorical theories to sports events
and sport media; examination of the role of
sports in enacting social change. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 388 Ethics in Human
Communication
Units: 4 Value perspectives on
communication in varied settings:
interpersonal, organizational, and public.
Issues of truth and responsibility in family
and social interactions, advertising, and
governmental communication. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 391 Made in Italy: The Marketing
of an Ideal
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
case studies on important Italian
companies, ranging from the transportation
to the luxury goods industries from both
an economical and business point of view.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Communication, Journalism and Public
Relations majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as PR
391
COMM 392 Media and Migration in Times
of European Crisis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigates
the implications of the perceptual process
of mass media generated immigration
discourse in Europe Registration
Restriction: Open only to Communication,
Journalism, and Public Relations majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as JOUR 392, PR 392
COMM 393 The Rhetoric of Rome
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the modern city as a communicative text
with Rome as the case study. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Communication,
Journalism, and Public Relations majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 395m Gender, Media and
Communication
Units: 4 Issues of gender in communication,
including: media representations of
femininity and masculinity; and gender's
role in communication at the interpersonal,
public, and cultural levels. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS 395
COMM 396g Fashion, Media and Culture
Units: 4 Fashion as a form of
communication and culture; fashion's role
in identity, body politics, art, nationhood,
celebrity and Hollywood culture, youth
cultures and subversive practices. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A:
The Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 400 Seminar in Communication
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Advanced readings
in communication theory and research
(broadly defined); specialized interest
areas of individual faculty on the frontiers
of knowledge; seminar topics change
each semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 401 Audience Analysis
Units: 4 Examines audience analysis
methodologies including focus groups,
shadow juries, surveys, test marketing
and content analysis; application of
statistical sampling procedures, data
analysis, interpretation and presentation.
Prerequisite: COMM 301Lg. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 402 Public Communication
Campaigns
Units: 4 Theory and research in public
health communication campaigns; design,
implementation, and evaluation; extensive
discussion of historical case studies and
reasons for success or failure. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 405 From the Ground Up:
Communicating About Food
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Explores
food communication as a facilitator of
human interaction and cultural diplomacy;
controversies regarding food production/
consumption; and evolution of food
entertainment programming. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 411 Communication Criticism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods
and functions of criticism in forms of public
communication; historical-contextual,
textual and interpretive procedures;
diverse theoretical approaches including
formalism, dramatism, genre and ideology.
Recommended Preparation: COMM 311
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 412 Communication and Social
Movements
Units: 4 Social and political movements
as rhetorical phenomena; ideology,
organization, and influence of such
movements as civil rights, "New Left,"
feminism, "New Right," environmentalism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 413 Propaganda, Ideology and
Public Controversy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
examining the relationship between
propaganda, ideology, critical thinking
and rhetoric; application to contemporary
controversies, both domestic and global;
role of public argument. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 414 Communication and Social
Change in China
Units: 4 Examines social, political,
and cultural implications of media and
communication on Chinese society;
regulations relevant to Chinese
communication; market reforms,
telecommunication, Internet and creative
industries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 415m African American Rhetoric
and Image
Units: 4 Interactive course addresses
how people of color use symbols to
construct identities and communities
and disrupt networks through media,
politics, entertainment and technology.
Recommended Preparation: COMM 311
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 417 Global Engagement:
Designing Public Diplomacy Strategies
Units: 4 (Enroll in PUBD 417)
COMM 418 International Exchanges and
Public Diplomacy
Units: 4 (Enroll in PUBD 418)
COMM 419 Public Diplomacy in
Los Angeles
Units: 4 (Enroll in PUBD 419)
COMM 420 Regional Studies in Public
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 (Enroll in PUBD 420)
COMM 421 Legal Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How
lawyers and judges communicate in the
courtroom; how legal issues are discussed
by lay people; how lawyers and judges are
viewed in popular culture. Recommended
Preparation: COMM 322 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 422 Legal Issues and New Media
Units: 4 Examines laws and regulatory
policies shaping new media, especially
the Internet; impact of regulation on
development and use of communication
technology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 425 Communicating Religion
Units: 4 Genres of religious communication,
including sermon, prayer, ritual, polemic,
and revival. Impact of technological and
cultural change on religious advocacy,
beliefs, and practices. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as REL-425
COMM 426 Religion, Media and
Hollywood: Faith in TV
Units: 4 How religion, ethics and spirituality
are embedded, embodied and emplotted
in television drama; how secular texts
represent "lived religion" to increasingly
diverse audiences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as REL-426
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COMM 427 Topics in Media Economics,
Law and Policy
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Selected current
topics in the overlapping areas of media
economics, law, and policy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 429 The Internet, Economy, and
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines the
effects of the Internet on communication
industries, the economy, economic policy,
and on social, political, and cultural
practices. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 430 Global Entertainment
Units: 4 Survey of economic, political,
and cultural dimensions of the global
entertainment marketplace; focuses on the
international production and distribution of
media products and services. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 431 Global Strategy for the
Communications Industry
Units: 4 Addresses the practical and
theoretical aspects of the international
economy that are most relevant
to management strategy in the
communications industry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 432 American Media and
Entertainment Industries
Units: 4 Examines the history, technology,
regulations and business practices of
American broadcast and entertainment
industries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 433 Home Entertainment: From
Networks to Streaming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History and
impact of television and ancillary home
entertainment (pay television, cable
television, home video, DVD, DVR, video-
on-demand, games, streaming, etc.) on
media industries, devices and consumer
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 434 Italian Media: Popes,
Politicians, and Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides
an overview of 2,000 years of Italian-style
communications, from Julius Caesar to
Machiavelli, Mussolini and the Mafia.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 440 Music as Communication
Units: 4 Examines music's unique
characteristics as a communicative form
and the cultural, economic, political and
social influences in music interpretation
and production. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 441 Podcasting: Origin Stories
Units: 2 (Enroll in JOUR 412)
COMM 443 Communicating Better
Health: What Works and Why
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp How
communication -- interpersonal, mass
media, information technologies -- shapes
health behavior. Topics: doctor-patient
consults; marketing campaigns; health in
entertainment, news; internet; social media;
mobile devices. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as HP
443
COMM 444 Critical Theories of Sport
Units: 4 Focuses on critical theories that
examine social and political roles of sport
in society and how these roles play out in
media and broadcast platforms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 445 Global Networks of Sport
Units: 4 Focuses on global technologies,
media, money, and labor in the sport
sector. Investigates both deviant and
regulatory networks of sport in the context
of globalization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 449 Perspectives on the
Networked Press
Units: 4 Critical survey of the forces
defining today's networked press,
examining the people, technologies, and
institutions that produce news in today's
online environments. Recommended
Preparation: COMM 309 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 450 Visual Culture and
Communication
Units: 4 Examines issues of visual images
in communication related to history,
modernity, cityscapes, news media,
advertising, evidence, science, digital
technology, and globalization. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 451 Visual Communication and
Social Change
Units: 4 Analysis of photography's
evolution; new strategies for the
photographic image, photo documentary
work and global social issues; analysis of
images on blogs and Websites. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 454 Media, Money, and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
American business culture; platforms;
data capitalism; Silicon Valley; venture
capital, startup cultures (US, China, Sub-
Saharan Africa); neoliberalism; innovation
diffusion; "Techlash," investing and online
communities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 456 Entertainment, Marketing and
Culture
Units: 4 Explores blurring of entertainment,
marketing and culture in advanced
information economies; intersections
of culture and media and their social
ramifications. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 457 Youth and Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of youth media and culture, including
television, movies, video games, toys,
magazines, music, social media. Examines
representations of youth and youth as
audience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 458m Race and Ethnicity in
Entertainment and the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
how race and ethnicity as social categories
are shaped by communication media;
focuses on how race and ethnicity sustain
entertainment and media industries.
Recommended Preparation: COMM 206
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST 458
COMM 459 Fact and Fiction: From
Journalism to the Docudrama
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 459)
COMM 460 Collaboration and Group
Decision Making
Units: 4 Advanced seminar examining the
theoretical, empirical and practical aspects
of human and technological communication
in group processes; experiential and/or
field experiences in group observation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 464 Social Responsibility of the
News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 460)
COMM 465m Gender in Media Industries
and Products
Units: 4 Examination of the effect of gender
stratification in media industries upon the
cultural products they create, especially
gender and gender/race role portrayals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 466m People of Color and the
News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 466m)
COMM 467 Gender and the News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 467)
COMM 468 Cross-Cultural Negotiations:
Communication and Strategy
Units: 4 Application of intercultural
communication theories and negotiation
theories in the preparation and execution of
global negotiations; strategies for creating
mutual gains and sustained partnerships.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as MOR-468, PPD-468
COMM 473 Advanced Issues in
Communication and Technology
Units: 4 Advanced level readings into
human-computer interfaces; social
interaction with artifacts; concept of
presence, and emerging social and
psychological issues of new communication
and computer technologies. Prerequisite:
COMM 301 . Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 475 Environmental
Communication
Units: 4 Communication about
environmental controversies in the public
sphere: history of environmentalism; forms
of citizen participation; media coverage;
advocacy campaigns and movements;
scientific and industrial discourses.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 476 Crisis and Culture:
The Anthropocene
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critically
examines four key dimensions of the
Anthropocene -- climate change, mass
extinction, reproductive justice and
pandemics -- from a cultural studies
approach. Recommended Preparation:
COMM 206, COMM 309 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 479 Trauma and Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Trauma and
testimony in the field of communication;
interdisciplinary analysis of testimonial
networks; trauma and protest journalism;
trauma and memory; news coverage of
catastrophe; trauma in cinema and popular
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 480 Nonverbal Communication
Units: 4 Theory and research; examination
of the influence of environmental factors,
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physical behavior, and vocal cues on
human communication. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 482 Comparative Media in Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Enroll in JOUR
482)
COMM 486 Human and Technological
Systems in Organizations
Units: 4 How communication and
information technologies are linked to
organizational control, design, cultures;
technology and competitive advantage;
ethics and policy issues; technology-
mediated work. Recommended
Preparation: COMM 385. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 487 Communication and Global
Organizations
Units: 4 The role of communication
in global organizations; information,
networks, and communication technologies
for global organizing; computer-based
collaborative work and virtual organizations.
Recommended Preparation: COMM 385.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 488 Communication Research in
Organizations
Units: 4 Seminar in application of
communication research tools; diagnosis
and analysis of communication
problems; current topics in organizational
communication scholarship; students
complete original research projects.
Recommended Preparation: COMM 385.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 489 Campaign Communication
Units: 4 Problems in political
communication: creating an informed
electorate, use of mass media, factors in
voter persuasion. Guest experts in political
analysis, opinion polling, communication
evaluation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 493 Comics and Graphic
Storytelling
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 493)
COMM 494x Research Practicum
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Students
gain research experience in the design,
implementation, analysis, and reporting of
communication research. Students serve
as research assistants to faculty members.
Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 495 Honors Seminar
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Advanced study
of issues in communication; recent
developments in communication and
rhetorical theories. Recommended for
seniors. Recommended Preparation:
COMM 301Lg. Registration Restriction:
Open only to students in COMM honors
program. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 497x Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Writing of
the honors thesis. Registration Restriction:
Open only to COMM honors students;
seniors only. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 498 Ethical Issues in
Entertainment and Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines social and political controversies
over conflicting ethical standards for
communication in a variety of media: mass-
media, communication technology and
entertainment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in communication Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 502 Theoretical Approaches to
Multidisciplinary Design Projects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Focuses on
theories and research in communication
and social sciences to bridge disciplines
to produce a proposal, business plan,
publication, or a research project.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Communication Data Science and to Digital
Social Media majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 504x Interpersonal
Communication
Units: 4 Theories of communication
behavior in relatively unstructured, face-
to-face situations; examination of decoder-
encoder, message, channel, and situational
variables. Registration Restriction: Not
available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 508x Power, Politics and Conflict
in Communication
Units: 4 Human communicative behavior
involving the creation and resolution of
conflict in interpersonal, small group, and
formal organizational settings. Registration
Restriction: Not available for Master of
Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 509x Classical Rhetorical Theory
Units: 4 Theories of rhetoric from the fifth
century B.C. through the fifth century A.D.;
emphasis on the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle,
Cicero, Quintilian, and St. Augustine.
Registration Restriction: Not available for
Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 511x Contemporary Rhetorical
Theory
Units: 4 Theories of rhetoric from the
18th century to the present; emphasis
on Perelman, Burke, Habermas, Grassi,
and Booth. Registration Restriction: Not
available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 512x Rhetorical Criticism
Units: 4 Theories and methods of assessing
popular persuasive art forms such as
contemporary drama, music, poetry, and
journalism as well as traditional forms of
public address. Registration Restriction:
Not available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 513x Neoclassical Rhetorical
Theory
Units: 4 Theories of rhetoric from the fifth
century A.D. through the 18th century;
emphasis on dictamin, praedicandi,
poetriae, Alquin, Ramus, Port-Royalists,
Bacon, Campbell, Blair, and Whately.
Registration Restriction: Not available for
Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 514x Social Movements as
Rhetorical Form
Units: 4 Study of the rhetoric of social
change; methodologies for analysis
and appraisal; investigation of specific
collective protest and reform movements.
Registration Restriction: Not available for
Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 515x Postmodern Rhetorical
Theory
Units: 4 Implications of postmodernity
for rhetorical theory and criticism; issues
of textuality, agency, and subjectivity
in communication; study of selected
postmodern figures. Registration
Restriction: Not available for Master of
Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 516x Feminist Theory and
Communication
Units: 4 Implications of feminist theory
for communication; topics include
epistemology, critique of science/
technology, women and language, feminist
approaches to media and film, women and
the workplace. Registration Restriction:
Not available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-516
COMM 517x Rhetorical Theory and
Culture
Units: 4 Issues of culture in recent
rhetorical theory; in-depth examination
of representative idealist, pragmatist,
structuralist, critical, and post-modern
accounts of the symbolic construction of
cultural forms. Registration Restriction:
Not available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 518x American Public Address
Units: 4 History and criticism of major
American speakers and speeches with
reference to the social, political, and
intellectual background of their times.
Registration Restriction: Not available for
Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 519x Cultural Studies in
Communication
Units: 4 Theoretical foundations, history,
and development of cultural studies in
communication; implications of issues of
nationalism, colonialism, technologies,
popular culture, and politics of bodies for
communication. Registration Restriction:
Not available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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COMM 520 The Rhetoric of the
Presidential Campaign Trail
Units: 4 Students follow the ongoing
presidential campaign and consider topics
such as gender, race, new media, polling,
religion, and advertising on election
outcomes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 521x Argumentation
Units: 4 Foundation of critical deliberation;
the nature of informal reasoning; logical and
ethical problems; analysis and appraisal
of naturalistic argument. Registration
Restriction: Not available for Master of
Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 522x Kenneth Burke's
Dramatistic Theory
Units: 4 Studies the contributions of
Kenneth Burke, among the most significant
figures in the development of contemporary
rhetorical theory and criticism. Registration
Restriction: Not available for Master of
Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 524x Small Group Process
Units: 4 Contemporary theoretical
models; problems in determination and
measurement of variables in small group
communication environments; assessment
of recent research. Registration Restriction:
Not available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 525x Humanistic and Social
Scientific Approaches to Human
Communication I
Units: 4 Overview of the humanistic
and social scientific approaches to the
study of communication; emphasis on
rhetorical/critical and macro social scientific
perspectives. Registration Restriction: Not
available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 526x Humanistic and Social
Scientific Approaches to Human
Communication II
Units: 4 Overview of the humanistic and
social scientific approaches to the study
of communication; emphasis on macro
and micro social scientific, symbolic and
structural perspectives. Registration
Restriction: Not available for Master of
Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 546 The Political Economy of
Innovation
Units: 4 How does innovation occur and
spread? How has innovation changed over
time? Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 550 Quantitative Research
Methods in Communication
Units: 4 Epistemological assumptions,
design, and beginning methods of
quantitative analysis in communication
research. Registration Restriction: Not open
to Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 552 Qualitative Research
Methods in Communication
Units: 4 Developing expertise in qualitative
methods, including participant-observation,
ethnography, discourse analysis and
historiography in communication research.
Registration Restriction: Not open to Master
of Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 553 Global Internet Governance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
cybersecurity, privacy, network neutrality
and other critical issues in internet
governance through the lenses of
international political economy and media
theories. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as IR 553
COMM 554 Regression and Multivariate
Communication Research
Units: 4 Advanced analysis of variance,
regression models, path analysis,
MANOVA, and discriminant analysis.
Registration Restriction: Not open to Master
of Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 556 Network Methods and Models
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exponential
random graph models, stochastic
actor-based models, relational event
models, and other statistical methods
used in communication network analysis.
Recommended Preparation: Proficiency
in R Registration Restriction: Not open to
Master of Communication Management
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 557 Data Science for
Communication and Social Networks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Learn to
harness the power of data science and
computational techniques to study social
and communication networks and extract
value, knowledge and insights from big
data. Recommended Preparation: DSCI
552 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 559 Globalization,
Communication and Society
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of
social, cultural and political impacts of
communication technology and media;
emphasis given to communication's
influence in the social dimensions of
globalization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 560 Global Media and
Communication in China and Asia
Units: 4 The characteristics of global
communication in global capitalism and the
political economic processes within which
policies, interests, and implications of global
communication are embedded. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 561 Leading and Communicating
Change in Global Organizations
Units: 4 Communication perspectives on
the process and outcomes of globalization;
role of large media organizations in the
global flow of information; and leadership
and multiculturalism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 563 Black Popular Culture:
Theory and Central Debates
Units: 4 Examines black popular cultures as
indexes for historical struggles over race,
gender, nationalism, identity, subjectivity,
aesthetics, institutional resources, political/
cultural autonomy, and ideology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 564 Communication, Culture and
Capitalism
Units: 4 A survey of scholarship about the
relationship between money and culture,
with emphasis on poststructural accounts
of neoliberalism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 566 Using Theory to Craft
Policies to Affect Change
Units: 4 Review path-breaking ideas
from Nobel-winning economists; examine
specific cases, trying to understand the
process by which markets and institutions
transform ideas into results. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 567 The Political Economy of
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Units: 4 Considers the challenges of
maintaining and protecting privacy while
improving cybersecurity in the United
States and globally. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 569 Seminar in Science and
Technology Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
(Enroll in SOCI 653)
COMM 570 Economics of the
Communication Industries
Units: 4 The economic forces that
determine the structure and outputs of
communication and media industries,
including newspapers, broadcasting, cable,
and telecommunications. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 572 Theories of Computer-
Mediated Communication
Units: 4 Selected topics in the study of new
technologies for human communication:
adoption of CMC technologies; social
networking; self-presentation and
impression formation in CMC; online
friendships. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 573 Networked Publics: Theories
and Encounters
Units: 4 Examines models of a democratic
public sphere, with special focus on
design and use of networked information
infrastructures supporting free speech.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 574 Science and Technology
Studies for Communication and Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Addresses
specific topics and issues in sociotechnical
models of knowledge, power and society
related to communication and media.
Recommended Preparation: SOCI 653
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 575 Advocacy and Social Change
in Entertainment and the Media
Units: 4 Examines how diverse groups (i.e.,
governmental agencies, advertisers, health
organizations, advocacy groups, actors,
social scientists) attempt to influence
audiences through entertainment and
traditional media channels. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 576 Civic Media and Participatory
Politics
Units: 4 Examines tools and practices
enabling activists to exert voice and
influence public policies; ways citizens are
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working to meet the information needs
of their communities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 577 Fandom, Participatory
Culture and Web 2.0
Units: 4 Emerging models of audience
engagement and participation in a
networked culture with a strong focus
on grassroots communities and their
relationships with cult media content.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 578 New Media Literacies
Units: 4 Examines intersection of education
and participatory culture, literacy and media
change, the participation gap, informal
learning and knowledge communities,
emerging social skills and cultural
competencies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 579 Entrepreneurship in the New
Media
Units: 4 Examination of how the digital
revolution is creating news media
entrepreneurs, and changing the way news
is disseminated by journalists and heard
by consumers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 580 Media and Politics
Units: 4 Mass media in American political
life, including political reporting, election
campaigns, non-electoral politics, and the
media as a political issue. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 582 Information and
Communication Technology for
Development
Units: 4 Roles of media institutions and
communications behavior in national
development, including political, economic,
and social spheres; Western and non-
Western conceptions of development
processes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 585x Organizational
Communication
Units: 4 Theory and research; field
experience in analyzing and solving
communication problems in organizations.
Registration Restriction: Not available for
Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to
the degree to be determined by the school.
Duplicates Credit in former COMM 590.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
COMM 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
COMM 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
COMM 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
COMM 598 Practicum in Global
Communication Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Development
and assessment of research into global
communication; selection of appropriate
research methodologies; production of
scholarly research; and completion of
an internship/practicum. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Global
Communication master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 602 Seminar in Persuasion
Units: 4 Classical and contemporary
theories of persuasion, attitude formation
and change; impact of cognition, affect and
emotions; cultural and group influences;
message strategies and framing.
Registration Restriction: Not open to Master
of Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 605 Advanced Macro Theories of
Communication
Units: 4 Advanced macro theories of
communication and culture creation/
change; emphasis on structural-
functionalism, neo-Marxism, critical theory,
symbolic interactionism, phenomenology,
post-structuralism, deconstruction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 610 Studies in Rhetorical Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Problems in
rhetorical theory and criticism; advanced,
specialized interest areas of individual
faculty on the frontiers of knowledge.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 611 Communication Technology
and Healthcare
Units: 4 Impact on healthcare and patient
empowerment of new communication
technologies including social media
and mobile communications, online
interventions, syndromic surveillance,
user-generated reviews, electronic health
records. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 612 Designing Health
Communication Interventions
Units: 4 Effectively changing health
outcomes for target population using
games, mobile and online interventions;
formative and summative evaluation; virtual
environments for fMRI studies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 613 Grant Writing in
Communication
Units: 4 Finding the right grant; how to
develop theory, optimize funding, write
critical components of grants, form
collaborations with experts; how review
panels work. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 614 Computational Approaches
in Health Communication
Units: 4 Statistical and computational
approaches to health communication data;
better understanding, using simulations,
of how theory might better guide empirical
research. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 615 Health Communication
Units: 4 Evaluation of research about
communication in patient care, health
campaigns for diverse publics, tools for
disease management, and outreach to
producers in mass media. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 616 Meta-Analysis in Health
Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Learning how
to conduct (and write up) a meta-analysis
using comprehensive meta-analysis
software tools to enter and analyze data for
meta-analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 618 Mass Media Effects
Units: 4 Theoretical and research questions
about mass communication effects;
criticism and interpretation of current
research and theory, and formulation of new
theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 620 Studies in Communication
Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Current problems
in communication theory and research:
advanced, specialized interest areas
of individual faculty on the frontiers of
knowledge. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 629 Global Culture
Units: 4 Examines the relationship of
culture to globalization, ranging from
nationalism and colonialism to global
cultural products, multinational cultural
production, diasporic cultures, global
media, and cosmopolitanism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 630 Communication Technology
and Social Change
Units: 4 Impact of technological advances
on human communication practices and
theories; trends, forecasts, implications.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 632 Cultures of Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Drawing on
work in history, social theory and STS,
explores contemporary examples of and
concerns surrounding AI. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 635 Economics of Information
Units: 4 Applications of macro and
microeconomic principles: economic role
of the information sector; production,
distribution, and pricing of information
products; information in the functioning of
markets. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 636 Interpretive and Cultural
Approaches in Organizational
Communication
Units: 4 Interpretive, critical and cultural
research in organizational communication;
emphasis on narrative approaches to
ethnographic studies, critical essays,
and quantitative intercultural research in
organizational communication. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 637 Current Readings in
Organizational Communication
Units: 4 Recent developments in
organizational communication theory
and research; emerging issues and
methodologies; future directions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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COMM 638 Global, International
and Intercultural Communication in
Organizations
Units: 4 Communication processes in
global organizational transformation;
influences of information technology,
intercultural variables, and globalization
on decision-making, operations and
practices of international and transnational
organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 640 Communication and
Organizational Change
Units: 4 Analysis of communication and
information networks in organizations and
their relationships with communication
technologies, organizational behavior, and
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 641 Organizations and
Communication Technologies
Units: 4 Communication technology
impacts on organizations; organizational
influence on technology development and
deployment; methods for organizational
communication technology studies;
critiques and implications for theory and
research. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 645 Communication Networks
Units: 4 Conceptual and analytic issues
in network perspectives; emphasis on
communication patterns, processes,
content, influences and impacts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 647x Network Society
Units: 4 Advanced research seminar
examining the interaction between
communication technology, society,
economy, politics and culture from
interdisciplinary and cross-cultural
perspectives. Registration Restriction: Not
available for Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 648 Online Communities and
Networks
Units: 4 Examination of academic research
on the social, cultural, political, and
economic effects of online communities;
policy implications of this research; mobile
technology's role in community building.
Registration Restriction: Not open to Master
of Communication Management students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 649 Methodologies in Cultural
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of theoretical, technical, and
political implications of cross-disciplinary
scholarship rooted in cultural studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 650 Survey Construction and
Validation
Units: 4 Principles of survey construction
and validation; format selection, sampling,
question wording, adaptation for
international audiences, response option
formats, order, and avoiding acquiescence
bias and breakoffs. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 651 Experimental and
Quasi-Experimental Designs
Units: 4 Advantages and drawbacks
to experimental designs and quasi
experimental designs for social research
and theory building. Emphasis on how to
design and report experiments. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 652 Ethnographic Field Research
in Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
ethnography as research mode including
theory and practice of ethnographic
research; epistemological and political
underpinnings of ethnographic research.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 653 Research, Practice and
Social Change
Units: 4 Examination of theoretical models
and best practices of academic research
and advocacy relationships; students
conduct a community-based research
project using a model of community-based
participatory research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 654 Art, Artists and Society
Units: 4 Cultural and temporal
differences in defining arts, artists and
audiences; transmitting cultural beliefs
through art; understanding aesthetic
responses; experiences of alienation and
incomprehension with art. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 655 Studies in Sound, Music and
Communication
Units: 4 An introduction to listening as a
methodology of critical practice. Key topics
in the study and interpretation of sound
and music as forms of communication.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 656 Theorizing Race, Culture,
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Units: 4 Intersection of communication and
culture; focus on race, ethnicity, interracial
and intraracial relations in shaping political,
social dynamics of U.S. in late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 657 Critical Theories of Race and
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines the
historical emergence of ideas about race,
modernity and colonialism and the role of
culture in shaping how we understand race
today. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST 657,
SOCI 659
COMM 658 Science Fiction as Media
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Considers
science fiction as a genre that has
consistently reflected on communication
technologies and their consequences
and the ways science fiction metaphors
have shaped media and cultural theory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 660 Entertainment and Games
Units: 4 Contemporary meaning of
"entertainment," historical and cultural
developments of entertainment;
entertainment as psychological process
of responding to/interacting with various
media. Registration Restriction: Not open
to Master of Communication Management
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COMM 662 Video Games Research
Units: 4 History and content, motivation and
selection, reception and reaction processes,
and effects of video games; students
conduct original research into video game
usage and effects. Registration Restriction:
Not open to Master of Communication
Management students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 670 Economic Cultures
Units: 4 Explores and analyzes the
interaction between culture and economy
by observing different types of economic
practices. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COMM 672 Experiments in Critical
Writing
Units: 4 Seminar and workshop dedicated
to the practice of critical non-fiction writing,
and the role of the creative impulse in
scholarly criticism and print journalism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COMM 673 Public Intellectuals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
alternative genres of public-facing writing
(blog posts, interviews, op-eds, policy
statements, multimedia publishing);
considers exemplars of academics
engaging with the public. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COMM 675 Independent Study
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 A supervised course tailored
to specific student interests. The professor
and student develop a syllabus that permits
exploration of advanced or specialized
topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
COMM 694 Preliminary Research Paper
Units: 2 Independent research designed
to demonstrate the student's ability to
conceptualize, conduct, and present
scholarly research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Crosslisted as Parallel to COMM 794a
COMM 794b COMM 794c COMM 794d
COMM 794z .
COMM 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to
the degree to be determined by the school.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
COMM 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
COMM 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
COMM 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
COMM 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
COMM 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
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dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Thematic Option
CORE 101g Symbols and Conceptual
Systems: Thematic Option Honors
Program
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
the structures through which we shape
our experience in religion, philosophy,
literature, music, and the visual arts, and
of competing theories of interpretation.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CORE 102gp Culture and Values:
Thematic Option Honors Program
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Systematic
reasoning about values and ways of living;
close reading of major texts within the
Western tradition; Biblical and classical
through contemporary sources. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Lab Grading Option:
Letter
CORE 103g The Process of Change
in Science: Thematic Option Honors
Program
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
problems in the development of
scientific thought, studied as vehicles for
understanding the content and structure
of the sciences. Specific subject matter
in selected scientific disciplines will
be presented. Satisfies New General
Education in Category D: Life Sciences
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CORE 104gw Change and the Future:
Thematic Option Honors Program
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
historical change; social and political theory
and revolutionary thought; introduction to
competing images of future states of affairs;
the continuing process of change. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CORE 111 Writing Seminar I: Thematic
Option Honors Program
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CORE 112 Writing Seminar II: Thematic
Option Honors Program
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CORE 195 Summer Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm An honors
course for high school students in summer;
each section focuses on a topic in the arts
or humanities, social or natural sciences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CORE 200 Liberal Arts Reading Salon
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
readings of a series of texts in the liberal
arts designed to promote discussion of
important themes, theoretical approaches,
research directions, and interdisciplinary
connections. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CORE 301 Modes of Inquiry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Modern
tools of cultural and discursive analysis
which seek to demystify "the natural," as it
appears in the formation of cultures, their
institutions, and individuals. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CORE 400 Capstone
Units: 2 Guided study of select works
of classical literature in relation to
contemporary issues and concerns.
Capstone for minor in Classical
Perspectives. Recommended Preparation:
completion of at least 10 units towards the
Classical Perspectives minor, including
CORE 200 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CORE 401x Ethics and Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Debates
concerning moral and cultural ethics in a
globalizing world; paradigms of leadership,
ethical conduct, moral courage, and
humanitarianism. Credit Restriction: Not
for Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CORE 450 Los Angeles: A Polymathic
Inquiry
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSp A guided polymathic inquiry into Los
Angeles as fact and imaginative creation,
featuring in-depth student research and
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CORE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Intensive
interdisciplinary exploration of a selected
theme, problem process, or period.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CORE 601 Teaching Analytical Writing
Through Readings in the Humanities
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Theories and practices in the university-
level teaching of close-reading and
analytical writing, using texts central
to Western tradition. Graduate student
professionalism through topical workshops
and discussions. Registration Restriction:
Open to assistant lecturers and teaching
assistants only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
School of Art and Design
(Critical Studies)
CRIT 150gp Histories of Art, Design and
Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A loosely
chronological, thematic survey of art,
visual culture, design, and critical theory
from the early modern period through
modernism (1500 – 1950). Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Duplicates Credit in former FACS 150
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 160g Critical Theory in Art, Design
and Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An issues-
based introduction to critical theory in
the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
especially as it relates to philosophy, art,
design, and visual culture. Recommended
Preparation: CRIT 150 Satisfies New
General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Registration Restriction:
Open only to Roski Art majors and minors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 350gw Global Art, Design and
Visual Culture since 1960
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A critical
history of art, design, visual culture, and
visual theory since 1960, addressing
through a postcolonial/decolonial lens the
concepts and practices of "global" art.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp
and CRIT 160g Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Registration Restriction: Open only to Roski
Art majors and minors Duplicates Credit in
former FA 350 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 371 Art in the Public Realm:
Contemporary Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Critical
frameworks and theoretical perspectives
of contemporary public art issues explored
through case studies and discussions with
artists, architects, and designers engaging
the public realm. Duplicates Credit in
former PAS 371. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 410 Theory and Design:
Deconstruction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Addresses
overlapping issues in contemporary design
and art relating to activism, audience and
technologies of making and dissemination.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g and CRIT 350gw, or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 415 Performance: Event, Action,
Situation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focused
exploration of the role of the body in
performance, action and the question of
the "event" in contemporary art and design.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g, CRIT 350gw or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 420 The Artist: As Contemporary
Subject in Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Addresses
relationships among contemporary art,
design and popular culture, with a focus
on specific visual media and their histories.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g, CRIT 350gw or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 425 Identity and Visual
Representation
Units: 4 A critical study of the relationship
between identity or coalitional politics
and specific practices, meanings, and
sitings of contemporary art and design.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g, CRIT 350gw or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 430 Undergrounds and Avant-
Gardes: Experimental Art, Design and
Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of theories of critique or resistance in art
and cultural studies, particularly in relation
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to developments in contemporary art,
design and popular culture. Recommended
Preparation: CRIT 150gp, CRIT 160g,
CRIT 350gw or permission of instructor
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 435 Alternative Spaces: Art, Design
and Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Histories
of art and design from alternative points of
view, exposing the limits of conventional
histories of art and design. Recommended
Preparation: CRIT 150gp, CRIT 160g,
CRIT 350gw or permission of instructor
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 440 Curatorial Issues: from the Art
Gallery to Social Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm History
and theory of curating, exhibitions, and
museums, critically examining the historical
structures and current politics informing
contemporary practices and institutions.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g, CRIT 350gw or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 445 Art and Design in the Public
Realm
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on contemporary artistic and design
practices in relation to questions of the
public sphere and audience, addressing
topics from public art to social practice.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g, CRIT 350gw or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 450 Visualizing the City:
Los Angeles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the relationships among art, design, visual
culture, urban spaces and institutions,
through urban, social and visual theory.
Recommended Preparation: CRIT 150gp,
CRIT 160g, CRIT 350gw or permission
of instructor Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 455 Digital Media, Art and Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
investigation into the non-indexical or
non-photographic moving image and
the expanded field of digital media in
the 21st century starting with animation.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
understanding of 20th century art history
and some experience reading and
discussing critical theory Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Comprehensive
exploration of particular aspects of public
art. Duplicates Credit in former PAS 499.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 500 Theory and History of
Performance Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the various theories and methodologies
associated with performance and visual
studies as interrelated with the histories
of practice in these fields. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 510 History and Theory of Art and
Exhibitions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Gives broad
and deep overview of history of "art"
as a conceptual and practical category,
emphasizing development of exhibitionary
sites and engagement with public sphere.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 512 Art and Curatorial Visits
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Site visits
relating to art and curatorial practices,
from art museums and artists' studios to
public art offices and performance venues,
and meet professionals. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 515 Visiting Artist and Scholar
Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp (Enroll in ART 515)
CRIT 520 Performing Identity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
history and theory of identity politics in
relation to performance and performativity,
with a focus on post-1950 Euro-American
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CRIT 525 Making and Curating Art:
Pedagogy and Praxis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Provides
students with a foundation in the history and
theory of studio art and curatorial education
and develops their teaching skills in these
areas. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ART-525
CRIT 530 Art and Globalization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm (Enroll in
ART 530)
CRIT 540 Contemporary Asian Art
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
contemporary Asian art and visual culture in
global contexts. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 550 Contemporary Art and its
Publics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Contemporary art practices and issues
of display, exhibition, dissemination,
community and audience, in relation to
art and politics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 555 Methods of Curating:
Introduction to Curatorial Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp First in a
sequence of three courses on history/
theory of curatorial methods, with practical
experience necessary to mounting
exhibitions and devising interfaces with
the public. Duplicates Credit in PAS 555a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 556 Curatorial Practicum:
Individual/Group Projects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Second in a
sequence of three courses on history/
theory of curatorial methods, with practical
experience necessary to mounting
exhibitions and devising interfaces with the
public. Prerequisite: CRIT 555. Duplicates
Credit in PAS 555b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 557 Curatorial Practicum: Group
Project Summation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Third in a
sequence of three courses on history/
theory of curatorial methods, with practical
experience necessary to mounting
exhibitions and devising interfaces with the
public. Prerequisite: CRIT 556. Duplicates
Credit in PAS 555c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CRIT 560 Visual Theory/Performance
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of interrelated themes that examine how
the time-based art of theatre intersects
with other art forms and surpasses its
preexisting boundaries. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 570 Performance Theory and
Praxis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Social
Practice as a transitional platform for
intersectional themes between visual art,
media culture, political advocacy, policy
making and public space. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CRIT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Duplicates
Credit in former PAS 590. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CRIT 591 Field Internship Experience
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Supervised internship in an art
institution or an art agency, or with an
independent curator or artist, on projects
and research specific to public space.
Recommended Preparation: Completion of
first year of courses. Duplicates Credit in
former PAS 591. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CRIT 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Recommended
Preparation: 28 units of coursework.
Duplicates Credit in former PAS 594abz.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CRIT 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Recommended
Preparation: 28 units of coursework.
Duplicates Credit in former PAS 594abz.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CRIT 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Recommended
Preparation: 28 units of coursework.
Duplicates Credit in former PAS 594abz.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CRIT 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics
in various specialty areas of public art.
Duplicates Credit in former PAS 599.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Computer Science
CSCI 100xg Explorations in Computing
Units: 4 A behind-the-scenes overview of
the computational/algorithmic principles
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that form the basis of today's digital society.
Exploration areas include social media, web
search, videogames and location-based
services. Satisfies New General Education
in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 101L Fundamentals of Computer
Programming
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the design of solutions to computer
solvable problems. Algorithm design,
solution implementation using a high-
level programming language, program
correctness and verification. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 102L Fundamentals of
Computation
Units: 2 Fundamental concepts of
algorithmic thinking as a primer to
programming. Introduction to C++.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
datatypes, assignments, control statements
(if, switch, for, while), input/output (printf,
scanf, cin, cout), functions, arrays,
structures, recursion, dynamic memory,
file handling. Programming in C/C++.
Prerequisite: CSCI 102L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 104L Data Structures and Object
Oriented Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
the student to standard data structures
(linear structures such as linked lists,
(balanced) trees, priority queues, and
hashtables), using the C++ programming
language. Prerequisite: CSCI 103L and
CSCI 170 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 109 Introduction to Computer
Science
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to, and overview of, Computer
Science; both as a discipline and a body
of knowledge. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 170 Discrete Methods in Computer
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Sets,
functions, series. Big-O notation and
algorithm analysis. Propositional and
first-order logic. Counting and discrete
probability. Graphs and basic graph
algorithms. Basic number theory.
Prerequisite: CSCI 102L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Quiz Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 201L Principles of Software
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Object-
oriented paradigm for programming
in-the-large in Java; writing sophisticated
concurrent applications with animation and
graphic user interfaces; using professional
tools on team project. Prerequisite: CSCI
104L.
CSCI 270 Introduction to Algorithms and
Theory of Computing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Algorithm
analysis. Greedy algorithms, divide and
conquer, dynamic programming, graph
algorithms. NP-completeness and basic
recursion theory and undecidability. Sorting
lower bounds. Number-theory based
cryptography. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L and
CSCI 170 Duplicates Credit in former CSCI
303 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 281 Pipelines for Games and
Interactives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the aesthetic development/technical
implementation necessary to achieve
unique, compelling, intuitive visual design in
games. Students will develop group visual
game design portfolios. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 310 Software Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the software engineering process
and software lifecycle. Covers project
management, requirements, architecture,
design, implementation, testing, and
maintenance phase activities in team
based projects. Prerequisite: CSCI 201L
Duplicates Credit in former CSCI 377
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 350 Introduction to Operating
Systems
Units: 4 Basic issues in concurrency,
deadlock control, synchronization
scheduling, memory management,
protection and access control, inter-process
communication, and structured design.
Laboratory experiences with Unix-like
operating system. Duplicates credit in
CSCI 402. Prerequisite: CSCI 201L and
(CSCI 356 or EE 354L) Duplicates Credit in
CSCI 402 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Quiz
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 352L Computer Organization and
Architecture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
352L)
CSCI 353 Introduction to Internetworking
Units: 4 Global Internet: design principles,
layering, protocol design/analysis.
Networked applications, Internet structure/
architecture, Protocols for transport/
congestion control, network layer/
routing, link layer/MAC. Network security.
Prerequisite: CSCI 201; Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with C and C++.
Duplicates Credit in EE 450. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 356 Introduction to Computer
Systems
Units: 4 Computer organization; entity
abstraction and representation; program
execution; code optimization; memory
usage; exception handling; processing
control; computer performance; hands-on
work done in C and assembly. Prerequisite:
CSCI 104L Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with memory management
and parameter passing used in the C++
programming language Duplicates Credit
in EE 352L Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 4 Concepts and algorithms
underlying the understanding and
construction of intelligent systems. Agents,
problem solving, search, representation,
reasoning, planning, machine learning.
Prerequisite: CSCI 104L and CSCI 170
Duplicates Credit in former CSCI 460
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 368 Programming Graphical User
Interfaces
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ITP
368)
CSCI 380 Video Game Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
ITP 380)
CSCI 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 401 Capstone: Design and
Construction of Large Software Systems
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp Group project with an outside
stakeholder to develop real-world software
solutions to large-scale problems. Topics
include software engineering, professional
preparation, and recent computer science
research. Prerequisite: CSCI 270 and CSCI
310 Duplicates Credit in the former CSCI
477a and CSCI 477b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 402 Operating Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Concurrency, deadlock control,
synchronization, process and thread
scheduling, memory management, file
systems, security and access control,
communication and networking, distributed
file systems, data management.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 201L
or CSCI 455x; CSCI 356 or EE 352L
Duplicates Credit in CSCI 350 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 404 Capstone: Creating Your High-
Tech Startup
Units: 4 Capstone class in which students
create their own technology startup,
leveraging comprehensive CS knowledge
and best industry practices. Prerequisite:
CSCI 201 and CSCI 270 and ITP 466
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 410x Translation of Programming
Languages
Units: 3 Concepts of assemblers, compilers,
interpreters and their design; macro
assemblers, Polish notation and translation
techniques; operator precedence parsing,
push down automata, code generation.
Prerequisite: CSCI 201L Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit to
computer science majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 420 Computer Graphics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Computer
graphics, OpenGL, 2D and 3D
transformations, Bézier splines, computer
animation, rendering including ray tracing,
shading and lighting, artistic rendering,
virtual reality, visualization. Prerequisite:
CSCI 104L and (MATH 225 or (EE
141L and (MATH 126 or MATH 127 or
MATH 129))) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
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CSCI 423 Native Console Multiplayer
Game Development
Units: 4 Implementation of AAA style
multiplayer game running on consoles
and DX11. Console development in native
C++, console SDKs, engine components,
gameplay, networking, data prediction/
replication. Prerequisite: CSCI 522 or ITP
380; Recommended Preparation: ITP 485.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 426 Game Prototyping
Units: 4 Developing games or technology
based on current and relevant special
topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 430 Introduction to Computer and
Network Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A broad
overview of security threats and defenses,
security systems and functionalities, as
well as current security practices. Includes
homeworks and in-class exercises to
provide practical experience working with
such systems. Prerequisite: CSCI 201.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 435 Professional C++
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ITP
435)
CSCI 439 Compiler Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ITP
439)
CSCI 445L Introduction to Robotics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Designing,
building and programming mobile robots;
sensors, effectors, basic control theory,
control architectures, some advanced
topics, illustrations of state-of-the-art.
Teamwork; final project tested in a
robot contest. Prerequisite: CSCI 103.
Registration Restriction: Junior standing
or higher. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EE-445
CSCI 450 Introduction to Computer
Networks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
EE 450)
CSCI 452 Parallel and Distributed
Computation
Units: 4 (Enroll in EE 451)
CSCI 454L Introduction to System-on-
Chip
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in EE
454L)
CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming
Systems Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
introduction to programming principles,
discrete mathematics for computing,
software design and software engineering
concepts. Prerequisite: departmental
approval. Credit Restriction: Not available
for credit to computer science majors,
graduate or undergraduate. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EE-455
CSCI 457 Computer Systems
Organization
Units: 3 (Enroll in EE 457)
CSCI 458 Numerical Methods
Units: 4 (Enroll in MATH 458)
CSCI 459 Computer Systems and
Applications Modeling Fundamentals
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Techniques and
tools needed to construct/evaluate models
of computer systems and applications.
Analytical and simulation methods, capacity
planning, performance/reliability evaluation,
and decision-making. Prerequisite: MATH
225, CSCI 201. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 461 Artificial Intelligence for
Sustainable Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Hands-on AI:
data mining, machine learning, optimization
and fairness in the context of applications
with environmental and societal benefit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 270 and CSCI 467
Recommended Preparation: Python
programming skills. Courses that use
Python (depending on instructor) include:
CSCI 353, CSCI 360, CSCI 445, EE 250,
EE 364, ITP 115, and ITP 116. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 467 Introduction to Machine
Learning
Units: 4 Methods for building intelligent and
adaptive systems from statistical analyses;
theoretical understanding of such methods
and the computational implications.
Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and MATH 225)
and (EE 364 or MATH 407) Recommended
Preparation: CSCI 360, comfortable with
mathematical derivations, such as those in
MATH 225; comfortable with manipulating
vectors and matrices Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 475 Theory of Computation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa History of the
theory of computing, foundational theorems
and theoretical frameworks of computer
science, solvable and unsolvable problems.
Prerequisite: CSCI 270 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 476 Cryptography: Secure
Communication and Computation
Units: 4 Introduction to modern
Cryptography; mathematical/algorithmic
studies of methods for protecting
information in computer and communication
systems: Public-Key Cryptosystems,
zero-knowledge proofs, data privacy.
Prerequisite: CSCI 270. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 477 Concepts of Programming
Languages
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The history
and means of describing programming
languages, means of control in modern
languages and alternate programming
language paradigms. Prerequisite: CSCI
201L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 485 File and Database Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp File input/
output techniques, basic methods for file
organization, file managers, principles of
databases, conceptual data models, and
query languages. Prerequisite: CSCI 201
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 487 Programming Game Engines
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ITP
485)
CSCI 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 491aL Final Game Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design,
iterative prototyping, and development of a
1st playable level. Registration Restriction:
Open only to seniors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 491bL Final Game Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and
development of a refined game. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 495 Senior Project
Units: 3 (Enroll in PHYS 495)
CSCI 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Selected topics
in computer science. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 501 Numerical Analysis and
Computation
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 501)
CSCI 502a Numerical Analysis
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 502a)
CSCI 502b Numerical Analysis
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 502b)
CSCI 504a Numerical Solutions of
Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 504a)
CSCI 504b Numerical Solutions of
Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 504b)
CSCI 505a Applied Probability
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 505a)
CSCI 505b Applied Probability
Units: 3 (Enroll in MATH 505b)
CSCI 510 Software Management and
Economics
Units: 4 Theories of management and
their application to software projects.
Economic analysis of software products
and processes. Software cost and schedule
estimation, planning and control. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ISE 512
CSCI 511 Personal Software Process
(PSP) and Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Individual
analysis, planning, development and
maintenance of a software product or
development artifact, using the principles
and practices of PSP. Analysis of project's
lessons learned. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 512 Testing and Analysis of
Software Systems
Units: 4 Introduces students to the topic
of automated testing and analysis of
large-scale modern software systems.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 571;
Java programming skills; Linux system
administration. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 513 Autonomous Cyber-Physical
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Components,
software and applications of cyber-
physical systems; autonomy; control
techniques; development and testing;
artificial intelligence and machine learning
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algorithms. Recommended Preparation:
Fundamentals of control and automata
theory; familiarity with Matlab, Simulink,
and R Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 520 Computer Animation and
Simulation
Units: 4 Fundamental techniques of
computer animation and simulation,
knowledge and/or experience in the design,
scripting, production and post-production
stages of computer animation. Prerequisite:
CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with calculus, linear
algebra, and numerical computation;
C/C++ programming skills Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 521 Optimization: Theory and
Algorithms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ISE
520)
CSCI 522 Game Engine Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The principles
of developing game engines targeted at
modern PC and game console hardware.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 523L Networked Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
and implementation of networked
games, from the origins of the supporting
technologies in distributed systems,
visual simulations, networked virtual
environments, and shipped games.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 420
or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in
graphics. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 524 Networked Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 4 Networked game communication
architectures, protocol development,
architecting networked game AI clients/
services. Character following, knowledge
representation and reasoning, dynamic play
strategies, search, learning, and planning.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 420
or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in
graphics Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 526 Advanced Mobile Devices and
Game Consoles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explore
the complex engineering process required
to design and build a real-time graphics
engine to support physical realism
on mobile devices. Recommended
Preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 or an
equivalent course in graphics Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 527 Applied Machine Learning for
Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of machine learning for AI-bot creation,
gameplay analysis, and real-time game
player understanding. Duplicates credit
in CSCI 566 Deep Learning and Its
Applications. Prerequisite: CSCI 561 or
CSCI 567 Duplicates Credit in CSCI 566
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 529a Advanced Game Projects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Team projects
intended to address the multifaceted
technical and creative challenges that
are inherent to comprehensive game
development. Recommended Preparation:
CSCI 522 or CTIN 488. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 529b Advanced Game Projects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides students in various areas of
game specialization the practice of
design, iterative stage 2 prototyping
and development of a refined game.
Prerequisite: CSCI 529a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 530 Security Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Protecting
computer networks and systems using
cryptography, authentication, authorization,
intrusion detection and response. Includes
lab to provide practical experience working
with such systems. Prerequisite: CSCI 402.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 531 Applied Cryptography
Units: 4 Intensive overview of cryptography
for practitioners, historical perspective
on early systems, number theoretic
foundations of modern day cryptosystems
and basic cryptanalysis. Recommended
Preparation: Programming in C/C++
(CSCI 103), Data structures (CSCI 104)
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 532 Innovation for Defense
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of problem statements and innovative
software prototypes for defense,
intelligence and homeland security
applications; team projects; hands-on
experience. Recommended Preparation:
An introductory programming class such
as CSCI 103L and the ability to write short
programs or scripts to manipulate data.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 533 Algebraic Combinatorics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
MATH 533)
CSCI 534 Affective Computing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of the
theory of human emotion, techniques for
recognizing and synthesizing emotional
behavior, and design application.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 561
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PSYC 532
CSCI 535 Multimodal Probabilistic
Learning of Human Communication
Units: 4 Principles and techniques
to understand, build, and utilize
multimodal machine learning algorithms
through automatically understanding,
recognizing, and analyzing phenomena
of human communication. Recommended
Preparation: CSCI 542 or CSCI 567 or
CSCI 573 or equivalent Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 536 Linear Programming and
Extensions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ISE
536)
CSCI 538 Augmented, Virtual and Mixed
Reality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Technical
design and implementation of immersive
environments; visual simulations, interactive
3D graphics and games. Recommended
Preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 540 Self-Organization
Units: 4 Massively distributed systems
whose global behavior emerges from local
interactions of components. Global to local
compilation; robot swarms; formation of
shapes/spatial patterns; self-assembly;
programmable matter. Registration
Restriction: Graduate standing in science
or engineering Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 542 Neural Computation with
Artificial Neural Networks
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Computation
and adaptation in networks of
interconnected distributed processing units;
classical and statistical approaches to
neural nets; stateof- the-art neural network
research. Recommended Preparation:
basic statistics, linear algebra. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 544 Applied Natural Language
Processing
Units: 4 Introduction to key components of
human language technologies, including:
information extraction, sentiment analysis,
question answering, machine translation.
Recommended Preparation: proficiency
in programming, algorithms and data
structures, basic knowledge of linear
algebra. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 545 Robotics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental skills for modeling and
controlling of dynamic systems for robotic
applications and graphics animations;
control theory; kinematics; dynamics;
sensor processing; real-time operating
systems; robot labs. Recommended
Preparation: Basic knowledge in linear
algebra (matrices and vectors), calculus,
programming in C/C++ or any another
language or permission of the instructor
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as EE-545
CSCI 547 Robot Dynamics and Control
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AME 556)
CSCI 548 Information Integration on the
Web
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Foundations and techniques in information
integration as it applies to the Web,
including view integration, wrapper
learning, record linkage, and streaming
dataflow execution. Prerequisite: CSCI 561
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 585 and
some programming experience Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 549 Nanorobotics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to nanotechnology. Nanorobotic systems:
sensing; actuation and propulsion; control;
communication; power; programming
and coordination of robot swarms.
Nanomanipulation and nanoassembly with
atomic force microscopes. Registration
Restriction: Graduate standing in science
or engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 550 Advanced Data Stores
Units: 4 Selected topics on highly available,
elastic data stores. Topics include non-
relational data models, simple interfaces
and query languages, weak consistency
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and benchmarking techniques. Prerequisite:
CSCI 485 or CSCI 585 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 551 Computer Networking
Units: 4 Protocol design for computer
communication networks, network routing,
transport protocols, internetworking.
Prerequisite: CSCI 350 (CSCI 353 or
EE 450) and (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)
Recommended Preparation: C-language
programming Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 553 Computational Solution of
Optimization Problems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
553)
CSCI 554 Cyber-Physical Systems:
A Computing Perspective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
554)
CSCI 555L Advanced Operating Systems
Units: 4 Advanced topics in operating
system research: new OS structures, novel
memory management, communication, file
system, process management, reliability
and security techniques. Prerequisite: CSCI
350 or CSCI 402 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 556 Introduction to Cryptography
Units: 4 Modern secret codes. Public key
cryptosystems of Rivest- Shamir-Adleman,
Diffie-Hellman and others. The underlying
number theory and computational
complexity theory. Prerequisite: CSCI 570
or CSCI 581 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 557 Computer Systems
Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in EE
557)
CSCI 558L Internetworking and
Distributed Systems Laboratory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
complete laboratory exercises in operating
system and network management,
distributed systems, TCP/IP, SNMP,
NFS, DNS, etc. Term project required.
Prerequisite: CSCI 402 and EE 450/CSCI
450; Recommended Preparation: CSCI 551
and CSCI 555. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 559 Machine Learning I:
Supervised Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
559)
CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems,
search, logic, knowledge representation,
planning, learning. Recommended
Preparation: good programming and
algorithm analysis skills Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Quiz Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EE 561
CSCI 563 Building Knowledge Graphs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
DSCI 558)
CSCI 564 Brain Theory and Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
neural modeling, distributed artificial
intelligence and robotics approaches
to vision, motor control and memory.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as NEUR-535
CSCI 565 Compiler Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Formal
grammar; parsing methods and lexical
analysis; code generation; local and global
code optimization; and dynamic allocation.
Prerequisite: CSCI 455x. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 566 Deep Learning and Its
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Deep learning
research in computer vision, natural
language processing and robotics; neural
networks; deep learning algorithms, tools
and software. Recommended Preparation:
CSCI 567, Python programming, calculus,
linear algebra, probability and statistics,
knowledge of machine learning Duplicates
Credit in CSCI 527 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 567 Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Statistical
methods for building intelligent and
adaptive systems that improve performance
from experiences; focus on theoretical
understanding of these methods and their
computational implications. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate level
training or course work in linear algebra,
multivariate calculus, basic probability and
statistics; an undergraduate level course
in Artificial Intelligence may be helpful
but is not required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ISE-568
CSCI 568 Requirements Engineering
Units: 4 Techniques for successful
requirements analysis and requirements
engineering (RE) of software-intensive
systems. Systematic process of developing
requirements through cooperative problem
analysis, representation, and validation.
Prerequisite: CSCI 577a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 569 Social Media Analytics
Units: 4 Introduction to quantitative analysis
of social data. Topics include social
network analysis, text analysis, machine
learning and statistical methods and they
are used to study influence, information
diffusion, sentiment analysis and prediction
of individual and social behavior online.
Recommended Preparation: statistics, AI
and/or machine learning, knowledge of at
least one programming language (Java,
C++, Python) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
fundamental techniques such as recursion,
Fourier transform ordering, dynamic
programming for efficient algorithm
construction. Examples include arithmetic,
algebraic, graph, pattern matching, sorting,
searching algorithms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 571 Web Technologies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
study of programming languages with
application to the Web. Languages for
client-side and server-side processing.
Examples taken from: HTML, Java,
JavaScript, Perl, XML and others.
Recommended Preparation: knowledge
of at least two programming languages.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 572 Information Retrieval and Web
Search Engines
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
key aspects of information retrieval as they
apply to search engines; web crawling,
indexing, querying and quality of results
are studied. Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity in programming in multiple
languages, C, C++, and/or Java and
experience with a database Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 573 Probabilistic Reasoning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reasoning
under uncertainty, statistical directed and
undirected graphical models, temporal
modeling, inference in graphical models,
parameter learning, decisions under
uncertainty. Recommended Preparation: An
undergraduate level course in probability
theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ISE-574
CSCI 574 Computer Vision
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Description
and recognition of objects, shape analysis,
edge and region segmentation, texture,
knowledge based systems, image
understanding. Prerequisite: CSCI 455x.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EE-574
CSCI 575 Quantum Computing and
Quantum Cryptography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to quantum computing and quantum
cryptography; quantum Fourier sampling
with applications to factoring, quantum
search, quantum key distribution.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 570 and
knowledge of linear algebra at the level of
EE 510 (preferred) or MATH 225 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 576 Multimedia Systems Design
Units: 4 End-to-end multimedia systems
content creation, compression, distribution
using modern standards, DRM solutions,
Digital-Cinema pipeline, multimedia
classification, virtual-augmented reality,
natural-language multimedia queries,
multimodal media analysis, stereoscopic-
holographic technologies. Recommended
Preparation: familiarity with C or C++
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 577a Software Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Software life
cycle processes; planning considerations
for product definition, development, test,
implementation, maintenance. Software
requirements elicitation and architecture
synthesis. Team project. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 577b Software Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Software
development, test, implementation, and
maintenance methods. CASE tools and
software environments. Software product
engineering, configuration management,
quality engineering, documentation.
Application via projects. Prerequisite: CSCI
577a. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 578 Software Architectures
Units: 4 Study of concepts, principles and
scope of software system architectures,
including architectural styles, languages,
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connectors, middleware, dynamism,
analysis, testing and domain-specific
approaches. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 580 3-D Graphics and Rendering
Units: 4 Course outlines the process
of creating images from 3D models.
Includes transformations, shading, lighting,
rastorization, texturing, and other topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 581 Logic and its Applications
Units: 3 Formal systems, first order logic,
truth, completeness, compactness, Godel
incompleteness, recursive functions,
undecidability. Selected applications, e.g.,
theorem proving, artificial intelligence,
program verification, databases,
computational complexity. Prerequisite:
CSCI 430 and MATH 470. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 582 Geometric Modeling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Mathematical
models and computer representations for
three-dimensional solids; underlying topics
from set theory, geometry, and topology.
Fundamental algorithms; applications to
CAD/CAM and robotics. Recommended
Preparation: Linear algebra and data
structures. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 583 Machine Learning Theory
Units: 4 Developing the core concepts
and techniques, inherent abilities, and
limitations of learning algorithms in well-
defined learning models. Recommended
Preparation: CSCI 270, CSCI 567
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 585 Database Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Database
system architecture; conceptual database
models; semantic, object-oriented,
logic-based, and relational databases;
user and program interfaces; database
system implementation; integrity, security,
concurrency and recovery. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of relational
databases, SQL, relational algebra and
physical database design is required
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Quiz Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 586 Database Systems
Interoperability
Units: 4 Federated and multi-database
systems, database networking, conceptual
and schematic diversity, information sharing
and exchange, knowledge discovery,
performance issues. Prerequisite: CSCI
585 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 587 Geospatial Information
Management
Units: 4 Techniques to efficiently store,
manipulate, index and query geospatial
information in support of real-world
geographical and decision-making
applications. Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or
CSCI 585 or SSCI 582 Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with conceptual
data modeling tools such as Entity-
Relationship (ER) data model, logical
data models such as the relational and
object-relational data model, SQL3 as a
commercial query language, normal forms
and logical data design. Familiarity with
the physical design of a database using
persistent data structures such as B+-
tree and Hash indexes Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 589 Software Engineering for
Embedded Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Software
engineering methods and techniques for
embedded, resource constrained, and
mobile environments. Applications to
real-time operating systems and wireless
networking systems. Class project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CSCI 591 Computer Science Research
Colloquium
Units: 1 Max Units: 2 Exploration and
critical assessment of research activities
in computer science. Course will serve as
a forum for current research presentations
from academia and industry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CSCI 593 Mathematical Foundations for
System Design: Modeling, Analysis, and
Synthesis
Units: 3 (Enroll in EE 581)
CSCI 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CSCI 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CSCI 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
CSCI 596 Scientific Computing and
Visualization
Units: 4 Hands-on training on the basics
of parallel computing and scientific
visualization in the context of computer
simulations in science and engineering.
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 455x
and MATH 458. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 598 Professional Writing and
Communication for Computer Scientists
Units: 1 Instruction in discipline-specific
workplace writing and communication skills
for computer science graduate students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in Computer Science
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CSCI 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Course
content to be selected each semester from
recent developments in computer science.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 610 Advanced Program Analysis
and Verification
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
techniques for analyzing and verifying
software systems; topics include
program analysis, automated verification
and software testing. Recommended
Preparation: Java Programming Skills
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 611 Mathematics of High-
Dimensional Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in EE
546)
CSCI 612 Optimization for the
Information and Data Sciences
Units: 4 (Enroll in EE 588)
CSCI 620 Computer Animation and
Simulation
Units: 4 Animation and Simulation
techniques for computer games, virtual
reality, and film visual effects. Research
methods, SIGGRAPH papers. Deformable
objects, fluids, sound, collision detection,
haptics, rigid bodies, GPUs. Prerequisite:
CSCI 420 or CSCI 520 or CSCI 580
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity
with calculus, linear algebra, and numerical
computation and C++ programming skills
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 621 Digital Geometry Processing
Units: 4 Digital geometry processing
(subfield of computer graphics), that
covers the full pipeline from 3D scanning,
processing, to 3D printing. Recommended
Preparation: Solid background in linear
algebra, numerical optimization, and C/
C++ programming. CSCI 420 Computer
Graphics is recommended. Open only
to Computer Science doctoral students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Computer Science doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 625 Program Synthesis and
Computer-Aided Verification
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the principles and practices of software
verification and program synthesis.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge
of discrete math and algorithm design.
Background in systems and software
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 626 Text as Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PSYC
626)
CSCI 631 Privacy in the World of Big
Data
Units: 4 Privacy challenges that arise in
the world driven by data. An overview
of algorithmic and technical approaches
to addressing them. Recommended
Preparation: thorough understanding of
algorithms, proof-based mathematics, and
basic probability Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 644 Natural Language Dialogue
Systems
Units: 4 Computational models of natural
language dialogue; conversational
interfaces to artificial systems; dialogue
system architectures and applications;
Reinforcement learning of dialogue policies.
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Recommended Preparation: CSCI 544 or
CSCI 561 or CSCI 662 or EE 619; Java,
C++ or Python Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 646 Coordinated Mobile Robotics
Units: 4 State-of-the-art techniques for
coordinating robot teams. Distributed
approaches; task allocation; control and
stability; network topology; coverage
and monitoring; caging; bio-inspired
approaches; persistence; probabilistic
methods. Recommended Preparation: Solid
background in linear algebra, programming
and algorithm analysis skills. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Computer Science
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 648 Advanced Information
Integration
Units: 4 Focus on foundations and
techniques for information integration.
Topics include Semantic Web, linked data,
data integration, entity linkage, source
modeling, and information extraction.
Prerequisite: CSCI 561; Recommended
Preparation: CSCI 585 and programming
experience. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Computer Science doctoral
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 649 Haptic Interfaces and Virtual
Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to haptics; human haptic sensing and
perception, haptic interface design, virtual
environment rendering, teleoperation,
human subject studies; includes hardware
programming and a research-oriented
project. Recommended Preparation: C++
programming experience at the level
of CSCI 103 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 651 Advanced Computer
Networking
Units: 4 Computer communication protocols
and systems, including classic and
contemporary literature. The emphasis is
on conceptual issues in the design and
implementation of computer internetworks.
Prerequisite: EE 450 (CSCI 353 or
CSCI 350) and (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)
Registration Restriction: Open to PhD
students in Computer Science Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 652 Internet Measurement
Units: 4 The investigation of problems,
techniques, results, and challenges that
arise in measuring the Internet, including
what measurements tell us about the
Internet and how to improve Internet
services. Prerequisite: CSCI 551 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 653 High Performance Computing
and Simulations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
high-performance computer simulation
techniques; multiscale deterministic and
stochastic simulation algorithms on parallel
and distributed computing platforms;
immersive and interactive visualization of
simulation data. Prerequisite: CSCI 596
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 655 Advanced Topics in Operating
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
OS architectures; methods in design
and evaluation of process management
and concurrency; reliable distributed file
systems; memory management, for cloud
and virtualized environments. Prerequisite:
CSCI 350 or CSCI 402 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 656 Networked Systems in Cloud
Computing
Units: 4 Systems and network design and
protocols in cloud computing and data
centers networks. Prerequisite: CSCI 551
or CSCI 651 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 657 Advanced Distributed Systems
Units: 4 The foundations and modern
applications of distributed systems. Topics
include: logical time, fault tolerance,
group communication, consensus,
consistency, transactions, and peer-to-peer.
Recommended Preparation: Proficiency
in a high-level language, ideally C++, and
familiarity with Git. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Computer Science doctoral
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 658 Diagnosis and Design of
Reliable Digital Systems
Units: 3 (Enroll in EE 658)
CSCI 659 Introduction to Online
Optimization
Units: 4 Foundation and advances of the
theory of online learning/online convex
optimization/sequential decision making.
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity with
probability, convex analysis, calculus, and
analysis of algorithms Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 661 Advanced Topics in Computer
System Architecture
Units: 4 (Enroll in EE 654) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 662 Advanced Natural Language
Processing
Units: 4 Computational models of natural
language. Formalisms for describing
structures of human language, and
algorithms for learning language structures
from data. Recommended Preparation:
proficiency in programming, algorithms and
data structures, discrete math, probability
theory, and calculus. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former CSCI 562.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 663 Artificial Intelligence for Social
Good
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Deployment
of artificial intelligence tools in various
social good contexts such as health,
environmental sustainability, public safety
and public welfare. Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with: linear
programming and optimization; Excel,
CPLEX, R or other optimization software or
statistical analysis techniques; and Amazon
Mechanical Turk Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 667 Advanced Topics in
Interconnection Network Design and
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
EE 659)
CSCI 668 Search and Planning
Units: 4 Foundations of the design and
implementation of search and planning
techniques from artificial intelligence,
including their theory and applications.
Prerequisite: CSCI 561 Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate introduction
to algorithms and data structures
undergraduate or graduate introduction to
artificial intelligence ability to program in C/
C++ Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 670x Advanced Analysis of
Algorithms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental techniques for design
and analysis of algorithms. Dynamic
programming; network flows; theory of
NP-completeness; linear programming;
approximation, randomized, and
online algorithms; basic cryptography.
Prerequisite: CSCI 570; Recommended
Preparation: familiarity with algorithms
and discrete mathematics. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ISE-670
CSCI 671 Randomized Algorithms
Units: 4 Standard techniques in the design
and analysis of randomized algorithms
and random structures. Topics include tail
bounds, Markov Chains, VC-dimension,
probabilistic method. Prerequisite:
CSCI 570 or CSCI 670 Recommended
Preparation: Basic background in
probability and linear algebra Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ISE-671
CSCI 672 Approximation Algorithms
Units: 4 Algorithmic techniques include
combinatorial algorithms and rounding
of linear and semi-definite programs.
Applications include network design, graph
cuts, covering problems, and approximation
hardness. Prerequisite: CSCI 570 or
CSCI 670 Recommended Preparation:
basic background in probability and linear
algebra. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 673 Structure and Dynamics of
Networked Information
Units: 4 Algorithms for analyzing
network data and spreading information
over networks. Focuses on broadly
applicable mathematical tools and
techniques, including spectral
techniques, approximation algorithms and
randomization. Prerequisite: CSCI 570 or
CSCI 670 Recommended Preparation:
basic background in probabilities, linear
algebra. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSCI 674a Advanced Topics in Computer
Vision
Units: 3 Selected topics from current
active research areas including image
segmentation, shape analysis and object
recognition, inference of 3-D shape, motion
analysis, knowledge-based system, neural
nets. Prerequisite: CSCI 574. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EE-674A
CSCI 674b Advanced Topics in
Computer Vision
Units: 3 Selected topics from current
active research areas including image
segmentation, shape analysis and object
recognition, inference of 3-D shape, motion
analysis, knowledge-based system, neural
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nets. Prerequisite: CSCI 574. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EE-674B
CSCI 675 Convex and Combinatorial
Optimization
Units: 4 Topics include: Convex sets and
functions; convex optimization problems;
geometric and Lagrangian duality; simplex
algorithm; ellipsoid algorithm and its
implications; matroid theory; submodular
optimization. Prerequisite: CSCI 570 or
CSCI 670 Recommended Preparation:
Mathematical maturity and a solid
grounding in linear algebra Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 677 Advanced Computer Vision
Units: 4 Fundamental issues in computer
vision: theory, algorithms and applications.
Image formation, image segmentation,
inference and measurement of 3-D, motion
analysis, object and activity recognition.
Recommended Preparation: Calculus,
analytical geometry, linear algebra and
probability theory. Programming in C or
C++, data structures, algorithms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EE 676
CSCI 678 Theoretical Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
mathematical foundation of machine
learning with a focus on algorithm design
for sequential prediction problems.
Recommended Preparation: MATH 208x,
MATH 225, MATH 125g, CSCI 570 and
CSCI 567 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 685 Advanced Topics in Database
Systems
Units: 4 Advanced techniques in database
management. Topics include optimization,
cache management, data mining and
knowledge discovery, decision support,
spatial indexes, parallel and distributed
systems, extendible storage. Prerequisite:
CSCI 485 or CSCI 585 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 686 Advanced Big Data Analytics
Units: 4 Advanced statistical inference and
data mining techniques for data analytics,
including: topic modeling, structure
learning, time-series analysis, learning
with less supervision, and massive-scale
data analytics. Prerequisite: CSCI 567
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSCI 697 Seminar in Computer Science
Research
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introduction of Ph.D. students to the
broad range of computer science research.
Two semesters registration required.
Registration Restriction: Open to computer
science doctoral students only. Duplicates
Credit in former CSCI 597. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CSCI 698 Practicum in Teaching
Computer Science
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Practical principles for the longterm
development of effective teaching in
Computer Science. Intended for teaching
assistants for classes offered by the
Computer Science department. Registration
Restriction: Only open to Computer Science
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CSCI 699 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Course content to be selected
each semester from recent developments in
computer science. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSCI 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Comparative Studies in Literature
and Culture
CSLC 501 Introduction to Comparative
Media Studies
Units: 4 Ways of thinking about the
differences and relations among different
cultural media: literature, film, video,
manga/comics, "new media," and so forth.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSLC 502 Introduction to Literary
Theory
Units: 4 Major developments in 20th century
literary criticism, with special attention to
theoretical work of the past three decades.
Duplicates Credit in former COLT 502.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSLC 503 Introduction to Comparative
Studies in Culture
Units: 4 Examines culture as an instrument
of discursive practice that shapes social
formations in Asia, Europe, North and Latin
America. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSLC 510 Introduction to Translation
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COLT 510)
CSLC 511 Translating Race
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
(Enroll in COLT 511)
CSLC 512 Literary and Cinematic
Translingualism and Translation
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
(Enroll in COLT 512)
CSLC 519 Translation in Theory and
Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COLT 519)
CSLC 525 Studies in Literary and
Cultural History
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in COLT
525)
CSLC 545 Studies in Literature and the
Other Arts
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in COLT
545)
CSLC 555 Studies in Literatures of the
Americas
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in COLT
555)
CSLC 565 Studies in Literatures of Asia
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in COLT
565)
CSLC 575 Studies in Sound: An
Introduction to Sound Studies
Units: 4 Introduction to foundational texts in
sound studies. Topics include conceptions
of noise, silence, vibration, voice, listening/
hearing, rhythm, sound technologies
and histories of the senses. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSLC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Duplicates Credit in former COLT 590.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CSLC 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
on semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CSLC 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Special topics in
comparative studies in literature and culture
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSLC 600 Professional Development I:
Publication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Preparation of
book and article manuscripts for publication
and placement in presses and journals;
revising dissertations for publication;
preparing papers for conferences. Students
produce an article manuscript ready for
submission to a journal. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Duplicates Credit in former COLT 603.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CSLC 601 Seminar in Comparative
Media Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Intensive
comparative study of visual and literary
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media. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CSLC 602 Seminar in Literary Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: max 12 (Enroll in COLT
602)
CSLC 603 Seminar in Comparative
Studies in Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Intensive study
of intellectual and cultural history, with a
focus on key literary and theoretical texts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CSLC 620 Seminar in Literature, Culture,
and Thought
Units: 4 Max Units: max 12 (Enroll in COLT
620)
CSLC 640 Seminar in Film and Visual
Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Intensive study
of various types of discourse (film,
photography, literature) and their
intersection with wider social, political,
and theoretical issues. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSLC 650 Seminar in Sound Studies of
the Global South
Units: 4 Advanced seminar in sound studies
focused on comparativism and the Global
South, including South America, South
Asia, Africa and the African diaspora.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CSLC 700 Professional Development II:
Writing the Prospectus
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Methodology
of writing a dissertation prospectus; a
structured workshop environment for
completing a prospectus. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CSLC 701 Professional Development III:
Writing the Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A formal
occasion to critically interrogate the
organization of doctoral dissertation and
experiment with academic writing as a
creative process. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CSLC 702x Professional Development
IV: Applying for Academic Positions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Designed to
familiarize students in the Comparative
Studies in Literature and Culture doctoral
program with the process of seeking an
academic position. Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit for any major
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CSLC 790 Research
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units that may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CSLC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSLC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSLC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSLC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CSLC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Animation
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CTAN 101L Introduction to the Art of
Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Theory and
practice of animation across organic and
digital media with an emphasis on self-
exploration. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 102L Introduction to the Art of
Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Theory
and practice of animation with a focus
on movement, gesture, timing and
performance. Prerequisite: CTAN 101.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 110 Design Fundamentals for
Animation I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Developing
skills in design, composition, shape
language, image-making, and visual
thinking to create more sophisticated
style frames and imagery for animation
practice. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Animation and Digital Arts majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 200g The Rise of Digital
Hollywood
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An overview
of the evolution of computer graphics in
modern media. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 201L Intermediate Animation
Production
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Tools, skills and
procedures used in animation production
with a focus on professional execution of
independent and collaborative productions.
Prerequisite: CTAN 102. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 202L Introduction to 3-D Character
Animation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp 3-D animation
performance utilizing preset rigs and virtual
characters. Emphasis on timing, gesture,
and performance. Registration Restriction:
Open only to sophomores in Animation and
Digital Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 210 Design Fundamentals for
Animation II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Applying
design principles in image-making and
motion with software skills in After Effects
to produce creative content and expand
animation practice. Prerequisite: CTAN
110 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Animation and Digital Arts majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 220 Introduction to Storyboarding
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A practical
introductory course that emphasizes the
fundamentals of digital storyboarding
to include storyboarding basics, proper
composition, staging for clarity, pitching and
critique. Recommended Preparation: Basic
drawing skills Registration Restriction:
Open only to Animation and Digital Arts
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 280 Intermediate Character
Animation for Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An applied
introduction to the techniques used for
animating 3-D bipedal human character
content for the movement and interactive
experience within 3-D video games.
Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or ITP 215L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 301L 3-D Character Performance
Animation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced 3-D
character animation with an emphasis
on performance, lip-syncing, timing and
execution. Prerequisite: CTAN 202L.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors in Animation and Digital Arts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 302L Expanded Concepts in
2-D/3-D Animation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Integration of
advanced concepts to create and produce
a short 2-D/3-D animated work with original
sound and content. Prerequisite: CTAN
301L. Registration Restriction: Open only
to juniors in Animation and Digital Arts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 305 Professionalism of Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding the business of the
animation industry. Developing presentation
skills for interviewing and pitching,
preparing personal marketing tools,
researching employment opportunities,
and practicing networking techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 320 Cinematography for
Animators
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The basic
cinematic principles for animation, and
how to shoot storyboards for the best
composition to serve the story. Prerequisite:
CTAN 452 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Animation and Digital Arts majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 330 Animation Fundamentals
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the fundamentals of animation, covering
such topics as timing, anticipation, reaction,
overlapping action, and metamorphosis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 336 Ideation and Pre-Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Emphasis on
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lateral thinking working across boundaries
to find underlying principles in terms of
ideation: the act of becoming an agent
of ideas. Prerequisite: CTAN 301L
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors in the School of Cinematic Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 401a Senior Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Understanding
the requirements and relationships
between theory and practice regarding
the complexity of an animated film in idea
and execution. Prerequisite: CTAN 336
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors in the School of Cinematic Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 401b Senior Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Completion
and exhibition of the short animated film
to demonstrate understanding and further
examination of the possibilities of animation
time based graphic media. Prerequisite:
CTAN 401a Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 420 Concept Design for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Creating
characters and environments for animation,
live action, and video games. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 425 Studio Careers: Story to
Screen
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
featuring guest speakers from major
animation studios to provide an overview
of a feature animation pipeline from
development to pre-production, production
and post-production. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the expanding field of
visual effects; topics include integration
for cinematic storytelling and the study of
digital productions employing the latest
visual effects. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 436 Writing for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Workshop
exploring concept and structure of long and
short form animated films through practical
writing exercises. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 443L Character Development for
3-D Animation and Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development, modeling, and animation with
an emphasis on character setup features:
rigging, skeletons, deformers and scripting.
Applying principles of traditional animation
to 3-D character rig/puppet. Prerequisite:
CTAN 452 or ITP 215L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 448 Introduction to Film
Graphics — Animation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to methods for creating analog
animation through experimentation with
imagery, concepts and materials. Emphasis
on basic timing principles and hands-on
techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 450a Animation Theory and
Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods
for creating animation blending traditional
techniques with contemporary technologies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 450b Animation Theory and
Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Instruction
in methods for planning and executing a
short animated film. Topics covered include
storyboarding, visual development and
production planning. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 450c Animation Theory and
Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
completion of a short animated film.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 451 History of Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth
survey of historical developments, styles,
techniques, theory and criticism of
animation as an art form. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer
Animation
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Lecture and laboratory in computer
animation: geometric modeling, motion
specification, lighting, texture mapping,
rendering, compositing, production
techniques, systems for computer-
synthesized animation using Maya
software. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 453 3-D Animation for Motion
Graphics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
and skills for using Cinema 4D software
to animate, model and render animation
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 454 Real-Time Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The
fundamentals of lighting and rendering in
real-time. Creating complex, compelling and
dynamic scenes and manipulating them in
real-time using Unreal Engine. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 455L Organic Modeling for
Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
art of digital sculpting for animated
characters, with visual effects integration.
Recommended Preparation: CTAN 452 or
CTAN 462. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 460 Character Design Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The basics of
character design for animation: anatomy,
poses, facial expressions, silhouettes,
and anthropomorphism. Development of a
portfolio. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 462 Visual Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
contemporary concepts and approaches
to production in the current state of
film and video effects work. Digital and
traditional methodologies will be covered,
with a concentration on digital exercises
illustrating modern techniques. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 463L Creative Workflow in Visual
Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Spherical
panoramic photography, 3-D digital
environment techniques and a range of
visual effects work while providing the stage
for the student's storytelling. Prerequisite:
CTAN 462. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 464L Digital Lighting and
Rendering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts,
tools and techniques used to create
cinematic lighting and rendering in
computer-generated imagery (CGI).
Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or CTAN 462.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 465L Digital Effects Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp All aspects
of digital effects animation, including
particles, dynamics, and fluids. Creating
water, fire, explosions, and destruction in
film. Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or CTAN 462.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 466 Projection Mapping Design
and Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of projection mapping with
hands-on learning and projects providing
professional skills and workflows for
helping students create their own content.
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity
with any 3-D application Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 480 Advanced Character
Animation for Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
techniques for animating 3-D creature
characters in games. An emphasis on
unique non-human fantasy characters.
Prerequisite: CTAN 280 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 485L Pipeline and Character
Modeling for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Modeling and
pipeline integration for 3-D animation props,
sets and characters. Prior knowledge in
Maya preferred. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 495 Visual Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Experimental
animation providing the opportunity to
produce individual or group projects.
Focus is non-conventional techniques for
image creation and collaboration between
composer and visual artist. Registration
Restriction: Not open to freshmen and
sophomores. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 496 Directed Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSp Individual research under faculty
guidance. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Animation and Digital Arts majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 497L Procedural Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to software packages and practices
exploring current animation techniques
that leverage simulation systems. Artificial
intelligence as a tool for animation.
Prerequisite: CTAN 452 Instruction Mode:
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Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new
or emerging aspects of cinema and/
or television; special subjects offered by
visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 500 Animation: The Art and the
Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Seminar on
the growth and development of animation
studios and how they became part of the
Hollywood studio system. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Hench Animation
and Digital Arts master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 501 Experiments in 2-D Digital
Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp 2-D Digital
animation exploring the art form as a fertile
terrain for experimentation, exhibition and
activism. Recommended Preparation:
2-D digital experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 502L Experiments in Immersive
Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An in-depth
exploration of aesthetics and techniques
involved in the conceptualization,
design and creation of virtual reality and
stereoscopic imaging. Duplicates Credit
in former CTAN 502a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 503 Storyboarding for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Focus on film
grammar, perspective, and layout, staging
and acting as it relates to storyboarding
for animation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 504L Creative Production in
Virtual Reality
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A creative
studio course in producing both a linear
cinematic virtual reality short film and
associated real-time immersive experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 505 The Business of Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of the
global production, media and entertainment
industries and fundamental business
skills, with an emphasis on animation and
the animation professional. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Hench Animation
and Digital Arts master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 508L Live Action Integration with
Visual Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of the
digital techniques required to successfully
marry live action shooting with CGI
elements and green screen footage.
Prerequisite: CTAN 462. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 519 Design Fundamentals for
Animation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa A creative
design course for animators, combining
visual design aesthetics with practical
technique and software skill learning.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Hench Animation and Digital Arts master
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 522 Animation Department
Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp A weekly seminar course featuring
guest speakers -- filmmakers and artists
-- from various disciplines of animation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Hench Animation and Digital Arts master
students Duplicates Credit in CTXA 522
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CTAN 530 Fundamentals of 2-D
Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Exploring
techniques of classical hand-drawn
character animation, with emphasis on
performance, personality, and observation,
specializing in classical Hollywood
animation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Hench Animation and Digital Arts
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 535 Fundamentals of 3-D
Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Applying
traditional principles to 3-D character
animation in Maya, with a focus on
character performance and acting.
Prerequisite: CTAN 530 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Hench Animation
and Digital Arts master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 536 Storytelling for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Storytelling
workshop for animators; application of
dramatic techniques to visual concepts
to derive three-dimensional stories which
can serve as bases for finished films.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
cinematic arts students. Duplicates Credit
in CTAN 436. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 547 Animation Production I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Production of an
animation project from creative concept and
design through completion. Prerequisite:
CTAN 519 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Hench Animation and Digital Arts
master students Duplicates Credit in CTXA
547 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 555 Animation Design and
Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploring
creative strategies to designing form and
content. Developing style and investigating
multiple techniques, including live action
and sound. Production of a 30-60 second
work. Prerequisite: CTAN 547 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Hench Animation
and Digital Arts master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 563 Advanced Character
Animation Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
feature-quality techniques in 3-D character
animation emphasizing acting, facial
animation, lip-sync, body mechanics,
blocking and polish with multiple characters
over sequential shots. Prerequisite: CTAN
301 or CTAN 535 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 564L Motion Capture
Fundamentals
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
principles of motion capture technology
explored while working through a
structured series of assignments based
around performance, gesture and motion.
Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or CTAN 462.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The art of
directing, acting, and creating story for
motion capture will be explored while
learning the technology behind bringing
virtual actors to life. Prerequisite: CTAN
564. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 571 2-D Motion Graphics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa A creative 2-D
motion graphics course covering animation
technique, visual design aesthetics and
software skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 572 3-D Motion Graphic Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A creative
3-D motion graphics course focusing on
animation technique, design and skills in
Cinema 4-D. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 582 Basic Animation Production
Technologies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction for
animation majors to the basic techniques
and processes of film, video and computer
systems, including cinematography, editing
and sound. Registration Restriction: Open
only to M.F.A. animation and digital arts
students. Duplicates Credit in former CTAN
482. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 586 Animation Storyboarding
Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Current
storyboarding techniques for film and
television animation, simulating a
professional studio workflow. Emphasis
on telling a story with pictures, not
storyboarding tools or software.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Hench Animation and Digital Arts master
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTAN 588 Cinematic Storytelling for
Animators
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Techniques and
cinematic language employed in both live
action and animation by cinematographers
and layout artists to tell visual stories.
Prerequisite: CTAN 586 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Hench Animation
and Digital Arts master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 591 Animation Pre-Thesis Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Research,
development, and preparation of the
concept, script, storyboards and preliminary
designs for thesis projects to be executed
in CTAN 594a, CTAN 594b, CTAN 594z.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Hench Animation and Digital Arts master
students Duplicates Credit in CTXA 591
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 592 Master Class
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
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Offered: Fa A special projects course in
which students produce a major work
through weekly meetings with a master
artist/animator. Topics must be approved
prior to enrollment. Recommended
Preparation: previous advanced animation
production experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTAN 593 Directed Studies in Animation
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual exploration in the areas
of contemporary technology, animation
techniques or experimental film through
internships, residencies or directed studies.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Animation and Digital Arts master students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTAN 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Hench Animation
and Digital Arts master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: In
Progress to Credit/No Credit
CTAN 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CTAN 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CTAN 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Detailed investigation
of new or emerging aspects of cinema;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Cinema and Media Studies
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CTCS 150gw Visions of Diversity in the
Cinematic Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Representations of marginalized groups
in digital media, and how they have
shaped conversations, altered public
discourse and policy, and impacted the
lives of underrepresented people. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC School of Cinematic
Arts students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 190g Introduction to Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Gateway
to majors and minors in cinematic arts.
Technique, aesthetics, criticism, and
social implications of cinema. Lectures
accompanied by screenings of appropriate
films. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and
Video
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
the economic, technological, aesthetic, and
ideological characteristics of the television
medium; study of historical development of
television and video including analysis of
key works; introduction to TV/video theory
and criticism. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 192gm Race, Class, and Gender in
American Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analyzes
issues of race, class and gender in
contemporary American culture as
represented in the cinema. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 200g History of the International
Cinema I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
development of international cinema from
its beginnings to World War II. Lectures,
screenings, and discussions. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A: The
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 201 History of the International
Cinema II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The
development of international cinema from
World War II to the present. Lectures,
screenings and discussions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 303 Japanese Anime
Units: 2 Explores the visual, dramatic and
social conventions of Japanese animation
in film and television. Examines anime
fan communities, manga and their impact.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 306 Cinema and Media Theory and
Practice
Units: 2 Max Units: max 10 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Theories and case studies of
contemporary issues in film, television and
digital media research. Students will be
required to design their own undergraduate
research projects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 367 Global Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studies in the
global configurations of television industries
and cultures, including new technologies
and the textual and sociological analysis
of global media events and programming.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 373 Literature and Film
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 373)
CTCS 379 Nationalism and
Postcolonialism in Southeast Asian
Cinema
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 379)
CTCS 392 History of the American Film,
1925–1950
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Screenings of
American film classics and their relationship
to society. Lectures and discussions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 393 Postwar Hollywood, 1946-
1962
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Cinematic and
extra-cinematic determinants of Post-
Classical and Modernist Hollywood studio
and independent genres, styles, and the
star-phenomenon and their relationship to
American history and culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 394 History of the American Film,
1977–present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Cinematic
and extra-cinematic determinants of
Postmodernist Hollywood studio and
independent genres, styles, and the
star-phenomenon and their relationship to
American history and culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and
Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An international
survey of documentary, informational,
and independent experimental film, video
and television. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 402 Practicum in Film/Television
Criticism
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Exercise in writing film and television
criticism using new and classic films and
television programs. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 403 Studies in National and
Regional Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Detailed
investigation of traditions, achievements,
and trends of film and/or electronic media
in a particular country or region. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 404 Television Criticism and
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The evaluation
of television programs and their reception
from various theoretical perspectives which
may include cultural studies, race and
ethnic studies, psychoanalysis, gender and
queer studies, and semiotics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 406 History of American Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa History of
television as an entertainment, information,
and art medium. Emphasis on programming
and institutional history, including issues
of regulation, censorship, aesthetics and
activism. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTCS 407 African American Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Intensive
survey of African American cinema; topics
include history, criticism, politics, and
cinema's relationship to other artifacts of
African American culture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 408 Contemporary Political Film
and Digital Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Examination of a variety of politically
engaged films and digital media recently
produced in the U.S. and abroad, with
particular emphasis on aesthetic strategies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An inquiry into
the practice and patterns of censorship in
cinema. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural
Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Detailed examination of film/television
from the perspectives and insights of
Cultural Studies; focus on the production
and reception of cultural texts, practices,
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and communities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examines how gender and
sexuality are figured in cinema and
television with an emphasis on the
development of feminist media theory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-412
CTCS 414 Latina/o Screen Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of Latino/a moving image
production including film, video, and digital
media in the context of the politics of race,
class, gender, sexuality, and international
relations. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST-414
CTCS 417 African American Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Intensive
survey of the history of African American
images on American television. Topics
include history, criticism, politics, and
television's relationship to African American
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTCS 462 Critical Theory and Analysis
of Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CTIN 462)
CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Rigorous examination of film and/
or television genres: history, aesthetics,
cultural context, social significance, and
critical methodologies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 466 Theatrical Film Symposium
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Lectures and readings on creative
problems in the motion picture industry;
current films; interviews with visiting
producers, directors, writers, performers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 467 Television Symposium
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Lectures and
readings on creative problems in the
television industry; study of current and
historical trends, interviews with producers,
directors, writers and performers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 469 Film and/or Television Style
Analysis
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive study of the style of an
auteur, studio, film or television making
mode in terms of thematic and formal
properties and their influences upon the art
of film. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTCS 473 Film and Media Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Influential
ideas and theoretical approaches that
have shaped the making and study of
film. Students are encouraged to take this
course in their junior year. Prerequisite:
CTCS 190 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and
Communications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cultural
study of communications technology and
its relationship to society. Evaluation of the
social and cultural impact of technologies
from the telegraph to the Internet.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 482 Transmedia Entertainment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of transmedia, or cross-
platform, entertainment: commercial and
grassroots texts, theoretical framework,
historical context, and commercial projects.
Developing transmedia strategies for
existing media properties. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 487 Critical Image
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 487)
CTCS 494 Advanced Cinema and Media
Studies Seminar
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Rotating topics involving detailed study
of the historical, cultural and aesthetic
analysis of film, television, and new media
technologies. Registration Restriction:
Not open to Freshmen Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 495 Honors Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
work in the historical, cultural and aesthetic
analysis of film, television, and new
media technologies. Corequisite: CTCS
473. Registration Restriction: Open only
to students in CTCS Honors program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new
or emerging aspects of cinema and/
or television; special subjects offered by
visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 500 Seminar in Film Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
classical and contemporary film theory;
exploration of their relationship to filmic
experimentation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 501 World Cinema Before 1945
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
survey of global cinema from its beginnings
until 1945. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 502 World Cinema After 1945
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Historical survey
of film from a global perspective from 1945
until the present. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 503 Survey History of the United
States Sound Film
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey history
of the United States film from 1927 to the
present, with emphasis upon film as art
form, economic institution, technology, and
cultural product. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 504 Survey of Television History
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration
of the historical, cultural, business, creative,
and technological aspects of television.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa A survey course
exploring the historical, cultural, business,
creative and technological aspects of the
new interactive media. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 506 Critical Studies Colloquium/
Professional Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
orientation to the profession, opportunities
for academic and professional growth and
development. Recommended for entering
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTCS 510 National/Regional Media
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Seminar on media's impact in defining
nation and/or region in specific cultural
contexts. Also addresses issues of exile,
diaspora, transnationalism and globalism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 511 Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/
Video
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Aesthetic,
rhetorical, and ideological issues in
nonfiction film and video. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 517 Topics in Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Fa Introduction to central concepts, key
theories and leading figures in cultural
studies, particularly as they relate to
issues of popular culture and visual media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 518 Seminar: Avant-Garde Film/
Video
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Aesthetic,
historical and ideological issues in avant-
garde film and video. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 520 Film History Through the
Archives and Special Collections
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A historical
exploration of film and television through
the artifacts, images and writings used in
their creation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 521 Media Archiving: History and
Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the field of moving image archive and the
complexities of preserving and managing
moving image collections. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 564 Seminar in Film and
Television Genres
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
Advanced study of a selected genre of
film and/or television — its relationship to
history, society, and culture, as well as to
genre theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 567 Seminar in Film/Television
and a Related Art
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
Irregular Historical, critical, aesthetic, and
theoretical issues raised by a comparison
of cinema and television and other allied art
forms. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTCS 569 Seminar in Film and
Television Authors
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Seminar in the style of
an auteur, studio, filmmaking, or televisual
mode in terms of thematic and formal
properties and their influences upon the art
of film and/or television. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 973
CTCS 585 Seminar in Film/Television
Critical Theory and Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular A conjoint
theory/production seminar, in which the
study of media texts will be combined
with media production informed by the
theoretical study. Specific themes and
area of focus may vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 587 Seminar in Television Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Detailed investigation and discussion
of various aspects of television, including
genre, textual analysis, production and
distribution systems and audience studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTCS 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Detailed investigation
of new or emerging aspects of cinema;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 673 Topics in Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Contemporary theoretical frameworks
and their relationship to film and television
studies. Topics differ from semester to
semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 677 Cultural Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar in
theoretical approaches to cultural studies;
focus on interdisciplinary research of
media and audiences, covering a range
of methods and theoretical frameworks;
concentration varies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 678 Seminar in Film Theory and
Medium Specificity
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Explores the way film has been
theorized in relationship to traditional media
that preceded it and electronic media that
followed. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENGL-678
CTCS 679 Seminar in Genre and/or
Narrative Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Seminar in
theoretical issues concerning genre and/or
narrative as they pertain to media, literature
or cultural forms. Areas of focus vary from
semester to semester. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENGL-679
CTCS 688 Advanced Methods and
Approaches
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Research seminar in methods
and approaches to moving image history
including film, television and digital media.
Focus on archival research and issues in
writing history. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 690 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Field production;
organization and administration of local
film-producing units; experimental aspects
of film communication; advanced work in
film history and criticism; teaching cinema.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CTCS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CTCS 791 Historical and Critical
Research Methods
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Methods and procedures for historical
and critical research in the visual media.
Required tutorial with Ph.D. student's
dissertation committee chair, designed to
assist initial work on dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTCS 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CTCS 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CTCS 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CTCS 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
CTCS 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Interactive Media
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CTIN 101 Fundamentals of Procedural
Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the procedural nature of interactive
media and games, though the coding
language Processing. Students will
develop proficiency in reading and creating
computational media. Duplicates Credit in
former CTIN 400 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 110 Statistical Analysis for Games:
Storytelling with Numbers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introductory
course on using statistical analysis for user
research and assessment of interactive
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 180 Video Game Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ITP
180)
CTIN 181 Video Game QA Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ITP
181)
CTIN 190 Introduction to Interactive
Entertainment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
vocabulary and historical perspectives
on interactive entertainment; students
articulate their own ideas, while wrestling
with the larger conceptual issues at play
within the field. Duplicates Credit in former
CTIN 309 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 191 Survey of Themed
Entertainment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the field of themed entertainment and
education design, covering its history, and,
especially, current practice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 200L The New Games Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm An overview
of what it means to be a professional
game developer in the modern and
rapidly changing economic environment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 202 Foundations of Game
Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Foundational
concepts for game designers, including
playcentric design and flexible skills and
knowledge for collaboratively creating and
discussing playable systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 252 Themed Concept
Development: Creativity, Research,
Ideation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Processes used
in the themed entertainment industry to
research concepts, develop concepts and
deliver creative product. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 289 Game Development
Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Covers
core skills for creating in a digital game
engine, the role of prototyping in the
game development and the use of version
control systems. Prerequisite: CTIN 101
or ITP 165 Concurrent Enrollment: CTIN
290 Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 483
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 290 Digital Media Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of a variety of moving image aesthetics and
methodologies in order to highlight how the
language of cinema shapes contemporary
digital and interactive media practices.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 291 Advanced Games Crew
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Hands-on creating experiences for students
who want to work as crew on an advanced
game project. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 295 Themed Entertainment Project
Crew
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp An introduction to building for themed
entertainment and the experience of live
operating a ride or exhibit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 332 Games for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Contemporary
examples and theories of the crossover
between animation and video game
practices. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 389 Game Development Principles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and projects relating to the implementation
and presentation of digital games; core
level design preproduction techniques.
Prerequisite: CTIN 289 and CTIN 290
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
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CTIN 391 Fundamentals of User
Research and Experience
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to games user research, interface design
and user experience, covering both theory
and practice. Prerequisite: CTIN 488
Recommended Preparation: CTIN 190
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 393 Video Game Project
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ITP
393)
CTIN 395 Miniature Golf Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Workshop
on the design of miniature golf holes,
considering theming, experience, and build.
Prerequisite: CTIN 452 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 396 Miniature Golf Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Workshop on
the production of miniature golf holes,
considering theming, experience, and build.
Prerequisite: CTIN 395 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 401L Interface Design for Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the aesthetics, terminology and common
trends of interface design for games. Topics
include 2-D and 3-D spaces and user/
camera perspectives. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 403L Advanced Visual Design for
Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The scope of
visual game design, including the role
of characters, architecture, indoor and
outdoor spaces, and environmental effects
and sounds. Prerequisite: CTIN 401L;
Recommended Preparation: CTAN 443L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 404L User Research for Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts and
methods of usability assessment. The
emphasis will be on understanding the
issues surrounding game interfaces, and
utilizing usability assessment methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 405L Design and Technology for
Mobile Experiences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Critical and
pragmatic insights into designing mobile
experiences and technology. Design
groups will develop a mobile project
using principles from readings and class
discussions. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 406L Sound Design for Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the techniques, terminology, and
implementation of sounds in games,
including establishing a sense of place
and concepts of realistic sound. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 409 Producing Interactive Projects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An in-depth
exploration of the development and
production concepts woven into the USC
Games curriculum and utilized in the
professional games industry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 411 Tabletop Game Mechanics
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
on the design patterns and mechanics of
successful tabletop games. Includes guest
speakers on the latest trends in gaming
content, tools, business and culture.
Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 511
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CTIN 412 Interactive Systems Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An overview
of systems thinking, complex systems,
game economies and emergence with
practical applications towards designing
and balancing systems for games and
interactivity. Recommended Preparation:
CTIN 420, CTIN 488 or CTIN 541
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 420 Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An overview of
tabletop roleplaying games and the design
space around roleplaying. Recommended
Preparation: CTIN 488 or CTIN 541
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 426 Video Games, Identity, and
Diversity
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Thinking
about video games in relation to many
personal and cultural factors, including
race, disability, class, gender, sexuality,
and body type. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 432 Polishing and Publishing
Interactive Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Mentorship,
guidance, and key skills related to pitching,
presenting, and releasing games or other
creative work. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 444 Audio Expression
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Foundational
aesthetic principles and creative
technologies for game audio. Processing,
mixing, and controlling sound for games for
expressive effect. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 452L Themed Entertainment
Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
fundamentals of design, technology,
operations and process for the creation of
themed entertainment experiences and
story-centric place-making. Prerequisite:
(CTIN 191 and CTIN 488) or CTIN 541
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 456 Game Design for Business
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Designed to
provide the business professional with
effective communication skills in working
with the designers of games and game
related venues. Registration Restriction:
Not open to CTIN majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 457 Themed Entertainment
Business Operations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The business of
themed entertainment, focused on teaching
literacy to communicate with business
partners and understanding the basic
needs of a themed entertainment project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 458 Business and Management of
Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of current business models in games and
interactive media, methods for pitching
and getting products funded; copyright
and intellectual property. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 459L Game Industry Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of industry-related game play research
questions. Student teams will develop
concepts and materials to solve a research
problem posed by an industry partner.
Prerequisite: CTIN 488; Recommended
Preparation: CTIN 489. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis
of Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Formal,
aesthetic, and cultural aspects of digital
games, critical discourse around gameplay,
and the relationship of digital games to
other media. Recommended Preparation:
CTIN 488. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CTCS-462
CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examine
two game products from concept to
delivery; introduce students to each of the
professional disciplines involved in making
digital games. Recommended Preparation:
CTIN 488. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Rigorous examination of interactive
entertainment: genres, history, aesthetics,
cultural context, and social significance.
Topics vary by semester. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 478 Level Design Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
A workshop on focused design tasks,
creating many levels on paper and in game
engines. Prerequisite: CTIN 488 or CTIN
541 Recommended Preparation: CTIN 483
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 479 Documentary and Activist
Games
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp How interaction
design and games document reality. The
unique abilities of interactive media in the
realms of non-fiction, documentary, and
activism. Recommended Preparation: CTIN
190, CTIN 488 or CTIN 541. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 480 Directing for Games and
Interactive Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the skills of directorial perspective,
scene breakdown, thematic intent, project
planning, team building, communication,
situational decision-making and response
to change. Prerequisite: CTIN 489L or CTIN
532L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 481 Augmenting Reality:
Worldbuilding for Games and Spaces
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Creative
narrative design approaches to augmented
reality for use in games, physical spaces
and community events. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 975
CTIN 482 Designing Social Games
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Leading industry techniques and
networking fundamentals; designing an
original social game. Duplicates Credit in
former CNTV 482 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 485 Advanced Game Development
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp Advanced concepts in 3-D game
development: story and character
progression, emergent game-play,
comprehensive game mechanics and
artificial intelligence. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 486 Alternative Control Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Design of game
projects using immersive input devices.
Development of play mechanics, feedback
systems and game design for immersive
environments. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 487 Streaming Explorations:
Games and Entertainment for
Community
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Best practices
and strategies for streaming. Students build
a personality and audience through the
course, receiving advice and feedback from
emerging leaders in the field. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to making games. Students
will explore the principles of game design
through the entirely analog creation of card,
board and tabletop games. Recommended
Preparation: CTIN 190 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 489L Intermediate Game Design
and Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A follow-
up to the introductory game design
class, this course will introduce more
advanced concepts in game design and
game theories, including ideation, digital
prototyping and level design. Prerequisite:
CTIN 488 Duplicates Credit in former
CTIN 484 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 491L Advanced Game Project I
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: Fa
Students work in teams on pre-production
and production of a functional digital
game suitable for showcases, festivals,
and further development. Prerequisite:
CTIN 489 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of a game around a
custom-made physical interface; various
technologies and techniques involved in a
software/hardware integration; peripheral
design. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 493L Advanced Game Project II
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Students work in teams to polish and
finalize a functional digital game suitable for
distribution via the web and/or submission
into independent games festivals.
Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 491b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 495 Advanced Themed
Entertainment Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Design and
planning for themed attractions. Large scale
multidisciplinary teams work together to
develop themed entertainment experiences.
Prerequisite: CTIN 396 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 496 Advanced Themed
Entertainment Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Production
and building for themed attractions.
Large scale multidisciplinary teams work
together to produce themed entertainment
experiences. Prerequisite: CTIN 495
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 497 Interactive Media Startup
Units: 1 Max Units: 3.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Pitching, production planning, forming
a company and seeking funding for your
creative media idea. Duplicates Credit
in former CTIN 497ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new or
emerging aspects of cinema, television,
and/or interactive media; special subjects
offered by visiting faculty; experimental
subjects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 501 Interactive Cinema
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Provide
students with a vocabulary of conceptual
and artistic means to create computer
based interactive works. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 503 Interactive Entertainment,
Science, and Healthcare
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of foundational concepts required for
design, development and evaluation of
interactive entertainment and transmedia-
based interventions at the intersection of
neuroscience, public health and medicine.
Recommended Preparation: Proficiency in
conducting literature reviews; social media
use; using interactive media and playing
games. Registration Restriction: Open
only to seniors and graduate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 506 Procedural Expression
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Developing
procedural literacy in the analysis and
creation of computational media; an
introduction to how we create meaningful
experiences using rules and interaction.
Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 400.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 510 Research Methods for
Innovation, Engagement and
Assessment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Planning,
designing, and analyzing a research study
for a digital media project. Production
of a written report and presentation.
Recommended Preparation: CTIN 506,
CTIN 541, and CTCS 505. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 520 Experience and Design of
Public Interactives
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the design of public interactives, the
meaning of built space and environmental
experiences, and the relationship between
interactivity and social communication.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 532L Interactive Design and
Production I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
development of interactive experiences
with an emphasis on prototyping and
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 534L Experiments in Interactivity I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Experimental
studio course to explore concepts of
structure, aesthetics and content of
interactive experience design. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 541 Design for Interactive Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
exploration and practicum on the
fundamental process and principles of
interactive media design. Students develop
design and prototyping skills while working
in collaborative teams. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 542 Interactive Design and
Production II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Rapid
prototyping and forward iteration of thesis
project ideas developed in CTIN 548.
Prerequisite: CTIN 532L Concurrent
Enrollment: CTIN 548 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 544 Experiments in Interactivity II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Experimental
studio course in application of technology
to interactive experience. Prerequisite:
CTIN 534. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 548 Preparing the Interactive
Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An advanced
production workshop in which students
design and prepare for the production of
their advanced project. Prerequisite: CTIN
532. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 558 Business of Interactive Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth
investigation of publication, distribution,
business and legal aspects of the
interactive entertainment business.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTIN 575 Health and Interactive
Entertainment Research Lab
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Emerging transdisciplinary
research methods for conducting formative
or summative evaluation of interactive
entertainment-based interventions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
CTIN 583 Game Development for
Designers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The
fundamentals of 3-D real time game
engines, scripting for interactivity,
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and building games with digital tools.
Recommended Preparation: CTIN 506
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTIN 584a Individual Interactive
Workshop
Units: 4 Individual experimental projects
involving the creative use of interactive
media and film production skills. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Letter Grade
CTIN 584b Individual Interactive
Workshop
Units: 2 Individual experimental projects
involving the creative use of interactive
media and film production skills. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Letter Grade
CTIN 584c Individual Interactive
Workshop
Units: 2 Individual experimental projects
involving the creative use of interactive
media and film production skills. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Letter Grade
CTIN 584z Individual Interactive
Workshop
Units: 0 Individual experimental projects
involving the creative use of interactive
media and film production skills. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Letter Grade
CTIN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research project
leading to the master's degree. Maximum
units which may be applied to the degree
to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CTIN 591 Advanced Development
Project
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Students from many disciplines work
in large teams to create an innovative,
large-scale interactive media or game
project. Recommended Preparation: CTCS
505, CTIN 541. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 592 Game Development Capstone
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Small student
teams produce, playtest and polish high
quality games and experiences in an
intensive project based studio setting.
Prerequisite: CTIN 532 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTIN 593 Integrative Project:
Media-based Interventions in Healthcare
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 4 A project that
showcases integrative mastery of prior
and newly acquired knowledge, skills and
interests. Permission of instructor required.
Prerequisite: CTIN 503. Corequisite: IML
543. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Media Arts, Games and Health majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CTIN 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: CTIN
548. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
CTIN 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite:
CTIN 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
CTIN 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: CTIN
548. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
CTIN 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new or
emerging aspects of interactive media;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Production
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CTPR 240x Practicum in Production
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: Sm Basic
production techniques: introduction to the
cinematic elements, production techniques,
and equipment; film and/or videotape
production. Credit Restriction: Not available
for major credit to CTPR majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 241 Fundamentals of Cinema
Technique
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to cinema production techniques and
equipment including producing, directing,
camera, lighting, and editing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 280 Structure of the Moving Image
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic theory
and application of the concepts of time,
space, composition, movement, light
and color in motion picture production.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 285 Lateral Thinking for
Filmmaking Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
contemporary concepts of production,
emphasizing the variety of contemporary
media and significant related concepts.
Projects created using laptops, phones
and networks. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 288 Originating and Developing
Ideas for Film
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exercises
in observation, imaginative association,
visualization, etc., that deepen the
creative process, leading to ideas, stories,
characters and images for narrative,
documentary and experimental films.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 290 Cinematic Communication
Units: 4, 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the interrelationship of
visuals, sound, and editing in cinematic
communication. Workshops in directing and
producing. Individual and group projects.
Recommended Preparation: CTPR 285.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 294 Directing in Documentary,
Fiction and New Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
concepts of directing in new media,
documentary and fictional narrative.
Includes work with actors, documentary
concepts, and creation of short new media
projects. Concurrent Enrollment: CTPR
295L Registration Restriction: Open only to
Cinematic Arts majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 295L Cinematic Arts Laboratory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
aesthetics and tools of the major
disciplines of cinematic arts: producing,
cinematography, sound, and editing.
Concurrent Enrollment: CTPR 294.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 310 Intermediate Production
Units: 4, 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Principles of visual and aural
communication; idea development and
realization using image, movement, pace,
the spoken word and other sounds; small
crew projects. Prerequisite: CTPR 294,
CTPR 295L. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 327 Motion Picture
Cinematography
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Use of
high definition motion picture equipment to
explore the fundamentals of shot design,
movement and lighting. In class group
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 335 Motion Picture Editing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory,
techniques, and practices in picture
editing; use of standard editing equipment;
individual projects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 340 Creating the Motion Picture
Sound Track
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Techniques and aesthetics for recording
production sound, editing dialogue, sound
effects, music, Foley and preparing for the
mix. For film, television, and other media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 371 Directing for Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Preparation of
director's preproduction blockout; study of
direction for live, tape, and film production,
for both dramatic and informational
television. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 375 Functions of a Director
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theoretical
considerations of the director in relationship
to the multiple facets of film production.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 382 Advanced Multi-Camera
Television Comedy Pilot
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A hands-on
course which allows students to experience
all aspects of multi-camera television
production by creating a pilot episode
of a situation comedy. Recommended
Preparation: experience working at
Trojanvision. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture
Production Techniques
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
procedures and techniques applicable
to production of all types of films;
demonstration by production of a short film
from conception to completion. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 386 Art and Industry of the
Theatrical Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Detailed
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analysis of one theatrical film from
conception through critical reception
to develop an understanding of motion
pictures as art, craft, and industry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 404 Practicum in Podcast
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The basics
of podcast production, including creating
an idea, researching and writing the script,
hosting, casting, recording and promoting a
podcast episode. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 406 Visual Story and
Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp How visuals
communicate emotions and ideas in
streaming media, advertising, digital
games, business and legal presentations
and documentary and scripted filmmaking.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 407 Sound Design for Podcasting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
nature of storytelling through sound, and
the technical skills necessary to create
vibrant and intriguing soundscapes for
these stories to live in. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 409 Practicum in Television
Production
Units: 1, 2, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Television production laboratory
course covers operating cameras, creating
graphics, technical operations, controlling
audio and floor-managing live productions.
Students plan and produce actual Trojan
Vision programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From
Story Concept to Exhibition
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the industry from story ideas through
script development, production and
exhibition; evaluation of roles played
by writers, agents, studio executives,
marketing and publicity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 421 Practicum in Editing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Workshop
in how editing can shape storytelling,
using content from a variety of media
and in various styles. Modern non-linear
equipment and techniques. Prerequisite:
CTPR 310 or CTPR 335. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 422 Makeup for Motion Pictures
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Lecture-
laboratory in makeup relating it to mood of
the story and emulsion of the camera stock.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 423 Introduction to Special Effects
in Cinema
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
workshop in the aesthetics and practices of
special effects, embracing both the classical
and contemporary modes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 424 Practicum in Cinematography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Camera and
lighting workshop in color cinematography,
beginning with digital still photography and
moving into 16mm and advanced digital
cameras. In-class exercises. Prerequisite:
CTPR 310 or CTPR 327 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 425 Production Planning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory,
discussion, and practical application of
production planning during preproduction
and production of a film. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 426 The Production Experience
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp To provide
students with basic working knowledge of
both the skills of the motion picture set and
production operations through classroom
lectures and hands-on experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 427 Introduction to Color Grading
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the various aspects of
color grading and how it can enhance
storytelling. Prerequisite: CTPR 310 or
CTPR 508 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 428 Summer Production
Workshop
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sm To investigate disciplines of Cinema-TV
with emphasis on one of the following
areas: writing, directing, editing, camera,
sound, editing, producing, interactive,
computer animation or digital. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 431 Developing the Documentary
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The tools
and skills necessary to turn an idea
into a documentary story, using sample
reels, pitches, and writing to develop a
professional proposal. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 438 Practicum in Producing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A
comprehensive overview of the role of the
producer. How projects are conceived,
developed, packaged, financed and
marketed. Prerequisite: CTPR 310 or CTPR
425. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 440 Practicum in Sound
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Aesthetic and technical skills of
production and postproduction sound
necessary to create a motion picture
soundtrack. Prerequisite: CTPR 310 or
CTPR 340. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 441 Sound Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The historical,
theoretical, and practical aspects of sound
design for genre films. Exploration of the
techniques and processes for creating
sounds that do not exist. Prerequisite:
CTPR 310 or CTPR 508 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 445 Realtime CG Filmmaking
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the software necessary to create previs,
pitchvis, CG films and quick experiments
to practice creativity without being on set.
Prerequisite: CTPR 294 or CTPR 507
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 447 Producing Visual Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The complex
creative, technical, financial, logistical
and political challenges of incorporating
visual effects into film projects from initial
pre-production through final delivery.
Prerequisite: CTPR 310 or CTPR 508
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 448 World Building Design Studio
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Integrating
visual and scenario design in the
construction of worlds as containers for
narrative in documentary, drama, fiction,
fantasy, and immersive media. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 450 The Production and
Post-Production Assistant
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Detailed
view of the process of making media.
Introducing fundamental thinking typical
of each craft. Weekend crew experience
and responsibilities. Prerequisite: CTPR
310. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Cinematic Arts Film and Television
Production majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 454 Acting for Film and Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
examination of skills and techniques
necessary for successful performances in
film and television. Practical application
through in-class exercises and assigned
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 455 Survey of Production Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm How
production designers in film and television
use graphic tools to create thematic
visuals based on a script. Lectures, guest
speakers, individual projects. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 456 Introduction to Art Direction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to drafting, set design, set decoration and
creating models for students with diverse
abilities. Guest lectures, group discussions
and hands-on workshop. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 457 Creating Poetic Cinema
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An investigation
of poetic cinema from four different
perspectives: found poetry; applied poetry;
poetry as image; and poetry in narrative
fiction. Production of short films. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 458 Organizing Creativity:
Entertainment Industry Decision Making
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
the unique structures in the entertainment
industry for organizing and managing
creativity. Students research and chart
pathways to leadership. Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors, seniors,
and graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 459 Introduction to Media and
Social Change
Units: 4 The history and theory of media
and social change, including various
disciplines and approaches: social
marketing, communication campaign
design, entertainment-education and
specific media. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 460 Film Business Procedures
and Distribution
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Financing, budgeting,
management as applied to films; problems
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of distribution, including merchandising,
cataloging, evaluation, and film library
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 461 Managing Television Stations
and Internet Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Managing
electronic media, including radio and
television stations, broadcast and cable
networks, and the Internet. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 462 Masters of Directorial Style
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
The study of exceptional directors from
different eras with contrasting stylistic
approaches, and how these techniques can
creatively inform the student's own work.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 464 Directing the Television
Sketch Comedy Show
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Concepts and skills in directing sketch
comedy shows, using the techniques of
live television. Hands-on experience on live
weekly shows. Recommended Preparation:
CTPR 371 or CTPR 476 or CTPR 484 or
CTPR 523 or CTPR 532. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 465 Practicum in Production
Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
instruction in script breakdown, location
surveys, traditional and computer-aided
working drawings, model making, set
decoration, construction and scenic
departments. Prerequisite: CTPR 310
or CTPR 456 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 466 The Art of the Pitch
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Presenting
ideas for feature and television projects
to buyers: shaping ideas for pitching,
assessing and targeting the marketplace,
in-class pitching of projects. Prerequisite:
CTPR 310. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 469 Creating Webisodes
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Production of a fully realized pilot episode,
series bible and sizzle reel for a web series.
Prerequisite: CTPR 310 or CTPR 508
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 470 Practicum in On-screen
Direction of Actors
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Concentration
on the basic skills in working with actors
from a director's point of view. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 473 Spotting Music for Cinema
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A real world
approach to spotting music for film: why
film music exists and the many ways it is
used in storytelling. For filmmakers as well
as composers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 474 Documentary Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Pairs
produce, direct, shoot, and edit a short
documentary on a subject of their choice.
Finished projects will be suitable for
broadcast/festivals. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 476 Directing The Comedic Scene
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directing
comedy: casting, rehearsing, directing
actors, scene analysis, staging, shooting,
and editing, leading to the filming of a
two-person comic scene. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 477 Collaborative Directing for
Film and Television
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Directing
individual episodes of a composite feature-
length film, in collaboration with other
student directors. Prerequisite: CTPR 476
or CTPR 478 or CTPR 532 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 478 Practicum in Directing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts of
directing for motion pictures, emphasizing
the working relationship of actors and
directors. Scenes will be staged in
class and filmed for class presentation.
Prerequisite: CTPR 310. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 479 Straight to Series:
Development of Episodic TV Drama
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Collaborative
writing, preproduction and shooting of a
pilot act for an original episodic television
drama, shot on stage sets built for the
show. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 480 Advanced Production
Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directors,
producers, cinematographers, editors
and sound designers collaborate to
produce, shoot, edit and deliver fictional,
documentary or experimental projects.
Prerequisite: CTPR 450 Recommended
Preparation: CTPR 478 required to direct
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Film and Television Production majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 481 Contemporary Directing
Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Directing
seven short projects ranging from short
exercises to a scripted and polished final
project. Focus will be upon development
as a director. Prerequisite: CTPR 478
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera
Television Workshop
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Exercises and practical application
for writing and producing a multi-camera
television project. Special attention to the
development of the sitcom. Recommended
Preparation: CTPR 371 required for
undergraduate students who wish to direct
a sitcom and CTPR 523 for graduate
students who wish to direct. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 486 Straight to Series: Production
of Episodic TV Drama
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Collaborative production and
postproduction of an original episodic
drama, shot on original sets on stage and
on location. Prerequisite: CTPR 450 or
CTPR 504 or CTPR 508 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 487 Recording for Film Scores
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the role of the recording studio in
professional film and video productions.
Emphasis on technical and hardware
considerations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 491 Viral Comedy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Translating
traditional storytelling tools into short form
comedy that stands out online. Writing,
directing and producing creative projects
designed for current online platforms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 496 The Film Industry: Career
Challenges and Choices for Women
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp This
class discusses women's roles in the
entertainment industry and career
opportunities available for women in the
business, corporate and creative sectors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 497 Music Video and Commercial
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Writing,
budgeting, shooting, editing and directing
a music video and commercial. Getting the
job, dealing with the band, working with
the record and advertising companies.
Prerequisite: CTPR 310 or CTPR 508
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new
or emerging aspects of cinema and/
or television; special subjects offered by
visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 502 Collaboration and Creativity
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundations
for fruitful collaborative experiences via
readings, presentations, in-class exercises
and real-life challenges and advice from
professionals. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 504 Fundamentals of Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Each
student writes/directs a group exercise;
includes: collaboration, script breakdown,
story beats, casting, directing, camera
operation, expressive cinematography,
scene structure, AVID, editing and sound
design. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
CTPR 506 Visual Expression
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploring the
relationship between story structure and
visual structure, discussion of aesthetics
and technical controls, in-class examples
and screenings, photographic assignments.
Prerequisite: CTAN 547 or CTIN 534L or
CTPR 504 or CTPR 507 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 507 Production I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
effective communication of ideas through
the language of cinema. Individual and
small group exercises; introductions
to producing, directing, editing,
cinematography and sound. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
of the USC School of Cinematic Arts
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Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 508 Production II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practicum
in group production, emphasizing the
collaborative process and the expressive
use of sound and image. Prerequisite:
CTPR 507 and CTWR 505 Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 510 Concepts of Cinematic
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of the process of making media. Introduces
fundamental thinking typical of each craft.
Presents realities of careers and ethical
issues in media. Corequisite: CTPR 507.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 515 Global Exchange Workshop
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
Sm An intense workshop in documentary
filmmaking. Student teams from USC
and a Chinese university make short
documentaries on Los Angeles and Beijing
as global cities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 522 Reality Television Survey
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
comprehensive overview of the world of
reality television; each student will develop
and pitch an original reality-based program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 523 Introduction to
Multiple-Camera Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp How to direct
comedy or dramatic scenes, using multiple
camera techniques. Students also serve as
crew members, learning lighting, mixing,
studio controls, and stage management.
Prerequisite: CTPR 508. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 531 Planning the Documentary
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
preproduction workshop for the research
and planning of a documentary project to
be executed in CTPR 547 or an advanced
production workshop class. Prerequisite:
CTPR 508. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 532 Intermediate Directing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
experience in staging dramatic narrative
scenes, emphasizing directing actors,
rehearsal techniques and camera blocking.
Prerequisite: CTPR 508 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 533 Directing Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practicum
in more complex directing issues
concentrating both on performance and
exploration of shaping scenes visually
through blocking of action and placement
of camera. Prerequisite: CTPR 532.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 534 Intermediate Production
Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Exercises
concentrating on script analysis, blocking
the scene, ground plans, elevations, visual
research and concepts, departmental
collaboration, and presentation of work.
Prerequisite: CTPR 508 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 535 Intermediate Editing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Editorial
construction of film sequences to analyze
the interrelationships of the various
film elements, both visual and aural.
Prerequisite: CTPR 508 or CTAN 547.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 536 Editing for Scriptwriters
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles,
techniques, practices and theories of
editorial construction of film and TV scenes
and sequences. Duplicates Credit in former
CTWR 536. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 537 Intermediate Cinematography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Close study
through practical in class exercises of
the technical and aesthetic principles of
cinematography. Introduction to 16mm film
and advanced digital cameras. Prerequisite:
CTPR 508 or CTAN 547. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 538 Intermediate Producing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Definition,
examination and practical experience in
the role of the line producer as it relates
to preproduction, production and post
production. Prerequisite: CTPR 508.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 540 Intermediate Sound
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
and aesthetic considerations relating
to recording, editing and sound design.
Prerequisite: CTPR 507 or CTAN 547.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 543 Editing the Advanced Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Utilitarian
seminar focused on editing advanced
projects. Corequisite: CTPR 481a, CTPR
581a or CTPR 587a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 546L Production III, Fiction
Units: 6 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp An intensive workshop experience
in which students, crewing in their area
of specialization, complete the shooting
and postproduction of projects up to
thirty minutes in length. Qualifying
courses: for directors, CTPR 532, and for
cinematographers, CTPR 537; Prerequisite:
CTPR 508. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 547L Production III, Documentary
Units: 6 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive workshop; students shoot
and finish documentary projects up to
about 25 minutes. Qualifying courses: for
directors, CTPR 431 or CTPR 531; for
cinematographers, CTPR 424 or CTPR
537. Prerequisite: CTPR 450 or CTPR 508
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 551 Directing in a Virtual World
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Telling
cinematic stories using visual effects
and virtual backgrounds, environments,
and characters. Hands-on exercises
emphasizing directing. Prerequisite:
CTAN 462; Recommended Preparation:
CTAN 555 or CTPR 532 or CTPR 537.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Cinematic Arts students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 552 Advanced Directing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An advanced
production class in directing. Encounters
with experienced directors; and individual
student production of a short. Prerequisite:
CTPR 532 Recommended Preparation:
CTPR 533 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 554 Advanced Sound
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of the technical and aesthetic elements
of sound design at the professional level.
Intended for those contemplating a career
in the field of audio. Prerequisite: CTPR
540 or one of the following in equivalent
crew position: CTPR 546L or CTPR 547L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTPR 555 Advanced Production Design
Units: 2 The execution of a production
designer's in-depth analysis and fully
detailed breakdown of a feature-length
script for story, character, sets, locations,
set dressing, props, fabrics, color and
texture. Prerequisite: CTPR 534 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 556 Advanced Professional
Editing Tools and Software
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
editing tools for picture editors, picture
editing assistants, DIT, post supervisors
and VFX editors, including AVID, After
Effects, Photoshop, Scriptsync, Davinci
Resolve and more. Prerequisite: CTPR 421
or CTPR 535 or CTPR 480 or CTPR 484
or CTPR 486 or CTPR 546L or CTPR 547L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 557 Advanced Cinematography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
camera and lighting techniques for those
considering a professional career in
cinematography. Prerequisite: CTPR 424
or CTPR 537 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 558 Advanced Producing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Defines and examines the role of the
Executive/Feature Producer through
the preproduction, production and post
production phases. Prerequisite: CTPR 538
or one of the following in equivalent crew
position: CTPR 486, CTPR 546, CTPR 547.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 565 Making Media for Social
Change
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Each student
will produce and direct a film incorporating
a social issue of his/her choice into the
narrative of the film. Prerequisite: CTPR
310 or CTPR 508. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 566 The Pitch Class: Film and TV
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Developing,
pitching and selling your feature motion
picture and TV projects. Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors and
master students in the USC School of
Cinematic Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CTPR 572 The World of Television:
From Concept to Air and Everything in
Between
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Takes
projects from conception to sale, including
development, production, post-production,
and marketing. Students will develop
original projects. Prerequisite: CTPR 508.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 573 Developing and Producing the
Advanced Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An advanced
preproduction workshop in which students
complete the development and production
planning of an advanced project to be
executed in Individual Production Workshop
or Advanced Production Seminar.
Prerequisite: CTPR 508 Recommended
Preparation: submission of script required
Duplicates Credit in former CTPR 553
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTPR 581a Individual Production
Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
experimental projects involving the creative
use of visuals (live action or animated)
and sound. Qualifying courses: CTPR 532
(for directors); CTPR 558 (for producers).
Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite: CTPR 573
and CTPR 484 or CTPR 486 or CTPR 546L
or CTPR 547L Registration Restriction:
Open only to Cinematic Arts, Film and
Television Production majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
and Letter
CTPR 581b Individual Production
Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
experimental projects involving the creative
use of visuals (live action or animated)
and sound. Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite:
CTPR 581a Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 581c Individual Production
Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
experimental projects involving the creative
use of visuals (live action or animated)
and sound. Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite:
CTPR 581b Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 581z Individual Production
Workshop
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
experimental projects involving the creative
use of visuals (live action or animated)
and sound. Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite:
CTPR 581c Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 582a Advanced Production
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Advanced individual film or video projects
under the guidance of a faculty mentor,
without benefit of university equipment or
resources. Qualifying courses: CTPR 532
(for directors); CTPR 558 (for producers).
Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite: CTPR 573
and CTPR 484 or CTPR 486 or CTPR 546L
or CTPR 547L Registration Restriction:
Open only to Cinematic Arts, Film and
Television Production majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
and Letter
CTPR 582b Advanced Production
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Advanced individual film or video projects
under the guidance of a faculty mentor,
without benefit of university equipment or
resources. Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite:
CTPR 582a Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 582z Advanced Production
Seminar
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Advanced individual film or video projects
under the guidance of a faculty mentor,
without benefit of university equipment or
resources. Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite:
CTPR 582b Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 583 Graduate Television
Production
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
television group production workshop
for students who want to produce an
advanced multi-camera project. Qualifying
courses: CTPR 532 (for directors); CTPR
538 (for producers). Prerequisite: CTPR
573 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTPR 585a Advanced Producing Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised, individual study leading to
the creation of a producer's package.
The package will include script, schedule,
budget, finance and marketing plan.
Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite: CTPR
538 Corequisite: CTPR 558 or CTPR
572 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Film and Television Production majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Letter
CTPR 585b Advanced Producing Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised, individual study leading to
the creation of a producer's package.
The package will include script, schedule,
budget, finance and marketing plan.
Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite: CTPR
585a Registration Restriction: Open only
to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 585z Advanced Producing Project
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised, individual study leading to
the creation of a producer's package.
The package will include script, schedule,
budget, finance and marketing plan.
Graded IP/Letter. Prerequisite: CTPR 585b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress and Letter
CTPR 587a Group Production Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
group project involving the creative use
of visuals (live action or animated) and
sound specifically designed for students
who want to work in pairs. Qualifying
courses: CTPR 532 (for directors);
CTPR 558 (for producers). Prerequisite:
CTPR 573 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 587b Group Production Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
group project involving the creative use
of visuals (live action or animated) and
sound specifically designed for students
who want to work in pairs. Prerequisite:
CTPR 587a Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 587c Group Production Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
group project involving the creative use
of visuals (live action or animated) and
sound specifically designed for students
who want to work in pairs. Prerequisite:
CTPR 587b Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 587z Group Production Workshop
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
group project involving the creative use
of visuals (live action or animated) and
sound specifically designed for students
who want to work in pairs. Prerequisite:
CTPR 587c Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts, Film and Television
Production majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Letter
CTPR 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CTPR 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CTPR 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
CTPR 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Detailed investigation
of new or emerging aspects of cinema;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Curriculum, Teaching and Special
Education
CTSE 593a Master's Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination and analysis of research and
literature from the student's area of focus.
Required of all master's candidates who do
not enroll in the Master's Thesis (594abz).
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 981
CTSE 593b Master's Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination and analysis of research and
literature from the student's area of focus.
Required of all master's candidates who do
not enroll in the Master's Thesis (594abz).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Writing
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
CTWR 100g Story: Character, Conflict,
and Catharsis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
course on the elements of scene writing,
story structure, and character development.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to students in Writing for Screen and
Television Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 105 Nonverbal Thinking: Visual
and Aural
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to non-verbal elements of images and
sounds which convey meaning, mood, and
emotion. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTWR 106a Screenwriting Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to and overview of the elements of theme,
plot, character, and dialogue in dramatic
writing for film. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 106b Screenwriting Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exercises
in dramatic writing: theme, plot, character,
dialogue and images. Integration of these
elements into scenes and sequences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 120 Genesis of the Screenplay
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The evolution
of the screenplay from its roots in myths,
plays, and short stories. Writing original
treatments for film and television inspired
by literary masters. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 206a Writing the Screenplay
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of synopsis and treatment for a theatrical
or documentary screenplay: theme, plot,
character, mise-en-scene and utilization
of cinematic elements. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 206b Writing the Screenplay
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Writing a
feature-length screenplay based on
treatment developed in CTWR 206a.
Includes a first draft and a polish.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 211g The Television Writer:
An Agent of Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The television
writer as an agent of change across current
social issues including, but not limited to:
race, gender, and class. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 212 Fundamental Topics of
Writing for Film and TV
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: max 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introductory course focusing on
varying topics of fundamentals for feature
writing and television writing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 213 Content and Consciousness
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Inquiry into
the relationship between cognitive and
affective knowledge as it relates to the
art of screenwriting and the screenwriter.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 215 Practicum in Writing Short
Films
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Developing
stories less than feature length; writing
screenplays from them; understanding
what length each story demands; creating
idiosyncratic forms and styles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 250 Breaking the Story
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Examination
of the fundamental elements of a good
story, and how to use those elements
to develop new screenplay ideas.
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 106b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 305 Advanced Screenwriting:
The Relationship Screenplay
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
inquiry into the complex nature of human
relationships by writing an original feature
length screenplay that examines the
multidimensional world of characters
and the ties that bind them together.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Writing for Screen and Television majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 306 Advanced Screenwriting:
Alternative Narrative
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Develop and
write an original feature-length screenplay
utilizing a non-linear narrative story
structure that examines the creative use
of time, perspective, and point of view
to enhance both character and story.
Prerequisite: CTWR 305. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 314 Writing To Be Performed
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Understanding
the elements of screen performance to
enhance the writing of complex characters
and human relationships. Prerequisite:
CTWR 100. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Writing for Screen and Television
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTWR 315x Filmwriting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The basics
of screenwriting: theme, story structure,
characterization, format, dialogue, and
scene description. A character profile,
short treatment, and first 30 pages of
the screenplay are written. Lectures,
screenings, and in-class readings. Credit
Restriction: Not for degree credit for
Cinema-Television majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 321 Introduction to Hour-Long
Television Writing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
fundamentals of writing for dramatic
episodic television. Writing scenes from
popular television shows and examination
of television story structure. Prerequisite:
CTWR 100g or CTWR 402 or CTWR 409
or CTWR 413 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 324 Introduction to Half-Hour
Television Writing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
fundamentals of writing for comedic
episodic television. Writing scenes from
popular comedy series and examination of
half-hour television comedy story structure.
Prerequisite: CTWR 409 or CTWR 413
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 404
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 401 Writing the First Draft Feature
Screenplay
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sm Writing an outline and the first draft
of a feature-length screenplay. Emphasis
on character interrelationships, conflict,
and three-act structure. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 402 Writing and Social Change
Units: 2 An introductory course in writing
for the screen with an emphasis on social
issues. Duplicates Credit in CTWR 412.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 403 Writing the Narrative Podcast
Series
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of an original narrative
podcast. Emphasis on dramatic elements
of auditory storytelling and character
development. Recommended Preparation:
CTWR 411 or CTWR 416 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 404 Foundations of Comedy
Units: 2 Study of comedy theory and
practical applications in film, television, and
social media. Lectures and screenings of
comedic forms tracing past, present and
future. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTWR 405 Storytelling for Virtual and
Augmented Reality
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Storytelling for the 360-degree visual arena.
Focus on immersive worlds, challenges of
virtual and augmented reality, and active
audience engagement. Prerequisite:
CTAN 436 or CTAN 536 or CTWR 100g or
CTWR 412 or CTWR 413 or CTWR 505 or
CTWR 513 or CTWR 518 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 407 Creating the Comedic
Character
Units: 2 Utilization of various techniques
for character to emerge naturally in scene
and stories. Creating multiple comedic
characters to generate future stories.
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 404.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 409 Fundamentals of
Screenwriting: Character, Conflict and
Story
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to writing compelling scenes, creating
authentic characters, three-act structure
and feature film outlining. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 410L Character Development and
Storytelling for Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An exploration
of characters and story worlds as they
relate to gaming with an emphasis on
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emotionally rich environments in interactive
entertainment. Recommended Preparation:
CTIN 488. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 411 Television Script Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp In-depth
analysis of the craft of writing prime-time
episodic television. Examination of situation
comedies and dramas through weekly
screenings and lectures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 412 Introduction to Screenwriting
Units: 2 Introduction to the formal elements
of writing the short film. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 413 Writing the Short Script I
Units: 2 Preparation of scripts for short
films: form, structure, planning. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Cinematic Arts
Film and Television production majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 414 The Screenplay
Units: 2 Students study story structure and
develop several story outlines, write a short
script for possible production, a feature
film outline and first act. Prerequisite:
CTWR 413; Recommended Preparation:
CTWR 416. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Cinematic Arts Film and Television
Production majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 415a Advanced Writing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles of
the feature film; creating theme, character
and structure that combine into a feature-
length story treatment. Prerequisite:
CTWR 409 or CTWR 413 Recommended
Preparation: CTWR 416 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 415b Advanced Writing
Units: 2 Creation of script with extensive
work-shopping of scenes in class leading
to a first draft and revision as a final
assignment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script
Analysis
Units: 2 Critical analysis of story structure
from classic films to contemporary works.
Identification of key story concepts and
elements of three-act structure. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Evaluation of
completed scripts prior to their production.
Coverage and analysis of scripts as
potential properties from the perspective of
a production company. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 418a Senior Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Creation of
feature-length treatment and first draft
senior thesis screenplay, including
"pitching" experiences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 418b Senior Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Completion
and revision of senior thesis project and
introduction to motion picture industry
procedures and practices through
interaction with industry representatives.
Prerequisite: CTWR 305. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 419a Senior Thesis in Dramatic
Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
workshop developing an original hour-
long dramatic series including characters,
world, and story lines for season one. Final
assignment is completed hour-long pilot
episode. Prerequisite: CTWR 305 and
CTWR 421; Recommended Preparation:
CTWR 411. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 419b Senior Thesis in Dramatic
Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Revision of
original pilot script, writing of mid-season
episode, and completion of bible for original
dramatic series developed in first semester.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 420a Senior Thesis in Half-Hour
Television Comedy
Units: 4 Intense study in developing an
original half-hour television comedy pilot
including special attention to development
of multiple seasons and character
evolution. Prerequisite: CTWR 437 or
CTWR 439. Recommended Preparation:
CTWR 404. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Writing for Television and Screen
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTWR 420b Senior Thesis in Half-Hour
Television Comedy
Units: 4 Rewrite, casting, and stage
performance of the comedy development
process. A rewrite of the final draft and
completion of the series bible with multiple
seasons. Prerequisite: CTWR 420a.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Writing for Television and Screen majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 421 Writing the Hour-Long
Dramatic Series
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Writing an episode of an existing dramatic
television series within the hour-long format
with an emphasis on conception, pitching,
characterization and structure. Prerequisite:
CTWR 321 or CTWR 324 or CTWR 505 or
CTWR 514a Recommended Preparation:
CTWR 411 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 422 Creating the Dramatic
Television Series
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSm Examination and creation of the
world, characters, and concept for an
original hour-long dramatic series. Writing
an outline for an original dramatic pilot.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 430 Comedy Writers and Their
Work
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp Detailed investigation of specific
comedy writers, comedy genres, and the
works they've influenced. Lectures include
screenings and visiting screenwriters.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 431 Screenwriters and Their Work
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of a specific
screenwriter's style and the works they've
influenced. Lectures include screenings
and visiting screenwriters. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 432 Television Writers and Their
Work
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
Detailed investigation of various television
writers' styles, the worlds they have
created, and the works they've influenced.
Lectures include screenings and visiting
television writers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 433 Adaptations: Transferring
Existing Work to the Screen
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An examination
of motion picture adaptations; problems
attendant upon translating a novel, play,
or other creative forms into screenplays.
Prerequisite: CTWR 206b or CTWR 414
or CTWR 514a or CTWR 529. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 434 Writing the Half-Hour Comedy
Series
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp Writing an episode of an existing
half-hour comedy series, with emphasis on
the anatomy of a joke, comedic structure
and character. Prerequisite: CTWR 321 or
CTWR 324 or CTWR 505 Recommended
Preparation: CTWR 404 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 435 Writing for Film and
Television Genres
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation of proposals and scripts
for different types of film or television
programming: emphasis on conception,
structure, characterization and format.
Prerequisite: CTWR 206b or CTWR 415b
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 416
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 437 Writing the Original Situation
Comedy Pilot
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Advanced workshop
for writing an original half-hour comedy
series, including a pilot script, summary of
characters, and story lines for first season.
Prerequisite: CTWR 421 or CTWR 434
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 411
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 438 Linked Narrative Storytelling
for the Web
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Create, develop, and execute
episodic video content for the web. Focus
on content and characters that are viable
in the internet landscape. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 439 Writing the Original Dramatic
Series Pilot
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
An advanced workshop in which students
create an original dramatic series, including
a first script and a summary of characters
and storylines. Prerequisite: CTWR 421
or CTWR 434. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 441 Writing Workshop in
Creativity and Imagination
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
will explore a variety of problem solving
techniques to strengthen their creative work
and apply these techniques to individual
writing projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 983
CTWR 449 Rewriting the Original
Dramatic Series Pilot
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 An advanced
workshop in which an original hour-long
television pilot will be rewritten with
emphasis on character, world creation and
future story lines. Prerequisite: CTWR 439;
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 411.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 453 Advanced Feature Rewriting
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An advanced workshop in which
a feature length screenplay will be rewritten
using a specific methodology that focuses
on a macro to micro approach to revision.
Prerequisite: CTWR 305 or CTWR 415b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 459a Entertainment Industry
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
and analysis of various topics, issues and
resources pertaining to creative, legal and
business perspectives for writers in the
entertainment industry. Prerequisite: CTWR
459a for CTWR 459b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 459b Entertainment Industry
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
and analysis of various topics, issues and
resources pertaining to creative, legal and
business perspectives for writers in the
entertainment industry. Prerequisite: CTWR
459a for CTWR 459b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 468 Screenwriting in
Collaboration
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
Sp Writing an original screenplay or pilot
collaboratively with a partner, with special
attention paid to the writing team dynamic
and the 'third' writer's voice. Prerequisite:
CTWR 305 or CTWR 415b or CTWR 514b
or CTWR 523 Recommended Preparation:
CTWR 416 or CTWR 516 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 477 Staff Writing the Sketch
Comedy Show
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Staff writing a sketch comedy show with
emphasis on creating comedic characters,
political humor, monologue writing, and joke
construction. A live show will be produced.
Prerequisite: CTWR 404. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 487 Staff Writing the Multi-
Camera Television Series
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Working on the writing staff of an
original multi-camera television series, with
emphasis on the writers' room experience
and how to executive produce an episode.
Prerequisite: CTWR 434. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 489a Straight to Series: Writing
and Producing the Episodic Drama
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Staff writing
and producing the original episodic drama,
from development to post-production.
Prerequisite: CTWR 321 or CTWR 413 or
CTWR 505 or CTWR 513 Recommended
Preparation: CTWR 411 Duplicates Credit
in former CTWR 489 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 489b Straight to Series: Writing
and Producing the Episodic Drama
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Staff writing
and producing the original episodic drama,
from development to post-production.
Prerequisite: CTWR 489a Recommended
Preparation: CTWR 411 Duplicates Credit
in former CTWR 489 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 497 Staff Writing the Single-
Camera Half-Hour Series
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Working on the writing staff for an
original single-camera half-hour television
series, with emphasis on the writers' room
experience and challenges of single-
camera half-hour television. Prerequisite:
CTWR 434 or CTWR 534; Recommended
Preparation: CTWR 404. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new
or emerging aspects of cinema and/
or television; special subjects offered by
visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 502 Graduate Writing Symposium
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp A survey of
the creative and professional range of
the working screenwriter. Recommended
Preparation: CNTV 501. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CTWR 505 Creating the Short Film
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Strengthening
and deepening the ability to conceive and
develop ideas that will lead to compelling,
authentic, and personally meaningful films.
Concurrent Enrollment: CTPR 507, CTPR
510. Duplicates Credit in CTWR 528.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 509 Understanding the Process of
Film Making
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
for screenwriters to the process of creating
a feature film, from script through release
print, including pre-production, production
and post-production. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 510 Fundamentals of Storytelling
for Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the fundamentals of storytelling with
techniques and practices that work best for
animated stories. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 513 Writing the Short Script
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Preparation
of scripts for short films; dramatic,
informational, experimental, and other
forms. Concurrent Enrollment: CTWR 514a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 514a Basic Dramatic
Screenwriting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Dramaturgy
for the fiction and nonfiction work.
Techniques for creating the original or
adapted theatrical script. Open to graduate
screenwriting majors (CTWR) and dramatic
writing (Theatre) majors only. Emphasizes
narrative development, through short
scripts, sequences, and story outlines.
Concurrent Enrollment: CTWR 513.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 514b Basic Dramatic
Screenwriting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Dramaturgy
for the fiction and nonfiction work.
Techniques for creating the original or
adapted theatrical script. Open to graduate
screenwriting majors (CTWR) and dramatic
writing (Theatre) majors only. Development
of an outline and feature length, original
script. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTWR 515a Practicum in Screenwriting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Creation of
a feature screenplay from presentation
through treatment, including some scene
work. Prerequisite: CTWR 514a; CTWR
515a for CTWR 515b; CTWR 515b for
CTWR 515c; CTWR 515c for CTWR 515d.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 515b Practicum in Screenwriting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Comprehensive rewriting of a second and
third draft of a feature screenplay leading
to a polished and professional piece.
Prerequisite: CTWR 514a; CTWR 515a for
CTWR 515b; CTWR 515b for CTWR 515c;
CTWR 515c for CTWR 515d. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
& Letter Grade
CTWR 515c Practicum in Screenwriting
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
rewrite of feature screenplay. Prerequisite:
CTWR 514a; CTWR 515a for CTWR 515b;
CTWR 515b for CTWR 515c; CTWR 515c
for CTWR 515d. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Letter Grade
CTWR 515d Practicum in Screenwriting
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
rewrite of feature screenplay. Prerequisite:
CTWR 514a; CTWR 515a for CTWR 515b;
CTWR 515b for CTWR 515c; CTWR 515c
for CTWR 515d. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 516 Advanced Motion Picture
Script Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
analysis of the structure of films from the
classics to current award winners. Students
will learn how to identify key story concepts
and break down three act structure in
finished films and scripts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 517a Thesis in Half-Hour
Television Comedy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Developing an
original half-hour comedy television series,
including characters, world and storylines
for season one. Completion of a first draft
script, polish, and series bible. Prerequisite:
CTWR 521 or CTWR 534 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Writing for Screen
and Television master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 517b Thesis in Half-Hour
Television Comedy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Developing
an original half-hour comedy television
series, including characters, world and
storylines for season one. Completion of
a first draft script, polish, and series bible.
The re-write, casting, and performance
stages of television comedy development.
The completion of a final draft of the pilot
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script and series bible. Prerequisite: CTWR
514b; Corequisite: CTWR 534. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Writing for Screen
and Televisions master students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 518 Introduction to Interactive
Writing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A series of
exercises written and discussed for
interactive experiences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 519a Thesis in Television Drama
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Part A --
writing the pilot -- is an intensive workshop
in which master's students develop an
original television 1-hour series including
characters, world and storylines for season
one. Final assignment is the finished
pilot episode of the series. Prerequisite:
CTWR 521 or CTWR 534 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Writing for Screen
and Television master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 519b Thesis in Television Drama
Units: 4 Part A — Writing the series bible
and mid-season episode — is part two
of the television thesis course. Students
develop their original series further by
writing the bible for the series and the
mid-season episode which is reflective
of storylines, characters and settings
developed in part A of the course. Open to
Writing for Screen and Television master
students only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 520 Advanced Scene Writing
Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
workshop oriented specifically to writing
and rewriting the most effective and telling
dramatic scenes to heighten audience
participation and greater story impact.
Prerequisite: CTWR 514b or CTWR 523
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 521 Advanced Hour-Long
Television Drama
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Writing the first draft and revision
of an episode of an existing dramatic
television series. Corequisite: CTWR
514a. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Theatre (Dramatic
Writing) and in Writing for Screen and
Television. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 522 Advanced Hour-Long
Television Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of development process for hour-long
television, addressing issues of character,
world, story and concept. Vetting of multiple
series ideas for viability. Prerequisite:
CTWR 514a or CTWR 523 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 523 Introduction to the
Screenplay
Units: 4 Introduction to formal elements
of the screenplay through lectures and
the workshopping of a complete first draft
of a feature-length script. Prerequisite:
CTAN 536 or CTWR 505 or CTWR 518;
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 516.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 526 Advanced Storytelling for
Interactive Media
Units: 2 Advanced writing workshop
addressing issues specific to interactive
storytelling regarding construction of
narrative and character as seen in games
and other forms of interactive media.
Prerequisite: CTWR 518. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 528 Screenwriting Fundamentals
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the principles of screenwriting with
special emphasis on story, characterization
and dramatization. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 529 Intermediate Screenwriting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Emphasizes
structural elements crucial to the feature
film. Techniques for creating an original
and adapted theatrical-length script.
Prerequisite: CTPR 507 and CTWR 505.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 530 Advanced Animation
Screenwriting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
storytelling for the animated narrative.
Emphasis on long form, rewriting and
character development. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 533 Rewriting the Feature
Screenplay
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Rewriting the feature-length screenplay.
Focus on macro to micro approach
to revision. Prerequisite: CTWR 523
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 516
Duplicates Credit in former CTWR 533ab
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 534 Advanced Half-Hour
Television Comedy
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Advanced workshop in writing the first
draft and revision of an episode of an
existing comedic television series. The
comedy writing room will be emphasized.
Corequisite: CTWR 514a. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
in Theatre (Dramatic Writing) and in Writing
for Screen and Television. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 537 Advanced Half-Hour Comedy
Series Pilot
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Development of an
original half-hour comedy series; writing
of the pilot episode and series bible.
Prerequisite: CTWR 514a. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Theatre (Dramatic Writing) and Writing for
Screen and Television. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 539 Advanced Hour-Long Drama
Series Pilot
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Development of
an original one hour drama series; writing
of the pilot episode and series bible.
Prerequisite: CTWR 514a. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Theatre (Dramatic Writing) and Writing for
Screen and Television. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 541 Dreams, the Brain, and
Storytelling
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the links between the brain,
creativity, neuroscience and storytelling.
Through lectures, screenings, and
readings, students will log dreams for use
in creative exercises. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 543 The Character-Driven
Screenplay
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
screenwriting wherein a first draft of a
feature-length script will be developed and
written with an emphasis on character as
story engine. Prerequisite: CTWR 505
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 516
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Cinematic Arts Film and
Television Production (CAPR) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 549 Advanced Rewriting
Workshop in Hour-Long Drama
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 Advanced
television writing, emphasizing the rewrite
of a first draft pilot script and series bible for
an hour-long television series. Prerequisite:
CTWR 539 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 550 Advanced Story Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
development of the story creation process
by examining the core elements of a good
story. Compiling a portfolio of story ideas.
Prerequisite: CTWR 514a or CTWR 523
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 553 Advanced Rewriting
Workshop
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Advanced feature screenwriting,
emphasizing the rewrite of a first draft
script. Prerequisite: CTWR 514b or CTWR
533 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
CTWR 555 Pitching for Film and
Television
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
and pitching of ideas for motion pictures,
episodic and television pilots. Reducing
ideas to basic components enhancing
verbal presentation skills. Prerequisite:
CTWR 305 or CTWR 415b or CTWR 514b
or CTWR 533 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 557 Seminar in the Business of
Writing and Producing Television
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Examination of
the role of the television writer in production
through lectures, readings, and practical
experiences on set. Prerequisite: CTWR
537 or CTWR 539. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 559 The Business of Writing for
Screen and Television
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
and in-depth analysis of the studio system,
the television development process, literary
representation, new emerging markets, and
the Writers Guild of America. Prerequisite:
CTWR 514b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 560 Advanced Business Practices
for Writers
Units: 2 Advanced seminar and analysis of
the current state of the film and television
markets as it relates to writers. Weekly
industry guests and current trends.
Prerequisite: CTWR 559. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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CTWR 572 Practicum in Directing Actors
for Film
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
in directing actors for film; emphasis on
demonstration and laboratory exercises,
script analysis, and detailed study in
character motivations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 574 Advanced Seminar in
Directing Actors for Film
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Emphasis
on detailed script analysis and character
motivation. Individual projects. Prerequisite:
CTWR 572, CTCS 673 or CTPR 532.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTWR 585 Advanced Genre Writing
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Development
and execution of writing in various genres
of film, television, or new media scripts.
Prerequisite: CTWR 514b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 587 Advanced Television Staff
Writing
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 An advanced
workshop course in the development and
writing of a television series as a writing
staff including the production of episodes.
Prerequisite: CTWR 521 or CTWR 534
Recommended Preparation: CTWR 537
or CTWR 539 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTWR 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Detailed investigation
of new or emerging aspects of cinema;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Extended Animation
CTXA 410 Audio Design for Animation
and Immersive Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Experimental
and traditional audio design practices for
animation, culminating in an immersive
audio project utilizing acoustic design,
surround sound and professional recording
and editing tools. Duplicates Credit in
former CTAN 410 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 423L Visualizing Science
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
of 2-D and 3-D digital animation applied
to scientific themes and research topics.
Duplicates Credit in former CTAN 423
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 470 Documentary Animation
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the history, techniques, and methods
of documentary animation production.
Collaboration on a short film project.
Duplicates Credit in former CTAN 470
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTXA 501 Animated Art and the
Principles of Motion
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis
and application of animated motion for
contemporary practices, with an emphasis
on the synergistic relationship between
traditional mastery and non-traditional
exploration. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 522 Advanced Animation
Research Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
A weekly academic forum in which guest
researchers, academics, and professionals
in the leading edge of their fields share
their research and engage students in their
process. Duplicates Credit in CTAN 522
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
CTXA 524 Contemporary Topics:
Animation Dreams and Consciousness
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
relationship of science, philosophy and
art to new forms of animation and digital
media practice, with a focus on dreams
and consciousness. Duplicates Credit in
former CTAN 524 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 525 Gesture Movement for
Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The concepts
of animation performance, body and
facial gesture, and the emotional and
psychological resonance through cinematic
arts. Duplicates Credit in former CTAN 525
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTXA 535 Writing and Story Art for
Vision and Motion
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Story, narrative
structure and storyboarding techniques
examined through a creative lens.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTXA 537 Applied Expanded Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
post-graduation opportunities in Expanded
Animation: arts, research, academia and
industry. Includes grant writing, independent
filmmaking, art galleries, festivals, starting
a business and financing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 540 Survey of World Animation,
1900-1980
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A historical
survey of world animation from 1900 to
1980. Independent and studio animation
from around the world will be examined.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTXA 544 Art of Animation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of film, video and computer animation
production. Orientation to assist students
on determining future emphases and
specialties. Duplicates Credit in former
CTAN 544 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 545 Art of Movement in Virtual
Space
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A study and an
experimentation of cinematic expression
through movement across social, esthetic
and scientific realms. Lab experiments in
virtual space. Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or
CTXA 579 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 547 Expanded Animation
Production I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Creating a
one-minute animated film, installation,
VR performance or new media project
with sound, including development, pre-
production, production and post-production.
Prerequisite: CTXA 544 and CTXA 579
Duplicates Credit in CTAN 547 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 550 Stop Motion Puppet and Set
Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Puppet
and set design for stop motion animation
while providing guidance on armature rigs
that allow the character to be animated
effectively. Duplicates Credit in former
CTAN 550 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 551 Stop Motion Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Incorporating classic stop motion
techniques for puppet performance
and animation. Emphasis on timing,
performance, movement, animation and
gesture. Prerequisite: CTXA 550 or CTAN
550 Duplicates Credit in former CTAN 551
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTXA 560 Animation Sound Design
Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Theory,
aesthetics and practice for recording
dialogue, sound effects, music, Foley, track
development and mixing for animation
films. Prerequisite: CTXA 547 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 561 Theory and Practice in
Contemporary Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar
featuring in-depth discussion and study
of contemporary animation theory and
practices. Prerequisite: CTXA 540
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CTXA 575 Cinematic and Media-Based
Installations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The history and
practice of media-based installation art,
from site-specific architectural projection
mapping, to activist and public art, video
sculptures and immersive, physical
transformations. Duplicates Credit in former
CTAN 575 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 579 Expanded Animation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Incorporation of traditional image making
methods as well as digital and new
media technologies to convey non-linear
narratives over internal and external
landscapes. Duplicates Credit in former
CTAN 579 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 584 Advanced Virtual Media Previs
Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
energy and flow in staging, movement,
layout and cinematography. Methods of
creating new worlds, dramatizing action
and staging scenes in a virtual space.
Prerequisite: CTAN 452 or CTXA 579
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
CTXA 588 Animation for Virtual
Characters, Robotics and AI
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Designed
to explore the illusion of life, sentience
and how to develop compelling animation,
diverse stories and gesture for virtual
characters, AI and robotics. Prerequisite:
CTAN 330 or CTAN 452 or CTAN 564 or
CTXA 550 or CTXA 579 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
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CTXA 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Graded
CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
CTXA 591 Expanded Animation Pre-
Thesis Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Research
and development of the thesis project in
expanded animation. Presentation of the
thesis proposal at the end of the semester.
Duplicates Credit in CTAN 591 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
CTXA 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Credit on
acceptance of Thesis. Prerequisite: CTXA
591 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
CTXA 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Credit on
acceptance of Thesis. Prerequisite: CTXA
594a Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No
Credit
CTXA 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Thesis. Prerequisite: CTXA
594b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics
CXPT 501 Biomedical Data Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basics concept
of code-based biomedical data analysis
and visualization. Introduction to rigorous
and reproducible analytical tools, including
Python-based interactive notebooks.
Appropriate use of statistical analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
CXPT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
CXPT 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Master's thesis.
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of all required course work for MS degree
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
CXPT 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of master's thesis. Prerequisite:
CXPT 594a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/No
Credit
CXPT 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Masters thesis. Prerequisite:
CXPT 594b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/No
Credit
CXPT 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CXPT 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CXPT 609 Preclinical Experimental Drug
Therapeutic Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Evolution of
a chemical entity as it is transformed into
a drug candidate. Open only to students
in clinical and experimental therapeutics
and management of drug development.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics and Management of Drug
Development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
CXPT 610 Experimental and Clinical
Drug Metabolism and Transport
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Focus on the
absorption, distribution, metabolism and
elimination (ADME) of new chemical
entities, with particular focus on
biotransformation process. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
CXPT 664 Clinical Problem Solving
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Experiential/
case base course for graduate students
who are enrolled in the Clinical
Experimental Therapeutics (CXPT) MS or
PHTS-PhD programs. Duplicates Credit
in former PHRD 664 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
CXPT 790 Research
Units: 1 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Research-based course for
students enrolled in the CXPT PhD program
who are preparing for their written and oral
qualifying examination. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
CXPT 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research course for students
enrolled in the CXPT PhD program
who have passed their written and oral
qualifying examination and advanced to
PhD candidacy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/No
Credit
CXPT 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research course for students
enrolled in the CXPT PhD program
who have passed their written and oral
qualifying examination and advanced to
PhD candidacy. Prerequisite: CXPT 794a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
CXPT 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research course for students
enrolled in the CXPT PhD program
who have passed their written and oral
qualifying examination and advanced to
PhD candidacy. Prerequisite: CXPT 794b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
CXPT 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research course for students
enrolled in the CXPT PhD program
who have passed their written and oral
qualifying examination and advanced to
PhD candidacy. Prerequisite: CXPT 794c
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
CXPT 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research course for students
enrolled in the CXPT PhD program
who have passed their written and oral
qualifying examination and advanced to
PhD candidacy. Prerequisite: CXPT 794d
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
Dance
DANC 101 Colloquium: What is the
Medium of Dance Today?
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Topics related to dance
techniques, repertory and varied art forms.
Aimed at the interdisciplinary expansion of
dance literacy and connections to allied art
forms. Registration Restriction: Open only
to dance majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 103 Conditioning for Dancers
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Designed for the specific needs of
the dancer in preparation for professional
training, combining somatic work with
the foundation of scientific principles.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 105 Dance Science: Analysis of
Dance Movement
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm A broad overview of the scientific
principles of exercise physiology, functional
anatomy, kinesiology, and bio-mechanics
with applications to dance. Prerequisite:
DANC 103 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 107 World Perspective on Dance
Performance
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm The practice and aesthetics
of international dance styles through
lecture and participant-driven interaction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 110 Dance Technique I
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Fundamental technique studies
in a studio setting. Concentration on
classical ballet, hip hop and its derivatives,
partnering and contemporary techniques
essential to the dancers' development.
Placement audition required. Registration
Restriction: Open only to dance majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 120L Repertory and Performance I
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Study and guided practice
of choreographic repertory. Emphasis
in choreographic intention, stylistic
approaches and performance technique.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 987
DANC 130 Improvisation and
Composition I: Introduction
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to improvisational
and composition skills that start to prepare
students for the creative processes of
dancing, dancemaking and performance.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 131 Improvisation and
Composition II: Introduction
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued investigation and
introduction to improvisational and
compositional skills in preparation for the
creative processes of dancing, dance-
making and performance. Prerequisite:
DANC 130 Registration Restriction: Open
only to dance majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 140 Dance and Health
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examine the intersection of
dance with subjects such as nutrition,
neuroatypicality, neurodegenerative
disorders, disease, occupational and
movement therapy, somatic techniques,
cognitive conditioning and fitness.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 143 Mindfulness for Dancers
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to mindfulness and
other practices supportive to the dancer
explored through reading, viewing, lecture,
discussion and cultural contextualization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 149 Kaufman Summer Bridge
Units: 0 Terms Offered: Sm Pre-
professional technique, repertory and
composition studies in a studio setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DANC 150 Dance and New Media
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm An introduction to various
genres within Dance and New Media,
including simple hands-on work with
existing and emerging technologies used in
creating and delivering media-dance works.
No previous dance experience is required.
Duplicates Credit in former DANC 305
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 155 Iconic Dance Films
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Viewing and investigating
thematically organized Iconic Dance
Films, analyzing different director's
and choreographer's cinematic and
choreographic strategies. Viewing and
discussing a different film each week.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 170 Choreography and
Performance
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Compositional methods and
approaches to developing choreographic
ideas; integration of improvisational
techniques as a means to generate
movement ideas and expand movement
vocabulary, edit choreographic material,
and evaluate and execute choreography
and performance. Duplicates Credit in
former DANC 385 and former THTR 385
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
DANC 171 Commercial Dance:
Professional Dance Preparation
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Designed to explore the
commercial dance industry in Los Angeles
and provide specific tools in preparation
for auditions, on-screen performances, and
interactions with agents. Recommended
Preparation: DANC 184b and DANC 184c
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 172 Introduction to Commercial
Dance
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Designed to introduce students
to the styles, norms and standards
prevalent in the commercial dance industry.
Exploration of technical approaches,
practical skills and historical benchmarks.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 175 Choreography for the Screen
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Creative choreography of
theatrical dance for the screen. Emphasis
on rhythmic analysis, versatility,
composition, notation techniques, and
stylizing. Duplicates Credit in former DANC
482 and former THTR 482 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 177 Introduction to Dance Forms
and Techniques
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An embodied studio course
introducing the foundational techniques,
histories and contexts of a variety of dance
forms and styles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 180 African Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm African Dance technique at the
beginning/intermediate level: knowing,
understanding, experiencing culture,
emphasizing cultural traditions, community
outreach and diversity; works through
artistic process, practice, performance, and
related activities, using dance, theatre and
music work rooted in the African tradition
and contemporary African aesthetics; focus
on West and Central African traditional
dance and music. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 181a Contemporary Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to methods
developed from modern and post-modern
dance techniques, including the study of the
rebellious, individualistic, and democratic
nature of dance in the 20th and 21st
centuries. Duplicates Credit in former THTR
181a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DANC 181b Contemporary Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued study in the fusion of
modern, post-modern dance and classical
ballet techniques encompassing the study
of the democratic nature of dance and
choreographic composition in the 20th and
21st centuries. Prerequisite: DANC 181a
Duplicates Credit in former THTR 181b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 181c Contemporary Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An advanced exploration
of modern, post-modern dance and
classical ballet techniques encompassing
the study of the democratic nature of
dance, improvisation and choreographic
composition in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Prerequisite: DANC 181b Duplicates Credit
in former DANC 182a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 183a Ballet
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to Classical Ballet
technique with beginning-level barre and
center work, focusing on correct body
alignment and musicality. Development
of a basic knowledge of ballet history and
terminology. Duplicates Credit in former
THTR 183a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 183b Ballet
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued study of Classical
Ballet technique with intermediate-level
barre and center work, focusing on
developing greater clarity, coordination,
musicality, and knowledge of ballet history
and terminology. Prerequisite: DANC 183a
Duplicates Credit in former THTR 183b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 183c Ballet
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate/advanced study of
Classical Ballet technique with emphasis
on clarity, precision, musicality, movement
quality, and artistic expression. Introduction
of beats, tours, advanced adagio and
allegro combinations, and optional pointe
work. Prerequisite: DANC 183b Duplicates
Credit in former THTR 183c Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 183d Ballet
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced/pre-professional
study of Classical Ballet, continuing and
deepening emphasis on clarity, precision,
musicality, movement quality, and artistic
expression. Further development of
beats, tours, advanced adagio and allegro
combinations, and optional pointe work.
Prerequisite: DANC 183c Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 183d Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 184a Jazz Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to Jazz Dance
technique, focusing on African and Latin
based diaspora dances with European
influences, improvisation, and strength/
stretching series. Duplicates Credit in
former THTR 184a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 184b Jazz Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued study of Jazz Dance
technique at the intermediate level,
focusing on African and Latin based
diaspora dances with European influences,
improvisation, center work, performance
techniques, and strength/stretching series.
Prerequisite: DANC 184a Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 184b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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DANC 184c Jazz Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced study of Jazz Dance
technique, focusing on Broadway,
commercial, and concert Jazz Dance, with
a continued emphasis on improvisation,
center work, and performance techniques.
Prerequisite: DANC 184b Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 184c Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 184d Jazz Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced practice in Jazz Dance
technique, focusing on African and Latin-
based diaspora dances with European
influences, improvisation and strength/
stretching series. Strong emphasis on
commercial Jazz dance styles. Prerequisite:
DANC 184c Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 185a Hip Hop Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to elements
of Hip Hop Dance, including technique,
movement, musical rhythm, tempo, and
phrasing, as well as the historical context
required to develop the skills needed to
practice and perform this popular dance
form. Duplicates Credit in former THTR 185
and former DANC 185 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 185b Hip Hop Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued study of Hip Hop
Dance elements on an intermediate
level, augmenting the historical context,
technique, fluidity, and musicality required
to execute the form with greater movement
acuity. Prerequisite: DANC 185a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 186 Afro Cuban Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to Afro Cuban
Dance techniques, basic drum rhythms, and
musicality, with an understanding of cultural
practices and vocalizations. Afro Cuban
Dance examines the traditions related to
specific ethnic groups in Latin Europe and
West Africa, and the influences of Rumba
and Salsa Dance on the form. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 187 Bollywood Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to basic and
intermediate Bollywood Dance, including
technique, movement, musical rhythm,
phrases, and choreography. Inspired by
the high energy music from Indian films,
Bollywood is a fusion form that combines
traditional Indian folk and classical dances
with Hip Hop, Jazz, Latin, and Middle-
eastern dance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 188a International Style Ballroom
Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introduction to International
Standard, International Latin, and American
Style ballroom dances. Designed to
introduce students to the fundamentals
of ballroom dance, emphasizing partner
connection, communication, and creativity,
with the practical application of dance within
a social setting. Duplicates Credit in former
THTR 188a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DANC 188b International Style Ballroom
Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued study in International
Standard, International Latin, and American
Style ballroom dances. Designed for
advanced knowledge in ballroom styles,
emphasizing rhythmic sequences,
partnering techniques, complex patterns,
and performance quality. Prerequisite:
DANC 188a Duplicates Credit in former
THTR 188b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DANC 189a Tap Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to basic Tap
Dance technique, rhythms, syncopation,
and musicality, developing into complex
steps and elementary dances with
progressive understanding of weight
change, improvisation, and combinations
of sound. Duplicates Credit in former THTR
189a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DANC 189b Tap Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued study of Tap Dance
technique, focusing on more complex
rhythmic patterns and combinations
and introducing advanced steps
and combinations, all with continued
emphasis on improvisation and musicality.
Prerequisite: DANC 189a Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 189b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 189c Tap Dance
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An introduction to advanced Tap
Dance technique, rhythms, syncopation,
and musicality, developing into complex
phrases and advanced dances with
progressive understanding of weight
change, improvisation and combinations of
sound. Prerequisite: DANC 189b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 190 Gaga: People
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Explore the movement language,
rooted in guided improvisation, developed
by Ohad Naharin of Batsheva Dance
Company. Open to all, regardless of dance
or movement background. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
DANC 191 Gaga: Dancers
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Explore the movement language,
rooted in guided improvisation, developed
by Ohad Naharin of Batsheva Dance
Company. Previous dance experience is
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
DANC 195 Kaufman in the Community
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Practice-based
community engagement through dance,
pedagogy and program development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 200L Dance Technique for Musical
Theatre
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Studio and classroom training for
Musical Theatre performers. Foundational
technique, culture and stylistic history of
jazz, ballet, tap and social dance forms.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
musical theatre students in the School of
Dramatic Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
DANC 201 Colloquium: History of
Performance and Cultural Context
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Study of the historical and cultural
context of selected dance techniques.
Guest lectures and student presentations
will inform class discussions. Prerequisite:
DANC 101 Registration Restriction: Open
only to dance majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 210 Dance Technique II
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate technique studies
in a studio setting. Concentration on
classical ballet, hip hop and its derivatives,
partnering and contemporary techniques
essential to the dancers' development.
Prerequisite: DANC 110 Registration
Restriction: Open only to dance majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 212g Dance in Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the role of dance in popular
culture in a classroom setting. Studies
of dance styles and their evolution in
recreational and professional contexts
through research, observation, and
practice. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 218 Introduction to Dance Media
Composition
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Effective navigation and utilization
of digital technologies to create dance-
based media compositions and online
portfolios. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 220L Repertory and
Performance II
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Continued studies and guided
practice of choreographic repertory.
Investigation of choreographic vocabulary,
intention, stylistic approaches, and
performance technique for group work.
Prerequisite: DANC 120L Registration
Restriction: Open only to dance majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 230 Improvisation and
Composition III: Intermediate
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Expansion of improvisation
and composition skills for the creative
processes of dancing, dance-making and
performance. Prerequisite: DANC 131
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 231 Improvisation and
Composition IV: Intermediate
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Further development of
improvisation and composition skills for the
creative processes of dancing, dance-
making and performance. Prerequisite:
DANC 230 Registration Restriction: Open
only to dance majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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DANC 280g Introduction to Dance as an
Art Form
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Gateway
to the minor in dance. An interdisciplinary
overview of dance relating to the aesthetic
and art in various subjects. Applications of
the elements of dance studies, art criticism,
and viewing productions to explore
topic such as architecture, photography,
poetry, technology, cinematic arts, sports,
medicine, and more. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The
Arts Duplicates Credit in former THTR 280
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 285 Elements of Dance
Production
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Theoretical aspects of
creativity, choreography, accompaniment,
dance notation and production; application
in individual and group composition.
Duplicates Credit in former THTR 285
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 301 Colloquium: The Role of the
Dance Artist in Society
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of the role of
the artist in society. Development of an
individual understanding and guiding
philosophy for professional development
in the dance field. Prerequisite: DANC
201 Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 302g Hip Hop Don't Stop: Black
Social Dance Culture and Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the history and practice
of Urban Folk Dance including hip hop,
freestyle, street dance and the relevant
social dances of the 20th century. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A: The
Arts Duplicates Credit in former DANC 402
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 310 Dance Technique III
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced technique studies
in a studio setting. Concentration on
classical ballet, hip hop and its derivatives,
partnering and contemporary techniques
essential to the dancers' development.
Prerequisite: DANC 210 Registration
Restriction: Open only to dance majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 312gw African American Dance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the discursive foundations,
political motivations, and aesthetic
strategies of dance writers and artists
whose works have enabled the category
of "black dance." Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Duplicates
Credit in former DANC 412 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 320L Repertory and
Performance III
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Study and guided practice of new
works and developing roles. Emphasis
on the dancer as collaborator in the
creative process. Prerequisite: DANC 220L
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
DANC 333gw Origins of Jazz Dance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examining
the role that vernacular dance and music
play in the creation of Jazz Dance, taught
in lecture format; practical studies in Jazz
Dance, from recreational to professional
settings. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 342gp International and Historical
Perspectives on Dance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of dance as an art form in its
artistic, political, and socio-cultural climate.
Studies of the continuum of dance within
its historical context. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Duplicates Credit in former
DANC 442a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 345 Artist in Residence
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Investigation and
development of choreographic methods
and practices through observation and
active participation with the guest artist.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 347 Artist Collaborative
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Development of an
artistic work of two or more media, working
with colleagues and or faculty in allied
disciplines. Registration Restriction: Open
only to dance majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 349 Expert Series
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An embodied encounter with
prominent practitioners in the field. Students
will experience an array of technical
vocabularies, repertory and strategies for
improvisation and composition. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 350 Advanced Composition
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Explore a variety of compositional
forms and methods to develop a
personalized choreographic approach.
Duplicates Credit in former DANC 330
and former DANC 430 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 352g Dancing with Words
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of descriptive and analytical
skills involved in writing about dance in
various contexts and mediums, including
writing for the purposes of dance
scholarship, criticism and pedagogy as well
audience development, marketing, grant
solicitation and social media. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 355 Performance Lab
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Intermediate and
advanced solo and partnering techniques in
classical, contemporary, and street dance.
Some sections are open only to dance
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DANC 362 Pilates Mat Training
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Mat exercises designed to
promote healthy movement practices,
develop strength, balance, flexibility and
coordination. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 363g Dancing on the Screen
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The study
of dance in movies, television, internet,
mobile devices and new media. Examining
dance on screen, influenced by storytelling,
camera technology and editing. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A: The
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DANC 370 Dance in Los Angeles
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Explore the multifaceted
world of dance in Los Angeles, where
history, socioeconomics, race, gender,
sexuality, commerce and entertainment
intersect to create genres that influence
contemporary life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 372 Intermediate/Advanced
Commercial Dance
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Designed to build higher level
skills in preparation for success in the
commercial dance industry. Development
of an intermediate/advanced technical skill
set in preparation for auditions, on-screen
performances and interactions with agents.
Duplicates Credit in DANC 171 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 388 Senior Seminar in Dance
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Synthesis of principles,
philosophy, and history of dance,
culminating in senior individual project.
Duplicates Credit in former THTR 388
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 399 Maymester: Dance Capitals of
the World
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 16 Terms
Offered: Sp Investigate various dance
topics across major cities of artistic
inspiration in a Maymester format. Courses
may include lectures, site visits and
practical studies and may be held at USC
or off campus, including abroad. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 410 Dance Technique IV
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Pre-professional technique studies
in a studio setting with concentration on
classical ballet, hip hop and its derivatives,
and contemporary techniques essential to
the dancers' development. Prerequisite:
DANC 310 Registration Restriction: Open
only to dance majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 420L Repertory and
Performance IV
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Study and guided practice
of significant roles in new and existing
choreography. Emphasis on refinement of
partnering, solo and group performance
technique. Prerequisite: DANC 320L
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Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
DANC 432 Creativity, Culture, Commerce
and Community
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Exploration of artistic
entrepreneurial mechanisms to initiate
innovative endeavors in the professional
dance world which are relevant to today's
culture, communities, customs and
business landscape. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 442 International and Historical
Perspectives on Dance II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of dance as an art form in its
artistic, political, and socio-cultural climate.
Studies of the continuum of dance within its
historical context. Prerequisite: DANC 342g
Duplicates Credit in former DANC 442b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 470 Dance Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination of leadership in the dance
world through concepts of capacity building,
strategic planning and infrastructure to
articulate a mission statement, understand
models of entity structure, contracts,
marketing, financial responsibilities,
governance, engagement with community,
grants and funding. Registration Restriction:
Open only to dance majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 480 Advanced Performance
Studies: Senior Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Seminar and studio course
in preparation of the senior project to
be presented in spring semester, in
performance, choreography, scholarship or
entrepreneurship. Registration Restriction:
Open only to dance majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DANC 483 Dance Performance
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Preparation, rehearsal, and
performance of experimental choreography
in main stage repertory. Duplicates Credit in
former THTR 483 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 485 Advanced Performance
Studies: Senior Project
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Development and presentation
of senior project in performance,
choreography, media, music, scholarship
or entrepreneurial enterprise. Senior
projects presented to faculty panel in open
performance venue. Prerequisite: DANC
480 Registration Restriction: Open only to
dance majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Max
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Registration
Restriction: Open only to dance majors and
minors Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DANC 495 Dance Internship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Max Units: 36 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Practical experience
linked with information and learned skills.
Providing supervised field application of
dance theories and practices within an
employment context in dance. Registration
Restriction: Open only to dance majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics of current
interest. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DANC 549 Pre-Professional Dance
Technique
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Pre-
professional technique studies in a studio
setting designed for the 2021 graduating
class of the Kaufman School of Dance
BFA program. Concentration on classical
ballet, hip hop, contemporary, jazz and
other techniques in a capstone training
experience. Prerequisite: DANC 410
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DANC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DANC 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Seminars in selected areas of study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DANC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Dental Biochemistry
DBIO 310 Oral Biochemistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Biochemical
insight into oral tissues and saliva —
emphasizing antimicrobial protection
(systemic and therapeutic) against
demineralization and connective tissue
destruction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DBIO 501 Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
Units: 2 Biochemical properties of
carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins,
and nucleic acids — emphasizing molecular
structure-function interrelatedness,
integrated metabolism, and molecular
biology of the cell. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Dentistry
DENT 221 Introduction to Dentistry
Units: 1 History and current role of dental
science in the health services field; review
of research; overview of dental procedures
with laboratory experience and practice
observation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DENT 402 Formal Science-Writing
Units: 2 A scientist-taught, lecture-
workshop-tutorial format for developing
skills in formal science-writing (e.g.,
abstracts, journal articles, grants). Not
open to students in the School of Dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DENT 412 Fundamentals of Craniofacial
and Dental Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Biomedical
engineering and technology applied to oral
health professions. Dental biomaterials,
CAD-CAM, digital dental technology
and tissue engineering applications to
craniofacial diseases, disorders, and
enhancements. Duplicates Credit in former
BME 412. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
BME-412
Design
DES 102 Design Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the basic elements and processes
of visual communication and design.
Instruction includes studio projects,
lectures and readings. Various media used.
Duplicates Credit in former FADN 102
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 105 Art and Design Studio I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ART
105)
DES 106 Art and Design Studio II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ART
106)
DES 110 Drawing for Art and Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
ART 110)
DES 123xg The Design Challenge:
Exploring the Design Process
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of the creative design process and
introduction to techniques to solve visual
problems. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 202 Design II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
essential elements of traditional and digital
design, including color and image-text
integration, editing information, typography
and sequencing. Prerequisite: DES 102
or FADN 102: DES 203 or FADN 203
Duplicates Credit in former FADN 202
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 203 Digital Tools for Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
the processes of germination, ideation and
application/execution in design integrated
with computer usage. Corequisite: DES
202 Duplicates Credit in former FADN 203
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 213 Digital Tools in 3D Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp 3D digital
modeling, rendering, digital capture and
production methods for product, package
and environmental design. Prerequisite:
FADN 102 or DES 102 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 230 3D Design: Materials and Tools
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the study of 3-D Design. Includes a
wide investigation of materials, tools, and
techniques specific to dimensional design
as they apply to package, product, and
environmental design. Prerequisite: DES
102 or FADN 102 ART 140 Duplicates
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 991
Credit in former FADN 230 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 302 Design III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exploration of typography and image-text
integration, including collaborative projects,
pre-press and proofing techniques,
narrative concepts and information
architecture. Prerequisite: DES 202 or
FADN 202 Duplicates Credit in former
FADN 302 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 303 Web Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A workshop-
based course that focuses on software
applications in design and web design.
Prerequisite: DES 203 or FADN 203
Duplicates Credit in former FADN 303
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 313 Graphic Design in Fashion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
intensive studio and lecture course focusing
on the applications of graphic design in
fashion and related fields. Prerequisite:
DES 102 or FADN 102 Preparation: DES
203 Duplicates Credit in former FADN 313
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 314 Illustration for Art and Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
ART 314)
DES 322 Publication Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of layout, typography, design principles
and image making in the design and
production of books, magazines, zines and
digital books. Prerequisite: (DES 202 or
FADN 202) and (DES 203 or FADN 203)
Recommended Preparation: DES 332a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
DES 323g Design Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A
comprehensive study of visual
communication focusing on graphic design
from 1900 to the present. An introduction
to design thinking, language and principles
including political and cultural implications.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Duplicates Credit in
former FADN 323 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 330 3D Design: Objects and Space
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A continuation
of DES 230 to produce finished models
and prototypes of package, product and
environmentally-based designs in actual
and virtual space. Prerequisite: DES 230
or FADN 230 Duplicates Credit in former
FADN 330 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 332a Typography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The study
of visual communication through the use
of letterforms from historical tradition to
contemporary experimental rebellion.
Duplicates Credit in former FADN 332a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 332b Typography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of DES 332a. Prerequisite: DES 332a or
FADN 332a Duplicates Credit in former
FADN 332b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 333 New York Design Study Tour
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Historical and
contemporary aspects of the New York
design world, including a one-week trip to
New York City to visit design firms, studios
and museums. Airfare and accommodations
extra. By application only. Duplicates Credit
in former FADN 333 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 402 Advanced Design Projects
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Advanced information design within
a flexible curriculum. Emphasis on team-
oriented projects. Prerequisite: DES 302
or FADN 302 Duplicates Credit in former
FADN 402 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 413 Professional Practice in Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A summation
of one's practice, with a focus on
transitioning to a career as a professional
designer. Prerequisite: DES 402 or FADN
402 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Seniors in the Roski School of Art and
Design Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DES 418 Independent Studies in Design
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Independent research
of specific topics under the direction of
a faculty member. Administrative and
faculty approval required. Recommended
Preparation: appropriate 300-level course
work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DES 419 Professional Internship in the
Arts
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm (Enroll in ART 419)
DES 432 Special Projects in Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
work on projects for outside clients,
and receive instruction in professional
practices, advanced design techniques,
and sophisticated technology. By invitation
or portfolio review only. Only open to upper
division students. Prerequisite: DES 302
or FADN 302 Duplicates Credit in former
FADN 432 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 433 International Design Study Tour
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An immersive
experience in the design culture of a global
city or region that includes a short (two-
week or less) international trip. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 494a Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
and writing of a senior-level thesis or
thesis project under the supervision of a
faculty committee. Registration Restriction:
Open only to senior BFA Design majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
DES 494b Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
and writing of a senior-level thesis or
thesis project under the supervision of a
faculty committee. Prerequisite: DES 494a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
senior BFA Design majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
DES 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 503 Contemporary Issues in Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An analytic
seminar of topics, ideas and concepts in
the contemporary design world. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 513 Visiting Designers Forum
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: Fa
Professional practice of design featuring
formal presentations by visiting designers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 514 Designers in Residence Forum
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
Sp Seminar in the professional practice
of design featuring formal presentations
and mentoring opportunities by designers
in residence. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DES 520 Individual Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
Investigation of creative problems through
various design media. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DES 523 Design Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A critical
examination of issues, theories, movements
and practices that are relevant to the
contemporary professional designer.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DES 530 Design Studio Co-Lab
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp A critical examination of contextual
issues, theories, movements and ideas that
are relevant to the contemporary design
practice in collaboration with a professional
client. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DES 540 Design Pedagogy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A critical
examination and application of the issues,
theories, and ideas that support the studio
practice and teaching of contemporary
design. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DES 543 Design Study Tour
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
and contemporary aspects of urban design
with visits to design firms, studios and
museums in selected cities across the
United States. Airfare and accommodations
extra. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DES 550 Advancement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
preparatory workshop to prepare students
advancing to candidacy. Recommended
Preparation: Completion of 24 units of
course work Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in the USC Roski
School of Art and Design Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DES 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied
to the degree to be determined by the
department. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in the USC Roski
School of Art and Design Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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DES 591 Field Internship Experience
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised internship in a design firm, or
with an independent designer, on projects
and research specific to design practice.
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of first year of courses Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DES 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Recommended
Preparation: 30 units of course work
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the USC Roski School
of Art and Design Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DES 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Master's thesis Prerequisite: DES 594a
Recommended Preparation: 30 units of
coursework Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in the USC Roski
School of Art and Design Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DES 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of master's thesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DES 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics in the
various specialty areas within design at
the graduate level. Topic will vary from
semester to semester. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Dental Histology
DHIS 310 Basic Tissues and Histology
and Embryology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Histology of
basic tissues, oral histology, orofacial
embryology, orofacial clefts and functional
correlates. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DHIS 701 Advanced Oral Histology
Units: 2 Microscopic anatomy, ultrastructure
and histochemistry of developing and
functional oral tissues; based on recent
advanced in oral LM, TEM, and SEM
histology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Dental Hygiene
DHYG 311a Fundamentals of Clinical
Dental Hygiene Practice
Units: 3 Principles and techniques of clinical
dental hygiene with emphasis on preventive
dentistry; laboratory and preclinical
experience in techniques of complete
oral prophylaxis services; and clinical
application thereof. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 311b Fundamentals of Clinical
Dental Hygiene Practice
Units: 3 Principles and techniques of clinical
dental hygiene with emphasis on preventive
dentistry; laboratory and preclinical
experience in techniques of complete
oral prophylaxis services; and clinical
application thereof. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 314L Dental Morphology
Laboratory
Units: 1 Fundamentals of tooth morphology
and characteristics of the deciduous and
permanent dentition. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 316 Patient Education in
Preventive Dental Care
Units: 1 Principles and methods for
teaching and motivating patients to practice
effective oral care. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 318 Dental Specialties
Units: 2 Procedures performed in selected
dental specialty areas with emphasis on
the role of the dental hygienist. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 320 Preventive Dental Therapy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Study of
etiology, risk factors and preventive
management of periodontal disease and
dental caries. Setting up community and
individual preventive oral health care
programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 401 Introduction to Advanced
Dental Hygiene
Units: 2 Principles and techniques of
advanced dental hygiene with emphasis on
advanced root instrumentation and dental
hygiene treatment planning. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 410a Clinic: Dental Hygiene
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 each Application of
advanced techniques with emphasis on
increased proficiency in skills: principles
of prevention; periodontal examination;
root planing; soft tissue curettage; local
anesthesia; inhalation sedation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 410b Clinic: Dental Hygiene
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 each Application of
advanced techniques with emphasis on
increased proficiency in skills: principles
of prevention; periodontal examination;
root planing; soft tissue curettage; local
anesthesia; inhalation sedation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 410c Clinic: Dental Hygiene
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 each Application of
advanced techniques with emphasis on
increased proficiency in skills: principles
of prevention; periodontal examination;
root planing; soft tissue curettage; local
anesthesia; inhalation sedation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 411a Dental Literature Review
Units: 2 Seminar-discussion and analysis
of current dental literature in selected
topics related to dental hygiene practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 411b Dental Literature Review
Units: 2 Seminar-discussion and analysis
of current dental literature in selected
topics related to dental hygiene practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 412 Preventive Dental Care
Programs
Units: 1 Methods for development and
implementation of programs involved with
the delivery of preventive dental care.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 413a Dental Hygiene Educational
Concepts
Units: 2 Educational concepts for
development of dental hygiene curriculum,
including teaching and learning strategies,
curriculum design, course development
and evaluation methods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 413b Dental Hygiene Educational
Concepts
Units: 2 Educational concepts for
development of dental hygiene curriculum,
including teaching and learning strategies,
curriculum design, course development
and evaluation methods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 414a Advanced Dental Hygiene
Units: 2 Advanced dental hygiene
techniques: treatment, referral and
maintenance of the advanced periodontitis
patient emphasizing treatment planning
and patient management. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 414b Advanced Dental Hygiene
Units: 2 Advanced dental hygiene
techniques: treatment, referral and
maintenance of the advanced periodontitis
patient emphasizing treatment planning
and patient management. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 415a Directed Clinical Teaching
Units: 2 Experience in clinical teaching
with supervision and evaluation of
undergraduate dental hygiene and doctoral
dental students engaging in patient care.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 415b Directed Clinical Teaching
Units: 2 Experience in clinical teaching
with supervision and evaluation of
undergraduate dental hygiene and doctoral
dental students engaging in patient care.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 417 Issues in Dental Health Care
Delivery
Units: 1 Study of current trends in public
health care delivery, manpower, finance
mechanisms, and quality assurance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 422 Essentials of Dental Hygiene
Practice
Units: 1 A review of the moral, legal,
and ethical responsibilities of the dental
hygienist. Other topics: securing a position,
dental economics, taxes, insurance, and
human relationships in the dental office.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 424 Research Methods
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Research
design and methods, scientific database
searching, evidence resources and
evaluating information based on evidence-
based principles. Application of basic
research design methodology for analysis
of literature. Duplicates Credit in former
DHYG 424ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 430 Seminar: Initial Periodontal
Therapy
Units: 2 Presentation of selected clinical
cases with documentation of clinical
findings, diagnosis, treatment planning, and
therapy. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
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DHYG 431 Seminar: Periodontal
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 Periodontal treatment planning;
case presentations of uncomplicated
periodontitis progressing to complex
treatment involving multidisciplinary
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 460a Clinic: Advanced Dental
Hygiene
Units: 2 Clinical experience in advanced
dental hygiene; preventive and therapeutic
skills with emphasis on advanced
periodontal instrumentation and expanded
functions for the registered dental hygienist.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 460b Clinic: Advanced Dental
Hygiene
Units: 2 Clinical experience in advanced
dental hygiene; preventive and therapeutic
skills with emphasis on advanced
periodontal instrumentation and expanded
functions for the registered dental hygienist.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 460c Clinic: Advanced Dental
Hygiene
Units: 1 Clinical experience in advanced
dental hygiene; preventive and therapeutic
skills with emphasis on advanced
periodontal instrumentation and expanded
functions for the registered dental hygienist.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 460d Clinic: Advanced Dental
Hygiene
Units: 1 Clinical experience in advanced
dental hygiene; preventive and therapeutic
skills with emphasis on advanced
periodontal instrumentation and expanded
functions for the registered dental hygienist.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 501 Dental Hygiene Theory and
Science I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Issues related
to professional development and the
advancement of the discipline of dental
hygiene. Concurrent Enrollment: DHYG
502. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 502 Dental Hygiene Seminar I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Ethical principles
guiding research and practice in the health
care setting, with an emphasis on the
rights and protection of human subjects.
Concurrent Enrollment: DHYG 501
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 504 Dental Hygiene Theory and
Science II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Issues related
to oral health promotion and disease
prevention, and health services research.
Includes epidemiology, health disparities,
quality assurance, literacy and cultural
competency. Concurrent Enrollment: DHYG
505 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 505 Dental Hygiene Seminar II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Design of
community health programs and health
research. Includes project and study
design, and applying methodological
and statistical knowledge to project
development. Concurrent Enrollment:
DHYG 504 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 506 Research Methodologies and
Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Process and
fundamentals of research protocol design
and statistical methods. Includes research
design and methods, scientific database
searching and evidence-based resources.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 507 Dental Hygiene Theory and
Science III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Analysis of
disease diagnoses, medical complications,
pharmacologic interventions and
therapeutic treatment modalities associated
with a variety of system diseases.
Concurrent Enrollment: DHYG 508
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 508 Dental Hygiene Seminar III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Strategies for
project data management and analysis,
and dissemination of scholarly information
through journal publications and oral and
poster scientific presentations. Concurrent
Enrollment: DHYG 507 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 510 Capstone Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Students
will complete independent field work to
implement planned scholarly activities
in their professional area of interest,
culminating in a written paper and an oral
defense. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 511 Classroom and Clinical
Instruction Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Apply teaching
and learning theories to the development of
educational interventions to teach clinical
dental hygiene skills in both clinical and
laboratory classroom settings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 512 Student Teaching
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Applied study
of dental hygiene education, with practical
experience teaching in the classroom and
laboratory settings, and teaching in the
dental hygiene clinic. Prerequisite: DHYG
511. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 513 Educational Theory and
Instructional Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in EDUC
622)
DHYG 514 Technology in Higher
Education
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm (Enroll in EDUC
632)
DHYG 600 Dental Hygiene Professional
Issues
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explore issues
related to professional development and
advancement of the discipline of dental
hygiene and addressing the growth of
the knowledge base of the profession
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master student in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 601 Development of Systematic
Investigations
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Focus of
research study development that impacts
the dental hygiene profession by exploring
the ethical and legal principles that guide
research and practice in healthcare.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 602 Research Methods and
Biostatistics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Understand
research process with fundamentals of
research protocol design and statistical
methods commonly used in healthcare.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 603 Learning Theories and
Technology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Theories of
learning with emphasis will be placed
on teaching strategies to a variety of
audiences and use of technology in the
learning process. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Dental
Hygiene Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 604 Health Advocacy Program
Planning and Evaluation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Explore issues
related to oral health promotion and
disease prevention and health services
research by investigating oral health
reports and surveys influencing the DH
profession. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 605 Professional Leadership in
Program Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduce
concepts of business planning for the
healthcare professional. Grant writing;
application of leadership theory;
professional leadership development
in education, healthcare, research and
business settings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Dental
Hygiene Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 606 Multidisciplinary Population
Health Management Strategies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Explore
population health management of
multidisciplinary team care for complex
patient populations and strategies for
group dynamics for collaborative practice
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 607 Knowledge Assessment
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm An intensive
course developing and evaluating dental
hygiene skills and scholarly activities
for application in advanced professional
careers. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab, Quiz
Grading Option: Letter
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DHYG 608 Current Trends in Oral
Healthcare
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Current trends
in oral healthcare is explored by evaluating
the evolving discoveries of wellness,
pathology and risk factors affecting oral
health. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 609 Capstone Project Fieldwork
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Guided
learning of the research process by the
design and fieldwork implementation of
an approved Capstone project with proper
data management. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Dental
Hygiene Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 610 Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Independent
study through guided learning to complete
a capstone project including preparation
of a publishable manuscript that will
be defended in an oral presentation.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 611 Research Writing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Enhancement
of critical research thinking by fulfilling
anticipated conceptual components of the
journal article; perfection of writing skills
by correcting inter- and intra-sentence
distractions. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 612 Dental Hygiene Curriculum
and Program Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Prepare dental
hygienists with basic guidelines and skills
for development of dental hygiene program
and curriculum. Focus on designing
academic courses, course materials and
overall evaluation methods. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Dental Hygiene Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
DHYG 613 Laboratory and Clinical
Course Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Curriculum
design for teaching psycho-motor skills
in a simulation laboratory and providing
feedback and strategies for achieving
competence in student-patient clinical
setting. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DHYG 614 Dental Hygiene Student
Teaching Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Application of
theory and skills developed through student
teaching in the classroom, laboratory and
clinical settings. Prerequisite: DHYG 612
and DHYG 613 Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Dental
Hygiene Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DHYG 615 Geriatric Healthcare Program
Planning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Independent
learning environment of interactive
experiences to understand the complexities
of oral health care management of
older people and geriatric care facilities.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Dental Hygiene
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Oral Diagnosis and Radiology
DIAG 415 Radiographic Techniques
Units: 1 Clinical application of radiographic
chairside and dark room techniques and
quality control. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DIAG 521 Principles of Oral Radiology
Units: 2 Introduction to ionizing radiation
and its use in the health professions;
radiation biology, physics and hygiene;
descriptive terms used in radiography, with
illustrations; documentation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DIAG 522 Radiographic Techniques
Units: 1 Clinical applications of radiographic
chairside and darkroom techniques; quality
control and evaluation of the radiograph.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DIAG 523 Oral Maxillofacial Imaging
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Clinical
application of intraoral and extraoral
radiographic techniques; emphasis upon
radiation physics, biology, safety, film and
digital imaging and image interpretation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DIAG 615 Digital and Oral Maxillofacial
Imaging
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to computer based imaging
in dentistry. Student will learn to use video
cameras, scanners, intraoral sensors and
advanced imaging technology. Prerequisite:
DIAG 521, DIAG 522. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DIAG 621 CAD/CAM in Dentistry
Units: 1 Modern principles of dental
Computer Assisted Design/Computer
Assisted Manufacturing and will fabricate
such restorations in the laboratory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Dental Materials
DMAT 316L Dental Materials and Clinical
Procedures
Units: 2 Biomechanical principles,
properties, and manipulation of dental
materials; armamentarium for various
dental procedures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
DMAT 505 Dental Materials Update
Units: 1 Biocompatibility of dental materials,
restorative materials and techniques
update, critical analysis of published
literature. Includes specific laboratory
testing research methodology and design
of clinical trials. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DMAT 521a Dental Materials
Units: 2 Properties, biomechanical function,
manipulation, and clinical application of
dental materials. Correlates restorative,
biological, and materials sciences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMAT 521b Dental Materials
Units: 2 Properties, biomechanical function,
manipulation, and clinical application of
dental materials. Correlates restorative,
biological, and materials sciences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMAT 701 Advanced Biomaterials
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental principles of materials
science and clinical dentistry relative to
proper selection and manipulation of dental
materials. Registration Restriction: Open
only to the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Digital Media Management
DMM 500 Principles and Theories of
Digital Media Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the digital media environment, its
sociohistorical evolution and the impact of
digital technologies and media on practices
within cultural and business ecosystems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 505 Digital Audience Research and
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
research methodologies and digital
audience analytics, evaluating online
audience needs and wants and focusing
on data-driven and ethical decision
making. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 510 Digital Media Buying,
Measurement and Analytics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
digital media advertising sales technologies:
digital advertising, media buying, digital
asset performance measurement and data
collection methodologies used for business
planning. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 515 Digital Content, Production
and Distribution
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the evolution of digital media
content, content categories in digital
media, innovations in content production
techniques and technologies and the
digital distribution revolution. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Digital Media
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DMM 520 Strategic Digital Media
Marketing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Case
studies and examples to ideate, create
and evaluate cutting-edge techniques
used to implement long-range strategies
for ethical digital media management and
marketing. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 525 Digital Media Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines personal leadership principles
and practices applicable to digital media,
focused on leading within organizations,
building diverse, high-performing teams
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and delivering digital media initiatives.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 530 Managing Digital Media Teams
and Projects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
the principles and skills needed to
manage teams and projects within the
digital media environment and achieve
organizational goals through strategic
planning. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 535 Digital Content Direction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
principles and strategies for directing
digital content across platforms to achieve
organizational objectives beyond creating
awareness, informing or entertaining.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 540 Developing Effective User
Engagement Strategies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
strategies to balance the needs of creating
a user experience and content with the
ethical imperatives of fostering equity,
diversity and inclusion. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Digital Media
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DMM 545 Digital Platforms: Disruptions
and Directions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
how the platform economy is disrupting
traditional marketplaces and industries
with new, digital technologies and ways
for optimizing outcomes from those
changes. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 550 Digital Media Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
management of digital media innovation
within digital media organizations and
new entrepreneurial ventures, and ways
for alleviating challenges to equity and
diversity. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DMM 555 Digital Media Management
Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
create an innovative idea or initiative that
solves a problem or achieves a goal within
a digital media organization or business
unit. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Digital Media Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Dental Problem Based Learning
DPBL 501a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Acceptance to DDS program
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 501b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Acceptance to DDS program
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 501c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Acceptance to DDS program
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 502a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function I
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Acceptance to DDS
program required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 502b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function I
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Acceptance to DDS
program required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 502c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function I
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Acceptance to DDS
program required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 503a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Acceptance to DDS
program required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 503b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Acceptance to DDS
program required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 503c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Acceptance to DDS
program required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 504a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Acceptance to DDS program required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 504b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Acceptance to DDS program required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 504c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Acceptance to DDS program required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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DPBL 511a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 502c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 511b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 502c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 511c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 502c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 512a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function II
Units: 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 512b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function II
Units: 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 512c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function II
Units: 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 513a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 513b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 513c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 514a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry II
Units: 7 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 504c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 514b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry II
Units: 7 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 504c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 514c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry II
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 504c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 521a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 511c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 521b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 511c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 521c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 511c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 522a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
512c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 522b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
512c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 522c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
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512c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 523a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 523b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 523c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problem based learning presentation of
normal and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
502c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 524a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry III
Units: 14 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 502c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 524b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry III
Units: 14 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 502c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 524c Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry III
Units: 14 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 502c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 531a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 502c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 531b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Structure IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal structures including anatomy, cell
biology, embryology, histology, pathology
from cells, tissues and organs of the human
body. All material discussed with direct
relationship to a well-characterized human
clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL 502c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DPBL 532a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
512c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 532b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Function IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning presentation of normal and
abnormal function including biochemistry,
endocrinology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
physiology from cells, tissues and organs of
the human body. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
512c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 533a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning presentation of normal
and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
523c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 533b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Behavior IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning presentation of normal
and abnormal behavior including
communication, ethics, multiculturalism,
patient management, phobias associated
with treatment of patients with and without
special needs. All material discussed with
direct relationship to a well-characterized
human clinical case. Prerequisite: DPBL
523c. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DPBL 534a Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry IV
Units: 13 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 502c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPBL 534b Dental Problem Based
Learning — Human Clinical Dentistry IV
Units: 13 Terms Offered: FaSp Problem
based learning approach to the delivery
of dental health care. Didactic, preclinical
and clinical principles of endodontics,
geriatrics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology,
oral radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics,
prosthodontics and restorative dentistry will
be presented with a direct relationship to
a well-characterized human clinical case.
Prerequisite: DPBL 502c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Pharmacology
DPHR 410 Principles of Pharmacology
Units: 2 Basic principles of drug action;
application of drugs in the prevention and
treatment of disease; harmful effects of
drugs on biological systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPHR 501 Pharmacology
Units: 3 General principles of drug
action: prescription writing; toxicology;
pharmacology of drugs affecting
cardiovascular, autonomic, endocrine, and
central nervous systems; drug control of
pain, anxiety, infection.
DPHR 601 Clinical Drug Therapy in
Dentistry
Units: 2 Clinical pharmacology of drug
therapy important to dental practice using
case history disease signs and symptoms
and attendant drug therapy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology
Units: 1 Pharmacologic principles and
practice of drug use to control anxiety,
pain, and infection. Treatment of drug and
medical emergencies as they relate to
dental specialty practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Data Science
DSCI 250 Introduction to Data Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of data science: representation of data and
knowledge, role of a data scientist, data
storage/processing/analytics, machine
learning, big data and data visualization.
Recommended Preparation: A basic
understanding of engineering and/or
technology is recommended. Corequisite:
ITP 115 Duplicates Credit in former INF 250
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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DSCI 281 Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the concepts of artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning
(ML); AI and ML applications; ethical
considerations; intended for students
without a programming or computer science
background. Recommended Preparation:
A basic knowledge of mathematics or
statistics, cognitive psychology, economics,
business, linguistics, communication and
philosophy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 282 Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence for Human Interaction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the concepts behind and use of artificial
intelligence for natural language processing
in interactive artificial intelligence
systems; intended for students without
a programming or computer science
background. Recommended Preparation:
A basic knowledge of mathematics and
statistics, cognitive psychology, economics,
business, linguistics, communication and
philosophy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 283 Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence for Robotics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundational
concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) for
robotics, cyberphysical systems and
automation; intended for students without
a programming or computer science
background. Recommended Preparation:
Basic knowledge of mathematics or
statistics, mechanical engineering,
electrical engineering, cognitive psychology,
economics, business, linguistics,
communication and philosophy Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 351 Foundations of Data
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Data
modeling, data storage, indexing,
relational databases, key-value/document
store, NoSQL, distributed file system,
parallel computation and big-data
analytics. Prerequisite: DSCI 250 and
ITP 115 Recommended Preparation:
Programming experience (e.g., Python or
Java) Duplicates Credit in former INF 351
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 352 Applied Machine Learning and
Data Mining
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Foundational
course focusing on the understanding,
application and evaluation of machine
learning and data mining approaches in
data-intensive scenarios. Prerequisite:
DSCI 250 and MATH 208x Duplicates
Credit in former INF 352 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 429 Security and Privacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Basic concepts
in information security and privacy;
implications of security and privacy
breaches; security and privacy policies,
threats and protection mechanisms;
security and privacy laws, regulations and
ethics. Duplicates Credit in former INF 429
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 454 Data Visualization and User
Interface Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Design of
systems for data visualization; user
interface design for exploring and
interacting with data. Prerequisite: DSCI
250 Duplicates Credit in former INF 454
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 510 Principles of Programming for
Data Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Programming
in Python for retrieving, searching and
analyzing data from the Web. Learning
to manipulate large data sets. Duplicates
Credit in former INF 510 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 519 Foundations and Policy for
Information Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Threats to
information systems; technical and
procedural approaches to threat mitigation;
policy specification and foundations of
policy for secure systems; mechanisms
for building secure security services; risk
management. Background in computer
security preferred. Recommended previous
courses of study include computer
science, electrical engineering, computer
engineering, management information
systems and/or mathematics. Duplicates
Credit in former INF 519 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 523 Computer Systems Assurance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Assurance
that an information system will behave
as expected; assurance approaches for
fielding secure information systems; case
studies. Recommended preparation: Prior
degree in computer science, electrical
engineering, computer engineering,
management information systems and/
or mathematics. Some background in
computer security preferred. Prerequisite:
DSCI 519 Duplicates Credit in former INF
523 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSCI 525 Trusted System Design,
Analysis and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
computer security and why systems are
not secure. Concepts and techniques
applicable to the design of hardware
and software for Trusted Systems.
Recommended Preparation: Background in
computer security, computer architecture,
operating systems, software development is
preferred. Recommended previous course
of study is DSCI 519. Duplicates Credit in
former INF 525 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 526 Secure Systems
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
administrator's role in information system
testing, certification, accreditation,
operation and defense from cyber attacks.
Security assessment. Examination of
system vulnerabilities. Policy development.
Recommended preparation: previous
degree in computer science, mathematics,
computer engineering, data science and/
or information security undergraduate
program. Also, it is highly recommended
that students have successfully completed
course work involving policy and network
security. Prerequisite: CSCI 530 Duplicates
Credit in former INF 526 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 527 Secure Systems Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa The process
of designing, developing and fielding
secure information systems. Developing
assurance evidence. Completion of a
penetration analysis. Detecting architectural
weaknesses. Case studies. Recommended
preparation: Previous degree in computer
science, mathematics, computer
engineering or data science; moderate
to intermediate understanding of the
fundamentals of information assurance and
distributed systems and network security.
Knowledge and skill in programming.
Prerequisite: DSCI 525 Duplicates Credit in
former INF 527 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 528 Computer Forensics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Preservation,
identification, extraction and documentation
of computer evidence stored on a
computer. Data recovery; File System
Analysis; Investigative Techniques and
Methodologies; Forensic Reports and
Presentations. Duplicates Credit in former
INF 528 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSCI 529 Security and Privacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Covers societal
implications of information privacy and how
to design systems to best preserve privacy.
Recommended Preparation: general
familiarity with the use of common Internet
and mobile applications. Recommended
Preparation: General familiarity with the use
of common Internet and mobile applications
Duplicates Credit in former INF 529
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 531 Fairness in Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic and
advanced fairness concepts and methods;
applications to societal data for studying
fairness and bias; fairness and bias effects
in learning algorithms. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of Python,
linear algebra, probability, and statistics.
Familiarity with artificial intelligence and
machine learning. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 534 Biomedical Data Privacy
Issues and Solutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Privacy
concerns in healthcare; current law
and regulations; existing and emerging
technologies shaped by ethics, privacy
considerations and medical implications;
special attention given to genomic
data. Recommended Preparation: Prior
experience with information security, public
policy, and legal frameworks is not required
for this course. Basic understanding of
engineering and/or technology principles.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 549 Introduction to Computational
Thinking and Data Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to data analysis techniques and associated
computing concepts for non-programmers.
Topics include foundations for data
analysis, visualization, parallel processing,
metadata, provenance and data
stewardship. Recommended preparation:
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 999
mathematics and logic undergraduate
courses. Recommended Preparation:
Mathematics and logic undergraduate
courses Duplicates Credit in former INF 549
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 550 Data Science at Scale
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of big data informatics techniques. Data
lifecycle; the data scientist; machine
learning; data mining; NoSQL databases;
tools for storage/processing/analytics
of large data set on clusters; in-data
techniques. Recommended Preparation:
A basic understanding of engineering
principles and programming language is
desirable Duplicates Credit in former INF
550 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSCI 551 Foundations of Data
Management
Units: 4 Function and design of modern
storage systems, including cloud; data
management techniques; data modeling;
network attached storage, clusters and
data centers; relational databases; the
map-reduce paradigm. Recommended
Preparation: Understanding of networks
and databases; experience with probability,
statistics, and programming Duplicates
Credit in former INF 551, former INF
559, DSCI 559 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
applications of machine learning techniques
to real-world problems. Uses in data
mining and recommendation systems
and for building adaptive user interfaces.
Duplicates Credit in former INF 552
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 553 Foundations and Applications
of Data Mining
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Data
mining and machine learning algorithms
for analyzing very large data sets.
Emphasis on Map Reduce. Case studies.
Recommended Preparation: DSCI 551
and DSCI 552. Probability, linear algebra,
basic programming and machine learning
Duplicates Credit in former INF 553
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 554 Data Visualization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Graphical
depictions of data for communication,
analysis and decision support. Cognitive
processing and perception of visual data
and visualizations. Designing effective
visualizations. Implementing interactive
visualizations. Duplicates Credit in former
INF 554 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSCI 555 Interaction Design and
Usability Testing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Understand
and apply user interface theory and
techniques to design, build and test
responsive applications that run on mobile
devices and/or desktops. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of data
management, machine learning, data
mining and data visualization Duplicates
Credit in former INF 555 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSCI 556 User Experience Design and
Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The practice
of User Experience Design and Strategy
principles for the creation of unique and
compelling digital products and services.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
familiarity with web development and/
or graphic design using a digital layout
tool Duplicates Credit in former INF 556
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 558 Building Knowledge Graphs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundations,
techniques and algorithms for building
knowledge graphs and doing so at scale.
Topics include information extraction, data
alignment, entity linking and the Semantic
Web. Recommended Preparation: DSCI
553 and Experience programming in
Python Corequisite: (DSCI 551 or INF 551
or CSCI 585) and (DSCI 552 or INF 552
or CSCI 567) Duplicates Credit in former
INF 558 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 563
DSCI 559 Introduction to Data
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Function,
design, and use of modern data
management systems, including cloud; data
management techniques; data modeling;
network attached storage, clusters and
data centers; relational databases; the
map-reduce paradigm. Recommended
Preparation: Understanding of engineering
principles, basic programming skills,
familiarity with Python Duplicates Credit
in DSCI 551, former INF 559 and former
INF 551 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ISE 559
DSCI 560 Data Science Professional
Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Student teams
working on external customer data analytic
challenges; project/presentation based; real
client data and implementable solutions for
delivery to actual stakeholders; capstone
to degree. Recommended Preparation:
Knowledge of data management, machine
learning, data mining and data visualization
Duplicates Credit in former INF 560
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 561 Predictive Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ISE
529 )
DSCI 562 Integration of Medical Imaging
Systems
Units: 4 (Enroll in BME 527)
DSCI 563 Medical Diagnostics,
Therapeutics and Informatics
Applications
Units: 3 (Enroll in BME 528)
DSCI 564 Probability and Statistics for
Data Science
Units: 4 Fundamental concepts in
probability and statistics from a data
science perspective; rigorous probabilistic
reasoning and problem solving;
statistical methods used in data science.
Recommended Preparation: Multivariate
calculus, linear algebra, linear system
theory Duplicates Credit in former INF 564
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 570 Foundations of
Communication Data Science
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Modeling
behavior and understanding network
structures using graph theory and
game theory. Using massive data to
analyze group behavior. Recommended
Preparation: Minimum one year of calculus
and background in matrix operations
Duplicates Credit in former INF 570
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSCI 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree;
maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DSCI 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSp Course content to
be selected each semester from recent
developments in Data Science. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Digital Social Media
DSM 510 Introduction to Digital Social
Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
the sector of digital social media and
online communities, with a focus on
user experience, social impact, strategic
content creation and models for success.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Digital Social Media majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSM 520 Managing Technologies for
Digital Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Strategies
and decision-making for development
and management of online sites, mobile
apps and social platforms, including
search optimization, monetization, product
development and user experience testing.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Digital Media majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSM 550 Analytics and Research
Methodology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Teaches the
use and interpretation of digital analytics
as well as the use of research design,
methodology, and basic statistics for digital
sites and apps. Registration Restriction:
Open only to digital social media majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSM 560 Digital Media Policy, Law,
Practices, and Regulation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores laws,
policies, and regulations affecting online
sites, mobile apps, games, and social
platforms, including intellectual property,
contracts, libel/defamation, and financial
aspects of digital content. Registration
Restriction: Open only to digital social
media majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to graduate degree. Maximum units which
may be applied to degree determined by
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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DSM 596 Final Project Capstone
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
produce a working site, app or embedded
social platform project with digital/
multimedia elements. Development
includes pitching, conceptualization and
launching of the final project. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Digital Social
Media majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSM 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Special Topics
in Digital Social Media. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Data Sciences and Operations
DSO 401 Data Analysis with
Spreadsheets
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Applied
understanding of how spreadsheets are
used to analyze business information.
Create real world software applications for
use in accounting, finance, marketing and
operations. Duplicates Credit in former IOM
401 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 424 Business Forecasting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A variety of
forecasting techniques used by a variety of
businesses. Emphasis on learning to apply
these techniques to real data. Duplicates
Credit in the former IOM 424 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 427 Spreadsheet Modeling for
Business Insights
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of decision analysis, simulation and
optimization techniques to managerial
problems. Learn how to create and
present useful spreadsheet models to
analyze practical business problems.
Recommended Preparation: BUAD 310
or BUAD 312 Duplicates Credit in former
IOM 427 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers
of Big Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of key concepts of big data and related
digital technologies and their applications
to different business problems. Hands-on
experience at introductory level. Duplicates
Credit in former IOM 428 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 429 Digital Transformation of
Business: AI and Smart Contracts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How to
make use of recent advances in artificial
intelligence and blockchain to improve
the effectiveness of business processes
and decisions across multiple industries.
Prerequisite: (BUAD 310 or BUAD 312)
and (ITP 115 and DSCI 281) Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in the
AI for Business (BS) program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 431 Digital Innovation as
Competitive Advantage
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Implementing
transformative digital technologies.
Strategies to complete with ERP,
blockchain, cloud, cryptocurrency, fintech,
insurtech, API economy, digital platforms/
ecosystems, open data, AI and ML.
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 431
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 433 Designing Digital Processes
and User Experiences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analyzing and
improving business processes with digital
technologies; use cases; business case
design. Duplicates Credit in former IOM 433
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 435 Enterprise Data Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Management
of enterprise data architecture including
data structures, conceptual data modeling,
logical data modeling, structured query
language (SQL), and physical optimization
of high performance data architecture.
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 435.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 443 Business Model Innovations in
the Media Industries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa How rapid
changes in information-communication
technologies blur the distinctions between
"entertainment" and "productivity," giving
rise to new business models, services and
products that integrate both. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 455 Project Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Topics related
to project management in a variety of
industries such as real estate projects,
new product launch, plant location, etc.
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 455
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 458 Essentials of Business Data
Analysis Using R
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Problem-solving
and algorithmic thinking. R programming
for business. Small programs that
solve specific business analytics tasks.
Assessing the validity of analytics-based
recommendations. Prerequisite: BUAD
310g or BUAD 312g Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 459 Business Analytics with Python
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Implement
strategies and approaches for defining,
performing and presenting business
analytics. Analyze cases through the lens
of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive
tools. Uses Python programming.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 462 Managing a Small Business on
the Internet
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundational
knowledge for managing a small business
on the internet including strategies, tools,
and resources integrated with hands-on
skills for developing a small business
website. Duplicates Credit in former IOM
462. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 464 Deep Learning for AI and
Business Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Basics of deep
learning technologies for AI and utilizing
current technologies in deep learning that
are reshaping and driving the modern
business with Big Data. Recommended
Preparation: calculus, linear algebra,
and linear regression, and some basic
programming training and experience (e.g.
R or Python) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 482 Supply Chain Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Issues in
supply chain management. Supply chain
performance and dynamics. Tools for
planning, control and coordination. Supply
chain design and strategy. Prerequisite:
BUAD 311 or BUAD 315x Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 483 Operations Consulting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Study of
concepts and techniques for improving
operations, formulation and implementation
of operations strategy, and development of
frameworks for process design, selection
and performance evaluation. Prerequisite:
BUAD 311. Duplicates Credit in IOM 483.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 488 Hands-on AI for Business
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of the technical aspects of machine
learning and artificial intelligence, the
business side of data-driven decision
making and the strategic considerations
in adopting solutions. Prerequisite: DSO
429 Registration Restriction: Open only
to declared AI for Business (BS) majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DSO 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected
topics reflecting current trends and recent
developments in data sciences, information
systems, operations management, and
statistics. May be repeated only if topic is
different. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 505 Sustainable Supply Chains
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Sustainability
concepts and frameworks, design for
environment, closed-loop supply chains,
sustainability in sourcing, green facilities,
renewable energy, facility location
and transportation decisions, strategic
sustainability implementation. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 505
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 506 Sourcing and Supplier
Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Factors to
consider when making sourcing decisions
(costs, prices, ethics, globalization); impact
of sourcing on other activities such as
product design or inventory management.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students. Duplicates Credit in
former IOM 506 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 510 Business Analytics
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Foundational knowledge for business
analytics, including strategies, methods,
and tools integrated with hands-on skills
for defining business analytics for data-
driven decision making and innovation.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate business and
accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 516 Probability and Data Modeling
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
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of probability structures and models with
uncertainty. Applications to business data
with model-building and simulations in
Excel. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 520 Logistics Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Gives students
a managerial knowledge of basic logistics
concepts and principles. Some topics
include management of logistics cost
integration, transportation, distribution, and
customer service. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 520
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 522 Applied Time Series Analysis
for Forecasting
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey
of forecasting and time series methods.
Models for stationary and nonstationary
time series; ARIMA model identification,
estimation, and forecast development.
Seasonal and dynamic models. Web
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students. Recommended
Preparation: (GSBA 506a and GSBA
506b) or GSBA 524 or (GSBA 516 and
GSBA 545) Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Duplicates Credit
in former IOM 522 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 528 Blended Data Business
Analytics for Efficient Decisions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm Build
Analytical Models for Classification,
Clustering and Association Problems.
Leverage third party "Big Data" for enriching
and monetizing data. Develop data mining
and business analysis. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 529 Advanced Regression Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Computer-
assisted analysis of business data;
advanced multiple regression analysis,
survey analysis, ANOVA testing for
Marketing-type applications and Times
Series Analysis methods will be covered.
Prerequisite: GSBA 506b or GSBA 524 or
GSBA 545 Duplicates Credit in former IOM
529 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 530 Applied Modern Statistical
Learning Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of highly computational modern statistical
learning methods; applications of logistic
regression, neural networks, LASSO, trees,
boosting and GAM, etc., to finance and
marketing data. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 530
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 531 Digital Foundations for
Business Innovation
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Developing
a strategic perspective on emerging
digital innovations shaping consumer-
oriented businesses. Topics include
artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles,
augmented/virtual reality, post-screen
usability and cybersecurity. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 534 Discrete-Event Simulation for
Process Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of discrete-event simulation models to
events that occur randomly over time.
Representation using process flow
diagrams. Use of simulation methodology to
improve process performance. Corequisite:
DSO 516 Registration Restriction: Online
registration limited to graduate business
and accounting students Duplicates Credit
in former DSO 532 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 536 Monte Carlo Simulation and
Decision Models
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of Monte Carlo simulation to determine a
range of outcomes for all possible courses
of action. Application of Excel simulation.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students Duplicates Credit in
former DSO 532 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 545 Statistical Computing and Data
Visualization
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Data
cleaning and reshaping; good vs. bad
graphics; univariate, bivariate, trivariate,
hypervariate and time series graphics;
interactive graphics; web-related
computing. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 547 Spreadsheet Modeling for
Business Insights
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of decision analysis, simulation and
optimization techniques to managerial
problems. Learn how to create and present
useful spreadsheet models to analyze
practical business models. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 548 Emerging Technologies in
Supply Chain Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Insights
into the emerging technologies of
artificial intelligence, machine learning,
Blockchain and the theoretical difficulties
and implementation challenges of these
technologies. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 549 Application of Lean Six Sigma
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of Six Sigma practices and techniques
to improve operations in organizations.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students Duplicates Credit in
ISE 507 and former IOM 549 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 551 Digital Transformation in the
Global Enterprise
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Leveraging
large enterprise system applications for
strategic value; managing organizational
transformation of global enterprises
through digital business platforms; coping
with disruptive technologies. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 551
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 552 SQL Databases for Business
Analysts
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp SQL;
relational database systems; data storage;
data manipulation; data aggregation.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 553 NoSQL Databases in Big Data
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp NoSQL;
semi-structured and unstructured
databases; data storage; data manipulation;
distributed databases. Prerequisite:
DSO 552 Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 554 Digital Strategies for
Sustainability in Global Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Designing
and executing business strategies for
sustainability (environmental, economic,
social/cultural) enabled by digital
technologies. Global market contexts; team
consulting project; international travel.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Duplicates Credit in
former GSBA 554 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 556 Business Models for Digital
Platforms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Managing
Business models in digital platform
ecosystems; designing new products and
services for digital platforms; establishing
digital platform leadership; assessing
emerging niches in digital spaces.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting majors Duplicates Credit in
former GSBA 556 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 557a Global Supply Chain
Management in International Settings
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Study of global
logistics infrastructures – water, rail, road,
and air – through readings, team research
and presentation, international site visits,
and final written report. Open only to
Global Supply Chain Management majors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Global Supply Chain Management majors.
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 557ab.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 557b Global Supply Chain
Management in International Settings
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa The
influence of value-added services and
regulatory issues on suppliers and supply
chains. Readings, team research and
presentation, site visits (LA), and final
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written report. Open only to Global Supply
Chain Management majors. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Global Supply
Chain Management majors. Duplicates
Credit in former IOM 557ab. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 559 Introduction to Python for
Business Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Python
programming for descriptive data
analytics and technical tools for business
applications. Solving business problems
and formulating actionable business
recommendations including their limitations.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 560 Text Analytics and Natural
Language Processing
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Acquire,
analyze, visualize and perform natural
language processing (NLP) on text data.
Apply Python, machine learning packages,
statistical methodology and computer code
to business decision-making. Prerequisite:
DSO 545 Corequisite: DSO 530 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 562 Fraud Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Fraud detection
model systems; identify normal vs. outlying
behavior; malicious adversaries; complex
datasets; supervised and unsupervised
fraud statistical models; measures of
model efficacy. Prerequisite: DSO 545
Recommended Preparation: Proficiency
in Python programming language and
machine learning algorithms Corequisite:
DSO 530 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 565 Supply Chain Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analytics for
supply chain planning. Data-driven decision
making, solving real-world problems,
utilizing scalable technology, current
industry best practices and inventory/
network optimization. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 569 Deep Learning for Business
Applications
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Apply machine
learning tools to business. Write code to
solve complex pattern recognition. Build
strategies, technical planning, research and
analyze data. Present complex technical
data. Prerequisite: DSO 545 Corequisite:
DSO 530 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 570 The Analytics Edge: Data,
Models, and Effective Decisions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Decision
making under uncertainty using real data
applying the most advanced optimization,
statistical and probability methods.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate business and
accounting students Duplicates Credit in
former IOM 570 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 572 Strategies for Digital Analytics
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundation
in digital analytics in tandem with digital
strategy and solutions through a design
thinking approach to working with digital
and web data. Recommended Preparation:
DSO 545 Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 573 Data Analytics Driven Dynamic
Strategy and Execution
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Achieving and
enhancing competitive advantage through
applications of data analytics, continuous
insight discovery, strategy formulation
and execution for the next generation of
corporate leaders. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 574 Using Big Data: Challenges
and Opportunities
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp How companies
can implement 'big data' initiatives to
improve business activities. How leading
companies have successfully implemented
'big data' initiatives and why some have
failed. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 578 Fundamentals of Sports
Performance Analytics
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Statistical
models for pro sports industry business
application. Effectively communicate
findings for practical actionable results.
Sports science data protocol. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 579 Advanced Sports Performance
Analytics
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Implement
supervised and unsupervised machine
learning models to a specific sports
performance analytics scenario. Help
assess and predict performance.
Prerequisite: DSO 545 or DSO 559 or
DSO 578 Registration Restriction: Online
Registration open to only graduate
accounting and business majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 580 Project Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
of systems theory and concepts, matrix
organizational structures, PERT/CPM
project modeling, and management
information systems to the management
of complex and critical projects.
Recommended Preparation: GSBA 504b
or GSBA 534 Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business majors Duplicates
Credit in former IOM 580 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 581 Supply Chain Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Issues in
supply chain management. Supply chain
performance and dynamics. Tools for
planning, control and coordination. Supply
chain design and strategy. Recommended
Preparation: GSBA 504b or GSBA 534
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students Duplicates Credit in
former IOM 581 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 582 Service Management:
Economics and Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the service industry from a managerial
and entrepreneurial perspective; emphasis
on the tactical decisions needed to design
and deliver successful and profitable
services. Recommended Preparation:
GSBA 504b or GSBA 534 Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 582
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 583 Operations Consulting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Development of
conceptual and analytic skills for improving
operations. Analysis of business strategy,
formulating and implementing operations
strategy, process analysis and design,
and project management. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to
only graduate business and accounting
students Duplicates Credit in former IOM
583 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
DSO 586 Global Healthcare Operations
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of operations management tools and
techniques to improve the performance of
healthcare delivery systems. May include
international travel. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students.
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 586.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 588 Supply Chain Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Combines
finance and supply chain management.
Assess financial opportunities, finance
fragmentation, challenges, optimizing
working capital and managing risk in supply
chain finance. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Research leading to the
master's degree. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Open only to master's
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master's students. Duplicates Credit
in former IOM 590. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DSO 592 Field Research in Data
Sciences or Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual or
team projects studying the practices of an
industry, company, government agency,
country, geographic region, etc. Proposal,
data collection, analyses, and written
report. Open only to graduate students.
Recommended Preparation: completion
of required MBA, MAcc, or MBT courses.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Duplicates Credit in
former IOM 592. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DSO 593 Independent Research in Data
Sciences or Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 Max Units:
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1003
12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Independent
research beyond normal course offerings.
Proposal, research and written report/paper
required. Graded CR/NC. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DSO 595 Internship in Data Sciences or
Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised on-the-job
business experience in the student's area
of interest (Curricular Practical Training).
Recommended preparation: completion
of required MBA, MSGSCM, or MSBA
courses. Recommended Preparation:
completion of required MBA, MSGSCM,
or MSBA courses Registration Restriction:
Open only to master's business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DSO 596 Research Practicum in Data
Sciences or Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Marshall
faculty member in the Data Sciences and
Operations Department on an ongoing
research project. Open only to graduate
students. Recommended Preparation:
completion of all required courses in the
student's program. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students. Duplicates
Credit in the former IOM 596. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 597 Consulting Project in Data
Sciences or Operations
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Open only to
graduate business students. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 597
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
DSO 598 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments in
data sciences, operations management,
supply chain management and/or decision
support systems. Online registration
open only to graduate business students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate business students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
DSO 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments in
data sciences, operations management,
supply chain management and/or decision
support systems. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Duplicates Credit in former IOM 599
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 606 Bayesian Data Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
Bayesian inference, subjective probability,
posterior inference via Markov chain
Monte Carlo, applications to latent variable
models. Hierarchical models and shrinkage
estimation. Model averaging. Duplicates
Credit in former IOM 606. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 607 High Dimensional Statistics
and Big Data Problems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
of cutting-edge developments of
methodologies, theory, and algorithms
in high-dimensional statistical learning
and big data problems; their applications
to business and many other disciplines.
Recommended Preparation: Courses
in calculus, linear algebra and linear
regression Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 621 Research Forum
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Review and discuss current
research in Data Sciences and Operations.
Presentations by faculty, visiting
researchers, and advanced students. Open
only to Marshall PhD students. Open only
to Marshall PhD students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DSO 670 Current Research in Operations
Management
Units: 1.5, 3 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp Critique of the current research-based
literature in operations management
to include scheduling, forecasting,
MRP, technology planning, inventory
management, and facilities location and
layout. Duplicates Credit in former IOM 670
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
DSO 671 Inventory Models and Supply
Chain Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Single product,
single location inventory models; multi-
echelon inventory models; assembly
systems; inventory and pricing; value of
information; incentives and coordination
in supply chains. Open only to doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Duplicates Credit
in former IOM 671. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 673 Mathematical Programming
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Integer
programming; duality theory; shortest
path and max flow problems; network
flow; matching problems; convex sets and
functions; lagrange duality; unconstrained
minimization methods; optimization
problems. Open only to doctoral students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Duplicates Credit in
former IOM 673. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 674 Queueing and Stochastic
Networks
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Jackson
Networks; Kelly networks; the M/G/1 model
and the Pollaczek–Khintchine formula; the
G/G/1 queue; the GI/GI/1+GI queue and
its diffusion approximation. Open only to
doctoral students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Duplicates
Credit in former IOM 674. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSO 677 Dynamic Programming and
Markov Decision Processes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
Decision Analysis; MDP model formulation
and examples; Finite horizon models;
Infinite-horizon models: Discounted MDPs;
Average reward criteria; Continuous-time
models. Open only to doctoral students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Duplicates Credit in
former IOM 677. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
DSO 699 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Exploration of emerging
topics, literature and research techniques
in contemporary data sciences, operations
management, supply chain management,
and/or decision support systems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Development, Stem Cells and
Regenerative Medicine
DSR 542 Principles of Developmental
and Stem Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction
to developmental and stem cell biology.
Lectures and lab component prepare
students for a career in developmental
and stem cell biology and regenerative
medicine. Prerequisite: INTD 561 and
(PM 549 or BIOC 543) Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
DSR 574 Stem Cell and Developmental
Biology Seminar Series
Units: 1 Max Units: 10 Terms Offered: FaSp
Selected topics in Development, Stem
Cell, and Regeneration. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Crosslisted as SCRM 574
DSR 580 Clinical Perspective of
Regenerative Medicine
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Offers interaction with clinicians in patient-
care setting to understand the need and
role of regenerative medicine in bedside
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DSR 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics in Development, Stem Cell
and Regenerative Medicine. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
DSR 610 Current Topics in Regenerative
Medicine
Units: 1 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Sp Selected topics on sub-fields within
developmental and stem cell biology
including review of contemporary literature
and research. Registration Restriction:
Open only to DSR and SCRM graduate
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SCRM 610
DSR 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell
Biology and Organogenesis
Units: 1 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: Fa
Selected topics on sub-fields within stem
cell biology and organogenesis. Includes
review of contemporary literature and
research. Open only to master and doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master and doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SCRM 620
DSR 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
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be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Open only to doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
DSR 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Open only to
doctoral students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
DSR 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Open only to
doctoral students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
DSR 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Open only to
doctoral students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
DSR 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Open only to
doctoral students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
DSR 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Open only to
doctoral students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
East Asian Languages and
Cultures
EALC 101x Conversational Chinese and
Intercultural Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
Mandarin conversational skills for effective
communication in familiar, everyday
Chinese contexts and better understanding
of intercultural communication through
content-based language acquisition. Not
available for credit to East Asian Area
Studies and East Asian Languages and
Cultures majors and minors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
EALC 102 Language, Art and Culture:
Calligraphy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp This course
introduces students to the origin of the
basic Chinese scripts and the basic
principles and styles of calligraphy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 103a Fundamental Chinese I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The first
half of EALC 104. The sound system of
modern Chinese; aural comprehension,
oral expression, basic patterns and writing
system. Duplicates Credit in EALC 104
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 103b Fundamental Chinese I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
second half of EALC 104. The sound
system of modern Chinese; aural
comprehension, oral expression, basic
patterns and writing system. Prerequisite:
EALC 103a Duplicates Credit in EALC 104
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 104 Chinese I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
sound system of modern Chinese; aural
comprehension, oral expression, basic
patterns, and writing system. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 106 Chinese II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Dialogue
practice and conversation; reading of
simple stories and essays; comparison
of Chinese and English grammar; writing
of paragraphs. Prerequisite: EALC 104
or EALC 103b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 108 Reading and Writing Chinese
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The basics
of reading and writing modern Chinese;
intensive reading and writing of paragraphs,
essays, and stories; extensive reading
of beginner-level authentic materials.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 110gp East Asian Humanities:
The Great Tradition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the major humanities traditions of
China, Japan, and Korea through an
examination of representative works drawn
from literature, aesthetics, philosophy,
religion, and historical writing. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 115 Korean I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
Korean conversation practice, aural
comprehension, basic grammar and
building proficiency of reading and writing
with Hangul (Korean alphabet). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 117 Korean II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of EALC 115, basic
conversation practice, aural
comprehension, basic grammar and
building proficiency of reading and writing.
Prerequisite: EALC 115 or EALC 119
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 118 Essential Communications in
Korean I
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
A basic foundation of Korean, focusing on
conversation skills. Students communicate
on a variety of familiar topics and handle
basic transactions. Registration Restriction:
Open to all majors, no class standing
restrictions, no school restrictions. Credit
Restriction: Not for Major Credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
EALC 119 Essential Communications in
Korean II
Units: 2 Max Units: max 4 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of EALC 118. Aims
to develop basic communication skills
required for survival in Korea. Students
will practice simple conversations and
understand some cultural practices through
Korean drama clips. Prerequisite: EALC
118 Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EALC 120 Japanese I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
Japanese conversation practice, basic
grammar and building proficiency of
reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana
(Japanese alphabetical systems) and some
basic kanji (Chinese characters). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 121 Extensive Reading in
Japanese I
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of reading skill in
Japanese for elementary level students
through short stories written for learners of
Japanese and authentic materials written
for native Japanese speakers. Prerequisite:
EALC 120. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 122 Japanese II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of EALC 120. Basic Japanese
conversation practice, basic grammar and
building proficiency of reading and writing
Hiragana and Katakana and basic kanji.
Prerequisite: EALC 120. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 125g Introduction to
Contemporary East Asian Cinema and
Culture
Units: 4 An introduction to and overview of
the contemporary cinemas of East Asia:
China (Hong Kong, the People's Republic,
and Taiwan), Japan, and Korea. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 130gp Introduction to East Asian
Ethical Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the history of Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean ethical thought; perspectives on
human nature, historical writing, religious
options, and aesthetic implications.
Conducted in English. Satisfies New
General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 145g Introduction to Chinese
Culture, Art and Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the civilization, art and literature of
pre-modern China through the lens of
the cultural products of identity. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 150gw Global Chinese Cinema
and Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the transnational production and
circulation of Chinese-language cinema.
Analysis of the larger sociocultural
significance of films by engaging their
historical context. Satisfies New General
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1005
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 202 Language, Art, and Culture:
Calligraphy II
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Furthers students' knowledge in
the Chinese writing system and develops
students' skills in a more advanced
calligraphy style. Prerequisite: EALC 102
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 204 Chinese III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Conversational
practice: reading of stories and essays;
writing of short essays. Prerequisite: EALC
106. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 206 Chinese IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of EALC 204 , with emphasis on reading
and writing, frequent interaction with
native speakers. Prerequisite: EALC 204.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 207a Intermediate Chinese:
Reading and Oral Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Improving
Chinese reading techniques and oral
presentation skills in an immersive
environment. Offered only in Taiwan.
Prerequisite: EALC 106. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 207b Intermediate Chinese:
Reading and Oral Communication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Improving
Chinese reading techniques and oral
presentation skills in an immersive
environment. Offered only in Taiwan.
Prerequisite: EALC 204. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 215 Korean III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Drill to increase
proficiency in dialogue, reading, and writing;
intermediate level readings. Prerequisite:
EALC 117. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 217 Korean IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced level
reading of modern Korean and exercises
in written composition. Prerequisite: EALC
215. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 220 Japanese III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of EALC 122. Conversation
practice, basic to intermediate grammar,
and building proficiency of reading and
writing Hiragana and Katakana with
additional kanji. Prerequisite: EALC 122.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 221 Extensive Reading in
Japanese II
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of reading skills in
Japanese for intermediate level students
through short stories written for learners of
Japanese and authentic materials written
for native speakers. Prerequisite: EALC 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 222 Japanese IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of EALC 220. More
sophisticated grammar and vocabulary
for natural conversation. Enhancing
fundamental reading and writing skills,
expanding the knowledge of kanji.
Prerequisite: EALC 220. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 255gw Southeast Asian Literature
and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
approach and general introduction to
literature and cinema from the four major
nations of maritime Southeast Asia
(Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and
Malaysia). Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COLT 255
EALC 264g Asian Aesthetic and Literary
Tradition
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 264gp)
EALC 266 Science Fiction in East Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cross-cultural
examination of science fiction literature and
film in East Asia. Analysis of the genre's
historical developments and its synergy
and conflict with technoindustrial modernity
in the region. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 304 Advanced Modern Chinese I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Reading
selections from different styles of modern
Chinese writings, analysis of stylistic
techniques and syntactic structure,
composition, and translation. Prerequisite:
EALC 206. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 306 Advanced Modern Chinese II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of EALC 304; composition exercises in
different styles of writing. Prerequisite:
EALC 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 315 Advanced Korean I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
reading in modern Korean materials;
improvement of skills in conversation,
composition, and translation. Prerequisite:
EALC 217. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 317 Advanced Korean II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of EALC 315, with emphasis on the use
of Chinese characters, translation, and
composition exercises. Prerequisite: EALC
315. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 318 Readings in Contemporary
Korean
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected
readings in a variety of Korean styles.
Materials are from essays, short stories
and newspapers. Prerequisite: EALC 217.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 320 Advanced Japanese I
Units: 4 Strengthen intermediate
Japanese language proficiency. Oral/aural
communication skills as well as reading and
writing skills. Promote an understanding
of the present-day Japanese culture.
Prerequisite: EALC 222. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 322 Advanced Japanese II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of EALC 320. Improve and strengthen
abilities to speak, listen, read and write,
coping with more involved materials
and situation. Prerequisite: EALC 320.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 324gw Contemporary China:
Cultural Politics and Social Realities
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 324gw)
EALC 331 Religions of Japan
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 332)
EALC 332 Modern Korean Literature in
Translation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
Korean literature, with discussion of critical
approaches to literary discourse, historical
contexts of literary production, and aspects
of contemporary popular culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 333g Introduction to Korean Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
Korean film, the film industry, and critical
issues from the colonial period to the
present. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 334 Chinese Language Through
Films and Television
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Enhancement
of functional, advanced-level Mandarin
proficiency for vocabulary, grammar,
listening, speaking, reading, writing, and
cultural awareness through selected
Chinese-language films and television
programs. Prerequisite: EALC 206.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 335m Korean American Literature
Units: 4 Survey of Korean American
literature from the mid-20th century until
the most recent years. Focus on issues
and topics central to Korean American
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 336 Chinese Language through
Films and Television II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Further
enhancement of functional, advanced-
level Mandarin proficiency for vocabulary,
grammar, listening, speaking, reading,
writing, and cultural awareness through
selected Chinese-language films and
television programs. Prerequisite: EALC
304 and EALC 334. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 340gp Japanese Civilization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of the
main characteristics and development of
art, literature, philosophy, religion, political
and social institutions through different
periods. Conducted in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 342gp Japanese Literature and
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Japanese
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literature from the earliest times to the
present; development of prose, poetry
and the novel; evolution of theatre;
Japanese literature under Western
influence. Conducted in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 344gp Korean Culture from
Ancient to Modern Times
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The history
of Korean literature and culture from the
ancient to the modern era. Recommended
Preparation: HIST 105. Satisfies New
General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EALC 345 Korean Civilization
Units: 4 Survey of the main characteristics
and development of Korean art, literature,
philosophy, religion, political and social
institutions through different periods.
Conducted in English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 346g Hallyu, the Korean Wave
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Critical
overview of the Korean Wave (Hallyu), the
phenomenon defined as the growing, global
circulation and consumption of Korean
popular culture. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 350gp Chinese Civilization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Characteristics and aspects of Chinese
civilization; interpretation of philosophy,
literature, religion, art, music. Conducted in
English. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 352g Chinese Literature and
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Readings of
Chinese poetry, prose, novels and drama;
influence of the West on Chinese literature
and culture in modern times. Conducted in
English. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 354g Modern Chinese Literature in
Translation
Units: 4 Readings in modern Chinese
poetry, fiction, and drama since 1919.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 355 Studies in Chinese Thought
Units: 4 Chinese thought, particularly as
formulated in the three great traditions:
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 358g Transnational Chinese
Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to Sinophone literatures and cultures (in
English translation) from the Asia-Pacific
region, including Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Tibet, Southeast Asia, and North America.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 360g Performing Japan: Bodies,
Media, and Textuality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The classical
foundations of Japanese performance,
including noh, puppet theater, and kabuki;
exploration of how these genres are
implicated in modern and contemporary
Japanese performance. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 361 Global East Asia
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: Sp
(Enroll in EASC 360)
EALC 365 Studies in Japanese Thought
Units: 4 Influence of native traditions and
imported Chinese traditions on Japanese
civilization; religious, ethical, aesthetic, and
political aspects. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 366 Chinese Professional
Internship: Communication and Culture
Units: 2 Max Units: 6 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Combined classroom discussion
and supervised internship at companies.
Practical experience in applying
communication and cultural knowledge in
a professional, "real world" employment
context. Prerequisite: EALC 206 Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 374 Language and Society in
East Asia
Units: 4 The interaction of language with
society in countries of East Asia: language
and identity, the politicization of language,
language change, language and gender.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as LING-374
EALC 375 Women and Gender in China:
Past and Present
Units: 4 An examination of changes in sex
roles and in constructs of the female as
influenced by traditional Chinese thought
and later social developments. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS-375
EALC 377 Law and Society in Premodern
China and Japan
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 377)
EALC 380 Cultural Topics in East Asian
Literature
Units: 4 Selected themes, genres, and
periods in East Asian literature, e.g.,
Taoism and Buddhism, women, folktales.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 381g Visual Cultures of Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AHIS 381)
EALC 382 Art and Cultural Heritage in
East Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to heritage studies with a focus
on the developments and representative
examples in China, Korea, and Japan.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AHIS 382
EALC 383 Later Chinese Art
Units: 4 (Enroll in AHIS 385)
EALC 384 Early Chinese Art
Units: 4 (Enroll in AHIS 384)
EALC 385 Myth, Folklore, and Fantasy in
Japanese Literature and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the uses of myth, folklore, and fantasy in
Japanese culture across a range of genres
and media from the premodern period to
contemporary times. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 386 Readings in Modern Korean
Literature
Units: 4 Selected readings from modern
Korean short stories, novels, plays and
essays. Readings will be in English and
Korean. Prerequisite: EALC 217. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 387 Early Japanese Art
Units: 4 (Enroll in AHIS 386)
EALC 388 Later Japanese Art
Units: 4 (Enroll in AHIS 387)
EALC 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 400 Classical Chinese I
Units: 4 Introduction to the classical styles,
selections from classical style writings,
contrastive analysis of modern and classical
Chinese, translation and writing practice.
Prerequisite: EALC 206. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 402 Classical Chinese II
Units: 4 Continuation of EALC 400.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 404 Advanced Modern Chinese III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Readings in
modern Chinese literary, documentary,
and epistolary styles; stylistic and syntactic
analysis; composition; translation.
Prerequisite: EALC 306. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 406 Advanced Modern Chinese IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of EALC 404. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 407 News and Web Chinese
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading
selections from newspaper articles and
online reports to further develop proficiency
in advanced Chinese and understanding of
the society and culture. Prerequisite: EALC
404 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 410 Chinese-English Translation
Units: 4 Structure, vocabulary, and
techniques of written translation and oral
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1007
interpretation; classroom and laboratory
practice; English-Chinese and Chinese-
English. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 412a Business Chinese
Units: 4 Practice in the basic vocabulary
and idioms of foreign trade and other
commercial transactions in Mandarin.
Prerequisite: EALC 306. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 412b Business Chinese
Units: 4 Continuation of EALC 412a.
Prerequisite: EALC 306. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 413 Business Japanese
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
advanced level Japanese business
terms and their usage in a variety of
business situations; cultural insights on
Japanese customs that underlie business
transactions. Prerequisite: EALC 222
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 415 Advanced Korean III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Selected
readings in Korean texts, pre- modern and
modern, in various literary and non-fiction
genres; focus on developing reading and
translation skills. Prerequisite: EALC 317.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 416 Advanced Chinese Oral
Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Enhancement
of advanced conversational skills through
descriptions, summaries of texts, active
participation in discussions, debates and
oral presentations in class. Prerequisite:
EALC 406. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 417 Advanced Korean IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of EALC 415. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 418 Korean Writing in Mixed Script
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
readings in Korean texts written in mixed
script; a systematic study of Chinese
characters and translation of text.
Prerequisite: EALC 217. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 419 Newspaper and Documentary
Korean
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
readings from newspapers, magazines,
and other journalistic publications; analysis
of styles and practice in writing articles.
Prerequisite: EALC 217. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 422 Advanced Japanese III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Students
develop advanced levels of Japanese
linguistic knowledge and communication
skills through speaking, listening, reading
and writing activities using authentic
Japanese texts and discourse. Prerequisite:
EALC 322. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 424 Advanced Japanese IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation of
EALC 422. Students continue to improve
their Japanese language competence in
the course of acquiring Japanese pragmatic
skills and cultural knowledge. Prerequisite:
EALC 422. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 426 Classical Japanese
Units: 4 Introduction to the fundamentals of
classical grammar; readings from various
classical works, both poetry and prose;
translation practice. Prerequisite: EALC
322. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 427 Women's Lives in Premodern
Japanese Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The social
lives of women in ancient and medieval
Japan as viewed through poetry, memoir,
tale literature, legal documents, and
personal correspondence. Recommended
Preparation: Any course in Japanese
literature or civilization. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 428 Nature and the Ecological
Imagination in Japanese Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of cultural perceptions about
nature and how they affect attitudes toward
the environment: includes comparisons
to Euro-American as well as other East
Asian traditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 429 Gender in Korean Film and
Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Changing
representations of gender in Korean films
and literary works over the course of the
20th century. Recommended Preparation:
HIST 105 and EALC 332. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 430 Gender and Sexuality in
Korean Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Examination of the changing
representations of gender and sexuality
in Korean cultural texts over the course of
the 20th century. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
SWMS-430
EALC 431 The Taoist Tradition
Units: 4 Close reading of primary text(s)
of early Chinese Taoist thinkers (in
translation), along with analysis of relevant
secondary scholarship. Recommended
Preparation: EALC 355. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as REL-431
EALC 435 Ethnic Identity and Minority
Politics in China
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 435)
EALC 438 The Tale of Genji and its
Worlds
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the translation, history, and reception of
The Tale of Genji, including its adaptation
across multiple media and genres from
premodern times to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 440 Current Topics in Japanese
Units: 4 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Mastery of near native proficiency
of the Japanese Language by handling
variety topics of contemporary Japan such
as literature, history, social and cultural
issues. Recommended Preparation: EALC
424 or equivalent Credit Restriction: No
credit restrictions Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 450 Contemporary Japanese
Literature and Global Modernity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of historical currents in contemporary
Japanese literature and popular culture
and the role translation plays in their global
circulation and redefinition. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 452 Chinese Fiction
Units: 4 Development of Chinese fiction and
readings from English translations of major
Chinese novels such as the Dream of the
Red Chamber, All Men are Brothers, and
others. Conducted in English. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 454 Bildungsroman in Modern
East Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Comparative
study of core narratives of youth and its
destiny in modern literature from China,
Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Readings
include scholarship on European literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COLT-453
EALC 455 Japanese Fiction
Units: 4 Japanese fiction from early to
modern times; literary, philosophical,
and social aspects of tales and novels.
Conducted in English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in
Japanese Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
conceptions of love, self, gender, and
sexuality in Japanese literature and culture
of the modern and pre-modern periods with
comparisons to European and Chinese
literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COLT-460
EALC 465 Topics in Korean Visual and
Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of dominant and emergent critical issues
in the study of modern and contemporary
Korean visual culture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 470 Introduction to East Asian
Linguistics
Units: 4 Survey of the sound systems,
writing systems, grammatical systems,
historical development, and social
environments of the Chinese, Japanese,
and Korean languages. Prerequisite: EALC
406 or EALC 417 or EALC 424. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 475 Topics in Chinese
Photography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of key topics in the history,
theory and criticism of photography in
China, from the mid 19th century to the
present. Recommended Preparation: Prior
coursework in Chinese history, politics, or
cultural studies, art history, media studies,
or studio art Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 480 Marxism and Culture in
East Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
reading on current transnational issues in
the study of East Asian or Asian cultures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 481 Studies in Japanese Art
Units: 4 Max Units: max 16 (Enroll in AHIS
481)
EALC 482 Japanese Photography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AHIS 482)
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EALC 484 Studies in Chinese Art
Units: 4 Max Units: max 16 (Enroll in AHIS
484)
EALC 485 Material Culture of the Silk
Road
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the history and material
culture of the Silk Road with emphasis
on the arts of Dunhuang and Kucha.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AHIS 485
EALC 489 The Mongol Era in China:
Genghis Khan, Khubilai, Marco Polo
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of the Mongol era in China
through an examination of three great
historical figures, including how depictions
of them have changed over time. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 494a Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Research and
writing of original thesis under guidance of
faculty member. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Letter Grade
EALC 494b Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Research and
writing of original thesis under guidance of
faculty member. Open only to EALC majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
EALC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 500 Advanced Classical Chinese I
Units: 4 Reading in classical Chinese and
practice in classical vocabulary and syntax,
with emphasis on translation into English
and modern Chinese. Prerequisite: EALC
402. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 501 History of Chinese Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
An in-depth survey of literary development
concerning periods, thought, genres and
socio-cultural backgrounds in China. In
English. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 502 Advanced Classical Chinese II
Units: 4 Continuation of EALC 500.
Prerequisite: EALC 500. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 503 Chinese Poetry
Units: 4 Literary studies of the theory and
practice of Chinese poetry from major
poets. Prerequisite: 4th year Chinese.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 504 Selections from Modern
Chinese Literature
Units: 4 Literary currents and representative
writings of the 20th century. Prerequisite:
EALC 306. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 505 Introduction to East Asian
Languages and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
An in-depth introduction to East Asian
studies. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 506 Selections from Classical
Chinese Literature
Units: 4 Writings of the important periods
and genres of Chinese literary history.
Prerequisite: EALC 406. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 507 East Asia in Cross-Cultural
Theories
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to major theoretical paradigms
particularly relevant to the study of East
Asian cultures. Seminal Western theoretical
texts with studies on East Asia. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 509 Transnational Korean Cinema
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Korean cinema since the early 20th century,
focusing on transnational production,
circulation and consumption. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 510 Contemporary Japanese
Cinema
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Japanese cinema since the 1980s focusing
on the works by filmmakers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 512 Japanese Literature and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Relationship
between Japanese literature and film,
focusing on the transition from literary text
to film text. Open to graduate students only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 515 Classical Japanese Poetics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
An analysis of major texts of the Japanese
literary tradition from the 8th to the 16th
century. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 520 Modern Japanese Writers
Units: 4 Selections illustrative of major
literary trends and literary works since the
Meiji Restoration. Prerequisite: EALC 422.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 522 Classical Japanese Writers
Units: 4 Writings representative of
important periods and genres of Japanese
literary history up to the Meiji Restoration.
Prerequisite: EALC 426. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 525 Local/Global Asia: Tourism,
Travel, and Modernity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
how tourism and travel have shaped
the experience of modernity in Asia.
Readings are drawn from anthropology,
history, cultural studies and geography.
Recommended Preparation: Intended for
graduate students with previous training
in cultural studies and/or humanistic social
science research methods and theory
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 528 Ecocriticism and the
Environmental Humanities in East Asia
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Examines literature and the environment
in Japan and comparatively, including
theories and approaches developed in the
fields of ecocriticism, film studies and the
environmental humanities. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 530 Race, Ethnicity and
Multiculturalism in East Asia
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Examination of scholarship and cultural
production on issues and theories of race,
ethnicity and multiculturalism in East Asia
(China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 531 Proseminar in Chinese
Cultural History
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Intensive readings in English concerning
interpretive issues in the study of Chinese
cultural history. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 532 Proseminar in Korean Cultural
History
Units: 4 Introduction to Korean cultural and
social history through intensive reading of
the English-language literature on Korean
history and culture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 533 Proseminar in Japanese
Cultural History
Units: 4 Intensive readings, chronologically
arranged, in interpretive issues in the study
of Japanese cultural history. Readings in
English. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 534 Modernity and Cultural
Representation in Korea
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp In-depth introduction to the cultural
history, including emerging trends and
new methodologies within modern Korean
literary and cultural studies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 535 Proseminar in Chinese Visual
Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Chinese visual culture through the complex
interface of art and thought. Examines
architectural layout, pictorial representation,
decorative motif as part of cultural
production that intertwines with intellectual
trends. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 536 Studies in Modern Japanese
History
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 534)
EALC 537 Structure of the Korean
Language
Units: 4 Description and theoretical analysis
of phonology, morphology and syntax of
modern Korean; comprehensive view of
the properties of the Korean structure.
Prerequisite: EALC 470. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 541 Seminar: Japan
Units: 4 Social, economic, political, and
cultural problems in modern Japan.
Bibliographic and reference materials.
Prerequisite: HIST 436. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 543 Seminar: Japanese Literature
Units: 4 Readings in original texts in the
works of selected major writers; lectures
dealing with intellectual and cultural
backgrounds of the periods and the
authors. Prerequisite: EALC 520, EALC
522. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 545 Japanese Literary Criticism
and Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
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Representative theories of literature; history
of classical and modern literary criticism.
Prerequisite: EALC 520 or EALC 522
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 547 Structure of the Japanese
Language
Units: 4 Descriptive analysis of phonetic,
phonological, and grammatical structure
of Japanese. Conducted in English.
Prerequisite: EALC 470. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 551 Seminar: China
Units: 4 Individual research and seminar
reports on selected phases of Chinese
traditional civilization. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 553 Seminar: Chinese Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Research in different genres of
Chinese literature, traditional and modern.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 555 Chinese Literary Criticism and
Theory
Units: 4 Classical and modern literary
theories and criticism; comparisons with
literary theory and criticism in the West.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 556 Seminar on Women and the
Family in China
Units: 4 An introduction to the current state
of research on women and the family in
China, and training in feminist analytic
approaches for further work in the China
field of other areas. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-556
EALC 557 Structure of the Chinese
Language
Units: 4 Descriptive analysis of
phonology, morphology, and syntax of
modern Chinese. Conducted in English.
Prerequisite: EALC 404. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as LING-557
EALC 558 History of the Chinese
Language
Units: 4 Evolution of the Chinese
language from the earliest time to the
present: lectures and the reading of texts.
Conducted in English. Prerequisite: EALC
557. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 560 Comparative Syntax of
East Asian Languages
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Descriptive-comparative study of the
Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages
with an emphasis on their structures, range
of properties, similarities and dissimilarities.
Prerequisite: EALC 537 or EALC 547
or EALC 557. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 561 Topics and Issues in
East Asian Linguistics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Descriptive and
theoretical analysis of the grammars of
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean; emphasis
on comparative studies of these languages
and English. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
LING-561
EALC 562 Teaching of the East Asian
Languages
Units: 4 Materials and methods in teaching
East Asian languages; application of
methods and techniques of foreign/second
language teaching to East Asian language
teaching. Prerequisite: EALC 537 or
EALC 547 or EALC 557. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 565 Bibliography and Research
Methods in Chinese Studies
Units: 4 An introduction to reference
works and research methods in all fields
on sinology; works in Chinese, Japanese
and Western languages. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 570 Narratives of Desire in Modern
Chinese Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The study
of prominent fiction women writers from
the first half of the 20th century in English
and original translations. Open to graduate
students only. Prerequisite: EALC 553.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 575 Literary and Artistic
Movements in Modern China
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to literary and artistic movements in 20th
century China. Open to graduate students
only. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 580 Readings in East Asian
Linguistics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Survey of some representative
works in generative grammar since the mid
'60s, including those that deal with similar
phenomena in the contexts of more recent
theoretical frameworks as well as non-
generative grammatical works on Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 588a Directed Readings
Units: 2 Assigned readings according to
individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 588b Directed Readings
Units: 2 Assigned readings according to
individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EALC 593 Teaching Practicum for
East Asian Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSp Enhances the teaching experience
of teaching assistants in East Asian studies
through a collaborative study of relevant
pedagogical principles, resources, and
techniques. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master and doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EALC 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EALC 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EALC 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EALC 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EALC 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Special topics in East Asian
Languages and Cultures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EALC 610 Seminar: Buddhism and the
Literary Arts in Japan
Units: 4 Seminar on the impact of Buddhism
on the literary tradition of medieval Japan.
Selected topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EALC 620 Seminar in East Asian
Linguistics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Detailed theoretical discussions
and empirical studies of the issues and
development in East Asian linguistics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EALC 650 Research Seminar in Chinese
Documents
Units: 4 An introduction to the different
genres of documents for the study of
Chinese civilization, and training in their
use. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EALC 700 Professionalization Seminar
for Advanced Graduate Students
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Familiarizes advanced graduate students
with topics relevant to academic work in
East Asian humanities, including research
planning, dissertation writing, publishing,
and conference presentation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EALC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
EALC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
EALC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
EALC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
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Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
EALC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
East Asian Studies
EASC 150gp East Asian Societies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Main patterns
of change in modern China, Japan, and
Korea; historical framework and the
insights of geography, economics, political
science, and other disciplines. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EASC 160gmp China and the World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced-
level introduction to China and its relations
with the wider world in historic and
contemporary perspective. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EASC 360 Global East Asia
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: Sp
Maymester Study Abroad Program to China
or Japan with a focus on globalization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EALC 361
EASC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EASC 495 Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Writing the
honors thesis: for East Asian Area Studies
Honors majors. Registration Restriction:
Open only to East Asian Area Studies
majors Credit Restriction: Not for Degree
Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EASC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Interdisciplinary examination
of various areas of East Asian studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EASC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
EASC 591 Interdisciplinary Seminar
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular An examination of a broad topic
in the study of China, Korea, or Japan.
Guest speakers, student reports, papers.
Readings in English and the appropriate
Asian language(s). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EASC 592 Proseminar on Issues and
Trends in Contemporary East Asia
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Introduction to graduate level study of policy
issues and major trends in contemporary
China, Japan, and Korea; contributions of
various academic disciplines. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EASC 593x Understanding East Asia:
An Introduction for Professional School
Students
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Historical,
social, political and cultural survey of
China, Japan and Korea with focus on
topics of particular relevance for business
practitioners and other professionals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EASC 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
EASC 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
EASC 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
EASC 595 Research Methods and
Prospectus Writing
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
Sp Research skills to launch a specific
research project, usually a master's
thesis. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EASC 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in
the graduate program with a cumulative
3.0 GPA. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EASC 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Special topics in East Asian Area
Studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Economics
ECON 101 Free People, Free Thought
and Free Markets
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
PHIL 101)
ECON 203g Principles of
Microeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Behavior of
firms and consumers, functions of the price
system, competition and monopoly, labor
markets, poverty, government regulation,
international trade, and the environment.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 205g Principles of
Macroeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Unemployment, inflation and output
determination and links. Effects of
government taxation and spending on
growth, investment, saving, consumption,
and trade. Satisfies New General Education
in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 238xg Political Economy and
Social Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Contending
politico-economic perspectives in
modern Western thought: conservatism,
liberalism, radicalism, and their relevance
for contemporary policy issues including
government and markets, class, race,
gender, poverty and inequality. Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Decision-
making by business firms, consumer
preferences and behavior, uncertainty,
competition, monopoly, labor and resource
markets, efficient resource allocation,
externalities, and government policy.
Prerequisite: ECON 203 and (MATH 118
or MATH 125) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 304 Mathematical
Microeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the theoretical framework of how
economic agents make choices and what
the implications of these choices are;
presentation and application of analytical
tools. Prerequisite: ECON 203g and (MATH
118gx or MATH 125g) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
determinants of aggregate income,
employment, and inflation; economic
fluctuations; fiscal and monetary policy;
financial markets; the national debt.
Prerequisite: ECON 203 and ECON 205;
MATH 118gx or MATH 125. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for
Economists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to statistical methods appropriate for
analyzing economic data: probability
theory, random variables and probability
distributions, sampling, estimation,
statistical inference. Prerequisite: MATH
118gx or MATH 125. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of statistical methods to economic data:
estimating economic relationships using
regression analysis, testing hypotheses
involving economic behavior, forecasting
economic variables. Prerequisite: ECON
317 Duplicates Credit in former ECON 414
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 319 Advanced Introduction to
Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1011
Understanding, evaluating and interpreting
econometric papers that use linear
regression methods and an emphasis on
matrix algebra, calculus and mathematical
proofs. Prerequisite: ECON 317 and MATH
125g and MATH 225 Duplicates Credit
in ECON 318 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 322 Economic History and
Modernization of the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Economic
history of the Middle East from the rise
of Islam to the modern era. Roles of
law, religion. Processes of institutional
transformation, stagnation, modernization.
Prerequisite: ECON 203. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 330 The Political Economy of
Institutions
Units: 4 Social functions served by the
rules, laws, regulations, and customs
that constrain human activity. Processes
whereby such institutions adapt, or fail
to adapt, to changing circumstances.
Prerequisite: ECON 203. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 332 Contracts, Organizations and
Institutions
Units: 4 Contract law and economic
organization, determinants of firm
boundaries, transaction cost economics,
agency theory, incomplete contracting,
business strategy, bureaucracy, institutional
environment, politics and property rights.
Prerequisite: ECON 203. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 339 Philosophy of Economics
Units: 4 (Enroll in PHIL 339)
ECON 340 Economics of Less
Developed Countries
Units: 4 Causes of economic
underdevelopment: historical, institutional,
structural, ideological, technological,
cultural. Patterns and theories of
development. Role of government,
international trade, and education in
economic growth. Prerequisite: ECON 203
or ECON 205. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 342 Economic Development of the
Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Contemporary
economic problems of the Middle East:
comparative and historical perspectives on
issues of institutions, investment, oil, trade,
migration, finance, inequality, labor and
capital markets. Prerequisite: ECON 203;
Recommended Preparation: ECON 205
and ECON 303. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 343 Economic Development of
East Asia
Units: 4 Contemporary economic problems
of East Asian countries: management,
labor, technology, trade, investment.
Determinants of their high growth rates in
the late 20th century. Prerequisite: ECON
203 or ECON 205. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 344 Economic Development of
Sub-Saharan Africa
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Contemporary economic problems of sub-
Saharan African economies: policies and
endowments. Focus on issues of poverty,
agriculture, health, macroeconomy and
political economy. Prerequisite: ECON 203
or ECON 205. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 346 Economics of Transition and
Development: China
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A focus
on the Chinese economy, its reform and
transition to a market economy, its relation
with East Asian countries and integration
into the world economy. Prerequisite:
ECON 203 or ECON 205. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 348g Current Problems of the
American Economy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A
comprehensive investigation of problems
stemming from changing composition
of the work force, urban decline, new
technologies, inequalities, ethnic relations,
government deficits. Prospects for
continued growth. Prerequisite: ECON
203 or ECON 205. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 350 The World Economy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm International
cooperation and conflict in the world
economy. Global economic problems
of growth and development, trade and
finance, migration, economic stability, and
the environment. Prerequisite: ECON 203
or ECON 205. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 351x Microeconomics for
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development and business applications of:
theory of the firm; theory of the consumer;
intertemporal decisions; decisions under
risk; market failures; industrial and
enterprise structure. Not for major credit for:
economics, economics/mathematics, social
sciences (economics) majors. Prerequisite:
MATH 118 or MATH 125 or MATH 126
or MATH 226; Corequisite: ECON 352x
Duplicates Credit in former ECON 251.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 352x Macroeconomics for
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theoretical development and significance
to business and markets of economic
growth; inflation; unemployment; monetary
and fiscal policy; business cycles;
savings and investment; exchange rates.
Recommended Preparation: introductory
economics course, high school math,
and algebra. Corequisite: ECON 351x
Duplicates Credit in former ECON 252x.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 357 Money, Credit, and Banking
Units: 4 The money, bond, stock, and
other financial markets; portfolio choice;
determinants of asset prices and interest
rates; inflation; interactions between
financial markets and government policies.
Prerequisite: ECON 203 and ECON 205.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 360 Public Finance
Units: 4 Role of the government; income
and corporate taxation; direct versus
indirect taxation; optimal tax structure;
public goods; public sector pricing;
public debt and macroeconomic stability.
Prerequisite: ECON 203 and ECON 205.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 361 Understanding Financial
Crises
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Key facts
and basic mechanisms concerning
financial crises and related topics (bank
runs, sovereign default decision, currency
collapse). Prerequisite: ECON 203g and
ECON 205g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 366 Urban Economics
Units: 4 Urban trends and problems,
including changing urban form and function,
urban public finance, housing, renewal,
poverty, race, transportation, and the
environment. Prerequisite: ECON 203
and ECON 205. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 369 Economics of European
Integration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
challenges of policy coordination among
independent political entities, starting from
the aftermath of German unification (and
the ramifications it had in a fixed exchange
rate system) to the recent national debt
crisis that followed the great recession.
Prerequisite: ECON 203g and ECON 205g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 395 Economic Policy Issues
Units: 4 Selected policy dilemmas, including
welfare reform, urban renewal, government
budget deficits, regulation and deregulation,
environmental problems, immigration, and
global development. Lectures by leading
authorities and weekly discussion sessions.
Prerequisite: ECON 203 and ECON 205.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 401 Mathematical Methods in
Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to quantitative methods for analyzing
economic equilibria; comparative statics
and dynamics. Utility theory, consumer
behavior, and profit maximization. Model
formulation in micro and macroeconomics.
Prerequisite: ECON 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 404 Games and Economics
Units: 4 Analysis of strategic economic
interactions. Topics include bargaining,
insurance, patents, voting, environmental
depletion, strategic trade, learning,
reputation, strikes, corporate takeovers,
and the provision of public goods.
Prerequisite: ECON 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 405 Neuroeconomics
Units: 4 Introduction to the methodology
used in experimental neuroeconomics
and discussion of neural correlates of
decision-making. Prerequisite: ECON 303.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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ECON 410 Economics of Health and
Healthcare
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Detailed
discussion of economic models, including
models of health, addiction, demand for
healthcare and demand for insurance.
Prerequisite: ECON 303 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 415 Behavioral Economics
Units: 4 Examination of the traditional and
behavioral theories of decision-making and
the state of the art in the field. Prerequisite:
ECON 303. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of binary dependent variable models,
panel data analysis, program evaluations,
IV analysis, basics of time series and
forecasting. Prerequisite: (ECON 303 and
ECON 305 and ECON 317 and ECON
318) and (MATH 125g or MATH 126 or
MATH 225 or MATH 226) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 420 Experimental Economics
Units: 4 Examination of economic theories
and patterns of behavior useful in building
new theories. Prerequisite: ECON 303;
Recommended Preparation: ECON 317.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 432 Economics of Happiness
Units: 4 What is happiness? How does it
vary by socio-economic status and over
the life cycle? This course will develop
insight into the nature and determinants of
subjective well-being. Prerequisite: ECON
303; Recommended Preparation: ECON
305. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 433 Empirical Economics
Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of economic variables; investigation of
empirical economics to estimate or test
for relationships using various forms of
data. Prerequisite: ECON 303, ECON 305,
ECON 317 and ECON 318. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law
Units: 4 Common law and property;
rationing of justice, resource allocation
between prevention and enforcement;
division of decision making between public
and private sectors. Prerequisite: ECON
303. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 438 Values and Social Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Factors that
make values an essential feature of human
society; how values develop, change and
are abandoned; role of values in economic
development. Prerequisite: ECON 303
and ECON 305 Duplicates Credit in former
ECON 538 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 450 International Trade
Units: 4 Determinants and economic
consequences of international trade
patterns; effects of trade restrictions and
trading blocs; trade negotiations and
arrangements. Prerequisite: ECON 303.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 451 The Politics of International
Trade
Units: 4 (Enroll in IR 430)
ECON 452 International Finance
Units: 4 Consequences of trade deficits;
theories of capital and currency markets,
exchange rate regimes, and international
monetary coordination. Prerequisite: ECON
305. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 457 Financial Markets
Units: 4 General equilibrium analysis of
economies with financial markets; decision
making under uncertainty; methods of risk
reduction; portfolio theory and valuation of
securities; efficiency of security markets.
Prerequisite: ECON 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 460 Economic Applications of
Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A capstone
course that introduces state-of-the-art
estimation methods for high-dimensional
data. Prerequisite: ECON 303 and
ECON 318 and MATH 225 and DSCI 250
Recommended Preparation: MATH 226
Corequisite: CSCI 103 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 471 Economics of Labor Markets
and Human Capital
Units: 4 A human capital interpretation
of labor demand and supply; wage
determination, differentials, and
discrimination; job turnover and
occupational mobility; unions and collective
bargaining. Prerequisite: ECON 303.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 472 Economics of Medical Care
Units: 4 Health as an investment in human
capital; analysis of the demand for and
supply of health services and manpower;
health insurance; cost-effectiveness
analysis; market structures and the pricing
of medical services. Prerequisite: ECON
303. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 474 Economic Consulting and
Applied Managerial Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Economic
consulting and managerial economic
methods applied in real world problems.
Economic methods to analyze issues
of intellectual property, environmental
damage, trademark infringement, brand
value, and consumer demand. Prerequisite:
ECON 303 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 480 Economics of Industrial
Organization
Units: 4 Pricing and resource allocation in
imperfectly competitive markets; monopoly
regulation, collusion, cartels, mergers
and antitrust; patents and development
incentives; industry case studies.
Prerequisite: ECON 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 487 Resource and Environmental
Economics
Units: 4 Management and extraction of
renewable and non-renewable natural
resources; environmental externalities and
regulation of air, water, and land pollution;
market incentives versus direct regulation.
Prerequisite: ECON 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENST-487
ECON 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Supervised
individual research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 495 Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Individual research supervised by
a faculty adviser. Successful completion
required for departmental honors degree.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in economic
theory, history, or policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
of the household and the firm; product
and factor markets; perfect and imperfect
competition; welfare criteria. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 501 Macroeconomic Analysis and
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
of aggregate economic activity; design
and use of macroeconometric models;
stabilization and control of inflation,
unemployment, and growth. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 502 Mathematical Methods in
Dynamic Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Movement
of economic systems over time; differential
and difference equations; introduction
to the optimal control of economic
processes; dynamic programming and
optimal strategies; selected applications.
Prerequisite: ECON 401. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 504 Game Theory with Economic
and Financial Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applying
game theory to economic and financial
markets and interactions in a diverse set of
examples like reputation, herding, bubbles
and crashes, auctions, strategic information
revelation and information accumulation
in markets. Witnessing the wide range
of applications that is amenable to game
theoretical analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 506 Field Experiments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Learn
to design, analyze and interpret field
experiments and understand their practical
significance to applied economics, business
and policy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 508 Neurofinance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigate
human behavior in Economics. Use
neuroscience as a new lens on financial
decision-making; focus on specific
topics in behavioral and neuro-finance.
Recommended Preparation: Intermediate
level microeconomic theory and basic
calculus Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of econometric tools using
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1013
standard econometric software packages
for microcomputers; empirical applications
to selected economic problems of
estimation and inference. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 514 Empirical Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundational
knowledge of empirical methods in finance
on selected topics and econometric
methods, including time-series, asset
returns and pricing models. Prerequisite:
ECON 513 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 515 Time Series Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding and implementing
models commonly used in time series
econometrics. Emphasis is placed on
intuition and application. Assists students
understanding how to use time series
data to test hypotheses and serve as an
introduction to the ideas and techniques
of forecasting. Corequisite: ECON 513
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 516 The Economics and
Psychology of Decision-Making
Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyze
how psychology and behavioral economics
together contribute to our understanding
of decision-making: inter-temporal
choice, self-control problems, cooperative
and risky behavior, social preferences.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
mathematical and statistical concepts and
notations Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PSYC 516
ECON 521 International
Macroeconomics and Financial Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The balance
of payments, macroeconomic policy
in an open economy, exchange rate
determination, exchange rate systems,
currency crises, international financial
arrangements and monetary history.
Prerequisite: ECON 501 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 523 Economic History and
Development
Units: 4 Historical trends in developed and
developing societies in various aspects of
modernization such as human resources,
capital, technology, resource allocation,
income distribution, international relations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 527 Theory of Value: Classical
Origins and Neoclassical Critique
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Classical
economic theory; its precursors, main
contributors, extensions and critics; focus
upon the writings and ideas of Smith, Say,
Malthus, Ricardo, Mill and Marx. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 533 Capstone Research Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides
Masters students with a centerpiece of their
graduate experience whereby they are
able to experience first-hand turning the
theory of their studies into practice under
the guidance of an experienced faculty
member. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 537 Contracts, Organizations and
Institutions
Units: 4 Information, property rights,
bargaining, transaction costs, incentives,
free-riding and contracting in organizations;
the nature of cooperation; bureaucracies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 541 Economic Development
Units: 4 Development, underdevelopment
and the problems thereof; agriculture,
industry, trade, population, human capital,
capital formation; structural, technological,
environmental and institutional changes;
political economy of the state. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 550 Applied Trade Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
and exploration of quantitative methods and
data sources used for applied trade policy
analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 555 Topics in Asset Pricing
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How do
investors evaluate risks? With what
information? How do they form their
beliefs? Via empirical evidence and
theoretical works, this course addresses
these questions. Recommended
Preparation: ECON 508 and ECON 514
and ECON 606 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 564 Introduction to Market Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to market design; combined use of
economic theory, experiments and empirical
analysis; analyze and engineer market
rules and institutions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 570 Big Data Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the theory and practice of causal
econometrics in modern settings of large-
scale data. Major algorithms from machine
learning focused on methodology and
applications. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 572 Economics and International
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Apply
microeconomics to explore public health
issues throughout the world, with an
emphasis on developing countries.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 573 Applied Program Evaluation
Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Become
equipped with a toolkit of common
econometric methods that can be used
to assess the causal effect of a policy.
Prerequisite: ECON 513 Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with programming
in R Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 577 Foundations of Financial
Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Broad training
in theoretical and empirical finance. Choice
under uncertainty; equilibrium asset pricing;
static portfolio choice; factor pricing models,
asset allocation; the Black-Scholes-
Merton Formula. Prerequisite: ECON 501
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 580 Antitrust Economics and
Competition Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Efficiency,
market failure, government regulation,
some basics for antitrust economics,
competition policy analysis and collusion
and agreements among competitors.
Prerequisite: ECON 500 or ECON 513.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 584 Economic Consulting and
Applied Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Economic
methods to analyze issues of intellectual
property, environmental damage, trademark
infringement, brand value and consumer
demand, using an applied econometric
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 585 Advanced Economics
Consulting and Antitrust Methods
Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
methods used in applied economics
and consulting. Topics are case based.
Prerequisite: (ECON 474 or ECON 584)
and (ECON 318 or ECON 513) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 587 Urban Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The role of
designing incentives to reduce negative
urban externalities and the interplay
between spatial Big Data and testing urban
economics hypotheses. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ECON 593x Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Economics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ECON 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ECON 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ECON 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
ECON 595 Research Seminar in Spatial
Economics and Data Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Original
spatial analysis research; integrate
economics, data creation, and spatial
analytics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
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individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in economics as
developed by the instructor. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 600 Economics of Choice
Units: 4 Reviews the normative and positive
theories of choice drawing upon recent
theoretical and empirical work in cognitive
and evolutionary psychology, artificial
intelligence, linguistics and economics.
Prerequisite: ECON 500. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 601 Microeconomic Theory I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Optimization
of the consumer and the firm; duality and
imputed value; perfect and imperfect
competition in product and factor markets.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 602 Macroeconomic Theory I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Aggregate
demand, supply and government policy;
theories of economic growth and business
cycles; static and dynamic implications
of government policies. Duplicates Credit
in former ECON 505 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 603 Microeconomic Theory II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp General
equilibrium theory; existence, uniqueness,
and stability; welfare economics; social
choice; dynamic models and uncertainty;
special topics. Prerequisite: ECON 601.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 604 Game Theory
Units: 4 Strategies and equilibrium
concepts; dynamic and repeated games;
incomplete information and learning in
games. Prerequisite: ECON 601. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 605 Macroeconomic Theory II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Macroeconomic
theory based on the concepts of optimal
growth and intertemporal equilibrium;
overlapping generations models; recent
developments in macroeconomic theory.
Prerequisite: ECON 601 and ECON 602.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 606 Behavioral Theories of
Decision-Making
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of behavioral theories used to describe and
predict choices made in both an individual
decision-making setting and strategic
environments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 607 Topics in Dynamic
Optimization
Units: 4 Theory and numerical methods for
dynamic optimization and control; selected
applications in economic analysis and
econometrics. Prerequisite: ECON 502 and
knowledge of FORTRAN. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 608 Advanced Neuroeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
methodology of neuroeconomics including
neural activity, memory, value and reward
systems, emotions and risk. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 609 Econometric Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Review
of statistical methods of estimation
and inference, linear regression with
multicollinearity and serial correlation;
multivariate regression and simultaneous
equations. Prerequisite: ECON 611.
Duplicates Credit in former ECON 511.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 610 Quantitative Analysis in
Macroeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Dynamic
economics, applied general equilibrium
models, computational and calibration
tools, discrete-state dynamic programming,
log-linearization of Euler equations.
Prerequisite: ECON 602, ECON 605.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 611 Probability and Statistics for
Economists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
probability theory and statistical inference
to prepare students for graduate courses
in econometrics and economic theory;
probability, random variables, distributions,
estimation, testing, asymptotics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 612 Econometric Theory
Units: 4 Inference and prediction,
generalized and restricted least squares,
specification analysis, multivariate
and seemingly unrelated regressions,
simultaneous equations techniques,
dynamic models, instrumental variable
estimation. Prerequisite: ECON 609.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 613 Economic and Financial Time
Series I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Simultaneous
equation models, dynamic structural
econometric models, vector
autoregressions, causality, forecasting,
univariate and multivariate nonstationary
time series, tests for unit roots,
cointegration, autoregressive conditional
heteroscedasticity models, time series
models with changes in regime.
Prerequisite: ECON 609. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 614 Economic and Financial Time
Series II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Stock returns,
predictability and volatility, random walk and
variance-bounds tests, estimation of capital
asset, multifactor, and derivative pricing
models, term structure of interest rates.
Prerequisite: ECON 604. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 615 Applied Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Use of
quantitative models to describe and
forecast economic activity; estimation and
application of such models to selected
policy problems. Prerequisite: ECON 609.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 616 Experimental Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Laboratory
methods for testing economic theory;
experimental comparison of alternative
market and non-market institutions;
identification of behavioral responses to
alternative regulations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 620L Experimental Methods I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Experimental
methods of and design of computer-based
experiments. Use of standard software for
data collection in individual decision-making
experiments and games. Duplicates Credit
in former ECON 620a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 621L Experimental Methods II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Experimental
methods relying on non-choice data.
Design methods of experiments that
record information in decision-making and
physiological data of emotions. Duplicates
Credit in former ECON 620b Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 625 Economic Analysis of Social
Networks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Mathematical
tools for the study of social and economic
networks. Prerequisite: ECON 609
Recommended Preparation: ECON 615
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 634 Political Economy of
Institutions
Units: 4 The functions of laws, rules,
customs, conventions, and other restrictions
on economic and social activity. Theories
of institutional evolution. Prerequisite:
ECON 500 or ECON 601. Duplicates Credit
in former ECON 534. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 636 Health Economics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Techniques of
microeconometric analysis to inform health
policy. Topics include: demand for health,
medical care, and insurance, risk selection,
medical innovation. Recommended
Preparation: ECON 601, ECON 611
Duplicates Credit in former PMEP 534
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PMEP 534
ECON 639 Contemporary Economic
Policy: Theory and Practice
Units: 4 History and analysis of the
fundamental continuing policy issues:
recession, inflation, public debt, regulation,
international competition, energy resources
and environmental issues, welfare and
income distribution. Prerequisite: ECON
500 and ECON 501. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 641 Empirical Analysis of
Economic Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and
empirics of the sources of and barriers
to economic development and the micro
underpinnings of macroeconomic dynamics
of growth, inequality, and productivity.
Prerequisite: ECON 601, ECON 609.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 642 Poverty, Human Resources
and Economic Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Household
production models and intra-household
models of behavior and their empirical
implementation, focus on poverty, human
resource investments and their interaction
with public policies. Prerequisite: ECON
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1015
501, ECON 609. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 644 Economic Development
Programming and Policy Planning
Units: 4 Model construction and application
to policy and planning: open economy
macroeconomics, trade and investment,
institutions, technology, income inequality,
environment, policy reforms, political
economy. Prerequisite: ECON 501 or
ECON 602; ECON 500 or ECON 601.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 645 Economic Growth
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Surveys
theoretical and empirical developments in
growth macroeconomics. To equip students
to undertake frontier research and policy
work to reduce global income inequality.
Prerequisite: ECON 602. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 650 International Trade Theory
Units: 4 General equilibrium theory applied
to theory and practice of commercial policy,
economic growth, and trade. Prerequisite:
ECON 500 or ECON 601. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 651 International Monetary Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Balance of
payments concepts and measures; price
theory and the foreign exchange market;
international monetary systems; adjustment
mechanisms; speculation and official
intervention. Prerequisite: ECON 601
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 652 Economics of Financial
Markets II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Financial
market equilibrium and partial equilibrium
asset pricing in discrete and continuous
time; properties of equilibria with and
without complete markets; theory of option
prices; Black-Scholes pricing formula;
term structure of interest rates; hedging
strategies and managing market risk
using options, futures and swaps; hedging
exchange-rates risks. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 653 Empirical International
Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Empirical
treatment of advanced topics in
international finance including the
determination of real and nominal exchange
rates; stabilization policies in developing
currencies and currency crisis models.
Econometric methods in analyzing
foreign exchange data and in forecasting.
Recommended Preparation: ECON 625,
ECON 651 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 659 Economics of Financial
Markets I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Equilibrium
model of finance economy; absence
of arbitrage; complete and incomplete
markets; asset pricing theory;
representative agent pricing. Capital Asset
Pricing Model, martingale property of
security prices. Prerequisite: ECON 601.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 661 Topics in Macroeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Current areas
of research in macroeconomics: Structural
Change; Inequality and Macroeconomics.
Prerequisite: ECON 602 and ECON 605
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 663 Financial and Monetary
Macroeconomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Macroeconomic models of financing
and nominal rigidities. Focuses on the
ways through which the financial system
or financing constraints can affect
macroeconomic fluctuations. Prerequisite:
ECON 601 and ECON 602 and ECON 605
and ECON 611 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 671 Economics of Labor and
Human Capital
Units: 4 A human capital interpretation
of labor demand and supply; wage
determination, differentials, and
discrimination; job turnover and
occupational mobility; unions and collective
bargaining. Prerequisite: ECON 500 or
ECON 601. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 673 Program Evaluation
Units: 4 This course first proposes
various means of evaluating an economic
program. It then applies the tools to specific
problems. Prerequisite: ECON 500 or
ECON 601; ECON 609. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 680 Industrial Organization
Units: 4 Decision making, economic
behavior and organization in firms; types
of competition and market structure;
property rights, nonprofit decision making.
Prerequisite: ECON 500 or ECON 601.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ECON 681 Economics of Regulated
Industries
Units: 4 Theories and methods of
government regulation; effects of regulation
on various industries; behavior of regulatory
agencies. Prerequisite: ECON 500 or
ECON 601. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 687 Urban Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyze
theoretical forces leading to agglomeration
in cities and evidence that supporting these
mechanisms empirically. Topics: sorting
within and across cities, transportation,
housing regulation, segregation and
inequality, environmental justice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as PPDE 687
ECON 688 Empirical Industrial
Organization
Units: 4 Econometric analysis of industrial
organization issues including industry
regulation and deregulation, collusions
and pricing in differentiated oligopolistic
markets, entry and exit, auction
mechanisms, contractual relationships.
Prerequisite: ECON 601, ECON 603;
Recommended Preparation: ECON 600,
ECON 603, ECON 612, ECON 615, ECON
680. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ECON 690 Seminar in Economic Theory
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current research in economic theory
presented by faculty, students and outside
scholars. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 691 Seminar in Econometrics
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current research in econometrics
presented by faculty, students and outside
scholars. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 692 Seminar in Economic
Development
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current research in international,
regional, and urban development
economics presented by faculty, students
and outside scholars. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 693 Seminar in Applied
Economics and Public Policy
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current research in applied
microeconomics, macroeconomics and
public policy presented by faculty, students
and outside scholars. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 694 Seminar in Dynamic
Economics
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Topics in dynamic economics
involving business fluctuations, economic
growth and development, micro-economic
adjustments and market mechanisms;
related quantitative and qualitative
methods; empirical research involving
economic change. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 695 Internship in Mathematical
Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Internship
for students in the Mathematical Finance
master's program. Practical training in real
market environments. Real-world first-
hand experience in implementing trading
strategies. Application of mathematical
finance to real financial markets. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ECON 696 Empirical Microeconomics
Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Presentations on current
research in empirical microeconomics
by outstanding scholars from leading
economics departments and faculty at
USC. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Economics Ph.D. students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ECON 700 Research on Frontier
Economics
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of various frontier
research topics of economics through
critical discussions of research papers that
study the most recent economic research
agendas. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ECON 715 Advanced Topics in
Econometrics
Units: 4 Time-series methods; aggregation;
structural models and methods such as
factor analysis and multiple indicator
models; various special topics. Prerequisite:
ECON 612 and ECON 613. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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ECON 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ECON 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ECON 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ECON 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ECON 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
ECON 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Education Counseling
EDCO 030x The Process of
Paraprofessional Counseling for Young
Adults
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
the theoretical processes involved in
paraprofessional counseling with specific
application to issues faced by young adults.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDCO 324m Asian American Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Psychological
issues of Asian Americans such as
cultural identity, intergenerational conflict,
stereotypes, interracial dating and
marriage, educational achievement, and
mental health. Grading Option: Letter
EDCO 503 Ethical and Legal Issues in
Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
current legal, ethical, and other professional
issues in the practice of counseling and
psychotherapy. Prerequisite: EDUC 500.
Grading Option: Letter
EDCO 504 Behavior Management in the
Classroom
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis
of student behavior in school settings.
Emphasis is on a problem-solving functional
approach to behavioral changes. Grading
Option: Letter
EDCO 505 Counseling and Collaborative
Consultation in the School Setting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of collaborative consultations
provided by school counselors and
school psychologists to improve student
achievement and the learning environment.
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 540 Grading
Option: Letter
EDCO 506 Development, Administration
and Evaluation of Pupil Personnel
Services
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Develop skills
in the evaluation and management of pupil
personnel services programs in the public
schools for comprehensive support of
student learning and achievement. Grading
Option: Letter
EDCO 541 Theories in Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory,
research, and practice of psychological
counseling. Corequisite: EDUC 500.
Grading Option: Letter
EDCO 574 School Counseling Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised practice in school counseling.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EDCO 575 School Counseling Fieldwork
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Supervised field experience in
applying knowledge and skills within a
K–12 school or related setting. Prerequisite:
EDCO 574 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Higher and Postsecondary
Education
EDHP 500 Foundations of Higher, Adult,
and Professional Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Contemporary
issues in higher, adult, and professional
education in the United States; analytic
perspectives from various disciplines
(history, philosophy, sociology); implications
for policy and practice. Grading Option:
Letter
EDHP 502 Administration of Higher,
Adult, and Professional Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Policies and
theories for governance and management.
Relations between historical and
contemporary organizational processes
in postsecondary education. Critique and
applications of current research. Grading
Option: Letter
EDHP 503 Curriculum, Teaching,
and Learning in Higher, Adult, and
Professional Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Curriculum,
teaching, and learning strategies for
general, vocational, and professional
education; planning for lifelong learning;
theories, policies, and practices for higher,
adult, and professional education. Grading
Option: Letter
EDHP 552 The Politics of Difference
Units: 3 Explores strategies for restructuring
institutions of higher education to improve
student support and achievement among
historically marginalized groups. Duplicates
Credit in EDUE 560 Grading Option: Letter
EDHP 560 Feminist Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
SWMS 560)
EDHP 565 Intervention Strategies in
College Student Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
current campus issues such as violence,
diversity and academic remediation, and
their related intervention strategies (policy-
based, programmatic, and counseling-
based). Grading Option: Letter
EDHP 580 The Community College
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm The
community college movement; history;
aims; curriculum; types of administrative
organization; teaching procedures; relation
to lower and higher institutions; profiles of
faculty and students; evaluation. Grading
Option: Letter
EDHP 587 Fieldwork in Higher, Adult,
and Professional Education
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
8.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Structured
participation in supervised teaching or
administrative activities. Assignments
matched with student's goals, training,
experience. Recommended Preparation:
EDHP 563, EDHP 565. Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EDHP 593a Master's Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination and analysis of research and
literature in the student's area of focus.
Required for all master's candidates who
do not enroll in the Master's Thesis (EDHP
594a, EDHP 594b, EDHP 594z). Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
EDHP 593b Master's Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination and analysis of research and
literature in the student's area of focus.
Required for all master's candidates who
do not enroll in the Master's Thesis (EDHP
594a, EDHP 594b, EDHP 594z). Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
EDHP 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for all master's candidates who do not
enroll in the Master's Seminar (EDHP 593a,
EDHP 593b). Credit Restriction: Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
EDHP 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for all master's candidates who do not
enroll in the Master's Seminar (EDHP 593a,
EDHP 593b). Credit Restriction: Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
EDHP 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Required
for all master's candidates who do not
enroll in the Master's Seminar (EDHP 593a,
EDHP 593b). Credit Restriction: Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
EDHP 657 Leadership and Management
in Student Affairs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Delivery of
student services and programs in higher
education, organizational behavior,
management systems, administrative
procedures, and alternative leadership
styles. Registration Restriction: Open only
to USC Rossier School of Education PASA
students Grading Option: Letter
EDHP 679 Legal Issues in the
Administration of Higher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Analysis of
legal issues related to the administration
of higher education; emphasis on relations
with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and
campus communities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDHP 687 Student Development in
Higher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theories
of college student development and
application of developmental models to
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program design, interventions, outreach,
and research programs. Grading Option:
Letter
Educational Policy, Planning and
Administration
EDPA 308 Politics and American
Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
study of political, legislative, judicial
decisions that have shaped American
education; interaction of educators, courts,
legislative bodies; emphasis on in-depth
analysis of current issues. Grading Option:
Letter
EDPA 612 Qualitative Methods in
Educational Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Overview of
the assumptions, methods and techniques
of qualitative educational research;
discussion and application of analytical
tools derived from anthropology, sociology,
history, and related social sciences.
Grading Option: Letter
Educational Psychology and
Technology
EDPT 310 Parental Influences on
Children's Educational Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
principles and theories of child development
and learning with emphasis on parent-
child, parent-school, and child-school
relationships. Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 502 Learning and Individual
Differences
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Theory
and research in learning, development,
and individual differences, and social
psychology related to education or training
contexts. Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 540 Introduction to Educational
Measurement and Evaluation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
theories, concepts, and procedures for
assessing intellective and non-intellective
characteristics and for evaluating individual
and program performances. Grading
Option: Letter
EDPT 550 Statistical Inference
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Application
of statistical techniques in education;
emphasis on underlying principles and
concepts coupled with selected inferential
techniques using desk-top computer
software. Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 570 Language and Cultural
Diversity in Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
current research and theory regarding
the influences of language and culture on
learning and cognition, with a special focus
on academic achievement and instructional
transactions. Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 576 Technology in Contemporary
Education and Training
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
and scope of instructional technology
and its role in modern educational and
training systems; overview of instructional
development; innovation and trends in the
field. Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 642 Measurement Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Mathematical
concepts and psychometric theory
underlying test construction and
interpretation; emphasis on current
research in the area. Prerequisite: EDPT
652. Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 652 Multiple Regression
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Applied
multiple regression analysis using Stata.
Recommended Preparation: Introductory
Statistics Grading Option: Letter
EDPT 654 Multivariate Statistical
Techniques
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Multivariate statistical procedures in the
analysis of behavioral inquiries; particular
emphasis on multivariate analysis of
variance. Prerequisite: EDPT 652. Grading
Option: Letter
EDPT 655 Advanced Research Methods
in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Focuses on
principles of research design in education
including literature synthesis, formulation of
research problem and questions, selection
of methodology and integration of research
proposal. Prerequisite: EDPT 550. Grading
Option: Letter
Education
EDUC 140m Mind, Belief and Behavior:
Learning in a Diverse World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of current research about
learning and motivation in the context of
human diversity. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 200 Introduction to the Teaching
Profession
Units: 2 Identification and discussion of
current issues and trends in schools and
the teaching profession. Introduction to the
development of a professional portfolio.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 204L Sociological Foundations of
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the sociological foundations of education
through focused study of schools, teacher-
student relations, and classroom processes
as they relate to social stratification.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 205L Child Development and
Learning in Schools
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to processes of development and learning
in school aged children, with an emphasis
on school contexts. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 280 Public Health Literacy, History
and Pandemics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MEDS
270)
EDUC 392 Undergraduate Research
Methods
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AMST
392)
EDUC 409 Foundations of Language
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview of
research and current theories in bilingual,
second language, and foreign language
instruction. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 410 The Teaching of Reading and
Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of reading/writing processes; methods/
materials for teaching literacy in elementary
schools; issues in biliteracy and instruction;
classroom observation/participation in
small-group instruction. Admission to the
major. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 411 Sociopolitical and
Raciolinguistic Contexts of Language
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Systematic
study of effective policies and practices
of multilingual and multicultural education
based upon raciolinguistic and sociopolitical
understandings of second language
learning. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 412 Linguistically and Culturally
Sustaining Teaching
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to critical multilingual pedagogy for
equitable, inclusive and effective language
learning lesson design. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 413 Methods and Models of
Instruction for Language Minority
Students
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Curriculum
materials and teaching strategies for use
in successfully teaching language minority
students in both elementary and secondary
schools. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 415 Content to Pedagogy:
Mathematics in the Elementary School
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Bridging
college level mathematics content and
elementary school curricula to design
developmentally appropriate mathematics
instruction. Concurrent Enrollment: EDUC
424a or EDUC 424b. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 416 Content to Pedagogy: Art in
the Elementary School
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Transformation
of content in art to curriculum in the
elementary classroom. Corequisite: EDUC
424b. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 417 Content to Pedagogy: From
Science Content to Science Curriculum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An overview
of the goals and content of science
instruction at the elementary level coupled
with appropriate science curricular
and pedagogical models. Concurrent
Enrollment: EDUC 424a or EDUC 424b.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 418 Content to Pedagogy: From
Social Sciences to Social Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Content,
concepts, methods, and values for
integrating the social sciences in the social
studies. Concurrent Enrollment: EDUC
424a or EDUC 424b. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 419 Content to Pedagogy: P.E. for
Elementary Students
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Transformation
of content in Physical Education to
curriculum in the elementary classroom.
Corequisite: EDUC 424b. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 420 Technology, Media and
Culturally Sustaining Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Select, create
and use multimedia and technology to plan
for more effective and equitable learning in
schools, communities and organizations.
Recommended Preparation: EDUC 411
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 435 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 421 Global Issues: Impact on
Educational Outcomes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Situates
U.S. education within the global context and
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examines the impact of global issues on
national and international schooling in the
21st Century. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 422 Education for Social Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
access to schooling and quality education
across student difference indexed by race,
class and gender. Promotes understanding
of U.S. public schooling for equitable
outcomes. Duplicates Credit in EDUC 435
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 423 Unrealized Promise and Hope
for Education in 21st Century
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Investigates the promise of education and
often-failed outcomes though the lens of
literacy/language. Focuses on literacy to
promote student agency for successful
educational attainment. Recommended
Preparation: Freshman Seminar on a topic
in education Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 424a Curriculum and Methods in
Elementary Education
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Curriculum
materials and teaching procedures in the
elementary school. Concurrent Enrollment:
EDUC 425a. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 424b Curriculum and Methods in
Elementary Education
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Curriculum
materials and teaching procedures in the
elementary school. Concurrent Enrollment:
EDUC 425b. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 425a Observation and Directed
Teaching in Elementary Schools
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Observation
and experience in teaching under
supervision in elementary schools (one
semester at the kindergarten-primary level
and one semester in the intermediate or
upper grades). Concurrent Enrollment:
EDUC 424a. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 425b Observation and Directed
Teaching in Elementary Schools
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Observation
and experience in teaching under
supervision in elementary schools (one
semester at the kindergarten-primary level
and one semester in the intermediate or
upper grades). Concurrent Enrollment:
EDUC 424b. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 426 Educational Inquiry for Equity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the skills and knowledge required to be
competent consumers and producers of
education research. Students will be asked
to design an educational study. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 427 Vectors that Influence Early
Childhood Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigating
early childhood issues from professional
perspectives: historian, journalist,
premedical, and law. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 428 The Effects of Curriculum and
Institution on Early Childhood
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The study
of research, philosophy, and pedagogy
that informs political, parents, community
members, schools and their curriculum.
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 435 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 429 Early Childhood and
Contemporary Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Consequences of "corporate world" on
developing expectations of young children
as consumers and scholars, an emphasis
on films, television, and toys that effect
intellectual growth. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 430 Early Childhood: Action
Research Focus
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selecting an
instructional or developmental problem of
young children to investigate through an
action research design. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 431 Education Policy in the United
States
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of key
issues in education policy. Understanding
the policymaking process, including policy
design, implementation and analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 432 Inequality in Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of the role of education in causing or
ameliorating opportunity gaps. Social
stratification and its effects. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 433 Elementary Mathematics for
Teaching
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Dissection
of elementary mathematics curriculum in
order to gain the deep understanding of an
effective teacher. Registration Restriction:
Open only to juniors and seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 434 Secondary Mathematics for
Teaching
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Dissect
secondary mathematics curriculum to gain
a deep understanding needed to be an
effective teacher. Prerequisite: MATH 226g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 435 Education and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine
relationship between education and society;
identify intractable issues denying access to
quality education by race, class and gender.
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 422, EDUC
420, EDUC 428 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 436 Equity in the Mathematics
Classroom
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the integration of equity-based strategies in
teaching mathematical curriculum in urban
school communities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 437 Research in Teaching and
Learning Mathematics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Addressing the basic designs, with
emphasis on the characteristics of
research, in learning and teaching
mathematics education and their impacts
on curricula, instruction and learning.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 438 Truth in Mathematics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Addresses
the needs for mathematical arguments
and proofs in learning and teaching
mathematics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 439 Education for Sustainable
Global Futures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Education
as a vehicle for change through student
identification of authentic global, national
and local problems for examination,
analysis and solutions through a justice
framework. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar in selected topics in
education. Specific topics to be determined
at the time seminar is offered. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 500 The Counseling Process
Units: 3 Theoretical foundations, models,
values, and assumptions underlying
psychological counseling; cross-
cultural perspectives, ethical and legal
considerations. Concurrent Enrollment:
EDUC 507. Duplicates Credit in former
EDCO 500. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 503 Learning and Motivation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Design and advancement of learning
and motivation outcomes in various
environments through a systematic
examination and application of current
research. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 507 Professional Identity, Law and
Ethics for Counselors
Units: 3 History of the field of counseling
and professional identity development for
counselors are addressed. Examination of
current legal, ethical, and other professional
issues in counseling. Concurrent
Enrollment: EDUC 500. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 508 Interrogating Systems of
Inequity in Professional Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Framing
the graduate experience for master's
students. Examining self and field of
professional practice in the context of
achieving equity. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 510 Theories of Language
Learning and Teaching
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of learning theories to the
design of second language instruction and
student assessment to promote motivation,
investment, self-regulation and engagement
among language learners. Registration
Restriction: Open only to majors in
Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 511 Introduction to Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa The role of
the school counselor. An overview of key
elements in increasing access to and equity
for primary and secondary education for all
students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 512 Reading and Writing Methods
for Secondary Teaching
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
reading/writing processes; methods for
teaching literacy in grades 9–12; issues in
biliteracy and instruction. Grading Option:
Letter
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EDUC 514 School Counseling Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Current issues
and problems in school counseling;
emphasis is on K–12 learning and
achievement. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 515 Theories of Marriage and
Family Therapy
Units: 3 Major psychotherapeutic
orientations relating to family systems,
marital relationships, and communications
theory applied to the family unit.
Prerequisite: EDUC 500, EDUC 507, EDCO
541. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 520 Career and College Readiness
Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theoretical foundations of individual and
systemic characteristics that impact college
and career choices. Consideration of
economic, political, social and policy issues.
Registration Restriction: Registration
is restricted to USC Rossier School of
Education Master students in the School
Counseling Program Duplicates Credit in
EDUC 600 Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 521 Assessment and Instruction
for Diverse Language Learners
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Assessment practices and strategies
in English language instruction with
special attention to learner differences
(social, cultural, physical, intellectual) that
influence academic performance. Open
only to MAT TESOL and TESOL (online)
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages and Teaching English
to Speakers of Other Languages (online).
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 522 Challenges in Urban
Education: Accountability
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Issues related
to accountability theory and practice in
urban education settings. Open only to EdD
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Ed.D. students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 523 Equity and Inclusion in
Organizational Contexts
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Diversity issues
in urban educational settings. Registration
Restriction: Open only to EdD students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 524 Challenges in Urban
Education: Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theories,
principles, and concepts of leadership
in urban K–12 schools and institutions
of higher education. Open only to EdD
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Ed.D. students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 525 Challenges in Urban
Education: Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theory and
research in learning, motivation, and
instruction for diverse educational settings.
Open only to EdD students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Ed.D. students.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 526 Language Teaching: Planning
and Instruction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
a broad range of theories that inform
and underpin second language learning
and teaching, their critical review and
applications for designing of classroom
learning and teaching experiences.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Rossier School of Education master's
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 527 Assessment in the Language
Classroom
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Introduces
students to relevant research in language
assessment, reviews concepts of reliability
and validity and examines assessment
practices in the classroom. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 528 Course Proposal Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Using a
framework of course development, students
present a course proposal, linking the
theoretical, methodological and practical
principles gained from all course work in the
program. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 529 Political and Academic Issues
Affecting Gifted Students
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the political and academic
issues affecting gifted and high-ability
students. Psychosocial reasons contributing
to achievement and underachievement.
Institutional and personal factors inhibiting
potential. Open only to MAT students.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 530 Differentiated Curriculum and
Pedagogy for Gifted Students
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Recognizing the talent and potential of
gifted and high ability students. How gifted
education can be generalized to affect the
education of all students. Open only to MAT
students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 531 Student Disability Issues in
Higher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa History of the
disability movement; current research on
the success of students with disabilities in
higher education; legal and management
issues. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 532 Inquiry Methods I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Logic and
methods of quantitative data analysis in the
examination of educational issues and the
framing of solutions for them. Open only to
EdD students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 533 School Leadership: Theory
and Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theories and
principles of leadership and the application
of principles to solve authentic problems
in elementary and secondary schools.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 535 Teaching Secondary English
and Language Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Instructional procedures, techniques,
strategies, and resources for teaching
English in secondary classrooms. Open
only to MAT students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 536 Inquiry Methods II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Logic and
methods of qualitative data analysis in the
examination of educational issues and the
framing of solutions for them. Open only to
EdD students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 537 Leading with the Community
and Culture in Context
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Creating a
positive culture of learning to promote
student success. Strategies to engage
diverse communities. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 538 Entrepreneurial School
Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Entrepreneurial
opportunities in education. Developing the
skills and knowledge for entrepreneurial
leadership to improve educational
outcomes. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 539 Teaching Secondary Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Instructional procedures, techniques,
strategies, and resources for teaching
science in secondary classrooms. Open
only to MAT students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 540 Collaboration, Consultation
and Assessment in Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Understand educational and psychological
instruments, psychometric concepts and
rationale for the use of instruments in the
school counseling setting. Registration
Restriction: Registration is restricted
to USC Rossier School of Education
Duplicates Credit in EDCO 505 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 542 Substance Abuse Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on theoretical models of substance abuse
counseling and understanding the role
of assessment, treatment, medical and
psychological complications, family and
recovery. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 543 Family Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Master
family counseling approaches, systemic
models of K-12 family functioning and
therapeutic interventions to work with
families of diverse backgrounds. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 544 Psychological Assessment
Units: 3 Utilizing a wide range of clinical
assessment tools with cultural sensitivity to
achieve a comprehensive patient profile to
guide the therapeutic process. Duplicates
Credit in former EDCO 544 Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 545 Teaching Secondary
Mathematics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Instructional procedures, techniques,
strategies, and resources for teaching
mathematics in secondary classrooms.
Open only to MAT students. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 546 Psychopathology for Marriage
and Family Therapy
Units: 3 Theories of psychological
impairment emphasizing diagnosis of child
and family dysfunction. Practice in utilizing
DSM-IV classification of case studies.
Duplicates Credit in former EDCO 546.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 547 Career Development: Theory
and Process
Units: 3 Theories and process of career
development; principles of career and
leisure planning and counseling applicable
throughout life. Duplicates Credit in former
EDCO 548. Grading Option: Letter
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EDUC 548 Data-Driven Leadership for
Schools
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Analyzing,
interpreting, and using data to increase
effectiveness of instruction and programs,
improve student learning, and reduce or
eliminate the achievement gap. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 549 Supervising Instruction for
Optimal Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Application of
adult learning theory to evaluate instruction.
Appropriate professional development to
improve student achievement. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 552 Literacies in the Content Area
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Literacy
and language within content areas.
Developing reading, writing, speaking and
listening skills for real audiences. Academic
language. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 553 Psychopharmacology and the
Effects of Substance Abuse
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Focus on the
effects of psychotropic medication, alcohol,
and other substances on behavior. The
professional and ethical issues for marriage
and family therapists. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 555 STEM Education in Secondary
Classrooms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Developing innovative practices in
designing inquiry-based lesson plans to
facilitate integrating the STEM disciplines
as a foundation for teaching. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 557 Civics Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Uses
of pedagogical practices for increasing
student engagement in the study of history
and civics. Becoming critical thinkers,
problem solvers, and effective citizens.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 558 Culture Learning in Schools:
Latino
Units: 3 History, values, beliefs, and the
demography of Spanish-speaking people;
implications for the American classroom.
Conducted in English. No previous
knowledge of Latino culture is needed.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Rossier School of Education students
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 559 Discourse Analysis and
Technology in STEM Classrooms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Using
multiple assessment strategies and
technology to assess mathematical and
scientific thinking and performance.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 560 Primary Language Instruction
in a Bilingual Setting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Bilingual
programs, their goals, personnel, teaching
methods, and materials. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 561 TESOL Instruction and
Methods of Teaching A
Units: 3 Overview of approaches and
methods in TESOL, topics include
curriculum and lesson planning, lesson
sequencing and delivery and methods for
teaching reading, writing, speaking and
listening. Registration Restriction: Open
only to majors in Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 562 Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages Pedagogy II
Units: 3 Introduction to microcomponents
of effective teaching, including curriculum
and lesson planning, lesson sequencing
and delivery, and creating a classroom
environment conducive to English language
learning. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 563 Teaching from a Comparative
and International Perspective
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the social context of schooling from a
comparative and international perspective,
connections between cultural beliefs and
societal values; issues of social stratification
and marginalization. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 564 Teacher Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Strategies
of leadership that lead from influencing
learning in the classroom to influencing
learning across an entire school. Becoming
an instructional leader. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 567 English and Language Arts in
Elementary Social Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Integrating
English and language arts development
with learning in elementary social studies
classrooms. Factors affecting the teaching
and learning of social studies and language
arts. Open only to MAT students. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 569a Capstone Portfolio in
Learning and Instruction
Units: 2 The culminating experience in the
Master of Arts in Teaching Program for
students in the non-credential track. Open
only to MAT students. Duplicates Credit in
former EDUC 569. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 569b Capstone Portfolio in
Learning and Instruction
Units: 2 The culminating experience in the
Master of Arts in Teaching Program for
students in the non-credential track. Open
only to MAT students. Duplicates Credit in
former EDUC 569. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 570 Research Methods and Data
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Various
research designs and their appropriateness
for addressing different research questions.
Threats to validity and other challenges
in research. Basic statistical methods and
their use. Recommended Preparation:
beginning statistics course. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 572a Teaching in an International
and Intercultural Context
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examines social
context of education from an international
and intercultural perspective, linkages
between societal values, culture, and
schooling, and implications for the role of
teachers. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 572b Teaching in an International
and Intercultural Context
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examines social
context of education from an international
and intercultural perspective, linkages
between societal values, culture, and
schooling, and implications for the role of
teachers. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 573 Introduction to Special
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Effective
and appropriate educational settings
for students with disabilities. Legal and
professional responsibilities. Components
for an inclusive classroom. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 574 Collaboration, Families and
Case Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Planning
and implementing effective educational
services for students receiving special
education services. Potential interventions
for family support. Coordination of services.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 575 Assessment and Curriculum
for Students with Disabilities
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Developing effective educational
interventions for students with disabilities.
Formal and informal assessment.
Curriculum strategies. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 576 Establishing and Maintaining
an Effective Classroom Ecology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Environmental and personal factors
affecting student achievement. Intervention
methodologies. Creating an effective
learning environment. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 577 Guided Practice: Mild/
Moderate Disabilities
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised practicum in observation and
teaching. Focus on planning, implementing,
and assessing instruction for whole classes
and individual students with mild/moderate
disabilities. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 578 Integrating the Arts into the
Secondary Curriculum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Methods
for integrating the arts into secondary
classroom instruction. Critical and creative
thinking, aesthetic education. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 579 Media Selection and
Evaluation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selection
and evaluation of media and technologies
in support of instructional design based
on a survey of current research and
recommendations. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 580 Transforming STEM
Education into Teaching Science
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
convergence of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as
a foundation for teaching science. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 581 STEM Education from a
Project-Based Learning Approach
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Model-
based reasoning and inquiry as a means
of integrating STEM disciplines. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 582 Assessment and Evaluation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of the concepts and procedures for
assessment and evaluation of individual
and overall performance in various learning
environments. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 583 Counseling through the
Lifespan
Units: 3 Developmental issues and life
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events from infancy to old age and their
effect upon individuals, couples, and family
relationships. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 584 Facilitating Creativity and
Innovation in STEM Classrooms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The role
of creativity in STEM education. Theories
and approaches to facilitating creative and
innovative thinking. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 585 Action Research Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
and implementation of a STEM-based
project. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 586 Design of Learning
Environments
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design of
learning environments through application
of design principles; project-based practice
in aligning instructional design, media
selection, and the features of learning
spaces. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 587 Master's Studio A
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
propose and design a capstone project
that applies knowledge and skills learned
throughout the program and prepare a
coursework portfolio. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 588 Master's Studio B
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
implement the capstone project and
submit a portfolio that integrates program
coursework. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 589 Human Lifespan Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of human physical, motor,
mental, social, and emotional development,
spanning the prenatal period through late
adulthood. Duplicates Credit in the former
EDPT 520. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 591 Diversity: Power, Equity and
Inclusion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Appraises
practices that maintain power; creates
strategies to empower individuals and
marginalized groups by intervening to
achieve equitable outcomes in education,
professions and communities. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 592a Applied Linguistics for
TESOL
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of English language systems including
words, sounds, sentence structure, and
discourse and application of this knowledge
to teaching English as second or foreign
language. Duplicates Credit in the former
EDUC 571. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 592b Applied Linguistics for
TESOL
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of English language systems including
words, sounds, sentence structure, and
discourse and application of this knowledge
to teaching English as second or foreign
language. Duplicates Credit in the former
EDUC 571. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 593a Master's Seminar
Units: 2 An examination and analysis of
research and literature in the student's area
of focus. Duplicates Credit in former EDCO
593ab. Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 593b Master's Seminar
Units: 2 An examination and analysis of
research and literature in the student's area
of focus. Duplicates Credit in former EDCO
593ab. Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
EDUC 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
EDUC 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
EDUC 595 Instructional Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Formulation and design of effective
instruction; emphasis on analysis of
media characteristics and instrumentation
requirements. Duplicates Credit in the
former EDPT 520. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 596 English Language Learning
Design, Teaching and Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
collaboratively design and deliver
synchronous and asynchronous online
language learning opportunities. Students
become versatile with adapting content,
technical aspects of video-conferencing and
interactional dynamics Duplicates Credit
in the former EDUC 540a and EDUC 540b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics in various
areas of education. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 601 Seminar in Social Psychology
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 Terms Offered:
Fa (Enroll in PSYC 512)
EDUC 602 Self-concept and Motivation
Units: 4 (Enroll in PSYC 602)
EDUC 603 Framing Organizational
Change and Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Students
identify and research problems of practice
particularly pertinent in urban learning.
The presentation of problems of practice
requires the use of sound evidence-based
research. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 604 National Perspective on
School Leadership
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Students
will examine the cultural, political, and
economic issues pertinent to urban
education within the national context to
prepare them to be effective school leaders.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 605 Framing Educational
Leadership
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSm Critical
analysis and creative expression applied
to problems of practice. Supported and
unsupported assertions. Evidence-based
decision-making. The quality of evidence
used to support arguments. Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
EDUC 607 Role of School Counselors in
Student Learning and Motivation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
process of identifying and assessing
learning and motivational issues in
schools, the application of research-
based interventions, and the evaluation
of effectiveness of these interventions.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 608 School Connectedness,
Climate, and Classroom Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Prevention,
education, and training for achievement.
Data collection for assessment and
evaluation of school climate, crisis and
classroom management conducive to
learning and success. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 609 Academic Advising in
Postsecondary Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Contemporary
issues in academic advising in
postsecondary education. Examines and
analyzes relevant theories, policies, and
practices related to academic advising.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 610 Higher Education
Administration in China
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of student affairs and higher education
administration practices in the People's
Republic of China. Course concludes with a
trip to China. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 611 Athletic Administration
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis and
discussion of critical issues in intercollegiate
athletics. Student-athlete academic and
social accountability; challenges of NCAA
policies; commercialization, marketing, and
fundraising in college athletics. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 612 Application of Human
Development Theory in School
Counseling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
A theoretical perspective of human
development across the lifespan. Issues
and challenges faced by school counselors.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 613 Title IX and Gender Issues in
Athletic and Academic Administration
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of Title IX and gender issues in institutions
of higher education and implications for
all postsecondary institutions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 614 Research and Assessment in
Higher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Theory
and practice of outcomes assessment,
program evaluation, and research design in
postsecondary educational administration.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 615 Ethics in Athletic
Administration
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Ethical concerns
in intercollegiate athletics. Review, analysis,
and discussion of ethical and moral conduct
in sports. Relevance of social justice to
ethical behaviors. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 616 Higher Education Capstone
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Capstone
seminar course focused on the future
1022 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
of student affairs and higher education.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Postsecondary
Administration and Student Affairs Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 617 The Student Athlete in Higher
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of student athletes in higher education.
Effective strategies for counseling and
advising college student athletes; issues
and challenges of athletic amateurism.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 618 School Counseling
Professional Portfolio
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Preparation
of an electronic resource portfolio that
addresses a field based practice. The
culminating experience for the M.Ed.,
School Counseling program. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 619 Framing Educational
Leadership in a Global Context
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Globalization
as a distinct phenomenon. Assessment
of impact of globalization on educational
systems and institutions. Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 620 Fundamentals of Creativity,
Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm The genesis
and facilitation of creative ideas in
educational practice. The transformation
of creativity into innovation and
entrepreneurship. Open only to doctoral
students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 622 Educational Theory and
Instructional Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Theories
and elements of learning. Application in
educational settings. Methodology for
course development and evaluation.
Emphasis on strategies, tools, and use
of technology. Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as DHYG-513
EDUC 623 Understanding Research That
Informs Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Understanding,
interpreting, and applying education
research. Open only to doctoral students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 624 Educational Organizations:
Governance and Finance I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
economic concepts of education. Linkages
between economic growth, development,
and education. Impact of globalization.
Open only to doctoral students. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 625a Induction Plan and
Assessment of Candidate Competence
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
development of an individualized induction
plan and assessment of competence
for meeting requirements for the Clear
Administrative Services Credential.
Duplicates Credit in former EDUC 595
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 625b Induction Plan and
Assessment of Candidate Competence
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
development of an individualized induction
plan and assessment of competence
for meeting requirements for the Clear
Administrative Services Credential.
Duplicates Credit in former EDUC 596.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 626 Fostering Entrepreneurship in
Educational Systems
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The role
of entrepreneurship in education and
conditions that support entrepreneurism
within an educational organization. How
social entrepreneurship partnerships
improve educational outcomes. Open only
to doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 627 Education Performance
Problems: Role of Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Contemporary
perspectives on learning and motivation.
Strategies and tools for identifying,
diagnosing, and solving learning and
motivational challenges and opportunities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 628 Educational Organizations:
Governance and Finance II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Diversification
and differentiation of educational institutions
globally. The finances of higher education.
Open only to doctoral students. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 629 Consulting Practicum Context
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Preparation,
design, and analysis of an education-
related problem. Prerequisite: EDUC 723
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 630 Organizations and Policy:
Current Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
of contemporary issues in educational
organizations, policy and change in K–12
and higher education with an explicit focus
on the improvement of urban education.
Open to students admitted to the PhD only.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 631 Locating Educational
Performance Problems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Development
and implementation of strategies for
locating, solving and evaluating solutions
to performance problems in educational
organizations. Open only to doctoral
students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 632 Technology in Higher
Education
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm The integration
of technology in higher education and the
relationship to quality of teaching, access
to learners, and cost-effectiveness for
universities and colleges. Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as DHYG-514
EDUC 633 Child and Elder Abuse and
Domestic Violence
Units: 2 A review of laws governing
mandated reporting of child and elder
abuse, the procedures involved, as
well as etiology, effects, and treatment
interventions. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 634 Couples Counseling
Units: 3 Examines relational development
and change, strategies for intervention with
couples, and selected issues in couples
relationship functioning. Prerequisite:
EDUC 500, EDUC 507, EDCO 541.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 635 Psychotherapy with Children
and Adolescents
Units: 3 Training in unique diagnostic
considerations in working with children
and adolescents. Exposure to empirically
supported treatment modalities for children
and adolescents. Prerequisite: EDUC 500,
EDUC 507, EDCO 541. Duplicates Credit in
former EDCO 554. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 636 Perspectives on Human
Sexuality
Units: 3 The physiological-psychological
and socio-cultural variables associated with
sexual identity and sexual behavior with
an emphasis upon sexual dysfunctions.
Prerequisite: EDUC 507. Duplicates Credit
in former EDCO 516. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 637 Group Counseling: Theory
and Process
Units: 3 Theory, research, and practice
of group counseling. Includes laboratory
experience. Prerequisite: EDUC 500,
EDUC 507, EDCO 541. Duplicates Credit in
former EDCO 542. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 638 Multicultural Counseling:
Research and Practice
Units: 3 An examination of the cultural,
socioeconomic, and language factors that
impact historically marginalized populations;
alternative multicultural counseling
approaches. Duplicates Credit in former
EDCO 551 Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 639 Approaches and Strategies
for Language Teaching
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of approaches, models and strategies in
language teaching, topics include lesson
planning, and implementation of the lesson
for language and content area instruction.
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 561 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 641 Human Capital and School
Organization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa School
leadership, organization, management
and development of school personnel.
Capitalizing on school resources to meet
school goals. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 642 Controversies in Learning
and Instruction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to learning research and
theory, issues in learning and educational
psychology situated in the context of
diverse, urban settings. Open to students
admitted to the PhD only. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 643 Advancing Community
Support through Social Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Use of social
media to communicate school vision.
Incorporating objectives, strategies,
assessment, and accountability measures
in communication plans. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 644 Practicum in Counseling
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Supervised clinical
work with clients, including adults, couples,
children, and families. Prerequisite: EDUC
500, EDUC 507, EDUC 546, EDCO 541.
Duplicates Credit in former EDCO 560.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 645a Fieldwork in Counseling
Units: 3 Supervised field experience in a
clinical setting. Prerequisite: EDUC 644.
Duplicates Credit in former EDCO 561.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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EDUC 645b Fieldwork in Counseling
Units: 3 Supervised field experience in a
clinical setting. Prerequisite: EDUC 644.
Duplicates Credit in former EDCO 561.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 646 Marriage and Family Therapy
Capstone: Leadership Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Culminating
academic, professional and reflective
experience for MFT candidates in their final
year. Students will identify and address
issues of professional and clinical practice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Rossier School of Education students in
the Marriage and Family Therapy program
Duplicates Credit in former EDUC 646a
and former EDUC 646b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 647 School Leadership Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Planning,
design, and development of an action
research plan for school improvement using
multiple measures of project assessment.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 648a Apprenticeship in School
Administration and Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
field experience in administrative areas
of K–12 schools. Development of
Administrative Services Portfolio. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 648b Apprenticeship in School
Administration and Leadership
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
field experience in administrative areas
of K–12 schools. Development of
Administrative Services Portfolio. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 649 Teaching Practice to Support
Language Learners
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
components of effective teaching, including
lesson and unit planning, creating a
classroom environment conducive to
learning, and classroom management
strategies. Duplicates Credit in EDUC 562
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 651 Qualitative Methods 1
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Introduces
qualitative methodologies, qualitative
data collection and analysis techniques,
support in drafting research proposals, and
paradigms on how to critically think about
inquiry. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students in Rossier School
of Education Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 652 Inquiry Methods III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Logic
and methods of qualitative data analysis
in the examination of educational issues
and the framing of solutions for them.
Prerequisite: EDUC 532 and EDUC 536
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Organizational Change and Leadership
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 653 Qualitative Methods 2
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Interactive
seminar that explores the theoretical
underpinnings and practicalities of
interviews, portraiture, focus groups,
life histories, and cultural biographies.
Recommended Preparation: introductory
statistics. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 654 Qualitative Methods 3
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Designed
to follow Advanced Qualitative Research,
focuses on data analysis in the qualitative
research tradition, writing and publishing
from qualitative data. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 655 Social Foundations of
Language Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Candidates
engage in systematic study of the social
aspects of language learning and their
significance for structuring learning
opportunities for diverse students in
language classrooms. Duplicates Credit in
former EDUC 565a and former EDUC 565b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 656 Applied Linguistics for
English Language Educators
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to systems of English language and
language in use. Contrasts systems of
English to other languages to identify
issues of interest for language teachers.
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 592a, EDUC
592b, the former EDUC 571 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 657 Social Foundations of
Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Foundations in
social science research with exposure to
broad cross-section of research methods,
design, and analytical techniques. Open
only to doctoral students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 658 Hierarchical Linear Models
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Application of
two- and three-level multilevel models in
educational settings, fixed and random
effects, growth models. Recommended
Preparation: a working understanding and
knowledge of regression analysis and
related Stata software. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 660a Clinical Practice Seminar in
Language Teaching
Units: 2 First of two-course series focused
on helping students translate theory to
practice. Designed for students completing
fieldwork required for the teaching
credential. Recommended Preparation:
Completion of CTC basic skills and subject
matter competency test required to begin
student teaching Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 660b Clinical Practice Seminar in
Language Teaching
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Second
of two-course series focused on helping
students translate theory to practice.
Part B also facilitates preparation for and
submission of the EdTPA. Prerequisite:
EDUC 660a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 661 Equity in College and Career
Access
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Focus on
College and Career Readiness using an
equity lens with a foundation in the relevant
theories, conceptual frameworks and
issues. Recommended Preparation: EDUC
609 Registration Restriction: Open only
to EDCN and MFTH students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 663 Race and Racism in
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Race,
racism, racial equity, Critical Race Theory
(CRT) will be explored particularly within
educational institutions, with a heavy focus
placed on practice. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 665 Foundations and Design of
Educational Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Build
knowledge, skills and perspective to design
and carry out scholarship as an educational
researcher. Registration Restriction: Open
only to PhD students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 667 Racism and Anti-Blackness in
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa A holistic
understanding of the historical
underpinnings, persistent pathways and
contemporary pillars of racism and white
supremacy in education. Registration
Restriction: Only open to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 670 Introduction to Curriculum
and Pedagogy in Urban Schools
Units: 4 General introduction to curriculum
and instruction (pedagogy) affecting
teaching and learning across disciplines,
grade levels, and different social contexts
of schooling. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MAT students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 671 Contexts for Educational
Equity, Access, and Agency
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
how environmental, pedagogical, and
curricular choices can be cultivated with
greater knowledge of culture, gender,
orientation, race, learning differences and
language. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MAT students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 672 Integrated Language
Development Across the Curriculum
Units: 3 Understanding of language
development and the connection between
language and learning in school, across all
curricular areas. Registration Restriction:
Open only to MAT students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 673 Applications of Curriculum
and Pedagogy, Part A
Units: 4 Candidates apply content-
area knowledge utilizing a repertoire of
pedagogical practices responsive to the
needs and interests of diverse learners.
Prerequisite: EDUC 670 and EDUC 671
and EDUC 672 Corequisite: EDUC 674
and (EDUC 675 or EDUC 676) Registration
Restriction: Open only to MAT students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EDUC 674 Identifying and Teaching to
Student Differences
Units: 3 Building on EDUC 671, course
proceeds with greater focus on learner
behavior, ability, and language to access
strategies to differentiate, scaffold, and
assess learning. Prerequisite: EDUC 670
and EDUC 671 and EDUC 672 Corequisite:
1024 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
EDUC 673 and (EDUC 675 or EDUC 676)
Registration Restriction: Open only to MAT
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 675 Literacy Development and
Instruction in Elementary Education
Units: 3 Literacy development and
instruction, with a focus on the importance
of literacy for academic success and civic
participation. Prerequisite: EDUC 670 and
EDUC 671 and EDUC 672 Corequisite:
EDUC 673 and EDUC 674 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MAT students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 676 Literacy Development and
Instruction in Secondary Education
Units: 3 Prepares prospective secondary
teachers to integrate literacy instruction
within their content area by creating
authentic opportunities for learners to
develop literacy skills. Prerequisite: EDUC
670 and EDUC 671 and EDUC 672
Corequisite: EDUC 673 and EDUC 674
Registration Restriction: Open only to MAT
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 677 Applications of Curriculum
and Pedagogy, Part B
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Building on EDUC 673, prepares
candidates to apply curricular principles to
lesson development and determine how
content should be delivered to maximize
learning. Prerequisite: EDUC 673 and
EDUC 674 and (EDUC 675 or EDUC 676)
Corequisite: EDUC 678 and EDUC 679
Registration Restriction: Open only to MAT
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 678 Applying Knowledge and
Strategies for Teaching All Students
Units: 2 Building on EDUC 673, prepares
candidates to apply curricular principals to
lesson development and determine how
content should be delivered to maximize
learning. Prerequisite: EDUC 673 and
EDUC 674 and (EDUC 675 or EDUC 676)
Corequisite: EDUC 677 and EDUC 679
Registration Restriction: MAT Students Only
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 679 Blended Learning
Experiences for Students in Urban
Schools
Units: 2 Design, implement and evaluate
technology-rich learning environments
to customize and individualize learning
opportunities and assessments for K-12
students. Prerequisite: EDUC 673 and
EDUC 674 and (EDUC 675 or EDUC 676)
Corequisite: EDUC 677 and EDUC 678
Registration Restriction: Open only to MAT
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 680 Critical Research and
Reflection in Urban Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Using the
inquiry as stance research process and
critical self-reflection, conduct research to
understand the factors for effective teaching
and learning in urban education contexts.
Prerequisite: EDUC 670 and EDUC 671
and EDUC 672 and EDUC 674 and (EDUC
675 or EDUC 676) Registration Restriction:
Open only to students in the MAT Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 681 Research, Policy and Practice
in Urban Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of urban education through
the social, historical and political lens as it
shapes and influences education research
and policy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 682 Introduction to Quantitative
Research Methods in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
concepts of quantitative/statistical
methods common in education research,
emphasizing applications with data.
Introduces sampling, types of validity,
statistical inference, bivariate analysis,
internal/external validity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 683 Proseminar in Urban
Education Policy
Units: 1 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introduction to faculty and
their research; provides professional
development on a variety of topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EDUC 684 Research Synthesis
Units: 3 Max Units: FaSpSm Skill
development in rigorous literature reviewing
practices, systematic research synthesis
methods and meta-analytic techniques in
social science. Recommended Preparation:
Social Foundations and Quantitative
methods Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 685 School-to-Prison Nexus
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Understanding the multifaceted and
complex relationship between education
and criminology through research from
sociological, psychological, educational and
criminal justice perspectives. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 686 Responding to Gifted
Students
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Addresses
the political, social, economic and
educational factors that deter or enhance
the identification and education of diverse
PreK-12 gifted students. Duplicates Credit
in EDUC 529 and EDUC 530 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 687 Capstone Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Synthesize
institutional, public and non-public sources
of data to write and orally present an
enrollment management plan for both
campus and external stakeholders.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Enrollment Management and Policy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 688 Institutions, Organizations,
and Equity in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examine how
sociologists and organizational theorists
conceptualize institutions, stasis, and
change. Learn to apply these perspectives
to pressing issues of educational equity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 689 Fiscal Support and
Expenditure in Higher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analyses of
private and public financial support and
expenditure patterns; includes recent trends
in state and federal legislation related to
higher education. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 690 Framing and Enrollment
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Identify and
research enrollment management practices
while developing academic literacy
skills. Students will understand roles and
responsibilities in Enrollment Management
offices. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Enrollment Management and Policy
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 691 Admission Policy and
Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examines
admission policy within the contexts of
history, social class, professional practice,
and the interplay of institutions and society.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Enrollment Management and Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 692 Role of Diversity in
Admissions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Addresses
college access, the manifestations of
diversity through the admission process,
and a primer on the role of identities,
demographics, and intersectionality within
them. Registration Restriction: Open only to
Enrollment Management and Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 693 Institutional Positioning in
Student Recruitment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Explores
market research, demand, pricing,
value, segmentation, positioning,
consumer-centric communication, and
the characteristics of a market-oriented
enrollment management unit. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Enrollment
Management and Policy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 694 Legal Issues in Enrollment
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
legal issues in enrollment management
and addresses the intersection of law
and policy, including implications for
decision-making by higher education
officials. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Enrollment Management and Policy
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 695 Organizations and Leadership
in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Emphasizes
models of educational organizations and
how they are influenced by the contexts and
problems they experience, with emphasis
on leadership, change management, and
governance. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Enrollment Management and Policy
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 696 Financial Aid in Enrollment
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
institutional budgets, the role of tuition,
influences on the price of higher education,
and the purpose and processes of applying
for and packaging financial aid. Registration
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1025
Restriction: Open only to Enrollment
Management and Policy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 697 Research, Planning, and
Accountability
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Develop
a research perspective related to
understanding and solving complex
problems and strategic planning in
enrollment management. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Enrollment
Management and Policy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 698 Enhancing Student Retention
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examines how
student characteristics are associated with
persistence and graduation, how rates vary
with institutional type, and the institutional
role in student success. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Enrollment
Management and Policy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 700 Research and Practice in the
Preparation of Teachers
Units: 3 Research on the preparation of
teachers for diverse populations. Measures
of teacher quality and student achievement.
Existing practices in teacher education
from multiple perspectives. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 701 Pedagogy in Teacher
Education
Units: 3 A critical examination of
pedagogical practices in teacher education.
The design of pedagogical approaches
and programs for diverse and underserved
students in urban schools. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 702 Curriculum, Teacher
Preparation, and Student Learning
Units: 3 The process and role of curriculum
in a variety of urban settings, teacher
preparation, and professional growth. The
philosophical and psychological foundations
of curriculum development. Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 703 Examining Literacy Theories
and Practice
Units: 3 Literacy theories as practiced in
urban, teacher education and professional
development settings using an inquiry
approach to examine best practice. Open
only to doctoral students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 704 Evaluation and Assessment in
Teacher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Evaluation and
assessment in the context of public schools,
teacher preparation and professional
growth in urban settings. Policy implications
of data-based decision making and program
implementation. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 705 Survey Design and Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design,
collection, and analysis of survey data;
survey analysis techniques including
classical test theory, item response theory,
differential item functioning, scaling, linking.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 706 Proseminar in Higher
Education
Units: 3 Critical issues in urban higher
education from historical and philosophical
perspectives. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 707 Administration in Higher
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Administrative
issues in higher education. Academic
leadership related to undergraduate and
graduate education. Quality standards and
assessment. How administrators create
efficiency, effectiveness, performance, and
change. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 708 Student Development Theory
and Today's Critical Issues
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of traditional and emergent student
development theories. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 709 Financing and Assessing
Colleges for Equity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of federal, state, local and individual roles
in financing of higher education towards
enhancing equity and reducing opportunity
gaps. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 710 Assessment, Organizational
Learning and Performance
Units: 3 The role of assessment in higher
education. An analysis of the purpose
and value of particular assessment
approaches and instruments, in particular
those addressing classroom learning and
institutional effectiveness. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 711 Social Factors Influencing
Learning and Motivation
Units: 3 Social psychological principles and
research techniques applied to educational
problems; school environment, group
behavior, teacher effectiveness, teacher-
student interaction, behavioral change.
Open only to doctoral students. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 712 Advanced Study of
Motivation: Theory, Research and
Application
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
motivational principles; diagnosis and
solutions to motivation gaps in learning
environments; and motivation and efficacy
theories and principles. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 713 Human Lifespan Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination of issues related to the
development of diverse students and
the development of environments that
promote motivated behavior. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 714 Measurement and Evaluation
for Decision-Making
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Collecting,
analyzing, and using quantitative data to
solve problems of practice and in evaluating
educational institutions, programs, and
policies. Open only to doctoral students.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 715 Advanced Study of Learning
and Instruction: Theory, Research and
Application
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Current
research in the application of learning
theories and the applicability of this
research across a variety of contexts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 716 Instructional Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Examines the
role of instructional leaders in improving
student performance; current issues in
curriculum design and implementation;
and effective instructional leadership
approaches for school improvement. Open
only to doctoral students. Duplicates Credit
in former CTSE 688. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 717 Resourcing Schools for
Equity and Excellence
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Applying
economic theory to the study of education.
Application of market theory to education,
partnerships, allocation of resources and
the examination of educational enterprises.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former EDPA 615 Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 718 Maximizing Human Resources
in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Strategically
understanding the management of human
capital to ensure high student performance.
How to attract and retain top quality
teachers. Open only to doctoral students.
Duplicates Credit in former EDPA 610.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 719 Education Policy and Politics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Major issues
facing educators in the 21st century.
Emphasis on how educational policy can
focus on incentives for schools to improve
student learning. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former EDPA 613 Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 720 Leadership for Principals
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm The role of the
principal as an instructional leader with a
focus on improving student achievement.
Open only to doctoral students. Duplicates
Credit in former EDPA 600. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 721 Seminar in the
Superintendency
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm The role of the
superintendent in establishing a focus on
student achievement and holding school
sites accountable. How superintendents
support student learning through
leadership. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former EDPA 618 Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 723 Evaluating and Assessing
Educational System Outcomes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Evaluating
impact. Examination of key assessment
theories; planning and implementation
of learning and program effectiveness.
Prerequisite: EDUC 631 Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 724 Creating Policy Alternatives
for Educational Settings
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Effective policy-
making and constructing alternatives. Open
only to doctoral students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 725 Analyzing Organizational
Change and Its Effectiveness
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Designed to
help leaders apply research about learning
and motivation to the strengthening of
organizational performance in organizations
around the world. Grading Option: Letter
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EDUC 726 Making Choices: Deciding
Among Policy Alternatives
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Models of
decision making including cost-benefit
analysis, risk-benefit analysis, and decision
analysis. Ethical considerations and the
political environment. Open only to doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 727 Implementing Policy in
Educational Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Effective policy-
making. Human and financial resources
to support implementation. Targeting
resources to support implementation to
attain policy goals. Prerequisite: EDUC
726 Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 728 Global Trends: Emerging
Ideas, Emerging Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
a range of emerging markets in education.
Global efforts of institutions of higher
education to access new markets through
collaborations and offshore endeavors.
Open only to doctoral students. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 729 Assessing Policy Impact in
Educational Settings
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of educational policy evaluation.
Limits of rationality and the political forces
that shape policy. Preparation of an
evaluation design. Prerequisite: EDUC
727 Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 730 Using Communication to
Facilitate Organizational Change
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Addresses communication strategies that
leaders use to facilitate positive change
in their organization. Reinforces written,
non-verbal, and verbal communication skills
through leadership situations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Organizational
Change and Leadership majors Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 731 Economics of Organizational
Change and Learning Environments
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Leadership, problem solving,
communication, research, reflection, and
professional dispositions will concurrently
expand. Candidates will acquire the
knowledge and skills to identify and
implement economic change. Grading
Option: Letter
EDUC 732 Building Capacity for
Organizational Change
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on learning issues related to building
organizational capacity for change through
leadership and development of personnel
within an organization. Grading Option:
Letter
EDUC 733 Analyzing Data and
Identifying Solutions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Designed to
help students interpret study data and
construct evidence-based solutions for real-
time organizational problems of practice.
Prerequisite: EDUC 629 Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Rossier
School of Education students Duplicates
Credit in EDUC 725 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUC 764a Dissertation in Practice
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Dissertation in Practice.
Prerequisite: EDUC 629 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Rossier School
of Education Global Executive and
Organizational Change and Leadership
doctoral students Grading Option: In
Progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 764b Dissertation in Practice
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Dissertation in Practice.
Prerequisite: EDUC 764a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Rossier School
of Education Global Executive and
Organizational Change and Leadership
doctoral students Grading Option: In
Progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 764c Dissertation in Practice
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Dissertation in Practice.
Prerequisite: EDUC 764b Registration
Restriction: Open only to Rossier School
of Education Global Executive and
Organizational Change and Leadership
doctoral students Grading Option: In
Progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 764d Dissertation in Practice
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Dissertation in Practice.
Prerequisite: EDUC 764c Registration
Restriction: Open only to Rossier School
of Education Global Executive and
Organizational Change and Leadership
doctoral students Grading Option: In
Progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 764z Dissertation in Practice
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Dissertation in Practice.
Prerequisite: EDUC 764d Registration
Restriction: Open only to Rossier School
of Education Global Executive and
Organizational Change and Leadership
doctoral students Grading Option: In
Progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
EDUC 791 Proposal for Doctoral
Dissertation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Preparation of initial dissertation proposal.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 792 Critique of Research in
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey and
critical analysis of selected research and
literature. Open to students admitted to the
EdD only. Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EDUC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
Education Expanded
EDUE 560 Identity and Diversity
Units: 3 Explore the historical and
contemporary foundations of hierarchies
and relationships of power, sociocultural
diversity of experiences and sociopolitical
resistance within higher education.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Postsecondary Administration and Student
Affairs majors Duplicates Credit in EDHP
552 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUE 563 History of Higher Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
roles and functions of higher education from
historical and contemporary perspectives,
with a focus on equity and urban education.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Rossier School of Education PASA students
Duplicates Credit in EDHP 500 and EDUC
508 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EDUE 571 Research Methods and
Applied Educational Ethnography
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explore the
use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed
methods research to explore problems/
opportunities of practice in higher
education. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Postsecondary Administration and
Student Affairs majors Duplicates Credit in
EDHP 551and EDUC 570 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUE 700 Foundations in Urban
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Explores urban
P-20 education through social, historical,
and political lenses and how research and
policy shape professional practice in Los
Angeles and the United States. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 701 Foundations in Leadership in
Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Provides
foundational knowledge about leadership
theory and practice to support students'
development as critically conscious leaders
who take action to address inequities in
urban contexts. Concurrent Enrollment:
EDUE 700 Duplicates Credit in EDUC 524
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1027
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 702 Foundations in Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Supports the
development of critically conscious leaders
who facilitate learning in urban contexts
by understanding how culture, identity and
power influence learners' opportunities
to learn. Prerequisite: EDUE 700 and
EDUE 701 Duplicates Credit in EDUC 525
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 703 Power, Diversity and Equity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores power,
diversity and equity through the social,
historical, and political lenses as these
constructs shape and impact education
(P-20) research, policy and professional
practice. Prerequisite: EDUE 700
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 523 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 704 Leadership Enactment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Provides
students with the opportunity to acquire
or deepen knowledge and skills related to
acting as a critically conscious leaders who
address existing educational inequities.
Prerequisite: EDUE 700 and EDUE 701
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 705 Communicating as Leaders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Develops
critically conscious leaders' ability to
communicate effectively and in innovative
ways with multiple audiences in multiple
formats including scholarly, internal and
external communications. Prerequisite:
EDUE 700 and EDUE 701 and EDUE 702
and EDUE 703 and EDUE 704 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 710 Designing Educational
Organizations for Equity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm EDUE
704 Introduction to organizational theory
and design with emphasis on building
and leading organizations based on the
principles of equity and social justice.
Prerequisite: EDUE 700 and EDUE 701
and EDUE 702 and EDUE 703 and EDUE
704 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Rossier School of Education EDL
Educational Leadership students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 718 Leading for Instructional
Excellence and Equity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Improves
K-12 practitioners' instructional leadership
capacity, addressing power and its impact
on creating and perpetuating educational
inequities for historically marginalized and
minoritized children and adults. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 722 Leading Transformational
Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Explores the
macro context of policies, structures and
procedures that affect those who are
responsible for the education of teachers
in K-12 and higher education. Prerequisite:
EDUE 700 and EDUE 702 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Educational
Leadership Doctoral Students in Rossier
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 723 Curriculum and Instructional
Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Social, political,
economic and scholarly factors determining
curriculum and instructional design and
implementation and implications for formal
and informal leaders in P-20 contexts
are explored. Prerequisite: EDUE 722
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 724 Culturally Responsive
Educational Leadership
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Prepares
education leaders to enact culturally
responsive change in order to transform
teaching, learning, and educational
practices in their urban professional
context. Prerequisite: EDUE 723 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 725 Inter-Disciplinary Curriculum,
Instruction and Assessment P-20
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Educational leaders utilize spatial data
and technologies to study their leadership
trajectories across urban P-20 settings
and bring inter-disciplinary approaches to
curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Prerequisite: EDUE 724 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EDUE 726 Research Methods 1
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the
historically complex relationship between
education research, education (in)equity
and personal practice, and will highlight the
possibilities of research to foster justice in
education through the examination of the
utility of basic and applied quantitative,
qualitative and mixed methods research.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 727 Research Methods 2
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Building on
Research Methods 1, students learn to
implement a research design by conducting
pilot studies to answer quantitative and
qualitative research questions. Prerequisite:
EDUE 726 Corequisite: EDUE 780a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EDUE 780a Dissertation in Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Supports
students to prepare a literature review,
overview of methodology and other
contextual writing for their dissertations
in practice and prepare for the qualifying
exam. Prerequisite: EDUE 726 Corequisite:
EDUE 727 Duplicates Credit in EDUC 792
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
EDUE 780b Dissertation in Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Builds on EDUE
780a as students finalize their literature
reviews, overview of methodology and other
contextual writing for the dissertation in
practice and qualifying exam. Prerequisite:
EDUE 726 and EDUE 727 and EDUE 780a
Duplicates Credit in EDUC 794a and EDUC
794b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
EDUE 784a Dissertation in Practice, Data
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Builds
students' knowledge and skills for analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data and
reporting results and findings for their
Dissertations in Practice. Prerequisite:
EDUE 726 and EDUE 727 and EDUE 780a
and EDUE 780b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress and Credit/
No Credit
EDUE 784b Dissertation in Practice, Data
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Builds
students' knowledge and skills for analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data and
reporting results and findings for their
Dissertations in Practice. Prerequisite:
EDUE 780a and EDUE 780b and EDUE
784a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress and Credit/No Credit
EDUE 784c Dissertation in Practice, Data
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Builds
students' knowledge and skills for analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data and
reporting results and findings for their
Dissertations in Practice. Prerequisite:
EDUE 780a and EDUE 780b and EDUE
784b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress and Credit/No Credit
EDUE 784d Dissertation in Practice, Data
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Builds
students' knowledge and skills for analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data and
reporting results and findings for their
Dissertations in Practice. Prerequisite:
EDUE 780a and EDUE 780b and EDUE
784c Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress and Credit/No Credit
EDUE 784z Dissertation in Practice, Data
Analysis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Builds
students' knowledge and skills for analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data and
reporting results and findings for their
Dissertations in Practice. Prerequisite:
EDUE 780a and EDUE 780b and EDUE
784d Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress and Credit/No Credit
Electrical Engineering
EE 105 Introduction to Electrical
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Electrical
engineering overview: communications,
computers, circuits, components, signals,
electromagnetics, microelectronics; data
encoding and compression, USPS and
UPC product codes, DVDs, semiconductor
devices, and integrated circuits. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
EE 109L Introduction to Embedded
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Information
representations, embedded programming,
digital and serial I/O, analog-to-digital
conversion, and interrupt mechanisms.
Elementary analog, logic and state-machine
design. Prerequisite: EE 155 or CSCI 102
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
EE 141L Applied Linear Algebra for
Engineering
Units: 4 Introduction to linear algebra with
engineering applications. Weekly laboratory
exercises using MATLAB. Duplicates Credit
in former EE 241 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
EE 155L Introduction to Computer
Programming for Electrical Engineers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
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to solving engineering problems using
computational methods. Survey of various
programming languages and their strengths
and weaknesses. Program structure, input/
output, conditionals, loops, functions,
arrays. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
EE 202L Linear Circuits
Units: 4 Lumped circuit elements; network
equations; zero-input and zerostate
responses; sinusoidal steady-state
analysis; impedance; resonance; network
functions; power concepts; transformers;
Laplace transforms. Corequisite: MATH 245
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
EE 250L Distributed Systems for the
Internet of Things
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to hardware, operating systems, signal
processing and control, network protocols,
mobile applications, databases, cloud
computing, machine learning and security
for the Internet of Things. Prerequisite:
EE 109 Recommended Preparation:
Experience with DIY electronics, Linux and
programming in a distributed, networked
environment Registration Restriction: Open
only to students with at least a sophomore
standing Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
EE 301L Linear Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Representation and analysis of linear
time-invariant systems primarily for the
continuous time case. Convolution, Fourier
series and transform, Laplace transform,
controls and communications applications.
Prerequisite: EE 141L and EE 202L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
EE 322 Introduction to Digital Audio and
Acoustics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of digital audio along with an in-depth
examination of the key factors that
affect audio quality: room acoustics and
human perception (psychoacoustics).
Recommended Preparation: Matlab basic
proficiency Corequisite: EE 301L Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical
Engineering
Units: 4 Network analysis and theorems;
transient analysis; transformers;
semiconductor physics and circuits; power
amplifiers, modulation and demodulation,
and pulse, digital, and switching
circuits. Introduction to instrumentation.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152L, MATH 126.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit
to electrical engineering majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
EE 337L Engineering Nano-Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Methods to
control and exploit the phenomena of
nanoscience, and the integration of nano-
technology into systems. Development of
fundamental concepts through a series of
experimental modules. Prerequisite: PHYS
152. Duplicates Credit in former EE 238L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
EE 338 Physical Electronics
Units: 4 Semiconductor device
characteristics and applications. Physical
models of electronic conduction in solids,
p-n junctions, bipolar and field effect
transistors and other solid-state devices.
Prerequisite: EE 202L and PHYS 152L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 348L Electronic Circuits
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
analog and digital circuit design using
Bipolar Junction Transistors, Field Effect
Transistors and integrated circuits.
Corequisite: EE 338. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
EE 352L Computer Organization and
Architecture
Units: 3 Computer organization and
architecture. Concepts include: computer
evolution and performance, system busses,
cache memory, internal and external
memory, input/output, operating system
support, computer arithmetic. Prerequisite:
CSCI 104. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CSCI-352
EE 354L Introduction to Digital Circuits
Units: 4 Digital system design and
implementation; synchronous design
of datapath and control; schematic/
Verilog-based design, simulation, and
implementation in Field Programmable
Gate Arrays; timing analysis; semester-end
project. Prerequisite: EE 109L Duplicates
Credit in former EE 254 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
EE 355x Software Design for Electrical
Engineers
Units: 4 Object-oriented programming
techniques, basic data structures, and
elementary complexity analysis for the
modeling, simulation, and solution of
engineering problems. Prerequisite: EE
155L Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Duplicates Credit in former CSCI 355x
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
EE 364 Introduction to Probability and
Statistics for Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to concepts of randomness and uncertainty:
probability, random variables, statistics.
Applications to digital communications,
signal processing, automatic control,
computer engineering and computer
science. Prerequisite: MATH 225 or MATH
245 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 370L Electromagnetics for
Engineering Systems
Units: 4 Electromagnetic plane-wave
propagation and interactions with simple
media, transmission/reception of wireless
signals in complex environments.
Optimization design methods for system
applications. Prerequisite: PHYS 172L or
PHYS 162L Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
EE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 415 Introduction to MEMS
Units: 3 (Enroll in AME 455)
EE 434Lx Digital Signal Processing
Design Laboratory
Units: 4 Experiments and design project
in digital signal processing (e.g., real-time
DSP, acoustics, video) including: systems
specification, preliminary analysis, trade-off
studies, implementation, presentation.
Capstone design experience. Prerequisite:
EE 483. Registration Restriction: Open only
to seniors. Credit Restriction: Not available
for graduate credit. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
EE 436 Introduction to Condensed
Matter Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular, Sp (Enroll
in PHYS 440)
EE 439 Principles of Semiconductor
Processing
Units: 3 (Enroll in MASC 439)
EE 443 Introduction to Power Systems
Units: 4 Components of power systems;
analysis techniques in electrical power
generation transmission and utilization;
and environmental and economic
considerations in system operations and
planning. Prerequisite: EE 370 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 444 Power Systems Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Comprehensive
assessment of the technical, environmental,
and regulatory challenges that affect the
future delivery and utilization of electric
power. Case-study analysis. Prerequisite:
EE 202L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 445 Introduction to Robotics
Units: 4 (Enroll in CSCI 445)
EE 447Lx Mixed Signal Electronic
Circuits
Units: 4 Application of solid-state
electronic devices to the design of linear
and mixed-signal systems. Laboratory
experiments and projects involving the
design of electronic hardware. Capstone
design experience. Prerequisite: EE 348.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors. Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
EE 448L Communication Electronics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis,
design, and experimental evaluation of
transistor-level communication circuits
and micro-systems. Transmission lines,
impedance matching, noise, distortion,
tuned amplifiers, mixers, oscillators,
phase-locked loops. Prerequisite: EE 348.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
EE 450 Introduction to Computer
Networks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Network
architectures; layered protocols, network
service interface; local, wide area, wireless
networks; Internet protocols; link protocols;
addressing; routing; flow control; software
defined network; multimedia networks.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
junior, senior and graduate students
Duplicates Credit in CSCI 353 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Quiz Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 450
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EE 451 Parallel and Distributed
Computation
Units: 4 Introduction to parallel
programming techniques, models and
optimization strategies; Application
mapping to multi-core, accelerator, GPU
and cloud platforms; High Performance
Computing and Data Science applications.
Prerequisite: EE 355x or CSCI 201L
Recommended Preparation: High-level
programming Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CSCI 452
EE 452L Game Hardware Architectures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Architectural
principles underlying modern game
console hardware design; introduction to
the programming techniques, optimization
strategies, and hardware insights to create
powerful games. Prerequisite: EE 352.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CSCI-452
EE 453 Computing Platforms and
Paradigms
Units: 4 Microarchitecture performance,
storage technologies, FPGA and GPU
architecture, and cloud-based architectures
combining heterogeneous processing
resources. Programming paradigms
including CUDA, MapReduce and OpenMP.
Prerequisite: EE 250L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 454L Introduction to System-on-Chip
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Design flow,
tools, and issues related to System/
Network-on-Chip (S/Noc) design for real-
time embedded systems with applications
in mobile, cloud, aerospace, and medical
electronics. Prerequisite: EE 354.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI
454
EE 455x Introduction to Programming
Systems Design
Units: 4 (Enroll in CSCI 455)
EE 457 Computer Systems Organization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Register
Transfer level machine organization;
performance; arithmetic; pipelined
processors; exceptions, out-of-order and
speculative execution, cache, virtual
memory, multi-core multi-threaded
processors, cache coherence. Prerequisite:
EE 354 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI 457
EE 459Lx Embedded Systems Design
Laboratory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Specification,
design, implementation, testing and
documentation of a digital system
project using embedded processors,
programmable logic, analog I/O interfaces
and application specific hardware.
Capstone design experience. Prerequisite:
EE 354L Recommended Preparation:
Proficient in programming in the "C"
language; knowledge of programming
on the level of EE 155L or CSCI 103L
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
EE 467 Introduction to Communication
Systems
Units: 3 Analog and digital communication
systems. (De)modulation and (de)
multiplexing of AM/FM/PM, noise, digital
data formats, error rates, and spectral
analysis. Review of wireless, networking,
and optical systems. Prerequisite: EE 301.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics for
Engineers
Units: 4 Introductory quantum mechanics
and applications. Schrodinger equation,
atomic and molecular processes, time-
dependent perturbation theory. Applications
to lasers, solid-state demos and gaseous
devices. Recommended Preparation:
EE 370 or equivalent Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MASC 471
EE 475 Wireless Communication
Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of wireless communication
from a device point of view. Lab
experiments and design project.
Recommended Preparation: EE 467
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 476 Chemical Engineering Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CHE
476)
EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Analysis and design of digital MOS VLSI
circuits including area, delay and power
minimization. Laboratory assignments
including design, layout, extraction,
simulation and automatic synthesis.
Prerequisite: EE 338 or EE 354L Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
EE 481 Control Systems Laboratory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AME
443)
EE 482 Linear Control Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of linear time-invariant (LTI) control
systems; stability of LTI systems; frequency
response, proportional-integral-differential
(PID) and root-locus compensation
techniques. Prerequisite: EE 301L
Duplicates Credit in AME 451 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
EE 483 Introduction to Digital Signal
Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of digital signal processing covering:
discrete time linear systems, quantization,
sampling, Z-transforms, Fourier transforms,
FFTs and filter design. Prerequisite:
EE 301L Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with MATLAB Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 484x Communication System Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Design
and analysis of analog and digital
communication systems. System
models, requirements, development,
performance analysis and component
selection techniques. Comprehensive
system design project. Capstone design
experience. Prerequisite: EE 364, EE
475; Recommended Preparation: EE 467.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors. Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 492a Undergraduate Project
Units: 2 For the undergraduate degree.
Credit on acceptance of project. In
Progress (IP) (EE 492a) or letter grade (EE
492b). Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Letter
EE 492b Undergraduate Project
Units: 2 For the undergraduate degree.
Credit on acceptance of project. In
Progress (IP) (EE 492a) or letter grade (EE
492b). Prerequisite: EE 492a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 494a Undergraduate Thesis
Units: 2 For the undergraduate degree.
Credit on acceptance of thesis. IP
(EE 494a) or letter grade (EE 494b).
Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress/Letter
EE 494b Undergraduate Thesis
Units: 2 For the undergraduate degree.
Credit on acceptance of thesis. IP
(EE 494a) or letter grade (EE 494b).
Prerequisite: EE 494a Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 496 Capstone Design
Units: 4 Capstone design project for the
undergraduate degree. Project topics vary
from semester to semester. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Course content
will be selected each semester from current
developments in the field of electrical
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 501 Solid State
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MASC
501)
EE 502 Advanced Solid State
Units: 3 (Enroll in MASC 502)
EE 503 Probability for Electrical and
Computer Engineers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Rigorous
coverage of probability, discrete and
continuous random variables, functions
of multiple random variables, covariance,
correlation, random sequences, Markov
chains, estimation, and introduction to
statistics. Duplicates Credit in EE 464
and EE 465. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 504L Solid-State Processing and
Integrated Circuits Laboratory
Units: 4 Laboratory oriented with lectures
keyed to practical procedures and
processes. Solid-state fabrication and
analysis fundamentals; basic device
construction techniques. Prerequisite: EE
507 or EE 508 Recommended Preparation:
Basic theory of semiconductor devices,
including pn junction diodes and MOSFETs
(EE 338 or equivalent). Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
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Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
EE 505 Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF
Integrated-Circuit Tape-Out
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Complete
systematic tape-out flow including
schematic design, simulation, layout and
post-layout verification of analog, mixed-
signal or radio-frequency integrated circuits.
Prerequisite: EE 536a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 506 Semiconductor Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Semiconductor bonds, crystallography,
band structure assumptions, group
theory, band structure results, k.p.
method, quantum wells, wires and
dots, superlattices, amorphous, organic
semiconductors, defects, statistics,
surfaces. Recommended Preparation:
Undergraduate differential calculus, linear
algebra, statistics, programming, Newtonian
mechanics, waves, Maxwell's equations
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as MASC 506
EE 507 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Physical basis
of technologies for the fabrication of
micro- and nano-scale devices. Thin-
film deposition, etching, and material
modification processes; pattern transfer
methods. Recommended Preparation:
graduate standing in engineering, physics,
or chemistry Duplicates Credit in former
EE 508 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as MASC 507
EE 509 Nanophotonics and
Metamaterials
Units: 4 Overview of electromagnetic
theory and numerical design needed to
understand and design photonic devices.
Includes discussion of integrated photonic
waveguides and resonant cavities,
photonic crystals, plasmonics, and
metamaterials. Prerequisite: EE 470 or
EE 572 Recommended Preparation: prior
coursework in solid-state physics, quantum
mechanics, and electromagnetics, prior
experience using MATLAB Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 510 Linear Algebra for Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to linear algebra and matrix theory and
their underlying concepts; applications
to engineering problems; mathematically
rigorous and foundational to other classes
in communication, control, and signal
processing. Recommended Preparation:
EE 141L and MATH 445 or equivalent
(calculus, undergraduate linear algebra,
matrix theory) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 511 Simulation Methods for
Stochastic Systems
Units: 1 Project-oriented investigation of
simulation methods used for the analysis
and design of complex stochastic systems
whose operation and performance are
affected by random events. Recommended
Preparation: MatLab programming
experience. Corequisite: EE 503; Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 512 Stochastic Processes for
Financial Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and applications of stochastic processes
relevant to financial engineering.
Stochastic processes, Brownian motion,
martingales, stochastic calculus, Monte
Carlo Simulations with financial application
examples. Prerequisite: EE 503 and (EE
441 or EE 510 or EE 518) Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 513 Solid State Energy Devices
Units: 4 Design and operation of
solar photovoltaic energy converters,
thermovoltoic energy converters,
thermoelectric energy converters, and solid
state light emitters; their roles in renewal
and conservation of energy. Recommended
Preparation: EE 338. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 514 Quantum Error Correction
Units: 4 A comprehensive introduction to
quantum error correction and decoherence
control, from the basics to the cutting
edge, enabling students to delve into
current research topics. Recommended
Preparation: EE 520 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 516 High-Voltage DC Transmission
Systems
Units: 4 AC/DC conversion processes,
converter technologies, and design;
harmonics, controls, and protection; AC/
DC interactions and system performance;
modeling, application, and installation;
current-source versus voltage-source
converters. Prerequisite: EE 443 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 517 Statistics and Data Analysis for
Engineers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Statistics
and data analysis emphasizing computation
and problem solving: confidence intervals,
hypothesis tests, bootstrap and Monte
Carlo estimation, regression, Bayesian and
statistical learning techniques. Prerequisite:
EE 503 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 518 Mathematics and Tools for
Financial Engineering
Units: 4 Students will build a mathematical
background for studying financial
engineering. Emphasis is on analysis,
proofs and examples. Mathwork's financial
toolbox will be introduced. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 519 Speech Recognition and
Processing for Multimedia
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Speech
production, acoustics, perception,
synthesis, compression, recognition,
transmission. Coding for speech, music,
and CD-quality. Feature extraction. Echo
cancellation. Audio, visual synchronization.
Multimedia, internet use. Prerequisite: EE
483. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 520 Introduction to Quantum
Information Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basics
of quantum computation and information:
quantum bits and registers, unitary
gates, algorithms, error correction and
cryptography. Experimental realizations
and near-term quantum technology.
Recommended Preparation: An advanced
course in complex linear algebra, such as
EE 510 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 521 Power Systems Analysis and
Design
Units: 4 Power system planning, studies,
and design; time-domain modeling and
analysis of power-system networks; power
flow, stability, fault, and economic dispatch
analysis; symmetrical components.
Prerequisite: EE 443 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 522 Immersive Audio Signal
Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamentals
of room acoustics, human perception
(psychoacoustics) and digital audio signal
processing algorithms to create immersive
audio environments. Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with the basics
of linear signals and systems, Fourier
Transforms, Filters, Matlab proficiency, all
at the level of EE 301L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 523 Advanced Biomedical Imaging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BME
525)
EE 525 Power System Protection
Units: 4 Theory of system and equipment
protection, characteristics of relays, relay
coordination, and system considerations.
Prerequisite: EE 443 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 526 Renewable Energy in Power
Systems
Units: 4 Renewable energy sources and
their integration in electrical networks.
Power-flow control from highly variable
resources. Cost analysis and planning.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 527 Net-Centric Power-System
Control
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Power grid
as a network: centrality, line overloading.
Frequency control and stability: swing
equation. PMU signal analysis: Cyber
security and early warning of voltage
collapse. Prerequisite: EE 482 and EE
510 Recommended Preparation: EE 585,
EE 593, EE 562 or EE 512. Note that the
"recommended preparations" are enhanced
versions of the prerequisites. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 528 Power Electronics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals of
switched-mode power converters operating
under steadystate and transient conditions.
Feedback control systems. Magnetic circuit
design. Prerequisite: EE 443 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 529 Optics
Units: 4 Geometrical optics,
electromagnetic wave propagation,
reflection and refraction at interfaces,
imaging with lenses and mirrors, optics of
the eye, optical instruments (microscopes/
telescopes/cameras), and polarization.
Recommended Preparation: EE 370
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 530 Optical Materials, Instruments
and Devices
Units: 4 Optical materials and devices;
design and theory of selected optical
instruments and components; properties of
modulators; optical sources and detectors;
emerging technologies relevant to system
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design. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 531 Nonlinear Optics
Units: 4 Theory of nonlinear optical
susceptibility and application to self-
focusing, harmonic generation, and
parametric interactions. Raman and
Brillouin scattering. Coherent spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: EE 572 Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with Maxwell's
equations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 532 Wireless Internet and Pervasive
Computing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Wireless
Internet access technologies, 3G cellular
systems, WAP and PKI protocols, mobile
computing devices, network security
for mobile E-commerce, software and
middleware for pervasive, cluster, grid,
and Internet computing. Prerequisite: EE
450; Recommended Preparation: EE 457.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 533 Network Processor Design and
Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design,
implementation, and programming of a
custom multi-core RISC-V-based network
processor and hardware accelerators using
reconfigurable hardware in a SmartNIC in a
realistic network testbed. Prerequisite: EE
457 Recommended Preparation: EE 450
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 534 Materials Characterization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in MASC
534)
EE 535 Wireless Communications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The
mobile communication channel;
techniques used to combat the channel;
cellular communications; multiple-
access techniques; example mobile
communication systems. Prerequisite:
EE 503 Recommended Preparation:
Basic electromagnetic theory, digital
communications systems; EE 510
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits
Units: 4 MOSFET operation and models;
elementary amplifier configurations; biasing
and references; frequency response; noise;
feedback; operational amplifiers; frequency
compensation; non-linearity and mismatch;
passive and active filters. Prerequisite: EE
348L Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 536b Analog Integrated Circuits
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced topics
in analog integrated circuits: Advanced
feedback concepts; active filters; ultra-low-
power and ultra-low-voltage subthreshold
design; analog signal processing for
machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Prerequisite: EE 536a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Integrated-
circuit technologies for mixed-signal
communication and data systems.
Constituent device models and their
limitations. Contemporary research topics.
Prerequisite: EE 338 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 538 Computing Principles for
Electrical Engineers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
computing principles and practice of
software design: object-oriented and non
object-oriented, testing, template libraries,
time-space complexity, data structures,
algorithms, and dynamic programming.
Recommended Preparation: Exposure to
computer programming Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 539 Engineering Quantum Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Quantum
mechanics for engineering majors who
work with solid-state devices, quantum
electronics, and photonics. Schroedinger
equation, perturbation theory, electronic
and optical processes. Recommended
Preparation: Experience with linear
algebra, Newtonian mechanics, Maxwell's
equations, and MATLAB Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MASC 539
EE 540 Introduction to Quantum
Electronics
Units: 4 Fundamentals of light amplification;
laser amplifiers and oscillators; atomic
pumping; maser and laser systems;
definitions of coherence; measurements
in quantum electronics. Prerequisite: EE
572 Recommended Preparation: Quantum
Mechanics at the level of EE 471 or (PHYS
438a and PHYS 438b) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 541 A Computational Introduction to
Deep Learning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Deep learning
frameworks for training multilayer
perceptrons, convolutional and recurrent
neural networks; Python, virtual
environments, linux and shell scripting,
cloud computing, including GPUs and
datasets. Recommended Preparation:
Graduate standing and a typical
undergraduate ECE background including
the equivalent of EE 105 and EE 155L and
some exposure to a high-level scripting
language such as Python or Matlab.
Corequisite: EE 503 and EE 510 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 542 Internet and Cloud Computing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The theory,
architecture, hardware/software, and
programming of the Internet and its
protocols, cloud computing, networks
for cloud computing, how they interact
with Internet of Things. Prerequisite: EE
450 Recommended Preparation: EE 457
and knowledge of C/C++ programming
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 543 Digital Control Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design,
analysis and implementation of digital
control systems using microcomputers;
Z-transform methods; frequency domain
and state space approach, system
identification; computational aspects;
sampling and quantization. Prerequisite: EE
482 Duplicates Credit in former EE 543a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME 553
EE 544 Radio Frequency Systems and
Hardware
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Elements of
radio frequency communication systems:
modulation/demodulation strategies,
transmission-channel impairments,
performance criteria, hardware (low-noise
amplifiers, mixers, oscillators), digital
back-end, contemporary case studies.
Prerequisite: EE 301, EE 348, EE 364.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 545 Robotics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CSCI 545)
EE 546 Mathematics of High-
Dimensional Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Modern
developments in data representation/
analysis, nonconvex optimization,
high-dimensional probability, sketching,
clustering, low-rank models, inverse
problems, applications in imaging,
machine learning, computer vision and
neuroscience. Prerequisite: EE 510 and
EE 503 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 611,
ISE 546
EE 547 Applied and Cloud Computing
for Electrical Engineers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
cloud applications; software development
and deployment within cloud platforms;
interactive user-facing interfaces; API
development; databases, virtualization,
asynchronous execution, testing and
scalability. Prerequisite: EE 538 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
EE 548 Analytical Methods in Robotics
Units: 3 (Enroll in AME 548)
EE 549 Nanotechnology for Materials,
Electronics, and Circuits
Units: 4 Nanotechnology for advanced
nanomaterials, nanoelectronics devices,
and circuits, including the rigorous
treatment of electronic band structures of
carbon nanotubes, graphene, and two-
dimensional materials. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 550 Data Networks: Design and
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Applications
of stochastic modeling and optimization
techniques to communication network
design and analysis. Data link control;
performance models; multi-access
channels; routing and flow control.
Prerequisite: EE 503 Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with the basics of
computer networks such as provided in EE
250 or EE 450 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 551 Principles of Radar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Signal
propagation, reflections from targets; radar
equation; detection of scintillating targets;
resolution; ambiguity functions; clutter
rejection; tracking radars. Prerequisite: EE
364 and (EE 470 or EE 572) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 552 Asynchronous VLSI Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Asynchronous
channels and architectures; implementation
design styles; controller synthesis; hazards,
and races; Petri-nets; performance
analysis, and optimization; globally
asynchronous, locally synchronous design.
Prerequisite: EE 477L Recommended
Preparation: EE 457 or other basic course
in computer architecture Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
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Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 553 Computational Solution of
Optimization Problems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Computer
algorithms for system optimization.
Search techniques, gradient methods,
parameter optimization in control systems.
Optimization with constraints; linear and
nonlinear programming. Random search
techniques. Prerequisite: EE 441 or EE 510
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 553
EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems:
A Computing Perspective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Cyber-
physical systems; models of computation;
programming models; compiler analysis;
automatic parallelization; heterogeneous
computing and memory systems;
multicores; interconnect; mapping;
scheduling; real-time operating systems;
reliability; fault-tolerance. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Lab Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 554
EE 555 Broadband Network
Architectures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Broadband network architectures and
services, technologies for high-speed
access and core networks, optical
infrastructure for layered network
architectures, high performance switch and
router architectures. Prerequisite: EE 450
and EE 503. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 556 Stochastic Systems and
Reinforcement Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Stochastic
system models, Dynamic programming,
Linear quadratic control, Kalman filtering
and estimation, System identification,
approximate dynamic programming
methods, adaptive control, reinforcement
and online learning. Prerequisite: EE
503 Recommended Preparation: EE 512
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ISE
556
EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Computer
architecture from a design perspective:
Pipelined processors, speculative
execution, VLIW, vector processors, GPU/
GPGPU, memory technology and systems,
interconnection networks, shared-memory
and message-passing multiprocessors,
chip multiprocessors. Prerequisite: EE
457 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI
557
EE 558 Optical Fiber Communication
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp State-of-the-
art optical fiber communication systems.
Emphasis on optoelectronic-device and
communication-systems issues necessary
to provide high-speed and/or networked
optical communications. Recommended
Preparation: EE 338; basic knowledge of
optics, semiconductor, and communications
concepts. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 559 Machine Learning I: Supervised
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Distribution-free
and probabilistic methods for supervised
classification and regression; learning
algorithms; optimization techniques;
feature-space transformations; parametric
and nonparametric methods; Bayes
decision theory; artificial neural networks.
Recommended Preparation: knowledge
of Python at the level of EE 541 (A
Computational Introduction to Deep
Learning); knowledge of multivariate
calculus. Corequisite: EE 503 and EE 510
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI
559
EE 560L Digital System Design
Units: 4 ASIC design, FPGAs, VHDL,
verilog, test benches, simulation, synthesis,
timing analysis, post-synthesis simulation,
FIFOs, handshaking, memory interface,
PCI bus protocol, CAD tools, design lab
exercises. Prerequisite: EE 457 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
EE 561 Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CSCI 561)
EE 562 Random Processes in
Engineering
Units: 4 Random vectors, sequences,
and functions. Linear transformations,
second moment theory, spectral densities,
narrowband processes, Gaussian
processes, correlation detection, linear
minimum mean square error estimation.
Prerequisite: EE 503 and (EE 441 or EE
510) Duplicates Credit in former EE 562a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 563 Estimation Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Parameter
estimation and state estimation technique
including: least squares, BLUE, maximum-
likelihood, maximum a posteriori, Kalman-
prediction, Kalman-filtering and Kalman
smoothing and extended Kalman filtering.
Prerequisite: EE 503 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 564 Digital Communication and
Coding Systems
Units: 4 Digital modulations. Optimal
reception. Performance analysis. Classical
and modern codes. Viterbi, forward-
backward, and iterative decoding. Practical
designs for channels with memory
or nonlinearities. Example systems.
Prerequisite: EE 503 and (EE 441 or
EE 510) Recommended Preparation:
Basic computer skills (simple programs
and plotting) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 565 Information Theory and Its
Application to (Big) Data Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Entropy
and mutual information. Variable
and fixed-length, lossless and lossy
compression. Universal compression. Text
and multimedia compression. Channel
capacity. Error-correcting codes. Erasure
and Gaussian channels. Prerequisite: EE
503 Duplicates Credit in former EE 565a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 566 Optical Information Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Coherent and
incoherent optical transforming; diffraction
and imaging; space-time duality; temporal-
and spatial-frequency response and
filtering; optical modulation, nonlinear and
ultrafast techniques; holography; emerging
directions. Recommended Preparation:
Continuous-time Fourier transforms, linear
systems, and signals/functions at the level
of EE 301. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 567 Communication Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of communication systems operating from
very low to optical frequencies. Comparison
of modulation and detection methods.
System components description. Optimum
design of communication systems.
Recommended Preparation: EE 441 or EE
510 Corequisite: EE 503 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 568 Parallel Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Parallel
programming and computation models,
shared memory, message passing;
performance modeling and optimization;
communication computation tradeoffs;
heterogeneous computing; stream
processing; application acceleration.
Recommended Preparation: EE 451 or EE
457 and a high level programming language
at the level of CSCI 455x Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 569 Introduction to Digital Image
Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Image sampling,
2-D image transform, image enhancement,
geometric image modification, morphologic
processing, edge detection, texture
analysis, image filtering and restoration.
Recommended Preparation: EE 503,
C/C++ or Matlab programming ability
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 570a Advanced Electromagnetic
Theory
Units: 4 Classical electromagnetic field
theory and its usage in understanding
and analytically modelling advanced
applied electrical engineering devices.
Recommended Preparation: EE 572
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 570b Advanced Electromagnetic
Theory
Units: 4 Classical electromagnetic field
theory and its usage in understanding and
analytically modelling advanced applied
electrical engineering devices. Prerequisite:
EE 570a Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 571 Wave Interactions with Random
and Inhomogeneous Media
Units: 4 Analyses and applications of
electromagnetic wave scattering and
propagation in inhomogenous media,
including random media and periodic
structures. Prerequisite: EE 470 or EE
572 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 572L Electromagnetic Wave
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application of
Maxwell's equations to electromagnetic
waves and electrical engineering devices.
Prerequisite: EE 370 or equivalent
Duplicates Credit in former EE 470
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
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EE 573a Antenna Systems Engineering
Units: 4 Analysis and design of modern
antennas, including wire and aperture
radiation, method of moments, geometrical
and physical optics, reflectors, and
arrays. Prerequisite: EE 470 or EE 572
Recommended Preparation: Working
familiarity with a scientific computer
programming language (e.g., Fortran,
C++, Matlab, Mathematica, etc.) on the
level of EE 155. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 573b Antenna Systems Engineering
Units: 4 Introduction to the analytical
and numerical techniques used in the
analysis and design of modern reflector
antenna systems, including physical optics,
asymptotic techniques, shaping and feeds.
Prerequisite: EE 573a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 574 Computer Vision
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CSCI
574)
EE 575 Computational Differential
Geometry for Engineers
Units: 3 Differential geometry of curves
and surfaces, vectors, tensors, manifolds,
curvature, Lie groups, Riemannian
geometry, numerical PDEs, heat and
Laplace equation, Applications to computer
vision, machine learning, signal and image
processing. Recommended Preparation:
Good background in calculus and familiarity
with Matlab or C++ Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 576 Integrated Memory Devices and
Technologies
Units: 4 Fundamental device physics,
integration technology and cutting-edge
innovations in integrated microelectronic
memory devices and systems, and their
applications in data storage and emerging
beyond-von-Neumann computing.
Recommended Preparation: Understanding
of basic semiconductor device physics
and fabrication technology is useful, but
not required Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 577a VLSI System Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp MOS logic;
system design; memory design; datapath
subsystem design; circuit simulation; basic
device physics; simple device layout:
structured chip design; timing; project chip;
silicon compilers. Prerequisite: EE 477L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Quiz
Grading Option: Letter
EE 577b VLSI System Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Semi-custom
ASIC VLSI design flow; RTL coding, logic
synthesis, automatic placement & routing,
memory and interface design, signal
integrity solutions, hardware acceleration
and approximation Prerequisite: EE 577a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 578 Computational Electromagnetics
for Engineers
Units: 4 Computational electromagnetics:
numerical methods; partial differential
equations, integral equations; finite
difference and finite element methods;
electromagnetic scattering, nanophotonics,
waveguides, antennas; Maxwell, acoustic,
and quantum simulation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 580 System Verification
Units: 4 Functional/timing/power verification
of complex systems. Simulation-based,
formal/semi-formal/assertion languages
and tools (SystemVerilog, UVM, UPF,
etc.) FPGA prototyping, hardware
acceleration, statistical modeling and
machine learning. Instructor permission
required. Recommended Preparation: EE
457 and EE 477L; scripting using Python,
OOP using C++; algorithms, statistics
and probability Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
EE 581 Mathematical Foundations for
System Design: Modeling, Analysis, and
Synthesis
Units: 4 Fundamental techniques underlying
the methodologies for system design,
from integrated circuits to cyber-physical
systems. Design flows, fundamental
classes of models, and verification and
synthesis techniques. Recommended
Preparation: Exposure to the fundamentals
of calculus or discrete mathematics, some
background in programming, and an
inclination to formal reasoning Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI 593
EE 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic
Circuits
Units: 4 Design and simulation of CMOS
and nano electronic circuits modeling brain
cells, including neurons and glial cells;
low-power design; simulation laboratory.
Prerequisite: EE 348 Recommended
Preparation: EE 477 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as BME 582
EE 583 Statistical Signal Processing
Units: 3 Characterization of discrete-time
random processes. Parametric and non-
parametric spectral estimation, adaptive
filtering, signal subspace methods,
independent components analysis, non-
Gaussian signal processing. Prerequisite:
EE 503. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 584 Chaotic Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Logistic map,
chaotic bifurcation, strange attractors, and
fractals. Conservative dynamical systems
and measure preserving transformations.
Ergodicity. Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy.
Chaotic/stochastic realization. Chaos in
feedback. Prerequisite: EE 562 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 585 Linear System Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of linear dynamical systems by state-
space and input-output techniques;
stability, controllability, observability;
observer-based controller; linear quadratic
regulator. Prerequisite: EE 441 or EE 510
Recommended Preparation: Solid
knowledge of linear algebra Duplicates
Credit in AME 541 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 586L Advanced DSP Design
Laboratory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Real-time
adaptive signal processing design projects
using special purpose DSP processors.
Suitable project areas include acoustics,
speech, arrays, image compression and
biomedical signal processing. Permission
of instructor required. Prerequisite: EE 483
Recommended Preparation: At least one
500-level DSP course Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
EE 587 Nonlinear Control Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa State-space
Models. Equilibrium points. Limit Cycles.
Linearization. Nonlinear Phenomena.
Lyapunov Stability. Analysis and Design
of Nonlinear Systems. Passivity.
Backstepping. Feedback and Input-
Output Linearization. Prerequisite: EE 585
Recommended Preparation: Beneficial
(but not required): classical control (at the
level of EE 482 or equivalent) and some
prior exposure to Matlab and/or Simulink.
Background in probability (at level of EE
503 or equivalent). Duplicates Credit
in AME 552 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 588 Optimization for the Information
and Data Sciences
Units: 4 Convex sets, functions,
and optimization problems. Basic
convex analysis and theory of convex
programming. Novel, efficient first-order
algorithms. Applications in the information
and data sciences. Prerequisite: EE 510
Recommended Preparation: EE 503
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI
612
EE 589 Quantum Information Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Quantum
Shannon theory: quantum channels and
entanglement; dense coding, teleportation,
quantum compression, and quantum
capacity theorems. Open problems in
quantum communication. Recommended
Preparation: A strong working knowledge
of complex linear algebra and probability
theory (at the level of MATH 225, MATH
307, EE 364, etc.); knowledge of quantum
information at the level of EE 520 or EE 514
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
EE 591 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
and Reconstruction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
of magnetic resonance imaging. Spin
physics, Fourier-based acquisition and
reconstruction, generation of tissue
contrast, fast imaging, artifact correction,
advanced image reconstruction.
Prerequisite: EE 483; Recommended
Preparation: EE 441 EE 503. Familiarity
with MATLAB is required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 592 Computational Methods for
Inverse Problems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A rigorous
description of vector space and functional
analysis concepts and tools that are useful
for solving inverse problems in real-world
applications. Prerequisite: EE 483 and (EE
441 EE 510) Recommended Preparation:
EE 503 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 593 Robust Multivariable Control
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Singular
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values of the various sensitivity matrices
are introduced to quantify the benefits
of multivariable feedback systems
operating in an uncertain environment and
controllers are designed for the worst-
case disturbances making them "robust."
Prerequisite: EE 482 Recommended
Preparation: Nonlinear and Adaptive
Control on the level of EE 587 Corequisite:
EE 585 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For the
master's degree. Credit on acceptance of
thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For the
master's degree. Credit on acceptance of
thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For the
master's degree. Credit on acceptance of
thesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
EE 595 Software Design and
Optimization
Units: 4 Software strategies for applications
constrained by power consumption,
memory space and verification time;
assignments incorporate key elements of
planning, modeling, design simulation and
testing. Recommended Preparation: Strong
programming skills, (OOP and scripting),
knowledge of algorithms, statistics and
probability theory Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
EE 596 Wavelets and Graphs for Signal
Processing and Machine Learning
Units: 4 Multirate signal processing,
wavelets and filter banks. Overcomplete
and sparse signal representations.
Graph signal processing. Applications to
compression, sensing, time-frequency
analysis, and machine learning.
Prerequisite: EE 483 and (EE 441 or EE
510) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 597 Wireless Networks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to wireless networking technologies;
fundamental architectural and design
principles used at all protocol layers;
optimization, performance evaluation
and implementation using mathematical
analysis, simulations, and experiments.
Prerequisite: EE 450 and EE 503
Recommended Preparation: EE 467 or
equivalent; familiarity with Matlab and C
programming Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
EE 598 Electrical Engineering Research
Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Introduction to
research in electrical engineering. Topics
vary by semester. May be repeated for
up to one unit of credit for MS students,
two units of credit for PhD students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master's and Doctoral Students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
EE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 The course
content will be selected each semester to
reflect current trends and developments in
the field of electrical engineering. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device
Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamentals
and limitations of nanoscale electronic
and photonic semiconductor components.
Engineering classical, mesoscale, and
quantum electron and photon dynamics
in advanced devices. Recommended
Preparation: EE 471 or EE 539 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as MASC 601
EE 603 System Identification
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in CE
603)
EE 604 Computational Methods in
Applied Physics
Units: 4 Methods for solving physics-based
problems with no analytic solution including
eigen problems, scattering/linear-response
problems, nonlinear wave propagation
and stochastic systems. Recommended
Preparation: Familiarity with differential
equations and wave equations at the
level of EE 370L; computer programming
experience at the level of EE 155L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 607 Microelectromechanical
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the technology methods and physical
principles of MEMS, and survey various
MEMS of current interest. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of microfabrication,
electromagnetic fields and waves, and
mechanics Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 608 Wearable Technology
Units: 4 Fundamentals of wearable
technology; sensing, signal processing,
RF communication, power sources, power
management, energy harvesting, flexible
substrates and electronics, and wearable
algorithms. Recommended Preparation:
EE 348L and EE 370L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as BME 608
EE 612 Science and Practice of
Nanotechnology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth
discussions of important topics in
nanotechnology, including both the
implementation and the underlying theory.
Recommended Preparation: EE 370 or
equivalent Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 619 Advanced Topics in Automatic
Speech Recognition
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
topics in automatic speech recognition,
speaker recognition, spoken dialogue,
conversational multimedia interfaces.
Recommended Preparation: EE 519 and
CSCI 544 and EE 503. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 626 Survey of Energy and Power for
a Sustainable Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AME 577)
EE 631 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits
Units: 4 Fundamentals of sampling and
discrete-time signals; analog to digital
converters; digital to analog converters;
switched-capacitor circuits. Prerequisite:
EE 536a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 632a Integrated Communication
Systems
Units: 4 System- and transistor-level
analysis and design of integrated circuits
for wireless communications. Wireless
communication concepts; radiofrequency
transceiver architectures; low-noise
amplifiers; mixers; oscillators; power
amplifiers. Duplicates Credit in former EE
632 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 632b Integrated Communication
Systems
Units: 4 System- and transistor-level
analysis and design of integrated circuits
for wireless and wireline communications;
phase- and delay-locked loops; frequency
synthesizers; clock and data recovery.
Prerequisite: EE 632a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 635 Advanced Wireless
Communications
Units: 3 Fundamentals of advanced
wireless systems, including multi-antenna,
cognitive, and cooperative systems as
well as exploration of current standards
in wireless networks in use today.
Prerequisite: EE 535; Recommended
Preparation: basic programming course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 637L Current and Future Computing
Devices and Technology
Units: 4 State-of-the-art computing devices;
current trends in device technologies; future
directions. Prerequisite: EE 537 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
EE 638 Applications of Machine
Learning for Medical Data
Units: 4 Application of machine learning
models and algorithms to medical
applications, learning from data and
classification of disorders. Overview of
health data, collection with sensors, body
area networks, brain image data and other
publicly available medical applications
data. Prerequisite: EE 660 or CSCI 561 or
INF 552 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 641 Deep Learning Systems
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Neural networks
for nonlinear regression, classification,
reinforcement learning; back-propagation
learning for multilayer perceptrons,
convolutional and recurrent networks;
applications in audio processing vision
and autonomy. Prerequisite: EE 541 and
EE 559 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
EE 642 Advanced Geometrical Optics
Units: 3 First order design of optical
systems; origin of aberrations and their
effects on wave propagation and imaging
based on geometrical and physical optics.
Prerequisite: EE 529. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 645 Uncertainty Modeling and
Stochastic Optimization
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 645)
EE 648 Game Theory with Engineering
Application
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Basics of
strategic games, Bayesian games, Dynamic
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games, Cooperative games, Mechanism
design and auctions, Network economics,
Resource sharing mechanisms in networks.
Recommended Preparation: EE 503
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 649 Stochastic Network Optimization
and Adaptive Learning for Discrete Time
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Adaptive
optimization of wireless networks and
discrete time systems with time variation
and uncertainty; flow control; backpressure
routing; queue stability; energy and delay;
Markov decisions. Prerequisite: EE 503 or
ISE 538 or MATH 407 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 650 Advanced Topics in Computer
Networks
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Protocol modeling: flow and congestion
control, dynamic routing, distributed
implementation; broadcast communication
media and multiple access protocols; local
networks, satellite networks, terrestrial
radio networks. Prerequisite: EE 450 and
EE 503; Recommended Preparation: EE
550 or CSCI 551. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 652 Low-Power Wireless Networks
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Implementation
of low-power wireless protocols for
medium access, scheduling, multi-hop
routing, congestion control, localization,
synchronization. IP stack for the Internet
of Things. Wireless sensor network
applications. Prerequisite: EE 450;
Recommended Preparation: CSCI 402,
strong programming skills, and experience
with Linux. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CSCI-652
EE 653 Advanced Topics in
Microarchitecture
Units: 3 Current research topics related to
microprocessor architecture. Dynamically/
statically scheduled processors,
multithreading, chip multiprocessors,
systems on a chip. Power, performance,
complexity, dependability issues. Impact
of technology. Prerequisite: EE 557.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 657 Parallel and Distributed
Computing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Scalable
multiprocessor systems and clusters, virtual
machine, service oriented architecture,
network-based computing, peer-to-
peer, grid and cloud based storage and
computing, case studies. Prerequisite: EE
557; Recommended Preparation: EE 450.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 658 Diagnosis and Design of Reliable
Digital Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Fault models;
test generation; fault simulation; self-
checking and self-testing circuits; design for
testability; fault tolerant design techniques;
case studies. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-658
EE 659 Advanced Topics in
Interconnection Network Design and
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Foundational and emerging research
topics on the design and analysis of
interconnection networks for wide-ranging
computer systems: theory, topologies,
routing algorithms, architectures, interfaces,
fabrics, energy-efficiency. Prerequisite: EE
557 Recommended Preparation: EE 450
or background in communication network
concepts; EE 451, EE 542 or familiar with
parallel and distributed or cloud computing;
CSCI 455 or programming experience and
proficiency in C language Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CSCI 667
EE 660 Machine Learning II:
Mathematical Foundations and Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Supervised,
semi-supervised, and unsupervised
machine learning; domain adaptation and
transfer learning. Feasibility of learning,
model complexity, and performance (error)
on unseen data. Prerequisite: EE 503
and EE 510 and EE 559 Recommended
Preparation: Experience with Python at the
level of EE 541. Familiarity with general
machine learning methods including
regression and classification and with
computational complexity at the level of EE
538 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 664 Advanced Topics in
Communication Theory
Units: 3 Modern communication theory for
heterogeneous networks. Novel methods
for communication network analysis
and design. New theoretical tools: e.g.
interference alignment, polar codes, and
sparse approximation. Prerequisite: EE
564 Recommended Preparation: EE 535
and EE 565a, EE 565b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 665 Advanced Topics in Information
Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Multi-terminal
and network information theory. Network
coding. Coding for special applications such
as data storage. Applications of information
theory to computational biology and data
analytics. Prerequisite: EE 565 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 669 Multimedia Data Compression
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Lossless
compression, vector quantization, audio/
speech coding, JPEG and JPEG-2000,
MPEG and H.26x video compression
standards, image/video quality
assessment and emerging multimedia
compression techniques and applications.
Recommended Preparation: EE 503 and
C/C++ programming on the level of EE
355 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
EE 674a Advanced Topics in Computer
Vision
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
CSCI 674a)
EE 674b Advanced Topics in Computer
Vision
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
CSCI 674b)
EE 675 Data Analysis and Control
Techniques for Neurotechnology Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Data analysis,
machine learning and control-theoretic
mathematical tools used in studying the
brain and designing neurotechnologies
such as brain-machine interfaces.
Prerequisite: EE 503 Recommended
Preparation: EE 441 Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 676 Advanced Computer Vision
Units: 4 (Enroll in CSCI 677)
EE 677 Accelerated Computing using
Field Programmable Gate Arrays
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Field
Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs),
accelerator design, FPGAs in Cloud
and Edge, energy efficiency, application
performance optimization, IP cores for
AI, ML and networking applications
Prerequisite: EE 451 Recommended
Preparation: EE 457 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 680 Computer-Aided Design of
Digital Systems I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Synthesis;
partitioning; placement; routing of digital
circuits; integrated circuit design methods;
simulation at the switch, gate, register
transfer and system levels. Prerequisite: EE
581; Recommended Preparation: EE 577a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EE 681 Computer-Aided Design of
Digital Systems II
Units: 3 Theory and techniques for design
and analysis of digital logic; specification,
formal models; hardware-descriptive
languages; formal verification, high level
synthesis; logic synthesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 682 Law and Intellectual Property for
Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Detailed
introduction to the modern American legal
system with a special focus on intellectual-
property doctrines. Recommended
Preparation: EE 503. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EE 689 Computational Intelligence and
Neural Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Computational
intelligence techniques that include neural
systems, deep learning, adaptive pattern
classification, fuzzy function approximation,
simulated annealing and evolutionary
computing, and hybrid systems.
Recommended Preparation: EE 483, EE
503 or equivalent, EE 510 Registration
Restriction: United States Duplicates Credit
in former EE 500 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EE 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Laboratory study of specific problems by
candidates for the degree Engineer in
Electrical Engineering. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
EE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
EE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
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Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
EE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
EE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
EE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Emergency Management
EM 500 Principles of Emergency
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the historical development of emergency
management as a distinct discipline in
the United States and abroad, including
theories, terminology and international
coordination. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EM 505 Emergency Management
Policies and Regulations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
policies, regulations, politics and budgets
that impact emergency management
domestically and internationally in the
government, non-profit and private sectors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EM 510 Social and Cultural Competency
in Emergency Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
how emergency management practices and
community interactions can help address
social, economic and cultural inequities
while building increased resilience.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EM 515 Emergency Management
Administration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines the administrative functions of
an emergency manager, including project
management, policy implementation,
acquisition of funding and managing diverse
teams. Registration Restriction: Open only
to USC Bovard College Students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EM 520 Critical Decision-Making in
Emergency Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
how to manage and assess information
to limit risk and make ethical, critical
decisions under both steady-state and
crisis situations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EM 525 Emergency Management and
Disaster Planning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the necessary components of deliberate
and crisis action plans that are used to
prepare for, respond to, and recover from
disasters. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EM 530 Operational Coordination in
Emergency Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on the complexity of post-disaster
immediate and long-term response and
recovery challenges in local, state, federal
and international jurisdictions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
EM 535 Critical Infrastructure in
Emergency Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the wide spectrum of security threats to
critical infrastructure and how to strengthen
infrastructure protection and resilience
through collaborative partnerships across
sectors. Registration Restriction: Open only
to USC Bovard College Students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EM 540 Emergency Management
Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Creating
inclusive and credible messages of risk
across the disaster life cycle through a
variety of methods. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EM 545 Driving Successful Outcomes in
Emergency Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
how effective emergency management
leaders develop trust, avoid ethical pitfalls,
strengthen partnerships and integrate
equity throughout the disaster life cycle.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
EM 550 Equity and Resilience in
Emergency Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
equity and resilience in emergency
management as they pertain to areas such
as planning, mitigation, disaster logistics
and supply chains. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
EM 555 Emergency Management
Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Demonstrate knowledge and skills
developed throughout the emergency
management program in an integrated way.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Endodontics
ENDO 501 Clinical Endodontics
Units: 1 Diagnosis and treatment
procedures for basic clinical endodontics,
including management of endodontic
emergencies; relationship of endodontics
to the various dental disciplines. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 502 Advanced Endodontics
Units: 1 Theoretical principles for the
treatment of advanced endodontic cases;
alternative methods of endodontic therapy;
introduction to interspecialty cases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 521 Preclinical Endodontics
Units: 3 Theoretical principles of endodontic
therapy related to pulpal and periapical
disease; training in procedures of localizing,
preparing, and filling the root canal of
human teeth. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 562a Clinic: Concentrated Early
Endodontics
Units: 0 Early clinical experience including
assigned clinic demonstration block.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ENDO 562b Clinic: Concentrated Early
Endodontics
Units: 0 Early clinical experience including
assigned clinic demonstration block.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ENDO 562c Clinic: Concentrated Early
Endodontics
Units: 0 Early clinical experience including
assigned clinic demonstration block.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ENDO 562d Clinic: Concentrated Early
Endodontics
Units: 1 Early clinical experience including
assigned clinic demonstration block.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 563a Clinic: Endodontic Therapy
Units: 0, 1, 2 Clinical experience
emphasizing diagnosis, treatment planning,
and endodontic patient management.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ENDO 563b Clinic: Endodontic Therapy
Units: 0, 1, 2 Clinical experience
emphasizing diagnosis, treatment planning,
and endodontic patient management.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 610 Clinical Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 2 In-depth discussion of endodontic
surgery, retreatment, and hemisection
cases; includes clinical experience in
advanced endodontic cases. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 701a Seminar: Biological Basis of
Endodontic Therapy
Units: 1 Investigation of the theoretical
and biological bases of clinical endodontic
procedures. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 701b Seminar: Biological Basis of
Endodontic Therapy
Units: 1 Investigation of the theoretical
and biological bases of clinical endodontic
procedures. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 701c Seminar: Biological Basis of
Endodontic Therapy
Units: 1 Investigation of the theoretical
and biological bases of clinical endodontic
procedures. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 701d Seminar: Biological Basis of
Endodontic Therapy
Units: 1 Investigation of the theoretical
and biological bases of clinical endodontic
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procedures. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 702 Seminar: Advanced Clinical
Endodontics
Units: 2 Course designed to train students
in the management of simple and complex
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 703a Seminar: Review of
Endodontic Literature
Units: 1 Critical review and analysis of
classical and current endodontic literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 703b Seminar: Review of
Endodontic Literature
Units: 1 Critical review and analysis of
classical and current endodontic literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 703c Seminar: Review of
Endodontic Literature
Units: 1 Critical review and analysis of
classical and current endodontic literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 703d Seminar: Review of
Endodontic Literature
Units: 1 Critical review and analysis of
classical and current endodontic literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 704a Seminar: Surgical
Endodontics
Units: 2 Indications, principles, and
techniques of surgical endodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 704b Seminar: Surgical
Endodontics
Units: 2 Indications, principles, and
techniques of surgical endodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENDO 705a Seminar: Endodontic Case
Presentation
Units: 4 Student presentation of cases for
critique and analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 705b Seminar: Endodontic Case
Presentation
Units: 4 Student presentation of cases for
critique and analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 710 Seminar: Endodontic Practice
Management
Units: 2 Organizing, staffing, and evaluation
of an endodontic practice. Modes and
patterns of management including use
of auxiliaries. Emphasis on endodontist-
general practitioner relationship; legal
aspects of dental practice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 711 Alternatives in Endodontics
Units: 4 Alternative endodontic techniques
presented by guest clinicians. Emphasis
on endodontics and its relationship with
periodontal, restorative, and surgical
disciplines. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 761a Clinic: Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each Advanced
clinical experience emphasizing the
diagnosis and management of complicated
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 761b Clinic: Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each Advanced
clinical experience emphasizing the
diagnosis and management of complicated
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 761c Clinic: Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each Advanced
clinical experience emphasizing the
diagnosis and management of complicated
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 761d Clinic: Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each Advanced
clinical experience emphasizing the
diagnosis and management of complicated
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 761e Clinic: Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each Advanced
clinical experience emphasizing the
diagnosis and management of complicated
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 761f Clinic: Advanced
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 each Advanced
clinical experience emphasizing the
diagnosis and management of complicated
endodontic cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENDO 790 Directed Research:
Endodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Principles of planning, organizing, and
executing a clinical or educational research
project. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
Environmental Engineering
ENE 200 Environmental Engineering
Principles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of water, air and land pollution, including
hazardous waste; engineering of mitigation
measures; water and wastewater treatment
systems. Prerequisite: (CHEM 105aLg
or CHEM 115aLg) and (MATH 126g or
MATH 129) and (PHYS 151Lg or PHYS
161Lg) Recommended Preparation: CE 110
Corequisite: CHEM 105bL or CHEM 115bL
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 201 Introduction to Applied
Environmental Science and Engineering
Units: 4 Gateway to BS in Civil Engineering
(Environmental Engineering), BS,
Environmental Engineering, and Minor in
Environmental Engineering. Fundamental
concepts of environmental science
and engineering. Pollution control and
remediation for air, water and soil. Pollution
remediation for developing countries.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENST-201
ENE 215 Energy Systems and
Environmental Tradeoffs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Energy
fundamentals; critical issues facing energy
extraction, cultivation, transformation,
transportation, consumption and disposal;
environmental impacts. Prerequisite: PHYS
151Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENE 300 Contaminant Transport in the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of the physical mechanisms controlling
solute transport in environmental flows.
Prerequisite: MATH 245 and (PHYS 151Lg
or PHYS 161Lg) and (CE 309 or ENE 410)
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
environmental engineering principles on the
level of ENE 200 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 400 Quantitative Sustainability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Concepts
of quantitative sustainable design and
engineering decision-making; economic
and environmental sustainability
assessments linked to design decisions
under uncertainty; design of engineered
technologies. Prerequisite: ENE 215
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 410 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fluid Statics;
equations of motion; continuity, momentum,
energy principles; dimensional analysis;
mixing, dispersion in environments and
between environments; ground water flow;
manifold diffusers; hydraulic transients.
Prerequisite: MATH 245 Duplicates Credit
in CE 309 and AME 309 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENE 415 Environmental Organic
Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Qualitative
and quantitative prediction of partitioning
constants governing fate of organic
chemicals in the environment;
transformation pathways, reaction kinetics,
and analysis of organic contaminants.
Corequisite: ENE 300 and CE 363L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 426 Particulate Air Pollutants:
Properties / Behavior / Measurement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Particulate
air pollutants, their measurement and
instrumentation methods and their effects
on the environment and human health;
optical properties and visibility degradation.
Prerequisite: ENE 200 Duplicates Credit in
former ENE 526 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENE 428 Air Pollution Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Quantitative
overview of air pollution and the physical
and chemical processes that describe
its behavior. Prerequisite: MATH 245
and PHYS 151Lg and (CHEM 105bL or
CHEM 115bL) Recommended Preparation:
Environmental engineering principles on the
level of ENE 200 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENE 429 Air Pollution Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Emission
surveys; engineering controls of aerosols
and gaseous contaminants at emission
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sources, disposition of contaminants.
Field trips. Prerequisite: ENE 428; CE 309
or ENE 410. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENE 443 Environmental Chemistry
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 443)
ENE 465 Water Supply and Sewerage
System Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CE
465)
ENE 486 Design of Solid and Hazardous
Waste Engineering Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
design of solid and hazardous waste
facilities such as waste minimization,
secured landfill, and hazardous waste
treatment. Prerequisite: ENE 200
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 495 Seminars in Environmental
Engineering
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Hazardous
waste management, biodegradation of
environmental pollutants, groundwater
problems, waste minimization, energy
resources, and air pollution control.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Course content to be selected each
semester from recent developments in
environmental engineering and related
fields. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENE 502 Environmental and Regulatory
Compliance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Federal and
state environmental laws; environmental
impact assessment techniques; permitting
for industrial facility construction and
operation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENE 503 Microbiology for Environmental
Engineers
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 503)
ENE 504 Solid Waste Management
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 504)
ENE 505 Energy and the Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
environmental impacts of energy extraction,
cultivation, transformation, transportation,
and consumption. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENE 506 Ecology for Environmental
Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa The role of
environmental engineering in maintaining
stability of freshwater, marine, and
terrestrial ecosystems; macroscopic plant
and animal forms as indicators of water
quality. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENE 510 Water Quality Management and
Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Surface and
ground water quality and resources
management; water reclamation and
reuse; green stormwater infrastructure;
sustainability and carbon footprint for water
and wastewater systems. Recommended
Preparation: CE 363L and CE 453
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 512 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application of
the fundamentals on the physical laws
governing fluid flow and analyzing transport
of contaminant in the environment and the
risks involved. Recommended Preparation:
CE 309 or ENE 410 or AME 309 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENE 514a Advanced Sanitary
Engineering Design
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 514a)
ENE 514b Advanced Sanitary
Engineering Design
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 514b)
ENE 516 Hazardous Waste Management
Units: 3 Standards and regulations for
the management of hazardous waste:
identification, transportation, monitoring,
storage, treatment, and disposal practices.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 517 Industrial and Hazardous Waste
Treatment and Disposal
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 517)
ENE 518 Environmental Systems
Engineering and Management
Units: 3 Evaluating, implementing and
managing effective environmental systems
to prevent pollution, conserve energy
and resources, reduce risks and achieve
sustainability in business and industries.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENE 523 Physiochemical Processes in
Environmental Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CE
523)
ENE 527 Climate Change and
Atmospheric Aerosols
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Climate
change; climate science fundamentals;
Earth's energy balance and atmosphere;
greenhouse gas dynamics; fundamentals
of airborne particles; climate-aerosol
interactions; particle-radiation and
particle-cloud interactions. Recommended
Preparation: ENE 428 Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors and
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter, Discussion
Crosslisted as CE 527
ENE 535 Applied Air Quality
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Air pollutants,
emission levels, and air borne
concentrations; Links between pollutant
emissions, air quality measurements and
health effects; Environmental management
in private or public sectors. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of general
chemistry on the level of CHEM 105bL or
CHEM 115bL; thermodynamics on the level
of AME 310; and calculus on the level of
MATH 226g or MATH 229 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENE 553 Biological Processes in
Environmental Engineering
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 553)
ENE 560 Environmental Aspects of Oil
and Gas Production
Units: 3 Environmental aspects of drilling
for and producing oil and gas, and the
necessary safety practices. Attention is
given to the urban areas. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENE 562 Aquatic Chemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Quantitative
prediction of chemical speciation in aquatic
systems, including acid-base chemistry,
precipitation /dissolution, complexation,
oxidation/reduction and phase partitioning
of organics. Applications to water treatment.
Recommended Preparation: General
Chemistry (CHEM 105aLg and CHEM
105bL); Differential and Integral Calculus
(MATH 125g and MATH 129); Linear
Algebra; Familiarity with Thermodynamics
(such as PHYS 151Lg) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CE 562
ENE 563 Chemistry and Biology of
Natural Waters
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 563)
ENE 580 Applied Environmental
Engineering Biotechnology
Units: 3 Fundamentals of bioremediation
processes; bioremediation technologies
for decontamination of air, water, and
soil; global applications of bioremediation
techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENE 591 Civil and Environmental
Engineering Research Colloquium
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered: FaSp
(Enroll in CE 591)
ENE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ENE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ENE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ENE 596 Chemical Reactions in the
Atmosphere
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Chemical
reactions and scavenging processes
important in urban air pollution. Effects of
solar irradiation on vehicle exhaust gases,
oxides of nitrogen and sulfur. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CHE-596
ENE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Course content will be selected each
semester to reflect current trends and
developments in the field of environmental
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1039
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
English
ENGL 105x Creative Writing for
Non-Majors
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introductory workshop in writing
poetry, short fiction and nonfiction for love
of the written and spoken word. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 112Lxg Data, Denial or Doom?:
Talking about Climate Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
112Lxg)
ENGL 170g The Monster and the
Detective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cultural
images of disorder and chaos, and of the
search for order and reason, from the
eighteenth century to the present. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
ARLT 101g Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 172g The Art of Poetry
Units: 4 Introduction to the pleasures and
power of poetry, exploring elements drawn
from high-points of English poetry, and the
lives and works of major poets. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
Duplicates Credit in ARLT 101g Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 174g Reading the Heart:
Emotional Intelligence and the
Humanities
Units: 4 A study of emotional intelligence
through literature, history and the arts with
a focus on anger, happiness, love and
empathy. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 176g Los Angeles: the City, the
Novel, the Movie
Units: 4 An exploration of the culture,
vibrancy, heritage, mythology, variety, and
pathology of a city that was born in hopes
and captured the world's imagination.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 200g Introduction to Colonialism/
Postcolonialism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the masterpieces of colonial and
postcolonial literature and theory, from
William Shakespeare and Aphra Behn to
Aime Cesaire and Chinua Achebe. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 230g Shakespeare and His Times
Units: 4 Close study of Shakespeare's
plays and poems to introduce his language,
stagecraft, literary "genius," social and
literary contexts, precursors and rivals, and
legacy. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 240 Literary Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to theory and practice of literary study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 250gm The African Diaspora
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 250)
ENGL 261g English Literature to 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Intensive
reading of major writers to 1800. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 262g English Literature since 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Intensive
reading of major writers, 1800–1950.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 263g American Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Intensive
reading of representative writers. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 270g Studying Narrative
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to major forms, styles and
theories of narrative, with attention to
characterization, plot, genres, ethics,
empathy, perspective, audience and
social conditions. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 280g Introduction to Narrative
Medicine
Units: 4 Study of literary modes of narrative
and their uses in medical understanding,
character formation, social identity, and
relations between mind and body. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 285m African American Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AMST
285)
ENGL 290 Cultural Studies: Theories
and Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the theories, methods, and
history of cultural studies, with coverage
of contemporary debates over censorship
and the politics of authorship, seriality
and originality. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 297g Introduction to the Genre of
Nonfiction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of forms of nonfiction writing, focusing on
craft and process: how it works and how
to read, write and write about it. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 298g Introduction to the Genre of
Fiction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to the close reading of fiction
and the understanding of the genre as
an aesthetic and historical phenomenon.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 299g Introduction to the Genre of
Poetry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
survey of the traditions of lyric poetry
from Shakespeare to the contemporary,
examining the genre's multiple forms
of literary, visual, and aural expression.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 300 Advanced Expository Writing
Units: 2, 3, 4 Intensive practice intended
to develop a high level of competence in
writing expository prose. Duplicates Credit
in former ENGL 400 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 301 The Rhetoric of Written
Composition
Units: 4 Theories of rhetoric as they apply
to written composition, with emphasis upon
pedagogical applications. The course is
designed for but not limited to prospective
teachers of English. Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 401 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 302 Writing Narrative
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the techniques and practice
of writing narrative in fiction and literary
non-fiction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 303 Introduction to Fiction Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the techniques and practice of writing
prose fiction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 304 Introduction to Poetry Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the techniques and practice of writing
poetry. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 305 Introduction to Nonfiction
Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the techniques and practice of lyric
essay, memoir, personal narrative, and
scientific, medical, nature, culinary and
travel writing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 309 The English Language
Units: 4 Instruction in the major grammatical
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systems of the English language, with
particular emphasis on their relevance
to language activities in the elementary
classroom. Duplicates Credit in former
ENGL 409 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 310 Editing for Writers
Units: 4 Practical course in relations
between editing and the creative process
in fiction, poetry, and exposition. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 311 History and Grammar of
Modern English
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History and
grammar of modern English as described
by current linguistics; comparison with
traditional grammar; application of grammar
to stylistic analysis. Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 410 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 312 Analysis of Written
Persuasion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Persuasive
discourse, including structure, intention,
and figurative language; analysis of texts
in various humanistic, scientific, and socio-
scientific disciplines. Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 412 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 325g Pre-Modern Wonders: Magic,
Monsters and Marvels
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study of
literature and literary theory through the
themes and theories of wonder, magic and
the uncanny in English literature before
1800. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 333g Literature of Gandhi's India
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Literature was
central to India's independence movement.
Through novels, manifestos, poems, short
stories and films, we'll explore topics like
Gandhism, violence, caste, communalism
and partition. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 341 Women in English Literature
before 1800
Units: 4 English poetry, plays, novels and
discursive prose by and about women
from 1375 to 1800. Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 469 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 342g Women in English and
American Literature after 1800
Units: 4 Women as writers and as subjects,
with special emphasis on feminist and
liberationist traditions and on changing
female images after 1800. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 470 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 343m Images of Women in
Contemporary Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Representations of women and gender
relations in contemporary literature and
mass culture, using the tools of feminist,
literary, and political theory. Duplicates
Credit in former ENGL 476 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 344gm Sexual/Textual Diversity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Questions
of gay and lesbian identity, expression
and experience in a variety of literary
and cultural forms; emphasis on sexual
politics, equality and difference. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 478 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
SWMS 344
ENGL 350g Literature of California
Units: 4 Novels, stories, essays, poems,
and plays written in and about California
from the Gold Rush to the present. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 351 Periods and Genres in
American Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
A concentrated reading and criticism of
the works of one period or one genre of
American literature; for example, colonial
literature, the American Renaissance,
American poetry, American drama.
Duplicates Credit in former ENGL 451
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 352g Bookpacking
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
SpSm Literary travel using novels to
explore regional culture and unify the study
of literature, history, geography, politics
and social studies. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 355g Anglo-American Law and
Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of legal problems
and concepts in English and American
literature. Recommended Preparation:
CORE 102 or ARLT 100; WRIT 150.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 360 Modern Poetry
Units: 4 Study of poetry written in English
from 1900 to 1945, with special emphasis
on American modernists of the first two
decades. Recommended Preparation:
ENGL 262g, ENGL ENGL 263g Duplicates
Credit in former ENGL 452 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 361g Contemporary Prose
Units: 4 Study of prose written in English
since 1945, principally fiction of the past
two decades. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Duplicates Credit in former ENGL
455 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 362g Contemporary Poetry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study of
poetry written in English since 1945, with
special emphasis on the last two decades.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in former ENGL 456 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 363g Contemporary Drama
Units: 4 Selected British, Irish, and
American drama from the post World War
II period (1945 to the present). Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 463 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 364 The Modern Novel
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studies of the
narrative experiments and innovations in
fiction following the realist novel; emphasis
on gender, empire and class and the
pluralities of "modernisms." Duplicates
Credit in former ENGL 467 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 371g Literary Genres and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Literary
studies in the relationship between fiction
and drama and their adaptation as films.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in former ENGL 471 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 372 Literature and Related Arts
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp An examination of how literature and
related arts intersect in a particular cultural
milieu. Selected topics. Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 472 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 373g Literature and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
and applied studies of literature in English
as social activity and cultural production; its
expression of, and influence upon, social
values, concepts, and behavior. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
former ENGL 473 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 374m Literature, Nationality and
Otherness
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp English
literature written about or in the British
colonies and their post-colonial nations,
including African, Asian, Pacific, and
American countries. Emphasis on texts
by other than British and United States
authors. Completion of general education
literature requirement highly recommended.
Duplicates Credit in former ENGL 474
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 375 Science Fiction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of the scope and possibilities of British and
American science fiction as a genre, with
some attention to its historical development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 376g Comics and Graphic Novels
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to issues in visual and popular
culture, focused on critical and historical
interpretation of words and images in
comic books and graphic novels. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 379 History of Literary Criticism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Philosophies
of literary criticism from Plato to the end of
the 19th century; the relationship between
literary criticism and its contemporary
literature. Duplicates Credit in former ENGL
479 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 380 Modern Literary Criticism:
Theory and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of philosophies and methods of modern
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schools of criticism; writing critical essays.
Duplicates Credit in former ENGL 480
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 381 Narrative Forms in Literature
and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
approaches to narrative form in literature
and film; readings and films from several
genres and periods, emphasis on gender,
ethnic, and cultural studies. Duplicates
Credit in former ENGL 481 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Course in the
theory and practices of "popular culture,"
highlighting modern and contemporary
culture, film, video and popular music, as
well as narrative forms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 395 Junior Honors Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Selected
subjects; offered in spring only and
restricted to honors students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 402 Narrative Composition
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Intermediate
practical workshop concentrating on the
creation of narrative in fiction and literary
nonfiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 302 or ENGL
305 Recommended Preparation: ENGL
261g, ENGL 262g, ENGL 263g Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 403 Nonfiction Writing
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
A practical course in composition of prose
nonfiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 303 or ENGL
305 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 404 The Writer in the Community
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Apprenticeship with experienced
writer-teachers, providing students with
a pedagogical framework and practical
experience for teaching creative writing in
schools and community settings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 405 Fiction Writing
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A practical course in composition
of prose fiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 303
or ENGL 305. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 406 Poetry Writing
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A practical course in poetry writing.
Prerequisite: ENGL 304. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 407 Advanced Fiction Writing
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Prerequisite: ENGL 405. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 408 Advanced Poetry Writing
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Prerequisite: ENGL 406. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 420 English Literature of the
Middle Ages (1100–1500)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
studies in major figures, genres, and
themes of Middle English literature to
Malory, with special emphasis on Chaucer.
Prerequisite: ENGL 261. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 421 English Literature of the
16th Century
Units: 4 Selected studies in the non-
dramatic literature of Renaissance England,
with emphasis on Sidney, Spenser, and
Shakespeare. Prerequisite: ENGL 261.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 422 English Literature of the
17th Century
Units: 4 Selected studies of prose and
poetry in the age of Bacon, Donne, Jonson,
Herbert, Browne, Marvell, and Milton.
Prerequisite: ENGL 261. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 423 English Literature of the
18th Century (1660–1780)
Units: 4 Selected studies in poetry, prose,
and fiction of such writers as Defoe,
Dryden, Fielding, Richardson, Pope, Swift,
and Johnson. Prerequisite: ENGL 261.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 424 English Literature of the
Romantic Age (1780–1832)
Units: 4 Selected studies in major writers,
including Blake, Austen, Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Byron, Mary Shelley, P.B.
Shelley, and Keats. Prerequisite: ENGL
262. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 425 English Literature of the
Victorian Age (1832–1890)
Units: 4 Selected studies in the prose
and poetry of such figures as Tennyson,
Dickens, the Brontes, the Brownings,
Hopkins, Arnold, Ruskin, and Newman.
Prerequisite: ENGL 262. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 426 Modern English Literature
(1890–1945)
Units: 4 Studies in English literary
modernism, including the prose of Conrad,
Joyce, and Woolf and the poetry of Pound,
Eliot, Yeats, and Auden. Prerequisite: ENGL
262. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 430 Shakespeare
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Major history
plays, comedies, and tragedies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 440 American Literature to 1865
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp American
poetry and prose to the Civil War with
special attention to Irving, Cooper, Poe,
Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville,
and Whitman. Corequisite: ENGL 263.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 441 American Literature, 1865 to
1920
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp American
poetry and prose with special attention to
Twain, James, Dickinson, Henry Adams,
Crane, and Dreiser. Corequisite: ENGL 263.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 442 American Literature, 1920 to
the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp American
poetry, fiction, and drama since World
War I with special attention to Eliot, Frost,
Hemingway, Fitzgerald, O'Neill, Stevens,
Faulkner, and Nabokov. Corequisite: ENGL
263. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST-442
ENGL 444m Native American Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
Native American literature, including oral
traditions and print genres, such as short
story, poetry, novel, and autobiography,
from 1700 to the present. Recommended
Preparation: ENGL 263. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AMST-444
ENGL 445m The Literatures of America:
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Units: 4 Introduction to African- American,
Chicano, Asian American, and Native-
American literatures — and to the literary
diversity of American cultures. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 446 African-American Poetry and
Drama
Units: 4 Survey of black poetry and plays
in America from the Emancipation to the
present, with special emphasis on the new
poets and dramatists of the current "Black
revolution." Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 447m African-American Narrative
Units: 4 Development of the novel in
African-American literature beginning with
the anti-slavery fiction of William W. Brown
and his pre-Emancipation contemporaries
and concluding with the emerging novelists
of the late sixties. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ETST-447
ENGL 448m Chicano and Latino
Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 448)
ENGL 449m Asian American Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 449)
ENGL 454 Aesthetic Philosophy and
Theory
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 454)
ENGL 461 English Drama to 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Representative plays, especially those of
the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Restoration
periods. Corequisite: ENGL 261. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 462 British and American Drama
1800–1950
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Representative plays of England, Ireland,
and the United States, especially those
written after 1890. Corequisite: ENGL 262.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 465 The English Novel to 1800
Units: 4 Theory and practice of fiction in
works of writers such as Defoe, Richardson,
Fielding, Sterne, Burney, and Smollett.
Corequisite: ENGL 261. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 466 The 19th Century English
Novel
Units: 4 Theory and practice of fiction in
works of major writers such as Austen,
Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot,
Meredith, and Hardy. Corequisite: ENGL
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262. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 475 Politics and the Novel
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 475) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 491 Senior Seminar in Literary
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected
problems in literary history and criticism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 492 Narrative Studies Capstone
Seminar
Units: 4 Individual research, reading,
writing and project development as a
senior capstone experience in the study
of narrative. Registration Restriction:
Open only to seniors in Narrative Studies
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 495 Senior Honors Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
seminar involving extensive reading,
research, and discussions. Selected
subjects; offered in Fall only and restricted
to Honors students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 496 Senior Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar in
workshop form to accompany completion of
Senior Honors Thesis. Bi-weekly meetings
to complete thesis according to contract.
Prerequisite: ENGL 491. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 497 Senior Seminar in Early
Modern Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Intensive
engagement with current research,
problems, and methodologies in Early
Modern discourses and cultures. Required
capstone seminar for interdepartmental
minor in early modern studies. Open only to
seniors; open only to early modern studies
minors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST-497,
AHIS-497
ENGL 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Studies in the works of one or more
authors, or in the development of a theme
or genre. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 501 History of Literary and
Cultural Theory
Units: 4 The assumptions and practices
of major theorists and theoretical schools
from Plato to literary modernism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 502 Contemporary Literary and
Cultural Theory
Units: 4 The assumptions and practices of
major post-modern theorists and theoretical
schools. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 503 Theories of History, Ideology
and Politics
Units: 4 The principal ways in which history,
ideology, and politics have informed the
study of literary and cultural discourse.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 504 Theories of Race, Class and
Gender
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm The principal methods and
assumptions by which race, class and
gender have been studied in reference to
literary and cultural discourse. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS 504
ENGL 507 Rhetoric and Language
Units: 4 Examination of critical and linguistic
theories; may include the changing
structures of English discourse, cognitive
poetics, and discourse analysis. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 508 History, Theories and Practice
of Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Looking at specific case histories,
this course introduces students to the basic
methods, theories and activities in cultural
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 510 Medieval English Literatures
and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Investigations of
chivalry and romance, allegory, drama,
popular literature in the Middle Ages, the
reception of medieval literature, and other
topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 520 Renaissance English
Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in poetry
and patronage, the popular tradition in
literature and drama, the social and sexual
dynamics of comedy, historical and cultural
uses of genres, among other topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 530 Restoration and 18th Century
British Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in prose,
poetry, drama, and culture of the period
1660–1800. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 535 Literatures and Cultures of
the Romantic Period
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in British
literature and culture, from the 1790s
to 1830s, including gender and genre,
authorship and authenticity, "romance"
and revolution, forms of belief and doubt,
and other topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 536 Literatures and Cultures of
the Victorian Period
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in British
literature and society, 1837–1901, including
gender and genre, industrialism, science
and technology, empire and race, new
forms of media and narrative, and other
topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 540 19th Century British
Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in the
Romantics and Victorians, gender and
genre, the new woman and the novel,
authorship and the marketplace, science,
imperialism, the crisis of narrative, and
other topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 550 20th Century British
Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in literary
modernism, critical scrutiny and moral
seriousness, poetry and politics, the Irish
revival, and other topics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 560 Early American Literatures
and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in the
literature of discovery, exploration and
conquest, the Puritan migration, literary
genres in Colonial America, history and
myth of American origins, and other topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 563 Poetry and Prose Into Drama
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in THTR
501)
ENGL 570 18th Century American
Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in the
rhetoric, literature, and language of
the pre-revolutionary and revolutionary
periods, narrative and polemical writing, the
American Enlightenment, and other topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 580 19th Century American
Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in canonic
and non-canonic literature in the American
Renaissance, cultural nationalism, the
consequences of race, immigration,
expansion, urbanization, science, and the
marketplace, and other topics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENGL 591 20th Century American
Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in rural and
urban fictions, modernism, the shift from
imagism and symbolism to confessional
poetry, recovered writers, hemispheric
traditions, literature and kindred arts, and
other topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 592 Contemporary British and
American Literatures and Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in
contemporary women and ethnic
writers, "extra-literary" forms (journalism,
autobiography), the theatre of the absurd,
post-modern fabulations, and other modes
and issues since World War II. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 593 Practicum in Teaching English
and Narrative Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Practical principles for
development of effective teaching within
the disciplines of English, Creative Writing,
and Narrative Studies. Intended for
teaching assistants in English. Registration
Restriction: Open only to English and
Creative Writing majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGL 595 Literary Studies Across
Cultures
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in
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Empire and Commonwealth literatures,
post-colonialism, American hemispheric
connections, African-American literary
discourse, Asian American writers, dialects
and the folk, and other topics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
on semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGL 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Thematic,
theoretical, or experimental studies in
British and American literatures and
cultures. Duplicates Credit in former ENGL
699. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 600 Publication in Humanities
Journals
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
Development of academic strategies for
preparing articles for publication in scholarly
journals. Aspects of publication will include
abstracts, introductions, argumentation,
style and footnotes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 601 Introduction to Literary
Editing and Publishing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Comprehensive
introduction to the MA degree and its range
of study, focusing on elements of the craft
of editing and the literary marketplace.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 602 Writers in the World: Text and
Context
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Editing and
publishing within the tradition of literary
and cultural influences upon a wide range
of authors, readers and genres. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 603 The Editorial Experience:
The Craft of Publication
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An intensive
workshop in applied English, coordinating
literary analysis with editing and publication,
including relationships with authors;
academic and trade presses; journals;
editing and design. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 604 The Nonfiction Experience:
A Literary-Editorial Focus
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Topics on literary
and popular forms: profile portrait; science
writing; food writing; place and travel;
memoir; and personal essay; with venues
for publication. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 605 The History of Rhetoric
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in
European and American rhetoric and their
contexts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 607 Digital Publishing and Literary
Writing for New Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Discussion
of literary texts combined with hands-on
digital practice in composition, design
and fabrication for electronic publication,
including formal, technical and philosophical
issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 608 Publishing on Both Sides of
the Transom
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Editorial and
publishing workshop with an intensive
hands-on student project following the
progress of a single piece of writing from
manuscript to print. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 609a Internship in Editing and
Publishing: Eloquence and Ethics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
experience in the publishing world for
acquiring skills and knowledge beyond
the classroom. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGL 609b Internship in Editing and
Publishing: Eloquence and Ethics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Practical
experience in the publishing world for
acquiring skills and knowledge beyond
the classroom. Prerequisite: ENGL 609a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENGL 610 Theory and Criticism
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in meaning
and meaning-making, form, comparative
theory, theories of history and culture,
theory in the classroom, and other topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 612 History of the Book and
Material Bibliography
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Book history and the use of primary
source material in literary research. Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 620 Literature and
Interdisciplinary Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Issues and theory
of studying literature in relation to history,
science, politics, psychology, religion,
sociology, media, the visual arts, and other
disciplines. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 630 Studies in Gender
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 History and
ideology of gender studies, feminist theory,
gay and lesbian discourse, and other
studies in feminisms and masculinities
in relation to literature. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-630
ENGL 640 Individual Writers
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Studies in major
and minor, canonic and non-canonic
writers. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 650 Multicultural Literary Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Theories of
race and ethnicity, cultural imperialism,
discourse of power and class, literatures of
the Americas, and other topics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 660 Studies in Genre
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 History,
transformation, and theory of genre; studies
in epic, lyric, drama, comedy, tragedy, the
novel, biography, essay, and other forms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 678 Seminar in Film Theory and
Medium Specificity
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in CTCS
678)
ENGL 679 Seminar in Genre and/or
Narrative Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in CTCS
679)
ENGL 693 Graduate Nonfiction Form and
Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered: FaSp
Study of conventional and experimental
works of creative nonfiction, from memoir
to poetry, criticism and scholarship,
focusing on issues of form, ethics, style
and audience. Registration Restriction:
Open only to English and Creative Writing
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 694 Graduate Nonfiction Writing
Workshop
Units: 4 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive practicum in advanced
level nonfiction writing, intended to develop
high level creative compositional ability.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in English and Creative
Writing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGL 695 Graduate Fiction Form and
Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: max 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Studies in fiction form and
function or critical theory. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 696 Graduate Poetry Writing
Workshop
Units: 4 Max Units: max 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive practicum in advanced
level poetry writing, intended to develop
high level creative compositional ability.
Open only to Creative Writing PhD degree
candidates. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral English students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 697 Graduate Fiction Writing
Workshop
Units: 4 Max Units: max 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive practicum in advanced
level fiction writing, intended to develop
high level creative compositional ability.
Open only to Creative Writing PhD degree
candidates. Registration Restriction: Open
only to English doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGL 698 Graduate Poetry Form and
Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Studies in poetry form and
function or critical theory. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENGL 700x Theories and Practices of
Professional Development I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A structured
environment in which to craft a research
project, write a dissertation prospectus,
and define areas of professional expertise.
Recommended Preparation: passage of
screening exam. Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
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ENGL 701x Theories and Practices of
Professional Development II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa This two-credit
course helps ABD students craft their
professional identities and placement
materials as they make the transition from
graduate school to their academic position.
Credit Restriction: Not available for degree
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENGL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENGL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENGL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENGL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ENGL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Engineering
ENGR 100a Engineering Honors
Colloquium
Units: 1 Recent developments in a highly
technological society with emphasis
on selected topics. Enrollment limited
to members of the Viterbi School of
Engineering Honors Program. Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 100b Engineering Honors
Colloquium
Units: 1 Recent developments in a highly
technological society with emphasis
on selected topics. Enrollment limited
to members of the Viterbi School of
Engineering Honors Program. Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 100c Engineering Honors
Colloquium
Units: 1 Recent developments in a highly
technological society with emphasis
on selected topics. Enrollment limited
to members of the Viterbi School of
Engineering Honors Program. Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 100d Engineering Honors
Colloquium
Units: 1 Recent developments in a highly
technological society with emphasis
on selected topics. Enrollment limited
to members of the Viterbi School of
Engineering Honors Program. Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 101 Introduction to Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Gateway to
the majors and minors in engineering.
Introduction to engineering disciplines.
Historical and current trends in engineering;
ethical and societal factors in engineering
solutions. Hands-on design experiences;
USC laboratory tours. Grading Option:
Letter
ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman
Academy
Units: 2 Introduction to the profession of
engineering. Ethical, political and societal
consequences of engineering innovations
and the impact of engineering on everyday
life. Team projects and guest lectures. Open
to freshmen only. Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 150L Engineering Science and
Systems: From Humans to Robots
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Hands-on
multidisciplinary engineering course
that uses robotics as a theme to cover
material from all areas of engineering.
Laboratory; programming; team projects;
end-of-semester exhibition. Open only to
freshmen. Recommended Preparation:
Basic programming experience (e.g.,
C, C++, C#, Java, Python). Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 254 Immersive Storytelling For
Engineers, Innovators and Makers
Units: 2 Creating and leveraging
immersive stories that shape the process
of engineering innovation and push the
bounds of empathy in solving global grand
challenges. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 265g Ethics, Technology and
Value
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
PHIL 265g)
ENGR 270 Ethics for Engineers
Units: 2 Provides students with innovative
problem-solving skills and strategies to
identify and solve contemporary ethical
challenges in engineering and scientific
contexts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENGR 301 Technical Entrepreneurship
Units: 3 (Enroll in BUAD 301)
ENGR 305 Engineering Biology Matters
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Engineering
students will learn biological phenomena
in the context of engineering principles
and explore biological mechanisms and
processes as analogies for designing
engineered systems. Recommended
Preparation: CHEM 105a, MASC 110.
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 345 Principles and Practices of
Global Innovation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A global
class using the classroom-without-borders
platform and learning-from-diversity
pedagogy to study the dynamic life cycle of
technology innovation in competitive global
market with classmates abroad. Grading
Option: Letter
ENGR 365 Ethical Issues in Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
ethical issues in artificial intelligence, such
as algorithmic bias and interpretability, data
privacy and control, autonomous systems,
relationships with AI entities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 385 Human-Systems Integration
for Global Engineering
Units: 4 Human-Systems Integration (HSI),
systems thinking and interdisciplinary
thought processes applied to the analysis
of challenges that transcend geo-political
borders. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CE 385, ISE
385
ENGR 395ax Cooperative Education
Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 5.0 Supervised
work experience in a professional
environment related to a specific degree
program, academic level, and career
objective. Acceptance into Cooperative
Education Program required. Credit
Restriction: Degree credit by departmental
approval. Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
ENGR 395bx Cooperative Education
Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 5.0 Supervised
work experience in a professional
environment related to a specific degree
program, academic level, and career
objective. Acceptance into Cooperative
Education Program required. Credit
Restriction: Degree credit by departmental
approval. Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
ENGR 395cx Cooperative Education
Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 5.0 Supervised
work experience in a professional
environment related to a specific degree
program, academic level, and career
objective. Acceptance into Cooperative
Education Program required. Credit
Restriction: Degree credit by departmental
approval. Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
ENGR 395dx Cooperative Education
Work Experience
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 5.0 Supervised
work experience in a professional
environment related to a specific degree
program, academic level, and career
objective. Acceptance into Cooperative
Education Program required. Credit
Restriction: Degree credit by departmental
approval. Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 400 Engineering Honors Project
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised
interdisciplinary studies and projects.
Enrollment limited to members of the Viterbi
School of Engineering Honors Program.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 401x Communicating Science and
Engineering to Children
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Engineering students communicate
their knowledge, collaborate constructively
with peers, and inspire underserved
children to develop a curiosity and
persistence for science and engineering.
Registration Restriction: Open only to junior
and senior engineering students. Grading
Option: Letter
ENGR 410 Social Media for Scientists
and Engineers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to how social media and
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science intersect in a compelling manner to
engage a variety of audiences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 471a Interdisciplinary Capstone
Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa A culminating
experience in applying technical skills they
have acquired in their engineering course
work to solve a design problem sponsored
by an external customer. Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 471b Interdisciplinary Capstone
Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A culminating
experience in applying technical skills
they have acquired in their engineering
coursework to solve a design problem
sponsored by an external customer.
Prerequisite: ENGR 471a Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 493 Dean's Seminar in
Entrepreneurship: Disruptive
Technologies with an Entrepreneurial
Mindset
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Understand,
evaluate and manage disruptive
technologies in the context of starting
and developing a new business. Lectures
and discussions with a diverse array
of successful business leaders and
entrepreneurs. Registration Restriction:
Open only to sophomores, juniors,
seniors or first year graduate students in
Engineering Duplicates Credit in former
BUAD 493x Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ENGR 494 Technology Development and
Commercialization
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the theory and practice of technology
development and commercialization with
an emphasis on how new technologies
are formed and implemented into society.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Viterbi students Duplicates Credit in former
ENGR 461 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Current
developments in the field of engineering.
Grading Option: Letter
ENGR 501x Engineering Writing and
Communication for Master's Students
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Academic
and discipline-specific writing skills.
Emphasis on structure of discourse and
writing process. Presentation and oral
communication skills also addressed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENGR 502x Writing Skills for
Engineering PhD Students
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Writing of engineering curriculum-
and research-related projects for PhD
students. Focus is on conference papers,
dissertations and proposals, journal articles,
and other forms. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to master's students.
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 503x Oral Communication Skills
for Engineering PhD Students
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Academic and professional
presentation skills for PhD students.
Preparation for qualifying exams,
conference paper presentations, and other
forms of oral communication. Use of visual
aids and poster displays included. Credit
Restriction: Not available for degree credit
to master's students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 504x Fellowship Proposal Writing
for Engineering PhD Students
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Preparation
of essays and other materials for research
fellowship applications. Open only to PhD
engineering students. Credit Restriction:
Not available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ENGR 509 Patent Law for Scientists and
Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Tools for
engineering and science graduate students
to make informed decisions about obtaining
and enforcing patent protection for their
future inventions: validity, infringement,
unenforceability. Recommended
Preparation: EE 682 or ISE 565. Grading
Option: Letter
ENGR 576 Invention and Technology
Development
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 576)
ENGR 595a Professional Writing and
Communication for Internships
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on writing and communication skills for
master's students pursuing a professional
internship. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate engineering students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENGR 595b Professional Writing and
Communication for Internships
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on writing and communication skills for
master's students pursuing a professional
internship. Prerequisite: ENGR 595a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate engineering students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ENGR 595c Professional Writing and
Communication for Internships
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on writing and communication skills for
master's students pursuing a professional
internship. Prerequisite: ENGR 595b
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate engineering students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ENGR 595d Professional Writing and
Communication for Internships
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on writing and communication skills for
master's students pursuing a professional
internship. Prerequisite: ENGR 595c
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate engineering students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ENGR 595z Professional Writing and
Communication for Internships
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on writing and communication skills for
master's students pursuing a professional
internship. Prerequisite: ENGR 595d
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate engineering students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ENGR 596 Internship in Engineering
Units: 1 Max Units: 3.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in Engineering
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 597x Internship in Engineering
with Professional Writing and
Communication
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Practical work experience; professional
communication and writing skills.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in engineering Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENGR 598 Professional Internship
Experiences
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Part-time
or full-time practical work experience in
a particular field of study. The internship
must be located at an off-campus facility.
Prerequisite: ENGR 597x Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
in engineering Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENGR 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Current developments in the
field of engineering; topics to be selected
each semester. Grading Option: Letter
Environmental Studies
ENST 100g Introduction to
Environmental Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Gateway to
the majors and minors in Environmental
Studies. Provides students with an overview
of how government agencies and societal
institutions address (or fail to address) the
interrelated social and scientific aspects
of environmental problems and policies.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 150gx Environmental Issues in
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of the major social, political, economic,
religious, and philosophical disagreements
that exist between scholars, leaders, and
citizens concerning today's most serious
environmental issues and problems.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Old
General Education in Category VI: Social
Issues Credit Restriction: Not available
for major or minor credit to environmental
studies majors and minors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as IR-150
ENST 201 Introduction to Applied
Environmental Science and Engineering
Units: 4 (Enroll in ENE 201)
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ENST 250 Climate Change: Science,
History and Solutions
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 250g)
ENST 270 Introduction to Environmental
Law and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in POSC
270)
ENST 298aL Introduction to Scientific
Diving
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Extensive
academic preparation in the physics,
physiology, safety, and methodology for
in-water scientific diving. Recommended
Preparation: background in natural science
and/or environmental studies Duplicates
Credit in former ENST 298 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ARCG 298a
ENST 298bL Introduction to Scientific
Diving
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Extensive
academic preparation in the physics,
physiology, safety, and methodology for
in-water scientific diving. Prerequisite:
ENST 298a Recommended Preparation:
background in natural science and/or
environmental studies Duplicates Credit
in former ENST 298 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ARCG 298b
ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
scientific, social, political, and economic
factors of fisheries management, engaging
students in key issues of coastal and
marine sustainability. Prerequisite: ENST
100g Recommended Preparation: Any
introductory Biology course Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability;
Energy and Air Sustainability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
of issues related to water and soil
sustainability including science, policy
and business aspects. Recommended
Preparation: ENST 100. Duplicates Credit
in former ENST 420. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability;
Energy and Air Sustainability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of issues related to water and soil
sustainability including science, policy
and business aspects. Recommended
Preparation: ENST 100. Duplicates Credit
in former ENST 430. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 323 Politics of Global Environment
Units: 4 (Enroll in IR 323)
ENST 335 Science, Health and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of environmentally transmitted human
diseases; understanding the human/
pathogen/environment nexus that leads
to disease in human populations; disease
transmission reduction. Prerequisite: BISC
103Lgx or BISC 120Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as BISC 335
ENST 344 Environmental Ethics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores issues
concerning behavior of humans towards
the nonhuman world. Examines a wide
spectrum of ethical issues. Prerequisite:
ENST 100 or ENST 150 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 347 Environmental Law
Units: 4 (Enroll in POSC 347)
ENST 352 Conservation Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
352)
ENST 370 Marine and Coastal
Environmental Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of major
environmental policies both international
and domestic as they relate to fisheries,
shipping, pollution, seaports and coastal
management. Recommended Preparation:
ENST 100, ENST 387. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 387 Economics for Natural
Resources and the Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the economic tools and issues that affect
natural resource use and environmental
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENST 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 396 Directed Governmental and
Political Leadership Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: max 8
(Enroll in POSC 395)
ENST 400 Environment and
Sustainability Colloquium
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: Fa Weekly
invited lectures from leading researchers
and practitioners in the environmental and
sustainability fields. Additional readings and
discussions on topics presented by guests
are incorporated. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ENST 405 Public Engagement for Nature
Conservation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An exploration of
the science behind public engagement for
biodiversity conservation, climate resilience
and humanity's sense of health and vitality.
Recommended Preparation: ENST 100g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 410 Water and Energy
Management in the Asia-Pacific Region
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration
of how the essential resources of water
and energy are managed in the Asia-
Pacific region and the implications of such
management. Prerequisite: ENST 320a,
ENST 320b . Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENST 412 Oceans, Climate, and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
GEOL 412)
ENST 413 Sustainable Aquaculture and
Food Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Assessing
the potential for aquaculture, the fastest
growing component of food production
systems, to contribute to food security goals
while maintaining environmental, social and
economic sustainability. Prerequisite: ENST
100g Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENST 422 Ecological Security and
Global Politics
Units: 4 (Enroll in IR 422)
ENST 427 The Global Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
BISC 427)
ENST 432 Environment and Governance:
International and National Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Exposes
students to policy makers and major
institutions that work closely with local
decision makers towards developing
environmental policy framework. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 436 Environmental Politics
Units: 4 (Enroll in POSC 436 )
ENST 440 Environmental Risk
Assessment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Assesses
various potential environmental risks and
examines how science, government,
business, and industry measure
and prepare for environmental risks.
Recommended Preparation: ENST 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 442 Global Climate Change: Policy
and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
climate change policy at the international,
national, state, and local levels, and
explores the role civil society plays in
climate change politics. Prerequisite: ENST
320b or POSC 270 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present,
and Future
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
the tools used to reconstruct past climate
change and a thorough discussion of
past climate changes on earth with an
emphasis on the recent past. Prerequisite:
MATH 118 or MATH 125 and ENST
320b; Recommended Preparation: any
introductory GEOL course. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as GEOL-445
ENST 456L Conservation Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
456)
ENST 466 Business and Environmental
Sustainability
Units: 4 (Enroll in MOR 466)
ENST 470 Environmental Hydrogeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
GEOL 470)
ENST 480 Integrated Ecosystem
Management in Micronesia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Field studies
in ecosystem management tools used
to investigate complex environmental
problems in Micronesia. Historical, cultural,
and scientific topics, direct observations
of biological, physical, and chemical
conditions. Corequisite: ENST 298a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone
Sustainability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Field skills
and management tools to investigate
environmental problems in coastal zones;
cultural and scientific topics; collection
and analysis of environmental data.
Recommended Preparation: ENST 100g
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 485 Role of the Environment in the
Collapse of Human Societies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Field studies
in the roles of environmental problems in
the collapse of ancient civilizations and
analogous problems facing contemporary
populations in those same places.
Recommended Preparation: ENST 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 487 Resource and Environmental
Economics
Units: 4 (Enroll in ECON 487)
ENST 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy
and Science Internship
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSp Provides opportunities for
professional development in environmental
policy and science and prepares
students for career or graduate school in
environmental-related fields. Students are
placed in internships and guided before
and during the internship period. Students
gain practical experience and learn
how government and nongovernmental
organizations pursue and implement
environmental policy and science work.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Juniors and Seniors in Environmental
Science and Health, and Environmental
Studies majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENST 495 Senior Seminar in
Environmental Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Students form
multidisciplinary teams and are asked to
study and resolve a major environmental
problem facing a particular region or target
population. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENST 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics dealing with environmental
issues and problems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 500 Interdisciplinary Approaches
to Environmental Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Students will
develop advanced skills to address complex
environmental issues that society faces
today. Different approaches for studying
environmental processes and resources
will be examined. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENST 501 Environmental Science I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Exposes
students to critical scientific principles,
concepts, and issues related to pollution
control, remediation, and ecology.
Corequisite: ENST 502. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 502 Environmental Science
Seminar I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa A series of
biweekly guest lectures on critical scientific
principles, concepts, and issues related to
pollution control, remediation, and ecology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 503 Environmental Science II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A continuation
of ENST 501. Exposes students to critical
scientific principles, concepts, and issues
related to pollution control, remediation,
and ecology. Prerequisite: ENST 501;
Corequisite: ENST 504. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 504 Environmental Science
Seminar II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp A continuation
of ENST 502. A series of biweekly guest
lectures on critical scientific principles,
concepts, and issues related to pollution
control, remediation, and ecology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ENST 505a Advanced Environmental
Science Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Ties together
science, technology, and finance with risk
assessment and policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 505b Advanced Environmental
Science Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Ties together
science, technology, and finance with risk
assessment and policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 510 Statistics for Environmental
Analysis
Units: 4 This course introduces graduate
students to the various quantitative
techniques and methodological approaches
used in pollution control, natural resources
management, and environmental
protection. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ENST 520 Environmental Law and Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduces
students to the central issues, concepts,
and theories in environmental law and
policy and analyzes present environmental
laws and regulations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 530 Environmental Risk Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analyzes various
potential environmental risks and examines
how science, government, and business
measure and prepare for environmental
risks. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENST 540 California Coastal Zone
Science and Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Science and
policy issues used to characterize and
manage California coastal resources.
Key issues include: coastal pollution,
public health, ecosystem management,
and marine reserves. Recommended
Preparation: ENST 500. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ENST 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ENST 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ENST 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ENST 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ENST 595 Graduate Seminar in
Environmental Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Addresses
the obstacles to environmental
policymaking and management by
examining the interrelationships between
science, technology, and social science.
Recommended Preparation: ENST 500,
ENST 501, ENST 502, ENST 503, ENST
504. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ENST 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Subjects
specifically relevant to an environmental
studies field, sometimes conducted as
intensive short courses. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Finance and Business Economics
FBE 206 The Power of Personal Finance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
knowledge and skills in areas of money
management, budgeting, financial goal
attainment, insurance, credit cards, and
investments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 299 Special Topics
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introduction to current
developments in finance and business
economics. Credit Restriction: Not for Major
Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 391 Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to income-producing real estate from the
perspective of finance, market analysis,
capital markets, development and
investment. Includes focus on analytical
techniques and computer applications.
Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or BUAD 306 or
BUAD 308 Registration Restriction: Open
only to undergraduates Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate
Finance and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Case analysis
examining economic and financial aspects
of real estate decisions for non-business
majors. Focuses on dynamics of financing,
markets and the development process.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit
as a senior options course for business
majors or for students in the real estate
option. Duplicates Credit in former FBE
200x. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 402 Government and Business
Units: 4 American mixed capitalism,
welfare, market failure, and the role of
government in business; regulation and the
public utilities, antitrust policy, and current
topics in regulation-deregulation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal
Environment of Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Legal
principles of business: litigation process,
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constitutional law, torts, product liability,
crimes, contracts, sales and leases,
intellectual property, international law,
agency, employment law, and ethics.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
freshmen. Duplicates Credit in the former
BUAD 403. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 405 Behavioral Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
and applications of financial decision-
making, using insights from psychology and
neuroscience. Impact of behavioral biases
on market prices. In-class experiments will
be conducted. Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or
BUAD 306 or BUAD 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 416 Managerial Economics
Units: 4 Application of microeconomic
theory to problems of the firm, quantification
of demand and cost relationships; pricing
policies. Prerequisite: BUAD 311; and
BUAD 351 or ECON 203 or ECON 351.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 421 Financial Analysis and
Valuation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develops and
uses tools of financial analysis to evaluate
the performance and assess the value of
individual companies in an industry context.
Prerequisite: ACCT 410x or BUAD 280 or
BUAD 305 Registration Restriction: Open
only to undergraduates Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital
and Private Equity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to venture capital and private equity. Topics
include fundraising, valuation of new firms
and venture capital securities, and exiting
investments through public offerings.
Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or BUAD 306
or BUAD 308 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 424 Financial Institutions and
Capital Markets
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Money and
capital markets; derivative markets; foreign
exchange markets; investment banks
and nonbank finance, financial crises;
commercial banks, Federal Reserve and
conduct of monetary policy. Prerequisite:
(BUAD 351 and BUAD 352) or (ECON
203g and ECON 205g) or (ECON 351x
and ECON 352x) Registration Restriction:
Open only to Sophomores, Juniors and
Seniors Duplicates Credit in former FBE
324 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 427 Real Estate Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles of
law regarding real property transactions;
buyer-seller, debtor-creditor, landlord-tenant
relationships; environmental law and land
use control; investments and syndication.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 428 Introduction to Employment
Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Survey
of current employment law topics including
employment discrimination arising within
modern workplaces. Legal and business
strategies for managing diversity for
organizational success. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 429 International Business Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
course on the legal and regulatory
environment of international business
transactions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 431 Financial Policies and
Corporate Governance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Presentation
of the theory and institutional details of
corporate finance, with emphasis on
debt and dividend policies, governance/
voting rights, and security issuance and
retirement. Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or
BUAD 306 or BUAD 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 432 Corporate Financial Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Linkage
between financial theory and policy and
corporate strategy, the role of financial
managers in developing corporate strategy;
applications of concepts and techniques
using cases. Prerequisite: ACCT 410x or
BUAD 280 or BUAD 305 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 433 Corporate Governance and
CEO Pay
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores how
value is created (or destroyed) through
incentive compensation and corporate
governance. Focus on bonuses, stock
options, executive compensation, and
financing policies. Prerequisite: BUAD 215
or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 435 Applied Finance in Fixed
Income Securities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Emphasis
on hedging tools necessary for portfolio
managers. Introduction of all securities
available in fixed income and provision of
tools to analyze investments. Prerequisite:
BUAD 215 or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 436 Financial Management of
Multinational Corporations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp International
scope and dimension of financial planning;
working capital management; financing
and investment decisions of multinational
corporations. Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or
BUAD 306 or BUAD 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance:
Financial Management for Developing
Firms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Internal financial
management of developing firms. Cash
flow analysis; capital budgeting; sources
of financing; risk analysis; measurement
of profits; and mergers and acquisitions.
Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or BUAD 306
or BUAD 308 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 440 Trading and Exchanges
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories,
practices and technologies of trading
at exchanges and in dealer networks.
Sources of liquidity, volatility, profitability
and institutional change. Domestic and
international public policy issues. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 441 Investments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
and applications of investment decision-
making; the behavior of security prices,
portfolio theory, asset pricing models,
market efficiency, bond valuation and term
structure, derivative securities. Prerequisite:
BUAD 215 or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and
Risk Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
econometric tools and versions of Capital
Asset Pricing Models to estimate financial
risk, stock market risk premia and to project
economic activity. Prerequisite: (BUAD 215
or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308) and (BUAD
310 or BUAD 312) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 453a Advanced Practicum in
Investment Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of investment management techniques
in a laboratory setting. Stock selection,
asset allocation, industry analysis,
investment thesis research; off-site
visits; oral and written presentations.
Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or BUAD 306
or BUAD 308 Corequisite: FBE 421 or
FBE 441 Registration Restriction: Open
only to students admitted to the Marshall
Undergraduate Student Investment Fund
program Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 453b Advanced Practicum in
Investment Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of advanced investment management
techniques in a laboratory setting. Bond
portfolio management, quantitative
stock screens, derivatives trading,
portfolio optimization. Off-site visits and
presentations. Prerequisite: FBE 453a
Registration Restriction: Open only
to students admitted to the Marshall
Undergraduate Student Investment Fund
program Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 458 Law of Forming, Financing and
Managing Businesses
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Law
and ethics of agency, partnerships,
corporations, limited liability companies,
governmental regulation, mergers, creditor
rights, secured transactions, bankruptcy,
securities regulation and antitrust.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 459 Financial Derivatives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A rigorous
introduction to the pricing and corporate
use of financial derivatives -- futures,
options, forwards and swaps -- on stocks,
exchange rates, bonds and commodities.
Prerequisite: BUAD 215 or BUAD 306
or BUAD 308 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 460 Mergers, Acquisitions and
Restructuring
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
understanding of the major strategic,
economic, financial, human resources, and
governance issues of mergers, acquisitions,
and restructuring. Prerequisite: BUAD 215
or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 462 International Trade, Finance
and Commercial Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Commercial
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policies, treaty relationships, examination of
policies influencing world trade and finance,
the international financial system, exchange
rates. Prerequisite: (ECON 203g and ECON
205g) or (BUAD 351 and BUAD 352) or
(ECON 351x and ECON 352x) Registration
Restriction: Open only to sophomores,
juniors, and seniors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 465 Real Estate Analysis and
Computer Modeling
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Real estate
valuation. Three approaches to valuation:
Market comparison, income, and cost.
Highest and best use analysis. State of the
art real estate software. Prerequisite: FBE
391 or FBE 400 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 466 Management of Real Estate
Development: Feasibility Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp By means of a
significant real-world case study chosen
each term, the development process is
examined from the interrelated perspectives
of finance, market analysis, and design and
construction technology. Team-generated
development proposals are proposed and
presented in a consulting environment that
includes industry participants. Prerequisite:
FBE 391 and FBE 470 or FBE 400.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 469 Mixed Use Development
Process
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in RED
469)
FBE 470 Advanced Real Estate Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Mixed lecture/
case approach covering market analysis,
asset valuation, ownership structure,
negotiation, asset management, corporate
real estate, portfolio management, and
affordable housing, appraisal and advanced
financial modeling. Prerequisite: FBE
391. Duplicates Credit in former FBE 465.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 489 Real Estate Capital Markets
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Topics in real
estate capital markets including markets for
debt and equity; residential and commercial
mortgages and mortgage-backed
securities; REITs; institutional sources of
capital. Prerequisite: FBE 391 or FBE 400
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 491 Real Estate Finance Colloquium
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The roles
of economics and finance in real estate.
Lessons from history, the origin of real
estate bubbles, how real estate markets
work. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 495x Practicum in Business Issues
(Internship)
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Combined classroom discussion
and structured, supervised field application
of business theories and practices within
a part-time employment context. Open
only to undergraduate students in Finance
and Business Economics certificate.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
undergraduate students in Finance and
Business Economics certificate. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
FBE 498 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: Irregular Current developments
in the field of finance and business
economics; topics to be selected each
semester. (Graded CR/NC) Prerequisite:
BUAD 215 or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FBE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Current developments in the field
of finance and business economics; topics
to be selected each semester. Prerequisite:
BUAD 215 or BUAD 306 or BUAD 308
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 501 Investment Banking
Fundamentals
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
role of an investment banking associate.
Students will effectively function as a junior
banker through a sell-side merger and
acquisition (M & A) process. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 504 The FinTech Revolution:
Disrupting Traditional Finance
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Emerging
business models in finance including
crowdfunding, marketplace lending, new
payment solutions and wealth management
automation. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 506 Quantitative Methods in
Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa The
development of single and bivariate
mathematical and statistical methods used
in modern finance and economics and
applications of these methods. Registration
Restriction: Open only MS in Finance
students Duplicates Credit in former FBE
506a and FBE 506b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 523 Venture Capital and Private
Equity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
analysis of the economics of the private
equity markets. Consider and value
private securities in venture capital, initial
public offerings, and leveraged buyouts.
Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 524 Money and Capital Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Review of
financial institutions and markets, the
determinants of interest rates, the impact
of government regulation and policy on the
financial system. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b
or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 525 Financial Institution
Management, Strategy and Valuation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Application of
economic and financial analytic techniques
to the managerial problems of financial
institutions and implications for financial
firm strategy and valuation. Prerequisite:
GSBA 521b or GSBA 548. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 526 Macroeconomic Analysis for
Business
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp The economic
environment of business: American
economic and social goals and policies
and their impact on business; growth,
stability, and the new priorities; international
forces influencing business. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance:
Financial Management for Developing
Firms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Internal
financial management of developing firms.
Cash flow analysis; capital budgeting;
sources of financing; risk analysis;
measurement of profits; and mergers and
acquisitions. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b
or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 529 Financial Analysis and
Valuation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp An
applications-oriented course to develop
the financial and accounting tools required
to do financial planning valuation and
assessment of financial performance.
Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548
Duplicates Credit in FIM 529 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 531 Corporate Financial Policy and
Corporate Governance
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Advanced analysis of the determinants
of corporate capital structure and payout
policies, allocation and value of corporate
control, and security issuance and
retirement. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or
GSBA 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Linkage
between financial theory and policy and
corporate strategy; the role of financial
managers in developing corporate strategy;
applications of concepts and techniques
using cases. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b
or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 533 CEO Pay, Corporate
Governance, and the Politics of Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
how value is created (or destroyed) in
organizations, focusing on compensation
and incentive systems and the causes and
consequences of government (and populist)
intervention. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b
or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed
Income Securities
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp The
basic principles underlying fixed income
securities and how these principles apply
to the practical aspects of fixed income
management. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b
or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 540 Hedge Funds
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the investment strategies used by
hedge funds, the quantitative tools and
business plans used to implement them.
Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548.
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Recommended Preparation: statistics and
calculus. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 543 Forecasting and Risk Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Application
of econometric tools and versions of capital
asset pricing models to estimate financial
risk and stock market risk premia for
portfolio management. Prerequisite: FBE
506 or GSBA 506b or GSBA 524 or (GSBA
516 and GSBA 545) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 545 Applied Financial Modeling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Hands-
on Excel skills necessary to analyze
complicated financial situations and
to present the analysis in a coherent
and professional manner. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 550 High Yield Bond Investing -
Managing Credit Risk
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Review
the structure of the high yield bond market.
Develop a practical approach to assess
credit risk and understand how deals
are structured and priced. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 551 Quantitative Investing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Build, test and
implement the types of models in use by
quantitative asset managers. Prerequisite:
FBE 555 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 553a Applied Portfolio Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of portfolio management techniques in a
laboratory setting. Stock selection, asset
allocation, industry analysis, investment
thesis research; off-site visits; oral and
written presentations. Prerequisite: GSBA
521b or GSBA 548. Corequisite: FBE 555.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 553b Applied Portfolio Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application of
advanced portfolio management techniques
in a laboratory setting. Bond portfolio
management, quantitative stock screens,
derivatives trading, portfolio optimization.
Off-site visits and presentations.
Prerequisite: FBE 553a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 554 Trading and Exchanges
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theories,
practices and technologies of trading
at exchanges and in dealer networks.
Sources of liquidity, volatility, profitability
and institutional change. Domestic
and international public policy issues.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Duplicates Credit in FBE
440 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 555 Investment Analysis and
Portfolio Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis and
management of common stocks and fixed
income securities; development of modern
portfolio theory and the efficient market
hypothesis; organization of securities
markets. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA
548. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 557 Business Law and Ethics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Business
law of traditional and e-contracts, UCC,
crimes, torts, employment, ethics, social
responsibility, intellectual property, digital
law, e-commerce, accountants' liability,
property, estates, and government
regulation. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 558 Law for Structuring, Financing,
and Managing Businesses
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Legal
environment of agency law, general
and limited partnerships, limited liability
companies, corporate formation and
financing, corporate governance, securities
law, acquisitions, bankruptcy, and
business ethics. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
commodity, futures, and options contracts;
theoretical and empirical approaches; spot
and futures price relationships, speculation
and hedging strategies; market efficiency.
Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 560 Mergers and Acquisitions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Practical
application of the critical components
of mergers and acquisitions: deal flow
strategies, preliminary negotiations,
deal structures, due diligence, valuation,
post-merger integration, and regulations.
Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 563 Global Trade and Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Impact of
trade globalization in goods, services
and financial securities on business
decisions; special attention to foreign
currency markets, foreign investments
and international portfolios investments.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 564 International Financial
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Financial
management of the multinational firm; legal
entities and taxation abroad; risk in foreign
operations; strategies in foreign exchange,
money and capital markets and institutions.
Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 565 Economics of Urban Land Use:
Feasibility Studies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Economic,
market and financial analysis related to
feasibility of real estate development;
theory and case analysis. Prerequisite:
GSBA 521b or GSBA 548. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 566 Real Estate Finance Analysis
and Modeling
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Real estate
cash flow modeling, analysis and valuation
using state-of-the-art software. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 570 Advanced Topics in Real Estate
Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Current topics
in real estate finance including sources of
equity and debt, the role of capital markets,
REITs, conduits, portfolio analysis, and
acquisition of distressed assets. Cases and
analytic methods. Prerequisite: GSBA 521b
or GSBA 548; Recommended Preparation:
FBE 591. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 571 Introduction to Financial
Analysis: Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp This
introductory financial analysis (tools,
techniques) practicum, emphasizes
practical application of asset valuation and
portfolio management techniques for those
with little previous experience. Prerequisite:
GSBA 548 or GSBA 521b. Duplicates
Credit in FBE 572 and FBE 573. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
FBE 572 Intermediate Financial Analysis:
Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp This practicum
emphasizes asset valuation, including
applications of tools and inputs (including
economics, accounting, and quantitative
techniques) in asset valuation for those with
prior experience. Prerequisite: GSBA 548 or
GSBA 521b. Duplicates Credit in FBE 571
and FBE 573. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
FBE 573 Advanced Financial Analysis:
Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp This is an
advanced practicum emphasizing portfolio
management skills, including applied
strategies (tools, inputs) in equity and
fixed-income management for those with
extensive prior experience. Prerequisite:
GSBA 548 or GSBA 521b. Duplicates
Credit in FBE 571 and FBE 572. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
FBE 588 Advanced Real Estate Law
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Legal aspects
of real estate transactions; partnerships,
syndicates, and other ownership forms.
Legal aspects of land use control, zoning
and environmental impact reports.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Duplicates Credit in RED
562 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FBE 589 Mortgages and Mortgage-
Backed Securities and Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Valuation and
analysis of residential and commercial
mortgages and mortgage-backed securities
and related markets. Prerequisite: GSBA
521b or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
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to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
FBE 591 Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
investment in and financing of real estate
assets including projections, valuation, deal
structure, contracts, portfolio and tax and
entity considerations. Prerequisite: GSBA
521b or GSBA 548. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 592 Field Research in Finance or
Business Economics
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team projects studying the
business practices of an industry, company,
government agency, country, geographic
region, etc. Proposal, data collection,
analyses, and written report. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
FBE 593 Independent Research in
Finance or Business Economics
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research beyond normal
course offerings. Proposal, research and
written report/paper required. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FBE 595 Internship in Finance or
Business Economics
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised on-the-
job business experience in the student's
area of interest. (Curricular Practical
Training.) Graded CR/NC. Recommended
Preparation: Completion of required MBA,
MAcc, MBT, or MS Finance course work
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in accounting and business
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
FBE 596 Research Practicum in Finance
or Business Economics
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Marshall faculty
member in the Finance and Business
Economics Department on an ongoing
research project. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master and doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FBE 597 Consulting Project in Finance
or Business Economics
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5,
5 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Recommended
Preparation: Completion of required
MBA, MAcc, MBT, or MS Finance course
work Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
FBE 598 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular Current developments
in the field of Finance and Business
Economics; topics to be selected each
semester. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
FBE 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular Current developments
in the field of Finance and Business
Economics; topics to be selected each
semester. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 621 Research Forum
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Review and discuss
current research in Finance and Business
Economics. Presentations by faculty,
visiting researchers, and advanced
students. Open only to Marshall PhD
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
FBE 630 Fundamentals of Corporate
Finance
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Core theory
and empirical evidence in corporate
finance. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 631a Advanced Corporate Finance
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
and frontier issues in corporate finance.
A: financial intermediation, investment-
cash flow sensitivity, internal capital
markets, diversification, and business
groups. Prerequisite: FBE 630 Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former FBE 631
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 631b Advanced Corporate Finance
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
and frontier issues in corporate finance. B:
mergers and divestitures, product market
competition, corporate governance, and
finance and development. Prerequisite:
FBE 630 Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former FBE 631 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 633 Fundamentals of Asset Pricing
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Financial
Economics course that focuses on core
theory and empirical evidence in asset
pricing. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 634a Advanced Asset Pricing
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
asset pricing in financial economics
focusing on advanced empirical methods:
(a) emphasis on quantitative models,
(b) emphasis on GMM and regression.
Prerequisite: FBE 633 Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former FBE 634
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 634b Advanced Asset Pricing
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
asset pricing in financial economics
focusing on advanced empirical methods:
(a) emphasis on Quantitative models,
(b) emphasis on GMM and regression.
Prerequisite: FBE 634a Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former FBE 634
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 652 Financial Economics I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Doctoral
level seminar in financial economics;
concentration on corporate finance theory
and evidence. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 653 Financial Economics II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Doctoral
level seminar in financial economics;
concentration on contingent claims and
continuous time models. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FBE 654 Ph.D. Seminar-Empirical
Research Methods in Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Empirical
financial research methods are introduced.
Applications are discussed and critiqued.
Special attention is given to new statistical
methods and to identifying fruitful research
programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 655 Financial Economics III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Doctoral-
level seminar in financial economics;
concentration on the theory of corporate
governance and incentives in organizations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FBE 670 Selected Topics in Finance
Research
Units: 1.5 Max Units: 6 Terms Offered:
FaSp Selected topics in finance research.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FBE 699 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Exploration of emerging
topics, literature and research techniques
in contemporary finance and/or business
economics. Registration Restriction: Open
to doctoral students only. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Food Industry Management
FIM 410 Leadership in the Food Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An integrated
approach for executives in the food industry
to understand different leadership styles,
tools, and dynamics while working to further
define and improve their own leadership
skills. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Food Industry Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FIM 481 Marketing Management in the
Food Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An integrated
approach to marketing new and existing
products and services within a strategic
food industry management context.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Food
Industry Management students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 482 Communication Management in
the Food Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Development of
communication skills required to write well,
to speak dynamically and persuasively, to
cultivate relationships using interpersonal
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communication skills, and to implement
organizational strategies. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Food Industry
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 485 Financial Analysis and Valuation
in the Food Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Development
and use of financial analysis tools and
valuation techniques to assess the
performance and value of companies in
the food industry. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Food Industry Management
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FIM 497 Strategic Management in the
Food Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the concepts, tools, and principles
of strategy formulation and competitive
analysis as applied to food industry
management decision-making. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Food Industry
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation
in the Food Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The practical
application and integration of finance and
accounting concepts to valuing investment
projects and companies in the food
industry. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program. Duplicates Credit in
FBE 529 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FIM 550 Perspectives on the Food
Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Current issues,
new technologies, trends, government
policy, emerging technologies and business
models facing upstream, midstream, and
downstream firms in the food industry.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 554 Leading Change in the Food
Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Significant
models of change processes; how and why
they are used. Change management tools
including organizational culture diagnosis,
force field analysis, and social network
analysis. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program Duplicates Credit
in MOR 554 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FIM 560 Decision Making in the Food
Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Evaluate the
nature, causes, and consequences of
deviations from "optimal" choice. Leverage
psychological insights about how the
brain works to make better decisions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program Duplicates Credit
in MOR 560 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FIM 564 Innovation in the Food Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Frameworks
for innovating strategically to strengthen
critical thinking skills to develop creative
and innovative business solutions. Discover
and create growth opportunities in the food
industry. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS in Food Industry Leadership students
Duplicates Credit in MOR 564 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 567 Influence and Power in the Food
Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Explore
frameworks to effectively wield power and
influence. Develop individual competencies
that enhance personal impact effectively
and ethically. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program Duplicates Credit
in MOR 567 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FIM 569 Negotiation in the Food Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Evaluate
the negotiation process via analytical
frameworks and develop negotiation skills
experientially to achieve business solutions
within the food industry. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master of Science
in Food Industry Leadership students
Duplicates Credit in MOR 569 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 571 Leadership in the Food Industry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Analyze
leadership styles and examine leadership
behaviors and demands. Assess personal
approach to leadership within the food
industry. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the MS in Food Industry
Leadership program Duplicates Credit
in MOR 571 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FIM 574 Food Industry for the Future
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Societal
trends, innovative technologies, and
novel business models, which provide
various possibilities for food industry
transformation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to students in the MS in Food
Industry Leadership program Duplicates
Credit in MOR 564 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FIM 591 Food Industry Leadership
Capstone Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Integrative team
projects addressing unstructured business
situations for actual clients. Application of
analytical tools and critical thinking methods
spanning multiple disciplines. Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in the
MS in Food Industry Leadership program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Fixed Prosthodontics
FPRO 520 Preclinical Fixed
Prosthodontics (ISP)
Units: 2 Basic fundamentals of fixed
prosthodontics; preparation for clinical
procedures in posterior PFM's, posterior
mandibular FPD's and in restoring
endodontically treated teeth. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FPRO 521 Preclinical Fixed
Prosthodontics I
Units: 3 Fundamentals and principles
of posterior prosthodontic procedures,
including diagnosis, biomechanic principles,
and construction of fixed prosthodontic
restorations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FPRO 522 Preclinical Fixed
Prosthodontics II
Units: 3 Fundamentals of aesthetic
restorations; fabrication of posterior
and anterior porcelain-fused-to-metal
restorations and anterior porcelain jacket
crown; restoration of endodontically treated
teeth. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FPRO 561a Clinic: Fixed
Prosthodontics I
Units: 0 Clinical application of fixed
prosthodontic principles in patient
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
FPRO 561b Clinic: Fixed
Prosthodontics I
Units: 0 Clinical application of fixed
prosthodontic principles in patient
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
FPRO 561c Clinic: Fixed
Prosthodontics I
Units: 0 Clinical application of fixed
prosthodontic principles in patient
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
FPRO 561d Clinic: Fixed
Prosthodontics I
Units: 3 Clinical application of fixed
prosthodontic principles in patient
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FPRO 562a Clinic: Fixed
Prosthodontics II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Clinical application of
fixed prosthodontic principles in patient
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
FPRO 562b Clinic: Fixed
Prosthodontics II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Clinical application of
fixed prosthodontic principles in patient
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FPRO 601 Advanced Fixed
Prosthodontics
Units: 4 Critical review and evaluation of
the fixed prosthodontic literature; guided
experience in the laboratory and clinical
phases of fixed prosthodontic therapy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
French
FREN 012x French 120 Language
Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp English
grammar as it relates to French in order
to improve students' French language
skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation
practice. Requires concurrent enrollment
in either FREN 120 French I or MPVA
261 French Language and Diction. Credit
Restriction: Not for Major Credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
FREN 015x French 150 Language
Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm English
grammar as it relates to French in order
to improve students' French language
skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation
practice. Concurrent Enrollment: FREN
150 Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FREN 020x Course in Reading French
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
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graduate students who wish help in meeting
the French reading requirement for the PhD
degree. Synoptic presentation of French
grammar. Emphasis on development
of reading skills. Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
FREN 120 French I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to current French.
Oral practice, listening and reading
comprehension; grammar necessary for
simple spoken and written expression.
Prerequisite: No previous experience or
appropriate placement score. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 122 French Basic Language in a
Business Context
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develops
students first semester language skills
with an emphasis on the business context.
Introduces students to the French economy
and select business practices. May be
taken in the same semester as, or after
completing, FREN 120 or MPVA 261. May
not be taken with or after completing FREN
150. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
FREN 150 French II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of FREN 120. Prerequisite:
FREN 120 or MPVA 261 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 152 French Basic Language for
the Professions
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Develops students linguistic, cultural and
interpersonal competencies in professional
contexts. Introduces students to the
French economy, workplace and business
practices, including job searches. The
course is restricted to students who have
taken FREN 150, placed in FREN 220, or
are concurrently registered in FREN 150 or
FREN 220. Students who have completed
FREN 220 and above may not register
for the course. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
FREN 175 Accelerated French for
Speakers of Spanish and Other
Romance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Accelerated introduction to written and
spoken French for students with a high
level of proficiency in Spanish or another
Romance Language. Students completing
this course may enroll in the third semester
of the basic language sequence FREN
220. Prerequisite: ITAL 220 or PORT 220
or SPAN 220 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 202 Intensive French
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp Combines
FREN 150 and FREN 220 to allow
students to complete both courses in the
same semester at an accelerated pace.
Prerequisite: FREN 120 Duplicates Credit
in FREN 150, FREN 220 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 220 French III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of FREN 150. Review of
structural patterns of French; selected
cultural and literary readings; conversation
and composition. Prerequisite: FREN 150
or appropriate placement score. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 235x Intermediate Conversational
French
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Designed for
non-majors/minors interested in maintaining
and developing French language
competency. Builds vocabulary, ease of
communication, and cultural knowledge
through discussion of contemporary topics.
Graded Credit/No Credit. Not available for
credit to French majors. Not open to French
majors. Prerequisite: FREN 202 or FREN
220 Registration Restriction: Not open to
French majors Credit Restriction: Not for
Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
FREN 236x Professional Communication
in French
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Professional
communication skills and cultural
competency as preparation for working in
an international environment. Prerequisite:
FREN 220. Credit Restriction: Not available
for major credit to French majors or minors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 250 French IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to French literature through the
study of texts and audiovisuals organized
around a central theme; develops close-
reading techniques and discursive skills;
reviews French grammar. Prerequisite:
FREN 202 or FREN 220 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 270gw Black Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
African migration to Europe and the
formation of 'black'/African communities
in Europe, focusing on France and
Italy. Conducted in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship
in a Diverse World Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ITAL 270
FREN 300 French Grammar and
Composition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Grammatical structure and vocabulary
building with practical application to written
composition. Prerequisite: FREN 250.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 305 Global Women's Narratives
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Experiential learning course organized
around Francophone women's narratives,
theory of narrative and testimony, and
practice and publishing of interviews with
women across global contexts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 307g Public Memory and the
Ghosts of History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of cultural haunting in post-
Revolutionary France, grounded in critical
approaches to literature, with a focus on
collective memory, loss and historical
violence. Prerequisite: FREN 150 Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 309 Voices of Change: Writers,
Filmmakers and Artists of Contemporary
Senegal
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Study and
research into the role of culture in social
and political change in Senegal. Emphasis
on history, theories and practices of
African cultural identity. Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 250 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 310 Media French
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of French media. Practice in sustained
conversation. Emphasis on spoken
sentence patterns. Prerequisite: FREN 250.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 315 Inside the Courts: the French
Legal Language and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Broaden
understanding of differences between
American and French cultures; acquire
specialized vocabulary; develop ability to
address legal issues in writing and orally.
Taught in French. Prerequisite: FREN 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 318 Global Cyphers: Hip Hop
Circles Around the World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular History
and practices of hip hop popular culture in
France. Emphasis on the African diaspora,
transnationalism, and contemporary
dynamics of race and post/colonialism.
Taught in English. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST
318
FREN 320g The French New Wave and
its Legacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Film-making
in France from the earliest experiments to
current trends. Emphasis on the political,
social, historical context of French films.
Taught in English. Reading knowledge
of French recommended. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 322 Translation Workshop
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In this
introduction to the practice of translation,
students will get hands-on experience
translating texts and learning about
translation as an "art" (theory and
approaches). Prerequisite: FREN 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 330 Critical Writing in French
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
composition through critical reading of
literary texts; comprehensive analysis
of difficult grammatical structures and
stylistics. Prerequisite: FREN 300.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 333 Teaching French as a Foreign
Language
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Preparation
for teaching French as a Foreign Language;
theoretical tools and best practices to
design stimulating learning activities and
course modules. Prerequisite: FREN 300
Recommended Preparation: B1 French
proficiency level Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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FREN 340g Italian and French Cinema
and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ITAL
340)
FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in
Francophone Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of post-colonialism as a ferment for
literary creation in the literature of French
expression from Africa, the Caribbean and
Canada. Conducted in French. Corequisite:
FREN 330 Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 351 Introduction to Research in
French and Francophone Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to research methods through the study of a
specific topic in French and/or Francophone
literature and culture. Corequisite: FREN
330. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 357 Popular Music in France -
Culture, Politics, Protest
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History and
contemporary dynamics of popular musical
culture in France, from chanson to EDM.
Emphasis on the intersections between
musical culture, political and social history.
Prerequisite: FREN 300 Corequisite: FREN
330 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 360 Business and Technical
French
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Specific
vocabulary and formulae used in
international commerce. Attention given to
developing vocabulary and standard forms
appropriate to individual career objectives.
Prerequisite: FREN 300 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945
to the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
IR 368)
FREN 370gm Equality and Difference
around the Enlightenment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm 18th -
and 20th century debates around the idea
of equality and the notion of difference.
Relevance of the Enlightenment to
contemporary discussions of identity,
citizenship, and human rights. Conducted in
English. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 372gp Medicine, Health and the
Body in Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
health, the body and medicine through
literature and culture in comparative
fashion. Taught in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as COLT 372
FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing
Memory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An exploration
into how genocides and episodes of
mass violence have been thought about,
remembered and expressed in France
and the Francophone world. Conducted in
English. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 375gmw Global Narratives of
Illness and Disability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Study of
difference as represented through French,
Francophone and related narratives of
disability and illness, with attention to race
and gender. Conducted in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 382 Paris Avant-Gardes
Units: 4 Exploration of experimental artistic
collaborations between poets, novelists, art
critics and artists of the Paris Avant-gardes
in 19th and 20th century. Taught in French.
Paris Semester. Prerequisite: FREN 330;
Corequisite: FREN 330. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 383 French Women Writers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Major
figures and their roles in French society
and contributions to French literature.
Conducted in French. Corequisite: FREN
330. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-383
FREN 389 Islam in France
Units: 4 (Enroll in IR 389)
FREN 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 392 Seminar in Literary and
Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Selected topics in French and
Francophone literature and culture.
Conducted in French. Corequisite: FREN
330. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 393 Seminar in French Thought
and Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introduction to important trends in
recent French philosophy, political and
social theory, psychoanalysis, ethnology,
semiotics, and media studies. Emphasis to
be determined by department. Conducted
in English. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as COLT
393
FREN 401 Studies in Early Modernity
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study and analysis of representative
works and major intellectual, cultural,
and artistic trends from the early modern
period (pre-1789). Prerequisite: FREN 330
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 402 Studies in Modernity
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study and analysis of representative
works and major intellectual, cultural, and
artistic trends from the modern period (post-
1789). Prerequisite: FREN 330. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 403 Studies in Colonialism and
Postcolonialism
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study and analysis of colonialism and
postcolonialism in French and Francophone
contexts. Prerequisite: FREN 330.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 404 Studies in an Author
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Close
readings in works of a single influential
French or Francophone author. Focused
study of style, creative developments,
historical context. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 330. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 410 Actualités Françaises
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Present day
French life through readings in French
periodicals and viewing of French films
and art exhibits. Non-majors prepare
assignments in English. Conducted in
French. Spring semester in Paris only.
Recommended Preparation: FREN 330.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 432 French Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Paris Semester
only) A survey of French theatre from the
17th century to the present. Students read
plays ranging from classical comedy and
tragedy to modern movements. Live theatre
performances will supplement class work.
Taught in French. Prerequisite: FREN 330;
Recommended Preparation: familiarity
with French history since the Renaissance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 445 Studies in Gender, Feminism
and Sexuality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Major
feminist thinkers and writers viewed from
the perspective of the evolution of gender
and sexuality in contemporary France.
Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN
330. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-445
FREN 446 Contemporary French
Thought
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp Readings in structuralism, post-
structuralism, feminism, and deconstruction.
Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN
330. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 448m France and Islam
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical and
theoretical analyses of the complex history
of Western perceptions of Islam, focusing
on France. Taught in French. Prerequisite:
FREN 330 Recommended Preparation:
REL 137 for Religion majors and minors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as MDES 448, REL 448
FREN 449 Studies in French Civilization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Paris
Semester only) An analysis of the prestige
of Paris, past and present, based upon
close examination of literary texts and
graphic materials, and visits to sites and
monuments. Recommended Preparation:
FREN 300. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 464 Colloquium: French
Civilization
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics such as the
press, educational institutions, French
cinema today, and French colonial history.
Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN
330. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
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FREN 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Selected topics in French. Prerequisite:
FREN 330. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 500 Pro-Seminar in French and
Francophone Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the field of French and Francophone
studies, including the history of the field,
critical research methodologies and
contemporary issues in the profession.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 501 Early Modernities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Broad
introduction to French culture from the
late Middle Ages through the 18th century;
investigation of works of literature,
philosophy, and visual culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 503 Modernities
Units: 4 An intellectual genealogy of French
modernity and modernism through the
examination of canonical literary texts and
theories. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FREN 504 Studies in Francophone
Literature and Thought
Units: 4 Topics in Francophone literature
and intellectual history of Africa, Asia and
the Americas. Emphasis on colonial history
and political and aesthetic concerns.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
FREN 520 Studies in Diaspora and
Transnationalism
Units: 4 Introduction to contemporary
literature and thought on the dynamics
of diaspora, transnationalism, and
globalization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 530 Studies in a Genre
Units: 4 Studies one of the genres in
French literature (including novel, poetry,
drama, and essay) in any historical period
or periods. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 540 Studies in French Literature
and Philosophy
Units: 4 Examines literary and philosophical
works side by side in any historical period
or periods in France. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 550 Studies in Literature and
Other Media
Units: 4 Survey-like review of the interaction
between verbal and other artistic media
such as print, music, dance, theater, and
painting and the visual arts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FREN 592 Practicum in Teaching French
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the approaches and techniques of teaching
French as a second language. Open only
to master's and PhD students who will be
assistant lecturers in French. Registration
Restriction: Only open to Master and PhD
students who will be Assistant Lecturers in
French. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: CR/NC
FREN 603 Seminar on an Author
Units: 4 Examines the work of a significant
French author along with its critical and
theoretical assessments. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 604 Topics in Contemporary
French Thought
Units: 4 Examines French thought from
1960 to the present day. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 695 Topics and/or Themes in
French Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
FREN 696 Topics and/or Themes in
Francophone Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Advanced seminar
with varying focus on the Francophone
literature and culture of West Africa,
North Africa, the Caribbean, Quebec and
Southeast Asia. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
FREN 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FREN 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
FREN 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
FREN 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
FREN 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
FREN 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Freshman Seminars
FSEM 100 Freshman Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A seven-to-eleven week course
offered for incoming freshmen; limited to
18 students. Credit Restriction: A combined
maximum of 4 units of FSEM 100 and
FSEM 101 may be applied to the degree.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
FSEM 101 Freshman Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A seven-to-eleven week course
offered for incoming freshmen; limited to 18
students. Letter graded. Credit Restriction:
A combined maximum of 4 units of FSEM
100 and FSEM 101 may be applied to the
degree. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
FSEM 180 First Year College Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A thematic seminar for entering
students in the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences, exploring
an area of academic study, research, or
creative work. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Geriatric Dentistry
GDEN 710 Knowledge Assessment for
GDEN Students
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Review of
topics explored in the previous courses
of the program, including lectures and
practical demonstrations or simulations
and examinations of overall discipline
knowledge. Prerequisite: OFPM 722 and
OFPM 725 and GDEN 713 and GDEN
715 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Geriatric Dentistry students Duplicates
Credit in GDEN 716 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 711a Case Portfolio Preparation
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of clinical cases of geriatric
patients through online conferences.
Development and defense of portfolio of
multiple cases. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 711b Case Portfolio Preparation
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of clinical cases of geriatric
patients through online conferences.
Development and defense of portfolio of
multiple cases. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 711c Case Portfolio Preparation
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of clinical cases of geriatric
patients through online conferences.
Development and defense of portfolio of
multiple cases. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 711d Case Portfolio Preparation
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of clinical cases of geriatric
patients through online conferences.
Development and defense of portfolio of
multiple cases. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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GDEN 711e Case Portfolio Preparation
for GDEN Students
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of clinical cases of geriatric
patients through online conferences.
Development and defense of portfolio of
multiple cases. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 712a Capstone Research Project
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Production and defense of a research plan
that demonstrates significant understanding
of a topic in geriatric dentistry. Prerequisite:
GDEN 733 Registration Restriction: Open
only to GDEN students Duplicates Credit
in OFPM 729a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 712b Capstone Research Project
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Production and defense of a research plan
that demonstrates significant understanding
of a topic in geriatric dentistry. Prerequisite:
GDEN 712a Duplicates Credit in OFPM
729b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GDEN 712c Capstone Research Project
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Production and defense of a research plan
that demonstrates significant understanding
of a topic in geriatric dentistry. Prerequisite:
GDEN 712b Registration Restriction: Open
only to GDEN students Duplicates Credit
in OFPM 729c Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 712d Capstone Research Project
for GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Production and defense of a research plan
that demonstrates significant understanding
of a topic in geriatric dentistry. Prerequisite:
GDEN 712c Duplicates Credit in OFPM
729d Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GDEN 713 Common Systemic
Conditions in Older Patients
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Lectures
on topics pertinent to the aging patient
that highlight the differences between
aging physiologic changes and disease-
caused conditions most common to this
demographic. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 714 Topics in Gerontology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Gerontology topics for dentists including
clinical assessment tools for aging patients,
policy issues, myths, social supports, and
consent and communication issues in the
clinical setting. Open only to master's and
professional dental students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Professional Dental students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 715 Geriatric Dentistry Issues
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Common
geriatric dentistry topics including
epidemiology of oral diseases, common
dental diseases, their management and
prevention protocols for older adult patients.
Open only to master's and professional
dental students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Master and Professional
Dental students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 716 Knowledge Assessment for
GDEN Certificate Students
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Review
of topics explored in the certificate
program, including lectures and
practical demonstrations or simulations
and examinations of overall discipline
knowledge. Open only to certificate in
Geriatric Dentistry students. (Duplicates
credit in GDEN 710) Prerequisite: GDEN
711a and GDEN 711b and GDEN 713 and
GDEN 714 and GDEN 715 and OFPM
722 and OFPM 725 Duplicates Credit in
GDEN 710 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Quiz
Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 722 Internal Medicine and
Systemic Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
OFPM 722)
GDEN 725 Epidemiology, Nutrition and
Aging for Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
OFPM 725)
GDEN 730 OFPM Case Portfolio
Preparation for Dental Residents
Units: .5 Max Units: 01 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of clinical cases of
geriatric patients with orofacial pain and
oral lesions through online conferences
in preparation, development and defense
of portfolio of multiple cases. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
professional dental students in Geriatric
Dentistry Duplicates Credit in GDEN 711a,
GDEN 711b, GDEN 711c, GDEN 711d
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GDEN 731 GDEN Case Portfolio
Preparation for Dental Residents
Units: .5 Max Units: 01 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of clinical cases of
geriatric patients with complex medical
conditions through online conferences in
preparation, development and defense of
portfolio of multiple cases. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
professional dental students in Geriatric
Dentistry Duplicates Credit in GDEN 711a,
GDEN 711b, GDEN 711c, GDEN 711d
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GDEN 732 Case Portfolio Defense for
GDEN Students
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of clinical cases of geriatric
patients with complex medical conditions
through online conferences in preparation,
development and in person defense of
portfolio of multiple cases. Prerequisite:
GDEN 730 and GDEN 731 or (GDEN 711a
and GDEN 711b and GDEN 711c and
GDEN 711d) Registration Restriction: Open
only to master and professional dental
students in Geriatric Dentistry Duplicates
Credit in GDEN 711e Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GDEN 733 Research Methodology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
coordinated approach to understanding,
critically assessing and applying the
principles of scientific inquiry through
the study of clinically relevant, discipline
specific literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Earth Sciences
GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Geologic
structure and evolution of planet earth.
Principles of plate tectonics, rocks
and minerals, processes of mountain
building, continent and ocean formation,
earthquakes, volcanism, development of
landforms by running water and glaciers.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category III:
Scientific Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 107Lg Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Physical,
chemical, and geological character of the
oceans and ocean basins. Origin of the
oceans. Ocean processes and agents.
Economic value of the oceans. Satisfies
New General Education in Category E:
Physical Sciences Satisfies Old General
Education in Category III: Scientific Inquiry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Impact
of civilization on planet earth, and impact
of earth's natural evolution on society:
earthquakes, volcanism, landslides, floods,
global warming, acid rain, groundwater
depletion and pollution; mineral and fossil
fuel depletion, formation of the ozone
hole. Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category IV:
Science and Its Significance Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 115L Exploring California's
National Parks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of basic geologic principles and California
geology taught through California's National
Parks; additional focus on park history,
policy, economics, and geologic hazards
affecting parks. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory,
2 hours. One all-day and one three-day
field trip to a National Park required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 125Lg Earth History: A Planet and
Its Evolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
principles of physics, chemistry, biology,
and mathematics used in evaluating
clues written in the rock record, and the
processes that have shaped our planet.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category IV:
Science and Its Significance Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 126Lg The History of Life on
Earth: A View from the Museum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Topically-
driven exploration of evolution,
environmental change, and the history of
life on Earth via the fossil record with the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
as a laboratory. How the changing Earth
and life co-evolved through time. Satisfies
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New General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 130Lg The Nature of Scientific
Inquiry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the scientific process: what constitutes
science; evolution of ideas about the nature
of space, time, matter, and complexity;
paradigm shifts in the biological and earth
sciences. Satisfies New General Education
in Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category III:
Scientific Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 145g Lies, Damn Lies and
Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Quantitative
reasoning tools to form reliable judgments
from quantitative evidence, discerning truth
from lies, science from pseudoscience.
Application to contemporary scientific
and social issues. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 150Lg Climate Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of factors that influence climate and the
scientific basis for concern about rising
greenhouse gases, the threat to human
society know as global warming. Satisfies
New General Education in Category E:
Physical Sciences Satisfies Old General
Education in Category IV: Science and Its
Significance Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 157Lg The Logic of Climate
Change: From Data to Deeds
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Quantitative
underpinnings of the scientific case for
man-made climate change. Analysis of
climate data, examination of potential
causes, attribution of causes, and
civilizational consequences. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 160Lg Introduction to
Geosystems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Survey of
natural geological/ environmental processes
(systems) and variability active near the
earth's surface in the region that houses
most life (the biosphere). Satisfies New
General Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 165g Metals and Life on Earth
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The role of
metals in life, from the origin of life to
modern environmental problems. Satisfies
New General Education in Category D:
Life Sciences Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 240Lg Earthquakes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Causes
of earthquakes and nature of large faults;
earthquake hazard and risk; world's great
earthquakes; understanding the Richter
scale. Concurrent Enrollment: MDA 140.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category IV:
Science and Its Significance Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 241Lg Energy Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Energy
resources from a global perspective,
including fossil fuels, nuclear, and
renewable energy. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 290L Special Laboratory
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Laboratory
component for GEOL 105, GEOL 107,
GEOL 108, GEOL 125, GEOL 130, GEOL
150, or GEOL 240 for students with
equivalent lecture credit from another
institution. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering
Geology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
of geology with emphasis on structural
geology, hydrogeology and geological
hazards; basic geologic considerations
in civil engineering practice; introduction
to mineralogy and petrology. Field trip
required. Duplicates Credit in GEOL 105
and GEOL 108. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Minerals and
their formation in Earth geosystems;
includes discussions of mineral
properties, crystal structures, uses and bio
geochemical importance. Recommended
Preparation: any introductory GEOL course.
Corequisite: CHEM 105a or CHEM 115a;
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 316L Petrologic Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Formation and
identification of igneous, metamorphic
and sedimentary rocks; interpretation of
tectonic and environmental settings based
on rock type and chemistry. Prerequisite:
GEOL 315. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 320L Surficial Processes and
Stratigraphic Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Processes of
erosion, sediment transport, and deposition
that shape the land surface; landscape
response to tectonism; recognition and
interpretation of depositional environments
in the stratigraphic record. Corequisite:
GEOL 315. Duplicates Credit in former
GEOL 334L, GEOL 451L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 321L Structural Geology and
Tectonics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Field and
theoretical aspects of rock deformation,
analysis of structural systems, and stress
and strain; orogenic belts and plate
tectonics; introduction to field techniques
and construction of geologic maps.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 320.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 351L Climate Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
systems behavior in the context of climate
dynamics. Modules of instruction geared
to climate system application to real
world problems. Prerequisite: MATH 125.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 387ag Undergraduate Team
Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to scientific inquiry, field
research opportunities, and history of
physical sciences; strategies, research
methodologies, and writing skills for
proposals, abstracts, papers, and
professional development. Recommended
Preparation: A GE course in Earth Science.
b. Multidisciplinary, learner-centered,
individual and team-based student
research, abroad and in the U.S.; field data
collection and interpretation, mentored
by domestic and international scientists.
Duplicates Credit in the former GEOL 385.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 387bg Undergraduate Team
Research
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Recommended Preparation: A GE
course in Earth Science. b. Multidisciplinary,
learner-centered, individual and team-
based student research, abroad and in the
U.S.; field data collection and interpretation,
mentored by domestic and international
scientists. Duplicates Credit in the former
GEOL 385. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 387cg Undergraduate Team
Research
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Recommended Preparation: A GE
course in Earth Science. b. Multidisciplinary,
learner-centered, individual and team-
based student research, abroad and in the
U.S.; field data collection and interpretation,
mentored by domestic and international
scientists. Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in the former GEOL 385. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of climate including atmosphere and
ocean. Topics include radiative energy
balance, ocean-atmosphere linkages
and approaches to study climate while
building quantitative and qualitative
skills. Recommended Preparation: GEOL
107Lg or GEOL 150Lg or GEOL 160Lg
Corequisite: MATH 125g and (CHEM
105aLg or CHEM 103Lgx) Registration
Restriction: Not open to freshmen
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENST 412, BISC 412
GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth
and Environmental Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to mathematical methods giving insight
into earth and environmental data. Topics
include probability and statistics, timeseries
analysis, spectral analysis, inverse theory,
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interpolation. Recommended Preparation:
MATH 126, familiarity with matrix algebra.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 427 The Global Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
BISC 427)
GEOL 432L Introduction to Field
Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to field techniques used in
a variety of Earth Science disciplines.
Field and digital techniques for map
making including use of GIS, GPS, and
digital tablets. Field analyses of rocks and
rock structures. Map interpretation and
digital processing of field data. Includes
weekly labs and some weekend field trips.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 316L,
GEOL 320L, GEOL 321L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 433L Paleontology and Evolution
in Deep Time
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Origin and
evolution of life; Precambrian life;
evolutionary history of major groups
during the Phanerozoic; mass extinctions;
deep time and evolutionary processes.
Recommended Preparation: any
introductory GEOL course. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 440L Geophysics and
Geoengineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Plate tectonics,
magnetic and gravity fields, earthquakes,
seismic waves, reflection and refraction
seismics, heat transport, mantle convection,
deep Earth structure, data analysis.
Includes field trip. Prerequisite: MATH 126;
Corequisite: PHYS 135b or PHYS 152.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 441 Seismic Exploration
Geophysics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seismic wave
theory, ray theory, reflection, refraction,
data processing, signal enhancement, field
instrumentation and techniques on land and
at sea; geological interpretation of seismic
data. One field trip. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present,
and Future
Units: 4 (Enroll in ENST 445)
GEOL 450L Geosystems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Geosystems,
such as mantle convection, active faults,
climate, and the carbon cycle, will be
studied using numerical models and
concepts such as chaos, universality,
emergence, and intermittency. Prerequisite:
MATH 125; Recommended Preparation:
MATH 126. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 460L Geochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Composition,
origin, and evolution of the earth; principles
of physical chemistry applied to aqueous
systems; reaction-diffusion modeling and
problems in sedimentary geochemistry;
global (bio)geochemical cycles and
environmental problems. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105b or CHEM 115b and MATH 126.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 465L Field Geology
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
SpSm Ten days to four weeks of field study
in an area of geological complexity, with
preparatory instruction. Recommended
Preparation: introductory earth science
course, e.g., GEOL 105), GEOL 315.
One or more of GEOL 316 , GEOL 320.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 470L Environmental
Hydrogeology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Concepts
in hydrogeology and application to
environmental problems. Topics include
groundwater and surface water hydrology,
chemistry, and contamination. Includes
labs, guest lectures, and field trips.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 105,
GEOL 160. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ENST-470
GEOL 474 Ecosystem Function and
Earth Systems
Units: 4 (Enroll in BISC 474)
GEOL 483 Geobiology and Astrobiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
483)
GEOL 485L Tectonic Geomorphology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focuses
on the analysis of landforms that develop
and evolve in tectonically active settings
through the interplay of tectonics, climate,
and surface processes. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 320L, GEOL 321L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Individual research and readings.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 491x Earth Sciences Internship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Local, national,
and international internships providing
earth sciences experience in a professional
setting. Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit. Department permission
required Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 494x Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Writing of a
thesis under individual faculty super vision.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Special topics
in the earth sciences. Field trip required
when appropriate to the topic. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 500 Paleoecology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
of paleoecology for marine and terrestrial
settings; interrelationships between
organisms and their environment in
geologic time including evolutionary and
conservation paleoecology. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 577L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 501 Paleobiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Concepts and
methods for functional morphologic analysis
of fossil marine invertebrates. Systematics
theory and methodology, macro evolution,
and broad biotic trends in the Phanerozoic.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 433.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 505 Introductory Graduate
Seminar in Earth Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Lectures by
Earth Sciences faculty about current
research; introduction of new graduate
students to the breadth of current research;
applying for research funding; practicing
effective research presentations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GEOL 510L Advanced Stratigraphic Field
Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Stratigraphic
field methods and computer-assisted data
analysis. Field trips incorporating vertical
and lateral facies analysis; collection
of paleocurrent, fabric, paleomagnetic,
photogeologic and compaction data.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 320L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 511L Depositional Systems
Units: 3 Analysis of depositional
systems, including conceptual methods
of lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy,
chronostratigraphy, and paleoecology;
description of major depositional
environments. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 512 Introduction to Chemical and
Physical Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in OS
512)
GEOL 513 Practical Carbonate
Chemistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
review of carbonate chemistry, aqueous
and solid phase; speciation, calculations
of carbonate parameters, carbonate
biogeochemistry, sedimentary diagenesis
and sedimentary records. Recommended
Preparation: Basic chemistry and principles
of oceanography and sedimentology
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 514 Marine Geology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Origin and
characteristics of ocean basins; marine
sedimentary environments; shoreline
classification and character; evolution of
oceanic features. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 515 Introduction to Atmospheric
Science
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Elementary
physical principles underlying the behavior
of Earth's atmosphere. Dry and moist
thermodynamics, radiative transfer,
conservation laws, fundamental dynamical
balances, instability theory, cloud physics.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 161,
PHYS 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 520 Biosedimentology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Ancient and recent bioturbation and
microbial structures and their utilization
in stratigraphic, paleoenvironmental,
paleoecological, sedimentological and
geochemical studies. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 320L and GEOL 433L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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GEOL 521L Advanced Structural
Geology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
field and theoretical aspects of rock
deformation, strain and stress analyses,
and evolution of structural systems.
Includes lab, field trip(s), and class project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 525 The Science of Climate
Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the fundamental aspects and the factors
that influence ocean and atmospheric
behavior, and how the earth's climate has
varied in the past. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 530 Modern Perspectives on
Crustal Dynamics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Deformation mechanisms, strength
and structure of the crust. Fractal scaling
in structures and dynamic processes,
Geodetic measurement of crustal
deformation and spatio-temporal patterns
of seismicity. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 531 Plate Interactions: Geological
Aspects
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Principles and geometrics of plate
tectonics; geologic characteristics of
modern plate boundaries of divergent,
convergent, transform type; ocean basin
and orogen development from worldwide
examples. Field trip. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 532 Advanced Geologic Mapping
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
mapping geologically complex terranes
of different structural style. Fieldwork will
be coordinated with seminar review of
diverse structural phenomena. Field trips.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 321,
GEOL 465. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 533L Continental Margin Arcs
Units: 3 Evolution of continental margin
arcs, magmatic systems within arcs. Arcs
as tectonic elements and "differentiation
factories" leading to formation and removal
of continental material. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 316, GEOL 321.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 534L Mechanics of Lithospheric
Deformation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa The mechanical
description of deformational processes at
both crustal and lithospheric scales, and the
interpretation of geological and geophysical
data in terms of these processes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 535L Microstructures and
Deformation Mechanisms
Units: 3, 3 years Terms Offered: Fa
Examination of deformation mechanisms
and resulting microstructures in rocks;
chemical and textural equilibrium; physical
and chemical processes during fluid
flow; prophyroblast-matrix relationships;
interpretation of kinematic indicators.
Laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 321.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 536 Principles of Geomagnetism
and Paleomagnetism
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Historic geomagnetic field behavior,
secular variation, rock magnetism,
paleomagnetic techniques, magnetic
polarity time scale, apparent-polar-wander
paths, and applications to strati graphic
and geotectonic studies. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 440. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 537 Rock Mechanics
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Elasticity, fracture, and flow properties of
rocks and minerals; effects of temperature,
pressure, petrology, fractures, and
interstitial fluids. Experimental techniques
and geological applications. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 538 Tectonic Evolution of Western
North America
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Geosynclinal and orogenic development
of western North America from the
Precambrian to present, in the light of
plate tectonics concepts. Field trips.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 321.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 540 The Mantle System
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Dynamics
and structure of the deep earth and
its relationship to earth evolution.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 440
and GEOL 534. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 545 Modeling and Numerical
Techniques for Marine Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
545)
GEOL 550 Chemical Equilibrium and
Disequilibrium in Geology
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Phase equilibria; phase diagrams;
thermodynamics of aqueous and solid
solutions; irreversible thermodynamics;
kinetics, diffusion, and metasomatism, with
applications to problems in petrology and
geochemistry. Prerequisite: GEOL 460.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 551 Introduction to Seismology
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Basic
elements of seismology for the study of the
earth's interior and the tectonic process,
utilizing observations of seismic waves.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 552 Advanced Seismology
Units: 3 Advanced methods of theoretical
seismology for studying the generation of
seismic waves from natural and artificial
sources and the propagation through
realistic earth models. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 553 Physics of Earthquakes
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Basic
physics of earthquakes and seismicity.
Continuum elasticity; fracture mechanics;
laboratory friction; damage rheology;
physics of critical phenomena; spatio-
temporal seismicity patterns; analysis
of complex data sets. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 537 and/or GEOL 551.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 555 Paleoceanography
Units: 3 Mesozoic and Cenozoic
paleoceanography; analytical approaches
applied to water mass history,
paleocirculation, paleoproductivity,
nutrient cycling, and paleotemperature
reconstruction. Lecture, readings,
and research project. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 412 or GEOL 512
and GEOL 460. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 556 Active Tectonics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Aspects of
deformation and associated seismicity
at active plate margins around the
world. Includes review of plate tectonics,
seismology, geodesy, paleomagnetism,
geodynamics, - Quaternary dating
techniques, tectonic geomorphology,
paleoseismology, and seismic hazard
assessment. Two weekend field trips
required. Prerequisite: GEOL 321.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 530,
GEOL 531 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 557 Numerical Modeling of Earth
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa The quantitative
modeling of ordinary and partial differential
equations as they arise in geology,
geophysics, climate modeling and related
fields with practical, numerical focus.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 425,
GEOL 534, and GEOL 540. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 558 Inverse Theory in the Earth
Sciences
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Short
review of probability theory, and extensive
coverage of linear inverse theory,
including seismic imaging. Non-linear
inverse problems and factor analysis.
Recommended Preparation: GEOL 425.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 560 Marine Geochemistry
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Principles of chemical sedimentology
and aquatic chemistry; diagenesis,
authigenesis, and the geochemical cycle.
Prerequisite: GEOL 460. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 564 Isotope Geochemistry
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Variations in the isotopic composition
of elements in the earth's crust with
applications to geological problems,
including geochronology, geothermometry,
ore genesis, and crustal evolution.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 566 Geochemistry Seminar
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Current topics in
geochemistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 567 Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Units: 3 Theoretical basis; nuclide
nomenclature, partition function ratios,
mechanisms and rates of isotope
exchange; mass spectrometry and
extraction techniques; application of stable
isotopes to geologic problems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 568L Metamorphic Petrology
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
An introduction to advanced study of
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metamorphic mineral assemblages with use
of experimental and field data. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 569L Igneous Petrology
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Study
of igneous and meta-igneous rocks from
the basis of experimental and field data
and theoretical considerations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 575 Organic Geochemistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
course on the fundamentals and frontiers
of organic geochemistry. Topics include
biomarker and isotope geochemical
approaches to reconstructing past
marine, terrestrial environmental change.
Recommended Preparation: CHEM 105a,
CHEM 105b , CHEM 322a, CHEM 322b,
GEOL 150, GEOL 412, or equivalent
background. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 577L Micropaleontology
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Microscopic fossils, especially foraminifera,
their classification, the common genera,
morphology, evolutionary trends; laboratory
and field techniques. Recommended
Preparation: GEOL 433. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 585 Science of Hazard Prediction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
treatment of probabilistic forecasting of
natural hazards: physical-process modeling,
statistical forecasting, representations of
uncertainty, proper scoring, testing and
use in risk analysis and decision-making.
Prerequisite: MATH 407 and MATH 408
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GEOL 593 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Practical principles for the long-
term development of effective teaching
within college disciplines. Intended for
teaching assistants in Dornsife College.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GEOL 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
GEOL 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
GEOL 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
GEOL 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GEOL 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Special topics in the
earth sciences. Field trip required when
appropriate to the topic. Prerequisite:
second-year graduate standing normally
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GEOL 601 Seminar in Sedimentary
Geology
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Analysis and discussion of current
topics in sedimentary geology; topics will be
chosen by students and faculty to focus on
areas of recent advances. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 609 Seminar in Earthquake
Physics
Units: 3 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
Current research on the physics governing
earthquakes and faults, including results
from continuum and fracture mechanics,
statistical physics, lab experiments and
seismological observations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GEOL 650 Recent Advances in
Paleontology
Units: 3 Selected review of recent ideas in
paleobiology, evolution, and paleoecology
related to examining the current frontiers
in paleontology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GEOL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GEOL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GEOL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GEOL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GEOL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GEOL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
German
GERM 020x Course in Reading German
Units: 2 For graduate students who wish
help in meeting the German reading
requirement for the PhD degree. Emphasis
on development of reading skills. Credit
Restriction: Not available for degree credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GERM 025x Course in Reading German
Units: 2 Continuation of 020x. Reading
selections appropriate to candidate's major
field. Credit Restriction: Not available for
degree credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GERM 101 German I
Units: 4 Introduction to modern German.
Oral practice, listening and reading
comprehension. Basic structures necessary
for simple spoken and written expression.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERM 102 German II
Units: 4 Continuation of German
I. Introduction to German culture.
Prerequisite: GERM 101. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 201 German III, Conversation and
Composition
Units: 4 Intermediate German. Increasing
emphasis on listening and speaking skills
and a review of basic structures of German.
Discussion of cultural aspects. Prerequisite:
GERM 102. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERM 221 Conversational German IV
Units: 4 Conversational German in a variety
of topical settings and vocabulary domains.
Prerequisite: GERM 201. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 310 Business German I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to German business language structure
including correspondence and oral
communication. In German. Prerequisite:
GERM 201. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERM 311 Business German II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Continuation
of GERM 310. Terminology and style of
commercial and legal texts, analyzed and
applied in oral and written work. In German.
Prerequisite: GERM 201. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 320 Composition and
Conversation on Contemporary Affairs
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSp Practice in oral and written German,
emphasizing contemporary cultural and
social developments in the German-
speaking countries of Europe. In German.
Prerequisite: GERM 221 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 325 Composition and
Conversation in Cultural History
Units: 4 Practice in oral and written
German, emphasizing the cultural history of
the German-speaking countries of Europe.
In German. Prerequisite: GERM 221.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERM 330 Introduction to Literary
Studies
Units: 4 Review of essential literary terms,
concepts, and critical methods through
analysis and discussion of selected
primary and secondary works. In German.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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GERM 335 Applied German Drama
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Works of a German
playwright in their social and cultural
context, leading to a dramatization of one
of the works. In German. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 340 German Prose Fiction from
Goethe to Thomas Mann
Units: 4 Examines German prose fiction
from the late 18th to the early 20th
centuries, with particular emphasis on how
narrative texts are constructed. In English.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERM 346 German Folklore and Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Survey and analysis of folklore
and cultural phenomena, including tales,
legends, and myths; folk and popular music;
beliefs and customs. In English. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 351 Colloquium on Drama
Units: 4 German drama from the 18th
century, with emphasis on modernism
(since Büchner) and the 20th century
avant garde styles: Expressionist,
Epic, Grotesque, Documentary, and
Sprechtheater. In German. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 352 Colloquium on Poetry
Units: 4 Definition and analysis of lyric
genre through a study of major poets,
such as Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Rilke, and
Hofmannsthal; poetic traditions from the
17th century to the present. In German.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERM 353 Colloquium on Prose
Units: 4 Study of German prose from the
18th century to the present; emphasis on
narrative and thematic perspectives in
relation to social change and on modernism
since Kafka. In German. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 360g 20th Century German Prose:
Texts and Films
Units: 4 Aesthetic and historical analysis
of major German 20th century novels,
complemented by brief study of cinematic
adaptation of each text. Texts in English;
films with subtitles. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERM 370 Literature and Culture in
Vienna at the Turn of the Century
Units: 4 Literature, culture, and society
in Vienna 1890–1925; works by figures
such as Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Kafka,
Musil, Kraus, Schönberg, Kokoschka,
Freud, Wittgenstein, and others. In English.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERM 372g Literature and Culture in
Berlin in the 1920s
Units: 4 Literature, culture, and society
through works by figures such as Kaiser,
Toller, Brecht/Weill, Piscator, Th. Mann,
Doeblin, Lukacs, Heidegger, etc. Films:
Caligari, Metropolis, Berlin, M, Blue
Angel. In English. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERM 375g The German Exile
Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Surveys
the work of German intellectuals, writers,
artists, and scientists in U.S. exile during
the time of the Nazi government in the
1930s and 1940s. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERM 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERM 410 Profile of German Literature I
Units: 4 Survey of major trends in German
literature within their historical and cultural
contexts from the beginnings to the
Baroque period. In German. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 420 Profile of German Literature II
Units: 4 Survey of major trends, figures, and
authors in German literature and culture
of the 18th and 19th centuries within the
European context. In German. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 430 Age of Goethe
Units: 4 Background and significance
of the period; lyrics, major dramatic and
prose works from 1770–1832; Storm and
Stress; Classicism; Goethe and Schiller. In
German. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERM 440 Women's Literature in
Germany I
Units: 4 Reading and analysis of medieval
texts from German-speaking countries,
written by and about women: science, love,
poetry, letters, drama, mysticism, romance.
Conducted in German. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 460 Expressionism to the Present
Units: 4 Representative authors and works
since 1910; World War I, Expressionism,
New Objectivity, World War II; literature
after 1945: East and West, Swiss and
Austrian. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERM 465 Germany East and West
Units: 4 Study of the ideological, economic,
social, and cultural differences between
East and West Germany between 1945 and
1990 and their impact on today's unified
Germany. In English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 466 The German Speaking
Nations
Units: 4 Focus on the culture, history, and
society of Austria, East and West Germany,
and Switzerland. In German. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 470 Advanced Composition and
Stylistics
Units: 4 Development of competence in
written expression; fundamentals of style in
expository writing. In German. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERM 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Intensive study
of selected topics or regions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Gerontology
GERO 200 Gerontology: The Science of
Adult Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to adult development through the lifespan;
biological, psychological, and social
processes; gerontology as a career for the
future. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 300 Introduction to Geroscience
Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Understand central concepts of aging
which form the basis of current age-related
research in diverse areas of gerontology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 301 Current Topics in
Geroscience Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
training in reading primary research articles
on current topics related to the science
of aging and longevity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 310 Physiology of Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Effects of
normative aging processes on homeostatic
mechanisms and how these changes relate
to development of disorder and disease in
later life. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 311 Medical Issues of Older
Persons: An Introduction to Geriatrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Clinical cases
for understanding changes occurring with
normal aging, health behaviors that modify
age-dependent diseases and history,
prevention and treatment of age-related
diseases and disorders. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 315g A Journey into the Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the brain and mind. A unique multimedia
approach to stress how knowledge about
the mind is gained from scientific and
clinical investigations. Satisfies New
General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 320g Psychology of Adult
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm How
psychologists study thinking, memory,
emotions, personality, and behavior, and
how people change in these throughout
adulthood to old age. Recommended
Preparation: PSYC 100Lg Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 321 Introduction to Psychology
and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the core curriculum in
the study of Gerontology. Research
perspectives on adult development and
aging; methodological issues; personality
and relationship issues; general mental and
emotional components of aging; research
methods. Duplicates Credit in GERO 320g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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GERO 330 Society and Adult
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How social
relationships affect adults of different ages;
the changing contract across generations;
interaction of culture, race, family and social
values with adult development. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in
an Aging Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How
Americans' political values affect public
policy. Studies of landmark legislation
to explore the social contract between
generations and role of governments in
social welfare. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 350 Administrative Problems in
Aging
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis
of the skills, approaches and issues
involved in the planning, development,
and implementation of programs directed
at meeting the needs of older persons.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 353g Social and Behavioral
Foundations of Health and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explore social
and behavioral foundations of health,
longevity, and medicine, in the context
of an increasingly diverse and long-
lived population. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture
GERO 380m Diversity in Aging
Units: 4 Exploring diversity in the older
population and variability in the human
aging process. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 385 Transitions in Adulthood
Units: 2 or 4 An exploration of the critical
issues and transitions in the adult
years, including careers, relationships,
parenthood, and major turning points for
personal development. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 390 Special Problems
Units: 1-4 Supervised, individual studies.
No more than one registration permitted.
Enrollment by petition only. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 402 Housing for the Elderly:
Policy, Programs, and Design
Units: 2 An overview of housing policies,
programs and design for the elderly,
including analysis and evaluation of
past, current and proposed government
programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 411L Physiology, Nutrition, and
Aging
Units: 2 or 4 Explores nutritional needs
and the physiological, psychological, and
sociological relationships to nutrition.
Laboratory experiments in assessment and
evaluation. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GERO 412L Exercise and Aging:
Principles and Programs
Units: 2 or 4 Physiological, psychological,
and sociological aspects of exercise.
Laboratory involvement in assessment and
evaluation of fitness. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Age-related
changes in nervous system structure and
function; relationship of brain changes
to changes in cognitive function and
perception; Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
diseases. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 415 Neuroaffective Disorders of
Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Methods of
studying, evaluating, and treating cognitive,
psychiatric, and behavioral problems
associated with medical conditions of old
age. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 416 Health Issues in Adulthood
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Physiological,
psychological, and social health problems
of adults as they are impacted by health
choices throughout life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 417 Imaging of Human Aging in
Health and Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the use of imaging techniques to
study human senescence and its related
diseases. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 435m Women and Aging:
Psychological, Social and Political
Implications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Problems
and resources of the middle-aged and older
woman in a changing society; including
discrimination, stereotypes, employment,
social interaction, etc. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-434
GERO 437 Social and Psychological
Aspects of Death and Dying
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction and critical survey of the
current issues, concepts, and research of
the social and psychological aspects of
death and dying. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 440 Biodemography of Aging
Units: 4 Consideration of the biological
and social-cultural factors that govern
the evolution of life spans and the life
of humans and selected animal models
Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 121
Recommended Preparation: recommended
preparation: statistics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as BISC 440
GERO 452 Economic Issues and the
Aged
Units: 2 or 4 Analysis of economic factors
associated with the aged; implications
for individuals, society, and the economy;
lifecycle economics, retirement, income
maintenance, and social security.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 461 Seminar in Molecular and
Computational Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
BISC 461) Grading Option: Letter
GERO 470 Aging and Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the dynamic roles of business in an
aging society focusing on workplace
issues, marketing to mature consumers,
and careers for business gerontologists.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 475 Ethical Issues in Geriatric
Health Care
Units: 4 Biomedical ethical issues that
are encountered in working with geriatric
patients. Examination of ethical theory and
the application of theory to clinical settings.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 481 Case Management for Older
Adults
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of the
concepts, characteristics, skills, and clinical
issues of case management in a variety of
settings serving older persons. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 482 Gender, Sexuality and
Relationships Across the Lifecourse
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Integrating
psychology, sociology, political and cultural
gerontology within a lifecourse framework
around gender, sexuality and the changing
nature of relationships. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 483 Global Health and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examines
global health in developed and developing
countries in the context of population
aging, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, obesity,
inequality, global institutions, healthcare
systems and drugs/pharmaceuticals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as HP 483
GERO 485 Clinical Management of
Infectious Diseases in Older Adults
Units: 2 Introduce students to a
comprehensive investigation into infectious
diseases that affects diverse aspects of our
lives. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 486 Aging and Older Adults in
Latin America (Medellin, Colombia)
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Multifaceted
perspective on the social, economic,
health care, and environmental contexts
experienced by older adults in Colombia,
a Latin country with a rapidly aging
population. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 487 The Life Course, Health and
the Arts, 1900-2020
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
lifespan health, diversity and aging
via examination of visual arts, music,
environmental design, fashion, film and
media, literature, physical movement,
spoken word and food. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 488 Food, Culture, Disease
and Longevity in Italy and in the
Mediterranean
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Examines
the historical, political, economic,
social, and artistic past of food in the
Mediterranean, particularly in Italy from
Roman times to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 489 Finding the Key to a Long,
Happy Life in Nicoya, Costa Rica
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Immersion into
lifestyles shown to improve quality of life
and extend lifespan by studying populations
in "Blue Zone" communities throughout the
world. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
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GERO 490x Directed Research
Units: 1-8 Max Units: 12.0 Individual
research and readings. Not available for
graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 491 Practicum
Units: 2-8 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Supervised experience in one
or more community agencies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GERO 492 Senior Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An in-depth
integration of major research and
professional themes in the study of human
development and aging. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 493p Longevity and Death
among Ancient and Modern European
Populations (Italy)
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm The
discoveries of ancient humans and bodies
that have been preserved illuminate the
connection between diet, health, and
disease. Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition
Interactions and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Covers the
paradox of emotion in aging, as well as how
stress and emotion influence cognition and
the brain across the lifespan. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised experience in a geriatric health
care setting which allows students to put
theories and ideas into practice. Graded
CR/NC. Lecture, discussion, and fieldwork.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 496 Introduction to Clinical
Geriatrics
Units: 4 Medical problems of older adults
emphasizing common geriatric syndromes,
chronic illness, and alternative approaches
to primary health care of older persons
and their families. Upper division standing.
Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC 221.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
GERO 497a Honors Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Advanced study of empirical approaches
in gerontology. Preparation, progress,
presentation, and evaluation of Senior
Honors Thesis research. Prerequisite:
standing in Gerontology Honors Program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 497b Honors Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Advanced study of empirical approaches
in gerontology. Preparation, progress,
presentation, and evaluation of Senior
Honors Thesis research. Prerequisite:
standing in Gerontology Honors Program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 497c Honors Seminar
Units: 2-4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Advanced study of empirical approaches
in gerontology. Preparation, progress,
presentation, and evaluation of
Senior Honors Thesis research.
Prerequisite: standing in Gerontology
Honors Program. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity
and Diseases
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examines the
role of nutrition and genes and the impact
each has on longevity and diseases,
particularly diseases related to aging.
Offered in Genoa, Italy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 499 Special Topics
Units: 2-4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of special topics in
the area of gerontology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing
Society: An Introduction to Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
physical, mental, and social age-related
changes as well as implications of
population aging trends for individuals and
society. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory
Issues in Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
shifting legal and regulatory issues affecting
the delivery of aging services. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in
Consumer Decision Making
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Branding,
marketing, and consumer behavior through
examination of established, transitioning
and emerging aging services and
organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 504 Current Issues in Aging
Services Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Basic skills
needed for an executive working in an
aging services environment. Recommended
for entry level administrators and managers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 505 Housing and Community
Policies and Programs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the behavioral and social consequences
of design and the environment to create a
more satisfying physical environment for
both frail and active older adults. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 506 Technological Innovations in
Aging (Gerontechnology)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Reflections on
shifts in preferences for aging in place and
the market ramifications of innovations in
science and technology on older consumers
and service providers. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 507 End of Life Care
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
programs related to end of life care. Cultural
competencies in working with a diverse
population on end of life issues. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 508 The Mind and Body
Connection through the Lifespan
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to mind-body processes
involved in healthy aging. Examines
the interplay of emotions, beliefs, and
behaviors in shaping health-relevant
biological processes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 509 Mindful Aging: Spirituality,
Gratitude, and Resilience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fosters vital
imaginative connections to transform one's
understanding and experience of the aging
process from within, in order to re-envision
the aging process as a spiritual journey.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 510 Physiology of Development
and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
lifespan physiology of human development,
growth, and aging; major emphasis in
the physiology of the later years and
implications for health maintenance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 511 Fundamentals of Clinical
Nutrition Screening and Assessment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines tools
and resources used to evaluate the nutrition
status of individuals across the lifespan
including biochemical, anthropometric and
subjective global assessment. Open only to
graduate students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 512 Communicating Nutrition and
Health
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
current understanding of the dietary and
nutritional needs of individuals across their
lifespan. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 513 Fundamentals of Nutrition:
Macronutrients
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of metabolism of macronutrients
(carbohydrates, lipids and proteins) and
human nutrition; life stages, disease
states, consumption, digestion, absorption,
transport and storage of macronutrients.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 514 The Art of Geriatric Symptom
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explore issues
related to common aging related symptoms/
syndromes, patient and caregiver factors
and alternative methods for symptom
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 515L Food Production and Food
Service Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study of
principles and procedures for food systems
including techniques of food preparation,
development, modification and evaluation of
recipes, menus and products. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
GERO 516 Introduction to Genomic
Science for Biologists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Broad
introduction to genomics for students with a
biology background, including overviews of
'wet' genomics techniques, available public
databases and useful analytical tools.
Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg and BISC 220Lg
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 517L Advanced Therapeutic
Nutrition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application of
nutrition science, physiology, biochemistry,
and metabolism to evaluate critically ill
patients and plan nutrition intervention and
monitoring. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 518 Current Topics in Clinical
Nutrition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Discuss various
factors that affect nutrition and aging.
Topics include allergies in nutrition, food
toxins, weight factors, and prevention
and treatment of multiple organ systems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 519 Recent Advances in
Neurobiology and Endocrinology of
Aging
Units: 2 or 4 Theories of the biology of
aging and the effects of age on functional
integrity of the total organism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as BISC-519
GERO 520 Life Span Developmental
Psychology
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: FaSm
Behavior from adulthood to old age;
study of major components of behavior
such as perception, cognitive processes,
personality, intergenerational relationships,
sexuality, and life styles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and
Their Families
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theory
and application of assessment and
intervention techniques with older adults
and their families. Topics include: treatment
modalities, psychopathology, ethical and
legal issues, brain disorders. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 530 Life Span Developmental
Sociology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Life span
perspective on the sociological theories of
marriage and the family, inter-generational
relationships, work and retirement,
and other forms of social organization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Major legislation
and programs; examination and analysis
of policy-making and political processes
affecting development and implementation
of programs for older persons. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models:
Comparative Approaches
Units: 4 Examination of current trends
and future prospects of finance and
reimbursement systems. Topics include
major legislation and programs such as
Medicare and Medicaid. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 550 Administration and System
Management in Programs for Older
Adults
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of theories of administration and system
management to public and volunteer
programs and services for older adults
including residential institutions and
community programs. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An overview and
application of techniques and approaches
used in the definition and analysis of policy
problems in aging. Prerequisite: GERO
540. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 552 Human Resources and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Addresses
legal issues and liability arising out of the
employer-employee relationship, and how
to identify and act proactively to minimize
such risk. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating
Evidence-Based Practices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
the evaluation of health and service delivery
in aging services industries. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology:
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Aging
(commonalities and distinctions) as
addressed by biologists, psychologists,
and sociologists. Topics include research
perspectives, normative aging, functional
decline and disability, and aging and
society. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 557 Geriatric Care Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of concepts, issues, and approaches
to geriatric care management. Includes
analysis and practice of a variety of care
management clinical skills. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 560 Fundamentals of Nutrition:
Micronutrients
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explore the
role of micronutrients, vitamins, minerals
and phytonutrients in human nutrition,
including digestion, absorption, metabolism,
and major biological, physiological and
metabolic roles. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 561 Introduction to Aging and
Normal Changes with Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
medical and health care professionals to
the interdisciplinary field of gerontology.
Examines the world's changing
demography; effects of aging on physical,
psychological and social changes; aging
process, ethical issues, aging stereotypes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 562 Diseases of Aging with
Emphasis on Cardiovascular Disease
and Diabetes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the diseases of aging with
an emphasis on cardiovascular disease and
diabetes. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 563 Geronpsychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding geronpsychology and
cognition in advanced age; psychosocial
theories of aging and psychodynamic
models. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 564 Multiple Chronic Conditions
and Older Adults
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Complexities
of treating older persons with multiple
chronic diseases and conditions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 565 Novel Technologies in Aging
and Assisted Living
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focuses on
the understanding of technology use with
older adults. Examines telemedicine and
e-health technologies as well as ethical
considerations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 566 Cognitive Decline:
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia and
Advances in Imaging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Covers
cognitive decline for people with
Alzheimer's Disease or other forms of
dementia. Imaging technology to identify
and find treatment options. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 567 Prevention of Chronic
Diseases through Nutrition, Physical
Activity and Lifestyle Changes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Nutrition,
psychical engagement and social
interaction. Interventions, assessments,
screening protocols and guidelines for
nutrition in older adults. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 568 Adaptive Age-Friendly
Environments and Injury Prevention
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
adaptive, age-friendly environment
and injury prevention for older adults.
Adaptations in household safety, assistive
technology, ergonomics and universal
design principles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 569 Healthcare Leadership and
Administration
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of basic management concepts
in a healthcare setting; achieving patient
care goals and objectives via team
caregiving. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 574 Leadership and Management
in Senior Living
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Management and leadership in senior living
organizations. Managerial techniques as
well as leadership styles will be analyzed
and reviewed. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 575 Marketing Senior Living
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Current
practices in marketing senior living and
associated services. Examines behaviors
and preferences of older adults and their
families. Explores new media platforms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 576 Finance and Senior Living
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Unique
aspects of senior living financial structures,
revenue management and accounting
principles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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GERO 577 Food Service and Senior
Living
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Addresses
the food services components of senior
living. Covers pricing, menu design and
nutrition. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 578 Revenue Management for
Senior Living
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Understanding of revenue sources for
senior living. Develop skills and approaches
to managing sustainable strategies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 579 Branding Senior Living
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Marketing
models aimed to provide services for
senior living. Analyze various institution's
models for marketing, communicating and
technological influence to brand a facility.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 585 The Aging Family
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: Sm Family
processes and structure in families with
aged persons will be reviewed, including
marital and family therapy and intervention
strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 587 Interprofessional Education
and Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in OT
589)
GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership
and Change Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of case studies of issues affecting the
aging services industries and the role
industry leaders play in reacting to change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 590 Directed Research
Units: 1-12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GERO 591 Field Practicum
Units: 1-12 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Supervised experiential learning
in one or more organizations that serve
older adults; includes a regularly scheduled
seminar. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GERO 592 Multidisciplinary Research
Seminar in Aging
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Multidisciplinary perspectives on
current research in gerontology, including
physiology, neurobiology, health and
medicine, psychology, sociology, and public
policy. Topics will change each semester.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 593 Research Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to research methods and their application
to gerontology including problem formation,
research design, data collection, descriptive
and analytic statistics, interpretation, and
report preparation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
GERO 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
GERO 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
GERO 599 Special Topics
Units: 2-4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Examination of special topics in
the area of gerontological study. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 600 Geroscience: Molecular and
Cellular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Emphasizes the
molecular and cellular biology of aging and
age-related pathology and other aspects of
basic aging research, including evolutionary
biology, demography, epidemiology and
bioinformatics. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
GERO 601 Molecular Genetics of Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
concepts of molecular and genetic
regulation of healthy aging, lifespan, and
age-related diseases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
GERO 602a Seminar on Discoveries in
Biogerontology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
analyses of primary scientific data and
interpretations presented in the literature.
Duplicates Credit in former GERO 602.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 602b Seminar on Discoveries in
Biogerontology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
analyses of primary scientific data and
interpretations presented in the literature.
Duplicates Credit in former GERO 602.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 603 Research Integrity
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
scientific integrity, mentoring, scientific
record keeping, authorship, peer review,
animal and human experimentation, conflict
of interest, data ownership and intellectual
property, and genetic technology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 605 Research and Journal Club
Presentation Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Intensive
training in journal club and research talk
presentations for graduate students in the
Biology of Aging PhD program. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Biology of Aging Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GERO 606 Bioinformatics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A
bioinformatics lab using a published RNA-
seq data set as a testbed for students to
learn coding principles, genomic biology
and applied genomic statistics. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 610 The Aging Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The interaction
of demographic and economic processes,
with emphasis on how the contemporary
nature of these interactions influence public
policy response to an aging population.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 613 Health and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
changes in health related to age, changes
in health in populations over time, and the
key health issues facing older persons.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 614L Laboratory Rotations in the
Biology of Aging
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Mandatory organized laboratory
rotation. Allows students to participate
in laboratory activities. Designed to help
select dissertation adviser and research.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GERO 616 Mass Spectrometry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to mass spectrometry and its application to
gerontology. Problem formation; research
design and data collection; descriptive
and analytical statistics; interpretation and
report preparation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students in Biology
of Aging Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GERO 620 Psychology of Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
topics in the psychology of aging. Includes
research and theory bearing on cognitive,
personality, adaptive, and social processes
throughout the adult life span. Open only
to doctoral students. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate course work in
psychology. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GERO 626 Current Research in
Alzheimer's Disease and Related
Dementias
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Lectures from
researchers at the forefront of research in
Alzheimer disease and related disorders.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 628 Theories of Aging
Units: 4 An examination of the nature and
adequacy of existing explanations of aging.
Focus will be on psychological, sociological,
and biological paradigms, and on the
epistemology of theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SOCI-628
GERO 640 Data Analysis Strategies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Hands-
on experience in developing and testing
hypotheses using various types of
databases, data management and analysis
strategies and written presentation of
findings. Recommended Preparation:
GERO 593. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 645 Politics and Policy Processes
in an Aging Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Dynamics of
the policy-making process in the context of
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aging policy in the United States; focus on
the political system and its social dynamics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GERO 655 Research Training Grant
Proposal Development in Gerontology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Integrative grant
writing and development of collaborative,
interdisciplinary projects in gerontology as
studied by biomedical, psychological, and
social scientists. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GERO 666 Free Radical Chemistry,
Biology, and Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the
chemical and physical chemical nature of
free radicals and related reactive species.
Examines the roles of antioxidants and how
they work. Recommended Preparation:
Course work in biology and chemistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PSCI-633
GERO 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed research
for PhD candidates. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GERO 790 Research
Units: 1-12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GERO 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
GERO 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
GERO 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
GERO 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
GERO 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
GERO 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
General Education Seminar
GESM 110g Seminar in the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
multifaceted history of the creative act,
its analysis, production, and context as
a representation of human experience.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GESM 111g Seminar in the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
multifaceted history of the creative act,
its analysis, production, and context as
a representation of human experience.
Offered by a USC professional school.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen
Duplicates Credit in GESM 110 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic
Inquiry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Interpretation and analysis of works of
the imagination, exploring language,
thought, and cultural traditions in relation
to one another. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Registration Restriction: Open only
to freshmen. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GESM 121g Seminar in Humanistic
Inquiry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
appreciation of various forms of human
expression, evaluating works of literature,
philosophy, and the arts to enable informed
opinions about ideas and values. Offered
by a professional school. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Registration Restriction:
Open only to freshmen Duplicates Credit
in GESM 120 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
and collective human action as it shapes
and is shaped by economic organizations,
political institutions, and broad social and
cultural settings. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Registration Restriction: Open only to
freshmen. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GESM 131g Seminar in Social Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The causes
and consequences of social phenomena;
quantitative and qualitative methods of the
social sciences; how people behave and
influence the world through cultural forms.
Offered by a professional school. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Duplicates Credit in GESM
130 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GESM 140g Seminar in the Life Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Scientific
understanding of a full range of living
systems from molecules to ecosystems,
prokaryotes to humans, past and present.
(Satisfies GE-D, Life Sciences). Satisfies
New General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Registration Restriction: Open
only to freshmen. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GESM 141g Seminar in the Life Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Scientific
understanding of living systems from
molecules to ecosystems; how data is
generated and interpreted; how scientific
discovery spurs technological growth and
impacts society. Offered by a professional
school. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen
Duplicates Credit in GESM 140 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GESM 150Lg Seminar in the Physical
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of natural phenomenon through quantitative
description and synthesis; the processes
by which scientific knowledge is obtained,
evaluated, and placed in social context.
(Satisfies GE-E, Physical Sciences)
Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
GESM 151Lg Seminar in the Physical
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Natural
phenomena analyzed through quantitative
description and synthesis to demonstrate
how scientific knowledge is obtained,
evaluated and made socially relevant.
A separate lab is required. Offered by
a professional school. Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen
Duplicates Credit in GESM 150 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Required Lab Grading
Option: Letter
GESM 160g Seminar in Quantitative
Reasoning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
and manipulation of data and information
related to quantifiable objects, symbolic
elements, or logic; formal reasoning,
abstract representation, and empirical
analysis. (Satisfies GE-F, Quantitative
Reasoning). Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Registration Restriction: Open
only to freshmen. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GESM 161g Seminar in Quantitative
Reasoning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Logical
or statistical inference, probability, or
mathematical analysis used as tools to
evaluate hypotheses, claims, questions, or
problems within a formal mode of thought.
Offered by a professional school. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Registration
Restriction: Open only to freshmen
Duplicates Credit in GESM 160 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
General Practice Residency
GPR 601 Hospital Dentistry I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
learn the nature of performing dentistry
within a hospital setting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 603a Dental Ethics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents prepare for ethical dilemmas
which may occur when they are practicing
dentistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 603b Dental Ethics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: Fa Residents
prepare for ethical dilemmas which may
occur when they are practicing dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1067
GPR 603c Dental Ethics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: Sp Residents
prepare for ethical dilemmas which may
occur when they are practicing dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 603d Dental Ethics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: SpSm Residents
prepare for ethical dilemmas which may
occur when they are practicing dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 604a Practice Management
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSm Residents
learn the tools and principles of running or
working in a private practice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 604b Practice Management
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents learn the tools and principles
of running or working in a private practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 604c Practice Management
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents learn the tools and principles
of running or working in a private practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 604d Practice Management
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents learn the tools and principles
of running or working in a private practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 605a Review of General Dentistry
Literature
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
learn how to research various topics and
to critically review each article in order
to practice evidence-based dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 605b Review of General Dentistry
Literature
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
learn how to research various topics and
to critically review each article in order
to practice evidence-based dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 605c Review of General Dentistry
Literature
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
learn how to research various topics and
to critically review each article in order
to practice evidence-based dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 605d Review of General Dentistry
Literature
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
learn how to research various topics and
to critically review each article in order
to practice evidence-based dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 611a Emergency Medicine
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSm Residents
utilize medical knowledge to detect and
identify early signs of medical emergencies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 611b Emergency Medicine
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSm Residents
utilize medical knowledge to detect and
identify early signs of medical emergencies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 611c Emergency Medicine
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSm Residents
utilize medical knowledge to detect and
identify early signs of medical emergencies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 611d Emergency Medicine
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSm Residents
utilize medical knowledge to detect and
identify early signs of medical emergencies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 622 Forensic Dentistry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to Forensic Odontology.
Residents to learn the principles of Dental
Forensics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 701 Treating Medically
Compromised Dental Patients
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
learn of various medical problems, how
they relate to dental treatment and how
to manage patients with various medical
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 702 General Dentistry Overview
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
demonstrate the most appropriate and
ideal restorative treatment utilizing various
dental materials. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 703 Endodontics for GPR
Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Reviews and
teaches the residents to understand various
endodontic topics via seminars and patient
cases. Registration Restriction: Open only
to General Practice Residency students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 705a Periodontal Treatment
Procedures
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Presentation of various techniques in
current periodontal treatment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 705b Periodontal Treatment
Procedures
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Presentation of various techniques in
current periodontal treatment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 705c Periodontal Treatment
Procedures
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Presentation of various techniques in
current periodontal treatment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 705d Periodontal Treatment
Procedures
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Presentation of various techniques in
current periodontal treatment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 706a Treatment Planning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Residents
lead seminars with case presentations of
complex multidisciplinary treatment plans,
completed therapy and staff conferences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 706b Treatment Planning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Residents
lead seminars with case presentations of
complex multidisciplinary treatment plans,
completed therapy and staff conferences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 706c Treatment Planning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Residents
lead seminars with case presentations of
complex multidisciplinary treatment plans,
completed therapy and staff conferences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 706d Treatment Planning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Residents
lead seminars with case presentations of
complex multidisciplinary treatment plans,
completed therapy and staff conferences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 710a Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
More advanced instruction in oral and
maxillofacial surgery and related diseases
as appropriate to the practice of general
dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 710b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
More advanced instruction in oral and
maxillofacial surgery and related diseases
as appropriate to the practice of general
dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 710c Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
More advanced instruction in oral and
maxillofacial surgery and related diseases
as appropriate to the practice of general
dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 710d Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
More advanced instruction in oral and
maxillofacial surgery and related diseases
as appropriate to the practice of general
dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GPR 711a Implantology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
recognize the importance of implant
dentistry and various implant systems and
their restorative options. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GPR 711b Implantology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
recognize the importance of implant
dentistry and various implant systems and
their restorative options. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
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GPR 722 Occlusion, TMJ Dysfunction,
Orofacial Pain
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents review the important role that
Occlusion plays in General Dentistry and
neuromuscular problems of the head and
neck. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 733a Advanced and Maxillofacial
Prosthodontics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents train to treat patients requiring
various types of removable and fixed
prosthetics, including Maxillofacial
prostheses. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 733b Advanced and Maxillofacial
Prosthodontics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents train to treat patients requiring
various types of removable and fixed
prosthetics, including Maxillofacial
prostheses. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 733c Advanced and Maxillofacial
Prosthodontics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents train to treat patients requiring
various types of removable and fixed
prosthetics, including Maxillofacial
prostheses. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GPR 733d Advanced and Maxillofacial
Prosthodontics
Units: .5, Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Residents train to treat patients requiring
various types of removable and fixed
prosthetics, including Maxillofacial
prostheses. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Global Policy, Planning and
Development
GPPD 500a Global Policy Challenges
and Solutions
Units: 2 Consideration of current public
policy issues through informed discourse
and debate; analysis and policy arguments.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Global Public Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GPPD 500b Global Policy Challenges
and Solutions
Units: 2 Consideration of current public
policy issues through informed discourse
and debate; analysis and policy arguments
Prerequisite: GPPD 500a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master of Global
Public Policy majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GPPD 510 Economic Foundations for
Public Policy
Units: 3 Microeconomic foundations;
analysis of public sector problems; markets;
producer and consumer theory; private and
social efficiency. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Master of Global Public Policy
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GPPD 520 Leadership in Public-Private
Partnerships
Units: 2 Issues across public/private
partnerships; leadership and followership
in cross-sector settings; organizational
and institutional designs; problem solving,
negotiation and conflict resolution.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Global Public Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GPPD 530 Art and Craft of Public Policy
Analysis
Units: 1 Foundations of public policy as
a profession, and develops basic skills in
policy analytic reasoning, policy design,
normative analysis and ethics, and
argumentation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Master of Global Public Policy
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GPPD 540 Comparative Institutions and
Policy Context
Units: 3 Theoretical and empirical
foundations on how institutions affect policy
performance; comparative institutional
analysis and framework; approaches to
organizing public action. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master of Global
Public Policy majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GPPD 550 Quantitative Methods for
Public Policy
Units: 3 Economic theory and statistical
inference methods to estimate the
relationship between economic, social
and political variables; foundations of
data-based argumentation, specifically in
regards to public policy in an international
context. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Master of Global Public Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GPPD 560 Methods for Policy Evaluation
Units: 3 Methods utilized in the analysis of
public policy choices; ex ante and ex post
analysis; cost-benefit analysis; decision
and risk analysis; applied social science
methods. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Master of Global Public Policy
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GPPD 570 Institutions and Policy
Processes
Units: 3 Policy formulation and
implementation in a comparative context
and in the context of an East-West
dichotomy. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Master of Global Public Policy
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GPPD 580 Policy Challenges in
International Development
Units: 3 Overview of the overarching issues
of problem definition of "development"
and the policy implications of new ideas
for development as it faces a new set of
challenges in an increasingly globalized,
complex, and interconnected world.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Global Public Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GPPD 600a Public Policy Capstone
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Hands-on
experience in policy analysis. Participants
learn to work on a specific, client oriented
public policy issue, assess policy
alternatives, and write an official report.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Global Public Policy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GPPD 600b Public Policy Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Hands-on
experience in policy analysis. Participants
learn to work on a specific, client oriented
public policy issue, assess policy
alternatives, and write an official report.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master of Global Public Policy majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Greek
GR 120 Greek I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Essentials of
classical Greek grammar and vocabulary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GR 150 Greek II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Essentials
of classical Greek grammar and
vocabulary, continued. Basic reading skills.
Prerequisite: GR 120. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GR 220 Greek III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading
Greek literature. Introduction to reading
and translation of classical Greek prose
and poetry. Extensive grammar review.
Prerequisite: GR 150. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GR 345 Greek Tragic Poets
Units: 4 Selected plays of Aeschylus,
Sophocles, and Euripides. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GR 353 Plato
Units: 4 Readings from the Republic or
other dialogues. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GR 354 Greek Historians
Units: 4 Selections from such
representative historians as Herodotus
and Thucydides. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GR 355 Aristophanes
Units: 4 A study of at least three comedies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GR 362 Homer and the Greek Epic
Units: 4 Selections from the Iliad and/or
Odyssey. Problems of oral composition and
transmission. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GR 365 Greek Lyric Poetry
Units: 4 Readings from Archilochus,
Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, and other lyric
poets. Prerequisite: GR 220. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GR 375 Plutarch
Units: 4 Readings of selected works by the
Greek author Plutarch. Prerequisite: GR
220. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GR 450 Readings in Greek Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Readings in
various authors and genres of Greek
literature. Prerequisite: 300-level Greek
course. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1069
GR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Graduate Studies
GRSC 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Registration Restriction: Graduate standing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GRSC 791 Directed Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
Studies in Academic Innovation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GRSC 800a Studies for the Qualifying
Examination
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Studies for
the Qualifying Examination. Students may
enroll once they have completed all other
degree requirements. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GRSC 800b Studies for the Qualifying
Examination
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Studies for
the Qualifying Examination. Students may
enroll once they have completed all other
degree requirements. Prerequisite: GRSC
800a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GRSC 800z Studies for the Qualifying
Examination
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Studies for
the Qualifying Examination. Students may
enroll once they have completed all other
degree requirements. Prerequisite: GRSC
800b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GRSC 810 Studies for Master's
Examination
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Prerequisite: completion of all course work
for the master's degree. Permission of the
Graduate School. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Non-Graded
Graduate School of Business
Administration
GSBA 501 The Role of the Manager
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
roles of a manager and skill sets necessary
to performing these roles. Open only
to online MBA students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to online MBA
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 502 Management Communication
for Leaders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Integrates
leadership theory and practice with
communication skills to improve individual,
team, and organizational performance.
Emphasizes interpersonal, presentation,
and writing skills; teamwork; and value-
based leadership. Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 523, GSBA 542 and the former
GSBA 502ab. Open only to master's
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 503 Contemporary Issues in
Competitive Global Strategy
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts and
tools that help frame strategic issues in
a multi-industry and global context. Craft
strategies, position businesses and assets,
and define firm boundaries. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master's degree
students Duplicates Credit in the former
GSBA 580b and GSBA 582a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 504a Operations Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Formulation,
modeling, analysis, and optimization of
business decision problems; survey of
concepts and techniques necessary to
manage the operations function of a firm.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 534 and former
GSBA 504. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 504b Operations Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Formulation,
modeling, analysis, and optimization of
business decision problems; survey of
concepts and techniques necessary to
manage the operations function of a firm.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 534 and former
GSBA 504. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 505 Fundamentals of Business
Units: 10 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of financial accounting,
microeconomics, statistics, analytics and
communication. Prerequisite: GSBA 501
Registration Restriction: Open only to
online MBA students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 506a Applied Managerial Statistics
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Principles of probability theory and classical
statistics applied to business decision
problems; survey analysis, estimation and
prediction methods, evaluation, and control
techniques. Duplicates Credit in GSBA 524,
GSBA 516, GSBA 545. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
GSBA 506b Applied Managerial
Statistics
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Principles of probability theory and classical
statistics applied to business decision
problems; survey analysis, estimation and
prediction methods, evaluation, and control
techniques. Duplicates Credit in GSBA 524,
GSBA 516, GSBA 545. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 507 Organizational Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Study of human
thought, motives, and behaviors in business
settings. Explore how organizational
structures and decisions can help to
determine how human beings will respond.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Duplicates Credit in GSBA
522a, GSBA 522b, GSBA 532, GSBA 533
and GSBA 543 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 509 Marketing Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of analytical, strategic, and planning
skills. Application within an integrated
strategic framework to the development
of a comprehensive marketing plan for
a product, service, and/or organization.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Duplicates Credit in the
former GSBA 509ab, GSBA 528 and GSBA
546 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and
Financial Reporting
Units: 1.5, 2, 3 Terms Offered: Fa
Information systems for public reporting
and for management decision-making;
theory of asset and income measurement;
interpretation and uses of accounting data
and financial statements; analysis of cases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 511 Microeconomics for
Management
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: Fa
Microeconomic theory with business
applications; consumer demand,
production theory, cost theory, and market
theory; decision-making within the firm
under different market and regulatory
environments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 513 Interpersonal and Team
Communication
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Develop
interpersonal effectiveness and leadership
capacity when working within, across
and outside an organization. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 502, GSBA
523, GSBA 523 and GSBA 542 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 514 Leadership Communication
Styles and Strategies
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm In-depth focus
on managerial communication motivation
and styles. Implications of leadership
communication strategy and practice.
Evaluate strategies and emerging tools to
facilitate collaboration. Duplicates credit
in GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA 523, and
GSBA 542. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA 523, GSBA
542 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 515 Communicating Professional
Presence
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Acquire the skills
necessary to exhibit the elusive quality of
professional presence. Exhibit credible
competence. Handle impromptu speaking.
Presentation messaging. Duplicates credit
in GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA 523, and
GSBA 542. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA 523, GSBA
542 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 516 Essentials of Data Analysis
and Modeling
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Data
collection, data analysis, and critical
understanding of the role of data in making
business decisions. Ways to quantify
uncertainty and model decision problems.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 506a, GSBA
506b and GSBA 524. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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GSBA 518 Accounting Control Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Accumulation and interpretation of
accounting data by management;
profit planning; analysis of operations;
systems for control of production and
distribution costs; cost and profit centers
for decentralized control. Recommended
Preparation: GSBA 510 Duplicates Credit
in ACCT 509, GSBA 536 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 519a Strategic Formulation for
Competitive Advantage
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSm Analyses of
environments and competition, the basis of
competitive strategy, strategy models, and
the achievement of sustainable competitive
advantage. Duplicates Credit in GSBA 529
and GSBA 540. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 519b Strategic Formulation for
Competitive Advantage
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSm Analyses of
environments and competition, the basis of
competitive strategy, strategy models, and
the achievement of sustainable competitive
advantage. Duplicates Credit in GSBA 529
and GSBA 540. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 521a Corporate Finance
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Basic
principles of corporate finance; theory and
application; management of short-term
and long-term assets; financial instruments
and markets; financial policy applications.
Recommended Preparation: GSBA 510.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 548 and the
former GSBA 521. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 521b Corporate Finance
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Basic
principles of corporate finance; theory and
application; management of short-term
and long-term assets; financial instruments
and markets; financial policy applications.
Recommended Preparation: GSBA 510.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 548 and the
former GSBA 521. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 522a Managerial Perspectives
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Managerial
careers, development of critical executive
and managerial abilities, and the dynamics
of organizational environment and systems
as they impact managerial progression and
work. Graded IP. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Duplicates
Credit in GSBA 507, GSBA 533 and GSBA
543 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Letter
GSBA 522b Managerial Perspectives
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Managerial
careers, development of critical executive
and managerial abilities, and the dynamics
of organizational environment and systems
as they impact managerial progression
and work. Duplicates Credit in GSBA 507,
GSBA 533 and GSBA 543 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 523 Communication for
Management
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Internal
and external communication, research
methods; reports for decision-making; oral
presentations and briefings; strategies
to assure communication; field studies.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 502, GSBA 542
and the former GSBA 502ab. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 523T Communication for
Accounting and Tax Professionals
Units: 3 Communication strategies to
ensure effective communication to internal
and external business audiences at all
levels; business writing and presentations;
electronic communication; communicating
ethics in business. Open only to accounting,
business taxation, law/business, and
taxation majors. Duplicates Credit in GSBA
502, the former GSBA 502b, GSBA 523
and GSBA 542. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 524 Data Science for Business
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of probability theory and classical
statistics applied to business decision
problems; survey analysis, estimation
and prediction methods, evaluation, and
control techniques. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Duplicates
Credit in GSBA 506a, GSBA 506b, GSBA
516, GSBA 545 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 525 Introduction to Management
and Strategy
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the concepts, tools, and first principles
of strategy formulation and competitive
analysis. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MBA.PM students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 527 Structured Analysis for
Unstructured Problems
Units: 1, 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp
Development and application of critical
thinking principles and creative problem-
solving skills to solve difficult business
and societal problems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 528 Marketing Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Marketing
is treated as a managerial decision-
making process. Emphasis is given to
understanding the concepts, tools, and
techniques that comprise a comprehensive
marketing strategy. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Duplicates
Credit in GSBA 509, the former GSBA
509ab, and GSBA 546 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 529 Strategic Formulation for
Competitive Advantage
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analyses
of environments and competition, the bases
of competitive strategy, strategy models,
and the achievement of sustainable
competitive advantage. Duplicates Credit
in GSBA 519a, GSBA 519b and GSBA 540
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 532 Leading People, Teams and
Organizations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa How to make
sound decisions, build and leverage social
capital, negotiate effectively and influence
and motivate others without relying on
formal authority. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 533 Organizational Behavior and
Leadership
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Maximize
organizational effectiveness through
managing team and individual processes.
Topics may include ethics, decision
making, motivation, power and influence,
organizational culture and change,
negotiation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Duplicates
Credit in GSBA 507, GSBA 522a, GSBA
522b, GSBA 543 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 534 Operations Management
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Formulation, modeling, analysis, and
optimization of business decision problems;
survey of concepts and techniques
necessary to manage the operations
function of the firm. Recommended
Preparation: GSBA 506b or GSBA 524
or GSBA 516 and GSBA 545. Duplicates
Credit in GSBA 504a, GSBA 504b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 535 Opportunity Recognition and
Implementation
Units: 9.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Thematic exploration of entrepreneurship
and key aspects of new venture
development. Contract law, analytics,
negotiations, and communication.
Prerequisite: GSBA 505 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Marshall Online
MBA students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 536 Accounting for Management
Decision Making
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The
development, presentation and
understanding of accounting information
useful to managers. Techniques and
best practices which, combined with
accounting information, support enhanced
management decision-making. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Duplicates Credit in ACCT 509, GSBA 518
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 537 Managing Inside the Firm
Units: 9.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Thematic exploration of managerial
accounting, employment law, operations
management and organizational behavior.
Application of analytics and communication
to optimize internal operations. Prerequisite:
GSBA 505 Registration Restriction: Open
only to online MBA students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 538 Managing Outside the Firm
Units: 9.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Thematic exploration of operations
management, corporate finance, marketing,
and microeconomics. Coordinating
production processes, marketing strategies,
and corporate financial plans in order to
maximize growth. Prerequisite: GSBA
505 Registration Restriction: Open only
to online MBA students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 539 Business Environment and
Leadership
Units: 9.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Thematic exploration of finance,
macroeconomics, international business,
corporate strategy, and marketing strategy.
Prerequisite: GSBA 505 Registration
Restriction: Open only to online MBA
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
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GSBA 540 Contemporary Issues in
Competitive Strategy
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
the role industry and competitive analysis
serves in an organization. Topics covered
include global competition, innovation, the
use of standards, competence, and building
organizational capabilities to sustain
competitive advantage. Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 519a, GSBA 519b and GSBA 529.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 541 Foundations of Your
Professional Value
Units: .5 Terms Offered: Fa Foundational
knowledge to discover, identify and
leverage the professional value each
person brings to today's job market.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 542 Communication for
Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Internal
and external communication, research
methods, reports for decision-making, oral
presentations and briefings, strategies
to assure communication; field studies.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 502, GSBA 523,
GSBA 523T and the former GSBA 502ab.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 543 Managerial Perspectives
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Managerial
careers, development of critical executive
and managerial abilities, and the dynamics
of organizational environment and systems
as they impact managerial progression
and growth. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Duplicates Credit
in GSBA 507, GSBA 522a, GSBA 522b,
GSBA 533 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 544 The Firm in the Global
Economy
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa The economic
environment of business and the forces
influencing the firm. Duplicates Credit
in GSBA 549 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 545 Data Driven Decision Making
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Data analysis
technologies for business decision making;
principles and techniques of statistical
inference for business problem solving;
foundations of data-driven regression and
time series analytics. Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 506ab and GSBA 524. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 546 Strategic Marketing
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Principles of
marketing in a global marketplace. Skills
and knowledge required to effectively
conduct comprehensive and insightful
analyses and develop effective marketing
strategies. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Duplicates Credit
in GSBA 509 and GSBA 528 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 548 Corporate Finance
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Modern theory of corporate investment
and financing decisions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 521a and GSBA
521b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 549 The Firm in the National and
International Economy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp The economic
environment of business and international
forces influencing the firm. Duplicates
Credit in former GSBA 526 and GSBA 544.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 550a Entrepreneurship
Units: .5 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of entrepreneurship. Understanding the
new venture creation process. Duplicates
Credit in BAEP 549 and BAEP 550 and
BAEP 551 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress to Letter
GSBA 550b Entrepreneurship
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamentals
of entrepreneurship. Understanding the
new venture creation process. Prerequisite:
GSBA 550a Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549
and BAEP 550 and BAEP 551 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 552 Problem Solving and Decision
Making: An Integrative Approach
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa An integrative,
multi-disciplined and immersion-based
approach to addressing unstructured
business situations and imperfect data
using a variety of analytical tools and critical
thought processes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 555 Management and
Organization of the Creative Industries
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp How creative
industries (motion pictures, television,
publishing, radio, music, arts, games)
operate and are organized. Critical
discussion of pressing issues that these
industries face. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 560 The Perspective of Top
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Using cases,
students are introduced to top management
issues of executive leadership,
environmental and strategic analysis, use
of financial statements, organizational
assessment and design, technology
management and decision support
systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 561 Evaluating Market
Performance
Units: 9 Terms Offered: Fa Evaluation of
the firm by the market forces that affect its
success; financial accounting and reporting;
competitive market analysis; external
communication; microeconomics; labor,
customer and financial markets, statistical
and decision analysis, financial and
organization measures of effectiveness.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 562 Management of Operations
Units: 11 Analysis of operations
management and business functions;
managerial accounting; finance; marketing;
production; data processing and information
systems; human resources management.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 562a Management of Operations
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
operations management and business
functions; managerial accounting; finance;
marketing; production; data processing
and information systems; human resources
management. Duplicates Credit in GSBA
562. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
GSBA 562b Management of Operations
Units: 10 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
operations management and business
functions; managerial accounting; finance;
marketing; production; data processing
and information systems; human resources
management. Duplicates Credit in GSBA
562. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 563 Technology and Information
Systems Management
Units: 6 Impact of technology on
organizations; new product development;
investment decisions and capital budgeting;
decision support systems, expert systems;
information technology; organizational
design; management of information
systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 563a Technology and Information
Systems Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Impact of
technology on organizations; new product
development; investment decisions
and capital budgeting; decision support
systems, expert systems; information
technology; organizational design;
management of information systems.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 563. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
GSBA 563b Technology and Information
Systems Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Impact of
technology on organizations; new product
development; investment decisions
and capital budgeting; decision support
systems, expert systems; information
technology; organizational design;
management of information systems.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 563. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 564 Functional Strategies and
Implementation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Developing
functional strategies and interdependence
to achieve organizational goals;
negotiations, conflict resolution;
communication strategies; organizational
effectiveness; implementation and change
strategies; self-assessment and individual
presentations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 570 The Role of the Senior
Executive
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to strategic management; executive
leadership; environmental analysis;
international context; financial growth
strategies; social, legal and macroeconomic
issues; role of CEO with boards, media and
other publics; business ethics, strategic
planning project. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 571 Environmental Analysis:
Establishing Competitive Advantage
Units: 9 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of strategic planning processes;
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analysis of economic, social, political
environment; forecasting; futures research;
macroeconomics; international economics;
technological developments; multinational
management simulation; field projects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 572 Strategic Planning for Growth
Units: 11 Formulation and implementation
of strategies in different organizational and
environmental contexts; financial growth
strategies; comparative management;
impact of taxation; technology strategies;
product development and new market
strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 572a Strategic Planning for
Growth
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Formulation
and implementation of strategies in
different organizational and environmental
contexts; financial growth strategies;
comparative management; impact of
taxation; technology strategies; product
development and new market strategies.
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 572. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
GSBA 572b Strategic Planning for
Growth
Units: 8 Terms Offered: Sp Formulation and
implementation of strategies in different
organizational and environmental contexts;
financial growth strategies; comparative
management; impact of taxation;
technology strategies; product development
and new market strategies. Duplicates
Credit in GSBA 572. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 573 Managing Strategic Change
and Implementation
Units: 6 Management of the strategic
change process for the total organization
including implementing growth strategies,
use of consultants, corporate governance,
implementation in a multinational
environment, leadership and power, use of
technology, innovation, corporate cultures,
executive succession, corporate relations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 573a Managing Strategic Change
and Implementation
Units: 5 Terms Offered: Sp Management
of the strategic change process for the
total organization including implementing
growth strategies, use of consultants,
corporate governance, implementation in
a multinational environment, leadership
and power, use of technology, innovation,
corporate cultures, executive succession,
corporate relations. Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 573. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
GSBA 573b Managing Strategic Change
and Implementation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Management
of the strategic change process for the
total organization including implementing
growth strategies, use of consultants,
corporate governance, implementation in
a multinational environment, leadership
and power, use of technology, innovation,
corporate cultures, executive succession,
corporate relations. Duplicates Credit in
GSBA 573. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 574 The Executive of the Future
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Forecasting
future environments; the role of the
executive in the future, changing
organizations; executive development;
personal development goal setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 580 The Global Context of
Business - PRIME
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Impact of
political, economic, and cultural factors
on business performance and industry
structure in a global context. PRIME.
Requires international travel. Registration
Restriction: Open only to full time MBA
students Duplicates Credit in GSBA 580c,
GSBA 582b, and the former GSBA 582
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 581 Technology Innovation and
Management
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sm The
synergistic use of technology innovation
and management to improve organizational
performance, enhance competitiveness,
and create leadership opportunities.
Duplicates Credit in former GSBA 581a
and former GSBA 581b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 582 The Global Context and
International Business
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Impact
of political, economic, social/cultural
and institutional factors on business
performance and industry structure in
a global context. GLOBE. Requires
international travel. Recommended
Preparation: MBA.PM core courses
Registration Restriction: Open only to MBA.
PM students Duplicates Credit in GSBA
582b GSBA 580c Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 583 The Global Context of
Business (IELP)
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The
economic and political realities of cross-
border commerce in the 21st century.
IELP. Requires international travel.
Recommended Preparation: IBEAR MBA
first term required courses Registration
Restriction: Registration restricted to
students in the International MBA program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSBA 584 International Business
Consulting Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp IBEAR team
consulting projects addressing international
business problems. Projects culminate in
written and oral presentations to corporate
clients. Registration Restriction: Open only
to students in the IBEAR MBA program
Duplicates Credit in GSBA 584A and GSBA
584B Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 584a International Business
Consulting Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm IBEAR team
consulting projects addressing international
business problems. Projects culminate in
written and oral presentations to corporate
clients. Registration Restriction: Open only
to IBEAR MBA students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Letter
GSBA 584b International Business
Consulting Project
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of GSBA 584a. Prerequisite: GSBA 584a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
IBEAR MBA students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 588 Capstone: Futurethon
Challenge
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSm Apply
multidisciplinary business skills to ideate
and create sustainable, systems-changing
solutions that can affect our local society.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GSBA 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 592 Field Research in Business
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team projects studying
the business practices of an industry,
company, government agency, country,
geographic region, etc. Proposal, data
collection, analyses, and written report.
Recommended Preparation: completion
of required MBA, MAcc., or MBT course
work. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master and doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 593 Independent Research in
Business
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4, Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research beyond normal
course offerings. Proposal, research and
written report/paper required. Open only to
master's students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to masters students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 595 Internship in Business
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 9.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised on-the-job
business experience in the student's area
of interest. (Curricular Practical Training.)
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of required MBA, MAcc., or MBT course
work. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Accounting and
Business majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 596 Research Practicum in
Business
Units: 0.5-2, Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Marshall faculty
member on an ongoing research project.
Recommended Preparation: completion
of courses required for the MBA, MAcc.,
MBT, or PhD Registration Restriction: Open
only to masters and doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GSBA 597 Consulting Project in
Business
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
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entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master and
Doctoral Students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 598 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments in
business administration. Graded CR/NC.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open to only graduate accounting and
business majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
GSBA 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: Irregular Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments
in business administration. Emphasis on
cross-disciplinary inquiry. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to
only graduate accounting and business
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
GSBA 602 Selected Issues in Economic
Theory I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Methodology
and research perspectives of economics;
contribution of the economics paradigm
to accounting, management, finance,
marketing, and decision sciences.
Recommended Preparation: admission to
doctoral program in business administration
or department approval. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 603 Causal Inference Research
Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Contemporary
approaches to causal inference in
observational data for applied research
in the social sciences. Recommended
Preparation: one semester of graduate level
econometrics and knowledge of STATA and
R Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 604 Regression and Generalized
Linear Models for Business Applications
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
application of linear regression models; role
of substantive theory in statistical model
building; model specification, estimation,
diagnostic checking; the general linear
hypothesis. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 610 Seminar in Business
Research
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Critical analysis of research
studies in the functional areas of business;
practice in formulating and conducting
research; presentation of original research
of publishable quality (may be repeated
for credit up to 9 units). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 611 Seminar in Research
Methodology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Conceptual foundations of research
methodology; survey and research design;
measurement theory; advanced techniques
of statistical investigation; data analysis
using computer packages; preparation of
research reports. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 612 Selected Issues in Economic
Theory II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Further
investigation of selected topics in
methodology and research perspectives of
economics. Topics vary in response to new
developments and current trends in the
field. Prerequisite: GSBA 602. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 625 Experimental Design and
Analysis for Behavioral Science
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to design, implementation and
analyses of experiments. Designing
experimental procedures (manipulations,
measurements). Analyzing ANOVAs
with manipulated and measured factors,
mediation, reliability and discrimination
analyses. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSBA 690 Tutorial on the Research
Process
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Gain an understanding of the research
process, identify/generate a research
question, collect and organize data, predict
results, and critically write and present the
results. Recommended Preparation: GSBA
first year PhD course work. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
GSBA 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
GSBA 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Global Security
GSEC 501 Foundations of Global
Security
Units: 4 A survey of theories and challenges
relating to International Relations and
security studies broadly defined from
WWI to present conflicts including human,
environmental and economic concepts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 502 Global Governance and
Globalization
Units: 4 Exploring competing perspectives
on globalization and global governance,
the sources and consequences of
global power and authority, and the key
actors, institutions, regimes and norms.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 503 Economic Analysis and
Global Policy Issues
Units: 4 Focuses on economic globalization
from its post-World War II origins to
its late 20th century heights and 21st
century threats to its survival. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
GSEC 504 Research Design for Policy
Evaluation
Units: 4 Discussion of the logic of research
design - the question, theory, data and
methods to analyse data and the design
of studies answering causal questions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 505 Statistics for Policy
Evaluation
Units: 4 An introduction to the use of
regression analysis and its application to
public policy, political science and economic
research. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 510 Security and Global
Governance
Units: 4 Major theoretical approaches to
the study of war; focus is on recent issues
in security studies. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 511 Transnational Crime and
Global Illicit Networks
Units: 4 Introduction to and overview of
transnational organized crime; its effects on
international security, political, social and
economic development of countries around
the world. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 512 National Intelligence and
Global Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration of
how intelligence affects global security and
the formation and implementation of foreign
and security policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 521 Human Security and
Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4 Explore causes of human security
threats, challenges to state sovereignty and
actions to address failed states, conflicts
and protect people through humanitarian
intervention. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 522 Global Human Rights
Units: 4 Explores competing conceptions
of human rights, whether human rights are
universal, problems of enforcement and
the role of human rights in foreign policy.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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GSEC 523 Emerging Economies in
Global Governance
Units: 4 The economic rise of four leading
emerging economies, their impact on
international economic institutions and
the implications for global economic
governance. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 524 Global Health Governance
and Security
Units: 4 An introduction to concepts,
history, policy and practice of global health
governance and an examination of social
science and scientific frameworks for health
security. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 530 Human Impact of Genocide
and Mass Violence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
the consequences of genocide and mass
violence on human security and individual
well-being and an exploration of processes
to address mass atrocities. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Global Security
Studies majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSEC 597 Global Security Practicum
Units: 8 Terms Offered: Sm Immersion in an
off-site internship coupled with a problem-
based learning component in policy
implementation under faculty direction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Geriatric and Special Patient
Dentistry
GSPD 504 Dental Treatment of the
Geriatric and Special Patient
Units: 2 Social, psychological, economic
and health factors which influence dental
care for the geriatric and special patient
populations; specific considerations and
modifications of conventional dental
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSPD 562a Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical experience in dental
treatment of geriatric patients at an
extramural site. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
GSPD 562b Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical experience in dental
treatment of geriatric patients at an
extramural site. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
GSPD 562c Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry
Units: 1 Clinical experience in dental
treatment of geriatric patients at an
extramural site. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSPD 563a Clinic: Special Patient Care
Units: 0 Clinical experience in treatment
of the physically, medically, or mentally
disabled patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
GSPD 563b Clinic: Special Patient Care
Units: 0 Clinical experience in treatment
of the physically, medically, or mentally
disabled patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
GSPD 563c Clinic: Special Patient Care
Units: 1 Clinical experience in treatment
of the physically, medically, or mentally
disabled patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSPD 610 Clinical Gerontology
Units: 1 Clinical application of principles
of geriatric dentistry. Evaluation, treatment
planning, and clinical care of elderly
patients at residential and skilled-nursing
care facilities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
GSPD 612 Special Patient Care Clinic
Units: 1 Clinical experience in the
evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning
and management of oral problems in
special needs patients. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Human Behavior
HBHV 310 Interactional Skills in Dental
Hygiene
Units: 1 Training in the application of
behavioral and communication skills.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HBHV 501 Behavioral Skills in Dentistry
Units: 1 Introduction to key personal,
interpersonal, and professional factors
that shape the doctor-patient relationship;
ways interactional skills influence the
effectiveness, durability, and satisfaction of
the doctor-patient relationship. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HBHV 502 Interactional Skills
Units: 1 Introduction to purpose, objectives,
and principles of clinical interviewing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HBHV 504 Patient Education and
Management
Units: 1 Management of difficult patients;
psychology and behavioral treatment
of pain; patient education of treatment
planning; smoking cessation program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HBHV 550 Communications in Clinical
Dentistry
Units: 1 Verbal and nonverbal
communication in clinical dentistry; clinical
experience in use of manual, verbal, and
non-verbal communication skills during a
traumatic injection procedure. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HBHV 561a Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical application of behavioral
dentistry principles. Data collection, case
presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation),
and tobacco cessation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
HBHV 561b Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical application of behavioral
dentistry principles. Data collection, case
presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation),
and tobacco cessation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
HBHV 561c Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical application of behavioral
dentistry principles. Data collection, case
presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation),
and tobacco cessation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
HBHV 561d Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical application of behavioral
dentistry principles. Data collection, case
presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation),
and tobacco cessation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
HBHV 561e Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry
Units: 1 Clinical application of behavioral
dentistry principles. Data collection, case
presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation),
and tobacco cessation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HBHV 601 Understanding Stress in
Dental Practice
Units: 2 Investigation of the approaches
to understanding and managing stress,
especially the stress issues in dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Human Biology
HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal
Units: 4 Foundations of the human species.
Examination of scientific evidence from
Darwinian theory, primate behavior, fossils,
and the behavior of modern people.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Duplicates Credit
in former ANTH 200. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 200
HBIO 202Lg Nutrition for Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm To develop
an understanding of Nutrition, especially as
it pertains to optimal health and prevention
of diseases. A study of macro and micro
nutrients. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Duplicates
Credit in EXSC 202L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 203L Individualized Exercise
Prescription
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles and
theories related to exercise prescription;
programs of weight-training, circuit-training,
aerobics, flexibility, high and low-intensity
training guidelines; safeguards and
effectiveness. Duplicates Credit in former
EXSC 203L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
physiological and nutritional basis of human
performance. Factors that facilitate and
limit athletic achievement. Satisfies New
General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Credit Restriction: Not available for major
credit. Duplicates Credit in former EXSC
205Lxg. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 250g The Pharmacology of
Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Evaluation
of drugs, nutritional supplements, and
ergogenic aids that are purported to
enhance human athletic performance.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The roles
of biology, culture, and the environment
in shaping human society, integrating
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evolutionary biology and cultural theory.
Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 300.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 300
HBIO 301L Human Anatomy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Major organ
systems; functional implications of their
relationships; gross and microscopic
examination with an emphasis on practical
skills in recognizing, dissecting, and
differentiating anatomical structures.
Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 301L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 302L Nutrition and Metabolism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Gastrointestinal
physiology and energy metabolism as it
relates to macronutrient intake. Theories
and principles of nutrition and their impact
on metabolic regulation. Prerequisite:
BISC 220 or BISC 221. Duplicates Credit
in former EXSC 200. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 306 Biology of the Non-Human
Primates
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Behavior
and ecology of living nonhuman primates,
with an emphasis on field studies of apes
and monkeys. Topics include aggression,
communication, reproduction and cognition.
Recommended Preparation: HBIO 200Lg
Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 306
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 306
HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of
Human Behavior
Units: 4 Examination of the evidence for
and against evolutionary bases of a range
of human behaviors. Topics include sex
differences, human reproductive strategies,
race, IQ, human ecology. Duplicates Credit
in former ANTH 308. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ANTH 308
HBIO 309 The Human Machine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
exploration of how the human body
works and why it works the way it
does; draws from the fields of anatomy,
biomechanics, physiology, engineering
and paleoanthropology. Recommended
Preparation: HBIO 200Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 310 Sociopsychological Aspects of
Sport and Physical Activity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the individual in a social environment
related to sport and physical activity;
personality, motivation, attitude, and
group behavior viewed in physical activity
contexts. Duplicates Credit in former EXSC
310. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HBIO 320 Muscle Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
the skeletal muscular system (anatomy,
physiology, biochemistry, and development)
and its functional properties under both
normal and pathological conditions.
Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg
Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 350 Nutrition and Homeostasis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories and
principles of regulation of vitamin/mineral
metabolism as it relates to homeostasis
of organ systems. Prerequisite: HBIO 302
or CHEM 350 or BISC 330 or BISC 312
Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 350
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 360L Nutrition and Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of diet
therapy for the prevention and treatment of
human disease. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg
or BISC 221Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 370 Genetics and Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of the genetic underpinning of
human health and disease. Inheritance of
mendelian diseases, common diseases,
developmental diseases and cancer;
prenatal testing, genetic counseling and
genetic therapies. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg
or BISC 221Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 400L Motor Control and Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
of control and learning applied to
motor performance; variables affecting
performance in exercise, games, sports
and dance. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or
BISC 221Lg Duplicates Credit in former
EXSC 400 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 401L Physiology of Movement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Terminology,
structure and function of muscle, bone and
endocrine systems; Effects of exercise and
training on those systems. Prerequisite:
BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg Duplicates
Credit in former EXSC 401 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
HBIO 403L Forensic Science of the
Bones
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Comprehensive study of forensic
anthropology; emphasis on identification of
human remains and creation of biological
profiles including age, sex, time and
manner of death, etc. Prerequisite: HBIO
301L Recommended Preparation: HBIO
200Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Evolutionary,
cultural, and environmental factors in the
emergence and existence of diseases;
a Darwinian examination of illness in the
human species. Prerequisite: BISC 220
or BISC 221 Recommended Preparation:
HBIO 200 Duplicates Credit in former ANTH
405 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 405
HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human
Evolutionary Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Historical
and theoretical approaches to major
issues in the field of human evolutionary
biology. Capstone course in which students
will undertake an original independent
research project. Prerequisite: HBIO
200Lg Registration Restriction: not open
to freshman, sophomore, junior Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ANTH 406
HBIO 407L Endocrinology and
Metabolism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Regulation of
metabolic pathways and endocrinology
in health and metabolic diseases.
Prerequisite: HBIO 302L Registration
Restriction: not open to freshman,
sophomore and junior Duplicates Credit
in former EXSC 406L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 408L Biomechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Kinematic and
kinetic analysis of human motion. Emphasis
on performance enhancement and injury
prevention. Prerequisite: (MATH 108g or
MATH 125g) and (PHYS 135aLg or PHYS
151Lg) Registration Restriction: Not open
to freshmen and sophomores Duplicates
Credit in former EXSC 408 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
HBIO 409 Metabolic Diseases
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the etiology, prevention, and treatment
of metabolic disorders such as diabetes
mellitus and obesity that are major threats
to public health. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg
or BISC 221Lg Registration Restriction:
Not open to freshmen, junior, sophomore
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
The physiology of the respiratory,
cardiovascular, renal, musculoskeletal,
digestive, endocrine and nervous systems
in humans, with application to human health
and pathology. Prerequisite: HBIO 301 and
(BISC 220 or BISC 221) Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding
Behavior and Obesity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Neurobiological
systems that control feeding behavior and
energy balance with an emphasis on the
determinants of obesity. Prerequisite: BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 439L Human Performance and
Bioenergetics
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Application of physiology, biomechanics
and perceptual-motor principles to the study
of skill acquisition and human performance.
Prerequisite: HBIO 408. Duplicates Credit
in former EXSC 439L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 441L Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of scientific principles to conditioning,
protecting, and rehabilitating the athlete.
Prerequisite: HBIO 301. Duplicates Credit
in former EXSC 441L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
HBIO 442L Evaluation and Rehabilitation
of Athletic Injuries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of scientific principles to evaluating and
rehabilitating athletic injuries. Prerequisite:
HBIO 301. Duplicates Credit in former
EXSC 442L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
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HBIO 491L Laboratory Experience in
Kinesiology
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Practical laboratory experience in basic and
applied exercise physiology, biochemistry,
and/or biomechanics. Emphasizing
development of laboratory techniques.
Prerequisite: HBIO 203, HBIO 301, HBIO
302, HBIO 320. Duplicates Credit in former
EXSC 491. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
HBIO 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in Human and
Evolutionary Biology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Health Care Decision Analysis
HCDA 501 Fundamentals of Healthcare
Insurance Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
insurance payer types, functions, actuarial
pricing methods, network design and
business operations impacting the provision
of health benefits and reimbursement for
medical products and services. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 502 Comparative International
Healthcare Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Health coverage
and funding across seven industrial
countries, with examination of variances
and similarities in stated policy and
outcomes by region and population mix.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HCDA 503 Competitive Healthcare
Intelligence
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis and
techniques to evaluate marketplace
opportunities with product launching,
positioning strategies, intelligence gathering
and decision-making. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 506 Foundations of Insurance and
Global Access
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Basic overview
focused on the coverage, payment,
reimbursement and access to healthcare
and pharmaceuticals across a global
landscape including the US, EU, and the
big five countries of Asia-Pacific. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 507 Foundations of Product
Development and Commercialization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Basic
introduction focused on the pathways
and principles for managing new
health technology discovery, funding,
development, Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approval, and commercial market
launch. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HCDA 510 Business Implications of
Healthcare Policy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Overview of
healthcare policies that impact payers,
employers, healthcare industry, state and
federal agencies and consumers; individual
and mandated benefits, medical loss
ratio, health care exchanges and impact
of comparative effectiveness review.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HCDA 515 Healthcare Decision Analysis
and Modeling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Quantitative
methods of evaluating business, policy,
pharmaceuticals, medical care resource
allocations. Budget Impact Models,
Decision Trees, Sensitivity Analysis
tradeoffs between treatment strategies,
interventions, risks, outcomes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 520 Health Economic and
Outcomes Methodology
Units: 3 Comprehensive review of core
biostatistics principles and applications
through practical problem solving approach
and case studies. Statistical methods, data
validation and outcomes research, clinical
trials. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HCDA 525 Healthcare Literature Analysis
and Applications
Units: 3 Review and critique of health
economics, P&T and outcomes
literature. Core biostatical measures
used to deconstruct and evaluate
published research through case studies.
Recommended Preparation: HCDA 520.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HCDA 530 Total Product Development:
Benchtop to Launch
Units: 3 Systematic review from discovery
to market assessment, bio-targeting
through clinical trial design. Profile
past and current launch strategies,
pharmacovigilance, regulatory and filing
requirements. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 540 Executive Leadership and
Healthcare Marketing
Units: 3 Critical principles of leadership,
communication, best practice marketing
presentations, project management
techniques, business innovations and
strategy. Use of case studies, team
projects, real world examples.
HCDA 550 Healthcare Innovation:
Creativity to Value
Units: 3 Systematically review creativity and
innovation techniques across healthcare
industry, examine breakthrough genomic
and biopharmaceutical processes and
thinking, evaluate novel therapeutic
and economic measures transforming
outcomes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 553 Advanced Pricing Strategies
Units: 3 Positioning products in global
markets; market share targets, payer value,
life cycle and launch techniques, tools for
formulary positioning and reimbursement.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HCDA 560 Managing Effective
Partnerships and Mergers
Units: 3 M&A and partnering in the health
care industry; law, due diligence, contracts,
research alliances, structured agreements,
global partners, and tactical business
strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 570 Asia Pacific: Access, Delivery
and Reimbursement
Units: 3 In-depth review China, India,
Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Analyzing regional
pharmaceutical industry, research,
manufacturing, partnerships, licensing,
trials. Compare insurance, pricing, access,
reimbursement for drugs, healthcare
services. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HCDA 572 Introduction to Healthcare
Data Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Learn
methods for working with large health
data sets, including developing an analytic
plan and selecting an appropriate data
source, as well as practical skills needed
to manage and use large health data
sets to accomplish an analytic goal.
Recommended Preparation: Previous
experience in data analysis or conducting
scientific research. Knowledge of basic
research techniques used within various
healthcare disciplines Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 580 Seminars in Healthcare
Decision Analysis
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Weekly seminar and
literature series, review and discuss policy,
biopharmaceuticals, insurance, global
healthcare access issues. Student lead
discussions, expert guest speakers, group
projects, critical thinking. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 589 Healthcare Consulting
Enterprise Team Project
Units: 3 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp Team projects solving real business
problems in the healthcare industry by
working directly with an existing company
under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: HCDA 506 and HCDA 507
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
or professional degree in pharmacy,
medical or sciences, engineering, business
and/or equivalent experience in the
healthcare industry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HCDA 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
HCDA 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one full academic year of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
HCDA 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Special topics in Healthcare
Decision Analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Hebrew
HEBR 120 Hebrew I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on the acquisition of proficiency and
communicative skills in speaking, reading,
writing, and comprehension as well as
cultural literacy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1077
HEBR 121 Hebrew for Business
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Effective
communication in Hebrew, exploration
of Israel's economy in the context of
globalization, improving language skills for
use in the global job market. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HEBR 125 Conversational Hebrew:
Culture, Society and Communication
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Focuses on
functional uses of language in every day
settings and builds familiarity with and
fluency in Hebrew through conversation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HEBR 150 Hebrew II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
continuation of Hebrew I. Offers a higher
level of skill development in reading, writing
and conversation. Prerequisite: HEBR 120
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HEBR 220 Hebrew III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Continuation of
Hebrew II; stress on grammar, composition,
and conversation. Prerequisite: HEBR 315.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HEBR 315 Modern Hebrew Language
(Hebrew IV)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
Hebrew in depth and introduces students
to Modern Hebrew literature through major
poems, novels and films from the 20th and
21st centuries. Prerequisite: HEBR 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
History
HIST 100gm The American Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Patterns
of American development from Colonial
times to the present. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Duplicates Credit in former HIST 200gm.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 101gp State and Society in the
Ancient World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Achievements of the near East, Greece,
and Rome with emphasis on the
development of ideas, arts, and institutions
which have influenced modern man.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CLAS 101
HIST 102gm The Worlds of Medieval
Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
social, political, religious, intellectual and
cultural landscapes of Europe and the
Mediterranean, c. 300 to c. 1400. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern
Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Political,
intellectual, and cultural developments
in Europe, 1300–1815. Renaissance
and Reformation; absolute monarchy,
scientific changes, and Enlightenment;
French Revolution and Napoleon. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 104gp Modern Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The
Enlightenment, French Revolution,
industrialization, Darwinism, socialism,
nationalism, technological revolutions,
mass culture, imperialism, race, fascism,
communism, world wars, genocide,
migration, the Cold War, terrorism. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 105g The Korean Past
Units: 4 A topical and chronological study
of the major political, social, and intellectual
forces that have shaped the history of
Korea. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 106g Chinese Lives: An
Introduction to Chinese History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
the lives of selected individuals who have
helped to shape Chinese politics and
culture. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 107gp Introduction to the History
of Japan
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Japan from
the earliest times to the present; social,
cultural, and political dimensions. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 108g Histories of South Asia
Units: 4 History of South Asia from the
tenth century to the present day; examines
imperialism, capitalism, nationalism,
and immigration. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 109g The Latin American
Experience
Units: 4 Introduction to Latin American
history and cultures, providing tools to
grasp the importance of the region within
the larger Americas and the world. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 128gp The Arts and Society in Latin
America, Colonial to Contemporary
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in AHIS
128)
HIST 180 The Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the history and the study
of the Middle East from ancient to
modern times. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MDES 180
HIST 185g A Survey of Armenian History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to Armenian history and its connections
with the region and the world. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 190g History of Science: Antiquity
to the Scientific Revolution
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 190g)
HIST 195 Selected Themes and Topics
in History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Study
of special historical themes and topics
through readings, lectures, discussions,
and supervised writings. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 201 Approaches to History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods
and theories of historical interpretation
of evidence; uses of archives; modes of
presenting the past to the public. Required
of all history majors. Duplicates Credit in
former HIST 300. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 210gw How to Be An American:
Global Histories of U.S. Citizenship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History of
United States citizenship from its origins
to the present day, with particular attention
to relationship between law and culture.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 211gp Race in America
Units: 4 Examines the origins of the idea
of race and how this idea influenced the
development of the United States from the
colonial period to the present day. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 215g Business and Labor in
America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Expansion
of business enterprise from colonial
merchants to modern corporations;
evolution of the labor force from artisans
to skilled and unskilled industrial workers.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 220gp Murder on Trial in America
Units: 4 Examination of high-profile murders
and murder trials in order to explore major
social, political, and cultural issues from
the colonial period to the present. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
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Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 225g Film, Power, and American
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp U.S. motion
pictures as both a response to and
comment upon major events, problems, and
themes in 20th century America. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 235g War and the American
Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Comparative
historical analysis of the American
experience of war: war decision-making
processes; evolution of strategy and tactics;
the political, economic, and social effects
of war. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 237gp Fascism
Units: 4 Historical analysis of Fascism,
focusing on fascist movements and ideas
in twentieth-century Italy and Germany
and their spread around Europe and the
world. Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 240gp The History of California
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A thematic
approach to California history from
precontact to present; focus on peoples,
environment, economic, social, and cultural
development, politics, and rise to global
influence. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 245mgp How Sex Changed: US
History, 1870-the Present
Units: 4 An examination of how the shifting
norms, discourses and representations of
gender and sexuality have rocked American
society during the last 150 years Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 250g Climate Change: Science,
History and Solutions
Units: 4 History and science of
anthropogenic climate change; climate
dynamics; carbon cycle; climate modeling;
fossil fuel economy; climate denial and
political tactics; group research of solutions.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENST 250
HIST 251gp History of Science,
Technology and Medicine
Units: 4 The political, cultural, social forces
have shaped scientific achievements in
the modern age. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 260g Dramatizations of Korean
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
and interpretation of popular depictions
of Korean history. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 265gw Racism, Sexism, and the
Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
laws concerning marriage, inheritance,
slavery, immigration and the allocation of
public space and how they have organized
historical constructions of race and sex.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship
in a Diverse World Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 266gp Business and East Asian
Culture, 1800-Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Business history
of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan,
and Hong Kong) as related to culture,
politics, and society. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 268g Kings, Courts, and Clerics:
Foundations of East Asian Political
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Rulership
and society in classical China and Japan;
influence of these norms in the region
today. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 270 Queens, Witches, Courtesans:
Women and Power in Renaissance
Europe
Units: 4 Exploration of the lives of women
who defied the ideals of "wife, mother,
widow" and examination of how gender and
power were negotiated. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 271g Telling Native American
Stories
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration of
the history of Native America peoples and
the ways they understood and explained
the changes in their lives from 1492 to
1840. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 272g Women and Gender in the
Ancient and Spanish Americas
Units: 4 A history of gender in the Ancient
and Spanish Americas, focusing on the
ways women participated in the livelihood,
politics and rituals of their communities.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 273g Colonial Latin America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
Colonial Latin America; native American
peoples, themes, issues, and evolution of
Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule to ca.
1800. Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 275g The Worlds of the Silk Road
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
the two millennia of economic exchanges
and cross cultural interaction between
Asia and Europe. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 278gp Ottomans and Empire:
Anatolia, the Middle East, and the
Mediterranean World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of the history of the Ottomans and their
imperial subjects. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
HIST 280 Public Health Literacy, History
and Pandemics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MEDS
270)
HIST 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt and
the Near East
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 302)
HIST 303 Barbarians, Romans, and
Christians
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Exploration
of the dynamic transformation of the
social, political, religious, and intellectual
landscape of the Mediterranean during Late
Antiquity, c. 200 – c. 700 AD. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 304 Archaeology of Egypt and the
Near East
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 394)
HIST 305 Women and Gender in
Pre-Modern Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Social,
cultural and political contexts of women's
spiritualities in Europe from the Paleolithic
to the Reformation. Topics include:
goddess-worship; Christian and Jewish
contexts; male attitudes. Duplicates Credit
in former HIST 270 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 306 The Early Middle Ages
Units: 4 Survey of European civilization in
the Early Middle Ages. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 307 The High Middle Ages:
1100-1400
Units: 4 Europe 1100-1400. Knights,
castles, chivalry, the early university,
monks, popes and the Gothic cathedral.
Miracles, plague and war. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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HIST 308 Britain and Ireland to 1200 C.E.
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Anglo-Saxon
and Celtic societies from the Iron Age to
the Norman Invasions. Topics include:
King Arthur, epics, sagas, Christianization,
kingship, women, economic development
and Vikings. Duplicates Credit in former
HIST 430. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 309 Britain and Ireland,
1100–1500 C.E.
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other English and
Irish culture, economics, and politics during
the expansion of the Norman-English
kingdom, the colonization of Ireland, and
subsequent development toward the
English nation-state. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 311 Warfare, State, and Society in
the Ancient World
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 338)
HIST 312 The Age of the French
Revolution and Napoleon
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Europe in
the Old Regime; causes and course of
the French Revolution; rise of Napoleon;
revolutionary impact on Europe, 1715–
1815. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 313 France and the French from
Napoleon to Mitterand
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Social,
cultural, and political history of France from
1789 to the present. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 314 Rome Through its Monuments
from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Units: 4 Urban history of Rome from its
beginnings through the 14th century
focusing on select sites in the city.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 315 Origins of Free Market Thought
in Early Modern Europe
Units: 4 (Enroll in PHIL 314)
HIST 316 The Renaissance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
flowering of arts, literature, and learning
at the end of the Middle Ages. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 317gmp Native Americans in
American Public Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ANTH
316gmp)
HIST 319 The Quest for the Individual in
Early Modern Europe
Units: 4 (Enroll in PHIL 311)
HIST 320p Law, Slavery, and Race
Units: 4 (Enroll in LAW 320p)
HIST 321 The Crusades
Units: 4 Examines wars between European
Christian and Muslim armies in the Middle
East, 1096-1291 and their cultural, military,
religious and artistic legacies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 322 Anti-Semitism, Racism and
Other Hatreds
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in JS
315g)
HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century
Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The origins and
development of anti-Jewish persecution in
Germany, resulting in the systematic mass
murder of Europe's Jews during World
War II. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 325 Early Modern Britain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other A survey
of one of the most pivotal eras in British
history: reform, regicide, and revolutions;
new ideas, new religions, and new worlds.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 326 The Victorians
Units: 4 Britain in the 19th century, politics,
industrialization, and imperialism, change
and continuity in social and cultural aspects,
especially class, gender, and race relations.
Duplicates Credit in the former HIST 433.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 327 Twentieth Century Britain
Units: 4 The rise and decline of modern
Britain as a global political and economic
force, social and cultural change,
emergence of a multiracial and multiethnic
society. Duplicates Credit in the former
HIST 434. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 328 Ptolemaic Egypt
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CLAS 378 )
HIST 329 Madness and Society in the
Modern Age
Units: 4 The shifting place of insanity and
"the mad" in Europe and the United States
from the French Revolution to the anti-
psychiatry movement. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 330 Drugs: A Global Cultural
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Drugs,
addiction, intoxication, recreation and their
role in culture and the health sciences in
history Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 331 The British Empire: 1588–1834
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Emergence of
the British Empire, emphasizing colonies
in the Americas; the development of
imperial economy, imperial wars, slavery
and abolitionism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 332 British Empire from the
Mid-19th Century
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Political
and economic development of the British
Empire since Victoria; rise of the British
Commonwealth. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 333 Korea: The Modern
Transformation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
selected topics on Korea's transition to the
modern era; focus on the traditional roots
of 20th century developments. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 334 History of the Samurai
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of the Japanese samurai
from the 6th to the 16th centuries.
Recommended Preparation: a course
in East Asian history. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 335 History and Law in Japan
Units: 4 Development of the Japanese legal
system and its influence society; considers
rulership, property law, gender and the
impact of the warrior tradition. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 336 History of Japan, 1550–1945
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Development of Japan as a modern world
power; tradition and change in Japanese
life; impact of Western culture, politics, and
diplomacy from 1550 to 1945. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 337 Japan since 1945
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Survey
of the impact of World War II, American
occupation, and rapid economic growth
on Japan's politics, society, economy, and
culture; Japan as a post-modern nation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 338 China to 960 A.D.
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The origins
of China's distinctive civilization; cultural
and political ferment in the late Chou; the
greatness of Han and T'ang. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 339 China, 960–1800 A.D.
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Politics
and culture under the Sung; Mongols,
Manchus, and other invaders; the golden
autumn of a great civilization. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 340 History of China since 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Western
impact and dynastic decline; problems of
the Chinese Republic; nationalism and
communism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 341 American Social History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
social history of the American peoples
from Colonial times until the 20th century,
to include industrialization, urbanization,
women, families, workers, immigration,
ethnicity, racism, radicalism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 344 The Vietnam War, 1945–1975
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Analysis
of causes, conduct, and consequences
of war in Southeast Asia; of participants'
experiences; and of post-war debate.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 345 Men and Women in United
States History from the 1920s to the
Present
Units: 4 Investigation of the roles and
relationships of men and women in
American society and culture from the era
of the "flapper" to the era of the "yuppie."
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 346 American Intellectual History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Study of major
American ideas and values as reflected in
philosophy, political and economic thought,
religion, and social movements. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 347 Urbanization in the American
Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
American city in interdisciplinary
perspective; emphasis on growth and
change in relation to architecture, urban
planning, demography, and ethnic politics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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HIST 348 The Dynamics of American
Capitalism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Economic
growth and institutional change in American
capitalism from the Colonial era to the
present. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 349 Colonial North America
1600–1760
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Colonial history
of United States area, Canada, and
Caribbean to 1760; Indians, European
migration, plantation complexes, Puritan
colonies, African slave migration, creole
culture, borderlands, wars for empire.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 350 Early Modern Things: Material
Culture in Early Modern Life
Units: 4 Early modern English and
European social and cultural history viewed
though everyday and luxury material
objects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 351 The American Revolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Origins, course
and consequences of the American
Revolution; the post-war establishment of
the Constitution. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 352 The American Civil War
Units: 4 The causes, course, campaigns,
and consequences of the American Civil
War, 1861-1865. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 353m Race and Racism in the
Americas
Units: 4 (Enroll in AMST 353)
HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the
United States
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Mexican
migration from the 1850s to the present,
emphasizing labor migrants to the United
States. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 355 The African-American
Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An historical
and social analysis of the African- American
experience from Colonial times to the
present. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 357 Modern Consumer Culture
Units: 4 Major topics, themes and
developments in the rise of consumer
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 358 U.S. Gay and Lesbian History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in SWMS
358)
HIST 359 The U.S.-Mexico Border
Units: 4 Examines the cultural, social,
political and economic production of the
U.S.-Mexico border from the nineteenth
century to 1965. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 360 19th Century U.S. History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The social,
political, and economic history of the
United States from the formation of the
Constitution to 1900. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 361 20th Century U.S. History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Critical turning
points in the 20th century; sources of
major social and political change. Course
materials include primary documents
and historic radio/television recordings.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 362 Authenticity in Twentieth
Century Popular Music
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
how the idea of authenticity shaped
American popular music and influenced
iconic musicians in the twentieth century.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 364 Religion and Difference in the
Modern Middle East
Units: 4 Introduction to the diversity of
religions in the Middle East and how they
have responded to imperialism, colonialism
and nationalism in the modern period.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 365 The Second World War
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Comparative analysis of the Second World
War as a major transforming event of the
20th century. Its causes, conduct, and
consequences for humanity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 366 The People's Republic of China
Units: 4 Politics, economy, society, and
culture from 1949 to the present including
the role of the communist party and the
experiences of ordinary people. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 367 Sex and Empire
Units: 4 Examines the relationship between
gender and power in imperial contexts;
the place of women and concepts of
masculinity. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 368 Afro-Latin America
Units: 4 History of people of African
descent in Latin America; explores slavery
and its legacy, the impact of liberalism
and capitalism and of globalization and
multiculturalism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 369 History of the Indigenous
Peoples in the Americas
Units: 4 Introduction to Pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica and the Andes, the causes
and consequences of the Spanish
conquest, and the establishment of colonial
societies and economies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 370 Colonial Latin America
Units: 4 Topics in Spanish colonialism in
Americas, with a focus on how religious,
sexual, and racial differences shaped
colonial policies and practices. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 371 Culture in Diaspora: The Jews
of Spain
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 359g)
HIST 372 Modern Latin America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of major themes and events in
Latin American history from independence
to the present. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 373 History of the Mexican
American
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 373)
HIST 374 History of Mexico
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa History of
Mexico traces the crucial themes and
events informing Mexico's history from
the sixteenth century to the contemporary
period. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 375 North Korean History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History of
North Korea from before statehood to
the present. Recommended Preparation:
Introductory course of Korean history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 376 U.S.-Japan Encounters: War,
Trade, and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in IR 376)
HIST 377 Law and Society in Premodern
China and Japan
Units: 4 A broad but deep look into the
nature and development of law in two great
East Asian civilizations, China and Japan,
up to the modern era. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EALC 377
HIST 378m Introduction to Asian
American History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 378)
HIST 379 Arabs in America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 379)
HIST 380 American Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Rise of popular
culture (sports, amusement parks, movies,
and television) and its significance in
American society from mid 19th century
to the present. Duplicates Credit in former
HIST 255. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
AMST-380
HIST 381 Cinema and History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Examines
film as a means to narrate the past; treats
the question of genre: epic, docudrama,
the biopic, the music, adaptation, and such
issues as authenticity and infotainment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 382 The Middle East, 500–1500
Units: 4 Major topics, themes, and
representative writings in the history and
literature of the Arabic and Islamic World
during the Medieval period. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as MDES-382
HIST 383 The Modern Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
major political, economic, and cultural
developments in the Middle East on the
basis of documents, literature, and film
produced in the region. Duplicates Credit
in former HIST 280. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MDES-383
HIST 384 Popular Culture in the Middle
East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the Middle East through the
prism of its popular cultures; emphasis on
audio, visual, and literary representations
in relation to colonialism, nation-building,
and globalization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MDES-384
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HIST 385 Law and Order in the Early
Modern British World
Units: 4 Examines the laws, legal practices
and legal institutions that structured Britain
and its imperial holdings from 1500 to 1800.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 386 American Legal History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the study of law from a historical
perspective; explores the interaction of law,
culture and politics from the Revolution
through the New Deal. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as LAW 386
HIST 387 From Alexander to Cleopatra:
The Mediterranean in an Age of
Expansion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CLAS 371)
HIST 388 Women and Gender in North
American History through 1920
Units: 4 Roles and relationships of women
and men in North America from first contact
to the 1920s, with special emphasis on
race, marriage, and political culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 389 Modern Iran
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDES 313)
HIST 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 391 Feminist Histories of South
Asia
Units: 4 History of South Asia with attention
to questions of gender, sexuality and power
with a focus on the eighteenth, nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 392 The Southern California
Armenian Diaspora
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
concepts of identity, community- and state-
building, diaspora, and migration through
historical and ethnographic research in
Southern California Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 393g Quantitative Historical
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading and
doing quantitative research with historical
data. Covers research designs, appropriate
statistical analysis, and software packages
for the use of historians. Satisfies New
General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 394p The Great Muslim Empires of
the Near East and India
Units: 4 (Enroll in MDES 316p) Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category H:
Traditions and Historical Foundations
HIST 395 Sex and the City: Constructing
Gender in London, 1700-1900
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
changes in gender expectations in England
between 1700 and 1900 through readings
and one-week travel to London Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 396 Women of Rome, from
Antiquity through the Middle Ages
Units: 4 Investigates the lives and legends
of women from the foundation of Rome
to the 15th century through readings and
one week of travel to Rome. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Contemporary
Latino and Latin American Studies, History,
Law History and Culture majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 398 The History of Waste
Units: 4 Uses waste as a lens to explore
the ties between economic development,
ecological disruption, resource extraction
and racial, class and gender exploitation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 401 The Roman World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Rome
at the crossroads of Europe and the
Mediterranean; the rise of Rome to world
power; social, cultural and political history
of Republic and Empire. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and
Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in REL
402)
HIST 403 Carolingian Europe
Units: 4 Political, religious, and intellectual
culture of Europe in the 8th and 9th
centuries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 404 Seminar in Korean History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Exploration
of issues and sources in Korean history;
work on an individual research paper
through an incremental process. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 405 Traveling in the Early Medieval
Mediterranean
Units: 4 Investigates the movement of
people, products and ideas in the early
medieval Mediterranean. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 407 Europe in the 10th Century
Units: 4 Political, religious, and intellectual
culture of Europe in the 10th century and
beyond. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 408 Heretics and Prophets in the
Middle Ages
Units: 4 Beliefs of European heretics 1000 -
1400 and practices of religious persecution,
with special consideration given to
problems of evidence gained through
interrogation or torture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 410 The Age of Humanism and
Reformation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
thought, art, politics, and religion of western
Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries;
emphasis on the contribution of Christian
humanism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 411 Early Modern European
Cultural History
Units: 4 Examines themes in European
and English cultural history 1500-1800,
including identity, power, group dynamics,
display, space, communication, control.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 413 The Age of Revolutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular History
of the Atlantic revolutions, circa 1760s
to 1820s, in Europe and the Americas.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 414 Contemporary Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular World War
I and its aftermath; challenge of new culture
values; World War II; problems of postwar
adjustment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 415 Medieval and Early Modern
Russia
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa The
politics, society, and culture of medieval
and early modern Russia; the emergence of
empire and the roots of its Eurasian identity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia:
1689–1917
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The evolution
of imperial society, politics and culture from
Peter the Great to the Bolshevik Revolution.
The dilemmas of identity in a multinational
empire. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 417 History of Soviet Russia:
1917–1991
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
The birth of the totalitarian regime, the
emergence of the superpower and the
socioeconomic, political and cultural
developments that culminate in its demise.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 420 European Intellectual and
Cultural History: The 19th Century,
1790–1870
Units: 4 Intellectual and cultural trends
of 19th century Europe, including
Romanticism, Conservatism, Liberalism,
Socialism and Evolutionary Theory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 421 European Intellectual and
Cultural History: The Turn of the Century
1880–1920
Units: 4 Intellectual and cultural trends
of turn-of-the-century Europe, including
the avant-garde, the crisis of positivism,
psychoanalysis and gender theory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 422 European Intellectual and
Cultural History: The 20th Century, 1920
to the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Intellectual
and cultural trends of contemporary
Europe, including Dadaism, Surrealism,
Western Marxism, Fascism, Existentialism
and Structuralism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in
Russian History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Children
and parents, love and marriage, work
and leisure in the Russian village and city
before and after the Revolution. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 425 The Era of the First World War
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
background, causes, course, and aftermath
of the First World War, with attention to
the events in the United Kingdom and
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continental Europe. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 426 Gender, Family and Society
in Europe and the United States,
1500-Present
Units: 4 Changing social, economic and
cultural functions of the family and the
roles of men, women and children from
pre-industrial times to the present in Europe
and the United States. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 427 The German Question: Nation
and Identity in Modern Central Europe
Units: 4 A seminar on the making,
unmaking and remaking of the German
nation-state, with particular attention to
issues of race, class and gender in German
identity. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 428 Life and Death in Nazi Germany
Units: 4 Social, cultural and medical history
of Nazi Germany, emphasizing the Nazi
vision of a racially pure national community.
Recommended Preparation: some
European history. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 429 Street Life: Urban Culture in
Modern Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The 19th and
20th century European city as social
artifact, cultural setting and object of
fascination for its contemporary inhabitants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 430 Migration and Displacement in
the Indian Ocean World
Units: 4 History of the Indian Ocean world
as a major arena of political, economic
and cultural contact during the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 431 Histories of the Apocalypse
Units: 4 A historical overview of apocalyptic
hopes and fears, from Revelations to the
present. New World explorations, utopian
communes, nuclear war, zombies, climate
change. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 432 Britain in the 18th Century
Units: 4 Political, social, and cultural
aspects of British life from the accession of
George I to about 1820. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 433 The History of Drink
Units: 4 Explores the history of different
beverages to show how commodities
alter societies and how attitudes towards
them reflect social norms and tensions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 437 Seminar in Modern Chinese
History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A readings and research seminar
dealing with one topic in the history of
China since 1600. Topics will change each
time the course is offered. Recommended
Preparation: a class in Chinese history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 438 War and Peace in Medieval
Japan
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Medieval Japan,
focus on war, cultural flourishing, historical
memory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 440 Early Modern World History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Comparative
patterns of historical change around the
world, from ca. 1500 to ca. 1800. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 441 Modern World History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Comparative
patterns of historical change around
the world, from ca. 1800 to the present.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 442 The Ethics of Financial and
Political Accountability
Units: 4 Examination of how kingdoms,
empires and great companies have risen
and fallen due to good or poor financial and
political accountability. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACCT-442
HIST 443 Race and Religious Riots in
Modern World History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Origins
of riots against Mexicans, Chinese, Jews
and other minority groups in Asia, Europe,
Australia and the Americas. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 444 Mass Violence and
Comparative Genocide in Modern World
History
Units: 4 Systematic exploration of origins,
developments, forms, and aftermath of
mass murder of large population groups,
one of the dark elements of modern world
history. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 446 Resistance to Genocide
Units: 4 Examination of theoretical
approaches to and historical accounts of
resistance to genocide. Students conduct
original research on how people oppose
or resist mass atrocities. Recommended
Preparation: course on the Holocaust
or genocide. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 447 Law and Empire: An
Introduction to Global Legal History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigates
the intersection of law and empire in order
to introduce students to a global approach
to legal history. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 451 The Mexican Revolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other The roots,
trajectory and outcome of the Mexican
revolution of 1910. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 453 The Age of Emancipation
Units: 4 Examines the evolution of racial
status law in the long 19th century, with
special emphasis on the relationship
between slavery, segregation, and
citizenship. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 454 The World Pirates Made: Piracy
and Privateering, 1500–1815
Units: 4 Research seminar on history of
piracy and its role in rise of modern state
and nation. Recommended Preparation:
HIST 201. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 455 Advanced Topics in
African-American History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
African-American history through primary
and secondary sources employing a
colloquium format with an emphasis on
shared responsibility for comprehensive
discussion and analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making
of the Atlantic World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Introduction
to the literature of the Atlantic World with
a focus on slavery and its role in the
emergence of the modern era. Seminar
enrollment limited to 15 students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 457 The American West
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
nation's westward movement from Colonial
times to the present, with emphasis on
the frontier's effect on American life and
institutions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 458 History of California
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration,
colonization, and development of
Hispanic California; coming of the
Americans; political, economic, and
cultural development of California since its
acquisition by the United States. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 459 Race and the Carceral State
Units: 4 Explores the connections between
historical and contemporary methods of
incarceration - confinement, punishment,
surveillance and discipline - and the
production of racial hierarchies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 460 War, Race, and the Constitution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Examines
the World War II incarceration of Japanese
Americans and its impact on issues of
civil liberties as well as national security.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 461 19th Century American
Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Major American
thinkers from Emerson and Margaret Fuller
to William James and W.E.B. DuBois, with
emphasis on race, religion, politics, and
gender. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 462 20th Century American
Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Major American
thinkers from John Dewey and Jane
Addams to Martin Luther King and Richard
Rorty, with emphasis on race, religion,
politics, and gender. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 463 The Constitutional History of
the United States
Units: 4 Historical influences on changes
in the structure, practice, and interpretation
of the American Constitution, including
debates about institutional powers and civil/
political rights and liberties. Recommended
Preparation: HIST 360 and HIST 361.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 464 Culture, Money, and Power:
Japanese-American Relations since
1853
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the role of cultural, economic, and
military forces in shaping relations between
two of the most important nations in the
Asia/Pacific regions. Recommended
Preparation: HIST 363 or appropriate
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International Relations course. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 465 America in the Cold War World,
1945–1991
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa America's role
in the Cold War and the impact of that
conflict on its people, society and culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 466 New World Orders: US and the
Atlantic World, 1918-2018
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
examination of attempts by the United
States and major European powers to
institute varying kinds of order across
borders. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the
Early Modern Hispanic World
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
The Spanish Inquisition in Spain and
Colonial Latin America, major theories and
interpretations. Registration Restriction:
Junior or senior standing recommended.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 473 Colonial Latin America
Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The history
of colonial Latin America, focusing on
the transformation of native Americans
and Europeans into participants in a new
colonial tradition. Duplicates Credit in HIST
371. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 478 The United States, 1789–1850
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The nation
during the first six decades; development of
American institutions; constitutional growth,
expansion, sectionalism, and the Mexican
War; the Compromise of 1850. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 479 History in the Museum:
The Past in Objects
Units: 4 An examination of how museums
collect and display objects, shaping ideas
about human cultures and the world, from
the Renaissance to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AHIS 479
HIST 480 Seminar in Middle East History
Units: 4 A readings and research seminar
dealing with one topic in the history of the
Middle East. Topics will change each time
the course is offered. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MDES-480
HIST 481 Producing Film Histories
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp History of film
form and its institutions. Students will
produce an original written or multimedia
research project. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 484 The United States, 1919–1939
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Postwar
reaction and the Twenties; the Great
Depression and the New Deal; diplomacy
between the wars. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 487 The United States since 1939
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular A survey of
the accelerating changes that transformed
the nation's domestic life and revolutionized
America's role in world affairs. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 488 Teaching History in the
Secondary Schools
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Seminar in
research methods, textbook and online
research and teaching materials, and
instructional approaches for teaching
history in secondary schools. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 489 489 The Mongol Era in China:
Genghis Khan, Khubilai, Marco Polo
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
EALC 489)
HIST 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 492 Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Writing of the
honors thesis; for students in the History
Honors Program. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 493 Law, History and Culture
Honors Thesis Seminar
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Writing of the honors
thesis; capstone for students in the Law,
History and Culture major. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law, History and
Culture majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 494 Seminar in New Historical
Writing
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Historical writing experiments combining
historical specificity with more fluid
approaches to time, characterization and
objectivity associated with 20th century
artists. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 496 Internship in Public History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: Sp
The ideas and practices of public history
explored through a seminar and an
internship at a museum, historical society,
or archive. Registration Restriction: Not
open to Freshman students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 497 Senior Seminar in Early
Modern Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ENGL
497)
HIST 498 Seminar on Selected Historical
Topics
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Advanced study in historical analysis
and writing on selected topics and themes.
Seminar enrollment limited to 15 students.
Recommended Preparation: HIST 201.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 500 Introduction to Graduate
Historical Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Techniques,
theories, and sub-disciplines of history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 505 Studies in Early Medieval
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Intensive
study of subjects selected from the early
Middle Ages, emphasizing source material,
bibliography, and historiographic problems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 506 Studies in Later Medieval
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Intensive
study of subjects selected from the later
Middle Ages, emphasizing source material,
bibliography, and historiographic problems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 508 Studies in the Renaissance
Units: 4 Europe in the Renaissance:
sources; secondary bibliography; and
historiography. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 509 Studies in the Reformation
Units: 4 Readings, reports, and
discussions of major problems, issues,
and interpretations of the Reformation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 510 Studies in Early Modern
European History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Readings
of major interpretive studies on the 17th
and 18th centuries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 511 Studies in Early Modern British
History
Units: 4 Readings of major interpretive and
historiographical studies on 16th and 17th
century British history. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 514 Studies in Modern European
History, 1789–1914
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Readings and
current bibliography in the history of Europe
from the French Revolution to the outbreak
of World War I; emphasis on cultural history
approaches. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 515 Studies in Modern European
History: Europe's 20th Century
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Readings in the
history and historiography of Europe in the
20th century. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 516 Studies in the History of the
Holocaust
Units: 4 Advanced study of the persecution
and mass murder of the European
Jewry, its history and its historiography.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 517 Studies in Russian History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Readings,
discussions, and student papers in modern
Russian history. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 518 Problems in Modern European
Jewish History
Units: 4 Major themes, problems and
debates in modern European (and
global) Jewish history and historiography.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 520 Modernity and Its Visual
Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Western visual
culture 1850–1930: historical background
of changes in high and popular culture,
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technological reproducibility, display and
spectacularization; recent literature and
theoretical approaches. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 525 Studies in British History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Selected
topics in English and British Empire
history with emphasis on the 19th and
20th centuries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 534 Studies in Modern Japanese
History
Units: 4 Selected topics and historiography
of modern Japan. Open only to doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EALC-536
HIST 535 Studies in Japanese History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics in
historical problems dealing with Japan.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 536 Studies in Chinese History
Units: 2 or 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Selected topics in historical problems
dealing with China. Prerequisite: HIST 340.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 540 Studies in Modern East Asian
History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Readings and analysis of a
particular theme in modern Asian history,
focusing on broad comparative issues like
cultural identity, colonialism, nationalism,
revolution, or interstate relations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 544 Feminist Theory for Historians
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Readings in
contemporary feminist theory, focused
especially on theories that address the
construction, writing and general practice
of history. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 546 Comparative History of Women
and Gender in the West to 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Topically-
focused readings in the comparative history
of women and gender in Europe and
the Americas before 1800. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 550 Studies in the History of
Women, Gender and Sexuality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Readings
and current bibliography in the history of
women, gender and sexuality. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 554 Readings in Chicano/Latino
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 554)
HIST 555 Studies in the American West
Units: 4 Zones of contact — physical,
economic, political, ecological, symbolic,
cultural, metaphorical — between peoples
"west" of the Eurasian land mass since
the rise of capitalist global expansion.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 560 Transpacific History
Units: 4 Exploration of the connections
and divergences in the Pacific region,
19th century to present. Topics include
transnationalism, war, political economy,
international relations, immigration,
environmentalism, and race. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST-522
HIST 561 Historiography of Colonial
Mexico
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the historiography of Colonial Mexico from
1500 to 1821. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 562 Studies in Colonial Latin
American History
Units: 4 Introduction to readings and
major historiographical developments in
the study of colonial Latin America and
the Caribbean, focusing on key fields and
debates. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 563 Studies in Modern Latin
American History
Units: 4 Introduction to readings and major
historiographical developments in the study
of Latin America and the Caribbean after
independence, focusing on key fields and
debates. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 565 Studies in American
International History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSm Readings
and analyses of American policies,
roles and principles in their interaction
with peoples and nations of the world.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 566 Historical Scholarship on
North America to 1800
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
research in the fields of American Indian,
colonial America, Atlantic world, and the
early United States. Open only to graduate
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 567 Historical Scholarship on 19th
Century America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
historiography and research in the political,
economic, social, cultural, and intellectual
history of the 19th century United States.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 568 Historical Scholarship on 20th
and 21st Century America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
historiography and research in the political,
economic, social, cultural, and intellectual
history of the 20th and 21st century United
States. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 575 Studies in 19th Century United
States History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Intensive readings and bibliography in the
Early National, Jacksonian, Civil War, and
Post-Civil War periods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 583 Studies in Urban History
Units: 4 Readings and analyses in the rise
of the city and the impact of urbanization
from the colonial era to the present.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 584 Seminar in American Social
History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Creation of
communities and societies; industrialization,
urbanization, working class life; families,
women, ethnicity; immigration; racism;
mobility; reform and radicalism, leisure.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 585 Studies in 20th Century
American History
Units: 4 Readings and analyses in social
and political problems, movements, and
issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 586 Studies in American
Intellectual and Cultural History
Units: 4 Readings, analyses, and
discussion of selected topics relating to the
history of American thought and the arts.
HIST 587 Studies in the Politics of
American Popular Culture
Units: 4 Selected themes, theories, and key
works in the politics of American popular
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 589 Fascism, Nazism and
Communism
Units: 4 The rise of Nazism, fascism, and
communism in 20th and 21st centuries
and the ways in which those ideologies
conflicted with democracy. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
HIST 591 Quantitative Historical
Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Teaches
statistical concepts, methods, and tools
for researching and interpreting the past.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 592 Historiography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Historical
criticism; form and mechanics of presenting
research; writers of history, their works
and philosophies; theories of historical
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 593 The Art of Historical Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An analysis
of conventional forms of historical
representation and the artistic and scientific
challenges to them. Laboratory training in
innovative forms of historical writing will be
stressed. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
HIST 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
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HIST 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
HIST 595x Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Basic principles
of history pedagogy, with emphasis on
practical applications and the importance of
career-long skill development. Required for
first semester teaching assistants in history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
HIST 602 Seminar in Ancient History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 605 Seminar in Medieval European
History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 608 Seminar on Premodern Europe
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Directed research
on topics from late antiquity to the 18th
century. Students will work with both their
faculty advisers and the course instructor.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 610 Seminar in Early Modern
European History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems concerning the 17th and 18th
centuries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 615 Seminar in Modern European
History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems dealing with Europe since 1789.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 617 Seminar in Russian History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 620 Research Seminar on Modern
Visual Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A research
seminar focusing on Western visual culture
since the mid-18th century. Recommended
Preparation: HIST 520. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 630 Seminar in Japanese History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 635 Seminar in Chinese History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Directed research in historical
problems. Prerequisite: HIST 340.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 645 Research Seminar in Latin
American/Borderlands History
Units: 4 Directed research in historical
problems concerning Latin America and
the Borderlands. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 650 Seminar on Women's and
Family History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Readings,
discussions and directed research on
women's and family histories. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 655 Seminar in Western American
History
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in the history of the American frontier
and the West. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HIST 660 Research Seminar on
Transpacific Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 622)
HIST 670 Illness and Healing in the
Modern World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Illness and
healing in Europe and the Americas since
1492, especially the changing clinical
and cultural definitions and responses to
disease and ailments. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 673 Seminar in Early North
American History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Primary research on
issues related to the history of the colonial
and early national periods with an emphasis
on areas that became the United States.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HIST 675 Seminar in 19th Century United
States History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Research in historical problems of the
Antebellum, Civil War, and Post-Civil War
periods. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HIST 680 Seminar in 20th Century United
States History
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Directed research in historical problems of
the Reform, World War I, interwar, World
War II, and Post-War periods. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HIST 700 Historical Explanation and
Research Design
Units: 4 Designed for all doctoral
candidates in their last year of course
work, this practicum helps students
define a dissertation topic and produce
a prospectus. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
HIST 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
HIST 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
HIST 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
HIST 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
HIST 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
HIST 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Health Care Management
HMGT 510 The Dynamics of Health Care
Leadership
Units: 4 A five-day residential provides an
intensive, multi-faceted learning experience
in leadership, communication, managed
care, systems thinking, and the health care
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HMGT 512 Information Technology and
Patient Engagement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Strategic
management and utilization of healthcare
information technology in the delivery of
healthcare; patient engagement and the
use of technology to facilitate participation
in their own care. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Executive Master of Health
Administration students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HMGT 520 Leading People and Health
Care Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An exploration
of contemporary work force issues and
skills development in organizational design,
performance measurement, teamwork,
conflict resolution, leadership, and change
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HMGT 525 Managed Care Operations
Units: 4 Focuses on managerial,
operational, and organizational aspects
of managed care for integrated delivery
systems, health plans, and medical groups.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HMGT 540 Health Economics, Financing
and Reimbursement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Provides a
framework for the economic analysis of
health care issues and provides students
with an opportunity to apply economic
methods to a number of actual health
care problems. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Health Administration majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HMGT 545 Systems Thinking and the
Analysis of Data
Units: 4 Quality improvement and statistical
tools for health managers. Covers
analyzing processes; collecting and
analyzing operational data; drawing valid
conclusions from data. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HMGT 550 Law, Regulation, and Ethics
Units: 4 An intensive introduction to
business and health care law, ethics and
regulation; gives executives practical
knowledge regarding legal consideration
in business transactions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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HMGT 560 Customer-Focused Health
Care Organization
Units: 2 Strategies for gaining and using
customer-derived data in planning,
marketing and managing health care
organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HMGT 565 Managing the Organization's
Financial Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Executives
confront and solve problems requiring use
of accounting, finance, and management
control principles; provides core financial
skills for non-finance professionals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HMGT 570 Strategic Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Provides
skill development and application in
the integrative discipline of strategic
management including assessment,
strategy formulation, implementation and
control. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HMGT 575 Managing and Improving
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Methods for
monitoring and improving the health of
populations. Topics include outcomes
management, risk-adjustment, development
and implementation of practice guidelines.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HMGT 600 Managing Risk
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of reimbursement models in clinical and
institutional settings; legal, financial and
clinical assumption of risk pursuant to new
and evolving federal and state statutory
and regulatory provisions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to EMHA students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HMGT 601 Operations Management for
Accountability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Hospital
operations in the inpatient/outpatient
setting; special emphasis on the growing
requirement to more effectively manage
across the continuum of care while
assuming greater accountability in the
delivery of care. Registration Restriction:
Open only to EMHA students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HMGT 602 Operational Efficiency
Processes in Health Care Organizations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Improving
productivity and efficiency of health care
organizations combining the application
of key operational analysis principles to
improve quality, speed and productivity in
the delivery of health care. Registration
Restriction: Open only to EMHA students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HMGT 603 Developing and Monitoring of
Quality and Patient Safety Outcomes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Overview of
contemporary methods used to develop
and monitor patient quality and safety
outcomes; develop skill in data collection
and analysis of clinical care outcomes;
focus on operationalizing outcomes that
matter to payers, organizations, and
clinicians. Registration Restriction: Open
only to EMHA students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Studies
HP 200 Introduction to Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to strategies for promoting health and
wellness. Includes self monitoring of health
risk behavior, goal setting, and behavior
changes. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 230 Nutrition and Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Nutrition as
it relates to health promotion across the
lifespan and disease prevention. Discussion
of nutrients, factors affecting food choices,
food safety and global nutrition issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 270 Introduction to Global Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to concepts of global health and disease
control. Issues of globalization, global
governance, emerging diseases,
infectious disease treatment, and outbreak
challenges. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HP 290 Introduction to Research
Apprenticeship
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Individual research apprenticeship in
health related fields under supervision of a
departmental faculty member. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
HP 299 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Special topics
in Health Promotion and Global Health.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 300 Theoretical Principles of Health
Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview and
analysis of predictors and consequences
of health-related behaviors; theoretical
viewpoints and strategies for behavior
change. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
Recommended Preparation: HP 200;
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 320 Biological and Behavioral Basis
of Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the major systems of the human body;
disease processes and behavioral risk
factors. Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC
221. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 340Lg Health Behavior Statistical
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
statistics for health behavior studies; topics
include descriptive statistics, hypothesis
testing, correlation and regression, and
use of computer software in data analysis.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
HP 345 Health Issues in Entertainment
Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of major chronic illnesses and their risk
factors as a foundation for discussions
about the portrayal of health and illness in
entertainment media. Duplicates Credit in
the former CNTV 345. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 350L Health Behavior Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the design, conduct and evaluation
of health behavior research studies;
quantitative and qualitative approaches
to research and analysis. Recommended
Preparation: HP 340. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
HP 365gmw Culture, Lifestyle, and
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparison
of national and international differences
in health status as influenced by cultural
practices and lifestyles within geographic,
economic, and political environments.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Duplicates Credit in HP
400m Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 370g Introduction to Epidemiology:
Methods and Applications
Units: 4 Examines the primary goals and
methods of epidemiology, the study of
factors that influence health and disease
in individuals and populations. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 401 Cultural Competence in Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Systematic
development of specific professional skills
for providing effective, culturally sensitive
health services to diverse populations.
Recommended Preparation: ANTH 101.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 402 Maternal and Child Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Health issues
of women of childbearing age from pre-
pregnancy through the postpartum period,
and of children from their development
in utero through early adolescence.
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 405 Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
A Global Public Health Priority
Units: 4 An overview of the magnitude
and impact of STDs including prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of common STDs,
STD/HIV interrelationship, global burden,
trends, public health challenges, and STD/
HIV prevention and control strategies and
programs worldwide. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 408 Environmental Health in the
Community
Units: 4 Survey of occupational and
environmental health. Introduction to
epidemiology, exposure assessment,
toxicology, policy development, risk
assessment, and effects of urban
development on health. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 409 Environmental Impacts on the
Brain
Units: 4 An examination of the physical and
chemical factors in the environment that
contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders,
cognitive function and neurodegeneration.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 410 Issues in Prevention and
Cessation of Drug Abuse
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
factors related to drug abuse behaviors;
overview and assessment of drug abuse
prevention and cessation programs; relapse
prevention programs. Recommended
Preparation: HP 300. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 420m Gender and Minority Health
Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examines
the nature and roots of health disparities
among women, men, and different ethnic
and age groups; methods for reducing
such disparities; strategies for prevention
services. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 421 Violence as a Public Health Issue
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Patterns and
prevalence of violence; psychosocial,
environmental, and biological influences on
violent behavior; youth gangs; drugs and
violence; family violence; and prevention
and intervention strategies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 422 AIDS in Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Provides a
broad examination of issues in HIV/AIDS,
including behavioral, social, biological,
clinical and ethical dimensions of the
pandemic in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 430 Obesity and Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
causes and consequences of obesity, with
emphasis on health risks of type II diabetes
and cardiovascular disease. Recommended
Preparation: HP 230. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 431 Behavior and Education
Strategies for Nutrition and Fitness
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of dietary intake and exercise behaviors
as they relate to health and illness;
methods for measuring diet and exercise.
Recommended Preparation: HP 430.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 432 Clinical Nutrition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and
protein; introduction to vitamins, minerals
and dietary modifications in various
pathological conditions. Prerequisite:
CHEM 105a; Recommended Preparation:
HP 230. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 440 Happiness, Well-Being, and
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores human
strengths that promote happiness/well-
being and whether they influence physical
health; mind-body relationships; and
strategies for promoting hope, resilience,
and quality of life. Recommended
Preparation: HP 200, PSYC 100. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 441 Health Promotion in the
Workplace
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Covers phases
of worksite health promotion; research,
design, implementation and evaluation;
concerns regarding escalating medical
costs and the role of health promotion in
offering solutions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HP 442 Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of causative factors and demographic
distributions of the major chronic diseases
in the western world; epidemiologic
concepts and research designs.
Recommended Preparation: HP 320.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 443 Communicating Better Health:
What Works and Why
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in COMM
443)
HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Case studies
of toxic exposures and investigation of the
role of government, scientists, labor and
industry in protecting against health threats
caused by toxic exposures. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 448 Global Environmental Changes
and Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Discussion of global environmental
changes, including climate change, air
pollution, water pollution, radiation, and
their impacts on human health. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 450 Traditional Eastern Medicine and
Modern Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
traditional Eastern approaches toward
health and disease; relevance to modern
health issues, emphasizing a comparison
between traditional Chinese and modern
Western medicine. Recommended
Preparation: fundamentals of medicine.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HP 460 Adolescent Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
the development of healthy and the
prevention of health-risk behaviors during
adolescence. Prevention and promotion
techniques will be explored emphasizing
cultural differences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HP 470 Case Studies in Global Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Case study
examination of programs and organizational
structure underlying current international
efforts addressing problems related to
infection disease, chronic disease, global
environmental change, emergencies and
emerging disease epidemics. Prerequisite:
HP 270. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 483 Global Health and Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in GERO
483)
HP 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Recommended Preparation:
HP 350. Corequisite: HP 340; Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HP 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Lecture and
discussion focused on specific topics within
health promotion and disease prevention.
Course topic will vary from semester
to semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Human Resource Management
HRM 500 Human Resource Strategy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the strategic role that human
resources management plays in providing
organizations with sustained competitive
advantages by unlocking the productive
potential of employees' human and social
capital. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 505 Organizational Culture and
Employee Outcomes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Prepares
students to create, foster, and manage
organizations in which people thrive and
perform at their best in order to retain
talent and reduce costs in a sustainable
way. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 510 Leadership in Human
Resources
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on developing the critical social intelligence
skills needed to lead people and change
through increased self-awareness,
understanding of interpersonal differences,
and greater influence. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HRM 515 Organization Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Equips
students with a deeper understanding of
how to design and develop organizations
to increase performance and effectiveness
and includes sections on strategy, work,
and management processes. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HRM 520 Talent Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
talent management processes that impact
employee experience and engagement
and explores ways to improve data driven
decision making processes including
workforce and succession planning.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 525 Total Rewards
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
a comprehensive look at the employee
rewards strategies that human resource
practitioners promote and manage
including compensation, performance
management, benefits, and non-monetary
rewards. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 530 Learning and Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Prepares
students to identify, design, and implement
effective learning and development
interventions and strategies that drive
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results and enhance organizational
competitiveness. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Bovard College Human
Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HRM 535 Employee Relations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Applies
practical approaches to building positive
employee and labor relations and solving
related problems through increased
employee motivation, effectiveness, and
retention. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 540 Human Resources Analytics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
and emphasizes strategies and techniques
to enable improved organizational and
human capital decisions by directing the
organizational analytics for more actionable
insights. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 545 Management of Diverse and
Global Human Resources
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analyzes
global diversity in today's environment,
fostering a broad understanding of
diversity and inclusion and the impact
of diversity, inclusion, and inclusive
behaviors on organizations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HRM 550 Change Management and
Organization Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Identifies
the common challenges in organizational
change management and explores the
limitations and opportunities of different
models of organizational change.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to Bovard College Human Resources
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HRM 555 Anticipating the Future of
Human Resources
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the forces and emerging trends that
are reshaping work, the workforce and
workplace – and how to address these
transformational changes and be effective
as a Human Resources leader. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Hospitality and Tourism
HT 500 Global Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm History,
theories, trends and impacts relevant to
global hospitality and tourism. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HT 505 Managing Service Quality in
Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Strategic
management of service quality in hospitality
and tourism. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and
Tourism students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HT 510 Marketing Strategies for
Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles,
strategies and techniques relevant to
marketing in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HT 515 Financial Management in
Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Financial
analysis methods to support sound,
evidence-based decision-making in
hospitality and tourism organizations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HT 520 Revenue Management for
Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Key
principles and best practices in revenue
management and pricing for hospitality
and tourism organizations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HT 525 Ethics in Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Ethical
theories applied to common and strategic
situations in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HT 530 Strategic Human Resources in
Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Broad
range of human resource concepts and
strategies relevant to hospitality and tourism
organizations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College
Hospitality and Tourism students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
HT 535 Applied Research Methods for
Hospitality and Tourism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Applied
research methods relevant to evidence-
based decision-making in hospitality and
tourism. Registration Restriction: Open only
to USC Bovard College Hospitality and
Tourism students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
HT 540 Hospitality and Tourism Data
Analytics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis,
interpretation and presentation of data to
support evidence-based decision-making
in hospitality and tourism. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard
College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
HT 545 Tourism Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Strategies
for planning and evaluating sustainable and
responsible tourism development projects.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HT 550 Hospitality and Tourism Events
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis,
planning and evaluation of meetings and
events in hospitality and tourism settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
HT 555 Hospitality and Tourism
Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
synthesize knowledge and skills gained
throughout the program in a culminating
capstone project. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Bovard College
Hospitality and Tourism students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Integrative Anatomical Sciences
IAS 501aL Human Gross Anatomy
Units: 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
A complete dissection of the adult
human body. Supplementary lectures
and demonstrations. Emphasis on
correlating development, structure and
function. Registration Restriction: Open
only to senior (fifth year), graduate and
professional students Duplicates Credit
in former CNB 501a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 501bL Human Gross Anatomy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
complete dissection of the adult human
body. Supplementary lectures and
demonstrations. Emphasis on correlating
development, structure and function.
Prerequisite: IAS 501a or CNB 501a
Registration Restriction: Open only
to senior (fifth year), graduate and
professional students Duplicates Credit
in former CNB 501b Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 502L Advanced Regional Anatomy I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth
dissection of one or more regions of the
human body, supplemented with literature
research, and teaching practicum. May
also enable the student to pursue a minor
research investigation in some anatomical
region of choice. Focuses on the following
anatomical regions: Axial Skeleton, Upper
and Lower Limbs, and Thoracic Cavity.
Prerequisite: IAS 501b or CNB 501b
Recommended Preparation: Courses in
general biology, organismal biology, and/
or human anatomy Registration Restriction:
Open only to senior (fifth year), graduate
and professional students Duplicates
Credit in former CNB 502 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 503L Advanced Regional Anatomy II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp In-depth
dissection of one or more regions of the
human body, supplemented with literature
research, and teaching practicum. May
also enable the student to pursue a minor
research investigation in some anatomical
field of choice. Focuses on the following
anatomical regions: Abdomen, Pelvis, and
Head and Neck. Prerequisite: IAS 501b or
CNB 501b Preparation: Courses in general
biology, organismal biology and/or human
anatomy Registration Restriction: Open
only to senior (fifth year), graduate and
professional students Duplicates Credit in
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1089
former CNB 503 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
IAS 504L Human Skeletal Anatomy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp An intensive
introduction to the human skeleton and the
fundamentals of bone and dental biology.
Covers a variety of topics including: skeletal
development; functional interpretation of
bone and bony processes; osteological
and dental pathology; human anatomical
variation; laboratory analyses and imaging
techniques; methods for estimating
age, sex, and stature; and comparative
osteology. Prerequisite: IAS 501b or CNB
501b Preparation: Equivalent dissection-
based human anatomy course. Courses in
general biology, organismal biology, and/
or biological anthropology. Registration
Restriction: Not open to freshmen and
sophomores Duplicates Credit in former
CNB 504 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
IAS 511aL Microscopic Anatomy I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
of microscopic anatomy emphasizing
embryonic origin of the body plan, cells,
tissues, and organs; ultrastructural and
functional correlations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to senior (fifth
year), graduate and professional students
Duplicates Credit in former CNB 511a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
IAS 511bL Microscopic Anatomy II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
of microscopic anatomy emphasizing
embryonic origin of the body plan, cells,
tissues, and organs; ultrastructural and
functional correlations. Prerequisite: IAS
511a or CNB 511a Registration Restriction:
Open only to senior (fifth year), graduate
and professional students Duplicates Credit
in former CNB 511b Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 512L Pharmacology I
Units: 5 Terms Offered: Fa Actions,
chemical properties, bodily distribution,
and toxicology of drugs. Duplicates Credit
in former PHNU 510 and former CNB 512
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
IAS 513 Pharmacology II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation of
IAS 512. Prerequisite: IAS 512 or CNB 512
Duplicates Credit in former PHNU 511 and
former CNB 513 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IAS 521 Neuroanatomy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Structure
and function of the human nervous system
with emphasis on central conduction
pathways, especially those of clinical
significance. Corequisite: IAS 501b or
CNB 501b Registration Restriction: Open
only to senior (fifth year), graduate and
professional students Duplicates Credit in
former CNB 521 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IAS 525 Neural Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Cellular,
molecular, and physiological features of
development and plasticity in the nervous
system. Lecture and student presentations
and discussion of classic and current
research literature. Recommended
Preparation: background in neurosciences
Duplicates Credit in former CNB 525
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 530 Anatomy for the Artist
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Lectures
and demonstrations of human anatomy
specifically for the artist, and art instruction
on drawing the human figure. Duplicates
Credit in former CNB 530 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IAS 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
531)
IAS 534 Molecular Aspects of
Neuropharmacology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Current
advances in selected areas of molecular
neuropharmacology, e.g., mechanisms
by which drugs affect neurotransmitter
systems, neural plasticity, treatment of
neurological and psychiatric diseases.
Duplicates Credit in former CNB 534
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 550 Cell and Neurobiology Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
Reports and discussion on recent advances
in anatomy. Duplicates Credit in former
ANCB 550 and former CNB 550 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
IAS 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
IAS 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
IAS 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
IAS 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
IAS 580 Teaching in the Anatomical
Sciences
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
pedagogical principles of learning and
assessment, effective content delivery and
instructional design for anatomical teaching.
Prerequisite: IAS 501b or CNB 501b
Recommended Preparation: Courses in
general biology, organismal biology, human
anatomy and/or physiology Registration
Restriction: Open only to senior (fifth
year), graduate and professional students
Duplicates Credit in former CNB 580
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
IAS 581L Teaching in the Anatomical
Sciences: Practicum
Units: 3 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
Obtain a deeper understanding of clinical
anatomy, develop pedagogical skills in
small-group anatomical demonstration,
and learn to prepare practical exams.
Recommended Preparation: College
level course work in general biology and
human physiology, successful completion
of CNB 501a and CNB 501b, or IAS 501a
and IAS 501b. Corequisite: IAS 580 or
CNB 580 Registration Restriction: Open
only to senior (fifth year), graduate and
professional students Duplicates Credit in
former CNB 581 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
IAS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Duplicates
Credit in former CNB 590 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
IAS 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Duplicates Credit in former CNB 594a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
IAS 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: IAS
594a or CNB 594a Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Duplicates
Credit in former CNB 594b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Credit/No Credit
IAS 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: IAS
594b or CNB 594b Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Duplicates
Credit in former CNB 594z Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Credit/No Credit
IAS 598 Introductory Laboratory
Rotations
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introductory laboratory rotations wherein
students are directed in individualized
research, reading and discussion to provide
perspective and supplemental background
in areas of faculty research interests.
Duplicates Credit in former CNB 598
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
IAS 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSp Provides background
for instruction and research in the
Department of Cell and Neurobiology
through lectures, discussions, assigned
readings and student presentations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 600 Literature Tutorial
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Individualized
readings and discussions culminating
in a literature-review paper; to promote
the acquisition of critical thinking skills
in the evaluation of scientific problems.
Recommended Preparation: background
in biological sciences. Duplicates Credit in
former CNB 600 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
IAS 603 Current Topics in Vision
Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Basic
science (e.g., anatomy, cell biology,
electrophysiology) and clinical aspects
of the eye: cornea, lens, retina and optic
nerve. USC faculty and authorities from
other institutions will lecture. Duplicates
Credit in former CNB 603 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IAS 604 Current Topics in Animal
Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Current
research in selected aspects of mammalian
and nonmammalian developmental
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biology, including the molecular genetics
and molecular biology of organogenesis,
morphogenesis, lineage specification
and differentiation. Prerequisite: INTD
561 Duplicates Credit in former CNB 604
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IAS 631 Morphogenesis and
Regeneration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
developing and regenerating systems:
historical and recent interpretations
of morphogenetic movements, tissue
interactions, fields, gradients, differentiation,
and determination. Duplicates Credit in
former CNB 631 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IAS 641 Brain-Endocrine Interactions in
Reproduction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Past and current
experimental approaches to morphology
and endocrinology at hypothalamic,
pituitary, and gonadal levels in both males
and females. Prerequisite: IAS 511b or
CNB 511b Duplicates Credit in former CNB
641 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IAS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
leading to the doctorate. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in the Integrative Anatomical Sciences PhD
Program Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
IAS 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in the Integrative Anatomical Sciences PhD
Program Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
IAS 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
IAS 794a Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in the Integrative
Anatomical Sciences PhD Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
IAS 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
IAS 794b Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in the Integrative
Anatomical Sciences PhD Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
IAS 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
IAS 794c Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in the Integrative
Anatomical Sciences PhD Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
IAS 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
IAS 794d Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in the Integrative
Anatomical Sciences PhD Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
Integrated Design, Business and
Technology
IDSN 428 Overview of Intellectual
Property Laws for Creatives and
Entrepreneurs
Units: 1 Overview of the intellectual
properties and a basic vocabulary for
understanding of copyright, trademark, and
patents for creatives and entrepreneurs.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Iovine
and Young Academy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 505 Intensive
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 06 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Optional short-term,
primarily residential, learning experience
paired with an event/activity. Intensive
experience aligns with and extends the
cross-disciplinary nature of the program.
Recommended Preparation: IDSN 510
and IDSN 540 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Integrated Design, Business
and Technology majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 510 Integrative Practices
Residential
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm One-week
campus residential. Introduction to program
themes, content, concepts, theories and
processes. Opportunity to build skills
and meet cohort, with an emphasis on
team building. Concurrent Enrollment:
IDSN 540 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 515 Professional Practices
Residential
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm One-week off-campus residential.
Applied, intensive workshop format focused
on solutions for real-world problems with
input from industry experts. Recommended
Preparation: IDSN 510, IDSN 520, IDSN
525, IDSN 530, IDSN 540 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated Design,
Business and Technology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 520 Design Essentials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of design language, process and product.
Build fluency in applying core visual
principles and design-based problem-
solving techniques. Explore historical and
contemporary design issues. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated Design,
Business and Technology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 525 Business Essentials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of general business and management
concepts and techniques that builds
theoretical and analytical fluency and
identifies and examines leadership and
managerial challenges. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated Design,
Business and Technology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 528 Using Intellectual Property
Laws to Protect Your Products and Ideas
Units: 2 The second of a two-course
sequence explaining issues of copyrights,
trademarks and patents that underly
ownership of an idea or product.
Prerequisite: IDSN 428 Registration
Restriction: Open only Integrated Design,
Business and Technology students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IDSN 530 Technology Essentials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of core information technology concepts,
methods, and frameworks. Develop
aptitude in using tools, applications
and systems; learn basic programming
languages and methodologies. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated Design,
Business and Technology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 533 Visual Software Development
Units: 2 Introduction to no-code developer
tools; development of a business or creative
concept from the initial idea to a functioning
minimum viable product. Recommended
Preparation: IDSN 530 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated
Design, Business and Technology students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IDSN 536 Designing Networked Objects:
From IoT to Smart Environments
Units: 3 Introduces concepts of
interaction design through the medium of
physical computing. Students learn the
technological basics to create innovative,
interactive experiences in physical
objects. Recommended Preparation:
IDSN 530 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 540 Processes and Perspectives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Discipline-
specific, cross-disciplinary and shared
approaches to products, services, projects,
systems, organizational development.
Topics include creative and user-focused
perspectives, feasibility analytics, lean
startup techniques. Concurrent Enrollment:
IDSN 510 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 545 Integrative Project
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Faculty-
mentored project. Demonstrate individual
and simultaneous skills and competency
across fields and within cross-functional,
cross-disciplinary teams. Prerequisite: IDSN
510 and IDSN 540 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Integrated Design, Business
and Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 546 Integrative Studio
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm A project-based course that
uses human-centered design research
and methodologies to identify and explore
a specific problem space or context.
Prerequisite: IDSN 545 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated
Design, Business and Technology students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IDSN 550 Opportunity and Uncertainty
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Discipline-
specific, cross-disciplinary and shared
approaches to recognizing/analyzing
opportunities, identifying/framing problems
and developing/iterating solutions.
Techniques gleaned from entrepreneurship,
creative practices, critical thinking methods,
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ethnography, systems theory. Prerequisite:
IDSN 510 and IDSN 540 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated
Design, Business and Technology students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IDSN 560 Narrative and Storytelling
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Discipline-
specific, cross-disciplinary and shared
approaches to exploring visual, written
and spoken storytelling using digital
modalities. Topics include communication
theory, narrative structures and content
creation. Prerequisite: IDSN 510 and
IDSN 540 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 565 Sound and Story
Units: 2 Sound can augment a story.
Students will learn to approach sound for
multimedia, product and experiential design
with the writer's mindset. Prerequisite:
IDSN 560 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 570 Decisions and Solutions
Units: 4 Generate portfolio of solutions
for a given "problem." Explore solutions
and decisions, mechanisms for reducing
uncertainty and risk. Includes quantitative
and qualitative techniques. Prerequisite:
IDSN 510 and IDSN 540 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated Design,
Business and Technology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 575 International Experience
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
Sp International study experience and
trip focusing on a primary subject area
of the USC Iovine and Young Academy.
Registration Restriction: Open only to IDSN
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IDSN 577 Finance for Entrepreneurs
Units: 3 The life cycle of a new venture
from idea to construction of an enterprise
to a decision about financial viability.
Recommended Preparation: IDSN 525
Registration Restriction: Open only
to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 585 Capstone
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Faculty-
mentored, applied project with individual
and team components. Implement a
prototype solution to a problem. Deploy
relevant tools, methods and processes
learned throughout the program.
Prerequisite: IDSN 545 Recommended
Preparation: All other required courses
(excluding concurrent courses) Registration
Restriction: Open only to Integrated Design,
Business and Technology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IDSN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units,
which may be applied to the degree, to be
determined by the department. Graded CR/
NC. Registration Restriction: Open only
to IDSN majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
IDSN 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: Irregular Selected topics
in design, business and technology.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to Integrated Design, Business and
Technology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Media Arts and Practice
Note: Instructor availability for a particular
course or section cannot be guaranteed.
IML 104 Introduction to Digital Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to the expressive range of
screen languages in their cultural, historical,
and technological contexts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 140 Workshop in Multimedia
Authoring
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the expressive potential
of multimedia as a critical and creative
tool, supplementing traditional forms of
academic work. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 201 The Languages of Digital Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
in-depth investigation of the close
interrelationships among technology,
culture and communication to form a solid
foundation for digital authoring. Duplicates
Credit in former IML 101. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 202 Media Arts and Practice Studio I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Intermediate
laboratory exploring the foundations
of visual culture through a series of
critical design prompts. Emphasis on the
creative process, project documentation
and the development of a personal
design methodology. Prerequisite: IML
201 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Media Arts and Practice students
Duplicates Credit in former IML 102
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 203 Media Arts and Practice Studio II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Intermediate
laboratory exploring computational
systems through a series of critical
design prompts. Emphasis on digital
representation, time-based processes,
abstract data and the relationship between
humans and computers. Prerequisite:
IML 202 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Media Arts and Practice students
Duplicates Credit in former IML 103
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 230 Fundamentals of Media Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the methods of visual design with respect
to digital media authorship. Exploring
the creative process through various
conceptual workflows and hands-on
techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 288 Critical Thinking and Procedural
Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of the potentials of computational
media to define new aesthetics, modes
of representation and structures of
communication. Duplicates Credit in IML
388 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 295Lm Race, Class and Gender in
Digital Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
analysis of the categories of race, class and
gender within the diverse digital spaces of
contemporary culture, from video games to
the digital divide. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
IML 300 Reading and Writing the Web
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to a broad range of technical
and theoretical issues surrounding
the production of web-based content.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 309 Integrative Design for Mobile
Devices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Hands-
on investigation of opportunities and
challenges offered by mobile interaction
within both cultural and ideological
contexts. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 310 Professionalism for Media Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of documentation and
archival strategies, with an emphasis on
techniques of personal and professional
representation. Prerequisite: IML 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 320 Designing and Writing for
Transmedia Narratives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Creating
a story that uses three or more digital
platforms (video, social media, games,
comics, et cetera) with strategies drawn
from entertainment, art and activism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 328 Sonic Media Art
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
audio culture and sound technologies,
focusing on developing sonic literacy and
creating artwork using sound as a primary
modality. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 335 Digital Narrative Design I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to audio and video techniques
for digital storytelling across various
platforms. Students will create multiple
short-form projects using contemporary
tools and technologies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 340 Remixing the Archive
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp An intermediate level course which
approaches archived material from multiple
perspectives, in order to develop new
avenues of expression, education, and
research. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 346 Methods in Digital Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Emphasizing rigorous multimedia research
and authorship strategies, this course
prepares students to undertake large-scale
digital projects. Prerequisite: IML 104 or
IML 201 Registration Restriction: Open only
to juniors and seniors Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 354 Introduction to 3-D Modeling
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the history, theory and
critical context of 3-D spatial representation,
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as well as foundational authoring skills in
modeling interactive 3-D spaces. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 365 Future Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the history of cinematic experimentation
to provide a framework for understanding
contemporary virtual reality, augmented
reality, interactive installations and large-
scale urban screens. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IML 385 Design Fiction and Speculative
Futures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
history, theory and methods of design
fiction, focusing on design videos and
physical prototypes as tools for exploring
contemporary social, political and ethical
life. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 400 Creative Coding for the Web
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis and
development of scholarly media projects
using diverse web authoring strategies,
technologies and documentation.
Prerequisite: IML 300. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 404 Tangible and Spatial Computing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of extended human computer interaction,
including new forms of haptic, sonic
and other sense modalities, through
physical computing and spatial interfaces.
Prerequisite: IML 288 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 419 Emotion in Digital Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Project-based
course examining emotion in relation to
technology, digital culture and the human
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 420m New Media for Social Change
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Creating real social change through
multimedia, working in collaboration with
a local nonprofit organization. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 422 Information Visualization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Visualizing
information through diverse media
platforms, with a focus on critical analysis
and hands-on visualization. Duplicates
Credit in the former IML 222 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 428 Exploring and Creating Sonic
Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
spatial sound practices, focusing on sound
installation art, sonic visualization and audio
storytelling techniques. Prerequisite: IML
328 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 430 Visual Communication and
Experience Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studio
course focused on visual design, UX/UI
design and the creative process. Emulating
design agencies and working with clients
and creative briefs. Prerequisite: IML 230
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 435 Digital Narrative Design II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of advanced techniques in digital audio and
video storytelling. Emphasis on nonlinearity,
computer graphics, sound design and
networked media. Prerequisite: IML 335
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 436 Hypercinemas Studio
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A hands-
on exploration of emerging cinematic
technologies, situated within a historical
context through both theoretical and
practical analysis. Prerequisite: IML 335
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 440 Thesis Studio
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Production
of a digital thesis project. Prerequisite: IML
346 and IML 203 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
IML 441 Thesis Project I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of theoretical and practical concerns
of advanced digital media authorship.
Prerequisite: IML 346 and IML 203
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Media Arts and Practice majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 444 Thesis Project II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Production of a
digital thesis project. Prerequisite: IML 440
or IML 441 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Media Arts and Practice majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 450 Critical Play and Documentary
Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of the history and theory of games designed
to prompt social change, with a hands-on
component in the creation of documentary
game projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 454 Advanced Techniques of Spatial
Representation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studio
class exploring spatial perception
and advanced techniques of 3-D
representation, stereoscopy, panorama,
projection mapping, modeling for real-time
environments, parametric modeling, and
3-D fabrication. Prerequisite: IML 354
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 456 Nature, Design and Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of the impact of natural patterns on digital
media design. Explores the relationships
among chaos, harmony, beauty, proportion,
spirituality, holistic systems and shaped
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 458 The Embedded Story: Designing
Digital Landscapes and Languages
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the imagined territories where language
and landscape originate, converge and
are transformed. Students will collaborate
to create media in cross-platform
environments. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 466 Digital Studies Symposium
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Lectures,
presentations, and readings introducing
cutting-edge digital media innovations and
applications. Analysis of the critical and
creative challenges of contemporary digital
media practices. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 475 Media Arts Research Lab
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm A hands-on mentored research lab
experience within the context of media art
and in association with a real-world project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
IML 477 Embodied Storytelling and
Immersive Docu-Narratives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of art, media, and theatre, to create an
immersive, installation-based intervention
utilizing the embodied 360-degree docu-
narrative form. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 481 Mixed Realities: Histories,
Theories and Practices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A
comprehensive orientation to mixed reality,
delving into its theories and histories
while grounding students in a hands-on
introduction to current tools and techniques.
Recommended Preparation: IML 288, IML
354, or experience with programming and
3-D design programs Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Prerequisite: IML 104 or IML
201 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IML 493 Creativity and Wellbeing
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the intersections among creative
practice, mindfulness and wellbeing through
individual studio-based project work.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
IML 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in multimedia
literacy. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 500 The Praxis of Sonic and Visual
Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to digital authorship at the
graduate level, with a focus on the potential
of multimedia scholarship and networked
dissemination. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 501L Digital Media Authorship and
the Archive
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
in-depth examination of emergent
technologies in their cultural and historic
contexts, with an equal emphasis on
production and analysis. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
IML 502 Techniques of Information
Visualization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
and practical analysis of scholarly data
visualization using diverse platforms. Open
only to graduate students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 520 Non-Fiction Cinematic Practice I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to video in academic scholarship.
Acquisition and editing of images and
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sound through a series of short, non-fiction
media projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 521 Non-Fiction Cinematic
Practice II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Deepening skills
in audio/video storytelling methods through
a semester-long, non-fiction media project.
Prerequisite: IML 520 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 535 Tactical Media Strategies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Integrating
hardware, software and interactivity to
explore new forms of expression. Emphasis
on critical tactics (culture hacking, creative
misuse) aimed at activism and social
change. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 543 Transdisciplinary Media Design
Practicum
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
Collaboration of artists and designers
with non-art professionals to develop
cross-disciplinary, media-based creative
interventions. Recommended Preparation:
CTIN 503 and CTIN 541. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 555 Digital Pedagogies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of varied pedagogical
approaches and strategies informed by
critical engagement with digital media and
networked technologies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 560 Embodied Knowledge and the
Fantastical
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of conceptual approaches from the
sciences, arts, and humanities that
challenge the mind/body split. Investigation
of epistemologies that are considered
fantastical. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
IML 575 Graduate Media Arts Research
Lab
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm A hands-on mentored graduate
research lab experience within the context
of media art and in association with a
real-world project. Open only to graduate
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 585 Creative Critical Writing
Workshop
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm A writing workshop to explore
innovative forms for critical writing, media-
rich writing and video that borrow from
creative nonfiction, the lyric essay, poetic/
vernacular criticism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IML 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Detailed investigation of new
or emergent practices in digital media;
special subjects offered by visiting faculty;
experimental subjects. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IML 600 Historical Approaches to Media
Arts and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the historical specificities of "old" media
(painting, print, photography, film, video,
television) and to consequences of the
convergences produced by "new" media
forms. Duplicates Credit in former CNTV
600. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IML 601 Seminar in Media and Design
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Creation of a
work of digital culture, informed by cultural
theory, and planned using current design
methods and practices. Duplicates Credit
in former CNTV 601. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IML 602 Practice of Media Arts
Units: 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to a range of technologies
and media types, while identifying and
developing a specialization in one or
more areas of practice. Duplicates Credit
in former CNTV 602. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 603 Media Arts and Practice
Colloquium/Professional Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 2 Terms Offered:
FaSp Orientation to the profession,
opportunities, presentation and analysis of
recent developments and applications in
Media Arts and Practice. Duplicates Credit
in former CNTV 603. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
IML 604 Theories of Media Arts and
Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develops
an anti-essentialist theory of technology
adequate to the digital age that serves as
a conceptual and critical framework for
developing a contemporary technological
imagination. Duplicates Credit in former
CNTV 604. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IML 605 Cinema to Post-Cinema and
Beyond: History, Theory, Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to contemporary media theory, with
attention to posthumanism, networks, and
the post-cinematic, and a demonstration
of these concepts in media art. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IML 606 Visiting Artist and Scholar
Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Workshops, conversations and critique
sessions conducted by visiting media artists
and arts-research scholars. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
IML 607 Critique and Criticality
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to methods of critique, critiques
of critique and alternatives to critique,
with specific attention to interdisciplinary
media-rich practices and works created by
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
IML 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in CNTV 794a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
IML 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in CNTV 794b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
IML 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in CNTV 794c Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
IML 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in CNTV 794d Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
IML 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in CNTV 794z Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
Interdisciplinary —
Developmental Dentistry
INDD 501 Applied Growth and
Development
Units: 1 Clinical relevance of chronological
and biological assessment of maturation
related primarily to diagnosis and
prognosis. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INDD 650a Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 650b Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 650c Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 650d Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 650e Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 650f Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
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research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 651a Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 651b Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 651c Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 651d Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDD 652 Externship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Dental experience at
an off-site location — not limited to clinical
experience. Student participation must be
approved by Associate Dean for Student
and Academic Life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
INDD 690a Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INDD 690b Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INDD 690c Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INDD 690d Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INDD 690e Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INDD 690f Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Interdisciplinary Major Program
INDS 100 Topical and Multidisciplinary
Seminars
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Small group investigation
from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INDS 101 Directed Research and
Tutorials
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Research and study with L.A.S. Faculty
Associates and other faculty. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INDS 102 Field Study
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
In-service experience in a variety of off-
campus institutions under the supervision
of an L.A.S. Faculty Associate. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INDS 300 Topical and Multidisciplinary
Seminars
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp See INDS 100 for
description. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INDS 301 Directed Research and
Tutorials
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp See
INDS 101 for description. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INDS 302 Field Study
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp See
INDS 102 for description. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INDS 400 Topical and Multidisciplinary
Seminars
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp See INDS 100 for
description. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INDS 401 Directed Research and
Tutorials
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp See
INDS 101 for description. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INDS 402 Field Study
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp See
INDS 102 for description. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INDS 494 Senior Thesis
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp Writing the IDM senior thesis under
the supervision of a faculty qualifying exam
committee. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Interdisciplinary — Basic Science
INTB 504 Human Craniofacial
Development and Genetics
Units: 3 Principles of human embryology
and genetics; craniofacial developmental
biology; molecular genetics, cytogenetics,
clinical orofacial genetics, genetic
counseling; bioethics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTB 521 Basic and Medical
Microbiology
Units: 2 Fundamentals of microbial
structure, growth and physiology; major
bacterial, viral and fungal diseases,
symptoms, course, control and treatment;
emphasis on diseases related to dental
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTB 601 Advances in Oral Biology
Units: 2 Review of basics of scientific
methodology; comparison between and
indications for scientific studies and case
reports; critical review of current dental
literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTB 603 Systematic Approach to
Scientific Writing
Units: 2 Study of dental research
publication and review of writing principles;
focus on logical arrangement of information,
avoidance of common writing flaws,
attainment of syntactical fluency. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTB 604 Clinics in Craniofacial
Malformations
Units: 2 Diagnosis, treatment, and
rehabilitation of craniofacial malformations;
principles of health care of craniofacial
malformation patients. Includes hospital
clinical observation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTB 650a Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 650b Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 650c Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 650d Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 650e Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
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or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 650f Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Assist in
research in basic science, biomedical,
or clinical dental areas. Experience in
research strategy, design and methods
using practical scientific problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 651a Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 651b Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 651c Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 651d Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTB 652 Externship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Dental experience at
an off-site location — not limited to clinical
experience. Student participation must be
approved by Associate Dean, Academic
Affairs. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTB 690a Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTB 690b Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTB 690c Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTB 690d Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTB 690e Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTB 690f Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Interdepartmental Medicine
INTD 500 Ethics and Accountability in
Biomedical Research
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm The purpose
of this course is to engage current (and
potential) research trainees in discussions
about the responsible conduct of science.
The course is designed as an option for
meeting current federal regulations which
require that all predoctoral and postdoctoral
fellows paid from federal contracts and
grants have a component of ethical training.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
INTD 501 Recent Advances in Vision
Science
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Recent advances in the
understanding of the ocular surface are
reported and discussed; students will
learn how to read papers critically, develop
speaking skills to explain a research paper
and attend a three-day workshop on
NIH proposal development and scientific
manuscript preparation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Epidemiology,
pathobiology, carcinogenesis, tumor
biology and heterogeneity; retroviruses,
oncogenes, cell cycle control, genetics
of cancer, tumor immunology; treatment
strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CBG
504, MICB 504
INTD 522 Infection and Host Responses
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of microbes, their life cycles and the
host response they elicit, evade or
exploit, including the manipulation and
the malfunction of the immune system.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as MICB-522
INTD 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Current
perspectives on major research areas
in cell biology. Emphasis will be on in-
depth examination of cellular structures,
regulatory processes, intra-cellular routing
and targeting, and cell/environmental
interactions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as IAS
531, MICB 531, MPTX 531, PATH 531,
PHBI 531, PSCI 531
INTD 535 Continuing Introduction to
Clinical Medicine for MD/PhD Students
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Course for
MD/PhD students in PhD years designed
to allow maintenance and improvement
of clinical skills prior to re-entry in clinical
rotations in the Year III medical curriculum.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
INTD 537 The Structure of Scientific
Revolutions in Molecular Biology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Irregular A course
in how scientists make breakthrough
discoveries and whether there are
predictable ingredients for significant
changes in perception of the living system.
Recommended Preparation: one year in
cell and molecular biology. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate-level
students in any of the biological sciences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTD 549 Protein Chemistry -- Structure
and Function
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Chemistry of
peptides and proteins; protein structure
and folding; molecular basis of protein
action. Recommended Preparation: general
biochemistry Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTD 550 Introduction to Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Normal histology
and introduction to basic pathological
concepts. Provides a solid and basic
understanding of normal structures and
how they relate to function. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as PATH-550
INTD 551 Pathobiology of Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Relationship
between histopathological and clinical
manifestations of disease and their
underlying molecular mechanisms. Topics
include inflammatory, developmental,
environmental, degenerative, and
neoplastic disease processes. Prerequisite:
INTD 550. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
PATH-551
INTD 555 Biochemical and Molecular
Bases of Disease
Units: 4 Biochemical and molecular
abnormalities in disease states.
Prerequisite: general biochemistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BIOC-555, PATH-555
INTD 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Biochemistry
and molecular biology of replication,
transcription, RNA processing, translation
and regulation of gene expression with
emphasis on multicellular eukaryotic
organisms and comparisons to prokaryotes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as IAS 561, BIOC 561,
CBY 561, MICB 561, MPTX 561, PATH
561, PHBI 561, PSCI 561
INTD 570 Current Topics in Cellular
Homeostasis
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
Sp Weekly research lectures by leading
investigators in the field of homeostatic
response to injury such as cell death,
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inflammation, fibrosis and regeneration.
Duplicates Credit in former PATH 575
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTD 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Physical-
chemical basis of life processes: protein
structure and enzyme function; synthesis
and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids,
amino acids and nucleotides. Duplicates
Credit in former BIOC 441 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as IAS 571, BIOC 571, CBY
571, MICB 571, MPTX 571, PATH 571,
PHBI 571, PSCI 571
INTD 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Mammalian
organ systems operation during health,
and pathophysiologic analysis of related
diseases with focus on muscle, respiratory,
cardiovascular and renal systems.
Faculty from basic and clinical sciences.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in biomedical science
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as IAS 572, BISC 572,
MICB 572, MPHY 572, MPTX 572, PATH
572, PHBI 572, PM 572
INTD 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Mammalian
organ systems operation during health,
and pathophysiologic analysis of related
diseases with focus on neuroscience,
immunology, metabolism, endocrine,
reproduction, GI and liver. Faculty from
basic and clinical sciences. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
in biomedical science Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as IAS 573, MPHY 573, MPTX 573, PATH
573, PHBI 573, PM 573, MICB 573
INTD 574 Medical Biology Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 16 Terms Offered: FaSp
Selected topics in systems biology and
disease. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Systems Biology and Disease PhD
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
INTD 575 Interdisciplinary Research
Presentations
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Broad Topics on Biomedical
Research, Human Diseases and Career
Development. Open only to doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTD 577 Writing in the Biomedical and
Biological Sciences
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Writing
instruction for graduate students focusing
on grant proposals and scientific papers.
Includes both writing and providing
critiques of classmates' work. Lectures and
discussion. Open only to doctoral students
in the school of Medicine. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in the School of Medicine. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTD 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in the school of
medicine Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
INTD 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Special topics selected to reflect
current trends and new developments in
interdepartmental medicine. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTD 600 Student Research Presentation
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Students prepare and present their
own research to an audience of faculty and
peers. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTD 620 Medical Students Elective
Program
Units: 0 Opportunities for medical students
as preceptors in research laboratories or
in field medical service under guidance of
sponsors approved by faculty committees.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
INTD 621a Introduction to Clinical
Medicine (ICM) for HTE
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A strongly
patient centered course in which both PhD
engineering and MD students experience
how doctors handle communications,
basic diagnostic thinking and engineering
perspectives. Open only to Health,
Technology and Engineering students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Health, Technology and Engineering
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
INTD 621b Introduction to Clinical
Medicine (ICM) for HTE
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A strongly
patient centered course in which both PhD
engineering and MD students experience
how doctors handle communications,
basic diagnostic thinking and engineering
perspectives. Open only to Health,
Technology and Engineering students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Health, Technology and Engineering
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
INTD 622L Pre-clinical System Block for
Health, Technology and Engineering
Units: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Terms Offered:
FaSp A three to- nine week block of lectures
and laboratories focused on particular
body system (e.g., cardiovascular, renal,
etc.). Open only to Health, Technology
and Engineering students. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Health,
Technology and Engineering students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
INTD 623 Interprofessional Education
and Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in OT
589)
INTD 630 Viral Oncology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Broad aspects
of RNA and DNA viral oncology from
epidemiology to molecular genetics.
Duplicates Credit in former PATH 630.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PATH-631
INTD 650 Stem Cell Biology and
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
principles, available embryonic and adult
stem cells, principles of organogenesis and
regeneration, animal models, delivery of
engineered tissues to patients, promise and
limitations of stem cells. Open to master's
and PhD students on the Health Sciences
Campus and to medical and post-doctoral
fellow trainees only. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as PATH-650
INTD 685 Bioinformatics in Genome
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Basic
programming concepts for computational
genomic analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTD 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Open only to doctoral
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Interdisciplinary — Practice
Dynamics
INTP 501 Behavioral Strategies in
Dentistry
Units: 2 Improvement of time and stress
management and effectiveness in working
with others; establishment of goals in
dentistry; effective presentation of ideas.
For Advanced Standing Program for
International Dentists. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTP 502a Human Relations in Dental
Practice
Units: 2 Introduction to behavioral concepts
related to pain, fear, sedation; interviewing,
treatment planning; care of geriatric and
handicapped patients; patient education;
includes principles of clinical application.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTP 502b Human Relations in Dental
Practice
Units: 2 Introduction to behavioral concepts
related to pain, fear, sedation; interviewing,
treatment planning; care of geriatric and
handicapped patients; patient education;
includes principles of clinical application.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTP 503a Evaluation of Scientific
Information in Clinical Practice
Units: 0, 1 Practical guidelines for critically
appraising scientific information applicable
to the clinical practice of dentistry. Seminars
will complement lectures with examples.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
INTP 503b Evaluation of Scientific
Information in Clinical Practice
Units: 0, 1 Practical guidelines for critically
appraising scientific information applicable
to the clinical practice of dentistry. Seminars
will complement lectures with examples.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTP 650 Dental Research Participation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Assist in research in
basic science, biomedical, or clinical dental
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areas. Experience in research strategy,
design and methods using practical
scientific problem solving. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTP 651 Experience in Dental Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Practical teaching
experience in dental laboratory and clinic
settings under faculty supervision. Includes
instruction in effective methods. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTP 652 Externship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Dental experience at
an off-site location — not limited to clinical
experience. Student participation must be
approved by Associate Dean for Student
and Academic Life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTP 690 Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Interdisciplinary — Restorative
Dentistry
INTR 503 Preclinical Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 Interdisciplinary course focusing on
diagnosis and treatment planning through
didactic course work and workshops
which will include data collection/
assessment, diagnosis and treatment
planning methodologies, and specialty
considerations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTR 524a Clinical Practice
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
clinical component of existing didactic
courses in Practice Management and
Human Behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 524b Clinical Practice
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
clinical component of existing didactic
courses in Practice Management and
Human Behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 524c Clinical Practice
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
clinical component of existing didactic
courses in Practice Management and
Human Behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 524d Clinical Practice
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
clinical component of existing didactic
courses in Practice Management and
Human Behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 524e Clinical Practice
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
clinical component of existing didactic
courses in Practice Management and
Human Behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 524f Clinical Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
clinical component of existing didactic
courses in Practice Management and
Human Behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTR 550a Introduction to Clinical
Dentistry
Units: 0, 1 Clinical operatory preparation;
asepsis and sterilization; preventive
dentistry; introduction to physical
evaluation, extra- and intra-oral
examinations, treatment sequencing, dental
specialty areas; includes clinical assisting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 550b Introduction to Clinical
Dentistry
Units: 0, 1 Clinical operatory preparation;
asepsis and sterilization; preventive
dentistry; introduction to physical
evaluation, extra- and intra-oral
examinations, treatment sequencing, dental
specialty areas; includes clinical assisting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTR 551a Clinical Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Large and small group seminars
focusing on diagnosis and treatment
planning involving multiple specialty
case presentations; integrated therapy,
contingency plans and case presentations
will be included. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 551b Clinical Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Large and small group seminars
focusing on diagnosis and treatment
planning involving multiple specialty
case presentations; integrated therapy,
contingency plans and case presentations
will be included. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 551c Clinical Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Large and small group seminars
focusing on diagnosis and treatment
planning involving multiple specialty
case presentations; integrated therapy,
contingency plans and case presentations
will be included. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 551d Clinical Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Large and small group seminars
focusing on diagnosis and treatment
planning involving multiple specialty
case presentations; integrated therapy,
contingency plans and case presentations
will be included. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
INTR 551e Clinical Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 1 Large and small group seminars
focusing on diagnosis and treatment
planning involving multiple specialty
case presentations; integrated therapy,
contingency plans and case presentations
will be included. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTR 553a Clinic: Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnostic
procedures and treatment planning in
care of dental patients. Includes student
preparation of documentation of patient
care and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
INTR 553b Clinic: Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnostic
procedures and treatment planning in
care of dental patients. Includes student
preparation of documentation of patient
care and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
INTR 553c Clinic: Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnostic
procedures and treatment planning in
care of dental patients. Includes student
preparation of documentation of patient
care and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
INTR 553d Clinic: Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnostic
procedures and treatment planning in
care of dental patients. Includes student
preparation of documentation of patient
care and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
INTR 553e Clinic: Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnostic
procedures and treatment planning in
care of dental patients. Includes student
preparation of documentation of patient
care and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
INTR 553f Clinic: Diagnosis and
Treatment Planning
Units: 2 Clinical experience in diagnostic
procedures and treatment planning in
care of dental patients. Includes student
preparation of documentation of patient
care and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTR 652 Externship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Dental experience at
an off-site location — not limited to clinical
experience. Student participation must be
approved by Associate Dean for Student
and Academic Life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTR 690a Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTR 690b Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTR 690c Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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INTR 690d Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTR 690e Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTR 690f Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Interdisciplinary — Surgical
Sciences
INTS 651a Experience in Dental Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTS 651b Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTS 651c Experience in Dental Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTS 651d Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTS 652 Externship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Dental experience at
an off-site location — not limited to clinical
experience. Student participation must be
approved by Associate Dean for Student
and Academic Life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
INTS 690a Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTS 690b Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTS 690c Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTS 690d Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTS 690e Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTS 690f Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Interdisciplinary — Diagnostic
Sciences
INTX 501a Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 1 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 501b Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 1 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 501c Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 2 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 501d Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 2 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 501e Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 2 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 501f Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 2 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 501h Integrated Basic and Applied
Science I
Units: 1 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses
on cell and connective tissue biology,
neuromuscular, blood, endocrine and
cardiovascular systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 502a Integrated Basic and Applied
Science II
Units: 1 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses on
respiratory, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal,
hepato-biliary systems, oral biology,
nutrition and hospital dentistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 502b Integrated Basic and Applied
Science II
Units: 1 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses on
respiratory, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal,
hepato-biliary systems, oral biology,
nutrition and hospital dentistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 502c Integrated Basic and Applied
Science II
Units: 2 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses on
respiratory, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal,
hepato-biliary systems, oral biology,
nutrition and hospital dentistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 502d Integrated Basic and Applied
Science II
Units: 3 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses on
respiratory, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal,
hepato-biliary systems, oral biology,
nutrition and hospital dentistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 502e Integrated Basic and Applied
Science II
Units: 1 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
evaluation and management. Focuses on
respiratory, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal,
hepato-biliary systems, oral biology,
nutrition and hospital dentistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 502f Integrated Basic and Applied
Science II
Units: 2 Principles of anatomy, histology,
physiology, pathology applied to patient
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evaluation and management. Focuses on
respiratory, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal,
hepato-biliary systems, oral biology,
nutrition and hospital dentistry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
INTX 651a Experience in Dental Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTX 651b Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Practical
teaching experience in dental laboratory
and clinic settings under faculty supervision.
Includes instruction in effective methods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
INTX 651c Experience in Dental Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Max Units: 6.0
Practical teaching experience in dental
laboratory and clinic settings under faculty
supervision. Includes instruction in effective
methods. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTX 651d Experience in Dental
Teaching
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Max Units: 6.0
Practical teaching experience in dental
laboratory and clinic settings under faculty
supervision. Includes instruction in effective
methods. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
INTX 690a Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTX 690b Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTX 690c Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTX 690d Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTX 690e Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
INTX 690f Directed Dental Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
each Dental clinical and/or basic science
research under faculty guidance; proposal
developed, research conducted, conclusion
drawn, paper written. Units determined
by extent of research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
International Relations
IR 100gx The United States and World
Affairs
Units: 4 The changing character of
contemporary international political issues
from the Cold War to the future and
U.S. foreign policy options for the future;
exploration of competing perspectives.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Credit
Restriction: Not available for major credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 101gxw International Relations
Units: 4 Basic concepts of world affairs for
non-majors. Development of competency
to understand and critically evaluate
global relations and international events,
stressing empirical approaches. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Credit
Restriction: Not available for major credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
IR 150 Environmental Issues in Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ENST
150gx)
IR 210gw International Relations:
Introductory Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Comprehensive introduction to contending
theoretical and analytical approaches;
development of critical, evaluative,
cognitive, and analytical competencies
regarding historical and contemporary
issues. Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
IR 211g International Relations:
Approaches to Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to theoretically oriented
research approaches and designs;
emphasis on the logic of argumentation.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
IR 212 Historical Approaches to
International Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to historical research methods, with an
emphasis on historical texts and modes
of discourse. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
IR 213 The Global Economy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Economic
and political concepts necessary to the
understanding of the modern global
economy. Topics include international
trade, foreign investment and migration.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
IR 302 International Relations of the
Great Powers in the Late 19th and 20th
Centuries
Units: 4 Introductory analysis of the
interactions of the great powers during
the period; initial focus on Europe, with
expansion to include global relations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy
Units: 4 The role of leaders, diplomatic
leadership and creativity in statecraft,
providing a deep understanding of the
theoretical and practical dimensions of
diplomacy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 304 National Intelligence and the
Shaping of Policy
Units: 4 The focus is intelligence to improve
the making of policy, with attention to
collection; overt and covert, operations;
domestic intelligence; and oversight in
democracies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 305w Managing New Global Problems
Units: 4 Examines strategies for managing
global issues in the post Cold War
period. Explores ways that international
institutions, national governments and
non-state actors work separately and
together to provide order and control over
complex international issues areas. Issues
that will receive attention could include
financial and monetary relations, trade and
foreign investment, preservation of the
environment, the spread of weapons of
mass destruction, population and migration,
terrorism and ethnic strife. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 306 International Organizations
Units: 4 The emergence of international
organizations as a permanent feature
in world politics; role of the United
Nations organization as well as regional
international organizations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 307 Contemporary International
Politics
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Analysis of recent
events, forces, and conditions in the
international political system. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 308w Economic Globalization
Units: 4 Globalization makes national
borders and regulations increasingly
obsolete. Analyzes the economic foundation
of globalization, its consequences and
efforts to manage it. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 309 Global Governance
Units: 4 Introduction to global governance
structure and institutions. Exploration of
the appropriate role for states, international
organizations, civil society and individuals
within the global governance structure.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies
Units: 4 Interdisciplinary study of the
pursuit of peace, including causes of
wars, arms races, conflict resolution,
peace movements, nonviolent resistance,
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and peace with justice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 311 Research Design and Methods
Units: 4 Exploration of critical scholarship
on research design, including case
selection, hypothesis testing, and field
research techniques. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 312 Introduction to Data Analysis
Units: 4 Introduction to statistical analysis
with R, with applications to the study of
International Relations: data manipulation,
hypothesis testing, regression, causality,
text analysis, visualization, and network
analysis. Recommended Preparation: IR
211g and IR 212 plus a course in research
design such as IR 311 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 313 Religions and Political Violence
Units: 4 An introduction to debates about
the intersection of religion and conflict in
politics and international affairs; theoretical,
classical, and contemporary issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 314 Espionage and Intelligence
Units: 4 Examination of selected
intelligence communities worldwide,
their agencies and operations. Focus on
technical aspects of collection, analysis,
counterintelligence, covert action, ethics,
liaison and oversight. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in
World Politics
Units: 4 Ethnic identity and nation formation
in the global society of states; nation-states;
conflict or political accommodation within
multinational states; impact of dispersed
nations on interstate relations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 316 Gender and Global Issues
Units: 4 An examination of the role women
have played in world politics focusing on
issues of war and peace, the environment
and the global economy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SWMS-316
IR 317 The Political Economy of Africa
Units: 4 Understand contemporary
outcomes across the African continent;
examine the effects of, among others,
ecology, the slave trades, European
colonialism and geopolitics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 318 Violent Conflict
Units: 4 Origins and evolution of violent
conflict among humans; modern efforts to
end conflict; recent research in archaeology,
anthropology, biology, economics, political
science and psychology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 319 Human Security and
Humanitarian Intervention
Units: 4 Explore causes of human security,
international responses to issues like
violence, displacement and climate change;
and the costs, benefits and effects of
humanitarian intervention. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 320 Technology and International
Relations
Units: 4 Impact of technological advances
to global security and development. Focus
on surveillance and cyber conflict; nuclear
weaponry, aviation and UAVs missiles and
BMD; submarines and ASW. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 321 Civil War, Peace Building and
International Intervention
Units: 4 Examination of the causes of civil
war, the dynamics and consequences of
civil war and how peace is or is not built.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 322 Financing Development in Mexico
Units: 4 Examines the role of investment in
Mexican economic development focusing
on both traditional sources of loans, grants
and investment as well as less traditional
modes of finance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 323 Politics of Global Environment
Units: 4 Examines the politics of managing
the global environment. The nature of
ecosystems, common problems, population
and resource utilization problems along
with biodiversity and global governance
are emphasized. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ENST-323
IR 324 Multinational Enterprises and
World Politics
Units: 4 Political implications of interactions
between different types of multinational
enterprises and all levels of U.S.
government, other industrial nations, and
less-developed countries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 325 North-South Relations in the
Global Economy
Units: 4 Analysis of inequality in relations
between developed and developing
states; contending views on the causes
and legacies of imperialism; development
strategies and aid. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
Units: 4 The U.S. economy and political-
economic institutions in comparative
perspective; economic diplomacy and
policy; role of trade barriers, exchange
rates, foreign aid, energy, foreign
investment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 327 International Negotiation
Units: 4 Practicum in negotiation skills.
Diagnosis of situations and identification
of strategies through case studies and
personal exercises. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 328 The Evolving Global Economic
Architecture-Capital Mobility
Units: 4 Exploration of the evolving
global economic architecture of the past
seventy years; overview of the possible
future contours of economic and political
globalization. Recommended preparation:
Macro- and Micro-economics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 329 The Global Finance and Monetary
Regime
Units: 4 The international financial and
monetary regime, its evolution and the
problems facing it today. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 330 Politics of the World Economy
Units: 4 Exploration of questions and
concepts in international economics and
politics, especially as they relate to flows of
trade, capital, people, and problems across
borders. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 331 The Global Economy 2040
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
key ideas from economics, demography
and technology. Guest lecturers illuminate
possible conditions of the Global Economy
in 2040. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 332 Money, Guns and Oil
Units: 4 Introduction to the relationship
between economics, security, and U.S.
foreign policy. Topics covered: U.S. grand
strategy, China's rise, energy security,
resource competition, and the resource
curse. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 333 China in International Affairs
Units: 4 Economic reform, the open
door, and China's changing role in the
international system. Relations with the
United States, Japan, and other key powers
in Asia. Tensions between the interests of
American business and the human rights
community over China policy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 337 The Impact of Remittances on
Development in Mexico
Units: 4 Examines the nature of remittances
and their effects. Can remittances
promote development? Explores policy
making focused on improving the quality
of remittance expenditures in Mexico.
Recommended Preparation: working ability
with Spanish. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 339 Public Health and International
Relations
Units: 4 Examination of threats to global
security, state sovereignty and population
health posed by infectious diseases, natural
disasters, war and civil conflict. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 340 The Political Economy of China
Units: 4 Sources, consequences,
challenges to China's economic growth,
including rural and urban economies,
entrepreneurship, central and local
governments, inequality, trade, investment,
finance, demographics, and the
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 341 Foreign Policy Analysis
Units: 4 Basic concepts and analytical
approaches in the study of decision-
making at the international level. This is a
case-based class, requiring participation
of students in interactive discussions of
decision forcing and retrospective foreign
policy cases. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 342 The Politics and Strategy of
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Units: 4 Causes and effects of use and
spread of nuclear, biological and chemical
weapons; responses to WMD, including
deterrence, preventive war, and non-
proliferation policies and negotiations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 343 U.S. Foreign Policy since World
War II
Units: 4 Analysis of U.S. foreign policy
since 1945 as a basis for understanding
significant new trends. Explanation of
contemporary issues in U.S. relations with
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other nations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 344 The Global South in World
Politics
Units: 4 Origin, concepts, realities and
ideals of the non-aligned movement,
focusing on the role of the United States
in the developing world. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign
Policy
Units: 4 Overview of Tsarist and Soviet
experience as background to detailed
examination of the political, economic and
ideological forces behind contemporary
Russian foreign policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 346 Communism and Post-
Communism: Eastern Europe and the
Balkans
Units: 4 Analysis of communism and
post-communism in East-Central Europe,
including economic transitions, nationalism,
inter-and intra-state conflict, NATO and EU
enlargement. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 349 International Law and Politics
Units: 4 Exploration of international
law and international politics, including
sovereignty, war, international tribunals, the
environment, and human rights. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 350 Power and Authority in the Middle
East
Units: 4 (Enroll in MDES 345)
IR 351 Insurgency and
Counterinsurgency
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories
of insurgency and counterinsurgency
emphasizing works of notable guerrilla
writers and the Western experience of
putting theory into practice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs
Units: 4 The cultural, political, economic,
and social aspects of the Asia Pacific's rise
to prominence in world affairs. Reasons for
the "successes" of many Asian economies
and the environmental and social problems
accompanying their rapid transformation.
The difficulties of interaction in complex
cultural situations illustrated by participation
in a computer-assisted simulation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 359 The United States and the Middle
East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDES 340)
IR 360 International Relations of the
Pacific Rim
Units: 4 Political, economic and security
relations among the countries in East Asia
and the Pacific with the emphasis on the
role of the United States, China and Japan.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 361 South and Southeast Asia in
International Affairs
Units: 4 The historical, cultural, and political
reasons for Asia's dramatic transformation
into a powerful engine of world economic
growth. The secondary consequences
of economic growth for environmental
protection, gender relations, ethnicity, and
military tension. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 362 The International Relations of the
Contemporary Middle East
Units: 4 Introduction to problems and
issues in the Middle East today: religio-
ethnic rivalries, conflicting nationalisms and
ideologies, the Arab- Israeli conflict, Middle
East oil. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as MDES-362
IR 363 Middle East Political Economy
Units: 4 Examination of general economic
development issues: population,
agriculture, industrialization, trade, oil, etc.
Several Mideast case study countries are
then explored in depth. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MDES-363
IR 364 The Political Economy of Latin
American Development
Units: 4 The main economic development
themes and strategies in Latin America over
the past century. The interplay between
domestic and international variables, and
the resulting dynamic changes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 365 Politics and Democracy in Latin
America
Units: 4 Examines Latin America's
experience with democracy emphasizing
events since the 1980s. Analyzes
the roles of interest groups, ideology,
domestic politics, bureaucratic processes,
perceptions and analogical reasoning.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 366 Mexico and its Relations with the
United States
Units: 4 Analysis of Mexico and U.S.-
Mexico relations, both historically and in
the present day, to understand better the
challenges in this key bilateral relationship.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 367 Africa in International Affairs
Units: 4 General overview of main
historical, political, and economic issues as
they affect Africa, focusing on nationalism,
development, and superpower competition
in Africa. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945 to
the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to historical, thematic
perspectives of French foreign policy
since 1945 including review of external
and internal constraints influencing foreign
policy. (Paris semester only). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as FREN 368
IR 369 Post-War European Relations
Units: 4 European interstate conflict and
cooperation since 1945; history of Western
European integration during the Cold War;
the European Union in post-Cold War
Europe. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 370 Global Governance and Health:
From Global to Local
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Addressing
global health challenges at multiple
governance levels ranging from global to
national to local. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 371 Global Civil Society: Non-State
Actors in World Politics
Units: 4 Examination of diplomatic and
moral relationships between sovereign
states and transnational non-state actors,
both benevolent (humanitarian groups
and philanthropies) and malevolent
(mercenaries, pirates and terrorists).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 374 Model Europe: Comparative
Public Policy in France and the
European Union
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm IR Analysis
of contemporary challenges to the
European Union policy-making in the
areas of governance and citizenship, the
environment, energy, economics and
security. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 376 U.S.-Japan Encounters: War,
Trade, and Culture
Units: 4 The significance of U.S.-Japan
relations is addressed through historical
and policy analysis of America, Japan, and
the Asia-Pacific region. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as HIST-376
IR 379 Cyber Conflict: Problems and
Policy Issues
Units: 4 Cyber conflict, where cyber
and national security intersect, is about
technology and policy; players and
prescriptions; crime, hacktivism, espionage,
economic espionage, subversion and
hybrid war. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 380 Conducting Research on Climate
Change, Conflict and Natural Resources
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analyzes and
trains students to conduct independent
research on the politics of natural
resources. Training takes places in the field
at a UC Natural Reserve. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
IR 381 Introduction to International
Security
Units: 4 Key concepts in international
security studies; historical evolution of
international warfare and diplomacy;
contemporary international security issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 382w Order and Disorder in Global
Affairs
Units: 4 Modern and post-modern
perspectives on changes in the inter-state
system, relations among cultures and
civilizations, the conditions of ecologically
sustainable human development. Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
IR 383 Conflict Mediation & Negotiation
Units: 4 Focuses on the international
politics of resolving crises. Application of
theories of conflict and negotiation in a UN
Security Council Simulation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 384 Asian Security Issues
Units: 4 Introduction to key security trends
in the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing
strategic competition between U.S., Russia,
and China; regional military capabilities;
rise of neutrality politics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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IR 385 European Foreign Policy and
Security Issues
Units: 4 In-depth analysis of foreign
policy events and cases in Europe in the
20th century; focus on security issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 386 Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of terrorism and responses
to terrorism, including how societies
understand and deal with terrorism; focus
on ethical and normative issues. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 387 Strategic Studies
Units: 4 Strategic theory and its application
to national security and warfare from
Western and non-Western perspectives.
Topics include strategic culture, political
decision-making, cyber operations, and
non-state challenges. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 388 Immigration in Spain: Issues and
Controversies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Analyzes
immigration in Spain within a comparative
context of the European Union, focusing
on challenges in the areas of economics,
demography, politics and citizenship rights.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 389 Islam in France
Units: 4 (Paris Semester only) Historical
overview of interactions between Muslims
and Europeans. Islam: origins, history
and circumstances that led to its revival.
France's immigration policy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as FREN 389
IR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 391 Directed International Relations
Field Study
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Intensive
internship experience in international
relations professional areas with academic
research component (may be repeated
for credit different semesters). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 392 Supervised Undergraduate
Research Experience
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Collaborative research
projects under faculty supervision. Regular
skills training and professionalization
workshops. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 393 Policy Writing for National
Security Affairs
Units: 4 Intensive policy writing related
to national and insecurity issues with
emphasis on research and writing in
varying formats typical in the policy world.
Prerequisite: WRIT 340 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 394 Social Justice and Community-
Based Research
Units: 4 Students will be paired with a non-
governmental organization or movement in
order to design and implement a research
project that aims to promote social change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 401 The United Nations and World
Order
Units: 4 The contribution of the United
Nations to world order, focusing on its
history, principal organs, relationships with
global actors, and prospects for reform.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 402 Theories of War
Units: 4 Causes of war; means of
prevention and consequences of war.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 403 Transnational Diplomacy and
Global Security
Units: 4 Explores emerging "diplomatic"
relations between nation-states and
transnational (non-state) entities, such as
non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
in the development of global peace
and security policies. Recommended
Preparation: IR 303. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 404 International Relations Policy
Task Force
Units: 4 Addresses unfinished question
of public policy. Provides experience
in interviewing and field research, oral
presentation and collective discussion and
deliberation. Open to juniors and seniors
only. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 405 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and
Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in REL
402) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 406 Ethics and World Politics
Units: 4 Exploration of the relationship
between ethics and politics. Special focus
on religion, violence and human rights in
international relations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 407 Chinese Foreign Policy
Units: 4 The domestic and international
sources of Chinese foreign policy; political,
military, and economic issues in China's
relations with its neighbors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 408 Global Democratization
Units: 4 Exploration of the global
experience with democracy. Meaning of the
term "democracy," explanations of the rise
and fall of democracy, its current trends and
future challenges. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 409 Environment and Politics in the
Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDES 401)
IR 410 The History of Modern
International Relations
Units: 4 Explores modern international
relations history, focusing on the role of the
U.S. in the global politics. Provides training
in historical research methods. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ENST-422
IR 412 Applied Data Science for
International Relations 1
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
statistical computing and data visualization
in R. Focus on visualization of descriptive
statistics; create publication-ready figures
for actual faculty research projects.
Prerequisite: IR 210 and IR 211 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 413 Applied Data Science for
International Relations 2
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Intermediate
statistical computing and data visualization
in R. Focus the on graphical presentation of
complex statistical relationships. Students
create publication-ready figures for actual
faculty research projects. Prerequisite:
IR 210 and IR 211 and (IR 412 or IR 307)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 420 Political Economy of Corruption
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
causes, consequences and how to combat
corruption as an economic, political
and social problem. Recommended
Preparation: IR 213 and IR 330 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 422 Ecological Security and Global
Politics
Units: 4 Should environmental issues be
treated as threats to security? Survey
of recent literature explores global
environmental politics using a security
framework. Recommended Preparation:
environmental studies course work.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENST 422
IR 423 Forced Migration and Conflict
Units: 4 Examines causes of forced
migration and state responses to
refugees and asylum seekers. Outside
the classroom, students volunteer with
organizations serving migrants in Los
Angeles. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 424w Citizenship and Migration in
International Politics
Units: 4 Changing notions of citizenship
in the context of history, and of economic,
political and sociological theories of
international migration; diaspora and
migration case studies. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 425 The New Triangle: China, the U.S.
and Latin America
Units: 4 China's rise in the international
political economy raises policy research
questions, including an analysis of how this
trend relates to U.S and Latin American
relations. Recommended Preparation:
micro and macro economics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 426 Trade Politics in the Western
Hemisphere
Units: 4 Focus on the dynamic process of
trade integration that has occurred since
the mid-1980s in the Western Hemisphere.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 427 Seminar on Economics and
Security
Units: 4 Introduction to important economic
issue areas that are understood as security-
related in the contemporary world: food,
trade, debt, etc. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 428 China's Political Economy
Units: 4 Critical issues surrounding
China's economic rise and the implications
for international relations; the unique
strengths and vulnerabilities of China's
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political-economic model; prospects for
change. Recommended Preparation:
IR 210 and a course from International
Relations, Political Science, or History with
a strong China component. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ECON-451
IR 429 America and the Future of
Geopolitics
Units: 4.0 Possible futures for nations,
regions and issues and how to help frame
U.S. foreign policy in relation to them.
Prerequisite: IR 210gw Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 430 The Politics of International Trade
Units: 4 Economic approaches and political
processes are used to explain observed
international trade policy choices. Topics
covered include globalization, regionalism,
labor standards, the environment and
sanctions. Recommended Preparation:
micro and macro economics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ECON 451
IR 431 Commercial and Financial
Globalization-Trends, Challenges
Units: 4 Factors determining the feasibility,
desirability and limits of economic
globalization; the dynamics triggered by the
Global Financial Crisis and the backlash
against Globalization. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 437 Comparative Genocide
Units: 4 An interdisciplinary treatment
of the tragic phenomenon of genocide.
Subject matter includes historical cases
and analysis of contemporary global efforts
toward prevention. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 438 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
after Communism
Units: 4 Explores origins and nature of
ethnic strife among post-socialist states
(ethnicity and national revival, modern
histories of East-Central Europe and
Russia, problems and conflict resolution).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and
Eurasia
Units: 4 Interaction of politics and
economics in the former Soviet Union and
its component republics; the historical
planned economy, the politics of reform
and the political economy of former Soviet
foreign relations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 440 America's Pacific Century:
Dialogues between the U.S. and Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A hands-on
analysis of the contemporary U.S. foreign
policy towards East Asia through lectures,
interviews, and policy paper writing,
including an exchange visit to Singapore.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 441 Comparative Analysis of Foreign
Policy
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of foreign
policy determinants and decision-making;
empirical emphasis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 442 Japanese Foreign Policy
Units: 4 Economic, political, territorial, and
security issues; foreign policy decision-
making; relations with major powers and
neighboring states. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 443 Formulation of U.S. Foreign
Policy
Units: 4 Critical discussion of alternative
approaches explaining the formulation
and implementation of U.S. foreign policy:
domestic politics, organizational processes,
group dynamics, individual personality
and perception. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 444w Theories of Global Society
Units: 4 Why the world is organized into
sovereign nation-states. The challenges
to nation-states in the 21st century from
globalization, democratization, revolution,
technology, and new forms of cultural
identity. Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IR 445 U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy:
Nonproliferation and Weapons of Mass
Destruction
Units: 4 Policies and programs aimed at
stopping the spread of weapons of mass
destruction. Presentations by executive/
legislative officials involved in formulation
and implementation of non-proliferation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Juniors and Seniors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 446 The Role of Norms and
International Security
Units: 4 The role of ideas, beliefs and
norms in understanding state behavior and
US foreign policy, from traditional security
concepts to modern soft power. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 447w Cities of the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDES 441w)
IR 449 International Courts and the
Globalization of Law
Units: 4 Research-based analysis of
dramatic development of international
courts, exploring causes for their
development, autonomy and political
relations with states, compliance, effects
on international relations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 454 The International Political
Economy of Development
Units: 4 Provides a critical introduction
to scholarship on international political
economy (IPE), the interaction of states
and markets in a global context. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 455 The Political Economy of
Autocracy
Units: 4 Survey of autocracy, the world's
most common form of government: its
political economy, the role of elections,
parties, repression, propaganda and civil
resistance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
IR 462 State-Building, Institutions in
Middle East and North Africa
Units: 4 The interaction of institutions,
preferences and historical legacies in the
building of state-institutions in the Middle
East and North Africa. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 463 Islam and Arab Nationalism
Units: 4 Historical, sociological and
political processes that have shaped the
emergence of and relationship between
Arab nationalism and political Islam since
the early 20th century. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MDES-463
IR 464 US-Middle East Foreign Policy
Issues
Units: 4 U.S. and Middle East perspectives
on Middle Eastern affairs after the creation
of the state of Israel. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 465 Contemporary Issues in United
States-Latin America Relations
Units: 4 Examines major issues in the
relationship between the United States
and the countries of Latin America and
the Caribbean, including trade and
financial questions, security, immigration,
the environment, narcotics, etc. Major
bilateral relations (especially with Mexico,
Brazil, and the Caribbean Basin countries)
are emphasized, as are regional and
multilateral relationships. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 466 Contemporary Issues in Latin
American Politics
Units: 4 Focus on current politics in Latin
America. Address a range of themes:
electoral democracy, citizenship, political
inclusion, human rights, corruption,
economic inequality. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 468 European Integration
Units: 4 Research on the European Union's
role in European international relations;
internal EU developments since 1985 as
an actor in the world economy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 470 Comparative Regionalism
Units: 4 Analysis of the factors that provide
different forms of regional arrangements in
different parts of the world (e.g, NAFTA, FU,
ASEAN). Prerequisite: IR 210. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 483 War and Diplomacy: The U.S. in
World Affairs
Units: 4 Perspective on recent American
foreign policy; a case study of conflicting
literature on the origins, development and
legacy of the Cold War. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 484 American Religion, Foreign Policy
and the News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 484)
IR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
IR 491x Field Study
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
8.0 Local, national, and international
internships. Credit Restriction: Not available
for graduate credit. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 494 Honors Thesis Seminar
Units: 4 Preparation and oral defense of
senior honors thesis before supervising
faculty and fellow honors students.
Recommended Preparation: IR 311.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Seniors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
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IR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in various special areas within international
relations, which may vary from semester to
semester or within semesters. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IR 553 Global Internet Governance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 553)
Persian
IRAN 120 Persian I
Units: 4 Introduction to contemporary
Persian (Farsi). Oral practice, listening
and reading comprehension, grammar and
vocabulary necessary for simple spoken
and written expression. Duplicates Credit
in former MDES 120. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IRAN 150 Persian II
Units: 4 Continuation of Persian I.
Prerequisite: IRAN 120. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IRAN 220 Persian III
Units: 4 Intermediate Persian (Farsi).
Building conversational skills, listening
and reading comprehension, grammar
and vocabulary necessary for intermediate
level spoken and written expression.
Prerequisite: IRAN 150. Duplicates Credit
in former MDES 220. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IRAN 250 Persian IV
Units: 4 Continuing Intermediate Persian
(Farsi). Building conversational skills,
listening and reading comprehension,
grammar and vocabulary necessary for
intermediate level spoken and written
expression. Prerequisite: IRAN 220
Duplicates Credit in former MDES 250
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
IRAN 320 Advanced Persian I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
verbal and written expression in Persian,
including deeper understanding of Persian
culture. Prerequisite: IRAN 250. Duplicates
Credit in former MDES 320. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IRAN 325 Business Persian
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Business
Persian is an intermediate level course
designed to develop communicative
skills, written expression and reading
comprehension on intermediate business
contents. Prerequisite: IRAN 220 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
IRAN 350 Advanced Persian II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of Advanced Persian I. Prerequisite: IRAN
320. Duplicates Credit in former MDES 350.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Industrial and Systems
Engineering
ISE 105 Introduction to Industrial and
Systems Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A combination
of plant tours, laboratory experiences,
and lecture are used to introduce the
philosophy, subject matter, aims, goals,
and techniques of industrial and systems
engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 150 Solving Engineering Problems
via Computer Programming
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Engineering
examples are used as a platform to
introduce computer programming skills
for problem solving; critical thinking skills.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 220 Probability Concepts in
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
for handling uncertainties in engineering
design: discrete and continuous random
variables; expectations, probability
distributions and transformations of random
variables; limit theorems; approximations
and applications. Prerequisite: MATH 126.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Sampling
distributions; parameter estimation,
hypothesis testing; analysis of variance;
regression; nonparametric statistics.
Prerequisite: ISE 220. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 232L Manufacturing Processes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Basic
manufacturing processes including
casting, machining, forming and welding;
current trends in manufacturing processes
including polymer, ceramic and composite
material processing, and electronic device
fabrication; introduction to numerical control
and computer integrated manufacturing.
Recommended Preparation: MASC 110L or
CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME 232
ISE 310L Facilities and Logistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Facilities
layout and design: material handling and
transportation; site selection and sourcing;
supply chain management. Prerequisite:
ISE 330 and ISE 460. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 315L Engineering Project
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
for planning, budgeting, scheduling,
obtaining resources, monitoring and control
of projects in a corporate environment. Use
of software to evaluate performance and
assess risks. Prerequisite: ISE 225 and
ISE 330 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ISE 327 Six Sigma and Lean Operations
Units: 3 Standardized methodology for
problem solving, basic and advanced
statistical tools for root cause identification
and solution confirmation, key principles
for quality management and organizational
excellence. Prerequisite: ISE 225
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 330 Introduction to Operations
Research: Deterministic Models
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to linear programming; transportation
and assignment problems; dynamic
programming; integer programming;
nonlinear programming. Prerequisite: MATH
225. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 331 Introduction to Operations
Research: Stochastic Models
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Stochastic
processes; Markov chains; queueing theory
and queueing decision models; probabilistic
inventory models. Prerequisite: ISE 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 335L Supply Chain Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
of Supply Chains. Product, distribution,
transportation and site selection. Analysis
and optimization of supply chain networks.
Prerequisite: ISE 330 and ISE 460
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 344 Engineering Team Management
Units: 3 Examine team formation and
team dynamics including organizational
behavior, group dynamics, psychology, and
business management, all in the context of
engineering development; decision-making
and negotiation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to juniors and seniors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 350 Principles of Systems
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Systems
as complex collaborative ensembles
of interconnected components. Theory
and practice of requirements, design,
implementation, testing, deployment,
operation, and disposal. Case studies
from real projects. Prerequisite: ISE 225
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 370L Human Factors in Work Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Physiological
systems and psychological characteristics;
ergonomics; anthropometry; effects of
the physical environment on humans;
occupational safety and health; work
methods. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ISE 375L Facilities Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Design of
facilities for operations and distribution.
Product, process flow, material handling,
and facility location techniques that lead
to making good decisions for facilities
layouts. Prerequisite: ISE 331 and ISE 460
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 382 Database Systems: Concepts,
Design and Implementation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Data models
for industry applications. Modeling and
designing robust databases. Implementing
and querying databases with SQL.
Innovations in database applications.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ITP
383
ISE 385 Human-Systems Integration for
Global Engineering
Units: 4 Enroll in ENGR 385.
ISE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 404 Business and Intellectual
Property Law for Engineers
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 404)
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ISE 410 Planning and Scheduling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Production
planning, forecasting, scheduling, and
inventory; computer integrated decision
systems in analysis and control of
production systems. Prerequisite: ISE 330.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 422L Configuring Enterprise
Resource Planning Systems
Units: 4 (Enroll in ITP 422)
ISE 426 Statistical Quality Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Quantitative
aspects of statistical quality control (process
control, acceptance sampling by attribute
and by variable, rectifying inspection),
quality assurance and the management of
QC/QA functions. Prerequisite: ISE 225.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 435 Discrete Systems Simulation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Model design
to simulate discrete event systems with
basic input and output analysis using high
order languages, applied to industrial
systems analysis and design problems.
Prerequisite: CSCI 101 and ISE 225.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 440 Work, Technology, and
Organization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Impact of
technology on work and organizational
design; effects of automation; design
of improvement programs; information
infrastructures; teams; individual behavioral
outcomes. Upper division standing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 460 Engineering Economy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Utilizing
principles of economic analysis for choice
of engineering alternatives and engineering
systems. Pre-tax and after-tax economy
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
ISE 470 Human/Computer Interface
Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Essentials of
human factors and computer interface for
the design, development, implementation,
and evaluation of integrated media
systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 482 Engineering Database
Applications
Units: 3 (Enroll in ITP 482)
ISE 486 Securing and Auditing
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Units: 3 (Enroll in ITP 486)
ISE 487Lx Enterprise Data Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ITP
487)
ISE 488x Managing Supply Chains with
Advanced Planning and Optimization
Units: 3 (Enroll in ITP 488)
ISE 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 495ax Senior Design Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Preparation
and development of the senior project
proposal. Open only to industrial and
systems engineering majors. Prerequisite:
ISE 225 and ISE 460 and DSO 435
or ISE 382. Registration Restriction:
Senior standing in industrial and systems
engineering. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Letter
ISE 495bx Senior Design Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Group
work on an industrial engineering design
problem in an organization. Open only
to industrial and systems engineering
majors. Prerequisite: ISE 435 and ISE
370 or ISE 470. Registration Restriction:
Senior standing in industrial and systems
engineering. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Course content to be selected
each semester from recent developments
in industrial and systems engineering and
related fields. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering
Managers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Framing
engineering management situations
with statistical methods. Experiments,
distributions, regression, ANOVA,
hypothesis. Registration Restriction: Open
only to fifth-year seniors and master's
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 501 Innovative Conceptual Design
for New Product Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to a conceptual design
framework with a logic foundation and a
systematic process to carry out concept
generation and improvement for innovative
product developments. Recommended
Preparation: Bachelor's degree in
engineering or physical sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AME 501
ISE 502 Construction Accounting,
Finance and Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in CE
502)
ISE 505 Modeling for Health Policy and
Medical Decision Making
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Modeling
techniques used to inform decisions in
public health, disease control, and hospital
operations. Recommended Preparation:
Basic probability; advanced undergraduates
are encouraged to take the class and
should obtain instructor permission to
attend Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PPD 505
ISE 506 Lean Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
lean principles and practices as applied to
various industries. Duplicates Credit in the
former SAE 551 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as SAE
551
ISE 507 Six-Sigma Methods and
Applications
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Comprehensive study of Six Sigma and
Lean metrics, methods, and systems
with their applications to manufacturing,
services, quality improvement and
management. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
PPD-507
ISE 508 Health Care Operations
Improvement
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Improving
operations, patient flow, quality and
processes. Students will become familiar
with methods for implementing change in
health care settings such as hospitals or
clinics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PPD-508
ISE 509 Practicum in Health Care
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Performance
improvement projects within hospitals are
undertaken by small teams collaborating
with hospital staff. Study of tools to improve
and optimize operations. Recommended
Preparation: Spreadsheet use and general
familiarity with the healthcare industry;
engineering statistics at the level of ISE 225
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 510 Advanced Computational Design
and Manufacturing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Study
advanced concepts behind computational
representations, algorithms, and
mathematical foundations, and their
applications in computer aided design
and manufacturing. Develop hands-on
computational skills in team projects.
Recommended Preparation: bachelor's
degree in industrial engineering;
programming experience, C++ preferred
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME
510
ISE 511L Mechatronic Systems
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Use of
mechanical, electrical, and computer
engineering, math, and computer science
to design of high performance and
sophisticated products and processes
and systems involving mechatronic.
Recommended Preparation: bachelor's
degree in engineering or physical sciences,
and preliminary knowledge of programming
in C Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME 504
ISE 512 Software Management and
Economics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CSCI
510)
ISE 513 Inventory Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Deterministic
and stochastic demand systems with static/
dynamic models. Practice in inventory
management, computerized procedures,
materials requirements planning, just-intime
production, Kanban systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning
and Scheduling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm Advanced
concepts in production planning and
scheduling including resource allocation, lot
sizing, flow shop and job shop scheduling,
workforce scheduling and assembly line
balancing. Recommended Preparation:
prior knowledge of operations research and
probability theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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ISE 515 Engineering Project
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Applying
industrial and systems engineering skills
to problems drawn from industry, while
working in teams of 3–4 students. Teach
project management skills and provide
direct experience in managing and
executing a group project. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 517 Modern Enterprise Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Managing the
process design, interfaces and resources of
service and manufacturing systems, based
on the state of their processes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 520 Optimization Theory and
Algorithms: Numerical Optimization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Numerical
methods for multidimensional, non-linear
optimization algorithms, simple and
quadratic programming Recommended
Preparation: Multivariate Calculus,
Linear Algebra, Computer Programming
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 521
ISE 525 Design of Experiments
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Planning
data collection to investigate relationships
between product/process design choices
(materials, temperatures, etc.) and
performance, empirical modeling to
predict performance, identification of the
best design choices. Recommended
Preparation: ISE 225. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 527 Quality Management for
Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles of
quality management, quality philosophies
and frameworks, quality leadership and
strategic planning, process management,
and performance measurements.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 528 Advanced Statistical Aspects of
Engineering Reliability
Units: 3 Advanced statistical methods
applied to reliability engineering.
Experimental design analysis and
interpretation of multifactor reliability
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 529 Predictive Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Analytics for
supervised and unsupervised statistical
learning. Generalized linear models,
discriminant analysis, support vector
machines. Nonparametric classification,
trees, ensemble methods, k-nearest
neighbors. Principal components,
clustering. Recommended Preparation:
ISE 225 and equivalent working knowledge
of a computer language Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as DSCI 561
ISE 530 Optimization Methods for
Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Linear
Programming, Integer Programming,
quadratic and nonlinear programming.
Recommended Preparation: Calculus III,
Linear Algebra and Computer Programming
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 532 Network Flows
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Tree, path,
flow problems, formulation and solution
techniques. Methods for minimal cost flows.
Applications. Prerequisite: ISE 330 or ISE
536. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 533 Integrative Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp The three pillars
of analytics (predictive, prescriptive, and
validation) together under one framework.
Use of statistics, learning enabled
optimization. Based on publicly available
data sets. Prerequisite: ISE 529 and ISE
530 Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 534 Data Analytics Consulting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Consulting
project concepts, frameworks, analytical
tools, and managerial skills with a focus on
the use of data analytics, design thinking
and insight-driven frameworks. Prerequisite:
ISE 529 and ISE 530 Recommended
Preparation: Working knowledge of
machine learning techniques as provided
by ISE 529. Basic knowledge of statistics
and statistical modeling. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 535 Data Mining
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Data
preprocessing, data cleaning, data
summarization, data visualization, and
predictive modeling for classification
and regression; modeling dependencies
using association rules. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of engineering
statistics on the level of ISE 225 and
working knowledge of a programming
language Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 536 Linear Programming and
Extensions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Linear
programming models for resource
allocation; simplex and revised simplex
methods; duality; sensitivity; transportation
problems; selected extensions to large
scale, multiobjective, and special structured
models. Prerequisite: MATH 225 or EE 441
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-536
ISE 537 Financial Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Portfolio
construction and active portfolio
management; investment strategies;
machine learning models in quantitative
finance; equity factor investing and general
risk premia investing. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of Engineering
Statistics on the level of ISE 225 and
working knowledge of a programming
language Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 538 Performance Analysis Using
Markov Models
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Random
variables, stochastic processes, birth and
death processes, continuous- and discrete-
time Markov chains with finite and infinite
number of states, renewal phenomena and
queuing systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 539 Stochastic Elements of
Simulation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Simulation
techniques combined with probabilistic
analysis for solving problems in inventory
theory, queuing theory, financial
engineering, decision analysis, and
other fields having a stochastic element.
Corequisite: ISE 538. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 540 Text Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Methods and
algorithms for automated text analysis;
machine learning; predictive web data
analytics; information retrieval; social
media data; natural language documents
and graphs. Prerequisite: ISE 225
Recommended Preparation: Working
knowledge of a programming language
(R or Python is desirable). ISE 529
Predictive Analytics is highly recommended.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 543 Enterprise Business Intelligence
and Systems Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of data management and analytical
techniques used in corporate environments
and their practical implementation using
state-of-the-art Business Intelligence
software. Recommended Preparation: An
undergraduate statistics course on the level
of ISE 225. Some programming experience,
at the level of ISE 150, would be helpful
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 544 Leading and Managing
Engineering Teams
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
and management of engineering teams.
Group decision-making, motivation,
leadership, infrastructural requirements,
performance measurement, team diversity,
conflict, and integration. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 545 Technology Development and
Implementation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles and
practices of technology development and
implementation, with application to products
and systems in manufacturing and services.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 546 Mathematics of High-
Dimensional Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in EE
546)
ISE 554 Innovation and the Engineering
Enterprise
Units: 3 Examination of innovation
in engineering enterprises including
human behavior and human resources,
organizational development, engineering
management, business structures,
financing the enterprise and intellectual
property. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 556 Stochastic Systems and
Reinforcement Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
556)
ISE 559 Introduction to Data
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in DSCI
559)
ISE 560 Analysis of Algorithms
Units: 4 (Enroll in CSCI 570)
ISE 561 Economic Analysis of
Engineering Projects
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Economic
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evaluations of engineering systems for
both government and private industry;
quantitative techniques for evaluating non-
monetary consequences; formal treatment
of risk and uncertainty. Prerequisite: ISE
500; Recommended Preparation: an
undergraduate course in engineering
economy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 562 Decision Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Decision
making under risk conditions; utility
theory; sufficient statistics; conjugate prior
distributions; terminal and pre-posterior
analysis; Bayesian statistics versus
classical statistics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 563 Financial Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts
underlying the economic analysis of
engineering projects; applications to
call and put options; utility theory and
mathematical optimizations models; and
simulation. Recommended Preparation: ISE
220 or an equivalent course in probability.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 564 Performance Analysis
Units: 3 Measurement systems for
performance analysis. Determination of
performance metrics, analytical models,
case studies. Cross-industry comparisons,
measures for manufacturing and service
systems, information and knowledge
workers. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 565 Law and Finance for
Engineering Innovation
Units: 3 Students will identify, formulate
and resolve legal, financial and ethical
issues affecting innovation in engineering
organizations including legal structures,
financing and intellectual property
rights. Open only to graduate students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CE-580
ISE 566 Financial Accounting Analysis
for Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Identification,
formulation, and solution of financial
accounting problems in engineering
enterprises. Legal context of financial
decisions, process cost determination and
allocation, financial reports, and reporting
systems. Open only to graduate students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 567 Collaborative Engineering
Principles and Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Scientific
principles and industrial practices defining
how a team of stakeholders should
collaboratively work together to reach
agreement on complex engineering
tasks. Open only to graduate students in
engineering. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in engineering.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME-567
ISE 568 Machine Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CSCI
567)
ISE 570 Human Factors in Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Psychological
and physiological characteristics of
humans; how they limit engineering design
of machines and human-machine systems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 573 Work Physiology
Units: 3 Survey of metabolic processes in
the performance of physical work, study
of individual and environmental factors
affecting these processes.
ISE 574 Probabilistic Reasoning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CSCI
573)
ISE 576 Industrial Ecology: Technology-
Environment Interaction
Units: 3 Concepts and methods to analyze
the environmental impacts of industrial
systems, including lifecycle assessment,
material flow analysis, design for
environment and sustainable consumption.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 580 Performance Analysis with
Simulation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to modeling and analysis of stochastic
systems, with an emphasis on discrete-
event simulation of non-Markovian systems.
Recommended Preparation: Probability
and statistics, including hypothesis testing
and introductory computer programming
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 581 Negotiation For Engineering
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Decision making
techniques for the engineering manager
including negotiation principles, contract
negotiation, dispute resolution, auctions,
bidding, voting and coalition formation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CE-581
ISE 582 Web Technology for Industrial
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa A fast-paced,
project-based introduction to designing and
implementing interactive Web applications.
Emphasizes skills for building engineering
and market research applications
requiring information gathering, analysis,
representation. Prerequisite: ISE 382.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp The role
of enterprise resource planning systems
(ERPs) in an organization and the task
of implementing and managing the IS
function. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ISE 585 Strategic Management of
Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Management
skills and tools for technology intensive
enterprises. Life cycle analysis of
technology from planning through
exploitation, obsolescence and renewal.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 587 Risk Analysis
Units: 4 (Enroll in PPD 587)
ISE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and
Operational Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm (Enroll in CE
589)
ISE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree;
maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ISE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ISE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ISE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
ISE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Course content will be selected each
semester to reflect current trends and
developments in the field of industrial and
systems engineering. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 610 Advance Design of Experiments
and Quality Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
planning for data collection in order to
investigate relationships between product/
process design choices and performance;
empirical modeling to predict performance;
identification of the best design.
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
course in Engineering Statistic, including
distributions, confidence intervals, ANOVA
and Regression. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ISE 620 Foundations of Stochastic
Processes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp An introductory
PhD course on stochastic processes,
covering such topics as conditional
expectation, renewal processes, and
discrete and continuous time Markov
chains. Recommended Preparation: A
course in probability. Some knowledge of
real analysis. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 630 Foundations of Optimization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Convex sets,
convex functions, structures of optimization
problems, Lagrangian and conjugate
duality. First and second order optimality
conditions; applications in engineering and
management. Recommended Preparation:
Calculus III and Linear Algebra. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 631 Linear Programming
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Doctoral
course in optimization, the foundation
for subsequent courses in mathematical
programming. For first-year Ph.D. students
and M.S. students who intend to pursue
a Ph.D. Recommended Preparation: One
year of calculus and one semester of
linear and matrix algebra Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 632 Network Flows and
Combinatorial Optimization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Combinatorial
optimization, particularly graph problems.
Shortest paths, max flow, minimum
cost flows, spanning trees, matroids,
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submodular functions. Bipartite and general
matchings, polyhedral combinatorics,
total unimodularity. Prerequisite: ISE 536;
Recommended Preparation: familiarity with
the theory of linear programming and with
mathematical proofs; knowledge of linear
algebra. Duplicates Credit in ISE 532.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ISE 633 Large Scale Optimization and
Machine Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Large scale
optimization algorithms that arise in
modern data science and machine learning
applications. Stochastic Optimization,
Accelerated Methods, Parallelization,
Online Optimization, Randomized Linear
Algebra Recommended Preparation: Linear
Algebra and Probability Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 637 Equilibrium Programming
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Built on the
methodology of constrained optimization,
a graduate level course on equilibrium
programming cast in the framework of
finite-dimensional variational inequality and
complementarity problems. Prerequisite:
ISE 520 and ISE 536. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 638 Stochastic Optimization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Stochastic
linear and integer programming, multi-
stage stochastic programming, application,
models and algorithms. Recommended
Preparation: A first graduate course in
optimization and the ability to program
in a high level language are essential.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CE-638
ISE 645 Uncertainty Modeling and
Stochastic Optimization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CE
645)
ISE 651 Seminar in Industrial and
Systems Engineering
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current research, guest speakers
in the field; review papers; guidance in
preparing research proposals and special
projects. Open only to fifth-year seniors and
master's students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Fifth Year Seniors and
Master's Students. Duplicates Credit in
the former ISE 650abc. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ISE 662 Advanced Decision Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Rational
decision making; value and utility functions;
distribution theory and copulas; value of
information and control; multi-attribute
utility; decision and game theory; behavioral
research. Recommended Preparation:
Differential equations; mathematical
statistics; some knowledge of measurement
theory and functional equations Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ISE 670 Advanced Analysis of
Algorithms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CSCI
670)
ISE 671 Randomized Algorithms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CSCI
671)
ISE 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory study of
specific problems by candidates for the
degree Engineer in Industrial and Systems
Engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ISE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ISE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ISE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ISE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ISE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
ISE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Italian
ITAL 012x Italian 120 Language
Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm English
grammar as it relates to Italian in order
to improve students' Italian language
skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation
practice. Requires concurrent enrollment in
either ITAL 120 Italian I or MPVA 260 Italian
Language and Diction. Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ITAL 015x Italian 150 Language
Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm English
grammar as it relates to Italian in order
to improve students' Italian language
skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation
practice. Concurrent Enrollment: ITAL 150
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ITAL 020x Course in Reading Italian
Units: 2 For graduate students who
wish help in meeting the Italian reading
requirement for the PhD degree. Synoptic
presentation of Italian grammar. Emphasis
on development of reading skills. Credit
Restriction: Not available for degree credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ITAL 120 Italian I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to current Italian. Oral practice,
hearing and reading comprehension;
grammar necessary for simple spoken and
written expression. Prerequisite: Italian
placement exam. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 122 Italian Basic Language in a
Business Context
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develops
students' first semester language skills
with an emphasis on the business context.
Introduces students to the Italian economy
and select business practices. May be
taken in the same semester as ITAL 175.
May be taken in the same semester as, or
after completing, ITAL 120 or MPVA 260.
May not be taken with or after completing
ITAL 150. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ITAL 150 Italian II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of Italian I. Prerequisite: ITAL
120 or MPVA 260 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 152 Italian Basic Language for the
Professions
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Develops students' linguistic, cultural and
interpersonal competencies in professional
contexts. Introduces students to the
Italian economy, workplace and business
practices, including job searches. May be
taken in the same semester as, or after
completing, ITAL 150 or ITAL 220. May be
taken after completing ITAL 175. May not
be taken with or after completing ITAL 224.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ITAL 175 Accelerated Italian for Speakers
of Spanish and Other Romance
Languages
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Accelerated
introduction to written and spoken Italian
for students with a high level of proficiency
in Spanish or another Romance Language.
Students completing this course may enroll
in the third semester of the basic language
sequence ITAL 220. Prerequisite: SPAN
220 or FREN 220 or PORT 220 Duplicates
Credit in ITAL 120, ITAL 150 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 220 Italian III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of Italian II. Review of
structure of the language, drill in aural and
reading comprehension, practice in oral
expression. Prerequisite: ITAL 150 or ITAL
175 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITAL 222 Italian Professional Internship:
Communication and Culture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Combined
classroom discussion and supervised
internship at companies. Practical
experience in applying communication
and cultural knowledge in a professional
employment context. Prerequisite: ITAL 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ITAL 224 Constructing Today's Italy
Through the Lens of the Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of Italy through social networks, advertising,
music, television and newspapers.
Communicative skills developed through
conversations with native speakers, online
posts and YouTube. Prerequisite: ITAL 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITAL 235x Intermediate Conversational
Italian
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Designed
for students interested in maintaining and
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developing Italian language competency.
Builds and reinforces vocabulary, idioms,
communication skills and knowledge of
Italian cultural aspects through discussion
of contemporary topics. Prerequisite: ITAL
220. Registration Restriction: Not open to
Italian majors Credit Restriction: Not for
Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ITAL 270gw Black Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
FREN 270gw)
ITAL 300g Inventing Modern Italy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
interdisciplinary introduction to the literary,
artistic, and political movements which
contributed to the shaping of modern Italy.
Taught in English. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITAL 320 Critical Writing in Italian
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
composition through critical reading of
literary texts; comprehensive analysis
of difficult grammatical structures and
stylistics. Prerequisite: ITAL 224. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 340g Italian and French Cinema and
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of the
global impact of cinema from the silent era
to the 1990s; tracing the development of
French and Italian cinematography and
their effect on different cultures and periods;
trends and genres such as commedia
all'italiana, horror, spaghetti western,
feminism and postcolonialism. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A: The
Arts Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as FREN
340
ITAL 345 Contemporary Italy
Units: 4 Italian literature and arts in Italy
following World War II. Conducted in
English. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITAL 347 Italy Today: Youth, Family and
Migration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Contemporary
social, political and economic issues
through readings of recent Italian literature
onsite. Conducted in English. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in
Renaissance Italy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Interdisciplinary exploration of gender and
sexuality in Italian renaissance literature
and visual arts by male and female
authors and artists from the fourteenth
through the sixteenth century. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS 350
ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction
and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
transformation of the Italian Jewish
community before, during and after World
War II, through an examination of modern
novels, essays and films. Taught in English.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITAL 360g Italian Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey
of Italian cinema in its relation to social
transformation, from the silent era to the
present. Weekly screenings, lectures, and
discussions. Conducted in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A: The
Arts Duplicates Credit in former ITAL 446
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITAL 374gm Women Writers in Europe
and America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in COLT
374gm)
ITAL 380 Italian Women Writers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
poetry, prose, and drama by outstanding
Italian women authors and their role in
Italian society from the Middle Ages to 20th
century. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL
320 or ITAL 300 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 381 Storytelling in the Italian
Tradition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading
and close textual scrutiny of major short
stories from Boccaccio's Decameron to the
present. Conducted in English. Duplicates
Credit in former ITAL 462. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 382g Dante
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of the Divina Commedia and other
works. Conducted in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
former ITAL 450 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as COLT
449
ITAL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 392 Seminar in Literary and
Cultural Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
topics in Italian literature and culture.
Conducted in English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 393 Seminar in Italian Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to important trends in recent Italian
philosophy, political and social theory, and
media studies. Emphasis to be determined
by the department. Conducted in English.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITAL 401 Studies in Early Modernity
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Study and analysis of representative works
and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic
trends from the early modern period (pre-
1800). Taught in English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 402 Studies in Modernity
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Study and analysis of representative works
and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic
trends from the modern period (post-1800).
Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL 320 or
ITAL 300 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITAL 403 Black Italy
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Study and analysis of colonialism and
postcolonialism in Italian contexts. Taught in
Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL 320 or ITAL 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITAL 440 Futurism and Fascism in Italy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Literature,
theatre, visual arts and politics, from the
Futurist Avant-Garde through the reign of
Mussolini. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite:
ITAL 320 or ITAL 300 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 461 Italian Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Italian
dramatic literature from the earliest written
documents to the present. Reading and
close textual scrutiny of plays by major
dramatists from the Renaissance to the
present. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL
320 or ITAL 300 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITAL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITAL 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Special topics
in Italian literature, culture, and society.
Conducted in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL
224. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITAL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree in
cognate fields. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
ITAL 592 Practicum in Teaching Italian
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the approaches and methods of teaching
Italian as a second language. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: CR/NC
Information Technology Program
All ITP courses are open to non-
engineering majors. The "x" designation
indicates that engineering students require
prior departmental approval to count
100-level and above ITP courses for major
credit.
ITP 101 Introduction to Business
Information Technologies
Units: 2 Business technologies. Operating
systems. Networks. Application software.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 104 Introduction to Web
Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Web
publishing using HTML, CSS and other
Web technologies. Concepts and theory
of Web site creation, page layout and
production. Introduction to advanced topics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 109 Introduction to Java
Programming
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to object-oriented software design for
business problems. Creation of console
applications, windowed applications, and
interactive Web applets. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
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ITP 111 What is the Cloud?:
An Introduction to DevOps
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
Cloud Computing. Compose, secure,
administer virtual networks. Cloud
deployment models. Service delivery
models. Cloud providers overview.
Virtualization, containers, cloud
infrastructure. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 115 Programming in Python
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to Python; intended for students without
prior programming experience. Duplicates
Credit in ITP 116 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 116 Accelerated Programming in
Python
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Accelerated
introduction to Python; intended for
students with prior programming
experience. Recommended Preparation:
Prior programming experience Duplicates
Credit in ITP 115 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 125L From Hackers to CEOs:
Introduction to Information Security
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
course in computer security. Fundamentals
of information security management.
Threats to information integrity. Ethical
hacking concerns and practice. Policies and
Procedures. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
ITP 165 Introduction to C++
Programming
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to programming using C++, including
variables, operators, conditionals, loops,
arrays, vectors, strings, functions, files,
structs, pointers, dynamic allocation and an
introduction to classes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of MATLAB: a high-performance numeric
computation and visualization environment.
Overview of linear algebra and matrix
manipulation; using 2-D and 3-D plotting
routines; programming in MATLAB; basic
numerical analysis. Recommended
Preparation: MATH 118 or MATH 125
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 180 Video Game Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The process
of video game production. Video game
history, genres, development process
(concept, preproduction, production and
post-production) and roles (producers,
artists, programmers, etc.). Recommended
Preparation: ITP 101 Duplicates Credit in
former ITP 280 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CTIN
180
ITP 181 Video Game QA Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of game
software development through quality
assurance and in-depth analysis of the
development cycle with a focus on bug
testing systems, methodologies and QA
Management. Recommended Preparation:
ITP 180 Duplicates Credit in ITP 230
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CTIN 181
ITP 190 Introduction to Adobe
Photoshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Digital tools
for image creation, editing, composition,
layout, web page development,
professional page layout, and printing with
color accuracy. Duplicates Credit in former
ITP 090 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 211 Techniques of Visual
Persuasion - Still Images
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Create
compelling still images using photos to
attract a viewer and motivate change. Use
professional software to create real-world
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 215L Introduction to 3D Modeling,
Animation, and Visual Effects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An applied
introduction to the techniques used
for modeling, animating, texturing,
lighting, rendering, and creating 3D
content for games, cinematics, visual
effects, animation, and visualizations.
Recommended Preparation: knowledge
of any 2D paint, drawing or CAD program
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 216 Applied Python
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of practical Python programming skills
through project-based applications;
"Pythonic" ways of solving problems
in modern computational domains.
Prerequisite: ITP 115 or ITP 116 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 222 Linux and Containers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Using and
maintaining Linux systems; managing
users, resources, networks; developer
and scripting tools; container creation,
configuration, publication; composing
services. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 228 Computer-Aided Modeling for 3D
Product Design
Units: 2 Think, plan, and create in three-
dimensional space using 3D printing
technology and 3D modeling techniques for
prototyping. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 230x Video Game Quality Assurance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey game
software development through quality
assurance and in-depth analysis of the
development cycle with a focus on bug
testing systems and methodologies. Credit
Restriction: Not available for major credit
in electrical engineering. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 249 Introduction to Data Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
data analytics. Basics of databases, applied
statistics, data visualization. Leverage
data to make critical business decisions.
Duplicates Credit in former ITP 250 and
former ITP 251 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 256 Blockchain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
blockchain technology, a secure and
immutable way to record transactions.
Learn the workings of cryptocurrencies and
explore their impact on financial services,
business and contracting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 259 Basics of Artificial Intelligence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and techniques in artificial intelligence;
approaches in artificial narrow intelligence;
applications of AI that are already changing
society; ethical and social questions in AI.
Prerequisite: ITP 115 or ITP 116 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 265 Object-Oriented Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of the fundamentals of programming;
problem solving skills within the object-
oriented programming paradigm.
Prerequisite: ITP 115 or ITP 165 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 280 Video Game Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History of
video games; overview of game genres;
phases of video game development
(concept, preproduction, production, post-
production); roles of artists, programmers,
designers, and producers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI-280
ITP 301 Front-End Web Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and technologies used to create front-
end for web applications. Introduction
to programming and client-side web
development. User-driven website
manipulation and animation. Prerequisite:
ITP 104 or IML 300 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 302 Advanced Web Publishing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
topics in Web Publishing including
HTML5, CSS3, CSS Pre-processors, CSS
frameworks, static site generators and
content management systems, responsive
web design and web accessibility.
Prerequisite: ITP 104 or IML 300 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 303 Full-Stack Web Development
Units: 4 Modern web development
techniques and technologies used to
create web applications from ground up.
Topics include front-end, back-end, and
web servers. Prerequisite: ITP 265 or
CSCI 103L Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 304 Back-End Web Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts
and technologies used to create database-
driven websites. Database design and
implementation. Server-side development
to connect web applications to databases.
Prerequisite: ITP 301 Duplicates Credit in
former ITP 300 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 305 Intermediate 3D Modeling and
Procedural Asset Pipelines
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Intermediate
modeling techniques and procedural asset
creation workflows for cinematics, games,
animation, design, modeling, texturing,
visualization and augmented/virtual reality.
Prerequisite: ITP 215L or ACAD 187 or
ACAD 188 or AME 101L or ARCH 207 or
CE 107L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 308 Computer-Aided Design for Bio-
Mechanical Systems
Units: 3 Concepts of computer-aided design
in 2-dimensions and 3-dimensions. Creating
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advanced parts using extrusions, surfaces,
and equation driven sketches. Forming
assemblies, and sub-assemblies, for motion
analysis Recommended Preparation:
MATH 245, strength of materials knowledge
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as BME 308,
ACAD 308
ITP 310 Design for User Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
concepts, techniques, practices, workflows,
and tools associated with the practice of
user experience and interaction design in
web and mobile applications. Duplicates
Credit in former ITP 140 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACAD 311
ITP 315x 3D Character Rigging and
Animation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explore the
performance methodologies and advanced
rigging processes used to bring life to 3D
characters for games, cinematics and
performance animation. Prerequisite: ITP
215L or ACAD 187 or ACAD 188 or AME
101L or ARCH 207 or CE 107L Credit
Restriction: Not for Major Credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 320 Enterprise Information Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
role Information Systems play in an
organization. Integration of Business
Processes by using Enterprise Resource
Planning Systems (ERP). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 325 Ethical Hacking
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Ethical
hacking; penetration testing; vulnerability
assessment; red teams; hacker
environments, infrastructure and
frameworks; lateral movement and data
exfiltration techniques; evasion and anti-
forensics. Prerequisite: ITP 125 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 330 Computational Thinking
Through Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Understand
computational thinking and explain and
teach programming principles to others.
Use active learning and peer instruction
to address common misconceptions in
learning computing. Corequisite: ITP 115
or ITP 165 or CSCI 102L Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 333 Digital Infrastructure
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Virtual
machines, storage, networks and
autoscaling on various Cloud platforms;
serverless applications; managing users,
security, performance and costs on the
Cloud. Prerequisite: ITP 111 and ITP 222
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITP 341 Android App Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp App
development for the Android open-source
platform utilizing core mobile device
functionalities, third-party API integration,
and backend services. Prerequisite: ITP
265 or CSCI 103L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACAD 341
ITP 342 iOS App Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the Swift programming language, various
frameworks, and design patterns needed to
develop applications for iOS mobile devices
such as iPhones and iPads. Prerequisite:
ITP 265 or CSCI 103 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACAD 342
ITP 343 Mobile Development for Content
and Media
Units: 1 Creating media-focused mobile
applications. Topics include recording/
playback, audio synthesis, stream mixing,
and positional audio. Corequisite: ITP 342.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ACAD-343
ITP 344 Advanced iOS App Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp App
development for iOS devices using
advanced functionalities including
background data processing, network
services and push notifications.
Prerequisite: ITP 342 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACAD 344
ITP 345 Advanced Android App
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
sophisticated applications for the Android
open-source platform using advanced
functionality including background
threading, broadcast receivers, sensors and
low-level interaction events. Prerequisite:
ITP 341 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 348 Making Smart Devices:
Introduction to Electronics/Wearables
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
of electronic devices that interact with
the physical world; electronic interfaces;
development of software algorithms; micro-
controller implementation. Prerequisite: ITP
109 or ITP 115 or ITP 165 Recommended
Preparation: Students must have completed
a course in object-oriented programming
Registration Restriction: Not open to
Electrical and Computer Engineering
majors Duplicates Credit in former ITP 148
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 351 3D Character Modeling for
Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Character
design principles, visual communication
and planning for games; polygonal
construction, use of image guides and edge
flows for realistic deformation. Prerequisite:
ITP 215L or CTAN 452 Recommended
Preparation: Any experience with polygonal
modeling Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 356 Blockchain: Decentralized
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Blockchain
technology; transactions without the need
for a trusted third-party; and decentralized
applications on public blockchains.
Prerequisite: ITP 256 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 357 Enterprise Networks: Design
and Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Network
technologies. Routers and managed
switches. Integrated operating systems
(IOS). Strategies for endpoint management.
Subnets and securing subnetworks.
Reliability with networks and network
infrastructure. Prerequisite: ITP 125
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITP 359 Applied Neural Networks
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design,
build, and train applied neural networks
to solve real-world problems; implement
neural networks for machine vision, image
recognition, and object detection and
tracking. Prerequisite: ITP 259 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 360 Advanced Visual Effects and
Compositing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
techniques for visual effects creation
including node-based digital compositing,
multi-pass rendering, match-moving,
camera tracking, and seamless
coordination of live action and 3D content.
Prerequisite: ITP 215L or ACAD 187 or
ACAD 188 or AME 101L or ARCH 207 or
CE 107L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 361 Character Rigging for Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Fundamentals of character rigging for
video game production and development;
optimization of character design, skeleton
and mass properties for effective rigging;
virtual rigs. Prerequisite: ITP 215L or
CTAN 452 Recommended Preparation:
Any experience with 3D character rigs
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 365 Managing Data in C++
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Data
structures in C++ including vectors, linked
lists, stacks, queues, trees, hash tables,
graphs, and parallelism. Prerequisite: ITP
265 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 365
ITP 366 Blockchain: Advances and Use
Cases
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Latest
advances in blockchain and distributed
ledger technologies. Critical analysis of
new projects, proposals and protocols. The
promise and technical feasibility of use
cases. Prerequisite: ITP 256 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 368 Programming Graphical User
Interfaces
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Programming
applications with dynamic graphical user
interfaces. Topics include events, controls,
resources, data bindings, styles and user
experience. Prerequisite: ITP 265 or CSCI
103L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 368
ITP 370 Cybersecurity Management and
Operations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Cybersecurity project design. Incident
response. Teambuilding, management
and communications for cybersecurity.
Scalable approaches for implementation of
Information Security Management Systems.
Prerequisite: ITP 125 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 371 Technical Character Animation
for Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp 3D character
animation with a video game focus;
movement clarity versus game reaction
speed, LOD visibility and automated
export systems. Prerequisite: ITP 215L or
CTAN 452 Recommended Preparation:
Any experience with 3D or 2D animation
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
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ITP 375 Digital Forensics and
Cybersecurity Investigations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Forensic
science techniques. Digital evidence
preservation. Processes and methodologies
for digital examinations. Cyber crime
investigations. Windows file system
analysis. Real case scenario analysis and
reporting Prerequisite: ITP 125 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 380 Video Game Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Underlying
concepts and principles required for
programming video games (topics
include vectors, transformations, 3-D
math, geometric primitives, matrices).
Prerequisite: CSCI 104 or ITP 365.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-380
ITP 382 Mobile Game Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of techniques used to develop games
for mobile devices. Sprites, mobile
input, mobile graphics and monetization.
Prerequisite: ITP 265 or CSCI 103L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 382
ITP 383 Database Systems: Concepts,
Design and Implementation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ISE
382) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 387 Cloud Architecture and
Applications
Units: 4 Survey of "Infrastructure as
a Service" and online application
development. Concepts include online
storage, computation, virtualization,
messaging, and monetization. Prerequisite:
CSCI 104 or ITP 365 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ACAD 387
ITP 388 Developing Connected Devices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
and development of production-ready
connected devices; PCB design; micro-
controller logic; interfacing with the
connected world. Prerequisite: ITP 348
Registration Restriction: Not open to
Electrical Engineering majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 392 Designing and Producing Video
Games
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Roles of
designers and producers in the video game
industry. Managing development, facilitating
teams, coordinating with stakeholders.
Creation of budgets, pitches and game
design documents. Prerequisite: ITP 180
or ITP 230 or ITP 280 Duplicates Credit in
former ITP 391a, former ITP 391b, former
ITP 393 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 393 Video Game Project
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Production
and project management of video games
from concept to release and beyond.
Prerequisite: ITP 180 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CTIN 393
ITP 404 Advanced Front-End Web
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
technologies, techniques, conventions
and best practices used in contemporary
front-end web development. Prerequisite:
ITP 301 or ITP 303 or ACAD 275 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 404
ITP 405 Advanced Back-End Web
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Topics
include Model-View-Controller (MVC)
pattern, RESTful APIs, Object Relational
Mapping (ORM), testing, and Node.js,
an asynchronous server-side alternative
using JavaScript. Prerequisite: ITP 303 or
ITP 304 or ACAD 276 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 405
ITP 411 Techniques of Visual
Persuasion - Moving Images
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Create
compelling videos, along with audio and
motion graphics, to attract and hold an
audience that motivates change. Use
professional software to create real-world
projects. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 415 3-D Design and Prototyping
Units: 2 Explore the range of 3-D printing
and prototyping technologies, and their
application in modern industrial, design,
and creative fields. Prerequisite: ITP 215L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 422 Configuring Enterprise Resource
Planning Systems
Units: 4 Business process integration is
the core advantage of using ERP systems.
Analyze, configure, and test business
processes for a company from the ground
up. Prerequisite: ITP 320 Duplicates Credit
in former ITP 322 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ISE
422
ITP 425 Web Application Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine
web applications from an offensive security
standpoint. Topics include information
gathering, vulnerability discovery and
validation, exploitation and privilege
escalation techniques. Prerequisite: ITP
301 or ITP 325 or ACAD 275 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 425
ITP 429 Introduction to Driverless
Vehicle Technologies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Driverless
vehicle control; on-board sensors and video
cameras; computer vision, object detection
and identification; artificial intelligence; data
fusion and routing. Prerequisite: ITP 115
or ITP 116 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 430 Computational Education
Capstone
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Computing
Education capstone course; data
exploration, algorithmic thinking; topical
diversity in computer science education;
current research practices; computing
education curriculum development.
Prerequisite: (ITP 115 and ITP 330) and
(EDUC 435 or EDUC 436) Recommended
Preparation: Students should complete
at least three of the computing education
minor courses before enrolling in ITP 430.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITP 435 Professional C++
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
of advanced concepts in C++ including
lambda expressions, templates, secure
coding, parallel programming, writing
performant code, CMake and continuous
integration. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L or
ITP 365 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 435
ITP 438 Advanced Gameplay
Programming
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
gameplay programming techniques for both
single player and networked multiplayer
games using an industry-standard game
engine. Prerequisite: ITP 380 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 439 Compiler Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Practical
applications of techniques used to develop
a programming language compiler.
Prerequisite: ITP 365 or CSCI 104L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 439
ITP 442 Mobile App Project
Units: 4 Capstone course for Mobile App
Development minor. Work in project teams
to develop new mobile app from start to
finish. Meet with client, create app design,
develop, test, and demonstrate app to
client. Prerequisite: ITP 341 or ITP 342
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 442
ITP 444 Digital Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Composing
provider-agnostic Cloud solutions;
availability, performance and cost
management; security and compliance.
Prerequisite: ITP 333 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 445 Apple Forensics and Security
(macOS and iOS)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Digital forensics,
evidence collection and analysis of Apple
devices including macOS and iOS. Mac,
iPhone, iPad and other Apple device
analysis. Prerequisite: ITP 375 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 446 Cyber Breach Investigations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Cyber breaches.
Data theft. Enterprise data analysis.
Network forensic analysis. Server forensics.
Prerequisite: ITP 375. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 447 Mobile Device Forensics and
Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Digital forensics,
evidence extraction and analysis of mobile
devices (Android, iOS and Blackberry),
Cellular networks, IoT devices and legacy
mobile and hand-held devices. Prerequisite:
ITP 375 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 448 Cyber Litigation Support
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Civil Litigation.
Digital and Electronic Evidence. Electronic
Discovery. eDiscovery. Electronically
Stored Information. Prerequisite: ITP 375
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 449 Applications of Machine
Learning
Units: 4 Hands-on approach to the
fundamental modeling techniques and
machine learning algorithms that enable
students to build robust predictive models
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of real-world data and test their validity.
Prerequisite: ITP 115 and ITP 249
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 449
ITP 454x Enterprise Resource Planning,
Design, and Implementation
Units: 3 Process and requirements to
implement an Enterprise Resource
Planning System (ERP). Set up server,
implement ERP system, then transfer and
configure database for case company.
Prerequisite: ITP 320 Credit Restriction: Not
for Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 456 Blockchain: Capstone
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Use
decentralized blockchain technology to
propose a use case of trustless peer-to-
peer transactions. Prerequisite: ITP 356
and ITP 366 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 457 Network Security
Units: 4 Network policy and mechanism,
firewalls, malicious code; intrusion
detection, prevention, response;
cryptographic protocols for privacy; risks
of misuse, cost of prevention, and societal
issues. Prerequisite: ITP 357 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 459 Applied Machine Learning for
Natural Language Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applied topics
in machine learning, including transfer
learning, reinforcement learning, generative
adversarial networks and natural language
processing using neural networks.
Prerequisite: ITP 359 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 460 Web Application Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Skills to plan,
analyze, build, and launch professional
Web sites with actual clients. Includes
project management, documentation,
technology assessment, security, UI, Q/A,
and various methodologies. Prerequisite:
ITP 303 or ITP 304 or ACAD 276 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 460
ITP 466 Building the High Tech Startup
Units: 4 Teach students the basic
technologies and processes involved in
building web and mobile startups. Students
will be introduced to the different aspects
of building a web startup including online
business models, Product management,
Agile development processes, technology
platforms and operations, customer
development and online marketing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ITP 468 Connected Devices Project
Units: 4 Capstone course for the Minor
in Making and Connected Devices.
Team-based interacting with real-world
clients, designing a hardware system,
developing firmware, and manufacturing
a product. Prerequisite: ITP 348 and ITP
228 Registration Restriction: Not open to
Electrical Engineering majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 469 Applied Artificial Intelligence for
Cybersecurity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Use of
artificial intelligence and machine learning
to defend computer systems and networks
against cyberattacks when traditional
defenses fail. Prerequisite: ITP 125 and
(ITP 115 or ITP 116) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 470 Information Technology
Practicum
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent technology project related
to specific topics under the direction
of a faculty member. Recommended
Preparation: appropriate 300-level course
work to topic of study Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 471 Consultancy Skills for Cyber
Security Risk Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of consultancy skills; cyber risk
assessments; policy evaluations; project
team development tailored to business
objectives and relevant ISO/NIST
standards. Prerequisite: ITP 125 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 475 Advanced Digital Forensics and
Incident Response
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced digital
forensics; cyber breach investigations;
incident response; system triage; advanced
Windows file system analysis; trial
preparation and testimony. Prerequisite:
ITP 375 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 476 Technologies for Interactive
Marketing
Units: 4 Technologies, concepts and
strategies in the emerging online
advertising ecosystem. Strategies and
tactics to drive traffic to a website and
measure efficacy. Students will work with a
real client and budget to craft and execute
an online marketing plan. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 476
ITP 477 Software Based Engineering
Design of Roadways
Units: 3 Orient students to the InRoads
software and familiarize them with its
capabilities to support engineering design
of roadways. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cyber legal
issues, search and seizure, 4th amendment
and digital evidence, warrants, private
searches, wiretaps, tracking devices,
workplace privacy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 480 Information Technology
Internship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Practical
experience in applying information
technology skills in real-world settings.
Supervised internship at companies and
start-ups. Balancing academic rigor with
corporate challenges and deadlines.
Recommended Preparation: knowledge
of chosen function area Registration
Restriction: Not open to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ITP 481 Game Programming
Professional Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of mathematics, physics, geometry and
programming algorithms in the context
of video game programming practice.
Prerequisite: ITP 380 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 482 Engineering Database
Applications
Units: 3 Planning and implementation
of engineering information systems that
interface with a large database. Emphasis
is placed on web-based data entry and
retrieval. Prerequisite: (CE 108 or EE 155L
or ITP 115 or ITP 165 or ITP 168 or ISE
150 or CSCI 102L or CSCI 103L) and (DSO
435 or ISE 382) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ISE 482
ITP 483 Communication for Software
Engineers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa User-focused
design, problem space vs solution space,
data structures, algorithms, live coding
challenges, engineering demonstrations
and presentations. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L
or ITP 365 Recommended Preparation:
Experience with data structures and
common algorithms Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 484 Multiplayer Game Programming
Units: 3 Techniques for developing
networked multiplayer games. Topics
include Internet protocols, network
topology, data streams, object sharing,
client prediction, latency, and back-end
databases. Prerequisite: ITP 380 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 485 Programming Game Engines
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
for building the core components of a
game engine; 2-D/3-D graphics, collision
detection, artificial intelligence algorithms,
shading, programming input devices.
Prerequisite: ITP 380. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI-487
ITP 486 Securing and Auditing
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Units: 3 Management and technical issues
related to the security of ERP systems.
Students will audit ERP systems and apply
appropriate security controls. Prerequisite:
ITP 320. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ISE-486
ITP 487 Enterprise Data Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Methodology
to store, organize, cleanse, harmonize
and stage enterprise data for analytics.
Report, visualize, slice and dice, forecast
and predict trends. Prerequisite: ITP 249
or ITP 320 or DSCI 351 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ISE 487
ITP 488 Managing Supply Chains with
Advanced Planning & Optimization
Units: 3 Drivers and obstacles to the
process of coordinating the flow of
material/information along the logistics
chain. Optimize the supply network, from
raw materials to sales. Not available for
major credit in engineering except toward
undergraduate and graduate programs
offered by the Epstein Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Prerequisite: ITP 320 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ISE-488
ITP 489 In-Memory Data Modeling and
Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines the
design, architecture, and capabilities of
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in-memory databases and their application
to real-time analytics. Prerequisite: ITP 249
or ITP 320 or DSCI 351 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ITP 491 Level Design and Development
for Video Games
Units: 4 Theories and practices of defining,
prototyping, testing and refining a video
game level, development of game level
documents and the tools for managing the
development process. Prerequisite: ITP 180
or ITP 230 or ITP 280 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
ITP 496 The Startup Launchpad Lab
Units: 2 A real world, hands-on learning
experience on what it's like to actually start
a high-tech company. Students will work in
teams to design, prototype and implement
version 1.0 of a high tech web or mobile
startup. Prerequisite: BAEP 452 and ITP
466 and ITP 476 Corequisite: BAEP 496
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
ITP 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5,
6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8 Max Units: max 8 Recent
developments in computers and data
processing. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
Journalism
JOUR 190 Introduction to Journalism
Units: 2 Survey of all media and outlets
including print, broadcasting, public
relations and online journalism, plus
analysis of what it means to be a
professional journalist. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 200w The Power and
Responsibility of the Press
Units: 4 Explores the role of journalism and
social media in society - its influence on
government, technology, business, national
security, sports, science and entertainment.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 201 Culture of Journalism: Past,
Present and Future
Units: 4 Understanding key moments,
debates and ideas that have shaped
journalism in the United States from the
Revolutionary War period through today.
Examination of the social, cultural, political
and technological aspects of journalism
and its impact on the profession and public
service. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 205 Journalism Practicum
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Field experience in journalism,
public relations, or related field. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
JOUR 206 Reporting and Writing
Practicum
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Report, write and
distribute in-depth stories for diverse
audiences; enhance understanding of
news judgment; develop and maintain
sources; engage communities through field
reporting. Registration Restriction: Only
open to journalism majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
JOUR 207 Reporting and Writing I
Units: 3 Provides students with foundational
skills to report, write and produce
journalism content across multiple
platforms, including broadcast, digital and
text. Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 206 and
JOUR 321 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Journalism majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 210x Basics of News Production
for Non-Majors
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introduction to television, radio, and/
or digital news production. Examination
of issues in journalism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
JOUR 255 Advancing Journalism with
Human-Centered Design
Units: 4 (Enroll in ACAD 255)
JOUR 256 Designing for News and
Information
Units: 4 (Enroll in ACAD 256)
JOUR 300 Journalism and Society
Units: 4 Examination of media and society
by applying concepts on power, ideology,
discourse and representation to specific
case studies from the field and practice
of journalism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 307 Reporting and Writing II
Units: 3 Report, write, produce and
distribute in-depth stories produced off
beats on multiple platforms for diverse
audiences; enhance understanding of
news judgment; develop and maintain
sources; engage communities through
field reporting and emerging digital tools.
Prerequisite: JOUR 207 and JOUR 321
Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 206 and
JOUR 320 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Journalism majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 310 Investigative Reporting
Units: 4 Reportorial and analytical skills
and techniques required for portraying
and evaluating contemporary newsworthy
events; lectures, discussions. Prerequisite:
JOUR 307 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 320 Introduction to Coding for
Storytelling
Units: 2 Introduction to basic web
technologies; conceive, design, code and
produce an advanced multimedia story
package. Prerequisite: JOUR 207 and
JOUR 321 Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR
307 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Journalism majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 321 Visual Journalism
Units: 2 Video for digital platforms,
principles of photography, design for
web and mobile platforms. Introduction
to principles of digital news design,
interactivity and presentation in interactive
storytelling. Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR
207 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Journalism majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 322 Introduction to Investigative
and Data Journalism
Units: 2 Reportorial and analytical skills
and techniques required for portraying
and evaluating contemporary newsworthy
events using basic data journalism
techniques and tools for statistical analysis.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 and JOUR 320
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 323 Journalism and the Audience
Units: 2 Build a personal website that
features a culmination of your previous
undergraduate journalism work; craft a
professional digital profile using various
social media platforms; understand the
economics of the news business; prepare
to enter the industry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 330 Photojournalism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Emphasis
on fundamental skills necessary for
photojournalism including camera
techniques, story ideas and digital
darkroom. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 340 Rewriting History: Reporting
Rome
Units: 4 Develop reporting skills by studying
historical unsolved Italian crimes. Visit
crime scenes, examine evidence, interview
sources, analyze media reports and write
articles for each crime. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 350 Introduction to Sports Media
Units: 4 Highlight norms, routines of
content, including print, broadcast, video.
Focus on opportunities, constraints
posed by roles of reporters, fans, players,
publicists, agents, leagues, teams.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 371 Media Censorship and the
Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 371)
JOUR 372 Engaging Diverse
Communities
Units: 2 Explores how to engage diverse
local communities through participatory
journalism and communication strategies.
Focuses on using digital tools to increase
engagement with communities via field
reporting and mobile platforms to produce
stories across platforms. Prerequisite:
JOUR 307 and JOUR 320 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Journalism majors
Duplicates Credit in former ASCJ 440
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 373 Journalism Ethics Goes to the
Movies
Units: 4 Ethical issues facing journalists in
the complex world of legacy media, social
media and the Internet as dramatized in the
movies and in the newsroom. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 375 The Image of the Journalist in
Popular Culture
Units: 4 The impact of conflicting images
of reporters in movies and television
on the American public's perception of
newsgatherers in the 20th century. A
decade-by-decade evaluation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as COMM 372
JOUR 380 Sports, Business and Media
in Today's Society
Units: 4 An inside look at the important
stories, topical issues, trends and historical
developments related to the growing
influence of business and media on college
and professional sports; identifying the key
components and meeting the influencers
in class that help shape the business side
of sports, while recognizing the role the
media plays in providing daily coverage
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across multiple platforms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as COMM 382
JOUR 381 Entertainment, Business and
Media in Today's Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the symbiotic relationship
of the entertainment business and the
media; press coverage of the entertainment
industry; Hollywood's relationship with news
media. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 392 Media and Migration in Times
of European Crisis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 392)
JOUR 400 Interpretive Writing
Units: 4 Weekly assignments in the shorter
forms of newspaper and magazine writing:
essays, reviews, editorials, opinion-page
articles, profiles; analyses of major 20th
century journalists. Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 402 Advanced Video Reporting
Units: 6 Role of the broadcast journalism
reporter; similarities and differences
between print and electronic media;
application of audio-video equipment;
analysis and practical experience.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 403 Television News and Sports
Production
Units: 6 Production of television news
and sports programs while developing
video, writing and communication skills
and managing content in collaboration
with others under deadline pressure.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 404 Produce and Host Sports
Content in Studio A
Units: 2 Interview, present and design
sports segments for television/video in
Studio A. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 405 Non-Fiction Television
Units: 4 Presentation and selection in
non-fiction television programs including
documentaries, electronic magazines
and news series; ethical problems, field
research, reporting, interviewing, pre-
production. Prerequisite: JOUR 307 and
JOUR 320 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 406 Social Media Storytelling for
Latinx Audiences
Units: 2 Create native journalistic content
for current social media and emerging
platforms with an emphasis on engaging
content for Latinx audiences and
underrepresented communities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST 406
JOUR 407 The World of Podcasting
Units: 4 Concentrates on practical, hands-
on skills for the production and distribution
of a non-fiction podcast. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 409 Radio Storytelling and
Podcasts
Units: 4 Techniques for audio journalism,
including effective use of sound, art of the
interview, writing for the ear and crafting
stories to engage listeners. Prerequisite:
JOUR 307 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 410 Radio Documentary
Units: 4 In-depth reporting for public
radio news: writing, editing, advanced
vocal delivery. Production of long-form
radio features and short documentaries.
Prerequisite: JOUR 409. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 411 Broadcast and Digital Writing
for Video and Audio for Non-Majors
Units: 2 Develop a broad-based knowledge
of broadcast news writing and reporting;
recognize, research and develop stories;
write and format broadcast stories in all
forms and learn to produce finished news
packages. Registration Restriction: Not
open to Journalism majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 412 Podcasting: Origin Stories
Units: 2 A foundational understanding
of the historic, cultural and theoretical
underpinning of the podcast medium with
an emphasis on critical listening. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as COMM 441
JOUR 414 Advanced Digital Media
Storytelling
Units: 2 Production of a well-reported
advanced multimedia package, with a blend
of text, audio, video, photos, navigation
and interactivity; final projects will be
published by the Annenberg Media Center.
Prerequisite: JOUR 322 and JOUR 372
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 420 Advanced Photojournalism
Units: 4 Emphasis on advanced
photojournalism techniques for complex
photo storytelling; focus on style, content,
design, expression and ethics. Prerequisite:
JOUR 330. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 422 Visual Journalism for Non-
Majors
Units: 4 Emphasis on photographic
storytelling in print, video and Web-based
media; understanding of visual thinking
and imagery techniques. Registration
Restriction: Not open to Journalism majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 425 Advanced Radio News
Production
Units: 4 Production of public radio
news: producing real-time newscasts for
Annenberg Radio News. Newsgathering,
assigning stories, anchoring, interviewing,
working with reporters, editing and
producing live programming. Prerequisite:
JOUR 409. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 430 Writing the Film Review
Units: 4 Techniques of writing the film
review; preparation and treatment of form
and content; problems, responsibilities and
ethics of film reviewing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 431 Feature Writing
Units: 4 Techniques of writing newspaper
feature stories, including the profile, the
light feature, the news feature, the in-
depth story; the art of narrative writing.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 432 Sports Commentary
Units: 4 Techniques of reporting and
writing sports columns and commentary for
print, video, radio and Web-based media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 433 Writing About Science
Units: 4 Techniques of writing about
science, including news, profiles, features
and commentary. Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 434 Magazine Production
Units: 4 Magazine production introduces
various aspects of digital and print
production for magazines, hands-on
design for print/web/social media, visual
communication, and magazine distribution
and engagement strategies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 435 Writing Magazine Non-Fiction
Units: 4 A seminar in "how to" interview,
research, write -- and place -- professional
quality articles for a full range of magazines/
newspapers including women's, sports,
ethnic, local and national. Prerequisite:
JOUR 307 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 440 Environmental Journalism
Units: 4 Techniques of reporting and writing
about the environment. Includes both
theory and practice needed for reporters
specializing in this area of journalism.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 441 Sports Reporting
Units: 2 News and feature coverage of
sporting events, including social and
economic factors influencing sports in
America. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 443 Business Reporting
Units: 2 Techniques of reporting and writing
about business, economics and finance.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 444 Reporting on Religion
Units: 4 Provides print, online and
broadcast journalists with basic tools for
reporting on the religion angle of news
stories. Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 446 Entertainment Reporting
Units: 2 Techniques of reporting and
writing about the entertainment business,
economics and finances. Analysis of the
skills and background needed for reporters
specializing in this area of the news.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 447 Arts Reporting
Units: 2 Techniques of reporting and writing
about the arts, including television, film,
theatre, music, graphic arts, architecture
and design. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 448 Government and Public
Affairs Reporting
Units: 4 Techniques for covering beats
that are the foundation of daily newspaper
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reporting, including crime, education,
immigration and local government.
Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 449 Reporting Los Angeles
Units: 2 Specialized reporting class
focused on Los Angeles that requires
intensive fieldwork in the neighborhoods,
ethnic communities, and/or among local
institutions. Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 457 Food of Our Families
Units: 4 Tell stories that explore food culture
and culinary traditions, become familiar with
cultural areas of Los Angeles and become
immersed in global food and culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 458 Media, Food and Culture
Units: 4 Analyzes the ways media tell the
story of our food and examines the critical
issues surrounding what we eat. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 459 Fact and Fiction: From
Journalism to the Docudrama
Units: 4 Historical, legal and ethical
limitations to the misrepresentation of fact.
Includes print and broadcast journalism,
books, theatre, cinema and new technology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COMM-459
JOUR 460 Social Responsibility of the
News Media
Units: 4 News media as instruments of
constructive social change; standards of
ethics and aesthetics; interactions between
news media and cultural settings; social
responsibility of news media personnel.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COMM 464
JOUR 461 Spanish Language News
Media Production
Units: 2 Create news content and stories
with an emphasis on Spanish language
journalism for broadcast, streaming and
other platforms. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 462 Law of Mass Communication
Units: 4 Press law; government controls
on the news media; legal responsibilities
of the journalist. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 463 Evolution of Asian Americans
and the Media
Units: 4 History of Asian Pacific Islander
Desi Americans and how media and
journalism played a role in perpetuating
narratives and stereotypes that exist to this
day. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 464 Experiential Journalism in
Latin America
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Two-week
embedded reporting experience in
partnership with a media outlet, partner
university, or other organization focuses on
ongoing or current issues in Latin America.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 465m Latino News Media in the
United States
Units: 4 History and growing importance
of Latino print and broadcast news media
in covering immigration, discrimination,
culture, social differences and other aspects
of U.S. Latino life. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AMST
464
JOUR 466m People of Color and the
News Media
Units: 4 Reporting and portrayal of people
of color in the United States; impact of
racial diversity on media, employment and
access, and development of media for
individuals and communities of color. Open
to non-majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COMM 466, AMST 456
JOUR 467 Gender and the News Media
Units: 4 Gender and news media evolving
images of women and men in print and
electronic media. Impact of gender in
content and style of news, television and
cinema. Open to non-majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as COMM-467, SWMS-467
JOUR 468m The American Press and
Issues of Sexual Diversity
Units: 4 Examines how news media reflect
and affect perception of gay/lesbian issues;
provides historical-contemporary context;
arms students to bypass rhetoric and
knowledgeably evaluate facts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 469 Money, Markets and Media
Units: 4 Practical approach to
understanding and writing about economic
concepts through current events, case
studies and historical examples. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 470 Community Journalism
Units: 2 Survey of how local journalism
functions in a community. Students work
as editors/mentors to high school students,
writing for school newspaper and other
media. Prerequisite: JOUR 307 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 472 Strategies for Monetizing New
Media
Units: 4 Learn strategies for how
content creates value in a shifting media
landscape. Work with a real client to create
a sustainable media business model.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 474 Interviewing and Profile
Writing
Units: 2 Techniques of, and intensive
application in researching and writing
interviews and profiles for newspapers
and magazines. Prerequisite: JOUR 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 475 Print and Digital Design for
21st Century Storytelling
Units: 4 Art, typography, and other graphic
elements in publication design; traditional,
contemporary, and advanced production
methods, processes, and equipment;
representative examples; practice in
design. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 476 Reporting Urban Affairs
Units: 4 Examination of U.S. urban issues
with an eye toward history for context;
study of emerging 21st century solutions
for urban communities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 477 Web Analytics for News and
Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 2 Introduction to using Web traffic
and other audience behavior data to
manage Websites and social media
for news and nonprofit organizations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 478 Politics of Sports Writing
Units: 4 Critical examination of different
styles of sports writing. Focus on the social
context of sports writing and the relationship
between sports and politics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 479 Storytelling for Action Sports
Units: 4 Learn how to cover action sports
with cutting-edge technology. In-class
lectures and industry guest speakers focus
on topics such as gender, race and history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 480 Sports and Media Technology
Units: 4 Examine and analyze the ever-
changing technology sector of the sports
business and sports media world. Identify
emerging technologies being developed in
the sports industry and how they are being
utilized to enhance the fan experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 481 The Athlete, Sports Media and
Popular Culture
Units: 4 Analysis of the images of the
athlete and sports media helps us
understand how sports dramatically affects
such social issues as race, class and
gender. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 482 Comparative Media in Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examines
print, broadcast and public relations media
and their interactive roles in multi-national
and supra-national settings at sites in both
Western and Eastern Europe. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as COMM 482 and PR 482
JOUR 483 Negotiating and Reporting
Global Change
Units: 4 In-depth multimedia reporting on
social, economic and political processes of
global impact; combining intense fieldwork
and specialized background knowledge.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 484 American Religion, Foreign
Policy and the News Media
Units: 4 Exploration of the influence of
American religion on foreign policy from
Colonial Era to present; how the news
media, reporting on international stories,
shapes public opinion. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as IR 484, REL 484
JOUR 485 Sports Investigative Reporting
Units: 4 Produce compelling investigative
sports stories culminating in an original and
publishable final project. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 488 Data-Driven Storytelling
About Los Angeles
Units: 4 Students work with a decade's
worth of data about Los Angeles to
develop probing news narratives about the
city around us. Prerequisite: JOUR 207
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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JOUR 489 Hands-on Disruption:
Experimenting with Emerging
Technology
Units: 2 Exploration and experimentation
of emerging technologies through the lens
of journalism and hands-on prototyping
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 492 Advanced Coding for
Storytelling
Units: 2 Focuses on advanced coding
techniques for the creation of dynamic,
interactive, multimedia and data-driven
news stories on the web. Prerequisite:
JOUR 320 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 493 Comics and Graphic
Storytelling
Units: 4 Focus on comics as a medium to
tell a broad range of stories and speak to
diverse kinds of audiences. Develop a core
vocabulary for thinking about comics as
a medium and analyze how artists have
drawn on that vocabulary in a range of
contexts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as COMM 493
JOUR 494 Python Coding for Data
Journalism
Units: 2 Python coding language to gather,
parse and analyze data for investigative
news reporting. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 495 Journalism for Mobile and
Emerging Platforms
Units: 2 Create video, audio and graphic
news and information using mobile and
emerging technology, such as phones,
tablets and laptops, for non-broadcast
platforms; understand ethical and legal
issues related to journalists working on
mobile and emerging platforms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 496 Interactive Media Design for
Publishing
Units: 4 Design, test and distribute
engaging news and publishing apps.
Learn concepts of interactive design, color,
type, UX, and more for digital mobile/
tablet platforms. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 497 Data Visualization and
Interactive Tools
Units: 2 Present your data in tables, charts,
graphs, maps, and complex multimedia
pieces using readily available interactive
tools. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 498 Honors Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Intensive study
of a subject of contemporary relevance or of
professional importance to journalists and
public relations practitioners. Registration
Restriction: Admission to Honors Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in journalism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 500 Introduction to Newswriting
and English-Language Reporting
Units: 2 Provides students whose first
language is not English fundamental skills
to report and write journalism content,
enhancing ability to succeed in rigorous
graduate journalism program. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 503 Visual Literacy and
Introduction to Documentary Storytelling
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm An introduction
to visual literacy and documentary
storytelling. Explore the choices behind
visual storytelling that can be applied to
long form video journalism. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 504 Introduction to Emerging
Technology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
software to produce augmented reality and
virtual reality experiences using wearable
devices (watches and glasses), sensors
and drones. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 505 The Practice: Journalism's
Evolution as a Profession
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Analyzes the
history, ethics and evolution of journalism;
Students will be introduced to key
innovations and innovators in journalism
history as well as multimedia platforms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
JOUR 508 Introduction to Video
Reporting
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Write, shoot
and edit video under deadline; produce
high quality work in the Media Center.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 510 Special Assignment Reporting
Units: 2 Beat reporting with a deep dive
into research, source development, and
writing/reporting skills. Focus on current
trends, history, major actors and key
issues. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 511 Introduction to Narrative Non-
Fiction
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Summer
intensive focusing on long-form, narrative
non-fiction; read and critique exemplary
long-form pieces; write short exercises
that prepare for longer ones. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 512 Advanced Interpretive Writing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis and
writing of editorials, essays, Op-Ed page
articles, profiles, and other shorter forms of
journalism, combined with study of historic
practitioners of those forms. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 515 Introduction to Audio
Storytelling
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction
to audio reporting and production skills:
recording, interviewing, writing and
editing for audio, and vocal delivery. Skills
applicable for broadcast, podcasting or
Web. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 517 Advanced Investigative
Reporting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
reportorial and analytical skills and
techniques required for evaluating
newsworthy events. Group research and
publication of stories on important current
topics. Prerequisite: JOUR 539 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 519 Advanced Writing and
Reporting for Magazine and the Web
Units: 4 Focus on reporting and writing
for magazine and the web, learning
fundamental production skills, and pitching
stories in the freelance market Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 521 Documentary Pre-Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Pre-production
of video documentary including selection of
topic, diversity, ethical and legal problems,
research and reporting techniques,
interviewing, writing, balanced presentation,
visual and audio literacy. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 522 Video Documentary
Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Production of
video documentary including research and
reporting techniques, writing, interviewing,
field work, editing, legal issues, economics,
aesthetics, balanced presentation, ethics,
diversity and production problems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 523 Public Radio Reporting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Reporting
for public radio-style news: writing,
newsgathering, editing, vocal delivery.
Techniques applicable for broadcast or
Web audio stories. Registration Restriction:
Open only to MS JOUR, Specialized
Journalism and Specialized Journalism
(The Arts) students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 524 Advanced Broadcast
Reporting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Reporting,
production and writing for broadcast and
other video platforms; practical experience;
role of the video broadcast journalist;
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similarities and differences between media.
Prerequisite: JOUR 528 Recommended
Preparation: JOUR 552 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 525 This California Life:
Storytelling for Radio and Podcasting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
production techniques for public radio-style
reports: writing, sound, editing, narrative
voice. Techniques applicable for broadcast
features or Web audio documentaries.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 526 Advanced Broadcast News
Production
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Production of
television news programs; preparation and
treatment of form and content; procedures,
problems and practice in planning and
producing broadcast news materials.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 527 Advanced Disruption:
Innovation with Emerging Technology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Apply emerging
technologies to tell innovative stories
based on a production trip during spring
break. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 528 Summer Digital Journalism
Immersion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm A journalism
immersion experience that orients and
familiarizes students with the best practices
and standards of cutting-edge multimedia,
multi-platform fact gathering, reporting and
storytelling. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 531 Fall Digital Journalism
Immersion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Students write,
report, produce, code, promote (through
social media) and publish/air cross-platform
stories in a converged news environment.
Prerequisite: JOUR 528 Concurrent
Enrollment: JOUR 532 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 532 Fall Digital Journalism
Immersion Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Report, write
and distribute in-depth stories for diverse
audiences; enhance understanding of
news judgment; develop and maintain
sources; engage communities through
field reporting. Prerequisite: JOUR 528
Concurrent Enrollment: JOUR 531
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 539 Introduction to Investigative
Reporting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Focus on basic
investigative reporting; understand its
history, how to access records, identify
sources, use computer assisted reporting,
report in a fair and ethical manner.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 542 Foreign Affairs Reporting
Units: 3 News stories analyzed, researched,
and critiqued for validity and background;
projects to include editorials, news stories,
magazine articles or broadcast reports.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 545 International Internships in
the Media
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Intensive field
experience at international news media and
public relations organizations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit Crosslisted as PR 545
JOUR 546 News, Numbers and
Introduction to Data Journalism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm An overview
of the basic quantitative analysis tools and
techniques essential to give perspective
to a journalistic story or to put it in context.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 547 Navigating the Media
Marketplace
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
the economics of the news industry
and prepares students to navigate the
journalism job market through practical
exercises, practice interviews and cover
letter-writing. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 552 Television Reporting and
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Writing,
reporting and producing content for video
and digital platforms; similarities and
differences between media; application
of audio-visual and digital equipment.
Prerequisite: JOUR 528 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 553 Coding and Programming for
Storytelling
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Sketch, design
and code a website from scratch, using
HTML, CSS and jQuery plug-ins to tell
a rich multimedia story. Open only to
journalism majors. Registration Restriction:
Open only to MS JOUR, Specialized
Journalism and Specialized Journalism
(The Arts) students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 554 Reporting with Data
Units: 2 Focuses on intermediate
quantitative journalism techniques including
database and mapping analysis along with
data visualization to execute stories and
graphics. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 555 Advanced Coding for Creative
Storytelling
Units: 2 Focuses on advanced coding
techniques for the creation of dynamic,
interactive, multimedia and data-driven
news stories on the web. Prerequisite:
JOUR 553 Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 560 Seminar in Mass
Communication Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Analysis of
major elements of mass communication
law, legal issues in contemporary mass
communication, and the impact of
legal trends on professional journalists.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 561 Fundamentals of Data
Journalism Reporting
Units: 2 Execute data-driven projects and
add context to news stories with advanced
quantitative analysis tools and techniques.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 567 The Power of Narrative
Units: 2 Explores outstanding narrative
journalism across wide range of platforms,
subjects. Through readings, discussions,
guest lecture "salons," students learn
reporting, writing skills necessary for in-
depth storytelling. Registration Restriction:
Open only to MS JOUR, Specialized
Journalism and Specialized Journalism
(The Arts) students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 568 The Art of (Micro) Food
Journalism: Los Angeles and California
Units: 3 Food is a powerful lens for
thinking about cities, community, climate,
technology, culture - even our relationship
to other species. Focus is on Los Angeles
and California. Registration Restriction:
Open only to MS JOUR, Specialized
Journalism and Specialized Journalism
(The Arts) students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 569 The Art of (Macro) Food
Journalism: A Global View
Units: 3 Food is a powerful lens for
thinking about cities, community, climate,
technology, culture - even our relationship
to other species. Focus is on the global.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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JOUR 570 Journalism Ethics Goes to the
Movies Seminar
Units: 2 Understand ethical issues facing
journalists as dramatized in the movies.
Develop an ethical structure to use as
journalists and consumers of news in the
complex world of social media and the
Internet. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
JOUR 571 21st Century Sports
Storytelling
Units: 3 Seminar in how to report and write
sports: news, previews, profiles, features,
columns. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 572 Reporting on Entertainment
and Popular Culture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reporting about
entertainment, popular culture and their
impact on American society; survey of past
media coverage and current practices.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 574 Sports and Society
Units: 3 Develop and refine print and
multimedia skills to work as a sports
journalist. Gain perspective, context and
background in how sports intersect with
society. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 575 Converged Media Center
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
multimedia news production; preparation
and treatment of form and content;
procedures, problems, ethics, and practice
in operating a daily, 24-7 news outlet.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 576 The Image of the Journalist in
Popular Culture Seminar
Units: 2 Study and analysis of the
conflicting images of the journalist in
popular culture and its impact on the
public's perception of the media and news
gatherers. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 577 Monetization and the New
Media
Units: 3 Understanding new media through
an economic lens. Applying knowledge
by creating, reporting and delivering a
communications or business strategy
model. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 578 Reporting on Globalization
Units: 3 Understanding globalization, its
origins, history and major characteristics.
Developing skills in reporting, describing,
analyzing, and responding to globalization.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 579 Journalism Internship
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Field experience in journalism,
public relations, or related field. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
JOUR 580 Reporting on Race and
Justice
Units: 4 Develop the skills, critical thinking
and expertise to report on the ongoing
struggles over race, equality and justice in
America. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 581 Specialized Journalism:
Research Methods
Units: 3 Advanced skills in the use of expert
sources, scholarly resources, computer-
assisted and investigative reporting in
specialized journalism; social and ethical
issues in specialized reporting. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 582 Specialized Journalism:
Reporting Decisions
Units: 2 Reporting and analysis of decision
making; case studies and analytical tools in
dissecting decisions for readers, listeners
and viewers. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 584 Specialized Reporting:
Education, Youth and Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reporting and
writing on education; survey of historical
and contemporary issues affecting children,
families and public education. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 585 Specialized Reporting:
Religion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Reporting
and writing on religion; survey of world
religion, religion and public life-including
politics, gender and science. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 586 Specialized Reporting:
Science
Units: 3 Reporting and writing on science;
survey of scientific research fields and
evaluation of evidence and claims.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 588 Cities, Climate and Risk
Units: 3 Reporting and writing on
urbanization, climate change and
environmental harm. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 589 Specialized Reporting: The
Changing U.S. Population
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reporting
and writing on immigration and other
forms of demographic change; survey of
immigration, the journalism it has generated
and the impact of coverage. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS JOUR,
Specialized Journalism and Specialized
Journalism (The Arts) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
JOUR 591 Arts Writing Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Intensive writing
workshop on the craft of arts criticism and
persuasive writing of different arts genres.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 592 Arts Journalism: Storytelling
and Production
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reporting
and writing on the arts; strategies for
arts journalism in the digital era; survey
of essays and reviews by great critics.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 593 Arts Criticism and
Commentary
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Writing
workshops and independent fieldwork;
development of critical skills to write socially
valuable criticism and commentary about
art, entertainment and culture. Prerequisite:
JOUR 591 Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
JOUR 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
JOUR 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
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JOUR 595 Critical Thinking: The Art and
Science of Not Getting Fooled
Units: 3 Researching and writing about how
not to get fooled as a journalist; includes
research, writing and discussion. Open only
to journalism and specialized journalism
majors. Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JOUR 596 Follow the Money: Business
and Economics
Units: 3 Reporting and writing on business,
economics and public finance; students
produce a series of professional projects for
publication. Registration Restriction: Open
only to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism
and Specialized Journalism (The Arts)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JOUR 597 Food Culture Journalism
Units: 4 Use the food lens to view the world
with a special emphasis on Los Angeles,
and learn good journalism practices with
the aim of publishing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JOUR 598 Journalism Capstone Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Production
of a journalism capstone project with
multimedia elements for a master's degree.
Projects can be single stand-alone pieces,
or series of pieces. Prerequisite: JOUR
531 Registration Restriction: Open only
to MS JOUR, Specialized Journalism and
Specialized Journalism (The Arts) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
JOUR 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminar in
selected topics in journalism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Judaic Studies
JS 100gp Jewish History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Major ideas,
personalities, and movements in Jewish
history from antiquity to the present in
light of the interaction of the Jews with the
general culture. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JS 180gp Judaism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Jewish beliefs,
practices, and history from the biblical
period to the present; Judaic contributions
to Western civilization. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JS 211gw The Holocaust
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
background and responses to the
Holocaust, with special emphasis on
ethical implications. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
G: Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
JS 214 Zionism, Israel, and the Modern
World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Ideas about
nationalism, Zionism, and society-building;
emphasis on self-definition in the Jewish
state. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JS 258gp Food, Faith and Conflict
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Investigates
how food and food traditions create and
cross religious and social conflicts between
Jews, Christians and Muslims by exploring
faith, practice, thought and ethics. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category VI: Social
Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JS 300 American Jewish History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Patterns of
immigration, acculturation, religious forms,
and ethnic expression in America from the
colonial period to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 314gp Holy War And History: Jews,
Christians, Muslims
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Investigates the
engagement in war by Judaism, Christianity
and Islam by examining history and
theology and looks at religious justifications
and condemnations of war. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 315g Anti-Semitism, Racism and
Other Hatreds
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History and
contexts of anti-Semitism, racism and other
discourses about difference examined
through religious, national and cultural
forms in Europe and in the U.S. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as REL 310, HIST 322
JS 321 Gender and Judaism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
investigation into the ways in which gender
has structured Jewish religious, social,
political and intellectual life from the Biblical
period through the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS-321
JS 328gw Blacks and Jews: Conflicts
and Alliances
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the relationship between the American
Jewish and African-American communities
and what it teaches about race and coalition
politics in American society. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Duplicates Credit in former JS 428
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness,
and Politics in the Modern Era
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
relationship between the Jewish people
and political powers. Topics include politics
in exile, changing relationships to power,
and relations with the modern nation-state.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 340 Modern Jewish History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of
the major trends and themes of modern
Jewish history. Examination of Jewish
culture, society and politics from the
Spanish Expulsion to the Second World
War. Recommended Preparation: JS 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 342 Reading in Two Directions:
Connecting Law and Literature in Jewish
Tradition
Units: 4 Investigates understandings of
law, legal interpretation and the integration
of law and narrative in Jewish texts by
exploring how to examine legal and literary
texts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JS 360m Identity, Community, and
Service: Jews and Other Americans
Units: 4 Examination of relationships
between identity, community and service by
investigating ethno-religious organizations'
attempts to serve members of their group
and confront issues of injustice in society.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 361 Scripture and Polemic in
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Origins of
Scriptures and their polemical environments
in earliest Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Scripture as polemic and legitimation, and
cross-religious/cross-cultural interpretation
and argument based on scriptural themes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 362 Terror and Resistance in
Literature and the Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Investigation of
the multiple ways that people experience
and represent incidents of terror in
literature, film, music, and social media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion and
Archaeology in Israel
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigates
contemporary conflicts in the discovery
of the ancient world. Students will ask
essential questions about the power of
discovering and showcasing specific
narratives. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ARCG 370
JS 374 Messiah: The History of an Idea
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of the history of the idea of a messiah in
Judaism from antiquity to today. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 375 Issues of American Jewish
Literature
Units: 4 Issues-oriented study of the human
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experience in America as expressed in the
fiction, poetry, drama, memoirs, and literary
criticism of America's Jews, using a dual
approach incorporating both literary history
and specific issues. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 378 Jewish Magic in the Ancient
World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A cross-cultural
examination of different kinds of magical
literature that describe miraculous practices
in Jewish mainstream and marginal life
in the ancient and classical periods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ARCG 378
JS 379gm Mixing and Matching:
Intermarriage in the 21st Century
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An investigation
into interethnic, interracial, and inter-
religious marriage in the 21st century.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SOCI-379
JS 381 The Jew in American Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The changing
sociological profile of the American Jew
and changing organization of the American
Jewish community as they developed over
the 19th and 20th centuries. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 382g Judaism as an American
Religion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
development of American expressions of
Judaism as part of the American religious
context, from the perspective of the social
scientific study of religion. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SOCI 382
JS 383 Jews in American Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Social
and cultural history of American Jewish
contributions to the arts, science, literature,
economics and politics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AMST-383
JS 389 Culture and Society in Israel:
Inventing the Dream
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the social forces that shaped and
continue to shape culture and society in
contemporary Israel. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 415 The American Jewish Experience
in Film
Units: 4 A survey of American Jewish
history through the medium of film, with
particular emphasis on the experience of
the post-war generation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 467 Modern Jewish Thought
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Foundations of
modern Jewish thought from the Western
European Enlightenment to the present.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JS 499 Special Topics
Units: 4 Selected topics in Judaic Studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
JS 501a Bible Texts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
grammar and reading. An introduction to
principles of form criticism as applied to
selected narrative and legal portions of
the Pentateuch. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
JS 501b Bible Texts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A critical
evaluation of the biblical books of Amos
and Hosea with a view to gaining an
appreciation of the prophets' literary
skill, their religious motivations, and the
originality of their thought. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 501c Bible Texts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
readings in each of the biblical books of
Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther,
and Song of Songs, with a view toward
gaining an appreciation of their literary and
religious values. Knowledge of Hebrew
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
JS 504 Modern Hebrew Literature
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Reading of
unvocalized texts primarily from modern
Hebrew literature. A survey of the
development of modern Hebrew literature,
with an emphasis on short story and poetry.
Knowledge of Hebrew required. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
JS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
JS 680 Boundaries of Jewish Normative
Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Institutions
claiming Jewish authenticity and their
treatment of Jews perceived to be deviant.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Latin
LAT 020x Latin for Research
Units: 2 For students who wish to use
Latin in their research, or who need help
in meeting the reading requirement for
the PhD Not available for degree credit.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAT 120 Latin I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Essentials of
Latin grammar and vocabulary. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAT 150 Latin II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Essentials of
Latin grammar and vocabulary, continued.
Basic reading skills. Prerequisite: LAT 120.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAT 222 Latin III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading
Latin literature. Introduction to reading
and translation of classical Latin prose
and poetry. Extensive grammar review.
Prerequisite: LAT 150. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAT 310 Latin Elegiac Poetry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Selected
poems of Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius,
and Ovid; meter, style, and themes.
Prerequisite: LAT 313, LAT 314, LAT 315,
or LAT 316. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAT 312 Roman Satire
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Selected
satires of Horace and Juvenal; history
of the genre. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAT 313 Ovid and Classical Mythology
Units: 4 Selections from the
Metamorphoses and Fasti; collateral
reading on classical mythology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAT 314 Catullus and Horace
Units: 4 Selected poems of Catullus and
Odes of Horace. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAT 315 Cicero
Units: 4 Representative philosophical,
oratorical, and rhetorical works; selected
letters. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAT 316 Roman Comedy
Units: 4 Selected plays of Plautus and
Terence. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAT 317 The Roman Novel: Apuleius'
"Golden Ass"
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A reading in
Latin of substantial parts of Apuleius' novel,
"The Golden Ass," with study of its cultural
context and the development of the ancient
novel. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAT 320 Vergil
Units: 4 Studies in the Aeneid or Eclogues
and Georgics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAT 322 Lucretius' De Rerum Natura
Units: 4 The didactic epic as a vehicle of
Epicurean philosophy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAT 325 Roman Historians
Units: 4 Readings from Sallust, Livy,
and Tacitus. Prerequisite: LAT 222 or
satisfactory completion of placement test.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAT 365 Latin Literature of the Silver
Age
Units: 4 Readings in Seneca, Martial, Pliny,
and other representative writers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAT 385 Late and Medieval Latin
Units: 4 Selections from poets and prose
writers from late antiquity to the 15th
century. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAT 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
1122 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
LAT 450 Readings in Latin Literature
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Readings in various authors and
genres of Latin literature. Prerequisite:
300-level Latin course. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAT 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAT 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Law
Courses numbered 500 and above are
open only to law students except by special
permission from the associate dean.
LAW 101w Law and the U.S. Constitution
in Global History
Units: 4 By examining key constitutional
moments involving race, rights, and
revolutions, students will explore how legal
meaning changes over time. Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 200w Law and Society
Units: 4 Sources and structure of law;
history of Bill of Rights emphasizing effect
on criminal justice system; limits of law
in solving problems in American society.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 201 Law and Politics
Units: 4 Examination of the rules and
realities of American politics, and the role
politics plays in American life and culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as POSC 201
LAW 202 Wrongful Convictions
Units: 4 Explores the phenomenon of
wrongful convictions from a variety of fields,
including psychology, criminology, policing
and law, and through documentary films
of real cases. Seeks solutions to increase
accuracy of criminal process. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 205 Introduction to Criminal Law
Units: 4 Provides a comprehensive analysis
of the criminal justice system and an
overview of the fundamentals of substantive
criminal law. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 206 Responsible Use of Artificial
Intelligence: Ethics and Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyzes the
ethical dilemmas and societal implications
of artificial intelligence and debates the
future of artificial intelligence regulations
and laws. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 207 Personal Data in the 21st
Century
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine how
governments and corporations confront
information privacy conflicts. Analyze
various perspectives on information privacy
laws and their place in society. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 210p Fundamentals of the U.S.
Legal System
Units: 4 Introduces the U.S. legal system
and its relationship to basic principles
of the rule of law. Examines lawmaking
institutions, judicial processes and
contemporary legal issues. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 211 Intellectual Property and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
how American law protects and facilitates
intellectual property and its modern utility.
Provides a practical understanding of
laws regulating patents, copyrights and
trademarks. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 212 Immigration Law for a New
America
Units: 4 Examines current immigration
law in America, the normative debates
over immigration policies and the role the
government plays in expanding or limiting
immigration rights. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 220 The Legal Profession
Units: 2 Introduces students to the basic
aspects of the legal profession. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 225 Current Court Cases
Units: 2 Exposes students to the impact of
legal decisions on society through analysis
of pending and recent cases on the court's
docket. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 250w Children and the Law
Units: 4 Examines topics such as children's
suggestibility, decision-making, and risk and
resiliency all as they apply to legal settings.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 275p Equal by Law: The History of
Civil Rights Law in the United States
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Traces the
development of U.S. constitutional and
statutory mechanisms designed to fulfill
the promise of equality under the law.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 300 Concepts in American Law
Units: 4 The main concepts and topics in
American law, in the historical, economic
and cultural contexts in which they have
developed. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 305 International Influence: Law
and Power
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the philosophic and political concepts
that underpin international influence,
while learning how this structure impacts
the modern incentives and interests of
international actors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 310w Global Justice for Mass
Atrocities and Genocide
Units: 4 Learn about international law
and courts trying these cases, while also
reflecting on whether criminal trials are
the best response to bringing healing
and reconciliation to affected societies.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Duplicates
Credit in former Law 450 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 320p Law, Slavery, and Race
Units: 4 Studies how law, politics and
culture interacted to shape the institution
of slavery and the development of modern
conceptions of race. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as HIST 320
LAW 324 Sports Law
Units: 4 Examines the relevance and
application of legal structures to all
participants in the sports enterprise by
providing an overview of legal and ethical
issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAW 350 Law and Entrepreneurship
Units: 4 Examines areas of the law that
impact entrepreneurs, starting, operating
and financing businesses. Topics include:
selection of business entities; securities
laws and issues that arise in fundraising;
employment law; contracts; torts;
intellectual property; global expansion;
mergers and acquisitions; and IPOs.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 352 Introduction to Law and
Economics
Units: 4 An exploration of core aspects of
the US legal system (property, contracts,
torts, criminal law, civil procedure) from
the perspective of basic economics theory.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 355 Law and Landscape of
Homelessness
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the role the legal systems may play in
preventing and ending homelessness,
interweaving principles of urban planning
to understand their physical implications.
Recommended Preparation: LAW 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 386 American Legal History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in HIST
386)
LAW 401 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Studies
the rise of cybercrimes and cybersecurity
measures in recent years and their impact
on society. Topics include cyberattacks,
digital forensics, information privacy and
others. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAW 402 Psychology and Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
issues of responsibility and credibility.
Intentional and unintentional behavior.
Clinical biases. Topics include witness
credibility, confessions, cults, hostages,
battered persons, and repressed memories.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 403 Mental Health Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Foundational
legal and practice concepts at the
intersection of law and psychology through
three intersecting systems: the mental
health, the criminal and the immigration
systems. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1123
LAW 404 Psychology of the Criminal
Justice Process
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines the
capacity of the criminal process to produce
accurate verdicts, focusing on: witnesses,
detectives, suspects, judges and jurors.
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 100
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LAW 406 Individual Rights in U.S.
Constitutional Law
Units: 4 Explores the U.S. Bill of Rights and
the limits that the Constitution imposes on
the state majority's ability to impose its will
on an individual. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 444 Civil and Political Rights and
Liberties
Units: 4 (Enroll in POSC 444)
LAW 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12 Individual research and readings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
undergraduate students Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LAW 492 Undergraduate Law Review
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduces students to the basics of legal
writing and research, with a focus on legal
scholarship and law review-type journal
articles. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LAW 493 The History of Discrimination
at the University
Units: 4 Using USC as an example, this
research seminar examines the historical
relationship between discrimination and
higher education. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 497 Legal Studies Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A cumulative
experience demonstrating a student's
depth of knowledge in applying research
and writing skills on examining the legal
system. Registration Restriction: Open only
to senior Legal Studies majors in the Gould
School of Law Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LAW 498 Law Internship
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Intensive experience with a law-related
non-profit organization, or public agency.
Recommended Preparation: 8 units of law
courses Corequisite: LAW 210 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 502 Procedure I
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Fa
Consideration of the participants in
litigation — private and public plaintiffs,
defendants, and courts. Information
exchange, process, outcomes, and costs of
lawsuits. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 503 Contracts
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Fa The
interpretation and enforcement of promises
and agreements. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 504 Criminal Law
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp The crime
problem and the legislative response
to it through substantive criminal law;
administration of criminal justice through
police, prosecutorial, sentencing, and
penological discretion. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 505 Legal Profession
Units: 2, 3, 4 Functions of the lawyer in
modern society; history and organization of
the legal profession; the adversary system;
equal access to justice; other problems
of ethics and professional responsibility.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 507 Property
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
idea of property as understood through
economic and philosophical concepts.
Rights in land, water and other natural
resources. Forms of shared ownership
(e.g., landlord and tenant), and a survey
of mechanisms for controlling land use.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 508 Constitutional Law: Structure
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: FaSp
Considers the delineation of spheres of
responsibility between the judiciary and
legislature, the nation and the state, and the
government and the individual. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 509 Torts I
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Individual's obligation not to harm others;
bases for compensating persons who are
harmed, either by holding responsible
whoever is at fault or by invoking other
principles of liability, including the efficiency
of resource allocation and the spreading of
losses. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 510 Legal Research
Units: 0 or 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the basic sources of law for
federal and California jurisdictions, utilizing
a vast array of sources from books to
computer-assisted research and analyzing
research methodology and techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 511a Legal Writing
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: Fa Two-semester
course focusing on developing analytic and
communication skills. Lawyers will analyze
legal principles and incisively apply them
to facts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 511b Legal Writing
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: Sp Two-semester
course focusing on developing analytic and
communication skills. Lawyers will analyze
legal principles and incisively apply them
to facts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 512 Law, Language and Values
Units: 2, 3, 4 An introduction to legal
interpretation and normative reasoning.
Among the topics addressed are statutory
and common law interpretation, the rule of
law, externalities, and inequality. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 513 Effective Writing for
Professionals
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on professional writing structure based
on audience, tone, form and purpose.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 515 Legal Research, Writing and
Advocacy I
Units: 2, 3 Development of legal research,
writing and advocacy skills. Emphasis
on objective legal writing, including
memoranda, and researching case law
through primary and secondary sources.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 516 Legal Research, Writing and
Advocacy II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation of
LAW 515. Development of legal research,
writing, and advocacy skills. Emphasis
on persuasive legal writing, including
appellate briefs, and researching statutory
and administrative law. Participation in a
moot court program. Prerequisite: LAW 515
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal
System
Units: 2 The basic structure of government
in the U.S., including the constitutionally
mandated division of power in the federal
government and the federal system of
power sharing between state and federal
systems. A comparative perspective on
selected substantive and procedural
matters, such as common law reasoning,
jury trials, adversary process, and various
aspects of civil procedure. Open to LLM
students only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 521 Topics in American Law
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp This
course provides LLM and MCL students
with a survey of various topics in American
law, including criminal law, evidence, family
law, constitutional law, torts, wills and trusts,
administrative law and property law. Open
to LLM and MCL students only. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 522 Entertainment Law and
Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
a detailed survey of entertainment law,
entertainment-related transactions and
litigation, and legal issues facing the
entertainment industry. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 525 Fundamentals of Intellectual
Property Law
Units: 3 Focuses exclusively on issues
related to copyright and fair use, trademark,
trade secrets and related laws that seek to
protect intellectual property. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 527 Intellectual Property: Copyright
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
an introduction to copyright law, the
application of copyright laws in litigation,
and the management of copyrighted works.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 528 Constitutional Law
Units: 2 Covers the delineation of spheres
of responsibility between three branches
of the federal government, the federal
government and the states and the
government and individuals. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students
1124 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 530 Fundamental Business
Principles
Units: 1 Exposes students to everyday
business and finance vocabulary,
concepts and modes of analysis. Strongly
recommended for students without
significant prior business experience.
Graded CR/D/F. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 531 Ethical Issues for Nonprofit,
Government and Criminal Lawyers
Units: 3 Covers legal ethics issues with an
emphasis on access to justice, nonprofit
practice settings and duties of prosecutors
and defense attorneys. Fulfills Legal
Profession requirement. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 532 Constitutional Law: Rights
Units: 3 Examines constitutional rights
particularly ones protected under the
Equal Protection/Due Process Clauses
and related questions of judicial role and
theories of interpretation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 535a Race and the Law
Units: .5 Terms Offered: Fa Examines the
role of law and lawyers in the creation of
race and racism as ideologies, structures
and practices, and the role of race and
racism in shaping legal institutions,
processes and outcomes. Registration
Restriction: Open only to 1L JD students at
the USC Gould School of Law Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 535b Race and the Law
Units: .5 Terms Offered: Sp Examines the
role of law and lawyers in the creation of
race and racism as ideologies, structures
and practices, and the role of race and
racism in shaping legal institutions,
processes and outcomes. Prerequisite:
LAW 535a Registration Restriction: Open
only to 1L JD students at the USC Gould
School of Law Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 540 Topics in Legal Analysis
Units: 1 An analysis of legal writing and
problem solving of a variety of 1L subjects
designed to enhance legal skills through
frequent simulations and individualized
feedback. Registration Restriction: Open
only to 1L JD Law Students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 550 Law for Business
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 A student-run
periodical that publishes student-written
and peer-edited articles relevant to the
intersection between law and business.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 551 Intellectual Property Trademark
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores U.S. trademark law. Topics
include trademark infringement and
dilution, trademark selection, clearance,
enforcement, federal registration and
maintenance, the tension between
trademark rights and the First Amendment,
trademark licensing and other transactions,
trademark fair use and the right of publicity.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 555 Business of Law: Future of
Legal Service Delivery
Units: 2 Explores the business of law, legal
service delivery as it has traditionally been
undertaken and its current transformation,
and the primary drivers of change
throughout the business of law ecosystem.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 559 Human Resource Compliance
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides an overview of human resource
related law, and various legal issues
involved in the employment relationship.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 560 Academic and Professional
Skills for U.S. Law Studies I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores and
develops the legal communication and
analytical skills necessary to the practice
of law. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students enrolled in Certificate in
U.S. Legal Studies program at USC Gould
School of Law. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 561a Fundamentals of Legal
Writing Skills
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
purpose and form of legal documents and
emphasizes effective communication.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students enrolled in the Certificate
in U.S. Legal Studies program at USC
Gould School of Law Duplicates Credit in
former LAW 561 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 561b Fundamentals of Legal
Writing Skills
Units: 2 Explores purpose and form of
legal documents and emphasizes effective
communication. Prerequisite: LAW 561a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students enrolled in the Certificate
in U.S. Legal Studies program at USC
Gould School of Law Duplicates Credit in
former LAW 561 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 562 Introduction to U.S. Legal
Culture and Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
the foundation for U.S. law and culture,
including the historical and contemporary
development of U.S. law. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
enrolled in Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies
program at USC Gould School of Law.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 563 Presentation Skills for
International Lawyers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
the art of public speaking and effective
communication in legal settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students enrolled in Certificate in
U.S. Legal Studies program at USC Gould
School of Law. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 564 Persuasive Advocacy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the
communication and presentation skills
necessary for persuasive legal advocacy.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students enrolled in Certificate in
U.S. Legal Studies program at USC Gould
School of Law. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 565 U.S. Common Law Analysis
and Skills
Units: 2 Explores how judicial opinions
interact with other sources of law and
develop law in the U.S. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
enrolled in Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies
program at USC Gould School of Law.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 566 Academic and Professional
Skills for U.S. Law Studies II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
effective legal communication and
professionalism skills. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
enrolled in Certificate in U.S. Legal Studies
program at USC Gould School of Law.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 567 Introduction to Litigation in
U.S. Courts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides
an overview of the United States legal
system for those unfamiliar with common
law courts, including the mechanics of the
U.S. Court system in both criminal and civil
courts, as well as more detailed analysis
of torts and intellectual property disputes.
Registration Restriction: Open only to law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 571 Organizational Conflict
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Origin and types
of conflicts which arise within organizations.
Designing systems to prevent conflict from
developing or escalating and developing
a culture of collaboration and creativity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 572 Practical Mediation Skills Clinic
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Max Units: 06 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Students learn basic and
advanced mediation skills, practice their
skills in simulated mediations, and upon
certification by the instructor, mediate in
the Los Angeles County courts. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 574 Health Care Compliance
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides background on about the
importance of compliance for health care
organizations and legal challenges facing
the health care industry. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 579 Global Regulatory Compliance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to regimes that regulate business practices
on a global level and compliance of such
regimes, such as Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act, OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and
other regulations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
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LAW 581 Externship for Graduate and
International Program Students
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An externship allows a student
to gain hands-on legal experience in legal
settings. Students will be assigned to a
legal services program, government agency
or state or federal judge under faculty
supervision. All externships include an
initial orientation and subsequent academic
assignments. A maximum of 8 units may be
earned over two externships. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law Graduate and International
Students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 598 Regulatory Compliance
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides an overview of regulatory
compliance law and the ways that
various organizations ensure compliance
with governing laws and regulations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 600 Taxation
Units: 3 or 4 Federal tax statutes, technical
issues and social problems involved in tax
planning, tax litigation, and reform of the
tax laws. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 601 Advanced Legal Writing
Units: 2, 3 Requires students to draft legal
documents they were not exposed to in
the first-year writing course, such as client
letters, demand letters, and contracts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 602 Criminal Procedure
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Criminal procedure in the courts, and the
regulation of law enforcement by the courts
through rules of evidence and interpretation
of the Bill of Rights. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 603 Business Organizations
Units: 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: FaSp
Organization of economic activity —
especially the modern corporation — as
institutions of social power. The roles of
managers, owners, and public regulatory
agencies in shaping processes of decision-
making. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 604 Real Estate Transactions
Problems
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Selected
problems to supplement LAW 605.
Corequisite: LAW 605. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 605 Real Estate Transactions and
Finance
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: Fa An
in-depth look at the most prevalent
transactions and finance tools related to
both residential and commercial real estate.
Topics include: purchase and sale of realty;
property valuation; brokerage agreements;
land conveyance and the recording acts;
escrows, title insurance and closings;
investment vehicles and deal structures;
mortgage lending and commercial finance;
and foreclosures. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 607 Gifts, Wills, and Trusts
Units: 3 or 4 Gratuitous transfer of wealth,
especially the transmission of wealth from
one generation to the next as a settlement
of family affairs. Comparative analysis of
the legal mechanisms of gifts, wills, and
trusts. Introduction to problems of fiduciary
administration. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 608 Evidence
Units: 3 or 4 The purpose and character of
trial. Problems of adversary presentation
and the nature of proof. The basis for
admission and exclusion of evidence in
judicial proceedings. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 609 Contemporary Issues in
Human Resource Compliance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
regulations and compliance issues as well
as related problem-solving techniques in
the workplace. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 610 Antidiscrimination Law
Units: 3, 4 Surveys federal constitutional
and statutory mechanisms designed to
fulfill the promise of equality under the law.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 612 California Civil Procedure
Units: 2, 3, 4 Examines the California rules
of civil procedure. Emphasizes California
law, with some discussion of the differences
between state and federal procedure.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 613 Corporate Governance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the purpose, evolution and history of
corporate governance standards, priorities
and culture of boards, shareholder/
stakeholder engagement, and corporate
social responsibility, as it relates to law.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the USC Gould School of Law students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 614 Accounting for Lawyers
Units: 2 or 3 The lawyer's skills needed
to understand the financial affairs of a
business client. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 615 Election Law
Units: 2, 3 Consideration of legal regulation
of the right to vote and otherwise to
participate in the electoral process.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 617 History of American Law
Units: 2 or 3 Explores the interaction of law,
culture, and politics in American society
from the Revolution through the New Deal.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 621 Gender Discrimination
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Analysis of the
constitutional and statutory debates about
the meaning of equality, and the recognition
and accommodation of difference.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 622 Money in Politics
Units: 2, 3 Studies the statutes and cases
governing campaign finance in America
and the latest research into their effects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 623 Family Law
Units: 3 or 4 Creating, regulating and
dissolving family relationships. Explore
moral and power relations among men,
women, children and the state. Develop
skills to help clients in families. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 624 Water Law
Units: 2, 3 Covers the regulation of
groundwater and surface water by the
courts and the State Water Resources
Control Board. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 625 Remedies
Units: 3 or 4 Comparison of the remedial
goals of contracts, torts, and property and
the impact of procedural devices in law
and equity. Damages, injunctions, specific
performance and restitution. Remedial
theory and transactional application.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 626 International Investment Law
and Arbitration
Units: 1, 2 Provides students with
understanding of protection offered to
foreign investment and investors through
bilateral investment treaties and multilateral
and regional investment and free trade
agreements. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 627 Business Planning: Structuring
and Financing a New Enterprise
Units: 3, 4 Covers each phase of the
structuring, formation, financing and
operation of a new media enterprise.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 628 Real Estate Joint Ventures
Between Capital Sources and
Developers
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Explores real estate
joint ventures, formed by institutional
capital sources and local developers or
operators, through review and discussion
of hypothetical fact patterns and contract
provisions. Various issues attached to
real estate transactions are also explored,
including topics such as: finance,
development, zoning and purchase
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agreements for commercial property.
Prerequisite: LAW 605 or LAW 629
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 629 Real Estate Development,
Entitlements and Zoning
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 An end-to-end look at the
various facets of the complex real estate
development process, from land acquisition,
to the sale and marketing of completed
projects. Topics include: the relationship
between developers and architects; zoning
and land use controls; the subdivision
and entitlements process; environmental
issues related to development; the
interplay between public entities and
private developers; constitutional limits on
governmental fees; construction contracts
and lending; and real estate investment
deal structures Prerequisite: LAW 605
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 630 Mediation Clinic I
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students receive the training required to
become professional mediators for civil
cases in the L.A. County Superior Court,
and mediate these cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 631 Mediation Clinic II
Units: 2, 3, 4 Continuation of LAW 630.
Prerequisite: LAW 630. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 632 Business for Lawyers
Units: 2, 3, 4 This course introduces
law students to the tools, concept, and
language of business. It is premised on the
belief that to excel as a business lawyer,
one must understand the business world
from the perspective of the clients one
counsels and assists. The course will cover,
in compressed form, the basic subjects
from the MBA program which are most
useful to lawyers. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 633 Business Principles in Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focuses
on fundamental business concepts,
including, business strategy, management,
sales and marketing, finance and risk, as
they relate to law. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 634 Legal Analysis of Evidence
Units: 2, 3, 4 Legal analysis of the rules
of Evidence using problems designed
to improve analytic skills and problem-
solving. Taken in conjunction with Evidence.
Corequisite: LAW 608 Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 635 Employment Discrimination
Law
Units: 2, 3 Examines the regulation of
employment discrimination under federal
law. Pays primary attention to issues of
race, sex, age and disability discrimination.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 636 Labor Law
Units: 3 or 4 The interrelation of labor,
business, and government in collective
bargaining, federal regulation of union and
management practices and pressures,
especially through the Taft-Hartley Act.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 637 International Trade Policy
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Examination of the
institutions and laws that regulate
international economic relations. Students
will be introduced to the major international
agreements and national laws that regulate
international trade goods, services and
capital. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 639 Commercial Real Estate
Finance Transactions
Units: 2 An in-depth treatment of cutting-
edge techniques used in commercial
finance. A discussion of the evolution of
the finance markets, identification and
techniques used by lenders and capital
stack structures that drive transactions in
today's real estate markets. Recommended
Preparation: LAW 605 Registration
Restriction: Open only to JD Gould School
of Law students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 640 Financial Institution Regulation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Introduces
foundational concepts on general financial
institution compliance, including compliance
methods and regulatory rules affecting
banks, securities firms, funds, and financial
services. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 642 Secured Transactions
Units: 2, 3, 4 This is a course on Chattel
paper and secured transactions involving
personal property under Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code and some
related bodies of law. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 644 Corporate Taxation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Tax principles and practice
applicable to business, especially problems
of formation, liquidation, and reorganization.
Prerequisite: LAW 600. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 645 Transactional Practice — The
Syndicated Loan Agreement
Units: 4 Involves issues including loan
restructuring; what loan agreements
cover; how representations, covenants,
default and financial and repayment terms
interrelate; and how security documents
fit in. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 647 Bankruptcy: Debtors and
Creditors I
Units: 2 or 3 Bankruptcy of the poor,
imprudent or unlucky, and of unsuccessful
businesses. The mechanisms of our law
for distributing the debtor's property and
discharging his obligations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 648 Topics in Entertainment Law
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0
Contemporary topics in the field of
entertainment law. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 649 Insurance
Units: 2 or 3 The pooling of risks and
distributing of losses. Actuarial foundation
and contract problems of insurance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 650 Entertainment Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
An examination of how the courts are
handling selected, "cutting edge" topics in
entertainment law. The topics will include
the scope of and limitations on the right of
publicity; fair use and parody defenses to
copyright infringement; future technology
clauses in rights contracts; and copyright
and defamation issues arising in the
online world. Recommended Preparation:
Previous entertainment law courses
recommended, but not required. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 652 Computer Crime Law
Units: 2 Examines the legal and policy
issues involved with the emergence of
cyber crimes and cyber security issues,
including government access and privacy
issues. Registration Restriction: Open only
to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 653 Music Law in Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Focus on contract drafting and negotiation
issues relevant to an artist's pursuit of a
career in the music business. Registration
Restriction: Open only to law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 654 Television and Digital Media
Units: 2, 3, 4 An in-depth study of television
industry legal concepts, contracts,
business structures and economic models.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 655 Environmental Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Focus on environmental
law policy and practice. This course is a
combination of regulatory and private law,
with a special emphasis on disputes and
regulations involving contamination in soil,
water and air. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 657 Environmental Justice
Units: 2 Explores the emergence of the
environmental justice movement, nationally
and in California, within the civil rights
foundation. Examines several ongoing
environmental justice controversies in
California. Registration Restriction: Open
only to JD USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 658 Mergers and Acquisitions
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Sp
Problems of integrating the corporate,
securities, tax, business, antitrust,
accounting and contractual aspects of
corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Prerequisite: LAW 603. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 660 Trademark Law in Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 A rigorous introduction
to a law of trademarks. A trademark can
be any word, symbol, design, sound,
fragrance or product configuration that is
used to distinguish the goods or services of
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one person from those of another, and to
indicate the origin of the goods or services.
Prerequisite: LAW 772 or LAW 841
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 661 National Security Law Seminar
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the nature of United States'
national security law, focusing on how it is
created, violated and enforced. Registration
Restriction: Open only to JD students at
the USC Gould School of Law Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 662 Public International Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Principles of international law
involving relations among governments.
The function of international tribunals and
organizations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 663 Health Care Law, Business and
Finance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
health care business fundamentals,
financial risk and return, capital budgeting,
and long-term financial analysis and
planning, as it relates to law. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 664 Patient Privacy Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Emphasizes the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
and other important federal and state
privacy laws, and their enforcement.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 666a Trademark Moot Court
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa An intensive,
two-semester course preparing students
interested in U.S. trademark and unfair
competition law for participation in
the annual Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court
Competition. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Numeric
LAW 666b Trademark Moot Court
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An intensive,
two-semester course preparing students
interested in U.S. trademark and unfair
competition law for participation in
the annual Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court
Competition. Prerequisite: LAW 666a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the USC Gould School of Law Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Numeric
LAW 667 Hale Moot Court Brief
Units: 2 Invitation-only course offered to
second-year students as part of the Hale
Moot Court Honors Program. Students write
an appellate brief. Open only to students
in JD program (including dual degrees).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 668 Hale Moot Court Oral Advocacy
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Invitation-only
course for students in the Hale Moot Court
Honors Program. Students present an
oral argument and judge first-year student
rounds. Prerequisite: LAW 667. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 669 Moot Court Supervision
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Evaluation and supervision of the
preparation of briefs and oral arguments in
the Hale Moot Court honors competition.
Registration Restriction: Open only to JD
students at the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 670 Advanced Moot Court Oral
Arguments
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 3.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Preparation of oral arguments in
approved moot court competitions, such as
national and state prize rounds (other than
Hale Moot Court Program). Registration
Restriction: Open only to law students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 671 Advanced Moot Court Briefs
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: Sp
Preparation of briefs in approved moot
court competitions, such as national and
state prize rounds (other than Hale Moot
Court Program). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 672 Jessup Moot Court Briefs
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: Fa Students
prepare for competition by writing a brief
on the issues in a problem that is the basis
for the Jessup International Moot Court
Competition. Participation is by faculty
selection only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 673 Deal Strategies in Business
and Entertainment Law
Units: 3, 4 Examines the legal and business
skills, concepts and practices, involved
in structuring, drafting and negotiating
financing, production and distribution deals
in the entertainment industry. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 674 Advanced Secured
Transactions Workshop
Units: 1 Provides hands-on experience
in the various tasks typically required in
structuring, documenting and closing a
personal property secured transaction.
Corequisite: LAW 642. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 675 Mental Health Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Studies the important issues
at the intersection of law and psychology/
psychiatry, both civil and criminal.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 676 Dealmaking
Units: 2 Covers the nuts and bolts of
negotiating a deal with investors, and
emphasizes legal concepts used in drafting
key business agreements. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 677 Video Game Law
Units: 2 Covers the most essential topics in
video game law, including: content creation
and acquisition; distribution, publishing
and marketing; brand management; user
management; data security; esports;
online gambling; virtual currency and
property; and related international issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 678a Review of Law and Social
Justice Staff
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Writing, source-checking,
and preliminary editing of articles and
comments for publication in the Review of
Law and Social Justice. For second-year
students serving as staff members on the
Review. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
LAW 678b Review of Law and Social
Justice Staff
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Writing, source-checking,
and preliminary editing of articles and
comments for publication in the Review of
Law and Social Justice. For second-year
students serving as staff members on the
Review. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 679 Review of Law and Social
Justice Writing
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Writing,
source-checking, and preliminary editing
of articles and comments for publication
in the Review of Law and Social Justice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 680 Mediation Theory and Practice
Units: 2, 3 Develop knowledge and skills
associated with the mediation process as
a third party neutral. Explore mediation
theories, practices, ethical issues and
policies. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 680a Review of Law and Social
Justice Editing
Units: 1, 2, 3 Supervision of research and
writing, and final editing of articles and
comments for publication in the Review of
Law and Social Justice. For officers of the
Review. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
LAW 680b Review of Law and Social
Justice Editing
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervision of research
and writing, and final editing of articles and
comments for publication in the Review of
Law and Social Justice. For officers of the
Review. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 681 Analytical Methods for Lawyers
Units: 2, 3, 4 Teaches important business
and economic concepts that will assist
with problems lawyers in every practice
area routinely encounter. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 682 Jessup Moot Court Oral
Arguments
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Students
prepare oral arguments on the issues in
a problem that is the basis for the Jessup
International Moot Court competition.
Participation is by faculty selection only.
Prerequisite: LAW 672. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 683 Fact Investigation and
Discovery
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to a practice-oriented approach
to interviewing and counseling clients.
Enables students to develop a useful
framework for effectively interviewing and
representing clients. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 684 Suing the Government
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Deals
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with suits against federal and state
governments. Intended for aspiring
government workers or representatives of
plaintiffs who sue a government official or
entity. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 686 Civil Rights Law
Units: 3 Gives students operational
significance to the abstractions presented
in the Constitutional Law courses
by investigating civil rights litigation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 687 Immigration Detention and
Appellate Clinic
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A one-
semester clinical course where students
represent non-citizens in appellate
matters before the Board of Immigration
Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals,
and in petitions for writs of habeas corpus
before the U.S. District Court. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 689 Digital Media Transactions
Units: 2, 3 Focuses on the business,
legal, and financial issues that relate to
the creation, financing, and exploitation
of digital media. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 690 Entertainment Law in Practice
Units: 2 Develops legal, analytical, and
client management skills required to
represent entertainment industry clients
in all areas of the entertainment industry.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 691 Cybersecurity and Cyber
Crimes
Units: 2 Focuses on legal aspects of
cyber risks in different business sectors,
threats to cybersecurity and the necessary
compliance frameworks for cybersecurity.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 692 Information Management and
Risk
Units: 2 Teaches best practices
for overseeing the development,
implementation, maintenance and
adherence to current privacy laws and
regulations. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 694 Cyberlaw: Legal Issues
Impacting Providers and Users of
Internet Services
Units: 2 An overview of common legal
issues impacting both providers and
users of Internet services. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 697 Foreign Relations and National
Security Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
This course will examine the statutory,
constitutional, and international legal
structures that form the base of American
diplomacy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 698 Equity and the Legal and
Social Determinants of Health
Units: 2, 3 Explores how legal, social,
racial, cultural and economic factors
contribute to health disparities and the role
that physicians and lawyers can play in
advocating for patients and policy changes
to promote health equity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 701 Child Interviewing Practicum
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Learn how to effectively
interview child witnesses. Students will
practice mock interviews, and may be
eligible to conduct actual interviews of
child witnesses. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 702 Children, Sexuality and the
Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Explores laws designed to
protect children from sexual abuse and
exploitation, with a limited emphasis
on foreign and international law for
comparative perspective. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 703a Children's Legal Issues
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Students will work on cases
in the following areas: (1) Dependent and
neglected children: All children who are
wards of the court must have legal counsel.
(2) Children with AIDS: Legal implications
of such issues as health care and custody.
(3) Guardianships or other temporary
arrangements for children whose parents
are terminally ill or are otherwise unable
to care for them. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 703b Children's Legal Issues
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Students will work on cases
in the following areas: (1) Dependent and
neglected children: All children who are
wards of the court must have legal counsel.
(2) Children with AIDS: Legal implications
of such issues as health care and custody.
(3) Guardianships or other temporary
arrangements for children whose parents
are terminally ill or are otherwise unable to
care for them. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 704 Poverty Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the problem of poverty in
the United States and to the response of
government and the legal system to the
problems of the poor. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 705 Community Property
Units: 1, 2, 3 The law of community
property, including disposition of property
on dissolution of the marriage and
questions of conflict of laws. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 706 Public Health Law and Policy
Units: 2, 3, 4 Introduces the legal and policy
foundations of the global, federal, state, and
local public health systems in the United
States, including pandemic preparation
and response. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 707 Global Health, Law and Human
Rights
Units: 1, 2, 3 Highlights the complex
interactions between health, law and
human rights, emphasizing the use of
human rights in public health thinking and
practice. Duplicates Credit in PM 577.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 708 Contract Drafting, Analysis and
Negotiation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Covers the fundamentals of reviewing and
analyzing business contracts and strategies
for negotiating business issues with an
emphasis on developing practical skills.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 709 Contract Drafting and
Negotiation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Contract
Drafting and Negotiation will teach students
the mechanics of drafting and negotiating
sophisticated contracts from a variety of
legal disciplines including entertainment
law, real estate law and general corporate
law. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 710 Contract Drafting and Analysis
Units: 2, 3 Students present to the class
their assessment of assigned contracts,
then draft their own contracts, interpret a
complex contract, followed by team-based
rewrites. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 711 Access to Justice Practicum
Units: 2, 3, 4 Real world advocacy projects
involving issues such as civil rights,
disability rights, foster care, welfare, and
health care, among others. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 712 Negotiation Theory and
Application
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Develops
enhanced negotiation skills and a working
understanding of ADR processes and
procedures in an interactive classroom
experience. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Duplicates Credit in former LAW 638,
LAW 845 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 713 International Human Rights
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp This
course will address the international law
and institutions which have developed since
World War II for the protection of human
rights. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 714 U.S. Foreign Policy and
International Law
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Discusses current U.S.
foreign policy challenges and the underlying
international legal issues and principles
which shape them. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 715 ADR Law and Policy: Mediation
and Arbitration
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the origin, development,
and practice of mediation, arbitration and
other forms of ADR, emphasizing the
policies underlying these increasingly
significant and evolving areas. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law majors
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 716 Race and Gender in the Law
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Investigates the experience
of women and people of color as they
have encountered legal institutions and
processes. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Law students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 717 Estate Planning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Legal and
tax considerations important to the lawyers
advising their clients on the transmission
of wealth from one generation to the next.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 718 Sports Law in Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Sports law is a blend of contract, labor,
antitrust, agency, tax, intellectual property,
tort, civil rights and constitutional law.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 719 Corporate Finance
Units: 2, 3, 4 Legal and economic aspects
of corporate finance including capital
structure, policy, mergers, takeovers, and
freeze-outs; analysis of policy relating
to present law and possible reforms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 720 Topics in Corporate Law
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Executive malfeasance,
shareholder rights, securities class actions,
asset securitizations, hedge fund regulation
and corporate social responsibility from
a theoretical and corporate finance
framework. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Law students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 722 Litigating Land Use Cases
Units: 2 Covers leading land use appellate
cases, developing and implementing
winning strategies with clients, formulating
and articulating sensible arguments and
rebuffing flawed arguments. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 723 Children and the Law
Units: 2 Explore areas of law that cover
children and require students to think
critically and practically about children's role
in the legal system. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 724 Influencing Society and the
Environment through Real Estate
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Holistically
studies how real estate laws and
regulations are used to address today's
most significant social and environmental
policy issues. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 726 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and the
Rule of Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the role of race (and
other markers of social marginality) in the
administration of justice in American courts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 727 Partnerships and Limited
Liability Companies
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Deals
with the formation, features and functions of
general partnerships, limited partnerships
and limited liability companies. Also focuses
on business planning, recognizing business
and legal objectives and selecting the
appropriate entity to accomplish these
objectives. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 728 Legal Technology
Units: 2 Technology and innovation,
including AI, blockchain, practice
management, big data analytics and
E-discovery software, are transforming the
role of lawyers and the delivery of legal
services. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 729 Law, Society and the
University: the History of Discrimination
Seminar
Units: 3 Explores the role of the university
in the world, using USC as an example.
Emphasizes original research into the
twentieth-century history of the university as
an active participant in political, economic,
ideological and environmental trends in the
city, the nation and the world. Registration
Restriction: Open only to JD students at
the USC Gould School of Law Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 730 Computer Science for Lawyers
Units: 1, 2 Focuses on applied principles
of litigation involving software, including
mobile and web applications, databases
and machine learning. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate-level
students at the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 731 Toxic Torts Seminar
Units: 3 An introduction to the world of Toxic
Torts, including a definition of that term
and with special emphasis on the topics,
scientific realities and litigation procedures
that make Toxic Torts different from normal
torts. Registration Restriction: Open only
to JD students at the Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 732 Bioethics and Law Seminar
Units: 2, 3 Covers legal and law-related
issues, including constitutional law
perspectives, concerning biomedical
technologies. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 733 Business Bankruptcy
Units: 2, 3 Reorganization of failing
corporations under Chapter XI of the
Bankruptcy Act. Claims, protective
committees, plans, tax considerations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 734 Local Government Law
Units: 3 or 4 Study and evaluation of the
municipal and regional legal institutions.
Emphasis on the crises in financing and
governing the urban society. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 735 Diversity in Big Law
Units: 3 Explores some of the most
important questions facing the legal
profession today: What role does money
play in the practice of law? Why have
women and minorities lagged in advancing
in the profession? Why has Big Law
exploded? Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 736 Small Business Clinic I
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students provide legal assistance to small
businesses, entrepreneurs and non-profit
organizations that cannot pay market rates
for legal services. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 737 Small Business Clinic II
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Sp
Continuation of Small Business Clinic I.
Prerequisite: LAW 736. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 738 E-Discovery Law
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Focuses
on the electronic storage of information
(ESI) and how it works in the litigation
discovery process. Recommended
Preparation: Basic familiarity with the
document discovery process in litigation
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 741 Marijuana Cannabis Law
Units: 2 History of distribution and sale
of marijuana, including the backstory to
the federal-state stand-off, the inability of
marijuana businesses to utilize federally-
insured bank accounts, customary business
tax deductions and bankruptcy protections,
and essential information to ethically
practice in the field. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law JD
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 742 What's Wrong with the
American Criminal Legal System?
Units: 2, 3 Explores features of the
American criminal legal system and its
shortcomings, focusing in particular on the
exceptionally high rates of incarceration
and racial imbalance. Explores avenues
for criminal process reform. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 743 Federal Criminal Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Covered topics include
offenses relating to fraud and political
corruption, terrorism, narcotics, money
laundering, organized crime, false
statements and obstruction of justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 744 Anatomy of an International
Business Deal
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Focuses
on developing practical skills a lawyer
needs to successfully represent a party
in any commercial transaction, including
international business transactions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 746 Critical Race Theory
Units: 2, 3, 4 Intersectionality, destruction
and critical historiography; specifically
affirmative action in education, hate speech
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and immigration reform. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 748 Consumer Law
Units: 3 Structured around consumer
transactions; studies contemporary
consumer law; examines consumer law
statutes in the context of the common law,
primarily tort and contract. Recommended
Preparation: Courses in Remedies and
California Civil Procedure Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 749 Securities Regulation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Regulation by state and
federal agencies of issuance of, and trading
in, stocks, bonds, and other securities.
Particular reference to SEC regulations.
Prerequisite: LAW 603 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 751 Sexual Orientation and the Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the ways in which American law has
responded to the diversity that exists within
human sexual orientation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 753 Antitrust Law I
Units: 3 or 4 Laws designed to preserve
and promote business competition, with
heavy emphasis on the federal antitrust
laws. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 754 Antitrust and Intellectual
Property Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Covers the interface between
antitrust law and intellectual property law.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 757 Sex, Gender and the Law
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Explores law's response to questions of
sex discrimination and gender identity
and expression, with emphasis upon legal
issues facing transgender and intersex
persons. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 760a Interdisciplinary Law Journal
Staff
Units: 1 or 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Source-checking and preliminary editing
of articles and comments for publication
in the Interdisciplinary Law Journal. For
second-year students serving as staff
members on the Journal. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
LAW 760b Interdisciplinary Law Journal
Staff
Units: 1 or 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Source-
checking and preliminary editing of articles
and comments for publication in the
Interdisciplinary Law Journal. For third-year
students serving as staff members on the
Journal. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 761 Interdisciplinary Law Journal
Writing
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Students will write journal
notes as members of the Interdisciplinary
Law Journal. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 762a Interdisciplinary Law Journal
Editing
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervision and final editing of articles
and comments for publication in the
Interdisciplinary Law Journal. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
LAW 762b Interdisciplinary Law Journal
Editing
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervision and final editing of articles
and comments for publication in the
Interdisciplinary Law Journal. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 763 Federal Courts: The Federal
System II
Units: 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Problems of adjudication in a federal
system. Allocation of authority between
federal and state courts and among
Congress, the Executive and the Courts;
choice of federal and state law; jurisdiction
of federal courts and significant rules of
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 764 International Business
Transactions
Units: 3 or 4 Survey of legal aspects
of international trade and investment
transactions, including tax considerations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 765 Intellectual Property Litigation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Analyzes selected
contributions to intellectual property
scholarship and explores some challenging
problems in contemporary intellectual
property law. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 766 Writing for Publication Seminar
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Special seminars to provide
a forum for students who wish to produce
a paper for academic publication to receive
guidance and feedback. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 767a Law Review Staff I
Units: 1 or 2 Writing, source-checking,
and preliminary editing of articles and
comments for publication in the Southern
California Law Review. For second-year
students serving as staff members on the
Review. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
LAW 767b Law Review Staff I
Units: 1 or 2 Writing, source-checking,
and preliminary editing of articles and
comments for publication in the Southern
California Law Review. For second-year
students serving as staff members on the
Review. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 768 Law Review Writing
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Writing,
source-checking and preliminary editing of
articles and comments for publication in the
Southern California Law Review. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 769a Law Review Editing
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervision of research and writing, and
final editing of articles and comments
for publication in the Southern California
Law Review. For officers of the Review.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
LAW 769b Law Review Editing
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervision of research and writing, and
final editing of articles and comments
for publication in the Southern California
Law Review. For officers of the Review.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 770 Technology Transactions
Units: 2, 3 Provides students with
the foundation for advising clients on
transactions involving patents, trade
secrets and other technology-related rights.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 771 Intellectual Property and
Technology Law Clinic I
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: Fa
Provides law students with the ability to
represent clients (under the supervision
of the professor) in cutting-edge issues
of intellectual property and technology
law. Corequisite: LAW 772 or LAW 841.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LAW 772 Intellectual Property
Units: 2 or 3 The protection of intellectual
property and encouragement of creativity.
Explores copyright, trademarks, patents,
and selected state law theories. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 773 Internet Law
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Fa Integration
of cyberspace and the Internet into existing
legal structures. Topics include: First
Amendment issues; intellectual property,
privacy and child protection; criminal activity
and governance and jurisdictional activities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 774 Los Angeles, Latinos and the
Law
Units: 2 Examines the seminal legal events
and cases relevant to Latinos in Los
Angeles history, starting with the founding
of 'El Pueblo' and continuing through the
modern day. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 775 Immigration Law
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 The development of
immigration law to its present state.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 776 Immigration Clinic I
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students represent clients before
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
the Immigration Court, and certain law
enforcement agencies in cases including
applications for relief under the Violence
Against Women Act, for asylum, and for
relief against deportation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 777 Administrative Law and
Regulatory Policy
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Legal principles subject to
judicial control and the alternative ways in
which agencies can be organized to serve
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their purposes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 778 Sales Transactions
Units: 2, 3, 4 Analysis of the buying
and selling of goods both in domestic
and international transactions with a
heavy focus on Article 2 of the Uniform
Commercial Code. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 780 Intellectual Property and
Technology Law Clinic II
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of LAW 771. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 781 Externship I
Units: 2, 4, 10, 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An externship allows a student
to gain hands-on legal experience in
legal settings. Students will be assigned
to a legal services program, government
agency, or state or federal judge under
faculty supervision. All externships include
a classroom component. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 782 Externship II
Units: 2, 4, 10, 12 Terms Offered: FaSp
Advanced externship. All externships
include a classroom component.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 783 Exploring the Role of In-House
Counsel
Units: 1 Explore the role of the General
Counsel and learn how to analyze and
respond to a broad range of matters
impacting public and private companies.
Registration Restriction: Open only to JD
students in the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 788 Racial Ambiguity Blues
Units: 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Examines the three prevailing concepts of
race currently used in the American legal
system: biological race, performed race
and physical race. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 789 Race, Racism and the Law
Units: 3 Understand the reciprocal
relationship through which race and racism
have shaped American law and how law
has shaped popular conceptions of race
and racism. Registration Restriction: Open
only to JD students at the USC Gould
School of Law Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 791 Law and Society
Units: 2, 3, 4 Covers a wide range of
perspectives and examples from diverse
legal settings to understand law as
broader than statutes, judicial decisions
and regulations, but rather as a social
phenomenon embedded in culture, politics
and markets. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 792 Law and Philosophy Seminar
Units: 2, 3, 4 Examination of the best
scholarly work currently done by legal,
moral and political philosophers.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 794 Legal Theory Seminar
Units: 2, 3 Seminar on legal theory, the
use of theoretical tools from philosophy
and other disciplines (including economics,
critical theory and social theory) to analyze
and criticize legal rules, doctrines and
institutions. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 796 Immigration Clinic II
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: Sp
Continuation of LAW 776. Enrollment
restricted to law students. Prerequisite:
LAW 776. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 798 Law, Mental Health and Ethics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Focuses on one or two topics per
year at the intersection of law, mental
health and ethics and explores them from
an interdisciplinary perspective. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 801 Venture Capital and Emerging
Companies
Units: 2, 3 Introduces students to the
unique legal and financial aspects of the
venture capital industry and the skills
needed to represent entrepreneurs and
venture capital investors. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 803 Foundations of Private Law
Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Contemporary theories of property and
contract law, as a means to understand
the theoretical foundations of these areas
of law. Registration Restriction: Open only
to JD students at the USC Gould School
of Law Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 804 Information Privacy Law
Units: 2 Surveys the legal framework
concerning information privacy in the U.S.,
including developments in constitutional,
tort, contract, property and statutory law
to address emerging privacy threats.
Registration Restriction: Open only to law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 805 Corporate Governance: Theory
and Practice
Units: 2,3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the foundational policy debates in
corporate law, as well as some of the
fundamental economic concepts that
informs those debates. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 806 Disability Law Seminar
Units: 3 Introduces students to the law
governing issues of disability, and the
relationship between law, medicine and
social justice. Reviews adequacy of legal
tools to meet the financial, social, medical
and emotional burdens of disability
marginalization. Registration Restriction:
Open only to JD Students at the USC
Gould School of Law Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 807 Corporate and Commercial
Law Seminar
Units: 3, 4 Examine leading legal and
economic theories regarding corporate
governance. Prerequisite: LAW 603
Registration Restriction: Open only to JD
students at the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 808 Medical-Legal Community
Partnership Practicum
Units: 2, 3 Medical and law students, in
conjunction with public policy advocates,
work together to identify and improve
health outcomes for vulnerable populations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to JD
students at the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 809 Deposition Strategies and
Techniques
Units: 2, 3 Emphasizes strategies and
tactics in asking and objecting to questions
at a deposition in a civil case. Students will
conduct mock depositions. Corequisite:
LAW 608 Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 810 Patent Law
Units: 3, 4 Terms Offered: Sp Patent laws,
litigation, and the process of prosecuting
the patent application. The concept of
invention and ownership of rights under
patents. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 811 Health Law and Policy
Units: 2, 3, 4 Explores the statutes and
regulations that govern the health care
system and the policies that shape its
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 812 Health Advocacy and Justice
Units: 1 Explore ways to serve as an
advocate for justice in health care at both
the individual and societal levels. Learn a
set of strategic and deliberate actions to
influence decision-makers, stakeholders
and relevant audiences. Registration
Restriction: Open only to JD students at
the USC Gould School of Law Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 813 Arbitration in the United States
Units: 3 Introduces students to the range of
issues addressed by the Federal Arbitration
Act and state arbitration laws. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 816 Dealmaking in the
Entertainment Industry
Units: 1, 2 Examines the major components
of deals in the entertainment industry, and
provides students the opportunity to learn
real-world negotiating skills in the process.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 817 International Arbitration
Units: 3 Examines methods of dispute
resolution used in other countries and
compares them to those employed in the
United States. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 819 ADR Ethics
Units: 1, 2 Provides law students, lawyers
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and professional neutrals with an in-
depth examination of the rules guiding
our behavior in various dispute resolution
processes. Registration Restriction: Open
only to law students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 820 Pretrial Advocacy
Units: 3 or 4 Examines conceptual
and practical aspects of interviewing,
counseling, negotiation, settlement,
drafting, and formal advocacy in the
handling of legal cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 821 Trial Advocacy
Units: 3 or 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Examines decision-making by counsel in
the litigation of cases. Emphasis is given to
decisions involving tactics and strategies
and their implications for the functioning of
legal institutions and substantive doctrine.
Extensive use of simulated trial practice
exercises. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 822 Alternative Dispute Resolution
Clause Drafting
Units: 1 Explores a variety of contract
provisions, and teaches students the
important drafting skills necessary to
achieve a client's goal. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 824 Arbitration Advocacy
Units: 1, 2 Helps students understand
the basic approaches to preparing and
presenting cases in the arbitration context.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
School students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 825 International Arbitration
Competition
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 6 Covers basic
aspects of international commercial
arbitration and prepares a USC Law School
team for participation in the Willem C. Vis
International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 826 Employment Dispute Mediation
Units: 1, 2 Provides hands-on experience
in mediation of the complex issues of
disability, wage and hour, sex and sex
harassment, age, race, religion, and
national origin. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 827 Counseling the Startup
Company
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Sp Role of
the attorney in startup firms: business
plan, employment agreements, lease,
stock option plan, financing documents
and distribution and strategic partnership
arrangements. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 828 Mediation Advocacy
Units: 3 Introduces students to the process
of mediation, explores the philosophical
approaches to mediation and different
styles of mediating, develops a working
knowledge of the stages of mediation,
and cultivates students' skills to become
effective advocates throughout each stage
of the process. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 829 Cross-Cultural Dispute
Resolution
Units: 2 Brings an international perspective
to understanding the impact of culture in
the most commonly used international
and domestic dispute resolution practices
(negotiation, mediation, and arbitration).
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 830 Law Firm Economics and the
Public Interest
Units: 1 Introduces students to the tools
needed to work in a large law firm pro bono
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
LAW 832 Special Education Dispute
Resolution
Units: 2 Surveys the continuum of
options available to, and emerging issues
considered by, contemporary special
education dispute resolution professionals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 833 Labor Arbitration
Units: 2 Introduces students to the National
Labor Relations Act, collective bargaining
and the labor arbitration process. Students
also prepare labor arbitration briefs.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 834 Veterans Legal Practicum
Units: 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Allows students
to hone their legal skills while representing
veterans of the United States Armed Forces
in administrative proceedings. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 835 Transactional Due Diligence
Units: 1 Prepares students to handle due
diligence projects at the level of a first-year
or second-year transactional associate
through hands-on, practical training.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 836 Prosecutorial Ethics Seminar
Units: 2 An exploration of a prosecutor's
obligation to ensure that "justice" is done in
criminal cases. Delve into the complexities
of the various roles prosecutors play in our
criminal justice system, from investigation
through sentencing. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Gould School of
Law students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 837 Diversity: Legal and Social
Perspectives
Units: 2, 3 Examine legal and social
perspectives on the concept of diversity.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Law
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 838 Patent Drafting and
Prosecution
Units: 3 Students learn how to prepare and
prosecute U.S. patent applications, as well
as an overview of post-grant proceedings
and design and foreign patent prosecution.
Registration Restriction: Open only to JD
students at the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 839 Copyright Law in Practice
Units: 2, 3, 4 Study of federal copyright law,
analysis of property rights and interests
created thereunder. Manner in which these
rights can be exploited in the various
entertainment media. Prerequisite: LAW
772 or LAW 841 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 841 Copyright, Trademark and
Related Rights
Units: 3 An introductory survey of statutory
and case law, and underlying policy issues,
concerning copyright, trademark and
certain related legal rights. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 842 Partnership Taxation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Explores the fundamentals
of federal income taxation of partners
and partnerships, including classification,
formation, operations, distributions,
disposition of partnership interests,
partnership terminations and the drafting
of partnership agreements. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 843 Tax Policy Seminar
Units: 2, 3, 4 Students will write and present
papers discussing topics in tax policy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 844 Prepare for Trial Like a Master
Units: 1 Allows students to practice trial
techniques and covers cutting-edge
techniques in trial preparation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 845 Negotiation Skills
Units: 2, 3 Develops students' negotiating
skills through role plays, reflection
and instructor feedback. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Duplicates Credit in
LAW 712 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 849 International Human Rights
Clinic I
Units: 4, 5 Students work under close
faculty supervision on cases and projects
that involve the application of international
law to address human rights violations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 850 International Human Rights
Clinic II
Units: 4 or 5 Continuation of the
International Human Rights Clinic.
Prerequisite: LAW 849. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 851 Topics in Criminal Law and
Criminology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Selected topics in criminal
law or criminology. May be repeated with
permission of the instructor as topics vary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 853 Divorce and Family Mediation
Units: 2 Learn the practice and theory
required to navigate many family law
issues, including divorce, property, custody
and immigration disputes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 854 Legal Innovations Lab
Units: 2, 3 Students work in teams to
develop innovative ways of addressing
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shortcomings in our legal systems
to improve access, quality, efficiency
and global integration and prosperity.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 855 Admiralty and Maritime Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The law
governing ocean shipping. Among others,
topics include: admiralty jurisdiction and
procedure; carriage of goods; marine
finance and liens; personal injury;
environmental law, and limitation on liability.
Registration Restriction: Open only to JD
students at the USC Gould School of Law
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 858 Law and Psychology
Units: 2, 3, 4 Examines the psychological
factors that hinder the making of accurate
factual findings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 860 International Criminal Law
Units: 4 Covers the prosecution, trial and
punishment of individuals suspected of
crimes considered among the most serious
violations of international humanitarian and
human rights law. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 863 International Negotiations and
Mediation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Introduction to negotiation and
mediation from an international perspective.
Development of essential skills for effective
client representation in negotiation and
mediation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Law students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 865 Legislative Policy Practicum
Units: 3 Provides students with an
opportunity to participate in realworld
advocacy on juvenile justice issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 866 Counterterrorism, Privacy and
Civil Liberties
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the spectrum of interrelated legal
and policy issues known as "homeland
security" since the events of September 11,
2001. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 867 Corporate Fraud Seminar
Units: 3 Introduces law students to the real
world issues of major civil and criminal
corporate fraud. Registration Restriction:
Open only to JD students at the USC Gould
School of Law Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 868 Organizational Ombuds
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides
practical foundation in the theories, policies
and ethical issues of ombuds practice
in a variety of workplaces. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 869 Family Law Mediation Clinic
Units: 2, 4 Teaches the skills and
substantive area of the law necessary to
successfully mediate cases in the Edelman
Children's courthouse in Monterey Park.
Prerequisite: LAW 630 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 870 Legal Writing Fellows
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 7.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Assist in teaching writing
and advocacy. Responsibilities include
helping prepare lesson plans and drafting
writing assignments and sample answers;
leading class exercises; and judging first-
year moot court practice rounds. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LAW 871 First Amendment
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Freedom
of expression (political speech, symbolic
expression, obscenity, commercial speech,
defamation), rights of access to the media,
religious protection and prohibition of
establishment of religion. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 872 Advanced Legal Writing and
Advocacy: Appellate Advocacy
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Students will research, write, and rewrite an
appellate brief and may work on motions
and oral advocacy as well. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 873 Judicial Opinion Writing
Units: 2, 3, 4 Students write a majority
opinion and a dissenting opinion based on
cases pending before the U.S. Supreme
Court. This is a writing-intensive course.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 874 Advanced Supreme Court
Advocacy
Units: 3 Simulate oral argument and
decision-making in the U.S. States
Supreme Court with cases that are pending
before the Court. Registration Restriction:
Open only to JD students at the USC Gould
School of Law Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 875 Constitutional Theory Seminar
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Seminar course devoted
to different methods of reading the
Constitution. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 877 Free Speech Theory Seminar
Units: 3 Explores the theoretical
underpinnings of the First Amendment
guarantee of freedom of speech.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 880 Equality and Difference
Units: 2, 3 Comparative look at the legal
treatment of religious, racial, cultural,
gender and sexual differences and
differences in physical and mental ability.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 881 Constitutional Innovation
Units: 2, 3, 4 Examines the U.S.
Constitution in transnational perspective.
The focus is democracy; slavery,
emancipation, and freedom; empire; and
governmental structures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 882 Advanced Legal Writing for
Pretrial Practice
Units: 2, 3 The art of persuasive legal
writing: how to strategize, analyze and
ultimately persuade through the types
of writing routinely crafted by litigators.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 883 Advanced Legal Writing for
Business Lawyers
Units: 2 Students interested in business law
and other transactional practice areas will
develop the skills to communicate clearly,
concisely and correctly in a business law
setting. Registration Restriction: Open
only to USC Gould School of Law students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 887 Religious Freedom and its
Limits
Units: 2, 3 Surveys constitutional
doctrines pertaining to the Free Exercise
and Establishment Clauses of the First
Amendment and the emergent doctrine
regarding the application of the federal
Religious Freedom Restoration Act and its
state offspring. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 890 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 One CR/D/F unit for a
research proposal approved by a full- or
part-time faculty supervisor; up to four
graded units with academic dean's approval
of proposal by LLM or third-year JD student
to produce a publishable paper under
full-time professor. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Law students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 891 Post-Conviction Justice
Project I
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
A year-long clinical program where second
and third year students provide legal
representation to men and women serving
life terms in California prisons. Under
faculty supervision students represent
clients on a variety of post-conviction
matters, including parole hearings, state
and federal habeas petitions, clemency
applications and resentencing hearings and
appeals. Experiential units. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
LAW 892 Post-Conviction Justice
Project II
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Terms Offered: Sp
Continuation of LAW 891. Experiential
units. Prerequisite: LAW 891 Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC Gould
School of Law students Duplicates Credit in
LAW 895 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 893 Advanced Clinical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Max Units: 10.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp For third-year students
who wish to continue their clinical training.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Numeric
LAW 894 Advanced Mediation Clinic
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Students
learn mediation skills, conduct live
mediations and help to run the regular
Mediation Clinic. Registration Restriction:
Open only to USC Gould School of Law
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Numeric
LAW 895 Post-Conviction Justice
Project II (Writing)
Units: 1,2,3,4,5 Terms Offered: Sp Alternate
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continuation of LAW 891 , fulfilling the
Writing requirement. Prerequisite: LAW 891
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC
Gould School of Law students Duplicates
Credit in LAW 892 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Numeric
Library and Information
Management
LIM 500 Fundamentals of Library and
Information Science
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of the history of recorded
knowledge from ancient times to the digital
age informed by the cultural implications of
those eras. Open only to MMLIS students.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Library and Information Science majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LIM 501 Fundamentals of Library
Leadership and Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of library leadership and
management from past, present and future
perspectives, including selected case
studies. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Library and Information Science majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LIM 502 Collection Development and
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
development of library collections in all
formats emphasizing clientele interest,
usage patterns, bibliographical and Website
sources. Open only to MMLIS students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LIM 503 Information Description,
Organization, and Retrieval
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview and critical analysis of current
practices of information organization,
cataloguing, access and reference services,
including a conceptual understanding of
these skills. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Library and Information Science
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LIM 504 Research Methods in Library
and Information Management
Units: 3 An overview of research methods
in information management including the
conceptualization of research problems,
literature reviews, research design,
sampling, measurement, data collection
and data analysis. Open only to MMLIS
students. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Library and Information Science
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LIM 510 Academic Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination of current research
and future trends in academic librarianship,
emphasizing the necessary partnership
among information culture and technology,
academic research and instruction.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Library and
Information Science students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 511 Instructional Strategies for
Information Professionals
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
An overview of research in learning
emphasizing the role of academic librarians
as instructors and facilitators of information
navigation. Prerequisite: GSBA 502 and
GSBA 509 and GSBA 510 and LIM 500
and LIM 502 and LIM 503 and LIM 504
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Library and Information Management/
Science students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 512 Instructional Technologies for
Educators
Units: 3 An overview and critical analysis of
past and current instructional technologies
used primarily in academic libraries.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 513 Multicultural Information
Perspectives
Units: 3 An examination of critical issues,
theories and research in educating and
serving diverse populations with an
emphasis on social, cultural and linguistic
imperatives. Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM
500, LIM 501, LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LIM 520 Library Information Systems
Analysis and Design
Units: 3 The analysis and design of
information systems from the perspectives
of information theory, technology,
retrievability, storage and shelf life,
copyright, privacy and related issues.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 521 Database Management Systems
for Information Professionals
Units: 3 An overview of and instruction
in the skills required to build library and
archival relational databases including
data integrity, security, maintenance and
extraction. Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM
500, LIM 501, LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LIM 522 Metadata and Taxonomies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of developing and assessing
metadata for digital resources including the
different types of metadata schema, data
dictionaries, taxonomies and emerging
metadata standards. Prerequisite: GSBA
502 and GSBA 509 and GSBA 510 and
LIM 500 and LIM 502 and LIM 503 and LIM
504 Registration Restriction: Open only
to library and information management/
science majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 523 Information Delivery in the
Digital Environment
Units: 3 An inventory and description of
digital competencies, assessments and
techniques followed by instruction, practice
and testing of these competencies in
simulated situations. Prerequisite: GSBA
502, LIM 500, LIM 501, LIM 502, LIM 503,
LIM 504. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LIM 530 Library Resource Management
Units: 3 An overview and assessment
of planning, design, allocation and
implementation of library finance and
resource distribution in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 531 Global Perspectives in
Librarianship
Units: 3 An investigation of the theory and
practice of librarianship in the context of
international approaches to knowledge
creation, research, learning, information
discovery and presentation. Prerequisite:
GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501, LIM 502, LIM
503, LIM 504. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 532 The Social Context of
Information
Units: 3 An examination of information
in the context of social networks,
media, and other cultural structures that
inform teaching, learning and research.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 533 Operations Research in
Libraries
Units: 3 Overview of theory and best
practices in operations research and how
it can be applied in a broad range of library
and other information-focused settings.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 534 Library Fundraising and
Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of fundraising and development
including the internal organization of the
fundraising and development enterprise,
the cultivation of donors and related issues.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502 and GSBA 509
and GSBA 510 and LIM 500 and LIM 502
and LIM 503 and LIM 504 Registration
Restriction: Open only to library and
information management/science majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LIM 535 Library Information Sources and
Services
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Overview of concepts, components and
developments in reference and user
services. Learn to think critically about
information and become better information
seekers and users. Registration Restriction:
Open only to library and information
management/science students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 536 Library Project Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Working in teams and delivering effective
presentations is reinforced through an
introduction to project management. A
project management plan, research paper
and presentation are required. Prerequisite:
LIM 535 Registration Restriction: Open only
to library and information management/
science students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 537 Legal, Ethical and Strategic
Fundamentals for Library Managers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Evidence-
based decision making, assessment,
legal and ethical frameworks and
scenario planning applied to leadership
and management competencies in
library environments. Prerequisite:
LIM 536 Registration Restriction:
Open only to library and information
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management/ science students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 541 Archives and Archival
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
foundation of theoretical and applied
knowledge necessary for careers in
the archival field and management
and leadership principles in archival
organizations. Prerequisite: GSBA 502
and GSBA 509 and GSBA 510 and LIM
500 and LIM 502 and LIM 503 and LIM
504 Registration Restriction: Open only
to library and information management/
science students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 550 Information Behaviors, Ethics
and Policy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A study of
information behaviors, policies and ethics
including social networks, the interactive
effects of information on users, users
on information. Prerequisite: GSBA 502
and GSBA 509 and GSBA 510 and LIM
500 and LIM 502 and LIM 503 and LIM
504 Registration Restriction: Open only
to library and information management/
science majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 551 Advanced Research Methods in
Library and Information Management
Units: 3 Building on LIM 504, this course
provides advanced research methods and
analytical techniques and the application
of these skills to complex library issues.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 552 Strategic Information and
Competitive Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Searching
sophisticated for-fee and free sources of
information unique to particular industry
client groups, synthesizing and translating
information ethically to critical intelligence.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502 and GSBA 509
and GSBA 510 and LIM 500 and LIM 502
and LIM 503 and LIM 504 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MMLIS and
GCRT-LIM students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 553 Corporate and Business
Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination and critical analysis
of resources, research and literature
in corporate librarianship, including
collection development and management,
access, reference and service patterns.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 554 Science Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination and critical
analysis of resources, research and
literature in science librarianship, including
collection development and management,
access, reference and service patterns.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 555 Social Science Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination and critical analysis
of resources, research and literature in
social science librarianship, including
collection development and management,
access, reference and service patterns.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 556 Health Sciences Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination and critical analysis
of resources, research and literature in
health sciences librarianship, including
collection development and management,
access, reference and service patterns.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 557 Cinematic Arts Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination and critical analysis
of resources, research and literature in
cinematic arts librarianship, including
collection development and management,
access, reference and service patterns.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 558 Art and Museum Librarianship
Units: 3 An examination and critical analysis
of resources, research and literature in
art and museum librarianship including
collection development and management,
access, reference and service patterns.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 559 Marketing and Communications
Strategies for Libraries
Units: 3 An introduction to essential
marketing concepts such as brand
platform, value proposition and message
development and their application in a
library environment. Prerequisite: GSBA
502, LIM 500, LIM 501, LIM 502, LIM 503,
LIM 504. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LIM 560 Rare Books and Manuscripts
Units: 3 An overview of the organization,
management, public and technical service
operations and outreach involved in the
development and operation of rare and
special collections. Prerequisite: GSBA
502, LIM 500, LIM 501, LIM 502, LIM 503,
LIM 504. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LIM 561 Library Program Development
and Evaluation
Units: 3 An overview of library program
development and evaluation with an
emphasis upon linking student learning
outcomes to library programs. Qualitative
and quantitative methods are covered.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502, LIM 500, LIM 501,
LIM 502, LIM 503, LIM 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 562 Library and Information
Technology Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of management of library information
technologies including computer networks,
design, architecture, cloud technologies,
data management and technology
planning as well as emerging technologies.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502 and GSBA 509
and GSBA 510 and LIM 500 and LIM 502
and LIM 503 and LIM 504 Registration
Restriction: Open only to MMLIS and
GCRT-LIM students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LIM 563 Partnerships and Collaborations
in Libraries
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm How
information professionals collaborate
with nonprofit, for-profit (private) and
governmental organizations. Theory and
practice emphasizing critical analysis of
policies, services, and trends. Prerequisite:
GSBA 502 and GSBA 509 and GSBA 510
and LIM 500 and LIM 502 and LIM 503 and
LIM 504 Registration Restriction: Open only
to library and information management/
science students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LIM 591 Research and Professional
Applications
Units: 2 Max Units: 10.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Apply concepts learned during the
MMLIS program and investigate research
questions and professional problems of
concern to employers, their institutions
and the profession at large. Open only to
Library and Information Science majors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to:
Library and Information Science majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LIM 593 Independent Research in Library
and Information Management
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Opportunity to pursue
independent research in an area of interest
above and beyond normal course offerings.
Proposal, research and written report/paper
required. Prerequisite: LIM 535 and LIM
536 and LIM 537 Registration Restriction:
Open only to library and information
management/science students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LIM 595 Internship in Library and
Information Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supplements the academic learning
experience with temporary employment
(paid or unpaid) in the information
professions. Supervised by host
organization and overseen by MMLIS
faculty member. Prerequisite: LIM 535
and LIM 536 and LIM 537 Registration
Restriction: Open only to library and
information management/science students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LIM 598 Capstone in Library and
Information Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Student-driven research or project-based
experience that integrates the knowledge
from course work and applies it to current
issues in the field. Prerequisite: GSBA 502
and GSBA 509 and GSBA 510 and LIM
500 and LIM 502 and LIM 503 and LIM
504 Registration Restriction: Open only
to library and information management/
science students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LIM 599 Special Topics in Library and
Information Management
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments
in library and information management.
Prerequisite: GSBA 502 and GSBA 509
and GSBA 510 and LIM 500 and LIM 502
and LIM 503 and LIM 504 Registration
Restriction: Open only to library and
information management/science majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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Linguistics
LING 110Lg In a Word
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Words as a
gateway to the human mind. How words
are stored, comprehended and retrieved.
How words are constructed. Words and
concepts. Words and social constructs.
The processing and the acquisition of
words in normal and atypical children and
adults. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
LING 115gw Language and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Discourse
patterns among diverse social groups in
institutional and interpersonal settings;
interrelationships among language
practices and gender, socioeconomic
status, ethnicity; social structures and
cultural values as reflected in language
policies and practices. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
LING 125 Hindi I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to current Hindi. Oral practice, listening
and reading comprehension; grammar
necessary for simple spoken and written
expression. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 155 Hindi II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation of
LING 125. Reading of simple Hindi prose,
practice in pronunciation, the grammar
essential for reading comprehension and
writing. Prerequisite: LING 125. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 210g Introduction to Linguistics
Units: 4 Empirical study of the sounds
and structures of human language;
syntax and semantics; language change;
linguistic universals. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
LING 255 Hindi III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Continuation
of LING 155; intensive work in listening
comprehension, oral communication,
reading and writing short essays;
introduction of readings and periodicals
related to Hindi culture and civilization.
Prerequisite: LING 155. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 265x Hindi IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Reading of
modern Hindi authors, review of grammar,
composition, oral conversation, and
collateral reading. Prerequisite: LING 255.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 275Lg Language and Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Language
within cognitive science: speech physiology
and acoustics, language acquisition,
reading, language disorders, perception
and mental representation of words,
linguistic diversity and computer analysis of
speech. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PSYC-275
LING 285Lg Human Language and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
of human linguistic competence and
technologies that simulate it. Phonetics,
vibration and signal processing, speech
recognition, neural networks. Satisfies New
General Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
LING 295g The Ancient Near East:
Culture, Archaeology, Texts
Units: 4 An investigation of the peoples
of the ancient Near East, focusing
upon the writings which they produced,
their languages and scripts, and their
archaeological remains. Concurrent
Enrollment: MDA 140. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category II: Global Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 300 Introduction to Translation
Units: 4 (Enroll in ARAB 300)
LING 301 Introduction to Phonetics and
Phonology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey
of topics in phonetics and phonology.
Prerequisite: LING 210. Duplicates Credit
in former LING 401a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 302 Introduction to Syntax
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey of
topics in syntax. Prerequisite: LING 210g
Duplicates Credit in former LING 402a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 303 Introduction to Semantics and
Pragmatics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to meaning in natural language and the
methods from logic applied to its study.
Prerequisite: LING 210g Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 307 Introduction to Speech-
Language Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
the breadth of possible communication
disorders with a particular focus on the
duties of the professionals who assist
people with these disorders. Explores
both the diagnostic criteria and common
interventions for disorders such as
Language Impairment, stuttering,
swallowing, and dementia. Recommended
Preparation: LING 210 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 322g Language Contact and
Language Acquisition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The emergence
of new languages, spoken and signed, in
socio-historical situations, where linguistic
input is degraded and insufficient to support
the ordinary language acquisition process.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 325g Language and Number
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of the formal properties of linguistic
expressions of number with the goal of
understanding the structures that underlie
language and numerical reasoning.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
LING 374 Language and Society in East
Asia
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 374)
LING 375 Sociolinguistics
Units: 4 Linguistic and cultural pluralism
in the U.S.; distributional and structural
characteristics of selected urban and
minority dialects; the relationship between
dialects and "media standard." Prerequisite:
LING 210. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 380 Languages of the World
Units: 4 Introduction to the world's linguistic
diversity; number of languages spoken and
where; grammatical structure and social
function of selected languages. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 385Lg Human Language as
Computation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Study of
language as a complex natural system that
requires elaborate mental computation.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
LING 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 401 Advanced Phonology
Units: 4 Advanced study of topics in
phonology. Prerequisite: LING 301.
Duplicates Credit in former LING 401b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 402 Advanced Syntax
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced study
of topics in syntax. Prerequisite: LING 210,
LING 302. Duplicates Credit in former LING
402b. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LING 403 Advanced Semantics
Units: 4 Topics in the theory of meaning
in natural language. Prerequisite: LING
303 Duplicates Credit in former LING 201
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 405 Child Language Acquisition
Units: 4 Universal characteristics of
child language; stages of acquisition of
phonology, syntax, semantics; processes
and dimensions of development;
psychological mechanisms; communicative
styles. Duplicates Credit in former LING
395. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PSYC-405
LING 406 Psycholinguistics
Units: 4 Experimental and theoretical
aspects of how spoken and written
language is produced and understood,
learned during childhood, and affected
by brain damage. Prerequisite: LING 210
or PSYC 100. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
PSYC-406
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1137
LING 407 Atypical Language
Units: 4 Analysis of atypical language
and language pathologies throughout the
lifespan and their relevance to current
linguistic and cognitive science theory.
Prerequisite: LING 210 or PSYC 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PSYC-407
LING 409 Linguistic Structure of English
Units: 3 An overview of the syntactic,
semantic, pragmatic structures of English
as they relate to the theoretical literature
on language acquisition. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 410 Second Language Acquisition
Units: 4 Theories of second language
acquisition in children and adults;
comparison of first and second language
acquisition including psychological, social,
and individual factors. Prerequisite: LING
210. Duplicates Credit in former LING 396.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 411x Linguistics and Education
Units: 4 Practical classroom approaches to
children's language; relationships between
writing, reading, and speaking; social and
regional dialects; traditional, structural, and
generative-transformational grammars.
Credit Restriction: Not available for major
or minor credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 412 Language and Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Linguistic
principles which bear on the interpretation
of government statutes and the litigation
of legal disputes. Speech act theory;
ambiguity; courtroom discourse; contracts
and advertisements; jury instructions; the
Plain Language Movement. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 415 Phonetics
Units: 4 Familiarization with the articulation
and transcription of speech sounds.
Also vocal tract anatomy, acoustics,
speech technology, non-English sounds,
perception. Includes laboratory exercises.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 433 Children's Learning and
Cognitive Development
Units: 4 (Enroll in PSYC 433)
LING 450 New Horizons in Forensic
Speaker Identification
Units: 4 Overview of methods used
to identify voices on the basis of their
characteristic speech patterns. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 465 Philosophy of Language
Units: 4 (Enroll in PHIL 465)
LING 466 Word and Phrase Origins
Units: 4 Introduction to historical-
comparative word study; history of ideas
concerning language relationships; types
of semantic change; hidden metaphors
in English word-stock. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 467 Language, Linguistics and
Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
PHIL 467)
LING 480 Linguistic Structures
Units: 4 Analysis of grammatical structures
of an individual language. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
LING 485 Field Methodology
Units: 4 Elicitation techniques and
methodological principles; recording and
analysis of phonological, syntactic and
semantic structures; practical approaches
to procedures used in urban and rural
settings. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LING 486 Natural Language Processing
Units: 4 Introduction to modern neural
network approaches to natural language
processing, based on Deep Learning.
Recursive and recurrent neural networks;
backpropagation; Ngram models.
Prerequisite: LING 385Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 487 Speech Synthesis and
Recognition
Units: 4 Introduction to speech synthesis
and speech recognition technologies
from both a phonetics point of view and a
computational point of view. Prerequisite:
LING 285Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 497 Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Writing of the
honors thesis. Registration is restricted to
honors students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Investigation
of selected topics in linguistics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 501a Experimental Methods in
Linguistics
Units: 3 Univariate and bivariate statistical
methods with applications to linguistic
research; introduction to statistical
computer packages. Prerequisite: LING
501a. Duplicates Credit in former LING 601.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 501b Experimental Methods in
Linguistics
Units: 3 The application of advanced
multivariate statistical methods to linguistic
research. Prerequisite: LING 501a.
Duplicates Credit in former LING 601.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 505a Seminar in Linguistics
Units: 1 Exploration of the professional
world of linguistics for first semester
graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LING 505b Seminar in Linguistics
Units: 1 Preparation and presentation of
M.A./Ph.D. screening papers; discussion of
student research. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LING 505c Seminar in Linguistics
Units: 1 Colloquium for presentation and
discussion of student research paper.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
LING 512 Linguistic Variation and
Language Changes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Linguistic
relationships among various correlates
of variation: social, psychological, and
chronological. Focus on dialectical,
registral, and historical variation; the
constraints of production and perception in
different modes and situations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 513 Spanish Morphology and
Phonology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SPAN 513)
LING 514 Spanish Syntax
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SPAN 514)
LING 515 Spanish Grammar in Discourse
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SPAN 515)
LING 527 Second Language Acquisition
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts and
issues in theoretical approaches to the
study of non-primary language acquisition;
e.g., linguistic and processing universals,
language transfer, language learnability,
fossilization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 530 Generative Syntax
Units: 3 Introduction to syntax;
transformational-generative syntax.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 531a Phonology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Traditional
views of phonology; generative phonology;
current developments in phonological
research and theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 531b Phonology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Traditional
views of phonology; generative phonology;
current developments in phonological
research and theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 532 Current Issues in Syntactic
Theory
Units: 3 Original literature, focusing
whenever possible on issues in
comparative syntax and their implications
for universal grammar. Course
complements LING 530. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 533 Language Universals and
Typology
Units: 3 Introduction to language universals
and typology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 534 Semantics
Units: 3 Current linguistic approaches to
the semantics of natural language; analysis
of concepts of meaning and reference.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 535 Syntax and Grammatical
Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles and
comparison of modern theories of grammar
with special reference to syntax. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 536 Advanced Semantics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Intensive
work in semantic theory, in preparation
for a research specialization in the area.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 537 Advanced Syntax
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Topics in advanced
formal syntax; current literature leading
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to open questions in research; survey
of important and controversial issues of
current theoretical relevance. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 538 Selected Topics in Romance
Syntax
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Overview of selected topics in
Romance Syntax within a comparative
perspective and their contribution towards
the understanding of a general theory
of grammar. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 539 Japanese/Korean Syntax and
Theoretical Implications
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Critical discussion
of selected papers and dissertations on
Japanese/Korean syntax and consideration
of their theoretical implications. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 540 Field Methods in Linguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Recording and analysis of a living
language as employed by a native speaker
of that language. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 541 Field Methods in Second
Language Acquisition
Units: 3 Research design and methodology;
data collection, coding, and analysis; ethical
considerations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 542 Historical Linguistics
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Principles of language change; the
comparative method; structural and social
factors in language change. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 546 Comparative Indo-European
Linguistics
Units: 3 Analysis of the phonological,
morphological, and syntactic structures of
Proto-Indo-European, and its development
in the various branches of Indo-European.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 547 Morphology
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introduction to morphology:
words versus sentences, the grammar of
words, the various notions of "lexicon," the
architecture of the phonological component.
This course is in preparation for advanced
work in linguistic theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 548 Lexical Semantics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Languages
group meaning elements together in
different ways to form words. Consideration
of how to identify these elements and how
speakers map them into lexico-syntactic
units. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LING 550 Advanced English Linguistics
Units: 3 The analysis of problems in the
grammatical description and history of
English. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LING 555 Comparative Germanic
Linguistics
Units: 3 Nature and relationship of
changes that led to the differentiation of the
individual Germanic languages. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 557 Structure of the Chinese
Language
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 557)
LING 561 Topics and Issues in East
Asian Linguistics
Units: 4 Max Units: max 12 (Enroll in EALC
561)
LING 573 Sociolinguistics
Units: 3 Theoretical approaches to
language in social context; discourse
analysis, ethnography of communication,
variation theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 574 Advanced Sociolinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Current issues in
sociolinguistic theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 576 Psycholinguistics
Units: 3 Theories of acquisition; sentence
and discourse processing; language and
thought. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PSYC-576
LING 579 Child Language Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Acquisition of
grammatical, discourse, and conversational
competence; strategies and structures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 580 General Phonetics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Familiarization
with articulation, transcription, production,
and acoustic analysis of the speech sounds
found in the world's languages. Also speech
technology, perception, and disorders.
Includes laboratory exercises. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 581 Topics in Advanced Phonology
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Topics in advanced
formal phonology; theoretical issues in
the interface of phonology with other
areas of linguistics; literature study on
themes of current theoretical relevance.
Recommended Preparation: LING 531a,
LING 531b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 582 Experimental Phonetics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Source-
filter theory, acoustic correlates of speech
sounds, vocal tract and auditory physiology,
coarticulation and motor coordination,
speech technology including synthesis
and recognition, experimental design
and statistics, and speech perception.
Prerequisite: LING 580. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 585 Computational Linguistics
Units: 3 Using hands-on and research
techniques, study of the role of linguistic
knowledge and the procedures that
implement it in computational systems that
process natural language. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 586 Advanced Psycholinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Current issues in
psycholinguistic theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as PSYC-586
LING 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
LING 593x Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts: Linguistics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LING 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
LING 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: LING
594a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
LING 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite: LING
594b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
LING 595 Directed Readings
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Maximum units which may be applied
to the degree to be determined by the
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
LING 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Research trends as reflected
primarily in the current periodical literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 602 Seminar in Experimental
Methods in Linguistics
Units: 3 Topics in quantitative methods
in linguistics research, e.g., covariance
structure analysis, multi-dimensional
scaling, log linear model, meta analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 610 Seminar in Linguistic Theory
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 615 Seminar in Linguistics
Structures
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Analysis of the synchronic or diachronic
phonology, morphology, and syntax of
individual languages. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
LING 627 Seminar in Second Language
Acquisition
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Readings in second language
acquisition as the framework for a
discussion and research-oriented seminar.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 631 Seminar in Phonological
Theory
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 632 Seminar in Phonetics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Readings in phonetic theory and
current research as the framework for a
discussion-oriented class. Prerequisite:
LING 580. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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LING 635 Seminar in Syntax
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
LING 636 Seminar in Semantics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PHIL-636
LING 645 Seminar in Language Change
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 675 Seminar in Sociolinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
LING 676 Seminar in Psycholinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PSYC-676
LING 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
LING 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
LING 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
LING 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
LING 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
LING 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Materials Science
MASC 110L Materials Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Chemical
bonding and structure in crystalline,
amorphous, and molecular solids; tendency
and mechanisms for chemical change;
homogeneous and heterogeneous
equilibria. Prerequisite: high school
chemistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
MASC 310L Materials Behavior and
Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Mechanical
behavior of metals, polymers, ceramics,
and composites. Structure-process-
property relationships. Mechanical testing,
stress-strain relationships, microstructural
characteristics and analysis. Material failure
(fracture, fatigue, creep) and degradation.
Recommended Preparation: MASC 110,
CHEM 105a, CHEM 105b Duplicates
Credit in former AME 231 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ACAD 312
MASC 334L Mechanical Behavior of
Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CE
334L)
MASC 350L Nanostructured Materials:
Design, Synthesis and Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Structure,
properties, synthesis, processing and
design of metallic, ceramic, polymeric,
electronic, photonic, composite, nanophase
and biomaterials; nanostructures,
microfabrication and smart materials.
Prerequisite: (CHEM 105aLg or CHEM
115aLg or MASC 110L) and PHYS 152L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
MASC 439 Principles of Semiconductor
Processing
Units: 3 Principles relevant to
semiconductor processing are covered.
Topics include bulk and epitaxial crystal
growth, photolithography, evaporation,
sputtering, etching, oxidation, alloying, and
ion implantation. Prerequisite: MASC 110,
EE 338. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as EE 439
MASC 440 Materials and the
Environment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Interactions of
metals, alloys and composite materials with
liquid and gaseous corrosive environments;
corrosion protection by alloying and
application of inhibitors and metallic or
organic coatings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MASC 455 Computational Materials I:
Introduction to Atomistic Simulation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to materials modeling using molecular
dynamics simulation methods that include
interatomic potentials, and hands-on
materials simulation projects on high-
performance computing cluster at USC.
Recommended Preparation: Introductory
differential and integral calculus. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 456 Computational Materials II:
Properties and Processing Simulations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Computational modeling and simulations
of materials and processes using MD
simulations, three simulation projects
that include structural, thermodynamic,
mechanical behavior, and data analysis
Prerequisite: MASC 455 Recommended
Preparation: Introductory calculus and
basic knowledge of metals, ceramics and
polymers Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MASC 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics
for Engineers
Units: 4 (Enroll in EE 471)
MASC 472 Polymer Science and
Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CHE
472)
MASC 475 Physical Properties of
Polymers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in CHE
475)
MASC 476 Chemical Engineering
Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CHE
476)
MASC 483 Introduction to Machine
Learning for Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to machine learning (ML) for materials
applications; basic concepts of machine
learning, statistics and probability.
Recommended Preparation: Basic Python
programming and basic calculus Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12 Individual research and readings.
Not available for graduate credit. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MASC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Course content
will be selected each semester to reflect
current trends and developments in the
field of materials science. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 501 Solid State
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Atomic
electronic states, molecular bonding,
crystal structures, diffraction, reciprocal
lattice, Brillouin zones, crystal binding,
lattice vibrations, specific heat, anharmonic
effects, energy bands, metals, conductivity.
Prerequisite: EE 471 or EE 539
Recommended Preparation: Graduate
level mathematical methods (such as
vector analysis, linear algebra, complex
variables, transforms, ordinary and partial
second order differential equations, etc.)
for engineers Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as EE
501
MASC 502 Advanced Solid State
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Semiconductors,
dielectrics and metals, thermoelectric
effects, magnetism, magnetic resonance
and superconductivity. Prerequisite: MASC
501. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as EE-502
MASC 503 Thermodynamics of Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Classical
thermodynamics, chemical potential,
pure phases and mixtures; interphase
relationships; binary and ternary solutions;
free energy and activity; galvanic cell,
electrochemical potential and Pourbaix
diagram. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MASC 504 Diffusion and Phase
Equilibria
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Phase
equilibria, phase diagrams, diffusion, planar
defects, nucleation and growth, spinodal
decomposition, phase transformation.
Prerequisite: MASC 503 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 505 Crystals and Anisotropy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Stereographic
projection; Laue back reflection method;
crystal orientation; line and planar
crystalline defects; tensors; susceptibility;
permeability and permittivity; stress
and strain; piezoelectricity; elasticity.
Recommended Preparation: course work
in matrix algebra and tensors on the level
of AME 509 or AME 525 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 506 Semiconductor Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in EE
506)
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MASC 507 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
507)
MASC 511 Materials Preparation
Units: 3 Principles and techniques of
materials preparation; purification, crystal
growth from liquid and vapor phases,
sintering. Prerequisite: MASC 504.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MASC 512 Thin Film Science and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of thin film science and technology;
vapor phase growth of thin films,
their characterization, properties and
applications. Recommended Preparation:
Upper-division or graduate-level
preparation in thermodynamics and
quantum mechanics or solid-state physics.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 514L Processing of Advanced
Semiconductor Devices
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Statistical design
of experiments, vapor deposition of thin
film dielectrics, plasma etching, advanced
lithography, in-situ sensors, process
monitoring, quality control, assurance/
reliability. Prerequisite: EE 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
MASC 515 Basics of Machine Learning
for Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to machine learning, basics of python
programming and data science tools;
hands-on projects of materials and process
modeling based on machine learning
methods. Recommended Preparation:
Basic Python programming, Calculus,
Linear Algebra, and Probability. Basic
knowledge of atomistic simulations (MASC
575 and MASC 576) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 520 Mathematical Methods for
Deep Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Understanding
deep learning: for PhD students in
engineering, physical and life sciences
and computer science with mathematical
background. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CHE
520, PTE 520
MASC 523 Principles of Electrochemical
Engineering
Units: 3 Electrochemical techniques; mass,
charge, and heat transfer; electrochemical
thermodynamics and electrode kinetics;
electrochemical reactors; optimization;
materials and corrosion; experimental
modeling of industrial processes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CHE-523
MASC 524 Techniques and Mechanisms
in Electrochemistry
Units: 3 Modern electrochemistry;
in-situ techniques; in-situ probes of
the near-electrode region; ex-situ
emersion techniques; cyclic voltammetry,
electroxidation, electrochemical
reduction, reactive film formation, enzyme
electrochemistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MASC 534 Materials Characterization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Characterization
of solid structure by X-ray diffraction,
electron microscopy, atomic force and
tunneling microscopy and elemental
analysis by photoemission, X-ray
fluorescence, Auger, energy loss
spectroscopies. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate physics,
chemistry, mathematics; graduate level
preparation in quantum mechanics or solid-
state physics Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as EE
534
MASC 535L Transmission Electron
Microscopy
Units: 4 Transmission electron microscopy
and techniques. Specimen-electron
beam interaction, electron diffraction and
image formation. X-ray microanalysis.
Laboratory involves hands-on training on
the transmission electron microscope.
Recommended Preparation: MASC 505.
Duplicates Credit in former MASC 536L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
MASC 539 Engineering Quantum
Mechanics
Units: 3 (Enroll in EE 539)
MASC 551 Mechanical Behavior of
Engineering Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Mechanical
properties of materials; macroscopic
mechanical behavior related to structure
and microstructure of the material;
elementary dislocation theory related to
basic strengthening mechanisms; fatigue
and fracture; nanomaterials. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate introduction to
chemistry and the equivalent of MASC 310L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME 551
MASC 559 Creep
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Behavior
of engineering materials at elevated
temperatures; thermal stresses; creep
mechanisms; interpretation of creep data;
methods of predicting long-term strains.
Duplicates Credit in former AME 559
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME 559
MASC 560 Fatigue and Fracture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Behavior of
materials under cyclic and static fatigue;
plastic instability; life-time predictions; brittle
and ductile fracture; crack propagation
and plastic blunting. Duplicates Credit in
former AME 560 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as AME
560
MASC 561 Dislocation Theory and
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Elasticity
theory; types, sources, motion, interaction
of dislocations; stress fields and strain
energies; partial dislocations and stacking
faults; principles of work-hardening.
Recommended Preparation: The equivalent
of MASC 310L, MASC 505 and MASC 551
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME 561
MASC 562 Failure Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Apply
fundamental Materials Science concepts
to "real-world" material/product failures.
Identify causes of material failures using
analytical methodology/tools. Develop
practical solutions to prevent future failures.
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
materials or materials selection courses
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MASC 564 Composites Processing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The science
and technology underlying processes used
to manufacture composite parts/structures
from the perspectives of process selection,
materials and process efficiency, and
sustainability. Recommended Preparation:
MASC 310L or equivalent; Read 4
issues of Composites World (free on-line
publication) Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 570 Introduction to Photovoltaic
Solar Energy Conversion
Units: 3 Introduction to the physical
principles, implementation materials,
devices, and manufacturing costs of solar
cells and panels for photovoltaic conversion
of solar radiation to electricity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 575 Basics of Atomistic
Simulation of Materials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to atomistic modeling and simulations of
materials using Molecular Dynamics and
Monte Carlo methods, basic concepts and
how to characterize materials properties.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MASC 576 Molecular Dynamics
Simulations of Materials and Processes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Modeling
of materials and processes such as
mechanical, thermodynamical, and
transport properties using Molecular
Dynamics simulation, interatomic potentials
including long-range coulomb interactions
and quantum corrections. Prerequisite:
MASC 575 Recommended Preparation:
Basics of Molecular Dynamics Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 583 Materials Selection
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Materials
selection in relationship to design and
fabrication, economic considerations,
methodology of selection, performance
parameters; case studies. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate level course
in materials (equivalent to MASC 310L)
Duplicates Credit in former AME 588
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME 588
MASC 584 Fracture Mechanics and
Mechanisms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Failure modes,
stress concentrations, complex stress
analysis, linear elastic fracture mechanics,
yielding fracture mechanics, experimental
methods, environmental assisted fracture
and fatigue. Prerequisite: AME 403
Duplicates Credit in former AME 584
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AME 584
MASC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1141
MASC 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 For the master's degree. Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MASC 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 For the master's degree. Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MASC 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 For the master's degree. Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MASC 598 Materials Science Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Seminar in Materials
Science research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MASC 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MASC 601 Advanced Semiconductor
Device Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in EE
601)
MASC 610 Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Units: 3 Basic principles, ultra high vacuum,
machine considerations, source purity and
calibrations temperature measurements,
surface morphology and chemistry, growth
procedures, III-V, II-VI and silicon MBE.
Prerequisite: MASC 501, MASC 503.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MASC 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Laboratory
study of specific problems by candidates for
the degree Engineer in Materials Science.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MASC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MASC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MASC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MASC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MASC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MASC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Mathematics
MATH 040x Basic Mathematical Skills
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Review of
Algebra. Real numbers, linear equations
and inequalities, functions, graphs, systems
of equations, exponents, polynomials,
factoring, rational expressions, radicals,
quadratic equations and solutions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MATH 108g Contemporary Precalculus
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Equations
and inequalities; functions; graphs;
polynomial and rational functions;
exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric
function; analytic geometry. Prerequisite:
MATH 040 or passing of placement
exam. Satisfies New General Education
in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 114gx Foundations of Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to the basic tools of statistics.
Descriptive statistics; probability; expected
value; normal approximation sampling;
chance models; tests of significance.
Recommended Preparation: MATH
040 or math placement exam. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Credit Restriction:
Not available for major credit to Math
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 117g Introduction to Mathematics
for Business and Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Functions,
graphs, polynomial and rational functions,
exponential and logarithmic functions,
matrices, systems of linear equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 040 or math placement
exam. Satisfies New General Education
in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of
Calculus
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Derivatives;
extrema. Definite integral; fundamental
theorem of calculus. Extrema and definite
integrals for functions of several variables.
Prerequisite: MATH 108 or MATH 117
or placement exam in MATH. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Credit Restriction:
Not available for credit toward a degree in
mathematics. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 125g Calculus I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Limits;
continuity, derivatives and applications;
antiderivatives; the fundamental theorem
of calculus; exponential and logarithmic
functions. Prerequisite: MATH 108 or math
placement exam. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 126g Calculus II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
continuation of MATH 125g: trigonometric
functions; applications of integration;
techniques of integration; indeterminate
forms; infinite series; Taylor series;
polar coordinates. Prerequisite: MATH
125g Satisfies New General Education
in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
of integration, review of techniques of
integration, infinite sequences and series,
some beginning linear algebra, ordinary
differential equations. Designed for students
who earn a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced
Placement Calculus AB Examination, or
a score of 3 or 4 on the BC Examination.
Admission to course by departmental
approval. Duplicates Credit in MATH 126g
and MATH 129 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and
Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Trigonometric functions; applications of
integration; techniques of integration;
indeterminate forms; infinite series; Taylor
series; polar coordinates. Engineering and
physics applications. Prerequisite: MATH
125 Duplicates Credit in MATH 126 and
MATH 127 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 200 Elementary Mathematics from
an Advanced Standpoint
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An explication
of arithmetic and geometry, including the
algebraic operations, number bases, plane
and solid figures; and coordinate geometry.
Prerequisite: MATH 040 or math placement
exam. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 208x Elementary Probability and
Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Descriptive
statistics, probability, discrete and
continuous random variables, expectation
and variance, sampling, Central Limit
Theorem, estimation, hypothesis testing,
correlation and regression. Emphasis on
health science. Prerequisite: MATH 118
or MATH 125. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear
Differential Equations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Matrices,
systems of linear equations, vector spaces,
linear transformations, eigenvalues,
systems of linear differential equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 126g or MATH 127
or MATH 129 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 226g Calculus III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Vectors,
vector valued functions; differential and
integral calculus of functions of several
variables; Green's theorem, Divergence
theorem, Stoke's theorem. Prerequisite:
MATH 126g or MATH 127 or MATH
129 Satisfies New General Education
in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A continuation
of MATH 127; vectors and vector spaces
functions of several variables, partial
differential equations, optimization theory,
multiple integration; Green's Stokes',
divergence theorems. Prerequisite: MATH
127 or MATH 225. Duplicates Credit in
MATH 226. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
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MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and
Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
continuation of MATH 129; vectors, vector
valued functions; differential and integral
calculus of functions of several variables;
Green's theorem. Engineering and physics
applications. Prerequisite: MATH 126,
or MATH 127, or MATH 129 . Duplicates
Credit in MATH 226 and MATH 227.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 235 Linear Algebra and
Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Matrices,
systems of linear equations, vector spaces,
linear transformations, eigenvalues, linear
differential equations, singular value
decomposition, image compression,
graphs, networks and linear programming.
Prerequisite: MATH 126g or MATH 127
or MATH 129 Duplicates Credit in MATH
225 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and
Engineering I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp First-order
differential equations; second-order linear
differential equations; determinants and
matrices; systems of linear differential
equations; Laplace transforms.
Prerequisite: MATH 226g or MATH 227
or MATH 229 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 265 Mathematical and
Computational Methods for
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Differential
calculus of multivariable functions,
optimization, elementary linear algebra and
matrix theory, principal component analysis,
elementary differential equations, systems,
qualitative theory, numerical methods,
scientific computation. Prerequisite:
MATH 125g Recommended Preparation:
MATH 126g or MATH 127 or MATH 129
or equivalent or AP credit for Calculus
BC Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 290 Mathematical Reasoning and
Problem Solving
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Preparation
for reading and writing proofs with
applications from major branches of
mathematics, focusing on axiomatic
structures and transformations that
preserve structure. Prerequisite: MATH
126g or MATH 127 or MATH 129 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 307 Statistical Inference and Data
Analysis I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Probability,
counting, independence, distributions,
random variables, simulation, expectation,
variance, covariance, transformations, law
of large numbers, Central limit theorem,
estimation, efficiency, maximum likelihood,
Cramer-Rao bound, bootstrap. Prerequisite:
MATH 118gx or MATH 125g or MATH 126g
or MATH 127 or MATH 129 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 308 Statistical Inference and Data
Analysis II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Confidence
intervals, hypothesis testing, pvalues,
likelihood ratio, nonparametrics, descriptive
statistics, regression, multiple linear
regression, experimental design, analysis
of variance, categorical data, chi-squared
tests, Bayesian statistics. Prerequisite:
MATH 307. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 370 Applied Algebra
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Induction,
Euclidean algorithm, factorization,
congruence classes, Rings, RSA algorithm,
Chinese remainder theorem, codes,
polynomials, fundamental theorem of
algebra, polynomial multiplication, Fourier
transform, and other topics. Prerequisite:
(MATH 226g or MATH 227 or MATH 229)
and (MATH 225 or MATH 245) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 395 Seminar in Problem Solving
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Systematic approach to solving
non-standard and competition level math
problems on inequalities, infinite sums and
products, combinatorics, number theory
and games. Recommended Preparation:
MATH 126g or MATH 127 or MATH 129
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 400 Foundations of Discrete
Mathematics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Methods
of proof, predicate calculus, set theory,
order and equivalence relations, partitions,
lattices, functions, cardinality, elementary
number theory and combinatories.
Prerequisite: MATH 225 or MATH 226g or
MATH 227 or MATH 229 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 407 Probability Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Probability
spaces, discrete and continuous
distributions, moments, characteristic
functions, sequences of random
variables, laws of large numbers, central
limit theorem, special probability laws.
Prerequisite: MATH 226g or MATH 227
or MATH 229 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 408 Mathematical Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
for testing hypotheses and estimation,
confidence intervals, methods of moments,
maximum likelihood, information inequality,
likelihood ratio tests, goodness of fit and
nonparametric methods. Prerequisite:
MATH 407 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 410 Fundamental Concepts of
Modern Algebra
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Sets;
relations; groups; homomorphisms;
symmetric groups; Abelian groups; Sylow's
theorems; introduction to rings and fields.
Prerequisite: MATH 290 or MATH 430
or MATH 432 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 425a Fundamental Concepts of
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The real
number system, metric spaces, limits,
continuity, derivatives and integrals,
infinite series. Prerequisite: MATH 290 or
MATH 430 or MATH 432 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 425b Fundamental Concepts of
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Implicit function
theorems, Jacobians, transformations,
multiple integrals, line integrals.
Prerequisite: MATH 425a Recommended
Preparation: one 400-level Mathematics
course, excluding MATH 450 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 430 Theory of Numbers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the theory of numbers, including prime
factorization, congruences, primitive
roots, N-th power residues, number
theoretic functions and certain diophantine
equations. Prerequisite: MATH 126g or
MATH 127 or MATH 129 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 432 Applied Combinatorics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Mathematical
induction, counting principles,
arrangements, selections, binomial
coefficients, generating functions,
recurrence relations, inclusion-exclusion,
symmetric groups, graphs, Euler and
Hamiltonian circuits, trees, graph
algorithms; applications. Prerequisite:
MATH 225 or MATH 226g or MATH 227
or MATH 229 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 434 Geometry and
Transformations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The Euclidean
plane and its isometries. Models for
the hyperbolic metric, isometries, linear
fractional maps, geodesics. Gluing
constructions. Knot theory and invariants.
Prerequisite: MATH 226g or MATH 227
or MATH 229 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 435 Vector Analysis and
Introduction to Differential Geometry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Vectors,
elements of vector analysis, applications to
curves and surfaces, standard material of
differential geometry. Prerequisites may be
waived for qualified students with consent
of instructor. Prerequisite: (MATH 226g or
MATH 227 or MATH 229) and (MATH 225
or MATH 245) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 440 Topology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Cardinals,
topologies, separation axioms.
Compactness, metrizability, function
spaces; completeness; Jordan curve
theorem. Prerequisite: MATH 290 or MATH
430 or MATH 432 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 445 Mathematics of Physics and
Engineering II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Vector
field theory; theorems of Gauss, Green,
and Stokes; Fourier series and integrals;
complex variables; linear partial differential
equations; series solutions of ordinary
differential equations. Prerequisite: MATH
245 or (MATH 225 and MATH 226g) or
(MATH 225 and MATH 227) or (MATH 225
and MATH 229) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
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MATH 446 Machine Learning through
Python
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Probabilistic
model building, linear predictors, neural
networks, classification, unsupervised
learning, principal components, clustering,
model validation, Machine Learning
pipelines, programmatic data wrangling.
Prerequisite: MATH 226g and (MATH
225 or MATH 245) and MATH 407
Recommended Preparation: ITP 115 or
equivalent Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 447 Mathematics of Machine
Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Mathematical
aspects of Machine Learning. PAC
Learning, VC-dimension and complexity.
Linear predictors (regression,
perceptron, SVM). Convex learning and
gradient descent. Neural networks and
backpropagation. Prerequisite: (MATH
226g or MATH 227 or MATH 229) and
(MATH 208x or MATH 407) and (MATH 225
or MATH 245) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 450 History of Mathematics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Evolution of
mathematical ideas and techniques as
seen through a study of the contributions of
eminent mathematicians to the formulation
and solution of celebrated problems.
Prerequisite: MATH 225 or MATH 245;
Recommended Preparation: upper-division
MATH course. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 458 Numerical Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Rounding errors
in digital computation; solution of linear
algebraic systems; Newton's method for
nonlinear systems; matrix eigenvalues;
polynomial approximation; numerical
integration; numerical solution of ordinary
differential equations. Prerequisite: MATH
225 or MATH 245. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI-458
MATH 465 Nonlinear Dynamics in
Science and Engineering
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Nonlinear
models, bifurcations, discrete and
continuous dynamics, stability, dissipative
and reversible systems, Poincare maps,
Lyapunov exponents, fractal dimension.
Applications stressed: Economics,
Engineering, Biology, Physics. Prerequisite:
MATH 225 or MATH 245. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 466 Dynamic Modeling
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Formulation
and study of models arising in population
dynamics, growth of plankton, pollution
in rivers, highway traffic, morphogenesis
and tidal dynamics: stability, oscillations,
bifurcations, chaos. The lab will consist
of computer simulation of models
using commercially available software.
Prerequisite: MATH 225 or MATH 245.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 467 Theory and Computational
Methods for Optimization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Methods for
static, dynamic, unconstrained, constrained
optimization. Gradient, conjugate gradient,
penalty methods. Lagrange multipliers,
least squares, linear, nonlinear dynamic
programming. Application to control and
estimation. Prerequisite: (MATH 226g or
MATH 227 or MATH 229) and (MATH 225
or MATH 245) Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MATH 471 Topics in Linear Algebra
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Polynomial
rings, vector spaces, linear transformations,
canonical forms, inner product spaces.
Prerequisite: MATH 225; Recommended
Preparation: MATH 410. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 475 Introduction to Theory of
Complex Variables
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Complex
numbers and functions. Power series,
analytic functions, harmonic functions.
Complex integration, Cauchy's theorem,
Cauchy's formula. Conformal mapping.
Applications in physics and engineering.
Prerequisite: MATH 226g or MATH 227
or MATH 229 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Lectures on
advanced material not covered in regularly
scheduled courses. No more than two
registrations allowed. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 500 Graduate Colloquium
Units: 2 Lectures directed to mathematics
graduate students by faculty of the
department and by outside speakers.
Problem solving workshops. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MATH 501 Numerical Analysis and
Computation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Linear equations
and matrices, Gauss elimination, error
estimates, iteration techniques; contractive
mappings, Newton's method; matrix
eigenvalue problems; least-squares
approximation, Newton-Cotes and
Gaussian quadratures; finite difference
methods. Prerequisite: linear algebra and
calculus. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-501
MATH 502a Numerical Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Computational
linear algebra; solution of general nonlinear
systems of equations; approximation theory
using functional analysis; numerical solution
of ordinary and partial differential equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 425a and MATH 471.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-502A
MATH 502b Numerical Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Computational
linear algebra; solution of general nonlinear
systems of equations; approximation theory
using functional analysis; numerical solution
of ordinary and partial differential equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 425a and MATH 471.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-502B
MATH 504a Numerical Solution of
Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Initial value
problems; multistep methods, stability,
convergence and error estimation,
automatic stepsize control, higher order
methods, systems of equations, stiff
problems; boundary value problems; eigen-
problems. Prerequisite: MATH 501 or MATH
502a. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-504A
MATH 504b Numerical Solution of
Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Computationally
efficient schemes for solving PDE
numerically; stability and convergence of
difference schemes, method of lines; fast
direct and iterative methods for elliptic
equations. Prerequisite: MATH 501 or
MATH 502a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-
504B
MATH 505a Applied Probability
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Populations,
permutations, combinations, random
variables, distribution and density functions
conditional probability and expectation,
binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions;
laws of large numbers, central limit
theorem. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as CSCI-505A
MATH 505b Applied Probability
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Markov
processes in discrete or continuous time;
renewal processes; martingales; Brownian
motion and diffusion theory; random walks,
inventory models, population growth,
queuing models, shot noise. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI-505B
MATH 507a Theory of Probability
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Probability
spaces; distributions and characteristic
functions; laws of large numbers, central
limit problems; stable and infinitely divisible
laws; conditional distributions. Prerequisite:
MATH 525a or MATH 570. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 507b Theory of Probability
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Dependence,
martingales, ergodic theorems, second-
order random functions, harmonic analysis,
Markov processes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 508 Filtering Theory
Units: 3 Theory of random differential
equations and stochastic stability;
optimum linear and nonlinear filtering, with
discussion of asymptotic behavior of filter.
Prerequisite: MATH 507a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 509 Stochastic Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Brownian motion, stochastic
integrals, the Ito formula, stochastic
differential equations, analysis of diffusion
processes, Girsanov transformation,
Feynmann-Kac formula, applications.
Prerequisite: MATH 505a, MATH 505b or
MATH 507a, MATH 507b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 510a Algebra
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Group
Theory: Isomorphism theorems, group
actions, Sylow's theorems, simple and
solvable groups; Field Theory: Galois
correspondence, radical extensions,
algebraic and transcendental extensions,
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finite fields. Prerequisite: MATH 410, MATH
471. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 510b Algebra
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Commutative
Algebra: Integrality, Hilbert Basis
theorem, Hilbert Nullstellensatz; Modules:
modules over PIDs, chain conditions,
tensor products; Noncommutative Rings:
Jacobson radical, Artin-Wedderburn
theorem, Maschke's theorem. Prerequisite:
MATH 410, MATH 471. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 511aL Data Analysis
Units: 4 (Enroll in PM 511a) Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab
MATH 511bL Data Analysis
Units: 4 (Enroll in PM 511b)
MATH 512 Financial Informatics and
Simulation (Computer Labs and
Practitioner Seminar)
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Experimental
laboratory trading for financial markets
using double auctions: handling statistical
packages for data analysis. Practical
training in virtual market environments,
using financial trading system software.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 520 Complex Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory of
analytic functions — power series and
integral representations, calculus of
residues, harmonic functions, normal
families, approximation theorems,
conformal mapping, analytical continuation.
Prerequisite: MATH 425a, MATH 425b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 525a Real Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Measure and
integration over abstract measure spaces,
Radon-Nikodym theorem, Fubini's theorem,
convergence theorems, differentiation.
Prerequisite: MATH 425a, MATH 425b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 525b Real Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Metric spaces,
contraction principle, category, Banach
spaces, Riesz representation theorem,
properties of Lp Hilbert spaces, orthogonal
expansions, Fourier series and transforms,
convolutions. Prerequisite: MATH 525a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 530a Stochastic Calculus and
Mathematical Finance
Units: 3 Stochastic processes revisited,
Brownian motion, Martingale theory,
stochastic differential equations,
Feynman-Kac formula, binomial models,
basic concepts in arbitrage pricing
theory, equivalent Martingale measure.
Recommended Preparation: MATH 225,
MATH 407. Duplicates Credit in the former
MATH 503. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 530b Stochastic Calculus and
Mathematical Finance
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
topics in stochastic analysis, asset pricing
in continuous time, stochastic control,
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations,
incomplete markets, American options,
exotic options, term structure of interest
rates. Duplicates Credit in the former MATH
506. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 532 Combinatorial Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Inversion
formulas, generating functions and
recursions, partitions, Stirling numbers,
distinct representatives, Ramsey's theorem,
graph theory, block designs, difference sets,
finite geometrics, Latin squares, Hadamard
matrices. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 533 Algebraic Combinatorics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Combinatorics motivated by Representation
Theory and Algebraic Geometry. Topics
may include: representations of the
symmetric group, symmetric functions,
Young tableaux and plane partitions,
permutation enumeration. Prerequisite:
MATH 410 and MATH 532 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CSCI 533
MATH 535a Differential Geometry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Elementary
theory of manifolds, Lie groups,
homogeneous spaces, fiber bundles
and connections. Riemannian manifolds,
curvature and conjugate points,
second fundamental form, other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH 440. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 535b Differential Geometry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Elementary
theory of manifolds, Lie groups,
homogeneous spaces, fiber bundles
and connections. Riemannian manifolds,
curvature and conjugate points,
second fundamental form, other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH 440. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 540 Topology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Initial and final
topologies, function spaces, algebras
in C(Y), homotopy, fundamental group,
fiber spaces and bundles, smashes, loop
spaces, groups of homotopy classes,
cw-complexes. Prerequisite: MATH 440.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 541a Introduction to Mathematical
Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Parametric
families of distributions, sufficiency.
Estimation: methods of moments,
maximum likelihood, unbiased estimation.
Comparison of estimators, optimality,
information inequality, asymptotic efficiency.
EM algorithm, jackknife and bootstrap.
Prerequisite: MATH 505a or MATH 407
or MATH 408. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 541b Introduction to Mathematical
Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Hypothesis
testing, Neyman-Pearson lemma,
generalized likelihood ratio procedures,
confidence intervals, consistency, power,
jackknife and bootstrap. Monte Carlo
Markov chain methods, hidden Markov
models. Prerequisite: MATH 541a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 542 Analysis of Variance and
Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Least squares
estimation in the linear model, analysis of
variance and covariance, F-test, multiple
comparisons, multiple regression, selection
of variables; introduction to experimental
design. Recommended Preparation: Linear
algebra, multivariable calculus, statistics
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 543 Nonparametric Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Distribution-free methods for comparisons
of two or more samples, tests of
randomness, independence, goodness of
fit; classification, regression. Comparison
with parametric techniques. Recommended
Preparation: Multivariable calculus,
statistics Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PM 543
MATH 544L Multivariate Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm (Enroll in PM
544L)
MATH 545 Introduction to Time Series
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Transfer
function models; stationary, nonstationary
processes; moving average, autoregressive
models; spectral analysis; estimation of
mean, autocorrelation, spectrum; seasonal
time series. Recommended Preparation:
Linear algebra, multivariable calculus,
statistics Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PM 545
MATH 547 Mathematical Foundations of
Statistical Learning Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Binary
classification, empirical risk minimization,
support vector machines, voting algorithms
and AdaBoost, Vapnik-Chervonenkis
combinatorics, concentration-of-measure
inequalities, sparse recovery problems,
high-dimensional convex geometry.
Prerequisite: MATH 407 or MATH 408
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 548 Sequential Analysis
Units: 3 Sequential decision procedures:
sequential probability-ratio tests, operating
characteristic, expected sample size,
two-stage procedures, optimal stopping,
martingales, Markov processes;
applications to gambling, industrial
inspection. Prerequisite: MATH 407 or
MATH 408. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 550 Statistical Consulting and
Data Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Coverage of
modern statistical methods as applied to
practical consulting and data analysis,
and the use of the R statistical language.
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity with
basic statistics and probability is desirable
Duplicates Credit in former MATH 650
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 555a Partial Differential Equations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Second-order
partial differential equations of elliptic,
parabolic, and hyperbolic type; in particular,
potential and wave equations. Prerequisite:
MATH 425a, MATH 425b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 555b Partial Differential Equations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Second-order
partial differential equations of elliptic,
parabolic, and hyperbolic type; in particular,
potential and wave equations. Prerequisite:
MATH 425a, MATH 425b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1145
MATH 565a Ordinary Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Existence,
uniqueness and continuation of solutions,
differential inequalities, linear systems,
Sturm-Liouville theory, boundary value
problems, Poincare-Bendixson theory,
periodic solutions, perturbations, stability,
fixed point techniques. Prerequisite: MATH
425ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 565b Ordinary Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Existence,
uniqueness and continuation of solutions,
differential inequalities, linear systems,
Sturm-Liouville theory, boundary value
problems, Poincare-Bendixson theory,
periodic solutions, perturbations, stability,
fixed point techniques. Prerequisite: MATH
425a, MATH 425b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 570a Methods of Applied
Mathematics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Metric spaces,
compactness, completion, fixed-point
theorems, abstract spaces, linear operators,
functionals, duality, conjugates, Lp spaces,
Fourier transform. Applications from
Engineering, Natural and Social sciences.
Recommended Preparation: Linear Algebra
and Calculus. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 570b Methods of Applied
Mathematics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Measure theory,
convergence, Lebesgue spaces, Riesz's
theorem, Integration theorems, compact
and self-adjoint operators, spectral theory,
resolution of the identity, differential
operators, quantum mechanics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 572 Applied Algebraic Structures
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Elementary
predicate logic, model theory, axiomatic set
theory; relations, functions, equivalences;
algebraic and relational structures; graph
theory; applications of lattices, Boolean
algebras; groups, rings, field. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 574 Applied Matrix Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Equivalence of
matrices; Jordon canonical form; functions
of matrices; diagonalization; singular
value decomposition; applications to linear
differential equations, stability theory,
and Markov processes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 576 Applied Complex Analysis
and Integral Transforms
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Review of basic
complex analysis; integral transforms
of Laplace, Fourier, Mellin, and Hankel;
applications to solutions of ordinary and
partial differential equations; Wiener-Hopf
technique. Prerequisite: MATH 475 or
MATH 520. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 577 Computational Molecular
Biology Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in QBIO
577)
MATH 580 Introduction to Functional
Analysis
Units: 3 Basic functional analysis in Banach
and Hilbert spaces. Weak topologies, linear
operators, spectral theory, calculus of
vector-valued functions. Banach algebras.
Prerequisite: MATH 525a, MATH 525b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 585 Mathematical Theory of
Optimal Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Deterministic
control: calculus of variations; optimal
control; Pontryagin principle; multiplier
rules and abstract nonlinear programming;
existence and continuity of controls;
problem of Mayer; dynamic programming.
Prerequisite: MATH 570 and MATH 525a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MATH 592 Computational Molecular
Biology Internship
Units: 3 Industrial or genome-centered
internship for students in the Computational
Molecular Biology master's program. Real-
world experience in applications. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MATH 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MATH 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MATH 595 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MATH 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MATH 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Course content will be selected
each semester to reflect current trends and
developments in the field of mathematics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 600 Topics in Numerical Analysis
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 601 Optimization Theory and
Techniques
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Necessary
and sufficient conditions for existence of
extrema with equality constraints; gradient
methods; Ritz methods; eigenvalue
problems; optimum control problems;
inequality constraints; mathematical
programming. Prerequisite: MATH 502a,
MATH 502b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 602 Galerkin Approximation
Methods in Partial Differential Equations
Units: 3 Galerkin methods of approximating
solutions of elliptic boundary value
problems in one and several dimensions;
includes the use of spline functions and
triangularizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 605 Topics in Probability
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 606 Topics in Stochastic
Processes
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Theoretic and applied topics of
current interest in discrete and continuous
time stochastic processes and in stochastic
differential equations. Recommended
Preparation: graduate level course in
probability theory or stochastic processes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 610 Topics in Algebra
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 612 Topics in Commutative Ring
Theory
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Localization,
structure of Noetherian rings, integral
extensions, valuation theory, graded rings,
characteristic functions, local algebra,
dimension theory. Prerequisite: MATH
510a, MATH 510b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 613 Topics in Representation
Theory
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Irregular Structure and representation
theory of various algebraic structures, such
as groups, Lie algebras, Hopf algebras,
algebraic groups, or group schemes.
Prerequisite: MATH 510a and MATH 510b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 614 Topics in Algebraic Geometry
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Irregular Introduction to both classical and
modern aspects of algebraic geometry.
Topics include aspects of commutative
algebra, algebraic curves, algebraic
varieties and schemes, and sheaf
cohomology. Prerequisite: (MATH 510a
and MATH 510b) or (MATH 535a and
MATH 540) Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with some ideas of commutative
algebra and algebraic geometry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 620 Topics in Complex Analysis
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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MATH 625 Topics in Real Analysis
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 630 Topics in Number Theory
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 635 Topics in Differential
Geometry
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Topics to be
chosen from the following: geometry of
complex manifolds, relations between
topology and curvature, homogeneous
spaces, symmetric spaces, geometry of
submanifolds. Prerequisite: MATH 535a,
MATH 535b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 641 Topics in Topology
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 647 Topics in Statistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Irregular Current methods, techniques,
and results in statistics, data science and
machine learning. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 655 Topics in Partial Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Topics to be chosen from the
following: Elliptic, Parabolic, Hyperbolic,
and Dispersive PDEs, Conservation
Laws, Mathematical Fluid Dynamics and
Variational Methods. Prerequisite: MATH
525a; Recommended Preparation: MATH
555a. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 665 Topics in Ordinary Differential
Equations
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 680 Nonlinear Functional Analysis
Units: 3 Calculus in Banach spaces,
degree theory, fixed point theorems. Study
of compact, monotone, accretive and
nonexpansive operators. Prerequisite:
MATH 580. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MATH 681 Selected Topics in Functional
Analysis
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Course content
will vary with professor and academic year
offered. It will include topics of current
interest in both linear and nonlinear
functional analysis and their applications.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MATH 685 Topics in Mathematical
Control Theory
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 689 Topics in Mathematical
Physics
Units: 3 Max Units: 12.0 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MATH 700 Seminar in Numerical
Analysis
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 705 Seminar in Probability
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 710 Seminar in Algebra
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 725 Seminar in Analysis
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 730 Seminar in Number Theory
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 735 Seminar in Differential
Geometry
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 740 Seminar in Topology
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 761 Seminar in Programming and
Computability
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 765 Seminar in Ordinary
Differential Equations
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 780 Seminar in Functional
Analysis
Units: 3 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MATH 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MATH 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MATH 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MATH 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MATH 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MATH 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Microbiology and Immunology
MBIO 310 Principles of Microbiology and
Immunology
Units: 2 Fundamental concepts of
microbiology and immunology. Bacterial,
viral and fungal diseases are correlated
with host responses; oral manifestations of
infectious disease. Emphasis on sanitation
and sterilization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MBIO 501 Immunology
Units: 2 Fundamentals of immunology;
basic immunopathology, especially
concerning the oral cavity, including
immunogenetics; hypersensitivities and
inflammation; auto-immune diseases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Medical Biophysics
MBPH 550 Seminar in Medical
Biophysics
Units: 1 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Seminar course in which students make
oral and written presentations based on
original research, published journal articles,
or research proposals. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MBPH 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MBPH 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/
NC. Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master Students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/No
Credit
MBPH 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/
NC. Prerequisite: MBPH 594a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
MBPH 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/
NC. Prerequisite: MBPH 594b Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
MBPH 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MBPH 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Max
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
leading to the doctorate. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MBPH 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
MBPH 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
MBPH 794a Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1147
MBPH 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
MBPH 794b Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
MBPH 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
MBPH 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Prerequisite:
MBPH 794d Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
Multidisciplinary Activities
MDA 020 American Popular Culture
Units: 0 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
the popular culture of the United States,
including basic history, geography, literature
and the arts, as understood by generally
well-educated young Americans. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MDA 100a Introduction to the Health
Professions
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the health professions,
through lectures, discussions, clinical
experiences, and visits to health care
delivery sites; relationships with other
clinicians and the community. Departmental
approval required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 100b Introduction to the Health
Professions
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the health professions,
through lectures, discussions, clinical
experiences, and visits to health care
delivery sites; relationships with other
clinicians and the community. Departmental
approval required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 100c Introduction to the Health
Professions
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the health professions,
through lectures, discussions, clinical
experiences, and visits to health care
delivery sites; relationships with other
clinicians and the community. Departmental
approval required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 100d Introduction to the Health
Professions
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the health professions,
through lectures, discussions, clinical
experiences, and visits to health care
delivery sites; relationships with other
clinicians and the community. Departmental
approval required. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 101x Health Professions:
Prospects and Preparation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Presentations by
health professionals, introduced by faculty
members from relevant academic units and
followed by discussion with the speakers.
Recommended Preparation: BISC 120 or
BISC 220; CHEM 150aL. Credit Restriction:
Not available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MDA 105g Cultural Forms and Values I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Norms and
patterns of civilizations associated with the
Greco-Roman and European traditions
and the legacy of those traditions in North
America. Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 120 American Popular Culture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
the popular culture of the United States,
including basic history, geography, literature
and the arts, as understood by generally
well-educated young Americans. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MDA 125Lg Scientific Principles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
principles underlying a body of scientific
knowledge and their evolution; the
nature of scientific inquiry; how scientific
knowledge is obtained and evaluated. A
field experience or practical component
required. Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
MDA 140 Practicum in Multimedia
Authorship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the expressive potential of multimedia as
a critical and creative tool, supplementing
traditional forms of academic work.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MDA 155g Cultural Forms and Values II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cultural
norms and patterns of civilizations
associated with Africa, Asia, Latin America,
the Middle East, Native America, and
elsewhere, alternative to those of the
Greco-Roman and European traditions.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 165g Social Inquiry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyses
of compelling local, national, and/or
international issues; analytical tools
examined systematically in a broad range
of social phenomena. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
MDA 167g Marginal Groups in America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Sociological and
historical analysis of marginal populations
in American society, including racial and
ethnic minorities, teenage mothers, drug
abusers, criminals, and the mentally
ill. Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 170g La Frontera: The U.S.-Mexico
Borderlands
Units: 4 Provides student with a
multidisciplinary understanding of the
U.S./Mexico border region. Topics to
be covered include: space and place,
internationalization, physical environment,
gender relations and culture. Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MDA 175Lg Science and Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The nature
of science and technology, based on a
focused study of a single area of research;
scientific principles, their technological
applications, and social significance.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
MDA 200Lg The Cutting Edge: From
Basic Science to the Marketplace
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to the basic sciences of physics, chemistry,
biology, and geology, examining the
fundamental concepts, experimental
approaches, and technological applications.
Course will show the interrelationships
among the fields and societal ramifications
of these cutting edge technologies.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Duplicates Credit in MDA 125. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
MDA 205g Cities and Civilization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Origins
of cities, patterns of migration and
resettlement, civic identities and the
invention of public culture, from ancient
Rome to contemporary Los Angeles.
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 210 Contemporary Issues and
Cases in Health Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the major areas of health
care; the provider's relationship to choices
in professional practice; ethics and
historical context. Corequisite: BISC 220Lg
Duplicates Credit in MDA 100a, MDA 100b,
MDA 100c, MDA 100d and former MDA 110
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MDA 250 Internship for Liberal Arts:
Work and Career — Theory and Practice
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Students explore different
understandings of work and career in
American society while testing theories in
an actual work setting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDA 260 Opportunities in the Global
Marketplace
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Professional opportunities in a
changing global system, preparing the
successor generation for participation in the
public, private, and citizen sectors of our
global society. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 300 The Dornsife Toolkit
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An opportunity to acquire an
intellectual skill in a small group setting.
Registration Restriction: Open to all
undergraduates, though Dornsife majors
and minors will have priority during the
registration period Credit Restriction: Not
1148 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
for Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 305 Translation Principles and
Skills
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Introduces students to basic
principles and skills professional translators
utilize to inform their decisions; familiarizes
students with the translation industry,
software and jobs. Five semesters of
foreign language study or equivalent are
required for enrollment. Recommended
Preparation: Five semesters of foreign
language study or equivalent Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDA 320 Global Ethics: Poverty, Health
and the Human Condition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Ethical
challenges and moral obligations of
the public and private sectors in global
development, access to healthcare, and
promotion of civil, political, and economic
rights. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MDA 325 Case Studies in Modern
Leadership
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study of a single leader or small set
of leaders, including the strengths and
weaknesses that distinguish them and the
cultural forces that nurture them. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as POSC-326
MDA 330 The Armenian Heritage:
History, Arts, and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A
multidisciplinary exploration of the Armenian
cultural heritage through the ages —
folklore, traditions, religious practices,
literature, architecture, painting, sculpture,
music, theatre, film and dance. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDA 333 Colloquium in Armenian
Studies: Social and Cultural Issues
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Analysis of political, social, and
cultural issues by the instructor and visiting
lecturers with expertise in specific areas
of the Armenian Republic and Diaspora
community. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDA 365 The Art and Adventure of
Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Areas of
knowledge and kinds of competencies that
are fundamental to the study and practice
of leadership in a variety of settings.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 399a Team Research Communities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cross-
disciplinary inquiry in the liberal arts.
Research methodologies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDA 399b Team Research Communities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Cross-
disciplinary inquiry in the liberal arts.
Individual student and group projects
contributing to the team's collaborative
report. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDA 423 User Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the field of user experience (UX), with a
specific focus on theoretical foundations,
research methodology and principles of
design. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as PSYC 423
MDA 444 Teaching English as a Foreign
Language
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Preparation
for teaching English as a Foreign Language
(EFL), facilitating learning experiences that
are equitable, inclusive and empowering.
Recommended Preparation: Some
knowledge of Italian Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDA 450 Individual Program of Study
Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18 Max Units: 18.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An individual educational project
approved by a faculty committee, combining
directed research with internships, service
learning, artistic or literary production, and/
or other relevant educational activities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
sophomore, junior or senior standing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 460 Collaborative Learning Project
Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm A project approved by
a faculty committee, requiring students
to collaborate on research or an original
work in the literary, plastic, or performing
arts. Registration Restriction: Open only
to sophomore, junior or senior standing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MDA 475 The Future of California
Units: 4 Challenges facing California;
options for governmental and constitutional
reform; opportunities for economic growth;
demographic and cultural changes;
education, environment, and other policy
issues. Recommended Preparation: junior
or senior standing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as POSC-475, PPD-475
MDA 476 Policy Research on California
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Research and
proposed solutions concerning problems,
policies, structural and constitutional
challenges facing California. Open only
to upper-division and master's students.
Prerequisite: MDA 475. Registration
Restriction: Open only to upper division
and masters students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MDA 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
8.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research, reading, writing and project
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDA 494 Directed Creative Project
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual research, reading,
writing and project development, guided by
a faculty member with expertise in the area,
who may be tenure-track or nontenure-
track. Registration Restriction: Open only
to juniors and seniors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDA 495 Interdisciplinary Honors
Seminar
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Fa The first part of an eight-unit sequence
intended to award academic honors in a
thematic area comparable to departmental
honors in a single discipline. Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDA 496 Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The second
part of an eight-unit sequence intended to
award academic honors in a thematic area
comparable to departmental honors in a
single discipline. Prerequisite: MDA 495.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
8.0 Selected topics in Multidisciplinary
Activities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDA 501 Introduction to Visual Studies:
Methods and Debates
Units: 4 A critical introduction to the field of
visual studies focusing on interdisciplinary
approaches to images, objects, and
visual technologies as well as key texts
and interpretive debates. Students must
be enrolled in a PhD program at USC.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDA 593 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MDA 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Fa The multidisciplinary, team-
taught seminar addresses issues at the
intersection of literary, visual, and material
culture. The faculty team and specific topics
studied will change each time the course is
offered. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Medical Education
MDED 501 Narrative Medicine I:
Witnessing, Listening, Reflecting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to Narrative Medicine and history of
health humanities; examine theories of
narrative, trauma, witnessing, identity
as related to health care and the clinical
encounter. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate and professional students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDED 502 Narrative Medicine II:
Methods and Pedagogy
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
study in Narrative Medicine; study current
methods and best practices for designing
and evaluating narrative medicine
workshops; includes teacher training,
practicum and advisement. Prerequisite:
MDED 501 Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate and professional students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDED 503 Creative Writing and Its
Applications in Narrative Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to creative writing in the clinical setting;
study of nonfiction/journalism, memoir,
fiction and poetry; work toward a creative
project that incorporates narrative medicine
methods. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate and professional students
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1149
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDED 504 Research Methods in
Narrative Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
philosophical underpinnings of qualitative
research and its use in health research;
develop specific methodologies for data
collection and assessment in Narrative
Medicine. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate and professional students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDED 505 Intersubjectivity: Lived
Bodies/Relational Selves
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to philosophical, anthropological
and sociological considerations of
intersubjectivity and experience; narrative
approaches to intersubjectivity and
relational self-making focusing, especially
on clinical encounters. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate and
professional students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDED 510 Narrative Ethics: Illness,
Disability, Equity and Community
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine the
relationship between illness and disability
narratives and their familial, social and
institutional contexts; develop skills in
interviewing, close reading and writing
toward publication. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate and professional
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDED 511 Immigrants, Illness and
Narrative Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Apply
narrative medicine methods to the study of
fictional and non-fictional illness narratives
from the immigrant perspective in the
United States. Recommended Preparation:
MDED 501 or MDED 510 Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate and
professional students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDED 512 Health Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Use
historical and social scientific data and
analysis to examine the conjuncture
between race and racism in medicine as
an institution, clinical practice, body of
knowledge and stakeholder in efforts for
equitable healthcare practices, policies
and professional formation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to seniors and
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDED 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: Sp Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Graded CR/
NC. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Narrative Medicine
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MDED 593 Narrative Medicine Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A summative
experience such as a thesis, a clinical
practicum or a capstone project; regular
meetings with an adviser and a final
presentation are required for successful
completion. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Keck master students in Narrative
Medicine Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Middle East Studies
MDES 180 The Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
HIST 180)
MDES 201w The Middle East: Global and
Environmental Perspectives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the natural and cultural diversity of
the Middle East through the prism of
globalization and sustainability. Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDES 213gp Iran: From Antiquity to
Modernity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
Iran from antiquity to modernity,
emphasizing the complex interplay of
cross-cultural continuity, rupture and
transformation that marks the country's long
history. Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDES 301g The Global Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the modern Middle East by focusing on
the process of globalization. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDES 312 Premodern Iran
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the history of Iran and its peoples from
the earliest records down to the 18th
century. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDES 313 Modern Iran
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History and
culture of modern Iran from the nineteenth
century to present through historical and
ethnographic approaches to Iran today,
richly contextualizing events and people.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as HIST 389
MDES 314p Political Thought in the
Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Major
strands of Islamic political thought from
early Islam through the classical Islamic
period to contemporary developments
and transformations. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDES 316p The Great Muslim Empires
of the Near East and India
Units: 4 Explores the social, political, and
religious forces that helped shape the
Ottoman, Safavid, and the Mughal empires,
their intellectual trends, and cultural
dynamism. Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST
394
MDES 324 Persian Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the literature of Persia from premodern
times to the present with special attention
to the great epic tales and poetry that
constitute the literary canon. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDES 325g Politics of Film and
Literature in Modern Iran
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
contemporary Iranian society through the
study of social tensions created by poverty-
wealth, tradition-modernity, masculinity-
femininity, and notions of religio-political
authority as reflected in the literature and
films of the country. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDES 335 Nation and State in Modern
Turkey
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of nation-state building in
modern Turkey through a juxtaposition of
academic works from history, anthropology,
sociology, political science, and literary
criticism. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MDES 340 The United States and the
Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical
perspectives on U.S. relations with the
Middle East, including the discourses
surrounding democracy and globalization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as IR 359
MDES 342g Arab Intellectuals in
Question
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Surveys
prominent debates in the Arab world,
examining how media and intellectual
production reflect, shape, and/or contest
prevailing ideas and practices in the public
sphere. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MDES 343g Modern Arab Culture and
Literature
Units: 4 Examines contemporary Arab
state-society relations using literature to
illustrate how people construct meanings
and portray issues of national, social, and
cultural significance. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as COLT 347
MDES 345p Power and Authority in the
Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A comparative
examination of social relations of power
and institutions with a special focus on
intellectual traditions, the law, and social
movements. Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as IR
350
MDES 349gp Ancient Empires
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
CLAS 349gp)
MDES 362 The International Relations of
the Contemporary Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in IR 362)
MDES 363 Middle East Political
Economy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in IR
363)
MDES 375 Politics and Society in the
Contemporary Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of a relevant and timely issue in Middle
East Studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
1150 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
MDES 378 Ptolemaic Egypt
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CLAS 378)
MDES 382 The Middle East, 500–1500
Units: 4 (Enroll in HIST 382)
MDES 383 The Modern Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in HIST
383)
MDES 384 Popular Culture in the Middle
East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
HIST 384)
MDES 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the
Near East
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 394)
MDES 401 Environment and Politics in
the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to key environmental and political
challenges facing the contemporary Middle
East and North Africa (MENA). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as IR 409, ANTH 401
MDES 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion,
and Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in REL
402)
MDES 403 Infrastructures of Dominance:
Technology, Development and the
Struggle for Power
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Sheds light
on the technical and social practices
through which infrastructures are
constructed, used and maintained in the
Middle East. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDES 437 Arabic Autobiography:
Writing and Interpreting the Self
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COLT 437)
MDES 441w Cities of the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the economic, political
and cultural forces operating in a number
of Middle Eastern cities. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ANTH
441, IR 447
MDES 447 Traveling Genres: Politics/
Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
COLT 447)
MDES 448m France and Islam
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
FREN 448)
MDES 449 Multilingual Encounters
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 448)
MDES 454 Classical Arabic
Units: 4 Max Units: 20 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to reading and interpretation
of pre-modern, classical Arabic, including
literature from the 6th to 19th centuries.
Prerequisite: ARAB 252 or MDES 252
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MDES 463 Islam and Arab Nationalism
Units: 4 (Enroll in IR 463)
MDES 475 Seminar in Middle East
Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Major
theoretical and methodological currents and
approaches to the study of the Middle East
through a close reading of important recent
contributions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDES 480 Seminar in Middle East
History
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in HIST
480)
MDES 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Credit Restriction: Not for
graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDES 492 Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Writing of the honors thesis;
for students in the Middle East Studies
Honors Program. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MDES 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in Middle East
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
Medical Biology
MEDB 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MEDB 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MEDB 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MEDB 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MEDB 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MEDB 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Medical Sciences (200–400)
MEDS 120 Skills and Strategies for
Future Medical Professionals
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of academic strategies and exploration of
pre-professional preparation for careers
in medicine and healthcare. Open only
to students in the Keck PREP Scholars
Program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to students in the Keck PREP Scholars
Program Credit Restriction: Not available
for credit toward the Health Care Studies
Minor Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MEDS 220 Healthcare Foundations: Core
Concepts and Terminology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to and discussion on clinically
relevant topics such as social determinants
of health, medical ethics and legal and
regulatory aspects, in preparation for
experience in the clinical setting. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 225 Introduction to
Professionalism and the Practice of
Medicine
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to professionalism and skills
required in the practice of medicine and
careers in health care. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 250 Introduction to Healthcare
Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACAD 260)
MEDS 260 Challenges in the Forefront of
Biomedical Ethics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
fundamental ethical concepts and principles
in clinical health care and biomedical
research. Use of film, case studies and
discussion. Recommended Preparation:
MDA 110 or MEDS 220. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 261 Human Health and
Technology
Units: 4 Max Units: FaSp (Enroll in ACAD
261)
MEDS 270 Public Health Literacy, History
and Pandemics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
the impact of health literacy and history
to prevent and respond to pandemics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
EDUC 280, HIST 280
MEDS 280 The History of Medicine:
a Doctor's Perspective
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the role
of medicine/surgery in society, whose ideas
about health and disease have undergone
enormous changes from antiquity to the
present day. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 300g Statistical Methods for
Biomedical Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
basis for various statistical tests, underlying
assumptions, and statistical analyses
used in biomedical and clinical research.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 305 The Molecular Basis of
Disease: A Case-Based Approach
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of basic biomedical concepts to real-life
scenarios and medical conditions, through
case studies and problem-based learning.
Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC 221
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 315 Human Anatomy, Physiology,
and the Technology of Medicine
Units: 2 Introduction to human anatomy
and physiology in relation to common
disease processes, and an examination of
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how technology has transformed western
medicine throughout history. Prerequisite:
BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 320 Human Cadaveric Anatomy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Anatomical
structure and function of the major regions
of the human body as related to health and
disease, using clinical cases, lectures and
cadaveric demonstrations. Prerequisite:
BISC 220 or BISC 221. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 330 Bionics: Solutions to Enable
the Disabled
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Focused
examination of medical bionics with
emphasis on solutions that enable the
disabled and detailed discussions and
evaluations of the social and technological
aspects of bionic medical devices.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 335 Human Development: From
Stem to Sternum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to transformation of a single cell into a
mature organism. Prerequisite: BISC 220
or BISC 221. Recommended Preparation:
BISC 320. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 340 The Brain in Health and
Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of the
human brain through the lens of disease
using illustrative case studies, current
imaging techniques and potential future
treatment for neurological conditions such
as Alzheimer's disease. Prerequisite:
(BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg) and CHEM
103Lgx or CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 350 Neurochemistry of Addiction:
Drugs, Brain, and Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
neurochemistry of psychiatric illness and
addiction, introduction to brain and nervous
system biochemistry, anatomy and disease
states. Covers prescribed medications
and drugs of abuse. Prerequisite: (BISC
220Lg or BISC 221Lg) and (CHEM 103Lgx
or CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg)
Recommended Preparation: BISC 320L
or BISC 330L and MEDS 330 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 355 Skeletal Biology and
Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of the cellular make-up of the human
skeleton, the functions of bones, clinical
application of this knowledge towards
bone-related diseases, and introduction
to technological advances in orthopedic
surgery. Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC
221 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 360 Bench to Bedside:
Application of the Basic Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa A theoretical
basis of laboratory approaches that help
the biomedical or physician scientist in
understanding the etiology of disease and
targeting disease processes. Prerequisite:
(BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg) and (CHEM
103Lgx or CHEM 105aLg or CHEM
115aLg) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 362 Analytics for Health
Innovators
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACAD 362)
MEDS 370 Organ Failure: Non-
Communicable Chronic Disease
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of frequently treated diseases
with the greatest impact on society.
Involvement of medical specialists as
guests. Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg or BISC
221Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 380 Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Exploring how
stem cells and regenerative medicine
are portrayed in culture, the scientific
underpinnings of what is currently possible,
and visions into the future. Prerequisite:
BISC 220 or BISC 221. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 Max Units: 4
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 405 Health Care Systems:
A Doctor's Perspective
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the health care system of
the United States, from the perspective of
the physician and other health professions.
Particularly covers health care systems as
a workplace and how medical professionals
fit into and operate within it. Recommended
Preparation: MEDS 280 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 420 Human Development: Birth to
Adolescence
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Basic medical
and developmental concepts that are
important during the infant, child and
adolescent phases of life, as well as guest
lectures from health care professionals in
the pediatric field. Prerequisite: MEDS 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 425 Medical Examiner-Coroner:
Investigating Death
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Emphasizes
the team-based approach used by forensic
scientists, medical examiners and coroners
to investigate the circumstances and
determine the cause/manner of death.
Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC 221; and
MEDS 220 Registration Restriction: Open
only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 440 Introduction to Surgical
Principles
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the spectrum of surgical care, taught by
surgeons, with the goal of developing an
appreciation of the role that surgery plays
in society. Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC
221; and CHEM 103 or CHEM 105a or
CHEM 115a; and MEDS 220. Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 445 Cancer: Biology, Prevention
and Therapy from the Bench to the
Bedside
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The basic
aspects of cancer biology, prevention,
diagnosis and therapy, as well as guest
lectures by oncology researchers and
health professionals. Prerequisite: BISC
220 or BISC 221 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 450 OB/GYN: The Medicine and
Surgery of Reproduction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the practical realities of modern obstetric
and gynecology practice from the point
of view of practicing surgeon scientists at
USC. Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC 221;
and MEDS 220. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 455 Integrative Health Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction to
integrative health care; a holistic approach
to medicine combining conventional
medical therapies with evidence-informed
complementary alternative medicine.
Recommended Preparation: HP 450,
MEDS 220 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 460 Emergency Health Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles of
emergency medical services, ranging from
prehospital care and advanced life-saving,
to minor injuries and illnesses. Interactive
experience with ER physicians/emergency
health care providers. Prerequisite:
BISC 220 or BISC 221; and MEDS 220.
Recommended Preparation: MEDS 260.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 463 Evidence Based Medicine for
Health Innovators
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACAD 463)
MEDS 464 Mining Health Data Through
Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ACAD 464)
MEDS 465 Wilderness and Survival
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Medical
physiology principles of people under
"extreme" wilderness conditions, factors
affecting remote medical care, and basic
survival strategies, led by Emergency
Medicine physicians. Prerequisite:
BISC 220 or BISC 221; and MEDS 220.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 490x Directed Research in
Biomedical Science
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Prerequisite: BISC 220 or
BISC 221 and CHEM 103 or CHEM 105a or
CHEM 115a; Recommended Preparation:
MEDS 300, MEDS 360. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 495 Social Emergency Medicine:
Practicum with the CHLA CHAT Team
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the social determinants of health through
supervised on-site practicum with the
Community Health Advocates Team at
Children's Hospital Los Angeles and
didactic sessions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics in health care studies.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Medical Sciences (500)
MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of global health issues facing
resource-poor societies; emphasizes
contributing factors including behavioral
and physiological bases, economic, social,
and political context. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 503L Core Principles System I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to basic medical concepts and
biological system functions; examination
of core principles of science and medical
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 504L Core Principles System II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Continuation of
concepts from MEDS 503. Basic medical
concepts and biological system functions;
examination of core principles of science
and medical treatment. Prerequisite:
MEDS 503. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 510 Global Health Modules,
Malaria
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Critical
issues in international control and treatment
of malaria. Exploration of biological and
epidemiological fundamentals of human-
parasite interaction, including dynamics of
transmission among populations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 511 Global Health Modules,
Tuberculosis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of biological and
epidemiological fundamentals of
tuberculosis including dynamics of
transmission among populations. Overview
of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and
treatment of infections. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 512 Global Health Modules,
Maternal and Child Health I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Biopsychosocial, cultural and economic
aspects of women's health: pregnancy,
childbirth, marriage. Examination of health
promotion and policy efforts to improve
women's health globally. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 514 Global Health Modules,
Tropical Disease
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of prevalent tropical diseases:
epidemiology, clinical manifestations,
treatment, impact on economies of tropical
countries. Key issues related to these
diseases; World Health Organization
responses. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 515 Global Health Modules,
HIV/AIDS
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm HIV
epidemiology, basic biology of transmission
and pathophysiology, associated
opportunistic infections, and challenges
to providing care in the developing
world, including government responses.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 516 Cultural Humility in Health
and Medicine
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Practical approach to the development of
professional skills for providing culturally
sensitive clinical health services to
ethnically and linguistically diverse patients.
Duplicates Credit in former GM 516
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 517 Health and Human Rights
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
relationship between health and human
rights, and the study of human rights issues
relevant to health care professionals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 518 Children in Emergency
Situations: Global Policies and
Programs
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Focuses on
children in emergency situations, including
natural and man-made disasters, such
as floods, earthquakes, conflicts, or war,
with an emphasis on the poorest and
most vulnerable children. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Global Medicine
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 519 Global Oral Health
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Better
understand the key issues impacting global
oral health, how better care can help
reduce the disease prevalence, and ways
to prepare the next generation of global
health leaders to address the key issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Global Medicine majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 520 Medical Spanish for the
Health Professions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Spanish
language course for students planning to
enter the health professions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MEDS 521 Emerging and Re-emerging
Infectious Diseases
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the threat of major worldwide
epidemics and diseases with a focus on
the recent emergence of new plagues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 523 Global Toxicity and
Carcinogenesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
the occurrences of toxic substances and
the toxicity/diseases they cause, and
chemical carcinogens and the types of
cancer they cause worldwide. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 525 Global Mental Health
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the major mental health diagnoses from
clinically relevant perspectives and their
prevalence in specific geographical regions
around the world. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 527 Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Background
information on a group of infections
that are transmitted via animal contact.
Understanding of the epidemiology, clinical
manifestations, treatment, and impact of the
diseases on the economies of the countries
in which they are found. Recommended
Preparation: MEDS 500. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 528 Global Health Modules,
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Examines
clinically relevant perspectives from
distinguished international authors on
STI issues and the devastating effect on
particular geographical regions around the
world. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 529 Refugee Health Care
Units: 2 Introduction to refugee health
care and life events which impact health.
Discuss medical needs of long-term
displaced populations with specific case
studies. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 530a Foundation of Medicine:
Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of physiology, chemistry,
anatomy, biochemistry and microbiology,
as well as pharmacological issues,
mathematical basis of lab instruments or
techniques, and computational modeling.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 530b Foundation of Medicine:
Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
basics of human anatomy (gross anatomy,
histology, radiographic anatomy),
physiology (cellular physiology, organ
system areas) and pathology (general,
systemic, cellular pathology). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 530c Foundation of Medicine:
Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Continues
material from MEDS 530a and MEDS
530b, covering human anatomy (gross
anatomy, histology, radiographic anatomy),
physiology (cellular physiology, organ
systems) and pathology (general, systemic,
cellular pathology). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 532 Non-communicable Diseases
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
conceptual framework for understanding
global challenges faced in the management
of non-communicable diseases, including
heart disease, diabetes, chronic lung
disease, and cancer. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 535 Culture, Lifestyle, and Health
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of national and international variations in
health status indicators in regard to cultural
and lifestyle differences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 550 Clinical Medicine and Health
Care Reform in Taiwan
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Two-week
in-depth study abroad in Taipei, Taiwan,
focused on understanding Taiwan's health
care system, health priorities, and needs.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 551 Clinical Medicine and
Socioeconomic Factors in Uganda
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Two-week
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course that provides students with
hands-on experience in clinical medicine/
public health and exposure to the various
socioeconomic factors impacting health
in the developing world. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 554 Clinical Medicine and
Healthcare Delivery in Panama
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm A two-week
course providing students with hands-on
experience in the practice of rural medicine
as they gain exposure to the various socio-
economic factors present in Bocas del
Toro, Panama. Recommended Preparation:
MEDS 500, MEDS 501, MEDS 510, MEDS
511, MEDS 514, MEDS 515. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Global Medicine
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 556 Global Health Field Study,
New York
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Two-week
course providing students with a solid
understanding of the United Nations'
major agencies influential in global
health, their mandate, their strengths and
challenges. Includes field visit to selected
UN organizations all located in NYC.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Global Medicine majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 557 Clinical Medicine and
Healthcare Dynamics in Denmark
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Two-week
course that provides a venue for careful
examination and assessment of the
economic, social, political, and specific
health issues currently faced by countries
in the European Region. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Global Medicine
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 560 Innovating in Healthcare in
Malaysia
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Two-week study
abroad course in Malaysia that examines
the capacity of local communities to
address health needs and to address health
priorities with innovation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 561 Global Healthcare
Development and Practices in Nepal
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Provides a
multi-faceted understanding of the delivery
of essential services to underserved
populations, particularly women and
children, in the challenging Nepalese
healthcare landscape. Recommended
Preparation: MEDS 500, MEDS 501, MEDS
518 Registration Restriction: Open only to
Global Medicine majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 567 Global Nutrition
Units: 2 A systematic survey of basic and
clinical nutrition that provides an overview
of critical public health-nutrition issues in
both the developing world and industrial
society. Recommended Preparation:
general chemistry, biological chemistry,
and/or physiology Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 574 Rural Health in South Africa
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Two-
week study abroad course exploring the
complexities of the delivery of health care
in rural South Africa. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 575 Introduction to Healthcare in
Resource-Limited Settings
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to tactics, tools, and directives
commonly used in global health crises and
resource-poor settings with an emphasis
on strategic thinking and planning to
enable situation-specific solutions to be
implemented. Recommended Preparation:
MEDS 500 or MEDS 501 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 576 Maternal and Child Health in
South Africa
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of country-specific factors
affecting pregnancy, pre-natal care, and
childbirth in South Africa, with analysis of
factors contributing to health inequality and
methods to mitigate healthcare challenges.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 577 Global Palliative Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the provision of palliative
care and analysis of factors affecting
the increased burden of palliative care
provision facing developing regions of the
world. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MEDS 579 Healthcare Challenges and
Dynamics in Japan
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Two-
week study abroad course exploring the
health care system and accompanying
care provision in Japan. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 580 Interprofessional Team
Dynamics in Healthcare
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of typical composition and
function of interprofessional healthcare
teams. Exploration of roles of team
members and purview of care issues and
common challenges, including medication
management, inpatient/outpatient decision
making, and care plan implementation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 581 Case Studies in
Interprofessional Healthcare
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Survey
of the specific roles each member of
an interprofessional health team plays
in the provision of care, based on their
professional training. Application of diverse
health professional expertise to case
studies in healthcare. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MEDS 582 Biology of Pandemics: from
the Black Plague to SARS-CoV-2
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Medical
and historical exploration of infectious
diseases classified as pandemics,
including SARS-CoV-2, with accompanying
examination of their clinical manifestations
and treatments and aspects of basic
virology, immunology and epidemiology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MEDS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MEDS 597a Health Technology
Internship
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Internship
course on the use of new technology based
on sensors and wireless communications
to the healthcare industry. Registration
Restriction: Open only to MS Electrical
Engineering (Wireless Health Technology)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MEDS 597b Health Technology
Internship
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Internship
course on the use of new technology based
on sensors and wireless communications to
the healthcare industry. Continues material
from GM 597a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MEDS 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Lecture and discussion focused
on specific topics within global medicine.
Course topic will vary from semester
to semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
MICB 500L Introductory Medical
Microbiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular A survey
of microorganisms which cause human
infectious diseases including mechanisms
of pathogenesis, principles of antibiotic
usage, pertinent microbial genetics;
lectures, laboratories and demonstrations.
Prerequisite: one year general biology, one
semester biochemistry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
MICB 501 Introduction to Immunology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Irregular Basic
introduction into molecular, cellular, and
clinical immunology for second year
medical students and graduate students
in Microbiology. Duplicates Credit in BISC
450. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MICB 502 Molecular and Cellular
Immunology
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Specific topics to be scheduled on a yearly
and rotating basis. Prerequisite: MICB 501.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MICB 503 Current Topics in Immunology
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Discussion forum on the diverse
areas of research which constitute modern
immunology. Prerequisite: MICB 501.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MICB 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
504)
MICB 522 Infection and Host Responses
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
522)
MICB 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
531)
MICB 542 Animal Virology
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Virus structure and chemistry;
virus-cell interactions; aspects of virus
genetics; molecular biology; pathogenesis,
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immunology, and evolution of viral
infections. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MICB 549 Student Seminar Series
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Microbiology students will present
research seminars describing their thesis
progress. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MICB 550 Microbial Pathogenesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Critical
discussion of recent developments in
pathogenesis of select microbial, viral and
parasitic agents with particular emphasis
on molecular factors and their synergistic
(antagonistic) actions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MICB 551 Prokaryotic Molecular
Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Macromolecular
processes and their regulation in
prokaryotes; DNA replication, transcription,
and post-transcriptional events in general
and as related to operons, phage biology,
and eukaryotic organelles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MICB 560 Recent Advances in
Microbiology
Units: 1 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Intensive examination of
selected topics in microbiology. Student
presentations and critiques. Required for
all graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MICB 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
MICB 570 Microbiology Research
Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 10.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Critical discussion of current
research topics. Students present published
and unpublished research results for
discussion and critique. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MICB 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
MICB 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
MICB 573 Systems Physiology and
Disease II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
MICB 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MICB 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MICB 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MICB 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MICB 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Part-time or
full-time, practical work experience in the
student's field of study. The internship
must be located at an off-campus facility.
Students are individually supervised by
faculty. May not be taken until the student
has completed at least one semester
of enrollment in the graduate program
with a cumulative 3.0 GPA. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MICB 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MICB 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MICB 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MICB 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MICB 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MICB 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Marketing
MKT 402 Introduction to Marketing
Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyze
marketing data and develop actionable
insights to guide marketing decisions.
Apply statistical tools, machine learning,
and economic analysis to digital marketing
problems. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 404 Happiness and Wellbeing in the
Marketplace
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine
happiness and wellbeing in consumer
culture. Integrate insights from various
fields (e.g., psychology, sociology, policy)
into discussions about business, individual
wellbeing, and societal welfare. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 405 Marketing Communication and
Promotion Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develop
skills for effective marketing communication
and promotion. Consider objectives and
components of a strategic plan (including
marketplace analysis, research, campaign
development, and media planning).
Prerequisite: BUAD 307 or COMM 200 or
COMM 302 or PR 340 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 406 Practicum in Marketing
Communication and Promotion Design
Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Sp Gain
practical experience in a student-managed
marketing agency. Work with a client to
design a marketing communication and
promotion campaign. Present to client
after completion. Prerequisite: MKT 405
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 410 Professional Selling
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles
of business-to-business selling and its
function in marketing strategy and the
marketing mix. Explore professional selling
as a career option. Prerequisite: BUAD
307 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and
Seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 415 Sales Force Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Learn
about managing the selling function of
organizations. Understand how to plan,
implement and oversee sales force
operations (including selection, training and
compensation of salespeople). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 425 Digital Marketing Fundamentals
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine the
changing world of the connected consumer.
Gain introductory knowledge about
consumers online and digital marketing
tactics across industries. Prerequisite:
BUAD 307 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 428 Social Media Strategy for
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine the
use of social media for business across
industries. Understand theories and
frameworks for strategic content creation
and posting as technology and platforms
evolve. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 430 Omnichannel Retail Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examine
retail management in physical stores and
online environments. Discuss buying and
managing merchandise, store/platform
layout, pricing, promotion, and supplier
relationships. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 445 New Product Development and
Branding
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Learn how
marketers create new brands, products and
services. Discuss and examine creative
ideation, research and development, brand
image management and legal issues
in branding. Prerequisite: BUAD 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 446L Practicum in New Product
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Gain practical
experience in a student-managed product
team. Work with a client to design a
product. Conduct research, design the
product and plan for implementation.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1155
Prerequisite: MKT 445 Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and
Marketing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examine
diverse consumers' behavior including
acquisition, usage and disposition of
products. Understand the psychological,
social and cultural influences that drive
consumers' decisions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 461 Marketing in the Entertainment
Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine the
marketing of products and brands in the
entertainment industry (including movies,
TV shows, music and video games).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 463 Pricing Strategies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Learn
about pricing theories and strategies.
Discuss data-driven and dynamic pricing,
psychology of pricing, price negotiations
and legal regulation of pricing. Prerequisite:
BUAD 307 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 465 Multicultural Marketing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine
how marketers adapt the marketing mix
to serve consumers from diverse cultures,
considering differing social norms and
regulations across the global marketplace.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 470 Marketing Research for
Consumer Insights
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
primary research skills to inform marketing
strategy. Leverage different research
methods and types of data to address
various marketing problems and improve
business outcomes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 488 Marketing Capstone: From
Strategy to Execution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Apply
knowledge of marketing to various
case studies. Understand challenging
decisions marketers must make and offer
recommendations after thorough analysis.
Recommended during student's senior
year. Prerequisite: BUAD 307 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Juniors and
Seniors Duplicates Credit in former MKT
440 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Current developments in the
field of Marketing; topics to be selected
each semester. Prerequisite: BUAD 307
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 512 Customer Insights and
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Use of
marketing research techniques and
technologies such as databases and
statistical tools to collect, analyze and act
upon customer information. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 525 Consumer Behavior
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Theories
and applications of consumer behavior in
marketing; psychological, social, cultural
and ethnic factors influencing consumer
behavior. Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA
528 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 526 Advertising and Social Media:
Strategy and Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Effective
advertising in an era of social media
including strategy and analytics for crafting
ad messages, testing ads, budgeting and
media scheduling. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 528 Sales Management: The Art
and Science of Sales
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Emphasis
on creating a sales strategy, planning
and delivery of sales presentations, and
techniques to persuade people to change
their opinions in face-to-face meetings.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 530 New Product Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Systematic approach to product
development and management; processes,
techniques, and concepts firms use to
develop, test, and introduce products and
to manage products over their lifecycle.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 531 Services Marketing Strategy
Units: 3 Analysis and development of
sound marketing strategies and an
integrated service management plan for
service organizations. Examination of best
practices among leading service providers.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 533 Branding Strategy
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Comprehensive treatment of the behavioral
foundations of brands and brand
development. Exploration of alternative
branding strategies and marketing tools for
brand development. Prerequisite: GSBA
509 or GSBA 528 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 534 Retail Strategy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Frameworks
for analysis of retail strategy and
functions of a retail firm, including buying,
merchandise management, pricing,
promotion, and visual merchandising;
application of concepts through case
studies and student projects. Prerequisite:
GSBA 509 or GSBA 528 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 535 Business-to-Business
Marketing Management
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Business-to-business marketing strategies
(as opposed to consumer targeted
marketing) including product management,
pricing, market sizing, and other issues
of importance for professional marketers.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 536 Pricing Strategies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the fundamentals of pricing and pricing
strategy. Develop a conceptual framework
and a set of analytical tools used to make
sound pricing decisions. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 543 Market Demand and Sales
Forecasting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp New product
concept testing and life cycle forecasting,
pricing and advertising response
forecasting, consumer purchase intentions,
judgmental marketing decision models, time
series and regression analysis, computer
methods. Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA
528 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 546 Digital Marketing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Marketing
of products or services using digital
technologies, mainly on the Internet, but
also including mobile phones, display
advertising, and any other digital media.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528 or
GSBA 546 Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Duplicates Credit in
MKT 556 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 555 Marketing Channels
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of strategic decision making in marketing
channels. Intensity of distribution, vertical
integration, how roles are formulated, types
of intermediaries, and multiple channels
of distribution. Prerequisite: GSBA 509
or GSBA 528 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 556 Internet Marketing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp All aspects
of Internet marketing. Internet as a tool
for marketing communication, sales and
distribution, customer management. Role of
paid advertising, search engines, Website
design. Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA
528 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 560 Marketing Strategy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
and implementation of marketing strategies
applied to domestic and global business
challenges that span multiple industries
complimented by a consumer packaged
goods marketing strategic plan project.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528 and
the former GSBA 509a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 565 Global Marketing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Variations
in markets and trade patterns around the
globe; product development and adaptation,
pricing, promotion, and distribution issues
across national cultures and international
markets. Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA
509a or GSBA 528 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 566 Decision Making Using
Marketing Analytics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
and models of marketing-related data
analyses to the development of data-driven
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marketing strategies and making data-
driven marketing decisions. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Duplicates Credit in former DSO 566
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 567 Marketing Metrics for Business
Decisions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application,
development, interpretation and
implementation (in Excel and Tableau)
of marketing metrics using case studies,
data, and practitioner talks. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to only
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 580 Fostering Creativity
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: Sp An
exploration of skills and practices (e.g.,
getting out of one's comfort zone,
discovering one's inner-critic) necessary
to develop and cultivate one's personal
creativity. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 585 Marketing Radical Innovation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Study and
application of new technology to create new
business models, products, and services in
world economies. Group projects focused
on practical applications of concepts.
Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MKT 586 Fashion, Luxury and Lifestyle
Marketing
Units: 3.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of marketing issues and challenges within a
variety of business settings in the fashion,
luxury goods and lifestyle sectors in the
global marketplace. Prerequisite: GSBA
509 or GSBA 528 or the former GSBA
509a Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 589 CMO on Shareholder Value
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Provide an
understanding of the role of the Chief
Marketing Officer (CMO) in a variety of
industries and how he or she influences
shareholder value. Prerequisite: GSBA 509
or GSBA 509A or GSBA 528 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MKT 592 Field Research in Marketing
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
or team projects studying the marketing
practices of an industry, company,
government agency, country, geographic
region, etc. Proposal, data collection,
analyses, and written report. Graded
CR/NC. Recommended Preparation:
completion of required MBA, MAcc, MBT
or MSMKT course work Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MKT 593 Independent Research in
Marketing
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research beyond normal
course offerings. Proposal, research and
written report/paper required. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MKT 595 Internship in Marketing
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 09
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Supervised
on-the-job business experience in the
field of marketing. (Curricular Practical
Training.) Graded CR/NC. Recommended
Preparation: completion of required MBA,
MAcc, MBT or MSMKT course work
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MKT 596 Research Practicum in
Marketing
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Marshall faculty
member in the Marketing Department on
an ongoing research project. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MKT 597 Consulting Project in Marketing
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Graded CR/NC
Recommended Preparation: completion
of required MBA, MAcc, MBT or MSMKT
course work Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MKT 598 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Current trends, recent
developments, and emerging topics in
marketing. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite:
GSBA 509 or GSBA 528 Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MKT 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 9 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Examination of current
literature and emerging and timely topics in
marketing, social marketing, consumerism,
macromarketing, marketing of individuals,
organizations, and ideas. Prerequisite:
GSBA 509 or GSBA 528 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 613 Marketing Models in Consumer
and Business-to-Business Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Modeling
research on marketing with a focus on
channel structure, franchising and sales
force compensation, innovation and
diffusion, inter-store composition, sales
promotions, and market segmentation.
Duplicates Credit in former MKT 605
and former MKT 613a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 614 Advanced Research Methods
in Marketing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Applications
of advanced research techniques and
designs to marketing problems; review and
critique of current literature; development
and defense of student's own research
proposal. Duplicates Credit in former MKT
661. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 615 Strategic and Marketing Mix
Models
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Modeling
research on marketing with a focus on
discrete choice models, consideration
set models, purchase timing models,
accounting for consumer heterogeneity,
Bayesian models, dynamic models of
consumer choice, market entry effects,
product quality, advertising and carry over
effects, price, and promotion. Duplicates
Credit in former MKT 605 and former MKT
613b. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MKT 616 Consumer Behavior Theory
and Research
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Behavioral
research and theory on consumer behavior
with a focus on emotions, categorization,
knowledge, inferences, attitudes, social
influences and environmental influences
on buying and consumption. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former MKT 602 and
former MKT 612a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 618 Consumer Behavior and
Decision Making
Units: 3 A foundation in judgment,
decision-making, and choice aspects of
consumer behavior and business. Topics
include heuristics and biases, information
acquisition, time perception, and inter-
temporal choice. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MKT 620 Advanced Quantitative Models
in Marketing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
for building and analyzing advanced
quantitative analytical models. Develop and
estimate various state-of-the-art models
of consumer choice and firm decisions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MKT 621 Research Forum
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Review and discuss current
research in Marketing. Presentations by
faculty, visiting researchers, and advanced
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MKT 699 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Exploration of emerging
topics, literature and research techniques
in contemporary marketing. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Management and Organization
MOR 252 The Art of Case Analysis and
Presentation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BUCO 252)
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1157
MOR 331x Influence and Collaboration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Issues
involved in establishing working
relationships, directing the work of others,
delegating, enrolling others in one's vision
and direction. Collaborative and team
behavior. Conflict management. Duplicates
Credit in MOR 431. Not for credit toward
business majors or minors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD-331
MOR 385gm Business, Government and
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
business-government-society interaction.
Examines how diverse interests and
identities (social class, race, nationality and
gender) affect the conduct and organization
of business. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 421 Social and Ethical Issues in
Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
ethical issues in business from diverse
perspectives including the roles and
responsibilities of institutional actors,
corporate social responsibility and
balancing stakeholder interest. Prerequisite:
BUAD 304 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MOR 431 Interpersonal Competence and
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration
of the nature of relationships at work;
focus on analytical skills and self-assertion
necessary to have effective, rewarding
relationships. Duplicates Credit in MOR
331x Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 451 Mastering Decision Making
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Understand
the nature, causes, and consequences of
deviations from rational choice. Develop
frameworks for controlling biases, improving
your decision-making, and influencing
other people's decisions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 458 Technology Strategy: The Case
of AI
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp How to
develop strategy approaches for managing
new technology in business with a focus
on artificial intelligence. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 461 Design of Effective
Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Designing
management systems and practices
that lead to organizational excellence;
techniques for organizational change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 462 Management Consulting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Role of
professional consultants; data gathering
methods; consulting approaches from
strategy, finance, operations, information
systems, marketing, and human resources;
action planning; ethical and career issues.
Recommended Preparation: BUAD 304.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 463 Organization Change and
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories
and methods of introducing change in
organizations. Techniques for analyzing
organizations, developing change
programs, and implementing changes.
Ethical and career issues of change
management. Recommended Preparation:
BUAD 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MOR 465 Strategy in an Age of
Disruption
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Frameworks,
theories and skills for understanding the
causes and consequences of changes
that alter the rules of competition and risk
failure. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 466 Business and Environmental
Sustainability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Focuses
on how businesses both contribute to
and can help address environmental
sustainability challenges and the role of
the broader political-economy in shaping
that interaction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENST
466
MOR 467 Strategic Management of
Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp How firms
in different industries manage strategic
innovation for competitive advantage.
Analysis of industry dynamics. Crafting
and implementing innovation strategy.
Registration Restriction: Open only
sophomores, juniors and seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ACAD 467
MOR 468 Cross-Cultural Negotiations:
Communication and Strategy
Units: 4 (Enroll in COMM 468)
MOR 469 Negotiation and Persuasion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories,
strategies, and ethics underlying
negotiation and persuasion in contemporary
organizations and societies. Emphasizes
the knowledge and skills needed for
effective negotiation and persuasion.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 470 Global Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Major theories
and practices of leading people in
multinational firms. Skills for facilitating
cooperation, communication, and
motivation among people from different
cultures. Recommended Preparation:
BUAD 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MOR 471 Managing and Developing
People
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Management
of the human resource function for
organizational performance. Recommended
Preparation: BUAD 304. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 472 Power, Politics and Influence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
and practices about how power, politics
and influence affect organizational life.
Knowledge and skills for diagnosing and
managing these features of an organization.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 473 Designing and Leading Teams
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories and
practices for developing and leading teams.
Skills for creating team structures and
facilitating team processes. Knowledge for
diagnosing team problems and devising
solutions. Recommended Preparation:
BUAD 304. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MOR 475 The Art of Leadership - Self
Discovery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
leadership. Self-examination of personal
leadership styles using survey tools,
comparative models and in-class exercises.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the USC Warren Bennis
Scholars Program Duplicates Credit in
former MOR 476a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 476 The Art of Leadership -
Leading on a Global Stage
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Study of
leaders and applied theory to gain an
understanding of what is involved in taking
public leadership roles on a global level.
Open only to students in the USC Warren
Bennis Scholars Program. Prerequisite:
MOR 475 or MOR 476a Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in the
USC Warren Bennis Scholars Program
Duplicates Credit in former MOR 476b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MOR 477 The Art of Leadership - Change
Leadership
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
practical challenges facing every leader
through a series of in-class discussions
and field trips to meet recognized leaders
in the social impact sphere. Open only
to students in the USC Warren Bennis
Scholars Program. Prerequisite: MOR
475 or MOR 476aRegistration Restriction:
Open only to students in the USC Warren
Bennis Scholars Program Duplicates Credit
in former MOR 476c Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 478 The Art of Leadership -
Practical Leadership
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Application of
leadership skills using goal-setting, self-
knowledge and execution opportunities.
Open only to students in the USC Warren
Bennis Scholars program. Prerequisite:
MOR 475 or MOR 476a Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in the
USC Warren Bennis Scholars Program
Duplicates Credit in former MOR 476d
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MOR 479 The Business of Sports
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Addresses
the business side of the sports industry;
examines professional sports franchises,
amateur athletics, and collegiate sports
and how they relate to corporate America,
the media, and the public sector.
Recommended Preparation: BUAD 304.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 480 Sports Business Innovation:
Impacts on Decision Making
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Investigates how
innovation in sports business influences
industry cash flow and executive decision
making. Examines emerging areas of
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innovation and their impacts on industry
stakeholders. Registration Restriction:
Open only to upperclass level students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 492 Global Strategy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of corporate strategy practices in an
international context. Effects of cultures,
political systems, markets, and economic
systems on developing effective global
strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MOR 498 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: Irregular Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments in
organizational behavior, business strategy
and organizational theory. (Graded CR/NC)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MOR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected
topics reflecting current trends and recent
developments in organizational behavior,
business strategy and organizational
theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 534 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
in Business
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Deconstructs
the complexities of issues of equity,
diversity and inclusion in organizations;
explains the forces that shape the issues;
analyzes real-life cases. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 542 Strategic Issues for Global
Business
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Globalization
strategies from entry to maturity; alternative
approaches from going alone to alliances;
strategy implementation issues in different
cultures and political systems. Cases,
videos and speakers. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to
only graduate business and accounting
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 543 Leading with Mindfulness and
Compassion
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Explores
mindfulness (non-judgmental awareness),
compassion and their relationship
to leadership. Focus is on clarity in
productivity using evidence-based cases
and direct practice. Graded CR/NC.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MOR 545 Corporate Governance and
Board Leadership
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: Fa Corporate
Governance is the system by which
corporations are directed and controlled.
Includes rights and responsibilities of
stakeholders; rules and procedures for
decision-making. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open to only graduate
accounting and business students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 547 Mergers and Acquisitions:
Integration and Organization
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Organize
successful mergers and acquisitions with
focus on managing and synthesizing the
integration process and impact on people
and organizations across functions.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 548 Competitive Advantage
Through People
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp How firms
develop employee talent as a source
of competitive advantage. Strategic
implications of contemporary practices
in recruitment, work systems, training,
compensation, and employee relations.
Speakers and cases. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to
only graduate business and accounting
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 551 Human Capital Performance
and Motivation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Frameworks
for enhancing human capital performance
motivation at work, including pay/
incentive systems, job design, employee
involvement, leadership behavior and
self-managed teams. Cases, project and
speakers. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 554 Leading Innovation and
Change
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm Practical
knowledge on helping organizations
develop innovations and lead change to
leverage them. Exploration of innovation
and change in different organizations and
competitive environments. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 555 Designing High Performance
Organizations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of organization design. How
to maximize organization performance
by aligning structure, rewards, staffing,
processes, and culture with strategy and
environment. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 557 Strategy and Organization
Consulting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp How
consultants assist clients to formulate
strategic plans and realign organizations;
approaches used by major consulting firms;
information about consulting industry, fee-
setting and proposals. Consultant speakers
and project. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 558 Technology Strategy in the Age
of AI
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analyze
technical change to craft technology
strategies as integral parts of business
strategy with a focus on artificial intelligence
(AI). Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 559 Strategic Renewal and
Transformation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Dynamic
strategic planning; how businesses re-
invent themselves; why change is difficult;
politics of change process; leadership
steps for implementing successful strategic
changes. Cases and readings. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 560 Managerial Judgment and
Decision-Making
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Development
of skills and insight into making effective
strategic, financial, and management
decisions including awareness of hazards
of decisions, issues of rationality, and risk
taking. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open to only graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 561 Strategies in High-Tech
Businesses
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa How high-tech
companies achieve competitive advantage
through leveraging technical, management
and financial resources. Technology
trends and industry evolution. Focus on
electronics and bio-technology. Cases and
speakers. Registration Restriction: Online
registration open only to graduate business
and accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 562 Strategic Choice and Valuation
Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
strategic planning using tools of scenario
development and activity valuation for
assessing market entry, expansion and
business portfolio configuration. Exercises,
cases and project. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 563 Advanced Strategy: Competing
in Dynamic Environments
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theories
and frameworks for understanding and
managing disruptive change. Dynamics
of competition and dealing with industry
transformations. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 564 Strategic Innovation: Creating
New Markets
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp How firms in
rapidly changing global environments
innovate to develop new markets,
products and services, delivery systems
and organizational processes and
competencies. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 565 Alliances and Cooperative
Strategy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Essential issues
and problems of cooperative strategy.
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Recognize and evaluate collaborative
opportunities to develop and assess an
overall cooperative strategy. Readings,
cases and group project. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate business and accounting students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability
and Competitive Advantage
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: Sp How
business is changing in order to respond to
environmental sustainability challenges —
adapting strategy, product design,
operations, marketing, and accounting.
Cases and speakers. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to
only graduate accounting and business
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 567 Interpersonal Influence and
Power
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Legitimate
and effective use of power to resolve
conflicts and mobilize action through
understanding the talent and self-interest
of people involved in decision-making.
Readings, cases. Registration Restriction:
Online registration open only to graduate
accounting and business majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 569 Negotiation and Deal-Making
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Strategies
and dynamics of deal-making; practical
skills necessary to win in a range of
business transactions conducted in
domestic and international settings.
Cases, role-playing, films and simulations.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate business and
accounting students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 570 Leading Effective Teams
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Analytical
and behavioral tools that will enable
students to effectively diagnose complex
work group dynamics and take action to
improve group performance. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 571 Leadership and Executive
Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Contemporary
approaches to leadership, including
corporate practices to develop leaders;
examples of successful and derailed
executives. Students self-assess personal
leadership and draft development plans.
Readings, speakers, cases. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 572 Leadership and Self-
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Successful
leaders are effective at self-managing their
thoughts, emotions and actions. Concepts
and methods for developing essential
self-management skills. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open to only
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 574a Leading and Coaching:
Foundations and Practicum
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Sp Marshall
MBA Leadership Fellows Program (MLFP).
Learn, practice and teach leadership.
Engage in critical thinking and problem
solving. (a) Foundations. (b) Practicum.
Application required. Registration
Restriction: Open only to full-time MBA
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 574b Leading and Coaching:
Foundations and Practicum
Units: 1.5 Terms Offered: Fa Marshall MBA
Leadership Fellows Program (MLFP).
Learn, practice and teach leadership.
Engage in critical thinking and problem
solving. (a) Foundations. (b) Practicum.
Application required. Prerequisite: MOR
574a Registration Restriction: Open only
to full-time MBA students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 579 The Business of Sports
Entertainment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Business
practices and issues in different sports
markets including growth opportunities
and innovative marketing strategies for
attracting and retaining fans and corporate
sponsors. Industry speakers. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 588 Corporate Strategy and
Competitive Dynamics
Units: 1.5, 3 Terms Offered: Sp Central
challenges facing executives in multi-
business firms; toolkit for analyzing and
executing strategic and operational
aspects of corporate advantage, M&As
and competitive dynamics. Registration
Restriction: Online registration open only to
graduate accounting and business students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MOR 592 Field Research in Management
and Organization
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4 Max
Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team projects studying the
management practices of an industry,
company, government agency, country,
geographic region, etc. Proposal, data
collection, analyses, and written report.
Recommended Preparation: completion
of required MBA, MAcc, or MBT course
work. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master and doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MOR 593 Independent Research in
Management and Organization
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Independent
research beyond normal course offerings.
Proposal, research and written report/paper
required. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 595 Internship in Management and
Organization
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Supervised on-the-job
business experience in the student's area
of interest. (Curricular Practical Training.)
Recommended Preparation: completion
of required MBA, MAcc, or MBT course
work Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Accounting and
Business Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 596 Research Practicum in
Management and Organization
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on practical
experience working with a Marshall
faculty member in the Management and
Organization Department on an ongoing
research project. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master and doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MOR 597 Consulting Project in
Management and Organization
Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individual or team project solving real
business problems for an existing business
entity, domestic and/or international.
Proposal, field research, analyses and oral
and written presentations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 598 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments
in management and policy sciences.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MOR 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3 Max Units: 09 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics reflecting
current trends and recent developments
in management and policy sciences.
Registration Restriction: Online registration
open only to graduate accounting and
business students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 601 Seminar in Organizational
Behavior
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth review
of the theories and empirical research in the
discipline of organizational behavior. Topics
include: personality, motivation, job design,
leadership, and others. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 602 Seminar in Organization
Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
organization theory with focus on the
history and development of research on
organizations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Business Administration and
Public Policy and Management doctoral
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MOR 603 Seminar in Strategic
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Survey
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of strategic management. Topics
include historical overview of strategic
management, research methods used,
current theory, and empirical research on
the developing of paradigms. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Business
Administration doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 604 Research Methods in Strategy
and Organization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Survey of
research methods with focus on designing
and implementing empirical research
projects and critical issues faced by
researchers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MOR 605 Research Methods in
Organizational Behavior
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Design
and analysis of behavioral research;
methods may include experiments, survey
research, qualitative research, statistical
analysis, special topics. Emphasis on rigor,
validity and statistical power. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MOR 621 Research Forum
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Seminar. Review and discuss
current research in Organizational
Theory, Organizational Behavior and
Strategy. Presentations by faculty, visiting
researchers, and advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MOR 699 Special Topics
Units: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Exploration of emerging
topics, literature and research techniques
in contemporary management, strategy,
organizational behavior, organization
design, and leadership. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MOR 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
leading to the doctorate. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Marshall Ph.D.
students specializing in Management and
Organization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Performance (Early Music)
MPEM 201 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instrument for lower
division students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16 Intermediate
and advanced instruction on secondary
instrument for music majors, on principal
instrument for music minors and B.A. music
majors. Open only to music majors and
minors. Registration Restriction: Open only
to music majors and minors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 450 Collegium Workshop
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study and rehearsal of music of the
Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque;
technique, interpretation, improvisation, and
ornamentation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPEM 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPEM 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPEM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPEM 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPEM 650 Collegium Directing
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Practical training
in the direction of a Collegium Musicum
or other early music ensemble; program
planning, repertory search and preparation,
historical instrumentation and arranging,
rehearsal procedure, improvisational
techniques, and maintenance of
instruments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPEM 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPEM 754 Artist Diploma Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Artist Diploma students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPEM 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Performance (Guitar)
MPGU 101x Non-Major Beginning
Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction at the
beginning level designed for non-music
majors with no previous experience. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 120a Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the performance technique
of pop/rock guitar as well as music theory
fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 120b Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the performance technique
of pop/rock guitar as well as music theory
fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 120c Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the performance technique
of pop/rock guitar as well as music theory
fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 120d Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the performance technique
of pop/rock guitar as well as music theory
fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 121 Intensive Beginning Pop/
Rock Guitar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the performance technique of pop/
rock guitar as well as music theory
fundamentals, exploring repertoire by artists
such as The Beatles and Dave Matthews.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 125 Beginning Fingerstyle/Chord
Guitar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
fingerstyle guitar, learned through the
study of such pieces as "Greensleeves,"
"Malaguena," and "Minuet" (Bach); song
accompaniment patterns and music
notation for the beginner. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 126 Easy Fingerstyle Beatles
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques of
classical guitar applied to the study of five
to eight Beatles songs, from "Hey Jude" to
"Blackbird." No guitar or music background
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 127 Easy Fingerstyle Brazilian
Rhythms
Units: 2 Learn basic Brazilian rhythms
and famous classics with classical guitar
fingerstyle techniques. Recommended
Preparation: No guitar playing or music
background required, although some music-
reading experience is beneficial. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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MPGU 145 Guitar Proficiency for the Pop
Guitarist
Units: 2 Study of theory, technique and
fingerboard organization of melodic and
harmonic topics as applied to guitar for the
beginner popular music student. Open to
all music majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 150 Functional Skills for the
Popular Guitarist
Units: 2 Study of theory, technique and
fingerboard organization of melodic and
harmonic topics as applied to guitar.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 158 Guitarists in the U.S.
Units: 2 Study of the lives and music of
influential guitarists; analysis of musical and
technical details. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 159 Functional Skills for Studio
Guitarists I
Units: 2 Study of technique, theory and
aural skills as applied to guitar; fingerboard
organization of melodic and chordal topics;
sight reading. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 160a Functional Skills for the
Jazz Guitarist
Units: 2 Study of theory, technique, and
fingerboard organization of melodic and
harmonic topics as applied to guitar.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 160b Functional Skills for the
Jazz Guitarist
Units: 2 Study of theory, technique, and
fingerboard organization of melodic and
harmonic topics as applied to guitar.
Prerequisite: MPGU 160a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 257 Classical Guitar Performance
Class
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Technical problems; solo and
ensemble literature; interpretation;
professional preparation. Required of first
and second year Classical Guitar majors
each semester in residence. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 258 Functional Skills for Studio
Guitarists I
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Melodic and chordal topics applied to
the total fingerboard; successful completion
required for junior standing. Prerequisite:
MPGU 159. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 259 Functional Skills for Classical
Guitarists I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of music theory experienced through the
medium of the classical guitar. Topics
include analysis of important guitar works,
basso continuo realization, arranging, and
improvisation. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 232a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 260 Improvising and Arranging
for Jazz Guitar
Units: 2 Study and application of principles
of improvisation and arranging for Jazz
Guitar. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction designed for non-music majors.
Not available for credit to music majors.
Recommended Preparation: MPGU 101.
Duplicates Credit in former MPGU 201
and MPGU 401. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction on secondary instrument for
music majors, on principal instrument
for music minors and BA music majors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
music majors and minors. Duplicates Credit
in former MPGU 201 and MPGU 401.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 335 Jazz Guitar Master Class
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore the
music of Joe Diorio, Wes Montgomery and
John Coltrane in a master class setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 357 Advanced Classical Guitar
Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp An in-depth
exploration of the most advanced facets of
classical guitar technique. Recommended
Preparation: MPGU 257. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 358 Performance Practices for
Studio Guitarists
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Rehearsal
procedures; stage deportment;
interpretation of solo and ensemble
literature; preparation for recitals and
professional performance. Prerequisite:
MPGU 258. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 415 Studio Guitar Pedagogy
Units: 2 Teaching techniques and literature;
function of the hands; acoustical properties
of instruments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 416 Evolution of the Guitar in the
United States
Units: 3 Historical survey of styles, literature
and performance practice; emphasis on
playing technique and interpretation. A time-
line study relating guitar to popular music
and historical events. Duplicates Credit
in former MUHL 416. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 417 Classical Guitar Pedagogy
Units: 2 Teaching techniques and literature;
function of the hands; acoustical properties
of instruments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 420 Guitar Styles
Units: 2 Max Units: 12 Detailed exploration
of a specific style or genre of guitar playing
through study of repertoire, history and
practice, and exploration of techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 426 Classical Guitar History and
Literature
Units: 2 Survey of the history and literature
of the guitar and its relatives, primarily
the lute and vihuela, from 1500 to 1850.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 427 Advanced Topics in Classical
Guitar History and Literature
Units: 2 Study of the literature of the
modern classical guitar and its antecedents
and relatives with an emphasis on 20th
and 21st century works. Recommended
Preparation: MPGU 426 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 428a Improvisation and Arranging
for Guitarists
Units: 3 Principles of improvisation and
impromptu arranging; comparison and
application of techniques and musical styles
of the various kinds of guitars and related
fretted instruments. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 428b Improvisation and Arranging
for Guitarists
Units: 3 Principles of improvisation and
impromptu arranging; comparison and
application of techniques and musical styles
of the various kinds of guitars and related
fretted instruments. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 457 Classical Guitar Performance
Class
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Technical problems; solo and
ensemble literature. Required of all third
and fourth year classical guitar majors each
semester in residence. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 458 Current Electric Guitar Styles
Units: 2 Analysis and performance of music
and techniques currently in use in the
recording, TV and motion picture studios;
includes study of recordings, videos and
guitar equipment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 459 Functional Skills for Classical
Guitarists II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced theory
and composition on the guitar. Weekly
analysis exercises, arranging projects and
studies in improvisation and ornamentation
are directed toward creating an original solo
or chamber work for guitar. Recommended
Preparation: MUCO 232b, MUCO 233b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 460 Advanced Improvising and
Arranging for Jazz Guitar
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Advanced study and
application of principles of improvisation
and arranging for Jazz Guitar. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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MPGU 462 Recording and Producing
Techniques for the Guitarist
Units: 2 Detailed exploration of arranging,
recording and producing techniques for
contemporary guitarists. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPGU 557 Advanced Classical Guitar
Performance Class
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Study of advanced
classical guitar solo and ensemble
literature; interpretation; professional
preparation and other topics appropriate
for group study. Prerequisite: bachelor's
degree with music major; principal
instrument, classical guitar. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPGU 558 Advanced Studio Guitar
Performance Class
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Study of advanced
studio guitar and ensemble literature;
interpretation; professional preparation and
other topics appropriate for group study.
Prerequisite: bachelor's degree with music
major; principal instrument, studio guitar.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPGU 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 754 Artist Diploma Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Artist Diploma students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPGU 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Medical Physiology
MPHY 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
MPHY 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
MPHY 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students.
Duplicates Credit in former PHBI 590.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MPHY 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of thesis. Duplicates
Credit in former PHBI 594a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPHY 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of thesis. Duplicates
Credit in former PHBI 594a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPHY 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of thesis. Duplicates
Credit in former PHBI 594a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPHY 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least
one semester of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Performance (Keyboard Studies)
MPKS 150a Beginning Piano
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Registration Restriction: Not
open to music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 150b Beginning Piano
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Registration Restriction: Not
open to music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 150c Beginning Piano
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Registration Restriction: Not
open to music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 150d Beginning Piano
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
of performance, note reading, and basic
musicianship. Registration Restriction: Not
open to music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 160a Functional Skills for
Keyboard Majors I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-
reading and principles of style as related
to intermediate literature; c-clef and open
score reading; improvisation and functional
harmony. Introduction to standard reference
works, periodicals. Required of all keyboard
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 160b Functional Skills for
Keyboard Majors I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-
reading and principles of style as related
to intermediate literature; c-clef and open
score reading; improvisation and functional
harmony. Introduction to standard reference
works, periodicals. Required of all keyboard
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 170a Introduction to Piano
Repertoire and Performance
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
basic piano repertoire and styles through
lecture, discussion, and performance.
a: Late Baroque through Beethoven; b:
Schubert to the present. Prerequisite:
piano performance major status. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 170b Introduction to Piano
Repertoire and Performance
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
basic piano repertoire and styles through
lecture, discussion, and performance.
a: Late Baroque through Beethoven; b:
Schubert to the present. Prerequisite:
piano performance major status. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 228 Four-Hand Keyboard
Repertoire
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance of
literature for piano duets and duo-piano.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 228.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 250a Keyboard Instruction I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Beginning
and elementary instruction; emphasis on
reading skills, harmonization, transposition,
score reading, improvisation; group
instruction in a keyboard laboratory facility.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 250b Keyboard Instruction I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Beginning
and elementary instruction; emphasis on
reading skills, harmonization, transposition,
score reading, improvisation; group
instruction in a keyboard laboratory facility.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1163
MPKS 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 260a Functional Skills for
Keyboard Majors II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-
reading and principles of style as related
to lower advanced literature; extended
score reading; improvisation and functional
harmony. Mini survey; basic keyboard
literature. Prerequisite: MPKS 160b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 260b Functional Skills for
Keyboard Majors II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-
reading and principles of style as related
to lower advanced literature; extended
score reading; improvisation and functional
harmony. Mini survey; basic keyboard
literature. Prerequisite: MPKS 160b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction designed for non-music majors.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to
music majors. Duplicates Credit in former
MPKS 201 and MPKS 401. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction on secondary instrument for
music majors, on principal instrument
for music minors and BA music majors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
music majors and minors. Duplicates
Credit in former MPKS 201 and MPKS 401.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 350a Keyboard Instruction II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
and advanced instruction; development of
reading, performance and improvisation
skills necessary for proficiency
examinations. Group and individualized
instruction in a keyboard laboratory facility.
Prerequisite: MPKS 250b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 350b Keyboard Instruction II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
and advanced instruction; development of
reading, performance and improvisation
skills necessary for proficiency
examinations. Group and individualized
instruction in a keyboard laboratory facility.
Prerequisite: MPKS 250b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 360a Keyboard Collaboration in
Vocal Repertoire/Instrumental Repertoire
Units: 2 Techniques of keyboard
collaboration with vocalists and
instrumentalists. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 360b Keyboard Collaboration in
Vocal Repertoire/Instrumental Repertoire
Units: 2 Techniques of keyboard
collaboration with vocalists and
instrumentalists. Prerequisite: MPKS 360a
or MUPF 360A Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 431a Piano Pedagogy:
Introduction and Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The learning
process at the keyboard; pedagogy and
methodology of beginning methods. Studio/
group instruction: children/adults. Survey
and observation. Prerequisite: MPKS 253,
MPKS 260b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 431b Piano Pedagogy:
Introduction and Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The learning
process at the keyboard; pedagogy and
methodology of beginning methods. Studio/
group instruction: children/adults. Practice
teaching: beginners. Prerequisite: MPKS
253, MPKS 260b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 435 Technology of the Pianoforte
and Harpsichord
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Analysis of
technical innovations and maintenance of
the pianoforte and harpsichord as related
to musical performance. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 450a Piano Pedagogy:
Intermediate Literature and Functional
Skills
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods,
study of college curriculum keyboard
classes. Studio/group instruction. Business
practices; audition, interview techniques.
Survey and observation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 450b Piano Pedagogy:
Intermediate Literature and Functional
Skills
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Methods,
study of college curriculum keyboard
classes. Studio/group instruction. Business
practices; audition, interview techniques.
Practice teaching; secondary piano classes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 472a Piano History and Literature
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Solo piano
literature; emphasis on composers'
influences, performance practices and
the development of the pianoforte. Late
Baroque through Beethoven. Prerequisite:
MUHL 331 and MUHL 332. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 472b Piano History and Literature
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Solo piano
literature; emphasis on composers'
influences, performance practices and the
development of the pianoforte. Schubert
to the present. Prerequisite: MPKS 472a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 481 Interpretation of Baroque
Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Repertoire and performance practice
in music of the period: style, phrasing,
embellishments, dynamics, improvisation,
tempi. Performance in class of solo and
ensemble works, instrumental and vocal.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 482 Interpretation of Music of the
Classical Period
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Rigorous analysis
of issues of Classical period performance
practice and interpretation; Intensive
coaching and in-class performances of solo
and chamber repertoire. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 520 Special Studies in Solo
Repertoire for Piano
Units: 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Historical, stylistic and pedagogical
aspects of solo repertoire. Special
emphasis to be determined by the
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPKS 560 Song Interpretation Master
Class
Units: 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp For advanced singers and pianists.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 561 Chamber Music Interpretation
Master Class
Units: 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp For advanced pianists and
instrumentalists. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPKS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPKS 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
1164 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
MPKS 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 754 Artist Diploma Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Artist Diploma students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPKS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Performance (Popular Music)
MPPM 100 Forum
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 A weekly lecture
series addressing a wide range of
special topics and issues confronting
the contemporary music professional.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance I
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study of musical elements
appropriate to the performance of popular
music in a collaborative, interactive
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Weekly individual instruction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 170 Vocal Training for the Singer-
Songwriter
Units: 2 Technique, tone production, vocal
hygiene, and problem solving strategies for
Singer-Songwriters. Training in technical
skills that enhance vocal power, confidence
and increased emotive capacity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the
Popular Musician
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Beginning
and elementary instruction in drum set
techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 250 Keyboard Proficiency for the
Popular Musician
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of practical keyboard skills, including
reading and realizing chord symbols, basics
of voice leading, study of various harmonic
and rhythmic styles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Weekly individual instruction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16 Intermediate
and advanced instruction designed for
non-music majors. Not available for credit
to music majors. Credit Restriction: Not
for Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction on secondary instrument for
all majors and minors except MPPM.
Registration Restriction: Not open to BM
in Popular Music Performance students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 320 Popular Music Performance II
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of ensemble and
communication skills through the
performance and interpretation of
American popular music in concert and
studio settings. Development of original
compositions. Prerequisite: MPPM 120.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 325a Arranging in Popular Music
Units: 2 Principles and techniques of
arranging for voice and rhythm section in
the popular music idiom. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 325b Arranging in Popular Music
Units: 2 Writing and arranging for small
groups of brass, wind, and/or string
instruments with rhythm section in the
popular music idiom. Prerequisite: MPPM
325a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPPM 340 Intermediate Drum Set
Proficiency
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
level instruction in drum set performance
including accompaniment techniques, fills,
beat and brush patterns in jazz, Afro-
Caribbean and Brazilian styles, interpreting
drum charts. Recommended Preparation:
MPPM 240. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 350g A History of Popular Music
Units: 4 The history of popular music
particularly as developed in America in the
20
th
and early 21
st
centuries. Recommended
Preparation: MUHL 250g Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Weekly individual
instruction in primary major instrument.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 370 The Vocal Edge:
Contemporary Vocal Performance
Techniques
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 A study of the practical
aspects of vocal performance and skills
necessary to increase one's opportunities
within the music industry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 420 Popular Music Performance
Styles and Genres
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp The detailed exploration of a specific
style or genre in Popular Music through
study of repertoire, history and practice
with particular emphasis on performance.
Recommended Preparation: MPPM 120
and MPPM 320. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 450a Final Project
Units: 1 Major collaborative performance
project in popular music. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MPPM 450b Final Project
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Major
collaborative performance project in popular
music. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MPPM 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Weekly individual
instruction in primary major instrument.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Individual research and readings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors and seniors. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPPM 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Secondary
instruction for graduate music majors or
instruction for graduate non-music majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the Master's Degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MPPM 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPPM 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Performance (Strings)
MPST 101x Non-Major Beginning
Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction at the
beginning level designed for non-music
majors with no previous experience. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 163 Class Harp
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Basic instruction in
the fundamentals of solo harp playing, note
reading, and basic musicianship. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MPST 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 262 Double Bass Performance
Class
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study of solo and orchestra
repertoire, professional preparation, and
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1165
teaching techniques. Required of all first
and second year double bass majors each
semester in residence. Prerequisite: music
major. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 263 Harp Performance Class
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study of solo and orchestra
repertoire, professional preparation, and
teaching technique. Required of all first and
second year harp majors each semester
in residence. Prerequisite: music major.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPST 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction designed for non-music majors.
Recommended Preparation: MPST 101.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to
music majors. Duplicates Credit in former
MPST 201 and MPST 401. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPST 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction on secondary instrument for
music majors, on principal instrument
for music minors and BA music majors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
music majors and minors. Duplicates
Credit in former MPST 201 and MPST 401.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPST 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPST 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 462 Double Bass Performance
Class
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of MPST 262. Required
of all third and fourth year double bass
majors each semester in residence.
Prerequisite: music major. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPST 463 Harp Performance Class
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of MPST 263. Required
of all third and fourth year harp majors each
semester in residence. Prerequisite: music
major. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 471a String Pedagogy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
teaching literature; techniques of teaching
beginning, intermediate, and advanced
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 471b String Pedagogy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
teaching literature; techniques of teaching
beginning, intermediate, and advanced
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 472 Orchestra Repertoire--Strings
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Orchestral literature
for string players, covering a broad
spectrum of the repertoire; emphasis on
preparation for auditions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPST 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPST 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPST 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPST 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPST 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPST 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPST 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPST 754 Artist Diploma Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Artist Diploma students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPST 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Molecular Pharmacology and
Toxicology
MPTX 500 Molecular Pharmacology and
Toxicology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa This is the
first part of a two-semester introductory
and survey course for the molecular
pharmacology and toxicology degree
program. Prerequisite: knowledge of
biochemistry. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 501 Molecular Pharmacology and
Toxicology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The second
part of the two-semester course covers the
general aspects of molecular pharmacology
and toxicology on the basis of biochemical,
molecular, biological and environmental
approaches. Prerequisite: MPTX 500.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPTX 502 Pharmacology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of pharmacology in the context of the
rapidly developing knowledge of related
disciplines. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 510 Topics in Pharmacology: the
Other Side of Drugs
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: Fa Nexus of
pharmacology and toxicology; therapeutic
use and toxicology of common drugs; and
prescribing these drugs in clinical practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PHRD 678
MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical
Product Regulation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction
to regulatory environments surrounding
medical product development,
manufacturing and marketing; operation of
federal, state and international regulatory
bodies. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in pharmacy,
medicine or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPTX 512 Regulation of Pharmaceutical
and Biological Products
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Ensuring
safety and effectiveness of new drugs
and biologics; marketing and monitoring
approved pharmaceutical/biological
products; management of genetically
engineered products. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate degree in
pharmacy, medicine or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of post-secondary training and industry
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 513 Regulation of Medical Devices
and Diagnostics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Development
and testing of new medical products
according to U.S. and international
regulatory requirements. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate degree in
pharmacy, medicine or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of post-secondary training and industry
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 514 Regulation of Food and
Dietary Supplements
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Regulation and
testing of foods, food additives and dietary
supplements in the U.S. and abroad.
Recommended Preparation: undergraduate
degree in pharmacy, medicine or
independent health sciences, engineering
or equivalent mix of post-secondary training
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and industry experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 515 Quality Systems and
Standards
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Principles
of quality assurance and quality control
for medical-product development and
manufacture. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in pharmacy,
medicine or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPTX 516 Medical Products and the Law
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Legal issues
affecting intellectual property, medical
product development, marketing and safety,
taught through case studies and lectures.
Recommended Preparation: undergraduate
degree in pharmacy, medicine or
independent health sciences, engineering
or equivalent mix of post-secondary training
and industry experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 517 Structure and Management of
Clinical Trials
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development and execution of clinical trials:
bioethical principles, good clinical practices,
project management and documentation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPTX 518 Writing Regulatory Drug
Submissions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Developing
form and content for investigational drug
applications, new drug applications, biologic
licensing applications to FDA; common
technical documents; considerations of
writing style. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 519 Global Regulation of Medical
Products
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Regulatory
requirements governing medical products
in European Union, Asia and other global
markets. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPTX 520 Toxicology and the Media
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: Sp Increase
knowledge of toxicology relevance in
everyday life through the reading, critical
analysis and discussion of articles about
current toxicological issues in the media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as PHRD 679
MPTX 522 Introduction to Clinical Trial
Design and Statistics
Units: 3 Clinical designs and statistics
commonly used to test medical products
in general populations and special patient
groups. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPTX 524 Introduction to Food Science
and Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Discusses
the basic and applied concepts of food
science and food safety, and demonstrates
the principles of food chemistry, sensory
evaluation, and product development.
Recommended Preparation: undergraduate
degree in biological sciences or related
disciplines. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 526 Chemistry Manufacturing and
Controls
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Provides
a firm foundation in the domestic and
international CMC process, from concept
to commercialization of new active
pharmaceutical ingredients and products.
Recommended Preparation: undergraduate
degree in pharmacy, medicine or
independent health science, engineering
or equivalent. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
531)
MPTX 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
MPTX 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
MPTX 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
MPTX 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
MPTX 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPTX 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MPTX 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MPTX 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
MPTX 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MPTX 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Special topics
in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa A discussion of
the unique technological and philosophical
issues that challenge modern scientists
and a discernment of ethical responses to
those challenges. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 630 Directed Field-Research
Project
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research/
policy analysis conducted under preceptor
supervision in an industrial or governmental
setting. Registration Restriction: Open to
students who have completed the majority
of course credits in the Regulatory Science
program. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MPTX 700 Seminar in Molecular
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Contemporary advances in molecular
pharmacology and toxicology research.
Registration required during each year
of residency. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPTX 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MPTX 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPTX 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPTX 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPTX 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MPTX 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Performance (Vocal Arts)
MPVA 101x Non-Major Beginning
Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction at the
beginning level designed for non-music
majors with no previous experience. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPVA 140 Vocal Production for Musical
Theatre
Units: 2 Exploration of the physiology and
acoustics of the human singing voice in a
group setting, with an emphasis on musical
theatre repertoire. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 141 Class Voice
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Introduction to the fundamental
principles of singing: breath control,
tone production, diction, and the use of
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1167
appropriate song material. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 150 Musical Theatre Song
Interpretation: Tin Pan Alley Era
Units: 2 Study and performance of the
music and lyrics that created contemporary
Broadway: the Tin Pan Alley era 1855-
1940. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPVA 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction and
vocal performance forum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 203a Acting for Singers I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Use of
dramatic techniques in the interpretation
and performance of music; basic acting
techniques for the operatic and recital
stages; sensory exercises, movement,
improvisation, relaxation and make-up.
Recommended Preparation: MPVA 153.
Duplicates Credit in former MPVA 303.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 203b Acting for Singers I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Use of
dramatic techniques in the interpretation
and performance of music; basic acting
techniques for the operatic and recital
stages; sensory exercises, movement,
improvisation, relaxation and make-up.
Recommended Preparation: MPVA 153.
Duplicates Credit in former MPVA 303.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 241 Intermediate Class Voice
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continued development of the
fundamentals of singing, diction, and
repertoire building. Prerequisite: MPVA 141.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction and
vocal performance forum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 260 Italian Language and Diction
Units: 4 Developing competence in
listening, vocal pronunciation, speaking,
singing, International Phonetic Alphabet
(IPA), reading and writing Italian.
Emphasizes musical texts including Italian
song and operatic arias. Duplicates Credit
in ITAL 120 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 261 French Language and Diction
Units: 4 Developing competence in
listening, vocal pronunciation, speaking,
singing, International Phonetic Alphabet
(IPA), reading and writing French.
Emphasizes musical texts including French
song and operatic arias. Duplicates Credit
in FREN 120 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 262 German Language and Diction
Units: 4 Developing competence in
listening, vocal pronunciation, speaking,
singing, International Phonetic Alphabet
(IPA), reading, and writing German.
Emphasizes musical texts including
German song and operatic arias. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16 Intermediate
and advanced instruction designed for
non-music majors. Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Duplicates Credit in
former MPVA 201 and former MPVA 401
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction: secondary emphasis for music
majors, principal emphasis for music minors
and all BA music majors. Registration
Restriction: Open only to music majors.
Duplicates Credit in former MPVA 201
and MPVA 401. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction and
vocal performance forum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 402 Musical Theatre Workshop I
Units: 3 Study of the acting, musical
and movement elements involved in the
performance of the Broadway musical
repertoire. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 403 Acting for Singers II
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of MPVA 203a, MPVA
203b. Acting of operatic roles in different
periods and styles; specific recital and
audition techniques. Recommended
Preparation: MPVA 203a, MPVA 203b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 404 Word and Music in Opera
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Performance class for singers
and pianists; analysis of recitatives, arias,
and ensembles of various operatic styles;
study of the technique of effective musical
delivery. By audition only. Recommended
Preparation: MPVA 203a, MPVA 203b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 405 USC Opera
Units: 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation, rehearsal, and
performance of operatic works and
excerpts; study of different operatic styles;
public appearances. By audition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 406 Opera Coaching Techniques
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Score study for pianists, coaches,
and conductors; role analysis; transcription
techniques for one or two pianos of an
orchestral score. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 407 Directing for the Operatic
Stage
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Various approaches to operatic style;
basic blocking; stage management. Student
direction of scenes produced in USC
Opera. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPVA 412 Musical Theatre Workshop II
Units: 3 Max Units: 06 Stylistic and
technical features of dramatic and musical
elements involved in performance of the
Broadway musical and standard operetta
repertory; staging of scenes. Prerequisite:
MPVA 402 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 422 Musical Theatre Vocal Book
Preparation
Units: 2 Curation and preparation of a
professional vocal book for musical theatre
auditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 438 Foundations of Vocology
Units: 2 Voice physiology, voice hygiene,
voice acoustics, and the cognitive
substrates of Motor Learning. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 440 Italian and French Diction
Units: 2 Principles of pronunciation and
enunciation; use of international phonetic
alphabet. Duplicates Credit in former MPVA
442a. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPVA 441 English and German Diction
Units: 2 Principles of pronunciation and
enunciation; use of international phonetic
alphabet. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 442 Introduction to the
International Phonetic Alphabet
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of pronunciation and enunciation; basic
application of the International Phonetic
Alphabet symbols and sounds to English,
German, Italian, French and Latin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 443 Cantata and Oratorio
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Historical survey of literature, style and
performance practice; emphasis on
performing solo and small ensemble
sections of larger works. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction and
vocal performance forum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 479 Song Literature
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Song literature of
Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Norway,
Sweden, England, America; comparative
analysis of various composers and their
influence on song literature. Duplicates
Credit in former MUHL 479 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
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music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 540 Special Studies in Vocal
Literature
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Art song, concert and operatic repertoire.
Emphasis to be determined by the
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 541 Advanced Vocology
Units: 2 Voice physiology, both classical
and non-classical vocal techniques, voice
hygiene, advanced voice acoustics, survey
of literature from expertise studies, and
the cognitive substrates of motor learning.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 542 Vocal Pedagogy Teaching
Practicum
Units: 2 Applying principles learned in
vocology and/or pedagogy through practice
voice teaching in both classical and non-
classical singing styles. Prerequisite: MPVA
438 or MPVA 541 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction and
vocal performance forum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPVA 560 Graduate Italian Diction
Units: 2 A review of the rules of
pronunciation, International Phonetic
Alphabet (IPA) and grammatical structure
of the Italian language through the texts of
select repertoire in both Italian song and
operatic arias. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 561 Graduate French Diction
Units: 2 A review of French rules of
pronunciation, International Phonetic
Alphabet (IPA) and grammatical structure
through the in-depth study of song and aria
texts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPVA 562 Graduate German Diction
Units: 2 A review of German rules of
pronunciation, International Phonetic
Alphabet (IPA) and grammatical structure
through the in-depth study of song and
aria texts. Recommended Preparation: An
undergraduate course in Diction Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPVA 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 653 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction and
vocal performance forum. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPVA 754 Artist Diploma Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Artist Diploma students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPVA 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Performance (Wind and
Percussion)
MPWP 101x Non-Major Beginning
Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction at the
beginning level designed for non-music
majors with no previous experience. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 252 Individual Instrument
Performance Class I
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Solo and orchestra repertoire,
professional preparation, reed making, and
other matters appropriate to group study.
Required of all first and second year wind
and percussion majors each semester
in residence. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction designed for non-music majors.
Recommended Preparation: MPWP 101.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to
music majors. Duplicates Credit in former
MPWP 201 and MPWP 401. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction on secondary instrument for
music majors, on principal instrument
for music minors and BA music majors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
music majors and minors. Duplicates Credit
in former MPWP 201 and MPWP 401.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPWP 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPWP 440 Drum Set for Classical
Percussionists
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
Fa A progressive course for Classical
Percussion majors as it pertains to drum
set in the symphony orchestra and other
classical settings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to percussion, and performance
(wind instrument or percussion). Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 452 Individual Instrument
Performance Class II
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Solo and orchestra repertoire,
professional preparation, reed making, and
other matters appropriate to group study.
Required of all third and fourth year wind
and percussion majors each semester
in residence. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 480 Brass Pedagogy Practicum
Units: 2 Teaching and learning of
respiration, articulation and phrasing,
studio teaching preparation, examination
of historically important brass pedagogues
and practical training. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 481 Interpretation of Baroque
Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Repertoire and performance practice
in music of the period: style, phrasing,
embellishments, dynamics, tempi.
Performance in class of solo and ensemble
works, instrumental and vocal. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 482 Interpretation of Classic,
Romantic, and 20th Century Wind and
Percussion Music
Units: 2 Analysis and performance of 18th,
19th, and 20th century ensemble music,
octet through symphonic band; historical
perspectives of instruments including
technical developments. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPWP 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MPWP 551 Individual Instrument
Performance Class III
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Solo and orchestra repertoire,
professional preparation, reed making, and
other matters appropriate to group study.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1169
Intended for MM wind and percussion
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MPWP 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MPWP 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPWP 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPWP 754 Artist Diploma Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Artist Diploma students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MPWP 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Military Science
MS 101 Foundations of Officership
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
students to issues and competencies that
are central to a commissioned officer's
responsibilities. Establish framework for
understanding officership, leadership, and
Army values followed and "life skills" such
as physical fitness and time management.
Duplicates Credit in former MS 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MS 102 Basic Leadership
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Establishes
foundation of basic leadership
fundamentals such as problem solving,
communications, briefings and effective
writing, goal setting, techniques for
improving listening and speaking skills and
an introduction to counseling. Duplicates
Credit in former MS 110. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MS 201 Individual Leadership Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Students identify
successful leadership characteristics
through observation of others and self
through experimental learning exercises.
Students record observed traits (good and
bad) in a dimensional leadership journal
and discuss observations in small group
settings. Duplicates Credit in former MS
200. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MS 202 Leadership and Teamwork
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Study examines
how to build successful teams, various
methods for influencing action, effective
communication in setting and achieving
goals, the importance of timing the
decision, creativity in the problem solving
process, and obtaining team buy-in through
immediate feedback. Duplicates Credit in
former MS 210. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MS 301 Leadership and Problem Solving
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Students
conduct self-assessment of leadership
style, develop personal fitness regimen,
and learn to plan and conduct individual/
small unit tactical training while testing
reasoning and problem-solving techniques.
Students receive direct feedback on
leadership abilities. Duplicates Credit in
former MS 300. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
MS 302 Leadership and Ethics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines the
role communications, values, and ethics
play in effective leadership. Topics include
ethical decision-making, consideration of
others, spirituality in the military, and survey
Army leadership doctrine. Emphasis on
improving oral and written communication
abilities. Duplicates Credit in former MS
310. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MS 401 Leadership and Management I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Develops
student proficiency in planning and
executing complex operations, functioning
as a member of a staff, and mentoring
subordinates. Students explore training
management, methods of effective
staff collaboration, and developmental
counseling techniques. Duplicates Credit in
former MS 400. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MS 402 Leadership and Management II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Study includes
case study analysis of military law and
practical exercises on establishing an
ethical command climate. Students
must complete a semester long Senior
Leadership Project that requires them
to plan, organize, collaborate, analyze,
and demonstrate their leadership skills.
Duplicates Credit in former MS 410.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MS 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in military science.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Sacred Music
MSCR 390 Special Problems
Units: 4 Supervised, individual studies.
No more than one registration permitted.
Enrollment by petition only. Duplicates
Credit in former MUCH 390. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MSCR 473 Hymnology
Units: 2 Study of hymns and hymn tunes,
and their functions, from the formation
of the Christian Church to the present;
historical survey of the literature. Duplicates
Credit in former MUCH 473. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MSCR 474 The Organ in Worship and
Congregational Life
Units: 2 Accompanying; hymn playing,
transposition, improvisation, vocal score
reading; conducting from the console;
service repertoire. Basic knowledge of
the organ as an instrument and planning
for and purchase of an organ. Duplicates
Credit in former MUCH 474. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MSCR 475 Introduction to Jewish Music
Units: 2 Development of Jewish music
from biblical times to the present, with
emphasis on liturgical practices, traditions
of itinerant musicians and the adaptability of
community song. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MSCR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Individual research and readings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors and seniors. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Duplicates
Credit in former MUCH 490. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MSCR 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MSCR 570 Foundations of Sacred Music
Units: 2 An introduction to the history of
sacred music, liturgical practices and
worship traditions from antiquity to present
day. Duplicates Credit in former MUCH 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MSCR 571 Music of the Great Liturgies
Units: 2 Comparison of the Jewish, Eastern
Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and
Anglican liturgies and their music; relation
to music in the nonliturgical service; the
church year. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCH 571. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MSCR 572 Sacred Music Administration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Developing, maintaining and administering
the music program of the church or other
religious institutions. Programming, staffing,
developing budgets, techniques and
repertoire for the graded choir program,
handbell choir and other ensembles.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCH 572.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MSCR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCH 590.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MSCR 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MSCR 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
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degree to be determined by the department.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCH 790.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MSCR 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Duplicates Credit
in former MUCH 794abcdz. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MSCR 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCH 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MSCR 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCH 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MSCR 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCH 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MSCR 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCH 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Music Technology
MTEC 137a Music Production I
Units: 2 Introduction to computer-based
audio recording systems and audio
recording, editing and mixing procedures
and techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 137b Music Production I
Units: 2 Introduction to studio recording
systems, headphone cues and recording
session procedures and techniques.
Prerequisite: MTEC 137a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 175 Fundamentals of Audio
Recording
Units: 2 Introduction to the principles and
techniques of audio recording. Students will
gain a basic understanding of signal flow,
gain structure, microphones, monitoring
systems, signal processing, mixing.
Duplicates Credit in former MTEC 275a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 176 Critical Listening
Units: 2 Introductory course where students
will develop an understanding of audio
quality, the musical aspects of audio
production and the vocabulary necessary
to offer audio critique. Recommended
Preparation: MTEC 175. Duplicates Credit
in former MTEC 275a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 237a Music Production II
Units: 2 Study of small ensemble (rhythm
section, vocal, background vocals) music
production in a variety of popular music
styles. Prerequisite: MTEC 137b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 237b Music Production II
Units: 2 Study of large ensemble (rhythm
section, vocal, background vocal with horn
section and or strings) music production
in a variety of popular music styles.
Prerequisite: MTEC 237a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI
Sequencing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
course where students will learn to use
professional MIDI sequencing software
to sequence, edit, and realize music
compositions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio
Recording and Editing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the techniques and applications of
recording, editing and mixing sound on
personal computers. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 248 Introduction to Music
Notation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the skills and techniques required to
prepare musical scores and parts using
industry standard music notation software.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 249 Introduction to Web Design
for Musicians
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
course where students will learn to use
professional web languages, tools, and
techniques to create musical artist and
band websites. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 275 Fundamentals of Audio
Engineering
Units: 4 Fundamentals of Audio
Engineering is an intermediate course in the
principles and techniques of professional
audio production as related to music.
Recommended Preparation: MTEC 175
and MTEC 176. Duplicates Credit in former
MTEC 275b. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 277x Introduction to Music
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
survey of the technology used to create,
prepare, perform, and distribute music,
with an emphasis on recording, MIDI,
music production, mastering and Internet
technologies. Credit Restriction: Not
available for major credit to BM and BS,
Music Industry majors. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 277. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intermediate and advanced
instruction in the applications of technology
to the creation and performance of music.
Recommended Preparation: experience
with audio recording and synthesizers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 337a Music Production III
Units: 2 Small group instruction to develop
the student's arranging, production and
project management skills as related
to small budget music and multimedia
projects. Prerequisite: MTEC 237b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 337b Music Production III
Units: 2 Small group instruction to develop
the student's arranging, production and
project management skills as related to
medium budget music and multimedia
projects. Prerequisite: MTEC 337a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 378 Introduction to Mixing and
Mastering
Units: 2 Fundamental principles and
techniques used to fuse multiple audio
elements into clear, comprehensive
final products. Prerequisite: MTEC 446a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 379a Recording Studio Theory
Units: 2 Basic electronic concepts needed
to understand operational parameters
of a state-of-the-art recording studio;
schematics, interface, capacitance,
resistance and problem solving.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 379ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 379b Recording Studio Theory
Units: 2 Basic electronic concepts needed
to understand operational parameters
of a state-of-the-art recording studio;
schematics, interface, capacitance,
resistance and problem solving.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 379ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 389 Digital Equipment and
Recording
Units: 2 Digital equipment including
computers, sequencers, digital signal
synthesis, MIDI, and rotary and stationary
digital recording. Prerequisite: MTEC 275.
Duplicates Credit in former MUIN 389.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEA 390. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 392a Acoustics and Speaker
Design
Units: 2 Principles of acoustics relating to
studio construction, wall treatment, and
furnishings; natural reverberation, speaker
materials, passive and active crossovers
and time alignment. Prerequisite: MTEC
275. Duplicates Credit in former MUIN
392ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MTEC 392b Acoustics and Speaker
Design
Units: 2 Principles of acoustics relating to
studio construction, wall treatment, and
furnishings; natural reverberation, speaker
materials, passive and active crossovers
and time alignment. Prerequisite: MTEC
275. Duplicates Credit in former MUIN
392ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MTEC 430 Advanced Instrumental
Recording
Units: 2 An in-depth study of the
standard practices and techniques used
in contemporary multi-track recording.
Prerequisite: (MTEC 175 and MTEC 176)
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1171
or MTEC 277 or MTEC 575 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 437 Advanced Music Production
for Non-Majors
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 The study of small
music production in a variety of popular
music styles with the goal of developing
the students' arranging, production and
project management skills. Recommended
Preparation: MTEC 275, MTEC 443 or
MTEC 444, MTEC 446ab, MUSC 255,
MUSC 355 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 442 Operation of the Radio Studio
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
in-depth study of radio studio technical
operations. Topics include consoles,
microphones, transmission considerations,
networks, satellites, and digital and analog
production situations. Prerequisite: MTEC
275. Duplicates Credit in former MUIN 442.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production
Units: 2 Intermediate course where
students will learn to use professional MIDI
sequencing and digital audio software to
compose, edit, and mix songs and other
music compositions. Recommended
Preparation: MTEC 245. Duplicates Credit
in in former MUIN 305. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 444 Non-Linear MIDI Sequencing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An in-depth
course focusing on the principles and
techniques of sequencing and performing
musical compositions using a non-linear
sequencer. Recommended Preparation:
MTEC 245. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 445 Advanced Desktop Music
Production
Units: 2 Students will learn to apply their
musical and technical skills to create
professional quality computer-based
arrangements in a variety of musical styles.
Recommended Preparation: MTEC 443
or MTEC 444 and MTEC 474a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 446a Computer Assisted
Recording and Editing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Techniques and applications of recording
and editing sound on personal computers.
Hardware, software, editing for song, sound
effects and dialog for film. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 446ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 446b Computer Assisted
Recording and Editing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Techniques and applications of recording
and editing sound on personal computers.
Hardware, software, editing for song, sound
effects and dialog for film. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 446ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 448 Computer Music Notation and
Preparation
Units: 2 Techniques and principles
of computer music notation including
conventions of music notation, idiomatic
practices, preparation of significant score
types, and MIDI basics. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 448. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 451 Performance Technology
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 In-depth course
focusing on the concepts, principles and
techniques of performing music using
audio and MIDI technology. Recommended
Preparation: MTEC 444 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer
Techniques
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Electronic music procedures in a multi-track
studio. Duplicates Credit in former MUEA
474abx. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MTEC 474b Electronic Synthesizer
Techniques
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Electronic music procedures in a multi-track
studio. Computer applications. Duplicates
Credit in former MUEA 474abx. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 477 Remote Recording
Techniques
Units: 2 Special problems of location
recording; specialized equipment;
microphone design and operation.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 477. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix
Units: 2 Special problems of multi-channel
re-mixing with simultaneous audio re-
processing. Album, film, television and
multimedia formats will be covered.
Prerequisite: MTEC 446a. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 478. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 479 Audio Mastering
Units: 2 A survey of the final creative steps
of an audio CD. Concepts of acoustics,
mastering suite design, critical listening,
frequency, dynamics and sequencing.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275; Recommended
Preparation: MTEC 446a. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 479. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 486 Computer-Assisted Music
Editing for Picture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Techniques and applications of recording,
editing and synchronizing music and
sounds to film, video or games, using time
code and personal computers. Prerequisite:
MTEC 446b. Duplicates Credit in former
MUIN 486. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 488a Recording Studio
Maintenance
Units: 2 Fundamentals needed to perform
maintenance on professional audio
equipment including trouble-shooting,
interface, and alignment procedures.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 488ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 488b Recording Studio
Maintenance
Units: 2 Fundamentals needed to perform
maintenance on professional audio
equipment including trouble-shooting,
interface, and alignment procedures.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 488ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Duplicates
Credit in former MUEA 490x. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 491 The Recording Console
Units: 4 Introduction to professional analog
audio consoles and their use in recording
and mixing music for records, video and
film. Prerequisite: MTEC 275 and MTEC
446a. Duplicates Credit in former MTEC
291. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MTEC 493 Audio Signal Processing
Equipment
Units: 2 Principles and design
characteristics of digital and analog signal
processing equipment including plate
reverb, digital reverbs, synchronizers, digital
editing systems and mastering systems.
Prerequisite: MTEC 275. Duplicates Credit
in former MUIN 493. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 494 Classical Music Recording
Units: 4 Principles of classical music
recording with emphasis on history,
equipment, techniques, and locations.
Differences in orchestral, choral, opera,
and small ensemble recording. Duplicates
Credit in former MUIN 494. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTEC 498a Senior Project
Units: 1 Culmination of the four-year course
of study intended to afford students the
opportunity to pursue a mentored project
to advance their future careers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MTEC 498b Senior Project
Units: 1 Culmination of the four-year course
of study intended to afford students the
opportunity to pursue a mentored project
to advance their future careers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MTEC 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intermediate and advanced
instruction in the applications of technology
to the creation and performance of music.
Recommended Preparation: experience
with audio recording and synthesizers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 550 Technology and the Collegiate
Music Curriculum
Units: 2 Prepares the college-level music
instructor for assuming a technological
leadership role within a music department.
Examines traditional, experimental,
and pedagogical aspects of technology.
Recommended Preparation: computer,
Internet, and basic music software literacy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 575 Music Technology and
Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of audio recording. Focuses
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on the principles and applications of sound
and hearing, recording systems and their
components, and production techniques.
Duplicates Credit in former MUIN 575.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Duplicates
Credit in former MUEA 590. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MTEC 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTEC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Duplicates Credit
in former MUEA 790. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Conducting
MUCD 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction secondary emphasis for music
majors and minors. Registration Restriction:
Open only to music majors and minors.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCD 401.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 340 Choral Conducting I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
conducting techniques; score analysis;
conducting patterns; problems of tempo,
dynamics, articulation and text. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCD 343 Instrumental Conducting I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Communicating musical ideas to
instrumental ensembles; reading and
conducting from full score of orchestral
compositions. Prerequisite: ability to read
a music score. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCD 348 Instrumental Conducting and
Orchestration
Units: 2 Reading and conducting from
scores, communicating musical ideas to
instrumental ensembles, arranging for small
and large ensembles, notation, playing
techniques, timbre, rhythm and intonation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 441 Choral Conducting II
Units: 2 Refinement of techniques
developed in MUCD 340; study of styles
and interpretations of choral music from the
Renaissance to the present. Prerequisite:
MUCD 340 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCD 443 Instrumental Conducting II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principal
composers and representative instrumental
works since the 18th century; studies of
styles and interpretations based on scores
and the performance of works in class.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCD 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCD 541 Choral Conducting III
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Problems of
preparing and conducting contemporary
choral music and major choral-orchestral
works from full score; special projects
according to student's development
and interests. Prerequisite: MUCD 441.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 543 Instrumental Conducting III
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Problems in advanced conducting.
Prerequisite: MUCD 443. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCD 550 Orchestral Conducting
Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Advanced instrumental conducting
techniques. Literature drawn from music
of all periods. Prerequisite: MUCD 441,
MUCD 443, and admission as candidate for
MM degree in conducting. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCD 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCD 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUCD 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 641 Choral Conducting IV
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Continuation of
MUCD 541, including choral conducting
pedagogy. Prerequisite: MUCD 541.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Duplicates Credit in former MUPF 653.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCD 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Choral Music
MUCM 320 Introduction to Choral Music
Units: 2 An introduction to the many
facets of choral music. Grounding in
the intellectual and practical issues of
choirs, singing, and choral literature.
Recommended Preparation: ability to read
music. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCM 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
is permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCM 440 Choral Development
Units: 2 Problems of achieving proper
balance, blend, intonation, diction,
precision, etc., in choral groups; criteria for
selection of repertoire for particular groups.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCM 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCM 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCM 540 Seminar in Advanced Choral
Development
Units: 2 Development of effective
leadership, administrative procedures,
repertoire selection, score study, vocal
pedagogy and rehearsal techniques for
a successful choral program. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCM 541 Choral Literature I
Units: 2 Choral composition from c. 1500
to 1800. Performance and analysis of
representative works. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCM 542 Choral Literature II
Units: 2 19th and 20th century choral works;
criteria for program building. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCM 543 Seminar in Choral Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Advanced choral
techniques; historical, analytical and
performance problems. Prerequisite:
MUCM 641. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Supervised research in preparation for the
Master's recital. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUCM 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1173
MUCM 641 Choral Literature III
Units: 2 Detailed study of selected
major choral works; historical context,
score analysis, performance practices.
Prerequisite: MUCM 541, MUCM 542.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCM 643 Seminar in Choral Music II
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Continuation of MUCM 543, with
concentration on the conducting problems
in major choral-orchestral works. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCM 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUCM 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MUCM 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MUCM 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
MUCM 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
MUCM 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
Composition
MUCO 095x Music Fundamentals
Immersion
Units: 1 Immersive course for selected
students in MUCO 132a/MUCO 133a.
Emphasis on providing a foundation in
understanding pitches, intervals, scales,
keys, key signatures, chords, rhythms, and
meters. Concurrent Enrollment: MUCO
132a and MUCO 133a Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUCO 101x Fundamentals of Music
Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introductory course in music theory required
for those majors in need of remedial
training, and available to the general
student who wishes to develop music
writing skills. Recommended Preparation:
ability to read music. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to BM and BA music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to music theory; scales, intervals, principles
of common practice and popular music
harmony; melodic, harmonic, and structural
analysis; 20th century developments. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to BM
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 130bx Basics of Music Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to music theory; scales, intervals, principles
of common practice and popular music
harmony; melodic, harmonic, and structural
analysis; 20th century developments. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to BM
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 131a Harmony in Popular Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study of
harmony used in the popular music idiom,
as well as diminished chord patterns,
modulation techniques, basic modal theory,
and principles of melodic construction.
Prerequisite: MUCO 133b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 131b Harmony in Popular Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study of
harmony used in the popular music idiom,
as well as diminished chord patterns,
modulation techniques, basic modal theory,
and principles of melodic construction.
Prerequisite: MUCO 131a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 132a Aural Skills I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-singing,
dictation, related keyboard application.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 132b Aural Skills I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-singing,
dictation, related keyboard application.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 133a Theory I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Notation,
scales, intervals; introduction to
counterpoint; harmonic principles of the
common practice period; analysis, written
work. Concurrent Enrollment: Concurrent
registration in Aural Skills required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 133b Theory I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of MUCO 133a; elements of form;
application of analysis to performance.
Concurrent Enrollment: Concurrent
registration in Aural Skills required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 135 Counterpoint I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The study
of the techniques of modal counterpoint;
exercises in two-, three- and four-part
writing in 16th century style. Corequisite:
MUCO 137a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 137a Composition I
Units: 4 Beginning exercises in composing,
initial composition projects, study,
lectures and class discussions of selected
compositions from the repertory. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 137b Composition I
Units: 4 Beginning exercises in
composing, initial composition projects,
study, lectures and class discussions of
selected compositions from the repertory.
Prerequisite: MUCO 137a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 140 Music for Dancers
Units: 2 Practical understanding and
perception of music coupled with the ability
to follow a score and understand the work
in relation to dance. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 142 Aural Skills and Musicianship
for Musical Theatre I
Units: 2 Introduction to sight-singing,
dictation, and related musicianship skills,
foundational music theory, form and
application of analysis to performance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 143 Aural Skills and Musicianship
for Musical Theatre II
Units: 2 Development of sight-singing,
dictation, and related musicianship skills,
music theory, form and application of
analysis to performance for Musical
Theatre. Prerequisite: MUCO 142
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 221ax Composition for
Non-Majors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the composition of concert music.
Includes set exercises, free composition,
study of selected compositions. Intended for
interested, qualified students not majoring
in composition. Prerequisite: MUCO
221a; Recommended Preparation: MUCO
130b, MUCO 133b. Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit to composition
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 221bx Composition for
Non-Majors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the composition of concert music.
Includes set exercises, free composition,
study of selected compositions. Intended for
interested, qualified students not majoring
in composition. Prerequisite: MUCO
221a; Recommended Preparation: MUCO
130b, MUCO 133b. Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit to composition
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 232a Aural Skills II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of MUCO 132a, MUCO 132b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 232b Aural Skills II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of MUCO 132a, MUCO 132b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 233a Theory II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
representative pieces from the classic and
romantic periods; exercises in composition.
Prerequisite: MUCO 133b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 233b Theory II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of 20th
century developments; composition utilizing
20th century techniques. Prerequisite:
MUCO 133b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 235 Counterpoint II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Studies in
tonal counterpoint; two-, three- and
four-part counterpoint in 18th century
style; polyphonic variations; inventions.
Prerequisite: MUCO 137b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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MUCO 236 Orchestration I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the principles of instrumentation; ranges
techniques, timbres; transpositions of
orchestral instruments; beginning exercises
in orchestration. Prerequisite: MUCO 137b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 237a Composition II
Units: 4 Composition in shorter forms,
continuation of score analysis and listening
assignments. Prerequisite: MUCO 137b
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 237b Composition II
Units: 4 Composition in shorter forms,
continuation of score analysis and listening
assignments. Prerequisite: MUCO 237a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 300 Theory Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Review
of materials covered in Theory I and II. For
students whose entrance examination in
music theory indicates the need for further
study. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 321x Composition for
Non-Majors II
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction in
composition for non-composition majors.
Continuation of MUCO 221a, MUCO 221b.
Prerequisite: MUCO 221b. Registration
Restriction: Not open to BM in composition
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 333 Aural Skills Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Review of the
materials covered in Aural Skills I, II, and III.
For students whose entrance examination
in aural skills indicates the need for further
study. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 336a Orchestration II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
exercises in orchestration, including scoring
for chamber ensembles and orchestra;
study of the history of orchestration.
Prerequisite: MUCO 236. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 336b Orchestration II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
exercises in orchestration, including scoring
for chamber ensembles and orchestra;
study of the history of orchestration.
Prerequisite: MUCO 236. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 337a Composition III
Units: 2 Individual instruction in
composition; preparation for the senior
recital. Prerequisite: MUCO 237b
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 337b Composition III
Units: 2 Individual instruction in
composition; preparation for the senior
recital. Prerequisite: MUCO 337a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 338x Elementary Orchestration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Range,
techniques, timbre, transposition of
orchestral instruments; exercises in
orchestration. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 233b. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to Composition majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 339 Orchestration Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSm Review
of materials covered in elementary
orchestration; for students whose entrance
examination in orchestration indicates a
need for further study. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 341 Counterpoint Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: SpSm Review of
materials covered in tonal counterpoint.
For students whose entrance examination
in counterpoint indicates the need for
further study. For graduate students only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 360 Music Notation and Copying
Units: 1 Development of skills in music
calligraphy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 370a Arranging for the Recording
Media
Units: 2 Arranging and composing for studio
recording ensembles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 370b Arranging for the Recording
Media
Units: 2 Arranging and composing for studio
recording ensembles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 406a Contemporary Notation
Units: 2 Notating new music; study and
comparison of representative scores.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 406b Contemporary Notation
Units: 2 Notating new music; study and
comparison of representative scores.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 422 Composers and
Interdisciplinary Art Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 A structured
collaboration between composers and
artists outside of music to explore an
interdisciplinary area in an environment
of practical collaborative creation.
Prerequisite: MUCO 133b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 425 Instrumental Music of
Debussy and Ravel
Units: 2 Critical examination of the
piano, chamber, and orchestral scores;
comparison of styles, techniques and
aesthetics of these "Impressionist"
composers. Prerequisite: MUCO 336a
or MUCO 338; MUHL 331; MUHL 332.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 432a Advanced Theory
Units: 1 or 2 Special problems in music
theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 432b Advanced Theory
Units: 1 or 2 Special problems in music
theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 434 Analytical Techniques
Units: 2 Selected analytical topics.
Prerequisite: MUCO 232b, MUCO 233b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 435 Counterpoint III
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Canon and
fugue; 19th and 20th century developments.
Prerequisite: MUCO 235. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 436 Orchestration III
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation of
Orchestration II. Prerequisite: MUCO 336a,
MUCO 336b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 437a Composition IV
Units: 2 Individual instruction in
composition; preparation for the senior
recital. Prerequisite: MUCO 337b
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 437b Composition IV
Units: 2 Individual instruction in
composition; preparation for the senior
recital. Prerequisite: MUCO 437a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 438 Arranging for Marching Band
Units: 2 Fundamental concepts;
instrumental capabilities; notation; color
and scoring; modulation; percussion writing.
Prerequisite: MUCO 336b or MUCO 338.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 439 Band Arranging
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Characteristics and
use of individual instruments; writing for
separate choirs; chamber and solo writing;
scoring piano, organ, and orchestral music
for band. Prerequisite: MUCO 237b, MUCO
336b or MUCO 338. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 441 Choral Arranging
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Arranging and composing
for chorus. Prerequisite: MUCO 233b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 470 Electroacoustic Composition
Units: 2 Electronic music for the composer:
history of means and styles, aesthetic
issues and practical problems, computer
usages, bibliography and repertoire.
Recommended Preparation: MTEC 474a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 501 Introduction to the Analysis
of Tonal Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
common practice period (1650–1900)
approaches to phrase design, tonal
organization and type-forms (binary,
ternary, rondo, sonata). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1175
MUCO 502 Introduction to the Analysis
of Post-Tonal Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
survey of 20th/21st century approaches
to the organization of pitch (serial, modal,
extended tonal, etc.), rhythm, texture and
form. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 521x Composition for
Non-Majors III
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction in
composition. Prerequisite: submission
of portfolio of musical compositions.
Registration Restriction: Not open to
graduate students in composition.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 531 Advanced Analysis of Tonal
Music: Reduction
Units: 2 Consideration of recent
developments in music theory and
their application to the analysis of tonal
music, focusing on techniques of musical
reduction. Prerequisite: MUCO 501
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 532 Advanced Analysis of Tonal
Music: Form
Units: 2 Consideration of recent
developments in music theory and their
application to Classical Common Practice
repertoire, focusing on contemporary
analytical approaches to the sonata idea.
Prerequisite: MUCO 501 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 533a Analytical Approaches to
Tonal Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introducing
to essential structural and prolongational
aspects of Schenkerian theory.
Prerequisite: MUCO 501. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 533b Analytical Approaches to
Tonal Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of the Schenkerian methods to individual
movements and short pieces. Prerequisite:
MUCO 501. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 534 Advanced Analysis of
Post-Tonal Music: Pitch
Units: 2 Introduction, application and
critiques of canonical pitch-based analytical
techniques applied to post-tonal music.
Prerequisite: MUCO 502 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 535 Advanced Analysis of
Post-Tonal Music: Beyond Pitch
Units: 2 Compositional departures from
conventional notions of pitch and harmony;
application and critiques of non-pitch-based
analytical techniques for post-tonal music.
Prerequisite: MUCO 502 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 536 Advanced Orchestration I
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of Orchestration III with emphasis on
contemporary techniques. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 537 Advanced Composition I
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 For graduates
with evidence of preparation for advanced
work. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 538a Analytical Approaches to
Post-Tonal Music from 1908–1950
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
breakdown of tonality, rise of atonal/
pantonal pitch organization, new and
extended approaches to tonality, modality.
Prerequisite: MUCO 502. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 538b Analytical Approaches to
Post-Tonal Music from 1908–1950
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of MUCO 538a; twelve-tone methods, just
tuning systems, new approaches to rhythm,
texture, timbre. Prerequisite: MUCO 502.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 539a Theoretical and Aesthetic
Issues in Music from 1950 to the Present
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Anti-rationality
and indeterminancy, ultra-rationality and
integral serialism, new performance
procedures, electronic music and new
technologies, minimalism. Prerequisite:
MUCO 502. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 539b Theoretical and Aesthetic
Issues in Music from 1950 to the Present
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Post-
modernism of reaction, post-modernism
of resistance, mannerist minimalism,
anti-modernism. Prerequisite: MUCO 502.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 548 Writer and Composer
Units: 2 Structured collaboration among
composers and poets. Activities include
fundamentals of poetry, comparative
analysis, creative projects. Registration
Restriction: Open to Literature and
Creative Writing and Composition majors
only; students with other majors require
departmental approval Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 550 Teaching Music Theory
Units: 2 Comparative study of curricula, text
materials, and teaching strategies in music
theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 571 Comparative Analytical
Studies: Traditional Forms
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Analytical survey of the
development of a specific form or genre.
Specific emphasis to be determined by the
department. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 501. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 572 Comparative Analytical
Studies: 20th/21st Century and
Non-Traditional Forms
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm In-depth analysis of characteristic
forms and genres of 20th century music or
of other forms and genres that do not figure
largely in the "common practice" tradition.
Specific emphasis to be determined by the
department. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 501. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 573 Special Studies in
Contrapuntal Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm In-depth analytical and historical
study of contrapuntal techniques and
styles. Emphasis to be determined by the
department. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 501. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 574 Special Studies in Tonal
Analysis
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Analytical study of major
composers and/or problems in tonal
music. Emphasis to be determined by the
department. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 501. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 575 Special Studies in Post-Tonal
Analysis
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Analytical study of major
composers and/or problems in post-tonal
music. Emphasis to be determined by the
department. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 502. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 576 Special Studies in Musical
Aesthetics
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm An investigation of aesthetics in
general and the application of aesthetic
theories to music; readings will be selected
from pre-modern, modern, and post-
modern texts. Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 501 and MUCO 502. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUCO 592 Selected Topics in Graduate
Composition
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Seminar for graduate students
in composition that addresses aesthetic,
technical and analytical issues from a
composer's perspective. Registration
Restriction: Open only to theory and
composition majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MUCO 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MUCO 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MUCO 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 631 Writing about Analysis
Units: 2 Seminar on analytical writing
through examination of varied analyses
of single works, interrogation of method,
style and effectiveness; mentored writing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUCO 633a Advanced Analysis of Tonal
Music
Units: 2 Application of Schenkerian
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techniques to large works. Prerequisite:
MUCO 533b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 633b Advanced Analysis of Tonal
Music
Units: 2 Criticisms and extensions of
Schenker, semiotic approaches, theories
of rhythmic structure. Prerequisite: MUCO
533b. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUCO 636 Advanced Orchestration II
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Continuation of Advanced
Orchestration I with emphasis on historical
survey of orchestral compositions
and advanced orchestration projects.
Prerequisite: MUCO 536. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 637 Advanced Composition II
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 4.0 Continuation of
MUCO 537. For students holding the MM
degree in composition. Prerequisite: MUCO
536, MUCO 637. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 737 Advanced Composition III
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Continuation
of MUCO 637. Prerequisite: MUCO 536,
MUCO 637. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUCO 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUCO 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MUCO 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MUCO 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MUCO 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
MUCO 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Music Teaching and Learning
MTAL 330 Fundamentals of Music
Units: 4 Introduction to the content of
music through an investigation of its
melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic structure.
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 330x
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 440a Music and Movement:
The Orff Approach
Units: 2 Orff Schulwerk techniques in
rhythmic and melodic training through
speech, singing, body percussion,
playing Orff instruments, improvisation,
and elemental movement. Certification
available. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 440a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 440b Music and Movement:
The Orff Approach
Units: 2 Orff Schulwerk techniques in
rhythmic and melodic training through
speech, singing, body percussion,
playing Orff instruments, improvisation,
and elemental movement. Certification
available. Prerequisite: MTAL 440a
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 440b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 443 Teaching Vocal Jazz
Units: 2 Strategies for teaching the
principles of vocal jazz; historical
perspective, repertoire, recordings,
improvisation, scat, accompaniment,
amplification, rehearsing, teaching
sequences. No prior jazz experience
necessary. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 443 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 449 Teaching Marching Band
Units: 2 Modern school marching band
techniques; precision drill; administration;
rehearsal techniques. Duplicates Credit
in former MUED 449 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 470 Improvisation and
Composition for Teaching and Learning
Units: 2 An introduction to the craft of
musical improvisation and composition,
developing personal and idiomatic
vocabulary in a variety of traditional and
contemporary musical styles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 475 Teaching and Learning:
Children
Units: 2 Applied study of developmental,
contextual, pedagogical and philosophical
issues that underlie children's music
learning experiences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 476 Teaching and Learning: Youth
Units: 2 Applied study of developmental,
contextual, pedagogical and philosophical
issues that underlie musical experiences of
adolescents and young adults. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 477 Cultural Diversity in Music
Teaching and Learning
Units: 2 Study of cultural issues in music
teaching and learning. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 480 Contemporary Pedagogy,
Small Instrumental Ensembles
Units: 3 Designed to cover traditional
approaches to small group teaching in
schools with contemporary techniques.
Percussion, guitar, keyboard, informal
instruments are featured. Also features a
fieldwork component. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 481 Contemporary Pedagogy,
Larger Instrumental Ensembles
Units: 3 Traditional approaches to
large group teaching in schools with
contemporary techniques. Brass, woodwind
and string instruments are featured.
Features a fieldwork component. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 482 Contemporary Pedagogy,
Vocal and General Music
Units: 2 Designed to cover traditional
approaches to vocal/general music group
teaching in schools with contemporary
techniques. Vocal and general music
techniques are featured. Also features a
fieldwork component. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12 Individual research and readings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors and seniors Duplicates Credit in
former MUED 490x Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 500 Research Foundations in
Music Teaching and Learning
Units: 3 Introductory exploration of types
of research linked to research literature in
music teaching and learning; interpreting
research reports; organizing and writing
research proposals and reports. Duplicates
Credit in former MUED 500 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 501 Historical Foundations of
Music Education
Units: 3 A contextual exploration of the
historical development of American music
education. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 501 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 502 Sociological Foundations of
Music Teaching and Learning
Units: 3 Study of interdependent
relationship between society, music and
music education. Duplicates Credit in
former MUED 502 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 503 Philosophical and Advocacy
Issues in Music Teaching and Learning
Units: 3 Exploration of philosophical
thinking in the field of music with emphasis
on philosophical foundations for teaching
and learning. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 503 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 504 Psychological Foundations
of Music
Units: 3 Exploration of theories, research
and practice in psychological foundations
of music teaching and learning. Duplicates
Credit in former MUED 504 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 505 Teaching and Learning Music
Units: 2 Studies of the latest resources
concerning the teaching and learning of
music so that musicians can function more
effectively as both teachers and performers.
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 505
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 510 Leading a Music Program in a
Public School Setting
Units: 2 The philosophy and purposes of
music programs combined with early field
experiences, varied teaching strategies,
and music learning assessment. Duplicates
Credit in former MUED 510 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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MTAL 516 Popular Music Teaching and
Learning
Units: 2 Pedagogical framework, overview
of current research and practical strategies
for applying formal and informal teaching
modalities in popular music. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 517 Teaching and Learning
Popular Songwriting
Units: 2 Conceptual and practical
framework to prepare music educators
to teach popular songwriting at all
levels and in a variety of environments.
Recommended Preparation: MTAL 516
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 518 Teaching and Learning Music
Technology
Units: 2 Preparation for future music
educators to teach music technology and
music production at all levels in a wide
range of environments. Recommended
Preparation: Demonstration of intermediate
knowledge of music technology or
successful completion of MTEC 443, MTEC
444 and MTEC 446a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 520 Coaching the Popular Music
Ensemble
Units: 2 Conceptual and practical strategies
used towards teaching a wide range
of popular music ensembles that are
culturally responsive and student centered.
Recommended Preparation: MTAL 516
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 521 Coaching the Popular Music
Vocalist
Units: 2 Conceptual and practical
framework for future popular music
instructors to coach vocalists in a wide
range of environments. Recommended
Preparation: MTAL 516 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 535 Community Engagement
Through Music
Units: 2 Explores the essential role of
community and arts partnerships in
music education with implications for the
expanding entrepreneurial role of musician/
educators. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 537 Community Engagement
Models and Frameworks in Music
Units: 1 Explores frameworks of
partnerships and community organizations
to inform innovative design, negotiate
complexity and problem-solve in community
music organizations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 538 Music in the Community,
Program Development and Evaluation
Units: 2 Explores the design and
development of community music
programs, including community needs
assessment, program delivery and
strategies and applications for program
evaluation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 550 Teaching Music Fundamentals
and Appreciation Courses
Units: 2 Purpose and objectives of music
in general education. Survey of current
approaches and materials. Duplicates
Credit in former MUED 550 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 552 Music Education Courseware
Development
Units: 2 Development of music education
courseware using current technology. Two
lecture hours per week. Duplicates Credit
in former MUED 552 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 576 Using Technology in the
Classroom
Units: 2 Study of the tools and knowledge
necessary to the music educator to facilitate
the application of computers and electronic
music in music education. Duplicates Credit
in former MUED 515 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 584 Early Childhood Music
Units: 2 An overview of significant
developmental issues, current research,
and appropriate practices for children
from birth to age eight. Professor-guided
practicum teaching. Duplicates Credit
in former MUED 520 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 585 Research and Practice in Orff
Schulwerk
Units: 2 Exploring research on the
philosophical and historical bases of the
Orff Schulwerk approach and acquiring
skills in pedagogical applications in early
childhood through collegiate settings.
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 640
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 588 Guided Practice
Units: 3 Student teachers observe and
teach under the guidance of a university
supervisor (USC professor) and a master
teacher. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 589 Community Music Practicum
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Provides structure
and support as students design, develop
and execute a community music project
as part of an existing organization or a
new endeavor. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 590
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MTAL 592 Final Project
Units: 2 Required for the Master of Music,
Teaching and Learning degree. Credit
upon acceptance. Prerequisite: MTAL 500
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 592
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MTAL 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 594a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/No
Credit
MTAL 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Prerequisite: MTAL 594a Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 594b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
MTAL 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Prerequisite: MTAL 594b Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 594z
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
MTAL 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 605 College Teaching in Music
Education
Units: 2 Exploration of music education
faculty duties at the collegiate level, such
as teaching general/secondary methods,
working with student teachers, leading
professional organizations, and conducting
research. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 605 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 606 Internship in Collegiate Music
Education
Units: 3 Students intern with USC
professors in training music teachers in
traditional and alternative music education
practices. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 606 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 607 Foundations of Community
Music
Units: 2 Exploration of community music
programs in the U.S. and beyond with
emphasis on philosophical, sociological,
structural and cultural bases for the diverse
programs. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 607 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 608 Creative Thinking in Music
Units: 3 Review of important developments
in research and practice for the
encouragement of creative thinking in music
for music teaching and learning. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 615 Assessment and Reflective
Practice
Units: 2 Examination of major aspects of
measurement and evaluation that comprise
the art of assessment of music teaching
and learning. Recommended Preparation:
MTAL 500 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 650 Pedagogy for Collegiate Music
Appreciation and Fundamentals
Units: 2 Design and teaching strategies
for collegiate music appreciation and
fundamentals classes developed for the
adult, non music major student. Duplicates
Credit in former MUED 650 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 652 Pedagogy for Collegiate
Teaching
Units: 2 A preparation for teaching in the
modern university environment, examining
the role of the professor, and focusing on
the development of innovative collegiate
teaching skills. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 610 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 653 World Music Pedagogy
Units: 2 Introduction to the pedagogy of
world music cultures, including both sonic
and sociocultural dimensions of music-in-
culture, through the World Music Pedagogy
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approach. Recommended Preparation:
MTAL 505 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 720 Quantitative Research in
Music Teaching and Learning
Units: 3 Survey of theories, concepts and
procedures for designing, conducting and
evaluating quantitative research studies in
music teaching and learning. Prerequisite:
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 792
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 721 Qualitative Research in Music
Teaching and Learning
Units: 3 Survey of theories, concepts
and tools for designing, conducting and
evaluating qualitative studies in music
teaching and learning. Prerequisite:
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 793
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MTAL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 790
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MTAL 791 Pedagogical Writing and
Media in Music Education
Units: 3 Development of skills in
pedagogical writing for professional
journals, text books, and multimedia
publications, and knowledge of publishing
procedures for compositions and
arrangements. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 791 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MTAL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 794a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/No
Credit
MTAL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Prerequisite: MTAL 794a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former MUED 794b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
MTAL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Prerequisite: MTAL 794b
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former MUED 794c Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
MTAL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Prerequisite: MTAL 794c
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former MUED 794d Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
MTAL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Prerequisite: MTAL 794d
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former MUED 794z Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/
Credit/No Credit
Music Ensemble
Large ensemble requirements in
undergraduate curricula must be fulfilled
by the following ensembles: University
Chorus (MUEN 307); Apollo Chorus (MUEN
308); Oriana Choir (MUEN 311); University
Concert Choir (MUEN 310); Chamber
Singers (MUEN 312); USC Symphony
(MUEN 320); USC Concert Orchestra
(MUEN 321); University Wind Ensemble
(MUEN 323); or University Band (MUEN
324).
Exceptions to the above policies include:
Contemporary Music Ensemble and Early
Music Ensemble may fulfill the large
ensemble requirement for instrumental
majors, with the approval of the conductor
of University Symphony or Wind Ensemble
and the chair of the student's major
department.
Music Education majors with an
instrumental emphasis must take one
semester of a choral ensemble.
Composition majors must register for at
least 2 units in a choral ensemble.
Students majoring in Strings, Vocal Arts,
or Wind and Percussion may not count
USC Concert Orchestra toward their large
ensemble requirement.
Vocal Arts majors must register for
University Concert Choir, USC Chamber
Singers or USC Oriana Choir to fulfill their
large ensemble requirement.
Further exceptions may be made subject
to departmental approval and approval
of the conductor of the appropriate large
ensemble.
MUEN 222 Trojan Marching Band
Units: 1 Rehearsal and participation
in performances for athletic and other
university functions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 305 Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Study and
performance of vocal ensemble literature
from the Jazz idiom, with emphasis on
improvisational techniques. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUEN 307 University Chorus
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of choral
literature from all periods of music history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUEN 308 USC Apollo Chorus
Units: 1 Max Units: 08 The USC Apollo
Chorus, a choir open to all students, faculty,
and staff of any gender, performs tenor/
bass repertoire. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 310 University Concert Choir
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Performance of choral works of
all styles and periods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 311 USC Oriana Choir
Units: 1 Max Units: 08 The USC Oriana
Choir, a choir open to all students, faculty,
and staff of any gender, performs treble
repertoire. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 312 Chamber Singers
Units: 1 Max Units: 08 Performance of
choral music and choral masterworks from
the 16th century to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUEN 314 Opera Chorus
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study and performance of operatic
choruses and extended ensembles of
all styles and periods. Duplicates Credit
in former MUEN 214 and MUEN 414.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUEN 320 USC Symphony
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
orchestra repertoire. Duplicates Credit
in former MUEN 220 and MUEN 420.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUEN 321 USC Concert Orchestra
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
orchestra repertoire. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 322 Trojan Marching Band
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Continuation of
MUEN 222. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 323 University Wind Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and participation in concert
programs. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEN 223 and MUEN 423. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUEN 324 University Band
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
standard repertoire. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 325 Wind and Percussion
Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Performance of chamber music
for wind and percussion instruments.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 225
and MUEN 425. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 326 Guitar Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
literature composed, transcribed and
arranged for small ensembles, including
literature for small ensembles of guitar
and other instruments, as well as voice.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 226
and MUEN 426. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 327 String Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance of small
ensemble literature for strings. Duplicates
Credit in former MUEN 227 and MUEN 427.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUEN 328 Keyboard Collaboration
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance
of literature for piano with voice and
string, woodwind, brass and percussion
instruments. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEN 428. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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MUEN 329 Jazz Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 08 Rehearsal and
performance of literature written for large
jazz ensemble. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEN 229 and MUEN 429 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUEN 330 Contemporary Music
Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Performance of 20th-century
music; readings of student and faculty
compositions; experimental music; guest
conductors, composers, performers; annual
concert series. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEN 230 and MUEN 430. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUEN 331 Guitar Big Band
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and preparation of big
band literature adapted for large guitar
ensemble. Guitarists perform in place of
the traditional trumpet, trombone and sax
sections. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 332 Jazz Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance
of literature for jazz chamber groups.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 232
and MUEN 432. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 335 University Brass Band
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp The study, rehearsal and
performance of standard brass choir and
brass band literature. Duplicates Credit
in former MUEN 235 and MUEN 435.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUEN 344 Vocal Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Study of solo ensemble vocal literature
such as duets, trios, quartets, madrigals,
etc. Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 244
and MUEN 444. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 350 Early Music Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of vocal
and instrumental ensemble music of the
Renaissance and Baroque, with emphasis
on chamber music for solo voices and
bowed and plucked strings. Instrumentalists
are required to perform on either their
own or the school's historical instruments.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 250
and MUEN 450. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUEN 505 Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered: FaSp
Study and performance of vocal ensemble
literature from the Jazz idiom, with
emphasis on improvisational techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 507 University Chorus
Units: 1 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of choral
literature from all periods of music history.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 508 USC Apollo Chorus
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 The USC Apollo
Chorus, a choir open to all students, faculty,
and staff of any gender, performs tenor/
bass repertoire. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 510 University Concert Choir
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Performance of choral works of
all styles and periods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 511 USC Oriana Choir
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 The USC Oriana
Choir, a choir open to all students, faculty,
and staff of any gender, performs treble
repertoire. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 512 Chamber Singers
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 Performance of
Choral Music and choral masterworks from
the 16th century to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 514 Opera Chorus
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Study and performance of operatic
choruses and extended ensembles of
all styles and periods. Duplicates Credit
in former MUEN 414. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 520 USC Symphony
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
orchestra repertoire Duplicates Credit
in former MUEN 420. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 521 USC Concert Orchestra
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
orchestra repertoire. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 523 University Wind Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and participation in concert
programs. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEN 423. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 525 Wind and Percussion
Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Performance of chamber music
for wind and percussion instruments.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 425.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 526 Guitar Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
literature composed, transcribed and
arranged for small ensembles, including
literature for small ensembles of guitar
and other instruments, as well as voice.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 426.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 527 String Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance of small
ensemble literature for strings. Duplicates
Credit in former MUEN 427. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 528 Keyboard Collaboration
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of MUEN 328.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 529 Jazz Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 Rehearsal and
performance of literature written for large
jazz ensemble. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Master and Doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 429
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 530 Contemporary Music
Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Performance of 20th-century
music; readings of student and faculty
compositions; experimental music; guest
conductors, composers, performers; annual
concert series. Duplicates Credit in former
MUEN 430. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 531 Guitar Big Band
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and preparation of big
band literature adapted for large guitar
ensemble. Guitarists perform in place of
the traditional trumpet, trombone and sax
sections. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUEN 532 Jazz Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance of
advanced literature for jazz chamber
groups. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUEN 535 University Brass Band
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 The study, rehearsal
and performance of standard brass choir
and brass band literature. Duplicates Credit
in former MUEN 435. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 544 Vocal Chamber Music
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Study of solo ensemble vocal literature
such as duets, trios, quartets, madrigals,
etc. Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 444.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 550 Early Music Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of vocal
and instrumental ensemble music of the
Renaissance and Baroque, with emphasis
on chamber music for solo voices and
bowed or plucked strings. Instrumentalists
are required to perform on either their
own or the school's historical instruments.
Duplicates Credit in former MUEN 450.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 626 Guitar Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 Rehearsal and
performance of literature composed,
transcribed and arranged for small
ensembles, including literature for small
ensembles of guitar and other instruments,
as well as voice. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUEN 628 Keyboard Collaboration
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of MUEN 328.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUEN 650 Early Music Ensemble
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and public performance
of vocal and instrumental music of the
Renaissance and Baroque era; emphasis is
on large- and small-scale chamber works.
Instrumentalists are required to perform on
historical instruments. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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Music History and Literature
MUHL 231 Music History
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa A study of the
musical styles and genres from antiquity
to c. 1680 within their historical context.
Detailed analysis of selected works.
Prerequisite: MUCO 132b, MUCO 133b
, MUHL 385a Duplicates Credit in MUHL
385a. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUHL 232 Music History II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp A study of the
musical styles and genres from c. 1680
to c. 1850 within their historical context.
Detailed analysis of selected works.
Prerequisite: MUCO 132b, MUCO 133b.
Duplicates Credit in MUHL 385b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 250g Music and Ideas
Units: 4 A topical study of critical issues and
cultural relationships found in music from
antiquity to the present and across musical
genres and styles. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 331 Music History III
Units: 3 A study of the musical styles and
genres from c. 1850 to the present within
their historical context. Detailed analysis of
selected works. Prerequisite: MUCO 132b,
MUCO 133b; Recommended Preparation:
MUCO 232b, MUCO 233b. Duplicates
Credit in former MUHL 280a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 332 Studies in Musical Culture
Units: 3 Special musical repertoires, issues,
and critical problems; emphasis determined
by the department. Recommended
Preparation: MUHL 231, MUHL 232, MUEN
331, MUCO 232b, MUCO 233b. Duplicates
Credit in former MUHL 280b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 333 Music History Review
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised review of the materials covered
in undergraduate music history courses for
students whose music history examinations
indicate the need for further study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 350g Western Art Music History I
Units: 4 A study of the musical styles
and genres from antiquity through early
modern periods within their historical
context. Detailed analysis of selected
works. Recommended Preparation: MUHL
250g Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 351 Western Art Music History II
Units: 4 A study of the musical styles
and genres in the late modern and
contemporary eras within their historical
context. Detailed analysis of selected
works. Recommended Preparation: MUHL
250g and MUHL 350 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 403 Armenian Musical Culture
Units: 2 Study of the four branches of
Armenian music within the context of past
and present Armenian culture. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 476 Music Criticism
Units: 2 Procedure and practice in forming
critical judgments of music and in writing
music criticism; practical journalism;
professional and community ethics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 550 Music and the Holocaust
Units: 2 Study of the creation and
performance of Holocaust-related music
from 1933 to the present, including
interaction with other arts. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 560 Studies in World Music I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The indigenous
and syncretic musics of Africa, India,
Indonesia, and the Balkan countries.
Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 561 Studies in World Music II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp The indigenous
and syncretic musics of the post-Soviet
political landscape, the Far East, the Middle
East, and Latin America. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 570 Research Materials and
Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to music research, information
science and technical writing. Required of
all graduate students majoring in music.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 572 Seminar in Historical Musical
Notation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Performing,
reading, and editing historical notation from
original sources. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 573 Music of the Middle Ages
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: SpSm
Chief musical developments in Western
Europe from the beginning of the Christian
era to the middle of the 14th century.
Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 574 Music of the Renaissance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Chief
musical developments in Western Europe
from the middle of the 14th century to the
end of the 16th. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 575 Music of the Baroque Era
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm Styles,
forms, composers, and compositions of
the Baroque era. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 576 Music of the Classical Period
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: SpSm
Development of classical style in
symphonic music, opera, and chamber
music. Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 577 Music of the 19th Century
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: FaSm
Vocal and instrumental music of the
Romantic era from late Beethoven
through Brahms. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 578 Music since 1900
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Musical
developments in Europe and the Americas
from 1900 to the present. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 579 Studies in Music History
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive study of major problems,
issues, and interpretations in the history of
music. Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 580 Historical Perspectives in
Jazz
Units: 2 Chief musical developments in the
principal styles of Jazz from their inception
to the present. Prerequisite: graduate
standing or departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 583 Special Studies in Medieval
Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Music problems and composers
of the period. Specific emphasis to be
determined by the department. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 584 Special Studies in
Renaissance Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Music problems and composers
of the period. Specific emphasis to be
determined by the department. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 585 Special Studies in Baroque
Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Music problems and composers
of the period. Specific emphasis to be
determined by the department. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 586 Special Studies in the Music
of the Classical Period, 1730–1800
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Music problems and composers
of the period. Specific emphasis to be
determined by the department. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 587 Special Studies in the Music
of the 19th Century
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Music problems and composers
of the period. Specific emphasis to be
determined by the department. Prerequisite:
MUHL 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 588 Special Studies in Music
since 1900
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Music problems and
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composers of the period. Specific emphasis
to be determined by the department.
Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 589 Seminar in Renaissance
Repertories and Performance Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Study and
discussion of Renaissance music sources
and performance practice treatises.
Corequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
leading to the master's degree. Maximum
units which may be applied to the degree
to be determined by the department.
Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUHL 591 Seminar in Baroque
Repertories and Performance Practice
Units: 2 Study and discussion of Baroque
music sources and performance practice
treatises. Corequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 595 Seminar in Performance
Practices
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Scholarly
preparation and authentic performance
of music written before c. 1770.
Ornamentation and improvisation, tunings
and temperaments, early language
pronunciation, historical instruments, etc.
Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 681 Studies in Musicology
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Close study of musical repertories
and issues (particularly ones transcending
period divisions), with emphasis on
recent scholarship and methodologies.
Prerequisite: MUHL 570. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUHL 683 Seminar in Medieval Music
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Problems and composers of the
period; specific emphasis determined by
the department. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 684 Seminar in Renaissance
Music
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Problems and composers of the
period; specific emphasis determined by
the department. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 685 Seminar in Baroque Music
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Problems and composers of the
period; specific emphasis determined by
the department. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 686 Seminar in Classical Music
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Problems and composers of the
period; specific emphasis determined by
the department. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 687 Seminar in Romantic Music
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Problems and composers of the
period; specific emphasis determined by
the department. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 688 Seminar in Music since 1900
Units: 2, 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Problems and composers of the
period; specific emphasis determined by
the department. Prerequisite: MUHL 570.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUHL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Prerequisite: MUHL
570. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MUHL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
MUHL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Music Industry
MUIN 270 Introduction to the Music
Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of the music business with emphasis
on distribution of recorded music, music
publishing, performance rights societies,
record companies, agents, personal
managers and contracts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 272x Basics of the Music Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
survey of the music business. Topics
include: copyright, record companies,
contracts, music publishing, performance
rights societies, managers, agents, and
other artist team/income considerations.
Credit Restriction: Not available for major
credit for music industry majors. Duplicates
Credit in former MUIN 372ax. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 280 Communications in the Music
Industry
Units: 4 A comprehensive course on
communications specific to the music
industry with a focus on press and publicity
for artists. Prerequisite: MUIN 270 or MUIN
272x Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUIN 286 Record Production
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Function of
the record producer, studio procedures,
music business law, union relations, artist
management, copyright and publishing
agreements, record company structure.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 287 The Business and Economics
of the Recording Industry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Economic
considerations of home, studio and location
recording. Equipment, labor, facilities,
media, legal and tax considerations will
be explored. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 320 Critical Listening, Acoustics
and Audio Perception
Units: 4 Development of perceptual skills
for detailed analysis and awareness of
the timbral, dynamic, temporal and spatial
attributes of sound as they relate to audio
production. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 340 Introduction to Sound
Reinforcement
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to the practical application
of large scale sound reinforcement for
concerts, sporting events, church services
and convention situations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 360 Introduction to Music Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study of
entertainment law with a focus on the
music industry. Areas of study include
contracts, domestic practices, international
practices, copyright protection, trademarks.
Prerequisite: MUIN 270. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 370 Music Publishing and
Licensing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A contemporary
survey of the methods used to monetize
music through licensing/media placement,
covering music publishing, songwriter
agreements, performance rights and
licenses for traditional/new media.
Prerequisite: MUIN 270 or MUIN 272.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 372 Business and Legal Aspects
of the Music Industry
Units: 4 An intermediate/advanced-level
survey of music copyright law, artist
contract analysis, infringement case studies
as they affect modern/emerging business
models and global music licensing.
Prerequisite: MUIN 270 or MUIN 272x
Duplicates Credit in former MUIN 372b
1182 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 385 Radio in the Music Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey of
radio; its operation and effect on the
music industry. Topics include advertising,
playlists, program direction, FCC, networks,
news, promotion, payola and format
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 410 Marketing, Branding and
Strategic Alliances in Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An in-depth
study of music marketing, non-traditional
revenue streams for artists, musicians, and
labels including artist endorsements, artist
tour sponsorships, digital music programs,
music licensing, merchandise, and a
primary focus on brand partnership deals
in the music space. Prerequisite: MUIN 270
or MUIN 272. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 420 DIY Music Marketing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of the most current and effective
marketing strategies and online branding
tools for promoting, monetizing, and
sustaining the career of the independent
creative artist. Prerequisite: MUIN 270
or MUIN 272. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 425 Live Music Production and
Promotion
Units: 4 A survey of the presentation of
the live musical experience. Both classical
and popular concert presentation will
be examined including venue selection,
promotion and security. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 430 Artist Management and
Development
Units: 4 A study of issues relating to the
personal management of music artists
including negotiating contracts, image,
career development, agents, touring,
merchandising, fees and duties. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 435 Manufacture and Distribution
of Musical Products
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An in-depth
study of musical instrument manufacture
and distribution in the United States. Topics
covered include sheet music, instrument
rentals, lessons and band operations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 440 Arts Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey of the
management of non-profit and for-profit
arts organizations with emphasis on
funding, donor development tax status
and promotion. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 443 The Business of Music for
Visual Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to music designed for
synchronization to picture including
history of music in cinema, music editing,
supervision, performance rights licensing,
production, and music scoring procedures.
Prerequisite: MUIN 360 or MUIN 372.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 444 Music Supervision
Units: 4 An advanced focus on the music
supervisor's role, working with directors,
producers, licensing representatives
and executives to select, budget and
clear songs for broadcast/new media.
Prerequisite: MUIN 360 or MUIN 372
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 445 International Music Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A survey
of international operations of music
distribution, publishing, touring, law,
promotion, customs and practices.
Prerequisite: MUIN 360. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 450 Practicum in Music Industry
Issues (Internship)
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Field application of music
industry theories and practices; part-
time employment. Project jointly defined
by student, employer and professor.
Prerequisite: MUIN 360 or MUIN 372.
Registration Restriction: Junior or senior
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MUIN 460 Streaming Economy in the
Music Industry
Units: 2 Focus on identifying the economic
impact current music streaming models
have on artists, record labels, publishing
and consumers. Prerequisite: MUIN 270
or MUIN 272x Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 461 Music Festival Design and
Management
Units: 2 Focus on planning, booking,
marketing, promoting, ticketing and
operating a festival in an ever-changing
marketplace. Prerequisite: MUIN 270 or
MUIN 272x Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 462 Technology, Big Data and
Marketing in the Music Industry
Units: 2 Analyzing technology's relationship
to the music industry. Use of data and
analytics to develop successful strategies
for new and existing artists. Prerequisite:
MUIN 270 or MUIN 272x Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 464 Public Assembly Venue
Management
Units: 2 Review and examination of the
principles and practices associated with
managing theaters, arenas, stadiums and
all other public assembly venue types.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 475 Advanced Concert
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application of
theories, technologies, and practices of the
live music industry. Focus on the business,
management, marketing, promotion, and
production of professional concert events.
Prerequisite: MUIN 425. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 476a Advanced Sound
Reinforcement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Special
problems of multimedia mixing with
simultaneous audio re-processing for live
performance situations including rigging,
house mix, monitor mix, venues and power
distribution. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 476b Advanced Sound
Reinforcement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Special
problems of multimedia mixing with
simultaneous audio re-processing for live
performance situations including rigging,
house mix, monitor mix, venues and power
distribution. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUIN 495 Web Design for the Music
Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A hands-on
experience in which students work in teams
to create web sites specifically designed to
promote, market, and sell musical artists'
products online. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 496 Music Media Solutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Group
study of one current music media issue,
focusing on possible solutions with practical
applications. Stress on leadership, critical
thinking, and professional practices.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 497 Current Topics, Case Studies,
and Analysis
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Exploration of emerging topics and
trends in business and technology in
the music and entertainment industries.
Prerequisite: MUIN 270 or MUIN 272.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 498a Final Capstone Project
Units: 1 Culmination of the four-year course
of study. Affords students the opportunity
to experience guided work to meet the
professional demands of the industry.
Prerequisite: MUIN 270 or MUIN 272
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUIN 498b Final Capstone Project
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Culmination
of the four-year course of study. Affords
students the opportunity to experience
guided work to meet the professional
demands of the industry. Prerequisite:
MUIN 270 or MUIN 272. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUIN 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 510 The Music Industry: Careers,
Rights and Income Streams
Units: 4 History, procedures, economics
and evolving technologies involved with
careers, rights and income connected with
artists, songwriters, producers, labels,
music publishing, performance rights and
visual media. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 511 Music Industry History:
Entrepreneurs, Moguls and Catalogs
Units: 2 Focus on recorded music's sounds
and innovators. Includes in-depth research,
discussion, presentations and memorization
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for greater cultural context. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 512 The Management of Live
Performances
Units: 2 Focus on the Artist, Promoter
and Venue, and the roles they play in the
Live Performance space, applying theory,
technology, and practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 515 Live Touring Strategy
Units: 2 Part of an emphasis track that
focuses on advanced live touring strategies,
methods and practices. Projects will apply
theory and practice in a directed team
oriented approach. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 520 Artist Management: Campaign
Planning, Pitching, Partnerships
Units: 2 Lecture and experiential learning
focused on the role of an artist's personal
manager including developing their story,
assets and strategy for various product
release campaigns. Prerequisite: MUIN 510
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 521 Music Industry/Producers
Forum
Units: 1 Student-driven discussion,
networking and Q&A with guest industry
leaders and role models, including
producers, artists, music supervisors,
concert promoters, agents, label
executives, managers and attorneys.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUIN 522 Music Marketing, Branding
and Campaigns
Units: 3 An overview of music specific
concepts and opportunities spanning
various roles, tools, forms of music
consumption, and campaign stages as it
pertains to music marketing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 523 Survey/Analysis of Music
Agreements
Units: 4 Focus on demystifying "legalese"
and music industry standards by assessing
actual contract examples for context,
including recording, songwriter, producer,
media licensing, sponsorship and band
partnerships. Prerequisite: MUIN 510
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 525 Concert Promotion, Venue
Management and Event Planning
Units: 3 Overview of the three areas that
comprise most of the live performance
spaces, and focuses on the artist, promoter
and venue ("Circle of Live") and the roles
they play in the performance. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 526 Music Supervision, Production
and Creative Licensing
Units: 3 A comprehensive look at
contemporary music supervision for all
visual media. Students will creatively apply
guided lessons using real world example
cases and projects. Prerequisite: MUIN 510
and MUIN 511 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 530 Mentorship
Units: 1 A semester bridge for students
working on job preparation, career skills,
and continued efforts before launching their
final campaign projects and graduation
portfolio. Prerequisite: MUIN 520 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUIN 540 Artist Management: Campaign
Execution and Hindsight Analysis
Units: 2 Lecture and experiential learning
focused on the role of an artist's personal
manager including executing various
release campaigns and hindsight
assessment to inform future endeavors.
Prerequisite: MUIN 520 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 541 Data Analytics: Music
Marketing Decisions and Presentations
Units: 2 The when, why and how data
analysis tools are used to assist music
professionals and better support marketing
decisions, beyond the realm of intuition and
aesthetic appeal. Prerequisite: MUIN 522
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 542 Developing Copyright Laws
and Business Models
Units: 3 Study of advanced copyright law,
conflicts and entrepreneurial opportunities
to gain insight into what is evolving for
the globalized digital music industry.
Prerequisite: MUIN 510 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUIN 570 The Music Industry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A graduate
level survey of the music business with
emphasis on distribution of recorded music,
music publishing, performance rights
societies, musical products and live music.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
MUIN 598 Internship
Units: 1 Max Units: 04 Students gain
insight, experience and networking
opportunities within the industry areas they
wish to consider as a career. Prerequisite:
MUIN 510 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUIN 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUIN 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Jazz Studies
MUJZ 100mx Jazz: America's Music
Units: 4 Music of the jazz greats.
Experience through live performances,
field trips, readings, recordings, videos
and guest lectures. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to jazz studies majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 101x Non-Major Beginning
Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 2.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction at the
beginning level designed for non-music
majors with no previous experience. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 105a Jazz Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
basic and advanced concepts of jazz
melody, harmony and form. Includes
functional chord idioms and relationships,
compositional and improvisational devices,
and song forms. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 105b Jazz Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
basic and advanced concepts of jazz
melody, harmony and form. Includes
functional chord idioms and relationships,
compositional and improvisational devices,
and song forms. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 141a Basic Keyboard Skills for the
Improviser
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading skills
related to jazz accompanying, including the
ability to identify and play chords on the
piano utilizing different voicings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 141b Basic Keyboard Skills for the
Improviser
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Reading skills
related to jazz accompanying, including the
ability to identify and play chords on the
piano utilizing different voicings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 142a Jazz Ear Training
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-
singing and melodic/rhythmic reading and
dictation applied to jazz repertoire. Includes
vocalization of scales and chord patterns
and study of rhythmic reading and jazz
articulation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 142b Jazz Ear Training
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-
singing and melodic/rhythmic reading and
dictation applied to jazz repertoire. Includes
vocalization of scales and chord patterns
and study of rhythmic reading and jazz
articulation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 150 Beginning Jazz Improvisation
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of beginning
improvisational skills including underlying
principles of theory, harmony, jazz ear
training, and jazz style. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 153 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction
and performance forum. Registration
Restriction: Open only to jazz studies
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 180 Techniques of Jazz
Improvisation
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Development of
improvisational skills through instrumental
performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 195L Jazz Elements I
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Study of compositional,
improvisational, performance, and
arranging elements found in jazz. Students
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will model influential groups and jazz artists.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 196 Jazz Combo I
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Rehearsal and performance of
literature for jazz chamber groups.
Duplicates Credit in MUEN 332. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUJZ 197a Vocal Jazz Elements I
Units: 2 Study of stylistic, musical,
improvisational, rhythmic, historical,
performance, and arranging elements
found in the vocal jazz genre. Students
will explore concepts through the study
of influential jazz vocal artists as well as
their own performances. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 197b Vocal Jazz Elements I
Units: 2 Study of stylistic, musical,
improvisational, rhythmic, historical,
performance, and arranging elements
found in the vocal jazz genre. Students
will explore concepts through the study of
influential jazz vocal artists as well as their
own performances. Prerequisite: MUJZ
197a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 200a Jazz Styles Analysis
Units: 2 Theoretical skills and analytical
techniques related to jazz styles from
Dixieland to the present. Styles through
Progressive Swing. Duplicates Credit in
former MUCO 200ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 200b Jazz Styles Analysis
Units: 2 Theoretical skills and analytical
techniques related to jazz styles from
Dixieland to the present. Bebop to the
present. Duplicates Credit in former MUCO
200ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 218a Afro-Latin Percussion
Instruments
Units: 2 Instruction in the performance of
percussion instruments associated with
African, South American, and Caribbean
music traditions, with special emphasis on
adaptation to jazz music. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 218b Afro-Latin Percussion
Instruments
Units: 2 Instruction in the performance of
percussion instruments associated with
African, South American, and Caribbean
music traditions, with special emphasis on
adaptation to jazz music. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 252 Individual Instrument
Performance Class I
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Solo and orchestra repertoire,
professional preparation, reed making, and
other matters appropriate to group study.
Required of all first and second year wind
and percussion majors each semester
in residence. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 253 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction
and performance forum. Registration
Restriction: Open only to jazz studies
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 286a The History of Jazz
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A study
of the evolution of American jazz music
from its roots in Africa to the present day.
Includes an introduction to world music
elements. Prerequisite: MUCO 132b and
MUCO 133b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 286b The History of Jazz
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A study
of the evolution of American jazz music
from its roots in Africa to the present day.
Includes an introduction to world music
elements. Prerequisite: MUCO 132b and
MUCO 133b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 300x Non-Major Individual
Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction designed for non-music majors.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to
music majors. Duplicates Credit in former
MUJZ 201 and MUJZ 401. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 301 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intermediate and advanced
instruction: secondary emphasis for music
majors, principal emphasis for music
minors and BA music majors. Registration
Restriction: Open only to music majors and
minors. Duplicates Credit in former MUJZ
201 and MUJZ 401. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 305a Advanced Jazz Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
and transcription of jazz performances and
scores, encompassing questions of style,
form, harmonic and melodic language, and
considerations of rhythm. Prerequisite:
MUCO 133b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 305b Advanced Jazz Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
and transcription of jazz performances and
scores, encompassing questions of style,
form, harmonic and melodic language, and
considerations of rhythm. Prerequisite:
MUCO 133b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 311 Vocal Jazz Techniques
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Development of
skills needed for the professional vocal
jazz musician. Study of the standard jazz
repertoire, vocal improvisation, lead sheet
writing, and working with rhythm sections.
Recommended Preparation: MUJZ 195L
or MUJZ 197b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 341 Keyboard Skills for
Improvisers
Units: 2 Reading skills related to jazz
accompanying; "fake" books, chord
progressions commonly used in jazz.
Prerequisite: MPKS 250a, MPKS 250b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 342a Aural Skills for Improvisers
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-singing
and dictation applied to jazz repertoire.
Vocalization of modal and synthetic jazz
scales and chordal qualities. Prerequisite:
MUCO 132b. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 342ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 342b Aural Skills for Improvisers
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Sight-singing
and dictation applied to jazz repertoire.
Vocalization of modal and synthetic jazz
scales and chordal qualities. Prerequisite:
MUCO 132b. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 342ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 347 Jazz Composition
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Composing in the
jazz medium. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 347. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 350g A History of Jazz Music
Units: 4 A history of jazz music and the
styles of music considered antecedents to
jazz. Recommended Preparation: MUHL
250 Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 353 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction
and performance forum. Registration
Restriction: Open only to jazz studies
majors. Duplicates Credit in former PLDV
410. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 395 Jazz Elements II
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Advanced study
of compositional, improvisational,
performance, conducting, and arranging
elements found in the jazz repertory.
Students will be encouraged to forge
individual musical expressions.
Prerequisite: MUJZ 195L or MUJZ 197b
Registration Restriction: Open only to
juniors and seniors Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 396 Jazz Combo II
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Preparation and performance of
literature for jazz combos. Prerequisite:
MUJZ 195. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUJZ 400 Arranging for Jazz Ensemble
Units: 2 Scoring for jazz ensemble with
emphasis on writing for sections of like and
mixed instruments as well as full ensemble.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 400.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 403 Studio Singing Techniques
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
technique, theory and aural skills as applied
to studio singing; critical listening; study
of various styles; ear training and sight
singing as these apply to working in a
studio. Recommended Preparation: jazz
background; can read music and sing well.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 419m The Jazz Experience: Myths
and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the music, culture, and
mythology of jazz revealed through the
study of jazz fiction, film, poetry, and
recorded examples. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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MUJZ 443 Jazz Pedagogy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts,
methods, and resources; examination and
comparison of textbooks, recordings, tapes,
and materials related to the study and
teaching of jazz. Duplicates Credit in former
MUED 443. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 450 Intermediate Jazz
Improvisation
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Development of intermediate
improvisational skills including underlying
principles of theory, harmony, jazz ear
training, and jazz style. Recommended
Preparation: MUJZ 150. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 451 Advanced Jazz Improvisation
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Development of advanced improvisational
skills, including Lydian-chromatic and
bi-modal techniques, through instrumental
performance. Registration Restriction:
Junior standing or higher. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 452 Individual Instrument
Performance Class II
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Solo and orchestra repertoire,
professional preparation, reed making, and
other matters appropriate to group study.
Required of all third and fourth year wind
and percussion majors each semester
in residence. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 453 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Weekly individual instruction
and performance forum. Registration
Restriction: Open only to jazz studies
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 486 Jazz Masters from World War
II to the Present
Units: 2 Examination of major jazz artists
from World War II to the present with
emphasis on the innovators of each period.
Detailed analysis of selected repertoire.
Recommended Preparation: MUJZ 419.
Duplicates Credit in former MUHL 486.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Secondary instruction for graduate
music majors or instruction for graduate
non-music majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 545 Jazz Ensemble Development
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Techniques, approaches, teaching
materials, and music useful in developing
jazz ensembles in educational settings,
from junior high school through college.
Duplicates Credit in former MUED 547.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 547 Jazz Composition
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Application of theoretical and compositional
techniques used in jazz to written music.
Analysis and performance of historical and
contemporary examples will be included.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 547.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 551 Graduate Jazz Improvisation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Development of
proficiency in improvising to advanced jazz
concepts, including transposition, substitute
harmony, superimposed harmony, atypical
harmonic schemes and contemporary
chord and scale types. Prerequisite: MUJZ
451. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 553 Individual Instruction
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 554 Graduate Certificate
Performance
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual instruction and related
lab participation for Graduate Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUJZ 588 Special Studies in Jazz
Performance
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Performance
problems, composers and/or stylistic
analysis of music from the jazz idiom.
Specific emphasis to be determined by the
Jazz Studies department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
MUJZ 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 653 Performance
Units: 1 or 2 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual or master class
instruction for DMA Performance majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUJZ 688 Special Topics in Jazz
Performance
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
Fa Examination and analysis of solo
and compositional repertory of the
jazz idiom through transcription and
comparative research. Specific emphasis
to be determined by the Jazz Studies
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUJZ 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
School of Music
MUSC 102gw World Music
Units: 4 Exploration of music and cultures
of the world. Engagement with international
musicians, global issues, field work and
musical diasporas in Los Angeles. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A:
The Arts Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Duplicates Credit in former MUHL 302
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 110 Freshman Forum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to issues and skills relevant to the
professional musical world of today.
Registration Restriction: Open only to music
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MUSC 115gp Western Music as
Sounding History
Units: 4 An introduction to Western art
music and culture from the Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
and Modern eras through reading, listening,
analyzing and writing about music. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A:
The Arts Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Duplicates Credit in former
MUHL 315 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 170gp Classics of Music and
Literature: from Ancient Greece Through
Contemporary LA
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
CLAS 170gp)
MUSC 200gmw The Broadway Musical:
Reflections of American Diversity
Units: 4 A uniquely American genre, the
Broadway musical serves as a catalyst
for inquiry into human diversity, cross-
culturalism, and significant social and
political issues. Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Duplicates
Credit in former MUSC 400 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 210g Electronic Music and Dance
Culture
Units: 4 The origins and development of
EDM and its relatives such as disco, house,
techno, rave and electronica, focusing
on cultural and technological influences.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Duplicates Credit
in former MUSC 410 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 215 Music, Mind and the Brain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
PSYC 215Lg)
MUSC 250gmw The Music of Black
Americans
Units: 4 A chronicle of the musical
contribution of Africans and African
Americans to American society and to
the foundations of musical genres and
styles throughout the world. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Duplicates
Credit in former MUSC 450 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 255 Songwriting I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
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of musical and lyrical skills, composing,
listening, analysis, and critiques of popular
original music. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 320gmw Hip-hop Music and
Culture
Units: 4 A history of hip-hop music from
its inception to the present: its musical
processes and styles, as well as attendant
social, political and cultural issues. Satisfies
New General Education in Category A:
The Arts Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Duplicates Credit in former MUSC 420
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 355 Songwriting II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of Songwriting I; particular emphasis on
the analysis of the techniques of important
popular songwriters and the application
of these techniques to original songs.
Prerequisite: MUSC 255. Duplicates Credit
in former MUCO 252. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 371g Musical Genre Bending
Units: 4 The aesthetic and ethical issues
of genre-bending music in 20
th
and 21
st
century rock, classical, jazz, and folk
music. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 372g Music, Turmoil and
Nationalism
Units: 4 An exploration of musical practices
and styles which reflect and shape national
identities and which focus on those created
in response to political turmoil in many
forms. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 373g Writing About Popular Music
Units: 4 Immerses students in criticism,
scholarship, and creative writing dealing
with popular music. Students participate
in that discourse through developing
their own authorial voices. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 374g Beatles, Stones, Bowie:
Empire and Masculinity
Units: 4 Historical survey of the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones and David Bowie that
explores their contributions to contemporary
notions of "masculinity," "Empire," and
"classic rock." Satisfies New General
Education in Category A: The Arts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and
Their Times
Units: 4 Music, lyrics, recordings,
production techniques, career strategy,
social ramifications, and especially the
technological impact of the musical group
known as The Beatles. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 423 Classic Rock: Popular Music
of the Sixties and Seventies
Units: 2 Critical examination of the
lyrics, structure, associated mythology,
technology, and evolving styles of popular
music reflecting the turbulent societal
changes during the Sixties and Seventies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 424 Iconic Figures of Popular
Music
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Music, life, recordings, and attendant
musical, cultural and political influences of
a seminal musician or group in 20th or 21st
century popular music. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 430m Music and the Holocaust
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of the
creation and performance of Holocaust
related music from 1933 to the present,
including interaction with other arts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 444 American Roots Music:
History and Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
history, genre, styles, songs, lyrics, and
influences of American vernacular music in
the 20th century, including the background
that spawned these musical genres.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 455 Songwriting III:
The Performing Songwriter
Units: 2 Continuation of Songwriting I and
II with emphasis on the development of
performance skills of original popular music
in preparation for songwriting showcases.
Prerequisite: MUSC 355. Duplicates Credit
in former MUCO 254. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 460 Film Music: History and
Function from 1930 to the Present
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A survey of the
art and craft of film music as practiced by
outstanding composers in motion pictures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 465 Music, Television and
American Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An exploration
of the social and cultural impact of music
written for, popularized by, or exploited by
American television from the 1950s through
today. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUSC 470 The Contemporary Musician:
A Global Perspective
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Contemporary
music in global culture; includes
performance and collaboration opportunities
with local musicians. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 475 Musician's Health and
Wellness
Units: 2 Interactive exploration of injury
prevention, body awareness disciplines,
effective practice strategies, warm-ups and
stretches, performance anxiety, hearing
protection, and other pertinent wellness
topics for musicians. Recommended
Preparation: Music background Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 480 Young Artist Project I
Units: 2 Ideation and development of
plans for unique individualized, mentored
projects related to students' diversified and
often hybrid work as classical musicians.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 481 Young Artist Project II
Units: 2 Refinement, execution and
reflection on unique individualized,
mentored projects related to students'
diversified and often hybrid work as
classical musicians. Prerequisite: MUSC
480 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
MUSC 496 Careers in Music
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A study of the
practical aspects of the music business,
including the history, procedures, standard
practices, economics and technologies
employed by the music industry.
Registration Restriction: Open to juniors
and seniors only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
MUSC 498x Internship in Music
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Practical work experience
in the student's field of study, at an off-
campus location. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bachelor of
Music and Bachelor of Arts, Music majors
only. Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUSC 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 598 Internship in Music
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Practical work experience
in the student's field of study, at an off-
campus location. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
MUSC 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
MUSC 798 Internship in Music
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Practical work experience
in the student's field of study, at an off-
campus location. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in music. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
MUSC 800 Studies for the Qualifying
Examination in Music
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Studies
for the qualifying examination. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Musical
Arts students. Duplicates Credit in the
former GRSC 800 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Nautical Science
NAUT 301a Seamanship and Navigation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
experiential approach to sailing and
seafaring, introducing offshore sailing
theory and techniques, navigation,
and basic oceanography as relevant to
seamanship, leadership and communication
skills. Duplicates Credit in former NAUT
001a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NAUT 301b Seamanship and Navigation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
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experiential approach to sailing and
seafaring, introducing offshore sailing
theory and techniques, navigation,
and basic oceanography as relevant to
seamanship, leadership and communication
skills. Prerequisite: NAUT 301a or NAUT
001ax Duplicates Credit in former NAUT
001b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NAUT 302ax Advanced Seamanship and
Navigation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Responsibilities and operations
commanding an offshore sailing vessel
including sailing theory and advanced
techniques, advanced navigation, ships
engineering and oceanography relevant
to seamanship. Prerequisite: NAUT 301b
or NAUT 001bx Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit. Duplicates
Credit in former NAUT 002a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NAUT 302bx Advanced Seamanship and
Navigation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Responsibilities and operations
commanding an offshore sailing vessel
including sailing theory and advanced
techniques, advanced navigation, ships
engineering and oceanography relevant
to seamanship. Prerequisite: NAUT 302ax
or NAUT 002ax Credit Restriction: Not
available for degree credit. Duplicates
Credit in former NAUT 002b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Neuroscience (Undergraduate)
NEUR 199 Neuroscience Colloquium
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
199)
NEUR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NEUR 407 Cellular and Molecular
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BISC 407)
NEUR 408 Systems Neuroscience: From
Synapses to Perception
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
408)
NEUR 421 Neurobiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in BISC
421)
NEUR 422 Neuropsychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
PSYC 424)
NEUR 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy:
Biological Basis of Neurological
Disorders
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
423)
NEUR 424 Brain Architecture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
424)
NEUR 426 Principles of Neural
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
426)
NEUR 427 Neuropsychopharmacology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in PSYC
427)
NEUR 440 Foundations of Cognitive
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
PSYC 440)
NEUR 462 Seminar in Neurobiology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
BISC 462)
NEUR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NEUR 493x Neuroscience Honors
Seminar
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Students attend lectures of
distinguished neuroscientists visiting USC
and give short, chalk-talk presentations
summarizing the lecture. The presentations
are critiqued by the students. Prerequisite:
BISC 220 or BISC 221; Recommended
Preparation: BISC 421. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NEUR 494x Honors Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Programmatic approval. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NEUR 534L Computational
Neuroengineering
Units: 3 (Enroll in BME 575)
NEUR 535 Brain Theory and Artificial
Intelligence
Units: 3 (Enroll in CSCI 564)
Neuroimaging and Informatics
NIIN 500 Neuroimaging and Systems
Neuroscience
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Detailed
overview of neuroanatomy,
neurophysiology, and neural systems with
an emphasis on human neuroanatomy
and imaging. Examples from clinical cases
and their consequences will be explored.
Registration Restriction: Open only to NIIN
students or with permission of the instructor
and director of education Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NIIN 510 Fundamentals of Human
Neuroimaging
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
anatomical and functional neuroimaging
approaches and their use to explore the
healthy as well as diseased human brain.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Neuroimaging and Informatics majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NIIN 520 Experimental Design for
Neuroimaging
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examine
experimental design approaches for
experimental and clinical neuroimaging
investigation. Topics on how to develop
rigorous experiments to test theories
of cognitive and clinical neuroscience.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Neuroimaging and Informatics majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NIIN 530 Neuroimaging Data Acquisition
w/ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces the
various approaches used to image the living
brain using MR-based techniques. Covers
neuroimaging scanning technologies,
pulse sequence design, and sources of
image artifact. Recommended Preparation:
familiarity with Matlab. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Neuroimaging
and Informatics majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NIIN 540 Neuroimaging Data Processing
Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Comprehensive
investigation of data processing methods,
software strategies, and workflow design
and execution methodologies. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Neuroimaging
and Informatics majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NIIN 550 Computational Modeling in
Neuroimaging
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Addresses
the current neuroinformatics approaches
to large-scale data representations,
mining, and visualization in brain imaging.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Neuroimaging and Informatics majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NIIN 560 Brain Architecture and
Neuroanatomic Exploratory Techniques
in Animal Models
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to basic theories and methodological
approaches to neuroanatomy in animal
models including histology, microscopy,
behavioral investigations, and
neuroinformatics. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Neuroimaging and Informatics
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
NIIN 570 Neuroimaging Genetics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Lectures on
human genetics and epigenetics. Discuss
how applying these concepts to brain
imaging advances our understanding of
healthy development and neurological
disease. Emphasis on critical thinking
applied both to designing neuroimaging
genetics studies and to constructively
assessing peer work and existing
neuroimaging genetics literature.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Neuroimaging and Informatics majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NIIN 580 Introduction to Data Science in
Neuroimaging
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Basics of
data science as applied to neuroimaging
data. Topics include neuroimaging data
preparation and quality control, basics of
programming and statistical models and
machine learning techniques appropriate
for the analyses of neuroimaging data.
Recommended Preparation: NIIN 510, NIIN
540 Registration Restriction: Open only to
NIIN majors or with the permission of the
instructor and NIIN Director of Education
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NIIN 597 Current Topics in Neuroimaging
Informatics
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Leading
researchers in the areas of basic and
clinical brain imaging, computational
methods, and informatics formally discuss
their work for which students provide written
critical review and comment. Registration
1188 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Restriction: Open only to Neuroimaging
and Informatics majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NIIN 600 Science Communications
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Learn writing
and communication elements critical for
success in science-related fields, including
clear writing, effective presentations and
career development skills. Registration
Restriction: Open only to NIIN majors or
with the permission of the instructor and
NIIN Director of Education Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Naval Science
NSC 101 Introduction to Naval Science
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the structure, principles, and practices, lines
of command and control, and functions
of the various components of the naval
service. Duplicates Credit in former NSC
135 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 102 Seapower and Maritime Affairs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
U.S. Navy development and campaigns;
evolution of strategic, tactical and maritime
doctrines; interaction of naval affairs with
national security and domestic policies.
Duplicates Credit in former NSC 137
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 201 Leadership and Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
human relationships; principles of decision
making and management at the junior
officer level; theory and techniques of
leadership. Duplicates Credit in former NSC
453 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 202 Navigation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Purposes,
methods, and instruments of navigation;
terrestrial and celestial navigation and
nautical astronomy; time diagrams; lines
of position by observation of celestial
bodies. Duplicates Credit in former NSC
335 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 203 Evolution of Warfare
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Causes and
practice of warfare from ancient times;
impact of changes in strategy, tactics,
and technology; modern revolutionary
warfare, global conflict, and politico-military
relationships. Duplicates Credit in former
NSC 343 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
NSC 301 Naval Ships Systems I
(Engineering)
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Types,
structure, and purpose of Naval ships,
compartmentation, propulsion systems,
auxiliary power systems, interior
communications, ship control; ship design
and stability. Duplicates Credit in former
NSC 283 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
NSC 302 Naval Ships Systems II
(Weapons)
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Systems
approach to naval weapons; linear analysis
of ballistics; weapons control systems
configurations and dynamics. Field trips.
Duplicates Credit in former NSC 337
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 303 Fundamentals of Maneuver
Warfare
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Characteristics,
requirements and problems of maneuver
warfare; modern tactical principles and
current military developments; other
aspects of warfare and impact on maneuver
warfare doctrine; historical perspectives
for present and future decision-making.
Duplicates Credit in former NSC 392,
former NSC 393 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
NSC 335 Navigation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Purposes,
methods, and instruments of navigation;
terrestrial and celestial navigation and
nautical astronomy; time diagrams; lines of
position by observation of celestial bodies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 337 Naval Ships Systems II
(Weapons)
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Systems
approach to naval weapons; linear analysis
of ballistics; weapons control systems
configurations and dynamics. Field trips.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 401 Naval Operations and
Seamanship
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Vector solutions
of relative motion, tactical problems;
tactical communications, instructions; fleet
communications, organizations; rules of
the Nautical Road; aviation and maritime
meteorology; operation plans and orders.
Duplicates Credit in former NSC 251
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
NSC 402 Leadership and Ethics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to primary duties of junior naval
officers; counseling and interviewing
techniques; review of basic administrative
responsibilities at the division officer level.
Duplicates Credit in former NSC 454
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
Neuroscience (Graduate)
NSCI 521 Hearing and Communication
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
521)
NSCI 524 Advanced Overview of
Neurosciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Study of the
nervous system at multiple levels through
the analysis of four themes: motor control;
emotion, motivation, and decision-
making; memory and learning; and vision.
Prerequisite: BISC 421. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students. Duplicates Credit in
former NEUR 524. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as PHBI 524
NSCI 525 Advanced Overview of
Neurosciences II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Sensory and
motor systems, cognitive neuroscience,
behavioral systems, computational
neuroscience. Prerequisite: BISC 421.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students. Duplicates
Credit in former NEUR 525. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NSCI 531 Molecular and Cellular
Neurobiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Introduces
fundamental principles of advanced
molecular and cellular neurobiology
including proteins and nucleic acids, cell
biology of neurons and glia, synaptic
transmission and neuronal signaling.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students. Duplicates
Credit in former NEUR 531. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as INTD-567
NSCI 532 Systems and Behavioral
Neurobiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Systems and
behavioral neurobiology: hierarchical
mechanisms controlling behavior,
experimental techniques; perceptual
(visual, auditory, somatosensory) systems;
sensorimotor systems; motivated behavior;
learning, memory and adaptation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NSCI 533 Cognitive Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in PSYC
540)
NSCI 539 Seminar in Neurobiology
Units: 1 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Seminar in Neurobiology. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students. Duplicates Credit in
former NEUR 539. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NSCI 540 Advanced Seminars in
Neuroscience
Units: 1 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced topic based seminar
style courses in the diverse areas of
Neuroscience. Recommended Preparation:
NSCI 524. Registration Restriction: Open
only graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NSCI 541 Advanced Seminars in
Neuroscience
Units: 2 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced topic-based, seminar-
style courses in the diverse areas of
Neuroscience. Prerequisite: NSCI 524.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students. Duplicates
Credit in former NEUR 541. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NSCI 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
NSCI 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Special topics
providing background for instruction and
research in neuroscience through lectures,
discussions, assigned readings and student
presentations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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NSCI 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied
to the degree to be determined by the
department. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Neuroscience
Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 790.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
NSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Neuroscience
Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
Duplicates Credit in former NEUR
794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
NSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Neuroscience
Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
Duplicates Credit in former NEUR
794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
NSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Neuroscience
Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
Duplicates Credit in former NEUR
794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
NSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Neuroscience
Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
Duplicates Credit in former NEUR
794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
NSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Neuroscience
Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
Duplicates Credit in former NEUR
794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No
Credit
Nursing
NURS 500 Bridge Course
Units: 2 Key concepts from chemistry,
biochemistry, genetics, cell biology,
metabolism, microbiology, and immunology
in an 8-week format. Successful completion
of this unique preparatory course is
expected to position students for success
in the graduate level pathophysiology
and pharmacology courses. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
NURS 501 Pathophysiology for
Advanced Nursing Practice
Units: 4 Advanced physiology/
pathophysiology including general
principles that apply across the lifespan.
Recommended Preparation: Recent
(within five years), satisfactory completion
of undergraduate courses that include
Organic Chemistry, Nutrition, Anatomy
and Physiology. It is expected that
enrolled students have reviewed their
undergraduate course work in human
anatomy and physiology, and possess
a working knowledge of cell biology,
biochemistry, nutrition, and human genetics
at the undergraduate level. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NURS 502 Advanced Health Assessment
Across the Life Span
Units: 3 Development of advanced critical
thinking and clinical judgement skills
through comprehensive health assessment.
Health promotion and health maintenance
content is utilized to assess health status
and evaluate health risk among individuals
and groups. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Nursing
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
NURS 503 Theory: Clinical Management
of Adult Patients
Units: 3 The scope of practice and
responsibilities of the family nurse
practitioner in prevention of disease,
health maintenance, and the diagnosis
and management of patients with common
illnesses are explored. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NURS 504 Pharmacology for Advanced
Practice Nursing
Units: 3 Advanced pharmacology including
pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics,
and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad
categories of agents. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NURS 505 Clinical Practicum:
Management of Adult Patients
Units: 3 Primary health care to patients
throughout the life cycle with a focus on the
prevention of disease, health maintenance,
and the diagnosis and management
of patients with common illnesses.
Prerequisite: NURS 503 Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
NURS 507 Theory: Clinical Management
of the Childbearing/Childrearing Family
Units: 3 Diagnosing and managing
childbearing women from preconception
through uncomplicated pregnancy and
postpartum periods and providing primary
care to children and their families from
newborn through adolescence periods.
Prerequisite: NURS 503 Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NURS 600 Theory: Clinical Management
of Adult Patients with Complex Medical
Issues
Units: 3 The scope of practice and
responsibilities of the family nurse
practitioner in the diagnosis and
management of patients with acute,
complex and chronic illnesses are explored.
Prerequisite: NURS 503 and NURS 507
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Nursing Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NURS 601 Clinical Practicum:
Management of the Childbearing/
Childrearing Family
Units: 3 Clinical practicum is intended
to prepare FNP students to provide
primary health care to childbearing/
childrearing families from preconception
through adolescent phase of the life cycle.
Prerequisite: NURS 507 Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
NURS 602 Research/Analytical Methods
Units: 3 Understanding and applying
commonly used research methodologies
and data analysis techniques in healthcare
research. Recommended Preparation:
statistics Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Nursing
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NURS 603 Transforming Research
Evidence into Practice
Units: 3 Preparing the advanced practice
nursing student to critically evaluate
knowledge, research and evidence
for implementation of best practices in
healthcare in order to deliver safe, ethical,
culturally sensitive evidence based care for
patients in diverse settings. Prerequisite:
NURS 602 Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Nursing
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NURS 604 Clinical Practicum:
Management of Adult Patients with
Complex Medical Issues
Units: 3 Application of theoretical concepts
studied in NURS 600. Comprehensive
assessments, formulation of differential
diagnoses, and the development of plans
of care to manage acute and chronic
complex in a variety of practice settings.
Prerequisite: NURS 600 Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
NURS 605 Professional Issues in
Advanced Practice Nursing
Units: 2 The professional role and legal
responsibilities of the nurse practitioner at
entry to clinical practice and throughout
a career are explored. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
Nursing Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
NURS 606 Health Policy Principles in
Changing Health Care Contexts
Units: 2 Foundation for leadership in
interprofessional collaborative endeavors to
address health policy that prepares learners
to analyze and influence health policy and
explores the role of nurse practitioners
in the creation and modification of health
policy. Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Nursing Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
NURS 607 Theory: Family Primary Care
Units: 2 Capstone course draws on material
and concepts learning throughout the FNP
program and explores additional complex
issues including management of pain,
caregiver burden, palliative care, and
end of life. Prerequisite: NURS 503 and
NURS 507 and NURS 600 and NURS 602
1190 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
and NURS 603 Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Nursing
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
NURS 608 Clinical Practicum: Family
Primary Care
Units: 3 Prepares the family nurse
practitioner student for entry into practice in
the diagnosis and management of patients
with acute, complex, and chronic illnesses
in the primary care setting. Corequisite:
NURS 607 Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Nursing
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Occlusion
OCCL 310 Fundamentals of Dental
Morphology
Units: 1 Fundamentals of tooth form;
carving of the permanent teeth. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OCCL 502 Occlusion
Units: 1 Principles of occlusion as related
to clinical application of techniques and
procedures to diagnose and treatment plan
malfunctions of the stomatognathic system.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OCCL 521a Dental Morphology and
Function
Units: 3 Fundamentals of tooth form;
principles of occlusion. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OCCL 521b Dental Morphology and
Function
Units: 2 Fundamentals of tooth form;
principles of occlusion. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OCCL 522 Occlusion Laboratory
Units: 1 Laboratory experience in functional
analysis and correction of occlusal
disharmonies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OCCL 601 Advanced Concepts of
Occlusion
Units: 1 Historical perspective of occlusion;
occlusal equilibration, effect of occlusal
adjustment, instrumentation useful in
occlusal therapy. Includes clinic and
laboratory experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck
Surgery
OHNS 200 Communication Development
and Disorders Across the Life Span
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to speech, language and hearing issues
across the lifespan; examination of how
issues of communication relate to social,
medical and educational services needed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 301 The Practice of Educational
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
the interprofessional practice of educational
speech-language pathologists and the
multiple professionals working in the
pediatric arena to serve children in schools.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 302 Hearing Science and
Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of emerging trends in the protection of
hearing and treatment of hearing loss,
explored across disciplines, including
biology, biomedical engineering, electrical
engineering, arts, neuroscience and
psychology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 401 The Practice of Medical
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the practice of medical speech language
pathology; examination of the role of the
speech language pathologist as a member
of the medical speech pathology team.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 402 The Dynamic Profession of
Audiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of how our understanding of hearing and
balance disorders continues to evolve with
advances in science and technology, with
opportunities for interprofessional practice
and collaboration. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 490x Directed Research
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual research and
readings. Credit Restriction: Not available
for graduate credit. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 500 Neuroanatomy and
Neurophysiology for Speech, Language
and Hearing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Neuroanatomy
and neurophysiology with a concentration
on basic human communication and
swallowing processes, specifically
pertaining to disorders and differences in
speech, language and hearing. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 501 Speech Sound Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Focus on
speech-sound production, assessment
and treatment of childhood articulation and
phonological disorders, emphasizing the
study of efficient and effective procedures
and service delivery models. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 502 Language and Literacy
Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Focus on
language and literacy disorders in children
from birth through adolescence. Special
emphasis on assessment, prevention and
intervention methods across populations
and multi-cultural backgrounds. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 503 Research Methods in
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Basic
and applied research procedures in
communication sciences and disorders,
including research design, data collection
and analysis and application to evidence-
based practice for clinical practice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 504 Speech-Language Pathology
Methods and Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
the clinical process for the prevention and
remediation of communication disorders
with emphasis on clinical methodology.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 505 Audiology for Speech-
Language Pathologists
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the discipline and practice of audiology,
including the nature of hearing and balance,
how these systems are clinically assessed
and impacts of altered function. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 506 Autism Spectrum Disorder,
AAC and Cognitive Communication
Disorders in Children
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Assessment
and treatment of Autism Spectrum
Disorders and other cognitive disabilities
including language, social skills, behavior,
consideration for assistive technology
and augmentative and alternative
communication. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in the
Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 507 Voice and Resonance
Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Nature of normal
voice production and the assessment
and treatment of physiological and other
disorders of pitch, loudness, voice quality,
including resonance and alaryngeal voice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 508 Assessment of
Communication Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles,
methods and materials to assess
communication disorders. Models of
assessment and testing, techniques,
administration, scoring and interpretation,
report writing and related issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 509 Dysphagia
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Anatomy and
physiology of the normal swallow and
neurological/oncologic disorders which
affect the swallowing process. Current
practice for clinical and instrumentation
analysis, evaluation and treatment.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 510 Clinical Practicum in Speech-
Language Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Supervised
clinical hours in assessment and treatment
of individuals with varying communication
disorders at a variety of age levels
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in educational or medical settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 511 Aural (Re)Habilitation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
the theories, concepts and components that
underlie aural habilitation and rehabilitation
to individuals with hearing loss, and
concomitant services to their family
members. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in the Speech-
Language Pathology program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 512 Communication Disorders in
Early Childhood
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Normal and
atypical development relating to prevention,
evaluation, treatment planning and
remediating communication disorders in
early childhood. Involvement of family,
interdisciplinary teaming and legal
requirements. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in the
Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 513 Adult Neurogenic and Related
Cognitive Communication Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Acquired
communication disorders including aphasia,
right hemisphere disorder, traumatic brain
injury, dementia, concussion. Assessment
and treatment of these disorders including
executive functioning and work/life/family/
social implications. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in the
Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 514 Clinical Rotations in
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 3 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: Sm
Supervised clinical hours in assessment
and treatment of individuals with varying
communication disorders at two specialty
rotations for six weeks each. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 515 School-Based Issues in
Speech-Language Programs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Legislative
foundations for speech-language programs
in schools, including due process,
prevention, referral and assessment,
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
processes and procedures, service
delivery and accountability. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 516 Motor Speech Disorders/
Craniofacial Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Motor speech
disorders including the dysarthrias
and apraxia of speech, as well as
craniofacial disorders. Neurological
bases, characteristics, differential
diagnosis, assessment, treatment and
interprofessional collaboration. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 517 Multicultural Issues in
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Assessment
and intervention considerations and
methods for individuals with communication
disorders from diverse population; focus
on cultural sensitivity and commitment
to inclusiveness, equity and diversity.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 518 Research/Capstone in
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered: FaSp
Capstone Research Project addressing
a problem in the field of communication
sciences and disorders. Students will work
with a PhD-level faculty member and will
culminate in a submission for presentation
in a poster session at a professional
conference. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in the Speech-
Language Pathology program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 519 Externship in
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 3 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSp Speech-language pathology clinical
experience in a supervised school-based,
medically-based or private practice setting.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 520 Professional Issues in
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Professional
issues that affect speech-language
pathology in different work settings.
Practice issues, licensing and certification,
ethics, reimbursement and funding, national
and state practice guidelines. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 521 Fluency Disorders
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Topics related
to assessment and treatment of fluency
disorders. Theories, characteristics and
behavioral and psychological and psycho-
social impact. Clinical focus, counseling
and transitional planning. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OHNS 522 Telepractice and
Technological Applications in
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of technological applications and service
delivery via telepractice. Problem solving
and empirical evidence related to
assessment, intervention, data collection,
licensure, regulations and potential barriers.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Speech-Language
Pathology program Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OHNS 523 Counseling in
Speech-Language Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm The role of the
speech-language pathologist in providing
communication counseling to address
the broader impact of communication
and swallowing disorders. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students in
the Speech-Language Pathology program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Orofacial Pain Oral Medicine
OFPM 701 CPR, Blood and Airborne
Infections and Common Emergencies
for Dental Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm CPR training,
review of common dental emergencies,
and blood and airborne pathogens in dental
patients. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OFPM 702a Soft Tissue Disease for
Dental Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Seminars on
the various mucosal, cutaneous, gingival
and salivary diseases and lesions in the
oral and maxillofacial region. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 702b Soft Tissue Disease for
Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Seminars on the
various mucosal, cutaneous, gingival and
salivary diseases and lesions in the oral
and maxillofacial region. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 703 Local Anesthesia, Minor
Surgery and Biopsy Procedures for
Dental Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Seminars
on local anesthesia methods and minor
surgical procedures appropriate for the oral
and maxillofacial region. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 704 Bony Pathology, Radiology
and Advanced Imaging for Dental
Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Review of the
oral and maxillofacial region osseous and
odontogenic pathologies and the various
imaging methods used to examine this
anatomic region. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 705 Neurogenic Based Oral and
Facial Pains for Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Seminars on
the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
appropriate for chronic neurogenic based
pain disorders that occur in the orofacial
region. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OFPM 706 TMD, Orthopedics,
Rheumatology and Physical Therapy for
Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Seminars on
various topics relating to the diagnosis
and management of Temporomandibular
disorders. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 707 Pharmacology Series for
Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
on common medications used in the
practice of oral medicine and chronic
orofacial pain. Registration Restriction:
Open only to dentistry students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 709 Headaches for Dental
Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Seminars on
the diagnosis, prevention and management
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(including pathophysiologic mechanisms) of
episodic and chronic headache disorders.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OFPM 710a Knowledge Assessment for
OFPOM Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Includes several
intensive calibration/training sessions,
with multiple practical demonstrations of
methods and techniques. Skill development
includes TM joint injection, myofascial
palpation, oral cancer screening, biopsy,
trigger-point injections and salivary gland
cannulation, with mock and virtual patients.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 710b Knowledge Assessment for
OFPOM Residents
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Several
intensive calibration/training/ sessions
based on content that the resident is
expected to have mastered by the end
of the program, specifically in the field
of Oral Medicine. Prerequisite: OFPM
710a Registration Restriction: Open only
to Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 721 Neurosciences for Dental
Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Seminars on
the neurophysiologic and neuroanatomic
bases of chronic orofacial pain disorders.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFPM 722 Internal Medicine and
Systemic Disease for Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Seminars
on common systemic diseases and the
potential interactions with oral disease
and treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
GDEN-722
OFPM 723 Systems Physiology, Motor
Disorders and Sleep Apnea for Dental
Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Seminars
on various topics relating to oral motor
disorders and sleep disordered breathing
(as it relates to the mandible and tongue.)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFPM 724 Psychological and
Psychometric Assessment for Dental
Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Seminars on
various topics relating to biobehavioral
diagnosis and, where appropriate,
psychological management of patients
with chronic illness in the orofacial region.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFPM 725 Epidemiology, Nutrition and
Aging for Dental Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Seminar on the
epidemiology of oral disease and nutritional
topics as related to the aging patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as GDEN-725
OFPM 726 Immunology and
Immunosuppression for Dental
Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Seminar course on immunology and
immunosuppression as it relates to
diseases in the oral and maxillofacial
region. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OFPM 727 Infectious Disease, Oral
Microbiology and Virology for Dental
Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Seminar
organized around infectious diseases in
the oral, pharyngeal and nasal region.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFPM 728 Case Presentations by
OFP-OM Residents
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Case
presentations by Orofacial Pain/Oral
Medicine residents in which each resident
presents and defends the diagnostic and
treatment methods selected for a particular
case. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OFPM 729a Capstone Project for OFPOM
Residents
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sp Residents
complete their capstone research project
in a topic in the area of their chosen focus/
specialization. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Herman Ostrow School
of Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 729b Capstone Project for OFPOM
Residents
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Residents
complete their capstone research project
in a topic in the area of their chosen
focus/specialization. Prerequisite: OFPM
729a Registration Restriction: Open only
to Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 729c Capstone Project for OFPOM
Residents
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sp Residents
complete their capstone research project
in a topic in the area of their chosen
focus/specialization. Prerequisite: OFPM
729b Registration Restriction: Open only
to Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OFPM 729d Capstone Project for OFPOM
Residents
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Residents
complete their capstone research project
in a topic in the area of their chosen
focus/specialization. Prerequisite: OFPM
729c Registration Restriction: Open only
to Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 730a Case Portfolio Preparation
by Online OFPOM Residents
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Multiple elements including weekly online
conferences, presentations and discussions
of de-identified patient cases; learning need
assignments; preparation and defense
of case-based e-Portfolio. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Dentistry students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFPM 730b Case Portfolio Preparation
by Online OFPOM Residents
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Multiple elements including weekly online
conferences, presentations and discussions
of de-identified patient cases; learning need
assignments; preparation and defense of
case-based e-Portfolio. Prerequisite: OFPM
730a Registration Restriction: Open only
to Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 730c Case Portfolio Preparation
by Online OFPOM Residents
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Multiple elements including weekly online
conferences, presentations and discussions
of de-identified patient cases; learning need
assignments; preparation and defense of
case-based e-Portfolio. Prerequisite: OFPM
730b Registration Restriction: Open only
to Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 730d Case Portfolio Preparation
by Online OFPOM Residents
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Multiple elements including weekly online
conferences, presentations and discussions
of de-identified patient cases; learning need
assignments; preparation and defense of
case-based e-Portfolio. Prerequisite: OFPM
730c Registration Restriction: Open only
to Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 730e Case Portfolio Preparation
by Online OFPOM Residents
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Multiple elements including weekly online
conferences, presentations and discussions
of de-identified patient cases; learning need
assignments; preparation and defense of
case-based e-Portfolio. Prerequisite: OFPM
730d Registration Restriction: Open only
to Dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFPM 731 Case Portfolio Review and
Defense
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sm Residents
must complete their capstone research
project in a topic in the area of their chosen
focus/specialization. Prerequisite: OFPM
730b Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
Orofacial Pain
OFP 705 Neurogenic Based Oral and
Facial Pains
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Covers
the prevalence, differential diagnosis,
prevention and management for the
various neurogenic orofacial and headache
disorders occurring in the oral regions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Duplicates Credit in OFPM 705 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFP 706 TMD, Orthopedics,
Rheumatology, and Physical Therapy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Prevalence, differential diagnosis,
prevention and management
for the common and uncommon
temporomandibular, arthrogenous, motor,
mobility and growth disorders occurring in
the oral region. Registration Restriction:
Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry Duplicates Credit in OFPM 706
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFP 707 Pharmacology Series
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Educate
dental graduate students about the general
pharmacologic principles and appropriate
use of specific pharmaco-therapeutic
classes of drugs. Registration Restriction:
Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of
Dentistry Duplicates Credit in OFPM 707
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OFP 710 Knowledge Assessment
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
attend USC campus to validate skills and
perform in-person evaluations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Duplicates
Credit in OFPM 710a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFP 723 Systems Physiology, Motor
Disorders, and Sleep Apnea
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Presentation, diagnosis, mechanism and
management of oral motor disorders and
sleep disordered breathing providing
knowledge about general issues of
physiology associated with the masticatory
system. Registration Restriction: Open only
to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Duplicates Credit in OFPM 723 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFP 724 Psychological and
Psychometric Assessment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
aspects of psychological issues (diagnosis
and treatment) and psychometrics as they
impact patients in an orofacial pain and
oral medicine specialty clinic. Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Duplicates
Credit in OFPM 724 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFP 730a Case Portfolio Preparation
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Case
portfolio preparation with weekly online
presentations and discussions of de-
identified patient cases. Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Duplicates
Credit in OFPM 730a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFP 730b Case Portfolio Preparation
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Case
portfolio preparation with weekly online
presentations and discussions of de-
identified patient cases. Prerequisite: OFP
730a Registration Restriction: Open only
to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Duplicates Credit in OFPM 730b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OFP 730c Case Portfolio Preparation
Units: .5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Case
portfolio preparation with weekly online
presentations and discussions of de-
identified patient cases. Prerequisite: OFP
730b Registration Restriction: Open only
to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Duplicates Credit in OFPM 730c Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Oral Medicine Oral Diagnosis
OMOD 501 Emergency Dental Treatment
Units: 1 Dental emergencies in a general
dental practice; emphasis on diagnosis
of pain, trauma, infections, abscesses,
myofacial problems, pulpal considerations,
restorative goals; interrelationship of these
areas. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OMOD 502 Chronic Orofacial Pain
Units: 2 Current concepts of pain
mechanisms; application to differential
diagnosis, treatment, and management
of chronic head, neck, and dental pain.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OMOD 505 Oral Medicine
Units: 2 Detection, recognition, assessment,
management and treatment modification
of medical conditions presented by dental
patients. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OMOD 506 Infection Control
Units: 1 Infection control and clinical
asepsis in the dental office; ethical and
legal aspects; specific agents of disease;
epidemiology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OMOD 551a Clinic: Physical Evaluation
Units: 0 Obtaining medical history,
performing modified physical exams and
clinical laboratory tests, establishing
physical status. Understanding rationale
and indications for modifying dental
therapy; clinic and seminar. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
OMOD 551b Clinic: Physical Evaluation
Units: 0 Obtaining medical history,
performing modified physical exams and
clinical laboratory tests, establishing
physical status. Understanding rationale
and indications for modifying dental
therapy; clinic and seminar. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
OMOD 551c Clinic: Physical Evaluation
Units: 0 Obtaining medical history,
performing modified physical exams and
clinical laboratory tests, establishing
physical status. Understanding rationale
and indications for modifying dental
therapy; clinic and seminar. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
OMOD 551d Clinic: Physical Evaluation
Units: 1 Obtaining medical history,
performing modified physical exams and
clinical laboratory tests, establishing
physical status. Understanding rationale
and indications for modifying dental
therapy; clinic and seminar. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OMOD 562a Clinic: Hospital Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical experience in dentistry
for the medically compromised and
physically handicapped patient in a hospital
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 562b Clinic: Hospital Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical experience in dentistry
for the medically compromised and
physically handicapped patient in a hospital
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 562c Clinic: Hospital Dentistry
Units: 0 Clinical experience in dentistry
for the medically compromised and
physically handicapped patient in a hospital
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 562d Clinic: Hospital Dentistry
Units: 1 Clinical experience in dentistry
for the medically compromised and
physically handicapped patient in a hospital
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OMOD 563a Clinic: Emergency Dental
Treatment
Units: 0 Experience in management and
treatment of emergency dental problems,
including diagnosis of the pain cause,
provision of appropriate therapy, and
post operative instructions to the patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 563b Clinic: Emergency Dental
Treatment
Units: 0 Experience in management and
treatment of emergency dental problems,
including diagnosis of the pain cause,
provision of appropriate therapy, and
post operative instructions to the patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 563c Clinic: Emergency Dental
Treatment
Units: 0 Experience in management and
treatment of emergency dental problems,
including diagnosis of the pain cause,
provision of appropriate therapy, and
post operative instructions to the patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 563d Clinic: Emergency Dental
Treatment
Units: 0 Experience in management and
treatment of emergency dental problems,
including diagnosis of the pain cause,
provision of appropriate therapy, and
post operative instructions to the patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 563e Clinic: Emergency Dental
Treatment
Units: 0 Experience in management and
treatment of emergency dental problems,
including diagnosis of the pain cause,
provision of appropriate therapy, and
post operative instructions to the patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OMOD 563f Clinic: Emergency Dental
Treatment
Units: 1 Experience in management and
treatment of emergency dental problems,
including diagnosis of the pain cause,
provision of appropriate therapy, and
post operative instructions to the patient.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Operative Dentistry
OPER 520 Preclinical Operative
Dentistry (ISP)
Units: 3 Preparation for clinical work
through study of fundamentals of
cavity design and restoration of cavity
preparations on extracted teeth mounted
in a manikin. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OPER 521a Preclinical Operative
Dentistry I
Units: 1, 2, 3 Introduction to terminology,
materials, and instruments used in
operative dentistry; fundamentals of
amalgam restoration; principles of cavity
preparation; amalgam manipulation,
condensation, and carving using extracted
teeth. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OPER 521b Preclinical Operative
Dentistry I
Units: 1, 2, 3 Introduction to terminology,
materials, and instruments used in
operative dentistry; fundamentals of
amalgam restoration; principles of cavity
preparation; amalgam manipulation,
condensation, and carving using extracted
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teeth. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OPER 522 Preclinical Operative
Dentistry II
Units: 3 Fundamentals of cavity design;
restoration of cavity preparations on
extracted teeth mounted in the manikin.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OPER 561a Clinic: Operative Dentistry I
Units: 0 Clinical experience treating patients
using all modalities of operative dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OPER 561b Clinic: Operative Dentistry I
Units: 0 Clinical experience treating patients
using all modalities of operative dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OPER 561c Clinic: Operative Dentistry I
Units: 0 Clinical experience treating patients
using all modalities of operative dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
OPER 561d Clinic: Operative Dentistry I
Units: 6 Clinical experience treating patients
using all modalities of operative dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OPER 562a Clinic: Operative Dentistry II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Clinical experience
treating patients using all modalities of
operative dentistry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
OPER 562b Clinic: Operative Dentistry II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Clinical experience
treating patients using all modalities of
operative dentistry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 620 Conservative Cast Gold
Restorations
Units: 2 Principles of cavity preparation,
fabrication technique and finishing for
conservative cast gold restorations;
includes lab and clinic. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 701a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth study
of the biomechanics applied to cavity
preparation according to material selection,
bonding procedures, and protection of
the pulpdentin. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
OPER 701b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth study
of the biomechanics applied to cavity
preparation according to material selection,
bonding procedures, and protection of
the pulpdentin. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 702aL Advanced Dental
Morphology for Esthetic Restorations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm In-depth study
of the dental morphology, dental optical
properties, and laboratorial procedures
for restorative replication of esthetical and
morphological aspects found in the natural
tooth. Open only to Advanced Operative
Dentistry Certificate students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 702bL Advanced Dental
Morphology for Esthetic Restorations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth study
of the dental morphology, dental optical
properties, and laboratorial procedures
for restorative replication of esthetical and
morphological aspects found in the natural
tooth. Open only to Advanced Operative
Dentistry Certificate students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 704a Operative Dentistry and
Biomaterials Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in advanced
operative dentistry and dental biomaterials.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OPER 704b Operative Dentistry and
Biomaterials Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in advanced
operative dentistry and dental biomaterials.
Prerequisite: OPER 704a Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 704c Operative Dentistry and
Biomaterials Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in advanced
operative dentistry and dental biomaterials.
Prerequisite: OPER 704b Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 704d Operative Dentistry and
Biomaterials Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in advanced
operative dentistry and dental biomaterials.
Prerequisite: OPER 704c Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 704e Operative Dentistry and
Biomaterials Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in advanced
operative dentistry and dental biomaterials.
Prerequisite: OPER 704d Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 704f Operative Dentistry and
Biomaterials Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Weekly
seminar devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in advanced
operative dentistry and dental biomaterials.
Prerequisite: OPER 704e Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPER 705L Dental Photography
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
principles of dental photography and its
use in clinical dentistry for shade selection,
replication of dental esthetic components,
and clinical case documentation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
OPER 706 Operative Implant Dentistry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Basic principles
of implants applied to operative and
adhesive dentistry. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Advanced Operative and
Adhesive Dentistry majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 710a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 710b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 710c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 710d Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 710e Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 710f Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
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principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 710h Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
knowledge and scientific background of the
principles of adhesion to dental structures
and analysis of bonding effectiveness of
different adhesive methods and bonding
degradation. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 715aL Applied Adhesion Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
adhesive procedures for esthetic dental
rehabilitation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Advanced and Adhesive
Dentistry majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 715bL Applied Adhesion Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
adhesive procedures for esthetic dental
rehabilitation. Prerequisite: OPER 715a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Advanced and Adhesive Dentistry majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 715cL Applied Adhesion Sciences
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
adhesive procedures for aesthetic dental
rehabilitation. Prerequisite: OPER 715b
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Advanced and Adhesive Dentistry majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 720a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 720b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 720c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 720d Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 720e Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 720f Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 720h Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies, technical, and scientific background
of esthetic bonded direct restorations with
in-depth analysis of mechanical, physical,
and optical properties of resin composite
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 725a Cariology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSm Cariology
and proficiency of dental caries
management using preventive methods
and minimally invasive restorative
techniques. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Advanced Operative and Adhesive
Dentistry majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 725b Cariology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSm Cariology
and proficiency of dental caries
management using preventive methods and
minimally invasive restorative techniques.
Prerequisite: OPER 725a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Advanced
Operative and Adhesive Dentistry majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 730a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
study, analysis, and treatment involved
in the management of discolored and
developmental defects of the teeth. Open
only to Advanced Operative Dentistry
Certificate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OPER 730b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
study, analysis, and treatment involved
in the management of discolored and
developmental defects of the teeth. Open
only to Advanced Operative Dentistry
Certificate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OPER 730c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
study, analysis, and treatment involved
in the management of discolored and
developmental defects of the teeth. Open
only to Advanced Operative Dentistry
Certificate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OPER 730d Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry IV
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
study, analysis, and treatment involved
in the management of discolored and
developmental defects of the teeth. Open
only to Advanced Operative Dentistry
Certificate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OPER 735aL Research Methodology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of research methodologies for scientific
investigation on dental biomaterials.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
OPER 735bL Research Methodology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of research methodologies for scientific
investigation on dental biomaterials.
Prerequisite: OPER 735aL Registration
Restriction: Open only to the Herman
Ostrow School of Dentistry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
OPER 740a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry V
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Cariology and proficiency of dental caries
management using preventive methods and
minimally invasive restorative techniques.
Open only to Advanced Operative Dentistry
Certificate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OPER 740b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry V
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Cariology and proficiency of dental caries
management using preventive methods and
minimally invasive restorative techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 740c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry V
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Cariology and proficiency of dental caries
management using preventive methods and
minimally invasive restorative techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 750a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VI
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of restorative techniques of
severely damaged teeth, selection and use
of different post systems, core build-up,
and bonding to the root canal. Instruction
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Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 750b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VI
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of restorative techniques of severely
damaged teeth, selection and use of
different post systems, core build-up, and
bonding to the root canal. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 750c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VI
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of restorative techniques of severely
damaged teeth, selection and use of
different post systems, core build-up, and
bonding to the root canal. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760d Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760e Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760f Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 760h Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Proficiency in advanced esthetic indirect
restorations for anterior and posterior teeth,
including preparation designs, material
selection, cementation and bonding
procedures, and alternative resin-bonded
fixed-partial dentures. Open only to
Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 765a Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VIII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of computer-generated restorations
(CAD/CAM) and digital imaging in dentistry
for anterior and posterior teeth. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 765b Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VIII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of computer-generated restorations
(CAD/CAM) and digital imaging in dentistry
for anterior and posterior teeth. Open only
to Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 765c Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VIII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of computer-generated restorations
(CAD/CAM) and digital imaging in dentistry
for anterior and posterior teeth. Open only
to Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 765d Seminar: Advanced
Operative Dentistry VIII
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
studies of computer-generated restorations
(CAD/CAM) and digital imaging in dentistry
for anterior and posterior teeth. Open only
to Advanced Operative Dentistry Certificate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 770aL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 770bL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 770cL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 770dL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 770eL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 770fL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 770hL Scientific Investigation in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Enhancement of critical
research thinking by development and
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experimentation of different scientific
methodologies in operative dentistry,
journal article writing and submission
for publication. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 780a Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyze and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
OPER 780b Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyze and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 780c Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyze and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 780d Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyze and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 780e Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyze and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 780f Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyze and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 780h Treatment Planning in
Operative Dentistry
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminars
led by students and invited guests to
discuss, analyse and propose a treatment
sequence for esthetic challenge clinical
cases involving complex multidisciplinary
treatment. Prerequisite: OPER 780f
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and professional students in
Advanced Operative and Adhesive
Dentistry, and Advanced Operative
Dentistry majors Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OPER 795a Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
OPER 795b Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 795c Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 795d Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 795e Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 10.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 795f Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 795h Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OPER 795i Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OPER 795j Clinic: Advanced Operative
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 14.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Advanced clinical and
laboratorial treatment of patients in need
of complex multidisciplinary treatment, with
special emphasis on esthetic and bonded
restorations. Open only to Advanced
Operative Dentistry Certificate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Oral Pathology and Radiology
OPR 701 Bone Pathology and Oral and
Maxillofacial Radiology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus on
the interpretation of hard tissue imaging
studies, including conventional dental
imaging in the diagnosis along with the
basics of medical radiographic modalities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dentistry students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OPR 702 Principles and Practice of Oral
Medicine
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of patients with primary oral
conditions and oral diseases related to
systemic pathology. Practice management
issues discussed. Registration Restriction:
Open only to dentistry students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPR 703 General and Systemic Human
Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Disease
mechanisms and principles of the
pathological entities associated with each
organ system. Registration Restriction:
Open only to dentistry students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPR 704 Oral Pathology and
Maxillofacial Medicine
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Review
of oral diseases affecting the oral cavity
which includes developmental conditions,
pigmented lesions, Immune-Mediated
and Allergic Conditions, mucosal
and connective tissue abnormalities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dentistry students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OPR 705 Oral Histopathology and
Surgical Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Various
diagnostic modalities, interventional
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diagnostic procedures, and the
description of microscopic features of oral
developmental, reactive, and neoplastic
conditions relevant to surgical pathology.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dentistry students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OPR 706 Evidence-Based Practice and
Literature Review
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Focus on
discussion of patient-centered approaches
to clinical treatment and decision-making.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dentistry students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OPR 708 Diagnostic Radiology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Case-
based radiology course reviewing head
and neck cases; interpretation using
conventional and advance imaging such
as MRI, CBCT and CT Scan. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Herman Ostrow
School of Dentistry Oral Pathology and
Radiology students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPR 730 Clinical Cases in Oral
Pathology and Radiology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm E-portfolio
of Oral Pathology or Radiology cases,
demonstrating the ability to apply the
knowledge to different cases and scenarios.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Oral Pathology and Radiology students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OPR 730a Case Portfolio Preparation
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Weekly
online conferences and discussions,
and the documentation of six cases or
scenarios, to demonstrate understanding
of the knowledge and application to real
situations. Registration Restriction: Open
only to dentistry students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OPR 730b Case Portfolio Preparation
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sm Weekly
online conferences and discussions,
and the documentation of six cases or
scenarios, to demonstrate understanding
of the knowledge and application to
real situations. Prerequisite: OPR 730a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
dentistry students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OPR 732 Knowledge Assessment
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Residents
attend the USC campus, with several
intensive calibration/training/seminar
sessions provided by faculty. Registration
Restriction: Open only to dentistry students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Orthodontics
ORTH 501a Seminar: Orthodontics
Units: 0, 1 Clinical use of cephalometrics
and orthodontic prediction; removable
orthodontic appliances and their design;
case analysis; mixed dentition cases; adult
tooth positioning; orthodontic banding;
molar uprighting. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
ORTH 501b Seminar: Orthodontics
Units: 0, 1 Clinical use of cephalometrics
and orthodontic prediction; removable
orthodontic appliances and their design;
case analysis; mixed dentition cases; adult
tooth positioning; orthodontic banding;
molar uprighting. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 521 Preclinical Orthodontics
Units: 2 Evaluation, prevention, and
treatment of dento-facial malformations.
Construction of basic appliances to treat
orthodontic problems encountered by the
general practitioner. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 561a Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy
Units: 0 Diagnosis and limited treatment
of orthodontic problems encountered in
general practice. Diagnosis of complex
orthodontic problems requiring treatment
by a specialist. Prerequisite: ORTH 521.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ORTH 561b Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy
Units: 0 Diagnosis and limited treatment
of orthodontic problems encountered in
general practice. Diagnosis of complex
orthodontic problems requiring treatment
by a specialist. Prerequisite: ORTH 561a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ORTH 561c Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy
Units: 0 Diagnosis and limited treatment
of orthodontic problems encountered in
general practice. Diagnosis of complex
orthodontic problems requiring treatment
by a specialist. Prerequisite: ORTH 561b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ORTH 561d Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy
Units: 0 Diagnosis and limited treatment
of orthodontic problems encountered in
general practice. Diagnosis of complex
orthodontic problems requiring treatment
by a specialist. Prerequisite: ORTH 561c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ORTH 561e Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy
Units: 0 Diagnosis and limited treatment
of orthodontic problems encountered in
general practice. Diagnosis of complex
orthodontic problems requiring treatment
by a specialist. Prerequisite: ORTH 561d.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
ORTH 561f Clinic: Orthodontic Therapy
Units: 2 Diagnosis and limited treatment
of orthodontic problems encountered in
general practice. Diagnosis of complex
orthodontic problems requiring treatment
by a specialist. Prerequisite: ORTH 561e.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
ORTH 674 Clinical and Molecular Bone
Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Explore the
impact of the application of new molecular
techniques to bone biology research
on our understanding of osteoporosis,
osteosarcoma, hypercalcemis, etc. Open
to advanced program students in dentistry
only. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ORTH 701a Cephalometrics: Growth and
Development
Units: 2, 3, 4 Principles and mechanics;
measurement techniques; developmental
morphology; analysis and diagnosis;
treatment rationales; gross radiological
anatomy and osteology; facial growth.
Hours vary. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 701b Cephalometrics: Growth and
Development
Units: 2, 3, 4 Principles and mechanics;
measurement techniques; developmental
morphology; analysis and diagnosis;
treatment rationales; gross radiological
anatomy and osteology; facial growth.
Hours vary. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 702 Seminar: Review of the
Orthodontic Literature
Units: 5 Two trimester Course Review of
current orthodontic literature. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703a Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703b Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703c Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703d Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703e Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703f Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 703h Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1199
ORTH 703i Seminar: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 each Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Advanced diagnosis and treatment
of complex orthodontic cases. Asymmetrical
treatment. Hours vary. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 704a Seminar: Orthodontics in
Theory and Practice
Units: 2 Review of various approaches to
orthodontic treatment; includes presentation
of cases. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ORTH 704b Seminar: Orthodontics in
Theory and Practice
Units: 2 Review of various approaches to
orthodontic treatment; includes presentation
of cases. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ORTH 704c Seminar: Orthodontics in
Theory and Practice
Units: 2 Review of various approaches to
orthodontic treatment; includes presentation
of cases. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
ORTH 705a Orthodontic Practice
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Office
management and patient relations in
orthodontic practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 705b Orthodontic Practice
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Office
management and patient relations in
orthodontic practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 705c Orthodontic Practice
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Office
management and patient relations in
orthodontic practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 706 Surgical Orthodontics
Units: 2 Diagnosis, treatment, prognosis,
and management of orthognathic problems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 707 Interdisciplinary Aesthetic
Treatment
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Commonly
encountered interdisciplinary aesthetic
problems. Communication and teamwork
between orthodontists and general
dentists, as well as other specialists will
be emphasized. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 708 Information Technology in
Orthodontic Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
applications of information technology
in contemporary orthodontics. Topics
include office management systems,
videocaphalometrics, and video imaging
in orthodontic practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 709 Advanced Information
Technology in Orthodontic Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Follows ORTH
708 and is designed to provide background
and up-to-date information on advanced
technologies in orthodontic practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 721 Biomechanics and
Orthodontic Technic
Units: 8 Primary orthodontic techniques
and basic diagnostic procedures. Typodont
treatment of malocclusion, record taking,
retention appliances, and beginning
biomechanics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
ORTH 744 Statistical Methods and
Research Design in Orthodontics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Experimental design and analysis as
applied to orthodontic basic sciences and
clinical research; descriptive and inferential
statistics, bioethics, writing a research
proposal, and evaluation of literature.
Recommended Preparation: high school
algebra Registration Restriction: Open only
to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
ORTH 751a Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751b Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751c Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751d Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751e Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751f Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751h Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 751i Clinic: Advanced
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical orthodontics;
clinical techniques, diagnostic procedures,
and applied clinical therapy to selected
cases of malocclusion with emphasis
on therapy and supervised treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
ORTH 791 Library Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Organized literature
searching and compiling of published
data for purposes of developing writing
and investigative skills. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Ocean Sciences
OS 512 Introduction to Chemical and
Physical Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of physical, chemical, and geological
oceanography including discussions of air-
sea interaction, biogeochemical cycling and
the role of the ocean in modulating climate
and atmospheric composition; discussion
section will cover formulation of basic
calculations that illustrate these principles.
Prerequisite: CHEM 105b and MATH 126
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as GEOL
512
OS 545 Modeling and Numerical
Techniques for Marine Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
545)
OS 582 Advanced Biological
Oceanography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in BISC
582)
OS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OS 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
OS 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
OS 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction
1200 USC CATALOGUE 2022-2023
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OS 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Course contents each semester
will be selected to reflect current trends
and new developments in the field of
Ocean Sciences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OS 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OS 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OS 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OS 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OS 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy
OT 100 THRIVE: Foundations of
Well-Being
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of themes of thriving including well-being,
self-care, and connection. Application
to university life, building community,
developing identity and integrating learned
topics into everyday life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OT 101x Caring For Your Self: Engaging
in Healthy Habits and Routines
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of occupational science evidence and
occupational therapy principles of lifestyle
and self-care behavior change to support
self-analysis and integration of healthy
habits and routines. Credit Restriction: Not
for Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 105)
OT 200 Medical Terminology for Health
Professions
Units: 1 Foundation of medical terminology
and hospital abbreviations useful for
practice in health care. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
OT 220 Lifestyle Design: Introduction to
Occupational Therapy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to theoretical concepts concerning the
relationship of engagement in activities
(occupations) to health and well being.
Application of these perspectives to
students' own lives. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 250 Introduction to Occupational
Science and Occupational Therapy
Units: 4 Introduction to concept of
occupation and overview of human drive for
meaningful activity; impact of occupations
on health and wellbeing; analysis of
personal occupational patterns; selected
therapeutic applications. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 251x Across the Lifespan:
Occupations, Health and Disability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the transformative power of occupation
throughout the lifespan for all individuals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OT 260 Human Functional Anatomy for
Allied Health Professions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Lecture
and cadaver lab-based, human anatomy
course focused on the interaction
of anatomical systems relative to
functional activity, health and wellness.
Recommended Preparation: introductory
undergraduate course in biology Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
OT 261 Human Physiology for Allied
Health Professions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of human physiology emphasizing systems
that sustain homeostasis and motion with a
focus on biological foundations for a healthy
lifestyle. Relevant pathophysiologic issues
discussed. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate biology course Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
OT 280 Essential Occupations of
Emerging Adulthood
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of challenges associated with the emerging
adulthood stage of development through
an occupational science lens; strategies
to promote health and well-being for this
population. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 299 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSp Recent developments
in occupational therapy and occupational
science for undergraduate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OT 300 Occupational Expressions of
Diverse Identities and Lifestyles
Units: 4 Exploration of the diverse
ways occupational practices become
central to identity, reify standard social
ideologies, and are manipulated to redress
conventional standards. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 310 Creativity Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Theories
and practice of the creative process in
varied media, genres and occupations.
Explores creativity in the arts, sciences,
professions, evolution, daily life, and
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 312 Creating a Sustainable Lifestyle
Units: 2 Scientists and policymakers
advocate lifestyle changes as crucial
to solving the environmental crisis.
Investigation into the development of habits
that promote environmental sustainability
and personal wellbeing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 320 The Nature of Human
Occupation: Form, Function, and
Meaning
Units: 4 The complex nature of
human occupation is covered from an
interdisciplinary perspective. Emphasis is
on how occupation contributes to human
experience in a lived world. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 325 The Brain: Mind, Body, and Self
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of neuroscience as it impacts
everyday living, from the fundamentals
of neurons and synapses, to the neural
basis of language, empathy, and social
interaction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 330 Perspectives on the Daily Life of
Families
Units: 4 Examines family structures and
processes, the occupational dimensions
of families, and the meanings embedded
in the acts of daily life of contemporary
families. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 333 Sports Ethics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critically
examines ethical issues central to the world
of sports that range from matters of fair play
and cheating to performance-enhancing
drugs and gene-doping. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 340 Occupational Foundations of
Human-Animal Interaction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explores how
interactions with companion animals
expand human capacity for action and
contribute to human health, well-being and
participation, in different cultural contexts,
across the life-span. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 350 Disability, Occupations, and the
Health Care System
Units: 4 Exploration of the ways in which
able bodyism, sexism, racism, classism
and homophobia contribute to occupational
opportunities or barriers and weave their
way into health care. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 355 Doing Social Justice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of solutions to social problems through
collective occupations. Introduces
theories and practices of social justice,
human rights, occupational justice and
occupational reconstructions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 360 Creating the Self through
Narrative: Acts of Life Story Production
Units: 4 Analysis of life stories, life histories,
and testimonies in social interactions, texts,
and films. Life stories are an occupation to
re-create the "Self" in response to conflict
and change. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 370 Understanding Autism:
Participation Across the Lifespan
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1201
to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from
a neurodevelopmental perspective, with
a focus on the daily living experience and
occupational participation for individuals
with ASD. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 375 The Narrative Structure of
Social Action: Narrative, Healing and
Occupation
Units: 4 Narrative as guide and structure
of practical action. Special emphasis on
chronic illness and disability and narrative
structure of clinical interactions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OT 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSp Individual research
and readings. Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Course content to be selected
in occupational therapy and occupational
science. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 500a Clinical Problems in
Occupational Therapy
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Specific applications of occupational
therapy practice in varied clinical/health
settings. Seminar to integrate theory with
application of intervention principles for
various populations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 500b Clinical Problems in
Occupational Therapy
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Specific applications of occupational
therapy practice in varied clinical/health
settings. Seminar to integrate theory with
application of intervention principles for
various populations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 500c Clinical Problems in
Occupational Therapy
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Specific applications of occupational
therapy practice in varied clinical/health
settings. Seminar to integrate theory with
application of intervention principles for
various populations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 501L Practice Immersion: Adult
Physical Rehabilitation
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp Scientific and
theoretical underpinnings and knowledge
and skills necessary for occupational
therapy evaluation and intervention in adult
rehabilitation and geriatrics; incorporates
related Level I Fieldwork. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy majors. Duplicates Credit in former
OT 401. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
OT 502L Practice Immersion: Mental
Health
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp Scientific and
theoretical underpinnings and knowledge
and skills necessary for occupational
therapy evaluation and intervention in
mental health practice; incorporates related
Level I Fieldwork. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
majors. Duplicates Credit in former OT 402.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
OT 503L Practice Immersion: Pediatrics
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp Scientific and
theoretical underpinnings and knowledge
and skills necessary for occupational
therapy evaluation and intervention in
pediatrics; incorporates related Level I
Fieldwork. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Occupational Therapy majors.
Duplicates Credit in former OT 403.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
OT 504L Practice Immersion: Productive
Aging and Geriatrics
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the aging process and
introduction to the role of occupational
therapy in working with older adults in a
variety of settings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
OT 510 Foundations of Occupation:
Kinesiology in Daily Life
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Foundations of biomechanical and
musculoskeletal concepts necessary for
the analysis of movement in every day
occupation, as they relate to occupational
therapy practice. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Duplicates Credit in former OT
440 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
OT 511 Reflective, Responsive and
Engaged Professionals 1
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Self-
reflection focused on awareness and
articulation of one's therapeutic and
communication styles, positionality,
intersectionality, explicit and implicit biases,
and privilege to form strong relationships.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors Duplicates
Credit in former OT 410 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 514 Foundations of Occupation:
Neuroscience in Daily Life
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of basic neural function to the
analysis of daily living tasks and activities;
review of pathological conditions that
interfere with performance in occupation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Duplicates
Credit in former OT 441 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
OT 515 Neuroscience of Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Foundation for
understanding neural functions involved in
typical/atypical behaviors; review of neural
circuitry, experimental methods, basic
behavioral systems, higher order cognitive
functions and associated disorders.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors. Duplicates
Credit in OT 515 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 516 Foundations of Occupation:
Creativity, Craft and Activity Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Engagement in craft experience to
develop proficiency in analysis of activity
performance and occupation; exploration
of creativity and craftsmanship in both
historical and contemporary contexts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Duplicates
Credit in former OT 406 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
OT 517 Foundations of Occupation:
Sensory Processing in Daily Life
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Comprehensive overview of the basic
neurobehavioral principles underlying
sensory processing and sensory integration
theory and their relationship to everyday
occupations. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Occupational Therapy Students
Duplicates Credit in OT 515 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
OT 518 Quantitative Research for
Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Traditions and
methods of quantitative research; emphasis
on formulation of clear clinical questions;
finding, evaluating, and applying evidence
to a clinical problem; includes journal club.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors. Duplicates
Credit in former OT 480. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 519 Theoretical Foundations of
Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of knowledge and critical
thinking relative to ongoing, situated
discourses about occupation, occupational
therapy and occupational science.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Duplicates
Credit in former OT 405 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 521 Reflective, Responsive and
Engaged Professionals 2
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Strengthening therapeutic communication
skills to develop collaborative relationships
and manage challenging clinical encounters
through motivational interviewing and
the application of therapeutic modes.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors Duplicates
Credit in former OT 411 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 525 Qualitative Research for
Evidence-Based Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Traditions
and methods of qualitative research;
development of skills for research design,
implementation and dissemination; critique
of qualitative research for evidence-
based practice and occupational science.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors. Duplicates
Credit in former OT 470. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 526 Practice Scholar: Applying
Quantitative Evidence
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to concepts of practice
scholarship; emphasis on applying
quantitative research evidence to clinical
questions and appraising quantitative
research evidence. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
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students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 527 Health Systems and Global
Context
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of health systems and social determinants
impacting occupational participation of
diverse and global populations; leverages
international partnerships to discuss and
address global health issues. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 531 Reflective, Responsive and
Engaged Professionals 3
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on utilizing knowledge about the self and
others, in order to partner, collaborate and/
or lead others in collective occupation for
social change. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 534 Health Promotion and Wellness
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of relationship of occupation to health,
wellbeing, participation; critical thinking
about lifestyle factors influencing
occupational engagement; occupational
science and wellness in occupational
therapy practice. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
majors. Duplicates Credit in former OT 504.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OT 536 Practice Scholar: Applying
Qualitative Evidence
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of skills to find, appraise,
synthesize and communicate qualitative
evidence and the integration of multiple
types of evidence to inform practice
decisions. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Occupational Therapy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
OT 537 Occupation-Centered Programs
for the Community
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of a proposal for new or extended
services; includes trends analysis, needs
assessment, literature review, marketing
plan, mock funding request, program
evaluation and presentation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy majors. Duplicates Credit in former
OT 570. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 538 Current Issues in Practice:
Adulthood and Aging
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration of
adulthood, aging and occupation; current
topics related to aging population and
occupational therapy to promote health
and participation throughout the lifespan.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors. Duplicates
Credit in former OT 508. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 539 Applying Occupational Science:
Health Promotion and Primary Care
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the relationship of
occupation to health, well-being,
participation; critical thinking about lifestyle
factors; role of occupational therapy
in health promotion and primary care.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
OT 540 Leadership Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Professional
capstone in leadership, advocacy, ethical
reasoning, professional behavior, and
public policy as it impacts the practice
of occupational therapy; independent
professional externship. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy majors. Duplicates Credit in former
OT 580. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 545 Advanced Seminar in
Occupational Science
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
analysis of occupational science concepts
including dimensions of occupation
and the impact of occupation on health
and wellbeing; factors associated with
participation in occupation at the individual,
community and global levels. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy majors. Duplicates Credit in former
OT 585. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 550 Lifestyle Redesign: Pain and
Headache Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
clinical skills in Lifestyle Redesign
interventions for individuals living with
chronic pain and headache conditions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 551 Lifestyle Redesign: Weight
Management and Related Conditions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
clinical skills in Lifestyle Redesign
interventions for individuals living with
weight-related and metabolic conditions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 552 Lifestyle Redesign: Neurological
Conditions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
clinical skills in Lifestyle Redesign®
interventions for individuals living with
neurological conditions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 560 Contemporary Issues in
School-Based Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Current
issues in school-based occupational
therapy evaluation, ongoing assessment
and intervention. Topics include successful
collaboration in inclusive classrooms and
on IFSP and IEP teams. Registration
Restriction: Open only to OT majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 561 Occupational Therapy in Acute
Care
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Knowledge
and skills for occupational therapy practice
in acute care settings using a systems-
based approach; includes an experiential
learning component at Keck Hospital of
USC. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 562 Advanced Hand Rehabilitation
and Certification (PAMs)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Evidence-
based and occupation-based practice
for hand and upper extremity conditions;
application of PAMs as preparatory for
occupation. Applicable toward California
educational requirements for advanced
practice. Corequisite: OT 573. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Science and Occupational Therapy
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 563 Occupational Therapy in Primary
Health Care Environments
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the emerging role of occupational therapy
in primary care, including the need
occupational therapy can address in
primary care. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 564 Sensory Processing and
Sensory Integration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Comprehensive overview of the basic
neurobehavioral principles underlying
sensory processing and sensory
integration, patterns of dysfunction, and
their relationship to everyday occupations
and intervention. Registration Restriction:
Open only to OT majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 565 Sensory Integration
Interventions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Foundations
and application of sensory integration
principles in clinical practice, schools and
community. Includes critique and integration
of evidence, effective communication with
parents, and documentation. Corequisite:
OT 564 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 566 Healthcare Communication with
Spanish-Speaking Clients
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Development of
communicative proficiency and accuracy
in Spanish within a therapeutic context.
Introduction to Spanish language, adaptive
communication strategies, and ethics
in language-discordant communication.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 567 Contemporary Issues:
Occupational Therapy in Early
Intervention
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
occupational therapy in early intervention
settings including; relevant legislation,
family-centered care, cultural context,
documentation, ethics, and neuroscientific
foundations of infant mental health.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Science and Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 568 Sensory Processing and Sensory
Integration: Special Topics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
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of sensory integration theory and
intervention principles in diverse therapeutic
contexts, including school-based settings,
early intervention, autism spectrum
disorders, and feeding and eating.
Registration Restriction: Open only to OT
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 569 Sensory Integration Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Comprehensive overview of the basic
neurobehavioral principles underlying
sensory processing and sensory
integration, patterns of dysfunction and
their relationship to everyday occupations
and intervention. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 570 Evaluation and Clinical
Reasoning: Sensory Integration
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of sensory integration principles
in the clinical reasoning process and
evaluation of sensory processing disorders.
Includes integration of different methods of
data collection. Prerequisite: OT 517 and
OT 569 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Occupational Therapy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 571 Assistive Technology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
of assessment, selection, training, and
follow-up with clients in the use of assistive
technologies to enable and enhance
participation in a meaningful occupation.
Registration Restriction: Open only to OT
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 572 Ergonomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Focus on the
effects of physical design in the workplace
on users' injury rate, behavior, performance
and stress levels. Intervention for repetitive
motion included. Registration Restriction:
Open only to OT majors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 573 Hand Rehabilitation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Occupation-
based evaluation and intervention for
individuals with acute and chronic hand
disorders. Topics include scar management,
splinting, peripheral nerve injury, wound
healing and physical agent modalities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to OT
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 574 Enhancing Motor Control for
Occupation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Laboratory
examining approaches to assessment
and remediation of motor control following
upper motor neuron lesions. An occupation-
based approach to Neurodevelopmental
Treatment (NDT) will be emphasized.
Registration Restriction: Open only to OT
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 575 Dysphagia Across the Lifespan:
Pediatrics through Geriatrics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A
comprehensive investigation of the anatomy
and physiology of normal and abnormal
swallowing. Didactic and hands-on study of
assessment and treatment interventions will
be addressed. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 576 Universal Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
the concepts and principles of universal
design and the benefits of the approach
for people with disabilities and for all
individuals. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 577 Seminar in Occupational Therapy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Occupational
therapy and the health care system.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors. Duplicates
Credit in former OT 505. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 578 Therapeutic Communication:
Facilitating Change in Clients
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of selected therapeutic
communication styles intended to facilitate
change including motivational interviewing,
mindfulness practices, and cognitive
approaches to therapeutic intervention.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 579 Occupational Therapy in
Adult-Neurorehabilitation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Comprehensive
overview of occupational therapy evaluation
and intervention in adult neurorehabilitation
addressing motor, visual, cognitive,
emotion, and language systems.
Emphasizes evidence-based interventions
with hands-on application. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate and
professional students in Occupational
Therapy Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 581 Quantitative Research for the
Practicing Clinician
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Traditions
and methods of quantitative research
for practicing clinicians; emphasis on
formulation of clear clinical questions;
finding, evaluating, and applying evidence
to a clinical problem. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 582 Occupational Science
Foundations of Lifestyle Redesign
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of the foundations and philosophy of
Lifestyle Redesign®. Includes theoretical
underpinnings, therapeutic methods, and
examination of how occupational science
informs Lifestyle Redesign
®
interventions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 583 Current Applications of Lifestyle
Redesign
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Interactive practicum exploring the Lifestyle
Redesign® approach to preventing and
managing chronic health conditions. Topics
include therapeutic process, lifestyle
module design and service delivery models.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 584 Clinical Applications of
Telehealth Technologies in OT
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Interactive
course exploring the history of telehealth
technologies; includes definitions,
care models, remote services,
applications, activity monitoring devices,
technology enabled therapy, legislation,
reimbursement. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy graduate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 585 Advanced Seminar in
Occupational Science
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
analysis of occupational science concepts
including dimensions of occupation
and the impact of occupation on health
and wellbeing; factors associated with
participation in occupation at the individual,
community and global levels.
OT 586 Fieldwork with Seminar
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Fieldwork is mandatory to qualify
for professional certification / licensure.
Seminar facilitates reflective discussion
and integration of class concepts to clinical
practice. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Occupational Therapy majors Duplicates
Credit in former OT 486 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 589 Interprofessional Education and
Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Students
from multiple health professions learn about
aging and collaborative team care through
a combination of didactic and experiential
learning working in a community-based
setting. Registration Restriction: Open
to graduate students in gerontology,
occupational therapy, medicine, pharmacy,
physical therapy, the physician assistant
program, psychology and social work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit Crosslisted as GERO 587,
INTD 623, PHRD 589, PSYC 589, PT 589,
SOWK 507
OT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
OT 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
OT 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
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OT 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
8.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Recent
developments in occupational therapy and
occupational science. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 610 Sensory Integrative Dysfunction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Differential evaluation of sensory integrative
dysfunction; theory and procedure for
enhancing the processing of sensory data
by children with learning and behavior
disorders. Prerequisite: admission by
advance application and instructor's
approval only; must be certified as
an occupational or physical therapist.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OT 617 Visionaries: Innovation and
Technology to Promote Occupation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of the development,
assessment, selection, and use of
technologies to enable and enhance
participation in a meaningful occupation in
clinical, educational and research contexts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
OT 618 Visionaries: Agents of
Transformation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Building
capacity for advocacy; professional
behavior; public policy implications for
occupational therapy; promotion of the
distinct nature of occupation; effective
intra- and interprofessional collaboration.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
OT 619 Applying Occupational Science:
Lifestyle Redesign
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Interactive
exploration of Lifestyle Redesign framework
and applications for health promotion,
wellness and disease management.
Emphasis on preventing/managing chronic
health conditions, intervention design and
implementation. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 620 Current Issues in Occupational
Science and Occupational Therapy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Review of
current occupational science research
as it is applied to practice; examination
of leadership opportunities; development
of proposal focusing on chosen area of
study. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Occupational Therapy doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
OT 621 Occupational Therapy
Leadership: Contemporary Issues
Units: 4 Examination of themes in
occupational therapy related to power,
confidence, and identity; development of
leadership skills; analysis of the impact
of policy and advocacy on occupational
therapy. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 622 Advanced Clinical Perspectives:
Neurocognition and Occupation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
exploration of foundational knowledge
pertaining to both the nature of cognitive
capacities and issues surrounding potential
compromise in daily living contexts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
OT 623 Advanced Clinical Perspectives:
Medical Complexity and Occupation
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Exploration of human physiology,
pathophysiology, and occupational
performance across the lifespan; Integration
of a medical systems perspective
applicable to various practice settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
OT 636 Fieldwork with Seminar
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Clinical rotation with client/patient
responsibilities under the supervision of an
occupational therapist to achieve entry-
level competence in specific practice area.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 638 Mentored Practicum in Lifestyle
Redesign
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Hands-on
practice in providing Lifestyle Redesign
interventions; prepares students to
successfully utilize the Lifestyle Redesign
intervention approach in real-world settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 640 Conceptual Foundations of
Occupational Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis
of the conceptual foundations and
methodological orientations for occupational
science, understandings of disciplinary
perspectives, formulation of theoretical
arguments, and the interpretation of
research data. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
OT 641 The Nature of Occupation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
and historical foundations for the study
of occupation, engagement in living and
learning in everyday life. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 648 Researching Occupation:
Engagement, Meaning, and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Recommended Preparation: OT 640 and
OT 660 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 649 Researching Occupation:
Function, Participation, and Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Approaches
to studying health and wellbeing in
everyday living from biological to population
levels, including prevention, wellness,
chronic illness, disability, and rehabilitation,
emphasizing quantitative methods.
Recommended Preparation: OT 641 and
OT 660 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
OT 660 Research Practicum
Units: 2 Experiential learning through
immersion in one or more externally funded
research groups in the Division, enabling
intense participation in multi-skilled
research groups. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
OT 661 Grant Writing for Occupational
Science
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Integration
of theory, research design, and methods
to develop competitive grant applications
for the study of occupation, with a focus on
federal granting agencies. Recommended
Preparation: OT 640, OT 641, OT 648, OT
649 and OT 660. At least one advanced
course in qualitative, quantitative, or
mixed-methods research design or
statistical analysis is strongly recommended
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 686 Residency
Units: 6 or 12 Max Units: 24 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Residency involving
development, administration, evaluation, or
policy formulation for occupation-centered
programs in clinical or community settings.
Development of portfolio for professional
doctorate. Graded CR/NC. Registration
Restriction: Open only to OT majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 699 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics
in occupational therapy and occupational
sciences. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
OT 710 Teaching and Learning Seminar:
Becoming a Fieldwork Educator
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Current
professional issues related to fieldwork
education; examination of best practices
for teaching, learning and supervision;
development of an envisioned future as a
fieldwork educator. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 713 Doctoral Capstone Preparation:
Seminar 1
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminar
organized through Communities of Practice
and facilitated by faculty mentors to further
the knowledge and experience of students
in a specific area of practice. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Credit/
No Credit
OT 715 Practice Scholar: Synthesizing
Evidence and Practice Needs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Synthesis
of evidence to design occupation-based
programs and interventions that are
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effective, meaningful, appropriate and
feasible in a particular practice context.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Occupational Therapy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
OT 720 Pedagogy in Higher Education:
Seminar and Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of teaching and learning in
higher education in preparation for work in
an academic setting; experiential learning
in methods of course development and
delivery. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Occupational Therapy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
OT 723 Doctoral Capstone Preparation:
Seminar 2
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Collaboration with peers, Level II fieldwork
and doctoral capstone experience site
and faculty mentors to enhance the
development of an evidence-based doctoral
capstone program. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 725 Practice Scholar: Mobilizing
Knowledge to Advance Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles
and practices of evaluation and knowledge
mobilization skills to optimize outcomes,
ensure stakeholder engagement and
generate meaningful impact. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Occupational
Therapy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
OT 730 Doctoral Capstone Experience
with Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Full-time
immersion in practice area; implementation
and evaluation of doctoral capstone project;
monthly seminar and self-reflection on
envisioned future in relation to student
learning outcomes. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Occupational Therapy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
OT 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
OT 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OT 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OT 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OT 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
OT 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Pain Medicine
PAIN 401 Where is the Pain: Mind-Body
Interface and Pain Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to the physiological and
psychological components of pain, and
pharmacological and non-pharmacological
management strategies. Cultural and
social aspects of chronic pain are covered.
Prerequisite: BISC 220 or BISC 221
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PAIN 701 Pharmacotherapeutics for Pain
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
into the complex area of treatment with
opioids and other pharmacological options.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PAIN 702 Pain Classification and
Diagnosis - Part 1
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
of pain classification and diagnosis to
familiarize the student with a standardized
approach to painful conditions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 703 Psychological Aspects of the
Pain Experience: Individual and Family
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explore the
psychological and social perspectives that
influence chronic pain, reinforcing the need
to look beyond the initial physical diagnosis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PAIN 704 Pain and Society:
Epidemiology and Cultural issues
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the
societal issues related to pain, including the
role of culture, ethnicity, caregiving, social
and psychological factors related to pain
and pain management. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 705 Pain Assessment: History and
Physical Examination
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Evaluation of
patients suffering from pain, distinguishing
between types of pain that may be acute or
chronic. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PAIN 706 Musculoskeletal Anatomy and
Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Anatomical
survey of the human musculoskeletal
system, focused on common pathologies
that generate pain. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 707 Pain Neuroscience
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Anatomy
of peripheral and central nociceptors,
molecular mechanisms that underlie
primary responses, neural networks,
and neural mechanisms involved in
hyperalgesia and allodynia. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 708 Opioids
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
opioid therapeutics including proper use,
dosing, side effects and its management,
use in special populations, and legal/
ethical considerations for prescribers and
dispensers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 709 Pain Classification and
Diagnosis - Part 2
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Knowledge
and ability to recognize fine differences in
various common pain conditions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 710 Advanced Pain Physiology and
Neuroscience
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
neurophysiology of pain including
immunology and epigenetics, neuropathic
pain, inflammation, with a series of lectures
and sessions to analyze clinical cases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PAIN 711 Research Methodology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Conduct a
systematic review, research question,
searching the literature, summarizing the
evidence and interpreting the findings.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PAIN 712a Pain Medicine Capstone
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Collaborative
research project or supervised internship
(practicum) incorporating a service learning
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 712b Pain Medicine Capstone
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sp Collaborative
research project or supervised internship
(practicum) incorporating a service learning
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 712c Pain Medicine Capstone
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Collaborative
research project or supervised internship
(practicum) incorporating a service learning
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 712d Pain Medicine Capstone
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sp Collaborative
research project or supervised internship
(practicum) incorporating a service learning
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 713a Case Studies
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Multiple
elements including weekly online
discussions of cases; learning need
assignments; defense of an 18 cases or
scenarios e-Portfolio. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 713b Case Studies
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sp Multiple
elements including weekly online
discussions of cases; learning need
assignments; defense of an 18 cases or
scenarios e-Portfolio. Prerequisite: PAIN
713a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PAIN 713c Case Studies
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Fa Multiple
elements including weekly online
discussions of cases; learning need
assignments; defense of an 18 cases or
scenarios e-Portfolio. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 713d Case Studies
Units: 0.5 Terms Offered: Sp Multiple
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elements including weekly online
discussions of cases; learning need
assignments; defense of an 18 cases or
scenarios e-Portfolio. Prerequisite: PAIN
713c Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PAIN 714 Public Policy and Legal issues
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Public Policy
and Legal Issues in Pain Medicine including
the California Medical Board Guidelines for
Pain Medication, CURES, and legislation
related with the discipline. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 715 History of Pain: Theory and
Treatment
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Trace through
history our collective understanding of pain
by examining the people, theories, and
technologies which have brought us to our
modern understanding. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 716 Neuropathic Pain
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Focus on pain
caused by nervous system dysfunction;
assessment, physiology, diagnoses and
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 717 Psychological Treatments for
Chronic Pain
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Information and
demonstration on specific psychological
treatments to decrease pain levels and
manage pain flares. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 718 Complementary Approaches
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Treatment
options in pain management; framework
for integrative models of care. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 719 Building a Practice:
Institutional or Private
Units: 1 Building and managing a Pain
Practice. Topics include the scope
of practice, stratification of care, and
marketing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 720 Physical and Occupational
Therapies
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Physical and
Occupational Therapy techniques to assess
and treat chronic pain. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 721 Advanced Therapeutics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Patients who
suffer from chronic pain often fail to respond
to basic treatments. Therefore it is crucial
for clinicians to be familiar with different
treatment options. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PAIN 722 Palliative Care in End of Life
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Key concepts
in palliative medicine and hospice
care, ranging from management of
common symptoms, to best practices in
communication with patients and their
families. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PAIN 723 Orofacial Pain and Headache
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Foundational
knowledge of orofacial neurogenic pain and
headache disorders; prevalence, differential
diagnosis, prevention and management.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Pathology (Herman Ostrow
School of Dentistry)
PTHL 312a Medicine and Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
An integrated approach to clinical,
gross and microscopic study of basic
disease processes, systemic pathology,
oral pathology, internal medicine,
pathophysiology, physical evaluation and
emergency medicine for significant organ
systems. Clinical-pathologic correlation
stressed. Evaluation, classification, and
differential diagnosis of oral lesions;
disease recognition and dental treatment
modification. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTHL 312b Medicine and Pathology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
An integrated approach to clinical,
gross and microscopic study of basic
disease processes, systemic pathology,
oral pathology, internal medicine,
pathophysiology, physical evaluation and
emergency medicine for significant organ
systems. Clinical-pathologic correlation
stressed. Evaluation, classification, and
differential diagnosis of oral lesions;
disease recognition and dental treatment
modification. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTHL 312c Medicine and Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
An integrated approach to clinical,
gross and microscopic study of basic
disease processes, systemic pathology,
oral pathology, internal medicine,
pathophysiology, physical evaluation and
emergency medicine for significant organ
systems. Clinical-pathologic correlation
stressed. Evaluation, classification, and
differential diagnosis of oral lesions;
disease recognition and dental treatment
modification. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTHL 501 Oral Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Clinical
radiographic, gross and microscopic
characteristics of mucosal, skin, fibroseous
and salivary gland diseases; odontogenic
tumors and cysts; benign and malignant
neoplasms and iatrogenic conditions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTHL 504a Seminar: Oral Pathology
Units: 0 Clinico-pathologic discussion of
oral pathosis cases. A variety of "unknown"
cases representing diagnostic problems
are analyzed. Etiology, pathogenesis,
clinical / radiographic features, therapy and
prognosis are stressed. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
PTHL 504b Seminar: Oral Pathology
Units: 0 Clinico-pathologic discussion of
oral pathosis cases. A variety of "unknown"
cases representing diagnostic problems
are analyzed. Etiology, pathogenesis,
clinical/radiographic features, therapy and
prognosis are stressed. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTHL 601 Advanced Oral Pathology
Seminar
Units: 2 Detailed discussion and analysis
of many cases representing a wide variety
of oral pathologic conditions stressing
differential diagnosis and clinical-pathologic
correlations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTHL 701 Clinicopathologic Conference
Units: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Clinicopathologic correlation of diseases of
the head and neck. Presented at LAC+USC
Medical Center. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Pathology (Keck School of
Medicine)
PATH 500a Basic and Applied Systemic
Pathology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Clinical,
gross, and microscopic study of basic
disease processes. Pathophysiology
of major organ systems; etiology,
pathogenesis and histopathology of
important diseases; oral manifestations,
clinical recognition.
PATH 500b Basic and Applied Systemic
Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Irregular Clinical,
gross, and microscopic study of basic
disease processes. Pathophysiology
of major organ systems; etiology,
pathogenesis and histopathology of
important diseases; oral manifestations,
clinical recognition.
PATH 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
531)
PATH 550 Introduction to Pathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
550)
PATH 551 Pathobiology of Disease
Units: 4 (Enroll in INTD 551)
PATH 553 Emerging Methods in Cellular
and Clinical Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Discuss key
methodologies in biomedical research,
applications/case studies in cell biology,
protein analysis, flow cytometry,
identification of microorganisms, drug
development, cellular and molecular cancer
immunotherapy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PATH 554 Emerging Trends and Methods
in Molecular Pathology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Discuss
emergent methodologies in molecular
pathology with emphasis on applications
important for genetics and epigenetics
changes in various diseases, Sequencing
Technologies, Data Analysis, Forensic
Pathology. Duplicates Credit in former
PATH 552b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PATH 555 Biochemical and Molecular
Bases of Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
555)
PATH 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
PATH 570a Seminar in Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Recent
advances in the understanding of diseased
cells and tissues are reported and
discussed using standard seminars, as
well as autopsy organ reviews. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PATH 570b Seminar in Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Recent
advances in the understanding of diseased
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cells and tissues are reported and
discussed using standard seminars, as well
as autopsy organ reviews. Prerequisite:
PATH 570a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PATH 570c Seminar in Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Recent
advances in the understanding of diseased
cells and tissues are reported and
discussed using standard seminars, as well
as autopsy organ reviews. Prerequisite:
PATH 570b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PATH 570d Seminar in Pathology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Recent
advances in the understanding of diseased
cells and tissues are reported and
discussed using standard seminars, as well
as autopsy organ reviews. Prerequisite:
PATH 570c Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PATH 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
PATH 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
PATH 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
PATH 581 Essentials of Animal
Experimentation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa A course
providing basic information on the issues
and responsibilities of investigators
using animals in biomedical research.
Recommended Preparation: graduate
standing.
PATH 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PATH 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PATH 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PATH 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PATH 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PATH 631 Viral Oncology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
630)
PATH 650 Stem Cell Biology and
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
650)
PATH 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PATH 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PATH 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PATH 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PATH 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PATH 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences
PBHS 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics in Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Primary Care Physician Assistant
PCPA 503 Behavioral Sciences I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa First of three-
semester sequence in current topics in
behavioral medicine, psychological and
cultural factors in health and illness,
interpersonal and sociological aspects
of patient care, and competencies for PA
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PCPA 506 Behavioral Sciences II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Second of
three-semester sequence in current topics
in behavioral medicine, psychological
and cultural factors in health and illness,
interpersonal and sociological aspects
of patient care, and competencies for
PA practice. Prerequisite: PCPA 503.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 509 Behavioral Sciences III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Last of three-
semester sequence in current topics in
behavioral medicine, psychological and
cultural factors in health and illness,
interpersonal and sociological aspects
of patient care, and competencies for
PA practice. Prerequisite: PCPA 506.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 523 Clinical Skills I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Laboratory
experiences with basic clinical skills
essential to medical practice. First of four
courses. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PCPA 526 Clinical Skills II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Designed
to prepare the physician assistant to
conduct a complete physical examination.
Prerequisite: PCPA 523 Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in the
Physician Assistant program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PCPA 529 Clinical Skills III
Units: 4, 6 Terms Offered: Fa Designed
to prepare the physician assistant to
complete a series of medical procedures.
Prerequisite: PCPA 526 Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in the
Physician Assistant program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PCPA 530 Basic Medical Sciences I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Focuses
on clinical anatomy, physiology,
pathophysiology, and pathology, essential
to understanding disease mechanisms
commonly encountered in medicine.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 532 Clinical Skills IV
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Laboratory
experiences with basic clinical skills
essential to medical practice. Last of
four courses. Prerequisite: PCPA 529.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 536 PA Critical Thinking Course I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Team-based
learning to prepare the physician assistant
to learn and practice, applying critical
thinking in clinically relevant scenarios.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 537 PA Critical Thinking Course II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Builds upon
PCPA 536; team-based learning to prepare
the physician assistant to learn and
practice applying critical thinking in clinically
relevant scenarios. Prerequisite: PCPA
536 Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 538 PA Critical Thinking Course III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Builds upon
PCPA 537; team-based learning to prepare
the physician assistant learn and practice
applying critical thinking in clinically
relevant scenarios. Prerequisite: PCPA
537 Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 540 Basic Medical Sciences II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Builds upon
PCPA 530; focuses on clinical anatomy,
physiology, pathophysiology and pathology,
essential to understanding disease
mechanisms commonly encountered
in medicine. Prerequisite: PCPA 530
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant Program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 543 Topics in Medicine I
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Fa Designed to
prepare the physician assistant learn
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the requisite medical and pharmacologic
knowledge to diagnose and treat patients.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 546 Topics in Medicine II
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Sp Basic instruction
in normal/abnormal states of organ systems
in the study of human disease. The second
of three courses that includes instruction in
pathophysiology, pharmacology, diagnostic
studies, and medicine. Prerequisite: PCPA
543. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PCPA 549 Topics in Medicine III
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Fa Basic instruction
in normal/abnormal states of organ systems
in the study of human disease. The third of
three courses that includes instruction in
pathophysiology, pharmacology, diagnostic
studies, and medicine. Prerequisite: PCPA
546. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PCPA 550 Basic Medical Sciences III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Builds upon
PCPA 540; focuses on clinical anatomy,
physiology, pathophysiology and pathology,
essential to understanding disease
mechanisms commonly encountered
in medicine. Prerequisite: PCPA 540
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students in the Physician Assistant program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 561 Clinical Assignment I
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 562 Clinical Assignment II
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 563 Clinical Assignment III
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 564a Clinical Assignment IV
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 564b Clinical Assignment IV
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm One
discrete consecutive five-day-a-week
intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 565a Clinical Assignment V
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 565b Clinical Assignment V
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm One
discrete consecutive five-day-a-week
intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 566 Clinical Assignment VI
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 567 Clinical Assignment VII
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 568 Clinical Assignment VIII
Units: 3.5 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
One discrete consecutive five-day-a-
week intensive field placement under a
program-approved supervising preceptor
in a program-approved clinical setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PCPA 583 Advanced Topics in PA
Studies: Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar format:
students explore educational theories
and methods used by PAs in a variety
of settings, including clinical practice,
classroom and community. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PCPA 586 Advanced Topics in PA
Studies: Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar format:
students receive an integrated experience
in research methods including methodology,
data collection, analysis and evaluation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PCPA 589 Advanced Topics in PA
Studies: Medical Care Organization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar format:
students will explore current topics in
medical care organization and physician
assistant practice including administration,
financing, changing organizational settings,
and workforce issues. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Pediatric Dentistry
PEDO 310 Principles of Dentistry for
Children
Units: 1 Role of the dental hygienist in
dental care for the child patient. Principles
of pediatric dentistry as related to education
of the child patient and the parent.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 501 Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 1 Scientific principles underlying
contemporary pediatric dentistry, including
prevention of disease; dental anomalies;
habits and other problems in occlusal
development; behavior management; child
abuse. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PEDO 521 Preclinical Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 2 Principles and techniques of
cavity preparations in primary teeth;
pulpal therapy; stainless steel crowns;
space maintenance; diagnosis, treatment
planning. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PEDO 551a Clinic: Dentistry for
Children I
Units: 0 Structured clinical experience in
caring for the dental needs of the child
patient. Includes special case seminars.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
PEDO 551b Clinic: Dentistry for
Children I
Units: 0 Structured clinical experience in
caring for the dental needs of the child
patient. Includes special case seminars.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
PEDO 551c Clinic: Dentistry for
Children I
Units: 2 Structured clinical experience in
caring for the dental needs of the child
patient. Includes special case seminars.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 561a Clinic: Dentistry for
Children II
Units: 0 Dental treatment of the child
patient; preventive and restorative dentistry;
space maintenance and interceptive
orthodontic procedures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
PEDO 561b Clinic: Dentistry for
Children II
Units: 0 Dental treatment of the child
patient; preventive and restorative dentistry;
space maintenance and interceptive
orthodontic procedures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
PEDO 561c Clinic: Dentistry for
Children II
Units: 1 Dental treatment of the child
patient; preventive and restorative dentistry;
space maintenance and interceptive
orthodontic procedures. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 701a Seminar: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Discussions of
literature related to pediatric dentistry.
Biologic considerations in operative
dentistry, odontogenesis, dental trauma,
physiology of occlusion, pulpal biology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 701b Seminar: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 each
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Discussions of
literature related to pediatric dentistry.
Biologic considerations in operative
dentistry, odontogenesis, dental trauma,
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physiology of occlusion, pulpal biology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 702a Comprehensive Review of
Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 5, 6, 7 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Critical analysis of current pediatric
dentistry literature and case conferences
related to the application of contemporary
issues in dentistry for the complex child
patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PEDO 702b Comprehensive Review of
Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 5, 6, 7 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Critical analysis of current pediatric
dentistry literature and case conferences
related to the application of contemporary
issues in dentistry for the complex child
patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PEDO 703a Interceptive Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each Recognition,
evaluation, and treatment of developing
orthodontic problems appropriate to the
pediatric dentist; emphasis on diagnosis;
laboratory experience included. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 703b Interceptive Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each Recognition,
evaluation, and treatment of developing
orthodontic problems appropriate to the
pediatric dentist; emphasis on diagnosis;
laboratory experience included. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 703c Interceptive Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each Recognition,
evaluation, and treatment of developing
orthodontic problems appropriate to the
pediatric dentist; emphasis on diagnosis;
laboratory experience included. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 703d Interceptive Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each Recognition,
evaluation, and treatment of developing
orthodontic problems appropriate to the
pediatric dentist; emphasis on diagnosis;
laboratory experience included. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 703e Interceptive Orthodontics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5 each Recognition,
evaluation, and treatment of developing
orthodontic problems appropriate to the
pediatric dentist; emphasis on diagnosis;
laboratory experience included. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 704a Prevention in Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2 Discussions and readings
pertaining to the analysis and incorporation
of the many components of prevention
into the contemporary pediatric dentistry
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PEDO 704b Prevention in Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2 Discussions and readings
pertaining to the analysis and incorporation
of the many components of prevention
into the contemporary pediatric dentistry
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PEDO 705 Pediatric Diseases
Units: 2 Discussion of medical conditions
seen by the pediatric dentist in the hospital
environment. Conditions include childhood
cancer, HIV, heart disease, diabetes
mellitus and blood dyscrasias. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PEDO 706 Dental Care for Pediatric
Patients with Disabilities
Units: 2 Medical, dental, psychological,
and social problems of children with
developmental disabilities; effect of
problems on delivery of pediatric dentistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 707 Seminar: Cleft Palate
Rehabilitation
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Three trimester
course discussions and case conferences
related to treatment of patients with oral
and facial anomalies: includes interceptive
and corrective orthodontics, preventive and
restorative treatment, and selected oral
surgery-prosthetic rehabilitative procedures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 708 Practice Management
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Discussion
of issues related to the contemporary
practice of pediatric dentistry (seminars
and office visitations). Topics include:
purchasing a practice, associateships,
hospital affiliations, practice administration
and marketing, computers, jurisprudence
and auxiliary utilization. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PEDO 709 Conscious Sedation in
Pediatric Dentistry
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Seminar
topics include: review of pharmacology
and effectiveness of commonly used
oral agents, methods of administration,
regulatory guidelines, patient monitoring,
management of sedation related
emergencies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PEDO 721 Pediatric Physical Evaluation
Units: 2 Assessment of patient health
status; evaluation and management of
acute and chronic disease states which
may be observed in the pediatric dental
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PEDO 761a Clinic: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical application of
advanced pediatric dentistry techniques
in routine and special problem cases in
the outpatient environment. Hours vary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 761b Clinic: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical application of
advanced pediatric dentistry techniques
in routine and special problem cases in
the outpatient environment. Hours vary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 761c Clinic: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical application of
advanced pediatric dentistry techniques
in routine and special problem cases in
the outpatient environment. Hours vary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 761d Clinic: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical application of
advanced pediatric dentistry techniques
in routine and special problem cases in
the outpatient environment. Hours vary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 761e Clinic: Advanced Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Clinical application of
advanced pediatric dentistry techniques
in routine and special problem cases in
the outpatient environment. Hours vary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 771a Clinic: Hospital Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Treatment of the child patient in the
hospital environment. Emphasis placed on
treatment and management with physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 771b Clinic: Hospital Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Treatment of the child patient in the
hospital environment. Emphasis placed on
treatment and management with physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 771c Clinic: Hospital Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Treatment of the child patient in the
hospital environment. Emphasis placed on
treatment and management with physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 771d Clinic: Hospital Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Treatment of the child patient in the
hospital environment. Emphasis placed on
treatment and management with physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 771e Clinic: Hospital Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Treatment of the child patient in the
hospital environment. Emphasis placed on
treatment and management with physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PEDO 771f Clinic: Hospital Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15 each Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Treatment of the child patient in the
hospital environment. Emphasis placed on
treatment and management with physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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PEDO 772a Clinic: Interceptive
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3 each Clinical application and
treatment procedures for tooth guidance,
preventative and interceptive orthodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 772b Clinic: Interceptive
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3 each Clinical application and
treatment procedures for tooth guidance,
preventative and interceptive orthodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 772c Clinic: Interceptive
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3 each Clinical application and
treatment procedures for tooth guidance,
preventative and interceptive orthodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 772d Clinic: Interceptive
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3 each Clinical application and
treatment procedures for tooth guidance,
preventative and interceptive orthodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 772e Clinic: Interceptive
Orthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3 each Clinical application and
treatment procedures for tooth guidance,
preventative and interceptive orthodontics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 773 Hospital Pediatric Clinics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Observation and participation
in affiliated hospital clinics: anesthesiology,
hematology, and genetic clinics; grand
pediatric rounds and other conferences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 774 Clinical Genetics in Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 9 Genetic principles of oral, facial
and cranial malformations; technique
and theory of clinical genetics, differential
diagnosis and treatment of disorders of
the craniofacial complex. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Lab Grading Option:
Letter
PEDO 790a Directed Research: Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each An examination
and analysis of clinical and laboratory
problems in dentistry for children leading to
completion of an original research project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PEDO 790b Directed Research: Pediatric
Dentistry
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each An examination
and analysis of clinical and laboratory
problems in dentistry for children leading to
completion of an original research project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Periodontics
PERI 310a Introduction to Periodontal
Diseases
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to periodontal disease; emphasis on
identification of normal periodontium,
distinguishing of gingival and periodontal
diseases; includes data collection and
classification of gingival and periodontal
diseases. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 310b Introduction to Periodontal
Diseases
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to periodontal disease; emphasis on
identification of normal periodontium,
distinguishing of gingival and periodontal
diseases; includes data collection and
classification of gingival and periodontal
diseases. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 415 Basic Periodontal Therapy
Units: 1 Basic therapeutic modalities of
periodontal treatment; general principles
and methods of surgical periodontal
treatment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 502 Periodontal Diseases and
Elements of Therapeutic Judgment
Units: 2 Periodontal pathologic processes;
pathogenesis, classification and clinical
features of gingivitis; periodontitis; other
related diseases of periodontium including
diagnosis and initial phases of treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PERI 504 Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1 Periodontics as related to
endodontics, orthodontics, and restorative
dentistry; bone induction, osseous grafting,
splinting, management of furcation lesions;
maintenance, recall, and referral. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 521 Periodontal Surgery
Units: 2 General principles and methods
of surgical periodontal treatment; includes
laboratory exercises. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 550a Clinic: Introductory
Periodontal Therapy
Units: 1 Laboratory and clinical
development of periodontal therapy
procedures; basic instrumentation
principles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 550b Clinic: Introductory
Periodontal Therapy
Units: 1 Laboratory and clinical
development of periodontal therapy
procedures; basic instrumentation
principles. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 561a Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I
Units: 0 Supervised treatment of periodontal
disease at all levels of complexity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
PERI 561b Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I
Units: 0 Supervised treatment of periodontal
disease at all levels of complexity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
PERI 561c Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I
Units: 0 Supervised treatment of periodontal
disease at all levels of complexity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
PERI 561d Clinic: Periodontal Therapy I
Units: 1 Supervised treatment of periodontal
disease at all levels of complexity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PERI 562a Clinic: Periodontal Therapy II
Units: 0, 1, 2 Supervised treatment
of periodontal disease at all levels of
complexity. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
PERI 562b Clinic: Periodontal Therapy II
Units: 0, 1, 2 Supervised treatment
of periodontal disease at all levels of
complexity. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 602 Current Controversies in
Periodontology
Units: 2 Examination of the major
controversies in the field of periodontology;
emphasis on the efficacy of current
treatment modalities and future trends.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PERI 701a Seminar: Review of Current
Periodontal Literature
Units: 2, 3 Review and critical evaluation of
the current periodontal literature. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 701b Seminar: Review of Current
Periodontal Literature
Units: 2, 3 Review and critical evaluation of
the current periodontal literature. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 702a Seminar: Periodontal
Treatment Procedures
Units: 2 Presentation of various techniques
in current periodontal treatment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 702b Seminar: Periodontal
Treatment Procedures
Units: 2 Presentation of various techniques
in current periodontal treatment. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 703a Seminar: Periodontal Case
Presentation
Units: 1, 2 Formalized presentation and
discussion of clinical cases treated by
advanced students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 703b Seminar: Periodontal Case
Presentation
Units: 1, 2 Formalized presentation and
discussion of clinical cases treated by
advanced students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 704a Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704b Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704c Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704d Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
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tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704e Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704f Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704h Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704i Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 704j Seminar: Periodontal Therapy
Units: 2 each Presentation and discussion
of treatment of clinical cases involving soft
tissue and osseous management; rationale
for the therapy; surgical wound healing;
dental implant surgery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PERI 708 Seminar: Clinical Basis of
Periodontics
Units: 4 Evaluation of the literature dealing
with various types of therapy including the
objectives of treatment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 710 Clinical Periodontal
Photography
Units: 1 Demonstration of techniques used
in intraoral photography for periodontal
purposes, emphasis on proper clinical case
documentation in seminar presentation and
Specialty Board Certification. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 711 Occlusal Therapy in
Periodontics
Units: 2 Anatomy of the TMJ mandibular
movements; occlusal anatomy and their
interrelationships; methods of occlusal
correction using anatomy and mandibular
movements as a guide. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 713a Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713b Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713c Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713d Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713e Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713f Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713h Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713i Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 713j Treatment Planning in
Periodontics
Units: 2 each Presentation of clinical
findings, diagnoses, and plan of treatment
of clinical cases by advanced students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 715 Treatment of Special Care
Patients
Units: 3 Periodontal care and treatment
of older population groups, handicapped
patients, and other types of special
patients, settings, and situations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 716a Seminar: Special Topics in
Periodontal Disease
Units: 3 Discussion of topics of immediate
importance and controversy. Experts
in the field are invited to participate as
guest speakers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 716b Seminar: Special Topics in
Periodontal Disease
Units: 3 Discussion of topics of immediate
importance and controversy. Experts
in the field are invited to participate as
guest speakers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 750 Advanced Periodontal
Instrumentation
Units: 3 Advanced root preparation
techniques including design and
manufacturing characteristics of various
instruments, sharpening techniques, and
root morphology as it relates to advanced
instrumentation principles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 752 Interdisciplinary Treatment:
An Orthodontic Perspective
Units: 2 Effective recognition, evaluation
and understanding of the orthodontic
treatment phase required in interdisciplinary
treatment plans; includes laboratory
and clinical experience; applicable
to orthodontics, periodontology,
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PERI 761a Clinic: Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761b Clinic: Advanced
Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761c Clinic: Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761d Clinic: Advanced
Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761e Clinic: Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761f Clinic: Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761h Clinic: Advanced
Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761i Clinic: Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
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involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 761j Clinic: Advanced Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical experience in the treatment of
patients with all types and degrees of
involvement of periodontal disease.
Includes placement of dental implants.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 771a Periodontal Therapy in the
Hospital
Units: 1 Role of the periodontist in hospital
therapy. Treatment of complex cases in the
hospital environment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 771b Periodontal Therapy in the
Hospital
Units: 1 Role of the periodontist in hospital
therapy. Treatment of complex cases in the
hospital environment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PERI 790a Directed Research:
Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Research in
clinical and experimental periodontology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PERI 790b Directed Research:
Periodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each Research in
clinical and experimental periodontology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Physiology and Biophysics
PHBI 524 Advanced Overview of
Neurosciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in NSCI
524)
PHBI 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
531)
PHBI 550 Seminar in Advanced Cellular,
Molecular and Systemic Physiology
Units: 1 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Lectures and student presentations
on advanced topics in molecular, cellular
and systemic physiology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHBI 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
PHBI 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
PHBI 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 (Enroll in INTD 572)
PHBI 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
PHBI 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of thesis. Grading Option:
Graded IP/CR/NC.
PHBI 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of thesis. Grading Option:
Graded IP/CR/NC.
PHBI 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
upon acceptance of thesis. Grading Option:
Graded IP/CR/NC.
PHBI 650 Mechanisms of Ion and Solute
Transport Across Cell Membranes
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Biophysical
examination of the mechanisms of ion and
solute transport across cell membranes;
emphasis on the structures of transport
proteins and kinetic models of transport.
Recommended Preparation: graduate
level course in biochemistry, physical
biochemistry, or cell biology Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHBI 651 Molecular Modeling and
Kinetic Simulations in Membrane
Transport
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the principles of mathematical modeling of
biological systems and molecular dynamics
simulations, with emphasis on membrane
transport. Recommended Preparation:
graduate level courses in biochemistry
or physical biochemistry, and cell biology
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHBI 660 Understanding Diseases of Ion
Transport
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of the genetics, biochemical mechanisms,
and physiological characteristics of
diseases caused by inherited mutations in
ion channels and ion transport proteins.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Physical Education
PHED 102a Weight Training
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Improvement
of body shape, muscle endurance, and
muscle strength; understanding of weight
training and nutrition principles that
can be utilized for future weight training
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 102b Weight Training
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Training
techniques and application of advanced
weight training principles through weekly
workouts; personal trainer certification
exam preparation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 104a Self-Defense
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
instruction of self-defense for beginners;
strategies for standing and ground fighting
situations with and without weapons.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 104b Self-Defense
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Intermediate
instruction involving more advanced fighting
strategies and techniques. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 105 Principles of Self Defense and
Personal Safety
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of learned skills and strategies
for identifying physical threats; increased
situational awareness; understanding of
when physical force may be required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 106a Physical Conditioning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Improvement
in cardiorespiratory endurance, body
composition, muscle endurance and
flexibility; running, circuit training, resistance
exercises; fitness principles and nutrition to
develop individualized program. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 106b Physical Conditioning
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
training methods focusing on continuing
gains in fitness level. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 108 High Stress Physical
Conditioning
Units: 1 Rigorous physical conditioning
with emphasis on distance running and
development of cardiovascular and upper
body strength. A challenging regimen
to enhance stamina and endurance.
Prerequisite: PHED 106b or permission
of instructor. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 110a Swimming
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Instruction
and practice in basic strokes for beginners
and intermediate swimmers; elementary
springboard diving; water safety techniques;
endurance training as a fitness program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 110b Swimming
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
instruction and practice of strokes;
advanced endurance training. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 114 Lifesaving
Units: 1 American Red Cross Senior
Lifesaving. Prerequisite: PHED 110a,
PHED 110b or ability to pass Skills Test II.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHED 115 Surfing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of surfing skills;
water safety and wave etiquette; wave
recognition and forecast interpretation;
surf culture; board selection; surf
related strengthening and conditioning.
Recommended Preparation: Students will
need to pass a swim test BEFORE being
allowed to participate in the course. Swim
test includes the following: continuous 150
yard swim in under 3 minutes; treading
water for 10 minutes; surface dive with brick
retrieval; and a 25 yard under water swim.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 117 Sustainability and Self-Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Alternative
ways to integrate sustainability practices
into a daily routine; develop individual self-
care modalities and connect to our planet;
navigate climate anxiety. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 118 Sleep for Peak Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to sleep as it relates to physical
and mental performance; breathing and
meditation modalities to support healthy
sleep; study of sleep systems, disorders,
strategies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 119 Introduction to Mindfulness
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the principles of mindfulness;
application of learned techniques to
enhance mind body awareness; cultivate
strategies to improve physical and mental
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health. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHED 120a Yoga
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to meditation, breathing techniques and
postures as a means towards relaxation;
increase muscle flexibility; understanding
of basic anatomy and nutritional guidelines.
Duplicates Credit in former PHED 120.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 120b Yoga
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp A continuing
study of intermediate and advanced
yoga postures, breathing techniques and
meditation as a means toward relaxation
and stress-reduction. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 120c Yoga
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm In-depth
study of hatha yoga and its history; includes
advanced asanas and meditation as a
means toward overall health and wellness.
Prerequisite: PHED 120b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 121 Yoga for Athletic Performance
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Skills and
strategies for injury prevention and recovery
from athletic training; application of yoga
principles to improve posture, strength,
flexibility, core stability and concentration.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 122 Kundalini Yoga and
Meditation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Ancient yoga
practice combining postures, meditation,
breathing, mantras and focus techniques;
designed to improve mind body awareness,
balance, strength, flexibility, techniques and
nervous system function. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 123 Yoga Therapy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Holistic
discipline combining traditional yoga
techniques with a modern medicine
approach to treating a variety of health
conditions; includes physical, mental and
breathing practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 124 Walking for Fitness
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop a
strong fitness foundation through walking;
fitness assessment and individualized
programs; gait biomechanics and power
walking; injury prevention; strategies for
special populations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 125 Restorative Yoga
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to yoga principles for
relaxation and rejuvenation of the body
and mind; application of specific yoga
poses, breathing methods and restorative
techniques. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 126 AcroYoga
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Teamwork
building fitness course combining
mindfulness and yoga with the dynamic
movement of acrobatics; strength, balance
and mind body awareness; stretching,
spotting and counter balancing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 127 Principles of Traditional Yoga
Through Community Outreach
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction and reinforcement of yoga
postures, breathing techniques and
meditation; sharing yoga principles and
benefits with grade schools; teaching and
community service opportunity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 129a Cardio Group Fitness
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Group
fitness instruction incorporating a variety
of training methods such as cycling, HITT
(high intensity interval training), step,
circuits; nutritional guidelines. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 129b Cardio Group Fitness
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Group
exercise teaching techniques and
application of fitness principles through
weekly workouts; group fitness certification
exam preparation. Prerequisite: PHED
129a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHED 131 Step Aerobics
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of physical fitness components through step
aerobics; total body workout utilizing step
movements and body sculpting exercises.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 132 Distance Running
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to distance running while training for a 5k,
10k or half marathon; gait biomechanics
and running efficiency; injury prevention;
nutrition guidelines. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 133 Rock Climbing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Acquisition of
basic rock climbing skills, muscle strength,
endurance and balance, climbing safety,
ethics and environmental considerations;
understanding equipment, problem solving.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 134 Hiking
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to hiking; specific conditioning
to develop muscle strength and endurance;
equipment; various terrain, weather
conditions, safety; environmental impact
and trail etiquette. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 135 Backpacking
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Acquisition of backpacking knowledge
and skills; conditioning plan; nutrition
and equipment selection; ethics and
environmental considerations; navigation,
safety and wilderness first aid; trip planning.
Recommended Preparation: Students
must be able to carry a weighted backpack
through varied terrain for extended periods
of time. Students must pass a fitness
test given on the first day to be eligible
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 138 Beach Volleyball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of skills and tactics
specific to sand volleyball and related
physical conditioning; rules and strategies;
history and culture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 139a Volleyball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to beginning and intermediate volleyball
skills, rules, game tactics, and strategies.
Emphasis on the development of: passing,
setting, hitting, serving, blocking, and
digging. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHED 139b Volleyball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
techniques; focus on offenses and defenses
used in game situations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 140a Tennis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
instruction of basic strokes for beginners
and intermediate players; rules, scoring,
court etiquette, strategies; singles
and doubles; practice and match play.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 140b Tennis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp
Reinforcement of basic strokes and
instruction of advanced strokes; advanced
strategies; singles and doubles; practice
and match play. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 140c Tennis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of strokes and strategies for advanced
tournament players; drills and matches.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 143a Racquetball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Instruction of
basic stroke technique for beginners and
intermediate players; rules, scoring, game
tactics; practice of strokes and competition.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 143b Racquetball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of advanced skills and strategies; singles
and doubles practice and competition.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 145 Team Handball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Instruction
and practice of serving, ceiling shots,
lobs, three wall shots and passing; rules,
offensive and defensive strategies; sport
specific conditioning; fundamental drills and
games. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHED 148a Archery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of archery
technique for beginners and intermediates;
historical origins; form; the shot cycle;
mindfulness; scoring; equipment; sport
specific training. Duplicates Credit in former
PHED 148a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 148b Archery
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Continuing
study of archery fundamentals focusing
on the bio mechanics and mindfulness of
the shot process; training methods and
competition; setup and tuning. Prerequisite:
PHED 148a Duplicates Credit in former
PHED 148 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 150a Table Tennis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of basic strokes for
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beginning and intermediate players; rules,
scoring strategies; singles and doubles;
practices and match play. Duplicates Credit
in former PHED 150 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 150b Table Tennis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Reinforcement of basic strokes for
experienced players; development of
advanced strokes including serves, use of
spin, counter hits, footwork; drills and match
play. Prerequisite: PHED 150a Duplicates
Credit in former PHED 150 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 151a Badminton
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of basic strokes
for beginners and intermediate players;
rules, scoring, strategies; footwork and
court positioning; practical drills and games.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 151b Badminton
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of basic strokes
for beginners and intermediate players;
rules, scoring, strategies; footwork and
court positioning; practical drills and games.
Prerequisite: PHED 151a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 152 Beach Soccer
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of skills and team
tactics specific to beach soccer; sport
specific conditioning, drills and games;
rules and strategies; history and culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 153 Futsal
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental instruction of skills and
tactics specific to Futsal; rules; strategies;
elements of play that differ from soccer;
conditioning, drills, and games. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 154a Soccer
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of basic skills for beginners, intermediate
and advanced players; rules, positioning
elements of play, small group and team
tactics; full field scrimmages. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 154b Soccer
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
development of skills, positioning, tactics
and conditioning. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 155a Golf
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
skills development and knowledge in
stance, grip and swing mechanics; course
strategy; use of woods, irons and putting;
history rules and etiquette. Duplicates
Credit in PHED 155 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 155b Golf
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development and reinforcement of swing
mechanics, shot selection, etiquette and
rules; application of course strategies on
golf course and driving range. Prerequisite:
PHED 155a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 156a Basketball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic skill
development in dribbling, passing, shooting,
rebounding and defense; rules, history,
and etiquette; drills and full court games.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 156b Basketball
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of advanced skills; team strategy; offenses
and zone defenses; drills and full court
games. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHED 160 Stress Management for
Healthy Living
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Instruction on
the effects of stress as it relates to work,
sport and academics; coping strategies are
discussed and applied through physical
conditioning interventions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHED 161 First Aid
Units: 1 First Aid safety education and
infant, child, and adult CPR; demonstrated
proficiency and successful completion of
exam prepares students for Red Cross
certification. Duplicates Credit in former
PHED 171. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHED 162 Principles of Athletic
Coaching
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to coaching strategies;
team management; philosophy; ethics;
leadership. Methodologies in sport specific
training; skill progression; conditioning;
athlete motivation; budgeting; fundraising.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 163 Health Coaching
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Skills and
strategies of coaching principles promoting
healthy lifestyle change. Motivational
communication techniques; goal setting;
designing safe, effective exercise program;
health coach certification exam preparation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHED 165 Varsity Athletics
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Participation in the
university's inter-collegiate programs as
sanctioned and governed by the PAC-10
Conference and/or the NCAA. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PHED 299 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: Sp Selected topics in
Physical Education, including mindfulness
and stress management, offered in a variety
of settings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Philosophy
PHIL 100g Central Problems of
Philosophy
Units: 4 Explores questions about human
beings and their place in nature, including
questions about knowledge, mind and
body, freedom and determinism, and the
existence of God. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 101 Free People, Free Thought and
Free Markets
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
philosophical foundations of modern
political and economic thought, including
economic rationality, neoclassical
economics, free-market vs. socialist
economies and behavioral economics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ECON 101
PHIL 102gp Historical Introduction to
Philosophy
Units: 4 Introduction to the central
philosophical works that have shaped
western thought. Includes ancient, early
modern and contemporary writings.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category H:
Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 103g Philosophy, Politics and
Economics in Europe, from Renaissance
to Enlightenment
Units: 4 Introduction to the central ideas of
philosophy, science, politics and economics
in western European history between 1450
and 1800. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 104g Ancient Foundations of
Western Thought
Units: 4 Explores writings of ancient
philosophers who first raised, and continue
to influence our thinking about, fundamental
questions concerning nature, knowledge,
justice, happiness and death. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 110g Modern Foundations of
Western Thought
Units: 4 Explores the writings of
philosophers, from Descartes to Kant,
who responded to, and helped to shape,
the scientific and political upheavals of
the modern period. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education
in Category I: Western Cultures and
Traditions Duplicates Credit in former PHIL
101 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 122a Reasoning and Argument
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
for constructing good arguments and for
assessing and criticizing the arguments of
others. Duplicates Credit in former PHIL
250ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 122b Reasoning and Argument
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Techniques
for constructing good arguments and for
assessing and criticizing the arguments of
others. Duplicates Credit in former PHIL
250ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 130g The Physical World and Our
Place In It
Units: 4 Exploration of basic questions
about the nature of reality. Topics may
include personal identity, freedom and
determinism, causation and laws of nature.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
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PHIL 138g Introduction to the
Philosophy of Religion
Units: 4 Explores arguments for and
against the existence of God, as well as
questions about the nature and rationality
of faith. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 141gp The Professions and the
Public Interest in American Life
Units: 4 The study of the nature and role of
professionals in life and society, forces that
shape and direct them, foundations and
applications of professional ethics. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category VI: Social
Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 166gw Current Moral and Social
Issues
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical study
of controversial social issues such as
abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, war
and terrorism, sexual morality, affirmative
action and economic justice. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship
in a Diverse World Satisfies Old General
Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
Duplicates Credit in former PHIL 140g
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 168g The Meaning of Life
Units: 4 Explores philosophical treatments
of the problem of the meaning or purpose
of human life. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Duplicates Credit in former PHIL
155 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 172gmw Social Ethics for
Earthlings and Others
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A systematic
study of contemporary issues in social and
political philosophy engaging multimedia
works of science fiction to illuminate classic
Western moral and political theories.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies Old
General Education in Category VI: Social
Issues Duplicates Credit in former PHIL
137 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 174gw Freedom, Equality, and
Social Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the nature of justice, and how apparently
conflicting ideals, such as freedom and
equality, are to be balanced within a just
society. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 178gw Moral Dilemmas in the Legal
Domain
Units: 4 Philosophical theories of law and
applications to controversies of importance
to society and our legal system, such as
free speech, civil disobedience, and self
defense. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies Old
General Education in Category VI: Social
Issues Duplicates Credit in former PHIL
135g. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the aims and basic
techniques of formal logic, including
propositional and quantificational logic.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Duplicates Credit in former PHIL 120
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 222g Logic and Language
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Introduces
symbolic logic and explores its application
to the philosophy of language, plus meta-
logical and philosophical results about its
scope and limits. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 236g Issues in Space and Time
Units: 4 What is time? What is the
difference between past, present and
future? Is time-travel possible? And what
paradoxes might it give rise to? Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
PHIL 286Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 240g Mind, Self, and
Consciousness
Units: 4 Explores philosophical questions
about the human mind and consciousness,
and how they relate to the brain and to the
physical world more generally. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Duplicates Credit in
PHIL 262g Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 242 Theories of Art
Units: 4 An introduction to general theories
of art and to issues concerning particular
arts such as literature and drama,
photography and film, painting, architecture
and music. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 246Lg Foundations of Cognitive
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to research in interdisciplinary cognitive
science, highlighting ideas and methods
from philosophy, psychology, linguistics,
neuroscience, and computer science.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category D: Life Sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 252g The Ways of Paradox
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focusing
on selected paradoxes in science and
philosophy calling into question common
views of infinity, space and time, causation
and rational belief and action. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 254gp Science, Knowledge and
Objectivity
Units: 4 Max Units: max 4 How does
science differ from pseudo-science?
When is it rational to accept a scientific
theory? And do such theories provide
genuine knowledge of reality? Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 255gp Existentialism in Philosophy,
Literature and Film
Units: 4 A study of existentialist philosophy
and its influence in 19th and 20th century
culture, including both literature and film.
Focus on works by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche,
Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, Dostoevsky,
Godard, and others. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 256g Science, Religion, and the
Making of the Modern Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration of
the philosophical and religious implications
of major scientific revolutions, such as
those of Copernicus, Galileo, and Darwin.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Duplicates Credit in former
PHIL 220g. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 258g Probability and Rational
Choice
Units: 4 Explores formal tools for thinking
about uncertainty. In an uncertain world,
how is it rational to form our beliefs,
make decisions, and interact with others?
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 260gw Ethical Theory and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
various conceptions of morality and what
makes actions right or wrong, together with
the implications of these views for concrete
ethical issues. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education in
Category V: Arts and Letters Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 262g Mind and Self: Modern
Conceptions
Units: 4 Philosophical problems about the
nature of mind associated with the rise of
modern science; topics include the mind/
body relation, personal identity, rationality
and freedom. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 265g Ethics, Technology and Value
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
and explores philosophical and
ethical questions and theories related
to technology, including biomedical
technologies, internet applications and
artificial intelligence. Satisfies New
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General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ENGR 265
PHIL 270g Conceptual Foundations of
Conflict
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explore
the nature of interpersonal conflict: war,
polarization, abuse, silencing, public
reason, democracy, cancel culture
and resistance. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 284gp Ideas on Trial
Units: 4 The trials of Socrates, Joan of Arc,
the Salem witches, Galileo, Scopes and
the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials; their
social and cultural consequences. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 288gp Love and its Representation
in Western Literature, Film, and
Philosophy
Units: 4 Key works that have shaped
the European and American cultural
inheritance, with a special focus on the
nature of love. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Satisfies Old General
Education in Category I: Western Cultures
and Traditions Duplicates Credit in the
former PHIL 225 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 311 The Quest for the Individual in
Early Modern Europe
Units: 4 The legal, religious, economic
and philosophical bases of the rise of
individualism from its roots in ancient times
through its development in Europe from the
15th through the 18th centuries. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as HIST 319
PHIL 314 Origins of Free Market Thought
in Early Modern Europe
Units: 4 The varied history of ideas of
a free market from Cicero, through the
Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the
Enlightenment, Adam Smith, Colbert and
beyond. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST 315
PHIL 315 History of Western Philosophy:
Ancient Period
Units: 4 Major figures in the history of
Western philosophical thought from the
pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic period;
emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 317 History of Western Philosophy:
Medieval Period
Units: 4 Central themes in Jewish, Christian
and Islamic philosophy from late antiquity
through the scholastic period. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 320 History of Western Philosophy:
Modern Period
Units: 4 The development of philosophy
from the 16th to the 19th centuries;
emphasis on Continental Rationalism,
British Empiricism, and the philosophy of
Kant. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 336 Philosophy of Mind and
Language
Units: 4 Explores how language shapes
thought, how social norms impact meaning
and communication, the nature of speech
acts, with applications to hate speech and
pornography. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 337 Political Philosophy
Units: 4 Analysis of some of the main
political philosophies of the modern era;
emphasis on the ethical and metaphysical
foundations of political philosophy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 339 Philosophy of Economics
Units: 4 Central topics in the philosophy of
economics, including models of economic
rationality, the aggregation of preferences
and the conditions in which markets yield
undesirable outcomes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as ECON 339
PHIL 340 Ethics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
of major philosophical theories of moral
right and wrong, such as utilitarianism,
Kantianism, egoism, virtue ethics, and
theological ethics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 347 Philosophy in Literature
Units: 4 Philosophical content in
representative European and American
literature; philosophical problems about
literature such as the nature of truth and
meaning in fiction. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 350 Intermediate Logic
Units: 4 Basic techniques of propositional
and quantificational logic, and elements of
probability. Especially useful to philosophy,
mathematics, science and engineering
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 355 Existentialism
Units: 4 A critical survey of major 19th and
20th century existentialist writers, including
Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kafka,
Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics
Units: 4 Examination of problems in
metaphysics and/or epistemology.
Conducted at the intermediate level.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion
Units: 4 The existence of God; mysticism,
miracles and the possibility of disembodied
existence; the problem of evil; religion and
morality; the meaning of religious language.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 362 Possible Worlds
Units: 4 Introduction to possible worlds as
a tool for asking and answering questions
about what might be, what must be, and
what can never be. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 363 Philosophy of Perception
Units: 4 Philosophical investigation of
sense perception as it relates to issues in
epistemology, metaphysics, the philosophy
of mind, and the philosophy of science.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 385 Science and Rationality
Units: 4 Examination of the rationality of
the scientific enterprise, and of the relation
between science and human values.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 410 Early Greek Thought
Units: 4 A study of the Greek thinkers from
Homer to the age of Socrates; emphasis on
the pre-Socratic philosophers. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 411 Plato
Units: 4 Detailed study of the evolution of
Plato's thought as revealed in selected
dialogues. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 415 Aristotle
Units: 4 Intensive study of selected topics
taken from Aristotle's writings in natural
philosophy, in metaphysics, and in other
areas of philosophy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 416 The Ancient Stoics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study of
Stoicism, the ancient Greek and Roman
Stoics' theories about the cosmos,
psychology, knowledge, ethics, fate and
philosophy as "medicine for the soul."
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 421 Continental Rationalism
Units: 4 Development of philosophy on
the continent from the 17th to the 19th
centuries; emphasis on the philosophical
works of Descartes, Leibniz, and Spinoza.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 422 British Empiricism
Units: 4 Development of philosophy in
Great Britain from the 17th to the 19th
centuries; emphasis on Locke, Berkeley,
and Hume. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 423 The Critical Philosophy of Kant
Units: 4 Intensive study of the philosophical
works of Kant. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 424 19th Century Philosophy
Units: 4 Leading figures and movements
in 19th century philosophy; works of such
philosophers as Hegel, Schopenhauer, Mill,
Nietzsche, and Bradley. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 427 Twentieth Century Anglo-
American Philosophy
Units: 4 The rise of analytic philosophy;
major ethical, metaphysical,
epistemological, views; Frege, Moore,
Russell, early and late Wittgenstein and
Quine. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy
Since 1950
Units: 4 The maturing of the analytic
tradition from the later Wittgenstein through
Ryle, Strawson, Hare, Austin, Grice, Quine,
Davidson, Kripke, and beyond. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law
Units: 4 Philosophical theories about
the nature of law, relations between law
and morality, and analysis of normative
concepts central to law, such as
responsibility, punishment, negligence.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A systematic
presentation of the main philosophical
perspectives on the interactions between
law and the social-political aspects of our
lives. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 437 Social and Political Philosophy
Units: 4 The nature of man and society,
the nature and justification of state and
government, political rights and political
obligation, justice and equality. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory
Units: 4 Ethical theories in the 20th
century; contemporary theories of value
and obligation; metaethical theories;
intuitionism, naturalism, and non-
cognitivism; concepts of justice, human
rights, and freedom. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900
Units: 4 An historical and critical study of
the great moral philosophers, including
Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, and the
British moralists. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 443 Value Theory
Units: 4 The evaluation of individual and
social ends; consideration of such topics
as values and rational choice, the good of
a person, hedonism, welfare, ideals, and
utopias.
PHIL 445 Philosophy of the Arts
Units: 4 Principal theories of the nature of,
and response to, art; examination of form
and content in various arts; consideration
of the role of criticism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 446 Aesthetics and the Film
Units: 4 Problems in the philosophy of
art raised by film, such as the notion of
"cinematic"; the nature of interpretation of
films; criteria for evaluating films. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 450 The Limits of Logic
Units: 4 Systematic study of the formal
limits on what can be counted, expressed
in language, systematically computed
or rigorously proved, including Goedel's
Incompleteness Theorems. Prerequisite:
PHIL 350 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 452 Modal Logic
Units: 4 Elements of propositional and
quantified modal logic and the logic of
counterfactual conditionals with an eye to
some of their applications in contemporary
philosophy. Prerequisite: PHIL 222 or PHIL
350 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 455 Phenomenology and
Existentialism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Close
study of major writings of Husserl,
Heidegger, and Sartre. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 460 Metaphysics
Units: 4 Systematic introduction to basic
concepts, including identity, difference,
existence, individuals, substance, quality,
and relation; emphasis on idealism,
materialism, and the ontology of
intentionality. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind
Units: 4 Examination of contemporary
theories of mind and its place in the natural
world. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 463 Theories of Action
Units: 4 Systematic investigation of action,
the mental states involved in action, the
reasoning processes that lead to action,
and related concepts including intentionality
and free will. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language
Units: 4 The nature of communication,
meaning, reference, truth, necessity,
speech acts, convention, and language.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as LING-465
PHIL 467 Language, Linguistics and
Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Topics
of current interest at the crossroads of
philosophy of language, philosophy of mind
and linguistics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as LING
467
PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge
Units: 4 Examination of contemporary
accounts of the nature, scope, sources —
and value — of human knowledge and
justified belief. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 472 Moral Philosophy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
study of some important work from the last
few decades concerning the nature and
status of moral reasons, moral obligations,
and moral discourse. Prerequisite: PHIL
350 Recommended Preparation: at least
one 400-level PHIL class. Registration
Restriction: Open to Philosophy seniors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 473 Wittgenstein
Units: 4 A detailed study of the philosophical
works of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 475 Topics in Philosophy, Politics
and Economics
Units: 4 The analysis of public policy
debates combining the different tools
and perspectives of philosophy, political
science and economic theory. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Philosophy,
Politics and Economics majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 480 Philosophy of Mathematics
Units: 4 The nature of mathematical truth
and the nature of mathematical entities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 484 Philosophy of Physics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 A comprehensive
introduction to two of the central areas
of modern philosophy of physics: the
philosophy of spacetime, and the
philosophy of quantum mechanics.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 304,
PHYS 408a, or PHYS 438a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 485 Development of Physical
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Historical
development of physics, including relativity
and quantum theories plus concepts like
space, time, matter. Discussion may include
interaction of social values with physical
sciences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 486 Methodologies of the Sciences
Units: 4 Comparison of the methodologies
of the natural, social, and/or behavioral
sciences; consideration of such topics as
the concept of scientific law, prediction,
explanation, confirmation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 494 Senior Thesis
Units: 4 Independent studies for philosophy
majors, and guidance in the preparation
of the senior thesis for students who wish
to graduate with honors in philosophy.
Recommended Preparation: Two 400-level
courses in Philosophy Registration
Restriction: Open only to senior majors
in the Philosophy department Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 495 Honors Capstone
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
study synthesizing important recent
developments in one or more central areas
of philosophy pursued at a beginning
graduate level. Recommended Preparation:
Two 400-level courses in Philosophy
Registration Restriction: Open only to
senior majors in the Philosophy Department
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in various specialty areas within philosophy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 500 Introduction to Contemporary
Philosophical Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
selected philosophical problems and
theses of current interest; explication of
major contemporary papers and/or books
is emphasized. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 501 Seminar in Recent Philosophy
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Contemporary philosophical issues
and literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 503 Introduction to Contemporary
Philosophical Literature on Value
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
selected philosophical problems and
theses of current interest; explication of
major contemporary papers and/or books
is emphasized. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 505 Pro-Seminar in Central Topics
in Contemporary Philosophy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Key
developments in central areas of philosophy
are used to provide training in philosophical
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analysis, criticism, and the writing of precise
philosophical prose. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 510 Philosophical Logic
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Applications of
logical theory to contemporary philosophical
research. Elements of model theory,
recursion theory; Goedel's Incompleteness
results; modal logic and its interpretations.
Recommended Preparation: PHIL 350.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 515 Studies in Ancient and
Medieval Philosophy
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Problems in
research in selected portions of ancient
and medieval philosophy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 520 Studies in Modern Philosophy
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Problems in
research in selected portions of modern
philosophy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 525 Seminar in Phenomenology
Units: 4 The origin, principles, and
development of the phenomenological
movement from Brentano to Merleau-Ponty.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHIL 530 Seminar in Philosophy of Law
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Theories of the
nature of law; emphasis on recent writing;
legal concepts such as rights, powers,
liability, legal responsibility, law, and
morality. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 537 Seminar in Social and Political
Philosophy
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Advanced literature
on selected topics in social and political
philosophy, including the nature of law,
man, and society; ideals such as justice
and freedom. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 540 Seminar in Ethics
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Advanced topics
and literature in ethical theory. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 545 Seminar in Aesthetics
Units: 4 Advanced topics in the philosophy
of the arts. Contemporary views on such
problems as the nature of art and the role of
criticism. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 550 Advanced Topics in Formal
Logic
Units: 4 Consistency and completeness of
the predicate calculus; truth and validity;
rudiments of model logic. Prerequisite: PHIL
450. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHIL 551 Seminar in the Philosophy of
Logic
Units: 4 Advanced topics in logic and/
or philosophy of logic. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 560 Seminar in Metaphysics
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered: Fa
Advanced topics in metaphysics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 562 Philosophy of Mind
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Contemporary
approaches to a variety of questions
about the nature of mental states and our
knowledge of them. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 565 Philosophy of Language
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Philosophical issues in the empirical
study of language concerning the
relationship between linguistic meaning and
the use of sentences to assert and convey
information. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 570 Seminar in Epistemology
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Advanced topics
in epistemology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 584 Seminar in the Philosophy of
Physics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Selected topics
in various specialty areas within the
philosophy of physics. Recommended
Preparation: PHYS 304, PHYS 408a, or
PHYS 438a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 585 Seminar in Philosophy of
Science
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Advanced topics in
the philosophy of science. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 589 Writing for Publication in
Philosophy
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered: Sp
Intensive writing seminar in which students
read cutting-edge philosophy and take
supervised steps towards crafting critical
essays for publication. Prerequisite: PHIL
500, PHIL 505. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHIL 593x Teaching Philosophy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Basic principles
of philosophical pedagogy, with emphasis
on practical applications and the importance
of career-long skill development. Required
for first-semester teaching assistants in
philosophy. Credit Restriction: Not available
for major credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHIL 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHIL 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHIL 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHIL 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Major trends
of current thought; specific topics to be
announced. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHIL 636 Seminar in Semantics
Units: 3 Max Units: max 12 (Enroll in LING
636)
PHIL 700x Dissertation Seminar
Units: 2 Max Units: 12.0 A focused
environment in which to present and
evaluate dissertation work-in-progress.
Focus on peer and faculty feedback,
developing professional presentation skills,
improving critical communication skills.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Philosophy doctoral students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PHIL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHIL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHIL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHIL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHIL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHIL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Pharmacy
PHRD 501 Pharmaceutics I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to physicochemical principles of dosage
forms; properties of molecules in dosage
forms, stability of pharmaceuticals,
absorption, and metabolism. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 502 Pharmaceutics II
Units: 2 Principles involved in molecules
movement across biological barriers.
Properties, characteristics, application
of homogeneous and heterogeneous
dosage forms, liquid, semi-solid and solid.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 503 Biological Systems I
Units: 4 Integration and application to
pharmacy of anatomy, histology, physiology
and pathophysiology using an organ-
based approach. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 504 Biological Systems II
Units: 4 Integration and application to
pharmacy of anatomy, histology, physiology
and pathophysiology using an organ-
based approach. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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PHRD 507 Health Care Delivery Systems
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to understanding the structure of the
health care system. Includes health care
financing and the role of pharmacy and the
pharmacist in health systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 508 Pharmacy Literature Analysis
and Drug Information
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Literature
evaluation and biostatistics of clinical
and health services research, and drug
information services. Emphasis on drug
therapy, patient outcomes, and formulary
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 511 Pharmacy Practice and
Professionalism 1
Units: 5 A seminar series covering
leadership, professionalism and
professional development for pharmacy
practice. Includes practical experience
placements (IPPE). Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Duplicates Credit in former PHRD 519
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 512 Pharmacy Practice and
Professionalism 2
Units: 2 The second of a two-course series
exploring the profession and practice of
pharmacy. Includes didactic instruction
and Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experiences (IPPEs) in the community and
hospital settings. Corequisite: PHRD 514
and PHRD 516 and PHRD 520 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 514 Calculations and
Compounding
Units: 2 Knowledge and experience in
pharmacy calculations, compounding,
and sterile IV compounding. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 515 Metabolism and Cell Biology
Units: 2 Basic principles of drug action and
receptor actions. Includes their application
to the understanding and treatment of
disease. Provides the scientific basis
of pharmaceutical action. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Duplicates Credit
in former PHRD 555 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 516 Non-Prescription Therapies
Units: 3 Introduction to self-care health.
Includes OTC products, dosages,
pharmacology, efficacy, cost, side effects,
adverse reactions, contraindications, and
drug interactions. Duplicates Credit in
the former PHRD 506. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 517 Pharmacogenetics
Units: 2 Principles of gene expression
and the influence of genetics on the
effectiveness of drug therapy. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students. Duplicates Credit in
the former PHRD 505. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 520 Introduction to Therapeutics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Provide students
with the foundational skills necessary to
care for patients, both from a population
health perspective as well as individualized
patient care, using the Pharmacists' Patient
Care Process (PPCP). Prerequisite:
PHRD 511 Recommended Preparation:
Students will be expected to use and apply
knowledge previously learned in other
P1 courses (fall and spring) during the
pre-case conference cases Corequisite:
PHRD 512 and PHRD 514 and PHRD 516
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 521 Medicinal Chemistry
Units: 2 Principles of medicinal chemistry
for common drugs. Mechanism of
action, interactions with protein targets,
structure-activity relationships, effects of
chirality, and physicochemical properties.
Credit Restriction: Open only to Doctor
of Pharmacy students Duplicates Credit
in former PHRD 557 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 550 Pharmacoepidemiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
pharmacoepidemiology and discusses
key concepts and principles in the study
of the utilization, safety and effectiveness
of medications in large populations.
Recommended Preparation: PM 512 or
Biostatistics course Registration Restriction:
Open to Pharm.D. students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 551 Immunology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Basic
principles of immunology and their
application to the understanding and
treatment of immunologically-mediated
diseases. Provides the scientific basis of
immunotherapy and immunodiagnosis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 552 Pharmaceutics III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles and
applications of controlled, targeted, and
self-regulating drug delivery. Methods to
deliver therapeutic peptides, proteins and
genetic materials. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 553 Management within Health
Care Organizations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Management
of the professional practice of pharmacy in
organized health care systems. Introduction
to formulary development and outcome
analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHRD 555 Pharmacy Education 1
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Understanding
and application of learning theory and
teaching methodology, small group
teaching, active learning, student
motivation, basic assessment methods, and
general online teaching tools. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 556 Pharmacy Education 2
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of Pharmacy Education 1. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 559 Therapeutics:
Pharmacokinetics
Units: 3 Integrated teaching of basic and
clinical pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic
concepts. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 560 Therapeutics III
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Sp Integrated
teaching of biomedicinal chemistry,
pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics,
and therapeutics of drugs, with emphasis
on pharmaceuticals treating diseases
associated with the central nervous system.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 561 Pharmacy Practice and
Experience III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs) in
hospital and community settings. Includes;
didactic instruction, laboratory practicums,
IV training and practical experience hours.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
PHRD 562 Therapeutics IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Integrated
teaching of biomedicinal chemistry,
pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics,
and therapeutics of drugs with an emphasis
on treating diseases of the renal, GI and
pulmonary systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 563 Case Conference 1
Units: 2 Case conferences and seminars
focusing on contemporary pharmacy
practice. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 564 Case Conference 2
Units: 2 Case conferences and seminars
focusing on contemporary pharmacy
practice. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 565 Pharmacy Practice and
Professionalism 3
Units: 2 A seminar series covering
leadership, professionalism and
professional development for pharmacy
practice. Includes practical experience
placements (IPPE). Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 566 Pharmacy Practice and
Professionalism 4
Units: 2 A seminar series covering
leadership, professionalism and
professional development for pharmacy
practice. Includes practical experience
placements (IPPE). Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 567 Pharmacy Law
Units: 2 Provide an introduction to the legal
and ethical issues in pharmacy practice.
Includes state and federal statutes,
regulations, and pharmacy-related cases.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students. Duplicates
Credit in PHRD 616. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 568 Principles and Leadership in
Community Health 1
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to public health and the development of
community health programs. Topics include
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health education, health communication,
and behavioral determinants of health and
disease. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Pharmacy majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 569 Principles and Leadership in
Community Health 2
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Builds upon
students' knowledge of the field of public
health and community health programs
to evaluate the efficacy of community-
based interventions. Prerequisite: PHRD
568 Registration Restriction: Open only to
Pharmacy majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 570 Therapeutics: Central
Nervous System
Units: 5 Integration of biomedicinal
chemistry, pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics with
emphasis on the central nervous system.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students. Duplicates
Credit in PHRD 560. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 572 Therapeutics: General
Medicine
Units: 5 Integrated course that combines
the pathophysiology, pharmacology, and
clinical use of drugs in the management
of common renal, liver, pulmonary,
gastrointestinal, joint and integumentary
system related disorders. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Duplicates Credit
in PHRD 562 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 589 Interprofessional Education
and Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in OT
589)
PHRD 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5.5, 6,
6.5, 7, 7.5, 8 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSp Comprehensive exploration of special
and emerging topics in the practice of
pharmacy. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in the School
of Pharmacy Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 601 Therapeutics V
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Fa Integrated
teaching of biomedicinal chemistry,
pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics,
and therapeutics of drugs, with emphasis
on pharmaceuticals affecting cardiovascular
and circulatory diseases. CPR certification.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 603 Therapeutics: Endocrine
System
Units: 5 Integration of biomedicinal
chemistry, pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics
with emphasis on the endocrine and
reproductive system. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 605 Therapeutics VII
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Integrated
teaching of the biomedicinal chemistry,
pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics,
and therapeutics of drugs; with emphasis
on chemotherapy of infectious disease:
bacterial, microbial, viral, parasitic, and
fungal. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHRD 606 Therapeutics VIII
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced topics
and clinical therapeutics of drugs, with
emphasis on the treatment of infectious
disease: bacterial, microbial, viral, parasitic
and fungal. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 607 Nutrition
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Biomedical
knowledge is correlated with assessments
of clinical case management problems to
understand the interrelationship between
nutrition and health in both hospitalized and
healthy patients. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 608 Therapeutics: Oncology and
Immune Disorders
Units: 5 Terms Offered: Sp Integrated
teaching of key cells and components that
comprise the innate and adaptive immune
systems with emphasis on pharmaceuticals
for managing oncological diseases.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 611 Therapeutics: Infectious
Diseases
Units: 5 Integration of biomedicinal
chemistry, pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics,
with emphasis on the therapy of
infectious diseases caused by bacterial,
viral, parasitic, and fungal organisms.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students. Duplicates
Credit in PHRD 605 and PHRD 606.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 612 Therapeutics XI
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Updates
students on recent advances in clinical
areas, prepares students for advanced
practice experiences and assessment of
clinical readiness via a final examination.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 614 Pharmaceutical Economics
and Outcome Studies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Economic
analysis of the U.S. health care system,
the pharmaceutical industry, and the
profession; economic assessment of drug
therapy costs and health care outcomes
applying pharmacoeconomic research
methodologies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 616 Pharmacy, Law and Ethics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp To provide
students with an understanding of ethical
issues that arise in pharmacy practice along
with state and federal statutes, regulations,
and pharmacy-related cases. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 619 Therapeutics: Cardiovascular
System
Units: 5 Integration of biomedicinal
chemistry, pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics with
emphasis on pharmaceuticals affecting
cardiovascular and circulatory diseases.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students. Duplicates
Credit in PHRD 601 . Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 620 Pharmacy Practice and
Professionalism 5
Units: 2 A seminar series covering
leadership, professionalism and
professional development for pharmacy
practice. Includes practical experience
placements (IPPE). Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 621 Pharmacy Practice and
Professionalism 6
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp A seminar series
covering leadership, professionalism and
professional development for pharmacy
practice. Includes practical experience
placements (IPPE). Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 622 Case Conference 3
Units: 2 Case conferences and seminars
focusing on contemporary pharmacy
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHRD 623 Case Conference 4
Units: 1 Case conferences and seminars
focusing on contemporary pharmacy
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHRD 624 Community Pharmacy
Practice
Units: 2 Exploration of the various roles
pharmacist play in the community-based
pharmacy practice setting. Includes
emphasis on fundamentals and ongoing
changes in community practice, advance
pharmacy practices, and patient care
services, including (but not limited to)
international travel health. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 625 Hospital Pharmacy Practice
Units: 1 Exploration of the pharmacy
profession and the practice of hospital/
institutional pharmacy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 626 Elective Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2 Exploration of the pharmacy
profession and the practice of pharmacy.
Includes an elective Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience (IPPE) in Community,
Hospital, or other pharmacy practice
settings. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 627 Elective Pharmacy Practice
Experience
Units: 2 Exploration of the pharmacy
profession and the practice of pharmacy.
Includes an elective Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience (IPPE) in Community,
Hospital, or other pharmacy practice
settings. Duplicates Credit in PHRD 626
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 627a Longitudinal Elective
Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2 For Year 2 pharmacy (P2) and
Year 3 pharmacy (P3) students who
are assigned to an Elective Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE).
The P2 and P3 Elective IPPE provides
the student with 80 hours of experiential
learning to develop skills related to various
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aspects of the pharmacy profession in
a variety of settings. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 627b Longitudinal Elective
Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0 For Year 2 pharmacy (P2) and
Year 3 pharmacy (P3) students who
are assigned to an Elective Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)
after registering for PHRD 627a. The P2
and P3 Elective IPPE provides the student
with 80 hours of experiential learning to
develop skills related to various aspects
of the pharmacy profession in a variety
of settings. Prerequisite: PHRD 627a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 628 Interprofessional
Collaboration for Patient Care
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Terms Offered: FaSp
Provides future pharmacists with the
specialized knowledge, skills, and
experiences for team-based care through
interprofessional collaboration (IPC). Fulfills
requirements in the Health Systems and
Comprehensive Medication Management
and High-Risk Populations areas of
concentration. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 628a Longitudinal
Interprofessional Collaboration
Experience
Units: 0 The IPC experience provides
student pharmacists with the specialized
knowledge, skills, and experiences to
provide team-based patient care through
interprofessional collaboration (IPC).
Lends expertise in the area of appropriate
utilization of pharmaceuticals anchored in
evidence-based medicine. The longitudinal
IPC experience is designed to prepare
students for optimizing team-based patient
care through IPC. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: In
Progress to Letter
PHRD 628b Longitudinal
Interprofessional Collaboration
Experience
Units: 0 The interprofessional collaboration
(IPC) experience provides student
pharmacists with the specialized
knowledge, skills and experiences to
provide team-based patient care through
IPC. Lends expertise in the area of
appropriate utilization of pharmaceuticals
anchored in evidence-based medicine. The
longitudinal IPC experience is designed to
prepare students for optimizing team-based
patient care through IPC. Prerequisite:
PHRD 628a Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: In Progress to
Letter
PHRD 628c Longitudinal
Interprofessional Collaboration
Experience
Units: 1, 2, 3 The IPC experience provides
student pharmacists with the specialized
knowledge, skills, and experiences to
provide team-based patient care through
interprofessional collaboration (IPC).
Lends expertise in the area of appropriate
utilization of pharmaceuticals anchored in
evidence-based medicine. The longitudinal
IPC experience is designed to prepare
students for optimizing team-based patient
care through IPC. Prerequisite: PHRD 628b
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: In Progress and Letter
PHRD 629a Longitudinal Community
Pharmacy Practice
Units: 2 For Year 2 pharmacy (P2) and
Year 3 pharmacy (P3) students who are
assigned to a Community Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE).
The P2 and P3 Community IPPE provides
the student with 80 hours of experiential
learning to develop skills related to
aspects of the pharmacy profession in the
Community pharmacy setting. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 629b Longitudinal Community
Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0 For Year 2 pharmacy (P2) and
Year 3 pharmacy (P3) students who are
assigned to a Community Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) after
registering for PHRD 629a. The P2 and
P3 Community IPPE provides the student
with 80 hours of experiential learning to
develop skills related to aspects of the
pharmacy profession in the Community
pharmacy setting. Prerequisite: PHRD 629a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 631a Longitudinal Institutional
Pharmacy Practice
Units: 1, 2, 3 Taken by Year 2 pharmacy
(P2) and Year 3 pharmacy (P3) students
who are assigned to an Institutional
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
(IPPE). The P2 and P3 Institutional IPPE
provides the student with 80 hours of
experiential learning to develop skills
related to aspects of the pharmacy
profession in the institutional pharmacy
setting. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 631b Longitudinal Institutional
Pharmacy Practice
Units: 0 This course is for Year 2 pharmacy
(P2) and Year 3 pharmacy (P3) students
who are assigned to an Institutional
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
(IPPE) after registering for PHRD 631a.
The P2 and P3 Institutional IPPE provides
the student with 80 hours of experiential
learning to develop skills related to
aspects of the pharmacy profession in the
institutional pharmacy setting. Prerequisite:
PHRD 631a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHRD 633 Pharmacy Management and
Economics
Units: 2 Management principles for
pharmacy practice, understanding of health
care systems and pharmacoecomincs.
Introduction to formulary management and
outcome analysis. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 634 Scholarly Project 1
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Collection
and analysis of results in the Pharm.D.
Scholarly Project and oral presentation and
discussion of these results. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Pharmacy
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHRD 635 Scholarly Project 2
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Oral and poster
presentation of the results of the Pharm.D.
Scholarly Project. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PHRD 636 Scholarly Project 3
Units: 1 Guides students through the
completion of original research with
instruction on data analysis, abstract
preparation and poster presentation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 639 Pharmacy Review
Units: 1,2,3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
Sm Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 650 APPE Gateway
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Competency-
based course to prepare and assess
students for readiness to enter Advanced
Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE).
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 651 Community Pharmacy and
Business Management I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of specialized knowledge and skills in
community pharmacy practice involving
location analysis, pharmacy management
principles, and introduction to business
law concepts. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 652 Community Pharmacy and
Business Management II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp A continuation
of PHRD 651 highlighting the
subspecialties available in independent
pharmacy including but not limited to
specialty pharmacy, 340B pharmacy,
DME, compounding, LTC and infusion.
Prerequisite: PHRD 651 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 653 Principles of Managed Care
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Understanding
formal and informal organizations in
institutions, managed care, disease
management, health care policy and
financing, patients' chart organization, and
clinical monitoring parameters. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 654 Acute Care II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Recognizing
resources available for drug information,
familiarity with institutional formularies,
medication counseling, writing chart notes,
and clinical activities at an off-campus
health care institution. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 655 Geriatric Pharmacy I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Specialized
knowledge and skills in geriatric pharmacy,
pharmacology of aging, and unique
functions of health care team providing care
to the elderly patient. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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PHRD 656 Geriatric Pharmacy II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Specialized
knowledge and skills in gerontology
and geriatric pharmacy including the
pathophysiology of selected cardiovascular,
endocrine, genitourinary gastrointestinal
disorders, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis.
Prerequisite: PHRD 559. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 657 Basic Research Design
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Max
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSp Laboratory,
clinical, health economics or regulatory
science research experience for pharmacy
students. Projects performed working
directly with faculty advisers. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 658 Sleep and the Pharmacologic
Management of Its Disorders
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview of
normal sleep manifestations, and treatment
of common sleep disorders, and the
pharmacist's role in assessment, treatment,
and referral. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 659 Molecular Therapeutics:
Signal Transduction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles of
molecular therapeutics against signaling
pathways; emphasis on biological
mechanisms underlying hormone, growth
factor, and neurotransmitter-mediated gene
regulation, proliferation, and cell death.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 660 Disease State Management I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp The
processes required to develop disease
state management protocols based on data
drawn from the medical research literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 661 Pharmacy Practice in
Women's Health
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp The
pharmaceutical care of women patients is
emphasized. Therapeutic, psychosocial
factors and current research in women's
health. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHRD 662 Psychiatric Pharmacy
Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Specialized
knowledge and skills in psychiatric
pharmacy practice including child, adult,
and geriatric psychopharmacology applied
to inpatient and outpatient treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 663 Pharmaceutical Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of pharmaceutical product development
process including discovery, preclinical/
clinical studies, regulatory-legal issues,
and marketing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 665 Complementary/Alternative
Therapeutics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the therapeutic use of complementary/
alternative medicines, such as herbal
medicines, homeopathic drugs, vitamins
and other nutritional supplements.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 666 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
principles to individualize patient drug
regimens. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 667 Drugs of Abuse
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Specialized
knowledge and skills in specific substance
abuse-related areas. Each area will
include addiction, wellness, and prevention
components. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 668 Computing Application
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Specialized
knowledge and skills using computers in
professional practice: telecommunication
protocols, typical patient databases in
hospital and community pharmacies, drug
interactions, insurance billing, inventory
control. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHRD 669 Health Care Needs of Special
Populations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Health
care needs of the poor will be examined
through participation in a multidisciplinary
community clinic setting focusing on
medication counseling and compliance.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 670 Marketing and Development
in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
and advanced strategies for marketing
and development of new compounds or
indication in the pharmaceutical industry.
Prerequisite: PHRD 653 Recommended
Preparation: PHRD 663 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 671 Pharmacy Education Seminar
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A seminar
course with a focus on educational
methods and teaching skills providing
career development for students interested
in academia. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 672 Introduction to Critical Care
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Coupling
evidence-based management with a
case-based approach; reinforces the
clinical thought processes to optimize
pharmaceutical care in various critical care
settings. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Pharmacy majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 673 Spanish for Pharmacists
Units: 3 Practical Spanish for pharmacists,
including basic conversation of commonly
prescribed drugs. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 674 Acute Care I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of specialized knowledge and skills in
evidence-based drug-therapy management
in the acute care arena. Duplicates Credit
in PHRD 653 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 677 Risk Assessment and
Management in Pharmacy Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Specific risk
management issues, legal and professional
expectations of pharmacists, and assessing
and avoiding risk. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 678 Topics in Pharmacology: the
Other Side of Drugs
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in
MPTX 510)
PHRD 679 Toxicology and the Media
Units: 2, 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in
MPTX 520)
PHRD 680 Cannabis User Safety
Units: 2 Focus on cannabis user safety.
Provide a holistic perspective of cannabis to
help pharmacy and pharmaceutical science
experts participate in both the wise use
and study of cannabis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 688 Global Pharmacy
Units: 3 Opportunity to work with
pharmacists, student pharmacists,
and other healthcare professionals to
experience pharmacy education and
practice outside of the United States.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Pharmacy majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 701 Acute Care Clinical APPE
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of pharmaceutical care
principles to the adult patient population in
an acute care environment. Pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics, and disease state
management will be emphasized.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 704 Primary Care APPE
Units: 6 Disease state management and
a primary care setting. Modification and
design of drug therapy regimens and
primary patient care using a team based
approach. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHRD 705 Community Pharmacy APPE
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Pharmaceutical care principles applied to
the community pharmacy environment.
Participating in the development,
implementation and outcome evaluation
of patient care services in the community.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 714 Nuclear Pharmacy APPE
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides practical and theoretical aspects
of radiopharmacy services delivery.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 718 Hospital Pharmacy Practice
APPE
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in the practice of hospital
pharmacy. Administrative, practice-based
and therapeutic competencies emphasized.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 725 International Pharmacy
Practice Experience
Units: 3, 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Practical experience in the practice of
pharmacy in the international setting.
Students will visit an international pharmacy
practice setting and complete a project.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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PHRD 731 Advanced Geriatrics APPE
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Directed
projects/practical experience in geriatric
drug therapy. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 738 Pharmaceutical Industry
APPE
Units: 6 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Practical experience within a
pharmaceutical company may include:
clinical affairs, drug development, research
and/or marketing process. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PHRD 750 Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Elective (APPE)
Units: 6 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Pharmacy practice experience
(internship) course in a health care setting.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 751 Non-traditional Advanced
Pharmacy Elective (APPE)
Units: 6 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Pharmacy practice experience
(internship) course in a non-traditional or
emerging setting. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHRD 752 Special Project APPE
Units: 6 The Special Projects advanced
pharmacy practice experiences course
gives students the opportunity to
demonstrate competency in a variety of
pharmacy practice settings. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctor of
Pharmacy students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHRD 790 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Max
Units: 12.0 Research leading to doctorate
in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHRD 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required
for completion of Doctor of Philosophy in
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required
for completion of Doctor of Philosophy in
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required
for completion of Doctor of Philosophy in
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required
for completion of Doctor of Philosophy in
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Dissertation research required
for completion of Doctor of Philosophy in
Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 796a Doctor of Pharmacy
Capstone
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Capstone
course required for completion of Doctor of
Pharmacy degree. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHRD 796b Doctor of Pharmacy
Capstone
Units: 0,1,3 Terms Offered: Sp Capstone
course required for completion of Doctor
of Pharmacy degree. Prerequisite: PHRD
796a Registration Restriction: Open only
to Doctor of Pharmacy students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
Pharmaceutical and Translational
Sciences
PHTS 654 Computation in Drug
Discovery and Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Focuses on
computational prediction of molecular
association and ADME (absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion)
properties in drug discovery and
development. Recommended Preparation:
Review basic computer skills Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab, Discussion Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHTS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Max
Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
leading to the doctorate. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Registration
Restriction: Open only to students enrolled
in the PHTS umbrella PhD program during
their first year Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Physics
PHYS 051x Problem Solving in
Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Units: 1 Intensive practice in solving
elementary problems within a student-
centered learning environment. Concurrent
Enrollment: PHYS 151. Credit Restriction:
Not available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PHYS 100Lgx The Physical World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
fundamentals of physics are presented,
exploring the structure and beauty of
physical laws and their manifestations,
ranging from events observed in everyday
life to subatomic and cosmic phenomena.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category III: Scientific
Inquiry Credit Restriction: Not available for
major credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 110Lgx The Physical World and
the Universe
Units: 4 Fundamentals of physics and
astronomy with emphasis on the tools
and evidence leading to our current
understanding of the physical Universe.
Students who are interested in this course
are encouraged to check out PHYS 111gx
Representations of Physics and Astronomy
in the Arts. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 111gx Representations of Physics
and Astronomy in the Arts
Units: 4 Focus on how knowledge of the
physical Universe is acquired and the
expression of that knowledge through
creative representation. Students who are
interested in this course are encouraged
to check out PHYS 110Lgx The Physical
World and the Universe. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 125Lg Physics for Architects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamental
laws and principles of physics with
emphasis on the application of physical
principles to the problems of architecture.
Prerequisite: MATH 108. Satisfies New
General Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Duplicates
Credit in PHYS 135a, PHYS 135b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 135aLg Physics for the Life
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental laws and principles of physics
emphasizing areas related to life sciences;
prerequisite for biological sciences,
medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy.
Prerequisite: Passing of Math Placement
Exam or MATH 108 or MATH 125 or MATH
126 or MATH 226. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Duplicates Credit in PHYS 125. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental laws and principles of physics
emphasizing areas related to life sciences;
prerequisite for biological sciences,
medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy.
Prerequisite: PHYS 135aLg; passing of
Math Placement Exam or MATH 108 or
MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 226.
Duplicates Credit in PHYS 125 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 141L Special Laboratory I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory
component for PHYS 151 for transfer
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. For transfer students
immediately after matriculation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 142L Special Laboratory II
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory
component for PHYS 152 for transfer
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. For transfer students
immediately after matriculation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 143L Special Laboratory III
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory
component for PHYS 153 for transfer
students with equivalent lecture credit from
another institution. For transfer students
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immediately after matriculation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I:
Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Gateway
to the majors and minors in Physics and
Astronomy. Statics and dynamics of
particles and rigid bodies, conservation
principles, gravitation, simple harmonic
oscillators, thermodynamics, heat engines,
entropy. Prerequisite: MATH 125g or MATH
126g or MATH 226 or MATH 129 or MATH
229 Satisfies New General Education in
Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category III:
Scientific Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II:
Electricity and Magnetism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrical
circuits, wave motion, sound waves,
electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite:
(PHYS 151Lg or PHYS 161Lg or PHYS
171Lg) and (MATH 126g or MATH 129)
Corequisite: MATH 226g or MATH 229
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required,
Quiz Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III:
Optics and Modern Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Geometrical optics, interference, diffraction,
special relativity, quantum mechanics,
atomic physics, solid state physics.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152L or PHYS 162L or
PHYS 172L Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required, Quiz Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of
Physics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Gateway to
the majors and minors in Physics and
Astronomy. Introductory treatment intended
for well-qualified students. Dynamics of
particles and rigid bodies, conservation
laws, wave motion, thermodynamics,
heat engines, entropy. Prerequisite:
MATH 126g or MATH 129 Corequisite:
MATH 226g or MATH 229 Satisfies New
General Education in Category E: Physical
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category III: Scientific Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of
Physics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Electrostatics,
magnetostatics, electrical circuits, electric
and magnetic properties of matter,
Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic
waves, propagation of light. Prerequisite:
MATH 226g or MATH 229 Recommended
Preparation: PHYS 161Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of
Physics III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Interference
and diffraction of waves, special relativity,
quantum mechanics, atomic physics,
nuclear physics, condensed matter
physics, elementary particles. Prerequisite:
PHYS 162 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I:
Mechanics
Units: 4 Mechanics, mechanical vibrations
and waves, special relativity. Emphasizes
applications in the areas of applied physics
and engineering. Prerequisite: MATH 125g
or MATH 126g or MATH 129 or MATH
226g or MATH 229 Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 172L Applied Physics II:
Electricity, Magnetism and Optics
Units: 4 Electric and magnetic fields;
electromagnetic waves; optics. Emphasizes
applications in the areas of applied physics
and engineering. Prerequisite: (PHYS
151Lg or PHYS 161Lg or PHYS 171Lg)
and (MATH 126g or MATH 129 or MATH
226g or MATH 229) Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 173L Applied Physics III: Topics in
Modern Physics
Units: 4 Quantum mechanics, statistical
mechanics, solid-state physics. Emphasizes
applications in the areas of applied physics
and engineering. Prerequisite: PHYS 152L
or PHYS 162L or PHYS 172L Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 190 Physics Discovery Series
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
current research activities of the faculty
of the department; topics of current
and popular interest among the wider
community of physicists. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 200Lgx The Physics and
Technology of Energy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of energy technologies, including
development and implementation
issues. Topics include the industrial
revolution, electromagnetic induction,
power transmission, combustion engines,
fission and fusion. Satisfies New General
Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Credit Restriction: Not available for major
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 304 Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Dynamics of
particles, kinematics of rotations, rigid
body motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
formalism, theory of small vibrations.
Prerequisite: PHYS 151 or PHYS 161,
MATH 245. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 316 Thermodynamics and
Statistical Mechanics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp First,
second, and third thermodynamic laws;
thermodynamic potentials, applications;
distribution laws, kinetic theory, transport
phenomena, specific heats. Prerequisite:
PHYS 152 or PHYS 161, MATH 226.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 408a Electricity and Magnetism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Electrostatics;
thermal, chemical, magnetic effects of
steady currents; DC circuits. Prerequisite:
PHYS 152 or PHYS 162; Corequisite:
MATH 245. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 408b Electricity and Magnetism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Electromagnetic
induction; AC circuits; Maxwell's equations.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152 or PHYS 162;
Corequisite: MATH 445. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 430 General Relativity and
Gravitation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Geometry of
the Universe, special relativity, curved
metrics, black holes, equivalence principle,
cosmology, Friedman-Robertson-
Walker geometry, Einstein's equations.
Prerequisite: PHYS 304; Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 438a Introduction to Quantum
Mechanics and its Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts and
techniques of quantum mechanics; free
and bound states, the hydrogen atom.
Prerequisite: PHYS 304; Corequisite: MATH
445. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 438b Introduction to Quantum
Mechanics and its Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Relativity, atomic
spectra, quantum statistics, nuclear models,
nuclear reactions, elementary particles.
Prerequisite: PHYS 304; Corequisite: MATH
445. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 440 Introduction to Condensed
Matter Physics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular, Sp
Crystal structures, x-ray diffraction, thermal
properties of solids, diamagnetism and
paramagnetism, free-electron model of
metals, semiconductors, ferromagnetism,
super-conductivity, imperfections in crystals.
Corequisite: PHYS 438a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EE-436
PHYS 444 Physical Biology: From
Molecules to Cells
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Length, time,
and energy scales of life; statistical
mechanics of biomolecules and cellular
processes; physics of cell shape; biological
fluid dynamics; electron transfer and
metabolism. Prerequisite: PHYS 152 or
PHYS 162; Recommended Preparation:
BISC 220. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 492L Senior Lab
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Projects
will include experiments in mechanics,
thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism.
Emphasis on laboratory work with
discussion of theoretical background.
Prerequisite: PHYS 152. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
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PHYS 493L Advanced Experimental
Techniques
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Development of
modern experimental techniques, including
computer interface with data acquisition
hardware and data analysis by software,
applied specifically to experiments in
modern physics. Emphasis on laboratory
work with discussion of theoretical
background. Prerequisite: PHYS 492L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 495 Senior Project
Units: 2 An original project will be
constructed applying computer technology
(in either hardware or software) to produce
a result useful in the physics classroom
or laboratory. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CSCI-495
PHYS 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Lectures
and discussions on specialized topics in
physics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 500 Graduate Colloquium
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Topics of current research interest in
physics and astronomy. Lectures directed
to physics graduate students by faculty of
the department and by outside speakers.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHYS 502 Advanced Optics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Interaction
of light and matter; laser oscillation
condition; optical resonators; spectroscopy;
pumping mechanisms; characteristics of
dielectric, semiconductor, gas, and liquid
lasers; topics in nonlinear optics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 504 Advanced Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Newtonian
formulation of dynamics; Hamilton's
principle; Lagrangian formulation; rigid body
motion; Hamiltonian formulation; Hamilton-
Jacobi theory; vibrations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 508a Advanced Electricity and
Magnetism
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Electrostatics,
boundary value problems, multipole
expansions, microscopic models of matter,
magnetostatics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 508b Advanced Electricity and
Magnetism
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Maxwell's
equations, potentials and gauge
transformations; electromagnetic waves;
wave guides; electromagnetic radiation;
special relativity. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 510 Methods of Theoretical
Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Vector analysis;
infinite, asymptotic Fourier series; complete
sets; Dirac delta function; Fourier, Laplace
transforms; Legendre functions; spherical
harmonics; Sturm-Liouville theory;
orthogonal polynomials; gamma-factorial
function; complex variables. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 513 Applications of Quantum
Computing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Training on
available quantum computing hardware
and the respective functional principles,
available software, and algorithms; the
opportunity to program quantum computers
and run sample problems; hands-on
tutorials. Corequisite: EE 520 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 514 Methods of Experimental
Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Techniques of general utility in
contemporary physics research, with
emphasis on the use of commercially
available instrumentation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 516 Methods of Computational
Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to algorithm development. Integration of
ordinary differential equations; chaotic
systems; molecular dynamics; Monte
Carlo integration and simulations; cellular
automata and other complex systems.
Recommended Preparation: ability to
program in C or C++. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 518 Thermodynamics and
Statistical Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of,
and relations between, thermodynamics
and statistical mechanics; ensembles,
partition function formalism; quantum
statistics of noninteracting particles;
fluctuations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 520 Methods for Complex
Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Probabilities,
random walks, generalized central limit
theorems, probabilities in thermodynamics,
critical phenomena, self organized criticality,
phenomenology of catastrophes, dynamical
systems and examples from outside
physics. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 530 Relativity
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Fundamentals of the special theory and
applications to classical and quantum
physics; the principle of equivalence; tensor
analysis and Einstein's theory of gravitation;
relativistic cosmology. Recommended
Preparation: PHYS 504, PHYS 508a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 540 Solid State Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
concepts and techniques in solid state
physics; electron gas at metallic densities;
semiclassical transport; crystallography;
band structure; phonons; screening;
superconductivity; magnetic ordering.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 518,
PHYS 558a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 550 Theory of Open Quantum
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The
theory of open quantum systems (i.e.,
systems coupled to an environment)
with applications to chemistry, physics
and quantum information processing.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of
basic linear algebra and undergraduate-
level quantum mechanics in Chemistry
or Physics; graduate-level quantum
mechanics Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
CHEM 551
PHYS 558a Quantum Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp General
formulation of quantum mechanics with
applications; theory of measurement;
exactly solvable problems; angular
momentum formalism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 558b Quantum Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Approximation
schemes and applications to atomic
and molecular physics and scattering
theory; identical particles; electromagnetic
properties of atoms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 559 Quantum Devices
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Idealized
and real-world descriptions of quantum
hardware; design principles, methods of
operation and possible improvements;
applications, advantages and limitations
of different technologies. Recommended
Preparation: PHYS 438B or equivalent
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied
to the degree to be determined by the
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 593 Practicum in Teaching
Physics and Astronomy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development
of effective teaching within the physical
sciences. Intended for teaching assistants
in Dornsife College. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHYS 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHYS 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
PHYS 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Physics graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PHYS 630 Science of Nanoscale
Materials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
physics of low dimensional systems, with
an emphasis on nanoscale materials
(e.g. nanodot, nanowire, graphene) and
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state-of-the-art research topics, including
characterization of nanostructure materials
and device concepts that take the
advantage of low dimensionality. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 640 Advanced Condensed Matter
Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Magnetism,
magnons; superconductivity; transport
phenomena; many-body effects; interacting
electron gas; Hartree-Fock theory; neutron
and X-ray scattering; and other selected
topics. Recommended Preparation: PHYS
540, PHYS 558b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 650 Topics in Current Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Course content
will vary each year. It will include topics of
current interest in research conducted in
academia and industry. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 660 Quantum Information Science
and Many-Body Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to advanced techniques in theoretical
many-body physics based on quantum
information theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 510
and PHYS 558b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 668 Advanced Quantum
Mechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Relativistic
wave equations; second quantization of
Klein-Gordon, Dirac and Maxwell fields;
applications in quantum electrodynamics
and condensed matter physics.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 558b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 669a Group Theory and
Symmetries in Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Abstract
group theory; representation theory; point
groups; selection rules; crystal tensors;
molecular vibrations; rotation group;
SU(2); Wigner-Eckart theorem; crystal-
field splitting; time-reversal symmetry;
gauge invariance; SU(3) and quarks.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 558b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 669b Group Theory and
Symmetries in Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Application
of group theory in field theory and particle
physics: Lie groups and representations,
Young tableaux, Dynkin diagrams, Poincare
group, classical groups and supergroups,
gauge theories. Recommended
Preparation: PHYS 558b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 670 High Energy Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Elementary particles and the
fundamental forces acting on them.
Quarks, leptons, symmetries, gauge
invariance, spontaneously broken
symmetry, electroweak theory, quantum
chromodynamics grand unified theory,
strings. Recommended Preparation: PHYS
668. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 678 Relativistic Quantum Field
Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Computational methods in relativistic
quantum field theory: Feynman path
integral, covariant perturbation theory,
regularization, renormalization group,
and non-perturbative techniques.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 668.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 680 Advanced Quantum Field
Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular
Renormalization, quantization of gauge
theories, non-Abelian gauge theories,
quantum chromodynamics, spontaneous
symmetry breaking, the standard model,
anomalies. Recommended Preparation:
PHYS 678. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 682 Supersymmetric Field Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Supersymmetry
algebra, Coleman-Mandula theorem, N=1
and N=2 Yang-Mills theory, Seiberg duality,
holomorphy, introduction to Seiberg-Witten
theory, electromagnetic duality, BPS states.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 678,
PHYS 680. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 684 Advanced String Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced string
theory. Strong coupling and nonperturbative
techniques. D-branes, black holes,
duality, AdS/CFT. Applications in particle,
nuclear and condensed matter physics,
and quantum gravity. Recommended
Preparation: PHYS 530, PHYS 678, PHYS
680. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PHYS 690 Introduction to Physical
Biology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduces
students to the role of physics in biology.
Considers both experimental and more
fundamental points of view. Explores a few
current research directions. Recommended
Preparation: good knowledge of basic
statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 692 Internship
Units: 3 or 6 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Field application of physics in
a business or industry setting; part-time
employment. Project to be jointly defined by
student, employer and professor. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 710 Selected Topics in
Experimental Physics
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Course content will
vary yearly with current interest. Topics
covered may include superconducting
quantum interference devices, scanning
tunneling microscopy, and laser cooling and
trapping of single atoms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 720 Selected Topics in Theoretical
Physics
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Course content will
vary yearly with current interest. Topics
covered may include field theory, many
body theory, Green's functions, dispersion
theory, and group theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 730 Selected Topics in Particle
Physics
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Various advanced
phases of particle physics. Content will vary
yearly; emphasis on superstring theories,
advanced topics in quantum gravity, and
field theory. Recommended Preparation:
PHYS 678. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 740 Selected Topics in Condensed
Matter Physics
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Course content
will vary yearly with current interest.
Topics covered may include theory of
superconductivity, high temperature
superconductivity, Green's functions in
condensed matter physics, magnetism and
transport in disordered metals. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PHYS 750o Off Campus Studies
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Course work
taken on campus at Caltech as part of the
Caltech- USC cross-registration program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PHYS 760 Selected Topics in
Computational Physics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Course content
will vary yearly with current interest. Topics
covered may include artificial intelligence
techniques, Monte Carlo simulations,
numerical renormalization group and tensor
networks. Recommended Preparation:
Basic linear algebra and familiarity with
one programing language. Prior knowledge
of machine learning is not necessary.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PHYS 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied
to the degree to be determined by the
department. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PHYS 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHYS 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHYS 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHYS 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PHYS 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Project Management
PJMT 500 Principles of Project
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Concepts
including delivering project scope within
cost, schedule, and resource constraints
and the exploration of the traditional or
waterfall project management methodology
will be explored. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Bovard College Project
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1227
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 505 Requirements Elicitation and
Business Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Tasks,
techniques, and perspectives on how to
approach business analysis along with
methods for developing requirement
process tools and techniques and best
practices. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Bovard College Project
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 510 Schedule Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Structured
approach to project schedule management,
demonstrating how to be proactive and in
control of projects by implementing effective
schedule management. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Project Management students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 515 Cost Estimation and
Forecasting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Approaches to project cost estimation and
the tools and methodologies best suited
for estimates and forecasts that need to
be prepared. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Bovard College Project
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 520 Risk Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Coursework will enable students to prepare
a comprehensive risk management plan
and discover different approaches to
identify, assess, and quantify risks and their
impacts. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Bovard College Project Management
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PJMT 525 Agile Project Management
Methodologies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Agile
project management concepts and a set
of frameworks that covers the people,
products, and techniques required
to successfully implement projects.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Bovard College Project Management
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PJMT 530 Quality and Process
Improvement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Quality
and performance improvement projects
and methodologies used to implement
them with a focus on Six Sigma, Lean, and
Total Quality Management. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Project Management students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 535 Specialized Project
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
several industries and entities and
their developed project management
methodologies to meet industry-specific
needs through traditional approaches and
partnerships in various sectors. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Project Management students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 540 Organizational Change
Management and Business
Relationships
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
learn to cultivate the necessary components
for stakeholder management on nearly
any change within an organization through
change management and business
relationship management. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Project Management students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 545 Program Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Managing
and coordinating multiple organizational
projects with a focus on project alignment,
organizational goals, performance
maximization, risk minimization, and
program success. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Bovard College Project
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 550 Portfolio Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Structured
approach to design, build, and manage
a project portfolio, focusing on strategic
implementation and operational initiatives
to create sustainable value. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Bovard College
Project Management students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PJMT 555 Project Management Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Utilize
skills gained throughout the program
to demonstrate the ability to plan and
implement a project from conception
to conclusion. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Bovard College Project
Management students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Urban and Regional Planning
PLUS 600 Environmental Goods in
Planning and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Production, distribution, and valuation
of environmental goods with attention
to amenity concepts, externalities,
public goods, consumer behavior; as
characterized in economics, political
science, sociology, psychology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 601 Advanced Planning Theory I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Value
hierarchies, means-ends continuums, and
the nature of social action; problems of
prediction and choice under conditions of
uncertainty; alternative planning strategies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 603 Planning and Development
Paradigms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to historic, prevalent, and alternative
paradigms of professional planning and
development practice; seminar format and
case studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 612 Analysis of Quantitative Data
for Planning and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Planning
and development case study approach
to identifying data needs, acquisition,
evaluation, manipulation, analysis, and
multimedia presentation. Prerequisite: PPD
525. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PLUS 615 Behavioral Issues in
Environmental Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Planning
and design of the physical environment for
human activities, e.g., user preferences,
privacy, territoriality, stress and adaptation,
cognitive mapping, lifestyles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 623 Politics of Planning and the
Urban Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Historic roots
of property rights and obligations related
to public policy, focus on current issues
and discourse. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 626 Information Systems for
Planning and Development
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Structure, content, and applications of
formal information systems in planning and
policy making emphasizing social accounts
and indicators, censuses, social reporting,
and "futures" research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 631 Seminar in Physical Planning
and Design in Developing Countries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Issues
in comparative urbanism; planning and
design in developing countries: slums
and squatters, housing and infrastructure,
new towns, land policy, conservation and
redevelopment, city design. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 632 National Urban Policy in
Developing Countries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
problems of the primate city, the role of
intermediate cities, and the implicit spatial
impacts of macro and sectoral policies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 633 Seminar in Comparative
Housing Policy and Urban Planning
Programs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Comparative examination of urbanization
experience in selected areas and cities
throughout the world; housing policies,
urban planning approaches, financial,
administrative, legal, and other techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 635 Urban Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
theory of fiscal federalism and municipal
finance, with examples from the USA and
other countries, public/private partnerships
in urban development, and government
decentralization. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 640 International Urban
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Study
of urbanization in developing countries;
special attention to urban growth, migration,
city size, land use, and urban management.
Comparative case studies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 650 Public Policy and
Globalization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Challenges of
public policymaking and administration;
conceptual foundations of public policy as
well as the practical and political constraints
on government action; theories, models,
and analytical frameworks both domestic
and abroad.
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PLUS 651 Applied Research Design and
Inquiry
Units: 4 Provide foundation in applied
research skills required for advanced
practice in policy, management, planning
and development; design and use of
applied research; development of research
designs; constraints on application
of research; translation of findings.
Prerequisite: PPD 502
PLUS 652 Place, Institutions, and
Governance
Units: 4 Concept of place; investigation
of the problems and issues confronting
metropolitan communities; how the actions
of public, private and nonprofit sectors can
effect various areas including economics,
health, civic life, and the environment;
contemporary issues in policy, planning and
development; theoretical frameworks for
solutions.
PLUS 653 Leading Change and
Innovation in Urban Communities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth study
of the role of public, private, and non-profit
leaders in effecting change in public policy
and planning practice, with special attention
to the goals and processes of social
innovation in urban communities.
PLUS 660 Economics of a Productive
Development - A Public/Private
Perspective
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
the economic and financial aspects of real
estate development; tools and methods
of financial analysis; public and private
perspectives. Registration Restriction:
Open only to online Master of Urban
Planning (executive) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PLUS 661 Politics and Process of Urban
Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction of
concepts of formal and informal political
institutions with a focus on planning and
urban issues at the local, state and national
levels; theories and methods to understand
contemporary planning conflicts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
online Master of Urban Planning (executive)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PLUS 662 Planning and Development
Case Study
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Case study
project; students analyze a project and
develop recommendations for financing and
regulatory issues. Registration Restriction:
Open only to online Master of Urban
Planning (executive) degree students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PLUS 663 Designing Livable
Environments I
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Studio setting;
students will go through a design charrette,
site visit and develop an understanding of
design principles. Registration Restriction:
Open only to online master or urban
planning (executive) degree students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PLUS 664 Urban Political Economy and
Urban Development
Units: 2 Planning and development within a
complex political landscape; budgetary and
fiscal politics, metropolitan fragmentation
and sub urbanization, immigration, and
race, gender, and ethnicity in urban politics;
implications for planning and development.
Prerequisite: PLUS 661 Registration
Restriction: Open only to online Master
of Urban Planning (executive) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 665 Economics for a Productive
City
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Basic
concepts of urban and land economics
with an emphasis on how planning
and development are shaped by the
metropolitan economic context; how key
theoretical elements inform planning and
development questions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to online Master
of Urban Planning (executive) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 667 Effective Engagement with
Stakeholders
Units: 3 Approaches and challenges
to community engagement; different
conceptualizations of citizen; micro-scale
forum and macro-scale methods; use of
media for participation in communities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
online Master of Urban Planning (executive)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PLUS 668 Big Data for Planning and
Development
Units: 2 Introduction to data and
visualization trends in relation to urban
planning and development; train leaders
to manage teams and leverage data
and information technology resources.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
online Master of Urban Planning (executive)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PLUS 669 Designing Livable
Environments II
Units: 1 Studio setting; students will go
through a design charrette, site visit and
develop an understanding of design
principles. Prerequisite: PLUS 663
Registration Restriction: Open only to
online Master of Urban Planning (executive)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PLUS 670 Communicating Data for
Planning and Development
Units: 1 Methods and techniques for data
visualization; application to planning and
development contexts; critical assessment
of data presentation approaches and
methods. Registration Restriction: Open
only to online Master of Urban Planning
(executive) students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PLUS 671 Leading a Collaborative City
Units: 3 Leadership skills for planning and
development; cross-sectoral collaboration,
negotiation and theories of organizational
leadership; metrics for performance
assessment, project management and
team building in organizations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to online Master
of Urban Planning (executive) students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 672 Integrating Concepts for
Action
Units: 2 Research a planning and
development topic; capstone project.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
online Master of Urban Planning (executive)
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PLUS 680 Advanced Urban and Regional
Transportation Planning
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Social
and environmental impacts; incentive
structures; alternate travel; investment
guidelines; technological change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 692 Conspectus Preparation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Preparation of a case study of a specific
planning and/or development project
that defines the student's field of study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PLUS 694a Planning, Design and
Development Professional Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of planning,
design and development professional
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PLUS 694b Planning, Design and
Development Professional Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of planning,
design and development professional
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PLUS 694c Planning, Design and
Development Professional Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of planning,
design and development professional
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PLUS 694d Planning, Design and
Development Professional Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of planning,
design and development professional
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress and Credit/No
Credit
PLUS 694z Planning, Design and
Development Professional Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of planning,
design and development professional
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Preventive Medicine
PM 498 Summer Institute in Biostatistics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Provides
undergraduate students in the mathematical
or biological sciences with training in
fundamental concepts in biostatistics and
an introduction to various specialized topics
in biostatistics, with a focus on research in
heart and lung disease. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics in Preventive Medicine.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 500 Foundations of Health Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
of behavioral theory and research in
disease prevention and health promotion
and in adaptation of chronic disease,
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including an introduction to measures of
outcomes. Prerequisite: admission to PhD
in Preventive Medicine. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 501 Foundations in Health Education
and Promotion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
and application of behavioral theories to
the field of health education and promotion.
Examines the determinants of health
behavior and strategies for change at the
individual, group and community level.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 502 Foundations of Public Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview of
public health concepts and issues, including
population health; ethics; health disparities,
determinants, and systems of care;
global health; policy; health promotion;
environmental health. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 503 Practice of Public Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the application of strategies and tools for
practice in public health, including policy
advocacy, leadership and management,
program planning and evaluation,
health communication. Recommended
Preparation: PM 502 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 504 Quality in Health Care
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
quality assessment at different levels of the
health care system including health plans,
physicians, hospital and integrated system
performance. Recommended Preparation:
PM 502 or PM 508 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 505 Training and Curriculum Design
in Public Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Curriculum
writing and training skills applied to public
health needs and settings. Covers adult
learning theories, assessment of learning
needs, curriculum design, training design,
conduct and evaluation. Recommended
Preparation: PM 500. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 506 Overcoming Real World
Challenges in Global Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
program implementation challenges in
global health contexts, including best
practices for establishing effective cross-
cultural collaborations, working with key
leaders, and operationalizing complex
interventions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 507 Public Health Services Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A practical
examination of methods and data sources
used to evaluate public health services and
conduct policy research and evaluation
within health care delivery systems.
Prerequisite: PM 510L and PM 512
Recommended Preparation: PM 502 or
PM 508 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the
U.S.
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Historical
development of the American health
care system; determinants of health care
utilization; role of health care providers;
health policy; public health services;
and health care finance. Recommended
Preparation: PM 502 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Concepts
of biostatistics; appropriate uses and
common misuses of health statistics;
practice in the application of statistical
procedures; introduction to statistical
software including EXCEL, SPSS, nQuery.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PM 511aL Data Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Major
parametric and nonparametric statistical
tools used in biomedical research,
computer packages including SAS.
Includes laboratory. Prerequisite: PM 510.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MATH-511A
PM 511bL Data Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Statistical
methods for analysis of categorical data
including dichotomous, ordinal, multinomial
and count data, using Stata package.
Includes laboratory. Prerequisite: PM 511a
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
MATH 511b
PM 511cL Data Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Methods
and applications for modeling longitudinal,
time-to event and multi-level data. Includes
laboratory using R package. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Terminology/uses of epidemiology and
demography; sources/uses of population
data; types of epidemiologic studies; risk
assessment; common sources of bias in
population studies; principles of screening.
Recommended Preparation: algebra.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 513 Experimental Designs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Statistical
methods for analysis of various
experimental designs. Parametric analysis
of variance (ANOVA), repeated measures
methods, crossover designs, non-
parametric ANOVA. Prerequisite: PM 510L
Recommended Preparation: PM 511aL
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 514 Sexually Transmitted Infections:
a Systems Approach
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Exploration
of the interplay between systems, policy,
advocacy, programs, and research with
sexually transmitted infections. Issues
such as health literacy, access to care, and
evidence-based interventions designed to
avert disparities in health, especially sexual
health, will be evaluated. Recommended
Preparation: PM 501 and PM 512
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 515 Multivariate Statistics in Health
Behavior Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
training in multivariate statistical techniques
involving general linear modeling, mixed
modeling and basic latent variables analysis
in health behavior research Prerequisite:
PM 511aL and PM 511bL Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 516a Statistical Problem Solving
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of the tools used by statisticians
for solving statistical problems. Prerequisite:
PM 510L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PM 516b Statistical Problem Solving
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
overview of the tools used by statisticians
for solving statistical problems. Prerequisite:
PM 510L. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PM 517a Research Methods in
Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study
design, ascertainment of study objects,
questionnaire development, various
methodological issues in study design and
interpretation including bias, measurement
error, confounding and effect modification.
Prerequisite: PM 510L and PM 511aL and
PM 512 Recommended Preparation: PM
518a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 517b Research Methods in
Epidemiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of epidemiologic research in cancer.
Selected cancer sites will be covered
to highlight study design and conduct,
exposure assessment, data analysis and
interpretation. Prerequisite: PM 517a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 518a Statistical Methods for
Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
and methods used in epidemiology for
comparing disease frequencies between
groups. Restricted to the analysis of
binary outcome variables. Recommended
Preparation: PM 512 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 518b Statistical Methods for
Epidemiological Studies I, II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Statistical
methods for binary outcomes by introducing
techniques for cross classified risks and
rates and regression models for individual
data. Prerequisite: PM 518a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
PM 519 Moving Toward Health Equity in
the United States
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
thoughtful perspective on U.S. health
services delivery while introducing students
to social inequalities in health. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 520L Advanced Statistical
Computing
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Techniques
for the solution of statistical problems
through intensive computing; iterative
techniques, randomization tests, the
bootstrap, Monte Carlo methods. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PM 521 Pre-Departure Training to
Optimize Global Health Experiences
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa A
comprehensive pre-departure training
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course intended to enhance the learning
experience for all KSOM learners
participating in global health (STEGHs).
Registration Restriction: Open only to Keck
students School of Medicine students,
although clearance can be provided to
students from other USC schools upon
request Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PM 522a Introduction to the Theory of
Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Density
distribution and hazard functions; normal,
chi-square, student's t and F distributions;
and sampling procedures for single factor
and multiple factor designs, distributions.
Recommended Preparation: working
knowledge of multivariable calculus and
familiarity with linear algebra. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 522b Introduction to the Theory of
Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
of estimation and testing, inference,
analysis of variance, theory of regression.
Recommended Preparation: college-level
calculus and linear algebra. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 523 Design of Clinical Studies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Design, conduct,
and interpretation of results of clinical trials;
emphasis on principles affecting structure,
size, duration of a trial, and the impact
of ethical and practical considerations.
Recommended Preparation: PM 511aL
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 524a Practicum in Health Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in a variety of field settings
to gain a certain type of skill such as
curriculum development, media production,
and patient education. Practicum in
prevention. Recommended Preparation:
PM 500. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 524b Practicum in Health Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in a variety of field settings
to gain a certain type of skill such as
curriculum development, media production,
and patient education. Practicum in
compliance. Recommended Preparation:
PM 500. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 524c Practicum in Health Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in a variety of field settings
to gain a certain type of skill such as
curriculum development, media production,
and patient education. Practicum in
health behavior topics. Recommended
Preparation: PM 500. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 525 Culture and Health: Global
Perspectives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp International
variations in health status with a focus on
the impact of socioeconomic status, politics,
environment, education and gender in
etiology of illness, access to health care,
progression of disease, and recovery.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 526 Communications in Public
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Application
of communication theories and methods
to community health problems. Includes
background assessment, program
design, evaluation, social marketing,
media advocacy, review of major health
campaigns. Recommended Preparation:
PM 501 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 527 Epidemiology of Infectious
Disease
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
natural history of infectious disease,
methods of disease control and outbreak
investigation, and an overview of the
epidemiology of injury. Prerequisite: PM
512. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Core concepts,
methods and values of public health
program planning and evaluation, including
community needs assessment, writing
objectives, designing health promotion
programs, process and outcome evaluation.
Recommended Preparation: PM 501
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 529 Environmental Health: An
Epidemiological Approach
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An overview of
environmental health, identifying issues in
assessing effects of exposure on health
and potential interventions for reducing
adverse health risks. Prerequisite: PM 512.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 530 Biological Basis of Disease
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp With
a physiological overview, differentiates
genetic and environmental disease;
emphasis on the relationships between
lifestyle, behavior, and health. Prerequisite:
admission to PhD in Preventive Medicine,
Health Behavior Research or basic biology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 532 Genetics in Public Health and
Preventive Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm History and
philosophy of public health genetics
and mechanisms of genetic diseases.
Epidemiologic methods used to identify
genetic diseases in individuals, families,
and populations. Emphasis on prevention
and relevant ethical issues. Recommended
Preparation: PM 512. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 533 Genetic and Molecular
Epidemiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Genetic
principles; design and analysis of
family studies; introduction to likelihood
estimation; segregation and linkage
analysis; biomarkers of exposure,
susceptibility, and disease; laboratory
methods; susceptibility genes; association
and linkage disequilibrium. Recommended
Preparation: PM 510L, PM 511bL, PM 512,
PM 518a, BIOC 543 Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 534 Statistical Genetics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Familial
aggregation, segregation analysis, linkage
analysis, association, regressive models,
gene-environment interactions, genetic
heterogeneity and linkage disequilibrium.
Recommended Preparation: PM 518a, PM
522a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 536 Program Evaluation and
Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
concepts, tools, data collection, analysis
methods and designs used to evaluate
health promotion programs. Examples
from substance abuse prevention, family
planning and reproductive health programs.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 537 Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Overview
of causative factors and demographic
distribution of major chronic diseases
in the western world. Epidemiologic
concepts, methods and research design
as applied to chronic disease prevention
will be emphasized. Prerequisite: PM 512.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 538 Introduction to Biomedical
Informatics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Overview of
current topics, enabling technologies,
research initiatives, and practical
considerations in biomedical informatics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 539 Nutrient-Drug Interactions
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Examines
the various ways foods, and the nutrients
contained in them, interact with medications
used to treat chronic health conditions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 540 Maternal and Child Nutrition:
Practice and Policy
Units: 4 Physiological basis for
good nutrition during pregnancy and
childhood through adolescence. Design,
implementation and evaluation of
public health nutrition programs and
policies serving women and children.
Recommended Preparation: PM 530.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 541 Obesity, Metabolism and Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
the epidemiology of obesity, related health
conditions and mechanisms related to
energy balance, food intake and genetics.
Discussion of prevention and treatment
strategies. Recommended Preparation:
PM 530. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 542 Social Network Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theory, methods
and procedures of network analysis with
emphasis on applications to public health
programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 543L Nonparametric Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
MATH 543)
PM 544L Multivariate Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: SpSm Exploratory
and inferential techniques for multivariate
data, Hotelling's T2, multivariate analysis
of variance, classification analysis,
principal components, cluster analysis,
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factor analysis. Involves computer use.
Recommended Preparation: PM 510L,
PM 522a Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MATH 544L
PM 545L Introduction to Time Series
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in MATH
545)
PM 547 Public Health Policy and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of major policy issues in the U.S. health
care delivery system to understand
policy options in reforming health care
and reducing health care disparities.
Recommended Preparation: PM 502 or PM
508 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PM 548 Prevention and Public Policy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to prevention policy framework; examination
of how the application of epidemiology and
behavioral aspects of diseases shapes
the development of public health policy.
Prerequisite: PM 512 Recommended
Preparation: PM 502 or PM 508 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
PM 549 Human Molecular Genetics and
Genomics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles
of genetics and genomics as they apply to
the study of the molecular basis of human
diseases. Recommended Preparation:
Introductory (undergraduate) genetics
class and INTD 561 (Molecular Genetics)
Duplicates Credit in former BIOC 543
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 551 Statistical Methods in Genome-
Wide Association Studies
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
epidemiologists with an overview of current
statistical problems and approaches in
the design and analysis of genome-wide
association studies. Prerequisite: PM 511a,
PM 512; Corequisite: PM 522a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 552 Statistical Methods in Clinical
Trials
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Stochastic
failure process; parametric models for
survival data; sample size estimation
procedures for clinical trials; multivariate
regression models for binary outcome and
censored survival data; computer programs;
multiple failure modes and competing
risks. Recommended Preparation: PM
518a, MATH 408 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 553 Human Exposure Assessment
for Public Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of important routes of
exposure to toxic materials; how to
measure exposure; strengths and
weaknesses of different measurement
techniques; design of exposure assessment
studies. Recommended Preparation: PM
510 or one semester of statistics and
background in science or engineering for
graduate students not in MPH. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 554 Health Effects of Environmental
Contaminants
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the interrelationships among biology, the
environment and health, including the
fundamental principles of basic toxicology
and biology underlying environmental
health effects. Recommended Preparation:
PM 529 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 555 Environmental Health, Policy
and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of environmental public health policies/
regulations, the role of science in
assessment and policy initiatives, barriers
to change, and competing interests that
influence policy adoption. Recommended
Preparation: PM 529. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 556 Environment and the Brain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
examination of the effects of environmental
exposures on the brain, addressing both
human health and neurobiologic correlates
throughout the lifespan. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 557 Global Environmental Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination of
the health effects of global environmental
changes, including climate change,
globalization, food safety, air pollution,
water pollution, and radiation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 558 Environmental Epidemiology:
Concepts, Methods, and Practice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examine
epidemiologic methods, concepts, and
statistical approaches; case-study seminars
with structured critiques of current literature
on human-environment interactions
affecting public health. Recommended
Preparation: PM 510 and PM 512.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 559 Cancer Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the fundamental concepts of cancer
epidemiology, including the molecular basis,
descriptive epidemiology, and historical and
groundbreaking studies that have impacted
the field. Recommended Preparation: PM
512 or equivalent Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 560 Statistical Programming With R
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm The contents
include: R objects, control structure, data
input and output, subsetting objects, data
manipulation and aggregations, character
manipulation, graphics, and writing
user-defined functions. Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of one
programming language other than R or a
half-year experience programming in R.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 561 Health and Sustainable
Development in Costa Rica
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Experiential
learning in Costa Rica with daily site
visits and lectures on migration, climate
change, structural violence in indigenous
communities and human rights. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 562 Intervention Approaches
for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Approaches
for modifying health behavior in various
settings and within diverse populations.
Emphasis on practical considerations
necessary to design and implement
interventions with demonstrated
effectiveness. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing
Communities for Public Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Survey of
effective community organizing and
mobilization efforts in the U.S. and
abroad, using participatory, organizational,
community empowerment and public-
private partnership models. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 564 Public Health Leadership and
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
leadership and management concepts,
tools, and practices in the context of
domestic and global public health and
healthcare delivery settings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 565 Introduction to Global Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Current
public health issues and research topics
relating to 21st century challenges and
threats. Lessons learned and best practices
to strengthen public health systems and
enhance public health readiness and
preparedness. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 566 Introduction to Health Data
Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the toolsets needed to create workable
and reproducible datasets, conduct
exploratory analysis and visualizations,
learn from data, summarize and
communicate analytic results. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 567 Public Health Disaster
Management and Response
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Definition
and chronology of natural and man-made
disasters and their effects on the global
community. Structure and organization
of disaster management systems and
the role of humanitarian organizations.
Recommended Preparation: PM 501, PM
512 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 568 Ethical Issues in Public Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Ethical principles
in the distribution of health resources,
conduct of global public health research,
and implementation of public health
initiatives across different nations, cultures,
religions. Recommended Preparation: PM
501 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 569 Spatial Statistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
introduction to statistical methods for
analyzing and interpreting spatially
referenced data topics include:
geostatistics, areal data, point pattern
data and visualization. Recommended
Preparation: PM 511aL and familiarity
with R Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 570 Statistical Methods in Human
Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introductory
course in the statistical methods used
in the analysis of human genetic data.
Recommended Preparation: PM 533
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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PM 571 Applied Logistic Regression
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm An introduction
to the logistic regression model,
emphasizing practical data analysis
techniques. Prerequisite: PM 510; PM
512; and PM 511a or PM 518a. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 572 Medical Physiology I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
572)
PM 573 Medical Physiology II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
573)
PM 574 Programming In Modern
Statistical Software
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Programming using SAS Software,
including branching, sub-setting, PDV,
looping, by-group processing, array,
combining data functions, ODS, and
macros. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 575 Statistical Methods in
Environmental Epidemiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Study
designs, exposure time response,
longitudinal, spatial, ecologic correlation
and mechanistic models, measurement
error interactions, measurement error,
public policy implications. Recommended
Preparation: PM 511aL and PM 511bL and
PM 518a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 576 Global Health Research and
Programs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
the core concepts and methods of planning
and implementing health-related programs
and research in resource-constrained
settings. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 577 Global Health, Law and Human
Rights: Concepts and Methods
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Sm
Highlights the complex interactions
between global health, law and human
rights, emphasizing the use of human
rights in public health thinking and practice.
Recommended Preparation: MPH core
course work Duplicates Credit in LAW 707
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 578 Global Health Governance and
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Investigates the way health is organized
and administered at the global level,
emphasizing the role of international
diplomacy and law in governing health.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 579 Statistical Analysis of
High-Dimensional Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of statistical issues and solutions to
high dimensional data analysis. Use of
Bioconductor and R, with applications
in molecular biology. Recommended
Preparation: PM 511a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 580 Foundations of Child Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of issues related to infant, child and
adolescent health, including special
health considerations at different points
in the developmental cycle, health care
systems and policies and health disparities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 581 Quality and Inequality in Health
Care: Examination of Health Services
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Social
inequalities, including racial/ethnic
disparities and income related inequalities
are examined in the context of access
and delivery of health care in the U.S.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 582 Epidemiology and Prevention of
Pediatric Injuries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examines the
incidence and causes of injuries to children
from birth to adolescence, risk factor
distributions and approaches to prevention.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 583 Foundations of Early Childhood
Mental Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
major infant and early childhood mental
health issues, relating to the status of
child mental health and the importance of
comprehensive systems of care for children
that support resilience and respond to
biological and psychosocial mental health
risks. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 584 Systems of Care for Children
with Special Needs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examines and
evaluates principles, policies, programs
and practices (systems) that have evolved
to identify, assess and meet the special
needs of children and families. Includes
both historical and current perspectives.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 585 Child Health Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp History of child
health and social welfare programs during
the past century. Issues examining health
status and health service delivery, the role
of health care financing and health policy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 586 Reproductive and Perinatal
Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to reproductive health, from
preconception to the neonatal and early
period of human development. Heavy
emphasis on the methods and public health
implications. Prerequisite: PM 510L and
PM 512 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 587 Qualitative Research Methods in
Public Health
Units: 4 Introduction to common uses
of qualitative research methods in
public health research and application.
Methods include ethnography, participant
observation, open-ended interviewing, and
focus groups. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 588 The Practice of Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
students with hands on experience of the
common methods used in conducting
epidemiological studies and designing and
obtaining funding for research projects.
Prerequisite: PM 512; Recommended
Preparation: PM 527. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PM 589 Global Health Policy in Action:
Geneva Course
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Investigates the
way health is organized and administered
at the global level by integrating students
directly into the World Health Assembly
(WHA), the decision-making body of the
World Health Organization. Recommended
Preparation: PM 577 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PM 591 Machine Learning for the Health
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Introduces
Masters and Ph.D. students in the Health
Sciences to Machine Learning methods
and their Biomedical applications.
Recommended Preparation: PM 511aL
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
PM 592 Regression Analysis for Health
Data Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
a rigorous introduction to statistical
methods for analyzing data with a focus
on regression modeling for continuous
and binary outcomes. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate course in
statistics, or PM 510L in the summer prior
to program admission Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PM 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PM 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PM 595 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 596 Practicum in Public Health
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Applied
practical experience through field
placement in federal, state, and/or local
public health agencies/organizations,
including community-based organizations;
research and school-based settings.
Recommended Preparation: PM 502, PM
503 and at least one MPH concentration
core course Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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PM 597 Capstone in Public Health
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
the culminating, integrative learning
experience for students enrolled in
the Master of Public Health program.
Recommended Preparation: completion
of all MPH course work Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Special topics relevant to the
study of selected issues and areas of
health behavior research or other aspects
of preventive medicine. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 601 Basic Theory and Strategies in
Prevention
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Psychosocial basis of health hazardous
lifestyle behaviors and preventive
strategies. Recommended Preparation: PM
500, PM 515. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PM 602 Basic Theory and Strategies for
Compliance/Adaptation
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Behavioral and psychosocial demands of
acute and chronic diseases. Comparison
of theoretical models of compliance and
adaptation with intervention methods
to improve compliance and adaptation.
Recommended Preparation: PM 500, PM
515. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 603 Structural Equation Modeling
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Factor
analytic and structural equation modeling
approaches to health behavior research —
conceptual, practical and mathematical.
Prerequisite: PM 511b. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 604 Health Behavior Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Health research/
evaluation philosophies, approaches, and
development of skills for development
and critique of health behavior research
projects/studies. Recommended
Preparation: PM 511a, PM 511b, PM 511c.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 605 Systematic Review and
Meta-Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theoretical basis and practical approaches
for identifying, summarizing and interpreting
current bodies of scholarly information
addressing a defined research question.
Prerequisite: PM 510 and PM 512
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 606 Health Data Science Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis of
an external medical research or healthcare
industry dataset; project/presentation
based. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 607 Nutrition and Health: Myths,
Controversies and Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduces
students to methods in Nutrition
Epidemiology in order to develop skills
needed to design, analyze and critically
evaluate nutrition related health research.
Recommended Preparation: PM 510L and
PM 512 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 608 Environmental and Genetic/
Epigenetic Epidemiology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A forum
in which students develop speaking and
presentation skills while critically evaluating
epidemiological methods in epidemiology
research. Recommended Preparation:
Graduate students take this course after
their first year of coursework Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 610 Seminar in Biostatistics and
Epidemiology
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Special topics of current interest
to provide background for research in
biostatistics and epidemiology. Based
largely on student dissertation research.
Prerequisite: PhD level. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PM 611 Advanced Topics in
Epidemiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Review of
current epidemiologic research contained
in recent medical literature; emphasis
on critique of studies and interpretation
of findings. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PM 612a Clinical Translational Research
(CTR)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa First of three
courses in CTR, a discipline that fosters
multidirectional integration of basic, patient-
oriented and population-based research
with the long-term goal of improving public
health. Recommended Preparation: PM
510. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 612b Clinical Translational Research
(CTR)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis
and interpretation of data to test clinical
translational hypotheses. Recommended
Preparation: PM 510. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 612c Clinical Translational Research
(CTR)
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Multidisciplinary
approach to clinical and translational
research. Recommended Preparation: PM
510. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PM 615 Intervention Research Grant
Proposal Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Process
of applying for research grants in health
behavior research, including dissertation
grants. Covers the structure of NIH and
other grantmaking agencies, the grant
review process, tailoring ideas to the
grantmaker's priorities, research design,
development of training and mentoring
plans, and budgeting. Prerequisite: PM 500
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PM 616 Neural Networks and Deep
Learning
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Concepts
and major methods in artificial neural
networks and deep learning, including
backpropagation, CNN, RNN, GAN.
Prerequisite: PM 591 Recommended
Preparation: Proficiency in R. Knowledge
in Python Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 617 Introduction to Causal Inference
in Epidemiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces
students to modern causal inference
methods for epidemiological research
including both theoretical background and
practical applications. Prerequisite: PM
511a Recommended Preparation: PM 512
or PM 517A or similar course; PM511B
or similar course. Familiarity with survival
analysis Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PM 618 Theory of Statistics for the
Health Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theory of
statistics behind most commonly used
statistical inference and machine learning
methods in biomedical applications.
Prerequisite: PM 510 Recommended
Preparation: Basic data analysis methods
including linear regression. Working
knowledge of calculus (univariate and
multivariate). Familiarity with a high-level
programming language such as R or
Python is highly recommended Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
PM 690a Directed Research in Health
Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research at an advanced level
on a problem in the field of Health Behavior.
Recommended Preparation: PM 604.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 690b Directed Research in Health
Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research at an advanced level
on a problem in the field of Health Behavior.
Recommended Preparation: PM 604.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 690c Directed Research in Health
Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research at an advanced level
on a problem in the field of Health Behavior.
Recommended Preparation: PM 604.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 690d Directed Research in Health
Behavior
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research at an advanced level
on a problem in the field of Health Behavior.
Recommended Preparation: PM 604.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 690z Directed Research in Health
Behavior
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Independent research at an advanced level
on a problem in the field of Health Behavior.
Recommended Preparation: PM 604.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 756 Research Seminar in Health
Behavior
Units: 1 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Short seminar presentations and
discussions on issues accompanying the
development of the field of health behavior
and implementation of research in this field.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PM 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research
applicable to the doctorate. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PM 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PM 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PM 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PM 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PM 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Pharmaceutical Economics and
Policy
PMEP 509 Research Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the concept of research design and
examples of the variant research methods
utilized in the field. Both the conceptual
and practical issues of research including
development of the research question,
selection of appropriate methods, data
sources and analytic approaches to
address the research question will be
addressed. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 510 Foundations of Health
Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the foundations of economic theory,
including economic efficiency, market
power, insurance and information,
with a focus on applications to health
policy. Recommended Preparation:
Prior coursework in economic analysis
and mathematics at the advanced
undergraduate level Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 525 Pharmacoeconomics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to pharmacoeconomics with special
emphasis on the role of pharmaceuticals
and the pharmaceutical industry, insurance,
managed care, regulation and pricing.
Recommended Preparation: Excel for
Windows or Mac Registration Restriction:
Except through discussion with the
instructor Duplicates Credit in former PMEP
538 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PMEP 526 Pharmacoeconomics II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Continued
development of the use of the economic
evaluation model, and application of the
methods and techniques of economic
assessment of pharmaceuticals and other
medical technology. Prerequisite: PMEP
525 Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students in Pharmaceuticals
Economics and Policy Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 527 Pharmacoeconomics III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
methods in economic health intervention
assessment and pharmacoeconomics
with special emphasis on microeconomic
modeling and methods for assessing
patient and health state preferences.
Prerequisite: PMEP 525 and PMEP 526
Recommended Preparation: Excel for
Windows Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PMEP 534 Health Economics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ECON
636)
PMEP 535 Behavioral Science and Policy
in Healthcare
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Use of acquired
skills to develop and assess uses of
behavioral science to affect health policy.
Recommended Preparation: PMEP 509
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Duplicates Credit
in former PMEP 519 and PMEP 529
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PMEP 539 Economic Assessment of
Medical Care
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
cost-benefit analysis and medical cost-
effectiveness analysis with applications in
medical care and the pharmaceutical field.
Prerequisite: ECON 500 and ECON 581.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PMEP 544 Health Economics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Second
of part series in techniques of
microeconometric analysis to inform
health policy. Topics include: patents and
innovation, pharmaceutical regulation,
hospital competition, physician practice.
Recommended Preparation: ECON 601,
ECON 611 and ECON 636. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 547 Programming Methods for
Empirical Analysis of Health Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
methods for analysis of large health data
sets, including data selection, SAS/Stata
programming under Linux, and review of
claims and survey data. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 551 Introduction to Health
Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
statistical analysis and regression modeling
for health economics and policy research.
Topics include: statistical inference,
principles of probability and statistics,
regression models, and causal inference.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
PMEP students or instructor permission
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 552 Advanced Health
Econometrics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The expansion
of students' knowledge of econometric
methods emphasizing, but not limited to,
applications to health economics. Serves
as a prelude to the advanced study of
microeconomics. Prerequisite: PMEP 551
or PPD 558 Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students in Pharmaceutical
Economics and Policy; Economics
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PMEP 553 Advanced Health
Econometrics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Covers the
transition to independent producers of high-
quality empirical research on health and
health care. Peer-reviewed research will
serve as case studies for class discussion
and may address empirical methods.
Prerequisite: PMEP 552 Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Duplicates Credit in PMEP 549 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PMEP 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PMEP 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PMEP 698 Seminar in Pharmaceutical
Economics and Policy
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Current research in pharmaceutical
economics and policy presented by outside
scholars, faculty and students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PMEP 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PMEP 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PMEP 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PMEP 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
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Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PMEP 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PMEP 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Political Science and International
Relations
POIR 507 Gender and International
Relations
Units: 4 An examination of gender
and culture in world society. Feminist
perspectives on and critiques of various
approaches to international relations
theories. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 507
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 509 Culture, Gender and Global
Society
Units: 4 Cultural and gendered responses
to economic globalization; topics include
culture and security, identity politics,
clashes of and accommodations among
civilizations, modernity, post-modernity
and world society. MA and other students
outside of POIR must obtain faculty
permission to register in the course.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 509 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 510 Gender, War and Peace
Units: 2 Examination of the extent to which
conflict and its resolution have depended
on stereotypically gendered associations of
men with war and women with peace. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students. Duplicates Credit in
former IR 510 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 516 Advanced Research Methods:
Text, Talk and Context
Units: 4 Text and discourse analysis
methods and strategies. Themes include
the roles of ideas, identities, policies and
interests in various institutional contexts.
MA and other students outside of POIR
must obtain faculty permission to register
for the course. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former IR 516 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 517 International Policy Analysis
Units: 4 Game theory and other
methodologies applied to the study of
international relations. Topics include global
and regional public goods, collective action,
externalities, treaty information, market
failures. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 517
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 518 Historical Memory and Public
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Analyzes national identity formation
and justification of foreign policy goals,
particularly its impact on international
relations. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 518
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 519 Field Research Methods in
Political Science and International
Relations
Units: 4 Methods of social science
field research in political science and
international relations. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 519 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 520 Formulating US Foreign
Policy: How Washington Works
Units: 4 Analyzes U.S. foreign policy,
with emphasis on numerous inputs to the
decision-making process, from media to
conceptions of the national interest to
organizational processes. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 520 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 521 Foreign Policy Analysis
Units: 4 Survey of principal theoretical and
empirical approaches to foreign policy
analysis; such as bureaucratic politics,
game theory, formal theory, rational choice
theory, and other topics. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 521 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 525 State and Society in
International Relations
Units: 4 Assesses the challenges to nation-
states and world order presented by trans-
border cultural flows, new technologies, and
changing patterns of political participation.
MA and other students outside of POIR
must obtain faculty permission to register
for the course. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former IR 525 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 526 Migration and Diaspora in
International Politics
Units: 4 Examines issues of migration, the
relationship between citizen and state,
economic factors triggering emigration/
immigration, transnationalism, and explores
the phenomenon of diasporas. MA and
other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 526 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 531 Strategy and Arms Control
Units: 4 Impact of nuclear weapons on
U.S. and U.S.S.R. postwar military policies
and strategies; evolution of postwar
deterrence postures; development of
superpower arms control since 1945. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 531 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 534 East Asian Security Issues
Units: 4 Security politics of China, Japan,
ASEAN states, and Southwest Pacific
nations; their strategic relations with the
superpowers; regional security initiatives:
nuclear-free zone politics, ZOPFAN, and
indigenous military capacities. MA and
other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 534 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 535 North African and Middle
Eastern Politics
Units: 4 The politics of the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) including
nation-building; mobilization of human and
natural resources; political recruitment,
integration, socialization, and conflict. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 535 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 539 Conflict Processes
Units: 4 Seminar in international conflict,
crisis and war. General perspectives on
factors that bring about war or peace.
Focus on ethnopolitics and conflict
processes. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 539
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 540 Law and Public Policy
Units: 4 The study of law in political
science; law and politics in organized
societies; law as a policy science; legal
and political institutions; administration of
justice; political forces influencing legal
change. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 540
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 541 Politics of the World Economy
Units: 4 Survey of approaches to
international political economy. Intellectual
roots; the management of collective goods;
North-South relations are examined. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 541 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 542 Foreign Economic Policies of
Industrial Capitalist States
Units: 4 Seminar comparing the political
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economy and economic policies of
countries; evaluation of alternative research
methods and theories. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 542
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 543 Politics of International
Monetary and Trade Relations
Units: 4 Political analysis of international
monetary and trade relations; emphasis on
interactions among industrialized nations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 543 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 544 Religion, Politics, and Conflict
Units: 4 How religion has emerged as a
powerful force in politics. Conflict resolution,
fundamentalism, terrorism, war, American
foreign policy and global civil society. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 540 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 545 Critical Issues in Politics and
Policy
Units: 4 Selected topics in political science
and policy; focus on current issues
shaping the U.S. and the world. MA and
other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 545 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 546 Environmental Policy
Units: 4 Issues and theories involved
in the formulation, implementation, and
effectiveness of different environmental
policies. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 546
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 547 Political Economy of Global
Space and Environment
Units: 4 Regimes in an anarchic world will
be examined, particularly global spaces
and resources in political economy. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 547 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 548 The International Political
Economy of Development
Units: 4 The political aspects of economic
growth, efficiency and distribution are
explored for underdeveloped nations in a
political science and international relations
context. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 545
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 550 Economic Bargaining Theory
and Practice
Units: 4 Development of analytical skills
and strategies for negotiations over
economic and political problems, through
study of recent cases, bilateral bargaining,
and multilateral bargaining. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 550 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 551 International Political
Economy of the Pacific Rim
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Political
economy of the Pacific Rim; trade,
investment and development strategies.
The role of Japan's increasing economic
power and that of the changing U.S.–
Japan relations and their implications
to the rest of the Pacific Rim region. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 551 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 554 Women in Global Perspective
Units: 4 (Enroll in SWMS 554)
POIR 555 Democracy and
Democratization in Comparative
Perspective
Units: 4 Seminar generates and tests
theories of democratization. Readings will
focus on Europe, Latin America, Soviet
Eurasia emphasizing core theoretical and
methodological aspects. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 555 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 556 Latin America and U.S. Foreign
Policy
Units: 4 Latin American challenges to U.S.
policymakers; U.S. success in achieving
its goals; alternative explanations of U.S.
behavior. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 556
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 557 Africa and U.S. Foreign Policy
Units: 4 Research problems on international
issues arising from the emergence of Africa.
MA and other students outside of POIR
must obtain faculty permission to register
for the course. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former IR 557 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 560 Feminist Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
SWMS 560)
POIR 561 Japanese Foreign Policy and
International Relations of East and
Southeast Asia
Units: 4 Research problems in political,
economic, and security issues in East and
Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on
the role of Japan. MA and other students
outside of POIR must obtain faculty
permission to register for the course.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former IR 561 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 563 Chinese Foreign Policy
Units: 4 Research problems in political,
economic, military, and ideological issues.
MA and other students outside of POIR
must obtain faculty permission to register
for the course. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former IR 563 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 581 International Relations of the
Middle East
Units: 4 Examination of salient issues
in regional politics such as colonialism,
nationalism, identity, religion, development
and war. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former IR 581
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.
POIR 593 Practicum in Teaching Politics
and International Relations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within political science
and international relations disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Grading Option:
Graded CR/NC.
POIR 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students in POIR
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
POIR 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: max 8
Subjects in one or more fields in political
science.
POIR 600 Political Theory
Units: 4 Survey of literature; examination
of approaches, concepts, and issues in
the field of political theory. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 530.
POIR 610 Research Design
Units: 4 The course will cover the design of
experimental and observational research.
We will examine both quantitative and
qualitative approaches to social science
research. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students.
POIR 611 Introduction to Regression
Analysis
Units: 4 The course will introduce students
to regression analysis and its application
to social science research. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
POIR 612 Qualitative Research Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design
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multiple research approaches using
qualitative evidence to evaluate the
observable implications of theory. Learn
deductive, construct, internal, external,
and conclusion validity. Recommended
Preparation: POIR 610 and POIR 611
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 613 Topics in Quantitative Analysis
Units: 4 Introduces statistical models
beyond the standard linear regression
model. Topics include maximum likelihood
estimation, generalized linear models,
and advanced methods. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
POIR 614 Experimental Political Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to experimental techniques
and applications of experiments in political
science. Addresses both the advantages
and disadvantages of experiments in
political science research. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
POIR 615 Formal Models of Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
basics of game theory and surveys
foundational models of American,
comparative, and international politics.
Recommended Preparation: POIR 610 and
POIR 611 Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 616 Advanced Quantitative
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Bayesian
inference in the social sciences and causal
inference literature, including experiments,
matching, difference-in-difference and
regression discontinuity. Prerequisite: POIR
617 Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 617 Maximum Likelihood
Estimation
Units: 4 Maximum likelihood estimation of
binary choice models, duration models,
count models, and other models in political
science, international relations, and social
sciences. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 600
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 618 Problems of American Politics
Units: 4 Theoretical and methodological
problems in American politics with
emphasis on emerging research paradigms.
MA and other students outside of POIR
must obtain faculty permission to register
for the course. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former POSC 618 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 619 Supreme Court Politics
Units: 4 Role of the Supreme Court in
American political institutions. Influences
on judicial decision making; appointment
and decision making processes; scope
of judicial power. MA and other students
outside of POIR must obtain faculty
permission to register for the course.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former POSC 619 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 620 American Politics and Policy
Processes
Units: 4 Survey of literature; examination
of approaches, concepts, and issues in
the field of American politics and policy
processes. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 510.
POIR 621 American Politics Field
Seminar Part II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A theoretical
and empirical overview of the American
politics field. Theoretical topics include
behavioralism, rational choice, political
psychology; empirical topics include
causality. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students.
POIR 622 Political Attitudes and
Behavior
Units: 4 Determinants, nature, and
consequences of political attitudes
and behavior exploring psychological-
sociological models, political socialization
and learning, and factors affecting trends
in attitudes and behavior. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 622 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 623 Public Law
Units: 4 Problems and research in
American constitutional and administrative
law and in modern jurisprudence. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 621 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 624 American Constitutional Law
and Theory
Units: 4 Contemporary debates and
research on the nature of constitutional
interpretation, separation of powers,
federalism, civil and political rights and
liberties. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 624
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 625 Political Parties
Units: 4 Parties and organizations in
the political system; formal and informal
organization and roles; party systems;
partisanship; and electoral rules. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 610 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 626 Executive and Legislative
Institutions
Units: 4 Theory and empirical analysis
as it relates to the study of political
institutions. Legislative politics, executive
branch politics, and legislative-executive
relations and bargaining. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former POSC 611 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 627 Urban Politics
Units: 4 Problems of government and
politics in urban, county, and metropolitan
areas. Local and community politics. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 612 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 630 European Politics
Units: 4 Selected research topics in
comparative European politics; political
behavior, parties, legislative and executive
institutions and processes. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 630 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 632 Latin American Politics
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of the
political structure and institutions of Latin
America; participation and alienation;
democracies and dictatorships; political
science and comparative politics. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 632 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 633 East Asian Politics
Units: 4 Comparative politics of East Asia;
modernization; the roots of political thought
and behavior; peripheral area relationships;
modern political processes and institutions.
MA and other students outside of POIR
must obtain faculty permission to register
for the course. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former POSC 633 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 636 Seminar in African Politics
Units: 4 Comparative and international
politics of Africa. Analysis of ideologies,
political behavior, and institutions in African
nations. MA and other students outside
of POIR must obtain faculty permission
to register for the course. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 636
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POIR 637 Chinese Politics
Units: 4 Governmental process in the
People's Republic of China including
leadership, ideology, political institutions,
behavior, and participation. MA and other
students outside of POIR must obtain
faculty permission to register for the
course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 637 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 640 Comparative Politics
Units: 4 Survey of literature; examination
of approaches, concepts, and issues in the
field of comparative politics. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Duplicates Credit in former POSC 520.
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POIR 641 Comparative Politics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar
covering literature and methods in the
study of political economy, authoritarianism,
redistribution, and political conflict. Builds
directly on POIR 640. Prerequisite: POIR
640 Registration Restriction: Open only
to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 641 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 642 Institutions in Comparative
and International Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
major strands of institutional theory and
assesses scholars' views on design of
institutions, institutional change, and effects
of institutions on behavior and outcomes.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in POIR.
POIR 644 Political Economy of
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of global state of affairs including
foundations of political order and economic
growth, formation of states in global
perspective, survival of non-democracies
and adopting inclusive institutions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POIR 648 International Human Rights
Law and Policy
Units: 4 Historical and contemporary
consideration of human rights issues in
world politics. Examination of philosophical
foundations of human rights and institutions
that enforce international standards. MA
and other students outside of POIR must
obtain faculty permission to register for
the course. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Duplicates Credit
in former POSC 648 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 649 International Law
Units: 4 Topics and cases illustrating
general principles and problems in
international law. MA and other students
outside of POIR must obtain faculty
permission to register for the course.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in
former POSC 670 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 650 Comparative Politics of East
and Southeast Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparison
of significant political phenomena
between the countries in the East and
Southeast Asia region and the long-term
consequences of such comparisons.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students.
POIR 660 Introduction to International
Relations Theory
Units: 4 The primary objective of this course
is to introduce PhD students to theoretical
and empirical issues related to the study
of international relations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
POIR 661 International Relations Theory:
Advanced
Units: 4 Examines the specialized
nomenclature of international relations and
the varied interpretations of basic concepts
of international theory; conceptual analysis
and criticism. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Duplicates Credit
in former IR 501.
POIR 662 Governance in International
Relations
Units: 4 Rules and rule structures in
international relations; major theoretical
perspectives and empirical research.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students.
POIR 670 International Political
Economy
Units: 4 Survey of approaches to
international political economy. Intellectual
roots; the management of collective goods;
North-South relations are examined.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students.
POIR 671 Political Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Integrates
findings of psychology into the study of
international relations and political science.
Covers foreign policy decision-making,
public opinion, ideology, emotion and
common heuristics and biases among
other topics. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POIR 680 International Security and
Foreign Policy
Units: 4 Examination of the interconnected
fields of international security and
foreign policy, including decision making
and patterns of interaction regarding
international conflict. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
POIR 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.
POIR 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded
CR/NC.
POIR 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded
CR/NC.
POIR 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded
CR/NC.
POIR 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded
CR/NC.
POIR 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Grading Option: Graded
CR/NC.
Portuguese
PORT 120 Portuguese I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp For students
with no proficiency in Portuguese.
Practice in listening comprehension, oral
communication, elementary reading and
writing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PORT 150 Portuguese II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp For
students with some language proficiency
in Portuguese; increased emphasis
on listening, comprehension, oral
communication, reading, and writing.
Students will be required to take a
Portuguese placement exam in the Spanish
and Portuguese Department. Prerequisite:
PORT 120. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PORT 175 Accelerated Portuguese I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Encourages
rapid acquisition through intensive exposure
to Portuguese while following a proficiency-
oriented approach. Recommended
for students with a background in
Spanish or another Romance language.
Recommended Preparation: at least two
years or equivalent of formal study of either
Spanish or another Romance language,
and/or fluent or native speakers of Spanish
or a Romance language, including heritage
speakers of Portuguese Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PORT 220 Portuguese III
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
work in listening comprehension, oral
communication, reading and writing,
with emphasis on free expression;
readings related to Portuguese culture
and civilization. Prerequisite: PORT 150.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PORT 225 Accelerated Portuguese II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of rapid acquisition of Portuguese language.
Course follows a proficiency-oriented
approach. Recommended for students
with a background in Spanish or another
Romance language. Recommended
Preparation: PORT 175 or equivalent.
Recommended for students with at least
two years or equivalent of formal study
of either Spanish or another Romance
language. Recommended for fluent or
native speakers of Spanish or a Romance
language, including heritage speakers of
Portuguese. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PORT 240 Portuguese IV
Units: 4 Four-skills course with review of
grammar. Writing and reading intensive.
Authentic materials related to Lusobrazilian
culture and civilization. Prerequisite: PORT
220. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PORT 250g Visions of Brazil
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
study of Brazil in the context of the
Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world,
especially Portugal's former colonies in
Africa. Materials drawn from literature,
visual culture, music and cultural theory.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PORT 300 Introduction to Social and
Literary Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A third year
Portuguese course aimed at advanced-
level students in Portuguese. Examines
and reviews the more complex Portuguese
grammatical points, usage, and provide
the students further opportunity to perfect
their reading, writing and speaking abilities.
Prerequisite: PORT 120 and PORT 150
and PORT 220 and PORT 240 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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PORT 302 Introduction to Brazilian
Literature
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to Brazilian literature and
culture exploring how Brazil has been
understood and represented through
spatial categories that have become, as it
were, "common places" in Brazilian literary
studies: the rural Brazil of the backlands,
the tropical Brazil of the Amazon, the
urban and cosmopolitan Brazil of the large
cities, and how they relate to questions
of identity and difference in the context of
Brazilian society. Prerequisite: PORT 120
and PORT 150 and PORT 220 and PORT
240 Recommended Preparation: PORT 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PORT 316 Portuguese for Business and
the Professions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Aimed at
advanced-level students in Portuguese
who wish to develop a working knowledge
of Portuguese for business and/or for
the professions. Prerequisite: PORT 240
Recommended Preparation: PORT 300
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PORT 342 Brazilian Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Survey of
Brazilian cinema, designed to introduce
students to major themes and issues within
Brazilian studies through the examination
of important Brazilian films within their
historical, social and political contexts.
Prerequisite: PORT 120 and PORT 150 and
PORT 220 and PORT 240 Recommended
Preparation: PORT 300 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PORT 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PORT 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Political Science
POSC 100g Theory and Practice of
American Democracy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theoretical, institutional, and functional
aspects of American national, state,
and local government and politics;
contemporary issues. Recommended
for freshmen and sophomores. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
POSC 110g Ideology and Political
Conflict
Units: 4 Modern political ideologies;
their assumptions, perceptions, and
prescriptions regarding political stability and
social injustice: anarchism, communism,
socialism, liberalism, conservatism, and
fascism. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 120 Comparative Politics
Units: 4 Gateway to the major in political
science. Comparative analysis of political
institutions and processes in selected
industrial, developing and socialist
countries, in terms of contrasting ideologies,
parties, elites, and economies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public
Policy
Units: 4 Interaction between law and
politics; overview of the American legal
system; value conflicts and public policy
questions which arise within it. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 165g Modern Times
Units: 4 Explores the current major social
and political issues that confront scholars,
leaders, and citizens in today's modern
world. Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 190a Politics and Society
Units: 4 Honors seminar for freshmen and
sophomores. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 190b Politics and Society
Units: 4 Continuation of work begun in
first semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 201x Law and Politics
Units: 4 (Enroll in LAW 201)
POSC 210gmw Social Analysis of
Gender
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll
in SWMS 210) Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World
POSC 220g Critical Issues in American
Politics: Presidential Election in Real
Time
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of enduring political issues,
as well as the political processes and
institutions. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 248gw Human Rights
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of human rights controversies across the
globe. Introduction to techniques of analysis
for social issues, interdisciplinary research
methods, and interpretation of complex
political problems. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
G: Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
POSC 250 Critical Issues in Comparative
Politics
Units: 4 Critical analysis of major issues in
comparative politics such as dependency,
crises in political legitimacy, political
violence and terrorism, political corruption,
genocide, and comparative revolutions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 255g Cultures, Civilizations and
Ethnicities in World Politics
Units: 4 Theories and case studies of
conflict and coexistence between cultures,
civilizations and ethnic groups in the context
of the countervailing force of Western
socio-economic globalization. Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics
Units: 4 A comparative analysis of multi-
ethnic societies through case studies
of inter-ethnic conflict and coexistence,
conflict resolution, prevention of genocide
and defense of human rights. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
the challenges of environmental problem-
solving at the personal, local, national
and global scales, focused on the issue
of climate change. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
G: Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental
Law and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of
environmental policy, law and politics
at the international, domestic and local
levels. Social science gateway to the
environmental studies major. Prerequisite:
ENST 100. Duplicates Credit in POSC 347.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENST-270
POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and
Great Issues of American Democracy
Units: 4 Underlying principles of American
democracy; major issues of contemporary
public policy in national and state
institutions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 311 Political Analysis
Units: 4 Methodological and theoretical
problems of micro-analytic studies in
political science. Techniques of data
collection and assimilation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 315 Regulation of Elections and
Political Finance
Units: 4 The role money plays in
elections and public decisions: disclosure
requirements, limits on campaign
contributions and expenditures, regulation
of radio/television time, tax incentives,
public funding. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 320 Urban Politics
Units: 4 Evolution of contemporary
institutions; differing views of community
power; major policies; state and federal
relations to local governments; metropolitan
community problems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 321 Urban Political Problems
Units: 4 Social problems and governmental
policy in the urban environment,
emphasizing such problem areas as
education, environment, race, police and
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the system of criminal justice, and poverty.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 322 Social Construction of Race
and Citizenship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 320)
POSC 323 Applied Politics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Provides students with the
knowledge and skills necessary to become
active in politics based on understanding
the history, theory, and practices of public
participation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 325 State Politics
Units: 4 American state politics from a
comparative perspective. Examines political
processes, differing policy outcomes and
the impact of social change on system
performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 326 Case Studies in Modern
Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDA 325)
POSC 328 Asian American Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
political attitudes, behavior and participation
of Asian Americans in diverse U.S. society.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST-328
POSC 333 Stigma and Society: Physical
Disability in America
Units: 4 Political activity involving disabled
persons; development of public policy
regarding disabled citizens. Duplicates
Credit in former POSC 233. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 334 Interest Groups and Elite
Behavior
Units: 4 Introduction to interest group
and elite views of the American system,
including recent interest group theory and
findings and the general critiques of power
distribution in American society. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 335 Political Parties, Campaigns,
and Elections
Units: 4 Organization and function of
political parties, nominations and elections,
strategy and tactics of campaigning,
professional candidate management
finance, political machines, voting behavior.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 340 Constitutional Law
Units: 4 Development of constitutional
law by the courts; leading cases bearing
on major constitutional issues; the
federal system; powers of government;
civil liberties. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
POSC 345 International Law
Units: 4 Nature, origin, and development of
international law; basic principles analyzed
and illustrated with cases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 347 Environmental Law
Units: 4 Introduces students to central
concepts and theories in environmental
law and regulation; analyzes present
environmental laws and regulations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENST-347
POSC 349 Women and the Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in SWMS
349)
POSC 350 Politics of Latin America
Units: 4 Theories of development and
nation-building; revolutionary and
evolutionary modernization; role of history,
culture, socioeconomic conditions in
affecting political structures and functions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 351 Middle East Politics
Units: 4 Political development in the Middle
East, emphasizing historical, cultural, and
socioeconomic conditions affecting political
structures and functions; modernization
and countervailing social, economic, and
religious forces. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia
Units: 4 Theories of development and
nation-building; revolutionary and
evolutionary modernization; role of history,
culture, socioeconomic conditions in
affecting political structures and functions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 354 Japanese Politics
Units: 4 Contemporary Japanese politics,
political economy, and political processes.
How political systems are organized;
roles of bureaucrats, politicians, interest
groups, and social activists in policymaking.
Recommended Preparation: POSC 120.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 355 Politics of East Asia
Units: 4 Institutions and processes of
advanced societies; political culture,
interest articulation and aggregation, the
governmental process. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 356 Politics in the People's
Republic of China
Units: 4 The Chinese revolution; social,
political, and economic developments in
post-1949 China; China after Mao Zedong
(Mao Tse-tung). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 358 Politics of Sub-Sahara Africa
Units: 4 Theories of development and
nation-building; revolutionary and
evolutionary modernization; role of history,
culture, socioeconomic conditions in
affecting political structures and functions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 360 Comparative Political
Institutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Institutions and processes of advanced
industrial societies; political culture,
interest articulation and aggregation, the
governmental process. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World
Politics
Units: 4 Cities and the rise of states;
globalization and localization; federalism
and decentralization; comparative politics of
urban regions in developed and developing
countries. Recommended Preparation:
comparative or urban politics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 365 World Political Leadership
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of theories
of power and leadership; application to
leaders from western democracies, Third
World, and socialist countries. Societal
consequences of their policies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of the
determinants of political violence, terrorism,
and genocide and their social and moral
consequences; application of theories to
contemporary case studies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 370 European Political Thought I
Units: 4 Basic concepts of Western political
thought from Plato through the contract
theorists. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 371 European Political Thought II
Units: 4 Western political thought since
the French Revolution. Rise of Marxist
socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism,
National Socialism, other doctrines; the
democratic tradition; new theories of the
state. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 374 The American Founders:
Visions, Values and Legacy
Units: 4 Analysis of the political thought
of the American Founders; consideration
of alternative visions of patriarchalism,
republicanism, and liberal democracy;
exploration of Founders' core values and
their impact on issues of race, class, and
gender. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 375 American Political Thought
Units: 4 Historical and topical review of
American political philosophy from the
Puritans to the present. Special emphasis
on such recurrent themes as equality,
democracy, and racism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 377 Asian Political Thought
Units: 4 Major systems of political thought
in Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian
cultural traditions. Confucianism, Buddhism,
Islam, and other classical systems and their
present-day adaptations under the impact
of communism and democracy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 380 Political Theories and Social
Reform
Units: 2, 4 Political theories and
philosophies in modern times and their
relation to public policy and social reform.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 381 Sex, Power, and Politics
Units: 4 An evaluation of the ways in which
different ideologies, institutions, and policies
contribute to differences in political power
between men and women. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS-381
POSC 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 391 Honors I: Undergraduate
Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Selected topics
in designated area of political science.
Discussion of readings and presentation of
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papers. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 392 Honors II: Undergraduate
Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Thesis written
under supervision, based on research
begun in Honors I. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 395 Directed Governmental and
Political Leadership Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Intensive experience in governmental and
political offices. Minimum time requirement;
evaluation by office and intern report
required. Permission of the Director of
the Institute of Politics and Government
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ENST-396
POSC 398L Trial Advocacy: Theory and
Practice
Units: 1, 2, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Course covering substantive law,
evidence, public speaking and use of
societal mores in courtroom advocacy.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Mock
Trial team members. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 410x Political Fellows Seminars
Units: 2, 4, 6, 8 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSp Political practitioners will
teach on topics such as political strategy,
campaigns and speechwriting. Credit
Restriction: Not for Major Credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability
and Public Participation
Units: 4 Examines civic participation
in international, national, and local
environmental politics and sustainability
efforts. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 420 Practicum in the American
Political Process
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Fieldwork in governmental
institutions and processes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 421 Ethnic Politics
Units: 4 Analysis of the political behavior
and roles of ethnic and racial groups in the
American political system; public policy
issues and patterns of political action
are examined. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 422 Political Attitudes and
Behavior
Units: 4 The citizen's political world;
political socialization, opinion formation
and dissemination; development of
political cultures and subcultures; political
mobilization; personality and politics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 423 Presidents and the
Presidency
Units: 4 Presidential coalition; sources of
presidential power; recent leadership styles;
decision-making within the presidency.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 424m Political Participation and
American Diversity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examines how
diverse groups in the U.S. interact with
the American political system. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST-424
POSC 425 Legislative Process
Units: 4 Individual behavior and decision-
making within legislatures; changing
executive-legislative functions; legislative
functions; relationships to political systems
in comparative perspective. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 426 The United States Supreme
Court
Units: 4 Role of the court in American
politics; overview of major decisions;
the politics of appointment; the process
of decision-making; impact of judicial
decisions. Recommended Preparation:
POSC 130. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 427 Black Politics in the American
Political System
Units: 4 The effects of the organization
of the American political system and its
operations on blacks and other minorities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 428 Latino Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of the
historic and contemporary roles of Latinos
in the American political system; patterns
of political participation and representation
are examined. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
AMST-428
POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico
Units: 4 Examination of contemporary
Mexico: the role of the state in the Mexican
economy; development of the government
party and opposition groups. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 431 Political Economy of Central
America
Units: 4 Focus on economic, social, and
political structures and processes in the
region and in specific countries, especially
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 432 Politics of Local Criminal
Justice
Units: 4 Roles and behavior of major legal
and political participants in the criminal
justice system including the police, the
legal profession, judges, and the public.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 435 Politics and the Economy
Units: 4 Major techniques, politics, and
values involved in the allocation of social
and economic resources. Includes such
topics as determination of priorities in
budgetary processes, economic regulation,
control of environmental change, and
policies for science. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 436 Environmental Politics
Units: 4 The political realities of selected
environmental issues; resolving and
implementing social priorities; interests,
attitudes, strategies, and tactics of
pressure groups; institutional biases and
opportunities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
ENST-436
POSC 437 Mass Media and Politics
Units: 4 Analysis of political content
of mass media. Audience response to
alternative sources of political information.
Consideration of the institutional and
economic as well as political aspects of
the mass media. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 439 Critical Issues in American
Politics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive examination of critical
issues of particular interest in the field of
American politics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 440 Comparative Law and the
Judicial Process
Units: 4 Analysis of courts in comparative
perspective; judicial decision-making and
development of public policy through
the judicial process; theories of law and
jurisprudence. Recommended Preparation:
POSC 340. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 441m Cultural Diversity and the
Law
Units: 4 Jurisprudential approach to the
study of cultural differences. Consideration
of circumstances under which law should
accommodate cultural diversity in the
United States and abroad. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 442m The Politics of
Human Differences: Diversity and
Discrimination
Units: 4 A comparative perspective on
social and cultural forces that affect
American laws and policies concerning
discrimination on the basis of race or
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age,
and disability. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 443 Law in Film
Units: 4 Analysis of the depiction of law
in film; use of film to explore topics in
jurisprudence and the politics of law and
courts. Recommended Preparation: POSC
130. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 444 Civil and Political Rights and
Liberties
Units: 4 An examination of debates and
controversies surrounding the nature and
scope of civil rights and civil liberties.
Recommended Preparation: POSC 340
or POSC 440. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
LAW-444
POSC 446 Global Bioethics and Human
Rights
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview of
historical and contemporary issues in global
bioethics law and policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 447 Global Justice:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Classical and
contemporary theories of justice, from an
interdisciplinary perspective. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 448a The Politics of Peace
Units: 4 Issues of social justice, large-scale
social change, high technology, impacts on
human survival, and uses of national and
international institutions. Human rights.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 448b The Politics of Peace
Units: 4 Issues of social justice, large-scale
social change, high technology, impacts on
human survival, and uses of national and
international institutions. Arms limitation,
control, and disarmament. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 449 Political Psychology
Units: 4 Psychological forces shaping
politics and persons, processes and
interactions; emphasis on political
socialization and cognitive and affective
orientations to politics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 450 Political Development
Units: 4 Choice of models in nation-
building; party and other means of
mass mobilization; elite recruitment and
differentiation; peculiarities of cultures
and subcultures; integration of ethnic and
other minorities; political socialization and
secularization; legitimization. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 451 Politics of Resources and
Development
Units: 4 Comparison of relationships
between rich and poor countries involving
political and economic resources and
prospects for development; impact on
industrialized states; interdependence; new
international economic order. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 452 Critical Issues in Law and
Public Policy
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive examination of special
topics in the field of law and public policy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 453 Political Change in Asia
Units: 4 Modernization and political
development in China and Japan; Asia's
economic "miracles" (Taiwan, Japan,
Korea, etc.); nationalism and communist
movements in East and Southeast Asia.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 456 Women in International
Development
Units: 4 How various developmental
theories analyze the role of women as
producers and how Third World women
are increasing their role in development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-456
POSC 463 European Politics
Units: 4 Institutions, cultures and politics
of western Europe, eastern Europe and
Russia; internationalization; historical and
contemporary political, economic, and
social change. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 464 Politics of Russia and Eastern
Europe
Units: 4 Culture, society, and politics
in Russia and in Eastern Europe.
Contemporary political institutions and
processes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 469 Critical Issues in Comparative
Politics
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive examination of critical
issues of particular interest in the field of
comparative politics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
POSC 475 The Future of California
Units: 4 (Enroll in MDA 475)
POSC 476 Contemporary Political
Thought
Units: 4 20th century political philosophy
dealing with major movements in
psychological, existential, socialist, and
nationalist thought as they bear upon
the crisis of political authority in our time.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
POSC 479 Critical Issues in Political
Thought
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive examination of critical
issues of particular interest in the field of
political thought. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
POSC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
POSC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Policy, Planning, and
Development
PPD 100m Los Angeles, The Enduring
Pueblo
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Gateway to
the minor in Planning and Development.
Ethnic history of Los Angeles, emphasis
placed on architecture, planning, and
development. Multiplicity of cross-
connections shaped by race, ethnicity,
religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
Duplicates Credit in former PLDV 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 203 Economic Analysis for Public
Policy
Units: 4 Economic foundations for public
policy analysis; concepts of efficiency and
equity, analysis of market failure and policy
interventions; challenges in policy-making.
Corequisite: MATH 117 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 225 Public Policy and Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Institutions,
legal context, and processes of public policy
and management. Contemporary theories
of public policy formulation, implementation,
and evaluation. Public managerial
challenges and reforms. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 227 Urban Planning and
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Gateway
to BS, Public Policy, Management
and Planning and minor in Planning
and Development. City building and
development process; who plans, politics
of planning and development; major
topics include land use, fiscal policy,
transportation, sustainability, and economic
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 240g Citizenship and Public Ethics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa, Sp Review of
legal and ethical traditions of citizenship
with emphasis on the latter; consideration
of implications for current practice of public
policy-making and management. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Duplicates Credit in former
PPMT 240. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 245g The Urban Context
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The urban
context for planning and policy decisions.
Socioeconomic, physical and spatial
structure of cities; and the underlying
demographic, economic and social
processes that drive their ongoing
transformation. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 250m Cities in the Developing
World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The transition
from traditional to modern cities in the
developing world. Primacy and dualism;
comparative urbanism as an expression of
cultural variation; contrast in Western cities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 300 Social Justice Issues in Public
Policy and Urban Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Social justice
issues through the lens of public policy
and urban planning with main focus on Los
Angeles; critical thinking skills about the
fields and their relevance to social justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
BS, Public Policy and BS, Urban Studies
and Planning students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 301 PPD Practices: Internship
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Policy,
planning, and development skills for
practice; internship seminar; leadership,
group dynamics and presentation skills;
application of management; organizational
diversity; reflection on experiences.
Duplicates Credit in RED 201 and RED 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PPD 303 Statistics for Policy, Planning,
and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Statistical applications applied to the real
world; techniques including probability,
sampling; hypothesis formation and
testing; correlation, and linear regression.
Prerequisite: MATH 117g Duplicates Credit
in PPD 404 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 306 Visual Methods in Policy,
Management, Planning and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to graphic design, photodocumentation,
and geographic information systems
as employed in planning, policy, and
development. Visual explanations.
Computer and by-hand applications.
Duplicates Credit in former PLDV 410.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 313 Finance of the Public Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Justifications
for and effects of government policies;
tax and spending sides of government
budgets; public goods; externalities; social
insurance; redistribution and welfare; tax
policy. Prerequisite: ECON 203. Duplicates
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Credit in former PPMT 313. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 314 Public Policy and Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Institutional
foundations and analysis of public
policy issues; policy formulation and
implementation; application of theories;
case analyses. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Qualitative
methods of analysis; ethical and political
implications of policy choices; issue
diagnosis and policy design skills; critical
reasoning and ethics; policy leadership.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 316 Human Resource Management
for Public Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Human
resource development and management;
values and processes in civil service career
systems; training practices; human relations
in supervision; personnel theory. Duplicates
Credit in former PPMT 316. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public
and Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
accounting principles and concepts
necessary for the preparation and
understanding of financial statements;
accounting for service organizations in the
public/nonprofit sector; fund accounting.
Duplicates Credit in former PPMT 351.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 320 Organizational Behavior in
Public Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding human behavior in
public organization: motivation, roles,
communication; group behavior and
decision-making in public context;
managing conflict; leadership and change
in public complex organizational systems.
Duplicates Credit in former PPMT 485.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 325 Fundamentals of Health Policy
and Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Learning
the institutions of health care delivery and
financing; evaluating key health policy
issues; understanding and using economic,
statistical and mathematical tools as ways
to inform health policy issues. Duplicates
Credit in former PPD 230 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 330 Introduction to Health Care
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts and
determinants of health and illness; health
care delivery organizations and programs;
the role of the administrator; issues in
health care financing and access; quality
evaluation; future trends. Duplicates Credit
in former PPMT 330. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 340 The American System of
Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to the system of justice
administration: components — police
services, judiciary, corrections;
interrelationships and issues; management
strategies for change. Duplicates Credit
in former PPMT 340. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 342 Crime and Public Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Public policy
agenda-setting, alternatives formulation,
and implementation for crime and criminal
justice; analysis of specific issues including
crime control, death penalty and gun
control. Duplicates Credit in former PPMT
342. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 343 Terrorism, Homeland Security,
and Public Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview
of terrorism, government policies and
practices, issues of civil liberties, challenges
to public sector management. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 344 Environmental Policy and
Sustainable Development
Units: 4 Introduction to critical issues of
environmental policy in looking toward
a more sustainable future; the science
and policy of climate change; equity and
justice; the greening of industry, governing
for sustainable development; policy tools
in addressing issues of environmental
protection and sustainability. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 353 Philanthropy and Social
Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa History, theories,
philosophies, and practices of philanthropy;
relationship between philanthropy and
nonprofit world; grant-making procedures
and relation to social innovation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 357 Government and Business
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Interrelated
roles of business and public institutions;
effects of public policies and laws on
business sector; incorporates public and
business perspectives. Prerequisite: ECON
203. Duplicates Credit in former PPMT 357.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 358 Urban and Regional Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic concepts
of urban and regional economies; how
planners intervene in the urban market;
housing, transportation, public goods;
land use politics; fiscal issues; cost-benefit
analysis. Duplicates Credit in former PLDV
402. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 360 Urban Transportation Planning
and Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Current
transportation planning and policy critiques.
Transportation planning; the relationship
to urban structure; conventional and
para-transit modes; analysis of local plans.
Duplicates Credit in former PLDV 480.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 361 Sustainable Communities,
Policy and Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Policy and
planning as shaped by sustainability
theories; sustainability indicators; topics
include water resources, air quality, land
use regulations, environmental design,
carrying capacity, ecological footprint
analysis. Duplicates Credit in former PPD
461 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 364 Technology and the City
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Smart cities;
connectivity and technological innovation;
effects of technology on infrastructure
management and efficiency; how public
policy has responded to technological
change and identify best practices; case
studies on the impact of technology on
cities. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector and the
Public Interest
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theories of the
voluntary nonprofit sector in society and its
relationship to government and business;
public policies toward the sector. Duplicates
Credit in former PPMT 371. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 372m Public Service in an Urban
Setting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Voluntary
service in an urban, multicultural context:
diverse meanings and practices, history,
motivations, relationship to charity and
change, dilemmas, public policies; service
learning project required. Duplicates Credit
in former PPMT 372. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 373 Public Policy and Planning
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applied
analytic modeling and data manipulation;
visual presentation; interpretation of data;
needs assessment and market failure
analysis; indexing; extrapolation and simple
forecasting; simple risk analysis; benefit-
cost analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 203,
PPD 225, PPD 303. Duplicates Credit in the
former PPD 473. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 380a International Perspectives on
Urban Problem Solving
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Research
on comparative urban public policy
and administration utilizing case study
approach; field research includes study
in various foreign cities. Duplicates Credit
in former PPMT 412ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 380b International Perspectives on
Urban Problem Solving
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Research
on comparative urban public policy
and administration utilizing case study
approach; field research includes study
in various foreign cities. Duplicates Credit
in former PPMT 412ab. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 382 International Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Definitions
and measurements of development;
impact of globalization; concept and
practice of international and development
administration and planning at local,
national, and global governance levels.
Duplicates Credit in former PLDV 405.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Duplicates Credit in former PLDV 390
and PPMT 390. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PPD 400 Topics in Public Policy and
Urban Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar in
cross cutting topics in public policy and
urban studies that engages students with
faculty and scholars in interdisciplinary
research and analysis of key problems and
issues in the fields Registration Restriction:
Open only to BS, Public Policy and BS,
Urban Studies and Planning majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 402 Management of Public and
Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Contemporary
management theory; the nature of
complex organizations; organizational and
intergovernmental arrangements; roles and
responsibilities of managers; managerial
and organizational effectiveness;
organizational structure and dynamics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 403 Management Analysis I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to organizational and systems analysis;
historical perspective; systems theory;
information systems, procedure analysis;
management planning; introduction to
models. Duplicates Credit in former PPMT
403. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 404 Empirical Methods for Public
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to multivariate regression analysis for policy
analysis; course begins with Ordinary Least
Squares (OLS) estimation and covers some
advanced topics such as panel data and
experimental methods; application of these
tools in a variety of policy contexts such as
education, labor, and health. Prerequisite:
PPD 303 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 405 Fundraising for Policy and
Planning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Fundraising
in the nonprofit sector; role and structure
of philanthropy; strategic issues in the
solicitation of private funds for the public
good; effect of fundraising on behavior
of institutions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 407 Financial Management of
Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Time value of
money, risk, government bonds and tax-
exempt financing, cost of capital, budgeting,
financial statement analysis, and working
capital management. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 410 Comparative Urban
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Urbanization
and urban development and growth through
an international scope; globalizing cities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 411a Sacramento Semester
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Exploration of political, economic,
and administrative climate of the state
government; basic processes and functions
considered through seminars, research
projects, visitations, group discussions,
and internships. Duplicates Credit in former
PPMT 411abcd. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 411b Sacramento Semester
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Exploration of political, economic,
and administrative climate of the state
government; basic processes and functions
considered through seminars, research
projects, visitations, group discussions,
and internships. Duplicates Credit in former
PPMT 411abcd. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 411c Sacramento Semester
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Exploration of political, economic,
and administrative climate of the state
government; basic processes and functions
considered through seminars, research
projects, visitations, group discussions,
and internships. Duplicates Credit in former
PPMT 411abcd. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 411d Sacramento Semester
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Exploration of political, economic,
and administrative climate of the state
government; basic processes and functions
considered through seminars, research
projects, visitations, group discussions,
and internships. Duplicates Credit in former
PPMT 411abcd. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 412L GeoDesign Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SSCI 412)
PPD 413 Administration of Health Care
Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice; role of governing bodies, medical
staffs and quality review committees;
current trends; community responsibility;
regulatory and oversight agencies.
Duplicates Credit in former PPMT 439.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 414 Community Health Policy and
Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Historical
perspectives on and the contemporary
practice of community health planning;
impact of culture, socioeconomics, and
environment; policy dimensions; urban
planning's role in enhancing and sustaining
health. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 415 Health Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Health policy
analysis and challenges; price of health;
structure of major sectors in health care;
role of insurance in policy debates; trade-
offs with policy decisions. Prerequisite: PPD
325. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 416 Food Policy and Planning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Key issues
related to the practice of food system
planning; practice of creating and
implementing food policies; understanding
of food systems; issues around community
food governance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 420 Environmental Impact
Assessment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of the role of the National Environmental
Policy Act and the California Environmental
Policy Act; study of environmental impact
assessments including the regulatory
aspects, stakeholder and participatory
processes, and legal framework. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 421 Land Use, Environment, and
Housing in Developing Countries
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of issues in
the built environment in the US and abroad;
development, land use, and the supply of
housing; housing affordability; land tenure.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 422 Transportation and Technology
and the Future of Mobility
Units: 4 Introduction of the role that
technology will play in facilitating shared
mobility, disrupting transportation
markets, and reshaping multi-modal
urban transportation systems; analyses
of governance issues; the interaction
between private markets and regulators;
changes in the nature of infrastructure
and urban planning that will be required
to accommodate the wired future of
transportation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 427L Geographic Information
Systems and Planning Applications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic GIS
concepts, ArcView and other GIS software,
planning applications and databases, basic
cartography; students select, research and
prepare a planning GIS analysis project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 429 Urban Design Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Application
of design concepts and graphic skills to
a local design problem sponsored by a
local public or private client in a studio
setting; site visits, community contact,
presentations. Prerequisite: PPD 306, PPD
425. Duplicates Credit in former PLDV 414.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 430 Urban Informatics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to urban informatics including the
fundamentals of coding, urban data
analysis and statistics, visualization,
mapping, smart cities/technology and telling
stories with data. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 431 Undergraduate Policy,
Planning, and Development Studio
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of methods in the exploration of a specific
project, policy, or organization from the
multiple perspectives of the five tracks in
the undergraduate program. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Price School of
Public Policy juniors and seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 438 Local Economic Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Economic
development in a capitalist system,
historic review, sectoral review, funding,
strategizing, partnerships, evaluation; class
project. Duplicates Credit in former PLDV
447. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 439 Housing and Community
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Evolution of
government housing and community
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development programs; present practices,
e.g., housing elements, economic
development, neighborhood rehabilitation;
housing needs and market analysis;
housing and health. Duplicates Credit
in former PLDV 440. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 466 Urban Government and
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Preparation and discussion of cases
dealing with selected policy areas including
transportation, housing, poverty, and
environmental quality. Duplicates Credit
in former PPMT 427. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 468 Cross-Cultural Negotiations:
Communication and Strategy
Units: 4 (Enroll in COMM 468)
PPD 475 The Future of California
Units: 4 (Enroll in MDA 475)
PPD 476 Politics and Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Administrative
relationships to the policy processes;
influence of political and economic
pressures on administrative policy
determination; political behavior by
administrators; case analysis. Duplicates
Credit in former PPMT 486. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 478 Social Innovation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Strategies and
processes of social innovation and change;
examination of social change in the market,
government, and within the nonprofit
sector; dynamics; civic action and activism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 482 Comparative Public
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Methodology,
theories, and models of comparison;
functional processes of administration
in developing and developed nations
compared; role of bureaucracy in
development and nation-building; ecology
of administration. Duplicates Credit in
former PPMT 482. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 485m U.S. Immigration Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination
of the historical and contemporary
components of U.S. immigration policy
with emphasis on policies addressing legal
permanent immigrants, refugees, asylees,
the undocumented. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Duplicates
Credit in former PLDV 490x and PPMT
490x. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 497a Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Writing of
the honors capstone project in an area
of interest related to the track of study;
research and writing skills. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 497b Senior Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Writing of
the honors capstone project in an area
of interest related to the track of study;
research and writing skills. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Seniors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 498 Senior Honors Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Concepts,
theories, and methods of analysis of a
selected topic within the fields of public
policy, management and planning. Students
must have a 3.5 GPA in PPD courses; 3.0
GPA overall. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics in Policy,
Management and Planning. Duplicates
Credit in former PLDV 499 and PPMT 499.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership
Units: 2 Roles of public, private, nonprofit,
and civil society sectors in policy, planning,
and development. Leadership skills in
negotiation, conflict resolution, institutional
design, problem solving. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 501a Economics for Policy,
Planning and Development
Units: 2 Microeconomic theory as applied
to policy, planning, and development;
concepts of efficiency; macroeconomic
issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 501b Economics for Policy,
Planning and Development
Units: 2 Microeconomic analysis
and modeling to incorporate Market
failure and issues of uncertainty and
information failure; organization models;
policy instruments; policy and planning
applications. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 502x Statistical Foundations for
Public Management and Policy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Statistical
analysis concepts and reasoning; sampling
and data sources; focus on basic statistical
applications in public management and
policy analysis. Credit Restriction: Not for
graduate credit for MHA, MPA, MPP and
affiliated degrees. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Economic theory
as applied to public policy. Concepts of
efficiency and equity, analysis of market
failure and policy interventions. Duplicates
Credit in PPD 501a, PPD 501b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Essential
statistics for public managers and
administrators; application of statistical
methods in addressing public policy and
management questions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 505 Modeling for Health Policy and
Medical Decision Making
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in ISE
505)
PPD 506 Introduction to
Microeconomics: Applications in Health
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Key
microeconomic concepts and economic
fundamentals for health policy and
management professionals. Ties economic
principles to real-world applications in
health and healthcare. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 507 Six-Sigma Methods and
Applications
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
ISE 507)
PPD 508 Health Care Operations
Improvement
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ISE
508)
PPD 509 Problems and Issues in the
Health Field
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to concepts and facts regarding the
healthcare system, healthcare policy,
epidemiology and disease trends,
prevention, healthcare organizations,
personnel, diversity, evidence, delivery
systems, population health, financing and
reimbursement. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 530 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 510a Financial Management of
Health Services
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Accounting
principles, financial reports, managerial
finance, financial planning, capital
investments, working capital analysis;
elements of budgeting and reimbursement;
performance standards; reporting;
developing a management system.
Prerequisite: PPD 516 Recommended
Preparation: PPD 504 or competence in
statistics Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 510b Financial Management of
Health Services
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Changing
practices, emerging issues, strategies
and innovations in financial planning,
management, and regulation; federal
and state policies and requirements.
Prerequisite: PPD 510a and PPD 516
Recommended Preparation: PPD 504 or
competence in statistics Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 511 Health Information Systems
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm Conceptual
framework for data base development;
relational data management; use of health
statistics; health indicators; confidentiality,
security, privacy. Recommended
Preparation: PPD 504 or competence in
statistics and PPD 516 or competence
in accounting Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 512 Health Administration
Residency Seminar
Units: 2 Supervised study of health care
administration, governance, professional
staff relations, internal operations and
controls, legal and regulatory requirements,
management policy and strategy.
Prerequisite: PPD 509 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care
Delivery
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Rights of
consumers; health-related powers of
governments; rights and responsibilities
of health care providers; interrelationships
of rights, powers, and responsibilities.
Recommended Preparation: PPD 509 or
substantial prior work experience in health
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care organizations. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 514 Economic Concepts Applied to
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Relationships between economic
characteristics and health status; impact
of economy on health services industry;
demand and resources for health services;
utilization, prices, costs, health insurance.
Prerequisite: PPD 506 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 515 Strategic Management of
Health Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Application
of principles of health administration in
several practice settings. Decision-making;
strategic management; organizational
performance; communication; provider
comparisons. Prerequisite: (PPD 506 or
HMGT 565) and (PPD 545 or HMGT 520)
Recommended Preparation: PPD 509,
PPD 511, PPD 513, PPD 514, PPD 558
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health
Care Organizations
Units: 4 Accounting as a management
tool; accounting systems; basic accounting
concepts and procedures; budgets;
financial statements. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 517 Concepts and Practices in
Managing Health Care Organizations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm Application
of principles of health administration.
Role of managers; managing people and
programs; human resource management
concepts and applications; working with
professionals; governance; public relations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 518 Quality of Care Concepts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Quality issues
and complexities affecting health care;
fundamentals of quality improvement
programs; examination of quality issues
and improvement programs in various
health care venues; strategies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 519 Methods and Applications of
Health Services Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
policy and management issues for empirical
research; indicators and measurement
of outcomes; impact on policy and
management decisions; methodology;
analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
Prerequisite: PPD 514. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 520 Economic Approaches to
Health Policy Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Evaluation of
current major health policy challenges and
issues; economic analysis of behavioral
responses to change in health care
policy; new legislation; policy trade-offs.
Prerequisite: PPD 514. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 521a Information Technology
Management Systems in Health Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Principles and
methods of systems analysis; assessment;
strategic planning, design consideration;
e-health and e-commerce system
trends; health care information systems
application areas; regulatory requirements.
Prerequisite: PPD 511. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 521b Information Technology
Management Systems in Health Care
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Principles and
methods of systems analysis; assessment;
strategic planning, design consideration;
e-health and e-commerce system trends;
health care information systems application
areas; regulatory requirements. Analytic
methods used to develop data-driven
solutions; specific problems in health
care organizations; integrating data;
communicating data; interpretation;
exploration of new approaches for
improvement. Prerequisite: PPD 511.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 522 Planning Theory and History
for a Just Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the
history and theories underlying professional
planning practice; evolving theoretical
frameworks that will shape the planning
field. Focuses on theoretical/historical
perspectives on social justice, inclusion,
and diversity. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 523 Urban and International
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of urban development including role of
land markets, externalities, economic
analysis of market failures; regulations
and stakeholders. Applications to U.S. and
international contexts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 524 Planning Theory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Development
of a critical perspective by becoming
more aware of the intellectual roots of
the planning profession, with a focus on
practical outcomes of actions. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 501. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 525 Statistics and Arguing from
Data
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of probability and statistics, planning
analysis techniques, computing standards,
and understanding of the rhetoric related
to statistical analysis. Duplicates Credit
in former PLUS 502. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 526 Comparative International
Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to comparative international development
with a focus on regional growth and urban
development. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 505. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 527 The Social Context of Planning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the formation of the modern urban
environment with its consumer culture,
social classes, and racial and ethnic
diversity. Duplicates Credit in former PLUS
506. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 528 Physical Planning: Urban and
Community Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of the theories and concepts of livable
communities and good city form.
Introductory basics of design and city
form. Case studies of historical and current
best practices. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 529 Planning Law and Legal
Frameworks of Planning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Understanding
of the legal system and its processes
and laws applicable to land use and
development and the legal nature of powers
of public and private entities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 530 Historical Analysis of Urban
Form and Planning Practice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Awareness,
analysis, understanding, and influencing the
city building process locally and regionally;
isolate and exercise tools and methods of
visual literacy. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 510. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 531L Planning Studio
Units: 4, 8, 12 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Application of methods in
planning, programming, research, and
evaluation in a professional context; data
collection and analysis; case studies;
practical applications. Duplicates Credit
in former PLUS 576L and PLUS 676L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 532L International Planning and
Development Laboratory Workshop
Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Terms Offered: Sm
Application of planning principles and
methods to specific urban planning
problems abroad; involves preparation
in the spring semester and an overseas
field visit and a collaborative practicum.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 575L.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 533 Planning History and Urban
Form
Units: 2 History of urban planning with an
emphasis on the evolution of how planning
shaped the physical environment in
response to political, economic, and social
issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 534 Data, Evidence, and
Communication of the Public Good
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
data analysis for planning practice. Includes
quantitative and qualitative methods.
Traditional methods such as regression and
emerging methods including social media,
visual/spatial analysis, programming.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Administrative concepts, institutions, legal
systems, and practices; values; facilitation
of responsibilities and rights; professional
applications for personal, private sector
and public achievement. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 500
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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PPD 541 Public Financial Management
and Budgeting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Financial
management applied to public and nonprofit
organizations; financial valuation, financial
markets, budgeting, tax administration,
debt financing, cost-benefit analysis and
financial analysis. Duplicates Credit in
PPDE 645. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Methods
and models for policy and program
evaluation; methods of collecting and
analyzing evaluation data; processes for
linking evaluation to policy formulation
and program management. Prerequisite:
PPD 502 or PPD 504 Duplicates Credit in
former PUAD 525 and former PUAD 529
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 543 Internship Seminar
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
study of management, analytical, or other
professional activities in government;
integration of theory, practice and relevant
literature. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
544. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit
Organizational Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Behavior
in organizations; focus on personal,
interpersonal, and group level factors
that influence such behavior. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 585
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 546 Capstone in Public
Administration
Units: 4 Constitutionally accountable
and ethical practice, individually and
organizationally; applications of core
competencies; practical inquiry, analysis,
systems; comparative frameworks;
citizenship and public service. Prerequisite:
PPD 540 and PPD 545 and PPD 542 or
PPD 557. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master and doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 552 Managing and Financing Public
Engineering Works
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
CE 552)
PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to public policy analysis; issue diagnosis
and policy design; analytic reasoning
and argumentation; the role of the public
policy professional; ethical issues in policy
analysis. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and
Implementation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Political
and organizational perspectives on
policy making process; agenda setting,
policy design, adoption, implementation,
evaluation, modification or termination.
Policy leadership skills: negotiation and
strategic mapping. Prerequisite: PPD 554
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 557 Modeling and Operations
Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Management science methods that support
decision making in policy, management,
and planning settings. Includes linear
programming, queuing theory, decision
analysis, and forecasting. Prerequisite: PPD
502 or PPD 504 or PPD 525 Registration
Restriction: Open only to master and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Applied
multivariate statistics in support of policy,
management, and planning problem
solving. Includes regression analysis, logit
models, and an introduction to time-series
models and multi-equation estimation.
Prerequisite: PPD 504 or PPD 570
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 559 Policy Implementation and
Evaluation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
approaches, critical issues, and research
methods in public policy implementation.
Field-based research project. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 570. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 560 Methods for Policy Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of methods used in the analysis of policy
methods, including cost benefit analysis,
decision and risk analysis, and applied
social science methods. Prerequisite: PPD
503 and PPD 504 and PPD 554 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 561a Policy Analysis Practicum
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
and integration of the knowledge and
techniques of analytic, quantitative,
managerial, political and ethical analyses
to specific public policy problems.
Prerequisite: PPD 503 and PPD 554
and PPD 555 and PPD 560 and PPD
558 Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 561b Policy Analysis Practicum
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
and integration of the knowledge and
techniques of analytic, quantitative,
managerial, political and ethical analyses to
specific public policy problems. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 589. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 568 Environmental Governance and
Sustainability
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to leading issues of environmental
governance and policy in looking toward
a more sustainable future; normatively
important concerns and the social, cultural,
and political dimensions; thematic look from
values to action. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 569 Applied International Policy
Analysis and Management Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Enables
students to integrate theory, research and
practice into an applied project of their
own choosing. The output of this course is
a professional report in a selected public
policy or management area. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 507. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 570 Applied Statistics for Planning,
Policy and Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Use of
statistical reasoning to answer questions
related to public policy and management.
Students will review and understand
selected statistical techniques for analyzing
data and for addressing public policy and
management questions of interest using
applied data analysis. Duplicates Credit
in former PUAD 523. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 571 International Public Policy and
Management Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to the concepts and methods of public
policy analysis and management. Highlights
some of the constraints of the policy
process. Includes examples from the United
States but also presents comparative
views of the contours of public policy in
both developed and developing nations.
The course applies public policy and
management frameworks to selected areas
of social policy. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 524. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 572 Special Issues in International
Public Policy
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Current international
public policy on issues such as
governmental reform, regulation, social
welfare, poverty alleviation and international
aid. Policy framework and in-depth
analysis of specific topics of relevance to
governmental agencies and international
organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 582 Transportation System Security
and Emergency Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in CE
582)
PPD 587 Risk Analysis
Units: 4 Concepts of risk analysis, risk in
engineered systems, environmental risk,
security risks; fault trees, event trees, risk
simulations; risks and decision-making.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ISE 587
PPD 588 Introduction to Transportation
Planning Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm (Enroll in CE
579)
PPD 589 Port Engineering: Planning and
Operational Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm (Enroll in CE
589)
PPD 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PPD 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PPD 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
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PPD 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PPD 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students in the Sol Price School
of Public Policy Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PPD 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in public policy,
management and planning. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 600 Management of Managed Care
Organizations
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Managed
care arrangements, interorganizational
relations, management practices and
controls, medical staff relations, strategic
planning, marketing, utilization review,
quality assurance, outcomes measures.
Prerequisite: PPD 545 or HMGT 520;
Recommended Preparation: PPD 516,
PPD 510a or HMGT 565. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 601 Management of Long-Term
Care Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa History,
development, trends; major policy issues;
organization of systems; principles and
techniques of administration; management
of institutional and community based
programs. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 602 Strategic and Operational
Planning for Health Services
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Strategic, institutional, and program
planning theory and methods; governmental
and legal requirements, certificate of
need processes, reimbursement controls;
financing and marketing considerations,
practices, and methods. Duplicates Credit
in former PUAD 535. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 603 Marketing of Health Services
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Assessing
community needs and organizational
service capabilities; evaluating competition;
qualitative and quantitative market research
methods; market communications and
advertising; developing marketing plans.
Recommended Preparation: PPD 502 or
competence in statistics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 604 Seminar in Hospital
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Hospital
systems and functions; managerial
processes, theory, and practice;
governance structures; legal, regulatory,
administrative, and professional
requirements; medical and professional
staff; multi-institutional arrangements;
controls. Prerequisite: PPD 545 or HMGT
520; Recommended Preparation: PPD 516.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 605 Frontline Issues in Health
Services Administration and Policy
Units: 2 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Emphasis on current or emergent
issues in the health care industry. Focus
on impact of recent health legislation and/
or health care system responsiveness.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 606 Urban Health Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Addresses
current U.S. health policy issues and
the critical processes that shape them,
with an emphasis on urban populations;
institutional, economic, social, ethical, and
political factors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 607 Introduction to Public Health
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Public health
policy and analysis methods; evaluation
of the public health system and safety
net programs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 608 Leadership Symposium in
Health Management and Policy
Units: 1 Max Units: 3.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm A forum for leading executives and
policymakers to address ways they or their
organizations improve healthcare financing,
delivery and management, in the U.S. and
internationally. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 609 Physician Practice Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of
medical practice management issues,
structures, systems and strategies for
effective clinical and financial performance
of physician organizations. Recommended
Preparation: PPD 509. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 610 Managed Care Contracting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Provides
practical and strategic decision-making
skills in managed care contracting,
including contract types, terms and
conditions; financial assessment; proposal
development and analysis; and negotiation.
Prerequisite: PPD 600; Recommended
Preparation: PPD 510a or HMGT 565, PPD
514. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 611 Policy Issues in Planning and
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
policy issues in planning and development
professions in the U.S. and abroad. Special
attention to collective decision making, role
of institutions, and ethics. Duplicates Credit
in former PLUS 503. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 612 Research and Analytical
Techniques
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Professional
practice-oriented analytic skill;
fundamentals of data manipulation;
spreadsheet applications and forecasting;
and communication of results. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 504. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 613a Policy, Planning, and
Development International Laboratory
Units: 1 Max Units: 0.0 Terms Offered:
SpSm Research methods for intensive
practical field research and evaluation;
policy, management and planning practice
in intercultural contexts; preparation for
professional-level consulting abroad.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 613b Policy, Planning, and
Development International Laboratory
Units: 3 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
SpSm Research methods for intensive
practical field research and evaluation;
policy, management and planning practice
in intercultural contexts; preparation for
professional-level consulting abroad.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 614 Management in Planning
Practice
Units: 2 or 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Administrative, management, political, and
other problems faced by the practicing
professional planner. Duplicates Credit
in former PLUS 521. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 615 Comparative Urbanization,
Development, and Inequality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Theories
of inequality, dependency and dualism in
relation to urbanization, growth, and poverty
in developing countries; development
and underdevelopment; core-periphery
linkages. Duplicates Credit in former PLUS
534. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 616 Participatory Methods in
Planning and Policy
Units: 4 Approaches to community
participation, introducing students to the
theories behind participatory methods as
well as to the skills to implement them.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 617 Urban Demography and Growth
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theory and
policy regarding population change in
urban areas; housing; cohort analysis;
immigration; ethnicity; employment;
education. Methods of graphic
representation; census data manipulation,
interpretation, forecasting. Duplicates Credit
in former PLUS 539. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 618 Housing Facilities and
Community Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Structure
of the building industry and technology.
Housing markets and programs;
environmental standards. Community
development and redevelopment. Planning,
program development, finance, and
coordination of public facilities and services.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 540.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 619 Smart Growth and Urban
Sprawl: Policy Debates and Planning
Solutions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Determinants and analytical models
of land use; interaction of land uses
with environmental quality and natural
resources, land use policy instruments;
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regulation, taxation, public services.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 562.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 620 General Plans
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Assessment of
a recently adopted general plan, analysis
of the general plan process, and detailed
review of each major element and issue.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 563.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 621 Environmental Impacts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Legal, political/
institutional, and technical aspects of
environmental impact reports for urban
planning. Duplicates Credit in former PLUS
561. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 622 Seminar in Urban Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Central
city housing and renewal problems and
policies. Site selection, organization; land
valuation, acquisition, disposition; relocation
and management; reuse; site planning and
development; politics; financing. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 541. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 623 Community Development and
Site Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Urban form and
emerging community design practices;
design project development; evaluation
and assessment of site planning in cities
and local communities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 624 Local Economic Development:
Theory and Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Socioeconomic
change, economic development theory,
assessment techniques, and economic
indicators in the context of planning and
development policies and programs.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 547.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 625 Planning and Economic
Development Finance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
for economic development professionals
and policy makers including feasibility
analysis and the financing of facilities,
social services, and community-based
enterprises. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 546. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 626 Public/Private and Mixed
Enterprises Planning
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: SpFa Case
studies of planning and public/private
and mixed enterprises; public production
of private goods; privatization of public
services; public/private partnerships; mixed
enterprises. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 627 Design Skills for Urban
Planners
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Develop
observation, description, analysis, and
conceptualization skills related to urban
spatial conditions; advance professional
communication proficiencies. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 573. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 628 Urban Planning and Social
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Urban
planning and social work: theory, values,
techniques of inquiry, and problem-solving
methods appropriate to urban planning and
social work. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 552. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 629 Capstone in Urban Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Successful
completion of a comprehensive written and
oral project-oriented assessment; analysis,
interpretation, and solution of a real-world
planning problem. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 630 Urban Economic Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Economic
models of cities and city development
and structure; housing and land markets;
transportation systems; problems of
congestion and pollution; evaluation of
urban policies. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 566. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 631 Geographic Information
Systems for Policy, Planning, and
Development
Units: 2 Introduction to GIS systems and
usage in the public sector; spatial data;
understanding software and the application
of technology; analysis of data using GIS.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 632 Planning Analysis and
Evaluation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Methods of
policy, program, and plan evaluation:
economic principles and theoretical
concepts introduced, followed by case
studies. Duplicates Credit in former PLUS
574. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 633 Methods and Modeling Tools
for Transportation Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Background
applications of established urban travel
forecasting procedures; land use; trip-
generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice,
trip-assignment; evaluation; criticisms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CE 633
PPD 634 Institutional and Policy Issues
in Transportation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis
of policies relating to transportation
alternatives; institutional environment
and background; federal, state, regional,
and local agency responsibilities and
interactions. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 581. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CE-
634
PPD 635 Principles of Transportation
Systems Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Planning,
design, modeling, and operation of inter-
and intra-urban transportation networks.
Analysis of contemporary engineering-
economic issues relevant to transport,
especially questions pertaining to
infrastructure. Duplicates Credit in former
PLUS 582. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 636 Infrastructure and Modern
Society
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
infrastructure issues that relates principles
from multiple disciplines to the provision
of vital services and encourages critical
thinking within a systems context.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 637 Forecasting and Urban
Planning: A Survey of Theory and
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview of
forecasting methods and applications
in urban planning processes used
to determine urban futures; includes
theoretical and institutional factors as well
as quantitative methods. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 638 Integrative Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and preparation of an integrated
comprehensive study coordinated with a
sponsor such as a government agency or
development firm. Prerequisite: PPD 611,
PPD 612. Duplicates Credit in former PLUS
591. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 639 Introduction to Community and
Economic Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories of
community and economic development
and a contextual understanding of the
forces that change the development and
community life of urban areas. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 640 Leadership Foundations:
Competencies and Core Values
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm An intensive
introduction to leading through core values.
Focuses on developing leadership skills
at the personal level to build a foundation
for leadership at all levels. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Executive Master
in Leadership students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 641 Leading Individuals, Groups
and Teams
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Leadership
styles in various settings; team
demographics, and dynamics; problem-
solving; decision-making; diversity and
critical thinking skills; effect of culture on
small group communication; managing
conflict. Prerequisite: PPD 640. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Executive Master
in Leadership students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 642 Strategic Leadership of
Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Strategic
analysis; strategic planning; leadership;
performance measurement and
management; control systems;
organizational structure and networks;
organizational culture; organizational
learning and change. Prerequisite: PPD
641. Registration Restriction: Open only to
Executive Master in Leadership students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 643 Leading Transformations
Across Sectors: Integrative Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Application and
practice of leadership skills working across
the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
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Skills include negotiation, collaboration,
communication, political management and
ethical responsibilities. Prerequisite: PPD
642. Registration Restriction: Open only to
Executive Master in Leadership students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 644 Shaping the Built Environment
Units: 4 Introduction to the theories and
concepts and good city form. Explores
the options for designing more livable and
sustainable urban communities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 645 Professional Development
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Irregular Selected topics in the
practical application of administrative
concepts. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
502. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PPD 646 Fieldwork
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: Sp Supervised study of
management activities in governmental
agencies. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
503. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Sources of
government revenue, intergovernmental
financial relations, budgeting, public goods
theory. Theoretical and applied skills in
analysis of equity and efficiency issues.
Prerequisite: PPD 501b or PPD 501 or PPD
503 Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 513 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 648 Concepts and Practices of
Public Budgeting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Budget planning, budget formulation,
tools for budget analysis and budget
implementation. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 515. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 649 Concepts and Practices in
Public Personnel Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSm Concepts of
man and of work; workforce; government
personnel systems, including merit
concepts, classification, and compensation;
collective bargaining; organizational justice;
training and development. Duplicates Credit
in former PUAD 516. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 650 Organization Development in
Public Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of concepts and methodologies of
organization development; diagnosing
organizational needs; developing
change strategies; selecting appropriate
interventions. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 517. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 651 Seminar in the Administration
of Local Government
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Intensive
consideration of the functions of the
municipal executive and his environment.
Research preparation and discussion of
cases. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
520. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 652 Financial Administration in
Local Government
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Revenue
sources, fees and charges, benefit
assessments; financing economic
development and redevelopment, issuing
and managing debt, current asset
management, and state-local relations.
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 521.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 653 Training in the Public Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Emergence of
public service training; learning theories;
program development process — assessing
needs, design, delivery, and evaluation; role
of media; individual, group, organization
development; managing training. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 522. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 654 Information Technology
Management in the Public Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Application of computer and information
technology in government; e-government;
information technology architecture;
systems project management. Duplicates
Credit in former PPD 518. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 655 Administrative Law and Public
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Administrative perspectives on legal
principles of agency rule-making and
adjudication; distinctions between the two;
informal administrative actions; decision-
making; judicial review; public control of
administrative decisions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 656 Political Management: Theory
and Applied Techniques
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Political
management theories; strategy formation;
research and data collection approaches;
computer applications; electronic
databases; issue management; problem-
solving techniques; ethical considerations.
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 545.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 657 Political Leadership in Public
Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Concepts and
skills for public executives and senior
managers; understanding the dynamics
of governmental institutions and policy
processes; organizational and personal
assessment skills. Duplicates Credit in
former PUAD 546. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 658 Advocacy in Public
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Perspectives on
advocacy in the policy process; practice of
advocacy; accessing the policy process;
simulation of the advocacy process; ethical
considerations. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 547. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 659 National Security
Administration and the Domestic and
International Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Interplay
of domestic and international environments;
resultant constraints upon national security
program administration; administrative
and organizational implications for future
scenarios. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 549. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 660 Local Agency Debt and Cash
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Overview
of methods of debt and cash administration
including official statement analysis;
mechanics of different types of issues; and
cash management principles. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 550. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 661 Intergovernmental
Management: Local Perspective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Role of
city, special district, and metropolitan
governments in intergovernmental relations;
intergovernmental impacts on local policy
process and service delivery; management
problems and alternatives. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 552. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 662 Intergovernmental
Management: State Perspective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Role of state
government in intergovernmental relations,
emphasis on California experience;
financial aspects of intergovernmental
system. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
553. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 663 Intergovernmental
Management: Federal Perspective
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Role of
national government in intergovernmental
process; impact of federal legislative,
executive, and judicial actions on state and
local government; intergovernmental policy-
making process. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 554. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 664 Contract Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Contract
management techniques in the public
and private sectors; micro and macro
management; compliance and negotiation;
conflicts of interest and ethical issues.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 665 Contemporary Issues in
Philanthropy
Units: 4 Motivations and strategies of
philanthropists; philanthropic foundations
and emerging institutions for philanthropy;
issues of philanthropic stewardship, public
policy and public accountability. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 666 Administrative Research and
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Theory
and methods for study of administrative
effectiveness: problem solving,
performance measurement, administrative
and organizational research, quality
improvement, and change implementation.
Prerequisite: PPD 502. Duplicates Credit
in former PUAD 506. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 667 Public Ethics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Following
an introduction to the study of ethics,
relationships among administrative,
political and policy ethics are examined,
emphasizing the ethics of the administrative
role. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 560.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 668 Entrepreneurship in the Public
Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Providing
public services through the private
and nonprofit sectors; public-private
partnerships; political and organizational
skills required for public entrepreneurship.
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 561.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 669 Federal Management Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Principal
institutions and processes in federal
government for overhead leadership and
control; examines Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Personnel
Management, Merit Systems Protection
Board, General Services Administration,
and General Accounting Office. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 564. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 670 Management of
Intergovernmental Programs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
relationships among governmental units
in delivery of governmental programs;
historical development of intergovernmental
relations; present status and future
implications. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 566. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 671 Decision-Making in Regulatory
Agencies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Risk assessment, management, and
communication concepts and practices;
comparisons of regulatory decision making
in regulatory agencies; emerging benefit
assessment, cost-effectiveness, and
communication issues. Duplicates Credit
in former PUAD 567. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 672 Collaborative Governance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Theory
and practice of collaborative policy and
planning processes involving stakeholders
from public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Leadership skills in the design and
facilitation of multi-party negotiations and
consensus-building. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 673 Strategic Planning in the Public
Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis/field
application of action research models
for strategic planning in public agencies;
design of effective public systems; citizens/
administrators' roles in strategic decision-
making. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
574. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 674 Science, Technology, and
Government
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Impact
of science/technology on governmental
policy, processes, institutions; critical policy
areas in science/technology; machinery for
formulating science policy; governmental
impact on science/technology. Duplicates
Credit in former PUAD 575. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and
Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Issues
in nonprofit management and leadership
including: the role of boards; strategic
planning; marketing and fund-raising;
financial management; and volunteer
and human resource management.
Recommended Preparation: PPD 689.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 676 Comparative Public
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Methodologies, theories and models of
comparison; administrative systems;
role and functions of the public sector;
administrative cultures. Duplicates Credit
in former PUAD 579. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 677 International Development
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Development
of theories; role of international institutions
in resource exchanges; foreign investment
and trade policies; national planning
and allocation systems; development
and modernization strategies and
implementation. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 581. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 678 Processes of Change in
Developing Societies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Nature
of traditional and transitional societies;
theories and practice of developmental
change; role of bureaucracy in
development; institution building; public
enterprise; technology assessment and
transfer. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
582. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 679 Financial Administration in
Developing Countries
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Public sector
finance; tax policy and administration;
budgeting and auditing; debt management;
public enterprise and development banks;
planning; techniques; project assessment.
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 583.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 680 Development of Effective
Groups and Organizations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theories and
techniques of assessing and improving
interpersonal relationships and group
dynamics in an organizational context;
action research-based approaches to
implementing organizational change.
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 586.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 681 Public Organization and
Management Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Nature and
management of public organizations;
examination of organizational
characteristics, forms, and processes,
including the relationship with the broader
environment. Duplicates Credit in former
PUAD 595. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 682 Justice Administration:
A Management Perspective
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa Justice
administration as an interactive system:
law, etiology of crime, police, the judiciary
and corrections. Interface of offenders
with community and political force fields.
Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 540.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 683 Homeland Security and Public
Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Definition
and history of terrorism, counterterrorism,
domestic policy and public sector
management; intelligence/information
sharing and analysis; emergency
preparedness planning, response and
recovery. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 684 Leadership Development in the
Public and Nonprofit Sectors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa An overview
of leadership concepts, frameworks and
skills; application of leadership in complex
or inter-sectoral settings. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 685 Human Resources Management
in Public and Non-Profit Sectors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Merit principles,
position classification, recruitment and
selection, compensation, organizational
development, labor relations; challenges
and strategies for managing a diverse
workforce. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 686 U.S. Immigration Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overall
understanding of contemporary U.S.
immigration policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 687 Strategic Management in the
Nonprofit Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Strategic
management of nonprofit organizations,
social entrepreneurship, and management
practice. Prerequisite: PPD 675 and PPD
689. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 688 Business and Public Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
business-government relationship; effects
of selected public policies (antitrust,
economic, and social regulation, industrial
policies, legal policy) on firm and industry
behavior. Prerequisite: PPD 503 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and
Philanthropy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Nonprofit
organizations and their relation to
government and business; the role of
philanthropy, social enterprise and public
support; and implications for policy, strategy
and management. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 690 Alternative Dispute Resolution
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theory and
methods of conflict analysis, negotiation,
facilitation and mediation in the public
sector. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD
519. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 692 Transportation and the
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of the
benefits and costs of urban transportation;
concepts of social costs; benefits and
externalities; environmental costs; social
justice issues; policy and planning
alternatives for sustainable transportation.
Duplicates Credit in former PPD 584
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CE 692
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PPD 693 Communicating Public Policy
Units: 4 Exploring the complex relationships
that exist among policies, policymakers,
and the media; analyzing the role of
journalists and policy analysts in the public
policy process. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 694 Coastal Policy and Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Coastal
management issues in the context of
public and private users competing for
land resources, the costs and benefits of
seaports, compare coastal development
models. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 695 Clinical Issues for Managers
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Introduces key
information and concepts for managers of
clinical services. Examines problems and
issues facing health care managers and
clinician relations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 696 Health Care Venture
Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: SpSm Focuses on
developing the resourcefulness, know-
how and decision support skills needed to
identify, assess and develop new health
ventures. Includes business planning,
financing, strategy, entrepreneurship.
Recommended Preparation: PPD 510a
or HMGT 565. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 697 Cultural Proficiency in Health
Management and Policy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Provides an
understanding of what social factors
contribute to racial/ethnic, socioeconomic,
and gender disparities in health and the
culturally proficient provision of health care.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 698 Strategic Management and
Change
Units: 4 Theory and applied skills in
management of social sector organizations
with applications in international settings.
Strategic management and planning;
communication strategies, marketing and
promotion; leadership skills; organizational
development and change. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 699 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in public policy,
management and planning. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 700 Teaching Seminar
Units: 2 Pedagogy: learning objectives,
curriculum design, teaching methods,
evaluation. Duplicates Credit in former PPD
700ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PPD 706 Paradigms of Research and the
Design of Inquiry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Philosophy
of social science; applied social research;
research design; sampling and validity;
overview of qualitative and quantitative
methods. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 707 Survey Research Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Collection
and use of survey data: basic orientation,
mechanics of using SAS, and interpretation
of survey tabulations. Prerequisite: PPD
525. Registration Restriction: Graduate
standing. Duplicates Credit in former PLUS
608. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 708 Qualitative Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Reflective
and critical approach that questions data
collection techniques, positions relative
to those being studied, and explanatory
methods. Recommended Preparation:
PPD 525 or PPD 612. Duplicates Credit
in former PLUS 609. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 709 Applications in the Advanced
Quantitative Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Statistical
and econometric modeling in real estate
finance, urban economics, public policy,
and planning research. Building, estimating
and adjusting models for real-world.
Prerequisite: PPD 525. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 710a Research Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Research
fields and design; literature reviews; critical
reading and critiquing; project development.
Prerequisite: PPD 706. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PPD 710b Research Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Research
fields and design; literature reviews; critical
reading and critiquing; project development.
Prerequisite: PPD 706. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PPD 711 Theoretical Foundation of
Public Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theories of
the role, structure, and growth of the
public sector; political economy of public
bureaucracies; the voluntary nonprofit
sector. Prerequisite: PPD 501b. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPD 712 Seminar in Public Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Critical analysis
of the policy field; theoretical foundations;
integration of quantitative, organizational,
and political considerations; policy
research. Prerequisite: PPD 501b, PPD
554. Duplicates Credit in former PUAD 626.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 713 Advanced Planning Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Positive and
normative attitudes of public plans, policies,
programs, organizational and institutional
settings; policy analysis; modeling of
social choices; evaluation; applied welfare
analysis; performance assessment.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 605.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 714 Advanced Urban Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Urbanization,
urban economics, land use, the politics of
growth, governance, regulation, and the
state, immigration, and place promotion.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPD 715 Political Economy and
Institutional Analysis
Units: 4 Institutional dimension of
political economy; analytic approaches in
institutional analysis and their relevance
for understanding the interactions between
political and economic factors in public-
sector issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 716 Econometrics for Policy,
Planning and Management I
Units: 4 Implementation of
microeconometric techniques and
assessment of studies; empirical strategies
for research questions and data preparation
and analytic tasks in Stata. Prerequisite:
PPDE 668 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPD 717 Econometrics for Policy,
Planning and Management II
Units: 4 Identification of a significant and
innovative empirical research question;
production of a dissertation chapter or
draft manuscript for publication in policy,
planning or management. Prerequisite:
PPD 716 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPD 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 18.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Duplicates Credit in former PLUS 790
and PUAD 790. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PPD 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 794abcdz and
PUAD 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PPD 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 794abcdz and
PUAD 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PPD 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 794abcdz and
PUAD 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PPD 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 794abcdz and
PUAD 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PPD 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Duplicates
Credit in former PLUS 794abcdz and
PUAD 794abcdz. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
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Policy, Planning, and
Development — Expanded
PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in
Public Administration
Units: 2 Evidence-based argumentation,
written reporting and communication
in public administration; research skills
for effective stakeholder engagement.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 506 Professional Residency in
Public Administration
Units: 1 Skills in written reporting,
professional briefings and social media for
public administrators; effective engagement
for stakeholders and constituencies;
research, analysis and reporting on current
policy or management cases Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 507 Capstone Residency in Public
Administration
Units: 1 Development of enhanced skills in
issue framing and options analysis in public
administration for internal and external
audiences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 580 Social Innovation
Units: 4 Strategies and processes of social
innovation in the context of economics,
institutional, and innovation theory. How
social innovation materializes across
all sectors, including the government,
nonprofit, and for-profit spheres. Critical
thinking and practical application
development to solve social problems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 589 Public Policy and
Administration in the European Union,
Germany, and the United States
Units: 6 Terms Offered: Sm Governance
issues from a comparative perspective
with a special focus on the US, Germany
and the European Union. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 610 Population Health
Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Principles and
concepts of population health management;
application of key principles that drive
health and well being of populations;
development and evaluation of strategies in
management of disease and prevention of
illness. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPDE 611 Digital Health
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Origins and
impact of Digital health on the healthcare
industry; acquire knowledge on how to
identify and implement strategies on
incorporating digital health in the workplace.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 612 Consulting in Healthcare
Organizations
Units: 2 The application of decision analysis
principles necessary for determining
priorities for uses of strategic human,
facility and financial resources in healthcare
organizations; analytic and consulting skills;
case studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 613 Analytics and Operations for
Healthcare Management
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Integrates data,
analytics and operational management
concepts through cross-functional case
studies and in-depth analysis principles and
tools. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPDE 628 Introduction to Lean Health
Care
Units: 2 Performance improvement
methods and principles in health care; how
Lean, Six-Sigma, and Human Centered
Design (HCD) methodologies are applied to
health care organizations to improve quality
and efficiency. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 629 Transitional Care and Hospital
Readmission Prevention
Units: 2 Alternatives within the healthcare
delivery system beyond the acute
hospital; how social, medical and financial
determinants provide alternatives to acute
care and impact a patient's disposition;
Hospital Readmission Penalty Program;
effect of the Affordable Care Act of 2010
on patient care. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 630 Community Health Planning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The role of
planning in sustaining community health;
examines relationship between health
and environment; historical development,
conceptualization and practice of
community health planning. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 631 Public Space: Theory, Policy,
and Design
Units: 4 Examination of contemporary
issues and practices in the design,
production, and uses of public space in a
comparative perspective; implications for
future design and public policy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 632 Sustainable Cities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of environmental problems linked to
urbanization, drawing on historical analysis,
social theory, scientific research, and city
planning/design practice. Alternative policy
options for urban sustainability. Duplicates
Credit in the former GEOG 601. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 633 Communicating City Design:
Positions and Representations
Units: 2 Communicating the processes,
products, and concepts of city design;
merging theoretical and skill-based
exercises for effective communication;
verbal and graphic communication; physical
components of urban landscape and
dimensional attributes. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 634 Methodology, Methods and
Tools for Urban Sustainability
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Methodology, assessment and planning
methods for urban sustainability and land
use planning; how the choice and use of
theory and methods impact the planning
process; systems and spatial analysis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 635 Housing and Land Use in
Rapidly Urbanizing Regions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Interdisciplinary
approach to conceptualize urban land and
property rights; property rights strategies;
design and policy interventions; the struggle
for rights to space in the city. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 636 Urban Spatial Ethnography
and Critical Cartography
Units: 4 Theories and methods of how to
develop original data about, analyze, and
produce visualizations of urban space;
conventional conceptualization and
representations of cities and urban spatial
data. Recommended Preparation: PPD 631
or other GIS course work Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 637 Urban Mass Transit
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals of
urban mass transit planning. Topics include
the fiscal context of mass transit planning,
fares and farebox recovery, ridership
forecasts, land development near transit,
and transit operations, scheduling, and
network design. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CE
637
PPDE 638 Race, Arts, and Placemaking
Units: 4 Exploration of the inter-
relationships between race, arts, and
urban space through an inter-disciplinary
inquiry of art practice, history, and policy,
and urban economic and community
development, and cultural geography fields.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 639 Housing Dynamics for Policy
and Planning
Units: 4 Comprehensive introduction
to the dynamics of the housing sector,
problems, programs, and policies. Attention
to both publicly assisted and market rate
housing, recent trends and current debates.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 640 Climate, Sustainability and
Environmental Planning
Units: 4 Fundamentals of climate,
sustainability and environmental planning
from an urban planning and policy
perspective; planning for climate and
hazard risks; environmental equity and
justice issues; environmental planning
practices, policies and tools. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 641 Art and the City
Units: 4 Role of art in modern society with
a particular emphasis on the urban context
including public spaces, the process
of gentrification, and redevelopment;
theoretical and research approaches.
Duplicates Credit in former PPD 424
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 644 Land Use and Transportation
Planning
Units: 4 Key theories of land use —
transportation interactions; understanding
of land markets and derived-demand
approach; use of evidence for information;
travel data collection methods; application
of land use. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 645 Financial Management of
Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4 Accounting and financial
management principles and practices in
nonprofit organizations: budgeting financial
analysis, internal controls, financial policies,
grant making and financial reporting.
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Duplicates Credit in PPD 541. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 646 Grant Writing Practicum
Units: 2 Grant making process and proposal
development; philanthropic foundations;
strategies for funding; budgeting, logic
models, and evaluation; peer review.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 647 Civic Engagement in
Governance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Roles of
citizens, civic associations, nonprofit
organizations, government and business
in democratic governance; civil society
as the interface among these entities;
techniques, purposes and contexts of civic
engagement. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 648 Performance Management
Units: 4 Concept and practice of
performance management; examination
of performance measurement; analysis
and reporting practices for organizational
accountability and improvements;
performance design, indicators, utilization
of information. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 649 International Development
NGOs: Theory, Policy and Management
Issues
Units: 4 Critical issues involved in
International Development NGO
management; theoretical work and
analytical framework to understand
organizational features; NGO management,
issues and challenges. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 650 Social and Nonprofit
Marketing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Marketing
techniques in nonprofits and philanthropies,
government agencies, health systems,
application of marketing for social
purposes; outreach strategies and efforts
in nonprofits. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 660 Environmental Policy Design
and Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analytical
foundation for design of institutions and
policies; environmental policy; welfare
economics and market failure; policy
evaluation; economic policy instruments;
climate change policy issues; other policy
issues. Prerequisite: PPD 503 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 661 Methods for Equity Analysis
Units: 4 Techniques to measure inequality
and segregation. Policy evaluation
using techniques for casual inference.
Prerequisite: PPD 558. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 662 China from a US Policy
Perspective
Units: 4 Examination of China through
the lens of the US federal government;
trade issues; economic coordination and
stability; environment and sustainability;
defense and security; human development.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 663 Media for Policy Change
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The use of
media as an implement of social policy
and change at the state and federal level;
analysis of social problems and the effect
policy practitioners influence on change.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 664 Seminar in Social Justice and
Public Policy
Units: 4 Major theories of social justice in
the US and globally; how theories of social
justice influence policy, urban planning,
and public administration; how to bridge
theories about justice for professional
practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPDE 665 Economic Models and
Applications for Impact Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Economic
models for understanding and measuring
impacts of man-made and natural disasters;
analysis of public policy initiatives to
mitigate environmental threats; model
construction and software. Prerequisite:
PPD 503 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPDE 668 Applied Econometrics for
Program Evaluation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of econometric methods for causal
inference. Production and evaluation of
empirical estimates of causal relationships
to inform evidence-based policy decisions.
Prerequisite: PPD 558 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 669 U.S. Education Policy
Units: 4 The role of public policy in
education; application of theoretical
frameworks to analyze policy design,
implementation and impact; key concepts of
policy analysis and key issues in education
policy. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPDE 670 American Contemporary
Homegrown Violent Extremism
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of the past half-century in America in
understanding how public organizations
and supporting legislation may deal with
the threat of various forms of homegrown
violent extremism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 671 Economic Analysis of
Education Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of key educational policy issues and the
relation of economic theories and principles;
using economic theory to predict how policy
affects education outcomes. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 672 An Exploration of the
Intelligence Community - from Policy to
Cyber Espionage
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the intelligence community with an
emphasis on public policy and open
source intelligence (OSINT); analysis of
US and foreign intelligence communities
and sources, collection methods and
analysis techniques; policy considerations.
Recommended Preparation: PPD 683
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PPDE 680 Board Governance and
Leadership
Units: 2 Governance of nonprofit
organizations; responsibilities and
expectations of boards; board
effectiveness; and changes in governance
as a result of recent federal and state
legislation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 681 Fund Development for
Nonprofit Organizations
Units: 4 Key aspects of the fundraising
process for nonprofit organizations;
theoretical foundations and general
fundraising principles; techniques sources
of donations; key aspects of managing the
process. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PPDE 682 Capstone in Nonprofit
Leadership and Management
Units: 4 Mission-mandated accountable
and ethical practice, individually and
organizationally; applications of core
competencies; practical inquiry, analysis,
systems; comparative frameworks; strategic
leadership and management of public value
production. Prerequisite: PPD 542 and PPD
675 and PPD 689 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 683 Social Finance and
Development
Units: 4 Critical analysis on the innovations,
merits and challenges of wealth creation
and poverty reduction based on the
microfinance model. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PPDE 687 Urban Economics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ECON 687)
Public Relations
PR 209 Effective Writing for Strategic
Public Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focus on
the unique writing requirements of social,
online, broadcast, print and other media in
public relations/strategic communication;
emphasis on judgment, context and
audience understanding. Duplicates Credit
in the former JOUR 209 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 250 Strategic Public Relations:
An Introduction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Strategies/
practices in the growing field of public
relations, including landmark cases,
campaign planning; special emphasis on
historical roots, current and future practice.
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 250 and
former JOUR 350 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 340 Introduction to Advertising
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History
and development of advertising;
basic advertising campaigns showing
relationships of marketing, creative, print
and electronic media. Duplicates Credit in
former JOUR 340 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 341 Advertising Copywriting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Writing and
editing for advertising and commercial
copy for all media. Prerequisite: PR 340
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 341
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 342 Advertising Media and Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Selling,
planning, buying for the media; advertising's
relationship to society and business; media
choice. Prerequisite: PR 340 Duplicates
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1255
Credit in former JOUR 342 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 343 Advertising Design and
Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Production
of advertising materials; emphasis on
the creation and design of advertising
elements. Prerequisite: PR 340 Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 343 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 351a Strategic Public Relations
Media and Content
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction to
media relations, social media and influencer
engagement; intensive writing and creating
multimedia content for traditional, emerging
and social media. Prerequisite: PR 209 and
PR 250 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Public Relations majors Duplicates Credit
in former JOUR 351a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 351b Strategic Public Relations
Media and Content
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
course in writing, digital content and
multimedia creation; production of
communications collateral for social and
owned media channels targeting an array
of audiences. Prerequisite: PR 351a
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations majors Duplicates Credit
in former JOUR 351b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 352 Public Relations Media and
Content for Non-Majors
Units: 4 Learn advanced public relations
writing and editing, basic design skills and
sophisticated video planning, shooting,
editing and production skills. Prerequisite:
PR 209 Registration Restriction: Not open
to Public Relations majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 390
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 391 Made in Italy: The Marketing of
an Ideal
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 391)
PR 392 Media and Migration in Times of
European Crisis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 392)
PR 410 London Calling: Public Relations
in the UK Hub
Units: 4 Examines how politics affects and
influences public relations campaigns in the
UK and Europe. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Annenberg majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 426 Influencer Relations
Units: 4 Media is social. Influencers reign.
Influencer Relations provides a practical
understanding of the new rules of the
industry for students interested in working
within it. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PR 427 Structured Inquiry in Public
Relations and Advertising
Units: 4 Apply contemporary research
methods to create actionable insights for
integrated, multi-channel communication
campaigns, including social media
monitoring, measurement and evaluation.
Prerequisite: PR 351a Registration
Restriction: Only open to Public Relations
majors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PR 428 Social, Legal and Ethical
Foundations of Public Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Covers the
complex intersection of legal standards and
regulations, ethical practices and decision
making, and social responsibilities for
public relations/strategic communication
practitioners. Prerequisite: PR 250
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 428
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 429 Business and Economic
Foundations of Public Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Relationship
between public relations/strategic
communication and other organizational
disciplines; understanding business goals
and objectives; economic literacy; financial/
investor relations; how PR/communication
agencies are built and managed.
Prerequisite: PR 351a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
majors Duplicates Credit in former JOUR
429 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PR 431 Integrated Media Planning and
Buying
Units: 4 Fundamentals of media planning
and buying across traditional and new
media; how each media channel works
independently and as part of an integrated
media plan. Prerequisite: PR 340
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 432 Concepting: Advertising Strategy
and Creative Development
Units: 4 Learn how to develop an
idea and transform that idea to create
advertisements that cut through the
clutter and communicate persuasively.
Prerequisite: PR 340 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 433 Advertising and Technology
Units: 4 Hands-on introduction to
advertising's digital tools, platforms,
media, channels and techniques through
an insider's view of LA's technology
companies. Prerequisite: PR 340 and PR
431 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PR 434 Advertising Campaign
Construction
Units: 4 Develop an integrated marketing
communication campaign that will compete
against other universities in the national
Collegiate Effie competition. Prerequisite:
PR 340 and PR 431 and PR 432 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 444 Lifestyle Public Relations
Units: 4 An extensive overview of the
Lifestyle Public Relations category
with special emphasis on social media,
non-traditional influencers and audience
segmentation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 445 Fundamentals of Food
Communication
Units: 4 Examines the role of food, food-
related communication and media in
our daily lives, our various cultures and
our local, national and global economy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 450 Advanced Strategic Public
Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp In-
depth study of methods for planning,
managing and evaluating strategic
communication campaigns; critical analysis
of contemporary cases; development
of campaigns for real world clients.
Prerequisite: PR 351b and PR 463
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations majors Duplicates Credit in
former JOUR 450 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 451 Promotional Public Relations
Units: 4 Principles and practices of public
relations as a basic component in the
promotion and marketing of goods and
services; regulatory considerations;
consumerism. Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 451 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 452 Public Relations in
Entertainment
Units: 4 Public relations in the design,
promotion, and presentation of popular
entertainment, including films, broadcasting,
music, expositions, amusement parks,
resorts and arenas. Duplicates Credit in
former JOUR 452 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 453 Public Relations Strategies for
Working with Athletes
Units: 4 Sports Public Relations isn't
only getting press for a team or player;
it's managing communications among
influencers. Complements overview
course giving students advanced look at
practitioners' role with professional athletes.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 454 Sports Public Relations
Units: 2 Introduction to the field of sports
information and promotion, including
lectures, media assignments, role-playing,
and presentations by sports professionals.
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 454
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 455 Public Relations for Non-Profit
Organizations
Units: 4 Introduction to the specialized field
of public relations for non-profit and non-
governmental organizations; emphasis on
case studies, strategic and critical thinking,
and campaign development. Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 455 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 456 Public Relations for Diverse
Audiences
Units: 4 Researching, planning, executing
and evaluating communications campaigns
aimed at audiences segmented by culture,
lifestyle and other factors. Prerequisite: PR
250 Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 456
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 457 The Role of Celebrity in Public
Relations
Units: 4 Understanding of the history and
application of celebrity in public relations,
focusing on the entertainment industry
and the notoriety attached to politics and
the media. Duplicates Credit in former
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JOUR 457 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 458 Political Public Relations and
Advocacy
Units: 4 Application of public relations
principles to the context of political
campaigns; emphasis on message
development and delivery; relationship
between candidate, news media, and
electorate. Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 458 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 463 Strategic Public Relations
Research, Analysis and Insights
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Identification
of key strategic insights that drive
successful communication campaigns,
based on research techniques including
surveys, content evaluation and social
media monitoring. Prerequisite: PR 351a or
JOUR 351a Registration Restriction: Open
only to Public Relations majors Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 463 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 464 Advanced Lifestyle Public
Relations
Units: 4 In-depth look at various aspects
of Lifestyle PR with special emphasis on
food, fashion and beauty, travel/tourism,
hospitality, furniture/housewares, toys and
more. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PR 473 Emerging Media Strategies for
Communication and Public Relations
Units: 4 In-depth, hands-on study of
emerging tradigital, social and owned media
channels; Emphasis on the evaluation of
such media as effective tools for audience
engagement. Registration Restriction:
Open only to juniors and seniors Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 473 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 477 Strategic Netnography for Digital
Communication Insights
Units: 4 Provides deep understanding
and hands-on experience in the strategic
application of netnography, or digital
anthropology, to contemporary public
relations and communication fields.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 478 Social Media Analytics: Data and
Content Creation for Real-time Public
Relations
Units: 4 Application of monitoring tools
to become social media analysts and
real-time content creators; interpretation
of large data sets drawn from the social
web; understanding of how to present
data visually for optimal impact. Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 478 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 481 Careers and Strategies in Health
Communication
Units: 4 Understanding of the dynamic,
changing world of U.S. healthcare;
knowledge of healthcare audiences and
how to reach them; creating effective
strategic communications initiatives.
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 481
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 482 Comparative Media in Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Enroll in JOUR
482)
PR 485 Multimedia PR Content: Digital/
Social Media Lab
Units: 2 Hands-on lab; Web and new
social distribution platforms; development
and management of online content and
personal brands; social media trends and
applications. Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 485 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 486 Multimedia PR Content:
Introduction to Digital Design Tools
Units: 2 Hands-on lab; producing
multimedia content; basic principles of
design; tools and techniques to create
digital images and layouts. Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 486 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 487 Multimedia PR Content:
Introduction to Audio/Video Tools
Units: 2 Hands-on lab; audio/video tools
for conceiving, shooting, editing, delivering
and archiving compelling stories for online
audiences; personal brand building;
digital storytelling trends and applications.
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 487
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 488 Multimedia PR Content: Visual
Communication of Information
Units: 2 Overview of tools and techniques
available to convey messages and
experiences; exploration into graphic
design, visual branding, design methods
and processes. Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 488 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 490 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Individual research and readings.
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 491 Fan Relations
Units: 4 Examines fan relationships and
explores fan activation strategies across
sports, television, motion pictures, music,
comic books, theme parks, social media
and more. Registration Restriction: Open
only to juniors, seniors and graduate
students Duplicates Credit in former JOUR
491 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PR 492 Personal Branding
Units: 4 Learn to build, promote and
manage a personal brand through
critical analysis, case study, interactive
interpretation and creative problem solving.
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 492
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 498 Public Relations Honors Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Leadership
workshop inspires students to be braver
and more creative; encourages them
to discover their leadership potential/
explore new challenges inside and outside
of classroom. Registration Restriction:
Admission to Honors Program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: max 8
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics in
public relations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 501 Advocacy Communications
Units: 4 Study and evaluation of
communications campaigns by civil society
actors to influence public policy with a
focus on messaging and efforts to shape
news coverage. Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 501 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 508 Public Relations and Advertising
Fundamentals and Strategy
Units: 3 Explores the practice of public
relations and advertising in a broader
strategic communication and digital
context; emphasizing strategy, critical
thinking and problem solving. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 508 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 510 Legal, Ethical and Social
Foundations of Strategic Public
Relations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the
origins, effects of, and processes for
adhering to the complex network of legal,
ethical and social responsibilities of the
contemporary PR practitioner. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 510 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 522 Storytelling with Data
Intelligence
Units: 3 Provides the foundations of
quantitative research methods, the basics
of storytelling with data and critical thinking
skills in public relations, advertising and
related fields. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Public Relations and
Advertising Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 523 Advanced Audience Insight
Mining
Units: 3 Provides student training with
cutting-edge digital research methods
and applied data analytic skills relevant
to current and future public relations
and advertising practices. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 524 Multimedia Content Creation for
Brand Storytelling I
Units: 3 Covers the conceptualization and
creation of strategy-based, engaging,
primarily web-based multimedia content
for use by organizations of all types.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations and Advertising Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 525 Multimedia Content Creation for
Brand Storytelling II
Units: 3 Conceptualization and creation of
strategic, research-based, primarily image
and video multimedia content for use by
organizations of all types. Prerequisite: PR
524 Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations and Advertising Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 526 Understanding Transmedia
Audiences
Units: 3 Understanding contemporary
media audiences through theoretical
concepts and developing applied
business insights from research using
interviews, ethnography, netnography,
content analysis, data interpretation and
visualization. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Public Relations and Advertising
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 529 Business and Economic
Foundations for Communicators
Units: 3 Speaking the language of the
board room; understanding business
goals and objectives; economic literacy;
financial/investor relations; understanding
organizational disciplines and how they
relate to corporate communication; PR/
communication business processes and
management. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Public Relations and
Advertising Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 532 International Public Relations
Units: 3 Public information policies and
practices of national and supranational
government units and national and
multinational corporations involved in
international relations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 532 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 535 Persuasive Writing
Units: 3 Teaches persuasive writing for
practitioners in public relations, advertising,
influencer relations and brand activation
through in-class writing drills with and
without deadline pressure. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 535 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 536 Digital, Social and Mass Media
Public Relations Strategies
Units: 3 Analysis of shifting media
environment; development and execution
of multi-platform campaigns based
on organizational goals and audience
characteristics. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Public Relations and
Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 536 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 537 Public Relations and Branding
Units: 3 Concept of branding, including
brand definition, brand engagement, brand
management and the role of public relations
in creating brand value. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 537 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 538 Image Management in
Entertainment
Units: 3 In-depth study of the creation and
protection of reputations for entertainment
properties of all types and the
characteristics that distinguish it from other
disciplines. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Public Relations and Advertising
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 538
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 539 Lifestyle Public Relations
Audience Engagement
Units: 3 Examines engagement/activation
as well as the nuances of lifestyle
practitioner. Dissects segments such as
towns and neighborhoods; race/ethnicity by
cultural practices/nuances. Recommended
Preparation: PR 444 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Public Relations
and Advertising Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 545 International Internships in the
Media
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm (Enroll in JOUR
545)
PR 561 Principles of Public Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Practical and
theoretical survey of the public relations
profession as it is currently practiced,
providing a social/contextual backdrop for
further study of the field. Duplicates Credit
in former JOUR 561 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CMGT 561
PR 562 Foundations of Effective PR
Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Other Specialized
writing for persuasive and strategic
communication contexts. Intensive focus
on public relations writing for print, online,
broadcast, and social media. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as CMGT 562
PR 563 Promotional and Product Public
Relations
Units: 3 Planning, managing and evaluating
integrated communications campaigns
utilizing public relations strategies in concert
with advertising and other marketing
disciplines; emphasis on research, case
studies and campaign development.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations and Advertising Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 563 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 565 Corporate Public Relations and
Reputation
Units: 3 Learn all aspects of corporate
communications and reputation
management through real-time news
analysis, cases and senior guest speakers
from the world's largest, most admired
companies. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Public Relations and Advertising
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 565
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 566 Public Relations for Multicultural
and Niche Audiences
Units: 2 Developing, managing and
evaluating campaigns designed to reach
audiences segmented by culture, lifestyle
and other factors. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Public Relations and
Advertising Duplicates Credit in former
JOUR 566 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PR 568 Crisis Management in Strategic
Public Relations
Units: 3 Focuses on theories, concepts
and practices in risk assessment, issues
monitoring, and crisis anticipation/
management in a wide variety of
organizational contexts, and from multiple
perspectives. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Public Relations and Advertising
Duplicates Credit in former JOUR 568
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PR 583 Managing Communication in the
Entertainment Industry
Units: 4 (Enroll in CMGT 543)
PR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PR 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress/Credit/
No Credit
PR 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
PR 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PR 597 Financial and Investor
Communications
Units: 3 Provides a practical, working
understanding of financial communications,
concerned primarily with articulating
a company's value. This applies to
matters of corporate image and financial/
investment environment. Prerequisite: PR
508 Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations and Advertising Duplicates
Credit in former JOUR 597 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 598 Improvisational Leadership
Units: 3 Leadership workshop inspires
stepping outside of comfort zones to be
braver and more creative. Encourages
discovery of leadership potential by
exploring new ideas and challenges.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Public Relations and Advertising Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PR 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: max
8 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Seminar in
selected topics in journalism. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Product Innovation
PRIN 501 The Creator's Mindset
Units: 4 In-depth exploration of the
mindsets, personalities and social, cultural
and political factors that led to the world's
greatest breakthroughs. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Product
Innovation students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 502 History and Theory of Product
Innovation
Units: 2 Covers milestones of product
design, including game-changing
concepts and processes that led to
disruptive innovations and new enterprise
opportunities. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Product Innovation students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PRIN 503 Principles of Human-Centered
Design
Units: 2 Advanced methods and techniques
for applying human-centered design to the
development and launch of products and
enterprises. Includes workshop design
and facilitation, co-creation and synthesis.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 504 Aesthetics of Form I
Units: 4 In-depth look at what shapes our
aesthetic values. Students gain facility in
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critical dialog, recognition and practice of
aesthetic decisions across physical and
virtual product platforms. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Product
Innovation students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 505 Aesthetics of Form II
Units: 4 Through case studies and applied
learning students gain advanced knowledge
in consumer desirability and the functional
aspects of virtual and physical form and
aesthetic design. Prerequisite: PRIN 504
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 510 Foundation Studio
Units: 4 An intensive look at the process of
bringing a product from concept to market.
Includes theory and applied techniques
for both physical and virtual products.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 515 Maker Foundation I
Units: 2 Advanced visualization concepts,
techniques and tools used to communicate
ideas, solve problems and enhance
collaboration for product design and
development. Concurrent Enrollment: PRIN
516 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 516 Maker Foundation II
Units: 2 Advanced explorations of digital
design tools, including industry standard
software. Concurrent Enrollment: PRIN
515 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 520 Creators Studio
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Research, ideation,
design, development and fabrication of
products; applied principles of human
centered design, blue ocean strategies
and product desirability, feasibility and
viability. Recommended Preparation: PRIN
510 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 525 Physical Maker Lab
Units: 2 Max Units: 12 Fabrication of
physical products; includes explorations
of soft goods, hard goods and products
suitable for hybrid or unique applications.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Production Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 526 Virtual Maker Lab
Units: 2 Max Units: 12 Making and
execution of virtual products; includes
explorations of digital and interactive
systems and experiences, and products
suitable for hybrid or unique applications.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 530 Business Essentials for
Product Innovators
Units: 4 Foundational concepts,
methodologies and techniques for
developing and launching products and
enterprises; product road-mapping, supply
chain, market research and user/consumer
insight. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 531 Product Venture Design and
Foresight
Units: 4 What if doing business was re-
framed as a medium for design? Students
uncover their ability to see and activate
groundbreaking opportunities in new
product development. Prerequisite: PRIN
530 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 532 Leading Product Enterprises
Units: 4 Advanced concepts, methodologies
and techniques for developing and
launching products and enterprises;
organizational structure and culture, finance
and sustainable growth. Prerequisite: PRIN
531 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 535 Entrepreneur Lab
Units: 2 Max Units: 12 Selected topics
covering development of products for new
enterprises; product viability, enterprise
models, talent acquisition and management
and legal considerations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Product
Innovation students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 550 Industry and Impact Projects
Units: 2 Max Units: 12 Practicum through
which student teams serve as design
strategists for industry collaborators, and
learn advanced methods and processes
to solve problems in collaborative,
field-specific environments. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Product
Innovation students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 575a The Garage Experience
Units: 2 Product Innovation capstone
leading to innovative outcomes, including
advanced research artifacts, operational
prototypes and breakthrough enterprises
across multiple fields and industries.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 575b The Garage Experience
Units: 2 Max Units: 06 Continuation of
PRIN 575a. Students refine and perfect
outcomes, leading to a pitch/presentation
to faculty and industry experts for funding
or validation and critical networking.
Prerequisite: PRIN 575a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Product
Innovation students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
PRIN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Research
leading to the master's degree. Maximum
units which may be applied to the degree to
be determined by the department. Graded
CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PRIN 591 Individual Instruction
Units: 1,2,3,4 Max Units: 8 Weekly,
individual instruction with an Academy
professor for deep exploration and study
within a Product Innovation core discipline.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PRIN 599 Special Topics
Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Max Units: 08
Comprehensive exploration of particular
aspects of product innovation. Selected
topics. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Product Innovation students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Pharmaceutical Sciences
PSCI 501 Drugs: Principles of ADME and
Bioavailability
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of drug formulation, delivery,
metabolism and transport; influence of
physicochemical properties, physiology,
and pharmacogenetics on these
properties; drug-drug interactions; and
pharmacokinetics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 502 Principles of Therapeutic
Mechanisms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of mechanisms of actions of common
drug classes, medicinal chemistry,
pharmacology, drug interactions with
protein targets, biologics, drug targeting
and nanotechnology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 503 Principles of Research
Methodology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Covers various
topics focused on the analysis of biological
molecules and samples. Techniques in
detection, separation and quantitative
analysis of biological molecules will be
presented and discussed. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 511 Drugs: Solubility, Dissolution
and Absorption
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Drug
formulation based on physicochemical
properties, ionization, solubility, rate of
solution, partitioning; methods to improve
these properties to enhance absorption.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSCI 512 Drugs: Metabolism and
Transporters
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Drug
metabolism and transport, mechanism of
CYP P450 enzymes, chemistry of metabolic
pathways, prediction of metabolism,
mechanism of drug uptake and efflux, drug-
drug interactions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 513 Drugs: Biologics and Specialty
Pharmaceuticals
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Formulation
and delivery of biologics, mechanism
of action and use of biologics in major
disease states, and value of specialty
pharmaceuticals. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 515 Drugs: Genetics and
Pharmacogenetics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Drug-related
genetics principles; pharmacogenetics
influencing drug action, including individual
responses to drugs based on SNPs; and
genetic engineering and gene therapy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSCI 516 Free Radical Biology in Health
and Disease
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
free radical biochemistry and its effects on
pathophysiology; redox regulation of cell
signaling and transcriptional pathways.
Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate
course in Biochemistry or Molecular Biology
or Cell Biology Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1259
PSCI 517 Protein Engineering and Drug
Discovery
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Highlight the
principles and applications of protein
chemistry, structure and engineering with a
major focus on subjects and topics directly
relevant to biological therapeutics and drug
design and discovery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 531 Cell Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
531)
PSCI 556 Principal Research
Approaches and Scientific Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Familiarizes new
graduate students with basic approaches
used in biomedical research, with a
focus on approaches in pharmaceutical,
pharmacological and translational sciences.
Provides an understanding of what to
expect in the coming years as a graduate
student doing biomedical research and in
scientific writing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 557 Introduction to Tools and
Techniques for Chemical Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Multidisciplinary
science where the knowledge of chemistry
is utilized to solve problems in biology, and
biological systems are evolved to gain new
functions. This course aims to establish
a great opportunity for graduate students
at the interface of biology and chemistry.
Recommended Preparation: formal course
work in chemistry and biochemistry.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 561 Molecular Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in INTD
561)
PSCI 571 Biochemistry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in INTD
571)
PSCI 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PSCI 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite:
completion of all required course work for
the MS degree. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PSCI 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite:
completion of all required course work for
the MS degree. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PSCI 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Prerequisite:
completion of all required course work for
the MS degree. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PSCI 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located
at an off-campus facility. Students are
individually supervised by faculty. May not
be taken until the student has completed
at least one semester of enrollment in the
graduate program with a cumulative 3.0
GPA. Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PSCI 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Topics in advanced pharmaceutical
sciences. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 633 Free Radical Chemistry,
Biology, and Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in GERO
666)
PSCI 655 Immunopharmaceutics
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Lectures and discussion sessions on
pharmaceutics related immunology,
including drugs affecting the immune
system, antibodies and cytokines
as drugs, and new developments in
immunobiotechnology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 662 Advanced Pharmacokinetics/
Pharmacodynamics
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Principles of advanced
pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics.
Mathematical description of drug disposition
processes. Design and evaluation of
pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies.
Advanced approaches to parameter
estimates. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 664 Drug Discovery and Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Principles of drug discovery, design and
characterization. Mechanisms of action of
major classes of drugs. Recommended
Preparation: college level chemistry and
biology. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSCI 665 Drug Transport and Delivery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Principles
of cellular drug transport, in vivo drug
transport, and modern drug delivery,
including drug targeting. Recommended
Preparation: college level chemistry and
biology. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSCI 667 Intracellular Drug Delivery and
Targeting
Units: 2, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp
Mechanisms of membrane trafficking and
intracellular transport and the utilization
of these mechanisms in drug delivery and
targeting. Recommended Preparation:
college level chemistry and biology, INTD
531. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSCI 756a Seminar in Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Review
of current pharmaceutical and related
research topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 756b Seminar in Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Review
of current pharmaceutical and related
research topics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSCI 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PSCI 791L Research
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Max
Units: no max Directed research for the MS
thesis or PhD dissertation.
PSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Psychology
PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to psychological science,
including historical and contemporary
approaches. Behavior examined from
biological, cognitive, social, developmental,
and personality perspectives. Disorders
and treatments. Satisfies New General
Education in Category D: Life Sciences
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 165Lg Drugs, Behavior and
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular An
integrative systems perspective of drugs;
including their historical, economic, and
cultural importance, psychopharmacology,
addiction, relationship to crime, and
therapeutic use in treating psychological
disorders. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Satisfies Old
General Education in Category IV: Science
and Its Significance Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 201Lg The Science of Happiness
Units: 4 Evaluates scientific research on
human happiness. Integrates research from
psychology, economics, and neuroscience
in the evaluation of personal and public
policy choices. Satisfies Old General
Education in Category IV: Science and Its
Significance Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
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PSYC 210gmw Social Analysis of
Gender
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SWMS 210) Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
PSYC 215Lg Music, Mind and the Brain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular An
interdisciplinary approach to music, mind
and brain. Explores music as an object with
its own properties and as a form of human
behavior. Satisfies New General Education
in Category D: Life Sciences Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as MUSC 215
PSYC 240gx Scientific Inquiry and
Reasoning in Health Care
Units: 4 Critical analysis and reasoning
skills required to solve scientific problems
in human behavior, including presentation
of data, logic of research design, statistics,
and research ethics. Satisfies New General
Education in Category F: Quantitative
Reasoning Credit Restriction: Not for major
credit for Psychology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 274Lg Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the use of statistics in
psychology: basic ideas in measurement;
frequency distributions; descriptive
statistics; concepts and procedures in
statistical inference. Recommended
Preparation: PSYC 100. Satisfies New
General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 275Lg Language and Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
LING 275)
PSYC 290x Supervised Research in
Psychology
Units: 2 or 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Supervised Research with
department faculty. Prerequisite: PSYC
100. Credit Restriction: Not for major or
minor credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 301L Cognitive Processes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Experimental and theoretical aspects
of human memory, perception, thinking,
and language. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 304L Sensation and Perception
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Receptor
processes and stimulus organization;
traditional topics in the perception of
objects, space, time. Prerequisite: PSYC
100. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 305 Learning and Memory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Principles
involved in classical and operant
conditioning. Concentration on basic
causes of behavior; consideration of the
relevance of simple behavioral laws to
complicated human behavior. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 314L Experimental Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Experimental research methods in
psychology; nature and concepts of
scientific method. Prerequisite: PSYC 100
and PSYC 274. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 316L Non-Experimental Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Non-
experimental research methods in
psychology. Observational, survey and data
analysis exercises. Prerequisite: PSYC 100
and PSYC 314. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
integrative study of bio-behavioral systems.
Evolutionary, developmental, ecological,
social, ethological, and physiological factors
mediating representative behavioral and
psychological phenomenon are examined
in detail. Prerequisite: PSYC 100Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Neural bases
of behavior. Concentration on sensory and
motor processes and the interaction of
neural, chemical, and hormonal systems.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Child and
adolescent behavior and associated
theories; exploration of the continuity
between child and adult behavior.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 337L Adult Development and
Aging
Units: 4 Genetic, physical, and social
influences during adult years on perception,
learning and memory, intelligence,
personality, social roles, and normal and
deviant behavioral patterns. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 339Lg Origins of the Mind
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
ancient philosophical questions concerning
the origins of human knowledge through
empirical studies of infants, animals, and
adults from diverse cultures. Satisfies New
General Education in Category D: Life
Sciences Satisfies Old General Education
in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 353g Close Relationships
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Scientific
perspective of close relationships:
intimate relationships, friendships and
others, evolutionary and biological bases
of attraction and love, historical, social,
cultural influences. Prerequisite: PSYC
100 Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 355 Social Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
and experimental analysis of human
behavior. Social processes involved
in attitudes, conformity, compliance,
interpersonal perception, liking, affiliation,
aggression, altruism, and group dynamics.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
commonly diagnosed behavior
pathologies; biological, social, cultural,
and developmental antecedents of
abnormal behavior; principles of learning,
perception, and motivation, as they relate to
psychopathology. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 361 Introduction to Clinical
Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to the scientist-practitioner
model of clinical psychology, including
research methods, psychological
assessment and diagnosis,
psychotherapeutic interventions, and
treatment of special populations.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 363 Criminal Behavior
Units: 4 Genetic, biological, psychological,
and sociological characteristics of those
who evidence criminal behavior; theoretical
formulations to be reviewed and appraised.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Duplicates Credit
in the former PSYC 463. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 365 Introduction to Forensic
Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Survey of
current topics, technologies and techniques.
Students acquire a basic understanding
of how forensic psychologists contribute
their unique expertise to the American legal
system. Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Duplicates
Credit in the former PSYC 465. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 367g Stress, Health, and the
Mind-Body Connection
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
psychological, biological and behavioral
processes affecting physical health,
including stress, coping with disease, health
behaviors and socioeconomic and cultural
influences on health. Prerequisite: PSYC
100Lg Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Registration
Restriction: Open only to Health and
Human Sciences, Psychology, Social
Sciences (Psychology) majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 372 Human Sexuality
Units: 4 Psychological and physiological
base of sexuality; gender identity,
childbearing, birth control, venereal
diseases; dysfunctions and treatments.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-372
PSYC 380 Junior Honors Seminar
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Advanced study of scientific inquiry in
psychology with in-depth analysis of current
research by faculty in the Psychology
Department. Preparation for senior honors
thesis research. Corequisite: PSYC 314.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1261
PSYC 391 Directed Field Experience in
Psychology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 4.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Individual field
experience and independent study
supervised by an on-site professional and
USC faculty sponsor. Prerequisite: PSYC
100; Recommended Preparation: minimum
of three courses completed in psychology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 404L Psychophysiology of
Emotion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to the scientific study of
emotional behavior. Emphasizes research
into relations between physiological
and psychological variables underlying
emotional experience. Prerequisite: PSYC
100, PSYC 274, and PSYC 314. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 405 Child Language Acquisition
Units: 4 (Enroll in LING 405)
PSYC 406 Psycholinguistics
Units: 4 (Enroll in LING 406)
PSYC 407 Atypical Language
Units: 4 (Enroll in LING 407)
PSYC 412 Current Topics In Social
Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Extensive
examination of select current research
in social psychology, based on original
research papers. Specific topics change
by semester. Prerequisite: PSYC 274Lg
and PSYC 314L Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 415L Psychological Measurement
Units: 4 Classical and modern approaches
to psychological measurement; scaling; test
construction; true score reliability model;
generalizability theory; validity; decision
theoretic selection; item analysis; item
response theory. Prerequisite: PSYC 314.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 418 Experimental Exploration into
the Origins of Cognition
Units: 4 Exploration of the origins of
cognition via the basics of experimental
design, 3D computer modeling, data
analysis, and scientific presentation.
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 314
or background in experimental research.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 420 Animal Behavior
Units: 4 Exploration of human nature
through studies of nonhuman animals,
including topics of navigation, culture,
object representation, social cognition,
music, and morality. Prerequisite: PSYC
100. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 421L Data Analysis for
Psychological Research
Units: 4 Multivariate analysis emphasizing
model estimation and testing; topics
vary, e.g., multiple regression, logistic
regression, factor analysis, multilevel linear
modeling, structural equation modeling,
multiway frequency analysis. Prerequisite:
PSYC 314. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 422 Human Judgment and
Decision Making
Units: 4 Descriptive and normative
models of decision making; topics
include probability judgments, inference,
correlation, emotion, mental accounting,
decision analysis, lens model, equity, social
dilemmas, time, risk. Prerequisite: PSYC
314. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 423 User Experience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
MDA 423)
PSYC 424 Neuropsychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Effects
of brain damage on human behavior and
abilities, particularly language, memory,
and emotion. Prerequisite: PSYC 100Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as NEUR 422
PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the
Human Brain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to the physical and
physiological bases of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI), and principles of functional
MRI, safety, design and analysis of
experiments, and operation. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100Lg and PSYC 274Lg Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors and
Addiction
Units: 4 Social, environmental, and
physiological influences on behaviors
associated with aggression, eating,
reproduction, and sleep. Will focus on
behavioral disorders such as addiction.
Prerequisite: PSYC 314 Recommended
Preparation: Junior or Senior Standing
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 427 Neuropsychopharmacology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Pharmo-
chemical nature of the brain; diseases of
the brain and drug treatments. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
NEUR 427
PSYC 428 Advanced Psychobiology
Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Topics in
psychobiology, including brain mechanisms
that provide for perception, motivation, and
memory. Student led mini-lectures and
discussion in seminar format. Prerequisite:
PSYC 304L or PSYC 326 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 430 Social Development of
Infants, Children and Adolescents
Units: 4 An analysis of selected topics
and issues in child social development.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100; Recommended
Preparation: PSYC 274, PSYC 314, PSYC
336. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 432 From Eugenics to
Neurodiversity: History of DisAbility
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introductory
overview of the primary historical issues,
questions, concerns and developments
that directly impact our current thought and
action around disability and inclusion of
disabled people in society. Recommended
Preparation: PSYC 100 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 433 Children's Learning and
Cognitive Development
Units: 4 Principles of cognitive
development, learning, and motivation
applied to the development of literacy;
includes tutoring a child two hours per
week. Prerequisite: PSYC 336. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as LING-433
PSYC 434 Intelligence, Problem Solving
and Creativity
Units: 4 Psychometric and experimental
approaches to the study of intelligence,
problem solving, reasoning and creativity,
including analysis of mental test
construction and validity. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100 and PSYC 274. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 436 Developmental Neuroscience
of Human Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa The biological
underpinnings supporting social,
emotional, and cognitive development
from infancy through adolescence; Focus
on neuroscience to understand typical
and atypical development, including
psychopathology. Prerequisite: PSYC
100 Recommended Preparation: PSYC
336 and/or coursework in Neuroscience
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 437 Adolescent Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
adolescent years from both an applied and
a research-oriented perspective. Topics
include physical, cognitive, and moral
development; socialization; and sexual and
sex-role development. Prerequisite: PSYC
100. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 438 Behavioral Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Inheritance
and evolution of behavioral characteristics
in man and other species. Prerequisite:
PSYC 274. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 440 Foundations of Cognitive
Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the major components of cognition
(perception, memory, intelligence) in terms
of the neural coding characteristic of the
relevant brain areas. Prerequisite: PSYC
100Lg Recommended Preparation: PSYC
301L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as NEUR 440
PSYC 450 Neural Network Models of
Social and Cognitive Processes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Introduction to using neural network or
connectionist models to simulate cognitive,
social, emotional and motivational
processes; basic concepts and tools in
computational neuroscience. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100Lg Recommended Preparation:
Basic knowledge of programming is helpful,
but not required Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 451 Formation and Change of
Attitudes
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Effects
of socialization, personal influence,
propaganda and social structure on private
attitudes and public opinion. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100 and PSYC 355. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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PSYC 452 Social Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Overview
of principles and research in social
neuroscience, which uses neuroscience
approaches to inform social processes
including empathy, inter-group relations,
emotion, morality and social decision-
making. Prerequisite: PSYC 100Lg
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 355
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 453 Intergroup Relations
Units: 4 Examination of the nature of
relations between human groups and
the psychological mechanisms relating
to intergroup conflict, war, genocide,
stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination.
Prerequisite: PSYC 355. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 454 Social Cognition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Theory
and research on cognitive processes in
social behavior, to include social inference,
cognition and emotion, the Self, social
categorization, person memory, and
attribution processes. Prerequisite: PSYC
100; PSYC 355 recommended. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 456 Conservation Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examination of
theories, research, interventions regarding
psychology of environmental sustainability
including cognition, emotion, behavior,
attitudes, persuasion, values, social identity,
consumerism, and science of happiness.
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 100Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 459 Industrial/Organizational
Psychology
Units: 4 I/O Psychologists develop and
apply scientifically supported solutions
to the workplace. "Industrial" deals
with human resource functions, and
"Organizational" with psychological aspects
of the organization. Prerequisite: PSYC 100
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 316
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 462m Culture and Mental Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular The
influence of culture, ethnicity, race and
gender on human behavior. Mental health
issues relevant to ethnic minorities in
the U.S. Recommended Preparation:
sophomore standing or higher; PSYC 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 464 Psychology of Marriage and
the Family
Units: 4 Theories and research on
family relationships across the life span,
including research methods, cultural
and developmental perspectives,
communication, conflict, attachment,
individual psychopathology and family
violence. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 467 Introduction to Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A
comprehensive overview of the
assessment, diagnosis and treatment of
individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum
disorder. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 468 Happiness: Research in
Neuroscience and Positive Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Neuroscientific and psychological
perspectives that investigate the basis of
happiness and well-being. Prerequisite:
PSYC 100 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 469 Schizophrenia Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Current research on possible causes of
schizophrenia. Topics: history, diagnosis,
genetics, neural development, obstetrics,
psychosocial factors, brain imaging,
psychopharmacology, premorbid signs
and aging. Prerequisite: PSYC 100;
Recommended Preparation: read
current professional journals related to
schizophrenia. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 480x Senior Honors Seminar
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Advanced study of empirical approaches
in psychology. Progress presentations
and evaluations of Senior Honors Thesis
research. In-depth exploration of issues
in science. Prerequisite: senior standing
in Psychology Undergraduates Honors
Program. Credit Restriction: Not available
for graduate credit. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Selected topics in the various
specialty areas within psychology. Topic
will vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 500L An Overview of Quantitative
Methods in Psychology
Units: 4 Team taught introduction to
analysis of variance, regression analysis,
multivariate measurement, and significance
testing. Computer laboratory linked to
class material using SAS, SPSS, and R.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 501L Classic and Modern
Statistical Methods I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An introduction
to classic statistical techniques as well
as modern robust methods for dealing
violations of standard assumptions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 502 Classic and Modern Statistical
Methods II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Classic and
modern ANOVA, ANCOVA methods,
multiple comparison procedures, basic
multivariate methods, robust regression
methods and basic methods for analyzing
categorical data. Prerequisite: PSYC 501L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 503L Regression and the General
Linear Model
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Multiple
regression as a tool in experimental
and non-experimental data; analysis of
variance and covariance as regression on
coded variables. Computer applications
Laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: PSYC
501. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 504 Research Design
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Intensive review
of research methods in the behavioral
sciences. Problem analysis, formulation
of research propositions, and procedures
for research inference. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 505 Research Methods in Applied
Social Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Various
research techniques that are useful in a
variety of different real world settings, such
as business, governmental agencies and
charities. Registration Restriction: Open
only to M.S., Applied Psychology students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 506 Learning and Cognition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Survey
of learning theory and research, including
conditioning and information-processing
approaches with human and animal
subjects. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 508 Historical Foundations of
Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular History
of psychology: clinical, cognitive,
developmental, experimental, quantitative,
and social; epistemology and philosophy
of science as applied to psychology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 512 Seminar in Social Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Problems
and theories of the person in the social
context. Person perception, interpersonal
relations, attitude dynamics, social systems.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as EDUC-601
PSYC 513 Attitudes and Social Influence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Current
theories of attitudes and behavior,
measurement, attitudes as predictors of
behaviors, effects on changing attitudes
and behavior. Registration Restriction:
Open only to M.S., Applied Psychology
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 514 Psychopathology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Study of
psychopathology: in-depth survey of theory
and research concerning psychological
disorders; introduction of diagnosis. (One
of three clinical psychology core courses:
PSYC 514, PSYC 515, PSYC 619.)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 515 Clinical Assessment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Study of
clinical assessment: test construction,
measurement and prediction of behavior,
major cognitive and personality assessment
instruments. (One of three clinical
psychology core courses: PSYC 514 ,
PSYC 515, PSYC 619.) Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 516 The Economics and
Psychology of Decision-Making
Units: 4 (Enroll in ECON 516)
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PSYC 517 Group Dynamics and
Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theory and research on effective teams
and characteristics of strong leaders.
Negotiation, morale-building, managing
expectancies, utilization of cultural diversity
as a strength. Registration Restriction:
Open only to M.S., Applied Psychology
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 518 Cognitive Modeling
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp History,
philosophy and goals of cognitive modeling;
basic issues in model construction and
evaluation. Recommended Preparation:
PSYC 625 or a similar machine learning
course Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 520 Fundamentals of
Psychological Measurement
Units: 4 Factor analysis; latent variable;
scaling; test construction; classical true
score reliability model; generalizability
theory; validity; decision theoretic
approaches to selection; item analysis; item
response theory. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 521 Cross Cultural Psychology in
Applied Settings
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of major theoretical
frameworks mapping worldwide cultures
and values with a focus on applying that
knowledge in organizations. Registration
Restriction: Open only to students in
Applied Psychology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 523 User Experience (UX)
Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
a broad introduction to the social science
methods UX researchers most commonly
use, including qualitative approaches,
and quantitative approaches. Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 524 Research Design in
Developmental Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Review
and practice in the analysis and design
of experimental and quasiexperimental
paradigms for research on ontogenetic age
changes and generational differences in
behavior. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 530 Concepts and Principles of
Behavior Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Provides
intensive training in behavioral principles
and laws of learning and motivation.
Focuses on broad application of principles,
from basic research with nonhumans,
to application across human clinical
populations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 531 Behavioral Assessment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Studies theory
and application of behavioral methods for
skill assessment, functional assessment
of destructive behavior, and learner
motivation. Discusses relative strengths
and limitations of direct versus indirect
methods. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 532 Ethics for Behavior Analysts
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Provides training
in legal and ethical issues as they pertain
to the professional practice of behavior
analysis. Reviews the Guidelines for
Responsible Conduct for Behavior Analysts,
as well as the American Psychological
Association's Ethical Principles of
Psychologists and Code of Conduct.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 533 Cognitive Development in
Children
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Review of
theories of cognitive development. Analysis
of research on brain functioning, perception,
memory, language, reasoning and
academic skills from birth to adolescence.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 534 Social and Emotional
Development in Children
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Theories
of social and emotional development,
including sociocultural perspectives.
Analysis of research on temperament,
social relationships, individuation and moral
development from birth to adolescence.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 535 Research Methods in
Behavior Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
methods for measuring behavior. Examines
theoretical background for single subject
research methods, practical application of
research methods to treatment evaluation,
and analyzes strengths and limitations of
single subject research methods. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 536 Behavioral Interventions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
empirically supported behavioral
interventions across a range of socially
relevant behavioral excesses, skill deficits,
disorders, and age ranges. Focuses
on least-intrusive, person-centered
approaches. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 537 Behavioral Supervision
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analyzes
evidence-based approaches to designing
behavior change systems at the individual,
family, group, and organizational levels.
Examines family and systems variables that
affect the likelihood of initial and continued
success of interventions. Prerequisite:
PSYC 530 and PSYC 536 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 538 Origins of Human Nature
Units: 4 Exploration of the evolutionary and
developmental origins of human nature.
Topics include navigation, object and
number cognition, culture, sexual behavior,
cooperation, language, and morality.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 539 Behavioral Approaches to
Skill Acquisition
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Examines
contemporary research on behavioral
procedures for teaching complex skills
to individuals of a variety ages and
populations, including language, social,
cognitive, vocational, and independent
living skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 540 Cognitive Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An examination
of the major components of cognition (e.g.,
perception, memory, intelligence) in terms
of the neural coding characteristic of the
relevant brain areas. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as NSCI 533
PSYC 541 Experimental Analysis of
Behavior
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines a
collection of experimental procedures and
findings within the experimental analysis of
behavior (EAB); basic principles of operant
and respondent learning and motivation;
translate findings of basic research to
the development of applied sciences of
behavior change. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Applied
Behavior Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 544 Psychophysiology
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Recent research on relations
between basic psychological states
(e.g., cognition, learning, emotion) and
physiological response processes (e.g.,
autonomic responses, covert muscle
activity). Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 545 Neuropsychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Brain
mechanisms underlying perceptual and
cognitive functioning: brain damage,
loss of function, and clinical assessment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 547 Functional Neuroanatomy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Regional organization and systems of
the mammalian nervous system and
their functions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 550a Proseminar in Human
Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The nature
of the human mind, social interactions,
conflicts, cooperative behavior, mutual
influence and effectiveness. Application of
psychological principles to the dynamics
of commercial entities. Registration
Restriction: Open only to M.S., Applied
Psychology students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 550b Proseminar in Human
Behavior
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The nature
of the human mind, social interactions,
conflicts, cooperative behavior, mutual
influence and effectiveness. Application of
psychological principles to the dynamics
of commercial entities. Registration
Restriction: Open only to M.S., Applied
Psychology students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 551 Decision Neuroscience
Units: 4 Neuroscientific studies attempting
to understand the neural basis of judgment
and decision-making, social behavior,
and market economies. Recommended
Preparation: PSYC 547. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 552 Principles of Consumer
Psychology
Units: 4 Examination of the attitudes
and decisions of consumers, and how
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to effectively reach consumers by using
persuasion and proper positioning in the
marketplace. Registration Restriction: Open
only to M.S., Applied Psychology students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 555 Introduction to Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The physical
and physiological bases of MRI and fMRI.
Design and analysis of fMRI experiments.
Operation of a magnetic resonance imaging
system. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 556 Psychology of Interactive
Media
Units: 4 Examination of the diverse
methods of communicating with a target
audience with a special emphasis on the
newest computer-based tools for providing
information and influence. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Applied
Psychology (MS) students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 565x Organizational Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination of the psychological factors
that impact employee motivation, job
satisfaction, teamwork, leadership, and
organizational development. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master of Applied
Psychology students. Credit Restriction:
Not available for major credit for GSBA
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PSYC 566 The Psychology of Employee
Selection and Assessment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develop
an understanding of recruitment and
selection practices, processes, and
approaches into the strategic role that
recruitment and selection plays in
organizational success. Prerequisite: PSYC
565x Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate Applied Psychology students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 571 Foundations of Statistical and
Data Analytic Methods in Psychology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Model
comparison approach to analyzing
experimental and non-experimental
data; including moderated, mediated and
nonlinear models as well as models with
a categorical outcome. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 573 Bayesian Data Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Topics and
techniques in Bayesian data analysis,
including the philosophical foundations,
Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimation, and
applications to linear and generalized linear
models. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 575L Multilevel Modeling
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Topics
in multilevel modeling including two- and
three-level hierarchical linear models
(HLM), random intercepts and slopes,
longitudinal models and growth curve
models, non-nested models as well as
some recent development. Recommended
Preparation: PSYC 503 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 576 Psycholinguistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in LING
576)
PSYC 577 Analysis of Covariance
Structures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Multivariate analysis of non-experimental
data, including structural equation
modeling, path analysis, and confirmatory
factor analysis. Computer applications
using variety of optimization routines and
purpose-written software. Prerequisite:
PSYC 503. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 578 Workshop in Quantitative
Methods
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Practical, hands-
on experience in the application of
selected quantitative methods to empirical
data. Includes training in use of relevant
computer software. Prerequisite: PSYC
501 and either PSYC 502 or PSYC 503.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 586 Advanced Psycholinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: max 9 (Enroll in LING
586)
PSYC 587 Practicum in Applied Behavior
Analysis
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 10 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Provides supervised practical
experience in implementing behavior
analytic assessment and treatment
services. Meets supervision requirements
for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst
exam. Students meet with course instructor
to present and discuss cases for two
hours per week every semester, including
one summer session. Practicum hours in
the field vary from 18-20 hours per week
during the academic year to 30 hours per
week during the summer. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 589 Interprofessional Education
and Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in OT
589)
PSYC 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSp Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PSYC 591 Applied Psychology
Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 8.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Internship in a
non-university setting, such as business,
governmental agency, or NGO. Registration
Restriction: Open only to M.S., Applied
Psychology students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PSYC 592 Applied Psychology Treatise
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Requires
a research paper of substantial length and
high quality that integrates the Internship
experience with concepts and principles of
human behavior. Registration Restriction:
Open only to M.S., Applied Psychology
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PSYC 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PSYC 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PSYC 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PSYC 595 Practicum in Clinical
Psychology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Supervised experience
in interviewing skills and assessment,
including psychological test administration
and the preparation of reports. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PSYC 596 Advanced Behavioral Theory
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
advanced topics in behavioral theory and
philosophy, including a comprehensive
behavioral approach to language and
cognition. Discusses the nature of
productive relations between behavior
analysis and other psychological theories.
Prerequisite: PSYC 530 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 597 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. May not be taken
until the student has completed at least two
semesters of enrollment in the graduate
program. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Psychology graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PSYC 597a Capstone Project in Behavior
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervision
for completing independent project,
consisting of practical treatment evaluation,
program development, or literature review.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 597b Capstone Project in Behavior
Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervision
for completing independent project,
consisting of practical treatment evaluation,
program development, or literature review.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected
topics in the various specialty areas within
psychology at the graduate level. Topic will
vary from semester to semester. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 602 Self-concept and Motivation
Units: 4 Graduate-level depth-and-breadth
course using a social psychological
perspective on self-concept. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as EDUC-602
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PSYC 612 Seminar in Advanced Social
Psychology
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular An intensive consideration of
selected concepts, theories, and research
problems in social psychology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 616 Research Techniques for
Non-Experimental Social Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular
Quasiexperimental designs; causal
inference from correlational research,
techniques for evaluating measures of
attitude, personality, and social motives:
observational methods; content analysis;
sampling and survey techniques. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 619 Psychological Intervention
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Study of
clinical psychological treatment: research
and theory about major psychological
approaches to intervention. (One of three
clinical psychology core courses: PSYC
514, PSYC 515, PSYC 619.) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 621 Seminar in Quantitative
Psychology
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Selected topics in mathematical
psychology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 622 Decision Analysis and
Behavioral Decision Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Normative
and descriptive theories and research
on human decision-making, with special
emphasis on applications to real social
decision problems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 625 Applied Machine Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Machine
learning techniques, including Bayesian
and Neural Networks, for analyzing
different types of human-generated data.
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 501L
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PSYC 626 Text as Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Focuses
on applications of natural language
processing, guided by psychological
theories, for identifying various social and
cognitive properties evident in language.
Recommended Preparation: PSYC 625
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as CSCI 626
PSYC 660 Seminar in Clinical
Psychology
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Irregular Selected topics in clinical
psychology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PSYC 676 Seminar in Psycholinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: max 12 (Enroll in LING
676)
PSYC 691a Internship in Clinical
Psychology
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
clinical work in an approved mental health
setting. Prerequisite: good standing in
clinical program and departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PSYC 691b Internship in Clinical
Psychology
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervised
clinical work in an approved mental health
setting. Prerequisite: good standing in
clinical program and departmental approval.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PSYC 695 Advanced Practicum in
Clinical Psychology
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Didactic practicum
combining theory and research on
psychological intervention with clinical
practice in assessment and treatment,
focused on particular client groups or
disorders. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PSYC 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSp Research leading to
the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PSYC 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSYC 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSYC 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSYC 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
PSYC 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Physical Therapy
PT 509 Cellular and Systems Physiology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Selected
subjects in cellular and systems physiology.
Emphasis on molecular and cellular
aspects of neuromuscular function; also
renal and endocrine physiology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 514L Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Musculoskeletal
anatomy, innervation, blood supply, and
function: intensive study of the head,
neck, trunk, and limbs. Lecture, dissection
laboratory. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PT 516 Principles of Disease
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sm Principles and
mechanisms of genetics, immunology,
infection, wound healing and oncology.
Prerequisite: PT 509 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 521L Basics of Patient Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Development of
basic decision-making skills, professional
behaviors and impairment assessment in
patients with musculoskeletal neurologic
and/or cardiopulmonary dysfunction.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PT 529 Life Span Motor Control
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction to
sensorimotor systems, overview of current
perspectives in motor control from fetus
through late adulthood, and clinical tests of
motor proficiency. Corequisite: PT 546 and
PT 581L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PT 530a Therapeutic Exercise
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Theoretical
and practical principles for evaluation of
exercise need and prescription of exercise
programs. Emphasis on approaches for
patients with musculoskeletal deficits.
Prerequisite: PT 509 and PT 514L and PT
521L Duplicates Credit in former PT 530
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PT 530b Therapeutic Exercise
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of needs analysis and prescription of
exercise programs for special patient
populations and assessment of current
community trends in exercise and wellness.
Prerequisite: PT 530a and PT 554L and
PT 574 and PT 621L Duplicates Credit in
former PT 530 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PT 534L Neuroanatomy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Organized
approach to structures in the brain, spinal
cord and peripheral nervous systems that
subserve motor, sensory, and integrative
functions, memory, cognitive and special
senses. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
PT 536 Pathology of Cardiopulmonary
Disease and General Medical Conditions
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Pathology and
pathophysiological mechanisms in disease
of the cardiac, pulmonary and circulatory
systems; examination of diabetes, burns
and other disabling medical disorders.
Prerequisite: PT 509 and PT 516 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 539 Clinical Pharmacology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Effects of
commonly used drugs in patients with
physical disability; side effects that alter
physical performance or responses to
exercise. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PT 546 Neuropathology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Pathology in
the central and peripheral nervous systems
that alter motor and sensory performance.
Emphasis on loss of motion, excessive
and involuntary movement disorders.
Prerequisite: PT 516 and PT 509 and PT
566 and PT 534L Corequisite: PT 529 and
PT 569 and PT 581L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 549L Clinical Exercise Physiology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Adaptation of
the human body to exercise and the use
of exercise to modify human function.
Prerequisite: PT 530b and PT 509
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PT 551L Therapeutic Application of
Physical Agents
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Physiologic
responses to the application of thermal,
mechanical, electromagnetic and
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hydrodynamic therapeutic procedures.
Evaluation procedures and intervention
planning. Prerequisite: PT 509 and PT 530a
and PT 554L and PT 566 and PT 621L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PT 554L Analytical Anatomy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Detailed
kinesiologic analysis of axial, spine,
head, neck, face and bulbar muscles.
Prerequisite: PT 514. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PT 561a Evidence for Physical Therapist
Practice
Units: 2 Introduction to a patient-centered
Evidence Based Practice model with
emphasis on professional communication
skills, ethics, professional guidelines, laws
and regulations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PT 561b Evidence for Physical Therapist
Practice
Units: 2 Introduction to acquiring, appraising
and integrating research evidence.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PT 561c Evidence for Physical Therapist
Practice
Units: 2 Advanced critical analysis and
application of research of evidence.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PT 561d Evidence for Physical Therapist
Practice
Units: 2 Advanced integration of patient
values as influenced by culture, ethnicity,
lifestyles, gender, and age into patient-
centered clinical decision making.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PT 561e Evidence for Physical Therapist
Practice
Units: 2 Analysis of the integration of
physical therapist practice into the national
health care system; administration,
budgeting and reimbursement for physical
therapist services. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 566 Disorders of the Musculoskeletal
System
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Regional
description of pathology and
pathophysiological mechanisms of
disorders of bone, connective tissue, and
joints. Lecture, demonstration. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 569 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Detailed
analysis of neurophysiologic mechanisms
underlying normal and abnormal motor and
sensory function. Corequisite: PT 546 and
PT 581L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PT 571L Clinical Management of
Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Physical
therapy evaluation and intervention in the
care of patients with circulatory, cardiac
or pulmonary dysfunction. Lecture, case
presentations, laboratory. Prerequisite: PT
621L and PT 530b and PT 516 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PT 574 Clinical Biomechanics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to the principles of biomechanics (statics,
dynamics) as they apply to physical therapy
practice. Emphasis on tissue mechanics,
joint function and gait. Prerequisite: PT 582
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PT 581L Clinical Management of the
Patient with Neurological Dysfunction
Units: 5 Terms Offered: Sp Physical therapy
theory and methods for intervention in
neurological dysfunction. Prerequisite: PT
534L and PT 571L and PT 574 Corequisite:
PT 529 and PT 546 and PT 569 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PT 582 Mechanics of Human Gait
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to both normal and pathological gait.
Emphasis on the basic components of
abnormal ambulation including temporal-
spatial factors, joint motion, kinetics,
kinematics, and muscle activity. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 583L Clinical Electrophysiology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Use of
electrical currents to evaluate and treat
musculoskeletal, neurological and
wound disorders. Theory and practice.
Prerequisite: PT 530b and PT 534L and PT
551L Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
PT 589 Interprofessional Education and
Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in OT
589)
PT 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Selected topics in
Physical Therapy. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PT 600a Clinical Experience
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in two- or six-week physical
therapy manual skills, decision making and
professional behaviors. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PT 600b Clinical Experience
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in six-week physical therapy
manual skills, decision making, and
professional behaviors. Prerequisite: PT
600a Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PT 600c Clinical Experience
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in two-week physical therapy
psychomotor skills, decision making and
professional behaviors. Prerequisite: PT
600b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PT 600d Clinical Clerkship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Practical
experience in eight week physical therapy
psychomotor skills, decision making and
professional behaviors. Prerequisite: PT
600c Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
PT 600z Clinical Clerkship
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
PT 606 Clinical Imaging
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Elements of
reading roentgenographs, CAT and MRI
scans for the physical therapist. Lecture,
demonstration, practical experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PT 621L Clinical Management of
the Patient with Musculoskeletal
Dysfunction
Units: 5 Terms Offered: Sp Physical
therapy theory and methods of evaluation
and treatment of orthopedic dysfunction.
Prerequisite: PT 514, PT 521. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
PT 625 Emerging Topics in Physical
Therapy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Familiarize
the developing PT with emerging research,
technology and skills that show promise
in preparation for advances in patient
management. Corequisite: PT 561e and
PT 650 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PT 630 Integrated Patient Management
Clinical Skills
Units: 6 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
evaluation and management of patients
with movement dysfunction spanning all
diagnoses seen by physical therapists.
Corequisite: PT 632 Duplicates Credit in
former PT 631 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PT 632 Integrated Patient Management
Seminar
Units: 5 Terms Offered: FaSp Integration
of physical therapy management of
complicated patients with concurrent
musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary and/or
neurologic disorders. Prerequisite: PT 571,
PT 581, PT 621. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PT 640a Hybrid Integrated Patient
Management Clinical Skills
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
evaluation and management of patients
with movement dysfunction spanning all
diagnoses seen by physical therapists
(musculoskeletal conditions focus on upper
quarter body regions). Duplicates Credit in
PT 630 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Letter
PT 640b Hybrid Integrated Patient
Management Clinical Skills
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
evaluation and management of patients
with movement dysfunction spanning all
diagnoses seen by physical therapists
(musculoskeletal conditions focus on
lower quarter body regions). Prerequisite:
PT 640a Duplicates Credit in PT 630
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Letter
PT 642a Hybrid Integrated Patient
Management Seminar
Units: 2.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Integration
of physical therapy management of
complicated patients with concurrent
musculoskeletal (concentrating on upper
quarter body regions), cardiopulmonary
and/or neurologic disorders. Duplicates
Credit in PT 632 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress to Letter
PT 642b Hybrid Integrated Patient
Management Seminar
Units: 2.5 Terms Offered: FaSp Integration
of physical therapy management of
complicated patients with concurrent
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musculoskeletal (concentrating on lower
quarter body regions), cardiopulmonary
and/or neurologic disorders. Prerequisite:
PT 642a Duplicates Credit in PT 632
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Letter
PT 650 Differential Diagnosis in Physical
Therapy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Consideration
of principle of differential diagnosis
with emphasis on mastering this skill.
Prerequisite: PT 536 and PT 546 and
PT 581L Recommended Preparation:
completion of years 1 and 2 Concurrent
Enrollment: PT 625 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PT 660 Advanced Clinical Experience
with Academic Integration
Units: 5 Terms Offered: FaSp A 16-week
clerkship consisting of a minimum of 24
hours per week in a part-time setting.
Emphasis on the care of orthopedic,
neurologic, pediatric or complicated medical
conditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PT 665 Advanced Clinical Experience
Units: 8 Terms Offered: FaSp A 16-week
clerkship consisting of a minimum of
36 hours per week in a full-time setting.
Emphasis on care of orthopedic, neurologic,
pediatric or complicated medical conditions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PT 670a Hybrid Advanced Clinical
Experience with Academic Integration
Units: 6.5 Terms Offered: FaSp A 13-week
clerkship consisting of a minimum of 36
hours per week in a part-time setting.
Emphasis on the care of orthopedic,
neurologic, pediatric or complicated medical
conditions. Duplicates Credit in PT 660
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
PT 670b Hybrid Advanced Clinical
Experience with Academic Integration
Units: 6.5 Terms Offered: FaSp A 13-
week clerkship consisting of a minimum
of 36 hours per week in a full-time setting.
Emphasis on care of orthopedic, neurologic,
pediatric or complicated medical conditions.
Prerequisite: PT 670a Duplicates Credit in
PT 660 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit
Petroleum Engineering
PTE 202x Energy and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Study of
the impact of the development, production,
and global distribution of energy on
societal, political, and economic behavior.
Not available for major credit to engineering
majors. Prerequisite: pass Math Skill Level.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 411 Introduction to Transport
Processes in Porous Media
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Properties of
porous rocks; capillarity effect, single-
phase and multiphase fluid flow through
porous media; diffusion and dispersion,
miscible displacement heat transfer.
Lecture, 3 hours. Not available for
credit to Petroleum Engineering majors.
Prerequisite: (CHEM 105aLg or CHEM
115aLg ) and (CE 309 and MATH 245 and
PHYS 151Lg ) Credit Restriction: Not for
Major Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 412x Petroleum Reservoir
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Properties of
reservoir fluids, volumetric and material
balances for gas and oil reservoirs;
reservoir modeling concepts. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to
Petroleum Engineering majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 461 Formation Data Sensing with
Well Logs
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Measurement
theory and petroleum/geothermal
applications of electrical, radioactive,
acoustic, and production logging tools.
Estimation of rock porosity, water
saturation, permeability, shale content,
gas flow rate. Recommended Preparation:
Mechanics of materials, fundamentals of
physics on the level of PHYS 152L and
PHYS 408b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as CHE
461, AME 461
PTE 462 Economic, Risk and Formation
Productivity Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principle of
economic evaluation, risk analysis, reserves
estimation, decline curves, energy prices,
and well transients for flow prediction.
Prerequisite: PTE 461. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CHE-462, ME-462, AME-462
PTE 463L Introduction to Transport
Processes in Porous Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of flow and transport in porous materials
including: Properties of porous rocks,
capillarity effect, single- and multiphase
flow, diffusion and dispersion in miscible
displacements. Prerequisite: MATH 245 and
PHYS 151Lg and (CHEM 105aLg or CHEM
115aLg) Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CHE 463, AME 463
PTE 464L Modeling and Simulation of
Subsurface Flow Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Properties of
reservoir fluids, volumetric and material
balances for gas and oil reservoirs;
reservoir modeling concepts. Prerequisite:
PTE 463L Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as CHE 464, AME 464
PTE 465L Drilling Technology and
Subsurface Methods
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Theory and
practice in drilling technology; mechanical
properties of reservoir rocks; well
completion; acidizing and fracturing,
oil production technology. Prerequisite:
PTE 464. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as AME-465, CHE-465
PTE 466 Petroleum Geology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Introductory
topics of physical and historical geology
will be focused on the components that
relate to the formation of oil and gas
accumulations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Not
available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Course content
to be selected each semester from recent
developments in petroleum engineering
and related fields. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 500 Computational Reservoir
Modeling
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
mathematical and computational methods
in characterizing, modeling, and describing
the subsurface flow and transport
phenomena. Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with basic calculus, differential
equation, and MATLAB programming.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Engineering students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 502 Advanced Reservoir
Characterization
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Sources
of data for reservoir characterization;
cross-disciplinary integration; geologic
models; sequence stratigraphic, lithologic,
well test and geophysical models;
4-D seismic; compartmentalized and
fractured reservoirs; error and risk
analysis. Prerequisite: PTE 411, PTE 461.
Registration Restriction: Graduate standing
in PTE. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PTE 503 Technology of Unconventional
Oil and Gas Resources Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Geology of
unconventional resources, exploration,
development, laboratory testing, drilling,
formation evaluation, design and monitoring
of hydraulic fracturing, forecasting,
technology of oil sand and environmental
issues. Recommended Preparation: PTE
507, graduate standing in petroleum
engineering. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 504 Geophysics for Petroleum
Engineers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Geosciences
concepts and technologies with
applications in petroleum engineering:
2D-3D-4D seismic, borehole geophysics,
passive seismic, controlled source
electromagnetics, geophysical and
geological modeling and inversion.
Recommended Preparation: familiarity
with Matlab. Registration Restriction: Open
only to engineering graduate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 505 Inverse Modeling for Dynamic
Data Integration
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to fundamentals of deterministic and
stochastic inverse modeling, integration
of dynamic data into predictive reservoir
models, reservoir parameterization,
derivation of adjoint models. Recommended
Preparation: PTE 508, basic knowledge
of calculus, linear algebra and probability/
statistics. Registration Restriction: Open
only to engineering graduate students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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PTE 506 Geothermal Reservoirs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Geothermal
reservoirs, heat and mass flow in fracture
network, enhanced geothermal systems
(EGS), exploration methods, exploitation
of hydrothermal and EGS fields,
stimulation, forecasting, power generation.
Recommended Preparation: familiarity with
Matlab. Registration Restriction: Open only
to Engineering and Geological Sciences
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PTE 507 Engineering and Economic
Evaluation of Subsurface Reservoirs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Studies,
data and methods for estimating size of
underground fluid deposits for predicting
physical and economic behavior of
designed flow schemes, and for quantifying
uncertainty. Prerequisite: PTE 464.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 508 Numerical Simulation of
Subsurface Flow and Transport
Processes
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Formulation
and solution of the equations describing
the underground flow of fluids through
porous media. Includes mass (contaminant)
transport in single and multiphase flow.
Recommended Preparation: PTE 507.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 509 High-Resolution Simulations of
Porous Media Flows
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp High-order
finite difference, finite volume and spectral
methods to simulate contaminant transport,
CO2 sequestration and viscous fingering
problems in high resolution using Matlab/
Python. Recommended Preparation:
Concepts covered in MATH 225 and MATH
245. Introductory knowledge of MATLAB or
Python programming language Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 511 Advanced Phase Behavior of
Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular From
classical thermodynamics to engineering
application; equations of state based
calculations; PVT experiments;
reservoir fluid characterization; PT-
flash calculations and stability analysis;
compositional grading; transport properties.
Recommended Preparation: CHE 330,
MATH 226. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 512 Gas Injection Processes —
Analytical Solutions and Analysis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Gas injection
and enhanced oil/gas recovery;
conservation equations; flow and phase
behavior; displacement efficiency;
dispersion; method of characteristics;
development of multicontact miscibility in
multicomponent systems. Recommended
Preparation: CHE 330, MATH 226 and
MATH 245 (or similar). Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
students. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PTE 514 Drilling Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Graduate level
course on drilling engineering with an
emphasis on field design and applications.
Topics covered include well planning; rock
mechanics; rotary drilling processes; drilling
rig components; drill string and bottom hole
assemblies; well hydraulics and drilling
muds; casing design and cementing;
directional drilling; offshore drilling and
drilling economics. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Engineering graduate
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PTE 515 Natural Gas Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp
Characterization, development and
prediction of natural gas reservoirs,
including natural gas surface production
equipment and systems, forecasting natural
gas well and reservoir performance and
current LNG developments Prerequisite:
PTE 411 and PTE 412x Recommended
Preparation: Good handle of Excel, running
VBA apps, programming macros and
Matlab programming; concurrent enrollment
in a computer programming class would
be helpful Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 517 Testing of Wells and Aquifers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles
of well testing; down hole device;
Aquifer tests; slug tests; DST; pressure
transient modeling in homogeneous
and heterogeneous systems; parameter
estimation; computer aided techniques.
Prerequisite: PTE 464. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 519 Integrated Physical and Cyber
Security for Oil and Gas Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Infrastructure
Security, Resilience and Management of
Digital Oil Fields, Process Control Networks
in exploration and production, refining and
chemical plants, Asset Integrity principles,
case histories. Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep
Learning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in MASC
520)
PTE 531 Enhanced Oil and Gas
Recovery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Enhanced
recovery from conventional and
unconventional hydrocarbon resources
including: Water, surfactant and polymer
processes, miscible gas and WAG
displacements, and thermal recovery
processes. Prerequisite: PTE 500 and PTE
582 Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
PTE 542 Carbonate Rocks
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Classification;
porosity development; source rocks;
wettability; capillary pressure curves;
compressibility; surface areas; relative
permeabilities; various petrophysical
properties; formation evaluation;
overpressures; thin section analysis.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
familiarity with linear algebra and general
reservoir engineering Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate
Engineering students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 545 Corrosion Control in Petroleum
Production
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Types of
corrosion encountered in petroleum
production; methods for practical control
including use of inhibitors, coatings,
and cathodic protection. Prerequisite:
CHEM 430 or CHEM 430a Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
in Engineering Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 555 Well Completion, Stimulation,
and Damage Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm This course
reviews current practices related to well
completion methods, wellbore stimulation,
and damage control. Formation damage
prevention and stimulation methods are
emphasized. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PTE 572L Applied Geostatistical
Modeling for Subsurface
Characterization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
conventional and modern geostatistical
estimation and simulation techniques,
combining theory with hands-on computer
application of geostatistical methods
in modeling the spatial phenomena.
Recommended Preparation: Basic
knowledge and familiarity with general
calculus, linear algebra, and probability
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 574 Optimization Methods for
Subsurface Energy Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Optimization
algorithms for oilfield development,
including well control optimization, well
placement, open-loop and closed-loop
model predictive control, and robust
optimization. Prerequisite: PTE 500
Recommended Preparation: Basic
familiarity with linear algebra, vector
calculus, and general calculus for engineers
and scientists at the level of MATH 229 or
PTE 500 Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students of USC Viterbi
School of Engineering Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 575 Data-Driven Modeling for
Physical Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in CHE
575)
PTE 578 Advanced Production
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Principles of
onshore and offshore oil well & gas well
production; design of artificial lift systems
and surface operations; field problems
of enhanced oil recovery operations.
Registration Restriction: Open only
to graduate students in the School of
Engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 581 Environmental Technology in
the Petroleum Industry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular This
course examines engineering and scientific
principles necessary for understanding,
assessing, and remediating environmental
problems in the petroleum industry
including drilling, production, transportation
and refining operations. Graduate standing.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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PTE 582 Fluid Flow and Transport
Processes in Porous Media
Units: 3, 2 years Terms Offered: Fa
Principles of single and multiphase flow
through porous media; mechanisms of
immiscible and miscible displacement;
momentum, heat and mass transport in
porous media. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 586 Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning in Oilfield Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Soft computing
methods such as neural networks, fuzzy
logic, problematic reasoning in reservoir
characterization, dynamic reservoir
modeling, oilfield data integration and
analysis of uncertainty in prediction.
Recommended Preparation: Basic Python
programming on the level of DSCI 510;
familiarity with platforms for running Python
programs, such as online via Google
Colab or JupyterLab, or the downloadable
Anaconda Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 587 Smart Completions, Oilfield
Sensors and Sensor Technology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Intelligent
Wellbore completion, technology of
subsurface and surface sensors,
deployment and data acquisition,
telemonitoring and feedback, reliability
of sensors, data transmission, systems
networks. Recommended Preparation:
prerequisites for non-majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 588 Smart Oilfield Data Mining
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Methods for
oilfield data mining, data preparation
mining images, prediction and knowledge
discovery, subset selection, pattern
recognition. Limited to students with
graduate standing. Recommended
Preparation: prerequisites for non-majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 589 Advanced Oilfield Operations
with Remote Immersive Visualization
and Control
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Immersive
subsurface and surface environments,
web based monitoring and feedback,
visualizing risk, unattended operation.
Limited to students with graduate standing.
Recommended Preparation: prerequisites
for non-majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PTE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PTE 591 Petroleum Geochemistry
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Application
of chemical principles to the study of
the origin, migration, accumulation, and
alteration of petroleum. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PTE 592 Geomechanics for Energy and
Environment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Physical,
mathematical and simulation aspects
of coupled flow and geomechanics in
petroleum/geothermal reservoirs. Coupled
flow-geomechanics simulator development
using finite element and finite volume
methods. Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with concepts covered in PTE
500, PTE 508, AME 535a, AME 404, AME
507, CE 529a Registration Restriction:
Open only to graduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 594 Formation Damage in
Petroleum Reservoirs
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
background and techniques required for
understanding, assessing, and mitigating
formation damage in petroleum and
subsurface reservoirs. Recommended
Preparation: Reservoir engineering,
thermodynamics, petroleum reservoir
fluids, fluid mechanics, Excel worksheets
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 For the master's degree. Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PTE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 For the master's degree. Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PTE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 For the master's degree. Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
PTE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 9.0 Course content
will be selected each semester to reflect
current trends and developments in the field
of petroleum engineering. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PTE 611 Stochastic Modeling and
Simulation
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 611)
PTE 690 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Laboratory study of
specific problems for candidates for the
degree engineer in petroleum engineering.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PTE 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PTE 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PTE 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PTE 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PTE 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
PTE 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Public Administration
Frequency of course offerings varies from
campus to campus. Check with individual
campuses regarding availability.
PUAD 613 Seminar in Financial Policy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Historical
development and trends in public revenues
and expenditures. Political, economic, and
administrative significance of decisions
in the field of financial management.
Prerequisite: PPD 647. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUAD 617 Seminar on Behavioral
Aspects of Training and Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Theoretical
concepts governing the administration
of socio-technical systems, organization
development, action training and research,
and other development and change
processes utilized in public service.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUAD 675 Institutional Context of the
Public Sector
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Theories of the
role, structure and growth of the public
sector; public choice processes; political
economy of public bureaucracies; the
voluntary nonprofit sector. Prerequisite:
PPD 501b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUAD 685 Seminar on Organizational
Behavior in Public Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Organizing processes; decision-making;
communication; leadership; behavioral
models; political and social behavior in
organizations. Prerequisite: PPD 545.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUAD 692 Multivariate Statistical
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Multivariate
analysis of qualitative and quantitative
variables including multiple linear
regression, multiple contingency table
analysis, log-linear and logit models, and
path analysis. Prerequisite: PPD 502.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUAD 695 Seminar in Administrative
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Assessment
of current normative and descriptive
theories of public administration; variety of
conceptual systems; operationalism; levels
of organizational analysis. Prerequisite:
PPD 540. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUAD 697 Seminar in Public
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular Public
management research and theory;
differences between private and public
organizations: contextual influences
on public management; contemporary
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empirical studies; bibliographic research.
Prerequisite: admission to the DPA
program. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PUAD 791a Public Administration
Research Seminar
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Presentation
and discussion of research histories and
current research projects of members of the
faculty and distinguished guest scholars.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Ph.D.
and D.P.A. students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
PUAD 791b Public Administration
Research Seminar
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Presentation
and discussion of research histories and
current research projects of members of the
faculty and distinguished guest scholars.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Ph.D.
and D.P.A. students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Public Diplomacy
PUBD 369w Public Diplomacy and
Global Citizenship
Units: 4 Introduces public diplomacy
as a central feature of contemporary
international relations and challenges
students to locate themselves as both its
target and practitioners. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in
a Diverse World Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COMM 369
PUBD 417 Global Engagement:
Designing Public Diplomacy Strategies
Units: 4 Examines issues on the global
political agenda and the tools and
approaches that the Public Diplomacy
practitioner might profitably employ to
address them. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COMM 417
PUBD 418 International Exchanges and
Public Diplomacy
Units: 4 Examines international exchanges,
their role in the foreign policy process, and
their challenges in a world marked by rapid
change and innovation in communication
technologies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COMM 418
PUBD 419 Public Diplomacy in
Los Angeles
Units: 4 Examines how the City of Los
Angeles and other local actors use public
diplomacy tools to strengthen ties between
themselves and foreign audiences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COMM 419
PUBD 420 Regional Studies in Public
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Analyzes the role
and effectiveness of public diplomacy in
different countries, examining a region's
influence on global affairs and the
development of diplomatic strategies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as COMM 420
PUBD 500 Introduction to the Advanced
Study of Public Diplomacy
Units: 4 Introduction to the advanced
academic study of public diplomacy from
multidisciplinary perspectives: including
media and communication, international
relations and history. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 502 Historical and Comparative
Approaches to Public Diplomacy
Units: 4 Examines historical and
comparative approaches to public
diplomacy. Explores public diplomacy
operations in public and private settings,
by individuals and institutions. Reviews
traditional, critical, war, and peace
perspectives. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 504 Global Issues and Public
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Focuses on critical global issues/
challenges that require some form
of intervention from the international
community. Taught with active leading
strategies: case studies and "problem-
based learning." Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 507 Public Diplomacy and Global
Security
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
the relationship between public diplomacy
and global security strategies and tactics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUBD 508 The Rhetoric of War and
Peace
Units: 4 Special exercise in "Think Tank"
procedure that explores rhetorics of war
and peace from a 21st century perspective.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUBD 509 Advocacy in Public
Diplomacy: Argumentation and Debate
Units: 4 Skills and theory based approach
to the criticism and development of public
diplomacy campaigns. Emphasizes the
instruction of advocacy skills to assess the
utility of specific campaigns. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 510 Technologies and Public
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Explores relationship between
diplomacy and technological change.
Emphasis on question of how new
media may force us to rethink traditional
frameworks of public diplomacy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 511 Race and Public Diplomacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines the
impact of race and racism on U.S. foreign
policy generally and public diplomacy
specifically. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 512 Cultural Diplomacy
Units: 4 Provides overview of formal
cultural diplomacy and concentrates
on ways in which non-governmental
entities communicate across international
boundaries and the effects of those
interchanges. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 514 Corporate Diplomacy
Units: 4 Provides basic public diplomacy
and public relations tools for global
organizations and their foreign publics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUBD 515 Transnational Diplomacy and
Global Security
Units: 4 Examination of the historical and
theoretical basis of diplomatic relationships
between states, international organizations,
and transnational nonstate actors in
developing global peace and security
policies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PUBD 516 International Broadcasting
Units: 4 History, context and practice of
global international broadcasting strategies;
technological and financial parameters that
shape future international broadcasting
strategies; use of radio, television, and
Internet. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
PUBD 518 International Exchanges and
Public Diplomacy
Units: 4 Examination of educational and
cultural exchanges; variety and experience
of participants, flagship exchange
programs, economic and social implications
of the programs, and measurement of
outcomes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 519 News Media and the Foreign
Policy Process
Units: 4 Analysis of news media's role in
contemporary diplomacy; historical context;
consideration of the professional practices
of journalists and those who devise and
implement foreign policy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 520 Regional Studies in Public
Diplomacy
Units: 4 Max Units: 16.0 In-depth
examination of historical, political,
economic, cultural factors that influence
public diplomacy efforts within specific
geographic regions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 522 Hard Power, Soft Power and
Smart Power
Units: 4 Institutional and cultural
perspectives on instruments of state
power: military, intelligence, trade, and
traditional diplomacy; strategic analyses
for determining proper use; desirability of
combining resources. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 524 The Public Diplomacy of
Trade
Units: 4 Public diplomacy's role in shaping
ideas about trade and development and
in creating trade agreements, and the use
of trade agreements as public diplomacy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
PUBD 526 Public Diplomacy Evaluation
Units: 4 Critical examination of challenges
and benefits of measuring public
diplomacy's impact; terminology and
mechanics of evaluation, the measurement
community, and varying approaches for
evaluation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
PUBD 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to
the degree to be determined by the school.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
PUBD 596 Practicum in Public
Diplomacy Research
Units: 4 Development and production of
original research-based project in the area
of public diplomacy. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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PUBD 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Special topics
in the area of public diplomacy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Quantitative Biology
QBIO 105 Introduction to Quantitative
Biology Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to quantitative biology and its role in biology
and relationship to chemistry, computer
science, engineering, mathematics,
medicine and physics, including the field's
impact on industry. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Quantitative Biology majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
QBIO 110g Drug Discovery: From Genes
to Medicines
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The course
will explore the science of modern drug
discovery and development, its key
challenges and pitfalls in the personal
health and socioeconomic context. Satisfies
New General Education in Category D:
Life Sciences Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 305g Statistics for Biological
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Statistical
methods in biological science and medicine,
including populations and samples,
random sampling, confidence intervals,
paired samples and regression. Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Duplicates Credit in
former BISC 305 Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 310 Statistical Thinking for
Quantitative Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
general statistical theory with higher-level
mathematics for biological data analysis.
Basic programming in R. Discussion of
techniques to describe, visualize and model
different types of data. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as BISC 310
QBIO 401 Introduction to Computational
Analysis of Biological Data
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A project-
based course integrating biology, computer
science, and statistics through the analysis
of genomic datasets available publicly
or collected and sequenced during the
semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as BISC 401
QBIO 430 Principles and Applications of
Systems Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in BME
430)
QBIO 475 Statistical and Evolutionary
Genetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the mathematical modeling and statistical
analysis of genetic variation, including
genetic drift, natural selection, mutation,
migration, population structure, family
studies and GWAS. Prerequisite: QBIO
310 or MATH 307 or MATH 407 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
QBIO 478 Computational Genome
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction
to algorithms and statistics for genome
analysis and their applications. Analysis of
DNA sequencing, sequence comparison,
genetic variation, gene expression, disease
association and evolution. Duplicates
Credit in former BISC 478 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 479L Computational Genome
Analysis Laboratory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Applied
bioinformatic analysis of sequence data.
Analysis of genome structure, genetic
variation, gene expression, functional DNA
and genetic association. Recommended
Preparation: BISC 478 Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BISC 479
QBIO 481 Structural Bioinformatics:
From Atoms to Cells
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
computational and experimental methods
for structural bioinformatics. Analysis of
macro molecules and their complexes.
Duplicates Credit in former BISC 481
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 482 Systems Biology: Modeling
the Dynamics of Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Foundational
skill-building for modeling and analysis
of biological data. Hands-on instruction
for developing and simulating models of
dynamic biological systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as BISC 482
QBIO 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Project approval by faculty
adviser and QCB department required.
Credit Restriction: Not available for
graduate credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 493x Quantitative Biology Honors
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Student-
led discussions of recent research in
quantitative biology and presentation of
their own research. Prerequisite: QBIO
105 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Quantitative Biology majors Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 494x Quantitative Biology Honors
Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Experience
in conducting research and writing an
honors thesis or publishable manuscript
under the supervision of a faculty adviser.
Prerequisite: QBIO 493 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Quantitative
Biology majors Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Topics in
specialized areas of the quantitative
biological sciences. Registration Restriction:
Registration open to QBIO majors only.
Other majors require permission from
the instructor. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 502 Molecular Biology for
Quantitative Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
study of molecular biology techniques and
experiments with an emphasis on those that
are able to generate "big data." Intended for
quantitative science students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 530 Introduction to Systems
Biology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BME
530)
QBIO 542 Seminar in Computational
Biology
Units: 1 Max Units: 06 Terms Offered: FaSp
Experience and training in giving science
research presentations. Students will
discuss recent research in computational
biology and bioinformatics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
QBIO 543 Research Reports in
Computational Biology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar for
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
PhD students in which students present
their own original research results.
Prerequisite: QBIO 542 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
QBIO 545 Modeling and Numerical
Techniques for Marine Scientists
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in BISC
545)
QBIO 547 Ethics and Professional
Conduct in Computational Biology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Discussion-
based ethics course for graduate students,
with topics including authorship, peer
review, publication, research misconduct,
discrimination in science, data privacy and
algorithmic bias. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
QBIO 555 Scientific Writing in
Quantitative and Computational Biology
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp Practical
guidance on the writing of scientific articles
and research proposals in the field of
Quantitative and Computational Biology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
QBIO 577 Computational Molecular
Biology Laboratory
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
experience in computational molecular
biology applications. Mathematical and
statistical software packages relevant
to genomic analysis. Retrieval and
analysis of genomic data from databases.
Recommended Preparation: higher level
programming language Duplicates Credit
in former BISC 577a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as MATH 577
QBIO 578a Computational Molecular
Biology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
of the mathematical, statistical and
computational sciences to data from
molecular biology. Algorithms for genomic
sequence data: sequence and map
assembly and alignment, RNA secondary
structure, protein structure, gene-finding,
and tree construction. Prerequisite: CSCI
570 Recommended Preparation: Familiarity
with the concepts of basic molecular
biology as covered in BISC 320 Duplicates
Credit in former MATH 578a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
QBIO 578b Computational Molecular
Biology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Applications
of the mathematical, statistical and
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computational sciences to data from
molecular biology. Statistics for genomic
sequence data: DNA sequence assembly,
significance of alignment scores, hidden
Markov models, genetic mapping, models
of sequence evolution and microarray
analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 505a and
MATH 541a and (QBIO 578a or MATH
578a) Recommended Preparation:
Familiarity with the concepts of basic
molecular biology as covered in BISC 320
Duplicates Credit in former MATH 578b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
QBIO 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to a graduate degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Graded
CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
QBIO 593 Practicum in Teaching
Quantitative and Computational Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development
of effective teaching within science and
engineering disciplines. Intended for
teaching assistant training as required by
the university. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
QBIO 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training
Units: 1, 2, 3 Max Units: 03 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time, practical
work experience in the student's field of
study. The internship must be located at an
off-campus facility. Students are supervised
by faculty. May not be taken until the
student has completed one semester of
enrollment in a graduate program with a
cumulative 3.0 GPA. The course is graded
CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
QBIO 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
QBIO 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
doctoral students who have passed the
qualifying exam. Credit on acceptance
of dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No
Credit
QBIO 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
doctoral students who have passed the
qualifying exam. Credit on acceptance
of dissertation. Prerequisite: QBIO 794a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
QBIO 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
doctoral students who have passed the
qualifying exam. Credit on acceptance
of dissertation. Prerequisite: QBIO 794b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
QBIO 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
doctoral students who have passed the
qualifying exam. Credit on acceptance
of dissertation. Prerequisite: QBIO 794c
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
QBIO 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm For
doctoral students who have passed the
qualifying exam. Credit on acceptance
of dissertation. Prerequisite: QBIO 794d
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
Real Estate Development
RED 200 Introduction to Real Estate
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
understanding of the real estate industry,
the process of real estate development and
investment, and the key players involved.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 201 Real Estate Career Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Career
assessment and preparation; real
estate industry overview; reflection on
experiences. Duplicates Credit in PPD 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
RED 301 Real Estate Internship Seminar
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Real
estate development skills for practice;
internship seminar; leadership, group
dynamics and presentation skills;
application of management; organizational
diversity; reflection on experiences.
Prerequisite: RED 201 Duplicates Credit in
PPD 301 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
RED 325 Introduction to Finance in
Cities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
understanding of public finance, public
debt, public-private joint ventures, time
value of money, present value, risk and
return, discounted cash flows, leverage and
taxes. Prerequisite: ACCT 410x and 1 from
(MATH 108g or MATH 117g or MATH 118gx
or MATH 125g) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 351 Land Use Regulation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Land use
planning and zoning; community and
government relations; environmental
regulation. Recommended Preparation:
RED 362 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RED 362 Real Estate Development
Fundamentals
Units: 4 Real estate overview; evolution of
cities and neighborhoods; product types;
introduction to valuation. Prerequisite: (PPD
227 or PPD 245g) and (MATH 108g or
MATH 117g or MATH 118gx or MATH 125g)
Recommended Preparation: ECON 203g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 375 Real Estate Development
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Real estate
development feasibility and analysis;
underwriting local fundamentals including
neighborhood and city change, real estate
capital flows. Prerequisite: (BUAD 215x or
BUAD 306 or RED 325) and (ECON 203g
and RED 362) Duplicates Credit in former
PPD 375 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RED 398 Shaping Cities Through Real
Estate
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Cities and urban form created
through various real estate product types.
Case studies and site visits. Recommended
Preparation: RED 362 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 417 History of Planning and
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
evolution of planning and development.
How changing modes of planning and
development have shaped the built
landscape throughout the century.
Prerequisite: PPD 227 or PPD 245g
Duplicates Credit in the former PPD 417
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 425 Designing Livable Communities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
and concepts of livable communities and
good city form; case studies of historical
and current best practices; field visits;
collaborative design project. Prerequisite:
PPD 227 or PPD 245g Duplicates Credit
in the former PPD 425. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 435 Analyzing Real Estate Markets
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Macro and
micro-analysis of urban property markets;
demographics; location choice; regulation
Prerequisite: PPD 303 and RED 375
Duplicates Credit in the former PPD 435
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 437 Advanced Finance and
Investment for Real Estate Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
real estate principles. Underwriting property
valuation and deal structure including
risk and return. Debt and equity markets;
difference between development and
existing assets. Prerequisite: RED 435
Duplicates Credit in the former PPD 437
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 469 Mixed Use Development
Process
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Design,
financial, legal and management challenges
of mixed use real estate development; field
project. Prerequisite: FBE 391 or RED 375
or ARCH 302bL Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as FBE
469, ARCH 469
RED 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Selected topics in real estate
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 500 Real Estate Development and
the Economy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Linkages
between national and regional economies
and the performance of the real estate
sector. Anticipating development trends.
Public policy applications. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 509 Market Analysis for Real Estate
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores
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macro and micro aspects of residential,
retail, office, and industrial markets and
examines methodologies for analyzing
such markets for real estate development/
investment purposes. Prerequisite: RED
542. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RED 510 Real Estate Practice and
Principles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
principles of real estate analysis;
economics; capital markets; development
decision-making; relationships between
real estate markets and federal, state and
local government policies; property value.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 511 Foundations of Real Estate
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
of real estate analysis; capital markets;
importance of uncertainty and metrics of
risk; investments; valuation techniques;
use of debt and equity, leases, taxes.
Prerequisite: RED 510. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 512 Real Estate Project Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamental
economic theories; analytical techniques;
practical applications for market analysis of
various forms of real estate. Prerequisite:
RED 511. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 541 Finance Fundamentals for Real
Estate Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Introduction
to the general principles of finance with
application to real estate development,
including capital markets, financial
institutions, valuation and risk management.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 542 Finance of Real Estate
Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSm Theory
and methods of real estate finance and
investment. Real estate investment
analysis, real estate entities, taxation;
introduction to securization of real estate
equities, debt. Prerequisite: RED 541.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 544 Real Estate Capital Markets
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explore
structure, instruments and institutions
of real estate capital markets. Consider
linkages between real estate and capital
markets. Assess role of Real Estate
Investment Trusts. Prerequisite: RED 542
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 545 Advanced Real Estate and
Financial Modeling
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Quantitative
problem solving using computerized
modeling. Complex debt financing,
including lender participation, subordination,
joint venture structuring, systematic
treatment of real estate portfolios.
Prerequisite: RED 542. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 546 Applications of Real Estate
Finance to Problems of Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced topics
in finance applied to cases and problems
of real estate development; emphasis
on structuring, finance and evaluation of
various types of development projects.
Prerequisite: RED 542. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 547 Project Management and
Construction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Managing
the building phase of development.
Architectural and engineering aspects
of construction management for the real
estate developer. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 551 The Approval Process
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Approval
process for real estate development
including land use entitlement, site
selection, zoning, environmental review,
community and government relations,
infrastructure financing, ethical issues,
negotiation skills. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 562 Legal Issues in Real Estate
Development
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Ownership
and transfer of real estate; formation
and enforcement of contracts; business
associations; environmental regulation;
taxation of property transfers; acquiring,
financing, leasing of commercial property.
Duplicates Credit in former RED 662.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 563 Introduction to the Asset
Management of Real Estate
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
institutional asset management: creating
and implementing investment and portfolio
strategies through the development,
acquisition, underwriting, and operational
stages of the investment, asset disposition.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 564 Issues in Asset Management of
Real Estate
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
issues in institutional asset management.
How value is created during investment
process with focus on tactical, operational,
and strategic goals of asset and owner.
Prerequisite: RED 563. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 571 Introduction to Appraisal
Principles, Procedures, and Standards
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Valuation
concepts. Theory and problem solving.
Cost, sales comparison, and income
approaches. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 572 Advanced Appraisal
Approaches and Applications
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Highest and
best use. Advanced income capitalization.
Advanced cost and sales comparison
approaches. Advanced applications.
Recommended Preparation: RED 571.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 573 Design History and Criticism
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm The concepts,
language and metaphors of design-related
disciplines are examined in relation to
design and construction values and choices
in real estate development. Duplicates
Credit in former RED 673. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 574 Building Typologies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The exploration
of categories of building types, including
retail, industrial, residential, office and
institutional, using key examples or case
studies from each. Duplicates Credit in
former RED 674. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 575L Community Design and Site
Planning
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
Sp Physical implementation of development
projects. Students will develop concept
plan, preliminary design and marketing plan
for selected domestic and/or international
development sites. Duplicates Credit
in former RED 675L. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
RED 583 International Development
Opportunities
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A survey of
various markets prominent in the global real
estate community. Protocols for analyzing
international development opportunities
and cultural, political, and socioeconomic
considerations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RED 585 Comparative International
Development Workshop
Units: 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: Sm
Comparative study tour focused on
understanding international real estate
development practices and markets,
site visits and meeting with principals.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RED 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
RED 598 Real Estate Product
Development
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm An evaluation of various
real estate development types. Case
studies and site visits. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RED 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Current issues,
trends, and developments in real estate
development. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Religion
REL 111g The World of the Hebrew Bible
Units: 4 The Hebrew Bible in the cultural
setting of the Ancient Near East; the
formation of theological and ethical
concepts which have shaped Western
culture. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category I:
Western Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 112g Religions of Ancient Egypt
and the Near East
Units: 4 Religions, cultures, and values of
ancient Egypt and Near East (Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Arabia, Turkey)
and their legacies in contemporary society.
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Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 114g The Mediterranean:
A Religious History
Units: 4 Explores multiple religious
traditions of the Mediterranean as
networks that emerge within and among
the landscapes, cultures, and politics of
this highly interconnected geographic
space. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V: Arts
and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
REL 115g Jerusalem, City of Three
Faiths
Units: 4 History of Jerusalem as a window
onto the nature of the three Abrahamic
faiths. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 116g Jews in the Modern Middle
East
Units: 4 Follows the trajectories of Jews
across the Middle East as they navigated
the challenges of modernity and changing
relationships with their Muslim neighbors.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 121g The World of the New
Testament
Units: 4 Historical investigation of New
Testament characters, events, ethics and
theology in relation to its social, intellectual,
and religious contexts in the Jewish and
GrecoRoman world. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
REL 125gp Introduction to Christianity:
Antiquity to 1500
Units: 4 Survey of the changing beliefs and
practices of the Christian religion from its
origins through early modernity (100 CE -
1500 CE), with special attention to different
varieties of Christian literature. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category I: Western
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
REL 132g Origins of Western Religions
Units: 4 Examination of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam in their origins and
their development in relation to Western
civilization. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education in
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
REL 134g Introduction to Buddhism
Units: 4 Focus primarily on works of
Buddhist literature written in a variety of
genres. Introduction of basic teachings that
link Buddhist traditions across time and
space. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 135g Chinese Religions and Culture
Units: 4 Historical and thematic survey
of Chinese religious history from earliest
times to the present. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
REL 136g Sense and Sensuality in Indian
Religions and Culture
Units: 4 Exploration of the senses and
the technologies of pleasure in India,
relating this material to some fascinating
examples of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist
literature. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category II:
Global Cultures and Traditions Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 137g Introduction to Islam
Units: 4 Introduction to Islam, emphasizing
its historical and cultural development since
the seventh century C.E., and the basic
teachings of Islam. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education in
Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 138g Japanese Religions and
Culture
Units: 4 Major religious traditions of Japan
(such as Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity,
Confucianism) and their broader social and
cultural contexts. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 141g Global Religions in
Los Angeles
Units: 4 Congregational and individual
expressions of religion in Los Angeles.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 146gp Spirituality in America
Units: 4 Examination of the historical
continuities and disjunctions between
"spiritual but not religious" Americans; the
relationship between spirituality, politics
and social change, and the role of media.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
REL 147g Religion, Media and Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Exploration of the manner in
which the media frame discussions and
understandings of ethical issues, moral
dilemmas, spirituality and religious
imagination. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter, Discussion
REL 301 Introduction to the Study of
Religion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
academic approaches to the study of
religion. When possible this course will be
taken during the first year of the major or
minor. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 302 Religions of Ancient Egypt and
the Near East
Units: 4 Religious experience and
values of ancient Egypt and Near East
through material culture, literature, art,
and cultic practices; and their legacies in
contemporary society. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as HIST-301
REL 303g Exploring Ancient Ways of
Living: Experimental Archaeology
Units: 4 Active learning course enables
students to acquire and experience survival
skills devised in pre-modern times and to
apply this knowledge in an experimental
context. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ANTH 303
REL 304 Ethics and Global Heritage
Units: 4 Archaeology and global heritage
debates, laws, ethical conundrums, and
stakeholder perspectives reveal goals and
guiding values of society's exploration
of the past. Recommended Preparation:
REL 301 or ANTH 202g Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as ARCG 304, ANTH 318
REL 305L Virtual and Digital Culture,
Heritage and Archaeology
Units: 2, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm (Enroll in ARCG 305L)
REL 310 Anti-Semitism, Racism and
Other Hatreds
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in JS
315g )
REL 311g The Bible in Western
Literature
Units: 4 Comparative analysis of biblical
works and how they were employed by
various writers in major works of Western
literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 312 Biblical Wisdom Literature
Units: 4 Survey of and inquiry into the
biblical wisdom literature; emphasis on
the Book of Job. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 314 Introduction to Shiism
Units: 4 Examination of the major branches
of Shiism, the second largest articulation
of Islam, both historically and in the world
today. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 315 Thought and Life of Islam
Units: 4 History, thought, institutions, and
religious practices of Islam. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 316 Women and the Islamic
Tradition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Overview of
social and legal status of women in Islamic
society, past and present. Examination of
social roles established both for and by
Muslim women. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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REL 317g The Bible in Its Ancient
Context
Units: 4 A close consideration of ancient
Near Eastern myths — especially those
from Mesopotamia and Canaan — with
special attention to their influence on the
Bible. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 319 Religious and Ethical Issues in
Death and Dying
Units: 4 Analysis of religious and ethical
approaches to death and dying, including
refusal of treatment for competent and
incompetent patients, voluntary and
involuntary euthanasia, and resuscitation.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 323 Aegean Archaeology
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 323) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 324g Sex and the Bible: Gender,
Sexuality, and Scripture
Units: 4 Role the Bible has played in
debates about sex, gender, and sexuality
in Western history. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Old General Education
in Category V: Arts and Letters Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 325g Religious Experience in the
Greco-Roman World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Varieties
of religious experience as reflected in the
literature, art, and cultic practices of the
Hellenistic world. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 326gp Historical Jesus
Units: 4 Examination of the question
of how ancient and modern Christians
and scholars have reconstructed the life
of Jesus of Nazareth, founding figure
of Christianity. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category H: Traditions and Historical
Foundations Satisfies Old General
Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
REL 327g Heretics, Martyrs, and
Miracles
Units: 4 Examines Christianity in the second
century including theology, ethics and
identity. Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 328 Archaeology of Religion in the
Greco-Roman World
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 328)
REL 329 Themes in the Religions of
China
Units: 4 A study of selected themes in the
history of Chinese religions and culture.
Compares cases and materials from
several historical periods and religious
traditions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 330 Introduction to the Religions
of India
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm History,
teaching, and practice of Hinduism,
Buddhism, and other religious traditions of
India. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 331 Religions of East Asia
Units: 4 History, teaching, and practice of
the religions of China, Tibet, and Japan.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 332 Religions of Japan
Units: 4 The development of religious
thought and practice in the Japanese
islands, with Buddhism and Shinto being
the most prominent. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EALC 331
REL 333 Religion in the Borderlands
Units: 4 Survey of religious history of U.S./
Mexico borderlands. Emphasis is given to
definitions of place and transformations
in culture and forms of belief. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as AMST-333
REL 334g Religion and Colonial
Encounter
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Survey of
religious responses to colonial encounter
in the Americas. Emphasis given to study
of religious innovations of Amerindians,
Africans and Europeans. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 335 Gender, Religion, and Sexuality
Units: 4 The construction of gender and
sexuality in Western religious traditions;
its continued impact on contemporary
intellectual, cultural, and social life.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SWMS 335
REL 336w Re-Viewing Religion in Asian
America
Units: 4 Interdisciplinary analysis of
the religions traditions, institutions, and
experiences of Asians and Pacific Islanders
in the U.S. Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST 336
REL 337 Islam in Black America: From
Slavery to Hip Hop
Units: 4 (Enroll in AMST 337)
REL 338 Mysticism and Religious Desire
Units: 4 How human appetites for sex, food,
community or immortality are articulated as
mystical desires in different religions, either
within institutional structures or working
against them. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 339 Studies in the History of
Christianity
Units: 4 In-depth exploration of one of
the pivotal moments in the history of
Christianity and Western society. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 340 Introduction to Indian
Philosophy
Units: 4 An introduction to Indian
philosophy, including major schools of
thought in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain
philosophies. No previous knowledge of
Indian religions or philosophy required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 341 Technology, Culture, and Ethics
Units: 4 Examination of value questions
arising from the impact of technology on
individuals, social institutions, and culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 342g Buddhist Modernism
Units: 4 Examines various topics in the
process of rapid modernization and
globalization in Buddhism including
environmentalism, gender, nationalism,
social activism, and war and peace.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 344 Islamic Law and American
Society
Units: 4 (Enroll in AMST 344)
REL 345p Islamic Mysticism: Sufism
Units: 4 Examination of the origins,
development, and basic concepts
and practices of Sufism, as well as its
relationship to other areas of Islamic life.
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 350 Drugs, Alcohol, Visions and
Altered States in Religion
Units: 4 Examines the history and meaning
of drugs, alcohol and altered states of mind
in world religions across history. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 359g Culture in Diaspora: The Jews
of Spain
Units: 4 Course traces the Jewish
diaspora from Spain and Portugal with
particular attention to how Sephardic Jews
maintained ties of culture, commerce,
language, and identity. Satisfies New
General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Old General
Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
HIST-371
REL 360 Ethical Issues in the New
Medical Revolution
Units: 4 Multimedia-oriented analysis of
issues; definition of life and death; research
on human subjects, health care delivery,
euthanasia, abortion, genetic counseling,
behavior control. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 361 Law and Religion
Units: 4 Explores the intersection between
law and religion including ways in which
religious traditions conceive of, create,
order, and contest law. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 364 Religion and Ethics
Units: 4 Traces the development of how
religious ideas have informed ethics, or
accounts of the good life, including notions
of justice, righteousness, virtue, duty,
charity and happiness. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 365 Global Ethics
Units: 4 Provide an overview of debates
concerning moral, cultural ethics in a
globalizing world. Encourage critical
reflection on global justice, ethical systems,
role of religion. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 366 Religion and Social Change
Units: 4 Empirical and theoretical analysis
of social change and its effect on religious
institutions as well as the impact of religious
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movements on society. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 370 Religion and Visuality
Units: 4 Examination of the deep
connections between visuality and religions,
including visions, controversies over
religious images, and other connections
between religion and visual art. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 371 Religion and the Supernatural
Units: 4 Methods of religious studies,
history, anthropology, and psychology
used to analyze religious beliefs in and
responses to the supernatural. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 376g Religion and Human Rights
Units: 4 Close examination and discussion
of a variety of religious views regarding
human rights. Forges useful frameworks
for interpreting the complexity of competing
ideas. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian
Literature
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 382gw)
REL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 394 Archaeology of Egypt and the
Near East
Units: 4 Study of archaeology and
excavated artifacts from Egypt and the
Near East. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST-
304, MDES-394
REL 401 Seminar in Religious Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Survey of
methods and selected issues in the
field of religious studies; required of all
majors during their junior or senior year.
Recommended Preparation: REL 301.
Duplicates Credit in former REL 399.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 402 Cultural Heritage, Religion, and
Politics in the Middle East
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa In-depth
exploration of archaeology and heritage
issues in the Middle East and their
implications for politics and practice in
modern Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as HIST-402, IR-405,
MDES-402
REL 414 History of Islamic Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines legal
methods and religious sources used in
Islamic law. Emphasis is placed on the way
cultural developments affect legal thought
and the administration of justice. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 415 Seminar in Buddhism
Units: 4 Seminar on selected aspects of
the Buddhist tradition. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 417 Seminar in South Asian
Religions
Units: 4 Exploration of particular themes
and/or traditions in South Asian religions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 425 Communicating Religion
Units: 4 (Enroll in COMM 425)
REL 426 Religion, Media and Hollywood:
Faith in TV
Units: 4 (Enroll in COMM 426)
REL 431 The Taoist Tradition
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 431)
REL 435 Religious Thought After the
Enlightenment
Units: 4 Changes in religious thought
between the late 18th and early 20th
centuries in the wake of the emergence of
modernity in the West. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 440 Christian Thought in the
20th Century
Units: 4 Examination of dynamic
new directions taken by Christian
understandings of self, God, and salvation
in response to the novel conditions of
modern culture, politics and philosophy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 441 Origins of Modern Theology
Units: 4 19th century liberal, rationalist,
and historical theology. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 442 Religion and Science
Units: 4 Explores whether religion and
science offer competing or complementary
models for understanding the world and
the human place within it. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 448m France and Islam
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
FREN 448)
REL 455 Philosophy of Religion: Bases
of Belief and Disbelief
Units: 4 Rational and empirical foundations
for religious faith and for skepticism.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 460 Senior Seminar: Medical Ethics
Units: 4 Analysis of ethical problems related
to new developments in medical science.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
REL 462 Religion and Violence
Units: 4 Religious and moral perspectives
on war, pacifism, violent and nonviolent
protest, and religion-based terrorism and
militia. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 465 Archaeology and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
CLAS 465)
REL 468 Sociology of Religion
Units: 4 The role of religion in modern
society from the standpoint of sociological
theory and research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as SOCI-468
REL 469 Black Religion in America
Units: 4 Historical, sociological and
theological analysis of the nature and role
of black religion in the American setting.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST 469
REL 471 Jesus
Units: 4 A study of major interpretations
of the figure of Jesus, with focus on the
interaction between religious traditions and
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 473 Advanced Hebrew Bible Studies
Units: 4 Consideration of specific topics
in Old Testament studies; particular topics
determined each semester. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 474 Advanced New Testament
Studies
Units: 4 Consideration of specific topics in
New Testament studies. Particular topics
determined each semester. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 475 Religion, Material Culture and
the Senses
Units: 4 A comparative study of the role of
material culture and the senses in religions
based on a number of case studies and
problem sets. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 479 Seminar in Christian Thought
Units: 4 Studies a theme, period, or
problem from the history of Christian
thought within its intellectual and social
context. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 481 History of Religion in America
Units: 4 Intellectual, institutional, and social
history of religion in America from colonial
times to the present. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 483 Religion and Popular Culture in
the United States
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Critical analysis
of the relationship between religion, mass
media, and popular cultural forms in the
U.S. Recommended Preparation: REL 301.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST-483
REL 484 American Religion, Foreign
Policy and the News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 484)
REL 485 Transnational Religion
Units: 4 Explores the role of transnational
religion in relation to both the formation of
new diasporic communities and problems
of conflict and peace building. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 491x Undergraduate Honors
Research
Units: 4 Individual research for honors in
the major leading to a substantial project.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 493 Art and Archaeology of Religion
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The history
of religion through its material expression:
art, architecture and artifact. Exploration
of different themes and time periods.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 494 Lab Methods and Theories in
Archaeology
Units: 4 Archaeological research
design, data recovery, artifact analysis,
interpretation and analogy, publication and
ethics. Recommended Preparation: ANTH
202g Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ARCG 494
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REL 495 Field Methods and Theories in
Archaeology
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Archaeological field study
emphasizing current paradigms of data
collection and evaluation; social scientific
study of material culture and its relationship
to religious expression. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 499 Special Topics in Religion
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in religious studies. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 500 Methods and Theories in the
Study of Religion
Units: 4 Introduction to the major topics,
trends, and theoretical approaches in the
study of religion. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 502 Themes in the Study of Religion
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Thematic
approaches to the study of religion and
religions transcending particular traditions,
time periods and geographic regions.
Course topic varies by semester according
to faculty. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 525 Colloquium in Global Islam
Units: 4 Introduces major issues that have
defined Islamic Studies in premodern and
modern periods. Generally taken in the first
year. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 535 Colloquium in Christian Studies
Units: 4 Research methods and recent
scholarship in Christian Studies.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 545 Colloquium in Asia Pacific
Religions
Units: 4 Research methods, tools and
current scholarship in the study of Asian
Pacific Religions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 560 Colloquium in Jewish Studies
Units: 4 Foundation for and exposure to
a number of sub-fields in Jewish Studies.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
REL 592 Professionalization Proseminar
in Religious Studies
Units: 2 Offers students a structured
environment in which to consider issues in
professional development and to discuss
their dissertation proposals. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REL 593 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Practical principles for the long-
term development of effective teaching
within liberal arts disciplines. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REL 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 625 Advanced Graduate Seminar in
Global Islam
Units: 4 Exploration of themes and
traditions of Islam as they appear globally
in a variety of specific country contexts
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 635 Advanced Graduate Seminar in
Christian Studies
Units: 4 Comparative and transhistorical
methods for understanding the most
prominent developments in premodern or
modern globalized Christianity. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 645 Advanced Graduate Seminar in
Asia Pacific Religions
Units: 4 Application of comparative and
transhistorical methods for understanding
the most prominent themes in Asian Pacific
Religions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REL 650 Readings in Islamic Texts
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Study of Islamic
religious texts in multiple genres, primarily
in Arabic, though other languages may
be offered. Recommended Preparation:
Advanced Arabic language ability.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 651 Readings in Christian Texts
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Survey of the
different genres of texts in the history
of Christian spirituality from ancient
Christianity to the present. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 652 Readings in Buddhist Texts
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Study of varied
Asian Buddhist texts in translation and in
original languages. Exploration of the major
secondary literature on Buddhist texts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 653 Readings in Indic Religious
Texts
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Study of varied
Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts, primarily in
Sanskrit. The class covers multiple genres
from Puranas to Tantra. Recommended
Preparation: Two years of previous study of
Sanskrit Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REL 654 Readings in Chinese Religious
Texts
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Study of Chinese
religious texts primarily in literary
Chinese. Covers multiple genres of texts
from Buddhist sutras to Daoist texts.
Recommended Preparation: Advanced
Chinese language and at least one year
of training in classical Chinese. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 655 Readings in Japanese Religious
Texts
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Study of Japanese
Buddhist texts in classical or modern
Japanese and/or kambun. Covers multiple
genres from sutras to vernacular text.
Recommended Preparation: Advanced
Japanese language ability; REL 652
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REL 701 Research Seminar in Religious
Studies
Units: 2 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Skills for academic professionalization,
presentation of research in progress and
formal responses to academic writing.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REL 790 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
REL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
REL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
REL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
REL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
REL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Restorative Dentistry
REST 314 Physiology of Occlusion for
Hygienists
Units: 1 Biology and function of the
gnathostomatic system. Role of the
hygienist in diagnosis and treatment of
occlusal dysfunctions. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 501 Preclinical Operative and
Fixed Prosthodontics (Conjoint)
Units: 2 Fundamental concepts of restoring
an individual tooth with a cast restoration;
principles of cavity preparation; casting
fabrication and cementation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 503a Clinical Restorative Dentistry
Units: 1 Application of pre-clinical
procedures in operative dentistry, fixed
prosthodontics, removable prosthodontics,
and dental materials. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 503b Clinical Restorative Dentistry
Units: 1 Application of pre-clinical
procedures in operative dentistry, fixed
prosthodontics, removable prosthodontics,
and dental materials. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 504 Diagnosis and Treatment
Planning
Units: 1 Utilizing a restorative approach,
enhance students' knowledge and ability to
choose treatment best suited for existing
dental conditions, patients' requests and
their financial ability. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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REST 521 Preclinical Operative/Fixed
Prosthodontics Laboratory
Units: 3 Experience in cavity preparation;
casting fabrication and cementation on
extracted teeth and plastic dentiforms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 522 Aesthetics in Dentistry
Units: 1 Definition and relationship of
elements of aesthetics; application in
patient motivation and care. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 602a Participation in Advanced
Dental Care
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Participation in advanced
dental treatment in Faculty Private
Practice Clinic, techniques of difficult case
presentation and efficiency in practice.
Clinic and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
REST 602b Participation in Advanced
Dental Care
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Participation in advanced
dental treatment in Faculty Private
Practice Clinic, techniques of difficult case
presentation and efficiency in practice.
Clinic and seminar. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 701 Orientation to Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 5 Preclinical overview of materials,
techniques, instrumentation, and treatment
procedures necessary for providing
advanced prosthodontic care in the clinical
environment. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 702a Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702b Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702c Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702d Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702e Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702f Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702h Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 702i Seminar: Treatment Planning
Units: 2 each Seminars led by students
with case presentations of complex
multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed
therapy and staff conferences. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 703a Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 703b Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 703c Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 703d Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 703e Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 703f Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 703h Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Fixed
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic,
classic, and current literature in fixed
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704a Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704b Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704c Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704d Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704e Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704f Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 704h Seminar: Review of the
Prosthodontic Literature — Removable
Units: 1 each Weekly two hour seminars
devoted to review of the historic, classic,
and current literature in removable
prosthodontics. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 705 Advanced Fixed
Prosthodontics Techniques
Units: 1 Tooth preparation and advanced
laboratory techniques necessary to
implement full mouth rehabilitation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 706 Advanced Complete Denture
Techniques
Units: 1 Advanced laboratory and clinical
skills for a specialty prosthodontic practice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 708a Dental Ceramics, Color, and
Aesthetics
Units: 2 Theory of color and dental
aesthetics; history and development of
dental ceramics; design and techniques in
fabrication of ceramo-metal restorations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 708b Dental Ceramics, Color, and
Aesthetics
Units: 2 Theory of color and dental
aesthetics; history and development of
dental ceramics; design and techniques in
fabrication of ceramo-metal restorations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 709a Seminar: Removable Partial
Dentures
Units: 1, 2 Diagnosis, treatment planning,
and design of removable partial dentures
using extracoronal and intracoronal
retainers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 709b Seminar: Removable Partial
Dentures
Units: 1, 2 Diagnosis, treatment planning,
and design of removable partial dentures
using extracoronal and intracoronal
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retainers. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 710a Implant Dentistry
Units: 1 Implant modalities and types; basis
for selection; techniques of placement
and of supervision of prosthodontic
restoration. Includes a review of classic
implant literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
REST 710b Implant Dentistry
Units: 1 Implant modalities and types; basis
for selection; techniques of placement
and of supervision of prosthodontic
restoration. Includes a review of classic
implant literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
REST 710c Implant Dentistry
Units: 1 Implant modalities and types; basis
for selection; techniques of placement
and of supervision of prosthodontic
restoration. Includes a review of classic
implant literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
REST 710d Implant Dentistry
Units: 1 Implant modalities and types; basis
for selection; techniques of placement
and of supervision of prosthodontic
restoration. Includes a review of classic
implant literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
REST 712 Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
Units: 2 Theory and techniques for
fabrication of prostheses to correct
maxillofacial deformities including cleft
palate. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
REST 721a Principles of Occlusion
Units: 2 Application of current occlusal
concepts in removable prosthodontics.
Techniques of occlusal adjustment and
additive waxing for development of occlusal
morphology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 721b Principles of Occlusion
Units: 2 Application of current occlusal
concepts in removable prosthodontics.
Techniques of occlusal adjustment and
additive waxing for development of occlusal
morphology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
REST 761a Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761b Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761c Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761d Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761e Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761f Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761h Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761i Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 761j Clinic: Advanced
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Students treat patients with complex
interdisciplinary problems. A minimum of
five full mouth reconstructions and 10 sets
of complete dentures will be completed.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
REST 781 Clinic: Maxillofacial
Prosthetics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Clinical
experience in fabrication of prostheses to
correct maxillofacial deformities. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
REST 782a Clinic: Implant
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical procedures in implants for
prosthodontic rehabilitation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REST 782b Clinic: Implant
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical procedures in implants for
prosthodontic rehabilitation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REST 782c Clinic: Implant
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical procedures in implants for
prosthodontic rehabilitation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REST 782d Clinic: Implant
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical procedures in implants for
prosthodontic rehabilitation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REST 782e Clinic: Implant
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical procedures in implants for
prosthodontic rehabilitation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
REST 790 Directed Research:
Prosthodontics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Opportunities for research in clinical and
experimental prosthodontics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
Robotics
ROBO 601L Fundamentals of Robotics I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamental
knowledge of robotics principles, including
state estimation in theory and practice
for mobile and manipulator robots.
Recommended Preparation: Knowledge
of linear algebra at the level of MATH 225
is strongly encouraged; knowledge of
probability theory at the level of MATH 407
or EE 465 Registration Restriction: Not
open to undergraduate students Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
ROBO 602L Fundamentals of Robotics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamental
knowledge of robotics principles, including
planning and control in theory and practice
for mobile and manipulator robots.
Prerequisite: ROBO 601L Recommended
Preparation: Knowledge of linear algebra
at the level of MATH 225 is strongly
encouraged; knowledge of probability
theory at the level of MATH 407 or EE
465 Registration Restriction: Not open to
undergraduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
Removable Prosthodontics
RPRO 501 Preclinical Removable
Complete Prosthodontics
Units: 1 Fundamental theory for the
fabrication of removable complete dentures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 502 Removable Complete
Prosthodontics
Units: 1 Complete denture treatment:
phases, clinical procedures, philosophy,
concept, rationale, and need. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 503a Preclinical Removable
Prosthodontics and Implants
Units: 2 Introduction to disciplines of
removable complete and partial dentures
and implants, including classification and
progress of edentulism, support sources
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and principles, design, fabrication and
evaluation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 503b Preclinical Removable
Prosthodontics and Implants
Units: 1 Introduction to disciplines of
removable complete and partial dentures
and implants, including classification and
progress of edentulism, support sources
and principles, design, fabrication and
evaluation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 510 Implant Dentistry
Units: 1 Principles and use of implants in
dentistry: includes history, biological basis,
types, diagnosis and treatment planning,
surgical and restorative procedures, and
limitations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 511 Preclinical Removable Partial
Prosthodontics I
Units: 1 Partial denture diagnosis and
treatment planning; basic principles of
partial denture design, fabrication, and
function. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RPRO 512 Preclinical Removable Partial
Prosthodontics II
Units: 1 Partial denture design, fabrication,
and function; repair; patient education.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 513 Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 1 Clinical removable partial
prosthodontic treatment including diagnosis,
treatment planning and clinical techniques.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 521 Preclinical Removable
Complete Prosthodontics Laboratory
Units: 1 Fundamental theory for the
fabrication of removable complete dentures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 523a Preclinical Removable
Prosthodontics and Implants Laboratory
Units: 1 Laboratory experience in the
fabrication of removable complete and
partial dentures and implants. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 523b Preclinical Removable
Prosthodontics and Implants Laboratory
Units: 1 Laboratory experience in the
fabrication of removable complete and
partial dentures and implants. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 532 Preclinical Removable Partial
Prosthodontics Laboratory II
Units: 1 Laboratory experience in
fabrication of removable partial dentures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 550 Removable Complete
Prosthodontics Clinic I
Units: 1 Clinical demonstration with
supervised clinic experience in construction,
repair, and evaluation of the removable
complete denture. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 561a Clinic: Removable Complete
Prosthodontics I
Units: 0 Diagnosis, treatment planning,
and care of edentulous patients. Complex
cases involving temporo-mandibular
joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital
defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 561b Clinic: Removable Complete
Prosthodontics I
Units: 0 Diagnosis, treatment planning,
and care of edentulous patients. Complex
cases involving temporo-mandibular
joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital
defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 561c Clinic: Removable Complete
Prosthodontics I
Units: 0 Diagnosis, treatment planning,
and care of edentulous patients. Complex
cases involving temporo-mandibular
joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital
defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 561d Clinic: Removable Complete
Prosthodontics I
Units: 2 Diagnosis, treatment planning,
and care of edentulous patients. Complex
cases involving temporo-mandibular
joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital
defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 562a Clinic: Removable Complete
Prosthodontics II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of edentulous
patients. Complex cases involving
temporomandibular joint dysfunction,
surgical and congenital defects; seminars
on clinical treatment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Letter Grade
RPRO 562b Clinic: Removable Complete
Prosthodontics II
Units: 0, 1, 2, 3 Diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of edentulous
patients. Complex cases involving
temporomandibular joint dysfunction,
surgical and congenital defects; seminars
on clinical treatment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 571a Clinic: Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnosis,
treatment planning, and laboratory
procedures necessary for the treatment of
the partially edentulous patient. Includes
seminars related to clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 571b Clinic: Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnosis,
treatment planning, and laboratory
procedures necessary for the treatment of
the partially edentulous patient. Includes
seminars related to clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 571c Clinic: Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnosis,
treatment planning, and laboratory
procedures necessary for the treatment of
the partially edentulous patient. Includes
seminars related to clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 571d Clinic: Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnosis,
treatment planning, and laboratory
procedures necessary for the treatment of
the partially edentulous patient. Includes
seminars related to clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 571e Clinic: Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Clinical experience in diagnosis,
treatment planning, and laboratory
procedures necessary for the treatment of
the partially edentulous patient. Includes
seminars related to clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Letter Grade
RPRO 571f Clinic: Removable Partial
Prosthodontics
Units: 2 Clinical experience in diagnosis,
treatment planning, and laboratory
procedures necessary for the treatment of
the partially edentulous patient. Includes
seminars related to clinical treatment.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 602 Advanced Removable
Prosthodontics
Units: 4 Critical review and evaluation of the
removable prosthodontic literature; guided
experience in the laboratory and clinical
phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
Duplicates Credit in RPRO 604a, RPRO
604b, RPRO 604c. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 603 The Edentulous Patient —
Conventional or Implant Prosthesis
Units: 1 Effective management of the
edentulous patient who is unable to adapt
to a prosthesis; includes a review of
implant dentistry with a hands-on session.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RPRO 604a Advanced Removable
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Critical review and evaluation of the
removable prosthodontic literature; guided
experience in the laboratory and clinical
phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
Duplicates Credit in RPRO 602. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
RPRO 604b Advanced Removable
Prosthodontics
Units: 0 Critical review and evaluation of the
removable prosthodontic literature; guided
experience in the laboratory and clinical
phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
Duplicates Credit in RPRO 602. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Letter Grade
RPRO 604c Advanced Removable
Prosthodontics
Units: 4 Critical review and evaluation of the
removable prosthodontic literature; guided
experience in the laboratory and clinical
phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
Duplicates Credit in RPRO 602. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RPRO 605 Prosthodontic Seminar:
Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Units: 1 Provides fourth year dental
students with an advanced didactic
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foundation for treating the partially
edentulous patient with a removable partial.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Regulatory Science
RSCI 504 Good Laboratory Practices
(GLP)
Units: 2 Introduction to Good Laboratory
Practices (GLP), including the design,
implementation and monitoring of non-
clinical GLP studies, and GLP studies in an
academic environment. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 506 Auditing Principles
Units: 3 Audit requirements mandated by
the FDA and other international regulatory
agencies including internal, external,
regulatory agency, third party, GMP, GLP,
ISO 13485/QSR and supplier audits.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 507 Quality Systems and Statistical
Process Control
Units: 2 Fundamentals and applications
of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
in development and monitoring of
manufacturing processes; includes SPC in
root cause analysis and CAPA. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 508 Quality Assurance for Drugs
and Biologics
Units: 3 Design and implementation of
a quality system to assure quality and
safety of pharmaceuticals and biologics,
according to relevant FDA and international
regulations and guidance documents.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 509 Quality Assurance, Medical
Devices and Combination Products
Units: 3 Design of systems according to
FDA and international regulations and
guidelines to ensure the quality and safety
of medical devices and combination
products. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 520 Introduction to Risk
Management for Health Care Products
Units: 2 Historical development, formal
language and theoretical approaches to risk
management in health care and medical
product environment; policies, regulations,
standards; liability prevention and loss
control. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in pharmacy,
medical or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience.
Duplicates Credit in former MPTX 520.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 521 Seminars in Regulatory
Science
Units: 1 Max Units: 6.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Current problems in regulatory
affairs, legal management, preclinical
and clinical testing, scientific evaluation
and quality assurance. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate degree in
pharmacy, medical or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of post secondary training and industry
experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory
Science program. Duplicates Credit in
former MPTX 521. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
RSCI 523 Advanced Concepts in Risk
Management for Medical Products
Units: 3 Managing risk in demanding health-
care and medical-product situations: clinical
trials, emerging technologies, counterfeit
prevention, hard-to-reach populations.
Recommended Preparation: undergraduate
or professional degree in pharmacy,
medicine or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience;
enrollment in M.S. (Regulatory Science),
Certificate in Patient and Product Safety, or
permission of instructor. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 525 Introduction to Drug and Food
Toxicology
Units: 3 Factors affecting toxic responses
to foods and drugs: dose-response
relationships, absorption, distribution,
biotransformation, elimination of toxicants;
target organ toxicity, teratogenesis,
mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, food
allergies, risk assessment. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate degree in
pharmacy, medical or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of post-secondary training and industry
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 527 Medical Product Safety
Units: 3 Management of medical product
safety by manufacturers/suppliers including:
safe manufacturing, labeling, packaging;
pharmacovigilance, field observations,
complaint handling; record-keeping, safety
issues documentation; crisis management/
recalls. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in pharmacy,
medical or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 529 Application of Risk
Management Tools and Techniques
Units: 2 Use of risk management tools in
the medical products arena: functional
analysis, fault-tree analysis, failure modes
and effects analysis, HACCP and six sigma
methods. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in pharmacy,
medical or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 531 Industrial Approaches to Drug
Discovery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examines
the process of drug discovery from
selection of disease and therapeutic
target to characterization and validation
of lead drug candidates. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate degree in
pharmacy, medical or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of post-secondary training and industry
experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory
Science, Certificate in Preclinical Drug
Development and MS, Management of
Drug Development. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 532 Early Stage Drug Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores
the activities involved in transforming
an early drug or biological candidate
to a drug approved for marketing by
regulatory authorities. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate degree in
pharmacy, medical or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of post-secondary training and industry
experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory
Science, Certificate in Preclinical Drug
Development and MS, Management of
Drug Development. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 533 Safety Evaluation during Drug
Development
Units: 3 Safety pharmacology/toxicology
requirements mandated by FDA and
other regulatory agencies to move a new
chemical entity from discovery stage to
market approval. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 534 Drug Development in CNS
Disorders
Units: 4 Successes and challenges related
to central nervous system therapeutics.
Major brain disorders, current and future
therapeutic targets and clinical trial designs.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 535 Methods Development and
Validation
Units: 3 Foundation in the process of
developing and validating analytical
methodology for purposes of
pharmaceutical, biological and medical
device development. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 540 Analysis of Food and Dietary
Supplement Regulations
Units: 3 Changes and interpretation of
regulations affecting food supply and
dietary supplements impacting global
markets. Product development, health-
claim positioning, advertising, media
messaging, consumer choices, personal
health outcomes. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 541 Drug Development,
Reimbursement, and Marketing
Units: 3 Survey of drug development
strategies; health economics and outcomes
researches and reimbursements; emphasis
on coverage determination process and
FDA and CMS parallel review process.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
RSCI 596 Internship for Curricular
Practical Training in Regulatory Science
Units: 1 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Part-time or full-time practical
work experience in Regulatory Science.
The internship must be located at an off-
campus facility. Students are individually
supervised by faculty. Recommended
Preparation: Undergraduate or professional
degree in pharmacy, medicine or
independent health sciences, engineering
or equivalent mix of post-secondary training
and industry experience; enrollment in MS
(Regulatory Science). Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
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RSCI 601 Biomedical Commerce
Units: 4 Introduction to business principles
appropriate to medical products, including:
supply and demand, product entry-exit
strategies, financing, reimbursement,
marketing and pricing in global
marketplace. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate degree in pharmacy,
medical or independent health sciences,
engineering or equivalent mix of post-
secondary training and industry experience;
enrollment in MS, Regulatory Science.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 603 Managing Complex Projects
Units: 3 Theory and methods to manage
complex projects in medical products
sectors; timelines, intellectual property,
security, contracts, budgets, review
activities, reports, electronic tools, cross-
cultural communication. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate or professional
degree in pharmacy, medical or
independent health sciences, engineering
or equivalent mix of post-secondary training
and industry experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 604 Regulatory Strategy in Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Regulatory
policy, standards and practices in
different Asian markets: product licensing,
import/export management, materials
sourcing, quality systems compliance,
reimbursement, prescribing practices.
Travel may be required. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate or professional
degree in pharmacy, medical or
independent health sciences, engineering
or equivalent mix of postsecondary training
and industry experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 605 Managing Organizations and
Human Resources
Units: 3 Theory and practice of personnel
management, organizational structure
and industrial relations in small, growing
enterprises and large global companies
typical of pharmaceutical and medical
device sectors. Recommended Preparation:
undergraduate or professional degree in
pharmacy, medical or independent health
sciences, engineering or equivalent mix
of postsecondary training and industry
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 606 Regulation of Emerging
Technologies and Biological Products
Units: 3 Policies, testing and regulatory
requirements affecting commercialization of
biologics and novel medical technologies.
Focus on biologics, blood and tissue
products, radiopharmaceuticals and
nanotechnology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 607 Theory, Methods and Practice
of Medical Products Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Statistical
and research design methods, data
analysis, survey and interview techniques
laying the foundation for the dissertation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RSCI 608 Regulatory Strategy in Europe
and the Americas
Units: 4 Regulatory strategy in EU, Canada,
Mexico and South America; culture,
health-care practices, reimbursement,
product registration, quality systems, trade
restrictions, import/export requirements.
Travel may be required. Recommended
Preparation: undergraduate or professional
degree in pharmacy, medical or
independent health sciences, engineering
or equivalent mix of post-secondary training
and industry experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RSCI 790 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied
towards the degree to be determined by
the department. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
RSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required for
completion of doctoral degree in regulatory
science. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
RSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required for
completion of doctoral degree in regulatory
science. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
RSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required for
completion of doctoral degree in regulatory
science. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
RSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Dissertation research required for
completion of doctoral degree in regulatory
science. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
RSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Dissertation research required for
completion of doctoral degree in regulatory
science. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
RSCI 800 Studies for the Qualifying
Exam
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Preparation for the qualifying exam.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Russian
RUSS 120 Beginning Russian I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the Russian language with
emphasis on basic conversational skills,
major points of grammar and reading.
Duplicates Credit in former SLL 120
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RUSS 150 Beginning Russian II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of RUSS 120. Prerequisite:
RUSS 120 Duplicates Credit in former SLL
150 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RUSS 220 Intermediate Russian I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of thematic conversational
skills with emphasis on extended dialogue.
Review of basic morphology with special
attention to verbs of motion. Reading
of authentic material is emphasized.
Prerequisite: RUSS 150 Duplicates Credit
in former SLL 220 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RUSS 250 Intermediate Russian II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of RUSS 220. Development
of proficiency in conversation skills,
reading and writing. Prerequisite: RUSS
220 Duplicates Credit in former SLL 250
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RUSS 260x The Trans-Siberian
Experience
Units: 2 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
Sp Introduction to Russian language and
culture by means of a study-tour on the
Trans-Siberian Railway. Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Duplicates Credit in
former SLL 260 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RUSS 310 Advanced Russian in Popular
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
conversation, reading, grammar and topical
analysis of Russian press, films and other
popular sources. Conducted in Russian.
Prerequisite: RUSS 250 Duplicates Credit
in former SLL 310 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Pharmaceutical and Regulatory
Science
RXRS 200 Approaches to Pharmacology
and Drug Development
Units: 4 Pharmacology and Drug
Development explored through the lens of
Clinical Pharmacy, Translational and Bench
Research, Regulatory Science and Global
Policy and Economics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 201p The History and Geography
of Drugs
Units: 4 Global perspectives; discovery
and use of drugs (legal/illegal); poisons.
How they helped shape, modify or change
history as described in classical literature
through present day. Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 302 Introduction to Pharmacology
and Therapeutics
Units: 4 Drug/Receptor interactions,
pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics.
Safe and effective drug administration;
differences in pediatric and geriatric
populations. Current therapies, adverse
effects and drug interactions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 304 Mysterious Deaths: From
Poisons in Literature and History to
Forensic Toxicology
Units: 4 The story of poisons and their
deliberate use told through the prism of
history and literature, as a fun way to
discover forensic toxicology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 402 Human Pharmacology:
Challenge of Therapeutics in Society
Units: 4 Principles of human pharmacology/
toxicology related to prescription, over
the counter medications; nutraceuticals;
drug-drug interactions; polypharmacy; hot
topics related to recently approved drugs.
Recommended Preparation: Students
should have at completed at least one year
of undergraduate biology and/or chemistry
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health
and Disease
Units: 4 Neuropharmacological
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treatments of brain disorders including
neurodegenerative disorders, injury,
and disease; influence of environment
and experiences on neuroplasticity and
brain development; drug discovery.
Recommended Preparation: one year of
biology Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RXRS 405 Breaking Brains:
The Pharmacology of Addiction
Units: 4 Neurological basis of addiction
to drugs of abuse including alcohol,
marijuana, opioids and sugar, focusing
on neuropharmacology and challenges of
current and future therapies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 406 Clinical Pharmacology and
Medication Management
Units: 4 Comprehensive Medication
Management Applications in
Pharmacotherapy; evidence-based,
pharmacist driven medication selection;
improved and/or optimized medication
therapy; patient compliance; better and
safer health outcomes. Recommended
Preparation: clinical pharmacology course
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development
and Marketing of Medicines
Units: 4 Principles, concepts, challenges
and short comings of modern day drug
discovery and development of medicines.
Inter-relationships with regulatory, ethical
and societal sectors presented. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 408 Arming the Immune System
for Novel Therapies
Units: 4 Principles of human immunological
responses to maintain wellness and
perturbation in disease. Focus on discovery,
development and use of therapeutic
strategies targeting immune mechanisms.
Recommended Preparation: One year of
biology and chemistry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 410 Cancer Biology and
Pharmacotherapy
Units: 4 Cancer and the complex molecular
basis leading to tumor oncogenesis,
invasion and metastasis; current
therapeutic strategies and strategies on
the horizon. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg and
BISC 220Lg) or (CHEM 105aLg and CHEM
105bL) Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RXRS 411 Innovations in Medical
Product Development
Units: 4 Developing new medical
technologies; political, regulatory, financing
and reimbursement issues that may be
associated; case studies looking at the
newest medical technologies. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 412 Ethics, Drugs and Society
Units: 4 Ethical and moral issues have
arisen from responsibilities within
different fields of pharmaceutical practice.
Exploration of the broad solutions those
responsibilities have presented. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 413w Globalization of the
Biomedical Industry
Units: 4 Globalization; pharmaceuticals,
biologics, medical devices, and
combination products in advanced,
emerging, and developing markets;
regional and national regulations, global
and regional harmonization efforts, ethical
considerations. Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RXRS 414 Buzzed: Modern Substances
of Abuse and Addiction
Units: 4 Modern perspectives; discovery
and use of legal and illicit drugs including
alcohol and opioids. How drugs have
helped, shaped, modified or changed
individuals and society. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea
to Market
Units: 4 Progress of medical product
development through intellectual
property, animal and clinical trials and
commercialization. Emphasis on safety,
quality systems and efficacy. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 417 Food Safety: The Good,
The Bad and The Deadly
Units: 4 Critical thinking, science
translation, effective communications,
personal health, and public policy
development are at the interface of food
safety, nutrition intervention and health
controversies. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 418 Plant Medicines in Modern
Medicine
Units: 4 Plant medicines; how discovered;
activity; pharmacology, toxicity and human
benefit; emphasis on the US, Europe and
China. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
RXRS 421 Management and Operation of
Clinical Trials
Units: 4 Clinical Trials management
and operations are vital aspects in the
design, planning, conduct and reporting of
successful research projects and portfolios.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
RXRS 422 Regulation, Guidance and
Control of Medical Products
Units: 2 Overview of the regulatory,
guidance, and compliance activities with
federal, state and local governments as
well as pharmaceutical industry. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12
Individual research, reading, writing and
project development. Credit Restriction: Not
for Degree Credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 493x Senior Honors Seminar I
Units: 2 Exciting and challenging
opportunity to marshal and deploy research,
analysis, interpretation and writing skills
students learned in their major. Registration
Restriction: Open to Pharmacology and
Drug Development majors at the junior and
senior level Credit Restriction: Not available
for graduate credit Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 494x Senior Honors Seminar II
Units: 2 An independent study course for
students undertaking the research and
writing of an Honors thesis. Prerequisite:
RXRS 493x Registration Restriction:
Open only to Pharmacology and Drug
Development majors at the junior and
senior levels Credit Restriction: Not
available for graduate credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
RXRS 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Special Topics in Pharmaceutical and
Regulatory Science. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Systems Architecting and
Engineering
SAE 496 Systems Engineering Through
Motorsports
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Irregular Applied
systems architecting, engineering and
management to motorsports from design to
validation and verification; venues include
drag racing, grand prix Formula SAE
racing, DARPA Challenges. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SAE 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Course content to be selected
each semester from recent developments
in Systems Architecting and Engineering
and related fields. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure
Systems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores broad
issues and mitigation measures involved
in the analysis and design of complex,
uncertain, interacting infrastructure systems
needing to be resilient and sustainable.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory
and Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Integration of engineering problem solving
methodologies based on systems concepts.
Application to complex, large scale
technical systems and problems faced
by engineering managers. Case studies.
Duplicates Credit in former ISE 541.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SAE 542 Advanced Topics in Systems
Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Probability
theory in systems engineering: test
design and performance, reliability and
maintainability, quantitative decision
models. Constraint theory to manage
and de-conflict complex requirements.
Complexity theory. Prerequisite: SAE 541
Recommended Preparation: Calculus,
linear algebra and multivariate probability
Duplicates Credit in former ISE 542
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SAE 543 Case Studies in Systems
Engineering and Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Real-
world case studies in DoD, NASA, and
commercial arenas, employing new
methodologies to cover the fundamental
positive and negative development
learning principles of systems engineering.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SAE 546 Engineered Resilient Systems
and System-of-Systems
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Formal methods
for the design and analysis of resilient
systems and system-of-systems (SoS);
Disruption risks as a function of system
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scale and complexity, management, and
architectures. Recommended Preparation:
SAE 549 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SAE 547 Model-Based Systems
Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3 Approaches for modeling systems
using software such as SySML; modeling
system, requirements, structure, behavior,
and parametrics; mapping to hardware
description language and behavioral code
generation. Recommended Preparation:
Modeling and simulation courses.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SAE 548 Systems/System-of-Systems
Integration and Communication
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Essentials of
systems and system-of-systems integration
from the perspectives of business,
programs, and technology. Process, legacy,
and systems-of-systems integration.
Verification and validation methods. Case
studies. Recommended Preparation:
bachelor's degree in engineering or
physical sciences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SAE 549 Systems Architecting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to systems architecture in aerospace,
electrical, computer, and manufacturing
systems emphasizing the conceptual and
acceptance phases and using heuristics.
Prerequisite: BS degree in a related field
of engineering. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
AME-549
SAE 550 Systems Architecting and the
Political Process
Units: 3 Analysis of risks inherent
in managing high-tech / high-cost
government-funded engineering programs;
tools and techniques for coping with
the impacts of politically-driven budgets
on the engineering design process.
Recommended Preparation: two years
of work experience. Duplicates Credit in
former ISE 550. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SAE 551 Lean Operations
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ISE
506)
SAE 560 Economic Considerations for
Systems Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Impact of
economic factors for systems architects and
engineers, tools for understanding these
factors, fundamental quantitative analysis
of cash flow, life-cost estimating for systems
and software engineering. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SAE 574 Net-Centric Systems
Architecting and Engineering
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp In-depth
examination of the technical design
approaches, tools, and processes to enable
the benefits of net-centric operations in a
networked systems-of-systems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SAE 576 Invention and Technology
Development
Units: 3 (Enroll in CE 576)
SAE 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
SAE 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
SAE 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
SAE 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
SAE 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Course content will be selected
each semester to reflect current trends
and developments in the field of systems
architecting and engineering. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Dornsife in DC
SCDC 435 How Washington Really
Works
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Provides
students with a DC insider's understanding
of American politics, campaigning and
elections. Registration Restriction: Not open
to Freshman Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCDC 441 National Security Decision
Making
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines U.S.
decision making and current and future
complexities of a rapidly evolving national
and international security environment.
Recommended Preparation: IR 210gw, IR
341 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SCDC 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics offered within the USC
Dornsife Washington, D.C. Program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
Screen Scoring
SCOR 403 Introduction to Scoring
Movies and Television
Units: 2 Practical composition course
covering the unique art, craft, and
technology involved in writing and
integrating music for animated and
live-action visual media. Prerequisite:
MUCO 133b Recommended Preparation:
Composition background, MTEC 443
or MTEC 445 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video
Games
Units: 2 Practical composition course
covering the unique art, craft, and
technology involved in composing and
integrating video-game music. Prerequisite:
MUCO 133b Recommended Preparation:
Composition background, MTEC 443 or
MTEC 445 Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 445 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: max
12 Individual research and readings. Not
available for graduate credit. Registration
Restriction: Open only to juniors and
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SCOR 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 501 Individual Instruction
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 08 Secondary
instruction for graduate music majors or
instruction for graduate non-music majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 502 Individual Instruction in
Advanced Screen Scoring
Units: 1, 2 Max Units: 4 Individual
instruction and review of students' work.
Selected composers, orchestrators,
filmmakers, and other important industry
collaborators offer their insights on scoring
and career building. Duplicates Credit
in former MUCO 520 and MUCO 545
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
SCOR 503a Advanced Scoring for
Motion Pictures and Television
Units: 2 Scoring principles involved in
designing, timing, and composing scores
for video projects, including documentaries,
animated, and live-action projects. Will
also include composing for live recording
sessions. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 440a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 503b Advanced Scoring for
Motion Pictures and Television
Units: 2 Scoring principles involved in
designing, timing, and composing scores
for video projects, including documentaries,
animated, and live-action projects. Will
also include composing for live recording
sessions. Prerequisite: SCOR 503a
Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 440b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 504a Orchestral Scoring
Units: 2 Explores the sounds of and
notations for the major orchestral
instruments; provides instruction on
implementation of those instruments in
scoring and orchestrating for the screen.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 443a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 504b Orchestral Scoring
Units: 2 Explores the sounds of and
notations for the major orchestral
instruments; provides instruction on
implementation of those instruments in
scoring and orchestrating for the screen.
Prerequisite: SCOR 504a Duplicates Credit
in former MUCO 443b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 505a Advanced Game Scoring
and Integration
Units: 2 Explores more sophisticated
principles and techniques involved in
the unique aspects of composing and
integrating music for video games.
Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 540a
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 505b Advanced Game Scoring
and Integration
Units: 2 Explores more sophisticated
principles and techniques involved in
the unique aspects of composing and
integrating music for video games.
Prerequisite: SCOR 505a Duplicates Credit
in former MUCO 540b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 506 Applied Techniques in
Contemporary Scoring
Units: 2 Explores the most recent artistic
and technological innovations in film/
television scoring, and includes creating
cues from adapted themes. Duplicates
Credit in former MUCO 522b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 507 Studio Conducting and
Contemporary Score Analysis
Units: 2 Study of two distinct areas: 1)
The methods and protocols involved
in conducting scoring sessions; and 2)
Analysis of innovative scores from current
television- and feature- films. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 511a History of Film Scoring
Units: 2 Examines the evolution of movie
music from 1920s to present. Includes
recorded interviews with the most
significant film composers and film clips
of their work. Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 442a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 511b History of Film Scoring
Units: 2 Examines the evolution of movie
music from 1920s to present. Includes
recorded interviews with the most
significant film composers and film clips
of their work. Prerequisite: SCOR 511a
Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 442b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 512 Entrepreneurialism for the
Screen Composer
Units: 2 Addresses challenges facing
emerging screen composers, including
negotiating deals; establishing a studio,
production budgets, and a publishing
business; tracking royalties; licensing
music; and engaging representation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 521a Recording, Mixing and
Editing for the Screen Composer
Units: 2 Addresses the need for modern-
day screen composers to produce and
digitally record, sweeten, mix, and edit
much of their own music. Duplicates Credit
in former MUCO 560a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 521b Recording, Mixing and
Editing for the Screen Composer
Units: 2 Addresses the need for modern-
day screen composers to produce and
digitally record, sweeten, mix, and edit
much of their own music. Prerequisite:
SCOR 521a Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 560b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 523a Advanced Screen Scoring
Technology
Units: 2 Explores sophisticated principles
and applications of technologies for screen
scoring, including the use of synthesizers,
samplers, and sequencers. Duplicates
Credit in former MUCO 523a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 523b Advanced Screen Scoring
Technology
Units: 2 Explores sophisticated principles
and applications of technologies for screen
scoring, including the use of synthesizers,
samplers, and sequencers. Prerequisite:
SCOR 523a Duplicates Credit in former
MUCO 523b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCOR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the Master's Degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Graded CR/NC. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SCOR 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SCOR 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine
SCRM 511 Developmental Biology and
Human Embryology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Survey of
anatomical, cellular and molecular
processes that underlie human
development and congenital malformations,
with discussion of other species for
comparison. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 513 Stem Cells and Regenerative
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A
comprehensive investigation of embryonic,
fetal and adult stem cells and the
application of stem cell biology to treat
disease. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 515 Bringing Stem Cells to the
Clinic
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Lectures
addressing the business, legal, ethical,
manufacturing and regulatory aspects
involved in moving stem cells or
related product into clinical practice.
Recommended Preparation: SCRM 513
Registration Restriction: Open only to Stem
Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SCRM 517 Historical and Contemporary
Stem Cell Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Historical
and contemporary stem cell research
using hematopoietic stem cells as a
model system. Prerequisite: SCRM 513
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 519 Historical and Contemporary
Research: Neural Stem Cells
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Focuses on
historic achievements in stem cell research
and how contemporarily, research and
its related technological advances have
fostered breakthroughs the understanding
of NSCs. Recommended Preparation:
SCRM 513 Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 521 Historical and Contemporary
Research: Tissue Development
Engineering
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Focuses on the
components of cell, molecular biology, and
basic tissue development to comprehend
its uses within the realm of synthetic
biology and cellular/tissue engineering.
Recommended Preparation: SCRM 513
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 522L Biological Imaging in Stem
Cell Research
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of using microscopy and flow
cytometry in stem cell biology, including
sample preparation, digital processing
and data analysis. Concurrent Enrollment:
SCRM 524L Registration Restriction: Open
only to Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine majors Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 524L Culture and Differentiation
of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Classroom and
laboratory experience in the techniques
for deriving, culturing and differentiating
human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) and
related cell types. Concurrent Enrollment:
SCRM 522 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Required Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 525 Tools and Techniques in Stem
Cell Biology
Units: 2 Max Units: 10 Terms Offered: Fa
Introduces students to classical and cutting-
edge techniques used to assess stem cells
and regenerating systems. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Stem Cell
Biology and Regenerative Medicine master
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SCRM 526 Data Analysis in Stem Cell
Biology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Training in the
analytical tools needed to assess data-sets
typically acquired during stem cell biology
research. Recommended Preparation: A
basic undergraduate level of knowledge
of cell and molecular biology Registration
Restriction: Open only to master students
in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SCRM 555 Writing About Stem Cell
Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Instruction
in writing for various audiences on
topics related to stem cell biology and
regenerative medicine. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Stem Cell
Biology and Regenerative Medicine majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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SCRM 574 Stem Cell and Developmental
Biology Seminar Series
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
DSR 574)
SCRM 580 SCRM External Speaker
Seminar Series
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Reading and discussion of recent
papers by the SCRM speaker of the
week, and attendance at the speaker's
seminar. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 590 Independent Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 16.0
Independent research conducted under
the guidance of faculty in the Department
of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine. Prerequisite: SCRM 511, SCRM
513, SCRM 515, SCRM 522, SCRM 524,
SCRM 555, SCRM 580. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Stem Cell Biology
and Regenerative Medicine majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
SCRM 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Recommended Preparation: Completion
of at least 14 of the required credits for
the M.S. degree in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine; enrollment in
SCRM 590 either concurrent or prior to this
course Registration Restriction: Open only
to master students in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
SCRM 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Prerequisite: SCRM 594a Recommended
Preparation: Completion of at least 14 of
the required credits for the M.S. degree
in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine; enrollment in SCRM 590
either concurrent or prior to this course
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
SCRM 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Prerequisite: SCRM 594b Recommended
Preparation: Completion of at least 14 of
the required credits for the M.S. degree
in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative
Medicine; Enrollment in SCRM 590
either concurrent or prior to this course
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress to
Credit/No Credit
SCRM 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics in Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SCRM 610 Current Topics in
Regenerative Medicine
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in DSR
610)
SCRM 620 Current Topics in Stem Cell
Biology and Organogenesis
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa (Enroll in DSR
620)
Slavic Languages and Literatures
SLL 020 Course in Reading Russian
Units: 2 For graduate students wishing to
use Russian as a scholarly tool. Emphasis
on basic grammar and reading skills.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SLL 025 Course in Reading Russian
Units: 2 Continuation of SLL 020. Reading
of authentic materials from Russian
press and students' areas of interest.
Prerequisite: SLL 020. Credit Restriction:
Not available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
SLL 110g Russia in the Modern Era
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Key moments
in the development of Russian culture since
its westernization in the early eighteenth
century to the present day. Focus on works
of literature, art and other products of the
culture that have significantly influenced
Russian self-understanding as well as the
ways in which Russians perceive the rest of
the world. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 122 Elementary Polish I
Units: 4 Structure of the language,
pronunciation, basic communication, and
reading in modern Polish. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 130a Elementary Czech
Units: 4 Structure of the language,
basic grammar, pronunciation, and oral
communication. Readings in Czech;
discussion of Czech history and culture.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 130b Elementary Czech
Units: 4 Continuation of SLL 130a.
Prerequisite: SLL 130a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 152 Elementary Polish II
Units: 4 Continuation of SLL 122.
Prerequisite: SLL 122. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 199 Chess and Critical Thinking
Units: 2 Analysis of significant chess
games, reflecting societal attitudes
toward science, competition, art, gender,
psychology, politics, and technology.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SLL 210 Masterpieces of the Russian
Short Story
Units: 4 Critical reading of selected
masterpieces of the Russian short story;
works by Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky,
Tolstoy, Babel, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn,
and others. In English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 220 Intermediate Polish I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Designed for
students continuing their study of Polish
language into the third semester. Aimed
at motivated students who are already
fluent at the basic level. Prerequisite: SLL
152 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 222 Readings in Polish Literature I
Units: 4 Continuation of elementary Polish
and introduction to outstanding works in
Polish literature. Prerequisite: SLL 122 and
SLL 152.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 252 Readings in Polish Literature II
Units: 4 Continuation of SLL 222.
Prerequisite: SLL 222. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 255 Business Russian
Units: 4 Language and culture course
for intermediate Russian level students
interested in business. Prepares students to
communicate in Russian-speaking business
settings in a linguistically sensitive manner.
Prerequisite: SLL 220. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 270a Russian for Native Speakers
Units: 4 For native Russian speakers who
cannot read or write Russian. Emphasis
on essentials of grammar, vocabulary, and
orthography, and the reading and writing of
simple texts in Russian. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 270b Russian for Native Speakers
Units: 4 Continuation of SLL 270a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 299 Chess — Advanced Thinking
Techniques
Units: 2 Development of advanced
understanding of the game of chess.
Critical analysis of games and of the
problem-solving techniques applicable in
various game situations. Prerequisite: SLL
199. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
SLL 300 The Russian Novel
Units: 4 The rise of the novel as the
dominant form in Russian literature of
the 19th century. Major works by Gogol,
Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others.
In English. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 301 Russian Literary Avant-Garde
Units: 4 Russian modernism and the avant-
garde: development of modern sensibility
in literature and the arts from 1880 to
1930. Readings in Chekhov, Sologub, Bely,
Mayakovsky, and others. Conducted in
English. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 302g Modern Russian Literature
Units: 4 Survey of the major developments
in Russian literature during the 20th
century, from modernism to the post-
Soviet era. Readings in English. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 303 Contemporary Russian
Literature
Units: 4 Developments in Russian Literature
from the 1960s to the present. Literature
of moral resistance directed against official
cultural models. In English. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 321 Russian Culture
Units: 4 Survey of Russian civilization from
the beginnings to the Soviet period focusing
on major cultural and artistic trends.
Prerequisite: four semesters of Russian.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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SLL 330gp Russian Thought and
Civilization
Units: 4 Russian cultural identity from
its beginnings until today. The Eastern
Orthodox tradition, its traumatic
confrontation with Western culture, and
their continuous interaction. Concurrent
Enrollment: MDA 140. Satisfies New
General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions
and Historical Foundations Satisfies Old
General Education in Category II: Global
Cultures and Traditions Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter, Discussion
SLL 340 Intercultural Communication in
Russian
Units: 4 Advanced language training
focusing on specific issues of
communication with Russians. Analysis
and translation of literary texts. Advanced
syntax. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite:
SLL 250; Recommended Preparation: SLL
120, SLL 150, SLL 220. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 344g Tolstoy: Writer and Moralist
Units: 4 Tolstoy's major works in the context
of his ethical views. Readings and lectures
in English. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V:
Arts and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 345g Literature and Philosophy:
Dostoevsky
Units: 4 Dostoevsky's novels as
psychological and philosophical analyses
of modern alienated man. Readings in
Dostoevsky and selections from Gide,
Kafka, Camus, and Sartre. Conducted in
English. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Old General Education in Category V:
Arts and Letters Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 346 Russian Drama and the Western
Tradition
Units: 4 Representative plays from the 18th
century to the present. Development of the
Russian theater in the European context.
Conducted in English. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 348g The Novels of Vladimir
Nabokov
Units: 4 Survey of Vladimir Nabokov's
novels written in Europe and America from
the 1920s–1960s. Primary focus on the
structure of the novels and their themes of
art and emigration. Readings in English.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 370 Advanced Russian for Native
Speakers
Units: 4 For students with basic oral
proficiency in Russian who need to develop
native fluency in an array of genres
and situations. Emphasis on advanced
grammar, reading (literary and scholarly
texts), written expression (scholarly,
administrative, and business genres),
spelling, and punctuation. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 378 Modern Russian Art
Units: 4 Changing concepts of aesthetic
value as expressed in the development of
19th and 20th century Russian art (painting
and architecture). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
AHIS-378
SLL 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 397 Literature and Film in Eastern
European Historical Experience
Units: 4 Exploration of key moments in
the recent historical experience of Eastern
Europe through close readings of literature
and film. Taught in English. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 465 Seminar in Russian Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Readings and
discussion in Russian of current topics
in Russian culture, politics and society.
Content varies each time offered.
Prerequisite: SLL 250. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 500 Topics in Advanced Russian
Units: 2 Max Units: 8.0 Study of Russian
required for graduate work and professional
activities. Prerequisite: four years of college
Russian. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 501 Proseminar in Russian
Literature
Units: 3 Introduction to graduate study
of Russian literature: research methods,
bibliography, transliteration, development
of critical writing skills. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 510 Old Church Slavonic
Units: 3 Study of the earliest recorded
Slavic language; linguistic interpretation
of original texts; knowledge of a Slavic
language or general linguistics will be
helpful. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 512 History of the Russian
Language
Units: 3 Phonetic, morphological,
syntactical changes from common Slavic
to the present. Russian literary language;
influence of 19th century Russian authors
and old church Slavic on contemporary
Russian. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 514 Structure of Modern Russian:
Phonology
Units: 3 Articulatory phonetics, phonemics,
morphophonemics, and intonational
patterns of modern Russia. Prerequisite:
three years of college Russian. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 515 Russian Linguistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview of
contemporary linguistic theory with focus
on the Russian language. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 516 Structure of Modern Russian:
Morphology
Units: 3 Essential issues in current linguistic
description of the syntax and morphology
of modern Russian. Considers word order,
negation, verbal aspect. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 523x Methods of Teaching Russian
as a Foreign Language
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
future Assistant Lecturers to the
communicative method of teaching Russian
and focuses on theories and methods
of teaching the language, as well as key
concepts of second language acquisition.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Slavic Languages and
Literatures Credit Restriction: Not available
for degree credit Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SLL 530 Early Russian Literature and
Culture (11th–17th Centuries)
Units: 3 Major monuments of medieval
Russian literature examined in their cultural,
literary, and theological context, with special
emphasis on issues of genre. Focus on
problems of Russian cultural identity and
Russia's complex relationship to Byzantine
and Western traditions. Prerequisite: SLL
510 and SLL 514. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 532 18th Century Russian Literature
Units: 3 Major works and genres of the 18th
century. The development of a "modern"
literary tradition, focusing on problems
of Russia's indigenization of Western
literary movements (classicism and
sentimentalism). Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 542 Symbolism
Units: 3 Russian symbolist literature;
cultural and philosophical background
of this late 19th and early 20th century
movement. Prerequisite: three years of
college Russian. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 544 Russian Short Story
Units: 3 Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky,
Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov. Prerequisite:
three years of college Russian. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 545 19th Century Russian Poetry
Units: 3 Analysis of major works of 19th
century Russian poetry in the context of
developing aesthetic principles and cultural
history. Prerequisite: SLL 501. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 546 The Russian Novel
Units: 3 Genre of the novel as exemplified
in the works of one or more Russian
authors. Readings from Gogol, Turgenev,
Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and others.
Prerequisite: three years of college
Russian. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 548 History of Russian Literary
Criticism
Units: 3 History and principles of literary
criticism in Russia with attention to major
periods and movements from the early 19th
century through the Formalists. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 550 Russian Modernism
Units: 3 "Russian Modernism" subsumes
theoretical ideas, practical achievements,
and stylistic movements which contributed
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to Russia's cultural renaissance between
ca. 1890 and ca. 1925. Prerequisite: SLL
340. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SLL 555 Soviet Literature I (1917–1953)
Units: 3 The course surveys the major
writers and literary schools of Soviet
literature in the crucial period from the
Revolution to the death of Stalin. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 557 Soviet Literature II
(1953–present)
Units: 3 De-Stalinization of Soviet culture,
the reappropriation of Russia's literary
past, and new directions in contemporary
literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 575 Socialist Realism
Units: 3 The course examines the origins,
doctrine, and ideology of socialist realism,
the predominant, and officially prescribed,
aesthetic of Soviet literature. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 584 Russian Fiction and the West
Units: 3 A survey of major Russian fiction
in the context of Western European literary
movements from the late 18th through late
19th centuries. The course presumes the
students' basic acquaintance with the major
monuments. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 585 20th Century Russian Literary
Criticism
Units: 3 Relationship between practical
and theoretical literary criticism: Formalism
and Structuralism, Sociological school, and
Bakhtin; theoretical approaches applied
to specific literary texts. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SLL 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 650 Seminar in Russian Literature
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Detailed study of
single literary period, movement or genre;
two or more selected authors; specific
school of literary criticism. May be repeated,
with departmental permission, if content of
the seminar is different. Prerequisite: three
years of college Russian; Recommended
Preparation: one year of graduate study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 660 Seminar on a Single Author or
Work
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Theme varies from
year to year. An author or major work will
be selected for intensive study; research
paper required. May be repeated, with
departmental permission, if content of the
seminar is different. Prerequisite: three
years of college Russian; Recommended
Preparation: one year of graduate study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 665 Seminar in Russian Culture and
the Arts
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Subject varies
from year to year. A trend or major
figure will be studied in its cultural and
artistic contexts. May be repeated, with
departmental permission, if content of the
seminar is different. Prerequisite: three
years of college Russian; Recommended
Preparation: one year of graduate study.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SLL 670 Seminar in Eastern European
Cinema
Units: 3 Max Units: 09 Terms Offered:
FaSp Topics in Eastern European
cinema selected for intensive study.
May be repeated with varying content.
Recommended Preparation: two years of
graduate study Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SLL 695 Writing Toward Publication in
Slavic Studies
Units: 3 Max Units: 09 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Preparation of an article for
publication in a scholarly journal in the
field of Russian/Slavic studies, under the
mentorship of an individual faculty member.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SLL 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SLL 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SLL 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SLL 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SLL 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SLL 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Sociology
SOCI 100gmw Los Angeles and the
American Dream
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Los Angeles
as a metaphor for the American Dream,
exploring the city's history and potential
futures, including economic opportunity,
social justice, spatial organization and
environmental sustainability. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Duplicates
Credit in former AMST 100gm and
GEOG 100gm Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 142gm Diversity and Racial
Conflict
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the causes and effects of contemporary
race relations in a diverse U.S. society.
Exploration of racial conflict at the personal
and institutional levels. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 150gm Social Problems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis of
factors in current American social problems:
crime, delinquency, prostitution, family
disorganization, race relations, mental
illness. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 155gm Immigrant America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the immigrant experience in the
United States. Comparative analysis of
social context of migration, formation
of immigrant communities, and social
integration of immigrants. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 169gm Changing Family Forms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The
peculiarity of the "modern" Western family
system in historical and cross cultural
perspective; focus on the "postmodern"
family crisis in the United States. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Old General
Education in Category VI: Social Issues
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology
Units: 4 Basic concepts of sociology with
special reference to group life, social
institutions, and social processes. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 210g Science, Technology, and
Social Conflict
Units: 4 Science and technology change
society and how we understand ourselves.
In turn, social struggles influence science.
We will explore the interplay between these
forces. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 215g Sociology of Wall Street
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
Wall Street as a: market for allocating
investment; arbiter of prices; place to work;
and a powerful force directing the activities
of corporations everywhere. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 220gm Questions of Intimacy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
conditions of intimacy and intimate personal
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relationships as lenses for understanding
social inequalities of race, social class,
gender, sexuality, and nation. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 225gw Sociology of Health and the
Body
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of health as a social category and the
varied ways that social and cultural factors
shape bodies and health. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 235g Migration, Law and Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Migration
policies worldwide are negotiated by
different stakeholders and create different
contexts of reception that differently impact
the everyday lives and livelihoods of
migrants. Satisfies New General Education
in Category C: Social Analysis Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 242g Sociology, Demography and
Health
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Sociological and demographic concepts
focusing on the causes of disease, health
and wellness. Empirical analysis of
population composition and its connection
to health. Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg or
BISC 121Lg or BISC 220Lg or BISC 221Lg
Recommended Preparation: Prepares
pre-health students for sociology portion
of the MCAT. Registration priority given
to pre-health students Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 250gmw Grassroots Participation
in Global Perspective
Units: 4 Theory and history behind the ideal
of "the local, grassroots volunteer": a direct
link between theory and research using
Los Angeles as a case study. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Satisfies Global Perspective
in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 255g Sociology of Globalization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp This course
examines globalization through social and
economic processes and its consequences
for social conflict, economic development,
human rights, social movements, and
national identity. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Old General Education in
Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 270g Sociological Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical and
contemporary approaches to sociological
theory; analysis of conceptual frameworks
applied to the study of society and social
interaction. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm
Satisfies New General Education in
Category C: Social Analysis Duplicates
Credit in former SOCI 370 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 275 Sociology of Everyday Life
Units: 4 The social philosophy of
understanding everyday life; describing and
analyzing forms of interaction, emotions,
knowledge, and the social self.
SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Social
construction of childhood; children's social
relations and cultures; issues of childcare,
poverty, violence and children's rights;
effects of children on adults. Prerequisite:
SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 310 Gender and Social Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SWMS 310)
SOCI 313L Sociological Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Logic of
theory construction, research design,
elementary data collection and analysis.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Sociological measurement, univariate
description, elementary correlation,
introduction to statistical inference.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm Satisfies
New General Education in Category F:
Quantitative Reasoning Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 325 Applied Social Research
Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Use
quantitative or qualitative analysis skills
to study major social issues using large
existing survey data sets or qualitative
methods. Become conversant in describing
data to a variety of audiences. Prerequisite:
SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270 and SOCI
313L and SOCI 314Lg Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 335 Society and Population
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp World
population trends and their consequences:
determinants of fertility, mortality and
migration; development of elementary
models of population change. Prerequisite:
SOCI 200gm and SOCI 314Lg Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in SWMS
336)
SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy
and Alternatives to Bureaucracy
Units: 4 Importance of organizations
in social life; techniques for using and
changing organizations; examination
of strategies for building and sustaining
nonbureaucratic organizations. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 342m Race Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Past and
present relations between the White
majority and minoritized groups; conflict
vs. assimilation perspectives. Prerequisite:
SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 345 Social Institutions
Units: 4 Cultural and interactional aspects
of social institutions as complex social
systems; religious, political, industrial, and
familial institutions.
SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power
and Deviance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
meanings of deviance and connection with
status, power, and social control. Topics
include homelessness, mental health,
sexuality, the body, drugs, gambling and
corporate crime. Prerequisite: SOCI 200
and SOCI 270 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile
Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Past and
current theories of youth crime; gangs and
other forms of youth deviance; the changing
response of the police, courts and public to
these behaviors. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm
and SOCI 270g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 353 Crime, Punishment and
Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
cultural definitions, media constructions
and measurement of crime. Places crime
and punishment in larger social context
and examines socio-cultural, economic and
political factors. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm
and SOCI 270g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 355m Immigrants in the United
States
Units: 4 Social construction of historical and
contemporary immigration to the United
States, including causes of migration,
immigration policies and the socioeconomic
integration of immigrants. Prerequisite:
SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 356m Mexican Immigrants in
Sociological Perspective
Units: 4 Effects of class, global inequality,
legal status, gender, racial/ethnic and
language differences in distinguishing
Mexican immigrant populations from the
U.S.-born population; differentiation among
Mexican immigrants. Prerequisite: SOCI
200gm and SOCI 270g Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 357m Latino Politics
Units: 4 (Enroll in AMST 357)
SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class,
Status and Power
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Inequalities
in wealth, prestige and power in the United
States; the American class structure
and the extent of upward mobility in that
structure. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and
SOCI 270g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 362 Global and Transnational
Sociology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
key issues in global and transnational
sociology. Globalization is the empirical
phenomenon where social, economic,
and political interconnectedness across
countries impacts the world. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing
Society
Units: 4 Changing family patterns;
personality development; family unity,
predicting success in marriage; the
family in transition; crises such as
economic changes, death, divorce; family
reorganization. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm
and SOCI 270g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 376m Contemporary Issues in
Asian American Communities
Units: 4 Survey of current social and
political issues facing Asian American
communities with emphasis on Los Angeles
region; design and implementation of
community-based research projects.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST-376
SOCI 379gm Mixing and Matching:
Intermarriage in 21st Century
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in JS
379)
SOCI 382 Judaism as an American
Religion
Units: 4 (Enroll in JS 382)
SOCI 386m Men and Masculinity
Units: 4 (Enroll in SWMS 385)
SOCI 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 402 Human Trafficking
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Interrogates
the social construction of the legal
category "human trafficking," examining
the ideological foundations, the social
contentions and political issues surrounding
the issue. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and
SOCI 270g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
SWMS 402
SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental
Organizations, and Everyday Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theory, practice, and history of civic
life. Examines communication, personal
obligation, collective imagination, and
political representation, in grassroots,
state-sponsored, and non-governmental
organization-sponsored civic associations
around the world. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 410 The Sociology of Popular
Culture
Units: 4 From the entertainment capital
of the world, course surveys sociological
research on artistic producers and critical
theories of the connections between
popular culture and society. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 415 Sociology of Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Drawing
from sociology and other fields (law and
society, anthropology, philosophy, etc.) we
will study law and its relations with socio-
cultural, political and economic forces.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 425 Social Movements: Power,
Resistance and Political Dynamics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp When do
groups mobilize to defend or resist power?
Explores collective mobilization including
student protest, minority rights and labor
movements, the alt-right and revolutions.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 429 Immigration, Work and Labor
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the experiences of racial minorities in
the labor market, niche concentration, the
effects of globalization on labor migration,
entrepreneurship, discrimination, and
minorities in white-collar occupations.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 313L
and SOCI 314Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 430m Work and the Workplace
Units: 4 Contrasting views of work in
contemporary societies; technological
change in the workplace; opportunity,
inequality, conflict, and alienation in
different occupations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 431 Cities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Organization
of urban society, including such topics as
segregation, urban decay, local politics,
residential change and community conflict.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 331
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations
in a Global Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examines
race/ethnic relations with U.S. and selected
countries from a global perspective, causes/
social effects of globalization on people's
lives, U.S. attitudes and political policies.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as AMST 432
SOCI 435m Women in Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Women today
in the labor force, in politics, and in the
family. Past and contemporary attempts to
expand the position of women in society.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 313L
and SOCI 314Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
SWMS 435
SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Classical and contemporary theories of
power, inequality, sociability, symbols and
language in market, state, political and civic
organizations. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm
and SOCI 270g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 450 Non-Governmental
Organizations/Non-profits Field
Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Internship in
a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
Students will conduct sociological research
on issues surrounding NGOs and the work
they do. Prerequisite: (SOCI 250gmw
or SOCI 408 or IR 371 or PPD 371) and
(SOCI 313L or SOCI 314Lg) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary
International Migration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Overview
of contemporary patterns of international
migration and its implications for receiving
and sending countries, with a special
emphasis on immigration to the United
States. Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and
SOCI 313L and SOCI 314Lg Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 464 Sociology of Gender and Work
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of gender inequality in the U.S. labor
market; work-family conflict; employer
remedies; comparative social policy.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 465 Visual Sociology of the City
and Its Residents
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Students
examine images of urban America and use
the camera to produce visual representation
in their analysis of social relations.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 270g
Corequisite: SOCI 313L Duplicates Credit in
former SOCI 365 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 468 Sociology of Religion
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 468)
SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income
Countries
Units: 4 Theories and case studies on
social, economic, political, and cultural
development and change in the Third
World: Latin America, Asia, or Africa.
Prerequisite: SOCI 200gm and SOCI 313L
and SOCI 314Lg Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 472 Health, Disease, Language and
Culture: Guatemala
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Studies
health, illness, disease, culture, language
and social-economic burdens that affect
Guatemala. Students will be immersed into
day-to-day life, studying from practitioners
in the field. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 475 Medical Sociology
Units: 4 Social and cultural factors in
causation of disease, health care utilization
and health care delivery. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 480 The Sociology of Risk and
Disaster
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Is there such
a thing as a "natural" disaster? Examination
of both natural and technological disasters,
and exploration of the centrality of risk in
industrialized societies. Prerequisite: SOCI
200gm and SOCI 313L and SOCI 314Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
12.0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 494 Sociology Honors Seminar I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Advanced
seminar involving extensive reading,
research and discussions. Selected
subjects; offered in fall only and restricted
to honors students. Acceptance into the
Honors Program. Prerequisite: SOCI
200gm and SOCI 313L and SOCI 314Lg
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 495 Sociology Honors Seminar II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Seminar in
workshop form to accompany completion
of Senior Honors Thesis under faculty
guidance. Acceptance into Honors
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Program. Prerequisite: SOCI 313, SOCI
494. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOCI 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 An
interdisciplinary examination of selected
emerging issues. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 500 Sociology Professional
Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduces
students to the theoretical questions and
methodological approaches that comprise
the discipline of sociology. Experts in
each subfield share their latest research
with students. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral Sociology majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 510 Sociological Theory I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Developments in
sociological theory from the discipline's 19th
century origins to World War II. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 511 Sociological Theory II
Units: 4 Developments in sociological
theory from World War II to the present.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 610.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 520 Qualitative Research Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Seminar in
epistemologies, ethics, and techniques of
qualitative research. Critical reading and
practice in social observation, interviewing,
fieldwork, and research design. Preparation
of IRB proposal. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 521 Quantitative Methods and
Statistics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
to the logic and methods of quantitative
analysis in sociology; covers the basic
elements of designing and research,
summarizing and exploring patterns in
data, and making generalizations about
populations based on characteristics of
samples. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 525 Sociology Proseminar:
Approaches to Sociological Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Graduate
students begin their customized literature
reviews and develop a paper that will frame
the research they pursue in the empirical
paper requirement. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 554 Women in Global Perspective
Units: 4 (Enroll in SWMS 554)
SOCI 560 Feminist Theory
Units: 4 (Enroll in SWMS 560)
SOCI 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
SOCI 593 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Practical
principles for the long-term development of
effective teaching within college disciplines.
Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife
College. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
SOCI 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
SOCI 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
SOCI 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
SOCI 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Seminar in selected topics
in sociology. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 620 Advanced Methods –
Qualitative Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Seminar and
practicum in conducting and interpreting
original qualitative research. Prerequisite:
SOCI 520. Duplicates Credit in former
SOCI 524. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 621L Quantitative Methods and
Statistics II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Casual modeling
and the inter-relationships among social
phenomena: covers the basic elements of
casual inference and generalizability, linear
regressions analysis, and categorical data
analysis. Prerequisite: SOCI 521 Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
SOCI 622L Advanced Methods –
Quantitative Research
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
research methodology in survey
technique, evaluation research, instrument
construction, and demographic analysis.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 523
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 625 Demographic Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Procedures
and techniques for the collection, evaluation
and analysis of demographic data; census
and vital registration systems; basic
measures of demographic components
and the construction of life tables and
population projections. Prerequisite: SOCI
521 Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 540
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SSCI 625
SOCI 628 Theories of Aging
Units: 4 (Enroll in GERO 628 )
SOCI 640 Sociology of Gender and
Sexuality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Approaches
to gender and sexuality within sociology
and social theory, highlighting contemporary
empirical research on sexualities.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master and doctoral students. Duplicates
Credit in former SOCI 530. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as SWMS-640
SOCI 642 Sex and Gender in Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The social
organization of gender in the contexts
of work, families, intimacy, sexuality,
reproduction, violence. Variations by race,
ethnicity, social class. Processes of social
change. Duplicates Credit in former SOCI
552. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as SWMS-642
SOCI 643 Sociology of Labor
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Viewing
labor and labor movements from a macro/
meso/micro perspective. Examination in the
formation of labor markets, global economy,
organization of work, conditions of work,
movements. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 644 Population Trends: Public and
Private Policies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp World and
national population trends; causes and
implications for economic, health, and
social policies. Duplicates Credit in former
SOCI 544. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 645 Seminar in World Population
Problems
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Demographic
characteristics of the major regions of
the world; social, economic, and political
implications of population trends and
methods of demographic analysis.
Prerequisite: 335g. Duplicates Credit in
former SOCI 545. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 646 Economic Sociology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Classical/
neoclassical economic models of human
action, sociological alternatives, the history
of the large corporation, sociological models
of production/labor/financial markets...
and the role of economic institutions in the
larger society. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 647 Political Sociology: Politics,
Symbols and Everyday Life
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Political
power, conflict and apathy; public symbols,
debate and discourse; nationalism; relations
between politics, provision of social
services and economics in comparative and
historical perspective. Duplicates Credit in
former SOCI 537. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 648 Fertility Control Policies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fertility
control policies, and their consequences,
including family planning and other
pronatalist and antinatalist programs.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 548
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 649 Migration Policies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analysis of
migration and population redistribution;
policies affecting such migration and
redistribution. Duplicates Credit in former
SOCI 549. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 651 Seminar in Social Stratification
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Critique of
research literature and research methods
in the area of social class and social
stratification; major theories and theoretical
implications of current research. Duplicates
Credit in former SOCI 551. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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SOCI 653 Seminar in Science and
Technology Studies
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Introduction to key concepts and theories
in the interdisciplinary field of Science and
Technology Studies. Duplicates Credit in
former SOCI 532 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
COMM 569
SOCI 654 Social Movements
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theories
explaining collective action and the
outcomes of those struggles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 655 Seminar in Race Relations
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Current racial
problems in the United States and other
countries; critiques of literature on race
relations. Duplicates Credit in former SOCI
555. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOCI 656 Social Demography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Theoretical
perspectives of population, historical and
contemporary accounts of population trends
and statistics, and the latest research
on the causes and consequences of
demographic processes. Recommended
Preparation: enrollment in a PhD program
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SSCI 656
SOCI 657 Sociology of Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Cultural
theories and forms of cultural analysis
appropriate for sociological research;
critical examination of theory and research
on how culture relates to social structure,
social inequality, politics, institutions, and
everyday interaction. Recommended
Preparation: SOCI 510 or prior
undergraduate or graduate coursework in
social science or communication studies.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 535.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 658 Sociology of Health and
Medicine
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Analyze
social causes of sickness, study medical
power, the social constructions of health/
illness, examine medicine as a site of
sociological action and struggle. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 659 Critical Theories of Race and
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
COMM 657)
SOCI 667 Seminar in Social Deviance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Deviance and
social rules in groups and communities;
contemporary social policies involving
ethnic, cultural, and social factors.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 566.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 669 Seminar in Family Sociology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Origins
and consequences of historical change
and variation between groups in family
structures and processes, relationships,
well-being and connections with other
social institutions. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 670 Seminar in Organizational
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Literature
evaluation, theory building, and research
in the area of large-scale organizations
and other types of institutionalized groups.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 550.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 671 Urban Sociology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of theories and research on cities in the
United States, examining issues such as
politics, race, development, and inequality.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate students. Duplicates Credit in
former SOCI 571. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOCI 675 Seminar in Immigration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Survey
of key theoretical approaches and relevant
issues in immigration studies. Themes
include: transationalism, globalization,
gendered migration, segmented
assimilation, immigrant labor markets,
social incorporation and citizenship.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 575.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 680 Writing for Publication in
Sociology
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Prepares
graduate students to publish in peer
reviewed journals. Prerequisite: SOCI 620
or SOCI 622L Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SOCI 685 Seminar in Aging
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Research
seminar to review identification of problems,
issues of theory, and methodology
and implications for research designs.
Duplicates Credit in former SOCI 580.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOCI 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSp Research leading to
the doctorate. Maximum units which may
be applied to the degree to be determined
by the department. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SOCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
SOCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
SOCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
SOCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
SOCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of dissertation. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In-progress
to Credit/No Credit
Social Work
SOWK 200xm Institutional Inequality in
American Political and Social Policy
Units: 4 Historic and philosophical roots of
inequality for minority groups in the United
States and implications for public policy.
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 324 Juvenile Justice in America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The historical
and current context of America's juvenile
justice system and its influence on children,
youth and families. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 350 Adolescent Gang Intervention
Units: 4 The incidence of gangs
(particularly in the Los Angeles area),
gang interventions, and policies developed
to address the growing gang situation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 417 Introduction to Substance
Use Disorders and Recovery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Casual
exploration of substance related and
behavioral addictive disorders. Evidence-
based and practice informed treatment
models for vulnerable individuals, groups
and families. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 424 Community Experience in
Juvenile Justice Environments
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Provides
in-class and on-site community experiences
to increase knowledge and understanding
of youth experience in a range of social
environments focused on juvenile justice.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Selected topics
in various specialty areas within social
work. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 506 Human Behavior and the
Social Environment
Units: 3 The person-in-environment,
bio-psycho-social perspective is the lens
through which theories of personality,
family, group, organization, community,
culture and their interactions are explored.
Duplicates Credit in the former SOWK 503
and SOWK 505. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 507 Interprofessional Education
and Collaboration for Geriatrics
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in OT
589)
SOWK 523 Foundations of Integrative
Social Work Practice I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles
underlying social work practice with
emphasis on rapport building, engagement,
assessment and contracting individuals,
families and groups though a framework
of social justice. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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SOWK 525 Foundations of Integrative
Social Work Practice II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Principles
underlying social work practice with
emphasis on intervention, termination and
evaluation with individuals, families and
groups though a framework of social justice
Prerequisite: SOWK 523 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 535 Social Welfare
Units: 3 Structure and operation of current
American social welfare programs (social
policy analysis). Prerequisite: the former
SOWK 534. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 536 Policy and Advocacy in
Professional Social Work
Units: 3 A study of the complex and
interconnecting systems of policy, programs
and communities that directly and indirectly
impact Social Workers' clients' lives.
Duplicates Credit in the former SOWK 534.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 544 Social Work Practice With
Individuals, Families, and Groups
Units: 3 Principles underlying generic social
work practice with emphasis on working
with individuals, families, and groups.
Duplicates Credit in SOWK 543 and SOWK
545. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 546 Science of Social Work
Units: 3 Introduction to the role of scientific
inquiry in advancing social work goals.
Inspires students to include science in
their social work identity and professional
decision-making. Duplicates Credit in
SOWK 562. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 588 Integrative Learning for
Social Work Practice
Units: 2 Integrative learning organized as
a small group educational environment
that incorporates field experiences, case
vignettes, and dialogical inquiry through
a Problem Based Learning framework.
Duplicates Credit in former SOWK 587a
and SOWK 587b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SOWK 589a Applied Learning in Field
Education
Units: 3 Supervised field education where
students learn and apply evidence-based
interventions and clinical skills in practice
labs and social work settings. Concurrent
Enrollment: SOWK 544 Duplicates Credit
in SOWK 591 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress and Credit/
No Credit
SOWK 589b Applied Learning in Field
Education
Units: 3 Supervised field education where
students learn to apply coursework
concepts while practicing in a field setting
that aligns with students' academic
department. Prerequisite: SOWK 589a
Concurrent Enrollment: SOWK 588
Duplicates Credit in SOWK 593 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
and Credit/No Credit
SOWK 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SOWK 591 Applied Learning in Field
Education I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised beginning generalist field
seminar and field placement to develop
practice skills in working with individuals,
families, groups, communities and/or
organizations. Registration Restriction:
Priority will be given to social work
students, but with instructor approval, non-
social work students may enroll Duplicates
Credit in SOWK 589a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In Progress and
Credit/No Credit
SOWK 593 Applied Learning in Field
Education II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised generalist master's level field
seminar and field placement to develop
practice skills in working with individuals,
families, groups, communities and/or
organizations. Prerequisite: SOWK 591
Registration Restriction: Priority will be
given to social work students, but with
instructor approval, non-social work
students may enroll Duplicates Credit in
SOWK 589b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress and Credit/
No Credit
SOWK 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 13.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 600 Practice with Service
Members, Veterans and Families
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Learn how
to engage, assess and intervene in practice
and policy with service members, veterans
and their families. Prerequisite: SOWK 506
and SOWK 525 and SOWK 536 Duplicates
Credit in SOWK 641 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 601 Advanced Theories and
Interventions with Children and
Adolescents
Units: 3 Advances students' knowledge
and clinical skills working with children
and adolescents. Emphasis on problems
affecting children, including developmental
derailments and disruptions. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 602 Advanced Theories and
Clinical Interventions with Families
Units: 3 Advances students' knowledge and
clinical skills working with diverse urban
families experiencing various stressors.
Exploration and application of a range
of family therapy models. Prerequisite:
(SOWK 505 or SOWK 506) and (SOWK
544 or SOWK 545) Registration Restriction:
Open only to master's Social Work students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 604 Contemporary Grand
Challenges in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
a holistic understanding of the current
issues students and their families
must confront. Explores interventions
grounded in evidence, best practice
models, strength-based and asset-driven.
Corequisite: SOWK 609 and SOWK 614
and (SOWK 608 or SOWK 627) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 605 Human Development and
Mental Health
Units: 3 Understanding problem-producing
behaviors and their ramifications on
individuals, families and groups that
comprise the clientele in mental health
settings. Required for students in Mental
Health concentration. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 606 Trauma-Informed
Interventions in Education
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Overview
of social emotional learning and two
evidenced based trauma responsive
interventions. Review different types of
trauma, the neurobiology of trauma, signs
and symptoms; five-step crisis response
strategy. Recommended Preparation:
Background in school social work through
coursework or direct work related or an
MSW are preferable Corequisite: SOWK
609 and SOWK 614 and (SOWK 608 or
SOWK 627) Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 607 Feminist Theory, Social
Action, and Social Work: Philippines
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Understanding
and awareness of the political, economic,
social, and cultural contexts through a
feminist perspective, using the Philippines
as a case study. Prerequisite: SOWK 505,
SOWK 535. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 608 Research and Critical
Analysis for Social Work with Children
and Families
Units: 3 Critical analysis and application
of various data, information, and evidence
to understand client problems and service
needs, identify appropriate interventions,
and evaluate practice decisions.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK 536
and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546. Duplicates
Credit in SOWK 603 . Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 609 Introduction to Social Work
Practice with Children, Youth and
Families
Units: 3 Understanding development
of children and families from birth to
adolescence and the developmental
difficulties from an ecological perspective.
Assessment/engagement of families and
Interventions are introduced. Prerequisite:
SOWK 506 and SOWK 536 and SOWK 544
and SOWK 546 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 610 Social Work Practice with
Children and Families Across Settings
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Other Theory and
principles underlying social work in host
settings and non-specialty sector settings
with a primary emphasis on working with
Children, Youth, and Families. Prerequisite:
SOWK 506 and SOWK 536 and SOWK 544
and SOWK 546 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 611 Leadership and Management
in Social Work
Units: 3 Methods and principles of
leadership and management applied to
social work practice, understood as policy,
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management and clinical practice in the
non-profit sector, health and human service
organizations, and non-traditional social
work settings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 612 Assessment and Diagnosis
of Mental Disorder
Units: 3 Assessment of mental disorders,
and the rationale and organization of the
system for diagnosis. Emphasis is on
developing differential diagnostic skills.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 613 Social Work Practice with
Children and Families in Early and
Middle Childhood
Units: 3 Provides understanding of
the development of problems in early
childhood, and skills for engagement,
assessment, intervention, and evaluation
of effectiveness for treatment of these
problems. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 614 Social Work Practice in
School Settings
Units: 3 Based on ecosystems
perspectives, this course examines policies,
theories and principles of social work
practice in school settings. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 615 Brief Therapy and Crisis
Intervention
Units: 3 Theory and multimodal approaches
for brief therapy and crisis intervention with
diverse clientele in a range of mental health
and health settings. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 616 Clinical Practice with Older
Adults
Units: 3 Developmental tasks of adulthood
and later life, as well as assessment and
intervention for problems and disorders
associated with aging. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 617 Substance Related and
Behavioral Addictive Disorders and
Recovery
Units: 3 Causal exploration of substance
related and behavioral addictive disorders.
Evidence-based and practice informed
treatment models for vulnerable individuals,
groups and families. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 618 Systems of Recovery from
Mental Illness in Adults
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Focus
on the multi-level impact of mental illness
on adults and families. Evidence-based
interventions promoting increased quality of
life and stability are emphasized. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 619 Social Work in Public Child
Welfare Settings
Units: 3 This advanced seminar will provide
tools to enhance the practitioner's response
to the special challenges (substance abuse,
HIV/AIDS, domestic violence) in public child
welfare. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 620 Social Work Practice With
Transitional Youth
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students will be introduced to policies
affecting transitional youth and use a
biopsychosocial perspective to work with
them on macro, meso, and micro levels.
Duplicates Credit in former SOWK 525.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 621 Social Work Practice with
Adolescents, Young Adults and their
Families
Units: 3 Intervention with adolescents,
young adults and addressing their
developmental problems, challenges and
solutions. Engagement and evidence based
intervention in working with youth will be
covered. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 544 and SOWK 608 and SOWK 609
and SOWK 610 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Masters students in Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 622 Threat Assessment and
Management
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
an overview to students with an interest in
violence prevention and crisis response.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 623 Social Work in Early Care
and Education Settings
Units: 3 Provides tools to enhance social
work practice skills supporting young
children and their families, and preparation
for leadership in early care and education
settings. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 624 Social Work in Juvenile
Justice Settings
Units: 3 Provides orientation to the context
and operations of juvenile justice systems,
and advanced skills for social work
practitioners working with youth, families
and communities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 625 Evaluation of Research:
Mental Health
Units: 3 Range of research conducted
in mental health; evaluation of selected
research reports and their application to
social work practice. Required for students
in Mental Health concentration. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 626 Social Conflict,
Empowerment and Creative Practice in
Israel
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The summer
global immersion program in Israel focuses
on understanding social problems and
alleviating them through empowerment
approaches and the utilization of expressive
practices. Registration Restriction: Open
only to social work students. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 627 Policy and Macro Practice in
Child, Youth and Family Services
Units: 3 Provides context and preparation
for social work practitioners holding policy,
management and macro practice roles in
communities and organizations serving
children, youth and families. Prerequisite:
SOWK 506 and SOWK 536 and SOWK 544
and SOWK 546 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 628 Visual Social Work
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Explores a
method of social work practice that reviews
the dominant role of visual input in the way
we assess, intervene and evaluate in social
work practice. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 629 Research and Evaluation for
Community, Organization and Business
Environments
Units: 3 Research/evaluation skills and
critical analysis of data information systems
to inform decision making to improve
effectiveness of social work practice in
community, organizations and business.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK 536
and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 630 Diversity, Social Justice,
Culturally Humble Social Work Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to diversity and social justice
in the context of social work practice.
Enhance intercultural cultural competence
by raising awareness of one's own
values/assumptions/biases. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 631 Advanced Theories and
Clinical Interventions in Health Care
Units: 3 Evaluation of theory, best practices,
emerging issues, and skill development
in health settings; interaction among
cultural, socioeconomic, and organizational
factors. Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or
SOWK 506) and (SOWK 544 or SOWK
545) Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 633 Life in the US Military:
Foundations of Practice in Military
Social Work
Units: 3 Examines the experience of
military service, including challenges and
theoretical and empirical foundations
of military social work clinical practice.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK 536
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 634 Violence Against Women:
A Transnational Perspective
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Broad
understanding of violence against
women within a global context, moving
beyond the examination of violence as
a phenomenon in order to effect social
change. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Master Students in the USC
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work Duplicates Credit in former SOWK
522 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 635 Research and Evaluation
for Social Work with Adults and Older
Adults
Units: 3 Critical analysis and application
of health and mental health research
evidence to inform, enhance and
strengthen social work practice with adults
and aging populations with a focus on
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evaluating published research, identifying
and interpreting available sources of
data, appraising practical measures/
assessments and selecting appropriate
evidence-based interventions. Prerequisite:
SOWK 506 and SOWK 536 and SOWK 544
and SOWK 546
Registration Restriction: Open only to
masters students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 637 Assessing Wellness to
Improve Recovery in Integrated Care
Units: 3 Assessing and promoting wellness
and recovery, interacting systems of mind,
brain, and body. Evidence-based integrated
care interventions in a new era of health
care reform. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 638 Policy in Integrated Care
Units: 3 Analysis of policies and health
care delivery with focus on implications for
social workers and their clients in settings
with adults, families, and older adults.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK 536
and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546. Duplicates
Credit in SOWK 636. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 639 Policy Advocacy and Social
Change
Units: 3 Analysis of efforts to improve local
human services organizations and agencies
with consideration of political, social,
demographic and organization contexts.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK 536
and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 640 Clinical Practice with the
Military Family
Units: 3 Theoretical and practical
approaches to clinical practice with military
families. Overview of common social issues
in the military system and demands on the
family dynamic. Prerequisite: (SOWK 505
or SOWK 506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 641 Clinical Practice with Service
Members and Veterans
Units: 3 Needs of service members/
veterans within the context of their families/
communities. Approaches to treatments
with goal of advancing knowledge of best
practices and current evidence-based
models. Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or
SOWK 506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 643 Social Work Practice in
Integrated Care Settings
Units: 3 Social work processes and skills
required for the implementation of short-
term interventions in medical, behavioral
health and integrated care settings
with individuals, families and groups.
Prerequisite: SOWK 544 and SOWK 637
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 644 Explanatory Theories of
Health and Mental Health
Units: 3 Behavioral health theory course
that integrates theories of health and
mental health and builds on the content
from the Human Behavior and Social
Environment course. Prerequisite: SOWK
506 and SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and
SOWK 546 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 645 Clinical Interventions:
Evidence Based Practice in Health and
Mental Health Settings
Units: 3 Social work processes from intake
to termination; emphasis on clinical skills
required for social work practice in a broad
spectrum of health and mental health
settings. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 647 Advanced Practice with
Complex Social Work Cases
Units: 3 Introduction to advanced practice
concepts essential to understanding
engagement, assessment and diagnosis
with complex social work cases from a
meta-framework perspective. Prerequisite:
SOWK 506 and SOWK 536 and SOWK
544 and SOWK 635 and SOWK 637 and
SOWK 638 and SOWK 643 and SOWK
644 Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 648 Management and
Organizational Development for Social
Workers
Units: 3 Methods and principles of
management focusing on health and
human service organizations, including
strategic management, financial analysis,
and innovative project development in
social work. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 650 Military and Veteran Policy
and Program Management
Units: 3 Understanding the development
and implementation of military and veteran
policy and programs including family
advocacy, prevention of sexual assault,
suicide, alcohol/substance use and
homelessness. Prerequisite: SOWK 534 or
SOWK 536 Registration Restriction: Open
only to Masters students in the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 651 Clinical Psychopharmacology
for Social Workers
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Understanding major psychoactive drugs
used in treatment of psychological and
behavioral disorders in behavioral and
primary care medical settings. Theoretical/
practical approaches to treatment are
examined. Prerequisite: SOWK 506
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master Students in the USC Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 652 Social Work Practice in
Workplace Settings
Units: 3 Social Work services designed to
improve and/or maintain the productivity
and healthy functioning of individuals in the
workplace. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK
546 Registration Restriction: Open only to
Masters Students in Social Work Duplicates
Credit in SOWK 671 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 653 Social Work with Older
Adults
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Integrates
foundation and advanced knowledge and
skill for practice with and in behalf of older
adults. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 654 National Immersion in
Washington, DC: Child Development and
Social Policy
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp A short study
in Los Angeles and Washington, DC,
addressing the development and change
of Federal social policy concerning child
development, especially as it pertains to
local programs and services for children
and their families. Priority enrollment
given to currently enrolled MSW students.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 655 Global Immersion in Military
Culture: U.S. Forces Abroad
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm This course will
enhance students' understanding of the
delivery of human services on overseas
military installations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 656 National Military Immersion
in Washington, DC: Military and Veterans
Policy and Practice
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp A short study
at the campus, online, and in Washington,
DC addressing policies and programs
for military members, veterans, and
their families. Priority enrollment given
to currently enrolled MSW students.
Prerequisite: SOWK 536 and SOWK 544
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 657 Social Work Practice with
Native American Children, Families and
Communities: National Immersion
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Understanding
and applying social work practice with
Native American children, families and
communities through a community
immersion experience on Indian
Reservation. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK
546 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Master Students in the USC Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 658 Organizational Practice and
Development in Business Environments
Units: 3 Prepares students for
organizational practice and program
development in business environments,
emphasizing organizational change
initiatives, employee program development
and corporate social responsibility
initiatives. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK
546. Duplicates Credit in SOWK 673.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 659 Pathways to Immigration:
Global Immersion to Mexico
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Understanding
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of immigration issues in Southern California
via an immersion experience to expose
students to the realities that immigrants
from Mexico and Central America face.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK
536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK 546
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master Students in the USC Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 660 Health Care Delivery
Systems: Planning for Health and Social
Services
Units: 3 Evaluating health care delivery
systems in the U.S. and internationally
including community social capital, health
disparities, access to care, and policy
implications for diverse populations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 663 Clinical Practice with
Couples
Units: 3 Examination of major models and
diverse intervention strategies to ameliorate
common presenting problems of couples.
Prerequisite: SOWK 503, SOWK 505,
SOWK 534, SOWK 535. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 664 Consultation, Coaching, and
Social Entrepreneurship
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Expanding
roles that social workers perform within
both non-profit and for-profit corporations.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK 536
and SOWK 546 Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 665 Grant Writing and Program
Development for Social Workers
Units: 3 Grant writing and program
development that are generalized to any
settings and relevant to direct and macro
social work practice expertise. Prerequisite:
(SOWK 503 or SOWK 506) and (SOWK
505 or SOWK 506) and (SOWK 534 or
SOWK 536) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 666 Domestic and Intimate
Partner Abuse
Units: 3 Recognition of domestic and
intimate partner abuse and examination
of effective intervention measures and
preventive methods. Prerequisite: (SOWK
505 or SOWK 506) and (SOWK 534 or
SOWK 536) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 668 Social Work and Law
Units: 3 Examination of roles, opportunities,
and concerns for the practice of social work
in the structures and procedures of the
law. Prerequisite: (SOWK 503 or SOWK
506) and (SOWK 505 or SOWK 506) and
(SOWK 534 or SOWK 536) and (SOWK
535 or SOWK 536) Registration Restriction:
Open only to master's students in the
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 669 Managing Change and
Organization Development
Units: 3 Conceptual framework and
practical skills needed to design, implement
and evaluate effective change and
organization development programs.
Prerequisite: SOWK 503, SOWK 505,
SOWK 534, SOWK 535. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 670 Global Dimensions in Social
Policy and Social Work Practice
Units: 3 Exploration and critique of how
political, economic, cultural, religious
and environmental factors impact social
welfare policies, social work practice, and
social development globally. Prerequisite:
(SOWK 505 or SOWK 506) and (SOWK
535 or SOWK 536) Registration Restriction:
Open to Masters Students in the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 672 Social Work and Business
Settings
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Examining
the roles social workers play in business,
how their skills integrate and support
business practice, and how the profession
can impact internal/external business
environments. Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and
SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK
546. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 674 Human Sexuality in Clinical
Social Work Practice
Units: 3 Explores physiological,
psychological, and sociocultural variables
associated with sexual identity, sexual
orientation, and sexual behavior to increase
student understanding and appreciation
for human sexual behavior. Prerequisite:
SOWK 505, SOWK 535. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 675 Play Therapy in Social Work
with Children and Adolescents
Units: 3 Advances student theoretical
knowledge and clinical practice skills in
working with children, adolescents, and
their families and explores the process of
child psychotherapy. Prerequisite: (SOWK
503 and SOWK 543 and SOWK 545) or
(SOWK 506 and SOWK 544) Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master Students
in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School
of Social Work. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 676 Psychopharmacology for
Therapists and Counselors
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Overview of various classes of basic
psychotherapeutic medications. Useful
to social workers, counselors, therapists,
and other individuals who counsel and
treat mentally ill patients. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 677 Mental Health Practice with
Children and Adolescents
Units: 3 The assessment and treatment of
children with serious emotional disturbance,
including the service delivery models and
policies that influence service delivery.
Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or SOWK
506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK 536)
Registration Restriction: Open to master's
students in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 678 Child Abuse and Neglect:
Intervention and Treatment
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
practice course focusing on interventions
with and treatment of complex family
systems where the effects of child
maltreatment are the presenting problems.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK
536 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Master Students in the USC Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 679 Organizational Group
Behaviors and Interventions
Units: 3 Emphasizing group and
organizational dynamics, this course
provides an understanding of human
behavior in work-related environments,
and prepares students for mezzo practice
in these settings. Prerequisite: SOWK 506
and SOWK 536 and SOWK 544 and SOWK
546 . Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 680 Social Work Spanish for
Culturally Competent Services
Units: 3 Integration of cross-cultural practice
skills with Spanish language development
through the class instruction and practice
development. Prerequisite: SOWK 503,
SOWK 505, SOWK 534, SOWK 535.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 681 Managing Diversity in a
Global Context
Units: 3 Interdisciplinary approach to
innovative practices that make the
workplace more inclusive and productive.
Prerequisite: (SOWK 503 or SOWK 506)
and (SOWK 505 or SOWK 506) and
(SOWK 534 or SOWK 536) and (SOWK
535 or SOWK 536) Registration Restriction:
Open to master's students in the Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 682 Spirituality, Religion, and
Faith in Clinical Practice
Units: 3 Examination of diverse spiritual
and religious traditions. Spiritually-
sensitive treatment approaches applied to
psychological and spiritual clinical problems
of individuals, couples, and families.
Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or SOWK
506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK 536)
Registration Restriction: Open to master's
students in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 683 Hypnosis Social Work
Practice
Units: 3 Examination of major theoretical
and practice applications of hypnosis in
social work practice and development
of a beginning level of competency.
Prerequisite: SOWK 503, SOWK 505,
SOWK 534, SOWK 535. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 684 Community Practice for
Social Innovation
Units: 3 Working effectively within
marginalized, underserved populations
and diverse community settings on their
wicked, consistent, and complex issues
by providing innovative and sustainable
solutions. Prerequisite: (SOWK 503 or
SOWK 506) and (SOWK 505 or SOWK
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506) and (SOWK 534 or SOWK 536) and
(SOWK 535 or SOWK 536) Registration
Restriction: Open to master's students in
the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 685 Working with Adolescents:
Practice, Systems and Advocacy
Units: 3 Enhance knowledge and skill in
working with adolescents involved in the
child welfare, juvenile justice and other
systems. Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or
SOWK 506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open to
Masters Students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 687 Media in Social Work
Units: 3 Creation of short documentaries
for social change. Techniques in media
production, strategies for media outreach,
and development of media literacy skills to
deconstruct media messages. Prerequisite:
(SOWK 505 or SOWK 506) and (SOWK
535 or SOWK 536) Registration Restriction:
Open only to MSW students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 688 School Violence
Units: 3 Examines theoretical, empirical and
practice-based literature on school violence
including how students' physical well-being,
academic functioning, social relations,
and emotional and cognitive development
are affected. Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or
SOWK 506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 690a Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Intensive individual study
of specific problems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SOWK 690b Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Intensive individual study
of specific problems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SOWK 691 Applied Learning In Field
Education III
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised field seminar and field
placement to develop practice skills in
working with individuals, families, groups,
communities and/or organizations.
Prerequisite: SOWK 593 Registration
Restriction: Priority will be given to social
work students, but with instructor approval,
non-social work students may enroll
Duplicates Credit in SOWK 699a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
and Credit/No Credit
SOWK 692 Loss, Grief and Bereavement
Units: 3 Focus on the experiences of loss,
death and bereavement as it is viewed
by individuals, families and loved ones.
Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or SOWK
506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK 536)
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 693 Applied Learning in Field
Education IV
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Supervised field seminar and field
placement to develop practice skills in
working with individuals, families, groups,
communities and/or organizations.
Prerequisite: SOWK 691 Registration
Restriction: Priority will be given to social
work students, but with instructor approval,
non- social work students may enroll.
Duplicates Credit in SOWK 699b Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
SOWK 694 Group Psychotherapy in
Mental Health Settings
Units: 3 Focus on group therapy for
clinical social workers as practiced in
various mental health settings. The
entire process of group development is
examined. Prerequisite: (SOWK 505 or
SOWK 506) and (SOWK 535 or SOWK
536) Registration Restriction: Open only to
Master students in the Suzanne Dworak-
Peck School of Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 696 LGBTQ2SIA+ Psychological,
Social and Political Issues
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Integration
of psychological, social and political issues
with which social workers and nurses
should be familiar when working with
members of the LGBTQ2SIA+ community.
Prerequisite: SOWK 506 and SOWK
536 Registration Restriction: Open only
to Master Students in the USC Suzanne
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 698a Integrative Learning for
Advanced Social Work Practice
Units: 1 Advanced integrative learning that
incorporates field experiences, evidenced-
based interventions, case vignettes and
dialogical inquiry through a Problem
Based Learning framework. Prerequisite:
SOWK 588 and SOWK 589b Concurrent
Enrollment: SOWK 699a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Master students
in Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress/Credit/No Credit
SOWK 698b Integrative Learning for
Advanced Social Work Practice
Units: 1 Advanced integrative learning
builds on 698a by incorporating field
experiences, case/best practices
consultations, and dialogical inquiry on
micro, mezzo, and macro practice levels.
Concurrent Enrollment: SOWK 699b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
SOWK 699a Advanced Applied Learning
in Field Education
Units: 4 Advanced supervised field
education where students practice social
work skills and apply evidence-based
interventions, including some that are
specific to their academic department.
Prerequisite: SOWK 588 and SOWK 589a
and SOWK 589b Concurrent Enrollment:
SOWK 698a Duplicates Credit in SOWK
691 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In Progress and Credit/No Credit
SOWK 699b Advanced Applied Learning
in Field Education
Units: 4 Advanced supervised field
education where students practice social
work skills and apply evidence-based
interventions, including some that are
specific to their academic department.
Prerequisite: SOWK 699a Concurrent
Enrollment: SOWK 698b Duplicates Credit
in SOWK 693 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SOWK 702 Theories of Human Behavior
in the Contexts of Social Environments
Units: 3 A focus on human behavior in
interaction with the social environment;
major paradigms including general systems
theory, ego psychology, and role theories
are examined. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 703 Explanatory Theories for
Larger Social Systems
Units: 3 Theories of organizational and
community behavior are examined
in relation to their influence on the
development of social services. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 704 Strategic Innovations for the
Grand Challenges
Units: 3 Grand Challenge initiatives and
interventions from diverse perspectives
are explored. Multidisciplinary strategies of
innovation are analyzed to effect broad-
based opportunities and barriers to change.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 705 Leading Public Discourse
Units: 3 Leading public discourse for the
purposes of increasing civic engagement
and public participation, building broad
based public support and enabling
competencies. Prerequisite: SOWK 704
and SOWK 706 Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students in Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 706 Leading and Managing Large
Complex Systems
Units: 3 Examining large scale national,
state and local intervention programs as
well as modeling potential organizational
redesign to improve service delivery
strategies. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 707 Financial Management for
Social Change
Units: 3 Senior financial management and
planning in human service organizations,
emphasizing fiscal approaches that focus
on strategy, including how to maximize
revenue, control costs, allocate resources,
improve decision-making and support
successful social programs and disruptive
social change. Prerequisite: SOWK 704
and SOWK 706 Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students in Social
Work Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SOWK 710 Preparatory Scholarship for
Capstone
Units: 3 Design and develop an innovative,
feasible, logical, and defensible Grand
Challenge Capstone Project; consider
contextual issues, and enhance innovation
and communication skills Prerequisite:
SOWK 704 and SOWK 711 and SOWK
723 Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 711 Design Laboratory for Social
Innovation I
Units: 3 Integrates design thinking with
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a norms-driven approach for social
innovation. Students will diagnose social
norms and apply design-thinking techniques
to develop design criteria. Corequisite:
SOWK 704 Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in USC School
of Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 712 Residency I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Five-day
campus based residency in the third
semester of the DSW program designed
to bring students together for a series of
presentations and workshops by 'thought
leaders' of the Grand Challenges of Social
Work. Prerequisite: SOWK 704 and
SOWK 711 and SOWK 723 Corequisite:
SOWK 705 and SOWK 710 Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 713 The Application of
Implementation Science
Units: 3 Introduction to doctoral level
research and evaluation, introducing
concepts of effectively using literature,
formulating a problem for research
and effectively identifying a research
or evaluative approach. Prerequisite:
SOWK 704 and SOWK 706 Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 714 Executive Leadership:
Leaders as Maestros
Units: 3 The Leader/Maestro Concept
enlarges the student from a virtuoso
perspective - individual performance - to
include an organizational performance in
leading, creating and measuring change.
Prerequisite: SOWK 704 and SOWK 706
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 720 Communication and
Influence for Social Good
Units: 3 Explores how communication
and new information technology influence
decision-makers and the general public
to address the Grand Challenges in the
interest of the public good. Prerequisite:
SOWK 704 and SOWK 705 and SOWK
706 Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 721 Data Driven Decision Making
in Social Services
Units: 3 Practical introduction to using
quantitative administrative data to identify
trends, track performance, evaluate
programs and drive decision making.
Prerequisite: SOWK 704 and SOWK 706
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 722 Implementing Your Capstone
and Re-envisioning Your Career
Units: 3 Culminates in the completion of
a fully implementable Grand Challenge
capstone project and a plan that re-
envisions career pathways conducive
to launching the project. Prerequisite:
SOWK 705 and SOWK 710 and SOWK
711 and SOWK 723 Corequisite: SOWK
724 Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 723 Design Laboratory for Social
Innovation II
Units: 3 Continues the exploration of design
thinking and norms-driven innovation.
Students will design and test innovative
solutions through the creation of prototypes
and design labs. Prerequisite: SOWK
704 and SOWK 706 and SOWK 711
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 724 Residency II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sm Campus-based
residency in the final semester of the DSW
program bringing students together to
present their Capstone Projects to different
professional audiences. Prerequisite:
SOWK 704 and SOWK 705 and SOWK
706 and SOWK 707 and SOWK 710 and
SOWK 711 and SOWK 712 and SOWK 713
and SOWK 714 and SOWK 721 and SOWK
723 Corequisite: SOWK 720 and SOWK
722 Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 725a Preparatory Scholarship for
Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design
and develop an innovative, feasible, and
defensible Capstone Project focusing on a
selected Grand Challenge for Social Work.
Credit granted on acceptance of capstone
project. Prerequisite: SOWK 704 and
SOWK 705 and SOWK 706 and SOWK 707
and SOWK 711 and SOWK 713 and SOWK
714 and SOWK 720 and SOWK 721 and
SOWK 723 Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students in Social Work
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress to Credit/No Credit
SOWK 725b Preparatory Scholarship for
Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Refine a
fully implementable, innovatively designed
Grand Challenge Capstone Project.
Future-focused on garnering support,
piloting and launching students' capstone
prototype. Credit granted on acceptance
of capstone project. Prerequisite: SOWK
725a Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students in Social Work Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: In Progress
to Credit/No Credit
SOWK 725c Preparatory Scholarship for
Capstone
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Complete
a fully implementable, innovatively designed
Grand Challenge Capstone Project. Future-
focused on garnering support, piloting and
launching students' capstone project. Credit
granted on acceptance of capstone project.
Prerequisite: SOWK 725b Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Social Work Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No
Credit
SOWK 733 Policy Analysis and
Advocacy in a Comparative Social
Policy Context
Units: 3 Examination of the evolution of
American and other welfare states in
selected nations. Analysis of global welfare
institutions. Engaging in policy analysis in
a comparative context. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 743 Theories for Practice with
Small Systems
Units: 3 Early practice theories and their
historical roots are examined. Implications
for evolving current practice theories
with individuals, families, and groups are
discussed. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 744 Theories for Practice with
Large Systems
Units: 3 Examination of the development
and utility of theories, models and
approaches to social work community and
administrative practice. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 760L Introduction to Social Work
Statistics
Units: 3 Foundation course covering
univariate and bivariate descriptive and
inferential statistics. Required lab covering
basic computer skills and utilization of
statistical software. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 761L Multiple Regression for
Social Work Research
Units: 3 Multivariate statistical methods
including descriptive and inferential
statistics, parametric and non-parametric
tests of hypotheses; correlation, analysis
of variance, multiple regression, and factor
analysis; utilization of computer programs
for statistical analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 762 Social Work Research
Methods I
Units: 3 Models of research, the nature of
inquiry, and the research process including
problem formulation, measurement,
designs, sampling and data sources.
Prerequisite: doctoral standing. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 763 Social Work Research
Methods II: Issues in Research for Social
Work Practice
Units: 3 Research methods to provide
students with advanced methodological
knowledge in two areas related to
social work practice: psychotherapy
outcome research and program research.
Prerequisite: SOWK 762. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 764 Advanced Multivariate
Statistics
Units: 3 Introduction to single equation
statistical modeling using limited dependent
variables (categorical and ordered
categorical). Methods are drawn from
statistics and econometrics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 765 Writing Successful
Dissertation Research Grants
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Prepares
doctoral students to write and submit
applications to obtain extramural funding
to support their dissertation research.
Students will learn about opportunities
and eligibility requirements for federal
and foundation supported dissertation
research grants, how grants are reviewed
and scored once submitted, and how to
write successful proposals. Recommended
preparation: Completion of a qualitative
or mixed methods course is preferred.
Prerequisite: SOWK 702 and SOWK 703
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and SOWK 761 and SOWK 762 and
SOWK 763 and SOWK 764 Recommended
Preparation: Completion of a qualitative
or mixed methods course is preferred
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SOWK 770 Introduction to Qualitative
and Mixed Research Methods
Units: 3 Overview of the use of qualitative
and mixed methods in social, clinical and
health services research. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SOWK 781 Guided Teaching Experience
Units: 2 Mentorship with a member of the
teaching faculty; discussions of curriculum
design; observation; preparation and
delivery of selected course sessions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SOWK 785 Guided Research Internship
Units: 2 Research practicum designed to
provide students with handson practical
experience with an ongoing faculty
research project. Prerequisite: SOWK 763.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SOWK 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SOWK 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SOWK 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SOWK 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SOWK 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SOWK 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Spanish
SPAN 020x Spanish for Reading
Knowledge
Units: 0 Preparation for the ETS
standardized examination, with readings
related to the student's major area. Offered
upon sufficient demand. Credit Restriction:
Not available for degree credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
SPAN 120 Spanish I
Units: 4 For students with limited
proficiency in Spanish. Practice in listening
comprehension, oral communication,
elementary reading and writing.
Prerequisite: Spanish placement exam.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 150 Spanish II
Units: 4 Continuation of SPAN 120;
increased emphasis on listening
comprehension, oral communication,
reading, and writing. Prerequisite: SPAN
120. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 220 Spanish III
Units: 4 Continuation of SPAN 150;
intensive work in listening comprehension,
oral communication, reading and writing,
with emphasis on free expression; readings
related to Hispanic culture and civilization.
Prerequisite: SPAN 150. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 231x Business Spanish: Job
Search
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Four-skills
language and culture course. Students
create culturally appropriate professional
dossiers, execute job searches in Spain/
Latin America; engage in face-to-face and
phone interviews in Spanish. Prerequisite:
SPAN 220 Registration Restriction: Not
open to Spanish majors Credit Restriction:
Not for Major Credit Duplicates Credit in
SPAN 250x Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 232x Business Spanish: Business
Culture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Four-skills
language and culture course. Students
engage in research about the culture of
business practices in Spain/Latin America;
write/present company profiles, including
NGOs, in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN
220 Registration Restriction: Not open to
Spanish majors Credit Restriction: Not for
Major Credit Duplicates Credit in SPAN
250x Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 233x Business Spanish: Case
Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Four-skills
language and culture course. Students
read/analyze Spanish-language case
studies and present their own case
studies orally and in writing in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 220 Registration
Restriction: Not open to Spanish majors
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Duplicates Credit in SPAN 250x Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 240 Spanish IV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
review of Spanish grammar with emphasis
on four skills. Audiovisual materials and
readings related to Hispanic culture and
civilization. Prerequisite: SPAN 220.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 245 Spanish Through Social
Issues in Costa Rica
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Costa Rica
Summer Program only). Intensive review
of Spanish grammar with emphasis
on four skills. Audiovisual materials,
guest speakers, and readings related
to the history and culture of Costa Rica.
Concurrent Enrollment: SPAN 220
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 250x Spanish for Business
Communication
Units: 4 Four-skills language and
culture course for intermediate-high
Spanish students interested in Business/
Communications. Prepares students to
communicate in the Spanish-speaking
commercial market in a linguistically
sensitive manner. Prerequisite: SPAN 240.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit
to Spanish majors and minors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 260 Advanced Spanish: Arts and
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of students' oral and writing
skills using literary and scientific materials;
grammar review. Prerequisite: SPAN 220.
Duplicates Credit in the former SPAN 266.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 261 Advanced Spanish: Society
and the Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Analysis
of cultural issues in the Spanish-speaking
world. Discussions, presentations, writing
assignments, and grammar instruction
designed to improve students' proficiency
in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 220.
Duplicates Credit in the former SPAN 265.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 270 Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Culture-based
course designed for Spanish speakers
not formally trained in the language.
Review language and grammar and hone
presentational skills. Prerequisite: SPAN
220 Recommended Preparation: Heritage
profile Duplicates Credit in SPAN 260
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 280x Conversational Spanish
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Discussions of short films, cultural
and literary texts and other activities
designed to improve conversational skills.
Prerequisite: SPAN 220. Credit Restriction:
Not for credit for Spanish majors. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 290gp Introduction to Latin
American and Iberian Studies
Units: 4 Introduction to the cultural history
of Spain, Portugal and Latin America with
a focus on literature and visual works from
the early-modern period to the twenty-first
century. Satisfies New General Education
in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 301 Introduction to Literature and
Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to critical reading and
interpretation of poetry, narrative fiction,
drama and film from Spain and Latin
America. Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN
270 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 302 Screen Cultures: From Film to
the Internet
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of Spanish and Latin American cinema
from the silent film era to the present,
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acquainting students with various
critical and theoretical approaches to
cinema studies. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN 270
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 304 The Art of Fiction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of
Spanish and Latin American fiction from
the Middle Ages to the present, acquainting
students with various critical and theoretical
approaches to narrative. Conducted in
Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN
270 Recommended Preparation: SPAN 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 306 Performance from Street to
Stage
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of
Spanish and Latin American plays from the
Middle Ages to the present, acquainting
students with various critical and theoretical
approaches to drama. Conducted in
Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN
270 Recommended Preparation: SPAN 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 308 The Art of Poetry
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of
Spanish and Latin American poetry from
the Middle Ages to the present, acquainting
students with various critical and theoretical
approaches to verse. Conducted in
Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN
270 Recommended Preparation: SPAN 301
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 310 Structure of Spanish
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A systematic
study of the structure of Spanish. Topics
include fundamental aspects of the sound
system; word classes; sentences and their
meaning; linguistic change and variation;
standard and colloquial usage. Prerequisite:
SPAN 260 or SPAN 270 Recommended
Preparation: SPAN 301 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 311 Advanced Spanish Through
Contemporary Issues: Oral Emphasis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Summer
sessions abroad.) Advanced Spanish
with emphasis on grammar and oral
communication. Prerequisite: SPAN 310
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 315 Advanced Grammar and
Translation
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Contrastive
study of Spanish and English structures
designed to explore the similarities and
differences between the two languages
and to familiarize students with translation
techniques. Emphasis on a variety of text
types with the aim of increasing linguistic
and cultural appreciation of the Spanish
language. Prerequisite: SPAN 310
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 316x Spanish for the Professions
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The language
and culture of a particular area of study
or profession, such as medicine and
healthcare, political and social sciences,
business and the law. Limited to 4 units
for major or minor credit. Prerequisite:
SPAN 310 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 318 Creative Writing in Spanish
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
introduction to the art and craft of creative
writing in Spanish with a focus on narrative
fiction; writing workshop, literary readings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 260 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 320 Politics, Thought, Society
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the study of Iberian and Latin American
cultural patterns through readings on
such topics as history, gender, ethnicity,
and politics. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN 270
Duplicates Credit in former SPAN 360 and
former SPAN 370 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 321 Sounds, Images, Objects
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the study of Iberian and Latin American
cultural forms through readings on the
visual arts, cinema, architecture and music.
Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN
260 or SPAN 270 Duplicates Credit in
former SPAN 360 and former SPAN 370
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 341 Advanced Conversation and
Culture
Units: 4 Conversation based on study of
Spanish art and architecture. Field trips.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 350 Cultural Cross-Currents of the
Iberian Middle Ages
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
readings from 1040 to 1499 examining the
rich cultural diversity of the Iberian Middle
Ages in the symbiosis of Christian, Moslem
and Jewish traditions. Prerequisite: SPAN
301 Duplicates Credit in former SPAN 377
and former SPAN 450. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 352 The Transatlantic Golden Age:
New Worlds Real and Imagined
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Selected
readings from 1500 to 1700 exploring
Renaissance and baroque visions of the
classical and new worlds. Prerequisite:
SPAN 301 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 372 Modern and Contemporary
Latin American Fiction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
major trends in Latin American fiction from
the 1930s to the present with a focus on
narrative experimentation. Prerequisite:
SPAN 301 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 373 Modern and Postmodern
Spanish Fiction
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An exploration
of the literary and filmic narratives of
contemporary Spain focusing on the major
historical and cultural movements of the
20th century. Prerequisite: SPAN 301
Duplicates Credit in former SPAN 378.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 375 Latin American Cultural and
Literary Theory
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 375) Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 380g Literature of Mexico
Units: 4 Principal writers and their works
from Colonial times to the present. Non-
majors may write assignments in English.
Recommended Preparation: advanced
comprehension of oral and written Spanish.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 381 Narco-World
Units: 4 Study of the contemporary situation
in Mexico through the lens of global terror,
neoliberal economy, and postmodern
aesthetics (film, literature, television,
music). Prerequisite: SPAN 301 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 382 The Aesthetics of Violence in
Latin America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An exploration
of representations of violence and violent
representations in Latin American narrative,
poetry, music and film. Prerequisite: SPAN
301 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 383 Mexican Noir
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
study of the noir form in Mexico through
readings in literature and cinema, with
attention on questions of modernity,
technology, politics and gender. Taught in
Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 260 or SPAN
270 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 385 The Culture of Food in
Hispanic Los Angeles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Experiential
learning and project-based course designed
to familiarize students with the food
culture of Hispanic Los Angeles. Students
create Spanish language blogs about
their experiences. Prerequisite: SPAN 260
or SPAN 270 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 391 Introduction to Contemporary
Spanish Literature (USC Madrid Center)
Units: 4 Readings in contemporary Spanish
literature. Includes lectures by recognized
Spanish writers and scholars. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 395 Visualizing Cuba: Arts,
Politics and Society in Today's Cuba
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examines
Cuban contemporary culture and society
through the analysis of visual arts,
literature, music and dance. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 396 Oaxaca and Oaxacalifornia:
Food, Culture, Art and Migration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Explore
Oaxaca's mountains, beaches, villages
and capital city; first hand experience in
culture, traditional food, street artists and
agricultural systems. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 397 Language Loss and
Deculturation in Cusco, Peru
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A study of the
cultures of Peru in the context of their
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history and languages, with a focus on
Quechua, music, dances and cuisine.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 405 History of the Spanish and
Portuguese Languages
Units: 4 Development of sounds, forms,
words, meanings and structures from their
origins to modern Spanish and Portuguese.
Prerequisite: SPAN 310 or SPAN 315.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 409 Latinx Food and Social
Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examines food
justice in Latinx communities, Mexico
and Latin America; examines some of the
inequalities people experience in their
relationship to food. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 412 Spanish Rhetoric and Style
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Close
grammatical and rhetorical analysis of
a variety of text types (general, literary,
technical, journalistic) as the basis
for practice in advanced written and
oral expression as well as translation.
Prerequisite: SPAN 310 or SPAN 315.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 413m Social and Geographic
Varieties of Spanish
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Historical, social
and cultural elements represented in the
dialectal diversity of the Spanish language;
fieldwork in bilingual communities in the
United States. Majors prepare assignments
in Spanish, non-majors in English.
Conducted in Spanish and English.
Recommended Preparation: Advanced
Comprehension and of Oral and Written
Spanish Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 420 Spanish Language Acquisition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study of
the bilingual acquisition of Spanish and
English by children, and of Spanish as
a second language by adults; focus on
linguistic, psychological and social factors.
Prerequisite: SPAN 310 or SPAN 315.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 455 Picaresque Itineraries: Empire
and Its Discontents
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A study
of the rise of the picaresque novel in
Spain and Latin America as a medium
for social, political, and cultural criticism.
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 304 or
SPAN 306 or SPAN 308. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 460 Don Quijote: Text and Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A close
reading of Cervantes' masterpiece and
analysis of film adaptations of the novel.
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 301,
SPAN 306 or SPAN 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 462 Literary Cartographies of
Latin America and Spain, 1810–1898
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Comparative
analysis of Spanish and Latin American
literatures with a focus on trans-Atlantic
relations and the rise of such movements
as romanticism, realism, and modernismo.
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 304 or
SPAN 306 or SPAN 308. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 464 Introduction to Contemporary
Spanish Theatre
Units: 4 (Madrid Center only) Historical
evolution of the contemporary Spanish
theatre; readings of dramatic texts
supported by attendance at live stage
performances. Recommended Preparation:
SPAN 304 or SPAN 306 or SPAN 308.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 465 Cultural Perspectives of the
Iberian Peninsula
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm (Madrid
Summer Program) Study of cultural plurality
in the Iberian Peninsula. Recommended
Preparation: SPAN 260 or SPAN 261.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 466 Argentina, Society and the
Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Study of the
arts in the cultural landscape of Argentina
and in the context of developments in
Europe, Latin America and the United
States. Recommended Preparation: SPAN
260 or SPAN 261. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 469 Immigration in Spain
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Sociopolitical
issues of immigration in Spain, including
economic impact, legal evolution,
history, geographic location, and culture.
Prerequisite: SPAN 220; Recommended
Preparation: SPAN 260 or SPAN 261.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 470 Literature and Media in Latin
America
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 470)
SPAN 471 Postdictatorship Spanish and
Latin American Cinema
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A study of the
historical, cultural and political context
of post-dictatorship Spanish and Latin
American cinema by focusing on debates
on memory and trauma. Taught in Spanish.
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 304,
SPAN 306 or SPAN 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 472 The Sixties in Latin America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Study of the
explosive Latin American cultural formations
of the sixties (literary boom, third cinema,
protest song, theories of armed struggle).
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 304,
SPAN 306 or SPAN 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 481 Literature and Popular Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of popular culture and literary
genres with an emphasis on the evolving
canons and identities of Latin America and
Spain. Recommended Preparation: SPAN
304 or SPAN 306 or SPAN 308. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 482 Literature and the City
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the literary representations
of urban spaces and cultures within the
context of Iberian, Latin American, and
U.S. Latino societies. Recommended
Preparation: SPAN 304 or SPAN 306 or
SPAN 308. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 483 Gender and Sexuality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of gender, sexuality, and power
in Iberian and Latin American literatures
and cultures. Conducted in Spanish.
Recommended Preparation: SPAN 304 or
SPAN 306 or SPAN 308 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 484 Studies in Visual and Material
Culture
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
examination of the role of visual and
material culture in cultural and social
context in the Hispanic world, focusing on
a selected time period and geographical
region. Recommended Preparation: SPAN
304, SPAN 306 or SPAN 308 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Individual research and readings. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 495 Seminar for Majors and
Minors
Units: 4 Two options: (1) Study of a
major work or writer, a principal literary
theme or movement; or (2) a selected
topic in Spanish language and linguistics.
Recommended Preparation: two courses in
the upper division in the same area as the
seminar topic (i.e., language or literature).
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 501 Cultural Narratives of Spain
and Latin America
Units: 4 Theoretical and methodological
approaches to cultural narratives in Spanish
and Latin American literary and cultural
studies. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 511 Techniques and Procedures
of Teaching Spanish as a Second
Language
Units: 3 Practical classroom application of
language teaching methods; evaluation
of available textbooks; critique of master
classes. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 513 Spanish Morphology and
Phonology
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of research on the interaction between
Spanish morphology and phonology in
light of critical readings and discussion of
selected studies as contributions to the
general theory of grammar. Duplicates
Credit in former SPAN 512. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as LING-513
SPAN 514 Spanish Syntax
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of Spanish syntax in the light of critical
readings and discussion of selected
studies and their comparative contribution
to grammatical theory. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as LING-514
SPAN 515 Spanish Grammar in
Discourse
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Semantic
and pragmatic approaches to the analysis
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of the structure of Spanish sentences
and discourse. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as
LING-515
SPAN 516 Historical Aspects of Spanish
and Portuguese
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Processes of
language change in the development of the
Spanish and Portuguese languages from
their origin in spoken Latin to their modern
stage. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 517 Spanish Applied Linguistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Modern
theories of first and second language
acquisition and their application to Spanish.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 518 Spanish Sociolinguistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
of sociolinguistics and dialectology:
sociolinguistic patterns in the Hispanic
languages. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 525 Medieval and Early Modern
Spanish World
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of literature
and other cultural artifacts pertaining to the
Middle Ages in Spain and the early modern
world in both Spain and the Americas.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 529 The Transatlantic 19th
Century
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of authors,
texts and literary and cultural currents
in Spain and Latin America in the 19th
century. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 539 20th and 21st Century
Spanish Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of cultural
currents, authors, literary texts, films and
other media in Spain in the 20th and
21st centuries. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 545 20th and 21st Century Latin
American Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of cultural
currents, authors, literary texts, films and
other media in Latin America in the 20th
and 21st centuries. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SPAN 592 Practicum in Teaching
Spanish
Units: 2 Approaches and techniques in the
teaching of Spanish and/or Portuguese as a
second language. Registration Restriction:
Open only to Master and Doctoral students
in Comparative Literature, Comparative
Culture in Literature and Studies (Spanish
and Latin American Studies), Linguistics
(Hispanic Linguistics) and Spanish.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SPAN 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
SPAN 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
SPAN 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In-progress to Credit/No Credit
SPAN 596 Research Methods in Spanish
Linguistics
Units: 3 Examination of various research
methods as applied to the study of
the Spanish language; mechanics of
organizing, conducting and presenting
research in Spanish linguistics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 602 Seminar in Spanish and Latin
American Critical Theory
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Major developments
in literary criticism in Spain and Latin
America from the early modern period to
the present. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 603 Seminar in the Cultural
History of Spain and Latin America
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Literary and cultural
currents in Spain and Latin America,
with varying focus on genres, periods,
movements and problems. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 604 Seminar in Gender and
Sexuality in Spain and Latin America
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Construction and
representation of gender and sexuality in
Spanish and Latin American literature and
culture. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 606 Seminar in Visual Culture in
Spain and Latin America
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Major currents in
film and other media in Spain and Latin
America. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SPAN 650 Topics in Spanish and Latin
American Literature and Culture
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of topics in
Spanish and Latin American literature and
culture across periods, genres and nations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SPAN 652 Seminar on a Major Topic in
Hispanic Linguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Analysis of selected topics of current
interest as reflected primarily in the most
recent literature. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 672 Seminar in Spanish
Morphophonology
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Selected topics in Spanish
morphology and phonology. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 674 Seminar on Spanish Syntax
and Semantics
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Detailed analysis of topics in modern
Spanish syntax and semantics. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 676 Seminar in Diachronic
Aspects of the Hispanic Languages
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp In-depth analysis of a particular
topic in the historical development of the
Hispanic languages. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 677 Seminar in Spanish Applied
Linguistics
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Critical study
and analysis of major issues related to the
teaching and learning of Spanish as a first
or a second language. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 678 Seminar in Hispanic
Sociolinguistics
Units: 3 Max Units: 9.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Selected topics in Hispanic
sociolinguistics: social and geographic
language varieties, language contact,
discourse analysis, synchronic variation and
processes of change in Spanish. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SPAN 700 Colloquium in Hispanic
Literature and Linguistics
Units: 1 Max Units: 3.0 Discussion and
presentation of papers on a variety of
topics in the areas of Hispanic language
and literature. Prerequisite: any 600 level
Spanish seminar. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SPAN 790 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Research leading to the doctorate.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SPAN 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SPAN 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SPAN 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SPAN 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
SPAN 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Credit on acceptance of
dissertation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No
Credit
Spatial Sciences Institute
SSCI 135g Maps in the Digital World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The role of
formal reasoning, abstract representation
and empirical analysis in building maps for
sharing knowledge across the physical,
life and social sciences and humanities.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 165Lgw Sustainability Science in
the City
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The influence
of sustainability science on public policy
and vice versa in the context of social/
ethical theories, analytical methods
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and solutions. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies Old
General Education in Category VI: Social
Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 175w Food, Health and Place
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The role
of food systems in human nutrition
and environmental health, and system
transformations needed to achieve good
health, equity and sustainability. Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 201 Principles of GeoDesign
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Foundations
of geodesign combining place-making,
design, collective action, and the science
of location-based information to improve
human interaction with the functioning
of the Earth. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 214g Human Populations and
Natural Hazards
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the complex relationship between
human development and natural hazards,
which are increasingly causing damage
and displacement to human populations
throughout the world. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 220L Spatial Data Collection Using
Drones
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop the
requisite knowledge and practical skills
to source, analyze, and produce GIS and
simulation-based projects with unmanned
aerial systems-derived data. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm An
exploration of earth's water, ranging from
water properties, chemistry, and pollution,
to groundwater dynamics, watershed
processes, and oceanic-atmospheric
circulation. Implications for past and future
societies. Satisfies New General Education
in Category E: Physical Sciences Satisfies
Old General Education in Category IV:
Science and Its Significance Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Role of maps
and spatial reasoning in the production
and use of geographic information for
representing and analyzing human and
environmental activities and events.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 311 Global Geodesign Studio -
Europe
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Critical and
spatial thinking while engaged in classroom
and field settings to propose geodesign
strategies that address a societal
challenge in an Amsterdam neighborhood.
Prerequisite: SSCI 201 and SSCI 301L
and SSCI 382L Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 312 Global Geodesign Studio - Asia
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Examination
of geodesign applications in locations
throughout Asia and utilization of these
experiences to interrogate applications of
geodesign and how they might be applied
in the United States. Prerequisite: ARCH
203 and ARCH 303 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 313 Global Geodesign and
Stakeholder Engagement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Concepts,
practices and contexts of public
engagement and their importance to
the geodesign process. Recommended
Preparation: SSCI 201 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 314 Comparative Sustainability
Theory and Practice for Geodesign
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Use of
sustainability theory and practice to
compare various geodesign practices;
application to specific locations around
the world to promote a sustainable global
environment. Recommended Preparation:
SSCI 201 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 340 Community Health Scan
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The social
context of health and its determinants; the
uses of data analysis; community capacity
building, and the impact of policy on
community health improvement. Duplicates
Credit in former MDA 350 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 350 International GeoDesign
Units: 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive living-learning research
and field experience in Los Angeles and
abroad; application of GeoDesign strategies
to local societal challenges. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 381 Statistics for the Spatial
Sciences
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Conceptual
foundations and techniques of statistics and
how they can be used with geographic data
to produce actionable information across
spatial science domains. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 382L Geographic Information
Science: Spatial Analytics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The various
ways in which geography can be used
to acquire, represent, organize, analyze,
model and visualize information.
Laboratories are organized around ArcGIS
software suite. Prerequisite: SSCI 301L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 383L Geographic Information
Science: Geospatial Modeling and
Customization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Fundamentals
of spatial modeling and remote sensing
and how to use GIS customization and
programming to streamline complex
spatial analysis and modeling workflows.
Prerequisite: SSCI 301L and SSCI 382L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 397 Spatial Sciences Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive experience in local
public agency, private firm, or nonprofit
agency engaged in applied geospatial
analysis, modeling and mapping work.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SSCI 401L Geospatial Intelligence
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
basic geospatial intelligence knowledge and
related practical applications that assist in
informing decision-making in a variety of
human security settings. Recommended
Preparation: IR 381 and SSCI 301L
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 402 Geospatial Technology
Management for Sustainability Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles
and techniques for leveraging geospatial
technologies and information in support of
sustainability, with emphasis on coupling
human and natural systems for global
sustainable development. Prerequisite:
(SSCI 165Lgw or SSCI 265Lg) and SSCI
301L Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SSCI 412L GeoDesign Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
of design concepts, planning protocols and
spatial analysis skills to a complex planning
or design problem sponsored by a local
public, private or not-for-profit client in a
studio setting. Prerequisite: ARCH 403,
PPD 425, SOCI 314, SSCI 483. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as ARCH-412,
PPD-412
SSCI 420 Human Security and
Geospatial Intelligence Practicum
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Create
conceptual solutions for a real-world
human security and geospatial intelligence
issue by developing a problem set and
recommended solution to the same.
Prerequisite: SSCI 401L Recommended
Preparation: SSCI 301L Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Registration Restriction:
Open only to juniors and seniors. Credit
Restriction: Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SSCI 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Intensive study
of selected topics or regions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 572 GIS and Landscape
Architecture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa The use of GIS,
spatial analysis, modeling, and 2- and 3-D
mapping to support landscape architecture
projects that span multiple spatiotemporal
scales. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SSCI 574 Spatial Econometrics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Introduction to the theoretical foundations,
methods, and software systems for spatial
econometrics using a variety of use cases.
Recommended Preparation: SSCI 583
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduce
the spatial data scientific approach to
issues and present a holistic generalizable
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analysis pipeline. Prerequisite: SSCI 581
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications
and Emerging Technologies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explore ways remote sensing systems
provide geospatial information that is
relevant, accurate, timely, accessible,
appropriately formatted and cost-effective.
Recommended Preparation: SSCI 581
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 577 Human Security and Disaster
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
relationship between human security
(population growth, urbanization, conflict)
and disasters, both man-made and natural,
where complex emergencies are impactful
to human populations. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 578 The Practice of Geospatial
Leadership
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm The geospatial
value proposition and the qualities and
skills leaders will need to help their
geospatial information management
groups and organizations achieve success.
Recommended Preparation: SSCI 581.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 579 Geospatial Intelligence
Tradecraft
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Typical
geospatial intelligence tasks and their
use in military operations, national and
homeland security, international relief work
and disaster management. Recommended
Preparation: SSCI 581. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The unique
characteristics and importance of spatial
information as they relate to the evolving
science, technology, and applications
of Geographic Information Systems.
Duplicates Credit in the former GEOG 581.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 582 Spatial Databases
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Design,
implementation, and interrogation of
relational, object-oriented and other types
of geospatial databases. Recommended
Preparation: SSCI 581. Duplicates Credit
in the former GEOG 582. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Provides
the knowledge and skills necessary to
investigate the spatial patterns which
result from social and physical processes
operating at or near the Earth's surface.
Recommended Preparation: SSCI 581
Duplicates Credit in former GEOG 583
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 585 Geospatial Technology Project
Management
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSm Concepts,
principles, and use of project management
tools and the people issues encountered
running GIS projects. Recommended
Preparation: SSCI 581. Duplicates Credit
in the former GEOG 585. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 586 GIS Programming and
Customization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Design,
coding, and implementation of GIS-based
software and models using the Python
programming language. Recommended
Preparation: SSCI 582. Duplicates Credit
in former GEOG 586. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Role
of global positioning systems, maps,
geocoding, and other kinds of sensors as
geospatial data sources. Includes field data
acquisition excursion on Catalina Island.
Recommended Preparation: SSCI 581.
Duplicates Credit in former GEOG 587.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Principles of
remote sensing, satellite systems, and role
of remote sensing data in GIS applications.
Recommended Preparation: SSCI 581.
Duplicates Credit in the former GEOG 588.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Principles of
visual perception, spatial cognition and
cartographic design and their contributions
to the maps, animations, virtual reality and
multimedia displays produced with modern
GIS. Recommended Preparation: SSCI
581. Duplicates Credit in the former GEOG
589. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SSCI 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree in cognate fields.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SSCI 591 Web and Mobile GIS
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm Design and
implementation of locally served and
cloud-based geospatial web applications.
Construction of web maps, mashups
and Volunteered Geographic Information
interfaces. Recommended Preparation:
SSCI 581 Duplicates Credit in former
GEOG 591 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
SSCI 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress to
Credit/No Credit
SSCI 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit
on acceptance of thesis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: In-progress &
Credit/No Credit
SSCI 595 Applied Geospatial Intelligence
Problem Solving
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provides
hands-on problem solving opportunity that
requires knowledge and GEOINT skills
to provide an informed recommendation
involving a variety of human security
settings. Prerequisite: SSCI 577 and
SSCI 588 and SSCI 579 and SSCI 581
Corequisite: SSCI 585 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 596 Internship in Spatial Sciences
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 08 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Part-time or full-time
practical work experience in the student's
field of study at an off-campus facility under
faculty direction. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SSCI 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Seminar in
selected topics in the spatial sciences.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 600 The Geography of Life and
Death
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Meaning
and significance of place and role of
social, natural, and built environments in
disease occurrence in different places and
populations. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 601a Population, Health and Place
Research Practicum
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm
The use of population science, public
health, and spatial science theory and
practice to advance our understanding of
one or more aspects of human well-being.
Prerequisite: SSCI 600 Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 601b Population, Health and Place
Research Practicum
Units: 2 Max Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sm
The use of population science, public
health, and spatial science theory and
practice to advance our understanding of
one or more aspects of human well-being.
Prerequisite: SSCI 601a Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 625 Demographic Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SOCI 625)
SSCI 656 Social Demography
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SOCI 656)
SSCI 680 Advanced Spatial Computing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The role
of spatial computing in understanding the
world, in knowing and communicating our
relationships to specific places, and for
navigating through those places. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SSCI 681 Advanced Quantitative
Methods for Population, Health and
Place
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Fundamentals
of temporal and spatiotemporal data
analysis; modern methods for evaluating,
managing, and visualizing spatiotemporal
data; hands-on use cases. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 683 Principles of Spatial Data
Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The theoretical
foundations and techniques of spatial
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analysis and the ways in which they have
been used to identify spatial processes
and patterns. Recommended Preparation:
Enrollment in a USC PhD Program.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 684 Spatial Modeling with GIS
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An introduction
to spatial models identifying the key issues
influencing the success of these models
in simulating key social and environmental
processes and health exposures.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SSCI 693 Practicum in Teaching the
Liberal Arts
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Principles of
pedagogy for teaching the liberal arts,
focusing on issues and technologies for
spatial thinking. Required for first-semester
teaching assistants in spatial sciences.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SSCI 790 Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the doctoral degree.
Maximum units which may be applied
to the degree to be determined by the
department. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Population, Health, and Place major.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
SSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Population, Health, and Place major.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
SSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Population, Health, and Place major.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
SSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Population, Health, and Place major.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
SSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of Dissertation. Registration
Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
in Population, Health, and Place major.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
In Progress/Credit/No Credit
Sophomore Seminars
SSEM 200 Sophomore Seminar
Units: 1, 2 Terms Offered: FaSp and
Special Sessions Special seminar courses
for sophomores; limited to 18 students;
topics will vary; Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Oral Surgery
SURG 501 Oral Surgery
Units: 2 Introduction to surgical dentistry,
armamentarium and procedures;
exodontics; infection; post operative care;
repair of bone and soft tissue; acute
injury; cysts, sinuses, nerve injury, biopsy.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 562a Clinic: Oral Surgery I
Units: 0 Supervised clinical experience
in health history, surgical evaluation,
extraction of teeth, and minor oral
surgery procedures. Includes special
case seminars. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 562b Clinic: Oral Surgery I
Units: 0 Supervised clinical experience
in health history, surgical evaluation,
extraction of teeth, and minor oral
surgery procedures. Includes special
case seminars. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 562c Clinic: Oral Surgery I
Units: 1 Supervised clinical experience
in health history, surgical evaluation,
extraction of teeth, and minor oral
surgery procedures. Includes special
case seminars. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SURG 563a Clinic: Oral Surgery II
Units: 0 Supervised clinical experience
in health history, surgical evaluation,
extraction of teeth, and minor oral
surgery procedures. Includes special
case seminars. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 563b Clinic: Oral Surgery II
Units: 0 Supervised clinical experience
in health history, surgical evaluation,
extraction of teeth, and minor oral
surgery procedures. Includes special
case seminars. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 563c Clinic: Oral Surgery II
Units: 1 Supervised clinical experience
in health history, surgical evaluation,
extraction of teeth, and minor oral
surgery procedures. Includes special
case seminars. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SURG 564a Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery
Units: 0 Observation of inpatient and
outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery,
participation in clinic care of patients with
dento-alveolar pathology, introduction to
management of medically compromised
patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 564b Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery
Units: 0 Observation of inpatient and
outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery,
participation in clinic care of patients with
dento-alveolar pathology, introduction to
management of medically compromised
patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 564c Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery
Units: 0 Observation of inpatient and
outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery,
participation in clinic care of patients with
dento-alveolar pathology, introduction to
management of medically compromised
patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 564d Clinic: Hospital Oral Surgery
Units: 1 Observation of inpatient and
outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery,
participation in clinic care of patients with
dento-alveolar pathology, introduction to
management of medically compromised
patient. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SURG 611a Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery
Units: 0 More advanced instruction in
oral and maxillofacial surgery and related
diseases as appropriate to the practice
of general dentistry; extensive clinical
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 611b Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery
Units: 0 More advanced instruction in
oral and maxillofacial surgery and related
diseases as appropriate to the practice
of general dentistry; extensive clinical
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade
SURG 611c Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery
Units: 4 More advanced instruction in
oral and maxillofacial surgery and related
diseases as appropriate to the practice
of general dentistry; extensive clinical
experience. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SURG 701a Seminar: Advanced Oral
Surgery
Units: 2 Problems in advanced oral surgery
and hospital oral surgery including student
presentations and critique of clinical cases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 701b Seminar: Advanced Oral
Surgery
Units: 2 Problems in advanced oral surgery
and hospital oral surgery including student
presentations and critique of clinical cases.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 702a Seminar: Review of the Oral
Surgery Literature
Units: 2 Critical analysis of recent oral
surgery and other related literature.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 702b Seminar: Review of the Oral
Surgery Literature
Units: 2 Critical analysis of recent oral
surgery and other related literature. Grading
Option: Letter
SURG 708a Orthognathic Surgery
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Surgical
planning and treatment of patients with
skeletal deformities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SURG 708b Orthognathic Surgery
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Surgical
planning and treatment of patients with
skeletal deformities. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SURG 721 Surgical Anatomy
Units: 2 Intensive review of anatomy
relevant to the practice of oral surgery.
Includes dissections and animal surgery.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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SURG 761a Clinic: Advanced Oral
Surgery
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical evaluation and surgical treatment of
dento-alveolar disease in out-patient clinic.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 761b Clinic: Advanced Oral
Surgery
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical evaluation and surgical treatment of
dento-alveolar disease in out-patient clinic.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 761c Clinic: Advanced Oral
Surgery
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical evaluation and surgical treatment of
dento-alveolar disease in out-patient clinic.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 761d Clinic: Advanced Oral
Surgery
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Clinical evaluation and surgical treatment of
dento-alveolar disease in out-patient clinic.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SURG 763a Clinic: Advanced Hospital
Oral Surgery and Anesthesia
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Surgical treatment of patients and service
in medical anesthesia at the LAC+USC
Medical Center. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SURG 763b Clinic: Advanced Hospital
Oral Surgery and Anesthesia
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Surgical treatment of patients and service
in medical anesthesia at the LAC+USC
Medical Center. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SURG 763c Clinic: Advanced Hospital
Oral Surgery and Anesthesia
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Surgical treatment of patients and service
in medical anesthesia at the LAC+USC
Medical Center. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SURG 763d Clinic: Advanced Hospital
Oral Surgery and Anesthesia
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 each
Surgical treatment of patients and service
in medical anesthesia at the LAC+USC
Medical Center. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Gender and Sexuality Studies
SWMS 105g Identity Development of the
Contemporary Female
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of identity development in terms of
social, political, and cultural constructs;
examination of collegiate athletics and the
contributions of women of color. Satisfies
New General Education in Category C:
Social Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 106g Identity Development of the
Contemporary Male
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of identity development in terms of
social, political and cultural constructs;
examination of collegiate athletics and the
contributions of men of color. Satisfies New
General Education in Category C: Social
Analysis Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of
Gender
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Multidisciplinary survey of gender
assumptions in relation to sexuality, mental
health, social and political relations, and
artistic expression. Satisfies New General
Education in Category C: Social Analysis
Satisfies Global Perspective in Category
G: Citizenship in a Diverse World Satisfies
Old General Education in Category VI:
Social Issues Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Discussion Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as POSC 210, PSYC 210
SWMS 212gp Introduction to Gender and
Sexuality: American Perspectives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Examination
of how gender and sexuality have been
constructed, experienced and legislated.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category H:
Traditions and Historical Foundations
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 215gw Introduction to Gender
and Sexuality: International Perspectives
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa History and
theory of global feminist movements; case
studies in bodily autonomy; labor rights;
gender justice. Satisfies New General
Education in Category B: Humanistic
Inquiry Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse
World Satisfies Old General Education
in Category VI: Social Issues Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Discussion Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 219gp Introduction to Feminist
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Emergence of
feminist thought from the Enlightenment
to the present; historical development
of female subjectivity; advancement of
women's rights; feminisms from alternative
ideological perspectives. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Duplicates Credit
in former SWMS 301 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 221g Introduction to Queer
Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Genealogies of
queer theory, from psychoanalytic theories
to feminism and post-structuralism; evolving
concepts of gender; relation to social
justice, resistance and power. Satisfies
New General Education in Category B:
Humanistic Inquiry Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 227gp Death and Gender in
Urban Contexts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Experiential
course examining how beliefs about
mortality are produced by history, gender,
culture, and context; how the handling
of death shapes urban society. Satisfies
New General Education in Category
B: Humanistic Inquiry Satisfies Global
Perspective in Category H: Traditions and
Historical Foundations Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 300 Women in Antiquity
Units: 4 (Enroll in CLAS 300)
SWMS 305 Childhood, Birth and
Reproduction
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 305)
SWMS 306 Contemporary Issues in
LGBTQ Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Interdisciplinary analysis of LGBTQ issues;
examination of the intersections of gender
and sexuality with social class, race,
religion and nationality. Prerequisite: SWMS
210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS 215gw
or SWMS 221g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 308 Advanced Gender Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Contemporary
debates and research in three areas:
health bodies, science technologies;
feminist/queer analytics in media and
representation; critical approaches to race,
culture and power. Prerequisite: (SWMS
210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS
215gw) and (SWMS 219gp or SWMS 221g)
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 310 Gender and Social Justice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the ways in which developments and
policies, including neoliberalism, the
carceral state, and economic precarity, are
connected and gendered. Prerequisite:
SWMS 210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS
215gw or SWMS 219gp or SWMS 221g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as SOCI 310
SWMS 311 Gender and Sexuality
Studies: Internship
Units: 2, 4, 8 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Intensive experience with gender-
focused community organizations; analysis
of relationships between organizations and
feminist and queer theory. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Dornsife College
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SWMS 316 Gender and Global Issues
Units: 4 (Enroll in IR 316)
SWMS 321 Gender and Judaism
Units: 4 (Enroll in JS 321)
SWMS 324 Women in Medieval and
Renaissance Europe
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 324)
SWMS 325 The Science of Sex
Differences: A Gender and Sexuality
Studies Approach
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Critical
examination of sex and gender in science
using a multidisciplinary gender and
sexuality studies approach. Prerequisite:
SWMS 210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS
215gw or SWMS 219gp or SWMS 221g
Duplicates Credit in former SWMS 225
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 330m Culture, Gender and
Politics in South Asia
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 330)
SWMS 335 Gender, Religion, and
Sexuality
Units: 4 (Enroll in REL 335)
SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Cross-cultural
notions of the body, health, and healing;
historic and cultural variability of ideas of
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1307
reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness
and disability. Prerequisite: SWMS 210 or
SWMS 212 or SWMS 212 or SWMS 219
or SWMS 221 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted as ANTH
336, SOCI 336
SWMS 337 The LGBTQ Revolution and
the Media
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Irregular (Enroll in
COMM 337)
SWMS 344m Sexual/Textual Diversity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
ENGL 344m)
SWMS 349 Women and the Law
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Discussion of
the relationship between women and the
law in light of feminist jurisprudence, U.S.
Supreme Court decisions and cross-cultural
perspectives. Prerequisite: SWMS 210gmw
or SWMS 212gp or SWMS 215gw or
SWMS 219gp or SWMS 221g Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Crosslisted as POSC 349
SWMS 350g Gender and Sexuality in
Renaissance Italy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in ITAL
350g)
SWMS 355 Transgender Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Analysis of
transgender behaviors, from androgyny and
transvestism to transexuality. Discussion
of changing laws, representations,
medical standards, and social attitudes
towards transgender and intersex people.
Prerequisite: SWMS 210gmw or SWMS
212gp or SWMS 215gw or SWMS 219gp
or SWMS 221g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 358 U.S. Gay and Lesbian History
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration of
shifting social organization and cultural
meanings of same-sex desire and cross-
gender behaviors in the U.S., primarily
during the 20th century. Prerequisite:
SWMS 210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS
221g Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter Crosslisted as HIST 358
SWMS 367 Gender and Creative Labor
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of contemporary labor issues from
feminist and gender studies perspectives.
Prerequisite: SWMS 210gmw or SWMS
212gp or SWMS 215gw or SWMS 219gp
or SWMS 221g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 370 Sex, Love, and Marriage:
An Introduction to Kinship
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in ANTH
370)
SWMS 372 Human Sexuality
Units: 4 (Enroll in PSYC 372)
SWMS 374gm Women Writers in Europe
and America
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll in COLT
374gm)
SWMS 375 Women and Gender in China:
Past and Present
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 375)
SWMS 378 Gender and Sexuality in
Literary Theory
Units: 4 (Enroll in COLT 377)
SWMS 380 Sex and Gender in
Anthropological Perspective
Units: 4 (Enroll in ANTH 380)
SWMS 381 Sex, Power, and Politics
Units: 4 (Enroll in POSC 381)
SWMS 383 French Women Writers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
FREN 383)
SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity
Units: 4 Interdisciplinary examination of
social, personal meanings of masculinity;
variety of male experience by social
class, race, sexuality and age; emerging
masculinities of the future. Prerequisite:
SWMS 210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS
215gw or SWMS 219gp or SWMS 221g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 385, SOCI 386
SWMS 389 Gender, Sexuality and Food
Cultures in the U.S.
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of food, eating, production, sustainability,
access, and culture from a multidisciplinary
perspective. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Supervised, individual
studies. No more than one registration
permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 392 Junior Seminar in Gender
and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Research
methods in gender and sexuality studies
scholarship; study of feminist, queer and
post-colonial epistemologies. Prerequisite:
SWMS 210 or SWMS 212 or SWMS 215 or
SWMS 219 or SWMS 221 or SWMS 308
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 395m Gender, Media and
Communication
Units: 4 (Enroll in COMM 395)
SWMS 402 Human Trafficking
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SOCI 402)
SWMS 410 Senior Seminar in Gender
and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Application of
gender and sexuality research methods
to individual student projects with an
emphasis on feminist, queer and post-
colonial scholarship. Prerequisite: SWMS
392 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
SWMS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media
Units: 4 Max Units: max 8 (Enroll in CTCS
412)
SWMS 425 Queer Los Angeles
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Interdisciplinary
study of queer Los Angeles through
examination of histories, memoirs, essays,
fiction, poetry, documentaries, narrative
films and local archives. Prerequisite:
SWMS 210gmw or SWMS 212gp or SWMS
215gw or SWMS 221g Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 430 Gender and Sexuality in
Korean Literature and Culture
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 430)
SWMS 434m Women and Aging:
Psychological, Social and Political
Implications
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm (Enroll in
GERO 435)
SWMS 435m Women in Society
Units: 4 (Enroll in SOCI 435)
SWMS 442m Women's Spaces in
History: "Hussies," "Harems," and
"Housewives"
Units: 4 (Enroll in ARCH 442)
SWMS 445 Studies in Gender and
Feminism
Units: 4 (Enroll in FREN 445)
SWMS 456 Women in International
Development
Units: 4 (Enroll in POSC 456)
SWMS 467 Gender and the News Media
Units: 4 (Enroll in JOUR 467)
SWMS 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Independent
research and readings. Credit Restriction:
Not available for graduate credit. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 492 Gender and Sexuality
Studies: Honors Thesis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Writing of the
honors thesis; for students in the Gender
and Sexuality Studies Honors Program.
Recommended Preparation: SWMS 410
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Gender and Sexuality Studies majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Study of a
selected problem, period, or theme through
interdisciplinary approaches. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 504 Theories of Race, Class and
Gender
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm (Enroll in ENGL 504)
SWMS 516 Seminar: Feminist Theory
and Communication
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: Sp (Enroll
in COMM 516)
SWMS 553 Race, Gender and Sexuality
Units: 4 (Enroll in AMST 553)
SWMS 554 Women in Global Perspective
Units: 4 Women and immigration,
employment, and household and family
relations in the context of the global
economy; women's social and political
movements in diverse cultural contexts.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ANTH 554, POIR 554,
SOCI 554
SWMS 556 Seminar on Women and the
Family in China
Units: 4 (Enroll in EALC 556)
SWMS 560 Feminist Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm History
of feminist theory and major perspectives
of current feminist theory: liberal feminism,
socialist/Marxist feminism, radical feminism,
psychological feminism, spiritual feminism,
and ecological feminism. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter Crosslisted
as EDHP 560, POIR 560, SOCI 560
SWMS 567 Body, Power and Politics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
AMST 567)
SWMS 588 Seminar in Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Units: 4 Interdisciplinary cross-cultural,
historical, psychological, sociological, and
contemporary political perspectives on
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female and male homosexual eroticism,
and the emergence of gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender identities.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
SWMS 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree in cognate fields.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
SWMS 593 Practicum in Teaching
Gender Studies
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Basic principles
of gender studies pedagogy, emphasizing
practical applications and the importance of
career-long skill development. Required for
first-semester teaching assistants in gender
studies. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
SWMS 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Seminar in
selected topics relating to gender and
feminism. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 610 Research and Proposal
Writing in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Foundations of
designing a dissertation research project
in gender and sexuality studies; guidance
with preparation of dissertation research
proposal. Registration Restriction: Open
only to doctoral students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
SWMS 621 Gender Discrimination
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll
in LAW 621)
SWMS 623 Family Law
Units: 3 or 4 (Enroll in LAW 623)
SWMS 630 Studies in Gender
Units: 4 Max Units: max 12 (Enroll in ENGL
630)
SWMS 640 Sociology of Gender and
Sexuality
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp (Enroll in
SOCI 640)
SWMS 642 Sex and Gender in Society
Units: 4 (Enroll in SOCI 642)
Dramatic Arts
THTR 101 Introduction to Acting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of
diverse genres and disciplines of acting;
fundamental techniques necessary
for performance; scene study from
contemporary text. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 105 Introduction to Screen Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction to
the theoretical and foundational practices,
techniques and strategies specific to screen
acting in relation to the basic dynamics of
acting for the stage. Prerequisite: THTR
252a or THTR 120aL Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 115a Movement I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic training
for the actor's body for expression and
communication. Awareness and control
through mind-body techniques. Corequisite:
THTR 120a and THTR 140a Registration
Restriction: Open only to Dramatic Arts
Students Duplicates Credit in former THTR
115 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 115b Movement I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Basic training
for the actor's body for expression
and communication. Awareness and
control through mind-body techniques.
Prerequisite: THTR 115a Concurrent
Enrollment: THTR 120b and THTR 140b
Duplicates Credit in former THTR 115
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 120aL Acting I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Basic principles
and techniques of acting through theatre
games and improvisation. Introduction to
contemporary texts, basic characterization
and cold reading techniques. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Required Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 120b Acting I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Basic principles
and techniques of acting through theatre
games and improvisation. Introduction to
contemporary texts, basic characterization
and cold reading techniques. Prerequisite:
THTR 120a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 121ax Fundamentals of Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The elements
of the actor's imaginative skills. Credit
Restriction: Not available for credit to
theatre majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 121bx Fundamentals of Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 121a. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to theatre majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 122 Improvisation and Theatre
Games
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Individual and group exercise to free
the actor physically and emotionally and
to stimulate creativity, imagination, and
self-expression. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 124ax Character Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Concentration
of imaginative processes which develop the
individual characteristics of a dramatic role.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to
theatre majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 124bx Character Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 124a. Credit Restriction: Not
available for credit to theatre majors.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 125 Text Studies for Production
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Focuses on the
questions, artistic choices, methodologies,
and approaches of an actor/director/
designer in the preparation of a production
score prior to rehearsal. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 130 Introduction to Theatrical
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the nonperformance areas of theatrical
production (administrative, design,
and technical fields) through hands-on
participation in USC productions. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 131a Advanced Theatrical
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
understanding of non-performance areas
of theatrical production (administrative,
design, and technical fields) through
hands-on participation in USC productions.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 131b Advanced Theatrical
Production
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
understanding of non-performance areas
of theatrical production (administrative,
design, and technical fields) through
hands-on participation in USC productions.
Prerequisite: THTR 131a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 132a Art of Theatrical Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A guided
student exploration of the fundamentals
of applied design elements and their use
as creative tools in the design process.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 132b Art of Theatrical Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of the artistic process and theatrical design
vocabulary of the individual within the
environment of collaborative storytelling.
Prerequisite: THTR 132a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 140a Voice I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Physiological
mechanism of voice: breath control,
phonation, resonance, articulation of
language for the stage; expressive use of
stress, intonation and rhythm. Corequisite:
THTR 115a and THTR 120a Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 140b Voice I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Physiological
mechanism of voice: breath control,
phonation, resonance, articulation of
language for the stage; expressive use of
stress, intonation and rhythm. Corequisite:
THTR 120b. Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 141 Beginning Voice
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Physiological
mechanism of voice: breath control,
phonation, resonance, articulation of
language for the stage; expressive use of
stress, intonation and rhythm. Duplicates
Credit in THTR 140ab Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 152 Introduction to Scene Study:
Contemporary Plays
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Application
and consolidation of the skills, knowledge
and techniques acquired in the study
of fundamentals of acting encountered
in THTR 101. Prerequisite: THTR 101
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 194g Women and Performance
Units: 4 A wide-ranging look at women
in the performing arts both now and
historically. Examination of how sex and
gender, race and racism, ageism have
affected how women have been perceived
and treated in the arts. Satisfies New
General Education in Category A: The Arts
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1309
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 195g Theatre on Film
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the theatre and its relationship to society
through major plays in film versions.
Separate screenings to be arranged.
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 196g Shakespeare on Film
Units: 4 Introduction to the formalized
plays of William Shakespeare as texts for
performance through reading, viewing and
analysis of selected plays in textual and film
versions. Satisfies New General Education
in Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 197g Comedy and Performance
Units: 4 Comedy and Performance traces
the history of comedy in performance from
its earliest incarnations to the present
day. Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 202 The Fundamentals of Comedy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the fundamental elements of comedy
and how to apply those elements to
create short, original pieces of comedy in
performance and writing. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 213 Corset Construction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Design and
construct period corsets, along with the
materials and terminology needed to sew
(machine and hand) corsets. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 214a The Actor's Instrument:
Voice and Body
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A
comprehensive exploration of voice, speech
and acting to strengthen the actor's physical
instrument. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Dramatic Arts students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 214b The Actor's Instrument:
Voice and Body
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A
comprehensive exploration of voice, speech
and acting to strengthen the actor's physical
instrument. Prerequisite: THTR 214a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 215a Movement II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Training of the
actor's body with focus on development of
precision and strength. Prerequisite: THTR
115; Corequisite: THTR 220a, THTR 240a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 215b Movement II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Training of the
actor's body with focus on mask work for
the development of precision, strength and
expressiveness. Prerequisite: THTR 215a;
Corequisite: THTR 220b, THTR 240b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 216 Movement for Actors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Training
and practice in the coordination of the
physical apparatus of the actor utilizing
various movement techniques through
improvisation. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 220a Intermediate Acting I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuing
development of imagination leading to an
increased range of dramatic expression
through the formalized text of William
Shakespeare. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 220b Intermediate Acting I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuing
development of imagination leading to an
increased range of dramatic expression
through the formalized text of William
Shakespeare. Prerequisite: THTR 220a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 222 Stage Make-up
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Principles of
stage make-up materials and skills allowing
the actors to enhance their features and
techniques for moderate and extreme
aging, injuries, and character roles.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 225g Theatre Across History and
Cultures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp The analysis
of a range of plays from different times and
cultures with a consideration of the roles
of actor, director, dramaturg and designer.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 125
Satisfies New General Education in
Category A: The Arts Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Discussion Grading Option: Letter
THTR 230 Communicating Theatrical
Design Concepts
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp The
visualization and communication of design
ideas through free-hand and mechanical
drawing, including orthographics,
isometrics, perspective, shades and
shadows, plans, sections and elevations.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 231 Costume Construction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
survey, theory and practice in construction
of costume. Duplicates Credit in former
THTR 231ab Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 232 Stage Lighting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and practice of theatrical lighting design
including electricity, radiant energy,
refraction, reflection, absorption, chromatic
variation and electronic controls. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 233 Historic Costumes for the
Theatre
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
survey, theory and practice of the use of
costume in theatrical production; emphasis
on period and style. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 236 Stage Sound
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
audio engineering science, how sound is
measured, basic transducers and signal
flow. Operation of recording and playback
equipment used in theatrical sound design/
mixing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 240a Voice II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of the voice using material which explores
the techniques of Shakespeare and his
contemporaries. Prerequisite: THTR 140b;
Corequisite: THTR 215a, THTR 220a.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 240b Voice II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of the voice using material which explores
the techniques of Shakespeare and his
contemporaries. Prerequisite: THTR 140b;
Corequisite: THTR 215b, THTR 220b.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 241 Methods and Materials
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Cutting-edge
and traditional methods and materials
that enhance both the planning stages
and realization of the theatrical design.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 250 Camera and Improvisation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Understanding on-camera acting and
improvisation by creating original material
both in front and behind the camera.
Prerequisite: THTR 220a or THTR 252a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 252a Intermediate Acting I:
Drama/Comedy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Polishing
the actor's skills through analysis and
performance applied to the arc of a
character. Prerequisite: THTR 101
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 252b Intermediate Acting I:
Drama/Comedy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Polishing
the actor's skills through analysis and
performance applied to the arc of a
character. Prerequisite: THTR 252a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 290 Introduction to Medical
Clowning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
art of clowning in hospitals for the purpose
of improving the well-being of those in
need. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 295 Theatre in Los Angeles
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Current state
of American theatre, through a study of
acting, playwriting, criticism, stage design,
lighting, and dramatic styles. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 301 Greek and Roman Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Examines the
function of theatre, production and acting
conventions, and the drama of classical
Greece and Rome. Recommended
Preparation: THTR 125, THTR 201.
Duplicates Credit in former THTR 213.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp The plays and
theatre of Shakespeare, the influences
on his work and his contemporary world.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 201,
THTR 210, THTR 211. Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 214. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 303 Projection Design I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
of the projection design process,
equipment, multi-media, digital technology
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concepts and related documentation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 304 Advanced Medical Clowning
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the practice of bringing clowns into places
of healing (hospitals, trauma sites, etc.)
for the purpose of improving the physical
and mental well-being of those in need.
Prerequisite: THTR 290 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 305a Directing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of basic directorial principles. Pre-
production analysis and rehearsal
procedures; relationship of the director to
actor; integration of technical aspects of
production. Recommended Preparation:
THTR 101 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 305b Directing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of basic directorial principles. Pre-
production analysis and rehearsal
procedures; relationship of the director
to actor; integration of technical aspects
of production. Prerequisite: THTR 305a
before b. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 306 Audio-Drama
Units: 2.0 Develop a basic understanding
of the skills required to effectively develop,
create, record, edit and market an audio
drama. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 307 Comedy in LA
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Experiential
and discussion-based; examines
Los Angeles-based live comedy as it
continues to evolve, both through text and
performance. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 308 Programming for Lighting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Strategies
and principles in computerized
programming for theatrical lighting,
emphasizing its applied use in creating
kinetic, responsive environments.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 309 Dramaturgy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to dramaturgy and the many functions
it serves in the theatre. Focus on basic
dramatic theories behind dramaturgy and
its applications. Prerequisite: THTR 125
and THTR 225g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 310 Comedy and Diversity
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Issues of
diversity are central to the societal function
of comedy. Students will explore the
techniques, structures and performance
of sitcoms, sketch comedy and stand-up.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 125
and THTR 225 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 312 LGBTQ Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
range and genealogy of LGBTQ theatre
and performance across political, historical,
and theatrical contexts. Prerequisite: THTR
225 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 313 Comedy of Manners
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Study of the
development of Comedy of Manners, with
primary focus on Restoration Comedy
of Manners. Prerequisite: THTR 225g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern
Drama
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp 20th century
realism and the avant-garde. Prerequisite:
THTR 225g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 315a Physical Theatre I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Actor training
anchored by rigorous physical movements.
Activities include comedy, clowning,
juggling, and mask work. Registration
Restriction: Open to BFA Acting majors
only. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 315b Physical Theatre I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Actor training
anchored by rigorous physical movements.
Activities include comedy, clowning,
juggling, and mask work. Registration
Restriction: Open to BFA Acting majors
only. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 316 Advanced Movement for
Actors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
physical training for the B.A. actor utilizing
various movement techniques through
improvisation. Prerequisite: THTR 216.
Registration Restriction: For Theatre
students only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 317 Theatre Clown
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to techniques of clown performance and
key techniques including complicite, play,
looks and drops. Prerequisite: THTR 101
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 318 Creating the Hit Podcast
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Develops
the ability to create a podcast. Focuses
on skills to produce, perform, market and
monetize a podcast across a variety of
genres. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 320a Intermediate Acting II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Further
development of range and breadth of
performance skills with emphasis on
texts of heightened language and style.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 320b Intermediate Acting II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Further
development of range and breadth of
performance skills with emphasis on
texts of heightened language and style.
Prerequisite: THTR 320a Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 322 Improv 2: Advanced Improv
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An in depth
study of improvised comedy scene work.
An exploration of the primary tools and
structure for creating improvised scenes
and developing characters for stage and
screen. Prerequisite: THTR 101 or THTR
122 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 330 Scene Design I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Historical styles,
methods, and dramatic analysis for scene
design as applied in contemporary practice.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 130
or THTR 131b Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 331 Costume Design I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Historical styles,
methods, and dramatic analysis in costume
design as applied in contemporary practice.
Execution of costume designs for assigned
works. Recommended Preparation: THTR
231 Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 332 Lighting Design I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Historical
styles, methods and dramatic analysis in
lighting design as applied in contemporary
practice. Recommended Preparation:
THTR 130 or THTR 131b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 333 Stage Management I
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Basic skills,
including assembly of prompt book,
blocking notation, and organizational
and communication procedures applied
in theatre production. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 335 Scenic Construction
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Technology,
organization, and operation of the theatrical
scene shop centered around the proper and
safe use of tools, the choosing of materials,
and methods of construction. Duplicates
Credit in former THTR 131. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 336 Introduction to Sound Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp The art and
techniques of theatrical sound design.
The use of music and ambient sound in
theatrical presentations. Design elements
as metaphor. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 339a The Actor's Instrument:
Voice and Body II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Continued
training in the areas of breath awareness,
physical awareness, voice, speech work
and movement training. Prerequisite: THTR
214b Registration Restriction: Open only
to the School of Dramatic Arts Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 339b The Actor's Instrument:
Voice and Body II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Continued
training in the areas of breath awareness,
physical awareness, voice, speech work
and movement training. Prerequisite: THTR
339a Registration Restriction: Open only to
Dramatic Arts students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 340a Intermediate Voice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Extended
development of vocal freedom and
range, acquisition of articulate speech.
Enhancement of vocal power and
resonance, techniques for performing with
a dialect. Concurrent Enrollment: THTR
315a, THTR 315b, THTR 320a, THTR
320b. Registration Restriction: Open to
BFA Acting majors only. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 340b Intermediate Voice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Extended
development of vocal freedom and
range, acquisition of articulate speech.
Enhancement of vocal power and
resonance, techniques for performing with
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a dialect. Concurrent Enrollment: THTR
315a, THTR 315b , THTR 320a, THTR
320b. Registration Restriction: Open to
BFA Acting majors only. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 341x Voice for the Non-Theatre
Major
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Designed for
the non-theatre major focusing on the
range, color, texture, and projection of
the human voice in a variety of situations.
Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to
theatre majors. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 342a Basic Voice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the individual voice centering on
resonance, tone, flexibility, and support
through dramatic selections for transmitting
meaning and emotion of character.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 342b Basic Voice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 342a. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 343 Musical Theatre Audition
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Designed
to give students confidence and integrity
for auditions in musical theatre. Choosing
appropriate material and preparation for
the audition and performance. Audition
required. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 352a Intermediate Acting II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Building
and sustaining character with special
focus on stylized realism, subtext and
heightened language. Multi-cultural text and
methodologies. Prerequisite: THTR 252b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 352b Intermediate Acting II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Building
and sustaining character with special
focus on stylized realism, subtext and
heightened language. Multi-cultural text and
methodologies. Prerequisite: THTR 352a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 354 Acting Shakespeare
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Basic
approach to the acting and analysis of
the highly formalized texts of William
Shakespeare. Prerequisite: THTR 101
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 355 Acting for Sitcoms
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Provide
an understanding as to how to work in
half-hour television and streaming media.
Prerequisite: THTR 252b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 365 Playwriting I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Essential
elements of playwriting through weekly
assignments, students' initiative, occasional
productions of scenes, and extensive
classroom analysis. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 366 Playwriting II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of the work begun in THTR 365.
Prerequisite: THTR 365. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 380 Immersive Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp History,
principles and practice of Immersive
Theatre, one of the most important
contemporary movements in the field.
Prerequisite: THTR 225 and THTR 252b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 390 Special Problems
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSp
Supervised, individual studies. No more
than one registration permitted. Enrollment
by petition only. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 395m Drama as Human Relations
Units: 4 A focus on American ethnic and
multicultural diversity from the perspectives
of gender, race, and myth as revealed in
plays, film, and other performance media.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 396 God, Drama and
Entertainment
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of money, power, sex and love
in relation to secular and spiritual values
represented by contemporary theatre
media. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 397 Theatre Practicum
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Substantive participation
in productions sponsored by the school and
supervised by the faculty. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 400 Eco-Theatre: Art and Science
in Contemporary Plays
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
theatre artists' responses to the growing
environmental crisis and provides a
model for the intersection of theatre and
other disciplines. Prerequisite: THTR 225
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 401 Contemporary Theatre in a
Changing World
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the bold approaches that characterize the
best of contemporary theatre, as well as
the artists who are groundbreakers in a
changing world. Prerequisite: THTR 225g
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 402 Projection Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Projection
design process, software, equipment, multi-
media and digital technology concepts, and
related documentation. Prerequisite: THTR
131b and THTR 132a and THTR 132b
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 403 The Performing Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
interdisciplinary inquiry into the aesthetics
of the performing arts. Examines a dramatic
classic and its adaptation into musical
theatre, opera, ballet, and film. Duplicates
Credit in the former THTR 303. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 404 Acting Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of the theoretical foundations of acting as
an art form through the reading of primary
historical texts. Prerequisite: THTR 101
and THTR 125 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 405m Performing Identities
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp This course
explores the live performance medium as
a creative means of social redress and
personal expression. Duplicates Credit in
the former THTR 393m. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 406 Theatre on the Edge
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp An
exploration of the art of theatre at the edge
of possibilities. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 407a Drawing and Rendering for
the Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Drawing
and rendering techniques appropriate for
theatre designers. Drawing and drawing
theory. Duplicates Credit in former FA
407ab. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 407b Drawing and Rendering for
the Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Drawing
and rendering techniques appropriate for
theatre designers. Drawing and rendering.
Duplicates Credit in former FA 407ab.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 408a Dialects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
study of standard American stage dialect
using the international phonetic alphabet.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 408b Dialects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm The
study of accents and regional dialects.
Prerequisite: THTR 408a. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 409 Advanced Drafting:
Vectorworks
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp An exploration
of computer aided drafting (CAD) software,
including drafting standards as achieved
with Vectorworks and related software.
Recommended Preparation: LRI Designs
Vectorworks Tutorials Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 410 The Digital Actor
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Empowers
the student to forge a career in acting by
managing and utilizing the many facets of
social and digital media. Prerequisite: THTR
252a and THTR 252b Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 411 The Business of Acting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Develops the
student's ability to connect and combine
managerial, economic and business-related
skills with the craft and career of acting.
Prerequisite: THTR 252a and THTR 252b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 412 Performing Content
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Introductory
skills for the creation and realization of
performance on camera. Prerequisite:
THTR 480a Registration Restriction: Not
open to Freshmen Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 413 Writing Your Own Material
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Develop
and write one of a range of comic forms
learning the discipline, structure necessary
in a longer narrative piece. Prerequisite:
THTR 470 or THTR 474 or THTR 479 or
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THTR 482 or THTR 483 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 414 Secrets of Storytelling
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Development
of a thorough understanding of story -
medium and genre - through script analysis,
as they pertain to the practical demands
of a working entertainment professional.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 415 Physical Theatre II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
Physical Acting focusing on principles
of verbal/non-verbal improvisation and
communication. Elements of textual
analysis, including development of
character mask and of the ensemble.
Prerequisite: THTR 315b Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 415ab Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 416 Creating Content for the Actor
Units: 2.0 Terms Offered: FaSp
Development of skills to create content
for stage and screen. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 417 Stage Combat
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction to
safe and effective portrayals of violence for
the stage. Training and practice of unarmed
stage combat skills. Recommended
Preparation: THTR 216. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 419 Alexander Technique for
Performers
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Training and
practice in the work of F.M. Alexander.
A clear and systematic look into the
underlying principles that govern human
movement. Prerequisite: THTR 101
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 420 Senior Project
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Contemporary
material from plays and screenplays with
an emphasis on individual challenges and
problems. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Theatre (Acting) majors Duplicates
Credit in former THTR 420ab Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 421 Public Speaking as
Performance: A Course for Non-Actors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Public
speaking approached as performance,
using acting techniques to communicate
with confidence, clarity and charisma.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 422 Improv 3: Long Form
Improvisation
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Emphasis on Full Length Improvised
Performances including the styles of
various playwrights, genres of films, "the
Harold," improvised plays and musicals.
Building on the groundwork of THTR
122 Improvisation and Theatre Games
and THTR 322 Improv 2, students apply
the techniques to long form unscripted
performances. Prerequisite: THTR 122 and
THTR 322 Recommended Preparation:
THTR 101 and THTR 483 and THTR 470
Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 423 Magic
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The dramatic
art of making an audience believe
something is impossible. The history and
performance of magic including illusion,
mentalism, vanishing, coin and card tricks.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 424 Creator as Entrepreneur
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
the tools required to forge a career as a
contemporary creator, with an emphasis
on producing and monetizing new work
through modern platforms. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 425 Dynamics of Technical
Theatre
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
technical direction topics involving
the technical analysis and design of
moving scenery and theatrical systems.
Prerequisite: THTR 438 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 426 Being on Screen: A Class for
Presenters, Hosts, and Others
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of on-camera skills required for presenters,
hosts, athletes, public speakers, and others
whose careers will include on-screen
appearances. Registration Restriction: Not
open to Theatre majors Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 427 Audition Technique for Film,
Television and New Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Develop
on-camera auditioning skills for actors
at a professional level in a variety of
film, television and new media venues.
Prerequisite: THTR 252b or THTR 320b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 430 Stage Management II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Application of
stage management procedures required
in the professional theatre. Prerequisite:
THTR 333. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 431 Seminar in Theatre Design
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Research
into the application of contemporary topics
relevant to theatrical design within the
diverse cultural environment of the greater
Los Angeles area. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 432a Scene Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 330. Evolution of scene design
through analysis of script, environmental
factors, and styles. Prerequisite: THTR 330.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 432b Scene Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 330. Evolution of scene design
through analysis of script, environmental
factors, and styles. Prerequisite: THTR 330.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 433a Costume Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Evolution
of costume design through analysis of
script, environmental factors, and styles.
Prerequisite: THTR 331. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 433b Costume Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Evolution
of costume design through analysis of
script, environmental factors, and styles.
Prerequisite: THTR 331. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 434a Lighting Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 332. Evolution of lighting design
through analysis of script, environmental
factors and styles. Prerequisite: THTR 332
and (THTR 409 or THTR 435) Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 434b Lighting Design II
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Continuation
of THTR 332. Evolution of lighting design
through analysis of script, environmental
factors, and styles. Prerequisite: THTR 332.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting
Units: 3 Drafting style and complex
graphic communication. Emphasis on
creating professional plates, developing
an individual style and graphic problem
solving. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 436 Sound for Theatre
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction to
electronic sound and sound reinforcement,
including basic equipment, recording,
editing, and show operation. Prerequisite:
THTR 236 or THTR 336 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 437 Scene Painting
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Techniques,
materials, and equipment of the scenic
artist, including both historic and modern
methods. Recommended Preparation: paint
and drawing experience. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 438 Technical Theatre
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of technical theatre. Emphasis
is on technical problem solving and
graphic solutions to technical theatre.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 335
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 439 Stage Properties
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Organization,
management, and construction of
properties for the theatre. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 440 Advanced Voice: Voice-Over
Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Continuation of
exercises related to the individual student
for the stage including voice-over acting
work. Prerequisite: THTR 340b Duplicates
Credit in former THTR 440a Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 441 Advanced Sound Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Advanced
exploration of theatrical sound design
theory and related technology; creative
uses of music, sound effects, and audio
equipment in modern theatres. Prerequisite:
THTR 436. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 442 Voice-over Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Acting
techniques, recording studio technology
and editing for the field of voice acting
and voice-overs. Prerequisite: THTR 252a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
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THTR 443 Production Management
Units: 4 The context and scope of work
done by a Theatrical Production Manager.
Students will learn about different types
of theatrical organizations and how they
are structured. Prerequisite: THTR 333;
Recommended Preparation: two units
of THTR 397. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 444 Applied Voice: Speech and
Text
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Intensive study
of speech and voice regarding text, context,
environment, dynamics, range, and accent.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 342a,
THTR 342b. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 445 Developing Your Speaking
Voice
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development of resonance, range and
clarity. Examination of posture and
breathwork and how it relates to healthy
voicing. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 450 Acting on Camera for Network
and Cable TV
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Practical
application of acting before a camera
working on television scenes, both network
and cable, directed by School of Cinematic
Arts BFA student directors, supervised
by both Cinematic Arts and Dramatic Arts
Faculty. Prerequisite: THTR 320b or THTR
352a Registration Restriction: Open only to
seniors Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 452 Advanced Acting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Focus on
advanced acting, theatrical interdisciplinary
storytelling styles explored in epic theatre.
Prerequisite: THTR 352b Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 452a and former THTR
452b Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 453 Taking it on the Road and
Beyond
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Specific
instruction to prepare Stage Managers
for the rigors and processes of Touring
and Opera productions as well as other
non-theatrical team-based collaborations in
entertainment. Prerequisite: THTR 333 and
THTR 430 and THTR 443 Recommended
Preparation: 2 units of THTR 397
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 454 Acting Shakespeare II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A continuation
and deeper investigation of the analysis
and performance of the highly formalized
texts of William Shakespeare. Prerequisite:
THTR 354 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 455 Devised Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Collaboration
in the creation of short performance pieces,
devised through a process of observation,
research, writing, critical thinking and
improvisation to engage contemporary
innovations. Registration Restriction: Open
only to Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 456 Latinx Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores the
range and genealogy of Latinx theatre and
performance from its origins in the last fifty
years to the present. Prerequisite: THTR
225 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 457 Film Acting Practicum
Units: 4.0 Terms Offered: FaSp Creating
a visual narrative story. Gaining a basic
understanding of both the visual and
technical components of story telling.
Prerequisite: THTR 420 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 458 Visiting Artist Workshop
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp A workshop course taught by the
visiting artist holding the George Burns
chair. Course topics will be determined by
the instructor. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 459 Songwriting for the Musical
Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Structure,
character and intention in songwriting for
the musical theatre. Writing for the voice
and examination of how form follows
content. Portfolio submission required.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 460 Asian and Asian American
Theatre: Identity and Aesthetics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Explores
Asian and Asian American theatre, from the
historical to the contemporary, with an aim
toward understanding issues of aesthetics,
acculturation, and identity. Prerequisite:
THTR 225g Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 464 An Actor's Reel
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Using original
and existing scripted material for film,
television and new media students will act,
film and edit scenes to form a professional
performance reel. Prerequisite: THTR 352a
or THTR 320a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 465 Playwriting III
Units: 4 Analysis of a full-length play or
its equivalent with continued production
opportunity. Prerequisite: THTR 366.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 466 Playwriting IV
Units: 4 Continuation of the work begun
in THTR 465. Prerequisite: THTR 465.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 467 Going Viral: Performance for
New Media
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A writing and
performance course (partially online) for
new media. Students will learn to create
original short form and web series content
for new media including YouTube, Funny or
Die, Periscope and other Internet platforms.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 468 Theatre in Education
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Exploration
of the theory and practice of theatre arts
in the learning environment. Design and
implement projects to support elementary
and secondary education. Recommended
Preparation: THTR 201, EDUC 200.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 469 Satire and Parody in
Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey of
the history and implementation of American
satire and parody in performance from
Mark Twain to Jon Stewart and beyond.
Building on the past, students will learn the
structures and techniques for parodying and
satirizing the contemporary world through
writing and performance. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 470 Sketch Comedy for Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp A writing-
performance workshop in which the
students create, rehearse and perform
original sketch comedy material. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 471 Industry Landscape
Units: 4 Designed to provide the graduating
students with opportunity to select, prepare
and perform for agents, directors and
producers in film, television and theatre.
Also includes the study of the business of
acting. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 472 Professional Preparation for
Actors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Introduction
to the skills, knowledge, and promotional
materials that will enable the student to
manage an independent career in the
performing arts. Prerequisite: THTR 252b
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 473 Sketch Comedy in
Performance
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A workshop in
the techniques of performing humorous
sketches, in collaboration with writers,
directors, and technicians in the
production of a live sketch comedy show.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 101,
THTR 122, THTR 470. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 474 Introduction to Stand Up
Comedy
Units: 2 An introduction to the discipline of
conceiving, writing, and creating original
Stand Up Comedy routines. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 475 Acting on Camera:
The Collaborative Process
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Acting students will learn to develop on-
camera acting skills and to collaborate with
student directors and cinematographers
from the School of Cinematic Arts.
Prerequisite: THTR 252b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 476mw African American Theatre,
Dance, and Performance
Units: 4 A survey of African American
theatre and cultural performance traditions
as a reflection of both African American
culture and American history. Satisfies
Global Perspective in Category G:
Citizenship in a Diverse World Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 477 Theatre and Therapy
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Explores theatre
as a healing art form. Techniques include
games, improv, playback theatre, Boal's
and Moreno's drama therapy, and Jungian
dream theatre to name a few. Work with
incarcerated youth, gay/lesbian/bi teens,
elderly, disabled and other populations.
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Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 478a Theatre for Youth
Units: 2 Theory and practice of youth
theatre, including development and
rehearsal of mainstage productions.
Emphasis on multicultural and bilingual
pieces. Enroll by audition or interview only.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 478b Theatre for Youth
Units: 2 Continuation of a, bringing
developed pieces into production for
regional K–12. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 479 Solo Performance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A writing-
performance workshop in which students
write, develop, and rehearse original,
autobiographical and character monologues
and perform them at the end of the
semester. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 480a Performance for Camera
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Structured
to address the dynamics of acting in relation
to film/television. Refining the students'
understanding of the similarities/differences
between acting on stage/film. Prerequisite:
THTR 252a or THTR 105 Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 480 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 480b Performance for Camera
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Continued
exploration of acting for film/television.
Furthering the student's understanding of
the similarities/differences between acting
on stage/film. Prerequisite: THTR 480a
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 481 From The Border to Broadway
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa An investigation
of the role that Latina/o plays and
performances have played in creating and
documenting a contemporary American
experience of the theatre. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 482 Stand Up 2: Becoming A Pro
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Interactive
performance and writing intensive focusing
on creating professional level comedy
material plus onstage performance
strategies. Prerequisite: THTR 474
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 483 Characters of Comedy
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An in depth
study of the performance of archetypal
characters of comedy focused on the
lineage from commedia to sit-com.
Students will create original characters
from archetypal forms and explore their
relationships in classic and contemporary
comedic performance. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 484 Acting in Television
Commercials
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSm An on-
camera, workshop-style introduction to
techniques, perspectives and theories
unique to performing in television
commercials. Recommended Preparation:
THTR 101 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 485 Advanced Solo Performance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An advanced
writing and performance workshop.
Students will write and rehearse an
extended personal monologue to be
presented at the end of the semester.
Prerequisite: THTR 479. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 486 Creating Characters
Units: 4 A writing workshop devoted to the
creation of living, breathing characters,
exploring a range of techniques designed
to develop authenticity. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 487 Promotion for the Performing
Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction and
overview of all aspects of marketing the arts
including both non-profit and commercial
organizations. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 488mw Theatre in the Community
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Research and
actively develop the theory of theatre as
a moving political, social, economic and
spiritual force of change within the local
community. Satisfies Global Perspective in
Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 489 Theatre Internship
Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Practical experience in the entertainment
industry. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 490x Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 12.0
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Individual research
and readings. Not available for graduate
credit. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 491 Theatre Organization and
Administration
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Budgets,
contracts, box-office procedures, public
relations; personnel and executive policies
of the school, community, and professional
theatre. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 493a Periods and Styles
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of the influence of historical and cultural
events on the evaluation of theatrical styles.
Classical to Jacobean. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 493b Periods and Styles
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A survey
of the influence of historical and cultural
events on the evaluation of theatrical styles.
Restoration to 20th century. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 494 Raising Money for the Arts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Overview
of fundraising techniques for non-profit
theatre including grantsmanship, board
development, direct mail soliciting, and
money raising activities and events.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 495 Experimental Theatre
Workshop I
Units: 4 Max Units: 08 Terms Offered: FaSp
Guidance and direction in the production
of new and experimental plays for a public
audience. By audition. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 496 Experimental Theatre
Workshop II
Units: 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Continuation of THTR 495.
Enrollment by audition only. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 497 Advanced Theatre Practicum
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSp Intensive participation in a production
sponsored by the school and supervised by
the faculty, to increase and develop artistic
growth. Prerequisite: THTR 397. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 498 Production Analysis and
Performance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Investigation
and analysis of the work of a major
dramatist and his milieu; production of one
of his plays. By audition. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 499 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Terms
Offered: FaSp Studies in selected areas of
theatre art. Intensive practice in role and
script interpretation and its psychological
relationship to the audience. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 500 Dramaturgical Perspectives
and Approaches
Units: 2 Max Units: 10.0 Investigates art
and craft of dramatic writing initiated/
completed in other MFA in Dramatic Writing
courses or that was submitted as a sample
for program entry. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 501 Poetry and Prose into Drama
Units: 4 Max Units: 12 Terms Offered:
Sp Plays for the stage shall be written
using public-domain poetry and prose
as inspiration and source material,
complemented with exploring poetry,
prose, and varied dramas as context for
the student writer. Students should be
well-versed in literature, and have written
in one or more genres. Recommended
Preparation: reading poetry and novels
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter Crosslisted as ENGL 563
THTR 504 The Art of Collaboration and
Ensemble
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp An
investigation of the role that collaboration
plays in making ensemble work. MFA
Actors will collaborate with MFA Dramatic
Writers in creating an ensemble company.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 505 Staging Community-based
Theatre
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the
theory and practice of staging community-
based popular theatre, including Theatre
of the Oppressed, street theatre, witness
theatre, agit-prop and festival theatre
events. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 506 Advanced Creating Characters
Units: 2 An advanced writing workshop that
focuses on continuing development of the
crafting of character, centering on depth,
breadth, dimensionality, and authenticity.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 507 Casting Director Workshop
Units: 2.0 Terms Offered: FaSp The
development and building of auditioning
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skills for film, television and new media
venues. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 510 Writing the Short Drama
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The art
and craft of dramatic writing. In particular
exploring its dimensions with regard to
character and story development in the
ten minute play. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 512 Studies in Dramatic Analysis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp A skill-based
workshop that uses a historical survey of
theatre texts to develop critical reading
skills along two different tracks: Acting and
Dramatic Writing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 513 Seminar in History of the
Theatre
Units: 4 Bibliography, historical evolution,
patterns, and techniques of the theatre from
primitive to modern times. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 515a Advanced Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exercises in movement for the use of the
body in relation to the stage. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 515b Advanced Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exercises in movement for the use of the
body in relation to the stage. Instruction
Mode: Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 515c Advanced Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exercises in movement for the use of the
body in relation to the stage. Includes
Viewpoints and Clown. Prerequisite: THTR
515b Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 515d Advanced Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exercises in movement for the use of the
body in relation to the stage including
a study of Viewpoints and Mask Work.
Prerequisite: THTR 515c Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 515e Advanced Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exercises in movement for the use of the
body in relation to the stage. Corequisite:
THTR 480, THTR 540e, THTR 555, THTR
575. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 515f Advanced Movement
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
exercises in movement for the use of the
body in relation to the stage. Corequisite:
THTR 520e, THTR 540f, THTR 597.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 516 Filmmaking for Actors
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
execution and breakdown of a film project
from ideation to completion. Registration
Restriction: Open only to USC School of
Dramatic Arts students Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 520a Advanced Acting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
training in acting skills; emphasis upon
individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 520b Advanced Acting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
training in acting skills including camera
work; emphasis upon individual needs.
Prerequisite: THTR 520a Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 520c Advanced Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
training in acting skills; emphasis upon
individual needs and solo performance.
Prerequisite: THTR 520b Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 520d Advanced Acting
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
training in acting skills; emphasis upon
individual needs. Instruction Mode: Lecture,
Lab Grading Option: Letter
THTR 520e Advanced Acting
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
training in acting skills; includes performing
for agents, directors and producers in film,
television and theatre. Prerequisite: THTR
520d Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 521 Engaging Community
Narratives
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Fa Provides training
for actor/artists who partner with non-actors
in community-based theatre projects.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 525 Seminar in Contemporary
Theatre
Units: 4 Terms Offered: SpSm Analysis of
trends, problems, and the work of major
figures in the contemporary theatre.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 526 Seminar in Dramatic Literature
Units: 4 Study and analysis of world drama
best representing changes in philosophies,
aesthetics, and tastes of audiences.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 527 Writing the Pacific Rim: Global
and Western Dramatic Writing
Units: 4 Writing dramatically, utilizing the
Pacific Rim and the Western United States
as cultural sites of knowledge and as
inspirations. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 528 Seminar in Dramatic Analysis
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Drama as a
living art; reading, analysis, and discussion
of plays which best illustrate principles of
effective playwriting. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 529a Textual Studies for
Performance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Close textual
reading of dramatic texts as a fundamental
tool for rehearsal and performance. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 529b Textual Studies for
Performance
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Close textual
reading of dramatic texts as a fundamental
tool for rehearsal and performance. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 530 Seminar in Dramatic Criticism
Units: 4 Dramatic criticism from the
classical Greek period to the modern.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 533 Seminar in the American
Theatre
Units: 4, 2 years Terms Offered: SpSm
History and literature of the American
theatre from its beginning to the present
day. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 535 Seminar in Aesthetics of the
Theatre
Units: 4 Aesthetic theories which apply to
the art of the theatre; emphasis upon acting
and play direction. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 540a Advanced Voice Diction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
individual vocal development and
application to a variety of professional
and performance circumstances. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 540b Advanced Voice Diction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
individual vocal development and
application to a variety of professional
and performance circumstances. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 540c Advanced Voice Diction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
individual vocal development and
application to a variety of professional
and performance circumstances. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 540d Advanced Voice Diction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
individual vocal development and
application to a variety of professional
and performance circumstances. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 540e Advanced Voice Diction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp
Advanced individual vocal development and
application to a variety of professional and
performance circumstances. Corequisite:
THTR 515e, THTR 575, THTR 480, THTR
555. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 540f Advanced Voice Diction
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
individual vocal development and
application to a variety of professional
and performance circumstances including
voice-over work. Prerequisite: THTR 540e
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 541 Diction and Dialects
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Fundamentals
of speech, diction, dialects and accents,
including work in the International Phonetic
Alphabet. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 542 Singing for Actors
Units: 2 An introduction to the various
facets of singing in theatrical performance.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 544 Embodied Poetics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Explores the
relationship between vocal and physical
expression and the spontaneity of human
impulse within the community-based
context. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 545 Visiting Artists Master
Seminar
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp A workshop
taught by a master visiting artist,
concentrating on his/her specific expertise
in relation to dramatic writing. Course
topics determined by the instructor.
Recommended Preparation: reading or
viewing the work of the visiting master
artist. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 550a Seminar in Scene Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and
practice of scene design; an intensive
investigation into the relationship of a script
to the visual statement. Grading Option:
Letter
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THTR 550b Seminar in Scene Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and
practice of scene design; an intensive
investigation into the relationship of a script
to the visual statement. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 552a Seminar in Costume Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and
practice of costume design; intensive
investigation into the relationship of a script
to the visual statement. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 552b Seminar in Costume Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory and
practice of costume design; intensive
investigation into the relationship of a script
to the visual statement. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 553a Seminar in Lighting Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and practice of lighting design; intensive
investigation into the relationship of a script
to the visual statement. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 553b Seminar in Lighting Design
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSp Theory
and practice of lighting design; intensive
investigation into the relationship of a script
to the visual statement. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 554 Visual and Spatial
Relationship
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp The
illustration and understanding of how space
can be used to add emotional undertone,
contextual information and strong staging
ideas to a production. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 555 Directing Fundamentals
Units: 2 To provide the basic foundations
for the conceptualization and execution of
works for the stage. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 556a Directing
Units: 2 A seminar/workshop in developing
and testing directorial skills: text, design,
acting, producing, and communication
with an audience. Prerequisite: THTR 555.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 556b Directing
Units: 2 A seminar/workshop in developing
and testing directorial skills: text, design,
acting, producing, and communication with
an audience. Prerequisite: THTR 556a.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 558a Design for Directors
Units: 2 Basic elements of scenic, costume,
props, lighting, sound, and make-up
design, as they apply to the art of directing.
Prerequisite: THTR 555.
THTR 558b Design for Directors
Units: 2 Basic elements of scenic, costume,
props, lighting, sound, and make-up
design, as they apply to the art of directing.
Prerequisite: THTR 558a.
THTR 566 Dramatic Writing Studio
Units: 4 Max Units: 24 Terms Offered: FaSp
Investigates gestalt of the student dramatic
writer's professional development from
the empty page and writing fundamentals
to the first-draft script, business affairs,
and dramaturgical advancement. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 567a Studies in Playwriting
Units: 4 Extensive examination of
playwriting, dramaturgical development
process, and readings of work toward the
completion of professionally promising
plays. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 567b Studies in Playwriting
Units: 4 Continued extensive examination
of playwriting, dramaturgy, development,
and readings of work toward the completion
of professionally promising plays. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 568 Popular Theatre for Education
and Development
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of Theatre in Education and
Theatre for Development as resources
for conscientization and liberation of
communities at the margins of power.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 570 Acting on Camera:
The Collaborative Process
Units: 2 Study of acting methods and
techniques for the camera, focusing on
collaboration with directors in the realization
of screenplays. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 571 Professional Seminar
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Introduction to
the world of the professional actor. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 572 Global Dramatic Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp "Tour" of
non-European and non-European American
cultures with regard to their dramatic
subject matter and traditions. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 574a Dramatic Writing Across
Media for Playwrights
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Intensive
overview of career paths for playwrights in
a wide array of media as they exist now,
and as new opportunities arise. Duplicates
Credit in former THTR 574 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 574b Dramatic Writing Across
Media for Playwrights
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Intensive
overview of career paths for playwrights
in a wide array of media as they exist
now, and as new opportunities arise.
Prerequisite: THTR 574a Duplicates Credit
in former THTR 574 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 575 Creative Production Projects
Units: 6 Advanced creative projects for
production with emphasis on theatre as a
synthesis of the performing arts. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 576 Creative Process for Dramatic
Writers
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp An advanced
writing workshop that focuses on critical
and deep development of plays that are the
centerpieces of student's thesis portfolios.
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 577 Theatre and Therapy for
Cultural Fieldwork
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Explores the
theory and practice of theatre and therapy
in the cultural fieldwork and community
development settings. Recommended
Preparation: THTR 587. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 578 Theatre of the Oppressed:
Theory, Games, and Techniques
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Basic
theoretical foundations of game playing
for populations at the margins of power.
Recommended Preparation: THTR 521,
THTR 544. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 579 Writing Culture
Units: 3 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Borrows from anthropology, popular/
community-based theatre, cultural
studies, and literature to provide an array
of methodologies and approaches to
artistic collaboration across cultures and
difference. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 580a Performance with Camera
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Structured to
address the dynamics of acting in relation
to film/television. Refining the students'
understanding of the similarities/differences
between acting on stage/film. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
THTR 580b Performance with Camera
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Structured to
address the dynamics of acting in relation
to film/television. Refining the students'
understanding of the similarities/differences
between acting on stage/film. Prerequisite:
THTR 580a Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
THTR 586a Applied Theatre Arts:
Los Angeles Residency
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Academic
and group process context for students'
work in their chosen local internships to
help students engage with communities as
cultural fieldworkers. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 586b Applied Theatre Arts:
Los Angeles Residency
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Supervisory,
logistical, and theoretical container for
THTR 586a. Engages students in their
curricular experiences in the cultural field
in partnership with their community-based
organizations. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 587 Liberation Arts and
Community Engagement — Theory
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa Historical
foundations of liberatory movements using
expressive arts towards community-based
goals of reciprocal and collaborative
empowerment, civil rights, psychological
or political freedom and justice. Grading
Option: Letter
THTR 588 Liberation Arts and
Community Engagement — Praxis
Units: 3 Terms Offered: Sp Theory and
practice of developing liberatory and
Theatre of the Oppressed events, from first
community contact to staged public event.
Prerequisite: THTR 587. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Terms Offered: FaSpSm Research leading
to the master's degree. Maximum units
which may be applied to the degree to be
determined by the department. Grading
Option: Credit/No Credit
THTR 591 Seminar in Producing Theatre
Units: 4 A seminar in the theories and
processes of producing theatre (commercial
and non-profit).
THTR 592a Participatory Action
Research for Community-based Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of theories and practices of Participatory
Action Research (PAR) to better understand
its various forms in community-based
contexts using theatre as the research
mode. Grading Option: Letter
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THTR 592b Participatory Action
Research for Community-based Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sm Implements
the theories and practices of THTR
592a towards the creation of a
summative research paper on the local
and international applied theatre arts
experience. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 593 MFA Project
Units: 2 Max Units: 4.0 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Credit awarded upon completion
of project. Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
THTR 594a Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
THTR 594b Master's Thesis
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
THTR 594z Master's Thesis
Units: 0 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Credit on
acceptance of thesis. Grading Option: In-
progress to Credit/No Credit
THTR 595a Graduate Playwrights'
Workshop
Units: 4 Development of thesis plays
utilizing faculty dramaturgical support and
involvement of student actors/directors.
Includes readings with/without audiences.
Simulates professional development
process Grading Option: Letter
THTR 595b Graduate Playwrights'
Workshop
Units: 4 Continued development of
thesis plays in a simulated professional
development workshop process utilizing
dramaturgy and involvement of student
actors/directors. Culminates in staged
readings. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 596 Thesis Development and
Attainment
Units: 2 Max Units: 10.0 Designed to guide
the MFADW student toward refinement of
thesis including vision, development, and
execution. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 597 Theatre Practicum
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 12.0 Terms
Offered: FaSpSm Preparation, rehearsal,
and performance of dramatic works in main
stage repertory. Grading Option: Letter
THTR 598 Applied Theatre Arts:
International Externship
Units: 2 Supervisory, logistical and
theoretical container for students exploring
cultural fieldwork in international settings.
Prerequisite: THTR 588. Grading Option:
Letter
THTR 599 Special Topics
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 8.0 Studies in
selected areas of theatre art. Grading
Option: Letter
Dramatic Arts Expanded
THTE 201aL Acting for Musical Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Analysis and
investigation of role interpretation and
character development by working on
two or more scenes from the same play.
Introduction of techniques to unlock
objectives based on the text. Prerequisite:
THTR 120b and THTR 125 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Musical Theatre
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Required Grading Option: Letter
THTE 201b Acting for Musical Theatre
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Continuation
of analysis and investigation of role
interpretation and character development
by working on two or more scenes from
the same play. Introduction of techniques
to unlock objectives for character creation.
Prerequisite: THTE 201aL Registration
Restriction: Open only to Musical Theatre
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTE 203 Speech
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp A guided
study of dialect acquisition. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Musical Theatre
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTE 300L Script and Score
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Introduction
and development of techniques needed to
transition from the script to score. Beginning
with an exploration of Broadway's "Golden
Age" and the examination of Sondheim and
his contemporaries. Prerequisite: THTR
120aL and THTR 120b and THTR 125
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
THTE 301L Script, Score and
Choreography
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Study of the
musical comedy and the connection
between script, score and choreography.
Prerequisite: THTR 120aL and THTR 120b
and THTR 125 Registration Restriction:
Open only to Musical Theatre students
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
THTE 403L Contemporary Scene Into
Song
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration
of popular music styles and their direct
application to professional musical theatre.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Musical Theatre juniors and seniors
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
Grading Option: Letter
THTE 406 New Musical Theatre
Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Fa Exploration of
the process of collaboration for musical
theatre through a series of structured
writing exercises to create new works.
Prerequisite: THTR 125 Registration
Restriction: Open only to Musical Theatre
students Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
THTE 407 Building Your Cabaret
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Development
of skills needed to create a solo musical
cabaret performance. Registration
Restriction: Open only to Musical Theatre
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
THTE 408L Movie Musical Development
Units: 2 Terms Offered: Sp Survey and
analysis of musical films from the 1960s
to the present towards the creation of an
original musical project. Prerequisite: THTR
480a Registration Restriction: Open only to
Musical Theatre seniors Instruction Mode:
Lecture, Lab Required Grading Option:
Letter
Translational Genomics
TRGN 510 Basic Foundations in
Translational Biomedical Informatics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Translational
biomedical informatics analysis of
next-generation sequencing genomic
data, fundamentals, foundations, and
concepts for applied analysis, human
ontology, application molecular tools, basic
computing. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 514 Introduction to Human
Genomic Analysis Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Translational
next generation sequencing genomics
microarrays, RNA-seq, exome sequencing,
annotation, transcriptome, ontology,
pipelines, variants, expression, methylation.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 515 Advanced Human Genomic
Analysis Methods
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Molecular
biotechnology, genomics, next-generation
sequencing, epigenomics, drug discovery,
biomarkers, microrarrays, analytical
validation, pipelines, molecular analysis.
Prerequisite: TRGN 510 and TRGN 514
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 516 Translational Genomics,
Applied Databases and Datastructures
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Genomics,
bioinformatics resources, NCBI, portals,
databases, datastructures, NoSQL, SQL,
big data. Prerequisite: TRGN 510 and
TRGN 514 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 520 Translational Biomedical
Informatics Capstone Portfolio
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Portfolio, translational biomedical
informatics, bioinformatics, genomics,
application development, web-based
application. Registration Restriction: Open
only to master students in Translational
Biomedical Informatics Program Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
TRGN 524 Applications of Genomic
Technology in Biomedical Research I
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Molecular
biotechnology, genomics, next-generation
sequencing, epigenomics, drug
discovery, biomarkers, microrarrays,
commercialization, microarray analysis,
expression, proteomics. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 525 Applications of Genomic
Technology in Biomedical Research II
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Molecular
biotechnology, genomics, next-generation
sequencing, epigenomics, drug discovery,
biomarkers, microarrays, analytical
validation, pipelines, molecular analysis,
cloning, stem cells. Prerequisite: TRGN 524
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 526 Clinical Bioinformatics in
Genomic Testing
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Covers basic
understandings of clinical bioinformatics
methodologies and practices, along with
the genomic technologies used for clinical
diagnostic purposes. Recommended
Preparation: Bachelor's degree in biology,
healthcare, biochemistry, or related
biomedical field Registration Restriction:
Open only to master students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
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TRGN 527 Applied Data Science and
Bioinformatics
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Data science
and bioinformatics tools in the study of
human health and disease using R and
Bioconductor for students from non-
quantitative backgrounds. Registration
Restriction: Open only to graduate and
doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 536 Biotechnology Primer
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Examination
of classical and novel techniques used to
explore and manipulate gene function and
implications for the use of biotechnology
in areas of global need. Recommended
preparation: two semesters of introductory
biology; two semesters of molecular biology
and genetics. Recommended Preparation:
Two semesters of introductory biology;
two semesters of molecular biology and
genetics Duplicates Credit in former MEDS
536 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
TRGN 537 Pathway and Target Discovery
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Exploration
of the process of discovering and
developing novel therapeutic treatments.
Recommended Preparation: Two semesters
of Introductory Biology plus two semesters
of Molecular Biology, Genetics, or Cell Bio
Duplicates Credit in former MEDS 537
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 538 Seminar in Translational
Biotechnology
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Series of
seminars that provide updated views on
various sub-specialties in biotechnology.
Recommended Preparation: Two semesters
of Introductory Biology plus two semesters
of Molecular Biology, Genetics, or Cell Bio
Duplicates Credit in former MEDS 538
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 539 Translational Biotechnology
Practicum
Units: 2, 3, 4 Max Units: 04 Terms Offered:
FaSpSm Experiential training based on a
project in a biomedical, biotechnology or
pharmaceutical setting. Recommended
Preparation: Students must have completed
one core and one elective course of the
program prior to enrollment Duplicates
Credit in former MEDS 539 Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
TRGN 540 Translational Biotechnology
Capstone Preparation
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Preparation for capstone defense course.
Duplicates Credit in former MEDS 540
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
TRGN 541 Translational Biotechnology
Capstone Defense
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Finalization and defense of capstone
project. Prerequisite: TRGN 539 and TRGN
540 Duplicates Credit in former MEDS 541
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
TRGN 542 Biotechnology-based
Therapeutics
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Covers
advanced biotechnology principles and
applications. Duplicates Credit in former
MEDS 542 Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 543 Biotechnology
Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization I
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Global
biotechnology industry, idea generation,
business plan formulation, intellectual
property protection, funding, personnel
management including board composition,
regulatory body interaction, company exits.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 544 Biotechnology
Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization II
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Advanced
discussion: global biotechnology industry,
idea generation, business plan formulation,
intellectual property protection, funding,
personnel management including board
composition, regulatory body interaction,
company exits. Prerequisite: TRGN 543
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 545 Exploring Chemical and
Biological Therapeutic Modalities
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Turning
molecules into drugs and cells into
therapeutics. Emphasizing selection,
development and optimization of
appropriate modalities to target specific
key defects in diseases. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 546 Biotechnology Intellectual
Property, Regulatory, and Corporate Law
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Core
concepts in intellectual property law,
regulatory law, healthcare law, corporate
law, and M&A law to the biopharmaceutical
and diagnostic device sectors. Open to
students who are pursuing or have already
attained graduate degrees (MS, PhD or
PharmD) in the bioscience disciplines, or
students from professional schools who
have college-level bioscience background.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
graduate and professional students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 548 Seminar in Translation
and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical
Sciences
Units: 1 Max Units: 02 Terms Offered:
FaSp Series of seminars that provide
updated views on various sub-specialties
in translation and entrepreneurship in
biomedical sciences. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
TRGN 549 Translation and
Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Science
Capstone Project
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Experiential training based on a project
in translation and entrepreneurship
in biomedical sciences. Registration
Restriction: Open only to TEBS majors
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Credit/No Credit
TRGN 550 Communicating Science:
Writing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Written
communication modalities for accurate
and effective transmission of scientific
information to a wide audience in
biomedical, healthcare, and related
industries. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate and professional students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 551 Communicating Science:
Speaking
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSp Verbal
communication modalities for accurate
and effective transmission of scientific
information to a wide audience in
biomedical, healthcare, and related
industries. Registration Restriction: Open
only to graduate and professional students
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
TRGN 590 Directed Research
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Max Units: 12 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Research leading to the master's degree.
Maximum units which may be applied to the
degree to be determined by the department.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
students enrolled in MS, Translational
Biotechnology Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
TRGN 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Selected topics in Translational Genomics.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
University of Southern California
USC 101 Honors Research
Apprenticeship
Units: 1 Max Units: 2.0 Students work
directly with faculty on faculty research
projects, gain experience in the process
of research and thereby contribute to new
scholarship. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
USC 250 The Academic Culture
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSp Study the
meaning of culture in society, experience
the culture of learning on campus, and
examine the relationship between the two.
Topics will vary. Registration Restriction:
Not open to freshmen. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
Visual Studies
VISS 501 Introduction to Visual Studies:
Methods and Debates
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Fa A critical
introduction to the field of visual studies
focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to
images, objects, and visual technologies as
well as key texts and interpretive debates.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
doctoral students Duplicates Credit in MDA
501 Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
VISS 599 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units: 08
Terms Offered: FaSp Special Topics in
Visual Studies. Registration Restriction:
Open only to doctoral students Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Letter
Writing Program
WRIT 095x Writing Tutorial
Units: 1 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Individualized instruction in writing to
support instruction in WRIT 120. Concurrent
Enrollment: WRIT 120 Credit Restriction:
Not available for degree credit Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
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WRIT 120 Introduction to College Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Intensive
instruction and practice in the writing
process. Focuses upon the formal
conventions and conceptual expectations
of college writing, with emphasis upon
the grammatical, stylistic, and rhetorical
techniques required in successful writing.
Limited to and required of students who
score below specified level on the USC
Writing Examination. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
WRIT 121 Introduction to College Writing
in a Second Language
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSp Intensive
instruction and practice in the writing
process for non-native speakers of English.
Focuses on the formal and conceptual
conventions of college writing, with
emphasis upon the grammatical, stylistic,
and rhetorical techniques required in
successful writing. Limited to and required
of students who score below specified level
on the USC Writing Examination. Instruction
Mode: Lecture Grading Option: Credit/No
Credit
WRIT 130 Analytical Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: Sp Focuses on
analytical and argumentative writing skills
requisite to academic and professional
writing. Emphasizes logical analysis of texts
and other data, effective use of evidence,
ethical argumentation, and stylistic and
grammatical fluency. Enrollment limited
to specified groups of students. Students
must achieve a satisfactory score on the
verbal portion of the SAT, the USC Writing
Examination, or credit for WRIT 120 or
WRIT 121 before enrolling in WRIT 130.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
WRIT 133 College Writing for
International Students
Units: 4 College writing for International
Students, emphasizing the expectations
of academic discourse in U.S. higher
education while drawing upon a context
informed by cross-cultural perspectives.
Recommended Preparation: International
Academy course work. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
WRIT 150 Writing and Critical
Reasoning–Thematic Approaches
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Academic
writing, emphasizing analysis and
argumentation, rhetorical judgment, critical
reasoning, creative insight, the careful use
of evidence, ethical perspectives, logical
organization, stylistic and grammatical
fluency. Duplicates Credit in WRIT 130 and
former WRIT 140. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
WRIT 320 Inside-Out Writing Workshop
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm A
writing workshop that allows students to
deepen their writing skills while working
collaboratively with diverse groups,
programs, or populations outside of USC.
Prerequisite: WRIT 150 or WRIT 130
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
WRIT 340 Advanced Writing
Units: 3, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Instruction in writing for various audiences
on topics related to a student's professional
or disciplinary interests, with some
emphasis on issues of broad public
concern. Prerequisite: WRIT 130 or WRIT
150. Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
WRIT 380 Writing in Global Contexts
Units: 2, 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Integrates global travel with experiential
learning as a means of helping students to
sharpen their writing and critical reasoning
skills. Prerequisite: WRIT 150 or WRIT 130
Recommended Preparation: WRIT 340
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
WRIT 385 Writing Fellows Practicum
Units: 2 Terms Offered: FaSpSm WRIT
340 Practical, hands-on instruction in the
teaching of writing in different contexts.
Prerequisite: WRIT 150 Recommended
Preparation: WRIT 340 Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
WRIT 440 Writing in Practical Contexts
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Advanced
training in analytical and argumentative
writing for particular purposes, in
professional and practical contexts.
Prerequisite: CORE 112 or WRIT 340.
Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading Option:
Letter
WRIT 450 Advanced Research Writing
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Instruction
in writing and research techniques in
support of a capstone undergraduate
research thesis in the humanities, social
sciences, or sciences Prerequisite: WRIT
150 and WRIT 340 Registration Restriction:
Not open to freshman and sophomore
students Instruction Mode: Lecture Grading
Option: Letter
WRIT 499 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 4 Max Units: 08 Selected
topics of current interest. Instruction Mode:
Lecture Grading Option: Letter
WRIT 501a Theory and Practice in
Teaching Expository Writing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Pedagogical
application of rhetorical and linguistic theory
to teaching university-level expository
writing. Accompanies supervised teaching.
Limited to assistant lecturers and teaching
assistants. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
WRIT 501b Theory and Practice in
Teaching Expository Writing
Units: 1 Terms Offered: Fa Pedagogical
application of rhetorical and linguistic theory
to teaching university-level expository
writing. Accompanies supervised teaching.
Limited to assistant lecturers and teaching
assistants. Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
WRIT 540 Writing for Master's Students
Units: 4 Terms Offered: FaSpSm Instruction
to prepare Master's students for writing
in academic and professional contexts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
master students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
WRIT 699 Special Topics
Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Max Units:
08 Selected topics of current interest.
Registration Restriction: Open only to
Doctoral students Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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